After updating my phone to iOS 18.3.1 it doesn’t search any photos in my gallery by words or albums or description. It just says “nothing found”
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iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 18
So, this morning was the first time I’ve tried to do a photo search since the 18.3.1 update. I have apx 53k photos, so obviously a lot of them are cloud based but with that many pics I rely on search function when looking for something I know I have. This morning I could not find a number of photos that should have been very easy to find. As I tried more searches, I kept getting the message “”Some Results May Not Appear” and an “i” link that says “Photos organizes photos and videos when iPhone is locked and connected to wi-fi.” My phone is in that state on my charger every night including last night. Reading through this thread and a similar thread I found about the ios 17 update, I can’t really find anything specific I need to do to get this working again. Frustrated!
So, this morning was the first time I’ve tried to do a photo search since the 18.3.1 update. I have apx 53k photos, so obviously a lot of them are cloud based but with that many pics I rely on search function when looking for something I know I have. This morning I could not find a number of photos that should have been very easy to find. As I tried more searches, I kept getting the message “”Some Results May Not Appear” and an “i” link that says “Photos organizes photos and videos when iPhone is locked and connected to wi-fi.” My phone is in that state on my charger every night including last night. Reading through this thread and a similar thread I found about the ios 17 update, I can’t really find anything specific I need to do to get this working again. Frustrated!
It’s possible that after the update, your iPhone is indexing all your photos. I would give it a few days to sort it all out.
Okay, I was worried because previously when I had the same issue it was written “indexing”, and whenever I updated, it was searching more and more photos, and now just nothing. I hope it will be all right in a few days.. thank you
DaraAk wrote:
Okay, I was worried because previously when I had the same issue it was written “indexing”, and whenever I updated, it was searching more and more photos, and now just nothing. I hope it will be all right in a few days.. thank you
You are most welcome. Do post back and let us know if it is resolved in a few days.
Hello, writing to confirm that it gradually gets resolved. Every day it finds more and more photos. I guess it was just a long indexing issue. It still doesn’t search for some albums but I think it will be fine in a few days as I have over 120k photos.
Thank you!
DaraAk wrote:
Hello, writing to confirm that it gradually gets resolved. Every day it finds more and more photos. I guess it was just a long indexing issue. It still doesn’t search for some albums but I think it will be fine in a few days as I have over 120k photos.
Thank you!
Glad to hear that. Once again, you are most welcome!
Me same since day one of upgrade ios 18 was a real mess. I miss ios 17 which was perfect. Return to 17 make ure homework snd when ALL bugs corrected release it to public.
i have zillion photos and am VERY FRUSTRATED. I FILLED A COMPLAINT I. DAY 1 of reslese of that mess ios18.
Most probably it's indexing point, you should restart, wait some days. If it still existing, I advise to contact apple support team to guide you better.
After iOS 18.3.1 update Photo search not working on iPhone 15 Pro
