my photos in my iPhone album are blank white

I went to look at pictures of my old dog who passed and more than half of them are just showing a blank white screen. I realized I have thousands of pictures missing, with blank white screens in their place since my phone updated to the newest version. I need to figure out how to get these pictures back and why this has happened?!

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Dec 3, 2023 11:17 PM

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Posted on Jan 18, 2024 5:16 PM

I just fixed this for someone. Scrolling to the bottom of the photos app was a message saying I needed to accept new terms. Clicked the link and accepted terms. Then went back to app and went to bottom and and clicked the link to sync and whammo all thumbnails started appearing.

The phone was set to optimize phone storage rather than keep on the phone.

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Jan 18, 2024 5:16 PM in response to Stefanieh56

I just fixed this for someone. Scrolling to the bottom of the photos app was a message saying I needed to accept new terms. Clicked the link and accepted terms. Then went back to app and went to bottom and and clicked the link to sync and whammo all thumbnails started appearing.

The phone was set to optimize phone storage rather than keep on the phone.

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