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Does anyone know how to restore the old Photo app of iOS17 or maybe the whole iOS17?
The new iOS18 is headache. It’s taking extra space. It’s a bit slower and draining battery faster. However, those are all manageable. The worst is the new Photo app. It’s a nightmare. When a company can’t create a new good innovation, they start to kill their good ones.
Ii totally agree. It is so bad I try not to use it anymore. If I take a pic I have trouble cropping them now. Photos appear in random order and I was spending an age trying to find pics I’d had sorted into names categories and folders.
Ii totally agree. It is so bad I try not to use it anymore. If I take a pic I have trouble cropping them now. Photos appear in random order and I was spending an age trying to find pics I’d had sorted into names categories and folders.
The Photo Ap of IOS 18 is as bad as it gets. Photos and videos is as important to me as the phone. I find this Ap so bad I will delay getting a new iPhone and look at alternatives. In the interim I will hope Apple can provide a work around so bringing back the old photo is an option.
Can you change the new update on photos back to the old system. The new one is hard to navigate, I cant find the categories used on the last version. It is not user friendly. Can you reverse this back to the orginal software on photos.
Use Google to search how to revert to ios17. You’ll need a computer and to be able to plug your iPhone into the computer.
I too hate a plethora of the design changes. Reminds me more of android than anything. Photos app is wrecked imo
You're absolutely right, I'm going mad with this new version. Why does a company turn its produts worst??!
No you can not. While the change to the photo app was a bit jarring from what we were used to it isn’t something most can’t eventually get used to. You can also try going through the options to make it a little less annoying visually. Otherwise as of right now you can submit feedback and hope that Apple decides to change some things in future updates. I say all of this as a user that doesn’t really love the change but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a nightmare. It’s not unusable or crashing. It’s just a big difference from what we have been accustomed to.
This might help you play around with options to make it a little more bearable for now.
Customize the Photos app on iPhone - Apple Support
Bobby-08 wrote:
Use Google to search how to revert to ios17. You’ll need a computer and to be able to plug your iPhone into the computer.
I too hate a plethora of the design changes. Reminds me more of android than anything. Photos app is wrecked imo
If people try to do this, they could mess up their phones big time. More importantly, to avoid learning how to use the new Photo App, they'd have to NEVER update their iPhone again, meaning they'd NEVER get security updates or new features in the future.
This is just not good advice at all.
No, but you can learn how to use the new Photos app→Get started with Photos on iPhone - Apple Support
Or this→Fix iOS 18 Photos app with these 4 easy tweaks | Cult of Mac
jonasilver137 wrote:
It is highly recommended that if you have an iOS 17 backup, that you restore your iPhone using that. To get the old photos app back, you have to completely downgrade iOS, as the app is integrated into the iOS. Apple doesn't provide the IPSW files for iOS 17 anymore, meaning there isn't another safe way of downgrading. A lot of times if you search up how to downgrade iOS, it will ask you to install software that will jailbreak your iPhone. Jailbreaking is an extremely dangerous procedure. If something goes wrong, you could render your phone unusable. And since Apple considers jailbreaking a violation of their terms of service, they can deny you repair service, even if you have a warranty. Even if nothing goes wrong during jailbreaking, you run a greater risk of getting malware. To me, the cons outweigh the pros and I would learn the new interface rather than getting my photos stolen by malware.
Cheers,
Jonasilver137
If you are suggesting that someone can restore the backup made on a lower iOS version to a phone which has a higher iOS version will restore the phone back to the lower version is totally, utterly, completely WRONG. Apple has never supported downgrading iOS.
I already did it for one iPhone. Just backup your data and do it in iTunes. It’s that bad that I’m doing it. It’s really easy if you’re comfortable with tech at all. Again, follow detailed instructions on the web though
lkschuman wrote:
Can you change the new update on photos back to the old system. The new one is hard to navigate, I cant find the categories used on the last version. It is not user friendly. Can you reverse this back to the orginal software on photos.
No, but you can learn how to use it, as I did, and now I think it’s a big improvement over the old version.
Lawrence Finch wrote:
lkschuman wrote:
Can you change the new update on photos back to the old system. The new one is hard to navigate, I cant find the categories used on the last version. It is not user friendly. Can you reverse this back to the orginal software on photos.
No, but you can learn how to use it, as I did, and now I think it’s a big improvement over the old version.
I'm with you, my friend. It's a big change, but to me one which is really a HUGE leap forward.
It is highly recommended that if you have an iOS 17 backup, that you restore your iPhone using that. To get the old photos app back, you have to completely downgrade iOS, as the app is integrated into the iOS. Apple doesn't provide the IPSW files for iOS 17 anymore, meaning there isn't another safe way of downgrading. A lot of times if you search up how to downgrade iOS, it will ask you to install software that will jailbreak your iPhone. Jailbreaking is an extremely dangerous procedure. If something goes wrong, you could render your phone unusable. And since Apple considers jailbreaking a violation of their terms of service, they can deny you repair service, even if you have a warranty. Even if nothing goes wrong during jailbreaking, you run a greater risk of getting malware. To me, the cons outweigh the pros and I would learn the new interface rather than getting my photos stolen by malware.
Cheers,
Jonasilver137
I know your frustration. The new layout of Photo app is a terrible UI/UX design.
First, they assume we would love this new layout with a lot of useless grouping, when the old one is clean, simple and intuitive. They divert from the Apple’s unique design style.
Second, they give a new option to let us rearrange the layout, but that new feature is hard to see. It’s at the bottom of the app, displayed as a sample line. You have to scroll down to the bottom, all the way through their long list of useless grouping as mentioned in #1.
Third, their default layout is totally away from their old system. The frequently used Album and Deleted are put at the bottom by default, instead of being right after the gallery as in the old system. So there is no transitioning for us to know this new App at all. They just dump whatever to the table and demand us to accept it.
I don’t understand who would love it, perhaps only the persons working for this new Photo app.
Correction to my previous post: You can't downgrade through a restore. Once you've updated, there is no going back a safe way. Really the only way to downgrade is to jailbreak the device, which is extremely dangerous and I would strongly advise against it. You run the risk of rendering your device unusable and making it more susceptible to malware. If you end up ruining your device, Apple reserves the right to refuse repair service, as they consider it a violation of their ToS. In short, if you want to continue using the photos app, you will just have to get used to the new interface.
Cheers,
Jonasilver137
Can I restore the old Photo app in iOS17?
