Apple's bug restoring deleted photos in iOS 17.5 actually stems from a flaw in flash storage, which could affect any device. The issue isn't unique to iOS 17.5 - a secure erase is the only way to ensure deleted data is truly gone from any device.

Mac confirmed with Apple that the photos were only stored locally on the device and not synced to iCloud Photos. Instead, those “files could have persisted from one device to another when restoring from a backup,

Security researchers reverse-engineered Apple's recent iOS 17.5.1 update and found that a recent bug that restored images deleted months or even years ago was caused by an iOS bug and not an issue with iCloud.

Cloud users complained that their old photos in the library resurfaced after many years. Apple provided an explanation of why it happened in the first place.

The fact that iOS 17.5 can actually bring back long-deleted photos has startled many iPhone users. Now there are some initial explanations.

Apple found itself dealing with a pretty huge bug when iOS 17.5 caused deleted photos to resurface on users' devices. Now, the company has finally spoken out about the possible causes behind the issue.

Apple shared more details about the iOS 17.5 bug that caused some deleted photos to reappear, and the company clarified that this wasn't a cloud syncing issue.

Apple confirmed the issue, rolling out a fix to the reappearing deleted photo bug in the iOS 15.5.1 update that came out earlier this week. Now, Apple is sharing more information about what happened.

We finally have a better understanding of why devices running iOS 17.5 started resurfacing long-deleted photos, courtesy of Apple and some third-party researchers. While Apple released the iOS 17.5.1 iPhone update to fix the issue earlier this week,

Last week, some iPhone users reported that Apple's iOS 17.5 update had introduced a bug that caused old photos that were deleted to reappear