Missing Camera Icon on iPhone

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kkartsen Author

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Missing Camera Icon on iPhone

The icon for the camera on my iPhone has mysteriously disappeared. Can someone tell me how to get it back??? Thank you!

iPhone 3G

Posted on Aug 31, 2008 1:54 PM

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Answer 1

roaminggnome

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Aug 31, 2008 3:09 PM in response to kkartsen

Are you sure it is not on another home page? If so, then hold an icon until they "wiggle" then drag the icon back to where you want it.

If it is not, then maybe a restore will bring it back. Since there is no known way to remove it, I'm not sure that there is a known way to put it back.

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Answer 2

kkartsen Author

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Aug 31, 2008 7:58 PM in response to kkartsen

Thank you for your response! You were correct in stating that it needed to be Restored. Called Apple and was told that the Camera widget is not something that can be deleted, at all. So, they had me do a complete Back Up and then Restore my iPhone.

Thanks again!!!

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Answer 3

roaminggnome

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Aug 31, 2008 8:00 PM in response to kkartsen

Glad you got it back.

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Answer 4

Sep 29, 2008 5:38 AM in response to roaminggnome

Today my iphone icon went missing.

1. I can confirm to you that it is not on every other pages on the phone.
2. I did a reset of seetings from the iphone and it is still not there.
3. I went to itunes and did a factoring settings to restore. Still not there.

Please help.

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Answer 5

Sep 30, 2008 11:17 AM in response to roaminggnome

Does anyone know how it disappeared in the first place? I rearranged my icons by making them wiggle and when I went to use the camera later in the day the icon for it was nonexistent!

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Answer 6

sbear

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Oct 13, 2008 3:13 PM in response to Shaneedshelp

Has anyone any luck? I did the restore to saved settings then restore its original settings. Still no camera and ITunes icons!!

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Answer 7

Oct 13, 2008 3:34 PM in response to sbear

Check under Settings->General->Restrictions to make sure camera access is enabled.

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Answer 8

Damon M.

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Oct 15, 2008 2:43 PM in response to kkartsen

Here is an article from the apple support website that might help out.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPhoneUserGuide.pdf

check out page 109 on the pdf for restrictions.

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Answer 9

Nov 20, 2008 3:22 PM in response to Dont-Use-This-Forum

This one worked.. It was because I had my Camera Restriction Off. Just had to enable it and my camera icon came back.

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Answer 10

Nitou

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Dec 1, 2008 3:31 AM in response to Dont-Use-This-Forum

This answer is great & the one I was looking for.

For French users, key search would be "icone camera manquante iphone", ou "icone appareil photo manquante i phone"

Thanks, merci

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Answer 11

Dec 28, 2008 7:22 PM in response to Shaneedshelp

Yes I found out that under Restrictions, Camera was set to Off. Thanks everyone for the advice.

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