Front Facing Camera

My front facing "selfie" camera randomly stopped working. My back camera works fine but on snapchat and my regular camera app when I switch it to the front facing camera, there is a black screen. I have tried restarting my phone, resetting my apps, turning voice command off, updating my entire phone, and nothing is working. Why is this happening?

iPhone 8, iOS 13

Posted on Nov 19, 2019 11:38 AM

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MrBill3

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Nov 19, 2019 1:51 PM in response to meganluna

Hello,

Start here: Get help with the camera on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

If no help, have it checked: Find Locations

Good luck.

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