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iPhone camera not working after iOS 14 update

Hello... after I updated my iPhone 7 Plus to iOS 14, my camera acts up. It doesn't load the camera. I then try to turn on the flashlight but it doesn't work either. Sometimes, I try to repeatedly turn on and off the flashlight until suddenly it works. I then come back to the camera and keep switching the camera modes, and rarely, it functions. Once I exit it an try the camera on an app though, it doesn't work again. Restarting didn't help my problem.




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iPhone 7 Plus

Posted on Sep 17, 2020 12:19 AM

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Sep 18, 2020 11:05 AM in response to tristafé

I have exactly the same issue. The mic stopped working after the prior update, now it's the camera and the torch.


I spent most of my morning with Apple on the phone, did a diagnostics (the hardware is fine), 2 factory resets, and several other troubleshooting with them. Yet, nothing helped. The support kept insisting that it's my phone that has that issue. However, I told them that the camera was working perfectly right before the update and that I can still use it using this: trough the torch->camera->10 sec wait (yet another prove that IOS is to blame.)



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Sep 18, 2020 11:46 AM in response to tristafé

I also face this issue after I updated my iPhone7+ to iOS 14. I have been able to get a temporary fix by spamming the flashlight button in the control center until the flashlight works again. After that I spam the camera flip button and sometimes the camera will start working again. However if I close or leave the app and come back it does not work.

iPhone camera not working after iOS 14 update

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