iPhone camera not working after iOS 14 update

I had spoke to Apple support about the microphone issue and unfortunately, they refused to acknowledge that it is a hardware issue that was caused by the update. They have said it as hardware problem that may arise as the IC has limited life period like battery and i have to pay for the repair.

I think i will have to think twice before buying any of apple products again.

There’s a 3 second and a 10 second timer in camera. You select the timer, hit the photo button and 3 seconds later the picture takes so you have time to be ready for it. Mine disappeared after the new update

I am the UK I have just spent a fruitless hour on chat with Apple. They want $280 if I do a mail in they assure me it’s a holding charge! I can take it to the store but that may be a waste of time and in these covid times a unnecessary risk to life and limb. Question: has anyone the UK had their iPhone 7 replaced due to a faulty microphone?

On my iPhone XS camera doesn't work either, after updating IOS 14.

Its almost been for 2 months - and no solution.

I am so disappointed in apple products.. its sad that company gives a **** to their customers.

I am surprised that Apple still have not release a fix for the microphone issue for Iphone 7. Although the 14.2 have resolved the touchlight and camera issue...but without microphone fix, the phone is not a phone... or my friend is poking fun of it, an "i" phone... (idiotic)

I passed down my iPhone 7+ to my teen son and after updating it to iOS 14, he can’t make or receive ANY calls or FaceTime. He can’t take pictures either; it’s basically an iPod now!

I spent too much money on this crap to get an update that basically bricks your phone. I’ve tried hard restarts, factory reset and deleting settings... they all work for one or two calls and then back to not working.

Apple is known for killing devices after updates... this **** is frustrating.

Apple care contacted me and did not take care of me and I live in the US. I even contacted Tim Cook's office and a rather rude person called me and told me that this was a hardware issue, that there is no possible way a software upgrade can cause this (despite a couple of Apple Support Techs telling me that updates can disable suspect hardware) and that he could assure me that absolutely no one was getting any sort of free replacement. I feel lied to.

LanLee wrote:

I meant without being controlled by Apple and actually is/are more helpful other than just our own voices echoed!

As I stated, yes, many.

Apple Support Discussions is the only user to user forum owned by Apple; any other is not.

14.3 update doesn’t solve the microphone issue. The mic on my iPhone 7 still doesn’t work. It is apparently a hardware issue cause by the iOS13 update in my case. Apple refuses to accept that the mic hardware malfunctioning has been caused due to their software update. I have contacted Apple support multiple times and reported the issue. They will not help. They want us to believe that thousands of iPhone 7 and 7 plus handsets got damaged due to the customers’ fault. They selectively offer replacements in some centres based on the extent of the legal threat a customer poses. Apple doesn’t really care much anyways in the developing nations...and I can’t do much about it, so switching to Android seems to be the only solution I guess.

It would be really helpful if you could share that screenshot again where Apple accepts the fault and agrees to replace the phone. The Apple support people are not all co.operative and don’t want to accept the fact that it was indeed Apple’s fault that the Mic on iPhone 7 handsets got destroyed by their software update.

Don’t update to iOS 14.3 I did yesterday now I loss my ear speaker the more this push updates the more I losing some kinda of function on my iPhone. I love my iPhone 7 Plus but the iOS update is making me want to switch to android. Apple what up fix it ASAP.

Apple support will try to tell you that this is a hardware issue and there is nothing they can do but replace the screen. They are unwilling to admit that the ios 14 update caused this issue.

Never felt this abandoned by Apple before.

Have the iPhone 11, the same, no camera, no flash, only the face camera. I tried in "time lapse" mode, and only work with the 0.5x lense.

I've tried the same, restarted it, but nothing seems to happen.

It’s been a WHOLE months or two that I stopped caring if my camera flashlight works anymore ... and then I saw this and tried it... NOW MY FLASHLIGHT IS BAAAACKK! However... my camera screen is still glitching....

I now have an iPhone X that works (camera, flash and mic), and don't dare to upgrade to 14.3 cause I fear it may break something (e.g., I saw the post by cali140).

What is the "thing" that some of you (e.g., @MrsOux) mentioned here that "worked"? Just in case at some point I upgrade and get a problem. And what does this solve, the camera/flash, or also the mic?

@cali140: Did the upgrade to 14.3 break down the camera/flash on your iPhone X? What about the mic? Does it still work?