IPhone 13 Pro Flashlight turns off on its own

Same situation for my IPhone 13 256gb I just bought on 10/30. For mine, it’s whenever I turn on the flashlight from the control menu and then turn the screen off (since I don’t need it on to do whatever task is at hand), the flashlight will automatically turn off after a period of around 10-20 seconds. Like you said, the flashlight icon remains on, but the flashlight actually isn’t on. Entering and exiting the camera app is a temporary solution, but this has to be a bug that requires urgent attention.

This happened to me tonight-software is completely up to date. Flash light would not come back on but still showed it was on. I tried several times turning it on and off then finally turned off iPhone and back on and it’s okay now… not sure why it did this

Perhaps the 15.1 update will fix this? Wondering what you think about this. I’ll call apple support in the morning and see what they have to say and report back.

Surprised more people don’t have this issue.

This happens to me as well, but I have an IPhone XS Max. I originally thought it was because my phone was getting too hot and it actually only happens when I have the flashlight brightness fully up rather than on the lower setting. Restarting your phone fixes this but idk why it keeps happening.

iphone 13 pro max 1tb version 15.1.1

Same just happened to me as well. Was using the cam light as a mini flashlight. Activated from lockscreen. After about 8 minutes of use, the light went off, though the flashlight widget icon was highlighted as if the light was still shining. I tried turning it off/on from the widget and then unlocked the phone and tried again from control center…still nothing. After rebooting the phone, the flashlight worked again.

i’m wondering if by opening and closing the camera app would have reset the flashlight software without having to reboot. Perhaps worth a try if it happens again…anyway, this definitely sounds like a bug.

I'm on 15.2.1 and this bug still persists. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

I know this is an Apple forum and I honestly am not trying to say which is better than which.

but honestly Android really doesnt have weird glitches and as many minor bugs as iOS at all.

iOS15 is a complete nightmare. My 12 Pro Max has so many visual gitches in apps like Message, Facebook Messenger, Instagram that even after a factory reset, they just come right back.

I have the same problem in iOS 15.1. The flashlight works pretty much fine when I use it from camera but from the drop down menu it goes off after 8-10 sec. This is surely a major bug which apple needs to resolve asap!!

I have the same issue, at night I usually wake up to use the bathroom and when I turn the flashlight on in control panel and lock the screen the flashlight turns it self off after 15 seconds. Thought there was a ghost scared the outta me.

I have an iPhone 12 and this just stated after installing the last update or maybe it’s just a coincidence. The flash light shouldn’t turn off by itself unless a command is initiated. Also I all of a sudden the voice over gets activated and it’s frustrating just to turn it off. This is frustrating at times.

Yep same as all of the previous replies, frustrating trying to get into the house in the dark.

Same as me had the iPhone 13 October 4th and flashlight has never worked I’ve reset the phone and done everything I’ve been told too , it still don’t work

I have the same problem with my iPhone bought on the 4 October seems to be a fault with most iPhone 13

It must be a newer update or something because I have an IPhone XS and it only started doing it pretty recently