iPhone 12 Mini Rear Camera Not Focusing

So finally booked a trip to the Apple Store and they said it was most likely the image stabilisation in the lens that was faulty and needs replacing. No other damage to my 12 mini iPhone so they did it today and I can finally take normal focused images again.

They asked if I rode bikes either a motorbike or a push bike (I ride neither) as sometimes especially when they are used on the handlebars for gps or other this can happen when the phone is jiggled around a lot.

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Following up on my own post -- since I loved this sized-phone so much and did not want to buy a new larger phone (nor need one) -- I went to the Apple Store to replace the camera. The quoted cost was $149. While there they did a diagnostic and suggested a new battery (which I was already aware was needed so what the heck.)

So for $250 I got a new phone.

Not metaphorically but an actual new phone. They damaged my phone while trying to replace the camera and gave me a new phone for the cost of the repair.

Although I got a new phone -- I was still happy with the cost of replacing since they no longer make this phone size. I know it sucks but $150 is much less ant $1100 for a new phone.

Hopefully I will have this new iPhone for another 2 or 3 more years. And maybe phone sizes will shrink once again.

Must be a mechanical issue. I have the same problem 1x and zoom is blurry. the problem occurred unrelated to any software updates.

I did go ahead and update to 17.01 today 9/22/23 but it did not fix issue. Camera works fine on the top lens bottom the 1x is blurry .

Hello. I have the same issue -- but just happened and I have been using 17.0 since it came out so I think it is a mechanical issue -- just happened to a lot of people at the same time because they all got the phone when it came out. I got mine 6 months later...and here we are 6 months later.

Was this an AppleCare replacement or an acknowledgment of the phone being defective? It says out of warranty yet they "gave" you a new phone -- albeit for a fee. I see you are in the UK so perhaps the consumer laws are better there than in the US.

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I am also facing the same issue with that updated version. Until 0.9x is working. But when I reach 1x it just doesn't focus anymore. I contacted Apple support in the chat, and they will call me to understand the situation because everything they told me to do did not work. Can it be because of the software update? I think it's the only option...

Exactly the same issues did Apple ever get to the bottom of it when they called you? It’s really frustrating been like this for months for me nothing to do with the most recent update but was hoping that they had managed to fix the bug seems they have not.

My iphone 12 mini camera is having the same issue, unable to focus to take picture, cannot focus to scan document which was important for my job. Machine service center personnel did not even check my phone & straight away could tell me was soft ware problem & advised me to update latest version IOS. Now I am already in IOS 17 but the problem persisted. The camera made creaky sound when struggle to focus. And it was a nuisance in my daily life doing task with my iphone camera.

I wonder whether Apple had the moral obligation to compensate customers or recall the product, as we bought the iphone with high expectation of quality product, as the price is higher than other brand of similar specification. And the product is mal-function, not because of our fault, but Apple soft ware.

I’m using iPhone 12 mini and both video and photo doesn’t work. The camera tries to focus but it doesn’t keep stable focus. And I can hear physical click noise has recorded. It seems like from iris. It’s very interrupting and I don’t know why. And I wonder if I can get refer or get fixed.

I'm (also together with thousands of other users, just google it!) have the same issue.

Everything started after the update!

It's 100% sure that's a software bug!

It's like damaging on purpose old phones (as Apple did with battery previously) so you can get a new one.

Did u find the solution im facing same issue..

I am also facing a same issue after update it to 17.0.3 version my 1.0 camera was fully blurred, focus is not working on both image and video modes, if anyone knows the solution please let me know

How do you fix itits only 4 months old not even

I have ecxactly the same issues with you after updating version. Did you find the solution?

Is there a solution to this? I’m facing the same issue.