The portrait mode does not work (front camera), iPhone 14

Hello 361km,

Are you able to adjust the depth in post using these steps:

"Adjust Depth Control and Portrait Lighting

After you take a photo in Portrait mode, you can adjust the level of background blur and the intensity of Portrait Lighting effects.

1. Tap a Portrait mode photo in your library.
2. Tap Edit, then tap the Depth Control button at the top of the screen to adjust Depth Control or Portrait Lighting button to adjust Portrait Lighting. A slider appears below the photo.
3. Drag the slider left or right to adjust the effect. A gray dot above the slider marks the original value for the photo.
4. Tap Done."

Additional details can be found here: Use Portrait mode on your iPhone

Let u know the results.

Cheers!

IT’S FIXED!! - Backup your phone , restore phone to factory reset, sign back into Apple ID and retrieve phone data. Portrait mode is now working! 👍

Today I restore and erase all data on my Iphone 14, after that the Icloud backup run and the portrait mode on front camera work again.

IT’S FIXED !! - Backup your phone , restore phone to factory reset, sign back into Apple ID and retrieve phone data. Portrait mode is now working! 👍

Back up and restore the iphone using itunes. This corrected the issue. 100% 💯

You'll need to do a factory reset to solve the problem. I had to do this yesterday, it's the second time I've had to do this procedure.

Hi 361km,

We understand you might be having an issue with your front camera. We recommend starting with these suggestions If the camera or flash on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch isn't working:

"Remove case, accessory, or film and test

1. Remove any case, accessory, or film that might block the camera or flash or that places a magnet near the camera.
2. Test the camera by trying to take a photo.
3. Test the LED flash:
   1. Try the flashlight in Control Center on your iPhone or Control Center on your iPad. On an iPhone X or later or an iPad, swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen. On an iPhone 8 or earlier, swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen.
   2. Tap the Flashlight button .

If the flash works only sometimes, open the Camera app and tap the flash button  to choose a different setting."

If the issue persists, contact Apple with this link: Get Support

Take care.

361km,

Thanks for letting us know. In that case, we recommend that you contact Apple Support directly so that they can work with you to find a solution.

You can reach them by clicking here: Apple Support or calling the most local number in your region: Contact Apple for support and service.

Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities.

Cheers!

I had the same issue twice.

i had to reset the entire phone to make it normal.

now its 3rd time portrait mode is not taking portrait photos. Instead it is taking regular pics.

disappointed and regretting with apple.

You'll need to do a factory reset to solve the problem. I had to do this

yesterday, it's the second time I've had to do this procedure.

Yes happened to me again. Only solution is a factory reset but lose data and settings so annoying. Not worth it

I checked previously taken photo from front camera portrait mode, it worked previously and saved correctly as taken effects. But after IOS17 it seems that this feature was broken.

There is only way to resolve the issue…

restore the **** phone.

nothing can solve this issue trust me.

try enrolling for beta and developer updates and update your phones…it might help.

i am currently on developer mode…there is nothing I can do now…except for restoring.

What's not being recognized by Apple is that the front camera Portrait photos are not being correctly flagged as being in Portrait mode. You can't turn Portrait mode on or off on these photos. The meta data shows, for example, the f-stop data as reflecting the settings of Portrait mode! But the flag is not getting set correctly. It's a trivial fix if they would recognize the problem.