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how to stop the iphone camera defaulting to live mode

The camera resets to live mode always. The preserve settings slider is already turned on. Re-doing this has had no effect. What do i have to do to prevent the camera defaulting to live mode every time i use it

Posted on Jan 7, 2024 2:19 PM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2024 2:24 PM

pingpsb wrote:

The preserve settings slider is already turned on.

There are many such sliders. The pertinent one is Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings > Live Photo.

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