Messages, apps, and camera constantly freezing on iPhone 17 Pro

I’m curious if anyone else’s phone is this buggy. I’ve heard of it needing a new iOS updating coming soon but here is what I have experienced


• ⁠all widget, all apps fail. Despite multiple remove and re add.

• ⁠photos don’t always appear in albums. Had to restart phone to see them

• ⁠AI emojis just lock up messaging

• ⁠attempting to text someone an image just causes the app to lock up.

• ⁠sometimes the camera is just fuzzy screen unless I force close app

• ⁠zoom in camera doesn’t always work.

• ⁠apps freeze


is my phone faulty on a hardware level ? Or is it really this buggy ?



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Original Title: Buggy iPhone 17pro



iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Oct 25, 2025 8:57 PM

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Oct 27, 2025 11:55 AM in response to Mvila

Mvila wrote:

I’m curious if anyone else’s phone is this buggy. I’ve heard of it needing a new iOS updating coming soon but here is what I have experienced

• ⁠all widget, all apps fail. Despite multiple remove and re add.
• ⁠photos don’t always appear in albums. Had to restart phone to see them
• ⁠AI emojis just lock up messaging
• ⁠attempting to text someone an image just causes the app to lock up.
• ⁠sometimes the camera is just fuzzy screen unless I force close app
• ⁠zoom in camera doesn’t always work.
• ⁠apps freeze

is my phone faulty on a hardware level ? Or is it really this buggy ?


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Original Title: Buggy iPhone 17pro


Basic troubleshooting steps:

Restart, Reset, Restore from backup and Restore as NEW.

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