My camera doesn’t seem to work anymore after updating to IOS 26.1. It turns dark immediately I open the camera App. It’s impossible to take pictures with both front and back camera.
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 26
It has now been one month since I reset all settings, and the issue has not recurred.
I have been gradually restoring my previous settings, but so far I have not been able to reproduce the problem, and the root cause remains unclear.
At this point, it seems possible that the issue was not caused by a camera-specific setting, but by some other system setting.
Camera-related settings that have been restored without triggering the issue:
• "Record Video" set back to 4K
• "ProRAW & Resolution Control" enabled
• "Lock Screen swipe to open Camera" is now enabled (previously disabled when the issue occurred)
“Preserve Settings” was previously enabled, but it is now left at its default state (mostly OFF).
The following non-camera settings are still different from my previous configuration:
• "Always On Display" — previously OFF, now ON
• "Bold Text" — previously ON, now OFF
It is possible that I may still be overlooking a setting that contributed to the issue.
I will continue monitoring and update if the problem reappears.
It doesn't work
Does it work with third party software?
Blackmagic camera app made the camera work.
It is a IOS issue.
a 3rd party app blackmagic and it works.
Just like any other time when an update causes problems Apple pushes out patch to correct it. So a fix magically floating through the air is kinda just that.
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camera glitch after updating IOS 26.1
