Front camera not working after iOS 26.2 update
I updated to iOS 26.2. The front camera stopped working. When I switch cameras, only the rear camera works. What should I do?
IPhone 16 pro 256gb
iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26
I updated to iOS 26.2. The front camera stopped working. When I switch cameras, only the rear camera works. What should I do?
IPhone 16 pro 256gb
iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26
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We have to wait till Apple does a software update. They messed it up on iOS 26 pretty normal for Apple too mess up the camera on Apple updates going back to the last few updates.
Same issue. My camera comes on as it is taking a picture then the screen goes gray and won’t take pictures. There is nothing blocking it, the lens is clean, there are no updates. The only thing that makes it work is to reboot my phone at that moment. Then the next time I open the app, it starts going blank and not taking photos again.
Im having the same problem with the update. My brother, sister, and daughter are now having the exact same issues but the issues did not occur for any of us until the update. So I think it’s pretty safe to say that it is definitely the update doing this. I just hope there is a way to fix this because nothing I’ve tried has worked on any of our phones…
Same with my daughter's iPhone 16. The phone updated overnight and now the front camera won't work (Black screen). Tried all the advised steps to resolve with apple support and nothing has worked. Nearest Apple repair business is over an hour away 🙄
Hi. Thanks for your response. They got me to backup and reset her settings. Do you mean backup and restore the entire phone? We have not done this. We could do this tonight though if this may resolve the issue. Thanks again
This did not work unfortunately. After backing up to cloud, erasing everything then restoring from icloud, we got to the face ID setup and the front camera was black again. We skipped the step and went into the camera app. Back camera working but when flipping to the front camera, it just crashes.
I have I 13pro, after installing iOS 26.6 they front camera stopped working, black screen
Spoke too soon, front camera broken again now. No settings changed 😟
That’s great news! Thank you for sharing your success with the community.
Thank you. I will do this next. Fingers crossed 😬
You're welcome and good luck!
Please let the community know what happens. It’ll help other community members with similar issues. Thanks and good luck!
Having said that my front camera has just started “magically” working again this morning. I don’t want to say too much as I might jinx it.
Maybe the phone had to run hotter for the new iOS and this caused an intermittent front camera hw fault?
Same for me with an IPhone 15pro.
Face ID still worked until I did a full reset of the phone. Now I can’t even set up Face ID anymore.
Front camera not working after iOS 26.2 update