I have put a camera coverer from temu onto my iPhone 11, it's basically a slider, NOW, the important question is what will happen to my iPhone's camera in the long term while it's camera is covered, and apparently Face ID works normally while the front camera is covered/blocked, See the item below, Will this affect my iPhone's camera? and is it not considered recommended for the phone's health generally?
iPhone 11, iOS 18
What will happen to it? Basically nothing. the adhesive might not be the best thing for the glass, but that's a different thing altogether.
The true depth sensor and the selfie camera are different things.
Seems like a solution without a problem to me, but hey, if it helps ease your paranoia... whatever.
Goku3508_iOS wrote:
thanks
The key issue is if Face ID still works with the cover in place. Covering the camera up will not harm it in any way. Cameras are covered by lens caps all the time. If this affords you some additional privacy that you feel necessary, I don’t see any harm in it. The worse thing that could happen is having to remove it because it interferes with a function (such as Face ID) that you feel is of critical importance.
"Will a camera cover affect my iPhone 11 camera long-term?: I have put a camera coverer from temu onto my iPhone 11, it's basically a slider, NOW, the important question is what will happen to my iPhone's camera in the long term while it's camera is covered, and apparently Face ID works normally while the front camera is covered/blocked, See the item below, Will this affect my iPhone's camera? and is it not considered recommended for the phone's health generally?"
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Getting Camera to Not Work:
You might bet a bit of junk in the lens. But, if you want to avoid access to the camera, then you should toggle it off using screen time (I do so, to avoid taking screenshots of the camera app opening unintentionally --not because I'm paranoid). I can still scan use FaceTime, despite the app being turned off, because it is not restricted, nor is it covered. Where I am, people pop in with lots of covers. As for finding such a cover, going to Amazon, some might just pop up, with the correct keywords: brown leather phone case camera flip. Using those keywords on Google Images, it might pop up too.
Using ScreenTime to Turn Off the Camera App:
Goku3508_iOS wrote:
No idea.
Well in that case don't fit it and cover up important sensors.
Goku3508_iOS wrote:
Noted, but who told you I'm being paranoid? All I'm literally doing is asking, why assume?
Maybe not paranoia misplaced concern.
I don't see how all the cameras and sensors can see through that little aperture.
Goku3508_iOS wrote:
Noted, but who told you I'm being paranoid? All I'm literally doing is asking, why assume?
If you want a brutally honest answer, you did when you told us you bought a camera cover for your iPhone.
Your phone is not spying on you. No one is hacking the camera on your phone to spy on you. All you're doing is reducing the functionality of your phone unnecessarily.
Goku3508_iOS wrote:
Noted, but who told you I'm being paranoid? All I'm literally doing is asking, why assume?
"All I'm literally doing is asking" I have not bought it yet, I am just checking the effects, I asked, and you answered, I already know it may reduce my phone's functionality but I am double-checking before I decide to do anything stupid.
I have always thought that turning off the camera functionality from screen time's settings completely disables the camera making the app disappear, losing out on the functionality of the camera, scanning qr codes, and many more.
"I have always thought that turning off the camera functionality from screen time's settings completely disables the camera making the app disappear, losing out on the functionality of the camera, scanning qr codes, and many more."
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Making the iSight Camera Inaccessible:
On an iPhone and an iPad, toggling the Camera app off in ScreenTime makes the app disappear(therefore inaccessible) --but it will still work for items like FaceTime.
On the other hand, on a macOS, toggling Camera off with ScreenTime, the iSight Camera will NOT work, as it will not be seen. In Tahoe, you need to have Sonoma or Sequoia preinstalled with ScreenTime preconfigured, and then perform and upgrade to Tahoe for it to still be inaccessible in-full. For a Mac that came with Tahoe installed when purchases, you cannot, for what I've found, solar.
My User Tips:
“I have always thought that turning off the camera functionality from screen time's settings completely disables the camera making the app disappear, losing out on the functionality of the camera, scanning qr codes, and many more.”
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Edit: “it will still work for items like FaceID”
If you feel the security measure it affords is necessary you should be fine.
Noted, but who told you I'm being paranoid? All I'm literally doing is asking, why assume?
No idea.
From your original post: "I have put a camera coverer from temu onto my iPhone 11".
From this post: "I have not bought it yet".
Which statement is true?
Will a camera cover affect my iPhone 11 camera long-term?
