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Iphone 4 light stays on

I just got an Iphone 4 couple of weeks ago, and just the other day the camera light comes on and will not turn off. I had a flashlight app and opened it and tried turning it off and then on again but got no where. So then I deleted the app and hard reset the phone but still nothing. So I let the phone die hoping that the light would go out. Well it has been 15 hrs since my phone turned off and the light is still on. It is much dimmer than before but I can't believe that there is still juice in the battery. Does anybody have any ideas. Thanks

Mac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Oct 3, 2010 12:46 PM

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Oct 9, 2010 3:19 PM in response to Tom Alperin

That does not help unfortunatley.. I downloaded a few light apps trying the same.

If you turn the phone TOTALLY OFF it STILL stays on even... the only time it will turn off is when the battery is dead.

This is totally ridiculous!

what a POS phone, never have I had such an issue with a smart phone like this.

between dealing with this and the massive amounts of data this burns, I totally should have stuck with blackberry!

Oct 23, 2010 3:33 AM in response to daddy02

I've now got the same problem. I was just using my phone then after finishing what I was doing noticed my iphone camera light was on. Tried everything. Went through all the settings. Turning the phone off. A restore, and still not fixed.
The light stayed on all through the restore!
I've also found that the camera does indeed turn off if I was to slightly bend the phone.


The light being on also makes the phone overheat. I got a message on the phone soon after this happened that the iphone was overheating...

If there is a fix for this without having to go to an apple store i'd like to hear it as the closest apple store is about 3 hours away...


Would the telco (Vodafone AU) replace the phone if I take it in to them?

Dec 8, 2010 11:29 PM in response to daddy02

I bought a new iPhone4 yesterday and have the same problem. The LED flashlight was going on and off intermittently, depending on the way I held the phone (although no pattern could be detected). And now it stays on all the time, even when the phone is switched off. V/strange. Will take it back to Telenor Sweden today and ask them.

Dec 16, 2010 6:20 AM in response to yogster

I haven't yet taken the phone back to Telenor. I wanted to see if I could establish a pattern and indeed the light only comes on, and stays on, after the phone has been in my jacket for some minutes. Very strange. And then I can make the light disappear after some repeated touches to the light cover. Sounds like flakey hardware.

Iphone 4 light stays on

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