My iPod touch 5th gen front camera is not working

I got my iPod touch 5th gen three weeks ago and it was working just fine as I could make FaceTime calls.... Yesterday the front camera shutter suddenly stopped working , it stays closed and will not open.... Even by doing a force quit of the camera app the problem persists... Resetting it will not work, resetting the settings will not work either... My back camera works just fine.... If I switch to the front camera the shutter freezes and won't open... what I do is I turn my device off and after a while as turn it on and the app camera goes back to normal displaying the back camera but if I switch again to the front camera it just simply will not work as I described.... Does this happen to anyone? Is this a software malfunction or is it a hardware issue?.... Thanks for any response regarding this matter....

iPod touch, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Jan 1, 2013 6:50 AM

17 replies

Nov 13, 2016 4:12 PM in response to lllaass

Ok sorry but that doesn't work. I have the same issue with both of my cameras and I tried resetting it and it doesn't wok

Nov 13, 2016 4:15 PM in response to emmalou18

One of the ways to fix it is the hardwiring. You have to take your iPod apart, which I don't have the nerve to do, and fix something in the wiring. Also don't update your iPod. That's when my cameras stopped working (plus I drop it a lot) there are plenty of YouTube videos out there telling you how to do it. Whatever you do DO NOT reset your iPod. It fixes absolutely nothing.

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My iPod touch 5th gen front camera is not working