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Why is there a tiny red light on top of my iphone 5

EEvery time at night or when it's dark, there's this tiny red light that apears on top of my iphone, near the speaker. It's quite scary. Is there something wrong..

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.1

Posted on Feb 14, 2013 10:16 AM

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Posted on Jun 3, 2017 8:42 PM

Thank you so much! I'm a girl and I seriously thought it was someone hacking my phone and watching me through the dot and that's why the light was there. But thank you for telling everyone I think it helped me calm down a lot!!

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Why is there a tiny red light on top of my iphone 5

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