I used the flashlight on my iPhone 6, then couldn't turn it off. I couldn't get the menu with the flashlight and other things, pushing up from the bottom didn't do anything. I powered off the phone and the flashlight went off, then turned the phone on again. I still can't get the slide-up menu. I have IOS 9.1.
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Basics from the manual are restart, reset, restore from backup, restore as NEW device.
Really? All that? Thanks for replying, you're level 7 so I'm sure you know what to do. I'll do it and report back here what happened.
Yep, it's really all that, and as simple as that. Over 99% of all phone issues are resolved by following those recommended steps, one-by-one, in order, stopping when the problem resolves. If the problem is not resolved after restoring as a new device and setting the phone up from scratch, then it's likely to be a hardware issue. In this case the phone needs to be brought to Apple for diagnostics.
Best,
GDG
Restoring from backup didn't work. I hate to restore completely, but I guess that's the next step. I'll do a new backup first.
Hmmm. I may have, uh, been a complete idiot. I thought I was supposed to swipe up starting at the four dots above the bottom strip with four apps in it. But those dots seem to be just an indicator of what page of apps I am on. Swiping up from below the screen produced the screen with the flashlight, etc. So, forget this thread ever happened.
iPhone 6 flashlight won't turn off
