ios 10 camera bug

I have the same problem. I chatted with the nice folks at Apple, and they said they were going to have an engineer check it out before sending me to an Apple Store.
When I told them that other people were having the same issue, they actually seemed to care.

I haven't heard back yet, but its only been 3 days.

I had a similar issue with my IPad Air. The front camera worked but the rear camera stopped working completely after the upgrade. I tried hard resetting and resetting all of the settings but it still wouldn't work. I painfully went ahead and did a full restore via ITunes and it fixed it. Hoping Apple releases a bug fix because this is painful process to fix what was working fine before the upgrade

The same problem on my SE. Camera is black or very dark, sometimes it pulses a bit but nothing happens. Switching to video and back helps, but it is extremely annoying as I have to do this every time! It didn't happen on iOS 9 and I haven't replaced any phone parts.

this is EXACTLY what I have. Except with a 6s and its only about 10% of the time.

Seems to usually happen when going to the camera within iMessage.

Brand new iPhone SE 64gb iOS 10.0.2 and I have this issue. Black screen on front and back cameras, swiping to video and back restores it, or going via a 3rd party camera app. I can reliably break it again by closing the camera app and putting the phone to sleep. Once back into the phone, launching the app has the black screen back.

Pretty poor for such a major bug on a brand new iPhone - please fix Apple.

(noticed this thread is in Hardware, when it definitely appears to be a software problem - can this thread be moved or should I new one be started?)

The same problem with my brand new SE 16GB. After update to IOS 10.0.2 - SOMETIMES - back camera has problem to focus and screen stays black. Slide to video and back resolves this issue ...

I called to apple service centre and they told me to bring my device to check it. But I will wait, because it is seems to me like software bug also ...

I have the same problem . 6s plus .. upgraded to ios 10.0.02 and switch the camera on and get a black screen . Remove all background app's and try again and it sometimes works . This bug needs to be fixed ASAP.

I have iphone 5s too.

I just updated to ios 10.1 but nothing changes, the problem still the same, my rear camera works for about a couples of times when I take picture but then suddenly freeze and black screen just like before.

The front camera looks fine.

I dont know what to do anymore, this issue is very disturbing.

I hope apple will fix it soon.

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Hi

Follow the instructions here, including contacting Apple Support or making a Genius Bar reservation if necessary:

Get help with the camera on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

• Contact - Official Apple Support
• https://twitter.com/applesupport
• http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

Unhelpful! this is clearly a iOS10 bug. Genius bar wouldn't help me either. So frustrated with Apple on this.

If you are certain that the issue is an iOS bug, you may prefer to let Apple know your thoughts by submitting feedback:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

(This is a user-based technical support community - you are not talking with Apple here).

To escalate your issue with Apple, either contact Apple Support or make another Genius Bar reservation. Note that feedback is typically a one-way communication process.

Feedback sent to Apple using the above link - suggests everyone here with this issue does the same.

Yes, i have the same issue too with my iphone 7.

When upgrading to ios 10.1 , my back camera doesn't work, the flash can't turn on but the face camera work fine.

I try to reset, restore to 10.0.2 but it didn't work.

I hope apple release the new IOS 10.1.1 to fix those bug.

I have the same issue too with my iPhone 7

My camera doesn't working, but the face camera works fine.

After I upgrade to ios 10.1 , the problem still exists.

How to fix it?

Same exact symptoms after upgrading to 10.1.1