Level 1

104 points

Swipe to open camera from lock screen not working

Swipe to open camera app from lock screen just quit working on my iPhone 6s. I can't say if it happened with the 10.3 upgrade or 10.3.1 (most likely the latter). I can't find any setting to change the lock screen settings.

Swipe from the bottom from the lock screen still works. Just to be clear that's where changes to rotation, airplane mode, etc. are revealed. From that I can swipe to control Music/Podcast.

On the lock screen I see three small icons—two dots and a camera icon. Also to the left, a Safari icon.

I have General>Accessibility>Home Button>Rest Finger to Open Off. But changing it to On doesn't fix the problem.

I assume I'm missing some setting. Internet searching didn't help.

iPhone 6s, iOS 10

Posted on Apr 6, 2017 8:56 AM

24 replies

Gunianor

Level 1

4 points

Nov 2, 2017 9:39 PM in response to ap520

Me too, i use iphone se and from the first ios 11 to 11.1 the bugs is not gone

Nov 4, 2017 7:19 AM in response to EzequielGarzón

It also worked for me. Thanks for your suggestion

Gunianor

Level 1

4 points

Nov 18, 2017 9:01 PM in response to Vtra

You can fix it by view the notification, swipe left the notification and choose view option. And everything will go back to normal.

Gunianor

Level 1

4 points

Nov 19, 2017 8:35 AM in response to Vtra

Yess, i really hate it, i thought it will gone after the 11.1 update but i still face this bug untill 11.2, i really miss ios 10

ap520

Level 1

4 points

Dec 26, 2017 8:55 AM in response to Vtra

No fixed on ios 11.2.1 iphone 8

pepi75

Level 1

4 points

Jan 5, 2018 7:20 AM in response to MtnBiker

Not fixed in ios 11.2.1, iphone 8 plus

cycook

Level 1

18 points

Apr 25, 2018 7:38 AM in response to EzequielGarzón

This corrected the "swipe left to open camera app from lock screen not working" for me too. Using iPhone 6 plus running iOS 11.3.

Thank you.

luuklp

Level 3

806 points

Apr 6, 2017 9:19 AM in response to MtnBiker

Just to make sure, have you tried swiping from the right edge of the screen all the way to the left edge of the screen. The camera is now on the 'left' of your lock screen, so swipe from the right to the left to open it.

Apr 24, 2017 7:30 PM in response to MtnBiker

I have this same problem. I can't swipe for the camera and none of my lock-screen notifications can be manipulated. Iphone SE running 10.3.1

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