iOS disables flashlight when battery is low

I am beyond frustrated with this new feature. I put a flashlight app on my phone like it was 2008 and even that won’t work on my iPhone 6. DONT EVER DISABLE MY FLASHLIGHT. It could literally cost me my life. I can’t tell u how many times I have been at 2% and used the flashlight to find my charger or the outlet! Your battery life already ***** but now your telling me one of the most important features on my iPhone has a 15% less length of use because you want to help drain it slower? I can figure that out myself thank you! This needs to be fixed or this iPhone owner since the 1st iPhone will switch to the galaxy. FIX THE PROBLEM NOW PLEASES 11.0.1 hurry up!!

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Apple will not read any of this so the only way to let them know of your frustration is to use Product Feedback - Apple. And lastly, is this seriously that big of an issue for people? First world problems. Hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, floods but my flashlight doesn't work. Buy a small LED flashlight from Walmart for $1. But be sure to keep extra batteries on hand as they'll probably start to go dim when the battery reaches 15%.

Since you edited your post I'll edit mine.

If it's a concern regarding the flashlight, make sure you keep the phone charged enough or keep a standard flashlight around. These are two perfectly reasonable solutions to the issue at hand. If you want it changed this forum isn’t the place to complain. This is a place for questions and offers of solutions only. If you'd like to see it changed then you need to offer feedback in the appropriate way. Product Feedback - Apple

In regards to my life, my career, and my family I have already found great meaning and fulfillment. Thanks for wishing me luck though.

Hey Apple, how does this sound. "IOS 11 now gives your flashlight 85% battery life" NO. I need the flashlight to work 100% of the time. Please fix this. I do not need you to disable anything on my phone without the option of un-disabling it. This is very frustrating and makes me wish I did not update my phone. This is the worst "feature" that you could have ever thought of. Horrible idea. Please give me the light back and do not disable this feature ever!

It gets worse. Apple appear to have blocked the torch apps from using the LED when the battery is low. None of the 6 torch apps I just downloaded and tried would work either. If anyone finds one that does work please post the name so we can all use it until Apple reverse this stupid change.

While I sent the reply to you I did see that you rephrased your question. I really wasn’t directing this at you. It was more the people that were complaining after it was already said how to get help by sending feedback. I apologize that I sent the reply directed at you but I didn’t want to send to anyone in particular - just was replying to the main post. Also replying to buy a flashlight isn’t a rant just a suggestion when they’re so cheap if having a flashlight nearby so important.

I totally agree with this post. What is Apple thinking?! In one foul stroke I have had my access to two very important safety features severely limited. Torch on my phone is a covenience most of the time, and in an emergency I believe it could save lives by acting as a means of identifying location or escaping from a dark space. Imagine for instance the number of people who might be affected if a night time earthquake strikes and the most immediate source of light, an iphone, now refuses to light up because its battery says no... Camera flash could be the deciding factor in capturing an important image of a criminal or a night time accident scene. I have had to use my phone in just such a situation. At lwadt allow us to decide whether we opt in or out of switching off the torch or flash.

Right now I'm working with a senior advisor about this issue on my 6 plus. So far we haven't figured anything out. On iOS 11.0-11.0.2 anything below 20% I couldn't use it now on 11.0.3 it works at 15% but 14% and lower I can’t use my flashlight. He ran diagnostics and some other tests and sent them all to the engineering department when I get more info I will follow up

I agree I recently was in my car driving home from work late at night. I was in my grandmothers car which I had never driven in before. I didnt know that the headlights where automatic and I couldn’t see anything. I pulled over and tried to use my phone to see anything and I wasn’t able to see anything because I couldn’t use my flashlight to locate anything in the car. I wasn’t even able to see where to turn the car lights on! I was a horrible experience and I am still shaken up especially as a new driver. It would benefit many people like me if this feature was disabled or at least if we were given the option to disable it ourselves. It has come to make my life very difficult. I think apple would care that their devices had multipurposes and I’m sure they will try to fix their problems to please their customers, they always have in the past. I really like this company and all their products and I hope they make this change.

Reallyapplecmon wrote:

It could literally cost me my life. I can’t tell u how many times I have been at 2% and used the flashlight to find my charger or the outlet!

That's really amazing that difficulty in locating your charger can cost you your life.

Klovell542 wrote:

I was in my grandmothers car which I had never driven in before. I didnt know that the headlights where automatic and I couldn’t see anything.

Wow! You couldn't see anything because the headlights turned on automatically instead of manually. That's amazing. I hope that I'm never driving on the same road with you.

I hate this 'feature' so much too! Every single night when I go to bed, the lights are out and I want to put my phone on charge.

Normally at night time my phone is on low battery from the day, but because the lights are out, I need the flashlight to find my charger... which requires that the phone isn't on low battery.

This thinking seems very un-apple-like. The reason I love Apple is that they think through everything they do and everything works exactly how you'd expect. Except for this one pain-in-my-arse-every-single-night.