I've heard a lot of people are having a black screen in the camera App after the IOS 16 Update and I'm one of them. Is there already a fix for this, because it's been almost a month and now you can't even downgrade to IOS 15. Is Apple even aware of this problem?
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iPhone 12, iOS 16
I have an iPhone XR which demonstrated the "black screen" rear camera (but the front camera still worked). First I had the rear camera replaced at a local independent repair house. That fixed the camera but only for a day. Then I updated from IOS 16 to 17 last night and did not test the rear camera again until today. To my horror, the rear camera had gone back to the "black screen" rear camera. I tried some of the solutions in this thread. Nothing worked until I did a "force restart" by pressing/releasing the side buttons of the phone as described in Force restart iPhone - Apple Support. At the moment the rear camera is functioning again!
I had the same exact experience. Camera turned black after ios 16.2 update. Brought it to Apple Service Center and they charged me to pay for replacement or fix the hardware. Like what in the earth will I pay if it’s the update that caused the issue.
Is Apple making the update a reason to gain money?
iPhone SE 3rd gen rear camera and flash/flashlight recently stopped working on iOS 16 update. Front facing camera still works though. Hope Apple is coming out with a software fix
However on our iPhone 13, all of the cameras and flashlight works on the latest iOS 16 update. So it’s not affecting all phones equally
Same here. Apple shop told me to buy a new phone, it wasn't a problem Apple had told them about, quote "if we were to follow every problem about iPhones on the internet, we'd never get to work". Thank you guys.
Tried everything suggested including factory reset, still does not work at all. Before the factory reset, the front camera still worked. I am sooooo angry. Iphone 12, bought in November 2020.
I'm now experiencing this with iOS 17.2 (21C62). It mostly happens when I launch the Camera app from the Action Button. The preview is either entirely black or dark and blurred. Sometimes, it starts working after waiting 5–10 seconds. Other times, it won't work even after waiting minutes. In those cases, I just relaunch the Camera app.
Filed as feedback item FB13473854.
I had the same problem shortly after I bought my iPhone 16. I tried everything that Apple support told me to and it still wouldn’t work. Unfortunately I had to go to the Apple Store and almost fight to have it replaced. They did replace it finally. I also am forced to do updates despite the fact that updates are turned off in my settings.
so what is a solution?
Hello, my front camera is also like everyone else on this thread a black screen after updating with your software. Can you please fix this !!!!!
My rear camera is a black screen. The forward facing camera is fine.
Is there a fix for this?
My back camera is also not working. When I switch to .5 for photo and video it begins to work again but not at 1 or 2.
my Flashlight is also not working
This is happening on one of my iPhone 11's with iOS updated 16.2
Also Emails disappearing and having to reload every time I open the Mail app. iPhone 13's that I know of
Also the camera app not sending an Email photo. iPhone 11's through 13's that I know of
WOW not really impressed.
I’m having this problem since I updated to 15.7. I don’t want to update to 16 just to have it continue to happen!! I’m so frustrated that Apple hasn’t figured this out!!
I don’t want to have to go to the store and pay some fee for a new phone I don’t need. Just because they have a software issue they can’t figure out.
Apparently on my iPhone 8 Plus, my camera app suddenly stopped working and it only shows black screen when I opened up the Camera app and I can’t take pictures, but the selfie camera works for me only, I tried to fix it by freeing up storage and memories and I updated my software to iOS 16.6 (The maximum of the software version), but still, it never works, and my flashlight is also not working
iOS 17.2 did this to me as well on the same day. I tried everything, including the factory reset, nothing worked.
I got proof today that the camera still works as I went to add my credit card back onto my phone and the camera worked to scan my card. Doesn't work with anything else though.
did you find a way to fix it? i’m having the same issue my front camera is black but yet my back camera works fine. the ipad isnt cracked at all. i’m thinking maybe software glitch? but i have updated it to the latest ios and reset settings.
On my iPhone 12 my camera app suddenly stopped working and it only shows black screen when I opened up the Camera app and I can’t take pictures, but the selfie camera works for me only, I tried to fix it l but still, it never works, and my flashlight is also not working.
I restarted and rebooted to new… no luck. All of this happened after the 17.5.1 update.
What causes the black screen in camera after iOS 16 update?
