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Hi everyone.
I can see this is not a new subject, so perhaps someone has cracked it. No matter what I do, on the odd occasion when I’ve managed to take a photo the camera defaults back to live photo without me changing anything.
Thanks for any thoughts.
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iPhone 12, iOS 16
If you would like to set Live Photo to OFF and keep it OFF as default (Until you manually turn it ON), then Open Settings ➔ Camera ➔ Preserve Settings ➔ Live Photo: Set this to ON. What this action will do is that it will preserve the setting that you set the next time for Live Photo.
Now, you need to turn Live Photo OFF. Open the Camera app ➔ Tap on the UP arrow (Top) ➔ Tap on Live Photo symbol (Bottom Row) ➔ Tap on Live OFF. This action combined with the Preserve Settings in Step 1, will ensure that Live Photo does not turn ON again unless you manually turn it ON. See image below:
Axel F.
If you would like to set Live Photo to OFF and keep it OFF as default (Until you manually turn it ON), then Open Settings ➔ Camera ➔ Preserve Settings ➔ Live Photo: Set this to ON. What this action will do is that it will preserve the setting that you set the next time for Live Photo.
Now, you need to turn Live Photo OFF. Open the Camera app ➔ Tap on the UP arrow (Top) ➔ Tap on Live Photo symbol (Bottom Row) ➔ Tap on Live OFF. This action combined with the Preserve Settings in Step 1, will ensure that Live Photo does not turn ON again unless you manually turn it ON. See image below:
Axel F.
Hi Axel F
Thanks for the info. After carrying out the procedure I took a real photo and thought the fix had worked. To make sure I took another picture immediately and unfortunately it was a live image. Repeated photos only produced live images, and when I repeated the fix procedure I didn't even get 1 still photo.
Further thoughts would be appreciated. Could there be a camera fault?
Regards
Mikedmu
No. It is not a camera fault. This is because the camera is taking instructions from the software. The procedure should work. How about trying the following:
Try and Force Restart your iPhone EXACTLY as shown below and see whether that resolves the issue:
(2) Once you have completed the above procedure successfully, then you can carry out the initial procedure that listed in my response above whereby you would turn ON the Preserve Settings feature and then turn Live Photo feature OFF.
Axel F.
Hi Axel
The force restart doesn’t work, even after holding the side button for more than a minute.
I have preserve settings turned on for live photo settings, as you explained it. But live photo*still* turns itself back on sometimes. Iwould like a way to disable it permanently.
Is there a way to have Live Photo on iPhone 12 turned off and stay off?
