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Is your iPhone's front camera showing a black screen? If you can't take any photos or start the Camera app at all, there are a few fixes you can try. Here's how to fix your iPhone front camera when it's not working.
Things You Should Know
- Your iPhone's front camera may not work if your software is outdated, your storage is full, or you have changed some accessibility settings.
- Force-close and open the Camera app to restart it, or switch between front and back camera view.
- Restart your iPhone, free up some storage, update your iPhone, or reset all settings.
Steps
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Switch to selfie mode, and then switch back. Changing the camera mode from back-facing to front-facing to back-facing again may get it to work again.
- To change the camera, tap the overlapping circle icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen. On older iOS versions, this icon may be in the top-right corner instead.
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Restart your device. A quick restart can fix common issues. Do the following:
- On iPhones without a Home button, press and hold the Power and Volume Up buttons until the Power slider appears.
- On iPhones with a Home button, press and hold the side button until the slider appears.
- Slide the slider with your finger and wait for your iPhone to turn off.
- Wait 30 seconds, and then turn it back on.
- On iPhones without a Home button, press and hold the Power and Volume Up buttons until the Power slider appears.
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Free storage space on your iPhone. If you can't get the camera to work, it may lock itself due to lack of storage space. You can use a cloud service such as iCloud or Google Drive to transfer and save photos off your device. To check your current storage information, do the following:
- Go to Settings .
- Tap General .
- Tap iPhone Storage .
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Keep your iPhone up-to-date. Similar to when your iPhone blinks, flickers , or keeps refocusing , you may be due for a software update . Do the following:
- Go to Settings .
- Tap General .
- Tap Software Update .
- Tap Download and Install .
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Reset All Settings to their factory default. This includes network settings, privacy settings, location settings, and more. You can do this without erasing your data, but be sure to backup your iPhone just in case. [1] X Research source Do the following:
- Go to Settings .
- Tap General .
- Tap Transfer or Reset iPhone .
- Tap Reset .
- Tap Reset All Settings .
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Contact Apple for help. This may be a hardware issue, and you may still be covered by Apple's warranty. [2] X Research source
- You can contact Apple on their website at https://getsupport.apple.com/ .
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