iPhone 15 Pro Action button black camera

[mr.sam]

I’m doing some travelling and purchased an iPhone 15 Pro to take with me.

My action button is mapped to my camera app, which is a great QOL feature. However, quite often I when the camera opens it just has a black screen (as if the camera were covered). The only workaround I’ve found is to unlock the iPhone and force close the camera app.

Makes the action button pretty frustrating to use and I’ve missed some great moments as a result of it.

Is anyone else finding the same?

Sidenote, it would bee really useful to be able to zoom without having to touch the screen. Opening the camera app with one button and then having to fiddle with a touch zoom slider is dumb.

 

[Dust-by-Monday]

I'm having the same problem. Sometimes my camera opens up black and I have to close and reopen it to get it to work again. I don't have it mapped to the action button though.

 

[mr.sam]

I’m still seeing it on 17.1.1 unfortunately. It’s pretty frustrating when you hit the action button and a dead camera comes up. Have missed so much as a result, because you have to dig through and close the camera app for it to work again.

 

[spooned12000rpm]

I get this quite often too. Possibly related to Face ID.

 

[Dust-by-Monday]

FYI: This dude mentions this problem in this video:

Starts at 5:34

 

[biting-mammal]

I have the same issue. So frustrating! Makes me not use the action button for the very purpose I’d like to use it for 😔