Is anyone getting camera crashes whilst taking photos? I’ve done a restart but the camera refuses to take a photo and then just crashes?
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iPhone 16 Pro Max Camera Crash
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Thanks. Rather weirdly just got message to update to ios18. So maybe I want on that version out of the box!
Phones were built before ios 18 was released so they had a pre-release version of 18 on them from factory and when you receive it, time to update to latest to whatever may be the latest.
The same issue with my 16 Pro Max just now. The software is up to date. Would be nice to know how to fix the issue. Thanks
It’s not an issue now after the update to iOS 18. This would suggest that it had iOS 17 out of the box (didn’t check). Anyway, all fixed for me now. Hope anyone else who had the issue gets a quick fix.
I have exactly that. Every morning for last 3 days. Each time I try to take a pic with the rear camera, the camera app crashes. If I restart the phone that seems to fix it. Then next morning the same. Brand new iPhone 16 Pro. All latest software updates. Spoke with Apple Remote support today they checked it remotely and couldn’t find any faults. Have suggested I take it in to local service centre to diagnose further. Looks like it’s a iOS 18 glitch with camera hopefully or maybe it’s a hardware issue. Annoying as I bought the phone especially for the camera upgrade. Hopefully it won’t take long to fix. Otherwise it’ll be a new morning routine of restart iPhone before doing anything else with it. Come on apple. You can do better.
Once it starts doing it, every time the rear camera is used it crashes. Until phone restart then it stops doing it - until it starts playing up again later or the next morning.
Apple support failed to find fault using online diagnostics. Given my rural location and no service centre local - I took phone back to JB Hifi the retailer I purchased from and they swapped it out for a new replacement. New one now works perfectly.
I’ve been having the same issue. Hope they manage to fix it in a software update before too long. Both times I ran across the issue I was trying to get shots of birds at my feeder, and they flew off by the time I restarted!
This is making the camera button useless. It’s taking longer to take a photo or video on my new 16 Pro Max with the camera button than it was on my 14 Pro Max with iOS 17.
I take it back. Not a hardware issue. The new phone has now done it too. Seems to glitch upon using the new camera button as well as on-screen camera button. Apple support continue to be completely clueless as to why it is happening.
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That weirdly reassures me. Software not hardware so fix out soon hopefully.
Hi! Care to share how to replicate this scenario? I have rarely used the Camera control button as it's way out of reach to be useful in any orientation.