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iPhone 16 Pro Max Camera Crash
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Take it back. Still happening. Crashes less often but always after camera launch. Going to 18.1 beta as last chance.
So disappointing to hear. I updated yesterday but no issues yet… it’s absolutely unacceptable for a phone to be doing this in 2024.
Let us know if 18.1 fixes it. I also thought 18.0.1 fixed it, but nope. It's better. Camera launches, and the only thing that triggers the crash now is taking a photo with 5x. Restarting the phone resolves the issue. I will continue to restart my brand new 16 Pro every morning..
Anyone of you already spoke to Apple support?
My new 16PM had a single random kernel panic Wednesday afternoon while idle. Only noticed because it asked for pin after restart.
Called support Thursday morning. Guy did run a 30sec diagnostic and said device has to be replaced.
Replacement unit arrived Friday morning not even 24 hours after the call.
My new 16PM had a single random kernel panic Wednesday afternoon while idle. Only noticed because it asked for pin after restart.
Called support Thursday morning. Guy did run a 30sec diagnostic and said device has to be replaced.
Replacement unit arrived Friday morning not even 24 hours after the call.
I called. They ran hardware and software but couldn’t find anything. They were asking a lot about VPN though (Surfshark) and I think that might be part of it. It does impact other apps (games and radio).
I don’t use VPN and it still happens. So it’s still happening on 18.1?
Wanted to leave it over a day before I could say if 18.1 has fixed it (to avoid the false dawn of 18.0.1). It 100% has. Phone running really good, battery life seems better? Quite impressed with the AI as well.
I've had these same issues and same attempted fixes. I'm hopeful that 18.1 will indeed fix it; it's a hassle to replace a phone, and if it's software I'd rather just wait til the fix is installed. Easy enough to temporarily not use the camera control button in the meantime.
I've put Halide and ProShot on the lock screen, though so far thirdparty camera apps seem to also be affected and also crash sometimes. Whether that's more or less than the system camera app, I don't know.
I've put Halide and ProShot on the lock screen, though so far thirdparty camera apps seem to also be affected and also crash sometimes. Whether that's more or less than the system camera app, I don't know.
Thanks for pioneering that. After reading your message I upgraded to 18.1 public beta yesterday and it indeed seems to have solved the problem. Running very smoothly. Case closed, a pleasure working with you haha
I had this issue. Seems to have something to do with coming out of sleep mode. Camera crashes, stuttering Bluetooth, battery shows 1% before going back to normal. I was also getting feedback that people couldn’t hear me on the phone as well. Restarting the iPhone temporarily fixes it. I reset all settings and it seems to have fixed the problem for now. Pain in the ass to add all of my cards etc but worth it to finally fix the problem.
Go to 18.1. Now close to RC so it’s safe and it fixed it for me
Camera remains fixed on latest beta 4. No major issues since the beta. Seems reasonably stable, just needed single restart following beta install to get rid of the usual gremlins.