FaceTime "flip" problem

Is your rear camera working? Try rebooting your iPhone.

One of my iPhones was stuck when trying to access the rear camera - the on-screen shutter wouldn't open. Rebooting it fixed the issue.

 

I've got the same problem—when my wife flips her camera, I see a still of her; when I flip my camera, I see a still of me. But she sees what's on the back side of my phone, and she sees what's on the back side of her phone.

 

Rebooting Worked!

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Same problem.. Rebooting didn't help.

 

I had this problem also. I think it was due to a bad or weak connection though.

 

i have this same issue

 

I had the same problem. Instead of calling them and then hitting FaceTime, go to the person in your contacts and hit video chat or FaceTime or what ever it is that it says. Then it should not freeze anymore. I think it has something to do with being in wifi from the get go? And not having to switch from 3G to wifi? Really I have no idea why but it has NEVER freezer on my yet doing it this way, and it would freeze on the flip every time the other way.

 

I had the same problem. Rebooting the phone fixed it. Really I find I nee to reboot the iPhone 4 a little more often than I did with the 3GS, could just be ios 4. It's a slight annoyance. No biggie.

One thing I recommend is shutting it off every time you charge it. The phone will automatically power back on. Just a simple way to remind yourself to reboot every day. Just like you should with any computer.

 

Had the same problem. Solution is to go into settings and turn OFF facetime... Then turn it back ON.

 

I've heard about others having this issue, but have not experienced it yet myself. I've had multiple FaceTime conversations with people so far and not had that happen.
I'm wondering whether this has anything to do with how many apps are open, etc. Just trying to figure out whether there is a common thread in causing this issue.

 

When you transmit from the back HD camera, it uses way more bandwidth, so you run into a network bottle neck... you're sending and receiving at the same time... and your friend is also. You have to have 2 perfect networks to do this without hiccups.