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iPhone 14 Pro Camera Shaking and Vibrating in Apps Like Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram for Some Users

teh_hunterer said:
Nah, it shouldn't be possible in the first place to develop an app that physically breaks the camera. Something is wrong at the hardware, software, API, firmware, or driver level causing this. Third party app devs are not to blame here.

Since it's social media apps that seem to be doing it, they're probably all using a certain API call that is triggering the camera to spaz out - an API that is developed and provided by Apple.

The real questions are:

1. Can this be fixed by an iOS update? And if not, oh boy do we have a big replacement program on our hands.

2. Are they going to replace each phone that exhibits this issue? It seems from early reports that once the camera has jiggled around, it has likely suffered permanent damage.

3. How widespread the issue is.

4. What caused it?
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Do we have any proof that it causes damage. Seems that just thoughts among people. No proof.
 
Marketh said:
Interesting tweet on this from Halide:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1571728343023915011

According to them, it’s a hardware issue with the OIS module. I personally don’t seem to have the problem (in Instagram, anyway).
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So it can’t be patched away, that’s too bad. It’s frustrating having to return a new toy so soon, especially if you traded your old one to get it. Hopefully everyone gets theirs sorted out soon.
 
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michael31986 said:
Do we have any proof that it causes damage. Seems that just thoughts among people. No proof.
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No proof AFAIK, but OIS is mechanical, and mechanical things tend to wear out, especially when used in ways that they weren’t designed to be used in. So there’s reason to be cautious there.

Or as others are saying the shaking could be a sign that the OIS in that specific phone isn’t working as intended i.e. a faulty part from the factory.

Either way, it’s completely understandable to be wary considering the price of these phones. It’s everyone’s individual choice and judgement but I know that if it happened to my phone I would be getting it replaced.
 
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STOCK411 said:
And is it ALL 3rd party apps that utilize the camera? Because if only a few than its the app that needs to be updated.

I mean. If you open outlook and try to take a photo does it vibrate?
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Nothing in an app's code should be able to cause a malfunction like this. This is clearly a iOS or firmware issue that needs to be resolved by apple.
 
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Benlurks1010 said:
So it can’t be patched away, that’s too bad. It’s frustrating having to return a new toy so soon, especially if you traded your old one to get it. Hopefully everyone gets theirs sorted out soon.
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And why is it not happening with the camera app from Apple ?
If it's hardware you would expect it also to happen with the camera app from Apple ?!
 
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F23 said:
close focus on the 14 Pro is different than the 13 Pro due to the different focal length. so that is normal
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Yes, focal length of our iPhone 14 Pro is different than our 13 Pro. But the camera should still focus on items, luckily, I did a bit of testing with the main camera app before it went haywire so I know the difference.
 
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Htsi said:
We should have someone test out the minimum distance required for the main camera to focus, then compare ours. This is the only way we can know if our cameras are ok. As it stands, I am disappointed with the lack of focussing at distances I would not expect to require macro mode.



Racism/Elitism aside, China is the top dog in precision as well as bulk manufacturing.
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That Luke kid did in his video, but TBH it looks like he was on Macro mode for one of the shots. Not 100% sure though.
 
Tijdelijk said:
And why is it not happening with the camera app from Apple ?
If it's hardware you would expect it also to happen with the camera app from Apple ?!
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It could be a bug in the Camera API that developers use to have camera access in their apps. The camera app doesn’t use this API.
 
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Tijdelijk said:
Well let's wait for an official statement instead off making things up about severe issues and resale value ;)
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I fully agree. It's been discovered this week-end, let's give the Apple engineers a chance to investigate it.

But my point was : If you think your phone has an issue, don't try to hide it for no reason. It's still under warranty.
 
TimmKook said:
Nope! Has not happened ever again..... which... is actually scaring me now, makes me wonder if something broke and that's why it's not lol.
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Strange. It happened on tik tok but only on one video sound I was using. Not others. But it’s not doing it on any other app.

Anyone else continuously having the issue?
 
senttoschool said:
Work from home quality. This is probably the first iPhone to be developed mostly during Covid.

Now we know why Cook is adamant about workers returning to the office. "Working" from the beach is over. Tim Cook has all the data on the lack of productivity and employee disengagement. Macrumors forum posters that claim they know how to run Apple better are not smarter than Tim Cook.

I'm skipping the iPhone 14 and probably also the iPhone 15. I'll buy the iPhone 16 because it'll be the first iPhone designed and produced with workers in the office.
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Tim Cook just launched a new version of their main product that is having major issues and you don’t think there are other people that can run a company better than Tim Cook?
 
Fat_Guy said:
The guy who did a full review said it was broken and then returned it. I can’t remember word for word but it looked like it was toast:





He says he can’t recommend purchasing the iPhone 14 Pro phones until it gets sorted out!
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I’m still not sure how this is hardware since I’m not seeing people have it continuously happen…


Also where is the proof that the camera was toast?

Some people do these videos for clicks
 
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Fat_Guy said:
This!


If it were just a software problem everyone who opened the same apps with the same builds would have it. This is hopefully a bad batch of modules where the software makes it self-destruct. If so Apple should be able to get the affected serial numbers and get a quick recall.


These modules are a new design for the iPhone - and you know - stuff happens in the early days of production.
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has apple ever done a recall? for iphones?
 
senttoschool said:
No one says bugs didn't exist before.

It's the incredibly stupid and embarrassing bugs, hardware defects, and delays after delays for product launches. All of these have increased in frequency since WFH.

Before COVID, only the most disciplined and valuable members of the work force were given permission by employers to work from home. After COVID, everyone got to work from home. What could possibly go wrong?
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You do realize that the hardware engineers would have been working onsite during the pandemic. It isn’t like they set up hardware labs in their individual homes with test equipment that is more expensive than their houses.
 
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Nothing here, is not happening. So is it a block of defective devices, or some software that people downloaded and is perhaps running in background? Of course it should not happen, but none of these shock jocks ever try to diagnose the issue, of course that would ruin a good rant, yah?
 
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