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iPhone 17 Pro iPhone 17 Pro Camera Making A Clicking Sound
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Which issue do you mean? Clicking lenses or hissing sound? 17 is a brand new camera. Have the same hissing sound on a 15PM and a IPhone 14.
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Rattling Click. Never had this kind of sound with a 15 or 16Pro. Something different.
Rattling lenses of the camera unit is off is quite normal. As mentioned above: This is a completely new camera.
I would say it’s abnormal. I tried a few phones at the store. None had it. It’s loud enough to be heard from 1 meter away in a silent room. I could even feel the vibration (not haptic)
Anyone have a short test video they could link that has the hissing sound in the video?
On my iPhone 17 Pro Max (256 GB, deep blue) I have a clicking sound (following by a very faint crackling-like sound) when tapping the display to turn the screen on (probably related to Face ID). I also have a clicking sound when launching the camera app and when switching between lenses.
A loud or faint sound on the camera app. Could be the lens stabilizer starting its‘
Can confirm that my 17 pro max is also making the “click” sound when using Face ID. Probably due the stabilisation system required for the new square lens.
I had an iPhone Air which I returned which did not have this issue though, even though the air shares the same front camera as the pro and pro max so may only affect some units.
I had an iPhone Air which I returned which did not have this issue though, even though the air shares the same front camera as the pro and pro max so may only affect some units.
I’m hoping it’s software related as it was not doing it out of the box; it only started doing it following the update to iOS 26 (23A345), which would explain why it only seems to be the Pros that are affected as that day one update was specific to those models, see this link
Good catch! And since most of us started using the phone after this update, we wouldn’t be aware of the pre-update status of this issue either.
Edit: Has the 26.1 Beta fixed the issue ? Just curious.
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I also do have the click sound when opening the camera on an 17 Base. Not always though.
Hissing you hear when putting you ear next to the camera is definitely normal. Also my 14P has it, even louder. The sound when opening I experience the first time.
No clue what to do as with the rest I am very happy. What if this will not be fixed with an iOS update :/
Hissing you hear when putting you ear next to the camera is definitely normal. Also my 14P has it, even louder. The sound when opening I experience the first time.
No clue what to do as with the rest I am very happy. What if this will not be fixed with an iOS update :/
My 17 Base has it and I bought it yesterday. Today I noticed that were was an update available (has to be the same as the one you posted). No change. Before and after the same issue.
Same problem on my 17PM. The back camera is there but it’s the stabilizer, I’m more worried about the front Face ID click sound
Well each time I use my phone and Face ID is required, like bank apps or juste when I tap the screen to unlock it, I hear a faint click sound/noise. It’s quiet but I can hear it clearly if in a silent environment or if I put my hear by the front speaker when turning on the phone. People have reported it here and on Reddit too but don’t know if it’s normal or not..
Some people are having this FaceID issue and have installed beta version 26.1 and have reported that the sound has disappeared. So we'll just have to wait for the release of the beta version.
I understand that it could be the stabilizer, from what I understand the technology that produces this is called OIS, but a senior Apple official has told me that these sounds are not normal, others say they are. The only thing I know is that I came from a 13 Pro Max and I don't get any sound. Phones like Samsung and Google that use the same (as far as I understand, correct myself) have the same system and no sound is heard when opening the camera, or at least if you hold it far away. So I don't know what to think, now that it has been reported that the FaceID sound has been fixed with version 26.1, I have hope that the rear camera sound can also be fixed or at least that it is less audible.
There are people (that I've read 3) who have reported that they don't have any of these sounds. I personally checked a 17 PM and a priori there is no sound of any kind, neither from FaceID nor when opening the camera. I say a priori, because I checked it on the street and it's not a very quiet environment, but my friend who uses TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and the native camera itself has told me that he doesn't hear anything days after I checked the phone and found out the problem.
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This is affecting me too, plus also a friend with a 17 Pro, and another with an Air.
The sound is audible in the recording... which is definitely a big problem for me.
The sound is audible in the recording... which is definitely a big problem for me.
I hear a very faint noise if I put my ear right up the camera when I open the app. Who cares though? I doubt it's not supposed to happen. The camera has moving parts after all.
How do you people find this stuff out? lol
How do you people find this stuff out? lol