XS camera intermittent refocusing problem is it a beta bug or a phone needing repaired?

[madeirabhoy]

its never happened before the other day not long after I installed the beta but maybe its a hardware fault, any ideas?

basically I take a lot of photos with my iPhone, including often taking pics on the golf course. no idea why I do as they are all pretty similar but anyway....

the other day I take my iPhone out of my pocket and open the camera, and it seems to focus and a second later refocus and keeps doing this in a loop. pressing the camera button makes no difference and no pic is taken. switching it to video, it keeps doing it, maybe its not actually refocusing but its what it looks like, switch it to portrait and it is fine. back to picture and away it goes.

now it was very bright but ive taken bright pics before and it was pretty hot but my phone didnt feel hot.

my first thought was the camera was failing. I quit the app and reopened, the same. I restarted the phone and it was fine all day. I took far too many pics just to push it.

couple of days later, ive taken pics in the meantime, take my phone out, ironically on the same hole it is a spectacular view, go to camera, and it does the same again. everything the same. again a restart fixes it.

is it an iOS 14 bug or is my camera failing?

 

[appleman3000]

I’m having the same issue.

 

[DimaVR]

Interesting no issue here in the same phone and B4

 

[fisherking]

no issue here either, but it IS being reported by some (& not just on the XS...)

 

[Shirasaki]

Exact same issue happened yesterday. What’s frustrating is I was in a rush taking photos to send over and camera being buggy isn’t helping Me either way. A restart does fix the problem, however temporary it might be.

Before anyone, yes, I know it is a beta.

 

[cheahm]

Not a hardware fault, but a known software bug that occurs across a variety of scenarios across multiple devices specific to this most recent beta release. Restart usually fixes the issue.

 

[madeirabhoy]

Excellent. I was worried it was a hardware fault so I’m relieved

 

[MrGimper]

Had this yesterday on my 11 Pro Max on 14 b4. Front and back camera.

 

[JCCL]

I have it as well in a 11 Pro Max. Posted an example here last week:

iOS 14 Beta 4 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements

Anyone else having an issue where the camera is stuck trying to focus like this?

forums.macrumors.com

 

[walopal]

I have an 8 Plus and found out that if I'm wearing my Air Pods and try to use the camera is does that focusing problem. When I remove the Air Pod the camera works fine. If I open the camera without Air Pod in it works fine. If I open the camera without the Air Pods on then put them on the camera works fine.

 

[cheahm]

I have an 8 Plus and found out that if I'm wearing my Air Pods and try to use the camera is does that focusing problem. When I remove the Air Pod the camera works fine. If I open the camera without Air Pod in it works fine. If I open the camera without the Air Pods on then put them on the camera works fine.

Yes I’d reported this in the main iOS 14 thread as well. Restart fixes this. Known bug!

 

[The1andOnly]

My X is doing this too. iOS 14, DB4.

 

[madeirabhoy]

Weirdly it now hasn’t done it in days. Wonder what sets it off

 

[Donga120]

May be a silly questions but make sure there is no magnets on your case near the camera, it interferes with the OIS. I had this issue for weeks until I found out it was my case.