iPhone or iPad Camera Not Working

If you face the problem with iPhone camera where you see a black screen when you open your camera app, the first thing you need to do is to check out whether it's a software or hardware issue. Start a Facetime call to one of your friends. Check both the background and front iPhone cameras. If it is the hardware problem, you should contact Apple; if it's software issue you can fix with the potential solutions here.


iPhone iPad Problems – Camera Not Working

Double press the Home button quickly will reveal all running apps in the multitasking manager, scroll right across the icons to find camera, swipe the screen to close Camera app. Open it again to see if it working.

Press and hold the Power buttons simultaneously and wait Apple logo to appear. Let go both buttons to reboot your iPhone. Check Camera app after that.

Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. This won't delete any files or photos.