Re: Does anoyne else get those rare black screen when using iPhone's camera app?

On 2025-04-29 23:19, Jörg Lorenz wrote:

On 30.04.25 07:34, Alan wrote:

On 2025-04-29 22:22, Jörg Lorenz wrote:

On 30.04.25 06:41, Alan wrote:

On 2025-04-29 18:57, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2025-04-29, Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:

On Apr 25, 2025 at 4:22:54 PM EDT, "Ant" <Ant> wrote:
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Hello,
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Does anoyne else get those rare black screen when using iPhone's
camera app? Like nothing on screen. Not even icons and texts. I
had to restart camera app to fix it. I think it started in v18. I
don't remember it happening before v18.  This was in both 13 and 12
mini, with their updated iOS versions, so far. :/

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No, never seen that one.
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But, it's a computer so Shit Happens. If it happens once then chalk it up to
Gremlins.  If it happens a few times then maybe you need to delete the Camera
app and re-install it. It's in the store.

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Rule #1 is, and has always been, REBOOT. Go from there.

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No.
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Rule #1 is (and has always been): Quit and relaunch the offending PROCESS.
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Then, if that doesn't work, reboot.

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I tend to disagree: How would you do that on a an iPhone? Quit and
relaunch a process goes over a restart of the OS in contrast to the Mac.
The advantage is that the system is clean and everything is running as
intended.
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<https://support.apple.com/en-us/109359>

 Has nothing to do with an OS-process that controls hardware components.
 

The app on iOS that takes pictures is just another app, called "Camera".
That doesn't mean it can't be a problem at a lower level, but one should certainly try the easier fix of quitting and relaunching just the app.
You asked:
"How would you do that [quit and relaunch an app] on a an iPhone?"
And I just showed you.
The article says:
"You should close an app only if it’s unresponsive. "
Well launching the Camera app and getting a black screen seems the very definition of "unresponsive" to me.
And moreover: in your zeal to have a "gotcha" moment, you ignored that the original post said:
"I had to restart camera app to fix it."
So your whole "OS-process" schtick was proven to be nonsense before you even began it!
:-)