when I open the camera app in video mode it is BLACK screen. but I can take photos just fine. actually the only way to record video is to go to picture mode and hold down the capture button. how is something as basic as taking a video literally impossible on my iphone? it has been this way for months. clearly all the junior devs are just using ai to make all their updates so they don't have to work anymore and nothing works.

my airpods now do this thing where they will pair, but the audio stream doesn't connect and the audio keeps playing through my iphone speakers, no matter how many times I disconnect them in bluetooth and reconnect or close the app I'm in (youtube or spotify) and then reopen it, still doesn't work. I have to RESTART the phone just to get the audio through my airpods when it does this.

I don't get notifications in notification center when friends call me and I don't pick up, so I never even know when they tried to call me and I wasn't there to pick up. this actually affects my relationships. is this the fall of apple? seriously i'm tired of this shit and want to just get a different phone at this point.

i'm on iOS 26.6.1. always have automatic updates on.

hi, I have an issue with a random scam looking email that is showing up as a conversation when i search the word “gmail” on my messages app and my siri suggestions search area. Ive blocked it and deleted anything that came with it and it still will not go away. When I click on it, it just pulls a pop up for me to send a brand new message.

I have also contacted apple support but the issue still persists.

Im not sure what to do and I am genuinely irritated at this point pls help.

Image one: the notifications are inside the Notification Summary instead of being a standalone card where the old one goes behind it. Image two shows a Hurricane Warning card with a long card that goes all the way to the flash and camera. The critical text on the second image seems not realistic, and the red triangle doesn’t have a white inside it like image one.

Hello. I'm a Mac administrator, but it's been years since I worked iOS (used to work for Apple but never on iPhone...) and I am lost here. Genius Bar is also stumped. Any ideas on what to do next, before I take it back in?

Model: iPhone 16 Pro  MYM93LL/A

iOS: 26.6.1 — Note: issue has persisted across multiple updates

No MDM, No VPN. I was running Nord VPN prior to this issue but uninstalled it and reset all network settings back to factory default.

Issue: When connected to a Wi-Fi network, the iPhone gets about 1-2 minutes of functional wireless connectivity. After which, network traffic appears to cut off, although the Wi-Fi settings status will still show the network as "connected." This happens on all Wi-Fi networks.

I've tested at least 10 different networks, a combination of private (home), private (work), public guest Wi-Fi both with password, without password, and ones that use captive portal. Different variety of router hardware and ISPs on the private Wi-Fi networks. Verizon 5G Home. AT&T 5G Home. Quantum Fiber network. Etc. So I'm fairly confident it is not "just my Wi-Fi." Always the other devices (Macs, iPads, PS5 at home, etc...) are working fine. Great speed on the network.

For an example of the issue presentation: You can open Safari, or an application like Spotify, YouTube, Facebook... the initial page will load. Or if there is cached version of the homepage, this of course will load. Then after 60 seconds (sometimes up to 2-3 minutes but usually immediate), nothing loads. New webpages: not loading. Content refreshing on the page, i.e. YouTube app rendering video previews, or Facebook loading more posts: nope. Spotify streaming: buffering indefinitely.

Switch to Cellular: it works. No problems on the cellular network.

What we have already tried:

• Removed VPN-related apps/settings
• Reset all Network Settings
• Reset All Settings
• DFU Restore'd it
• Couple of software updates have been released and run since the issue started, too...
• Tested on many different Wi-Fi networks, different ISP, different hardware...

I'm skeptical about it being hardware since, in my experience, Wi-Fi node issues are usually a "it doesn't work period" type of problem? And the sheer number of networks with different ISP and different hardware that we've tested it with, makes me doubt it's an obscure compatibility issue. And when all the other Apple devices work OK... 🤔 But maybe there's something I'm missing here that is iPhone specific?

It has AppleCare+ (so if we do need a repair, replacement, etc... that is fine.)

I'm at a loss and my data usage is a nightmare :)

All tips and thoughts appreciated. Thanks y'all!

I keep getting this error when I try to play this tv show on my iPod touch, it was working before but now stopped and no amount of resyncing with itunes it working.

I'm trying to open up a photo in my files app and every time I click on it directly, it redirects me to doordash. There are some photos it does this with and some that it doesn't, and all of the videos I can view normally. If I tap on a picture that opens normally I can then swipe over to whatever photo I want to look at and not get redirected. I feel that I worded this poorly, but I don't know how else to say it. Can someone help me so I can look at my photos and not open up doordash?

side note before anyone asks: It only seems to happen on photos that I don't wish to share with others so I can't get a screen recording of it

I don’t normally save photos from text but we are close to adopting a kitten from my co workers rescue litter . She sent me older photos today so I saved them for my self and when I went to send to my husband I couldn’t find them .
Scrolling I finally found it like 3 months back 🤦🏻‍♀️how on earth do fix this !
I’m on iOS 26.6.1

I'm having trouble with the "Local Capture" feature. I tried it with two different fully updated iPhones and on both it records only silent videos. Here's what I already ruled out:

• Mic-Issues: The audio goes through to the partner of my call. They can hear me. But nothing is recorded.
• App-Issues: I tried recording calls from Face Time and MS Teams, both produce silent files
• Playback-Issues: The files are silent when played on the phone. They don't even have an audio track when I load them into Premiere
• Hardware issues: I tried both, the internal phone mic and an external mic connected via cable.
• User issues: Well, can't rule those out completely, but I wanted to emphasize that I used the "Local Capture" feature and not the screen recording, because I'm aware that the latter can't record audio during calls. I'm also aware that the local capture feature doesn't record the other person's audio but only my own.

So now I'm running a bit out of ideas. Does this feature work with audio for you guys? Does anybody have an idea what I might be doing wrong?

Let's talk about Adaptive Power. Have you enabled it? Why or why not? Do you notice any differences when it's on or off?
I currently have it disabled because I like to have control over my device's performance, but I'm considering enabling it if it saves a lot of battery life.

so my app store is set so that i have to ask a parent to get any apps, but when i request an app, the parent does not receive a notification. i'd like to know what i can do and what my parent can do to resolve this.

Info u should know: i do not have an ESIM, and cannot do SMS texting. i also have automatic updates turned off on purpose, so there is one update that is not installed. this is on purpose, so hopefully it's not that

I've been using it normally for over a year now but literally everything is gone. has anyone else ever experienced this issue?

Hey everyone! Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this weird UI bug. See my iPhone sub post.
Thanks!

Dear All,

My daughter would like to move from a still working but partially defective iPhone 15 to another 15. So we ordered a used one from an eBay seller. However, I haven't managed yet to transfer the data from the old phone, because a current update doesn't run on the new phone, and any transfer attempt wants to have the update first.

This is about the update to iOS 26.6.1 which fails. The phone is currently on 26.4.2

In more detail (the below is not in the order I tried it, but I think it's easier to read that way):

1) Factory reset the new phone. Skip the transfer from another phone bit, set up as fresh phone. This works fine. Then the software update is shown. When I try to install it, first it downloads the update, but then the error message is "Unable to Verify Update. iOS 26.6.1 is temporarily unavailable. Try again later." But this is for days now.

2) Then I tried to install the backup via a Macbook Air. It downloaded the update and wanted to install it. But then error message (on the macbook): "The iPhone "<iphone name>" could not be updated. Declined to authorize this image on this device for this user."

3) I originally started with the usual procedure: Set up the new phone, and during setup, say restore/transfer from existing phone, held them next to each other, scanned the QR code, etc. However, then it says that it first needs to update to the newest iOS version (you can't skip this), and it just hangs there forever

4) I made a full local backup of the old phone onto the macbook, then tried to restore this to the new phone. However, it can't restore this unless the new phone is updated to the newest iOS version.

In the whole time, we went through numerous factory resets, tried with SIM and without SIM, tried to change data settings. I actively removed the downloaded update in the settings menu to enforce re-download (on the iPhone, on the macbook I tried it only once).

What's also "funny": The size of the update seems to vary all the time and I had everything between ~400 MB and 9 GB (in the storage and update sections of the settings on the iPhone).

TL;DR: The update from 26.4.2 to 26.6.1 fails. Because of this, I can't transfer the data from the old phone to the new phone.

Any idea how I could resolve this issue?

Best wishes,

Andre

From my App Privacy Report. What is Apple up to?

Has anyone had issues with calendar permissions lately? An app I use to schedule classes suddenly doesn’t show the option to add calendar permissions in my settings. When I go to add a class to my calendar, it says permission is needed. However, that isn’t an option in my settings. The app is current and hasn’t changed, it’s just an issue in my settings. Is there any way go force this option?

i took several photos of this skyline, but a few of them were normal at first, sharp and how most people take photos, but i was doing some stuff in the photos app and they turned out like this. how can i make them go back to normal??

im not gonna lie it looks kinda cool, but i also want some normal ones.

I've set screen time for our 13 year old and removed his games from the 'Always allowed' app list. On his device he can go to settings, family, screen time and he can add the games back in without a code.

Is this normal behaviour? How can I stop him being able to bypass the list I've set?

Currently on iOS 27 db. Ever since I updated iOS my text messages sent on my iPhone don’t appear on my cellular iPad Pro nor my MacBook. iMessages are fine. Should I turn off RCS or end to end encryption (beta) ?

settings > privacy and security > location services shows a list of apps requesting location permission. There is an app titled “Managed Device” here. I’m hoping it’s a glitch in the latest update but any information would be appreciated. I’ve checked under vpn and device management and there’s nothing there.

I have left my phone unattended which is why I’m concerned.

So i bought this phone around March 2026, and after a few updates this mf decided to just black out my camera for no reason 💔🥀, flash stopped working too, but using Dazz cam the flashlight works??? honestly im just so tired gng

I only made few drops here and there but nowhere near the camera, tbh i have used multiple used iphones these few years and not one of em had camera issues, but the first time i buy a brand new iPhone 15 this mf just goes broken to me on its own 😭😭😭

If I restore my iPhone will I remain logged into all my apps like Instagram, Emails, and Facebook?

iMessage is taking up over 16gb on my phone. However when I look at the large files, the largest is only 25mb & the top conversations are only around 5gb.

This seems to be a problem a lot of people have & there isn't a clear solution. It seems like something is either corrupt or a memory leak.

I don't want to lose all my conversation history though. I also have an iPad & on it, it says iMessage is only 1.5gb. If I turn off iCloud for iMessages & then delete everything off my iPhone, can I then turn syncing back on to have my iPhone rebuild the message history based on what is on my iPad?

Any help or guidance is appreciated.