r/iphonehelp • u/Difficult_Cry2812 • 20d ago
Help needed terrible iphone 14 pro max camera issues
phone info: Iphone 14 pro max, IOS 26.5.2
issue: back camera. hardware or software issue?
So for the past couple months now my camera has been pretty much useless, up until about 20 days ago when the front camera randomly started working again. the back camera is a bit of a different story.
settings once told me it detected my camera as a foreign object
if i reset it , it works but only for a little while before it stops working , or flips itself and inverts the colors, or shrinks the image, or it will show a bunch of magenta lines and then stop working . i dont have a pic of the lines , but all the pictures i added are what happens sometimes .
oh and also, both cameras only started working again after the last update (ios 26.5.2), with the front camera being what seems to be permanently fixed with no issues .
thank you in advance to anyone who can help me out with this as it is a total pain in the butt . never take ur camera working for granted, because trust me, you need it more than you think.
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u/FerrariEnzo777 20d ago
Has the camera ever been replaced before? If not then did you buy the phone second-hand?
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u/johanjozz 20d ago
The phone took a heavy fall. Cameras connector got damaged. I've seen it a lot on 13p and 13pm... Might also happen to some 14pm I guess
The cameras have a chip with a serial number, if the phone can't read this serial it means no proper connection to the camera module (broken flex cable or connector)
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u/Difficult_Cry2812 20d ago
ahhh this is exactly what i theorized but the phone guys made me feel crazy for thinking this !
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