iPhone 16 Pro Camera loading delay and corrupted photo

Does anyone else have issues with their iphone 16 Pro camera? My camera sometimes takes time to load. I open the camera app and it takes around 5 seconds to start working. It is showing black screen for around 5 seconds. My older iphone 13 pro camera app was ready to use almost immediately after opening the app. Then yesterday I took a photo and later I realized the photo was just a black screen. I then tried to zoom in and I realized the photo file was partially corrupted... Attached you can see the photo partially exists but half of it is black screen. The camera otherwise works fine and I take photos without issues, but just this one photo was corrupted, which shows it is a software issue. Does apple intend to fix this with an update? Certainly hope so because I am fed up calling apple to complain about their software bugs and other issues...




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iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 23, 2024 7:05 AM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2025 6:18 AM

The problems continue… now after the latest update to 18.2.1 I see another issue: I open the camera and press the shutter (either on the screen or the camera control button) and the phone waits 3-4 seconds until it finally shoots the picture... It is not acceptable for a phone that expensive to have such a delay !!! Is it a processor lag? Is it a bug? iPhones are becoming more and more useless!

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Jan 20, 2025 3:54 PM in response to MichalisPraha

I got this phone in Dec, it delays when you open camera to just black screen about 5-10 seconds and my older 13 pro max is faster.. I spoke to apple support, asked me to turn off background app refresh, reduce motion, I have turned off reduce motion did not make any difference and why must I turn off background app refresh whereas my 13 pro max don’t need to?

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Mar 25, 2025 2:38 AM in response to MichalisPraha

If the photo originally came out looking like this (as shown in the image), we'll probably have to wait for Apple to fix this issue. If it's caused by other problems, you might want to try a photo repair tool. I've found a free one you could try - no software download needed. I've tested it multiple times with decent success rates.

https://4ddig.tenorshare.com/free-online-photo-repair-tool.html

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iPhone 16 Pro Camera loading delay and corrupted photo

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