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My 1-year-old got a hold of my wife’s iPhone X and dropped it onto hard tile and now her front and rear cameras just show black and the flashlight will no longer turn on. It all was working before the drop. She has it in a case with a screen protector and it only fell from child standing height, so I’m not sure what could have rattled loose. We did try rebooting the phone a few times with no luck. Tonight I opened it up with my iFixIt kit, but I didn’t see anything obviously broken. The only sign of damage is a hairline crack on the rear camera module between the flash and the edge. I unplugged all the ribbon cables and re-seated them. The phone still boots up just fine and everything else works including FaceID, but still no cameras or flash. Could this be some other cable I’m missing that rattled loose, or maybe a crack in a PCB? I’m also wondering if a new rear camera module would fix it. Thanks for any thoughts.
Long story short, I replaced the rear-facing camera and now everything works :)
I don’t have much experience specifically on iPhone X boards, but when both cameras are involved it’s usually a board issue as what the two have in common is just power lines. Thus a rear camera replacement is a risky replacement that might not be worth attempting considering the camera price. In my opinion the potential benefit vs. the expense goes against a DIY approach as in the end you’ll probably need handing your phone to a microsoldering Pro in any case.
1 question ? Cause I’m facing the same issue dropped on a marble floor now both camera and torch don’t work. And also there’s NO SOUND at all unless connect to external device .
Why was it that the flash stopped working as well? Curious since those are separate parts. Same thing happened to my wife’s phone and debating on replacing the camera module…
I’m having same issue but with just my front camera. The back one and the flashlight is working perfectly but the front is just black and I even updated my iOS version still no changes
Hi,any luck after replacing the rear camera,because I have same ploblem, the both camera and flashlight is not working, I have been try do anything still not luck,just about a tempting to replace the rear camera.
My rear flash is not working suddenly I do all reset settings everything done but still not working flash please tell me what is the reason beyond this
Try sending images through watsapp to a group or individual. It would fail to send and watsapp will freeze for sometime and then crash. Try doing this few times forcefully. You will notice that the camera would have started functioning now. Also, flashlight should also work! This trick worked for me.
Check power lines 1v8, turn phone on and check with published dc voltage values for your phone and check with multimeter.
I have the same issue. My front camera is working fine but my back camera and flash aren’t working. Can someone please suggest something if they figured it out?
Try 3D touching your flash and swipe up and down reducing and adding it’s brightness
