iPhone 14 camera issues after iOS 18.6.2 update

Have you Force Restarted your phone, which is different from a restart? I do this after EVERY iOS update --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Also, how is your battery health on your phone? Open Settings > Battery > Battery Health - if it is at 80% or lower, the battery in your phone needs to be replaced at your Apple Store Genius Bar.

OK, storage isn't an issue. It's possible you have a hardware issue with the cameras, which coincidentally appeared after the update. If the update caused a camera issue, it would have caused one for everyone and most definitely didn't. This forum would be flooded with complaints if it did.

This next suggestion is a nuclear option, but what Apple itself would likely recommend. Back up your iPhone (preferably to your computer with iTunes or Apple Devices on a Windows computer or Finder on a Mac). Then restore your iPhone from backup. This will eliminate any issue which "could" have been caused during the update on your phone. See how to do that here, but make sure you know all your passwords, such as Wifi, etc., before you do this --> Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

If there is still an issue with the Cameras after doing this, you'll need to schedule an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar to have the hardware on your phone tested.

How I sorted my issue out on 14 Plus

• Backup, then erase the phone
• Set up the phone as a new phone (don't transfer in any settings detected from your iCloud)
• After being taken to the home screen, check the camera by keeping the mode as standard, and if it's still blurry, pan between portrait and photo mode. The lens should eventually adjust itself and get clear.
• Erase the phone again, then restore your backup.

ringsofseoul wrote:

It’s still the same after a forced restart also unfortunately, and my battery health is at 85% currently.

OK. How are you doing with memory? Open Settings > General > iPhone Storage - how much is available out of the total memory on your phone?

My camera is messed up after the update as well. It won’t let me use .5 lens and when I tap on it the whole camera just freezes and screen turns grey or black and doesn’t respond. I’ve reset the phone and it did not fix the issue

Battery stucks at some point and instantly drains 4 to 5% after! Its happen while using the phone and restarting your phone on my 14 pro, 18.6 was the best update ever and battery was fantastic! but now i could not downgrade due to unsigned version. Please let me know if anyone knows that there will be 18.7 or not ?

Having the exact same issue with my iPhone 13 Pro Max. Right after update, the back cameras either freeze or make rainbow line colored view and won’t take the pictures. After doing the suggestion it worked for a little bit but started again. My phone even told me it had unknown camera parts in it even though I bought it brand new and never done any repairs to it.

When I switched the camera app to “Panorama” mode, I heard a clicking sound. As I kept switching between modes like Panorama and Portrait while shaking the device, I noticed a rattling noise. Eventually, the sound stopped, and the focus started working again. The focus is still a bit soft at times, but it has improved quite a lot.

After this update this is the first thing that happened. Cameras and Face ID stopped working. Fixed by restarting the phone. Then the whole device started heating up. This lasted for a few days. My battery basically died. It expanded and I had to replace it. Phone still heats up randomly.

Same thing happened to me. iPhone 14 Plus. First back camera stopped working, was working a few hours before then stopped. Restarted and now my front camera won’t work which results in me not being able to use Face ID.

The exact same thing happened to mine after the update I’ve tried everything to fix it the last solution is to send it off to the Apple Store to get fixed which will cost a fortune😡

Same and I can barely see my screen

Mine has done exactly the same. However the camera works when using the motorways app. This would indicate that it is a software I assume.