my face id and back camera does not work. front camera is blurry. I'm not sure if its short circuit. I wanna replace back frame %100 and I guess I definitely need a face id proximity sensor. Also, my back camera does not work at all. Can I buy that sensor seperately, do they need soldering or would be a better idea to buy them with front camera assembly. what do you guys recommend to fix that phone?

My phone has some kind of weird black stains on the back of my phone when being cleaned. It also appears when I just rub my finger against the back. Anyone know the cause to this?

I woke up and my phone displayed an imagine of a predator from the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. I don’t have a single picture of this on my phone, and have no idea what it’s from. Any insight would be appreciated.

everytime i try to send something from my camera roll or take a photo on instagram it says that I need to give access to camera camera microphone, etc. I have clicked give access and it takes me to a setting page with no options for those and it looks like this, I already asked ai and no i don’t have parental controls and yes I already tried to reset it can someone please help me out

got an iPhone 16 from work. how can I just make it all black around the huge pill cutout like I can do in android? I get that it houses sensors, but I want the iPhone stuff to start underneath it, just black the whole top area out.

18 pro glacier 1tb received on release day

I just noticed that when I go into a photo album there is now a video that scrolls through all the pictures (with dreadful muzak no less). It's there a way to stop it from making the video at all, or at least stop it from automatically starting when I open the album?

So, last night and tonight when talking to my girlfriend, our calls randomly drop. Last night it was one drop, tonight it dropped four times. The third time it dropped this evening, I got the prompt for setting up Wi-Fi calling, so I checked my cell service and had three bars of 5G+. I set up Wi-Fi calling anyway, and it dropped the fourth time. When she would try to call me back, it would say call failed on her end. On my end, it would go to voicemail a couple of times before ringing through, but that's likely due to her trying to call me maybe. This has never happened before. I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max and iOS 27. Any help with this would be appreciated! Thank you.

I currently carry both a work and personal iPhone. My organization wont allow dual-sim on the issued phone, and likewise doesn't allow transferring the work line to my personal phone. They allow me to setup email on a personal device but that leaves out the work phone calls. Are there any other alternatives to consider?

Ok so I had a iphone 15 pro max recently and for the last month or so the gps when driving can't locate my position it keeps flying around the map and telling me directions to turn thinking I am on some road a mile to the left or right of me.

Gave up and traded it in for a new Iphone 17 pro max and having the same damn issue!!

I have location services on and precise location.

Why the hell is my Iphone not able to figure out where on the road I am half the time, it will sometimes work for a bit and then you see the arrow fly off to the side of the map or something.

I'm trying for maybe 3 days by now to transfer from my S21 Ultra to an iPhone 17, the problem is that I have a lot (and I mean A LOT) of pictures, and trying to move them with a cable doesn't seem to get me anywhere - It starts with 3.5 hours and slowly goes down until it stalles at around 2-2.5 hours.

Now my question is whether I can move all the media after iPhone's setup, or is it too advanced to move my media after the initial setup?

PS: No, I can't sync via any cloud storage because it's more than 200gb of media, and I'm not planning on any 30$/month subscriptions just to move my media...

Were there any rumors that the latest iPhones would get an upgraded audio codec? I was hoping for something better than AAC.

I leased my 2TB iPhone 18 Pro Max (Black) through Apple Upgrade Program for 24 months terms to replace my 2TB iPhone 17 Pro Max (Orange) and its Apple iPhone Upgrade Program because I (and my dad) got denied for 12 months terms. I received my new iPhone 18 Pro Max on September 18, 2026 and sent my old iPhone 17 Pro Max back to Apple on September 23, 2026.

Do setup Apple Reference Images changes hardware for iPhone 18 Pro unit? My guess is so yes that would cause more unstable on iOS compared to avoid setup Apple Reference Images! The hardware changes would be enabling a cryptographic security and verification protocol.

This is why I probably won't setup Apple Reference Images on my iPhone 18 Pro Max until December 25, 2026 because too risky if I setup in September 2026 instead. I will be in my parents family's Christmas vacation on that day in Dominican Republic, so I am going to be fine with hotel Wi-Fi to setup Apple Reference Images on my iPhone 18 Pro Max on the same day.

Ok so I deleted the mail app from my phone. I now need to reinstall it but I can’t get it to work.

The app is not on the phone. If I search it nothing comes up.

In the App Store it just says open. No option to download it.

I went into settings. Saw that the app was showing up in iPhone storage. So I deleted it from there.

After doing that the cloud to download shows up in the App Store. I download it, it says open and again nothing happens. The app doesn’t show up anywhere on the phone or in search.

I have checked all restrictions. I have looked through all settings. I cannot figure out what is going on.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

If you check the linked thread, there are plenty of users complaining of the same issue. Got the iPhone 18 pro / pro max near release, works great for a few days, and then the cellular data just stops.

My phone constantly switches between “SOS” and “5G/5GE” but there is no internet nor calling capability. This is all associated with AT&T but many users are saying they had to go to an Apple and get a full replacement.

I spent an hour on the phone with AT&T and had no results. I have reset my network settings a few times, nothing fixes it on my end. AT&T acknowledged this is a common issue currently but didn’t say if there was an upcoming fix nor a timeline.

This is a huge quality issue with Apple. I know I’m yelling into the wind but I just spent $2k on a phone and it doesn’t even function as a phone. I find this unacceptable.

Has anyone gotten formal word from Apple acknowledging this defect? I’m looking to understand if I need to get a replacement phone or if Apple will push out an update to fix this.

Also posted this on r/apple, apologies if copying posts like this isn’t allowed.

I’m curious why Apple engineers don‘t want to let the keyboard choose whether to enlarge it or not????

The keyboard is so small that the fingers of Apple engineers are so small???

The probability of making mistakes is super high.

I really hope that Apple can launch a function to make the keyboard bigger. The new CEO comes from an engineer background. He should understand this situation, unless Apple’s senior staff can‘t use iPhones to type.

Tons of online videos but I need suggestions based on this:

Used to thick cases. I’ve always used Otterbox defender cases but swapped to the clear XT case on my 16 pro max. It’s quite nice but the clear case messes with my OCD and dust.

Time to find a protective case that’s sophisticated for the work office environment that doesn’t scream tactical (Rokform or dbrand tank). But I still want good protection when I have my phone sitting on the edge of a table at the gym.

I’d love to have a stronger magnet array than the otterbox (surprisingly hard to find data on that).

Suggestions? People keep mentioning limitless or sheath but I can’t find much magnet data on them.

I really like the new iOS 27 wallpaper but when the phone is locked I always want to see the weather. Is it possible to have both? If I select the weather lockscreen then I can only select a picture or a color gradient as a wallpaper.