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Nautico2
User level: Level 1 (7 points)

Flashlight icon on iPhone 11 lockscreen is "dead"

At the bottom corners of the lock screen on my iPhone 11 (IOS 13.2.3) there are two icons, a flashlight and a camera. Tapping the camera icon in the right bottom corner does open the camera, but the flashlight icon in the left bottom corner is "dead." Nothing happens when I tap it, although when I tap that icon in the Control Center I can toggle the flashlight on and off. Why might the lock screen flashlight icon be inoperative?

Posted on Nov 30, 2019 5:17 PM

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Nautico2 Author
User level: Level 1 (7 points)

Dec 1, 2019 1:34 PM in response to Nautico2

Just discovered the answer by Googling this question. The lockscreen flashlight icon requires a hard sustained press, not just a tap. Case closed!

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/250904274