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iPhone camera not working after battery replacement

I had just replaced my iPhone 5s battery and everything is working correctly except for my camera. I think it's called the rear facing camera? Not the one that faces you - but the other way. It works fine if I change it to facing me but the other way around it's just a black screen. It won't work if I open instagram or the like as well - it won't even register it.

I reopened it up the phone to check and everything was connect correctly and looked fine. Is there something I'm missing?

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Same thing here I replaced my iPhone 6splus batter with ifixit Kit now my camera doesn’t work at all it’s black with the last photo I took, before replacing battery, in view at bottom left!!

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My battery was replaced few weeks ago on iPhone 5s and recently my rear-facing camera & flashlight stopped working (phone reset would not help).

After pressing with thumb on camera and shaking the phone followed by a phone restart the problem got fixed.

I suspect my case it's a hardware problem. I will wait to see if this problem comes back from vibration/dropping the phone. Then will go back to the shop that changed the battery to look into it if it's their fault

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I had the same thing in my iPhone 7. I've waited one day after the battery replacement, tried to press the camera and restart the phone, and the camery went back into normal. Not sure whether it's hardware related but hoping that it will stay as is.

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I got this problem too, i changed my iPhone 6s Plus battery after that my camera and flash light not work, and my battery health not show after i changed nee battery

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I would try a settings reset if you are positive everything is connected correctly. I wouldn't do a full factory reset unless the regular settings reset does not work. Hope this helps!

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I tried doing a settings reset and it didn't work. I'm just worried about doing a full factory reset and losing everything on my phone. I'm curious why it works for front facing but not rear facing - it seems so weird to me.

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The rear camera could have gone bad or a component on the board that detects it might have gone bad, do you have a spare rear camera to test with?

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