How to stop unwanted camera activation with phone in pocket

Submitted by AJ_Mexico t3_yecez7 in iphone

I have been having a lot of trouble with my iPhone 14 Pro taking photos of the inside of my pocket. This isn't unique to this phone, right? I had this occasionally with my iPhone 11 Pro. But for some reason it is much worse with the 14. There are two parts to this:

  1. Keep phone from turning on accidentally and...
  2. Keep the camera from activating from the lock screen

For #1, I turned off Tap or Swipe to Wake in Settings->Accessibility->Touch. That makes it so you have to use the power button to wake the phone. Not so nice, but I can live with that.

However, I just looked at my phone and found another 40 photos and videos of the inside of my pocket after disabling Tap or Swipe to Wake.

For #2, I found a suggestion somewhere to disallow the camera app in Screen Time settings, thus also removing the camera app from the lock screen. I could live with that, by using Halide as my camera app, but for some reason, prohibiting the camera app also breaks Halide, and I would be left with no way to take photos. (One of the reasons for getting the 14 Pro.)

Does anyone know of any way to remove the camera app from the lock screen??? I would like to use the normal camera app, but don't want it accessible from the lock screen. Any ideas? Any idea if Apple will fix this?? Thanks!

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Pizzastevee t1_itz9zco wrote

I’ve never had this probables with any iPhone. When it’s locked the screen should never come on unless you tap it

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AJ_Mexico OP t1_iu19j67 wrote

Apparently, my butt is tapping it, swiping it and even pressing the power key. All the same reasons that butt-dialing is/was a thing.

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Riduch t1_ityp5ut wrote

I solved it by disabling unlock with apple watch under Face ID and passcode. Have you that enabled?

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cepeen t1_iu0jw44 wrote

I do have wake with watch enabled and tap to wake disabled and never had an issue with the photo in my pocket.

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Kindnexx t1_iu0koeq wrote

How? Can’t you open the camera with the screen locked ?

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Riduch t1_iu0vhfi wrote

Yes, but somehow the pocket photos and the flash coming on in my pocket have not happened since 🤷🏻‍♂️ Maybe just a coincidence but worth a try.

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AJ_Mexico OP t1_iu18rc4 wrote

That's a great idea -- so great that I am disappointed to find that I did not have unlock with Apple Watch turned on.

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Kindnexx t1_iu0ktx1 wrote

Disabling the camera on Lock Screen

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AJ_Mexico OP t1_iu1a46z wrote

Thanks for the link. These are the same instructions I found for disabling the camera. Unfortunately this not only disables the Apple "Camera" app, but other camera Apps as well. (At least one other one.) This is not an acceptable solution for me.

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