Hopefully, the iPhone flashlight not working issue would be resolved.

Hold the Power and Home buttons at the same time and then release the two when the Apple screen appears.

IPhone 6S, SE (1st generation) and earlier models:

Hold the Power and Volume Down buttons and let go of when the Apple logo screen pops up.

Keep holding the Side button until the Apple logo appears.

Here's what you do on models with Face ID, iPhone 8 and SE (2nd generation) : The force-restart process differs for different iPhone models. You should be able to clear it with a force-restart. Your iPhone's flashlight could be giving you trouble because of a minor glitch or error - your handset could mistakenly assume that your camera is switched on.

Toggle the feature off Solution 5: Force-Reboot iPhone.

Scroll down until you find LED Flash for alerts.

Go to iPhone Settings (Settings app) > Accessibility > Audio/Visual.

Solution 4: Turn Off LED Flash for AlertsĪlthough this hasn't worked for me, several users say turning off LED flash for alerts fixes the greyed out flashlight icon. If the issue is still not fixed, you will have to proceed to the troubleshooting tips. Simply charge handset for around half an hour and come back to it. Solution 3: Charge Your iPhoneĪt times, you might see the grey flash icon when low power mode is switched on. Use the above steps to find the application from your App launcher and then close it.

The flashlight button would be grey and may not switch it on, as a result. You may have another program running in the background that's using your camera.

Swipe up to close the program Solution 2: Close All Your Apps.

Double-click the Home button to launch your most recently used apps.

IPhone 8, SE (first generation) and earlier models:

Scroll left or right until you find the app that you want to close.

Swipe up from the home screen and then pause in the middle (you will open the App Launcher).

The way you close an app differs according to the iPhone model: Fixing this is easy all you have to do is close the application. Most of the time, the flashlight icon is greyed out when the camera app is running.

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