iPhone 17's camera app freezes with its blurry preview

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Hello,

Once in a while, my updated iPhone 17’s camera app will just freeze with its blurry preview. https://matrix.zimage.com/_media_proxy/v1/media/download/AToqC5lyw0XhmbfjtcWgOyFqfnxoJG4BaNpFmDw6jm27%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20RcX8DLSYgLCfiQsF7_7uR7ExtdiTTnTyU4jDUUcna1JCef4vG4PQAHJvc3MxNTQubmV0L2lBR0tEUHNIYklMSmhjZXpKRFZVckdSW%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20g for a screen shot.

Zoom in/out, changing camera mode (e.g., photo to video), taking picture, putting on selfie, etc. doesn’t work. It’s like Camera app froze or crashed. I have to put iPhone to temporarily sleep with its top side button and wake it up to fix its camera app. No shut down and power cycle needed. Does anyone have this problem? It had been like this for months. I always keep my iOS updated.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

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Yes, I experience this too, but only when launching from the Lock Screen. Unlocking first has never triggered it.

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I mostly do camera from lock screen. Hmm! A pattern.