5 Quick Ways to Turn on the Flashlight on iPhone

How to Turn on Flashlight on iPhone – The flashlight on your cellphone is very useful when you are in a dark place or when the lights go out at night. Having a smartphone that uses a flashlight or LED flash like the iPhone will be very helpful in an emergency.

However, turning on the flashlight on an iPhone is not as easy as on an Android cellphone. The reason is that the iPhone doesn’t provide a flashlight application, and most new users don’t know where the flashlight is located on the iPhone.

iPhone users must set the settings first to make the flashlight button appear as a shortcut.

So, to solve this problem, in this article I will discuss everything related to the flashlight on the iPhone. OK, let’s see in full below.

How to Turn on Flashlight on iPhone

There are 5 ways you can turn on the flashlight on your iPhone, namely through the control panel center, camera, locked screen, Siri and additional applications from the App Store.

Without waiting long, just look at the tutorials one by one below.

1. Turn on iPhone Flashlight via Control Center

First activate your iPhone screen, then open the Control Center by swiping the screen from the bottom edge to the top.
In the Control Center there are several function buttons, including the Flashlight button. Tap the Flashlight button to turn it on.

And to turn off the flashlight, please tap the Flashlight button again.

Done, it’s that easy.

2. Turn on the iPhone flashlight via the camera

The second way is via the camera. Octoberbe you already know that the iPhone camera has an LED flash on the camera, but many people don’t realize that you can also use a flashlight through the camera.

Here are the steps for using the flashlight:

Open the camera on iPhone.
Here we can’t use PHOTOS, so we have to switch to VIDEO.
Then tap the LED Flash settings in the top left corner.
Select an option On.

turn on the iPhone's flashlight via the camera

Finished.

3. Turn on iPhone Flashlight Via Siri

If the Siri feature on your iPhone is active, turning on the flashlight will be easier and faster. You just need to activate Siri then say “Hey Siri, turn on my flashlight” clearly, then the flashlight will immediately turn on.

The words you can use to turn the iPhone flashlight on and off are:

“Hey Siri, turn on my flashlight.”
“Hey Siri, can you turn on my flashlight?”
“Hey Siri, turn off my flashlight.”

4. Turning on the iPhone Flashlight When the Screen is Locked

The next way to use the flashlight on your iPhone is to turn on the flashlight when the iPhone is locked. However, not all types of iPhone have this feature, as far as I know, the feature of 2 Flashlight and Camera buttons on the locked screen is on the iPhone X series and above.

The way to use the iPhone flashlight is:

Put the iPhone screen in a locked state.
When the screen is still on, 2 buttons will be visible, namely Flashlight and Camera. Please press and hold the Flashlight button in the lower left corner.

turn on iphone flashlight when screen is locked

5. Turn on the iPhone flashlight with the Flashlight application

The last way you can use a flashlight on your iPhone is with the help of the Flashlight application for iPhone and iPad. The application is free to download and use without spending a penny.

First download the Flashlight app for iPhone + iPad in the App Store.

Once the download is complete, open the Flashlight application for iPhone and iPad.
Turn on the flashlight by pressing the on button in the middle. Press the button until it changes color to bright green.

turn on the flashlight using flashlight app

Adjust the brightness of the iPhone flashlight by moving the slider left and right.
Finished.

How to Turn Off Flashlight on iPhone

Here are the steps to turn off the flashlight on iPhone:

Make sure you are on the iPhone home screen.
Scroll up from the bottom of the screen to open “Control Center“.
Click the flashlight icon in Control Center.
Tap the flashlight icon once to turn on the flashlight.
Tap the flashlight icon again to turn off the flashlight.

You can also turn off the flashlight from the lock screen or locked screen by following the same steps above. However, if you want to permanently turn off the flashlight on your iPhone, you can turn off access to the flashlight via Settings > Quick Controls. From there, you can add or remove the flashlight icon from Control Center.

How to Set Flashlight Brightness on iPhone

After knowing how to turn on the flashlight on an iPhone, you also need to know how to change the brightness of the flashlight on an iPhone.

Yes, even though the Flashlight application already has this feature, not everyone will install the application, right? So, I will share the method using the features provided by iOS.

Here are the steps on how to adjust the flashlight brightness on iPhone.

First open the Control Center menu, then press and hold the Flashlight button until the iPhone flashlight brightness settings appear.

This flashlight’s brightness settings are in the form of segmented bars. Swipe down to dim the flashlight and swipe up to brighten the flashlight.

Flashlight Feature on iPhone Missing or Missing

Actually, it’s not missing, guys, but it hasn’t been set in the control center settings. To make the flashlight button appear, please see the tutorial below.

Flashlight Menu Settings on iPhone

Follow these steps to add a flashlight button on iPhone.

First open the iPhone Settings app.
Scroll down until you find the Privacy menu, just tap Privacy.

The next step tap Customize Controls.

Please customize the Control Center menu, look for the Flashlight button in MORE CONTROLS and add it to the INCLUDE menu.

Now check the Control Center for sure there is a Flashlight button.
Finished.

Why doesn’t the flashlight on the iPhone turn on/not work?

The iPhone flashlight is not working, it could be because the iPhone LED flash is damaged or has an error, so even if you activate it via settings, the iPhone flashlight won’t turn on.

Or maybe the iPhone was jailbroken which caused a software error, so the software couldn’t turn on the flashlight.

If the problem is software, maybe you can fix it yourself, by doing a restore. However, if the hardware is damaged, like it or not, you have to take your iPhone to an official service center specifically for iPhones.

How to Add a Flashlight Shortcut to iPhone Home

iOS does have a built-in flashlight app, but unfortunately, unlike other apps, its icon is not visible on the home screen. However, don’t worry! We can still place the flashlight on the home screen using a shortcut in iOS without having to download a third-party app.

The following are ways you can easily add a flashlight shortcut on an iPhone based on iOS 14:

Open the Shortcuts app and tap the ” tabMy Shortcuts“.
Tap the “+” button in the top right corner and tap “Add Action“.
Type the word “Torches” in the top search bar and select “Torch Set“.
Tap menu “Turn“then select”Toggle” from the Operations menu.
Tap the 3 dots button at the top right and give your shortcut a name, for example “Flashlight“.
Tap “Add to Home Screen“, select the home screen name and icon you want to use for the flashlight shortcut.
Finally, tap “Plus” in the top right corner and press “Finished“.

Tada! Now the flashlight icon is installed on your iPhone home screen. To turn the flashlight on or off, simply tap the “Flashlight” shortcut icon from the home screen. This way, you can easily access the flashlight on your iPhone without needing to open a special application.

The final word

That’s how to turn on the flashlight on iPhone for all types. Very easy isn’t it? You no longer need to be confused about where the flashlight is located on the iPhone, because the 5 methods above can definitely answer that question.

OK, that’s it for this iPhone tutorial article, don’t forget to share this article with your friends or iPhone groups that you join. Hope you like it!

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