How to force enable Flash in iPhone 14 Camera app

Did you know that you can force enable Flash in the iPhone 14 Camera app? If you’ve ever experienced frustration with your iPhone’s unreliable auto-flash setting that seems to have a 50/50 chance of working, you are not alone.

Thankfully, there’s a simple solution to ensure that your flash always works when capturing still images, regardless of the lighting conditions. In this post, we’ll walk you through the steps to force enable flash in the iPhone 14 Camera app, allowing you to take beautifully lit photos every time.

How to force enable Flash in iPhone 14 Camera app

Learn how to force enable Flash in iPhone 14 Camera app

On the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and select older models, the Camera app offers a convenient toggle to enable or disable the flash. Unfortunately, relying on the auto-flash setting can be a hit-or-miss experience. At times, your iPhone might capture the image with flash, while other times it may not.

Enabling this setting ensures that your flash works every time you take a still image regardless of lighting conditions. Here’s how to force enable flash in the iPhone 14 Camera app.

  1. Launch the Camera app on your iPhone 14 and swipe up in the camera viewfinder area to reveal more options.
    how to force enable Flash in iPhone 14 Camera app
  2. From the button menu, tap on the Flash button (the one on the extreme left side) to access Auto, On, and Off options.how to force enable Flash in iPhone 14 Camera app
  3. Finally, tap On to force enable Flash.how to force enable Flash in iPhone 14 Camera app

Now that you have force-enabled Flash, it will go off every time you take a still shot regardless of lighting condition. When Flash is On, the Flash button located on the top left corner of the screen becomes yellow. You can tap on the yellow button to turn Flash off without having to swipe on the camera viewfinder.

We hope this guide helped you learn how to force enable Flash in the Camera app on iPhone 14. If you have any questions, let us know in the comments below.

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