Apple has added two quick shortcuts on the lock screen, flashlight and camera. Anyone can access them without unlocking the iPhone. Use the power button or tap to wake function to turn on the display and long press on the flashlight icon to switch on the torch on the iPhone. This wikiHow will teach you how to add the flashlight to your lock screen on an Android as well as how to turn off and on the flashlight from the lock screen on an iPhone. IPhones that don't have a Home button but have a Raise to Wake option or tap the screen to see the lock screen feature usually have a flashlight icon near the bottom of the screen.
If you have a Samsung Galaxy, navigate through the Settings to set one of the shortcuts to the flashlight. And if you have an Android that's not a Samsung, you can access the flashlight through the Quick Settings panel. By default, Apple has integrated flashlight shortcut in the Control Center. One can swipe down from the upper right corner of the screen and access the flashlight function. Tap on it to turn on the flashlight and even better, you can long-press the toggle and adjust the intensity of the light. If you failed to turn off the torch in Control Center, you can just turn it off from lock screen.
Press the power button to lock the screen, now the light is still on. Then unlock your device and tab camera icon, the flashlight will be off immediately. It's a much faster way to turn it off. Since iPhone's camera needs to access LED flash, it automatically turns off the flashlight feature. Alternatively, tap and hold the flashlight button at step two to reveal a slider that allows you to adjust the flashlight's brightness.
You can also enable the flashlight from the lock screen on iPhone, and that is the easiest option when your device is locked. However, when it's unlocked, this method is simpler. If you're using an iPhone 6s or later, you can take advantage of the Raise to Wake feature.
Once you enable it, simply lift your handset to view notifications. Although the lock screen will light up and display new alerts, the phone will remain locked and secure. To set it up, open Settings, tap Display & Brightness, and activate the Raise to Wake option. Currently, there's no way to remove the flashlight icon from the lock screen – we've tried. However, there are a few ways to turn the light off quickly if you turn it on accidentally.
An even faster and more discreet way to kill the torch is by slightly swiping left on the lock screen. In 2018, Apple's iOS 12 update introduced the Siri Shortcuts app. The app is Apple's IFTTT take with Siri. With Siri Shortcuts, you can create a shortcut for the flashlight on/off toggles and place it on the home screen.
One can even access the option from the iOS Today View menu and the default iOS share menu. It isn't on the lock screen, it's on the control center. So to activate it you must swipe up on the lock screen to view the control center, then tap the flashlight. One way fix this is to disable the control center on the lock screen. Go to Settings/Touch ID & Passcode, enter your passcode, and turn off Control Center.
While your iPhone's built-in flashlight can be incredibly useful, not every situation calls for a powerful beam. Luckily, you can enable a slider that lets you change the brightness of the light. To bring up the Control Center, swipe up from the bottom of the screen .
Then do a firm 3D Touch press on the flashlight icon. To access the shortcuts from the iOS widget panel, swipe left and scroll down to edit option. Select edit and tap on the '+' icon beside the Siri Shortcuts app. It will get added to the list of app widgets. Use drag and drop to adjust the widget position in the Today view. From the widget, one can access the created shortcuts to run the script and convert their iPhone into a flashlight.
This is a little tricky because you can't simply tap the flashlight icon on your iPhone's lock screen to turn it on. You actually have to force touch it – if you have an iPhone X or iPhone XS or iPhone XR. Or if you have an iPhone 11 or above, long press on the flashlight icon on the lock screen to turn it on. Raise or tap your phone or tablet to see the lock screen. Instead, you'll need to access the Control Center and use the flashlight icon there. You can also turn on the flashlight from the Lock screen.
For iPhones with Face ID, press and hold the flashlight icon in the bottom left corner. For iPhones without Face ID, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Control Center. You don't need to unlock your iPhone to enable the flashlight from the lock screen. It works just like a Physical button in the real world. All you have to do to turn on the flashlight from the lock screen is to wake up your iPhone screen and press hard on the flashlight icon.
If you have an iPhone X, XS, XS Max, or XR, there's another, sometimes faster way of turning on the flashlight, directly from the lock screen. On these iPhone models, the lock screen displays a flashlight button on the bottom left corner of the screen. To turn it on or off, tap the flashlight button. The fastest way to turn on flashlight on iPhone X and newer may be the Lock screen shortcut. You'll see the flashlight icon in the bottom left corner. Firm press on it to toggle it on and off.
DFU mode and recovery mode are used to reset the device. Recovery mode allows users to restore and update firmware. When users access to recovery mode, the device will display iTunes and the data cable icon on iPhone, while DFU mode is used to forcibly update and downgrade firmware. The flashlight on iOS 10 has three brightness levels available if you have a phone with 3D Touch .
To access these brightness levels, press and hold firmly on the flashlight icon in the Control Center. Then, tap on "Low Light", "Medium Light", or "Bright Light", the latter being the default. If you have an iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max or an iPhone Xr, iOS gives you two handy shortcuts right on the lock screen of your phone. Simply tap to wake up the screen and press hard on the Flashlight icon available at the bottom left of the lock screen.
Activate your phone screen without swiping up to your home screen. On the bottom left of the display, you'll see a flashlight shortcut button. Tap and hold it until the icon expands and you feel some haptic feedback in your finger. Once you release it, the flashlight will turn on . Now, you can see and access the 'Flashlight on' shortcut on the home screen as well as in the iOS share menu. You can create the same shortcut for turning off the flashlight too.
Follow the steps above to step 6 and rename the shortcut to 'Flashlight off'. In Step 7, keep the Torch-off option and select done. A menu will appear where you can search for actions to add. Instead of browsing through, type in "flashlight" into the search bar select the "Set Flashlight" action when it appears; it should have a white-and-blue flashlight icon.
You'll need to modify the action, so tap on the blue "Turn" option and choose "Toggle" in the menu that appears. You might prefer to install and use an app that can enable the flashlight on your iPhone. Tapping on an app on your iPhone's home screen might often be a lot faster than having to open the Control Center or asking Siri to turn on the flashlight. Fortunately, there are plenty of flashlight apps in the App Store.
Open the App Store, type flashlight in its search field and wait for the results to appear. Then choose one of the Flashlight apps that you like, and tap Get to install it on your iPhone. If you happen to own an iPhone X, XS, XS Max, or XR, there's another, sometimes faster way of turning on the flashlight, directly from the lock screen. But what if there was a faster way to do this?
Any iPhone 6s or later that's updated to a version of iOS 10 can also adjust how bright the flashlight is using 3D touch . To adjust the brightness, open up Control Center once again, but instead of tapping the flashlight icon, press it down firmly and hold it until your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus vibrates. Here's how to turn off your iPhone's flashlight without opening the Control Center. Your iPhone's camera and flashlight use the same bulb, so opening the Camera app turns the flashlight off. Press the Side button on any model of iPhone to access the Lock screen.
In that open video option and enable the flash . To turn off flashlight on iPhone, simply follow the steps below. For most iPhones, swipe up from the bottom to reveal the control panel. Tap on the torch icon to have it turned on. In summary, tapping that icon either turns the light on or off.
At the Home screen or the Lock screen swipe up from the bottom bezel to bring up Control Center. With Control Center open, you'll see the app shortcuts at the bottom of the menu. Tap on this icon to turn on the flashlight. To use the shortcuts, you'll need to take advantage of the 3D touch capabilities of the iPhone X. Instead of tapping and holding the circular torch icon or camera icon, you need to press firmly until you see the circle expand and then let go.
You'll now see the torch come on or the camera app launch, depending on which you press of course. To turn your flashlight off again, simply tap the flashlight icon on the lock screen again. Currently, there's no way to remove the flashlight icon from the lock screen – we've tried.
This is usually in the "No unlock needed" section. Specifically, if you press and hold then you get the option to adjust the brightness of the light. There are five settings, from nothing to the brightest, and you set the one you want by swiping up and down. Nobody wants to miss an important shot because they were scrolling through various modes inside the camera app. Instead, when you catch sight of something you need to photograph or film in a hurry, apply a firm 3D Touch to the Camera icon rather than tapping it lightly.
Then you'll be able to choose a camera mode like Selfie or Slo-mo directly from the home screen. This will speed up your snapping, although Apple doesn't make all the camera modes available as shortcuts. Another common way to make use of the flashlight is with Control Center.
For iPhone 8/8 Plus and older, swipe up from the bottom of your screen and tap the flashlight icon. But, if you're coming from an iPhone with a home button, you might not know that you can also swipe down from the top right corner of your screen. This opens Control Center, which gives you quick access controls to common functions. You can use it to turn on your flashlight, to recognize a song with Spotify, control your smart lights, toggle Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on/off, launch the calculator and more.
But you have to set it up so it has the right items in it. You can also tap and hold that torch icon to enter a new screen in which you can raise and lower flashlight brightness. The soft reset is not very different from the restart option. You need to press and hold on the sleep or wake button, release them once the power off slide shows up on the screen, just move the power off slider from left to right.
The days of D batteries and bulky Maglites are over thanks to that handy little device in your pocket called a smartphone. Everyone has one, and thanks to the Control Center in iOS 7, your iPhone now has an easy-to-access flashlight, no matter what screen you're on. Just swipe up from the bottom of your home, lock, or app screen and tap on the flashlight icon. To change the flashlight brightness on an iPhone, open Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of the screen and firmly press down on the Flashlight icon. Choose Bright Light , Medium Light , or Low Light from the menu and the flashlight will turn on.
If you have the Camera app on, it can cause a problem when you try to access the flashlight feature. This is because both use the flash from the camera and they cannot be used at the same time. Open Control Center by swiping up from below the bottom of the screen on your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus. Tap the flashlight icon in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. The LED light on the back of your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus (the same one that's used as the flash when you take pictures) will turn on. In this way, as you may have seen, the shortcut to turn on the flashlight of the iPhone unlock screen will be disabled, solving an important problem for many users.
Remember that, if you wish, you can reactivate 3D Touch or the control center shortcut at any time by following the same steps. As we mentioned, in this case all iPhones with a modern design without a home button include the default shortcut to enable the flashlight at the bottom of the lock screen for them. Now when you swipe up from the bottom of your screen you will be able to tap the flashlight icon to turn on and turn off the flashlight. The flashlight utility on the iPhone is a surprisingly useful thing to have available to you when you need bright, directed light and don't have access to an actual flashlight. Typically the flashlight is found by swiping up from the bottom of your iPhone's screen to open the Control Center, then tapping the flashlight icon.
The iOS 11 update brought about some additional customization options for the Control Center, and it's now possible for someone to delete the flashlight from that menu. From there, you can tap on the torch icon. You can also access the camera, calculator, timer and other handy shortcuts from the Control Centre. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned that you can also turn on the flashlight from the lock screen.
