Thanks to the powerful camera on iPhone, you can take beautiful photos with it. But many iPhone users encounter the problem that iPhone camera can not focus. So, why is your iPhone camera not focusing? There are some possible causes. Read on and you will know clearly on the reasons that result in this error. You can also learn how to backup iPhone pictures to your computer to keep them for a much longer time and view them more conveniently on computer.

Part 1: Why is iPhone camera not focusing

The reasons for iPhone camera can not focus can be various. Here I would like to list some common issues that may lead to this error, which will be helpful for you.
1. There may be something wrong with your iPhone camera. For example, camera lens is destroyed or covered by dusts. When your iPhone slips from your bags on your clothes, the camera lens may get broken.
2. It’s likely that the environment nearby is not friendly for iPhone camera autofocus. For example, it’s too dark or too bright to allow iPhone camera autofocus feature to work.
3. When you find your iPhone camera can not focus, it may be caused from software errors. For instance, the system or camera software has something wrong.
4. iPhone cases can sometimes obstruct the camera lens, which may make your photos appear dark and blurry. This is also a reason for your camera can not focus.
It is a good idea for you to make use of these listed reasons in the above to try to handle the issue of iPhone camera can not focus in some cases.

Part 2: How to fix iPhone camera not focusing

If you have met the problem of iPhone camera not focusing, you can try the following 9 methods shown to you in this part. Maybe they will be helpful for you to get rid of this trouble.
1. Restart your iPhone
First, you can try to restart your iPhone. Restarting your iPhone will clear some junk files and release some storage space. This measure will make your iPhone more stable, and will maybe solve the problem of iPhone camera not focusing.
2. Reset your iPhone
If the first method doesn’t work, you can try the second one: reset your iPhone. Take iPhone 5 as an example.
• Step 1: Go to click on the Settings app.
• Step 2: Tap on the option of “General”.
• Step 3: Hit on the button of “ Reset”.
• Step 4: Find the option of “ Reset All Settings” to click on.

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This method will not have any influence on your data and photos but may be helpful to fix your iPhone camera autofocus problem. After resetting all settings, your iPhone 5 camera not focusing problem may be solved.
3. Remove the iPhone case
You can try to remove the case of your iPhone to enable your camera to focus. Thus, you can get clear photos.
4. Clean the lens of iPhone camera
When your iPhone camera lens is dirty, it will be hard for the camera to focus. In some cases, users may touch the iPhone camera lens and leave fingerprints there, which can result in the blurry of your photos. Therefore, you’d better try to clean them with a soft cloth or a micro-fiber cloth gently and properly to solve this problem.
5. Change iPhone camera
If your iPhone warranty does not expire yet, you can go to the Apple Center store to ask for replacement to deal with the issue that your iPhone camera can not focus. In that case, Apple will change the camera for you without any charge.
6. Lock autofocus
As for your iPhone Camera app, it has the feature of Auto Focus and Auto Exposure lock (AE/AF Lock), which can assist you when your iPhone camera fails to focus. You can click on the object that you desire to focus for several seconds till a small yellow “AE/AF Lock” box shows up. This feature can help you to keep the object to stay focus even though your iPhone is moving around.
7. Close and reopen camera app
It is advisable for you to close the camera app on iPhone and then reopen it to solve the issue of iPhone camera can not focus. This is due to the crashing of the camera app, which can result in the blurry or completely black of the images.
8. Change a place or angle to take pictures
If the light is too strong or too weak, or when you stand too close to the subject, it will be hard for your iPhone camera to focus. If this is the case, you can change a place or angle to shoot photos. You can make sure that you stand at lease 3-inch apart from the subject and the environment is suitable for the camera to focus.
9. Press and hold camera button
You can try to press and hold the camera button until the camera focus on the subject. When the image turns clear, you can release the button.

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10. Update iOS system
It is also feasible for you to update iOS system version to fix this error. The new iOS version is able to improve the performance of your iPhone. You can follow the steps shown below to make it.
• Step 1: Connect iPhone to a power source and a good Wi-Fi network to prepare for the updating.
• Step 2: Move to Settings app and then click on “General” button.
• Step 3: Hit on the option of “Software Update” and then tap on “Download and install”.
• Step 4: In the end, you need to click on “Install Now” button to update iPhone to new iOS version.

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If both of these nine methods can’t help, then maybe there is something wrong with the internal hardware. What you need to do is to go to Apple Store and seek tech support.

Extension: How to backup photos taken on your iPhone to computer

If you try the above methods to fix your iPhone camera not focusing problem, it’s very likely that your iPhone camera autofocus feature will work again and you can take a lot of beautiful photos. But sometimes, some precious photos in your iPhone will be lost accidentally. So how can you solve that problem? In case of losing these photos by accident, you can back up your photos regularly.
Here I would like to recommend to you a program that can help you back up your photos in your Camera Roll to computer: Leawo iOS Data Recovery . It’s a data recovery program for iOS device users to recover lost data on their devices from the device itself, iTunes and iCloud backups. But it also has this secondary use that allows users to back up files on their iPhone to computer.
Here is how to backup photos in your iPhone to computer with Leawo iOS Data Recovery.

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Step 1: Run Leawo iOS Data Recovery and Connect Device to Choose Recover Source

Launch Leawo iOS Data Recovery in your computer and connect your iPhone to your computer with proper USB cable. After the following interface shows up, choose “Recover from iOS Device” on the left instead of the option of “Recover from iTunes Backup” or “Recover from iCloud Backup”.

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Step 2: Choose iPhone Device

Select your own device in the bottom device lists.

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Step 3: Scan iPhone Data and Choose Photos

Tap “Start”, and Leawo iOS Data Recovery will begin to scan your iPhone data. When this process comes to an end, an interface like this will be presented. You can view your iPhone data category clearly in the left sidebar. Go to the left column and choose “Camera Roll”. Now you can see all the photos being presented in the right part of the software screen. Then, you can select the photos you would like to back up to computer, and tap on the “Recover” button at the bottom right corner of the screen. Your photos will start to be backed up.

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Step 4: Choose Output Folder and Backup Images

A window like this will show up. Now you need to tap on “Open” button to choose the folder you want to save the photos exported from your iPhone. After that, you need to click on the button of “Go” in this pane. Leawo iOS Data Recovery will begin to back up iPhone photos to your computer. You need to wait for a while until this procedure is over.

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So if your iPhone camera focus feature just breaks down, please try the methods provided. If that can help, don’t forget to backup your photos regularly, so that the sweet memories in your photos will never fade away.