This Hidden Apple Setting Helped Me Take Back Control of My iPhone Camera

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Commentary: My camera roll was filling up with random photos from every time I bumped my camera control button. I hated it until I found this trick.

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I'm a lifelong Apple loyalist, but one feature on my iPhone 16 was so annoying that it threatened to derail my entire experience with the smartphone. It wasn't until I went digging in my settings that I found I could disable this button, and it was so effective I haven't looked back since. This is my best iPhone hack.

When I initially upgraded from an older iPhone, I was surprised to see two new buttons on my then-new iPhone 16: the action and camera control buttons. The action button is a small button above the volume adjusters. It was introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro models and is a customizablebutton that can do anything from turning your ringer on...

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