I "lost" my camera on my iphone

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I frequently use my iPhone to take pictures.
I did yesterday.

When I looked today for the camera icon/app on the phone it was gone.

It is not hidden in one of those "multi" app boxes, I must have deleted it by mistake?

I attached the phone to my computer and used iTunes to synch it, looked for it there in the apps but it is not there.

Photo App is still there.

Any suggestions???

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Go to your app store and redownload it if you can not find it. Should still be free. If not then you may have to reset your phone back to default

[bnoble Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bnoble]

The camera app cannot be deleted, because it is one of the applications that ship with the phone---you can't delete them even if you want to. It is odd that it does not show up in Springboard. However, if you "swipe to the right" from your (first) home screen, you will be taken to Spotlight. From there, you can search for "camera" and it should turn up.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Thanks Frank and Brian,

Brian, I found it as u said, but how did I get it back on the springboard? It takes pictures from there but would be rather cumbersome to use.

[scootr5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close scootr5]

Have you tried an actual hard restart to see if that fixes it (hold down home button and wake/sleep for a few seconds)?

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Have you tried an actual hard restart to see if that fixes it (hold down home button and wake/sleep for a few seconds)?

Why do I forget about this all the time

Nope did not work....

Went to settings, then general then reset then "reset home screen layout"
That got it back....thanks for all your help and suggestions.

[scootr5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close scootr5]

Why do I forget about this all the time

I know several people that don't know you can actually turn the phone off....

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

I know several people that don't know you can actually turn the phone off....

Yeah, that was me not too long ago.

[bjones9942 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bjones9942]

Sounds like a job for the apple genius bar to me