The iPhone's built-in flashlight can come in handy in all sorts of situations, such as digging through camping equipment while you look for a real flashlight during a power outage, cleaning up after your dog on late-night walks, or locating the eyeglasses you just knocked off your bedside table in the middle of the night without turning on a lamp and waking your spouse.
But since your iPhone usually goes to sleep while you are completing these tasks, opening Control Center to turn off the flashlight when you are finished can feel like too many steps—especially if you prefer not to allow access to Control Center from your lock screen.
Fortunately, it turns out it's not necessary to open Control Center again to switch the flashlight off.
All you have to do is press the Sleep/Wake button or the Home button and then tap the camera icon on the lock screen to turn the flashlight off.
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