Face ID Has Been Disabled on iPhone? 7 Fixes in Order
The TrueDepth camera contains lasers your iPhone shuts down for safety. One settings row decides whether this costs you a repair or nothing at all.

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The TrueDepth camera contains lasers your iPhone shuts down for safety. One settings row decides whether this costs you a repair or nothing at all.
A prompt that never appears is a fault. A prompt on every connection is the backup asking permission, and Apple has documented that since iOS 16.
One call over Wi-Fi Calling tells you whether the account and the dialler are fine, which moves the whole problem onto the cellular side.
The fix is a reinstall from a computer, started by holding a modifier key while you click Check for Update. It does not erase anything.
An iPhone 14 or later bought in the United States has no SIM tray, so the usual reseating advice cannot be followed at all.
Apple splits a button that is not working into eleven separate symptoms, and how the button feels decides which one you have.
Debris on the glass and a dead row inside the panel look identical from a foot away. Four free tests tell them apart before you pay anybody.
Apple puts disconnecting the charger among its first checks, and tells you to try a different outlet. The cause is often the power, not the phone.
Apple never says ghost touch. It lists six Multi-Touch faults, and three of them cover a screen acting on its own. Which one you have changes the fix.
Usually the proximity sensor has not released the display. Apple publishes a test you can run yourself, filed under display repair rather than calls.