Apple makes it simple to turn on an iPhone’s flashlight from the lock screen—too simple. All of us have found ourselves noticing our pocket is glowing, or lift our phone and assault someone in the eye ...

The iPhone's humble flashlight can pull many tricks. It can blink as a visual alert for incoming calls and app notifications. It's quite versatile, too, when it comes to the ways you can turn it on.

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Not long ago, your iPhone's lockscreen ...