Lock it. Ready for guests.

The same iPad lock Simple Booth uses.

1 · Set up once

Settings → Accessibility → Guided Access → On.

Set a staff passcode. Face ID / Touch ID off. Display Auto-Lock: Never.

2 · Lock the booth

Open the Booth icon. Press the top button three times.

Options: Touch on · Motion off · No time limit. Then tap Start.

Close the case over the button. Try swiping out — Booth must stay open.

3 · Unlock it

Open the case. Press the button three times → staff passcode → End.

Older iPad? Use the Home button. iPadOS 18 or earlier? Double-click to unlock.

Keep it plugged in. Check the lock after a restart.

Camera & other help

First time · Moving over from Simple Booth

An iPad locked in Simple Booth has to be unlocked first: open the case and end Guided Accessusing the physical button and staff passcode (card 5). Then open the setup link from the owner in Safari. It puts a Booth icon on the home screen, and you lock that the same way (card 4). Simple Booth can stay installed until Booth is working.

1 · Every day

The booth is the Booth icon on the iPad’s home screen. Keep the iPad plugged in. If the screen is black, it is asleep or out of power: plug it in and tap the screen.

2 · The camera shows the wrong way

Leave Booth open. Ask the owner to choose Front camera from their phone (card 3). Wait until it says Front camera confirmed by Booth, then check that the iPad shows you.

3 · Change the camera from your phone

Sign in at keepbooth.com/venue. Under Booths, find this iPad and open Change camera → Front camera. Both devices need internet. It changes when the guest finishes; Guided Access stays on. On the phone photo booth, tap Flip.

4 · Lock it (Guided Access)

Open Booth and press the top button three times. Under Options, leave Touch on, turn Motion off, and use no time limit. Then tap Start. Close the case over the button. Try swiping out — Booth must stay open.

5 · Unlock it

Open the case to reach the button. Press it three times, type the Guided Access passcode, tap End. On an older iPad use the Home button; on iPadOS 18 or earlier, double-click to end the session.

6 · After a power cut or restart

The iPad comes back unlocked and on its lock screen. Unlock it, open Booth, and lock it again (step 4). The booth reopens on the camera you chose. Photos taken while it was offline send by themselves.

7 · Keep it awake

Settings → Display & Brightness → Auto-Lock → Never. Low Power Mode off. Brightness about three quarters. Camera allowed for Booth. The Booth check’s Screen stays on line says what the iPad did when the booth asked it to stay awake.

8 · Guided Access is set up once

Settings → Accessibility → Guided Access → on. Set a staff-only passcode under Passcode Settings, leave Face ID / Touch ID off, and set Display Auto-Lock to Never.

When something looks wrong

It is stuck in Simple Booth or another app	Open the case and end Guided Access with the physical button and staff passcode (card 5). Then open Booth.
Guests see the room, not themselves	Ask the owner to choose Front camera from keepbooth.com/venue, then check the iPad’s picture (cards 2–3).
The screen is black	It is asleep or out of power. Plug it in and tap the screen. Then set Auto-Lock to Never (card 7).
It restarted or reloaded	The booth reopens by itself on the camera you chose. Guided Access is off after a restart: lock it again (card 4).
It shows a code and “Setting up this booth”	It is not claimed any more. Ask the owner for a new setup link.
Photos say “waiting for wifi”	The wifi dropped. The booth keeps working and sends them when it is back.
The camera never opens	Settings → Apps → Booth (or Safari) → Camera → Allow.
There is an address bar at the top	It was opened from Safari. Close Safari and open the Booth icon.
The booth starts by itself	Hand control is seeing movement. Tell the owner; there is a setting for it.