diff --git a/package/ios/Core/CameraSession.swift b/package/ios/Core/CameraSession.swift
index 10b0f3399c..0e1d6fd415 100644
--- a/package/ios/Core/CameraSession.swift
+++ b/package/ios/Core/CameraSession.swift
@@ -113,8 +113,22 @@ final class CameraSession: NSObject, AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegat
 
     VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "configure { ... }: Waiting for lock...")
 
+    let slowConfigurationWarning = DispatchWorkItem {
+      VisionLogger.log(level: .warning, message: "configure { ... }: is still running after 2 seconds.")
+    }
+    CameraQueues.cameraQueue.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .seconds(2), execute: slowConfigurationWarning)
+
+    let completionGroup = DispatchGroup()
+
+    completionGroup.enter()
+    completionGroup.notify(queue: CameraQueues.cameraQueue) {
+      slowConfigurationWarning.cancel()
+      VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "configure { ... }: completed.")
+    }
+
     // Set up Camera (Video) Capture Session (on camera queue, acts like a lock)
     CameraQueues.cameraQueue.async {
+      defer { completionGroup.leave() }
       // Let caller configure a new configuration for the Camera.
       let config = CameraConfiguration(copyOf: self.configuration)
       do {
@@ -215,7 +229,9 @@ final class CameraSession: NSObject, AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegat
 
       // Set up Audio Capture Session (on audio queue)
       if difference.audioSessionChanged {
+        completionGroup.enter()
         CameraQueues.audioQueue.async {
+          defer { completionGroup.leave() }
           do {
             // Lock Capture Session for configuration
             VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "Beginning AudioSession configuration...")
@@ -234,7 +250,9 @@ final class CameraSession: NSObject, AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegat
 
       // Set up Location streaming (on location queue)
       if difference.locationChanged {
+        completionGroup.enter()
         CameraQueues.locationQueue.async {
+          defer { completionGroup.leave() }
           do {
             VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "Beginning Location Output configuration...")
             try self.configureLocationOutput(configuration: config)
@@ -265,7 +283,7 @@ final class CameraSession: NSObject, AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegat
     }
   }
 
-  public final func captureOutput(_ captureOutput: AVCaptureOutput, didOutput sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer, from connection: AVCaptureConnection) {
+  final func captureOutput(_ captureOutput: AVCaptureOutput, didOutput sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer, from connection: AVCaptureConnection) {
     switch captureOutput {
     case is AVCaptureVideoDataOutput:
       onVideoFrame(sampleBuffer: sampleBuffer, orientation: connection.orientation, isMirrored: connection.isVideoMirrored)
diff --git a/package/ios/React/CameraView.swift b/package/ios/React/CameraView.swift
index c773975353..0be6e4731d 100644
--- a/package/ios/React/CameraView.swift
+++ b/package/ios/React/CameraView.swift
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public final class CameraView: UIView, CameraSessionDelegate, PreviewViewDelegat
   var cameraSession = CameraSession()
   var previewView: PreviewView?
   var isMounted = false
-  private var currentConfigureCall: DispatchTime?
+  private let currentConfigureCall: Counter = .init()
   private let fpsSampleCollector = FpsSampleCollector()
 
   // CameraView+Zoom
@@ -135,10 +135,18 @@ public final class CameraView: UIView, CameraSessionDelegate, PreviewViewDelegat
         onViewReadyEvent?(nil)
       }
     } else {
+      deactivateCameraSession()
       fpsSampleCollector.stop()
     }
   }
 
+  deinit {
+    // Allow phone to sleep
+    UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = false
+    // Bail on any in flight configure calls
+    currentConfigureCall.increment()
+  }
+
   override public func layoutSubviews() {
     if let previewView {
       previewView.frame = frame
@@ -181,17 +189,18 @@ public final class CameraView: UIView, CameraSessionDelegate, PreviewViewDelegat
   // pragma MARK: Props updating
   override public final func didSetProps(_ changedProps: [String]!) {
     VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "Updating \(changedProps.count) props: [\(changedProps.joined(separator: ", "))]")
-    let now = DispatchTime.now()
-    currentConfigureCall = now
+    let currentConfigureCall = self.currentConfigureCall
+    let now = currentConfigureCall.increment()
 
     cameraSession.configure { [self] config in
       // Check if we're still the latest call to configure { ... }
-      guard currentConfigureCall == now else {
+      guard currentConfigureCall.check(now) else {
         // configure waits for a lock, and if a new call to update() happens in the meantime we can drop this one.
         // this works similar to how React implemented concurrent rendering, the newer call to update() has higher priority.
-        VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "A new configure { ... } call arrived, aborting this one...")
+        VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "A new configure { ... } call arrived, aborting this one [\(now)]…")
         throw CameraConfiguration.AbortThrow.abort
       }
+      VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "configure { ... } [\(now)]")
 
       // Input Camera Device
       config.cameraId = cameraId as? String
@@ -283,6 +292,36 @@ public final class CameraView: UIView, CameraSessionDelegate, PreviewViewDelegat
     UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = isActive
   }
 
+  private func deactivateCameraSession() {
+    // Allow phone to sleep
+    UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = false
+
+    #if VISION_CAMERA_ENABLE_FRAME_PROCESSORS
+      frameProcessor = nil
+    #endif
+
+    let currentConfigureCall = self.currentConfigureCall
+    let now = currentConfigureCall.increment()
+
+    cameraSession.configure { config in
+      // Check if we're still the latest call to configure { ... }
+      guard currentConfigureCall.check(now) else {
+        // configure waits for a lock, and if a new call to update() happens in the meantime we can drop this one.
+        // this works similar to how React implemented concurrent rendering, the newer call to update() has higher priority.
+        VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "A new configure { ... } call arrived, aborting this one [\(now)]…")
+        throw CameraConfiguration.AbortThrow.abort
+      }
+      VisionLogger.log(level: .info, message: "configure { ... } [\(now)]")
+      config.photo = .disabled
+      config.video = .disabled
+      config.audio = .disabled
+      config.codeScanner = .disabled
+      config.enableLocation = false
+      config.torch = .off
+      config.isActive = false
+    }
+  }
+
   func updatePreview() {
     if preview && previewView == nil {
       // Create PreviewView and add it
diff --git a/package/ios/React/Utils/Counter.swift b/package/ios/React/Utils/Counter.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35dd9317d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ios/React/Utils/Counter.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os.lock
+
+final class Counter {
+  /**
+    * https://forums.swift.org/t/atomic-property-wrapper-for-standard-library/30468/18
+  */
+  private var unfair_lock: os_unfair_lock_t
+  private var count = 1
+  init() {
+    unfair_lock = .allocate(capacity: 1)
+    unfair_lock.initialize(to: os_unfair_lock())
+  }
+  deinit {
+    unfair_lock.deinitialize(count: 1)
+    unfair_lock.deallocate()
+  }
+  private func lock() {
+    os_unfair_lock_lock(unfair_lock)
+  }
+  private func unlock() {
+    os_unfair_lock_unlock(unfair_lock)
+  }
+  func increment() -> Int {
+    lock()
+    defer { unlock() }
+    count &+= 1
+    return count
+  }
+  func check(_ count: Int) -> Bool {
+    lock()
+    defer { unlock() }
+    return self.count == count
+  }
+}