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Camera stopped working

The camera has stopped working randomly. The only thing I could think of that might of caused it would be the phone some how shut down when it was in my pocket. When I start up the camera app it immediately closes. When I attempt to use Google goggles, it says cannot connect to camera. What can I do?

First off you can give us some more details as to what software you are running. Are you on a stock Sprint ROM? A custom ROM? Did you install any software and then notice this change? Does this happen 100% of the time?

I'm running the stock 2.2 rooted odexed rom. Stock kernel. And haven't installed any new software to cause this...

I've cleared cache, dalvik cache, camera app's cache and it still doesn't work...

No one has any idea? Has this ever happened to anyone else?

It happens to me on both ava stock 2.2 and now netarchys 2.2... I have to wipe everything to get it back for a few hours... it just did it to me again do you have netarchys fps fix?
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This is the craziest thing ever. The camera has returned to working after 10 hours of not working. I didn't do anything to get it to return. I will be continuing to monitor the camera to see if it happens again... This is the first time it has ever happen and the first time I've been on a 2.2 Rom for a significant amount of time.

This just barely happened to my phone too! Grrrr!!!
I'm running Fresh.02 + I tried flashing several kernels to see if it would fix it but none of them helped.
kernels I tried, latest versions of: kingX, snap, netarchy
Will try to do a full wipe and flash the stock 2.2 rooted w/o any fancy mods. <--- ok this fixed it!

Does installing the 3D Gallery app cause the Sense camera app to randomly stop working?
I'm getting the same problem again on a different ROM.
UPDATE: I've uninstalled 3D Gallery & cleared data on the Camera app and it still doesn't work.

i am having this same problem. have flashed several roms with no fix. cannot pin point when this happened either. really frustrating. ive done reboots, wipe, you name it.

happened to me
blix1337 said:
No one has any idea? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
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Yes it happened to me, but i have HTC EVO 3D i used leedriod rom and it happend exactly i changed rom to ics and still didnt work know i will call htc and ask them how to get the official ics rom after that if camera wont work i will tell them that the camera was working before i made this update and they must fix it for free

Hi guys
Any luck with this problem? I'm using a rooted xperia neo running [email protected] #2 with an unlocked boot loader - I've used Google goggles many times before and then today its coming up with "Cannot connect to camera. You may need to restart your device" and yet the camera is working because behind this pop up I can see the image that the camera is seeing. I've tried to take a screen shot of this but the screen shot uses the camera and therefore I blanks out the image through the back lens.
I've also uninstalled the app and reinstalled it - cleared all Dalvik cache - as well as moved it to SD and made it a system app - none of these trials have made any difference.

hilfordjames said:
Hi guys
Any luck with this problem? I'm using a rooted xperia neo running [email protected] #2 with an unlocked boot loader - I've used Google goggles many times before and then today its coming up with "Cannot connect to camera. You may need to restart your device" and yet the camera is working because behind this pop up I can see the image that the camera is seeing. I've tried to take a screen shot of this but the screen shot uses the camera and therefore I blanks out the image through the back lens.
I've also uninstalled the app and reinstalled it - cleared all Dalvik cache - as well as moved it to SD and made it a system app - none of these trials have made any difference.
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Are you sure there are no problems or known bugs with the rom you are using? Have you tried reflashing your rom? (it might be a pain to do, but something in the rom might have broke and it can help to start fresh).

I never post here but I have had a problem with my phone's camera that I fix by some random thread I found a while ago so I thought I would share what helped me. The thread stated it is something to do with the camera's connection to the phone and sometimes with drops or bumps of the phone it becomes loose. All I had to do was turn the phone face down, put my thumb over the camera and press down with some force. Not enough to break it but just to reseat the connection. After that, restart the phone. I have done this a few times and it has been successful ever time. I hope you guys have the same success.
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hippy70 said:
I never post here but I have had a problem with my phone's camera that I fix by some random thread I found a while ago so I thought I would share what helped me. The thread stated it is something to do with the camera's connection to the phone and sometimes with drops or bumps of the phone it becomes loose. All I had to do was turn the phone face down, put my thumb over the camera and press down with some force. Not enough to break it but just to reseat the connection. After that, restart the phone. I have done this a few times and it has been successful ever time. I hope you guys have the same success.
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That is correct, in some cases i have found the camera has come unseated. but it could also be the board.

Camera, Gallery and Talk doesn't work

So I got the Galaxy Nexus GSM today and it's one hell of a sexy device.
It obviously came with Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box. And errors out of the box. Right when I start the phone, Talk FCs. When I try to start the Camera, it FCs.
I though "What the heck, Jellybean probably fixes that", so I unlocked it and flashed Paranoid Android. Everything is a lot faster now, but I still have the same problems, except now Gallery just crashes, which renders the Camera unusable, because they're apparently linked together in Jellybean.
I tried 3rd party apps (Zoom Camera, Paper Camera and a few others) and none of them work.
So it seems that everything that has something to do with the Camera doesn't work.
I tried everything that I could think of;
Reflashing
returning to stock
force stop Camera
Disable and enable all network related functions in G+ and Gallery
Clearing cache - both for individual apps and the option from the recovery
Trying 3rd party apps
Googling everything I could think of
Installing G+ (that made me able to open Gallery, but Gallery still force closes when I open Camera)
Changing battery
Of course I can't see it being anything but a hardware issue, but some people who have compiled CM10 by themselves have the same errors. I don't know if that helps me.
So before I return it some time this week, does any one have any suggestions to what I could try?
I'll give this thread two days before I return it.
Thanks in advance.

You rooted? If not and you know how to root, root it, replace the app (gallery, camera, whatever is not working) with stock JB version. Hopefully it's just corrupted apps... That's easy to fix

Thanks for the reply. I've already tried the Jellybean version of Paranoid Android and it made no difference.
I though "What the heck, Jellybean probably fixes that", so I unlocked it and flashed Paranoid Android. Everything is a lot faster now, but I still have the same problems, except now Gallery just crashes, which renders the Camera unusable, because they're apparently linked together in Jellybean.
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mrhaxx1 said:
Thanks for the reply. I've already tried the Jellybean version of Paranoid Android and it made no difference.
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Might be a long shot, but have you tried fixing permissions in recovery?
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I have, but I just tried again and it made no difference.
Also, I forgot to mention that it's not a storage issue, as I can save screenshots just fine.

mrhaxx1 said:
I have, but I just tried again and it made no difference.
Also, I forgot to mention that it's not a storage issue, as I can save screenshots just fine.
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Any solutions for this yet? having the same problem.

Nope, nothing yet.
And to make the bad things worse, I've lost the receipt. So I can't even return it.

Bumpity bump!

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Bumpity bump!
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I just went ahead and called verizon.. and they're shipping me a new phone today. I see a lot of posts about this, with no solution. It'll be quicker to do it this way. Except you call whatever your carrier is. Or samsung, if nothing else.

Well, you see, I bought the phone refurbished. There was a guarantee on it, but I lost the receipt, so I can't return it or get a new phone.
I ordered a rear- and front-facing replacement camera. It should arrive in 7-15 days because I'm ordering from the USA.
I looked into it, and disassambling and assembling it should be fairly simple. Nearly the same process as the Nexus S, which I've disassembled before.
If it doesn't work, I've only lost $22 and it's not like I have a valid guarantee on it anyway.

Oh well, replacing the cameras didn't work.
And I even managed to break the volume buttons.
Even if I got hold of the receipt, there would be no way they would repair it now.
I can as well just go buy a new phone. Next month. Maybe. At least everything else still works.

When you flash ROM, do you ensure you completely wipe previous ROM and data? Also, if you use something like Titanium Backup to restore your apps after flashing a new ROM, make sure you don't restore system apps or data. That will definitely screw things up in every ROM as incompatible files are mixed.

Try doing a full wipe of your device it could help
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It was like that on the stock rom.
And yes, I always ensure to wipe everything. As said in the OP, I even tried returning back to stock.

I got the same problem, I GOT IT FIXED NO HARDWARE FAILLURE!!
Hi,
this is what i did, got it fresh from the box, didn't even bother to set-up, I instantly updated to Jelly Bean..
everything worked perfectly, besides the camera, it crashed instantly.. (gallery did not respond)..
i rebooted it 2 times, then pressed the Power button + volume down.. it went to an system boot thingy.. the i connected it to my pc with an usb (usb debugging enabled).
my win7 pc said the drivers were installed, then i pressed the power button. after loading. the camera worked perfect.. thats REALY everything i DID.. i'll keep you posted if it fails again.
it also worked after unplugging the usb.. Hope I helped you a bit.

I can second this fix!
IvanGrozni87 said:
Hi,
this is what i did, got it fresh from the box, didn't even bother to set-up, I instantly updated to Jelly Bean..
everything worked perfectly, besides the camera, it crashed instantly.. (gallery did not respond)..
i rebooted it 2 times, then pressed the Power button + volume down.. it went to an system boot thingy.. the i connected it to my pc with an usb (usb debugging enabled).
my win7 pc said the drivers were installed, then i pressed the power button. after loading. the camera worked perfect.. thats REALY everything i DID.. i'll keep you posted if it fails again.
it also worked after unplugging the usb.. Hope I helped you a bit.
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So, I was having this exact same issue and was ready to call Verizon for a replacement, when I tried this as a last resort and VOILA!! IT WORKED! I am still unsure of how this all came about, but for the purpose of hopefully helping someone with the same issue, I will second this quick fix as IT DID WORK FOR ME.

I had this same problem (camera/talk fc'ed on start, whenever opening either app), tried all the fixes I could and nothing worked. I eventually disassembled the phone and used a toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol to clean the main board and the connections for each of the camera modules. After a couple rounds of cleaning, everything started working again.

navjas73 said:
I had this same problem (camera/talk fc'ed on start, whenever opening either app), tried all the fixes I could and nothing worked. I eventually disassembled the phone and used a toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol to clean the main board and the connections for each of the camera modules. After a couple rounds of cleaning, everything started working again.
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Thanks for this information, I'll try to do it with mine too. Any results I will post here.

[Q] HTC one V g-sensor not working

All of the sudden my screen wouldn't auto rotate in both apps and normal interface, i haven't downloaded any app recently so i don't think it is caused by an app.
Things i've done to try and fix it: - turn auto-rotate off\on in quicksettings notification bar, did the same in screen settings and again in accessibility
- calibrated g-sensor, which doesn't give any errors
- rebooted phone after calibration or auto-rotate setting change(multiple times)
- downloaded phone tester app and it can't find the g-sensor
I'm on the last update of Suprimou rom with titanium kiss kernel and have been on this rom for a few months now.
Any suggestions?

E=shaggydiamond;41864191]All of the sudden my screen wouldn't auto rotate in both apps and normal interface, i haven't downloaded any app recently so i don't think it is caused by an app.
Things i've done to try and fix it: - turn auto-rotate off\on in quicksettings notification bar, did the same in screen settings and again in accessibility
- calibrated g-sensor, which doesn't give any errors
- rebooted phone after calibration or auto-rotate setting change(multiple times)
- downloaded phone tester app and it can't find the g-sensor
I'm on the last update of Suprimou rom with titanium kiss kernel and have been on this rom for a few months now.
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HTC one x had the exact same problem which you are saying ..there were a few solutions which worked temporarily well so u can search Google for the same problem but just mention one x, u will find some solutions ...try this my frnd also had a one x he tried the solutions which worked fr a week but ultimately he had to sell his phone...good luck..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40067389
Here's a link with problems and a few suggestions..
Hope ur g sensor starts working and this s*** doesn't happen with me and other HOV users..

Thanks, im trying some methods out now, really want it to work again because i don't think htc would like it if i'd send a phone in with unlocked bootloader and this kind of problem.
Update, It's working again! not sure how long it will work.
I rebooted several times while holding down volume up button, then turn it off and let it sit for 10 min.
Now it's working

happened same thing to me so returned to the stock then it was fine now again I'am rooted

shaggydiamond said:
Thanks, im trying some methods out now, really want it to work again because i don't think htc would like it if i'd send a phone in with unlocked bootloader and this kind of problem.
Update, It's working again! not sure how long it will work.
I rebooted several times while holding down volume up button, then turn it off and let it sit for 10 min.
Now it's working
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could you please notify me if it sops working actually i am very concerned about this problem...
glad that your g-sensor started working again good luck for future...

Pranav Sharma (PS) said:
could you please notify me if it sops working actually i am very concerned about this problem...
glad that your g-sensor started working again good luck for future...
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Will let you know. But so far so good it is still working, let's hope it was a one time experience eh:good:

shaggydiamond said:
Will let you know. But so far so good it is still working, let's hope it was a one time experience eh:good:
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Yes let's hope so i love this phone..:good:

[Q] Camera doesn't work after installing energy rom?

Hi, I'm a new user, I tried to post on the energy rom thread but am not allowed to.
Also, googled the issue a bit and as far as I searched didn't find similar issues.
I recently bought a htc touch pro2 and flashed it with energy rom. after flashing it, the camera doesn't start (click camera and nothing happens). also i notice when accessing settings, the camera and video tabs don't display (click multimedia > pictures and videos > menu > tools > options)
I am guessing it's some setting that should be changed, but i can't figure out how to do it.
Can you help me?
thanks.

afarcas said:
Hi, I'm a new user, I tried to post on the energy rom thread but am not allowed to.
Also, googled the issue a bit and as far as I searched didn't find similar issues.
I recently bought a htc touch pro2 and flashed it with energy rom. after flashing it, the camera doesn't start (click camera and nothing happens). also i notice when accessing settings, the camera and video tabs don't display (click multimedia > pictures and videos > menu > tools > options)
I am guessing it's some setting that should be changed, but i can't figure out how to do it.
Can you help me?
thanks.
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Are you sure it worked on the stock rom? You might try flashing back to stock, and then reflashing the custom rom. Might be a bad flash. Random things happens sometimes.

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Are you sure it worked on the stock rom? You might try flashing back to stock, and then reflashing the custom rom. Might be a bad flash. Random things happens sometimes.
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It worked. I took some pictures.
In the meantime I flashed again and still doesn't work.
Another thing I noticed is sometimes the windows key/button/pictogram stops working, as in, I click it and nothing happens, but the phone works fine
I also flashed it (again) with a stock rom - seems to be the same I had before having started this whole mess. With the stock rom, there's no camera application at all.
I'm definitely doing something wrong but not sure what.

afarcas said:
It worked. I took some pictures.
In the meantime I flashed again and still doesn't work.
Another thing I noticed is sometimes the windows key/button/pictogram stops working, as in, I click it and nothing happens, but the phone works fine
I also flashed it (again) with a stock rom - seems to be the same I had before having started this whole mess. With the stock rom, there's no camera application at all.
I'm definitely doing something wrong but not sure what.
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If the stock rom does not have a camera app, then how did you take pictures?
Which version of the TP2 do you have?
I am wondering if you got a flaky phone.

wizardknight said:
If the stock rom does not have a camera app, then how did you take pictures?
Which version of the TP2 do you have?
I am wondering if you got a flaky phone.
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You have an excellent point. What the original rom and the most recently flashed rom have in common is a lot of at&t icons, so I assumed they're the same.
I don't know how to identify the version of the TP2. I bought a T7373, according to the invoice. Active Sync says I have a T7377.
Somehow I believe this whole mess is my fault, rather than the phone being flaky.
It all started because the old touch diamond 2 has the start button in the bottom left corner whereas this one had the start button in the top left corner. I wanted my button back in its place, so i started digging for a windows 6.5.3 rom...

Sounds like you should read this thread.

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Sounds like you should read this thread.
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I did. Before flashing the phone for the first time.
I googled the IMEI as well. According to the IMEI no, it's a HTC Vogue (?).
Anyway, I believe I cleared the version issue, it's HTC Rhodium 100 = T7373.
I think I cleared The missing camera issue as well, meaning that with or without icon, all roms include camera.exe.
Are there any third party apps that check connectivity to the camera (or other camera.exe implementations)?
Thanks,

afarcas said:
I did. Before flashing the phone for the first time.
I googled the IMEI as well. According to the IMEI no, it's a HTC Vogue (?).
Anyway, I believe I cleared the version issue, it's HTC Rhodium 100 = T7373.
I think I cleared The missing camera issue as well, meaning that with or without icon, all roms include camera.exe.
Are there any third party apps that check connectivity to the camera (or other camera.exe implementations)?
Thanks,
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The Rhod100s are the bastard phones that don't work right half the time with any custom software. They are known for that.
Unfortunately you are on your own with that one. I had the Rhod400. Good luck.

I solved the problem.
Basically, these phones come in two flavors: with one cam and with two cams. The majority has 2 cams and the majority of roms are for 2 cams.
I suspected this might be the issue when I noticed in a comparison chart that T7373 has either one cam or two, also wrote a tiny app to return the exception code and message and the exception returned was "Unknown error" which I then googled and got either bad firmware or bad hardware.
In the meantime my son broke the display of the phone, so I had to fix it, and I also bought a spare stripe for the front phone, the one with the second cam, since it was quite cheap, and I had to fix the phone anyway.
Surprise. Now everything works fine.
So, the moral is, Rhodium is a very nice phone, with a good firmware, just that you need to flash the right firmware for the right model.
I'm interested in any information on how the camera is initialized, maybe I find time tomake changes to one of the versions for the less-lucky people who only have one cam.

Can't use front camera... HELP!

Hi everyone,
I need help to sort out an issue about my front facing camera.
My phone is stock WWE version, I took the first OTA (1.54.401.5 I believe), then unlocked bootloader, rooted and installed ARHD 6.0.
Everything was working fine, then I flashed version 7.0 few days ago (without upgrading firware, as I'm one of the poor "Whelp" guys with firewater, so I couldn't get s-off) and now my front camera won't work. When I try to select it, camera application force closes and I'm back to homescreen. If I try to setup face unlock, I get a message saying sth like "Can't connect to front camera".
I've tried other ROMs like InsertCoin, same issue. Only way I could get it back to work again for a while was flashing Maximus HD.
I have NO IDEA what is going wrong here.
I doubt it is a hardware issue as everything has been working flawlessly for some weeks. So my question is, could it be a problem of ROM/firware version compatibility? Can keeping an "old" firmware cause this kind of issues?
Thanks a lot for your help!

right now, installing OTA (after going back to stock rom & recovery), hope things will get fixed...
I might be f***d for S-off since 1.54.xxx.10 patches the firewater exploit, but anyway...

I had similar issue after 2 months...my ffc 'disappeared' when I used a system info app to check hardware etc. and also noticed the duo effects stopped working...swiping to ffc in camera app didn't do anything either...weird...took to Sprint store and they verified and I had new phone sent in as replacement.
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Thanks for your feedback...
afterfirmware update, same issue, on ARHD and even on Stock ROM 1.54.xxx.10. Started to think itwas a hardware issue, thinking of sending the phone in HTC warranty (although I unlocked the bootloader) then I tried to flash maximus HD 4.0 again and WOOSH, issue gone!! FFC works as it should again. STRANGE as hell.
If anyone has a clue on how to solve this...

I have the same problem, I flashed the MaximusHD and doesn't work:crying:

Hello,
What version of Maximus HD did you flash?
I used version 4.0.
Well, what is strange is that after a while I switched to ARHD 8.0, then 8.1. All went well until last weekend, boom, issue is here again.
I'm thinking of a few things :
- software issue cause by God knows what.
probably not as I have had the issue with many ROMS, whatever version I'm using when it pops up.
Might be other apps but issue remains with clean install...
- Other hardware issue not related to phone (SD card...)
probabbly not as I tried to remove SD card, restart phone, same issue.
- hardware issue with the FFC, coming and going. In that case, not much to do apart from trying to get an exchange model.
maybe...

You could S-OFF using Sunshine and then reflash everything from the beginning and see what happens. Also means you'll get the right firmware on your phone as well

Hi EddyOs, and thanks.
Yes, did S-Off when sunshine was released. I used it to install HK audio mod on ARHD 8.1
Issue only came back recently, and hasn't gone since...
I'm completely lost here. Can a hardware issue be temporary, go, and come back? Seems strange to me.

nuts77 said:
Hi EddyOs, and thanks.
Yes, did S-Off when sunshine was released. I used it to install HK audio mod on ARHD 8.1
Issue only came back recently, and hasn't gone since...
I'm completely lost here. Can a hardware issue be temporary, go, and come back? Seems strange to me.
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Well hit it with a hammer, if it still doesn't do anything then perhaps it wasn't hardware but software. :silly:
Seriously though, Yes hardware issues can "come and go" intermittently. I see that crap all the time at work.
Could try and completely start from scratch again and see if it helps like Eddy suggested, if it's a hardware problem then naturally it'll have to be sent back but luckly you have S-OFF so you can return to stock fully. Unlucky for you however, if the device gets exchanged then it means you'll have to fork out another $25 for S-OFF as it's a 1 phone only license

after five days, issue is gone. Now everything seems to work normally.
No hit, no drop, no shock whatsoever.
Now just waiting for the issue to come back...

I am also facing same issue..some1 Help,.
hello friends.. recently selfie option in camera is missing in my htc m8 phone.
Even i downloaded Selfie application from google play, But Front camera is not working..
Some one help us please..
IF any 1 got the solution, please post it here

Isn't there a HTC diagnostics code that you can use to test all features...that might help to see if hardware in fact has failed...that's basically what HTC would do if you were to call them...forgot the key combo off hand
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Mafiakillers said:
hello friends.. recently selfie option in camera is missing in my htc m8 phone.
Even i downloaded Selfie application from google play, But Front camera is not working..
Some one help us please..
IF any 1 got the solution, please post it here
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From the dialer dial *#*#3424#*#*
hit accept and test your camera