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[Q] Defy Weird Camera Problem

Hi,
I am facing this rather weird problem with my motorola defy.
A brief history: I live in India and I got my phone packed with Eclair and then i updated it to Froyo.
After that I rooted my defy and then installed MIUI Gingerbread.
But then again I started missing Blur and so I flashed a UK Motoblur rom on my Defy...
But since then the Camera is not working properly.
Actual Problem:
The camera application works fine. I mean it captures pictures and videos just as it should, but i see a black screen while doing so.
I start my camera application and its a black screen so is the case with camcoder.
I have attached a screen shot of my camera application to give you a better understanding of my problem...
I cant even watch youtube videos on my cell coz that too (videos) play with a black screen.
I dont understand what is the problem. I tried clearing the Camera application cache...but it does not help.
Is there anyone who can make me understand what is wrong with my phone.
Thanks

Have you installed 2ndinit bootmenu on the phone?
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Shrewdy said:
Hi,
I am facing this rather weird problem with my motorola defy.
A brief history: I live in India and I got my phone packed with Eclair and then i updated it to Froyo.
After that I rooted my defy and then installed MIUI Gingerbread.
But then again I started missing Blur and so I flashed a UK Motoblur rom on my Defy...
But since then the Camera is not working properly.
Actual Problem:
The camera application works fine. I mean it captures pictures and videos just as it should, but i see a black screen while doing so.
I start my camera application and its a black screen so is the case with camcoder.
I have attached a screen shot of my camera application to give you a better understanding of my problem...
I cant even watch youtube videos on my cell coz that too (videos) play with a black screen.
I dont understand what is the problem. I tried clearing the Camera application cache...but it does not help.
Is there anyone who can make me understand what is wrong with my phone.
Thanks
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did you clear camera cache and thumbnails???

happened to me once
do a factory reset

apologies for n00bishly bumping a thread, but I have the same problem.
Since I rooted my phone and installed 2nd Init (I haven't flashed a new ROM yet, still on stock) youtube just gives me a black screen (sound is fine) and the same thing happens when I take a photo; the screen is visibily photo but takes a photo fine when I press the shutter
will a factory reset undo the SIM unlock?

Try uninstalling 2ndinit bootmenu.
Had the same issue, this is how it was resolved.

EVO some camera apps broken, others work, suddenly

I've had this same HTC EVO 4G since the week it came out, rooted on Cyanogenmod (7.1 stable, currently), and I've never had a problem with the camera before.
Suddenly, the stock camera app and one other camera app (ProCapture) are broken. They show the live preview through the camera lense, but the little gallery box on the right is black (where you can see the most recent pic and tap it to open the full gallery).
BUT here's the weird part - some other camera apps work fine, Camera360 for example... so I don't think it's hardware.
I've already tried
- Clearing data
- Uninstalling "Camera.apk" stock app
- Uninstalling via Titanium
- Rebooting (duh)
- Fixing Permissions (through ROM Manager)
I'm at a loss. I can't use the video camera either, so can't record video right now (since that's part of the stock camera). It just FC after a few seconds.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Have you changed kernels?

[Q] about camera green issue

i was on the original GB firmware ... today i flashed this rom and it's really awesome ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2233158 ) ... CrayonV2 ,,,, everything is really awesome except 3 things in camera ,,,
1st Zooming not working at all
2nd when i take a photo the camera makes green color on camera image b4 saving ( but that doesn't effect on the photo itself )
3rd Panorama mode works but the photo get some distributions ...
any idea how to solve that without flashing a rom again ?

1. if your picture is set for 5mpx (max and that's the default) you can't use zoom if I'm not mistake.
2. It's a bug from the rom since is based on cm10
3. no ideia

[Q] Xperia M video/still camera questions (blueish tint)

Greetings, Xperia M, Build 15.1.C.2.8, Half-rooted (unable to do the full root, I don't know why so I can't do the RW thing)
Like most of you have probably noticed, the stock camera firmware has a bluish tint problem. The camera works great in the daytime, really good actually. But doing some camera app testing in a darkened atmosphere I took some pics in my bedroom with the flash, and the pics look really BLUE. My walls aren't blue, they are yellow haha. After testing with other android camera apps such as ProCapture, the pics look as they should (no blue walls). So it's obvious that it is the stock sony camera firmware that is at fault since other camera apps make the pics look normal.
So saying this I went ahead and froze (disabled) the stock camera app so I could launch ProCapture with the hardware shutter button. But now I have no video recording app ugh. So two-fold question please:
1) Is there a way to make our hardware shutter button open up a different camera app such as ProCapture? If so, how please? (Like mentioned above I was only able to half-root it, the full root instructions just haven't worked for me no matter how many times I tried)
2) If not, and I do have to disable the stock camera app so I can launch ProCapture with the hardware button, can you recommend me what video recording app I can install that can takeover just video recording duties? I think it would need to be for video recording only otherwise I may run into problems with the hardware shutter button again. It has been remarkably hard to find a video recording app on the app store! I have no idea why this is.
Thanks much for your help. BTW, I like the phone. For the price, I think it's really good. And more importantly, the size and shape fits me perfectly :fingers-crossed:

For your 1st question.... I'm not really sure on the x m but when I was still using an mtk phone I was able to change the camera button to open any app I want in android.policy.jar or was it framework.jar (cant recall).. Cant remember which smali it was but I stumbled on it via search for text using notepad++ ... I searched for com.android.gallery in our Xperia case you should search for semc.android.camera (not sure if thats the correct package name for the stock camera app) and change it with the package name of the camera app or whatevar app you want the camera button to launch
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try this lg camera : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677645

Thanks for the replies. As far as LGCamera goes, it seems to not have been updated in almost two years so I left that one alone. Did find an app called "A Better Camera" which also has video recording in it. So I disabled the stock camera and have just been using A Better Camera and it also launches from the hardware button. Better pics too in the dark with the flash. At least my yellow walls aren't blue
Edit: Okay, I have found a way to be able to launch a third party camera from the hardware button WITHOUT freezing (totally disabling) the stock camera app. This then will allow you to use a third-party camera app such as ProCapture etc (that don't have a built in video recorder), allow you to switch between the third-party app and the stock video recorder, but then also launch the third-party app using the hardware shutter button. In other words, the best of all solutions.
You need to at least half-root the Xperia-M (many threads found here how to do that) then get the AutoStarts app from the play store: (not allowed to post links yet). Just search AutoStarts from Michael Elsdörfer
Once you start AutoStarts, scroll down and find "Camera Button Pressed". Select Disable for all the cameras EXCEPT the one you want to use the hardware button for. You're done now. All the camera apps that you selected disable for will still work when using their icons, the one you didn't disable will be the one that starts with the hardware shutter button.
Note: I also tried the app "Default App Manager Pro" and set ProCapture as the default camera. But that didn't do anything, no effect on the hardware shutter button (still opened the stock camera). So far the AutoStarts method is the only one that has worked for me.

[Q] Camera and Flash focus

hello, as you know our phone doesnt focus like other phones (video of g3 for example: https://youtu.be/Au3zABq9bD4?t=110 )
do you know any camera app that will use the flash to focus and then take the picture? (instead of just using it to take the picture without ever focusing...).

iakoboss7 said:
hello, as you know our phone doesnt focus like other phones (video of g3 for example: https://youtu.be/Au3zABq9bD4?t=110 )
do you know any camera app that will use the flash to focus and then take the picture? (instead of just using it to take the picture without ever focusing...).
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well , u can use " lgcamera " app.. search on play store without spaces and quotes

thank you! it works... but not so well. i mean you have to keep pressing on the screen to focus (it doesnt do it automatically with the camera button) and after the first focus you have to press the AF symbol to make it autofocus again (with the flash ofc).
its not very good but i will use it in hard spots where its a must!
if anyone has anything else please share it!

iakoboss7 said:
thank you! it works... but not so well. i mean you have to keep pressing on the screen to focus (it doesnt do it automatically with the camera button) and after the first focus you have to press the AF symbol to make it autofocus again (with the flash ofc).
its not very good but i will use it in hard spots where its a must!
if anyone has anything else please share it!
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Yeah it has this problem and is buggy and laggy , its pics aren't as good as stock etc etc.. But its the only one with flash assisted focus..

You can use focal. In focal you can turn on your flash in a flashlight mode, and then it lights permanently!

i use camera 360 for that! (many camera apps do what you say). the bad thing with that is that you will blind everyone xD