[Semi-Solved] Front Facing Camera Issues - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This has become extremely frustrating.
Running CM7 Stable, GoDm0dE 2.6.38.8 Kernel. I have two main problems with the FFC
[1] Using the stock camera app, the entire phone freezes when I try to switch to the FFC, then reboots after half a minute. I searched around and "cleared data" like most other people have suggested, but this appears to only be a temporary fix, as the problem comes back up repeatedly.
[2] The other main camera app I use is Lightbox. When I switch to the FFC on that app one of two things happens: either the same freeze/reboot as above, or the image is vertically flipped. I tried to edit/rotate the flipped image after capturing it, but that has no effect. The "clear data" trick works here as well, but with the same temporary results.
Someone please help. This is extremely frustrating and really cripples one of major uses I have for the phone.

Bump. Really need an answer or at least some advice.

So I've been perusing various forums and such and still haven't found a definite answer. But I may have stumbled on a potential fix, for anyone that's interested. I upgraded to CM7.1 Stable hoping it would resolve the issue. Still no dice. I flashed the MIUI Camera .apk. Still nada. After looking through dozens and dozens of threads, I saw a brief mention about flashing a different kernel to see if that worked. I flashed to Tiamat 4.0.1 and both camera apps are working like a charm (FINGERS CROSSED!). The only problem I'm still running into is that with LightBox, the front-facing pictures are still vertically flipped. I'll likely contact the devs of the app concerning this. I'll update if/when I get that solved. Hope this helps anyone that was having a similar issue.

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Hi! First things first, I've looked at most of the other threads regarding common camera issues (blurry pic, mms pics being blurry, etc.) and none of them cover or regard the issues I'm having.
Onto my issue: I'm running Jugg. 4.1 (and am absolutely loving it) but, just yesterday, my camera stopped working. It works when I switch it to video mode and worked a couple times when I would zoom the camera in or out. Now, however the screen is staying black. I can see all the camera controls/shortcuts but nothing comes up on the screen. When I switch the camera to video mode the camera works fine. When I swap the camera to self-shoot it works fine. I've also downloaded a couple different 3rd party camera apps to see if that would fix it and I have the same issue: I can use the shortcuts provided but nothing shows up, just a blank screen in the camera window. I would post a screenshot, but the screen shot's are also coming up as just a black window and aren't showing the camera shortcut menus, camera switch button, etc.
Anyone know of what would cause this or how to fix it?
backup and reinstall ROM.
I am having something similar to what you are faced with.
The difference with mine is that, it says camera failed then closed after pressing ok.
Does anyone know how to correct this problem?
Also I'm having issues with charging my phone.
yeah I'm finally able to get around re-installing tonight, I'll let you know if it fixes it. As for your issues, I'd guess that you have to re-install as well
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah just re-installed, still having the issue. Now I can't record video, either.
mmk... so I've installed teshxx's stock rooted rom, still the same issue. Anyone have any ideas what would cause the camera to work for video recording (that's actually working now, just takes a minute for the camera to start working) but not for taking pictures?
annnnd just restored back to the stock rom, before I installed anything other than root access.
Can anyone please help?

[Q] Non-working Camera

Hey everyone,
So I recently took a friend's EVO 4G and I decided to help him root it. With that being said, I explained that the newer OSes don't have working FFC, and possible issues with Netflix. He was fine with that. However, I've noticed after I installed several ROMs varying from 4.0.3, 4.0.4 and 4.1.1... The camera doesn't work on any of them. It either hot reboots the phone after appearing black for a few seconds or one of the times it showed a blank white screen inside the Camera app. I've tried formatting the phone all different ways, 3x times(although I hear this is a myth, I followed suite). I even tried a couple format scripts. Anyway, I've tried fixing permissions, clearing caches and reinstalling ROMs with no luck. Any suggestions, please!
So it's actually a hardware issue, he neglected to tell me he dropped the phone once and it made the camera a little loose. I was able to press gently on the Camera lens and now it works just fine!
ryanstfl said:
Hey everyone,
So I recently took a friend's EVO 4G and I decided to help him root it. With that being said, I explained that the newer OSes don't have working FFC, and possible issues with Netflix. He was fine with that. However, I've noticed after I installed several ROMs varying from 4.0.3, 4.0.4 and 4.1.1... The camera doesn't work on any of them. It either hot reboots the phone after appearing black for a few seconds or one of the times it showed a blank white screen inside the Camera app. I've tried formatting the phone all different ways, 3x times(although I hear this is a myth, I followed suite). I even tried a couple format scripts. Anyway, I've tried fixing permissions, clearing caches and reinstalling ROMs with no luck. Any suggestions, please!
So it's actually a hardware issue, he neglected to tell me he dropped the phone once and it made the camera a little loose. I was able to press gently on the Camera lens and now it works just fine!
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I've had this exact same issue but I haven't dropped it/pushes on the camera doesn't help in any way. I'm starting to get quite frustrated as I've tried multiple rooms and factory resets amongst other things. Did you hear of any possible solutions to this?
*So after hearing that your camera was "loose" I tried pushing lightly and nothing. A couple hours later after more frustration I pushed with quite a bit of force and the camera appeared for a quick second then shut off again. I suppose this is a really good thing because now I know it is just the hardware. Is there any easy process for fixing the camera itself now?

[Q] Replacement Camera

Hello all, first post here. I did some searching here and google but I can't find anything definitive. I recently DIY'd a cracked screen, everything went smoothly touch screen and everything is working. I followed a detaield tutorial on youtube from phonedoctors.com After rebooting the phone, the front facing camera didn't work at all, and the main camera worked for about a day. Now when I open the camera app it's just a black screen, all the buttons work but still a blackscreen of nothingness. I've gone into the "secret menu" through the phone keypad and tested the camera, the main one came up the first time but now it won't at all. I took the phone back apart last night and rechecked all the connections on the board and everything seemed fine. I guess my question is this, is there something else I might be able to check, or am I looking at a hardware issue. If so, is it possible to replace both cameras on the S3. I see the replacement parts in online stores but no directions on replacing the parts. I completely unrooted and factory reset the device as well to no avail, so I went ahead and rerooted the device and currently running CM 10.0 the most stable. Just looking for some guidance, I've tried to give as much info as possible. Thanks for reading!:good:
Regards,
Matthew
PS Just removed everything again, unplugged the main camera from the board and redid everything. No dice...
I've recently tried a known "working" camera as well with no luck. I've come to the conclusion that it might be something wrong witht he board which means I'm out of luck on getting this resolved. Unless someone else has had a similar issue and fixed it?

Issues with focusing the camera

I just got this phone 2 weeks ago (this Wednesday) and I noticed this issue right from the start. But then it started working fine and now it's not working again tonight.
Basically when I open the camera app, it will not focus on anything other than extremely up close. No matter where I tap, it's all blurry outside of like 3-4 inches from the camera.
I did some searching and found a link on androidcentral but nothing stating for sure if this issue has been fully resolved now. Clearly it hasn't for mine. Has anyone experienced this and found an actual fix or do I need to swap this out with the hope that it doesn't happen again? Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated.
BTW, I searched for 'focus' so if there's a thread already about this that I didn't see, please direct me there and close this up!
Thanks!
My gf got a note 4 (white) abt a week ago. And she coulnbt take pictures at all initially because it wouldnt focus on anything. (Never tried macro type pic to see if would focus on something close)
She ended up handing it to me to figure out and after i changed picture modes. And switched back to auto then the issue resolved itself and hasnt returned.
Fwiw my note 4 (black, purchased 10-16-14) never had this issue.
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Oddly enough I think I'm having the same issue. Just got my Note 4 a few days ago, and I've found that when I launch the camera app, it either doesn't focus at all, or takes extra long to get into focus. I can see the little target image progress as it tries to focus, but it just keeps trying and fails. Every once in a while though, it will correctly focus. So the camera certainly is capable of properly focusing, but I'm not sure if its a software thing (my first conclusion) or a hardware thing (probably not).
same here
same issue i noticed if you put your hand up to the lense then slowly remove it and point it somewhere in the distance it will focus
im gonna try that solution though thank you!
Same issue hereon my wife's phone. Noticed it from day 1 but wasn't able to go back to the att store until day 17 after purchase. They would not budge on swapping the device since I was past 14 days. My only option is a warranty replacement, but I will hold out for now to see if a software update fixes the issue as I would rather not have a refurbished device. A quick shake of the device and it focuses. If you exit the camera app after it initially focuses and go back to the app it works fine. It only seems to be an issue when the camera app is not used for a while.
Its weird because I use another camera app (like the Google Camera one) and it will focus just fine, but the default Samsung-installed Camera app will sometimes fail to focus or sometimes will work just fine. So it seems like it may be a software issue.

Camera stuter/lag

Hi!...really need some help!
Had phone for 1 year. Generally no performance issues. Over the last month or so, the camera app has started to play up.
1. It takes ages to load
2. The picture stuters/freezes when moving phone in pictures or videos causing delays in snapping and/or jumps in recordings
3. It can no longer focus on things at near distance.
I did a factory restore and think it was okay right after (didn't test it properly). Have since reinstalled most of the same apps and went to use camera today and same issue.
I installed adobe camera app and it works phone so don't think it's a hardware issue. Seems more like something is interfering or maybe a bad update.
Don't want to have to use a seperate app for videos too. Saw some others mention similar issues in the forum though not exactly the same and no resolution (no pun intended). Anyone experienced this and fixed it?

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