Camera not working on certain roms - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Camera not working on certain roms - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So this started happening back when I was using CM 7.1 before the new year, one day I wanted to use my camera and it would not load, just gave me a blank screen with no camera controls or anything nor would any apps that required the camera would work either. The only button I could push was the home button to go back to the home screen, if I waited long enough the camera would force close or say something about connecting to the camera. I flashed to a few other aosp roms, don't remember which ones, but the same thing happened, except when I tried the 4.0 evolvr rom, so fed up with having no camera I went back to multiple sense roms where my camera worked on all of them without any issue. Now I'm on the Evo Classic rom and my camera again isn't working, my guess would be due to it being a sense/aosp hybrid.
I had looked up solutions to this problem and the only thing I had found was to hard reset the phone by pulling the batter out for a minute and then putting it back in. I tried this but instead of having to have the batter out for a minute I needed to have the battery out for about an hour, too long or too short and the camera still wouldn't work. I've tried fix permissions, wiping camera data, redownloading and reflashing but nothing has worked.
My current setup is Classic Evo 0.0.6 preview with anthrax test 009 kernel.
My question to you guys is there anything I can do about this or will i just have to stick with pure sense roms in order to have a working camera?
Thanks again for all your help.

I'm no professional, but if you are having issues with using AOSP ROM's, and NOT Sense ROM's, then the logical choice would be to use only Sense ROM's since there seems to be an issue between those types of ROM's and your hardware. It may not be ideal since you obviously seem to prefer the AOSP ROM's, but unfortunately in order to get the functionality you desire you may have to suck it up and go back to Sense. I would suggest the Express ROM by Outerdepth...I'm using it right now and it BAMF! Still in Beta, but most bugs are worked out and everything works, like 4G. It's got good battery life and its really fast. Just a thought.

Try a full wipe of your phone, like data wipe, cache, dalvik, system, etc. Flash a stock ROM then data wipe/factory reset and flash whatever ROM you desire. I've had the same problem and that worked.

Thanks Supreme, it worked, I think I figured out what the problem was too, I kept using a superwipe before flashing roms but this time I didn't and it works.

Frostbiter said:
Thanks Supreme, it worked, I think I figured out what the problem was too, I kept using a superwipe before flashing roms but this time I didn't and it works.
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No problem man, glad it worked.

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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.

Droid Incredible 2 Won't Record for Longer Than a Minute?

I couldn't find anything on Google or another thread on here... So I figured I'd start one of my own.
I've had my Droid Incredible 2 for about a month or two now and as soon as I got it, I flashed Cyanognen Mod 7. That is my all-time favorite ROM. Everything worked great, as usual, but recently, I've had some problems. For some reason, when I open the camcorder, it won't record for any longer than a minute, 2 at most. I tried wiping the camera data and cache. I also made sure my SD card had available memory, which it did, a little over 7GB... Finally, I tried flashing to CM Nightlies. I wiped all my data, all my cache, and remembered to make a backup of the previous ROM. After I went through basic setup, I used Titanium backup to restore all of my apps. But of course, when I tried to use the camcorder, it stopped recording after about 40 seconds...
I have lost so many good videos because of that. Sometimes they don't save and I have to delete them because they "cannot be played."
Is this definitely a software issue, or could it be a physical problem too? (an issue with the camera connecting with the motherboard or something...?)
Thanks in advance, I just wish I could take longer videos again...

I just recorded a 303 long video on cm9. It sounds like it could be a rom thing. If you did everything you said you did most of the time that fixes that stuff, at least for me. Does any other rom do the same thing?
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ShadowTech13 said:
I couldn't find anything on Google or another thread on here... So I figured I'd start one of my own.
I've had my Droid Incredible 2 for about a month or two now and as soon as I got it, I flashed Cyanognen Mod 7. That is my all-time favorite ROM. Everything worked great, as usual, but recently, I've had some problems. For some reason, when I open the camcorder, it won't record for any longer than a minute, 2 at most. I tried wiping the camera data and cache. I also made sure my SD card had available memory, which it did, a little over 7GB... Finally, I tried flashing to CM Nightlies. I wiped all my data, all my cache, and remembered to make a backup of the previous ROM. After I went through basic setup, I used Titanium backup to restore all of my apps. But of course, when I tried to use the camcorder, it stopped recording after about 40 seconds...
I have lost so many good videos because of that. Sometimes they don't save and I have to delete them because they "cannot be played."
Is this definitely a software issue, or could it be a physical problem too? (an issue with the camera connecting with the motherboard or something...?)
Thanks in advance, I just wish I could take longer videos again...
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I've had problems recording video zoomed in on various cm7 builds. It used to work fine then one day, no; when I stop the recording, it just hangs.
Vivow was designed with sense in mind. Thus, sense cameras are awesome: fast, reliable.
I love aosp, but go back to sense for the camera. Try ucam or another aftermarket app & see if you have any luck.
Also, be sure you're not restoring any system data with titanium. In fact, I would reflash & try everything before restoring anything.
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Rushead said:
I've had problems recording video zoomed in on various cm7 builds. It used to work fine then one day, no; when I stop the recording, it just hangs.
Vivow was designed with sense in mind. Thus, sense cameras are awesome: fast, reliable.
I love aosp, but go back to sense for the camera. Try ucam or another aftermarket app & see if you have any luck.
Also, be sure you're not restoring any system data with titanium. In fact, I would reflash & try everything before restoring anything.
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Thanks. Ill give it a try.

Strange issues after flashing a ROM

so i recently got my Note 2, and i love it. i decided to go ahead and start tinkering with it, but i'm having some strange issues. i've searched the forums, and havent found any concrete answers. after i flashed a new rom, all my sensors are out of whack, and i only have intermittant bluetooth connectivity. i also seem to have issues with cell signal strength. if i go down to one bar of LTE, it gets slow as hell.
i've tried several different ROMS. JellyBam, JellyBeer, and i'm currently on Paranoid Android, running SPB 3D shell. none of my sensors are back online, and i miss my auto rotate. should i try a new kernal or new radio? i also seem to have a ton of freezes and force closes when running the Deus Ex theme.
any body have any ideas? i'm almost tempted to go back to bone stock...
thanks for your help guys.
oh, and if it matters, ive been using the team win recovery instead of CWM.

Try the newer Jellybeer or Jellybam, It should fix your sensors and BT

i was using the latest JellyBeer, and they still didnt work, i'll try JellyBam again tonight and see if it helps. i heard someone say something about the Perseus kernel, but that its a touchwiz only kernel. any other ideas?

Why not go completely stock ,that will fix your sensors,then continue on flashing?

[Q] Graphic glitches and other problems

So I've been having a bit of trouble with my t989 lately, when I try unlocking the phone I will either get a black screen (the lock screen will appear for a split second before going blank if I hit the lock button again) or it won't track my finger movements on the screen. If I manage to unlock the device I end up seeing numerous graphic glitches ranging from the bar at the top w/ the clock/battery meter just gone and the keyboard not working.
I'm runing CM9.0.0 because I had issues with 10.2 (battery wouldn't charge) and 10.1.3 (similar to my lock screen issues but not as severe, still agitating) and also 9.1 which had the same exact issues as I'm having now. I've tried installing with different gapps but the same thing happens. The phone will work for a day or two, then the glitches come. After resetting, everything is normal for a day or so, then it's normal a few hours, etc. The time is getting narrower between reboots and it's a bit frustrating.
Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong, if anything? I flash via twrp and wipe, then install the rom, then install gapps, then reboot, wait 20min, reboot, and go about my business w/ the setup and such. I would be fine going back to 10.1.3 but jellybean roms and snapchat don't really like to work together on this phone for some reason. It's really the only app I use because it seems like the only way my friends want to communicate nowadays, so I'd prefer to stay on ics if possible...
If anyone can give any insight I'd really appreciate it

greenghoul said:
If anyone can give any insight I'd really appreciate it
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Have you tried using Odin to flash back to stock? That is usually the recommended step if you are having problems with custom ROMs.
And the newest stock is 4.1.2, so at least you wouldn't have to be on ICS.

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Have you tried using Odin to flash back to stock? That is usually the recommended step if you are having problems with custom ROMs.
And the newest stock is 4.1.2, so at least you wouldn't have to be on ICS.
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I'll give that a try. Odin is just the program used to root originally, correct? Also, I want to stay on ICS if possible. So after doing that I'm going to try CM9 again and see how that works.
Anyway, the past few days I've been using AOKP mr2 milestone 1 and it's been okay. For some reason the battery life is bad even with juice defender and a task killer taking care of things. In a matter of minutes after clearing tasks I'm down from ~350mb of ram free to 60. Is that normal with that rom?
I'm not sure what to do at this point. I'm not the best with technology but i figured i was smart enough to figure this out...

bump.
I still haven't tried flashing w/ odin yet. Does anyone know where I can find a gingerbread stock rom? I've been looking for a while and can only find the jellybean one. Since I want to stay on ICS what I want to do is go from gingerbread and up to that rather than downgrading from the jellybean stock rom if that makes sense.