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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.

Strange behavior of the Camera! - blank screen when using it

Hey folks
I Have a Defy with Bayer module camera (yellow lenses). Got it like a month ago.
I'm running on the stock 2.1 Android and have installed quite a few apps, rooted the phone and installed 2ndInit on it, as I'm planning on installing some custom rom soon.
But... I noticed a very strange behavior now when I tried to use the camera - when I was waiting to see the real-time camera image on the screen, I just get a blank screen!
If i try to take a picture it works just fine, I can open the picture and see the image, but the real-time preview is always blank! It's like taking a picture blinded.
One app that let me particularly suspicious is DroidLight, used to just lit the flashlight.
Does anyone know what is happening to my defy? Is it software or should I send it to service?
When I turn the camera on it makes some noises, like "clicks". When I take the picture it may click too, I think it could be related to the lens focus. I don't recall hearing them before, but that could be just because I didn't paid attention.
Can someone help here??
Thanks!

In the boot menu, did you select the normal boot as default ?

NITRO_100 said:
In the boot menu, did you select the normal boot as default ?
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No, I was using BootMenu as default (it was like that since I installed 2ndInit). Now I've changed to the normal boot as default, restarted again and still no image while using the camera.
What is supposed to be the right way?

anything I should try?
Uninstall 2ndInit? Wipe out caches, hard reset?

Guys, case solved.
I just deleted all data (on Manage Applications settings) from all the camera related softwares and did a soft reset. It works normally now.
Just the clicking during focus is worrying me. I can't remember if it was like that since I got it.

Yeah camera does make clicks noises when first opened so dont stress it

Yup, thanks zannyuk!

EDIT: i cleared camera data but i'd missed the part about "DO A SOFT RESET".
that solved it for me too

notes1 said:
EDIT: i cleared camera data but i'd missed the part about "DO A SOFT RESET".
that solved it for me too
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Glad it worked for you too.
But very strange still, I'm running the stock official 2.2.1 ROM here.
It happened again some other time and clearing data / soft reset did the trick again and now it is working fine for a couple of weeks.

[Q] Broken Evo 4G Camera (advice)

I might have reached my phone's flash limit! lol, unfortunately my camera started acting up when I flashed an old EVOlved ROM. Had all kinds of purple/pink/green colors in it and a couple days later it only shows blank white no matter what kernel I try. If anyone knows the answer to the following questions please comment:
1. Software or hardware? Could this be a physical issue? It looks clean to the naked eye but it took a nasty fall a few weeks ago.
2. What caused it? It started after flashing a 2.2 rom but I use VR_SUPERWIPE and didn't need to flash a custom kernel (maybe updated kernel from a newer rom going back to an old release? I dunno)
3. Possible fixes? I'm open to suggestion. No insurance, had it more than a year, I can't upg until September.
I'm spam the Thanks Button for anyone with a decent suggestion! haha

Could be a bad download causing the camera to bork. First, install a camera app from the market and see if that works. If thats successful, then that tells you it is a bad download and just redownload the rom and verify the md5 checksum.

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Could be a bad download causing the camera to bork. First, install a camera app from the market and see if that works. If thats successful, then that tells you it is a bad download and just redownload the rom and verify the md5 checksum.
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Probably not a bad download, it worked last time I used the ROM but that was many moons ago. Great idea on the camera app, unfortunately the main camera is still busted while the front facing works fine. The problem persists on every ROM I've tried since 3 days ago. I should mention the front facing camera was never an issue, just the main

The same thing is happening to my Transformer Prime Tablet... No fix for it yet...
What you might wanna try is taking apart your Evo and remove your camera and put it back in. I now it sounds risky but its actually really easy.

It's from the fall. I had the same thing when I shattered my screen. You need to get a new phone or have the camera fixed itself. I just got a new phone.
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i'd take it apart and disconnect and reconnect it... see if that helps. might as well, its really easy.

Camera not working!!!

I have started with the stock ROM, and used cm13, and even updated to the newest fully stock ROM 3.2.4 and to no avail.
The camera app either force closes or nothing shows up on screen. Every once in awhile the front camera will work, but I'll click the icon to switch to the rear camera and no effect, it just stays on fron t camera.
I've tried many third-party apps, I've tried cm camera fix, everything I can think. Clearing data and coach for the app the whole shabang.
Now I'm ordering a brand new camera module and I will see what happens. But any help and any information will be much appreciated thanks

Was it working when you bought it...what did you do to it before it broke?

it definitely seems like a hardware issue, had it been a software issue a custom rom or 3rd party camera might have resolved it and since you have tried many roms and reverted back to stock too so it doesnt look like a software issue.

GeneralDisaray2 said:
Was it working when you bought it...what did you do to it before it broke?
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Funny you should ask, because I honestly don't know when it actually started but I do remember wiping userdata so I could unencrypt my phone and thereafter was when I noticed it no longer worked. Don't know if those 2 things correlate because I flashed back to stock (which is encrypted) and still no luck

Did you solve the camera problem ???

Camera not working

Hello,
so for the past few weeks my camera hasn't been working and I finally decided to ask you guys for help.
It all started when I wanted to try RR but it kept asking for 21C modem so I quickly downloaded one and flashed it. So I checked what I needed and restored Fulmics from the nandroid backup I made, but the camera app stared to just crash and since then I pretty much don't have camera.
What I've tried till now:
Restoring to stock
Flashing Fulmics again
Replacing the camera

Still can't resolve this issue...

By restoring to stock, do you mean flashing a TOT or KDZ file?
If you have done that and still not working you have something broken in your hardware.
Is the front camera working?
I guess you have already tried a different camera app.
Brgds
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ypsmav said:
By restoring to stock, do you mean flashing a TOT or KDZ file?
If you have done that and still not working you have something broken in your hardware.
Is the front camera working?
I guess you have already tried a different camera app.
Brgds
Sent from my phone
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Sorry for the late reply. I used the kdz file. The front camera is working. The thing is that yesterday the camera worked for a few minutes just fine. It's strange.

Fr33aKk said:
Sorry for the late reply. I used the kdz file. The front camera is working. The thing is that yesterday the camera worked for a few minutes just fine. It's strange.
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Ummm... sounds strange... maybe your camera is partly broken, did you drop your phone or something before this problem? If so, the camera could have a bad connection to the motherboard or is about to die.

Saratoga79 said:
Ummm... sounds strange... maybe your camera is partly broken, did you drop your phone or something before this problem? If so, the camera could have a bad connection to the motherboard or is about to die.
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I know right? I've never dropped it. I replaced the camera so I wonder if it can somehow be a software problem...

Just wanted to bump this as I STILL have this problem...

Same issue here, was running fulmics for several months with no issue, then suddenly and out of nowhere my camera app started to fail. At first the front camera looked stretched and weird and some app buttons dissapeared such as flash, but I could still choose front or rear camera and both worked fine. Then it got worse and the button to switch cameras dissapeared completely. I tried re flashing fulmics, tried xenon rom, tried back to stock... nothing so far. I tried booting in safe mode and the camera app gives me the option to choose rear camera but when I press it the app crashes.
I hope someone can find a fix for this!

nemor44 said:
Same issue here, was running fulmics for several months with no issue, then suddenly and out of nowhere my camera app started to fail. At first the front camera looked stretched and weird and some app buttons dissapeared such as flash, but I could still choose front or rear camera and both worked fine. Then it got worse and the button to switch cameras dissapeared completely. I tried re flashing fulmics, tried xenon rom, tried back to stock... nothing so far. I tried booting in safe mode and the camera app gives me the option to choose rear camera but when I press it the app crashes.
I hope someone can find a fix for this!
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No software update inbetween? Sounds like a hardware issue, try cleaning your connections and reattaching the Camera tightly.
The camera module is extremely close to the problematic overheating chip in the G3, so it's not impossible something got messed up.

I have Exactly the same problem.. Pleaaase someone give us a solution.. Fulmics ruined our phones

I have that same problem. Resolved?
There were fulmics rum. I decided to replace it with RR rom. The rear camera did not work, the flash did not work.
I installed a different kernel but it was not resolved.
Help plsss