Hey there, I hope this isn't a recurring thread but I'm having a lot of trouble with this. The stock camera works fine as far as I see, but anything else, the front facing camera WILL crash the phone and make it reboot. I'm running CM10.2 now and I'm on the latest nightly. I don't really expect this ROM to be perfectly stable or anything but it worries me that I might be one of few that have this issue and it will never be fixed. Any clues? Is this something that is happening to everyone? Is there something I can do? Thanks!
Front Camera Problems
JJ Says Nay said:
Hey there, I hope this isn't a recurring thread but I'm having a lot of trouble with this. The stock camera works fine as far as I see, but anything else, the front facing camera WILL crash the phone and make it reboot. I'm running CM10.2 now and I'm on the latest nightly. I don't really expect this ROM to be perfectly stable or anything but it worries me that I might be one of few that have this issue and it will never be fixed. Any clues? Is this something that is happening to everyone? Is there something I can do? Thanks!
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This is happening to me too. I am running Bam Rom or Jellybam the latest release. The back camera works fine but when I take a picture with the front facing camera, the phone freezes makes a loud constant beep noise for like ten seconds then crashes forcing the phone to reboot. Sometimes it won't even let me access the camera and it says something like "Can't connect to camera" Please help!
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I haven't seen anything about this, but my rear camera occasionally goes entirely black. At first I thought it was a problem with the 4.3 roms, but it's started happening even with TW Roms. At first I attributed it to having the Nottach framework on there, but that has been removed and I still have my camera black. Front camera works just fine. I may have to go back to stock and see if it is broken to see if it's a physical issue with the phone, but I thought I'd ask and see if this was well-known first.
Edit: If I put the camera in "Panorama" mode, the camera activates, but it is all out-of-focus. I'm thinking this means it's a software issue. Using Wicked v4 ROM.
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I haven't seen anything about this, but my rear camera occasionally goes entirely black. At first I thought it was a problem with the 4.3 roms, but it's started happening even with TW Roms. At first I attributed it to having the Nottach framework on there, but that has been removed and I still have my camera black. Front camera works just fine. I may have to go back to stock and see if it is broken to see if it's a physical issue with the phone, but I thought I'd ask and see if this was well-known first.
Edit: If I put the camera in "Panorama" mode, the camera activates, but it is all out-of-focus. I'm thinking this means it's a software issue. Using Wicked v4 ROM.
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I'm stock never rooted and my vamera blacks out sometimes where closing tye camera app doesnt do anything so I have to restart my phone to get it right again. I would like to know if this is a common thing or if there is something wrong with mine as well
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In case anyone else is having this problem, I eventually solved it. I flashed Infamous then Wicked v5.1 - camera was still black on both of these. Opened Google Edition Camera photosphere and started taking the pictures and that fixed it somehow. Not sure what the hell was the problem, but it hasn't been an issue since then.
Running the stable version of CM but I'm constantly getting the can't connect to camera error bug and having to restart my phone every time is quite the hassle to fix it so does anyone have a fix for this?
justcallmejohan said:
Running the stable version of CM but I'm constantly getting the can't connect to camera error bug and having to restart my phone every time is quite the hassle to fix it so does anyone have a fix for this?
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I've read that running some of the nightlies fixed this issue. Sounds like a bug that slipped through. Are you running the stock camera or something else?
Killa357 said:
I've read that running some of the nightlies fixed this issue. Sounds like a bug that slipped through. Are you running the stock camera or something else?
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just running stock. does the same thing in snapchat as well. proximity sensor also freezes up the phone during calls. just seems a bit misleading to call the build stable with bugs like that lol
justcallmejohan said:
Running the stable version of CM but I'm constantly getting the can't connect to camera error bug and having to restart my phone every time is quite the hassle to fix it so does anyone have a fix for this?
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Get camera restart app in playstore.
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All,
I noticed yesterday when attempting to use the front facing camera that I get only a black screen, the camera app switches back to rear camera for a moment, then the app closes.
I am not sure when this became an issue as I'm not a selfie kind of guy. The rear camera continues to function just fine.
I have tried the following fixes
wipe data in the camera app
wipe user data
uninstall / reinstall camera update
boot into safe mode
uninstall / reinstall app that utilize the camera
None of the "fixes" have resolved the problem.
Does anyone have a suggestion where to head next?
Phone is S-Off, unlocked, rooted, and running the latest stock ROM.
Should I just say f-it and try a different ROM?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Update: I flashed LeeDroid ROM this morning and the front facing camera is still not working. Looks like it could be a hardware issue...
Dfib said:
Update: I flashed LeeDroid ROM this morning and the front facing camera is still not working. Looks like it could be a hardware issue...
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yah, that's what it looks like. hope you have warranty.
I have the same issue. Previously when I pressed the swirly-arrows button it tried to switch then locked up and wouldn't do anything until I restarted. Now when I press the button it just spins around and nothing happens. I used catlog reader to find some errors being logged. I posted a thread about it if you're interested.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/help/facing-camera-t3447559
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 ???
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
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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