[Q] Front facing camera no longer works after restoring backup - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

I was curious about testing out CM 11, so I backed up CM 10.2 stable and updated, flashed the new gapps, etc. I didn't like CM 11, so I restored my backup. Now, whenever I try to take a picture with the front facing camera, the app (whether it be a third party, or the stock camera) crashes, and I have to restart my phone to be able to access the camera. The camera was fine just before updating. I have tried replacing the stock gallery app with a fresh apk, and clearing the cache. Is there anything short of a factory reset that will fix this issue? Is there some sort of data in the root directory that remained from the update to CM11?

I believe I fixed the issue by restoring an older backup, and my app data through Titanium.

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Google Talk 1.3 and front facing camera

So I used to be able to use the front facing camera no problem for video chats. There used to also be a button to swap back and forth from front to back cameras. Now the button is gone and I'm stuck on the back camera. Any suggestions? Reflash the Talk app?
What ROM are you running?
evodeck...but it fixed itself. No idea what the problem was after searching all day on the forums today. I was just about to reflash some different modded versions too.
I installed an APK for Gtalk 1.3 video on my stock rooted EVO 4G (android 2.3.3 build 4.24.651.1) and it caused the stock camera app to close when switching to front facing camera. I have tried everything from clearing data for camera app, clearing dalvik cache and reflashing gtalk video apk, restoring stock gtalk with Titanium backup, Full factory reset (still rooted), and finally flashing stock RUU 4.53.651.1 and then running RUU 4.54.651.1 .exe. Even after full RUU reset with no apps installed the camera app still closes upon attempting to switch to FFC. Could it be that somehow Gtalk 1.3 video actually killed the camera hardware? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Camera/Gallery FC on 4.3.x AOSP

I have tried many different variants of 4.3, such as CM nightlies, PA, but without fail the camera either force closes on trying to take a picture with either camera. Same goes if the gallery is disabled and a 3rd party app is used.
I have found some mention of this in the CM nightlies thread, and that said wiping the cache from recovery would solve the issue but it has not. I've tried clearing the app data from settings/apps and the recovery method mentioned, but the camera inevitably mucks up. This is what's keeping me from using a 4.3-based ROM.
Is it just me has issues with the front camera (mainly, sometimes back camera) on 4.3? I'm currently on CM 10.1.3 stable, but I could re-flash a 4.3 ROM if logcats are required.

[Q] Camera not working on non stock ROM

I have a known camera issue in which I cannot solve.
My camera does not work. Any app that tries to get to the camera fails.
I know that is not an hardware issue because on stock ROM the camera works.
Crash report:
java.lang.RuntimeException: startPreview failed
at android.hardware.Camera.startPreview(Native Method)
at com.android.camera.AndroidCameraManagerImpl$CameraHandler.handleMessage(AndroidCameraManagerImpl.java:261)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
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- I updated my firmware to NE4 so I cant install CM11
- I noticed that on CWM recovery its asks to ROOT my phone if I dont have one. This ROOT makes to phone to not detect the camera even on stock ROM.
- I used S3Rx_UCUFNE4_AROMA_11-9-14 to install the stock ROM. The camera wont work until I removed the KNOX app.
- I have tried to install ROM cm-10.2.1-d2att_for_NE4 and its the same problem
- Installing different kernels make my phone stuck on bootloop.
- The camera worked for one time only on CM10 after enabling " temp unroot" and than remove it in superuser app. But after this its not working.
Here is that things that I have tried:
- I checked to camera with no SD card so that gallery is empty.
- I updated my firmware from UCUFNE4 to UCUFNE4.
- I have installed different camera apps.
Threads that I have looked at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542700
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/17-fixed-camera-app-lib-cm-aosp-roms-t2505973
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.billgbennett.camerafix
I have tried this ROM and I have the same problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/development/rom-dirty-unicorns-t2844362
IDEAS
I think that the problem is with the kernel or something with the ROOT.
Any room expect the stock one have broken camera.
I WILL GIVE BIG DONATION TO THE ONE WHO WILL SOLVE THIS ISSUE
There is a corrupt image or video file in your gallery that is preventing the camera from connecting. Look in your gallery for any recent files that just show a black square for their thumbnail and then delete them.
After that, clear data for your camera app and maybe even restart your phone just to be safe. It should work.
ScOULaris said:
There is a corrupt image or video file in your gallery that is preventing the camera from connecting. Look in your gallery for any recent files that just show a black square for their thumbnail and then delete them.
After that, clear data for your camera app and maybe even restart your phone just to be safe. It should work.
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Thanks for trying to help but my gallery is empty and I still got this error.
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I WILL GIVE BIG DONATION TO THE ONE WHO WILL SOLVE THIS ISSUE
Have you tried to revert all OS updates and flash original stock with odin and then root and install cm11 ?
Sent from my LG-D802
I tried various of the recommended fixes , nothing worked for me, but installing the nexus camera from the google play somehow fixed the problem and my camera works again

[Q] Really weird problem with Redmi 1s - MIUI Camera Vanished - SOLVED

I've got a Redmi 1s with stock ROM. (v36.0) 4.3 JLS36C with root. Everything was working fine and I was taking some pictures. All of a sudden Camera shortcut got deleted from the Launcher. I checked the presence of Camera.apk and .odex file at /system/app and is still present there. Tried the following steps, but could not get the Camera launcher back online.
Details:
Rooted stock (version 36.0) CWM installed
Steps tried so far:
Cleared Cache
Cleared Dalvik Cache
Checked the permissions and ownership of the camera.apk.
Tried copying the camera.apk to the sdcard folder and tried installing. It prompted with a warning that the installed app will replace a system app, and on clicking install, the installation failed with an error message "installation failed"
Nothing worked.
Links2SD is installed and none of the apps are frozen.
Tried activity launcher to see if there any camera activity that can be launched, but again in vain.
Please help to get the camera back. I really like the MIUI Camera app. (For the time being, I'm using Camera ICS, Instagram and Fast Burst camera to capture some of the moments with my little one! )
Thanks in advance!
Solved it.
The app was listed in the apps, went and uninstalled all the updates, restored the factory version of the app, cleared the data and cache and voila! the app appeared on screen! Thanks for reading and the suggestions! :good:
back up ur data and hard reset ur phone and see.
if that does'nt work...reflash the latest miui rom for ur region....i should work thereafter .
Solved it.
The app was listed in the apps, went and uninstalled all the updates, restored the factory version of the app, cleared the data and cache and voila! the app appeared on screen! Thanks for reading and the suggestions! :good:

Problem returning app to factory settings, please help

I recently updated my Google camera to the new marshmallow camera via an apk.
The new camera crashes when connecting to the video camera, so I figured I would just restore the app to factory settings in order to make it work again.
However, there is only the option to disable, not restore to factory setting under the app info.
So basically I'm stuck with this not functional camera app...
Can anybody help?
I would recommend this app (given that you're rooted):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013063
If your N7 is rooted then just delete the installed apk and its data folder with file manager.
Btw did you try Open Camera? It is a great open source project at opencamera.sourceforge.net

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