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so awhile back like 4-6 weeks i had my evo replaced. i flased roms and such and used the revolution method to unlock it. everything was working fine until i went to use my camera. i got a complete blank screen and no menu option nothing.
so i took it to sprint and they replaced my camera. yea my sprint store will repair my phone regardless being rooted. there pretty cool people. so after it got fixed it worked just fine. then i flashed another rom and got the black screen again. panic!! lol i reflashed the current rom that i knre it previously worked on and still broke again.
can someone explain to me how it broke for the second time?

which rom are u using? Try to flash the stock rooted rom in the forums...see if its doing the same thing. I am going to say it probably is not hardware unless the flash is really jacking it up. Did you do a superwipe or just flash it over top? Try to do a cache and dalvik wipe like 3 times on each. Should clear it out.
Also are you using a custom kernel?

sup3rn0th1ng said:
which rom are u using? Try to flash the stock rooted rom in the forums...see if its doing the same thing. I am going to say it probably is not hardware unless the flash is really jacking it up. Did you do a superwipe or just flash it over top? Try to do a cache and dalvik wipe like 3 times on each. Should clear it out.
Also are you using a custom kernel?
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well i flashed almost back to stock using synergy umm 2.2 i believe and at the moment im using FEARmede b8.5. this is the rom i had when i got my orignal camera replaced. then i flashed the new ics rom and then back and broke again.
no custom kernal because there isnt one yet and i use VRsuperwipe and it clears dalvik and cache 3x.

Have you tried using a smaller resolution?

HipKat said:
Have you tried using a smaller resolution?
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well the thing is as soon as i open up my camera app its instantly black and i get no menu functions or anything. cant change settings or switch to front cam. all is black
i cleared cache and dalvik about 12x and still nothing any ideas please?

gagliardo17 said:
well the thing is as soon as i open up my camera app its instantly black and i get no menu functions or anything. cant change settings or switch to front cam. all is black
i cleared cache and dalvik about 12x and still nothing any ideas please?
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Have you tried flashing a new camera apk? Have you dropped it? It could be loose on the board.

Random Shutoff after custom rom, now No messaging after flashing to stock.

Hey there everyone,
I am honestly at a bit of a loss.
I have an AT&T GS3, and I noticed that all the bloatware was SERIOUSLY draining the battery and hogging up RAM, so I thought it would be a great idea to get a custom rom to enhance my phone.
I used the GS3 Toolkit to flash TWRP recovery. - All went well
I read up on some different Roms, and i chose to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089821
I installed RLS16
I followed the instructions,
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe dalvik cache
Wipe /system
I went through the Aroma installer and chose to install the Developer's Pick.
This includes a bunch of little addons like 4.2 camera, gallery, keyboard, etc.
but it also installs lean kernel.
The install went fine, nothing said it failed
but once i was in the rom. Things got terrible.
My phone randomly crashed and shut off, like within minutes each time, camera would crash the phone, causing it to shut off, etc.
So i went through the GS3 toolkit, downloaded and reflashed the stock Rom and recovery.
Once it booted, I keep getting "Unfortunately Messaging has Stopped" and I cannot receive or send text messages, even through other texting programs like Handcent SMS.
No matter what, it keeps crashing (the messaging, not the rom). I factory reset, wiped, everything. Nothing will fix it.
I thought that maybe the stock rom doesnt include stock kernel? So i went online, downloaded the stock kernel, flashed, reflashed stock rom, and STILL the same thing. Messaging has stopped working.
Also as a side note, when i tried to do a google voice search. I get a page saying Sorry and that my computer or phone might be sending network requests or something along those lines.
I cannot think of anything else I can do....
If anyone has any idea, please let me know...
Thanks!

eternalcold said:
Hey there everyone,
I am honestly at a bit of a loss.
I have an AT&T GS3, and I noticed that all the bloatware was SERIOUSLY draining the battery and hogging up RAM, so I thought it would be a great idea to get a custom rom to enhance my phone.
I used the GS3 Toolkit to flash TWRP recovery. - All went well
I read up on some different Roms, and i chose to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089821
I installed RLS16
I followed the instructions,
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe dalvik cache
Wipe /system
I went through the Aroma installer and chose to install the Developer's Pick.
This includes a bunch of little addons like 4.2 camera, gallery, keyboard, etc.
but it also installs lean kernel.
The install went fine, nothing said it failed
but once i was in the rom. Things got terrible.
My phone randomly crashed and shut off, like within minutes each time, camera would crash the phone, causing it to shut off, etc.
So i went through the GS3 toolkit, downloaded and reflashed the stock Rom and recovery.
Once it booted, I keep getting "Unfortunately Messaging has Stopped" and I cannot receive or send text messages, even through other texting programs like Handcent SMS.
No matter what, it keeps crashing (the messaging, not the rom). I factory reset, wiped, everything. Nothing will fix it.
I thought that maybe the stock rom doesnt include stock kernel? So i went online, downloaded the stock kernel, flashed, reflashed stock rom, and STILL the same thing. Messaging has stopped working.
Also as a side note, when i tried to do a google voice search. I get a page saying Sorry and that my computer or phone might be sending network requests or something along those lines.
I cannot think of anything else I can do....
If anyone has any idea, please let me know...
Thanks!
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When you flashed stock, did you flash the one for your carrier? (It should flash the kernel at the same time)
Did you try clearing the messaging app's data/cache?
Did you try flashing another custom ROM to see if you still get the errors? If not, could give 4.2.1 a shot.

BWolf56 said:
When you flashed stock, did you flash the one for your carrier? (It should flash the kernel at the same time)
Did you try clearing the messaging app's data/cache?
Did you try flashing another custom ROM to see if you still get the errors? If not, could give 4.2.1 a shot.
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Yeah i flashed the one for my carrier. And i figured it would do the kernel, but just in case i tried flashing it separately....
and yeah i did try wiping the data/cache, but i will try it again.
and I could always try flashing another custom rom. Do you have any suggestions? i just want one that works quickly, is stable, and has messaging lol

eternalcold said:
Yeah i flashed the one for my carrier. And i figured it would do the kernel, but just in case i tried flashing it separately....
and yeah i did try wiping the data/cache, but i will try it again.
and I could always try flashing another custom rom. Do you have any suggestions? i just want one that works quickly, is stable, and has messaging lol
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Look in my sig I don't give suggestion per say cause it's up to the user's preference but I'll always be running something that works.

BWolf56 said:
Look in my sig I don't give suggestion per say cause it's up to the user's preference but I'll always be running something that works.
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I might try that one out. I was looking at some reviews, someone said there may be Bluetooth issues. I just bought the Moga, and i need BT to work perfecty...
Any input on that?

eternalcold said:
I might try that one out. I was looking at some reviews, someone said there may be Bluetooth issues. I just bought the Moga, and i need BT to work perfecty...
Any input on that?
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Best thing to do is to read changelogs but for now I'll give you the answer, it has been fixed a few releases ago in Task650's AOKP.

BWolf56 said:
Best thing to do is to read changelogs but for now I'll give you the answer, it has been fixed a few releases ago in Task650's AOKP.
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Alright, i'll flash that one, i'll post to here when it's finished. Thanks!

Did you check your IMEI?

xBeerdroiDx said:
Did you check your IMEI?
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Just checked, my IMEI is there.
Also, i found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804782
but their images wont show. Any idea what route they are taking to solve this??

eternalcold said:
Just checked, my IMEI is there.
Also, i found this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804782
but their images wont show. Any idea what route they are taking to solve this??
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That guy flashed the bootloaders. I'm not sure what the pictures are supposed to be but they don't seem to lead to anything.
My take on it: Don't play with bootloaders, it's the only way to really brick your phone (if something goes wrong that is).

BWolf56 said:
That guy flashed the bootloaders. I'm not sure what the pictures are supposed to be but they don't seem to lead to anything.
My take on it: Don't play with bootloaders, it's the only way to really brick your phone (if something goes wrong that is).
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Understood, I wont mess with them.
I really just want to understand a couple things.
1. Why did the ROM I installed before work for everyone else except me? and i followed the instructions.
and 2. after flashing to stock, how am I unable to fix this?
mainly to just learn what went wrong.

Sometimes the reason just...you had a bad flash or something broke down in there. I did the CF easy root method and flashed TWRP in goo manager and then started flashing. I've never tried the toolkit but like anything many times it just depends on the download you got or a bad flash. We've all had several...just hate when it involves rooting or using ODIN.

hednik said:
Sometimes the reason just...you had a bad flash or something broke down in there. I did the CF easy root method and flashed TWRP in goo manager and then started flashing. I've never tried the toolkit but like anything many times it just depends on the download you got or a bad flash. We've all had several...just hate when it involves rooting or using ODIN.
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Thanks,
Is there any way to repair it?

Alright, so....
I think i have figured out what the issue was. Or by random chance got it fixed.
I was going to try to install the Synergy Rom. And while going through the custom setup, i noticed "Install AOSP Messaging" and "Install TW Messaging"
I chose the TW messaging, and went through the rest of the installer.
For some reason i kept hanging at the "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo, and it would not boot.
(Honestly, i've used custom roms since the HTC Touch Pro 2, and i've NEVER had such issues. And i personally think the TP2 was way more difficult lol)
So I ONCE AGAIN flashed to stock. and randomly the messaging works!
I only can guess that even when flashing the stock rom, it doesnt change something regarding the messaging app. I'm not sure. All i know is that i'm on stock again and everything is working. I highly doubt i'm going to try another custom rom for a while until i have a full understanding of what happened.
But in case anyone else was having this problem, i hope this helped.

Camera issues

I was running liquid smooth, which was running nice and smooth.. but then the back camera just stopped working. it was always black and would just crash. So i wiped app data.. still didnt work. I factory wipe / wiped cache and everything, still it didn't work. I flashed a ton of new 4.3 roms like the new aokp, slim bean 4.3 , PA 3.99 , and still the camera didnt work..I dont know what else to do. I'm not super experienced so bear with me, please help me out.

try restoring your stock back up or flash the stock Rom and root again

chiefsfan645 said:
I was running liquid smooth, which was running nice and smooth.. but then the back camera just stopped working. it was always black and would just crash. So i wiped app data.. still didnt work. I factory wipe / wiped cache and everything, still it didn't work. I flashed a ton of new 4.3 roms like the new aokp, slim bean 4.3 , PA 3.99 , and still the camera didnt work..I dont know what else to do. I'm not super experienced so bear with me, please help me out.
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Restore a completely 100% stock ROM. If it works, then there's a problem with the ROMs your trying to flash. If it does not work then you have a hardware issue.

I'm trying, but when it asks me to enter the S / N into kies it keeps saying that its incorrect even though im reading it right off the darn sticker..

cheifsfan645: Ive never learned about flashing with kies but try searching for "flashing stock rom with odin" This is the method I use and there is no serial numbers or any info needed. Make sure you use the correct image, it has to be for your carrier and phone or you could end up with troubles, even in some cases, bricking your phone. An even more foolproof method is to use "Samsung Toolbox" because it comes with detailed instructions and is a mostly automated process. I hope I may have pointed you in a helpfull direction, Im still new to this stuff.
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chiefsfan645 said:
I'm trying, but when it asks me to enter the S / N into kies it keeps saying that its incorrect even though im reading it right off the darn sticker..
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Whoa, I've never heard of that one. I'm assuming you flashed a stock odin image? Maybe try to download the stock image from another source and see if that helps. I've never had that happen to me before.

What recovery are you using? If its TWRP make sure you have the latest. If its not then make sure you update to the latest. I got a replacement device. Rooted it and Rom'd it and my camera broke just like you are describing. I want back to full stock and camera worked. I then rooted it and camera worked. I then talked with friend and he advised me to flash the newest TWRP. I did and my camera came back.
Download TWRP from here http://techerrata.com/get/twrp2/d2att/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-d2att.tar
Download odin from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539
Install odin and run it. Reboot the phone to download mode make sure you have usb debugging checked in settings. Then check the PDA box and browse to that tar file and load it and then hit start it will flash your phone will reboot and the camera should be working.

Issues With Kernels

Hi there!
I have a bit of a problem with my T-Mobile S4 and I was wondering if there was anything I could do to remedy the situation. So here is the problem;
Two days ago, I was playing PPSSPP and then I saved the state so I could eat lunch. When I came back to play, I loaded the state and then all of the sudden, my screen jumbled for a split second then went black. I tried to restart my phone, but it would always boot up and then go back to a black screen. I then reinstalled my ROM and was able to use my phone again. Thinking that it was over, I decided to re-flash my kernel. But then, it happened again, only this time, I could kind of turn my screen on but it was all messed up. See photo below. I re-flashed my ROM once more, made a titanium backup of my apps and then proceeded to wipe my whole phone through TWRP, going to wipe -> advanced wipe and then selecting every check box except for external sd and USB otg. Afterward, I re-flashed my ROM once more, booted my phone to make sure it worked then flashed the kernel same thing happened. SoI tried a couple different kernels but they all produced the same results. Just a jumbled screen. What could have went wrong? And is there a chance I can fix it?
ROM used - ParanoidAndroid 3.99 RC2
Kernel used - KT-SGS4
Other Kernels tried - Chronic Kernel, Blue ROM kernel

Anyone ever have this problem?

over16bit said:
Hi there!
I have a bit of a problem with my T-Mobile S4 and I was wondering if there was anything I could do to remedy the situation. So here is the problem;
Two days ago, I was playing PPSSPP and then I saved the state so I could eat lunch. When I came back to play, I loaded the state and then all of the sudden, my screen jumbled for a split second then went black. I tried to restart my phone, but it would always boot up and then go back to a black screen. I then reinstalled my ROM and was able to use my phone again. Thinking that it was over, I decided to re-flash my kernel. But then, it happened again, only this time, I could kind of turn my screen on but it was all messed up. See photo below. I re-flashed my ROM once more, made a titanium backup of my apps and then proceeded to wipe my whole phone through TWRP, going to wipe -> advanced wipe and then selecting every check box except for external sd and USB otg. Afterward, I re-flashed my ROM once more, booted my phone to make sure it worked then flashed the kernel same thing happened. SoI tried a couple different kernels but they all produced the same results. Just a jumbled screen. What could have went wrong? And is there a chance I can fix it?
ROM used - ParanoidAndroid 3.99 RC2
Kernel used - KT-SGS4
Other Kernels tried - Chronic Kernel, Blue ROM kernel
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I have never heard of this problem. It seems you have tried your best to fix it...
My suggestion is to go back stock and see if the problem is still there. If it is then its a hardware problem.
If its not...re-root and flash a rom and go from there.
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alloycowboy said:
I have never heard of this problem. It seems you have tried your best to fix it...
My suggestion is to go back stock and see if the problem is still there. If it is then its a hardware problem.
If its not...re-root and flash a rom and go from there.
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This...but use Odin to go back to stock. Dont' just try to flash a stock ROM.
REALLY reset it hardcore by using Odin to flash the stock firmware package in its entirety.

That's what I was thinking about doing, but I can't download the stock image. The download never completes. I've thus far tried to download from the hotfile mirror and from stockROMs but they're always slow and never complete. What I'd really like is a torrent, but if anyone knows of any other mirror or what might be going wrong, I'd appreciate a point in the right direction.
Thanks!

over16bit said:
That's what I was thinking about doing, but I can't download the stock image. The download never completes. I've thus far tried to download from the hotfile mirror and from stockROMs but they're always slow and never complete. What I'd really like is a torrent, but if anyone knows of any other mirror or what might be going wrong, I'd appreciate a point in the right direction.
Thanks!
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You need to use your pc to DL the firmware....it will fail trying to from your phone.
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Flash the 10.16 AOSP 4.3 build of KT's kernel. Any build newer than that is for CM based ROMs compiled AFTER 10.20.

alloycowboy said:
You need to use your pc to DL the firmware....it will fail trying to from your phone.
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I am trying to download it from my PC. :/
Also, I tried the earlier KT kernel as that was the one I had on hand. Same thing happens.

over16bit said:
I am trying to download it from my PC. :/
Also, I tried the earlier KT kernel as that was the one I had on hand. Same thing happens.
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Sounds like hardware problem. I hope im wrong.
Let us know how it goes after you odin back to stock
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Camera failed error!

Hi all,
I have an ATT samsung galaxy s3, out of warranty period. My phone's camera has stopped working entirely since 2 months. Its really frustrating! I have tried everything from going back to stock roms then custom roms.
A little history:
- I installed an app ipcam to monitor my baby, I left the cam on with flashlight and was gone for half an hour, since then I had cam freezing probs until one day it stopped working.
- I was trying a lot of options and one day the camera worked only for 5 mins. then when i tried again it was not working.
Please help!
I am currently on android 4.3, Intergalactic ROM 4.1 and MJB baseband.
I also had my sd card corrupted during that same time and have started using a new memory card since 1 week.

Did you try downloading another camera from the play store?

Yes I tired all sorts of camera apks none work....
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Yes I tried all sorts of camera apks none work....
I feel the file system is corrupted or something but I did factory reset and clean system, cache, dalvik cache, before installing roms so that should take care of it, but doesn't seem to help. I was on liquidsmooth 4.4 earlier when my problems began and I had installed some kernel had done dirty flashing, then I did a clean install of stock fw, but the problem still existed.
I read somewhere that switching bootloaders can screw camera files. So how to correct it there must be something I can do. I need to click my rowing baby's pictures I am missing all those moments when you wish you had a good camera at hand to make videos !

lilpyxie said:
Yes I tried all sorts of camera apks none work....
I feel the file system is corrupted or something but I did factory reset and clean system, cache, dalvik cache, before installing roms so that should take care of it, but doesn't seem to help. I was on liquidsmooth 4.4 earlier when my problems began and I had installed some kernel had done dirty flashing, then I did a clean install of stock fw, but the problem still existed.
I read somewhere that switching bootloaders can screw camera files. So how to correct it there must be something I can do. I need to click my rowing baby's pictures I am missing all those moments when you wish you had a good camera at hand to make videos !
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that really sucks, we just had my little man not to long ago and i take lots of pictures. i had trouble with my N7 after flashing an update to the rom the camera from the gallery app was non existent and i could only take pictures from facebook with their camera app. I tried some apps from play store and other areas and i got the message "camera system not recognized" or something to that extent. I downloaded gallery+ with the camera app included and it's worked ever since. Although i only follow one developer when it comes to the N7 (although i use to switch a lot before hand).
i just got my S3 about 2 weeks ago so i'm not familiar with this gadget but.. maybe you fried your camera's hardware? i really hope i'm wrong and someone more experienced can lend a hand. i swapped bootloaders (we could of took different routes of course), played with just a few roms on the S3 but stopped after i learned more about touchwiz (cant believe i actually like a stock based rom :laugh.
sorry for my story lol, did you try the facebook camera (the take a picture option or something like that), i know it sounds silly but again it was the only thing that worked on my N7 besides the gallery camera app. Hope you get it working again! :good:

I tried the gallery ± and Facebook app anything that needs camera doesn't work... But thanks for your input... M glad you understand my plight of not being able to take my baby's pics...
I am on mj boot loader and the camera rear fw I found does null null in sys/class/camera I guess that is the problem.. The system is not being able to connect to the camera ...I don't think it's a hardware issue cuz camera worked for five minutes when I had done a clean install..
I was on liquid smooth before that's where problems started I did done update then installed the previous version... Don't remember what was it exactly
I'm so hoping somebody can help me in this someone who has a better knowledge of how the camera files are laid..I have camera 1.5 in my phone if that helps...
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Plz anybody suggest something!!
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Not sure if this will help but I was on 4.1.1 and I flashed to a 4.3 ROM and had nothing but issues. I flashed back to my 4.1.1 and I got the SAME camera error.
Turned out that that the 4.3 ROM included a bootloader update that was not compatible with the 4.1.1 ROM, it broke the camera.
I downgraded back to the 4.1.1 bootloader and the camera started working again.
Please note that some bootloaders can NOT be downgraded and you will brick your phone.

Thanks for your reply, I'm on MJB boot loader and I guess one can't downgrade from that to a 4.1.1 system so is there no hope for my camera recovery?
Are there any files that I can copy paste to make it work.. ? What happens when the boot loader changes? Why can't we have a boot loader that would run camera on 4.1.1? ..plz guys I know this can b done.. There must be a way...
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