[Q] Black screen loading camera, super slow opening camera - Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, having an issue with my camera. The camera loads to a black screen and and it very slow before the viewfinder shows anything. Sometimes 5 seconds or more. Its not always though. Sometimes its boom opened other times it lags. Anyone else see this or have a fix?
Thanks

I have exactly the same problem, though my screen is black for nearly 30 seconds. It could be coincidence but I only noticed the delay after switching to a 64gb SD - not that it should make a difference since the camera records to internal memory. Confused and frustrated

DeathCake said:
I have exactly the same problem, though my screen is black for nearly 30 seconds. It could be coincidence but I only noticed the delay after switching to a 64gb SD - not that it should make a difference since the camera records to internal memory. Confused and frustrated
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It's your sd. I had same problem when my 64 g SanDisk was near its death .changed to a gskill now no problem.i too set location of record internal.

even after 108 (2nd edition) and a several tries with different microSD cards, my wife's Z1C still has issues with the camera. The only thing that fixes it for a while is clearing the cache for the Camera app.
If its not hanging, black screening, or rebooting - I effing give up. Can Sony ever get it right??

cheetah2k said:
even after 108 (2nd edition) and a several tries with different microSD cards, my wife's Z1C still has issues with the camera. The only thing that fixes it for a while is clearing the cache for the Camera app.
If its not hanging, black screening, or rebooting - I effing give up. Can Sony ever get it right??
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On second update version(stock camera) mine has 0 problems and no more black screens
I'am using camera alot,and even child played with it for few hours(took around ~100 pic's) and no problems :good:

aigaming said:
On second update version(stock camera) mine has 0 problems and no more black screens
I'am using camera alot,and even child played with it for few hours(took around ~100 pic's) and no problems :good:
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I'm glad 2nd edition 108 fixed your Z1C. Wish it fixed ours....

An update... The new card was corrupted. The replacement works fine, no delays

Hello guys, I have the same problem on a Z3. At first I had a black spot on the camera, and then changed it. The new one worked fine, until it didn't and gave me a black screen. Now both cameras won't work. I hope it's the camera and the motherboard ...

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Camera startup lag? (KK)

Hey everyone, I recently updated to KitKat on my phone, and I have noticed a strange issue.
When loading up the camera, whether in the default camera app or on a program such as snapchat, the following thing happens:
The menu buttons and the camera shutter button all appear as normal...
BUT the screen (the camera viewfinder) remains black, and everything freezes for a few seconds. Then the screen shows up the cameras image and everything starts to work as it should.
So it seems like the apps are asking for the camera, but the camera is taking a few seconds to actually boot up. Which is weird, right?
I'm not on a stock ROM, im on the RomAur 3.0 one, but as far as I can tell it is using the standard camera app, and noone else has had this problem. I cam from the previous version of RomAur and the camera in that didnt have any issues either.
Just wondering if this is some glitch or something is interfering? Any suggestions?
Thanks
Try to clean (wipe) all cache.
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Had the same issue...
I did a reboot and the problem didn't happen again....
strangely enough this worked, even though clearing the cache and reboots were all things I did since I installed the ROM anyway...
I must have done something in the interim. Silly of me. Seems to be working now anyway so thanks guys
Hello guys,
I have the same problem, I did a factory reset which solved it.
But after some days it appears again, sometime it's working sometime not, it seems to be random...
raphoun said:
Hello guys,
I have the same problem, I did a factory reset which solved it.
But after some days it appears again, sometime it's working sometime not, it seems to be random...
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Can confirm this.
Sometimes the camera app is working fine and sometimes it takes several seconds to start and it is laggy... :-/
If it lags, but starts okay, rebooting does fix it. No idea what causes it, but it's only done it twice so far.
The far bigger problem is trying to start the camera when it was locked, when there's every chance the camera will freeze and not take or save your picture.
Unlock first then start the camera and all should be fine.
nirurin said:
Hey everyone, I recently updated to KitKat on my phone, and I have noticed a strange issue.
When loading up the camera, whether in the default camera app or on a program such as snapchat, the following thing happens:
The menu buttons and the camera shutter button all appear as normal...
BUT the screen (the camera viewfinder) remains black, and everything freezes for a few seconds. Then the screen shows up the cameras image and everything starts to work as it should.
So it seems like the apps are asking for the camera, but the camera is taking a few seconds to actually boot up. Which is weird, right?
I'm not on a stock ROM, im on the RomAur 3.0 one, but as far as I can tell it is using the standard camera app, and noone else has had this problem. I cam from the previous version of RomAur and the camera in that didnt have any issues either.
Just wondering if this is some glitch or something is interfering? Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Mine did this as well as other issues. A factory reset did not help but the thing that cured is was a "Repair" from Sony PC Companion. This will perform a factory reset and reflash the OS. Worked for me.
Resets, wipes or repairs won't fix it forever. In fact, I think it's something else that causes problems with the camera app and not the app itself. It's how you start the camera and what was going on at the time that matters.
jonmorris said:
Resets, wipes or repairs won't fix it forever. In fact, I think it's something else that causes problems with the camera app and not the app itself. It's how you start the camera and what was going on at the time that matters.
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This turns out to be right. After a day or so of no issues with the camera, I tried loading up instagram today and the camera took a long time to load up.
I also notice that even when the camera is loaded, if you try switching to the front-facing camera - that takes a long time to load up too. And same again if you try and switch back to the rear camera.
If this is standard on all kitkat roms for the Z1c then there is some major glitch in there somewhere.
So far it happens on standard app, instagram, and snapchat for sure.
nirurin said:
This turns out to be right. After a day or so of no issues with the camera, I tried loading up instagram today and the camera took a long time to load up.
I also notice that even when the camera is loaded, if you try switching to the front-facing camera - that takes a long time to load up too. And same again if you try and switch back to the rear camera.
If this is standard on all kitkat roms for the Z1c then there is some major glitch in there somewhere.
So far it happens on standard app, instagram, and snapchat for sure.
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Resurrecting my own thread, as I never actually noticed a fix for this to come up anywhere? I know im not the only one experiencing this, is everyone just living with it?
Its not a huge bother as when it crops up I can do a restart to fix it for another day, but if/when it crops up when im trying to do something quickly its pretty annoying.
I noticed this. Turn off location and it fires right up. That GPS lock can take a few seconds... especially if you're indoors!
charlatan01 said:
I noticed this. Turn off location and it fires right up. That GPS lock can take a few seconds... especially if you're indoors!
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I always have location turned off, at least the location toggle is turned off. Unless the camera is still attempting to use gps even when the service is deactivated? But then thats still a fault
nirurin said:
I always have location turned off, at least the location toggle is turned off. Unless the camera is still attempting to use gps even when the service is deactivated? But then thats still a fault
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Hmm, that's how I disable it... and I haven't noticed the lag. I should say, I am currently running a CM based ROM - PA.
charlatan01 said:
Hmm, that's how I disable it... and I haven't noticed the lag. I should say, I am currently running a CM based ROM - PA.
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Oh well then its unlikely to be the same problem, as CM (as far as I know) doesnt use the same camera/framework/etc as the stock sony.
I have the same lag on my Z1C (CM Nightly), but it only occurs the first time I start the camera after a reboot. I just start the camera once I have rebooted the phone (you can kill it via task manager again and it still works!) and do not have any lags afterwards that could prevent a quick shot. It's not perfect, but it works.
Same here with cm 11.
Nash123 said:
Same here with cm 11.
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Then its a completely different problem, cos on the stock android after a reboot the camera is fast straight away, and its only after an indeterminate amount of time (hours/days) of running that the camera will then become slow to load. And then a restart fixes the problem.
Clearly CM uses a different camera, or some other different piece of coding, that isnt the same in the stock sony build.
I installed port camera from z2 and i dont have lags. On stock camera i had couple of lags and crashes but for now with new camera is good
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mosespl said:
I installed port camera from z2 and i dont have lags. On stock camera i had couple of lags and crashes but for now with new camera is good
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Does the ported Z2 camera overwrite the Z1 camera? As in, will apps like snapchat etc use the Z2 camera code instead of the Z1 code?
Because the problem isnt just with the default camera app, its with every app that uses the camera. Snapchat, instagram, facebook, whenever you load up the camera on any of them, theres a 5 second delay while the camera screen stays black, until the camera then switches on and starts working.
BUT not all the time, after a fresh reboot they all work instantly like they should. Its only after a few hours or whatever that the camera starts misbehaving. Something is causing interference.

[Q] Try using Google Drive scan on your LG G3

For me, it takes absolutely forever to focus, and will usually only focus if I move my phone up and down/left and right (basically don't hold it still). As a result, I inevitably get blur.
I've tried using LG's camera app, and it focuses absolutely fine with no issue. Anybody else with the same issue?
Same problem here... I can't figure out how to improve this issue.
No one else is having this problem?
ScrapMaker said:
No one else is having this problem?
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Not seeing this with mine. Seems to focus just fine, nice and snappy. Bell model, unrooted, Dalvik.
jellmoo said:
Not seeing this with mine. Seems to focus just fine, nice and snappy. Bell model, unrooted, Dalvik.
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I'm on 100% stock Sprint. :/
I have a similar problem with CamScanner which I use to scan receipts....I think it has something to do with the fact the LG G3 has a UHD display and the app doesn't support that resolution yet. I'm on AT&T D850
No problems here. The picture is super-crisp at any distance. Then I press shutter and it takes maybe a second to take photo, then additional time to process/upload.
Google Drive 2.0.222.39
Running the same version here. I've noticed that if I tape the shutter once, a ring appears around the button. If I tap it again, it disappears. Sometimes that second tap takes the picture, but 9 times out of 10, I have to pan the camera around, pull it away or zoom in, and it snaps the shot, most of the time blurry because I'm moving.
Same issue.
Used to have the same issue as well. I just tried it now and Drive crashes after opening the camera to scan.
Google Drive 2.0.222.40, stock V10G-EUR-XX, Dalvik.
Completely unusable now
maschenazi said:
Used to have the same issue as well. I just tried it now and Drive crashes after opening the camera to scan.
Google Drive 2.0.222.40, stock V10G-EUR-XX, Dalvik.
Completely unusable now
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Dang, I tried refreshing my store and no update.
same problem here !
any solutions ?
You guys have the HDR on ? Tried turning it off ?
I tried disabling the HDR (was set to auto,) in the native camera app. I don't think that influences Google Drive though. Had no effect.
HDR off no effect here either
I just installed the latest Google Drive 2.0.222.51 and application started working. It still takes some time to focus on some shots, but is much better than before.
If you don't want to wait your turn to update Google Drive from the Play store you can grab it from here:
http://gappsearly.com/
I have the G3 D855 10g version (with Root) and focus takes 1 second so works fine !!
maschenazi said:
I just installed the latest Google Drive 2.0.222.51 and application started working. It still takes some time to focus on some shots, but is much better than before.
If you don't want to wait your turn to update Google Drive from the Play store you can grab it from here:
http://gappsearly.com/
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this seems to work a tad better, thanks!
Just got the official update. Camera scan issue seems thoroughly fixed, capture is now just about instant.
DroidApprentice said:
Just got the official update. Camera scan issue seems thoroughly fixed, capture is now just about instant.
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mine is having the same old issue even with the latest drive app

[Q] camera and video lagging

Is anyone haveing the problem where you open the camera app and it lags big time? It lags in both camera and video. Then when i do take a video it's choppy and bad quality. Also, if you hit the video button is it stopped to start recording right away or should it flip over to video like other Samsung devices do? Mine starts recording right away.
mroien said:
Is anyone haveing the problem where you open the camera app and it lags big time? It lags in both camera and video. Then when i do take a video it's choppy and bad quality. Also, if you hit the video button is it stopped to start recording right away or should it flip over to video like other Samsung devices do? Mine starts recording right away.
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Yes, I too see the lag.
there is lag elsewhere on the phone as well.
varaff said:
Yes, I too see the lag.
there is lag elsewhere on the phone as well.
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I only notice the lag on the phone, but also sometime in Chrome when I'm on this site. Is your lag bad enough where you can't even take a good video?
yes, it lags to the point that I think my phone locks-up.
I read somewhere where someone said that if you disable your SD card, the issue goes away. Try it, unmount your SD card.
varaff said:
yes, it lags to the point that I think my phone locks-up.
I read somewhere where someone said that if you disable your SD card, the issue goes away. Try it, unmount your SD card.
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I don't know it just started working again. But if it happens again I'll try to unmount the SD card. Do you know how to get to the video settings? Does the video automatically record in 4K? That will take up a lot of space.
yes, i think by default it is at 4k video. 16 megs when you click on setting while under camera.
mroien said:
Is anyone haveing the problem where you open the camera app and it lags big time? It lags in both camera and video. Then when i do take a video it's choppy and bad quality. Also, if you hit the video button is it stopped to start recording right away or should it flip over to video like other Samsung devices do? Mine starts recording right away.
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Yes, I've noticed that as well on mine. To a point, where the phone almost stop responding when camera is on. I don't think it's hardware related at all, I could be wrong, I'm thinking more like a bug in the software. One easy way to get out the lag for me is to press the power button to turn of screen then turn back on, while on lock screen, swipe up the camera widget. That got rid of the overall lag and lockup for me. I know it will come back soon or later, just don't know what trigger it.
Do you guys get lag from the front camera? When you move, it's not in perfect sync. It also seems to give you a Jay Leno chin.

Camera 2 Gallery Lag

I've have just recently noticed some really bad lag and delays when taking photos and moving into the gallery from the camera to preview the photos. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing?
Let me know.
I have noticed this too. I just brushed it off as being touchwiz lag
I also have noticed this.
Yup. It's really annoying too since I don't think there's a way to set a time duration to see the photo you just took. It's either on permanently or not, so you have to exit the gallery to take a photo if you have preview on.
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no lag to phone memory
I set all my camera and video to the phone memory and save everything else to the card
by chance is your settings to save to sd card? If it really annoys you, try saving to phone memory and move from camera to that, it is like a .2 second transition for me.
rusty.gh said:
I set all my camera and video to the phone memory and save everything else to the card
by chance is your settings to save to sd card? If it really annoys you, try saving to phone memory and move from camera to that, it is like a .2 second transition for me.
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Mine was doing it before I even put in a memory card. Great thought though since phone memory should be faster.
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I'm having the problem. I have also found other transitions are also slow, but that one is pretty regular.
I wonder if EVERYONE has this problem. I was going to claim a defect on this and get another one. If everyone sees this problem, then its obviously not a defect.
rusty.gh said:
I set all my camera and video to the phone memory and save everything else to the card
by chance is your settings to save to sd card? If it really annoys you, try saving to phone memory and move from camera to that, it is like a .2 second transition for me.
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Yea I do have an SD card so maybe the photos are saving there. And when I press the preview button it is taking a while because it needs to access the SD card. Good thought.
It's the only lag that I've noticed on this phone, so far. Hopefully it'll be a software fix. It is kind of annoying.
This lag is driving me crazy...does anyone NOT have it?
Lag here as well...
It is pretty bad on my phone. Appears less like lag, and more like just freezing up. It eventually starts working again, but it just sits there for a while. Annoying.
Same here. Wonder if the new update fixes it.
kzoak82 said:
Same here. Wonder if the new update fixes it.
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Nope. For me anyway...
I experience lag going to the gallery from the camera app as well.
Sometimes it's lag. Other times it freezes the phone.
This happens with and without an SDcard installed.
This, the Recent Apps lag, along with other hiccups is making me not want to purchase another Samsung phone.
same lag here
glad to see it's not just me but also more disappointed that this is an issue I am sure they already knew about, before the update to 5.0, using unlocked att version so an ota will not work for me, it will have to manually installed. hoping to see something soon, since the camera is one of the biggest reasons I chose this device. my estimate is that we will not see anything to fix this, from either samsung or att.
On mine it takes about a second to switch. I don't call it lag. How long does it take on yall's.
It might be because I have a Developer Edition and had to flash the Lollipop update and kernel myself instead of taking the OTA.

Rear camera/Flashlight not recognized

My rear camera suddenly stopped working. My phone didn't get any hurt in nowhere, just suddenly it stopped working. I was takin photos since 10 minutes before, I locked the phone and I noticed that Torch tile disappeared. I thought it was a bug and I didn't care anymore. The day before I noticed that even rear camera stopped working, I was trying to take a photo but the "change camera" (from front to rear) disappeared in every camera app I was using, camera apps opened by default with front camera opened. I tried to reflash ROM thinking that it was a ROM problem (even if I was using the same rom since months ago and I've never had any kind of problem), no results. Reflashing everything starting from stock firmware, no results. As a last hope, I tried to replace the rear camera by buying a new one, but the problem it's still here. Could someone that experienced the same problem, tell me where the problem could be? Or maybe some possible fixes, every kind of help is appreciated. Thanks.
Same
I have the exact same problem. After wiping the cache the rear camera is recognised and I am able to take a picture with it (which is not saved into gallery) but about 5 minutes later the option to switch to rear camera has gone and all camera apps (including social media such as snapchat) is stuck on front camera. This leads me to think it's not a hardware problem but rather that of software with which I am running cm13 nightlies that I have updated every day for the past week in the hope it will be patched.
I have this exact same problem on my d855 too..!
Sooooo frustrating, I've been looking everywhere for a fix, tried full factory reset the other day (I'm running full regular stock with no root or anything), and sadly that didn't work either... I'm glad to read someone has tried changing the camera hardware, cos that was I step I've considered taking, but I now know would be a waste of time and money...
But still, the problem persists..!
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ehk13 said:
I have the exact same problem. After wiping the cache the rear camera is recognised and I am able to take a picture with it (which is not saved into gallery) but about 5 minutes later the option to switch to rear camera has gone and all camera apps (including social media such as snapchat) is stuck on front camera. This leads me to think it's not a hardware problem but rather that of software with which I am running cm13 nightlies that I have updated every day for the past week in the hope it will be patched.
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I don't think that's a software problem simply for one reason: I'm on the same rom and kernel since months and camera worked fine. It stopped working suddenly with no reason.
SkankinStudios said:
I have this exact same problem on my d855 too..!
Sooooo frustrating, I've been looking everywhere for a fix, tried full factory reset the other day (I'm running full regular stock with no root or anything), and sadly that didn't work either... I'm glad to read someone has tried changing the camera hardware, cos that was I step I've considered taking, but I now know would be a waste of time and money...
But still, the problem persists..!
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Yeah now you made me understand why the camera worked for some minutes. I'll try clearing cache after installing new camera module. I'll report the result. Thanks anyway.
Edit: It's not working. At first boot, systemUI doesn't load well, when I reboot everything works fine but rear camera isn't working. Maybe late I'll try with phone's camera. Now I'm using the new one bought some days ago.
same here!!!!! I'm using LOS13.1 on my d855 and i can't fix it... any idea?
What OS are you guys running? Is everyone experiencing the issue on Cm13?
Also try cleaning the camera connections really well.
I have same problem. Although i expirienced it first time on Lineage OS 14.1. Now 30B, but it still not working. I was listening to music through external speakers, and suddenly it stopped working. Music app was "playing" but i couldnt hear anything and when i exit the app my phone just stops working and starts being laggy as hell. Later that day i found out my camera is not working. I tried reattaching cam connector but it did not work...idk if i should order a new camera or it might be a software fix or something
same problem
happened to me after upgrading to 6.0 , downgraded back to 5 with no luck , even opened my phone and released and reconnected the 3 cables inside with no luck at all . don't know what to do
It's "good" to see other people with the same problem as me.
I replaced the camera and it still won't work.
I'm afraid that it might the problem with our motherboard...How can software block our camera even tho all of us fully reinstalled ROMs/Modems etc? It would be awesome if dev would see this and tell us what is the actual cause of this
If you reinstalled the entire OS using a TOT method, no files are left behind. This is more likely a hardware issue.
The Camera module is extremely close to the problematic hot chip on the G3 so it's not impossible something got messed up.
I have a d852 in Canada that doesn't get hot and I'm having this problem too. Going to order a new camera since I know this is a hardware issue. Hopefully fixed the issue. Not cool having no rear camera or flashlight
It's impossible Every G3 gets hot...you either are not heavy user or idk...but every G3 that i've held had the issue of overheating at some point...and indeed it can ruin everything...imagine 120C on your processor...that kills everything around it...idk if my processor got that hot as i've seen in some cases it did on internet, but it did go up to 90ish...and that is too damn hot
FIX ISSUE be Done
Hi all .
Problem method for repair
Issue is easy buy new rear camera D855 or this same conector D820/D821/Nexus5 is this same and all works fine I'm tested on my D855 International
camera From D821 perfect fit and don't had any foult. Great work and my G3 alive rear again :good:
( !!! URGENT !!! Don't put any paper or any dirt this is short fix and maybe You can crack connector camera on motherboard !!!)
If U still like Your's G3 don't put any **** tourial with fix BUY NEW CAMERA couple $$ AND FIX very cheap and clean LG STILL ALIVE :laugh:
(Camera had two IC chip and that is problem (burned or heat out)
Flash light it's well had same problem if U have problem camera,
In camea foult You cant turn on flashlight (software thinking camera all time working if camera is broke).
If u tru turn on flashlight he said (on broke camera) " Immpossible turn on flash light when camera work" !!!!!

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