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Camera Error - Cannot connect to camera.

Anyone else getting this error? After reading the two main errors seem to be faulty camera hardware and bar code scanning apps. I uninstalled my bar code scanner and the problem persists. There is a small dent next to my flash under the camera but this came with the phone and my camera worked for a while. Taking the battery out and putting it back in fixes the problem about half of the time, but only is good for one to two uses. I'm thinking of sending this in, but I'm waiting until the SGSII HD is out in case they offer to replace it with any phone. Wishful thinking, I know.

And here's the error:

Are you on the stock rom? I got that yesterday but a reboot fixed it.

HJZS2K said:
Are you on the stock rom? I got that yesterday but a reboot fixed it.
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Stock ROM not rooted. No modifications what-so-ever.

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Stock ROM not rooted. No modifications what-so-ever.
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Try doing a factory reset. Sometimes an app installed on the phone might screw up with a hardware's function. For example, I've always use Screebl Pro on my phone to let it control how my screen turns off. I decided to try their new Beta version. A few days later, I cannot seem to manually turn off my screen by pressing the power button. Every time I press the power button, the screen will come back on on its own. I can try up to 4-5 times before it eventually goes off. I though my phone finally broke as I tried uninstalling and reinstalling apps, changing settings here and there to no luck. I finally realized about the beta Screebl I had installed, and decided to disable it. The moment I did that, the phone was back to normal, no weird things happening to it.
So try doing a factory reset first before sending it back.

Strangely enough uninstalling Reconage has seemed to fix this. Can anyone else confirm it breaks your camera? The comments don't say it does so it must be something with the Nitro.

I get it too on cm7 all the damn time. I can record 1 video then after I stop, it messes up and I have to reboot to record again.

Any more definitive answer on this issue? My wife's Nitro HD has started giving this error in the last few days and no amount of rebooting seems to be fixing it. She is stock plus a few apps. I uninstalled nearly everything that uses the camera, reboot the phone, and still have the problem.
Alternatively, is there a way to see what apps were installed/updated by date? The last photo she took was on 6/13, so if we can figure out what apps have been updated since then that might help us get to the bottom of the issue.

[q] losing it with this phone

Basically for the last 2 months all the apps that use internet have basically stopped loading/take 9-10 minutes, except for chrome and messaging. Pictures won't even try loading on twitter and facebook. Most of the times I try to open up google play the whole thing is just grey and infinitely loads or never even tries to.
Every now and again it starts working like normal and oh boy do i cherish those moments but that happens maximum once a day then it stops. I know it's not a connection speed issue because videos will load quickly on browser youtube and pages load normally. I have no idea why this happened, all of a sudden it stopped working.
None of my other devices do this with my connection. I haven't rooted my device or anything but I still did a factory reset and nothing changed. The only period it worked for like 2 hours was when I change the UI or whatever from blink feed to something like dodol. I've had the thing for like 4 months now COMMON I am going absolutely mental, I have so much work to do and a practically bricked phone is not helping so I will be indebted for life to anyone who can come up to a solution.
Thanks guys.

waterrdrinker said:
Basically for the last 2 months all the apps that use internet have basically stopped loading/take 9-10 minutes, except for chrome and messaging. Pictures won't even try loading on twitter and facebook. Most of the times I try to open up google play the whole thing is just grey and infinitely loads or never even tries to.
Every now and again it starts working like normal and oh boy do i cherish those moments but that happens maximum once a day then it stops. I know it's not a connection speed issue because videos will load quickly on browser youtube and pages load normally. I have no idea why this happened, all of a sudden it stopped working.
None of my other devices do this with my connection. I haven't rooted my device or anything but I still did a factory reset and nothing changed. The only period it worked for like 2 hours was when I change the UI or whatever from blink feed to something like dodol. I've had the thing for like 4 months now COMMON I am going absolutely mental, I have so much work to do and a practically bricked phone is not helping so I will be indebted for life to anyone who can come up to a solution.
Thanks guys.
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Hard mode: Run a logcat and have it saved to a .txt file on your PC, let it run for a while, while attempting to open the apps you said give problems, if there is an error that's causing it you can find it that way. A lot of reading though.
Easy mode: Restore a nandroid backup for your device.
I would suggest to restore just the system, boot but not data but your problem might be because of some app in there so you'll have to restore the data as well and start from scratch. Seeing as you already did a factory reset and lost everything, something that you restored has to cause this issue.

Disable Apps?

Is there a list of apps it's ok to "turn of"?
I ask because I disabled several AT&T apps, and my battery life started being horrible and the phone lagged something awful. System monitor showed my CPU usage being way up, and "security storage" was the max offender......whatever that means.
I turned the apps back on one by one, and it possibly was the STUPID "keeper" application that not until I turned it back on did the phone start acting normal again. I HATE THAT STUPID APP with the overlay all the time (I use lastpass). Anyone else disabled that and the phone work ok? (NOTE, it seems to work fine until after the first reboot of turning that app off).
SO......anyone else have any similar experience?

LiquidHonesty said:
Is there a list of apps it's ok to "turn of"?
I ask because I disabled several AT&T apps, and my battery life started being horrible and the phone lagged something awful. System monitor showed my CPU usage being way up, and "security storage" was the max offender......whatever that means.
I turned the apps back on one by one, and it possibly was the STUPID "keeper" application that not until I turned it back on did the phone start acting normal again. I HATE THAT STUPID APP with the overlay all the time (I use lastpass). Anyone else disabled that and the phone work ok? (NOTE, it seems to work fine until after the first reboot of turning that app off).
SO......anyone else have any similar experience?
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thats odd because I was able to disable Keeper without any adverse affects. Just so you know, here's what I disabled without any ill-effects:
ATT FamilyMap
ATT Hot SPots
ATT Live
ATT Locker
ATT Mail
ATT Mobile Locate
ATT Navigator
ATT Ready2Go
ATT Smart Wi-Fi
BlurbCheckout
Caller Name ID
Device Help
DriveMode
Famigo
Flipboard
Games
Hancom Office 2014
Keeper
Lookout
Milk
MobileTV
myAT&T
Pen.Up
S Health
Samsung Galaxy Apps Widget
Uber
Visual Voicemail
YP
I've also disabled a couple of Google apps that I dont use, like
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Newsstand

Hrm.... I'm going to try again... Maybe I got a rogue update for something else that caused the issue.

When I try to disable any app the camera won't take wide selfies anymore. It gives me an error and doesn't take the pictures. Anyone else having this issue?

hanfordrob said:
When I try to disable any app the camera won't take wide selfies anymore. It gives me an error and doesn't take the pictures. Anyone else having this issue?
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I ran through the list posted above turning all them off and just took a wide selfie with out a issue

ooxteme said:
I ran through the list posted above turning all them off and just took a wide selfie with out a issue
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yeah, as I said....i dont have any issues with the camera or any other app for that matter, with those apps disabled above.

I've had keeper disabled today and rebooted a couple of times, still performing normal.........hrm.
It's odd, because I literally burned through my full battery two times yesterday, even while driving 2 hours away from home to go out that night. I might chalk it up to bad signal, but it happened in my home town and in Cincy both...........and then when I got back home. Not until I turned all the stock apps back on it started acting fine again.
I'm going to toubleshoot some more this week and I'll report back in a few days

AFTV needs regular reboots

Hoping to get help with troubleshooting...
My hardwired aftv occasionally has Amazon video/Netflix issues but no problems for 3+ days now.
My aftv on 5ghz runs fine except...
I get into the habit on creating a playlist and falling asleep while it's going. This might be because it doesn't sleep automatically, but the next morning if I try to play a prime or Netflix video I can absolutely GUARANTEE it won't play. It will either show a message stating so or it will try to play but the picture goes on & off black until it just stops. Reboot and it's fixed.
It's getting more annoying because it's every day and this one has boot menu so boot time is significantly slower. I can provide more info if it's needed.
I think I can remedy it not going to sleep but don't think that should matter. Plus this aftv has always needed regular reboots because the sound would cut in & out otherwise. I attributed that to the older tv I'm using. Switching hdmi cable didn't help.
Btw--looking closely I see I still have a folder called "android apps" somewhere around sda/usbstorage even though I now mount to storage/usb/drive1...that folder survived several cwm factory restores. I'm about 90% certain it's not native, I created it but haven't gone ahead and deleted it just in case. It's probably not relevant to my above issues but just want to make sure. It can stay there as long as it's not creating conflicts since its just an empty folder. Probably from when I used stickmount awhile back.

KLit75 said:
Hoping to get help with troubleshooting...
My hardwired aftv occasionally has Amazon video/Netflix issues but no problems for 3+ days now.
My aftv on 5ghz runs fine except...
I get into the habit on creating a playlist and falling asleep while it's going. This might be because it doesn't sleep automatically, but the next morning if I try to play a prime or Netflix video I can absolutely GUARANTEE it won't play. It will either show a message stating so or it will try to play but the picture goes on & off black until it just stops. Reboot and it's fixed.
It's getting more annoying because it's every day and this one has boot menu so boot time is significantly slower. I can provide more info if it's needed.
I think I can remedy it not going to sleep but don't think that should matter. Plus this aftv has always needed regular reboots because the sound would cut in & out otherwise. I attributed that to the older tv I'm using. Switching hdmi cable didn't help.
Btw--looking closely I see I still have a folder called "android apps" somewhere around sda/usbstorage even though I now mount to storage/usb/drive1...that folder survived several cwm factory restores. I'm about 90% certain it's not native, I created it but haven't gone ahead and deleted it just in case. It's probably not relevant to my above issues but just want to make sure. It can stay there as long as it's not creating conflicts since its just an empty folder. Probably from when I used stickmount awhile back.
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A potential quick solution would be to use something to clear memory. I've been using Fast Reboot (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.fastreboot&hl=en) on all my android devices whenever they start to feel a little sluggish. It doesn't actually reboot the device, but simply clears memory by closing apps out fully. It's helped with Netflix issues before. It's much simpler than constant reboots, but it's not a miracle cure.

Sounds to me like XBMC is never actually closing down, and Android thinks that it's still actively playing video. Only one app can play video at a time in Android, and if you're playing a video in XBMC and attempt to play a video from another app like Netfix, it won't be able to start because XBMC still has the stage with regards to playing video.
Are you launching Netflix/Amazon from within XBMC?
Does it happen after you completely close XBMC, or tell it to force quit in the Android menu?

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A potential quick solution would be to use something to clear memory. I've been using Fast Reboot (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.fastreboot&hl=en) on all my android devices whenever they start to feel a little sluggish. It doesn't actually reboot the device, but simply clears memory by closing apps out fully. It's helped with Netflix issues before. It's much simpler than constant reboots, but it's not a miracle cure.
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Thanks. I'll try it. I had an app that scheduled reboots and it didn't remedy the problem but I'm open to any possible fixes.

KCFish said:
Sounds to me like XBMC is never actually closing down, and Android thinks that it's still actively playing video. Only one app can play video at a time in Android, and if you're playing a video in XBMC and attempt to play a video from another app like Netfix, it won't be able to start because XBMC still has the stage with regards to playing video.
Are you launching Netflix/Amazon from within XBMC?
Does it happen after you completely close XBMC, or tell it to force quit in the Android menu?
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Those are actually tough questions
I DO have a Netflix shortcut setup in xbmc but rarely use. I'll say lately, for some reason it's been working. Typically though, if I spend awhile in xbmc and then want to go to Netflix or prime, I'll stop the video (if playing), press home then force quit xbmc. This is out of habit because it has such a high fail rate. Of course I don't expect my wife & kids to do all that so that's were it gets more troublesome.
Stopping the video in xbmc is something I do 100% of the time now. I'm very conscious of it but do you think just having xbmc itself running causes issues when switching? I wonder if an app like llama can be set up to kill xbmc when pressing home? Or maybe the app in the post above might help?
I say tough questions because my viewing habits don't follow patterns. I will say it happens less when I force quit xbmc but that's not 100% of the time, probably 70 to 80%.
But one time I can COUNT on it happening is if xbmc idles while I sleep. When I wake up and exit, force quit xbmc...prime and Netflix don't work till I reboot.
Talking now I'm thinking MAYBE clear cache and force quit might help but there's got to be a better way. I've been a little lazy there not looking into that. My other aftv sleeps fine but it's in the living room so I don't leave it playing before going to bed.
I'll try the above app and adjust some settings to try and get it to sleep automatically.

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A potential quick solution would be to use something to clear memory. I've been using Fast Reboot (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.fastreboot&hl=en) on all my android devices whenever they start to feel a little sluggish. It doesn't actually reboot the device, but simply clears memory by closing apps out fully. It's helped with Netflix issues before. It's much simpler than constant reboots, but it's not a miracle cure.
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Tried it on my phone. It's a pretty useful app. Do you exclude any apps or do you just use the defaults list on your aftv? Thanks again!

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Tried it on my phone. It's a pretty useful app. Do you exclude any apps or do you just use the defaults list on your aftv? Thanks again!
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I'm not sure what you mean. It's a one click solution to clear memory.

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I'm not sure what you mean. It's a one click solution to clear memory.
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Yes. And this might just be being overly cautious. In the settings you can exclude certain apps. But I went ahead and just pressed fast reboot with default settings and it works fine.
Be nice if you could automate this to be triggered when exiting apps. Or put it on the homescreen for quick access. I guess you could with a launcher.
Very much appreciated! Thanks again!

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Yes. And this might just be being overly cautious. In the settings you can exclude certain apps. But I went ahead and just pressed fast reboot with default settings and it works fine.
Be nice if you could automate this to be triggered when exiting apps. Or put it on the homescreen for quick access. I guess you could with a launcher.
Very much appreciated! Thanks again!
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That's what I'm unsure of. How do you access the settings? You open it, it clears memory and shows you what it's cleared. That's it.
**Edit. Nevermind. I'm assuming you purchased the pro version. It looks like it does have settings to exclude apps and schedule "reboots". I've only ever used the free version.

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That's what I'm unsure of. How do you access the settings? You open it, it clears memory and shows you what it's cleared. That's it.
**Edit. Nevermind. I'm assuming you purchased the pro version. It looks like it does have settings to exclude apps and schedule "reboots". I've only ever used the free version.
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Yes. It's pro and it is effective for somethings. Unfortunately tonite I found out "simulating" a reboot is not quite the same as rebooting.
As I said, I've just got in the habit of rebooting this aftv before I use it...That's because for as long as I've owned it I've had this seemingly one of a kind issue where the video playing will have the sound cut in & out indefinetly until it gets rebooted. Don't matter if it's Netflix, prime, or xbmc.
It's done this since I bought it with stock firmware, at least 3 different prerooted firmwares and several factory resets. I've tried different hdmi cables.
My other aftv is ok. Only difference is it's hardwired and is connected to a better tv. But my network is solid. All devices, especially streaming boxes are fine.
Anyway. I was optimistic when I saw you could essentially reboot without waiting the 60 seconds or how ever long, to play something. But at least this one glitch still needs a real reboot.
I am happy that it appears to help with transitions from xbmc to Netflix or prime but it looks like I'll still be rebooting regularly (daily at least)
I think I posted about this awhile back but no matter where I look I can't find anyone that has this problem.

Android O Beta issues

So I was quick to jump on the Android beta O as I was on the N rollout. I should have known there would be issues from when I was on the N beta but nevertheless I couldnt resist.
So far my issues are few but frustrating.
1. Anytime I get a call when the phone is locked it does not wake up the phone. I have to unlock the phone and click answer. Even after doing that theres still a notification that theres a call that I can either decline or answer even after Im already talking to the person. On the same issue, the proximity sensor doesnt work in the fact that when Im on the call the screen is still active and my cheek activates apps and whatnot. When on the call I cannot get to the actual phone app in order to change to speakerphone.
2. This might be silly but when using snapchat there is a significant lag and black screens between clicking on a story and it actually starting. Also in same app, when I try to take a horizontal photo it gets hung up and I have to close the app and take the photo vertically.
3. I dont know if its because Im using a launcher, but I dont get any notification dots on any of my apps. Maybe I have to be using pixel launcher in order for this to activate. Also, maybe I have to disable number notifications in the launcher for the O notifications to take over.
Those are the most noticeable so far but I figured Id get a thread going.

I keep getting Settings FC every now and then reboot doesn't fix it. Sometimes the FC disappears and settings works fine then it comes back again not sure what's causing it

HyperM3 said:
So I was quick to jump on the Android beta O as I was on the N rollout. I should have known there would be issues from when I was on the N beta but nevertheless I couldnt resist.
So far my issues are few but frustrating.
1. Anytime I get a call when the phone is locked it does not wake up the phone. I have to unlock the phone and click answer. Even after doing that theres still a notification that theres a call that I can either decline or answer even after Im already talking to the person. On the same issue, the proximity sensor doesnt work in the fact that when Im on the call the screen is still active and my cheek activates apps and whatnot. When on the call I cannot get to the actual phone app in order to change to speakerphone.
2. This might be silly but when using snapchat there is a significant lag and black screens between clicking on a story and it actually starting. Also in same app, when I try to take a horizontal photo it gets hung up and I have to close the app and take the photo vertically.
3. I dont know if its because Im using a launcher, but I dont get any notification dots on any of my apps. Maybe I have to be using pixel launcher in order for this to activate. Also, maybe I have to disable number notifications in the launcher for the O notifications to take over.
Those are the most noticeable so far but I figured Id get a thread going.
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I myself cannot get picture-in-picture to work or have the new updated launcher that was previewed

poor2rican1 said:
I myself cannot get picture-in-picture to work or have the new updated launcher that was previewed
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Apparently pip only works with YouTube red or Google duo, neither of which I have to try. I did get another update about 5 hours after the initial update. It was much smaller than the first download.

HyperM3 said:
Apparently pip only works with YouTube red or Google duo, neither of which I have to try. I did get another update about 5 hours after the initial update. It was much smaller than the first download.
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I have both and it still does not work I also received the update

PIP does work in YouTube red for me just not duo. After the beta update yesterday my phones alot snappier. Still significant lag in Snapchat. Also Bluetooth audio does not work when playing music, only works with calls.

For PiP to work I followed this thread
https://www.xda-developers.com/enable-android-o-picture-in-picture-mode/
I don't have YouTube red but it works for me perfectly now. also Bluetooth has been working for me with my jaybird X3. so it might be some devices.

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I myself cannot get picture-in-picture to work or have the new updated launcher that was previewed
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https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/enable-android-os-picture-picture-mode-right-now-0176848/

To get P.I.P I had to flash factory image instead of take OTA update. I have YouTube red so the background play can be a little funky with PIP.

Does anyone else have Google Play Music keep showing up in the notification bar? It just keeps popping up randomly. It doesn't start playing music, it just pops up there. I'll clear the panel and it shows up in a few minutes again.

HyperM3 said:
1. Anytime I get a call when the phone is locked it does not wake up the phone. I have to unlock the phone and click answer. Even after doing that theres still a notification that theres a call that I can either decline or answer even after Im already talking to the person. On the same issue, the proximity sensor doesnt work in the fact that when Im on the call the screen is still active and my cheek activates apps and whatnot. When on the call I cannot get to the actual phone app in order to change to speakerphone.
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Go to settings > apps & notifications > app info > phone > storage
clear data, and for good measure, clear cache.
Had exact same issue, this fixed it right away.

Floppy Seizure said:
Does anyone else have Google Play Music keep showing up in the notification bar? It just keeps popping up randomly. It doesn't start playing music, it just pops up there. I'll clear the panel and it shows up in a few minutes again.
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Yep keeps doing it for me too. Kind of annoying but whatever.

How about the launcher? I don't have the new one. Anyone else? I took the OTA. Maybe I should flash it?

Floppy Seizure said:
Does anyone else have Google Play Music keep showing up in the notification bar? It just keeps popping up randomly. It doesn't start playing music, it just pops up there. I'll clear the panel and it shows up in a few minutes again.
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Was happening to me as well, but seems to have quit now. only appears when actually playing stuff now.

Floppy Seizure said:
Does anyone else have Google Play Music keep showing up in the notification bar? It just keeps popping up randomly. It doesn't start playing music, it just pops up there. I'll clear the panel and it shows up in a few minutes again.
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Yeah. Also force closes after a reboot. Widget doesn't work either.

For me, Android Pay stopped working. Says that the phone is rooted, but it is not. Also some apps lag and battery life seems worse. I was thinking of opting out, but it will wipe out all user data, so I decided not to. Too lazy to restore everything back.

Anybody notice the radio signal is worse? Tried flashing older radios and modems. It got a little better but not as good as nougat.

Golf c said:
Anybody notice the radio signal is worse? Tried flashing older radios and modems. It got a little better but not as good as nougat.
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I have not in nougat in same spot low signal I would get choppy voice calls & signal dbm would be 120 with Android O I get 116 I have verizon

yahya1054 said:
I have not in nougat in same spot low signal I would get choppy voice calls & signal dbm would be 120 with Android O I get 116 I have verizon
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Its going to be different for everyone. I was just curious. I get average 90 on nougat and 110-115 on O

I've noticed that there are several apps that have newer version available, but won't update or install. You tube, Google App (beta), Calendar (stock), Maps & Transit (beta) won't install when downloaded from APK Mirror, nor are they being updated via the Play Store.They all work fine though, so it's not a big deal. I'm just wondering if anyone else has encountered the same or similar behavior.