This happens with the camera on the back, in every app, such as Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Stock Camera app, XCam, everything. I can take front facing photos with snapchat and messenger, but I don't want to be stuck just using that for the rest of time. I've no idea how this problem could have started and having looked everywhere the problems aren't similar to others.
After leaving the Camera to load for an absolute age on the Stock Camera it also came up saying that it 'Cannot connect to camera'
Attached are images of what I see when I open Stock and Snapchat
I've also tried to use it on CM12 with the same results and various other Stock ROMs.
Any help would be much appreciated.
calumyeah said:
This happens with the camera on the back, in every app, such as Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Stock Camera app, XCam, everything. I can take front facing photos with snapchat and messenger, but I don't want to be stuck just using that for the rest of time. I've no idea how this problem could have started and having looked everywhere the problems aren't similar to others.
After leaving the Camera to load for an absolute age on the Stock Camera it also came up saying that it 'Cannot connect to camera'
Attached are images of what I see when I open Stock and Snapchat
I've also tried to use it on CM12 with the same results and various other Stock ROMs.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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calumyeah said:
This happens with the camera on the back, in every app, such as Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Stock Camera app, XCam, everything. I can take front facing photos with snapchat and messenger, but I don't want to be stuck just using that for the rest of time. I've no idea how this problem could have started and having looked everywhere the problems aren't similar to others.
After leaving the Camera to load for an absolute age on the Stock Camera it also came up saying that it 'Cannot connect to camera'
Attached are images of what I see when I open Stock and Snapchat
I've also tried to use it on CM12 with the same results and various other Stock ROMs.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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When did it start happening? And did you try flashing it back to stock?
BWolf56 said:
When did it start happening? And did you try flashing it back to stock?
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Just randomly with no real cause, a few weeks back. I've flashed back to a custom stock ROM, should I try and go completely stock? and then start afresh?
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Just randomly with no real cause, a few weeks back. I've flashed back to a custom stock ROM, should I try and go completely stock? and then start afresh?
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Did you factory reset when flashing? And yeah, completely stock might be a good idea to try. After that, it would probably be hardware.
BWolf56 said:
Did you factory reset when flashing? And yeah, completely stock might be a good idea to try. After that, it would probably be hardware.
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If this keeps happening i suggest you remove root and take it into your service center or carrier (if your locked to a network) to get it looked at
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Did you factory reset when flashing? And yeah, completely stock might be a good idea to try. After that, it would probably be hardware.
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itsbighead said:
If this keeps happening i suggest you remove root and take it into your service center or carrier (if your locked to a network) to get it looked at
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Yeah looks like a hardware problem... Flashes back to complete stock and nothing changed :/ ah well This sucks! Thanks anyway guys.
Managed to get a crash report if anybody can decipher it into anything meaningful?
java.lang.RuntimeException: startPreview failed
at android.hardware.Camera.startPreview(Native Method)
at android.hardware.camera2.legacy.RequestThreadManager.startPreview(RequestThreadManager.java:275)
at android.hardware.camera2.legacy.RequestThreadManager.doPreviewCapture(RequestThreadManager.java:317)
at android.hardware.camera2.legacy.RequestThreadManager.access$1600(RequestThreadManager.java:61)
at android.hardware.camera2.legacy.RequestThreadManager$5.handleMessage(RequestThreadManager.java:756)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
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Hey guys. i've been experiencing this problem for all the roms. the only way i can use the camera is by rebooting the damn phone . It's very annoyingand i hope somebody cpuld actually hep me fix this problem. thanks
Check whether you have another camera application other than camera running.
Like camera 360 running in background while you try to open stock's camera. It will cause camera error.
Try uninstalling another application which uses camera as its's main feature
willypt said:
Check whether you have another camera application other than camera running.
Like camera 360 running in background while you try to open stock's camera. It will cause camera error.
Try uninstalling another application which uses camera as its's main feature
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I have no camera application except for facebook and instagram.
lpcrazerocks said:
I have no camera application except for facebook and instagram.
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Try uninstalling Instagram...
Does the camera error fixed after uninstalling instagram?
Can you give us the chronology on how the camera not working?
Like, the steps to recreate the problem.
Lastly, if the camera still "playing" with you, I suggest you bring it to the nearest Samsung Service Point as you might have faulty camera
willypt said:
Try uninstalling Instagram...
Does the camera error fixed after uninstalling instagram?
Can you give us the chronology on how the camera not working?
Like, the steps to recreate the problem.
Lastly, if the camera still "playing" with you, I suggest you bring it to the nearest Samsung Service Point as you might have faulty camera
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Okay thanks will let you know in a bit.
How this problem occurs is when i use the camera and i exit the camera application and then i i'll leave my phone idle for a few hours. next thing i know is this happens
thanks. will see if it still happens
Woah :eek
that's totally random then...
Do you have task killer app such as 2B Orange?
You might want to install it, open your camera... use it for a while...
go to 2B orange, kill the camera process...
leave it for few hours and try to restart it...
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Woah :eek
that's totally random then...
Do you have task killer app such as 2B Orange?
You might want to install it, open your camera... use it for a while...
go to 2B orange, kill the camera process...
leave it for few hours and try to restart it...
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I can't seem to find that app anywhere. could you link me??
I think your phone can't use certain kernels especially cow's kernel, when you said you left the phone idle for a few hours and can't use the camera is same as my phone, only thing is after a few hours idle I experience force close for some apps when I open it and wifi error as well. only happens if I don't touch the phone for like an hour or more.
-storm- said:
I think your phone can't use certain kernels especially cow's kernel, when you said you left the phone idle for a few hours and can't use the camera is same as my phone, only thing is after a few hours idle I experience force close for some apps when I open it and wifi error as well. only happens if I don't touch the phone for like an hour or more.
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Hi. yeah i do experience what you experience. but i also have camera failed problems on stock roms too! That's what made me so curious. my stock rom doesnt have force close problems. now i am using hybrid rom and so far i'm not having the prob for 4 hrs alrdy. will be monitoring continuously
Hi Folks,
I have an Xperia M phone and a few months ago the camera started to fail loading. It worked every so often but now it doesn't work at all just gives the error "Unfortunately Camera has stopped"
I have tried Factory Resets and tried downgrading the phone to the previous Android version just to see but it's still not working.
I'm guessing at this stage it might be hardware but just checking before I go down that road. If I rooted it would there be anything in there that might fix the camera?
Has anyone else done this and fixed this kind of problem.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide on this. I know it's only a budget phone but it does everything I need so if I can save it then all the better
Cheers
Try it. Go with towelroot. But I suspect you'll end in repair shop anyway. Did you try some other camera app?
kirev said:
Try it. Go with towelroot. But I suspect you'll end in repair shop anyway. Did you try some other camera app?
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Yea I tried a few of them, sometimes the front camera works but it usually doesn't get that far.
For a while now I have been having this issue with videos in Snapchat. I can take pictures fine with front and back camera, but as soon as I click and hold to take a video the camera (front or back) zooms way in. I have tried clearing cache for the app, reinstalling, and clearing cache in recovery and nothing has fixed it. It used to work fine so I am not sure what changes.
I searched around and found some other people with the issue but never saw a resolution. Dpea anyone else here have the problem or have any ideas to try to resolve it?
HTC One M8 Zoom Bug
Yes! I have this problem too, you aren't alone! Not only that, but if you visit the review section of the snapchat app page, many other HTC One M8 users are having this issue. I've been searching for a solution for at least two months and I've tried everything I've found except for a full on system restore and nothing has worked. I've issued a bug report but have yet to receive a response. It's starting to get kind of ridiculous.
Update: Fixed!
Skurvy_Pirate said:
For a while now I have been having this issue with videos in Snapchat. I can take pictures fine with front and back camera, but as soon as I click and hold to take a video the camera (front or back) zooms way in. I have tried clearing cache for the app, reinstalling, and clearing cache in recovery and nothing has fixed it. It used to work fine so I am not sure what changes.
I searched around and found some other people with the issue but never saw a resolution. Dpea anyone else here have the problem or have any ideas to try to resolve it?
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Alright, apparently the latest android update fixes this! I checked for a system update today and when I tried taking a video on snapchat, it only zommed in a very small amount, small enough to where it was not noticeable. So a system update fixes the problem!
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Alright, apparently the latest android update fixes this! I checked for a system update today and when I tried taking a video on snapchat, it only zommed in a very small amount, small enough to where it was not noticeable. So a system update fixes the problem!
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Thanks! I will give it a shot.
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Thanks! I will give it a shot.
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What update did it for you? Was it just the OTA one? I don't want to upgrade to Lollipop, so I may just live with it. It is really annoying though, there has to be another way to fix it.
found a fix
Downgrade to ver. 5.0.38.2 beta that ver. Worked for me on my Htc one m8 android 4.4.2 try it.
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
Sent from my phone
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
Sent from my phone
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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