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Camera stopped working

The camera has stopped working randomly. The only thing I could think of that might of caused it would be the phone some how shut down when it was in my pocket. When I start up the camera app it immediately closes. When I attempt to use Google goggles, it says cannot connect to camera. What can I do?

First off you can give us some more details as to what software you are running. Are you on a stock Sprint ROM? A custom ROM? Did you install any software and then notice this change? Does this happen 100% of the time?

I'm running the stock 2.2 rooted odexed rom. Stock kernel. And haven't installed any new software to cause this...

I've cleared cache, dalvik cache, camera app's cache and it still doesn't work...

No one has any idea? Has this ever happened to anyone else?

It happens to me on both ava stock 2.2 and now netarchys 2.2... I have to wipe everything to get it back for a few hours... it just did it to me again do you have netarchys fps fix?
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This is the craziest thing ever. The camera has returned to working after 10 hours of not working. I didn't do anything to get it to return. I will be continuing to monitor the camera to see if it happens again... This is the first time it has ever happen and the first time I've been on a 2.2 Rom for a significant amount of time.

This just barely happened to my phone too! Grrrr!!!
I'm running Fresh.02 + I tried flashing several kernels to see if it would fix it but none of them helped.
kernels I tried, latest versions of: kingX, snap, netarchy
Will try to do a full wipe and flash the stock 2.2 rooted w/o any fancy mods. <--- ok this fixed it!

Does installing the 3D Gallery app cause the Sense camera app to randomly stop working?
I'm getting the same problem again on a different ROM.
UPDATE: I've uninstalled 3D Gallery & cleared data on the Camera app and it still doesn't work.

i am having this same problem. have flashed several roms with no fix. cannot pin point when this happened either. really frustrating. ive done reboots, wipe, you name it.

happened to me
blix1337 said:
No one has any idea? Has this ever happened to anyone else?
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Yes it happened to me, but i have HTC EVO 3D i used leedriod rom and it happend exactly i changed rom to ics and still didnt work know i will call htc and ask them how to get the official ics rom after that if camera wont work i will tell them that the camera was working before i made this update and they must fix it for free

Hi guys
Any luck with this problem? I'm using a rooted xperia neo running [email protected] #2 with an unlocked boot loader - I've used Google goggles many times before and then today its coming up with "Cannot connect to camera. You may need to restart your device" and yet the camera is working because behind this pop up I can see the image that the camera is seeing. I've tried to take a screen shot of this but the screen shot uses the camera and therefore I blanks out the image through the back lens.
I've also uninstalled the app and reinstalled it - cleared all Dalvik cache - as well as moved it to SD and made it a system app - none of these trials have made any difference.

hilfordjames said:
Hi guys
Any luck with this problem? I'm using a rooted xperia neo running [email protected] #2 with an unlocked boot loader - I've used Google goggles many times before and then today its coming up with "Cannot connect to camera. You may need to restart your device" and yet the camera is working because behind this pop up I can see the image that the camera is seeing. I've tried to take a screen shot of this but the screen shot uses the camera and therefore I blanks out the image through the back lens.
I've also uninstalled the app and reinstalled it - cleared all Dalvik cache - as well as moved it to SD and made it a system app - none of these trials have made any difference.
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Are you sure there are no problems or known bugs with the rom you are using? Have you tried reflashing your rom? (it might be a pain to do, but something in the rom might have broke and it can help to start fresh).

I never post here but I have had a problem with my phone's camera that I fix by some random thread I found a while ago so I thought I would share what helped me. The thread stated it is something to do with the camera's connection to the phone and sometimes with drops or bumps of the phone it becomes loose. All I had to do was turn the phone face down, put my thumb over the camera and press down with some force. Not enough to break it but just to reseat the connection. After that, restart the phone. I have done this a few times and it has been successful ever time. I hope you guys have the same success.
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hippy70 said:
I never post here but I have had a problem with my phone's camera that I fix by some random thread I found a while ago so I thought I would share what helped me. The thread stated it is something to do with the camera's connection to the phone and sometimes with drops or bumps of the phone it becomes loose. All I had to do was turn the phone face down, put my thumb over the camera and press down with some force. Not enough to break it but just to reseat the connection. After that, restart the phone. I have done this a few times and it has been successful ever time. I hope you guys have the same success.
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That is correct, in some cases i have found the camera has come unseated. but it could also be the board.

[Q] Arc camera often not available

Hi all, I've got my Arc for two weeks, it seems that sometimes the camera is not available when I launch the application. It always happen when the accelerometer doesn't work. It works fine again when I reboot the phone.
Anyone else got this issue? Do I have to repair via SEUS or there is another way around?
Thanks

rein_hiryu said:
Hi all, I've got my Arc for two weeks, it seems that sometimes the camera is not available when I launch the application. It always happen when the accelerometer doesn't work. It works fine again when I reboot the phone.
Anyone else got this issue? Do I have to repair via SEUS or there is another way around?
Thanks
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Nope, I used the camera many times and not even once I saw this issue. It's best to do a repair firmware to rule out that it's not a software issue. Once done and you are facing the problem, then it could be the hardware faulty and you need to bring the phone to service centre for repair.

prathaban said:
Nope, I used the camera many times and not even once I saw this issue. It's best to do a repair firmware to rule out that it's not a software issue. Once done and you are facing the problem, then it could be the hardware faulty and you need to bring the phone to service centre for repair.
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Thanks for the quick reply, I'll try to repair using SEUS first, hopes it will work

I face this problem a lot, I'll try SEUS.
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Having the same problem too, SEUS didn't solve the problem for me unfortunately .

Never faced this problem Use camera many times everyday

Repair by using SEUS didn't solve the problem either unfortunately :-(

Id send the phone bk defo sounds faulty
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rein_hiryu said:
Hi all, I've got my Arc for two weeks, it seems that sometimes the camera is not available when I launch the application. It always happen when the accelerometer doesn't work. It works fine again when I reboot the phone.
Anyone else got this issue? Do I have to repair via SEUS or there is another way around?
Thanks
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I am having exactly the same issue. Had phone 2 days now and many unstable aspects from day 1 and ongoing.
Camera is sometimes 'not available' - interestingly at the same time other things don't work such as the accelerometer.
Phone reboots randomly by itself including during phone calls.
Items downloaded from market disappear .
I am returning it and hoping for a replacement as I do not want a 'repaired' phone after paying so much.
Also should note I have made no changes to the phone at all - this is 'as delivered'

I had this happen a couple of times. When it does I just go to the app manager and force stop the camera app. It should work again after that.

Never had the problem with camera not being available... although most times my photos dont work... its like a black broken image icon that shows instead...

Philbur said:
I had this happen a couple of times. When it does I just go to the app manager and force stop the camera app. It should work again after that.
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Thanks - Your problem must be different, as this solution does not work for me.The app manager does not show the camera as running, so no force close option is available.
Only way to get the camera to function when the phone is in this 'camera not available' mode is to reboot. Every time the camera is not available the accelerometer stops working as well - again a reboot is required to fix this

^ Yes it is, reboot solved it. But I'm curious, is it a bug or a fail hardware?

I have the same problem. The camera app fails to launch. I long press camera button and get the haptic feedback but nothing happens.

for me it's just the shutter button
never had this problem
but my camera doesn't activate when i press the shutter.
any ideas?
ps: i have vignette demo and fxcamera installed
pps: the arc camera is brilliantly EXCELLENT (coming from a G1)
ppps: the shutter button is terribly stiff

had the same problem but SEUS fix it for me by reflashing the firmware.

The phone should be awake when you press on camera button inorder the camera app to launch

ozjay1 said:
I am having exactly the same issue. Had phone 2 days now and many unstable aspects from day 1 and ongoing.
Camera is sometimes 'not available' - interestingly at the same time other things don't work such as the accelerometer.
Phone reboots randomly by itself including during phone calls.
Items downloaded from market disappear .
I am returning it and hoping for a replacement as I do not want a 'repaired' phone after paying so much.
Also should note I have made no changes to the phone at all - this is 'as delivered'
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Camera stays on after been used, i think its not possible to quit it with adv task killer, so i downloaded app "fast reboot pro" so test it when u get it back, and it also works with apps, i have seen that issue few times, just click to reboot and it will be good.

just a thought or two..
have you try resetting or calibrating those sensor?
or do you have any app that totally disabled rotation (not just simple rotate toogle)?

Anyone found the answer to this problem? Really annoying

Lagging Camera and Keyboard App.

I'm using a rooted Zenfone 2 551ML and i'm on stock Asus ROM, my problem is that when i take a picture using the stock camera app, it takes like 2 seconds to load before i can take a picture again. Also, while i'm chatting with someone over the Messenger app by Facebook, the keyboard pop ups lag sooo much that sometimes it renders the keyboard unusable since it's covering the letters. All software are up to date.
Does anyone else have this kind of problem, and if you have experience the same problem is there a fix for this?

Did you updated your ROM? And Wipe Cache in Recovery after instalation

Use any other keyboard and for camera lag wait for a new update from asus..... Its a software problem which was not there until .18.20

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Did you updated your ROM? And Wipe Cache in Recovery after instalation
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Yup, my ROM is stock and is up to date and no, i did not wipe cache in recovery after i updated my ROM. Should one always wipe the cache in the recovery after every update?

android lover 2000 said:
Use any other keyboard and for camera lag wait for a new update from asus..... Its a software problem which was not there until .18.20
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I was using an alternative, the Google Keyboard to be exact but sadly the spell checker of the stock ASUS ROM is somehow built in the ASUS Keyboard, and i really like to have a spell check function. Hence my dilemma.

Amstro said:
Yup, my ROM is stock and is up to date and no, i did not wipe cache in recovery after i updated my ROM. Should one always wipe the cache in the recovery after every update?
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Yes, a couple of updates ago people noticed that battery life worsened and many lags. A friend of mine had updated and had some problems with the camera. Wipe from recovery fixed it, and it became a habit to wipe cache from recovery after every update just in case

gipikay said:
Yes, a couple of updates ago people noticed that battery life worsened and many lags. A friend of mine had updated and had some problems with the camera. Wipe from recovery fixed it, and it became a habit to wipe cache from recovery after every update just in case
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Tried it but still no change, the keyboard and camera app still lags... The camera needs to load a solid 2 seconds before i con shoot again...

Not to jack this post but I'm in same boat but not with those apps. I'm completely stock. The past 3 weeks any games I play lag like crazy. One game actually takes 20 seconds to load and the other, the graphic lags big time. Haven't installed or done anything to cause this. I tryed the cache cleaning also stopping the game from apps, cleaning their data, uninstalling and then reinstalling. Doesn't help not one bit
Update:
I downloaded du speed booster from the play store just for the hell of it to see if it help.... After running the boost cleanup my phone is back to normal. Hope this helps someone else out

Frankenberrie said:
Not to jack this post but I'm in same boat but not with those apps. I'm completely stock. The past 3 weeks any games I play lag like crazy. One game actually takes 20 seconds to load and the other, the graphic lags big time. Haven't installed or done anything to cause this. I tryed the cache cleaning also stopping the game from apps, cleaning their data, uninstalling and then reinstalling. Doesn't help not one bit
Update:
I downloaded du speed booster from the play store just for the hell of it to see if it help.... After running the boost cleanup my phone is back to normal. Hope this helps someone else out
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I'm completely stock as well that's why i'm experiencing the problem, the lag doesn't appear when i'm using 3rd party apps. Your camera app doesn't load after taking a shot?
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HTC Camera

Hi
My HTC camera app stopped working. It's launching but I can't use any buttons or options and very often after few clicks I'm getting message that app crashed. I uninstalled all new apps but still the same.
Has anyone have any suggestions?
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Clear the cameras cache. You can also try to uninstall all camera updates... It will reinstall when searching for updates.

Same issue here
I'm also having the same issue with HTC camera app. Noted this situation this morning.
Clear cache does not solve the issue.
Also noted some problems with the screen sometimes not waking up and problems with motion gestures to wake the phone.
Seems to overheat more than usual.
Any ideas?
Cheers

People gets laggy camera after "few days" ago, HTC app "Speak" is making camera laggy and unresponsive. Try uninstalling it and see if problem is solved, for me it worked. I had laggy issue. It's an update, so when you go to apps in settings, go to settings under "Speak" and choose uninstall update.

Fixed! I can confirm that HTC Speak latest update is the guilty part. I suspected that because problems have started after the last update.
In my case just uninstalling the HTC Speak upadates didn´t work.
I first uninstalled the HTC Speak updates, then clear data and cache for the HTC Camera app and rebooted my HTC One M8.
Everything is fine now. Camera works without problems and motion gestures also.
Cheers!
pajoslav83 said:
People gets laggy camera after "few days" ago, HTC app "Speak" is making camera laggy and unresponsive. Try uninstalling it and see if problem is solved, for me it worked. I had laggy issue. It's an update, so when you go to apps in settings, go to settings under "Speak" and choose uninstall update.
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Confirmed. Thanks
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pajoslav83 said:
People gets laggy camera after "few days" ago, HTC app "Speak" is making camera laggy and unresponsive. Try uninstalling it and see if problem is solved, for me it worked. I had laggy issue. It's an update, so when you go to apps in settings, go to settings under "Speak" and choose uninstall update.
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This is why i love the internet
Been having this problem only since this morning. Camera ultra laggy & unusable, plus unable to unlock or wake the screen with motion launch!
I messaged HTC..no reply (surprise) So i was thinking of doing a factory reset..but i thought i'd check on here first.. and right there is someone with the answer to my problem.
Thanks SO much :good: you saved me having to reset my phone, and then the 'getting everything back on it' problem.

I've found solution after I reset But glad I could help! ch

Camera bugs

anyone experiencing camera problems ..like when switching from front to back camera ...camera app stops ...or sometimes on WhatsApp it takes a long time to open ...bugs like that ...if there is any fix ..please help

venkatkrishna_s said:
anyone experiencing camera problems ..like when switching from front to back camera ...camera app stops ...or sometimes on WhatsApp it takes a long time to open ...bugs like that ...if there is any fix ..please help
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Yes i had the same problem. After factory reset it went better. But its not a good camera app. I hope the problem is software relatied. So that they van solve this.

EricH7001 said:
Yes i had the same problem. After factory reset it went better. But its not a good camera app. I hope the problem is software relatied. So that they van solve this.
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Thanks for the reply and btw any working portrait mode camera app ..I tried a few ..but portrait mode didn't work

Every other app i used. Start hanging of stops working random. So i dont know

Having a real hard time with the camera. It gets laggy at random intervals. Specially problematic with 3rd party apps (whatsapp; Instagram; snapchat). Seems like a software issue. But I maybe wrong.

zeeshan_ee said:
Having a real hard time with the camera. It gets laggy at random intervals. Specially problematic with 3rd party apps (whatsapp; Instagram; snapchat). Seems like a software issue. But I maybe wrong.
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Try factory reset it helps