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Camera inverted (upside down) with CM7.

Hey guys.
I've been using CM7 for about a month now, currently in the 010911 Nightly.
Everthing was fine until this past week, when the camera of my phone started to have strange freezes and lags. Then, one time, it FCed and when I turned it back on, the display was inverted, and colors were all strange and washed off.
I've rebooted, cleaned the data, etc, etc, and nothing fix the issue. Keep in mind that there's nothing with the tilt sensor. It's something software related.
I remember seeing a fix for a similar problem a while back, but I searched this hole forum and couldn't find anything, so, I beg for your help.
Thanks a lot!

Sorry for the bump, guys. But I really need some light with this problems.

Try clearing Camera app data or switch to another nightly.
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ryan8r said:
Try clearing Camera app data or switch to another nightly.
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Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately, I already tried both things you suggested, with no luck.

Not sure if it has anything to do with it, but is the boot mode set to 2nd init by default ?!
You can also try using other camera apps like Vignette.
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dude, we are on the same boat. Tell me when u find a solution.
A temporary fix which i m not sure till when its gonna last but is working for the moment.
open camera, leave it opened and pull the battery. put the battery again after 2 mins and see if it helps you. Its working for me at the moment but dont know the logic behind the process.
I already got my camera hardware replaced but this problem happened again just after rooting the phone.

I have the same problem and I'm almost sure it is a hardware failure. Maybe after a shock or drop. I'll open my unit this week and see what's wrong. Did some of you manage to fix it?
I've even tried flashing full stock sbf without success, so I'd blame the camera module.

Camera Force Close

Okay, I am not sure what has been going on. My camera was working fine a week or two ago, but now apparently each time I open it, it will just give me a black screen and eventually ask me to force close or wait. I tried both options, no dice.
I figured someone was messing with my phone and possibly switched it to the front camera when I don't have one, so I tried reformatting the phone (which didn't work), also tried installing some different roms. No luck either.
Anyone have an idea of what's going on?
Any app that needs to use the camera will just get stuck saying Camera is not responding.

Bump!
Anyone have a guess?

I have exactly the same promblem... Is there any solution...?

Try the basic things:
Fix permissions (through CWM or ROM manager)
Or reinstall the camera app.

camera forced closed
I try the basics, also i reinstall the android rom again but nothing...

Is their any damage to your camera? Also have you tried a different rom? When you tried a different rom did you do a task 29? - this is essential because whatever has happened can carry over or be saved and used again on the next ron you install to try and fix the problem
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I thought that my camera have promblem and i buy a new one from eBay, but nothing. I install cyanogen Tom 2.3.7. with MGDL 12 (i bought from ebay), after that i can't install anything else, i try but...

I used to have the same problem but with my camcorder/video, every now and then it would just freeze while recording and I would not be able to open the video.

Have you tried to Reinstall Windows Mobile Series.
On Windws. Trying to open Camera Icon.
If Your Phone Get nothing. That Probly camera is damged.
BAD LUCK.

i keep bricking my phone - HELP

alright first things first, no custom roms, not rooted.. i run the stock rom that i got with the galaxy note, 2.3.5.
here is my problem,
last week my phone suddenly became too slow, so i tried to restart it, and it got stuck in the logo screen,
that part where it says Galaxy Note , N7000 (something like that), I am not sure if 'bricking' means this, anyway my big note feels like a brick now.
i send it to repair, they said they would replace it for me, and they also said that they have repaired the issue with my original phone. Well i got impatient and didnt get the replacement, i went and got my phone back earlier today, it was working fine, and as the service centre said, they had repaired the issue.
It was factory reseted, so when i got back home, i started installing my favorite apps. But soon, as i was progressing app after app, my apps started getting force closed, and when i tried to restart it, it got hung , again on the logo screen. Unable to do anything like the last time.
So i will take it to the service centre tomorrow n hope that i get that replacement .
So i wanted to know why this is happening, the only reason i can think of is that one of my apps is causing the issue, the apps i installed (in the order of installation) are :
Gingerbread keyboard
1) facebook (the official app)
2) facebook messenger
3) go chat
4) avast antivirus
5) twitter
6) whats app messenger
7)IMDB
8) viber
9) exfm
10) cubed
11) mobo video player
12)Glam
13)BBC news
14) CNN news
15) barcode reader
16) Espn Score centre
so around the time i finished installing the barcode reader, and started to get the ESPN app, my problem started, the android app market suddenly force closed, along with the ESPN app that finished installing. Then almost all my apps started force closing as i try to open them, i try to restart and the phone got hanged.
Any advice as to where i went wrong??

Well, you may try uninstalling the apps in the reverse order. But I would be too lazy for that. I would either factory reset the phone or flash the newest available stock firmware (KKA at the moment methinks) with full wipe. From then on I would keep the phone close to stock for a week or two and see if it happens again. If it does the phone itself may be defective and needs replacing.

i cant even get the phone to run ;(
its stays stuck on the logo screen

Sounds like you have a hardware problem. Bad memory or something.

manuabraham said:
i send it to repair, [bold]they said they would replace it for me [/bold], and they also said that they have repaired the issue with my original phone.
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They said they could replace it for you why you picked the same phone then??? They did opened it, placed their hands inside of it. Simple it isn't factory phone now, it is a repaired one now. Get a replacement if you still can.
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will do...
anyway according to the samsung guy, they didnt open the phone, it was a purely software issue.
anyway, i am suspecting a memory issue/hardware problem, since this is my first smartphone I dont really know much about this.
also, the ram usage is always around 650/800. is that normal?? even when the task manager shows no apps running in the background..

hey, can anyone tell me the hard reset key combination for Note??
i tried the method for S2, but that is not working here

manuabraham said:
hey, can anyone tell me the hard reset key combination for Note??
i tried the method for S2, but that is not working here
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Here you go from Samsung customer service email copied
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*2767*3855#
Hard reset= full wipe of data on internal memory all 16GB of it. Only sd will be not affected.
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Here you go from Samsung customer service email copied
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*2767*3855#
Hard reset= full wipe of data on internal memory all 16GB of it. Only sd will be not affected.
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is this method the same as the option under privacy in settings?

DMax99 said:
is this method the same as the option under privacy in settings?
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Over it, cleaner I would say. Recreating partitions the whole thing.
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You say you are running on 2.3.5, i am on 2.3.6 . If you can reset and get it running again try updating before you install and apps. Good luck.

Epic 4G Camera Broken!

I have a Samsung Epic 4G, I got it in March of 2011. About 6 months ago the camera started acting up. It would work once (take one picture), then the next time I took a picture or opened the app it would say there was a error with com.android.camera. I could restart the phone and the camera would work again, but break after one use.
I took it to the Sprint store, they did a quick test and said it was not the hardware (I think he tested the wiring)
I did a factory reset, it worked for a day then went back to the same pattern
Then I installed CM7, the camera worked for a day then it completely stopped working (the app wouldn't load).
I installed other camera applications. Retro camera worked some of the time (one shot then break). I think "Fun Camera" loaded, and I could use the front facing camera but the main camera was dark.
I added the camera.zip and camerafirmware.zip to the system/app folder, but couldn't install them (after changing the ext to .apk).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814998
I feel like I'm running out of options, so I wanted to post this up on XDA and see if anyone else has had issues like this, and see what additional steps I could take to fix the camera. I don't know too much about Android but I think I'm tech savvy enough to try anything with the right links to tutorials. Thanks all.

Have you tried going back to stock el30?
See if it works on stock if it continues to force close... take it back to sprint and show them, and they usually give you a replacement if of course it still force closes, and you have TEP you could get one for 35$ I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501424
For stock el30
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Generalzhou said:
I have a Samsung Epic 4G, I got it in March of 2011. About 6 months ago the camera started acting up. It would work once (take one picture), then the next time I took a picture or opened the app it would say there was a error with com.android.camera. I could restart the phone and the camera would work again, but break after one use.........I feel like I'm running out of options, so I wanted to post this up on XDA and see if anyone else has had issues like this, and see what additional steps I could take to fix the camera. I don't know too much about Android but I think I'm tech savvy enough to try anything with the right links to tutorials. Thanks all.
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Have you ever updated your camera firmware (from BML Stock?), I know that this has benefited me in the past..........however, once you are on CM9, it' a new camera from ICS .......sounds like your issue follows your firmware.........Not a fix, but have you considered a 3rd party camera app?
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Thanks guys. I factory reset my phone before and it still had the issue, I will definitely keep the Samsung warranty as a backup (don't want to send in my phone if I dont have to).
How do I update the camera firmware? I've tried other cameras, retro camera works but only sort of, another camera app works for the front facing cam but not the main rear facing one.

Generalzhou said:
Thanks guys. I factory reset my phone before and it still had the issue, I will definitely keep the Samsung warranty as a backup (don't want to send in my phone if I dont have to).
How do I update the camera firmware? I've tried other cameras, retro camera works but only sort of, another camera app works for the front facing cam but not the main rear facing one.
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When your in the camera app go into the settings of it and look for firmware update i dont know where it is exactly and am not on stock otherwise id tell you exactly

Generalzhou said:
Thanks guys. I factory reset my phone before and it still had the issue, I will definitely keep the Samsung warranty as a backup (don't want to send in my phone if I dont have to).
How do I update the camera firmware? I've tried other cameras, retro camera works but only sort of, another camera app works for the front facing cam but not the main rear facing one.
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Factory Reset?.......you mean at the sprint store?...........or do you mean you did a factory reset, wiping your data (but leaving your firmware + bad camera untouched)............you can re-install a fresh version of your firmware w/out voiding your warranty, from the sprint website..........or else, as stated above, take your device to the store + let them do it...........that said, camera ZOOM FX has a dandy of a camera that you can DL from the market...........if it works, one more clue where your problem is coming from.
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Nevermind, it seems like the camerafirmware.apk file did work (or something else did...). While the camera app didnt install, after I put the camerafirmware.apk file into the system/app folder 3rd party cameras started working again. Anyways, I hope this thread could be a useful reference for others who have this issue. Thanks.

Generalzhou said:
Nevermind, it seems like the camerafirmware.apk file did work (or something else did...). While the camera app didnt install, after I put the camerafirmware.apk file into the system/app folder 3rd party cameras started working again. Anyways, I hope this thread could be a useful reference for others who have this issue. Thanks.
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1. Redownload cm7
2. Wipe data /factory reset
3. Flash the cm7 you just downloaded
4. Reboot
Everything should work fine now.
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Camera error

I just got my Droid Turbo 2 delivered today from Moto Maker and I have to say it's almost perfect.
Unfortunately, I am getting a error message when I try to access the camera. The message just says that there was an error and the camera must restart. Has anybody else seen this?
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No but could be a bad unit in
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No but could be a bad unit
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Yeah, I hope it's not a big thing because I'm liking the phone way more than I thought I would. You can't beat having a battery you don't have to worry about for most of the day.
I was able to get the camera working by force closing the camera app, clearing both the cache and data and then rebooting. I still don't know what the cause was, but hopefully it won't reoccur.
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ajamudc said:
Yeah, I hope it's not a big thing because I'm liking the phone way more than I thought I would. You can't beat having a battery you don't have to worry about for most of the day.
I was able to get the camera working by force closing the camera app, clearing both the cache and data and then rebooting. I still don't know what the cause was, but hopefully it won't reoccur.
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Ive noticed I cant use the camera if battery saver is on

Are you using Nova? I installed Nova immediately and had the same issue because the shortcut it defaulted to was not the Moto camera app. Replaced the home screen one with the app drawer one and it worked fine.

I'm using Nova, but that wasn't my issue. It was occurring no matter how I accessed the camera. The issue is resolved though, so its all good.
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Glad to hear it. Hopefully it doesn't come back

The day I purchased my phone after a couple of uses with the front facing camera it just stopped working. When I would try to switch to it I would get an error message. After a restart the button to switch to it had disappeared. I also thought it was maybe because of Nova launchers camera shortcut not defaulting to the correct app. However I tried everything I could think of. Clear cache force stop disable re-enable restart factory reset. Nothing worked. Had to take it back. Haven't had any problems with the replacement. The first one did however have a quite noticeable shaking sound which I thought was some sort of sensor but after getting my new one I believe the front facing camera may have had a loose connection to the motherboard and then became disconnected.

phillyo2 said:
The day I purchased my phone after a couple of uses with the front facing camera it just stopped working. When I would try to switch to it I would get an error message. After a restart the button to switch to it had disappeared. I also thought it was maybe because of Nova launchers camera shortcut not defaulting to the correct app. However I tried everything I could think of. Clear cache force stop disable re-enable restart factory reset. Nothing worked. Had to take it back. Haven't had any problems with the replacement. The first one did however have a quite noticeable shaking sound which I thought was some sort of sensor but after getting my new one I believe the front facing camera may have had a loose connection to the motherboard and then became disconnected.
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Did you clear the cache in the recovery menu, I had that problem with the Droid Bionic years ago. That fixes majority of camera issue.

waterninja21 said:
Did you clear the cache in the recovery menu, I had that problem with the Droid Bionic years ago. That fixes majority of camera issue.
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I did try that but still had no luck and even booted into safe mode to make sure it wasn't a third party app causing the issue and the camera still didn't work So i figured it was a hardware issue.

Factory Reset?

waterninja21 said:
Factory Reset?
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Nope factory reset didnt work either. But all is well with the replacement so im happy!

phillyo2 said:
Nope factory reset didnt work either. But all is well with the replacement so im happy!
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Did you get a replacement by mail? If so was it new or just a refurbished phone. I only asked since mine started acting up the night of the 14 days return policy when the store was closes and was advised that it would be replaced by mail.

no luck , after MM update still back camera is not working....

motorolla turbo 2
waterninja21 said:
Factory Reset?
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hi guys..please tell me the solution when i tap on switch camera it doesnot change and remains as standard camera and also donot change to video...plzz tell me the solution

asam khan said:
hi guys..please tell me the solution when i tap on switch camera it doesnot change and remains as standard camera and also donot change to video...plzz tell me the solution
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Make sure you have the screen set to standard resolution. Its a known issue.