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.
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The camera on my evo used to work fine. Within the last week or two I've had a problem with it not opening. It just shows a picture of the camera and then shows a black screen.
I've read that it could be caused by apps that use the camera but I have none. I did a reset on my phone and that did nothing either. How can I fix this!?
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by picture of the camera then black screen, what do you mean?
the camera works for a moment, or that just the camera button shows up then nothing?
If a hard reset doesnt work, that means its hardware related, not software. Take it to sprint and have then look at if and give you a replacement.
hope this helps.
intially i had that problem too took it into sprint and found out it was advanced task killer that was interferring with my camera. after that had been taken off a couple months down the road my video camera stopped working, but my camera was fine. trial and error it turns out the new google maps is what's messing with it. always check what apps you've recently updated and uninstall those updates, just back track till the camera works again
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The camera on my evo used to work fine. Within the last week or two I've had a problem with it not opening. It just shows a picture of the camera and then shows a black screen.
I've read that it could be caused by apps that use the camera but I have none. I did a reset on my phone and that did nothing either. How can I fix this!?
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Try clearing the camera data by going to settings, applications, manage applications, and click on the camera app and then clear data.
Also are you rooted and what ROM are you using? Maybe you can just reflash the ROM.
I was rooted with stock sense but I unrooted after the hard reset didnt work.
Also, I bought my evo through bestbuy, can I still go to a Sprint store and get a replacement? I don't have phone insurance either.
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It could be the Kernel you are using, if you have a newer hardware version with a new camera/driver then flash a Kernel that supports the new hardware/driver.
I hope this helps My friend had this same problem and he fixed it buy flashing a new Kernel. Good luck.
Edit: Never mind I just reread your last post and seen you unrooted and still have the problem. So yeah your best bet would be to call Sprint.
Hey everyone, I woke up this morning to find a surprise! My Atrix screen was unresponsive. It took me a couple reboots to figure out that the top part of the screen doesn't respond to touch. Worse yet, none of the capacitive buttons work. So if I get into an app, most of the time, there's no real way for me to get out of it, thus requiring a reboot and more careful selections.
The weird part is, it happened within a span of about 2 hours. I woke up around 5:30AM, checked some emails and texts, and woke back up around 7AM with a buggy screen. It did drop from about 18 inches off the couch last night. But everything was in working order...
Right now I'm in the process of backing up my text messages, because I might have to use a set of them to prove my case in court.
What's the first steps to try to get it back working? Or do you think its a hardware problem(maybe a cable loose)? As far as returning it under warranty goes, I'm rooted and unlocked on Kenn's GB ROM, so that's a no-go.
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Hey everyone, I woke up this morning to find a surprise! My Atrix screen was unresponsive. It took me a couple reboots to figure out that the top part of the screen doesn't respond to touch. Worse yet, none of the capacitive buttons work. So if I get into an app, most of the time, there's no real way for me to get out of it, thus requiring a reboot and more careful selections.
The weird part is, it happened within a span of about 2 hours. I woke up around 5:30AM, checked some emails and texts, and woke back up around 7AM with a buggy screen. It did drop from about 18 inches off the couch last night. But everything was in working order...
Right now I'm in the process of backing up my text messages, because I might have to use a set of them to prove my case in court.
What's the first steps to try to get it back working? Or do you think its a hardware problem(maybe a cable loose)? As far as returning it under warranty goes, I'm rooted and unlocked on Kenn's GB ROM, so that's a no-go.
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you are unlocked/rooted/custom rom = no warranty
anyways backup and maybe reflash the rom and see how that goes.
Hopefully you don't need to replace the digitizer... But if you do, there are lots of videos and it's reported to be one of the easier phones to do. Keep that in your back pocket as an alternative to a lengthy and costly court fight over a phone with no warranty!
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Thanks guys, I already knew the risks associated with rooting and unlocking. I used an app called SMS Backup+ that allowed me to backup all my sms/mms and it also linked and sent copies to my Gmail.
I'll go ahead and try a reflash
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Did a quick wipe of the phone, and during setup, everything was OK! When blur came back, it was back to the same thing.
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I would suggest backup all you apps and do a complete wipe of data. I had a similar problem when I first installed Alien. This fixed the issue.
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Thanks guys, I already knew the risks associated with rooting and unlocking. I used an app called SMS Backup+ that allowed me to backup all my sms/mms and it also linked and sent copies to my Gmail.
I'll go ahead and try a reflash
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Did a quick wipe of the phone, and during setup, everything was OK! When blur came back, it was back to the same thing.
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I would do a wipe and reinstall. You could also fix your permissions through rom manager or cwm.
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I had a simillar problem: WIPE through CWM solved this problem
hi, guys i had the same problem... I remember getting it shortly after updating it to the leak version of gingerbread. Since then I have flash Alien built #3 but the problem remains...
I'm currently doing a Nandroid backup of my phone so i could try flashing to cherrypie hopefully this will solve my problem cuz I'm seriously feed up with it...
do you guy's think this will help? if so any suggestions before i flash? thanks in advance...
I had this problem brand new out of the box. I just took it to the store and they gave me a new one. One other thing i noticed was the FP sensor/button was almost like loose and i had to push it in real far for it to work. Maybe its a stuck FP button...
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im having the same issue, i cant make the buttons work, i have wiped everything in CWM, and using fastboot also and nothing, also tried flashing different roms but the problem persists, if anyone know how to solve will be great
thanks
I think you have one file corrupted... I'll try to remember which
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I think it may be touchpad.cfg. try Googling that and see if you can find a clue.
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Try here: http://www.kandroid.org/online-pdk/guide/keymaps_keyboard_input.html#androidKeymapKeyLayoutMapTitle
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thnaks for the answear, i flashed the 10 point multitouch patch to see if solved the problem but it didnt, yesterday i reproduced the error but idk how to solve ir, im gonna make a thread to show what i did
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Hello,
I have Motorola Defy, with CM7. I have tried many Android versions, but my camera wont focus. I have tried to clean any caches, but i think that my camera module is broken, can it be? Sorry for bad english!
I have the same problem..
it seems that is on macro focus and sometimes I have to restart the camera app, or the phone or something else to make it work...
very annoying, is it a software or a hardware issue?
Clear data in manage application. It will work.
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Clear data in manage application. It will work.
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nop, tried it, it doesn't work :/
any other ideas?
the problem is still here...I tried cm7 official, cm7, cm9, cm10 and it is the same...so it isn't a software problem...
has anyone had this problem and resolved it?
maybe it is a simple repair like the one for the proximity sensor where you have to slightly unscrew one screw
c'mon guys, any feedback?
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Factory Reset?
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Nope factory reset didnt work either. But all is well with the replacement so im happy!
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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
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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
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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
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Make sure you have the screen set to standard resolution. Its a known issue.