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Main camera not working

I have O2 xda exec, Its main camera stopped working , camera program starts after a long pause and blank screen appears showing only camera function buttons. I can start the secondary camera from that screen and it works fine. there is no other problem. help needed please.

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Hey there,
I'm having the same camera problem... Did you drop yours? Were you able to fix it?
Thanks ahead,
N

same issue
Meekseeker said:
Hey there,
I'm having the same camera problem... Did you drop yours? Were you able to fix it?
Thanks ahead,
N
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I just started having this exact same problem when I flashed to jwright's ROM (which is really quite nice). Given the amount of time it takes for the camera to load up, I'm betting this is a permissions problem in the registry and it might be solved by the copy, rename, copy back solution that seems to work for the other things. Anybody know what registry folders have to do with the camera?

Hmmm, now that I think about it. I dropped my camera a few weeks ago and I don't know that I ever checked the camera afterwards. I'm wondering if I wrecked the camera. I just finished putting it back together and the camera looks fine physically but that means nothing really.
Time to poll the board for a new camera part.

broken camera kjam

I believe my camera is broken - black screen. I'm not sure but I think it's happened after I upgraded to wm6.
Does anyone had the same problem and was able to fix it or the hardware is ****ed up and there's nothing to do?
Thanks

no....
honestly I don't believe that an upgrade to wm6 can "break" your camera...
... and then there is a simple test that you can try: come back to the original shipped i-mate rom (ftp://ftp.clubimate.com) and you see what happens.
but.... why don't you give us some more infos?
like: is a G3/G4 locked or unloked, IPL/SPL version...
hi
tommy

well, I did that. I restore the original rom and the camera still didn't work.
My phone is G3 locked and I installed on top wm6 from faria (a nice one!).
Of course it could just be that my camera gave up. Since I was not using it regularly and at some point after the upgrade to wm6 I saw the problem it was one of the link.
Can the hardware of the camera be affected by the overclocking?

hey~
i think i may have a similar problem (but the explination doesn't go in to deep detail)
when i try to snap a picture, about half the time it will snap....half the time it just goes black (the screen) and no matter what....it WILL NOT SAVE the photo.
i've tried changing where it saves the photos (main memory or sd card) as well as changed all the settings one by one (megapixels, fine:super fine, snapping type [full press etc] etc. etc. etc. i also tried changing settings via the advance config tool often mention onthe forums)
i haven't updated the rom (stock at&t rom is installed....i'm savy but not savy enuf to change the rom lol) nor have i updated windows (it always gives me an error...says it cant connect to the server or something, oh well i don't much care for micro$ucks anyways lol)
it's running windows 6.1 professional...i have plenty of memory free and hadn't installed anything new or tweaked any settings the day it stoped working....
any ideas?
~j
ps.
oh yeah, oddly...the video record function still works....

Camera might be out of the connecting socket - open your device and make sure it's connected. Failing that - the replacement cameras can be purchased fairly cheaply.

thanks i'll give that a try and let ya know if it works!
i appreciate the very fast reply it's nice to know im not the only insomniac out there lol
~j

Moved since problem is not ROM related.

ubuntujason said:
thanks i'll give that a try and let ya know if it works!
i appreciate the very fast reply it's nice to know im not the only insomniac out there lol
~j
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Haha, I am 18 hours or so ahead of you.

thank you and sorry i placed my question in the wrong area....where has it been moved to though? :s (while ive been a member her for a while, i am still new to posting...ill admit i usually read...but i hope to change that )
~j

No worries. Let us know when you get it fixed and how.

hey all~
enigma....now i see it's enigmaNZ so new zeeland i assume is where you are....so maybe im a lone insomniac lol
jwzg....thanks again
all....as to the suggestion of opening the phone case....well with my nerve disease i'm going to have to have a friend do that since my hands are often no where near steady...ill let ya all know if that works.
mean time i may also look for maybe some other camera software....like i said, it will snap the photo but it refuses to SAVE the photo....so maybe the software is corrupt who knows....ill try it all
~j

hey all~
so i dove into my system registry tonite....i tweaked some things, changed the localtion of where stuff gets saved, changed some 1's to 0's an vice versa an it now seems to work....hope it remains working!
~j

Must have been a bad camera package.

jwzg~
yeah who knows, i'm just happy it's working again
~j

Kind of disappointed...

Well I unlocked my bootloader without reading more into it and I guess I lost my DRM keys. I really should have read more. I thought I knew what I was doing but I didn't. Anyways, so now I can't play my PS4 on the remote play. I also can't sign into PS4 app. I'm sure it's not working because the DRM keys are missing. Sony really has this phone locked tight. Anyways I'm sad, yeah it's my screw up but really sony? Do we need DRM keys on a phone?
Ill probably never buy another sony phone again. I really only bought this phone for remote play and now I can't use it lol. Stupid

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Well I unlocked my bootloader without reading more into it and I guess I lost my DRM keys. I really should have read more. I thought I knew what I was doing but I didn't. Anyways, so now I can't play my PS4 on the remote play. I also can't sign into PS4 app. I'm sure it's not working because the DRM keys are missing. Sony really has this phone locked tight. Anyways I'm sad, yeah it's my screw up but really sony? Do we need DRM keys on a phone?
Ill probably never buy another sony phone again. I really only bought this phone for remote play and now I can't use it lol. Stupid
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its there to stop other brands from stealing from sony, its happened plenty of times before and i think sony is overreacting :/
i do belive if you complain to them enough they will actualy do something
(well i mean enough people complaining enough)

Envious_Data said:
its there to stop other brands from stealing from sony, its happened plenty of times before and i think sony is overreacting :/
i do belive if you complain to them enough they will actualy do something
(well i mean enough people complaining enough)
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Yeah I guess they want to protect their code, patents, technology but that's ridiculous. Im stuck with a phone that I can't do anything with which I actually bought the phone for and probably can't sell it either lol. Who's going to buy a Z2 that has no DRM keys!!!

kennypow3rs said:
Yeah I guess they want to protect their code, patents, technology but that's ridiculous. Im stuck with a phone that I can't do anything with which I actually bought the phone for and probably can't sell it either lol. Who's going to buy a Z2 that has no DRM keys!!!
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Someone from not XDA perhaps
Or perhaps someone looking for a device and NOT a device w/ warrenty

Don't lose hope
I had unlocked my bootloader as well. I did it to root the device before it was discovered you could root without unlocking it.
However, I recently used FlashTools to relock the bootloader and flashed new firmware.
All the features that were locked are now back, the playstation apps work, the hi-res facebook pics and a few others are all functioning again.
So try flashtools to relock it, if that doesn't bring back the features, reflashing to stock should help.

You relocked bootloader with no TA backup and it worked?

elchicodelbalcon said:
You relocked bootloader with no TA backup and it worked?
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Yeah it worked. I used the Flashtool and I set phone in flash mode. Hit the relock button and it worked successfully. Then I ran the Sony Pc component and flashed 4.4.4. When I was unlocked it kept failing. Why?

Maybe this is good news for you... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2930672

Drm keys. Can those be imported from another Z2?
Or are those device-imei related?

mariosraptor said:
Drm keys. Can those be imported from another Z2?
Or are those device-imei related?
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Each device has its own individual DRM keys. I doubt you could use another devices keys.

kennypow3rs said:
Yeah it worked. I used the Flashtool and I set phone in flash mode. Hit the relock button and it worked successfully. Then I ran the Sony Pc component and flashed 4.4.4. When I was unlocked it kept failing. Why?
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So the remote play works now? And other stuff related to DRM keys?

kennypow3rs said:
Each device has its own individual DRM keys. I doubt you could use another devices keys.
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I can't say as I have not done it. But in older non smartphone Era of sonyericsson we used use read data from other devices to revive phones.

V4LKyR said:
So the remote play works now? And other stuff related to DRM keys?
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No playstation app does NOT work. Neither does remote play. Once you unlocked the bootloader before backing up DRM keys it will probably never work unless some super dev creates some wizard hackery and it bypasses the key check idk.

sell it! if its in good condition and you sell it a bit cheaper Im sure a lot of people wont care that they cant use remote play , for instance I dont lol

kennypow3rs said:
No playstation app does NOT work. Neither does remote play. Once you unlocked the bootloader before backing up DRM keys it will probably never work unless some super dev creates some wizard hackery and it bypasses the key check idk.
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So I guess Sony PC Companion was one of the things that fail... It works now but the other problems remain still. I see.

Also it's important to mention that if you have a locked bootloader with DRM keys, and the Remote Play App keeps giving a error message, it's probably because you have installed "Super SU". I uninstalled the app, and Remote Play works for now.
If you are not sure about your DRM keys, just type *#*#7378423#*#* on your phone and go to Service Test > Security, if you have [Unknown Error] instead of [Key OK] they are lost, to restore them the only way is to use Backup of your TA. If you have all [Key OK] then your phone is ok.

kennypow3rs said:
No playstation app does NOT work. Neither does remote play. Once you unlocked the bootloader before backing up DRM keys it will probably never work unless some super dev creates some wizard hackery and it bypasses the key check idk.
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Try this link, brother. Let's see if it'll work.
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@kennypow3rs you relocked your BL without have a TA Backup? Or how you do it?

Duilio Patiño said:
@kennypow3rs you relocked your BL without have a TA Backup? Or how you do it?
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You can relock your bootloader without the Flashtool no TA backup needed.

Thanks, I do it but now, how I can know if I have it Locked?

Short Review of a Sony Z5 Compact Prototype

Hi guys,
I just want to share with you a short review I've made of a Z5 Compact Prototype. Since then I've installed Android Nougat and it works flawlessly (no low volume or any others bugs) other than it's still detected as a prototype so Send Usage Info is still ticked. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MouJ9jtQfpU

Sorry for reviving an old thread, but have to ask:
Did you wipe old and flash a new firmware and still the "Send usage info" is there? Shouldn't that disappear when flashing with a new one?
I'm curious since I've been offered to buy a demo/retail phone.

No worries, mate; yes, the "Send usage info" remains ticked even after a new flashing. As far as I know there's no way of turning it off.

Thanks for the info!
Wonder if it has any to do with IMEI nr...
Since I usually avoid sending any usage info I think I'll pass on the phone I was offered.

I don't think it has anything to do with the IMEI. Overall, it's not like it affects you in any way. Only this option is greyed out and cannot be disabled; other than that, the device is completely normal.

Allright, maybe I'll consider buying the phone anyway if I get a good price

Regarding MyXperia and unlocked bootloader

Hi everyone.
I'm preparing to have my phone rooted. While the process doesn't seem intimidating (I've had an Xperia rooted some years ago), what disturbs me is a kill switch hidden by Sony software devs - MyXperia Theft Protection.
Basically, if you accidentally enable MyXperia on a device with unlocked BL, it will hard brick your device without warning. This has been stated in Sony's UBL site, and i've seen some case of devices getting bricked due to this - Mostly M4 Aqua's. So here I have 2 questions:
- Is this also a case for our device, and has there been anyone bricked/recovered from this issue?
- Is there any way to hide that option from the Settings menu? Since with that thing around it's too easy for someone with malicious intent to brick another guy's rooted phone.
I'm looking forward to your answers. Thanks for reading.
EDIT: Just found out that Sony has discontinued MyXperia and replaced it with Google's Find my Device, but they seem to forgot to remove the kill switch in their devices. Great job, Sony.

with all due respect
you research should have been more on pampering DRM KEYS rather than damage control/theft protection app (my xperia / find my device)
the Real devil in the details is saving TA.IMG. which is only possible in few lucky handsets and X is one of them!
this is what happens once you boot unlock! (drm keys lost)
https://developer.sony.com/develop/...ty/current-platform-functionality-maintained/

YasuHamed said:
with all due respect
you research should have been more on pampering DRM KEYS rather than damage control/theft protection app (my xperia / find my device)
the Real devil in the details is saving TA.IMG. which is only possible in few lucky handsets and X is one of them!
this is what happens once you boot unlock! (drm keys lost)
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I know about the DRM keys and how to back it up.
The thing that worries me though, is that after unlocking there's a "self-destruct" button in my Settings menu. I couldn't care less about security/device protection, but someone with malicious intent or a drunk me at 3am can easily destroy my phone within a few taps is a big concern.
You can also check out this post: htps://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz/help/sony-xperia-xz-dual-f8332-unlock-t3640302
Step 12: BE CAREFUL and, from now on, DON’T ENABLE the MyXperia. It could hard brick your phone.

iH8Ecchi said:
I know about the DRM keys and how to back it up.
The thing that worries me though, is that after unlocking there's a "self-destruct" button in my Settings menu. I couldn't care less about security/device protection, but someone with malicious intent or a drunk me at 3am can easily destroy my phone within a few taps is a big concern.
You can also check out this post: htps://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz/help/sony-xperia-xz-dual-f8332-unlock-t3640302
Step 12: BE CAREFUL and, from now on, DON’T ENABLE the MyXperia. It could hard brick your phone.
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on my z5p, i am using myxperia since ever!
may be it applies to x series

YasuHamed said:
on my z5p, i am using myxperia since ever!
may be it applies to x series
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Even on unlocked bootloader?
That is a strange thing to hear. Most of the bricked cases i've heard are from M4 Aqua's. Maybe the guy in that XZ thread was being cautious.

I just found out that freezing the MXP app using Titanium removes the option from Settings menu.

iH8Ecchi said:
Even on unlocked bootloader?
That is a strange thing to hear. Most of the bricked cases i've heard are from M4 Aqua's. Maybe the guy in that XZ thread was being cautious.
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and My z5p is running on 32.4.A.1.54 (nougat) and my xperia is running just fine & its rooted (so the boot is unlocked ofcourse)

I have myXperia enabled on my X. Works like a charm. Bootloader unlocked, magisk an xposed installed. 34.4.A.2.19.