Hi XDA Community,
I'm having trouble accessing my the record feature with front facing camera on many apps except the stock camera app . On some apps it wouldn't even allow me to switch to my front facing camera at all; when I pressed the switch camera it would revert to the back camera. Apps like WeChat does allow me to take pictures using the front facing for selfies, but not video chat.
Things I tried so far.. reboot my phone, clearing caches, uninstalling useless apps (I still have a lot of space), checked the permissions on all apps, reset the app preferences. enabled camera, I spent almost three hours checking for answers. I need to use the front facing video capture. Please help. Much love and thanks!
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Hey everybody.
So I flashed CM10.1 today. The Camera app had a few more features than the stock camera app, it used to have ISO settings and burst mode and it didn't continuously autofocus like the stock camera app did. It also had a feature called power shot. But then after I installed a few apps, i couldn't find any of those features on the camera. The apps I installed were chrome, whatsapp, facebook messenger and solid explorer. I had also removed a few cm apps like movie studio, so i wiped and reflashed the rom, but I still don't have those features. Any Idea what's wrong? My camera app is like the stock cam now. No cm features at all.
Did you flash GAPPs? If so, it replaces the CM camera with the stock Google one
Ohhhh! Okay, that makes sense. Thank you a lot!!
Isn't it possible to get the best of both worlds???
EDIT - Found the solution! thanks!
Hello all. I'm not much of a developer myself but I know a decent amount about Android apps. I've been having trouble with Snapchat recently on my 6P. Lots of times, especially when on the actual camera page of Snapchat, the app is very unresponsive, it crashes, and it won't function or take pictures. I recently realized that this usually happens when Facebook Messenger is open and I try to use Snapchat at the same time. I suspect this is because Facebook Messenger keeps the camera open at all times and so does Snapchat (I believe that is well-known). I can't post the screenshot but the bottom menu bar of Messenger has a camera icon which instantly brings up an inline camera window for quickly taking and sending pictures. I can't confirm this because I'm not sure how to detect if an app has a lock on the camera but this is my theory. Has anyone else experienced this or possibly looked into it? Thanks guys.
I never recognized this because every time a app wants to use camera or sth like that i must allow it,
(but then its not a fast feature anymore ).
But im not really understand your problem, or is it necessary for you that both apps are running at the same time?
By the way, are you running stock or a rom? Rooted?
kaufikauf said:
I never recognized this because every time a app wants to use camera or sth like that i must allow it,
(but then its not a fast feature anymore ).
But im not really understand your problem, or is it necessary for you that both apps are running at the same time?
By the way, are you running stock or a rom? Rooted?
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The problem is I often use both apps at the same time so this suspected camera lock problem slows my phone to a crawl and causes Snapchat to be unusable when I have FB Messenger running.
My Photo application crashes(shows blank screen) randomly when I seek preview in Camera App. Photos appear very late in photo app. I don't know it's the issue of the camera app or the google photo app. I have tried common steps like cleaning cache, cleaning storage, uninstalling-reinstalling updates etc but nothing helped. Anyone facing the same problem? Any solution?
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My Photo application crashes(shows blank screen) randomly when I seek preview in Camera App. Photos appear very late in photo app. I don't know it's the issue of the camera app or the google photo app. I have tried common steps like cleaning cache, cleaning storage, uninstalling-reinstalling updates etc but nothing helped. Anyone facing the same problem? Any solution?
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might be because of the hdr+ always on or auto
you might want to turn it off and turn on or off requiring to your need
Do not help
I have that problem too. I feel like its very bad optimised Nokia phone :/
Ok, i found the solution to this problem
The culprit is Google drive and photo
open drive disable sync or back up with google photo (2 option, 1 at top, 1 at bootom)
open google photo disable sync and back up to google drive
was the problem solved? please tell me how..ty
Hello , I have a small problem that I got it today , I was taking pictures and observed that they weren't saved..the the camera app force closed.. inreboot the phone ,cleared the camera app then tried again ..the only mode that seems to still work is live focus,when I try to change it force closing. I am on exynos with latest asd4 update
First I would try taking photos in Safe Mode. The reason I say this is because I'm wondering if there is another app that is claiming your camera. By starting it in Safe Mode you should be stopping any other apps that aren't directly opened from opening and thus preventing any other app from claiming your camera. If it works in SM I would then turn to permissions and defaults. Remove any apps from the camera permission and then with the app details, Settings>Applications, remove any apps that default to the camera app. Then as apps ask for permission to use your camera you'll have to evaluate whether the app is trustworthy or not, whether you want it or not.
I don't think is that , I cleared cache from recovery mode ,it worked a day and now is starting crushing again. If it was an app ..but I don't think it is,coz I didn't installed something new that needs camera permission this days
were you saving to external sd? what brand and model is it
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Hi guys,
google photos freeze when I delete a picture or video while is open, I can´t swipe photo, I have to go back. That happened with not every picture, especially with new picture or video.
I reinstallled google photos and install a new version from apkmirror, but nothing change.
Has anyone the same problem?
Am I the only one?
I wipe and reset the phone for other reasons, but Google photos still freezing when I delete an opened picture.
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Am I the only one?
I wipe and reset the phone for other reasons, but Google photos still freezing when I delete an opened picture.
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Hello,
Since Android 11 I have a similar issue.
When I take a pic and click on gallery menu (in the photo app, yeah I uninstalled OnePlus gallery), Google photo freeze a bit (like 1 or 2 sec) and there some glitches during 1 or 2 sec and after everything is ok.
Not a big deal but I didn't have this Issue with Android 10..
Also noticed some sporadically on A11....