CM7 Camera - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Im sure you all know that CM7 has a buggy camera, but i didnt think it would be this ridiculous 0.0. Every time i take a picture, i have to switch to video camera, then back to camera to take the next picture... If i download another camera app, i get a "Forced Close". CM7 is by far one of the best roms ive had so if it means no camera, so be it... But if there is a fix, id really like to be able to use it
Please let me know
Thanks!

I read your post opened up the camera, took three consecutive pictures, switched to gallery and viewed them.
So it works for me. Have you tried reflash or have you installed the latest update?
CM7

yeah, just flashed the update for today and everything seems fine :S. Im not sure why that happened though, happy its fixed

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[Q] CM6 camcorder focus

So last night I swapped out my Milestone for my Nexus One because it takes better videos in the dark... and I was hoping to film some performances on the closing night of one local nightclub in town.
The first few videos turned out really fuzzy and I was frustrated because this had never happened before I installed CyanogenMod 6. I quickly Googled the issue and found this:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5336-cm60-stable-no-video-focus/
So I tried the workaround - enter camera mode, touch to focus, then back to camcorder. Worked sufficiently well for my needs, but it really sucks that I lost out on the performances I filmed before I tried this.
One poster reports on the thread that flashing the Korean radio seemed to fix this. I had earlier installed Paul's pre-rooted FRG33 ROM and this included a radio update which is now still on my phone after reverting to CM6 (baseband 32.4100.32U_5.08.00.04). Thus my experience is that this was not fixed.
Anyway, has anyone managed a better solution than this workround? Thanks!
Not sure if this fixes your problem but cyan tweeted this earlier today
cyanogen: Just wrote touch-to-focus for the camcorder. Even works while recording. Suck it iPhone
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Now if someone would write an in phone editing app :/
hah, nice! Wish I had it a bit earlier but I'll take it.

Camera problem (pink preview screen)

I have a problem with my camera. Everytime I open the camera app the preview screen is filled with pink/purple horizontal lines. I can't take photos with it, if I try I hear the click sound but the picture is never saved on my SD card. If I put my finger on the camera lens, the preview screen goes dark so it's 'seeing something' and then distorting it.
I'm trying to get a picture of the phone while it's doing this.
I'm running CM7 nightly 85
Anyone know if it's hardware related.
P.S. It's not the pink photo problem that is fixed by pushing on the camera
Edit : Now I can't even reproduce the bug. Phone says cannot connect to camera
Kapoue2 said:
I have a problem with my camera. Everytime I open the camera app the preview screen is filled with pink/purple horizontal lines. I can't take photos with it, if I try I hear the click sound but the picture is never saved on my SD card. If I put my finger on the camera lens, the preview screen goes dark so it's 'seeing something' and then distorting it.
I'm trying to get a picture of the phone while it's doing this.
I'm running CM7 nightly 85
Anyone know if it's hardware related.
P.S. It's not the pink photo problem that is fixed by pushing on the camera
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My Sony T1 did this and for that...it was hardware failure. (did you drop or spill anything on your phone?) I guess you can try multiple ROMs. Try the MIUI ROM to see if it does the same thing...and keep your fingers crossed.
I didn't spill anything on it. But I use the camera every month or two so maybe I did but don't remember. Gonna try another ROM.
ok after a Temasek extreme wipe and a sd card wipe rodriguez MIUI is rebooting 10 secs after loading up.... (pretty sure it makes my phone overheat as it's really hot)
Installed CM7 7.0.3, I get the pink screen again.
Installed CM6 6.1.1, I get a black screen / forced close.
Modaco gives a FC / Camera not responding
Gonna try Formels MIUI...
What radio/baseband are you using (the 2 sets of numbers after the underscore "_"... something like 4.06 or 5.08)? I have seen issues with people using the cameras on Gingerbread when using the 4.06 radio.
If you are running 4.06, I would highly recommend updating it to 5.08 (which is the radio version Google included in the Gingerbread OTA update).
I have the 5.08. I was able to take a video with it. Of course it was only pink scanlines but it means something is still working inside the lens.
But I'm tired of trying to make it work. I will probably try to ship it back to HTC.
Kapoue2 said:
But I'm tired of trying to make it work. I will probably try to ship it back to HTC.
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It is beginning to sound like a hardware issue anyway. Hopefully you get it back fast.
i have a nexus one. i had the same camera problem.
it started after i dropped my phone, it was the first time.
i was able to take pictures after that but objects were in pink and purple color tones.
i was hopeless searching, hoping to find people who has problems...
suddenly i decided to hit back of the phone couple times and it fix the problem.
i know it sounds crazy but it worked...
i think it is the best think to do before you send your phone to htc...

[Q] Camera picture problems

hello i got some strange problems with my I9000 on DarkyRom v10.2.2
my camera got some faliure i think, after i take a shot, everything looks good. But when i get out of the camera software and try to view the pictures with some other software sometimes my who picture is grey / black or huge parts of pictures are grey/black.
I tried to search the net but nobody got similar problems, some times my camera is working fine, but some times i have this problem.
Are the images big? It could be that they need some time to load and you just have to be patient let me know, as I too had issues on DarkyROM 10.2.2
images in the player's normal ROM you can see after this wait? or still do not see?

"Camera Failed" after upgrading to KitKat...??

Got a strange issue here. My camera was working fine on JB (stock rom & also on KnoxRaid 2.6). After the kitkat v2 release of Knoxraid I decided to give it a try. Everything is perfect except whenever I open the camera I get "Warning - Camera Failed". I restored back to mj5 thinking it was maybe a hardware thing but no, the camera works perfectly on stock mj5. So I decided to test Knoxraid 2.6 (non kitkat version) and again, camera work fine. I have asked Drakeymcmb what he thinks about the issue, but I think it has even him stumped. He suggested I try the other kitkat rom leaked by designgears. So again I restored back to mj5 and then tried the designgears leak. No luck, camera failed. I have wiped my internal memory and tried everything I can think of. I am hoping maybe someone has run into this issue and knows a fix?? Please help!! Thanks!
Not having any camera failing, but I'm experiencing a pretty substantial lag after taking a photo.
When i hit the shutter button, my screen will say "Processing". If the camera moves AT ALL before the "processing" is done, the picture will be blurry -it almost looks like I've moved the camera during exposure.
Anyone else having this problem?
AT&T Note 3
I notice that as well. I just turn the smart stabilization off and problem solved. Turn it back on when you wanna take pic in the dim light situation and be prepare to hold the phone still.
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I notice that as well. I just turn the smart stabilization off and problem solved. Turn it back on when you wanna take pic in the dim light situation and be prepare to hold the phone still.
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That's a great tip. I'm going to try that.
Thanks!
AT&T Note 3
Were really talking about 2 completely different issues here. I wish my problem was that the camera was too slow, but mine will not load at all...

Camera stottering - New rom / kernel a solution?

Hello,
because i bought a new phone i gave my "old" Nexus 6 to my wife. Since a updated to Marshmallow i had problems with the camera. It stuttered while making a video. But i dont often used the camera, so i ignored it. My wife is Snapchat addicted and she can't make good videos with the front camera of the N6....it's like a slide show....the record is not smooth. I searched at the internet and a lot of people have the same problem since Adnroid Marchmallow ....
I flashed her CM 14, because i thought it might be a problem with the stock rom , but the problem remained. So my question is. Because i know i had not the problem at Android Lollipop. Is there anybody who had the same problem and solved it with flashing another rom? Or is it worth to try another kernel? I looked at the "rom forum" and found the "sky dragon 5.0 with a "new" kernel and probably i will try this. So my question is....is it a problem with the rom? is it a problem with the kernel? is it a problem with the hardware? What you expert think its the best way to fix the problem (i tried tips in the internet like diasble geodata at the photos or disable the battery safer for the camera app).
I hope you are able to understand my english. Otherwise i will explain it in other words.
Thank you very much!
Flash a factory image (will wipe the phone 100% but take it back to bone stock). If the camera issue is present on stock rom, stock kernel, with no modifications, then it's a hardware issue.
i have had problems with stuttering camera app before but it was fixed by resetting the phone. not really sure why after installing a new ROM you still facing this issue.
have you tried other camera apps? download a free one from the store and see its the same deal.
My first Nexus 6 had no issues whatsoever. When I had to RMA that one for the massive battery bulge issue, my second Nexus 6 had the camera stuttering issue. It would happen whether I was taking still shots or video. Obviously it was more noticeable on video, but it still made taking stills difficult. I took a video at the time to post on here to see if other people where having the same problem, but actually never got around to posting it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k23njriKiDk
Anyway, I RMAed that phone for the camera issue but then the third N6 had the same issue. I decided to live with it though since (a) Motorola has a really frustrating return policy/procedure, and (b) since two different devices had it I didn't think there was any guarantee that an RMA would fix the problem.
Fortunately, I've noticed that lately (running Nougat now), the stutter has mostly gone away. I'd say that for still pictures it has gone away entirely. For videos, I think it is gone as long as you use the stock camera app. I've noticed that if you use other apps, like Instagram for example, my video still has issues. In that case though, it's more of a constant refocusing issue than a stutter issue.
So moral of the story is... for me at least, it seems to be ok on Nougat as long as you stick to the stock camera app.

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