My phone has been having one problem after another, but now the camera app is not wanting to work. This is a new problem, and one I can't figure out yet. So far I have tried quite a few things to try and fix it, from removing and reinstalling the camera app, to even doing a full wipe and reinstall of CM7 on the phone. I can't think of anything else it might be.
I know the camera itself still works, I've been using Vignette to take pictures for a while now. But it is a bit of a pain to use for quick shoots, and I would really like to be able to record videos again as well.
If anyone has tips or suggestions, It would be much appreciated. This thing just has to last till the new Nexus comes out for AT&T
Ok so random thought going through my head litterally right after posting this thread, was about my SD card, and the fact that I had just recently upgraded to a 16gb card, and put all my old photos back on it since I had room.
So I switched back over to my 4gb card just to test to see if that might be it, and now the camera app is working...
The big question is still why? I want to use my 16gb card; granted I don't need to carry around all those photos. Is there a limitation in android I don't know about?
try clearing camera cache and wipe data using titanium, and then with out clicking the camera app remove the dcim folder on your new sd card reboot and try the camera. if it still dont work you probaly have to format sd card and restore your stuff but not camera folder as it would have to get recreated when you first click you camera app. if this still dont work try full clean switch to oxygen and then full clean switch back to your desired rom with a clean sd card.
There shouldn't be any need to switch to a different ROM just to get this to work. But as kuljit55 mentioned, it may be an issue with the camera folder itself. You can try to rename it to something else and see if your problem is still there. If it isn't, you *should* be able to just copy all your pictures back to the newly created folder and delete the old one.
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This just started today. If I go to open the Camera, the screen goes black and then a few seconds later the force close window pops up.
I tried closing everything with Advanced Task Manager. Same problem.
Powered off the phone and rebooted. Same problem.
It was working a few days ago and I haven't installed any new apps or done anything drastic since.
I have a feeling wiping will fix it, but I wanted to see if anyone else had this problem and fixed it before doing that.
Running JF1.5 ADP currently.
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This just started today. If I go to open the Camera, the screen goes black and then a few seconds later the force close window pops up.
I tried closing everything with Advanced Task Manager. Same problem.
Powered off the phone and rebooted. Same problem.
It was working a few days ago and I haven't installed any new apps or done anything drastic since.
I have a feeling wiping will fix it, but I wanted to see if anyone else had this problem and fixed it before doing that.
Running JF1.5 ADP currently.
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Try using adb to delete the camera.apk and then redownload JF and pul the apk out of it and repush it to your phone
****. Just upgraded to JF 1.51 ADP and wiped, but camera still not working. Will now try the US CBR43 version of JF1.51 to see what happens. I hope this isn't a hardware issue.
Same problem with JF1.51.
Then I did a Nandroid restore to a date when I know the camera was working. - Same problem.
Then installed the latest Cyanogen ROM. Same problem.
I'm out of ideas. Help!
Try the camcorder? They're technically seperate apps. Also, go download some third party camera or recorder, like Qik or SnapPhoto. If none of those work, it's most likely a hardware problem.
When the camera app can't access the camera (such as a malfunction or other problem) it returns an error because part of its components (in this case, the most important) isn't working. Try even going to another build, like Cyan's, to see if anything else gets resolved.
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Try the camcorder? They're technically seperate apps. Also, go download some third party camera or recorder, like Qik or SnapPhoto. If none of those work, it's most likely a hardware problem.
When the camera app can't access the camera (such as a malfunction or other problem) it returns an error because part of its components (in this case, the most important) isn't working. Try even going to another build, like Cyan's, to see if anything else gets resolved.
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Tried Cyan's ROM. Same problem. Moved apps off SD and back to memory, same problem. I'm going to try the phone with a different SD card as a long shot. If that doesn't fix it, I'm thinking definitely hardware.
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Tried Cyan's ROM. Same problem. Moved apps off SD and back to memory, same problem. I'm going to try the phone with a different SD card as a long shot. If that doesn't fix it, I'm thinking definitely hardware.
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Did you try a third party app?
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Did you try a third party app?
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Yeah same problem.
If it's hardware, do I need to unroot it before going back to T-Mobile?
Yep, sounds like a hardware problem. It'd be a good idea to try to unroot it, unless you're on T-Mobile's phone insurance, in which case it's no-questions-asked.
What in the blue ****?
I was having issues with Touchdown (Exchange sync) force closing, so I upgraded to the latest version which fixed that. Then just for ****s and giggles I tried the camera and it's working now. I doubt the two are related, but man WTF.
Anyway, on the plus side, I do like the latest Cyanogen ROM better than the JF1.5.
eh..okay then. Change the thread title to [SOLVED] please
Edit thread doesn't let me change the title.
Anyway, it was the SD card. Reformatted my EXT2 partition and redid apps2sd and it started working again. Then started getting a bunch of force closes on other apps. Ultimately reflashed back to JF1.51 and moved all my apps back to main memory. Everything works flawless now.
I rooted my G1 the day I bought it in April and did app2sd shortly after. Nothing but problems. Tried every apps2sd method. They all work fine for a few weeks and then start falling apart.
Hi,
I am using an un-rooted Nexus One phone with Froyo (2.2.1).
The camera has stopped working unexpectedly.
Whenever I start the camera app, it gives me the error:
"Activity Camers (in application Camera) is not working"
It gives me the option to wait, force close or report.
If I select wait, it just hangs in there and pops the above msg again.
If I force close the app, and try to start it again, I get the error:
"Cannot connect to camera"
The phone did not fall down and is always handled properly.
This happened all of a sudden.
The last thing I did with the phone was to copy songs to the SD card.
I have factory reset the phone twice and formatted SD card, even swapped SD cards, but no luck yet.
I am based in India, the phone was bought in the US, I have no warranty.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
Sorry but I think your camera just died it is possible for the camera to die without any physical abuse but it is uncommon. The only other thing I can recommend would be to root and install a custom ROM (or at least a kernel) and see what happens but I don't think it will fix it.
Resolved....
Thanks Dude Random21..!!
Actually, I just resolved the issue about 30 mins ago.. Was downloading the apps and restoring its state as it was before I had factory reset it.
Well, after doing everything related to software to fix the issue, I concluded that it might be a hardware issue.
So, I started to search for threads involving camera hardware issues.
I took hints from the following post:
Google "Camera on my Nexus One not working - no flash either...all apps that use camera also not working - Help!?!?! " and you will be lucky..
(I cannot post links as I am a newbie)
Saw all videos on youtube about nexus teardown and just finished doing it.
I checked all the connections/internal wiring on the phone and once done, rebooted the phone and it worked..
Unfortunately my phone received a couple of scratches along the way, so others should be more careful about it.
Thanks for your help.
--- sent from my nexus one
No problem, I do what I can to help out. And good for you for having the guts to fix your nexus one's hardware cause I'm pretty sure that if I had an issue like that I would't have the guts to tear it down myself even with ifixit.
Remove (renaming is better) the DCIM directory from SDCARD. It is probably a corrupted (or incompatible with 2.3) file. After that, the camera cames back to life, then you can copy your “Camera” directory to the new DCIM directory created by your phone.
HTH
Anyone else having trouble getting the camera app to save to SD? If I change the storage setting to internal, take a pic, then change it back to SD, and take a pic, it will actually go to SD. Then, I wait an hr, take a pic, it goes to internal even though SD is still selected! Very frustrating. I am on stock rom. I've tried "clear data" on the gallery and the camera app. I also tried, obviously, rebooting the phone. Been having this problem since I got the phone.
Mine works fine. It originally was set to store photos in internal storage but I changed it several months ago and now all my photos and videos go right into the dcmi folder on my sd card.
If the problem persists, I probably contact VZ tech support and talk to them about the issue. Are you rooted? If not maybe just call and get a replacement sent to you...
I seem to have found the issue by accident today. I found the button under manage storage that allows you to move all to sd. On inspection, turns out for whaever reason my internal and external are mounted backwards. If I set camera to store to internal memory it will use dcim on the sd. Also, if I select move all to sd, it takes the stuff from the sd and moves it to internal. Odd. I'm sure this will be solved when ics gets pushed or when I root and put a different rom on. Guess ill just deal with it for now.
Was on original stock rom 4.0.3 from bell. Camera started taking black pictures out of the blue. Display from front and rear camera shows images on the phone. Click the picture and go to review and it's black. Went to local cellphone shop, of course they are going to tell you it's fubar and suggest a replacement.
Unlocked, rooted and installed cm11 4.4.2 from albinoman issue stayed the same (did full wipe). Anybody else have this issue? Is it fubar and requires replacement?
Tried swapping sd card and sim card. No change.
Is there something I can try?
Yuskow said:
Was on original stock rom 4.0.3 from bell. Camera started taking black pictures out of the blue. Display from front and rear camera shows images on the phone. Click the picture and go to review and it's black. Went to local cellphone shop, of course they are going to tell you it's fubar and suggest a replacement.
Unlocked, rooted and installed cm11 4.4.2 from albinoman issue stayed the same (did full wipe). Anybody else have this issue? Is it fubar and requires replacement?
Tried swapping sd card and sim card. No change.
Is there something I can try?
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You can try a different camera app, like "a better camera", but if your phone not only started taking black pictures, but the display from both cameras does not show you what the camera "sees", and the issue is still there with a new ROM, then it's most likely a hardware issue. You can try taking apart your Holiday (Raider/Vivid/Velocity are same phone; easier to just call them Holiday) and seeing if you can unplug and replug in the cameras, but I think that the camera is pretty well attached to the main circuit board
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You can try a different camera app, like "a better camera", but if your phone not only started taking black pictures, but the display from both cameras does not show you what the camera "sees", and the issue is still there with a new ROM, then it's most likely a hardware issue. You can try taking apart your Holiday (Raider/Vivid/Velocity are same phone; easier to just call them Holiday) and seeing if you can unplug and replug in the cameras, but I think that the camera is pretty well attached to the main circuit board
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Cameras both front and back show up in every camera program I've tried (and look like they should). Goes in and out of focus. Press the button to take a picture, flash goes off. Go to review pictures, it's all black.
It's like something is happening when it saves the picture or it uses a different device. Are there 2 parts to the camera? One that displays on your screen the other that captures?
Might be time to replace it. Any recommendations for the bell carrier?
OK, if your camera will correctly display what's in front of it, that's good news. It may still be a hardware issue, but this sounds like some weird software thing. I'm going to assume you're s-on, so make sure you're always flashing that boot.IMG file.
Do you have an SD card in your holiday? If so, try removing it, then clearing the camera's cache (settings-apps-all-camera in cm 11). See if the camera does its thing.
Another thing to check is if your internal SD card is working properly; it should show up just fine in storage. If not, then let me know!
Another thing you can try is reverting to the stock ROM by using ruu for your specific carrier ( there should be instructions either in q&a, or vivid general), but make sure to wipe data, cache, and dalvik-cache in your recovery first. Then don't restore any data or initially allow your Google account to backup when you are setting up the device. Try the camera then and see if it works properly.
Unfortunately, I'm in the us, and my holiday is a vivid that I don't even have a plan on yet, so I'm not familiar enough with bell to be any of use in that aspect.
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Thanks will give that a shot. Have my own raider that I've owned since new, this other one is a friends. Tried my sd card, tried my sim card. Tried without sd or sim. Everything else works perfectly on both phones except that one camera issue. Figured running cm11 with s-on. Not new to the scene been playing with phone going back to cooking windows lol.
Starting to wonder if video conferencing would work since it's not saving anything and just using the display. Tried what you said to do with clearing cache. Also did a full wipe and factory reset before trying cm11. Everything pretty much remained the same from ever os.
Tried just about every camera app out there. Almost ready to throw in the towel or take a heat gun to it.
Well, ball sacks. The only other thing I could think of is some thing in the protected partitions got corrupted, but it looks like a hardware issue.
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Hello guys
I have a strange problem but first this is what i have.
sony xz1 compact stock firmware android 9 latest security update of september (fu sony)
Yesterday i wanted to play some music when suddenlly i got this message that said i can not play it or something like that and then tried dozen of other songs and nothing worked they all gave the same message except for a stock song that came with the phone that did work.
I restarted the phone but that didnt help then i thought ill look once i get home...
So i get home and look into it and suddenlly i notice they are all gone? except for the stock song that comes with the phone ?
All my songs gone in thin air how is this possible ??
I havent downloaded an app recentlly nor done anything to it my phone so what gives is this even possible do i have a virus? am i hacked? software corrupted somehow?
Afterwords i notice phone acts strange sometimes going into settings and go to storage makes my phone slow or crashes trying to look for my music but nothing there either.
I am super pissed because i was gonna put a custom mod on my phone anyway i was just trying to get some experience with root on an old phone first and then this happens ...
anyone happen to have heard of anything like this happening to someone before?
I made this thread cause i dont have a back-up of my phone more importantlly of my music so in the offchance there is away to find out what happend .....
I assume the music was on internal storage? Because if you had it on an SD card, there would still be ways to recover it. Otherwise, the chances are rather slim. You would have to get the internal storage out of the phone somehow and then scan it on the PC. But since the internal storage cards are usually firmly soldered, that would be very work intensive.
Yes it was on the internal storage.
But it is so weird man like how can this happen out of the blue ?
mstrnemo said:
Yes it was on the internal storage.
But it is so weird man like how can this happen out of the blue ?
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There's only two kinds of PC users; the ones who have lost data and those that will.
As NeoSeven pointed out store your data base on the SD card. Then back it up at least twice on electronically isolated hdds.
Not much help now but it will prevent future loses.
I avoid firmware updates if the device is running stable and does what I need.
Anything can happen.
After a major firmware update a factory reset is best. At least clear the system cache.
allright clear thanks guys