So I was working on developing an app for android when I noticed that my camera had stopped working. Like many, I rebooted to find that it was still broken. This is my record for future Droid 3 users who get the same error "Unable to initialize" when starting up their camera.
To note:
I was rooted
I had the OTA update installed
Camera was working with both cases above
The camera was found broken after:
1. I was connected to the computer with "USB Mass Storage" Enabled
2. I was uploading Kitchen Sink, a test app for appcelerator through titanium X
3. I was testing geolocation which worked
4. I was testing camera which then reported "Unable to initialize"
I then quit the kitchen sink app, started the stock camera, which reported "unable to initialize"
I had read a few pages of google searches by this point like the one following:
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/468467
I've had this camera since the release so its not that easy to simply send it to wirefly which is where I got it.
So I tried wiping the data, still didn't work. Reinstalled the camera files directly from the OTA update file, didn't work.
So what seemed to work was what follows:
-Factory reset
I restarted
held the X key
wiped cache TWICE
did a factory reset TWICE
reboot
Still didn't work.
So I restarted
held the X key
installed the latest OTA update
reboot
And now it works.
I hope this helps someone like me out there. There really isn't much material on this issue.
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when my camcorder wasnt workin i replaced the build.prop cause i know i did a few things that messed with it.
Can someone else confirm this fix?
Droid 3 camera not working.
So ive been looking all day on this site for a successful fix for my problem and everything I have tried is not working. Im not sure how it happened I assume I did it when installing a rom. When I Try to open my camera or anything involving the camera hardware the screen stays black and will force close then upon a second time it just pops up with the "camera was unable to initialize" Im running the Droid 3 android version 2.3.4 sys version .xt862 and currently have on the dark droid rom. Im not that good at this and have been just winging it and following walkthroughs on the sites but I seemed to have missed a step or something along the way. Any help or advice would be awesome.
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Hi there, hope im not startin another thread on this! but i couldnt find anything!?
Got my G1 yesterday, brought it second hand, i formatted the phone and all was working fine! had already taken some pictures and the camera was working great now however whenever i open the camera i get
process com.android.camera and needs to forced closed Ive hard resetted the phone and this has not solved the problem.
What can i do to get the camera working?? Its completely stock (that i know of) on 1.5 firmware and CRB43
Cheers
Elf
Try a wipe or reinstalling Rom
JJbdoggg said:
Try a wipe or reinstalling Rom
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Before doing complete wipe, try resetting camera to defaults (menu->setting->applications->manage applications->camera->clear data)
It will basically perform a wipe for your camera only without touching any other settings.
Good luck
Done and done, ive also installed RC7 still no joy, altho i am now getting a black screen sometimes and others it force closes
Possibley the camera it self maybe?
Cheers
Do you have your apps on SD? You may have to reformat your ext2/3/4 partition. If that doesn't help - it's a hardware issue.
Unless.... Do you have any programs that utilize camera (barcode scanner, symmcam, whatever else?) they may be wrecking the chaos. Uninstall?
Good luck
Hey guys. I tried asking these questions on the official thread of this Rom but somehow my post is getting lost in the tons of pages which are accumulating everyday So here are my questions :
y2jamit said:
Alright folks. I finally managed to move from CM6 stable to NXSense. Before moving from CM 6, I partitioned my SD card using Rom manager with a partition of 512 MB & a swap of 32 MB.I managed to install version eViL-NXSense-v.1.13.1. However after that eViL-Q&D-NXSense-v.1.14.1 was released. So I downloaded that first from the 4shared link. I tried to install the new ROM from Rom Manager using the wipe option. However when the phone goes into recovery it shows formatting blah blah blah and then phone doesn't install the 1.14.1 Rom and reboots and gets stuck on the Google cross logo.
I managed to restore back to 1.13.1 from the back up that I had made. Now instead of using the Rom Manager I booted into recovery and tried to use the install from SD card option. This time the phone started copying files and showed that twice. After this I get the following huge error:
E: Can't symlink /system /customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
E: Failure at line 27:
symlink/data/local/bootanimation.zip
SYSTEM : customize/resource/bootanimation.zip
Installation aborted.
I had to once again resort back to my backup. Can anyone help me out this issue?
After all this I even tried to install 1.13.1 from the recovery using the install from sd card option and apparently this also gave me the exact same bootanimation error. So I guess both the zips are ok. not sure what else could be going wrong.
Also even after flashing networkfix on 1.13.1, the market still struggles to work. It shows loading for some time and then gives an option to retry. However if I try to search for any application or go to downloads, the market starts working normally. Can anyone also provide a fix for this problem?
I really want to use this as my default rom because I am in love with it Excellent work Evil !!! Just want to sort out these issues.
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In addition to the above mentioned post, I wanted to add that I now also have a2sd enabled after running the commands from terminal emulator. What is the simplest way to update from 1.13.1 to a higher version? Also when loading market for the first time, the GPRS connection disappears and comes back in like a minute. Why is this happening? When using Trackball Alert Pro the patch option says compatible rom not found but the alerts are working fine When using wi-fi hotspot and default options, it is not getting turned on although 3G shows in the top left corner. Do I have manually change any settings.
I would be highly grateful if anyone can resolve all or any of my queries. I am absolutely exhausted in asking these queries in the official thread and reading through tons of pages just to see my query being buried.
Thanks in advance guys.
Alright guys I managed to install 1.14.1 successfully by doing a full wipe first using instructions from this fabulous thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747381 Although this thread is for myTouch 3G Slide, the basic instructions are the same for Nexus One. You just have to use the trackball to select an option. This is exactly what I was looking for I am sure many newbies like me who don't know what a full wipe is, will learn a lot from this magnificent thread. Thank you kingofyo1
Now I still don't understand why the patch option in Trackball Alert Pro shows the rom is not compatible even though basic version is officially provided with the rom. Anyway the alerts work, so I am not going to waste any more time on it.
Even in eViL-Q&D-NXSense-v.1.14.1, when I first open market, my GPRS connection disappears and comes back in like 20-30 seconds. After that market works really well. Anyone has a solution for this?
Also Wi-Fi hotspot still doesn't turn on using default settings. Do I have to manually choose any settings?
Can anyone shed some light on the above mentioned questions?
after i rooted the phone and install lagfix 2.1.2 i found today that camera won't take pictures, the software starts, i can record video files , but when i press the take picture button the message cam out ''camera failed'' and after i press OK the software closes immediate.
Any help, i tried to found some info on forum and i tried to google it, but nothing yet.
i don't know what to try to fix this camera...for sure is something wrong with saving files, because for video is used the same camera and video is working fine, i can record etc...but when i start the camera everything is working, zoom, everything is o.k. but when i press take picture button, the camera give the error and it closes the program but it creates a picture file, but is all black...
help needed,
Thank you
kikan
kikan said:
after i rooted the phone and install lagfix 2.1.2 i found today that camera won't take pictures, the software starts, i can record video files , but when i press the take picture button the message cam out ''camera failed'' and after i press OK the software closes immediate.
Any help, i tried to found some info on forum and i tried to google it, but nothing yet.
i don't know what to try to fix this camera...for sure is something wrong with saving files, because for video is used the same camera and video is working fine, i can record etc...but when i start the camera everything is working, zoom, everything is o.k. but when i press take picture button, the camera give the error and it closes the program but it creates a picture file, but is all black...
help needed,
Thank you
kikan
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Have you tried uninstalling lag fix to see if the problem goes away ?
no, i will try now.
no lagfix is not the problem.
I uninstall it and the camera still won't make pictures...
For sure was when i rooted the phone...
maybe some kind of permission..
Thank you for suggestion, what now?
Kikan
If you have an external SD card, in camera settings, try change the store location to the sdcard and take a picture, and then change it back. It has fixed the problem for me before, although I had the problem in the camcorder mode! Some kind of glitch in the camera app, I guess.
This isn't really Android dev, should be over in the Q&A forum or something or other.
kikan said:
no lagfix is not the problem.
I uninstall it and the camera still won't make pictures...
For sure was when i rooted the phone...
maybe some kind of permission..
Thank you for suggestion, what now?
Kikan
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It could be hardware problem.
I once experienced something similar to this and no matter what firmware i flashed the problem persisted so i sent it to Samsung SVC centre and they pretty much fixed it, stating that they had replaced the camera module.
i don't have external sd card...
Interesting is that camera i sworking and video is working too, but i can record but i can't take pictures...
Hope that is not hardware problem...
i called to samsung service, and the gay there told me, that is probably something wrong with application, that maybe is there some apps, that are running in the background and this stops camera to make pictures.
first i will buy sd card and test, after
I don't want to change the rom before official release, just to test if camera will work...
I'm thinking that maybe i can uninstall all apps that a downloaded...
it's very strange that nobody had same problem...
The best thing you can do, if you accept loosing all your data, is to go in recovery mode and do a factory reset. If the problem persist after that it means that you have a hardware problem. Good luck
do i have to uninstall lagfix and unroot the phone?
i did recovery and factory reset, but camera still don't work...
I found out that doing factory reset will not delete sdcard files and i still have superuser apps installed and when i tried to install lagfix, i receive one error...so is not completely factory reset.
maybe something happen when i root the phone?
is there one way to completely remove all thing and reinstall all stuff? Just to see if i can solve camera issue...
i would like a fast and stable frojo release...
Thank
Kikan
i did a mess...
i didn0t uninstall lagfix before doing factory reset and now i think that i will go to samsung service...
i spoke with them today i and they are putting JP5 firmware now in all SGS...he thinks that firmware update can solve my camera problem...
i sow that is maybe batter to flash the JP6 firmware?Is this the stable frojo version?
thank you a lot
i solve my camera problem....
i use rom manager and Doc's Rom last jpm firmware version...
Thank you all for help me....
kikan
Sorry to ressurect an old thread.
But I'm currently experiencing this problem with the latest official release of Froyo. I've 2 Galaxy S phones here, both that I've setup, except only 1 seems to have the majority of problems.
I'm experiencing the same issues as above. Front facing camera shoots/saves, and so does the Video using the back camera. Saving pictures using the back camera fails with a simple 'camera failed' message and a broken invalid image file.
I'd like to keep my official froyo version without flashing another firmware. Strange that my other phone has none of these issues, yet is running the same firmware.
Anyone have any sort of idea what's going on or how I can solve this? Much thanks is appreciated.
I can't seem to post the screen capture. but if you want to take a look
browse via http to:
i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc456/tempest7/GS_CameraError01.jpg
Hello guys, i'm quite not sure whether the thread exists, i couldn't find it
My Camera stopped working, every time when i try to start camera app it shows "camera failure" or "unknown error occurred" i tried to use Instagram camera and i downloaded another camera app, but nothing is working.
then i tried factory reset, formating usb storage + sd card, at the end i flashed different JB firmware, but still nothing after all, now i'm afraid i have hardware failure, what do you think? any idea pls
try to downgrade to gb and then try to open camera and if it works...no hardware prob! If still doesn t work....i think should be an hardware prob:/
Try...maybe can help you
The touchwizz camera app, already made me lose good moments, since it takes 3 minutes to open
though this is unrelated to peet777's problem
peet777 said:
Hello guys, i'm quite not sure whether the thread exists, i couldn't find it
My Camera stopped working, every time when i try to start camera app it shows "camera failure" or "unknown error occurred" i tried to use Instagram camera and i downloaded another camera app, but nothing is working.
then i tried factory reset, formating usb storage + sd card, at the end i flashed different JB firmware, but still nothing after all, now i'm afraid i have hardware failure, what do you think? any idea pls
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Please paste logcat and dmesg log, reboot phone and after launching camera app.
How to get logcat and dmesg:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303834
So I installed M today using fastboot, however when I run through my phone's setup, I get stuck on opting in to Google Now. When I hit next, I I get a Network Error: Check Your Network Connection message and am forced to skip it to continue with the setup. I've tried clearing the app cache and data for Now, I've tried a complete reinstall of M multiple times, and even tried downgrading to Lollipop (Chroma) and continue to see this message whenever I try to start Google Now. I've tried clearing all of my search and location and Now card history as was suggested elsewhere, but this did nothing. In addition, it seems that Now isn't working on my desktop Chrome either anymore. I can't seem to get it enabled while it's broken on mobile.
Has anybody else run into this problem since trying M? And does anyone have any suggestions? I use Google Now a lot and it's kind of driving me nuts.
try one of the twrp flashable zips for M, in the android development section.
Having the same problem, and seen a few others too, did you find a fix for it?
Wrong forum... my bad