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[Q] Camera not working, other solutions?

So my camera force close every time I try to use it..
So far I've tried different roms... like miui, cm7(used cm roms for a while), I've tried pure something roms, blandroid.. camera never worked.. tried one or two kernels too to no avail..
So I've reflashed everything to stock.. I mean STOCK lol.. still force closing..
anything else I might not know to try? Or I can assume it's an hardware issue?
I guess the reps at mobile store will throw a fit once they see the unlocked padlock lol if I ask for some help..

mmm.. i am having the same prob here....
i thought it is because of the ROM...mmm. i have changed to basically All the latest ROMs....failed to make the camera working.
MAYBE it is a hardware issue. My N1 fell from my bed. few times. Im not so sure it was before or after.

FOUND the solution to Camera Not working Nexus One.
You have to go back to Stock ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717870&highlight=frf91
1. Go back to Stock RoM
2. Then flash back to your FAV ROM - Mine is Miui AU..

not really the solution....
after 24 hours of working hard..
i failed!
Camera WORKING - when using stock ROM
Camera NOT working - when rooted and custom ROM.
What should i do ?

sadly I've already tried going back to stock.. did not work.. got some suggestions on another forum to try an clear the thumbnails and camera cache..
The Camera cache is stored under sdcard/android/data/com.cooliris.media...
Thumbnails are under sdcard/DCIM/thumbnails...

I had this issue within a month of upgrading to 2.2.3 on a stock Nexus One, and the fix for me was to re-format my SD card. I copied everything off to a PC, formatted and copied everything back and now the camera is working as intended. Hope this helps!

DexNarfux said:
I had this issue within a month of upgrading to 2.2.3 on a stock Nexus One, and the fix for me was to re-format my SD card. I copied everything off to a PC, formatted and copied everything back and now the camera is working as intended. Hope this helps!
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i tried already....not working...
i changed the Card, it works..!!
and it does nt again...

What radio you on? Try radio 5.0.8 if you're not already on it

Same problem here after flashing CM7 kernel on stock ROM. Did you fix it? Please help.

Did someone solve this problem? I have the same since yesterday (?!?) when i made the 2.3.4 update....
Maybe this problem is older in my n1, but i cant exactly say. I tried starting the camera app when sd-card is unmounted -> no effect, force close....

Actually... had a friend have the same issue. Though... it may or may not be the same as your issue. Brought it to an after service center near us and they cracked it open. They said there was a cable loose inside going to the board with the camera on it that was causing the issue. They put it back together and it has been working fine ever since. I am not exactly sure how a cable was loose inside where it shouldn't ever be moving... but it definitely fixed the problem. Hopefully you guys don't have the same problem.
Prior to going to the service center I backed up and flashed back to stock. Still had the same problem... though I seem to remember the message being odd when trying to use the camera. Was a while back so... >_< sorry.

Hm, i got this error in logcat:
V/CameraHolder( 1122): open camera 0
E/mm-camera( 75): main: MSM_CAM_IOCTL_REGISTER_PMEM ioctl failed for MSM_PMEM_AF type. ioctl return value is -1
E/mm-camera( 75): isp3a_init_ctrl failed
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Does someone can give me hints?

Ok, i get interesting information within my tests:
camera is ok! works with CM7 and this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061648
But why not with my stock ROM?
I updated hboot/radio for a test -> No camera
Changed kernel (CM-Kernel, etc.) -> No camera
What else is the problem? I actually love my system and when i flash stock GRJ22 over it, camera works, but alle sd-apps are not avaiable and the memory ist nearly full.

CM7 - Turn flash off camera

Hi,
Can anyone help me out, i recently installed the new cm7 RC1 for INCs...yesterday i disable the flash function in the camera...and now when i switch it on it doesnt come on at all!
I have used a torch app to see that the back led is still functional, but no camera apps seem to be able to enable it.
how anyone else had the same problem and fixed it?
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LG Optimus 2X - Rear Camera and Flash Faulty?

Hello all
Recently picked up a LG Optimus 2X - everything seems to be ok with it, however the 'rear camera / flash' doesn't work ?
Choose the camera settings from the menu, the camera app opens up, but the screen is black, won't pick any image up whats so ever ?
Choose the 'front facing' camera and that works ok as it should
I installed a flashlight app, to check the flash led and again the led won't light up ?
Anyone come across this before and what other checks / remedies can I carry out to possibly get it working?
Moreso whats the possible cause of it not working in the 1st place ?
There is the orginal latest stock rom on it V20L - GB 2.3.4 - unrooted
Carried out a few data / wipe settings to see if that cured,but didn't.
Thanks for reading.

tsam19 said:
Hello all
Recently picked up a LG Optimus 2X - everything seems to be ok with it, however the 'rear camera / flash' doesn't work ?
Choose the camera settings from the menu, the camera app opens up, but the screen is black, won't pick any image up whats so ever ?
Choose the 'front facing' camera and that works ok as it should
I installed a flashlight app, to check the flash led and again the led won't light up ?
Anyone come across this before and what other checks / remedies can I carry out to possibly get it working?
Moreso whats the possible cause of it not working in the 1st place ?
There is the orginal latest stock rom on it V20L - GB 2.3.4 - unrooted
Carried out a few data / wipe settings to see if that cured,but didn't.
Thanks for reading.
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try a factory reset....it should work.
or try to update with a LG update tool

Did that twice - recovery mode - reset / wipe data / clear caches / dalvik
Rebooted - same issue - rear camera blacked screen - no picture / front camera works !
Both camera lenses are free from dirt and blockage etc !
Sometimes the camera app freezes and force closes - suggesting it could be a software prob ?
Other Google Play camera apps have been tried with the same results.
The phone isn't rooted by the way now.
I did root and install two different versions of 'cm 7 and 9' roms with the updated 'camera' patch stock files that had been created for better results.
Same issues again, if there was a camera app or patch that I found that was for the rom I was using I used it.
However unrooted, fresh install of the original factory rom.
Used the LG updater windows program to see if there was an update, the program said the phone had the latest version - V20L - GB 2.3.4

Since you RECENTLY picked it up, I assume you have warranty.
If yea, just return it to the dealers.
If you want, you can try using custom ROM, but REMEMBER YOU MESS UP YOUR WARRANTY ONCE YOU ROOT THE PHONE so until you can be sure you can reverse it, just take the easy path and return it.

As I already mentioned in my last response yesterday, I have already tried 2 custom rom installations.
The CM 7 and the CM9 custom roms !!
The outcome when turning on the camera was exactly the same - black screen !!
Thus / thereafter reverting BACK to the original stock rom installation with NO root - for it to do exactly the same !!

i have the same problem, i even changed the back camera module with a new one from alibaba and it didnt help.i wonder could it be the main PCB card.
any ideas?

I think that the PCB is damaged if you even tryed different Roms I don't think that it is an software issue then. I will search a bit
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[Q] Proximity sensor issue, after changing the sensors.aries.so all sensors are gone

Hi, this is my first post on this forum and unfortunately, I have a problem which I can't solve:
I have a classic problem with Proximity Sensor in my Galaxy S. My phone literally freezes for about 30 seconds when I answer a call or simply call someone; the same happens when I try to test the Proximity Sensor in Android Sensor Box app from Google Play.
I have gone through several ROMs (stock Gingerbread 2.3.6 + Value Pack; CM10, MIUI, SlimBean 3.1 and SlimBean 4.2) to find the one which suits my needs and fixes the problem; unfortunately, only on MIUI the sensor worked for a day (!), then the problem came back. (and I needed to get rid of MIUI, because it left me very little RAM for other apps than system )
OK, to cut the long story short, now I'm back with SlimBean 4.2; I found that what I need to do is to change the sensors.aries.so with the one attached by DerBobo ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32809014&postcount=4406 ). And, well, it worked, until I rebooted my phone... then all sensors were gone. So I tried to put back the old (before swap, the one from SlimBean 4.2) sensors.aries.so and it didn't work either - the sensors are dead (BUT reflashing brings them back to life, with proximity sensor issue as well).
So, a question is: Am I doing something wrong?
Some technical details:
Android 4.2.1
Kernel: 3.0.61-Semaphore_JB_2.9.8s
OS: SlimBean 4.2.1 RC2
to change the sensors.aries.so I used Root Browser Lite -> changed the permissions for system partition and copied the file from sd card to \system\lib\hw.

Question Front camera and sound system not working.

I have checked CIT, but failed. Problems began after January update. What should I do now?

Do they work in safe mode?

i started having issue with my camera after 12.5.9 update my default miui camera app would close after clicking one photo although it was working in other camera like snapchat or fj camera. But few days after 12.5.10 update both front and back camera completely stopped working.
I unlocked my bootloader to downgrade the rom or flash custom rom as this seemed like a software issue . But after a week when i downgraded to my surprise the issue was still there which implies that the camera hardware has failed . So i dropped the idea of installing custom rom and instead went to service center, now they are replacing the motherboard as its hardware issue . I am gonna get back my phone today from service center so will update you guys accordingly .
Blog Link - This is the blog link which discusses about same problem even xiaomi has accepted the issue.
Its weird that software update can cause hardware bug but what i think is that with the update kernel setting might have been changed which can cause over voltage to camera module or something. Its my wild guess i don't have much idea about it . I would love to know it from experts out here .

ansdiv said:
i started having issue with my camera after 12.5.9 update my default miui camera app would close after clicking one photo although it was working in other camera like snapchat or fj camera. But few days after 12.5.10 update both front and back camera completely stopped working.
I unlocked my bootloader to downgrade the rom or flash custom rom as this seemed like a software issue . But after a week when i downgraded to my surprise the issue was still there which implies that the camera hardware has failed . So i dropped the idea of installing custom rom and instead went to service center, now they are replacing the motherboard as its hardware issue . I am gonna get back my phone today from service center so will update you guys accordingly .
Blog Link - This is the blog link which discusses about same problem even xiaomi has accepted the issue.
Its weird that software update can cause hardware bug but what i think is that with the update kernel setting might have been changed which can cause over voltage to camera module or something. Its my wild guess i don't have much idea about it . I would love to know it from experts out here .
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Thank you