Hi,
I have a persistent problem with my camera with the MiniCM7-2.1.8: it simply doesn't work.
When I start the camera, the interface comes in, but where you are supposed to the picture, everything is just black. Then the the camera app force closes. The camera worked a while with MiniCM7-2.1.6, then the problem appeared suddenly and nothing seems to solve it (full wipe with MiniCM7-2.1.6, MiniCM7-2.1.7 and MiniCM7-2.1.8., several times)
The camera doesn't work with third party camera apps either
I don't want to change this rom, for this is by far the most outstanding in my opinion, but it would be great to have a camera.
Any suggestions are welcome, thanks!
smellcheck said:
Hi,
I have a persistent problem with my camera with the MiniCM7-2.1.8: it simply doesn't work.
When I start the camera, the interface comes in, but where you are supposed to the picture, everything is just black. Then the the camera app force closes. The camera worked a while with MiniCM7-2.1.6, then the problem appeared suddenly and nothing seems to solve it (full wipe with MiniCM7-2.1.6, MiniCM7-2.1.7 and MiniCM7-2.1.8., several times)
The camera doesn't work with third party camera apps either
I don't want to change this rom, for this is by far the most outstanding in my opinion, but it would be great to have a camera.
Any suggestions are welcome, thanks!
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Mine camera working fine! which version of Kernel and MiniCM7 are you using? aNa kernel+ROM?
Problem
Hi, I'm from Venezuela and I have a problem, the rom works perfectly but does not work the camera button to take the picture and must be from the screen ...
also has some problems in the status bar but they are minimal, really good is my first report I want to thank you for making my phone I marvel more and more by large developers like you ...
Hi saintckk,
Now I am using nAa 10, but I had the same problem with 8b an 9 as well. I am kind of out of ideas what might have caused this - as I said, I tried several fresh installs and full wipes.
smellcheck said:
Hi,
I have a persistent problem with my camera with the MiniCM7-2.1.8: it simply doesn't work.
When I start the camera, the interface comes in, but where you are supposed to the picture, everything is just black. Then the the camera app force closes. The camera worked a while with MiniCM7-2.1.6, then the problem appeared suddenly and nothing seems to solve it (full wipe with MiniCM7-2.1.6, MiniCM7-2.1.7 and MiniCM7-2.1.8., several times)
The camera doesn't work with third party camera apps either
I don't want to change this rom, for this is by far the most outstanding in my opinion, but it would be great to have a camera.
Any suggestions are welcome, thanks!
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TRY THIS
i had some probs with minicm too so i tried this tonight and now itz working ok
backup ur apps and settings and data( i suppose u have as u have changed many roms)
flash stock 2.1
root it
install xrecovery
flash nAa 10 kernel
full wipe
flash minicm7 2.1.8
try if this works and get back to me
Thank you, will try this tomorrow.
Hi hetunandu,
I've tried your method, but my problem seems to be hardware related - camera is not working even with stock 2.1. Anyway, thank you for the suggestion!
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hi guys after trying to update my i9000 camera firmware i have broken it...it give me the famous error: camera failed...then i flash the wave camera firmware, i was sure to fix the problem...but nothing, flash everytime arrives to 99% and then it displays the message: flash success reboot. But the camera won't work and if I check the camera fw the second information is undefinied. the really strange thing is that sometimes (1 tries every 20) it starts working again and until i close it makes photo and video!! have you any idea how to fix it?? help me sorry for very bad english
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Slok 00 said:
hi guys after trying to update my i9000 camera firmware i have broken it...it give me the famous error: camera failed...then i flash the wave camera firmware, i was sure to fix the problem...but nothing, flash everytime arrives to 99% and then it displays the message: flash success reboot. But the camera won't work and if I check the camera fw the second information is undefinied. the really strange thing is that sometimes (1 tries every 20) it starts working again and until i close it makes photo and video!! have you any idea how to fix it?? help me sorry for very bad english
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I had this problem after installing Gingerbread (JVK), and think I did an accidental workaround. Started up my phone without external sd and SIM after a failed attempt at 3 button combo to get in recovery mode (it works for me but it's so damn hard sometimes) but then I happened to start the camera app, and it worked again! It reset the app to store the photos on my phone so maybe there was some problem with the app reading the external sd. Now it works fine again even storing the photos on the external sd. It also solved a problem I had playing the videos I made with the phone, previously the screen stayed black during playback.
I hope this works for you too.
I've had this major problem for like a year now. Basically most third party camera apps just freeze after taking image. The program itself won't freeze but the part where you see the image. I can still use the cameras UI and if I go to some menu and come back, camera starts working again. I also found out that this doesn't occur in GB roms at all, only ics and newer. I asked from a Finnish tech forum about this issue and many people with same custom rom and phone didn't have this issue at all. I have installed over 30 roms and every time done full wipe so it shouldn't be the problem.
This hasn't been huge problem until now, because I've been satisfied enough with AOSP camera, but now with coming of CM10.2 roms I really would like to use new Focal app, but I can't because of this issue.
Is there any fix for this?
Khallerz said:
I've had this major problem for like a year now. Basically most third party camera apps just freeze after taking image. The program itself won't freeze but the part where you see the image. I can still use the cameras UI and if I go to some menu and come back, camera starts working again. I also found out that this doesn't occur in GB roms at all, only ics and newer. I asked from a Finnish tech forum about this issue and many people with same custom rom and phone didn't have this issue at all. I have installed over 30 roms and every time done full wipe so it shouldn't be the problem.
This hasn't been huge problem until now, because I've been satisfied enough with AOSP camera, but now with coming of CM10.2 roms I really would like to use new Focal app, but I can't because of this issue.
Is there any fix for this?
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if you want stable camera you need to switch back to stock. :crying:
No solution jet for 4.0 and above.
Focal is acutally in an buggy state, so it will take a little time before we can use it ...
Khallerz said:
I've had this major problem for like a year now. Basically most third party camera apps just freeze after taking image. The program itself won't freeze but the part where you see the image. I can still use the cameras UI and if I go to some menu and come back, camera starts working again. I also found out that this doesn't occur in GB roms at all, only ics and newer. I asked from a Finnish tech forum about this issue and many people with same custom rom and phone didn't have this issue at all. I have installed over 30 roms and every time done full wipe so it shouldn't be the problem.
This hasn't been huge problem until now, because I've been satisfied enough with AOSP camera, but now with coming of CM10.2 roms I really would like to use new Focal app, but I can't because of this issue.
Is there any fix for this?
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Hi.
Everything was fine, but i started to have issues with my camera in the last week. The camera app closed every time i tried to open it.
At this time, my phone was in the last version of the stock rom. I tried to install the CM 11 (FXP rom... i was already wanting to test this rom, so i tried it to see if the bug disappears) but it doesn't work, except for the first time that i used the camera in the new rom. The apps that use the camera (whatsapp, snapchat, etc...) are also having this issue. The front camera is fine (despite that i can't select it before the camera app closes).
I tried some things, such as clear the data/cache, restart the phone, force the camera to stop working, use the apps "restart camera" and Camera (CM fix) and nothing works.
I would really appreciate if someone could help me.
Thanks!
ps: sorry for possible errors in my post. My english isn't very good.
MFSZ said:
Hi.
Everything was fine, but i started to have issues with my camera in the last week. The camera app closed every time i tried to open it.
At this time, my phone was in the last version of the stock rom. I tried to install the CM 11 (FXP rom... i was already wanting to test this rom, so i tried it to see if the bug disappears) but it doesn't work, except for the first time that i used the camera in the new rom. The apps that use the camera (whatsapp, snapchat, etc...) are also having this issue. The front camera is fine (despite that i can't select it before the camera app closes).
I tried some things, such as clear the data/cache, restart the phone, force the camera to stop working, use the apps "restart camera" and Camera (CM fix) and nothing works.
I would really appreciate if someone could help me.
Thanks!
ps: sorry for possible errors in my post. My english isn't very good.
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Seems like a hardware issue, try giving the phone a light knock at the back also see what Xperia Diagnostics says for the camera test. If it still persists you may be better off contacting Sony support/forums.
Btw do you have an unlocked bootloader?
I'm using a Z3 compact with CM12.1, that means unlocked bootloader and no more warranty. All of sudden, the main/back camera has stopped working. It is black, OSD still working, front camera still working, other camera apps don't make a difference.
I don't know if that is a problem of some recent CM nightly or something else. Browsing the web I get the idea that this symptom also appears on stock firmware, and it seems that nobody has yet found a solution (neither factory reset nor hardware replacement of camera help).
My question:
Has somebody else this problem, is it CM related?
Is there a solution other than complete phone replacement?
Is there some logfile I might consult to find out if the camera HW should be replaced? I don't want to disassemble the phone only to find out that the camera still does not work.
Thanks!
Must be a software problem related to the nightlies unstableness.
Try flashing a stock firmware to see if it gets fixed.
I'd rather avoid going back to stock. Reverting to a previous CM nightly (from a time when the camera definitely worked) did not help.
Do you have any reports of CM nightlies problems with the camera? I'd love to hear that, because it would mean that I don't have hardware problems. However, searching the web I only found many reports of the camera suddenly stopping to work, but nothing that this is related with recent CM nightlies.
But if it's a Hardware problem, there should be a logfile somewhere, or?
just did trial and error on the same problem with the black camera for 2h
i did however not install CM to cause this
I have a custom debloated rom, which worked fine.
I had to switch phones so i did a TW recovery backup.
Changed the filename on the new phone so it is found when restoring.
Restored. Everything works well, except the camera app.
When i wipe from the systems menu i lose all my data but the camera app works again.
But of course i need my data exactly the way i had it backed up.
Tried all kinds of things around the camera app, backing and restoring with and without kernel, always the same.
Back camera stays black.
This is similar to other reports I found in the web: The hardware works (which means replacing the sensor is of no use), but somehow it is no longer accessible. I tried different hw info apps, which all report the back camera with all specs and no problems, but no camera app is able to get it to work. I flashed several new CM nigthlies since, it doesn't help
I don't really know how to read logs (with 3CToolbox), however this line caught my attention. Maybe somebody here can interpret it:
07:45:48.427 caladbolg( 301)
9530027 cald_parammgr_generic.c (4299) 301 E [PRM] Fail: camera eeprom status
Since my Kernel debugging skills are also not existent i simply factory reset it and transferred my data with titanium backup.
Everything works fine now.
So my advise is to stop wasting your time with it too, just go back to working software
Unfortunately reverting to stock firmware did not repair my camera. Afraid I have some hardware defect
No resolution to this problem it seems
I've tried every single marshmallow rom, and they all have the same issue. The front camera doesn't work at all in any app. Sometimes, it'll work for the first time I open the camera app, but itll stop working afterwards. Even in third party apps. It works perfectly on lollipop and KitKat. I also tried different kernels, noting helped. Please help, I'd really love to upgrade to marshmallow.
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I've tried every single marshmallow rom, and they all have the same issue. The front camera doesn't work at all in any app. Sometimes, it'll work for the first time I open the camera app, but itll stop working afterwards. Even in third party apps. It works perfectly on lollipop and KitKat. I also tried different kernels, noting helped. Please help, I'd really love to upgrade to marshmallow.
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i'm facing same issue. it's not working for me even on stock marshmallow. @sonic64 please tell if you find a fix
developerindeed said:
i'm facing same issue. it's not working for me even on stock marshmallow. @sonic64 please tell if you find a fix
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Sorry, i haven't found a solution yet. I'll let you know if i do. Currently, I'm running AOSP 5.1.1 with layers.
sonic64 said:
I've tried every single marshmallow rom, and they all have the same issue. The front camera doesn't work at all in any app. Sometimes, it'll work for the first time I open the camera app, but itll stop working afterwards. Even in third party apps. It works perfectly on lollipop and KitKat. I also tried different kernels, noting helped. Please help, I'd really love to upgrade to marshmallow.
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same issue.
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I have the same issue. My front cam doesn't work on any ROM.. I've tried going back to stock KK, LP, and nothing