I have now spent almost 15 hours total trying to "fix" my phone because LG is to incompetent to bring out a working phone. I bought the phone because of the front cam and I liked the design. Turns out, the front cam didn't work with many apps in android 2.2 then when we finally got Android 2.3 the soft keys didn't work.
Now after having spent about 3-4 hours every day for the last few days trying to "fix" this phone because LG won't, I am starting to get fed up with it. I am not a phone nerd and shouldn't have to "make my phone work" myself. I tried installing the cyanogenmod rom and it was horrible and crashed constantly. Now I just tried installing the zeus mod, and the soft buttons do not glow on it either. Does anyone know any software that will make my front cam work and my soft buttons? I don't care what version of Android i have as long as my phone works as it should.
Well basicly Zeus ROM is official GB from LG, thats why they are not light either. If you want em to be alive again, try a Froyo Rom, like Nova, or a stock one. For the camera, i dont know what to do, what s wrong with it?
I guess 2.2 doesn't support the front cam. It doesn't work in Skype or in Pocketbooth. Two of my favorite apps. I think it only works in the regular camera app on the phone.
But if it is freaking you out soo much, then give NOVA a shot, it is really a very good ROM, btw are you german?
Did you already test CM7? If not, I can only suggest you to, although it has some bugs ...
The front camera IS working in v2.3.4 (v20N German) and it was also working in 2.2.2 (v10C German). I have used Skype video calling with both versions.
PS: I will try today to see if it is working in Zeus V3 (v20N International).
Dan
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I have been having trouble with my g1, the camera wont work best i get is a black screen with a camera icon.
I have downgraded to rc7 and rerooted my phone and am now running JFv1.51_CRB43-EU cupcake build with the latest radio and hardspl
I had other issues with the call quality but managed to get that sorted with help
see my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=522719
Anyone got ay ideas how I could get my camera working, Im now not sure if its something I have done or if the camera has failed.
Oh been looking round for a diagnostic menu where I could test phone functions etc
Thanks in advance
it might be an issue with the camera app, try another app that uses the camera or a different radio. most if not all camera issues come from a bad radio on the phone
hmm, thats a thought will try barcode scanner or something, can you recomennd a good radio the one im using now is ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip
edit: all camera apps from market force close when i start them
Ok still no joy and also noticed gallery does not work either same black screen.
Someone must have had this before
Just an update for anyone searching with this problem
I had to return the handset (bought second hand) and moved back to the samsung Omnia
(miss android already though)
Thanks for all the helpfull people on this forum that have helped me out, will still be around just not on android
brian
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
Hi guys. Recently I've noticed a bad camera problem with my IncS. You see when I open the camera app ( on MIUI's ROM ) it lags pretty badly. When I point the camera at one direction, and move to another, it lags. But if I repeatedly click my menu softkey button while moving my camera around, it doesnt lag at all. Does anyone know a fix to this? Thanks in advance!
oh and I restored back to the original ROM I had running which was the official htc's latest rom for the IncS and the camera works fine. no lag issues. Seems like when I flash AOSP roms, the camera lags. help?
I find any AOSP rom has laggy camera in low light
When I take it to better lighting conditions the lag goes away
You're not alone mate
I think it has something to do with trying to take in as much light as possible when there is not enough
@markj338 yeah I actually thought that that might be a possible reason to its horrible lag, so I took it outside this afternoon at around 12pm. It was bright but still the lag was there. And just to be clear, its no ordinary lag. It's like if i point at one place, it shows that place, but when I move my camera away, it waits for around 10 seconds before it shows that place. If you get what I'm trying to say here.. Sorry for the horrible english. But yeah.. that's the problem :/ thanks anyway appreciate it.
Oh mine only lags a bit
When I move, the image will be slow and distorted and will take its time to focus
But not 10 secs, mine is like less than 1, its just choppy and distorted
I'm on CM 7.2
Mine could probably be classified as 'ordinary lag'
Like if you were using a crappy low range phone
What rom are you using, and does this happen in all lighting conditions?
@markj338 well right now im back on my sense rom. the official one. I restored. But I tried miui's rom, cm7.2 and the camera's the same. When I click the menu button repeatedly, then it's ok. but if i dont click anything, it lags a lot....... so yea
Strange.
But I do find the sense camera to be the best
so, i was on 890 and my camera started to blip black screen and back to the cam. in video mode, it would stop the recording and go back as well. thinking that it was cuz i rooted, i unrooted, upgraded to 906, and tested again. same issue. thinking it was camera360, i removed it (why i thought it was that app, dunno), and still did it. after a long time, finally decided to disable gps recording and it stopped blacking out and video recording actually lived for 15 or so minutes. rooted and tether works too now... O_O... anyone experienced same issues? if not, thinking of RMAing it back to amazonwireless... 9 months so far..
Sent from my Droid 3
I have had the Droid 3 since it was originally released. I have used both builds you mentioned extensively and I have always had bad luck with the camera/video apps as well. I have mentioned elsewhere how Motorola's cameras for the Droid series have always been a little lacking in my opinion (I have had the Droid and Droid 3.). I generally have the GPS off and I don't like location tagging so most of my problems with the camera happened with GPS turned off. I ran the 890 build stock for a few weeks and the rooted, updated to 906 and quickly rooted. Under all 3 cases, and still to this day, sometimes when I take a photo it will act like its trying to save then the app will crash and take me back to the launcher. Sometimes it will save the picture, but most of the time it won't.
That being said it may just be a bigger overall problem that this fone just has. Its an awesome fone but the camera has always been a sore spot with me. I have heard the droid 4 camera is a little better but don't have any long term experience with it to report.
well, downgraded to 890 again, and left it unrooted, and camera worked perfectly.. really odd.. no black blips, and hard clanking inside the system. GPS/geolocation works as well.. camera360 app as wel. just recorded 1 hour of nonsense and couldn't do that when rooted ;/
after a while, I decided to up it to 906. still working good. could it be some sort of glitch within the rooting method that causes the camera to go unstable?
this is where, when in camera mode, or in video mode, it seems like when it's focusing, the camera display blips black, there's a hard thunk, and after a few milliseconds, it goes back to the camera/video again - if recording, the recording ends - the video survives usually.
can anyone test? it happens more when the camera is used a lot and/or video mode has been running a bit.
apparently, it's now failing in non-rooted state now. gonna RMA it i guess :] hopefully they'll let me choose a different phone since Droid 3 is not available anymore heh
UPDATE: apparently, verizon doesn't want me easily replacing my phone, they have me in "SAFE MODE" and so far, it hasn't crashed.. wtf...
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.