I am 99.99% it is the module that is bad. It was stock when it started. At first it would only allow me to take pics occasionally, with the other times the camera just didn't work. It turning into the camera not working period. I based it. Still had the problems. Flashed to CM7, still the same problem. Dropped the camera while running (had an Otterbox on it so the phone itself wasn't damaged, just got a solid bump) the camera worked for a few days. Then it stopped again. Loose connection I think. Dissasemble, seat everything, reassemble, nothing. I am thinking it is module since everything else still works. Pic to make clear what I want.
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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..
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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...
My rear camera was working last night and this afternoon it(Motorola Stock Camera) suddenly started telling me to restart the camera while Google Camera says that it can't connect to the camera. It's weird because I haven't dropped or treated the phone roughly lately and there haven't been any updates that would effect it.
Since the problem started I've done multiple restarts and completely wiped the device. The problem continues to persist. By experimenting with other camera apps I was able to figure out that the front facing camera still works fine. I'm worried that it is a hardware issue.
Mine just went out today. Mine happens to be an Asurion refurb. Anyone have any insight to this problem?
Hello everyone, I'd like to say thanks for checking out my thread :good:
About a week ago, I dropped my phone into a ceramic floor with the back facing down. The drop sounded loud however the phone looks intact.
A few checks later, I can confirm the phone is OK, except for both cameras and the flash.
The back camera doesn't work (the Camera app just crashes, Diagnostic shows Camera Not Connected), the front camera doesn't display anything (Diagnostic shows completely black picture) and the flash does not turn on.
I'm currently sourcing parts for testing, but I'm wondering if it's possible that the software may be the cause as well?
Although the phone didn't restart (it still worked fine, minutes before it dropped) I wanted to make sure.
Also, as a double check, I tried OpenCamera and it shows black. There's no "switch camera" option so I think it's showing the front camera.
Once again, thank you for checking my thread
Your motherboard is toast. I have a Z2 with water damage. At first it seemed like the camera module got damaged, but on closer inspection, it has the same problem as your Z3+, all things camera related stopped working. There's no easy fix, you either re-ball whatever chips got loose or replace the motherboard.
Maybe you need to replace only the camera, because I had approximately same problem
I had the same problem, it was enough to replace the camera module for me.
hi I know this is old thread but I just have the same problem,have you fix this?
replace the back camera will solve this problem or must replace both front and back camera?
Stock, unrooted, newly purchased Moto G5S Plus. I'm having an issue with the camera. It seems to not want to focus (or un-blur) 90% of the time. The other 10% (during which I have no idea what sort of magic I've done) it takes wonderful photos. I've tried third-party apps, clearing the cache in recovery, and Safe Mode. I'm upset and Motorola doesn't seem to want to help me. I'm just outside the return period (thanks for that, Motorola!) and am wondering what the community here thinks? I can always try to root and install a custom ROM but I don't know if that will help.
Hey so I've discovered if I tap my knuckles against the back of my phone either on or near the rear camera the picture immediately clears. The issue keeps happening and the tapping trick keeps working -- the tapping trick does not result in the picture going blurry again so I'm guessing it's an issue with software and not hardware. Just wanted to throw this out there in case someone else was having the same problem.
Motorola did tell me to send the phone back, but this was before I tried tapping it. I really don't want a used phone (this is my first new phone in like forever) so I'm tempted to just keep it as-is and hope the tapping keeps working.
Picture processing is terrible on this phone...
And it doesn't seem this phone is having good camera sensors..
Pictures come out blurry most of the times...
Anyways you can always try gcam after flashing a 64bit rom...
strangelady said:
Hey so I've discovered if I tap my knuckles against the back of my phone either on or near the rear camera the picture immediately clears. The issue keeps happening and the tapping trick keeps working -- the tapping trick does not result in the picture going blurry again so I'm guessing it's an issue with software and not hardware. Just wanted to throw this out there in case someone else was having the same problem.
Motorola did tell me to send the phone back, but this was before I tried tapping it. I really don't want a used phone (this is my first new phone in like forever) so I'm tempted to just keep it as-is and hope the tapping keeps working.
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Tapping on the phone causing proper focus would indicate a hardware problem. You should return under warranty.
Hi,
After the first 2020 ota update the camera started to get blurred and now is completely useless.
So i looked at the changelog and the update "fixed" something related to QRcode reading. So they must have messed something up.
Anyone knows anything about it?
Model: ZE620KL 128gb rom, updated to latest firmware, rooted with magisk and with twrp.
Thanks.
Additionally, wide camera works fine so far. But still it is strange that sometimes the main camera works and right after few minutes it gets all blurr again.
Hello, I have the same problem. It looks like the update killed a part of the camera. Your OIS is broken now. You can either replace your camera (around $10) or, as I did it, you can try to tap on the camera module. It may fix it temporary. A little bump could also work.
I am having a similar issue. Autofocus works fine for images close to the camera. Seems to be related to the QR code update mentioned by @Gyplay.
My phone has been serviced 3 times during warranty (free). It just died 20 days after receiving it. Then, around its 4th month of life it stopped holding charge. Around it's 10th month it just died again. No falls, not a single scratch and no liquid spills...
Now I have been living with this issue with the camera for almost a year...
Never had issues with any of my previous phones...
Perhaps I was unlucky, but will never buy an asus phone again.