Hello everyone, so my Droid 3 Front Facing Camera fails to start, it gives me Unable to Initialize error and crashes instantly. So i decided to replace it (Noting im not living inside the USA, nor do i have my waranty documents) well... Anyhow, i showed my phone to Phone Repair guys here at Lithuania, and they told me that my phone have VGA front facing camera, its cheap and easy to replace, and blah blah, they can do it.... But my question is... WILl IT WORK ? Since Roms use Camera drivers, shouldnt camera be from manufacter, or it will fail to work ? Couse, like i said, Roms use camera drivers and i think they are specific for camera models and stuff? What do you guys think ? I'm afraid they will put cheap chinese camera into my phone, and my poor droid 3, wont support it...
Itll work, phone parts can be replaced lol. Including cameras
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Yeah, but arent drivers in kernel or ROM are coded specially for specific type and model of cameras? Like Drivers in kernel for camera that was manufactered by Samsung and if i replace the same specs camera from LG phone, i dont think it will work, couse they have different schemes architecture, or am i mistaken ? To sorten this out, CAMERA DRIVER FOR SAMSUNG PHONE CAMERA, Wont handle LG's phone camera. Am i right ?
Yea your right, thats why you gotta order the part for your phone. You cant order any old camera ofcourse.
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I doubt the conector of any other camera fits on the D3 motherboard. Normally these phones have hardware designed specially for them, sharing hardware with only a few others.
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It wont. the people repairing will order the correct one, or you cans imply google droid3 front camera replacement, you will find a fixya tutorial and places to order online.
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I was tearing down my phone to replace a broken screen, and realized that the camera is a module, that could be replaced.
However, my question was, would it be possible to replace the 3MP camera with say a 8MP samsung s2 of s3 camera? What are the problems you think I would run into, if I do that?
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nickelhead said:
I was tearing down my phone to replace a broken screen, and realized that the camera is a module, that could be replaced.
However, my question was, would it be possible to replace the 3MP camera with say a 8MP samsung s2 of s3 camera? What are the problems you think I would run into, if I do that?
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Actually, yes. Its possible, but the camera is going to have to fit the socket. So say, go with the Galaxy W 5MP camera which should fit, then extract all of the camera libraries from a galaxy w ROM and flash them to your phone and it should work.
On the nexus 7 some guy added a back camera and the device didn't have one to begin with.
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Hi,
I was thinking of replacing the camera on my Galaxy S i9000 because it is ... lets say just bad . Is it maybe possible to replace the original camera from the i9000 with any other smartephone camera, maybe the one from the S2 or something similar ? Would this work from a software side ? Are the connecters interchangable ? Somebody with experience can tell me if this would work remotely in any way ?
MfG Eleanor1967
Not possible
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Not possible
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Could you tell me why ? software or hardware wise?
There just isn't another camera that has the same connections to be an easy swap, then there's camera firmware, and getting the phone to speak to a camera not made for it.
It would be possible for the kind of guy who actually designs the electronics of these phones, not a job for you or I.
Basically, if you want a better camera then you have to buy a better phone. A shame I know because the i9000 is a great little phone.
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There just isn't another camera that has the same connections to be an easy swap, then there's camera firmware, and getting the phone to speak to a camera not made for it.
It would be possible for the kind of guy who actually designs the electronics of these phones, not a job for you or I.
Basically, if you want a better camera then you have to buy a better phone. A shame I know because the i9000 is a great little phone.
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Allright thank you
MfG Eleanor1967
I9000 compatible with I9001?
Hi. I have a different question. I want to replace my mother's I9001 camera lens with a new one because it's not working properly.
But searching the web I found that the I9000 camera replace is cheaper and more common than the I9001's. So, will the I9000 camera be compatible with my I9001? For the pictures I saw they are slightly different, but some sites sell them as for i9000/i9001.
No :thumbdown:
I bought 9000 camera in phone service and replaced my self, when you turn phone on and open camera app it writes
Could not connect to camera
I returned them and they cleaned my lenses , then after one week i tryed to do same and i now totaly usless camera, on ebay they are 19 $
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In my hunt for a better camera I just replaced my camera lens with a new one from ebay ( about 5 €) and I'm very happy with the results.
I think it's clear wich picture is from before and which one from after the swap
MfG Eleanor1967
midhato said:
No :thumbdown:
I bought 9000 camera in phone service and replaced my self, when you turn phone on and open camera app it writes
Could not connect to camera
I returned them and they cleaned my lenses , then after one week i tryed to do same and i now totaly usless camera, on ebay they are 19 $
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Ok, thanks.
I have looked and looked on this forum for a potential solution to this problem but to no avail, The only thing i found was for the Atrix 4G so i thought i would start my own thread.
The problem is my Atrix HD MB886 rear camera will not initilize, whenever i click on on the camera app, it stays black for a little while the says Camera failed to initialize.
I was a little curios so i have installed a L.E.D app and a ''Mirror'' app on the phone, the L.E.D works just fine and my front facing camera works just fine, however the rear one still has this problem, i bought the phone second hand from ebay and it had this problem, when i first got the phone it was not rooted, bootloader locks stock ROM etc, i have since rooted the phone, unlocked the bootloader and currently running AOSB 4.4 Kitkat custom ROM.
If anyone can shed some light on this situation or try to help that would be great....
Many thanks!
PHONE SPECS
MODEL NUMBER - MB886
ANDROID VERSION - 4.4.2
BASEBAND VERSION - MB886_BP_100740.071.65.04P
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Have you done a full wipe or format of everything, manually fastbooted back to stock (not using RSD; doesn't matter what stock), and tried it then? If yes, then you might be crap outta luck and have a bad camera module. If it makes you feel any better, my headphone jack went out about a week after I unlocked my bootloader.....but that's what a Defy is for .
You're not misssing that much, the camera quality ranges from medicore to suck....maybe good with perfect lighting and nothing moving all that much....it does the job, but barley good enough.
Yeah I have done all that, when I bought the phone it was completely as if you had bought it direct from a store brand new no modifications etc, since then I have done the formats and wipes etc etc, what I'm now wondering is how easy it would be to change the camera module, is it soldered at all? Or just unclick the ribbons and swap it out, the main reason for the camera is I just moved to the USA and like to take pictures to send back to my family in England, it would be great if I could get this working some how
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Not to worry too much however I have installed camera MX and that allows me to take photographs from my front camera quality ain't a big issue it would be nice to get the rear camera working though
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Never paid attention to the camera when looking at teardowns. IIRC, it can be done, just might be a pita.
Hey guys,
I have been in xda since android 2.1 , went to iphone 4s, then back to android with the galaxy note 2, and now the lg flex. My phones always had a mid range camera, but this one is terrible, when indoors and poor lighting. It isn't the noise in the image that bothers me, because i know it's a smartphone.
Yet it starts to lag, as if i am using a 1.2 mp sensor, just when moving the camera around it smudges the view across the screen.. Thing is, switching to video mode seems to make things move in real time.
Is it just me? If not, i wonder the reason for this.. Fraustrated for paying so much for this device...
So... I guess flex support is dead
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Some what!
rotem07773 said:
So... I guess flex support is dead
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I had camera issue!
Your screen has alot to do with how it functions according to LG
They replace my whole FLEX with a new phone bc my camera stopped alll together
BASICALLY FLASH BACK TO STOCK
AND CALL LG WARRANTY CENTER AND HAVE A RMA DONE
Prolly not what you wanted to here but on the briteside (New Flex )
So I just received my new nexus 6 in the mail from a deal I got on amazon, I spent some time getting it unlocked and rooted and was just about to go down to AT&T to get a new sim card for it when I tested out the camera app. Now I know the camera in this phone isn't supposed to be great but everyone said its a great deal better than the nexus 5. The problem is mine wont focus at ALL. I cant figure out what is wrong, I didn't flash any custom roms yet nor have I downloaded any special apps. I just cant get it to focus at any distance on pictures. Does anyone know anything that could help?
There's something wrong with the ois module. It's hardware and you should get a replacement.
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There's something wrong with the ois module. It's hardware and you should get a replacement.
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crap. you've got to be kidding me.
Justin541 said:
So I just received my new nexus 6 in the mail from a deal I got on amazon, I spent some time getting it unlocked and rooted and was just about to go down to AT&T to get a new sim card for it when I tested out the camera app. Now I know the camera in this phone isn't supposed to be great but everyone said its a great deal better than the nexus 5. The problem is mine wont focus at ALL. I cant figure out what is wrong, I didn't flash any custom roms yet nor have I downloaded any special apps. I just cant get it to focus at any distance on pictures. Does anyone know anything that could help?
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I have just developed an out of focus problem with the rear camera on my Nexus 6. I consider my Nexus 6 the BEST CAMERA I EVER HAD!!! I have tried everything - clearing cache, uninstalling updates, re-installing app, booting in safe mode, etc.. I searched for a manual focus camera app and finally found one in Google play to see if I could get the camera to focus manually. I finally found AZ Camera. This third party camera app showed me that I had only very limited ability to focus and only in the Macro range - like probably less than a tenth of an inch. I have come to believe that something mechanical in the lens mechanism is to blame. My phone was manufactured by Motorola which has given me very good service in the past. As much as I hate being without this phone, I will send it to them to have it fixed. The low cost of a replacement camera (you can find them for about $20) was tempting and I am quite capable of following the YouTube instructions to get the job done, but, I am also quite capable of screwing up by messing with micro parts, adhesives, and the miriad of connections and screws. I would rather that someone who is totally familiar with the device and does this kind of thing everyday for a living do it.
I will come back and post the results.
UPDATE: The problem went away, thankfully, all by itself. Not so good news, as I cannot offer a solution, nor do I know how to prevent it from ever happening again. I did spill coffee near my device but did not think it got wet. Perhaps it did get a drop inside and later dried out. For now, I am just so very thankful that I have my beautiful friend back!!!
I took this phone a step further and switched to purenexus 7.1.1 with December updates and only installed the mini gapps. It almost looks like the official google camera slows this beast down to a crawl...