Hello to you all,
I've looked and couldn't find a similar thing happen to anyone else!
So, I have a X8 with locked bootloader and stock Ginger DX 29, and although it used to work fine, I now am experiencing this problem with my camera.
Basically, the camera button isn't recognized to launch the app from the homescreen for a start, and then if I do open it from the app drawer, I can see the image fine, but nothing works (accessing the settings, changing from camera to video, taking a picture, etc) and after a few second I get a Close app/Wait kind of dialogue and I'm back to square one.
this is annoying because I tried pushing older camera.apks that I knew worked with no problem, no change. I tried doing a factory reset, no luck, flashing gdx again from scratch (didn't try the SEUS reset because it's a pain to root again and all that, and gdx used to work fine) I've also checked that it wasn't a hardware problem by mapping the camera button to an action in snesoid and it worked fine.
I don't really know what to do from that point! I was thinking maybe it's got to do with my image folder on the sd card, or something like that since it's the only thing that stays there throughout the wipes? Anyone knows what could be at fault? It's annoying not able to use the camera!
Thank you in advance.
Re: [Q] Weird camera problem, any ideas?
Settings ,applications,manage applications,find camera.apk and wipe cache and data.
If it doesnt help,try to download a camera app from play store and see if it works.
so, wiping the data didn't work, however I did two things : download a third party app and renamed my DCIM folder to another name, and one of them worked!
I'm suspecting the second one because as I tried my original app again, everything worked as well...
It must have been write protected for some reason, and that's why my camera app would be stuck at the begining I guess...
I'll try to copy my files back in the new folder that was created and see if it happens again.
Thank you!
Re: [Q] Weird camera problem, any ideas?
nice to hear you solved it. :thumbup: please do indicate in the thread title that it's solved. it may help other users with a similar issue.
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All done!
I'm still not able to use the camera button when on my home screen but I'm guessing it's a rom issue, as I don't remember how it behaved before...
awkXda said:
All done!
I'm still not able to use the camera button when on my home screen but I'm guessing it's a rom issue, as I don't remember how it behaved before...
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i'vw never really experienced that before... so i can't help. just a suggestion though, have you tried using a different sdcard? if it still persists, maybe you're right and it's a rom issue.
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This just started today. If I go to open the Camera, the screen goes black and then a few seconds later the force close window pops up.
I tried closing everything with Advanced Task Manager. Same problem.
Powered off the phone and rebooted. Same problem.
It was working a few days ago and I haven't installed any new apps or done anything drastic since.
I have a feeling wiping will fix it, but I wanted to see if anyone else had this problem and fixed it before doing that.
Running JF1.5 ADP currently.
RueTheDay said:
This just started today. If I go to open the Camera, the screen goes black and then a few seconds later the force close window pops up.
I tried closing everything with Advanced Task Manager. Same problem.
Powered off the phone and rebooted. Same problem.
It was working a few days ago and I haven't installed any new apps or done anything drastic since.
I have a feeling wiping will fix it, but I wanted to see if anyone else had this problem and fixed it before doing that.
Running JF1.5 ADP currently.
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Try using adb to delete the camera.apk and then redownload JF and pul the apk out of it and repush it to your phone
****. Just upgraded to JF 1.51 ADP and wiped, but camera still not working. Will now try the US CBR43 version of JF1.51 to see what happens. I hope this isn't a hardware issue.
Same problem with JF1.51.
Then I did a Nandroid restore to a date when I know the camera was working. - Same problem.
Then installed the latest Cyanogen ROM. Same problem.
I'm out of ideas. Help!
Try the camcorder? They're technically seperate apps. Also, go download some third party camera or recorder, like Qik or SnapPhoto. If none of those work, it's most likely a hardware problem.
When the camera app can't access the camera (such as a malfunction or other problem) it returns an error because part of its components (in this case, the most important) isn't working. Try even going to another build, like Cyan's, to see if anything else gets resolved.
lukekirstein said:
Try the camcorder? They're technically seperate apps. Also, go download some third party camera or recorder, like Qik or SnapPhoto. If none of those work, it's most likely a hardware problem.
When the camera app can't access the camera (such as a malfunction or other problem) it returns an error because part of its components (in this case, the most important) isn't working. Try even going to another build, like Cyan's, to see if anything else gets resolved.
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Tried Cyan's ROM. Same problem. Moved apps off SD and back to memory, same problem. I'm going to try the phone with a different SD card as a long shot. If that doesn't fix it, I'm thinking definitely hardware.
RueTheDay said:
Tried Cyan's ROM. Same problem. Moved apps off SD and back to memory, same problem. I'm going to try the phone with a different SD card as a long shot. If that doesn't fix it, I'm thinking definitely hardware.
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Did you try a third party app?
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Did you try a third party app?
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Yeah same problem.
If it's hardware, do I need to unroot it before going back to T-Mobile?
Yep, sounds like a hardware problem. It'd be a good idea to try to unroot it, unless you're on T-Mobile's phone insurance, in which case it's no-questions-asked.
What in the blue ****?
I was having issues with Touchdown (Exchange sync) force closing, so I upgraded to the latest version which fixed that. Then just for ****s and giggles I tried the camera and it's working now. I doubt the two are related, but man WTF.
Anyway, on the plus side, I do like the latest Cyanogen ROM better than the JF1.5.
eh..okay then. Change the thread title to [SOLVED] please
Edit thread doesn't let me change the title.
Anyway, it was the SD card. Reformatted my EXT2 partition and redid apps2sd and it started working again. Then started getting a bunch of force closes on other apps. Ultimately reflashed back to JF1.51 and moved all my apps back to main memory. Everything works flawless now.
I rooted my G1 the day I bought it in April and did app2sd shortly after. Nothing but problems. Tried every apps2sd method. They all work fine for a few weeks and then start falling apart.
yesterday i was cleaning data and cache data from some apps, like storage ones, and google ones.
Today i turn on the phone and some message appears and then dissapears instantly.
and i notice that the security padron is gone :S
and now even if i define a security padron it doesn't ask me for it to unblock the phone :S and the home button isn't working also :/
what's wrong? what can i do?
Best regards to everyone
edit: the options that should be near the shutdown option, like airplane mode etc are also gone. Only shutdown there =((
Same problem, the long press home button didnt work, the lockscreen was gone...
I did a factory reset and that solved the problem. Maybe there is a better method.
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was already taking care of that, backing up app's installers to usd and etc.
But anyway thank you about the reply and making me sure of the solution =) finished now and all is ok ty.
Hope i don't have to root it again xD
will install root explorer again to see hehe.. but i think it's still ok.
Anyway thx given =)
Edit:
videos also didn't play before.
Hope this helps xda and everyone else indentify the future problems like this =)
Hi I have been using my HTC dream on Cymod 6.1 since long and never had this kind of problem b4.
1. Camera is blank or get error "activity camera (in application camera) is not responding"
2. Battery is draining fast.
3. Battery feels heated up when charging
i have tried flashing the rom again many times, did memory wipe , factory restore, and even tried to delete the camera.apk from terminal app but still have the same issue. Please Please someone help.
This happened to me too with my old G1
The problem was a loose/broken camera cable.
Its very difficult to connect the camera cable though...
The battery...hmmm well...
actually the camera cable could be causing a short somewhere?
I don't know. What I would do is open up and take a look inside
Careful though
Also, you can try some things for a better diagnostic:
1. Try to use anoter rom, and check if the problem persists
2. Check the battery stats in phone's adjust and see what consums so many battery
3. Use an alternate kernel
4. Try to use the original firmware, it's supposed to work at 100% and not to harm/malfunction your device
5. Another Radio/SPL combo
If all them fail and always you're facing the same problem, then it's not a software trouble, it's a hardware one.
I wouldn't be an bad idea to dissconect the camera cable from your G1 motherboard and see if something rare happens with the battery life.
And remember if your phone suffered a fall or something that could move things inside of it, if it happened maybe it's only a ill post wire inside your phone waiting to be repaired.
thanks for the suggestions, however when i am on rc29 camera works however it doesn't allow me to capture any picture, only the green light keeps blinking when i try to capture any picture.
But another thing i found when i am on updated firmware is that camera application size is 0, under application info, so i assume there is sum thing wrong with camera application and how would i re install the camera application if i want to, i have already tried everything from scratch and installing Rom but didn't succeed. If i m on cynegon mode 6 can i manually install the camera, Can someone please tell me the steps ?
frankdrey said:
This happened to me too with my old G1
The problem was a loose/broken camera cable.
Its very difficult to connect the camera cable though...
The battery...hmmm well...
actually the camera cable could be causing a short somewhere?
I don't know. What I would do is open up and take a look inside
Careful though
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mishamosher said:
Also, you can try some things for a better diagnostic:
1. Try to use anoter rom, and check if the problem persists
2. Check the battery stats in phone's adjust and see what consums so many battery
3. Use an alternate kernel
4. Try to use the original firmware, it's supposed to work at 100% and not to harm/malfunction your device
5. Another Radio/SPL combo
If all them fail and always you're facing the same problem, then it's not a software trouble, it's a hardware one.
I wouldn't be an bad idea to dissconect the camera cable from your G1 motherboard and see if something rare happens with the battery life.
And remember if your phone suffered a fall or something that could move things inside of it, if it happened maybe it's only a ill post wire inside your phone waiting to be repaired.
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thanks for the suggestions, however when i am on rc29 camera works however it doesn't allow me to capture any picture, only the green light keeps blinking when i try to capture any picture.
But another thing i found when i am on updated firmware is that camera application size is 0, under application info, so i assume there is sum thing wrong with camera application and how would i re install the camera application if i want to, i have already tried everything from scratch and installing Rom but didn't succeed. If i m on cynegon mode 6 can i manually install the camera, Can someone please tell me the steps ?
Open the rom zip file with winrar and go to /system/app and copy camera.apk to your sd card
Get a file browser on the phone and click camera.apk and install it
But really it sounds like a hardware problem
frankdrey said:
Open the rom zip file with winrar and go to /system/app and copy camera.apk to your sd card
Get a file browser on the phone and click camera.apk and install it
But really it sounds like a hardware problem
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you saying its a hardware problem but then camera view was working except capturing pictures on RC29 ??
Oh so it showed in rc29 but you couldn't capture pictures.....huh....that is so weird
Try to do a fastboot wipe and install a new rom...and if it still doesn't work, something is seriously wrong with the phone
anyway ...... I bricked my G1 somehow , so dont know what to say now
Hey its not always a brick
Give some detail
Does the G1 screen show? If not, then yes its a brick...
If it shows, then try to get into fastboot
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frankdrey said:
Hey its not always a brick
Give some detail
Does the G1 screen show? If not, then yes its a brick...
If it shows, then try to get into fastboot
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Its shows the G1 screen but dont know how to get into fastboot have tried all the options
frankdrey said:
Hey its not always a brick
Give some detail
Does the G1 screen show? If not, then yes its a brick...
If it shows, then try to get into fastboot
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Yes it shows G1 screen , but dont know how to get into fastmood have already tried all the options.
samkhan79 said:
Yes it shows G1 screen , but dont know how to get into fastmood have already tried all the options.
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well sorry to say but in my experience the only way to fix it is with jtag. not too many people out there do this do it will probably be hard to find someone willing to and not charge an arm and a leg for it. if you want to try yourself you need to buy special jtag equipment and learn a lot about it! but hey i plan to learn some day and im sure you could too. but for now id recommend buying a new phone or mother board...
I just recently got my note and I like it, I tried writing with spen and it worked well first week. Yesterday all of a sudden my phone stopped recognizing letters in the text write mode. The spen works fine just can not get any letters or numbers recongnized, not even a wrong suggestion. It all seems like I got some settings turned off but can not figure out what. Please help, thanks.
try re-install your room / factory rest that should sort u out
looks like you are having conflict in your apps
What is room and how do I do it?
He meant ROM but don't go flashing Roms unless you know what you're doing.
Before you start thinking about Roms - what had you been doing before the problem happened and what had you installed? Also, are you still on stock Rom?
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apd said:
what had you been doing before the problem happened and what had you installed? Also, are you still on stock Rom?
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I have not been doing anything to it but use it normally for voice, messaging and emails,
I have some apps installed from the android app store, I tried to put a screen capture of the apps but the forum does not let me post an outside link yet.
Yes I am still on stock rom, have not done anything to the phone.
Maybe a hardware fault?
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Does not seem like it since the pen works fine draws lines nicely.
Any suggestion on what I can do?
I will try to make a video of it and post it.
Hey it works now, I was playing with swipe keyboard and after selecting Samsung keyboard back it started working. Not sure why it did not work before if I figure it out I will post it.
I thought it was some settings problem that I could not figure out.
hi there
after successfully installing the JB updated on my unlocked phone and all was running fine for a while
that is until I rebooted it this morning, now the stupid thing wont start. I am stuck at the triangle iconwith the screwdirver and spanner, and the 'progress' bar below..
clearly it is not progressing as it been like that for over an hour now
also tried clearing cahce/dalvik to no avail
any options here or do I have to ftf my way back to ICS?
any help very much appreciated
thanks
nat
You just need to format your internal sd card and all should be fine, it's a fairly common issue
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matt4321 said:
You just need to format your internal sd card and all should be fine, it's a fairly common issue
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actually I had left it alone for an hour or so and it seems to have come back to life again..
although it has lost my security settings and all the haptic feedback has turned itself back on again
lost my swiftkey settings also it seems
piece of shizzle
EDIT: in fact it refuses to keep any security settings at all, no lock screen nothing.
lost all my texts everything, f*cking cr*p
walkman isnt working either
wondering why i bothered upgrading cant actually see any difference really other than a more colorful boot image. hoping that the battery life will improve as that is rubbish - I know it takes a while to settle.
matt4321 said:
You just need to format your internal sd card and all should be fine, it's a fairly common issue
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No No No don't format anything. That would make you loose all data and apps. Let it be. It will fix itself. Could take between 5 minutes and 3 hours. It is not an error or a problem or anything. Its just getting ready.
But if you really really need it to boot, yes you can format internal.
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xda-nat said:
actually I had left it alone for an hour or so and it seems to have come back to life again..
although it has lost my security settings and all the haptic feedback has turned itself back on again
lost my swiftkey settings also it seems
piece of shizzle
EDIT: in fact it refuses to keep any security settings at all, no lock screen nothing.
lost all my texts everything, f*cking cr*p
walkman isnt working either
wondering why i bothered upgrading cant actually see any difference really other than a more colorful boot image. hoping that the battery life will improve as that is rubbish - I know it takes a while to settle.
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I don't know why it screwed up your settings buddy maybe due to a small flashing error. Flash again and you will see the difference in the upgrade. Battery life is amazing. I can get two days if i switch off data, and 1.5 days with data always on. Plus multitasking is smoother and the camera has HDR, the Xperia Z's ClearAudio+ engine, notification toggles, a sexy new Album, blah blah. You'll find out.
Oh and you did the right thing by letting it be with the white triangle sign.
I don't know why it screwed up your settings buddy maybe due to a small flashing error. Flash again and you will see the difference in the upgrade. Battery life is amazing. I can get two days if i switch off data, and 1.5 days with data always on. Plus multitasking is smoother and the camera has HDR, the Xperia Z's ClearAudio+ engine, notification toggles, a sexy new Album, blah blah. You'll find out.
Oh and you did the right thing by letting it be with the white triangle sign.
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its an Xperia T I have in case that wasn't clear...
so I installed it from a zip in the end, rather than an ftf as flashtool was playing sillybuggers.
I should just go in to recovery and do so again? presumably along with the JB GApps
like I say it was working fine after the first time I did that, but when I turned it off this morning it went all manky
I would however like to keep some of my settings for the apps that havent already had their settings raped.. is titanium the best way to do that? or to move things to SD card and reinstall or something
also home button not functioning- at all
the no screen lock is a big issue as I have my work emails on there - if I lost my phone I would really get in trouble
xda-nat said:
its an Xperia T I have in case that wasn't clear...
so I installed it from a zip in the end, rather than an ftf as flashtool was playing sillybuggers.
I should just go in to recovery and do so again? presumably along with the JB GApps
like I say it was working fine after the first time I did that, but when I turned it off this morning it went all manky
I would however like to keep some of my settings for the apps that havent already had their settings raped.. is titanium the best way to do that? or to move things to SD card and reinstall or something
also home button not functioning- at all
the no screen lock is a big issue as I have my work emails on there - if I lost my phone I would really get in trouble
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OK just installed the ROM zip (timin8r's one) again and its still utterly screwed.
can someone recommend a different one that I might be able to get working.
please....
thanks
nat
thedisturbedone said:
No No No don't format anything. That would make you loose all data and apps. Let it be. It will fix itself. Could take between 5 minutes and 3 hours. It is not an error or a problem or anything. Its just getting ready.
But if you really really need it to boot, yes you can format internal.
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Most the app stuff is on /data not /sdcard so you'll be fine, some of the data made by apps will be in /sdcard/android but there isn't much there as most is in /data/data so if you backup /sdcard/android you'll be fine, you may as well backup your whole sdcard and format, that's the solution I used and most people have been using. If in doubt use titanium backup to also backup your apps if you're unsure
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OK just installed the ROM zip (timin8r's one) again and its still utterly screwed.
can someone recommend a different one that I might be able to get working.
please....
thanks
nat
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I believe the best way is to use a ftf file with flashtool. I have not tried any zipped roms. They might be faulty. And Titanium Backup is the app to use to backup apps. Moving things to SD card is useless as they will be removed when you install a new rom. Always make sure you do a full wipe when you flash a new rom, and flash the kernel before flashing the rom.
xda-nat said:
hi there
after successfully installing the JB updated on my unlocked phone and all was running fine for a while
that is until I rebooted it this morning, now the stupid thing wont start. I am stuck at the triangle iconwith the screwdirver and spanner, and the 'progress' bar below..
clearly it is not progressing as it been like that for over an hour now
also tried clearing cahce/dalvik to no avail
any options here or do I have to ftf my way back to ICS?
any help very much appreciated
thanks
nat
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I had the screwdriver a few days ago, I freaked out so much because I putted Xperia T ftf and installed app's and then Reboot the device and then boom it showed the screwdriver... I was freaking out, So I went to 3 store's while the device was on.. and then later that day it randomly turned on properly.. Flash att ftf and the put back the jelly bean ftff