I just got my Bionic last night and I was going through the camera functions. I was trying to use the Front Camera but the camera app closed. When I tried to start the app again it gave me a notification stating that the "Camera failed to initilize" and then close again. The only way to get the camera back operational is to reboot the phone.
Has anyone had this problem? I did root the phone and then un-rooted if that makes a difference. What I would like to know if you have rooted your phone does you front camera still operated like it does?
Any information on this would be awesome.
How do you use the front camera anyway?
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@exdox77: I'm rooted on my Bionic and I just went through and used the front camera to take self portraits... I've noticed that every Droid has issues with apps from time to time... Usually for me, rebooting fixes the issue... Reguardless of whether I should have to do so to fix it or not, I still love this phone and all of the power it has.
I was just testing out the function of the camera. I went to switch to the front camera within the camera app and just closed and it wont let me back in until and reboot is completed.
I just didnt want to know that it was something I did or not. I even tried to do and factory reset and it did not solve the problem either. Not sure what else there is to do at this point.
@7olycon7: When in camera mode, there's a button that looks like an arrow circling the camera just above the take picture button on the right side of the screen. It takes a moment once you press it, but it switches to the front camera.
that button just closes the camera app. when i launch the app again it tells me "camera unable to initialize"
7olycon7 said:
How do you use the front camera anyway?
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Open the camera app and right above the shutter icon there is a camera icon with an arrow. Press that and it switches over to the front facing camera.
this is the button that causing the camera to malfunction. I am thinking it is a hardware problem rather than a software problem.
I don't kn ow what to say then. That's the button that switches to my front facing camera on my Bionic. Maybe you should be taking yer bionic back and telling them it has issues, or you need to factory reset it because you did something to it that it didn't like.
I think I will be. Well if you think of anything let me know.
Here ya go... Try going in and clearing the cache in the camera app or clearing out the data. The switching to the ffc was a huge issue on the Thunderbolt too and that was the solution to fixing it.
Here's the link to the thread if you want.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...s/69516-swithcing-ffc-crashes-camera-app.html
I wish it was that. I did this before and after the factory reset and every time i choose ffc button it closes the app. then I am unable to get back into the app until a full reboot is completed. I cant even use the back camera or camcorder right now until i reboot the phone.
I just wanted to let everyone know that I had my Bionic replaced because Verizon could not firgure out why it wasn't working. I tried everything including wiping the device.
The only thing I could think of is that when I rooted it it caused something to happen. Has anyone else had this problem after rooting their device?
having the exact same problem, started after root.. sounds like the most likely cause is root.. damn i was hoping it would be a more simple solution gl to everyone else going thru this
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having the exact same problem, started after root.. sounds like the most likely cause is root.. damn i was hoping it would be a more simple solution gl to everyone else going thru this
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I am rooted and am not having any issues with the ffc. I don't think root would affect this.
I didn't think so either but I am just afriad to re-root just in case it happens again. I can wait for a true root process for the Bionic.
So finally the ffc started working properly in the camera app, but once i tried to gtlk the same ffc problem happens again(was working for a few hours before i tried gtlk).
So finally the ffc started working properly in the camera app, but once i tried to gtlk the same ffc problem happens again(was working for a few hours before i tried gtlk).
im rooted and i just tried it everything works fine knock on wood
The Front facing camera on my Droid 4 has completely stopped working... i don't even get a choice to use it in the default Camera app... i have tried things like rebooting my phone and restoring my phone and it doesn't fix it... PLEASE HELP!!!!
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The Front facing camera on my Droid 4 has completely stopped working... i don't even get a choice to use it in the default Camera app... i have tried things like rebooting my phone and restoring my phone and it doesn't fix it... PLEASE HELP!!!!
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Same problem with a droid 4 on ics, rooted
FIX for camera not working on droid
The camera on my droid 4 phone never worked from the time I got it. The app wouldn't even open. I went into Settings, Apps and close to list all apps. I chose the disable option for the 2or3 apps that started with "smart" and closed out. After restarting the phone the camera worked great! Hope this info helps!
Stock on all of your phone's? What happens in safe mode?
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I have the same problem and I'm very confused what's causing this. I've even installed fresh CM but it did't help. Two days ago surprisingly front camera start working but then I've used scan app and problem back again. Could it be hardware issue?
Does anyone else have the issue that once touched to focus then press the take photo button it hangs for ages before actually taking the picture?
I'm currently on cm11 but it's always happened on other cm based roms too
Any ideas for a fix?
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Ben36 said:
Does anyone else have the issue that once touched to focus then press the take photo button it hangs for ages before actually taking the picture?
I'm currently on cm11 but it's always happened on other cm based roms too
Any ideas for a fix?
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are you using manual focus with flash on? if so, that's your problem - either turn off flash, or dont manually focus. a bug that's present even on stock jb rom (in 3rd party apps, and default app when selecting face tracking focus instead of auto, then manually focusing with flash on)
I'll turn flash off and give it a try then. Thanks!
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Has anyone experienced this bug with camera, I can't even start it up, it has started crashing 2 weeks ago while I was on ViperOne rom, now i have flashed cm11 and still the same, I just can't start it up, tried with force stopping the app, clearing cache/data and nothing
edit: if anyone encounters that sometimes camera is working and sometimes not, you just need to hit the phone around camera
It seems that when my phone has fallen from the table flex cable from camera has been losing contact and that was the issue..
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I'm currently using D.U 8,1 rc2/03/18. I'm also using chainfire's Live boot app. I ran into a bootloop today and it kept stopping on this line. Can anyone tell me if it's camera related (Camera FX) our some other app. Picture may be upside down.