Hi!
Camera in my Xperia V does not work properly. It can take pictures only in sunny day, in the dark does not turn on. I tested all the official systems (including 4.0.4 4.1.2 4.3) and CM11, everywhere the same bug. In the pictures , where a very strong light, purple stripes are visible (see the Attached Thumbnails). I thought it was hardware damaged, so I bought the camera, but unfortunately nothing changed
So anybody has idea what is wrong?
Pitagoras2000 said:
Hi!
My camera does not work properly. It can take pictures only in sunny day, in the dark does not turn on. I tested all the official systems (including 4.0.4 4.1.2 4.3) and CM11, everywhere the same bug. In the pictures , where a very strong light, purple stripes are visible (see the Attached Thumbnails). I thought it was hardware damaged, so I bought the camera, but unfortunately nothing changed
So anybody has idea what is wrong?
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Try turning off NFC. Btw: are you using the stock camera app?
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Nfc off does nothing.
In screenshot I'm using "A better camera" from google play, but now I'm using stock system with stock camera app.
Pitagoras2000 said:
Nfc off does nothing.
In screenshot I'm using "A better camera" from google play, but now I'm using stock system with stock camera app.
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And both camera apps are giving you the same problem?
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Unfortunately no.
Interesting is the fact, torch turns on using flashlight applications from google play, but each of them get freezy and FC after 1-2 min. When I turn on the default application for torch in custom ROM (like Carbon, Lovins) everything is ok.
Pitagoras2000 said:
Unfortunately no.
Interesting is the fact, torch turns on using flashlight applications from google play, but each of them get freezy and FC after 1-2 min. When I turn on the default application for torch in custom ROM (like Carbon, Lovins) everything is ok.
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Try flashing stock 4.1.2 firmware using flashtool and do a complete wipe during the install (tick all three boxes on the right side: data, cache and something which I don't remember the name of). You might've messed something up when flashing custom roms and flashing back the stock one should fix it. Also check if your camera lens is scratched/cracked. If none of that helps. I'm afraid it's a hardware fault then. :/
Btw: I remember people talking about the camera bug which you have in 1st picture in some 4.3 rom (not the latest one). But it's the first time I've seen a bug like you have in 2nd picture.
Camera lens look perfect on both camera modules. I am surprised that after the exchange of the camera is the same problem.
I'll try flash tomorrow or later (you know, New Year) and and I'll answer.
Thanks for your support and Happy New Year :highfive:
Pitagoras2000 said:
Camera lens look perfect on both camera modules. I am surprised that after the exchange of the camera is the same problem.
I'll try flash tomorrow or later (you know, New Year) and and I'll answer.
Thanks for your support and Happy New Year :highfive:
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Thank you and happy New Year to you too !
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Unfortunately, Camera has stopped
Flashing to stock 4.1.2 via flashtool nothing has changed. In a small service near me, they said that the fault of the driver on the motherboard, and there's nothing they will do.
I'm sad, because photos in the sun and underwater is doing great.
@finac94 Thanks for trying me solve this problem
Regards
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The fix below has been merged into the nightlies!! expect to see it on the 23rd.
If you're impatient, you can install a compiled version of the apk from recovery...
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The camera issue is for ALL of cyanogenmod, not just us dinc users.
I've grabbed some of the patches that are being worked on and put some of my own work into it.
Please let me know what you find.
For me, it crashes almost every single time if I use continuous focus, but it's fine with infinity.
Screen off and on works without FC, but the camera is hard coded to not allow recording with screen off.
1. Backup
2. Flash aosp-camera-fix-v1.0.zip
3. reboot..
flashed
Just flashed, off to a meeting but will report back shortly. I would love to be able to shoot video in 720.
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no issues
No FC in continuous or infinity mode. Shot about 10 minutes of video in both. Screen off then on kills recording. Still no 720p recording mode though (not that this was supposed to fix that, I was just hoping).
Recap: No camera/video FC in either mode (continuous or infinity)
Thanks for this
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To get 720 p.. Make sure quality is set to custom and file type is mpeg4, then it should show up in the settings.
Someone alert camalus!
I will be flashing this after work today! Thank you!!!
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jimmypopulous said:
Someone alert camalus!
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Its Christmas!
Weeeeeeeeeeeee! LED and camera fix in the Same day!
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That does it. Thanks again.
seanzer said:
To get 720 p.. Make sure quality is set to custom and file type is mpeg4, then it should show up in the settings.
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camalus said:
Its Christmas!
Weeeeeeeeeeeee! LED and camera fix in the Same day!
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Indeed. well done seanzer, well done!
rom manager now shows build #157 (11-23) does this include both the cam and led fix?
radiohead14 said:
rom manager now shows build #157 (11-23) does this include both the cam and led fix?
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Maybe cam fix, definitely not led fix tho.. hasn't been approved.
hi seanzer. on cm nightly build #161 - issue: when on videocam, and i turn off the screen (recording or not), when you unlock, the videocam becomes almost half the size of the screen (with the preview screen almost a quarter the size, and is now on the lower left), and it's unresponsive.
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hi seanzer. on cm nightly build #161 - issue: when on videocam, and i turn off the screen (recording or not), when you unlock, the videocam becomes almost half the size of the screen (with the preview screen almost a quarter the size, and is now on the lower left), and it's unresponsive.
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Same thing happened on my friends moto Droid 1.. i think the latest commit to the camera broke it. Try a nightly before the 24th... which only contains my camera fix. I haven't had time to test the latest nightly yet, but I will have to investigate more what happened..
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Same thing happened on my friends moto Droid 1.. i think the latest commit to the camera broke it. Try a nightly before the 24th... which only contains my camera fix. I haven't had time to test the latest nightly yet, but I will have to investigate more what happened..
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thanks man. i just installed build #159 and cam is back to normal again.
on a different note: how come the vanilla cam doesn't support 8mp wide like the htc sense cam?
radiohead14 said:
how come the vanilla cam doesn't support 8mp wide like the htc sense cam?
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anyone know? is this the same with all aosp roms?.. the camera just isn't as good as the htc cam.
Fixed my Nexus One
Installed on CM 6.1 on a Nexus One, fixed the camera for photos, haven't tested the videos.
Symptoms: Camera keeps crashing after a few shots. Force Close the application and if I tried to run it I only got a blackscreen until the Force Close window appeared.
It also rebooted my phone one 2 occasions.
Installed using Rom Manager:
Install from SD
Selected .zip
Backup Rom (Yes)
Wipe (NO!!!)
Everything went smooth.
Now I'm taking pictures, modifying settings, Touch Focus, everything seems to work.
Took 20 pictures in a row and fast.
Thanks for the fix
I had high expectations on this one, I tried it but I still get FC on the camera.
I have a Magic and I am running the CM 6.1 Rom
radiohead14 said:
anyone know? is this the same with all aosp roms?.. the camera just isn't as good as the htc cam.
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If you look at the resolution of the 8mp wide setting on the stock sense camera, it's not actually 8mp. It's really the same as 6mp wide on the CM camera.
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Hi,
I have black screen with two icons on the right side (i can't click them) when I try to turn on camera.
Vignette stuck on starts with an "initializing camera".
I flashed firmware with Sony Ericsson Update Services - no effect.
I had rooted phone month ago and camera works fine, but I'm not sure about uninstall some files (facebook, rollercoaster, etc.), maybe I something removed more by accident... It's possible that I haven't some apk ?
I had the exact same problem. I had to send it for repair. They installed a new camera.
ahhh
odezet said:
Hi,
I have black screen with two icons on the right side (i can't click them) when I try to turn on camera.
Vignette stuck on starts with an "initializing camera".
I flashed firmware with Sony Ericsson Update Services - no effect.
I had rooted phone month ago and camera works fine, but I'm not sure about uninstall some files (facebook, rollercoaster, etc.), maybe I something removed more by accident... It's possible that I haven't some apk ?
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if i where you i would do what Chris95X8.
although it is possable that you might of accidently deleted camera.apk
wilbso said:
if i where you i would do what Chris95X8.
although it is possable that you might of accidently deleted camera.apk
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I have only "/system/app/SemcCamera.apk" apk file with the camera string.
Is there any other camera apk file needed ?
after some many roms flash and reflash my camera only works under "Night , Beach and Snow mode" if i set it AUTO all photos go black and app freeze, even in stock rom
Hi!
Xperia Z came with Andriod 4.1.2 If i remember it correctly, this version worked really good. I recently upgraded it to Android 4.2.2 and now its laggy, slow and has alot of bugs.. The camera got black spots which according to some posts are software related - I don't see how that is possible but ok.
So my question is: If I factory reset the phone from the menu, do I get andriod 4.1 back?
Thomas.Nagy said:
Hi!
Xperia Z came with Andriod 4.1.2 If i remember it correctly, this version worked really good. I recently upgraded it to Android 4.2.2 and now its laggy, slow and has alot of bugs.. The camera got black spots which according to some posts are software related - I don't see how that is possible but ok.
So my question is: If I factory reset the phone from the menu, do I get andriod 4.1 back?
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Nope, you will have to reflash 4.1 again to use it again sorry
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Thomas.Nagy said:
Hi!
Xperia Z came with Andriod 4.1.2 If i remember it correctly, this version worked really good. I recently upgraded it to Android 4.2.2 and now its laggy, slow and has alot of bugs.. The camera got black spots which according to some posts are software related - I don't see how that is possible but ok.
So my question is: If I factory reset the phone from the menu, do I get andriod 4.1 back?
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Nope, i have the 4.2.2 stock rom without any slow or any bug like most of users here. The camera has no problem as well. I don't see as well how it's possible especially when you don't talk about any bugs you have...
QualQuek said:
Nope, i have the 4.2.2 stock rom without any slow or any bug like most of users here. The camera has no problem as well. I don't see as well how it's possible especially when you don't talk about any bugs you have...
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Camera "black spots" explained here:
h ttp : // talk.sonymobile.com /thread/126792?start=10&tstart=0
Popped up once i upgraded it to 4.2
Buggs like: sms messeges dont play out the sound correctly when popping, The lock screen lags when u unlock the phone - and the camera from the lock screen takes double the time to load compared to 4.1
Thomas.Nagy said:
Camera "black spots" explained here:
h ttp : // talk.sonymobile.com /thread/126792?start=10&tstart=0
Popped up once i upgraded it to 4.2
Buggs like: sms messeges dont play out the sound correctly when popping, The lock screen lags when u unlock the phone - and the camera from the lock screen takes double the time to load compared to 4.1
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Slow = depends completely of what applications you have installed, the default stock rom => no lag here so maybe something haven't worked correctly during your update
Camera bug => it's answered on your thread, the black stuff seems to be the dust inside the camera lens, return your phone for repairing. http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/489865#489865
Dedenitley a software bug (for me)
A photo taken in portrait gives me 1 dot,but a photo taken in landscape gives me none!! Wtf :what:
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I'm having an issue with my Nexus 6 Front Camera inverting while in certain 3rd party Apps. Works well with the Stock Android Camera App but when I download certain 3rd party apps the picture is upside down. Even while using Google Hangouts video call and other video messaging apps the camera is inverted. It's not limited to just camera apps when I use anything with attach a photo/take a photo the camera is upside down any way of fixing this.
Same issue here.....
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defyiant said:
I'm having an issue with my Nexus 6 Front Camera inverting while in certain 3rd party Apps. Works well with the Stock Android Camera App but when I download certain 3rd party apps the picture is upside down. Even while using Google Hangouts video call and other video messaging apps the camera is inverted. It's not limited to just camera apps when I use anything with attach a photo/take a photo the camera is upside down any way of fixing this.
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Same issue here.....
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Same here. I use a 3rd party app called Battlecam and it uses front and rear camera's. The rear cam is just fine but the front facing cam is upside down everytime. I have a Nexus 7 with android 5.0 and it works fine on that device. I'm thinking this is nexus 6 strictly.
Anyone else?
Same here.
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I've been having the same problem. It only happens for me on two apps so far, when I turn off my phone Lookout will take a pic and it's upside down and yesterday I downloaded A Better Camera, when I open it's front facing camera it's upside down as well.
bigfonz said:
I've been having the same problem. It only happens for me on two apps so far, when I turn off my phone Lookout will take a pic and it's upside down and yesterday I downloaded A Better Camera, when I open it's front facing camera it's upside down as well.
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I got my Nexus 6 a couple days ago, and have noticed that on Snapchat and Hangouts the front-facing camera shows upside down. On Snapchat, it even utilizes the accelerometer to ensure that no matter the rotation, my face is always hanging down from the sky. Very annoying.
Anyone figure this out? I plan on factory resetting my phone later today and starting from scratch to see if it's a problem incorporating settings from my old phone.
ArsenalAM said:
I got my Nexus 6 a couple days ago, and have noticed that on Snapchat and Hangouts the front-facing camera shows upside down. On Snapchat, it even utilizes the accelerometer to ensure that no matter the rotation, my face is always hanging down from the sky. Very annoying.
Anyone figure this out? I plan on factory resetting my phone later today and starting from scratch to see if it's a problem incorporating settings from my old phone.
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Hey please let us know if performing a factory reset did anything to fix the problem because like you I'm annoyed with having my front camera face upside down. All apps should work properly front camera or not this is disappointing because this is a new device and this should not be happening.
defyiant said:
Hey please let us know if performing a factory reset did anything to fix the problem because like you I'm annoyed with having my front camera face upside down. All apps should work properly front camera or not this is disappointing because this is a new device and this should not be happening.
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These type of issues usually occur with new devices running the new OS - aka 'initial bugs'
El Goog will get these sorted out (make sure you put in a bug report)
defyiant said:
Hey please let us know if performing a factory reset did anything to fix the problem because like you I'm annoyed with having my front camera face upside down. All apps should work properly front camera or not this is disappointing because this is a new device and this should not be happening.
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Factory reset fixed the issues I mentioned in my post. I suspect they were caused by importing data/settings from my previous device, which had a different version of the OS.
I'm having this issue, and I didn't import any settings from a previous phone. Is this a software or hardware problem?
Same issue
jj14 said:
These type of issues usually occur with new devices running the new OS - aka 'initial bugs'
El Goog will get these sorted out (make sure you put in a bug report)
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I am also facing this issue. Can someone tell me how I can send a bug report to google??
https://code.google.com/p/android/
The site has lately been overrun by spammers (read more here), but they clean that crap up fairly quickly
Nexus 6 portrait orientation is 270 instead of 90
The developers of these apps assume that the orientation for portrait mode is 90 degrees. From some reason on Nexus 6 it should be 270 degrees. Developers of camera apps should follow the code example at: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html#setDisplayOrientation(int)
Yup, for the most part - it isn't your phone, its the app in question.
RW-1 said:
Yup, for the most part - it isn't your phone, its the app in question.
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I use an app called Open Camera, and have no issues.
I "fixed" this problem by uninstalling the updates on my Google Camera app. I guess something in one of the updates inverts the pics taken. At least, this was the "solution" on my Nexus 6. I re-installed the latest update to the camera and the problem came back.
I'm running chroma but others are reporting this in other roms as well. I thought the issue started right about when the camera apk got an upgrade this week, which brought faster HDR processing, etc. Mine crashes randomly. Not every pic, not every 5...just when it wants to crash. Seems HDR mode brings it on more often. If it crashes, the pic I was taking doesn't get saved either, which sucks. I tried reverting back to the December camera apk thinking that would fix it, but it's still happening with that. So I'm now thinking it's either related to some other google services, possibly the overhauled photos app?
Anyone else have a guess? It's frustrating.
Have you tried clearing the application data and application cache in settings?
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Have you tried clearing the application data and application cache in settings?
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yeah. And it's been fully removed numerous times as well.
I don't have a Nexus 6 but I have a Note 2 with an AOSP ROM /5.1.1 Lollipop and the google camera crashes. I have to reboot the phone. This has been going on since that app came out. They can never seem to fix it
works perfectly here(on 5.1.1 and on M).
simms22 said:
works perfectly here(on 5.1.1 and on M).
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Take a few HDR photos in a row. I guarantee it'll stop working. You don't even have to take them fast.
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Ryjabo said:
Take a few HDR photos in a row. I guarantee it'll stop working. You don't even have to take them fast.
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for the fun of it, i just shot 27 hdr+ photos in a row, no crash. besides that, im a very heavy(extremely heavy) camera user. usually ill take 400-1500 photos on my days off, and more throughout the week, check out my g+. oh, no crashes, ever. and i exclusively use the google camera.
my g+ https://plus.google.com/+semeonkorsunsky/posts
simms22 said:
for the fun of it, i just shot 27 hdr+ photos in a row, no crash. besides that, im a very heavy(extremely heavy) camera user. usually ill take 400-1500 photos on my days off, and more throughout the week, check out my g+. oh, no crashes, ever. and i exclusively use the google camera.
my g+ https://plus.google.com/+semeonkorsunsky/posts
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what kind of wizardry are you doing? Using M I get the crash. Using chroma 5.1.1 I get the crash...
Do you use google photos and do you have the autoupload features on?
jeebuspwnz said:
what kind of wizardry are you doing? Using M I get the crash. Using chroma 5.1.1 I get the crash...
Do you use google photos and do you have the autoupload features on?
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no, i use the aosp gallery app and i do not upload my photos. the only photos that get saved are what i upload and post on g+. i ran m for 9 days or so, and it never crashed. but i did find a camera bug on m. if you are taking a photo with the flash on, and tap on any part of the screen to focus, itll onlways refocus on the very middle, then shoot.
oh, btw, i am using the terminus rom.
I've found that if I could 6 seconds between each shot, the issue does not occur. Or if I scroll to the pic and watch the HDR processing bar finish, then take another pic...the issue does not occur. If I do take multiple shots without much time in between, it always crashes. Doesn't matter what rom I use.
simms22 said:
for the fun of it, i just shot 27 hdr+ photos in a row, no crash. besides that, im a very heavy(extremely heavy) camera user. usually ill take 400-1500 photos on my days off, and more throughout the week, check out my g+. oh, no crashes, ever. and i exclusively use the google camera.
my g+ https://plus.google.com/+semeonkorsunsky/posts
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I must say you are lucky, would you pls describe in detail whic rom, gapps, camera you installed & how.
I tried all the options but camera still crashes.
androiduser2011 said:
I must say you are lucky, would you pls describe in detail whic rom, gapps, camera you installed & how.
I tried all the options but camera still crashes.
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im using terminus rom, this version https://goo.gl/ojD6Z6
with banks gapps, and vindicator kernel. all flashed via twrp. if my camera crashed, id be the first person ticked off about it, as i use my camera so often. has anyone that has the camera crash tried clearing app data for the camera? or even tried running a fix_permissions?
I've experienced the camera multiple HDR+ picture crashing also. It happens to me on every single AOSP ROM except Omni for some reason. Doesn't occur on stock either (haven't tried it on M).
simms22 said:
im using terminus rom, this version https://goo.gl/ojD6Z6
with banks gapps, and vindicator kernel. all flashed via twrp. if my camera crashed, id be the first person ticked off about it, as i use my camera so often. has anyone that has the camera crash tried clearing app data for the camera? or even tried running a fix_permissions?
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yes, done all of that. Just did it again for fun. I also tried getting rid of "photos", using the stock gallery instead...which effectively disabled any cloud sync stuff. Still crashes.
I'll summarize again: crashes only when using HDR+ and taking pictures quickly. If you wait 5-6 seconds between shots it doesn't crash. However, if it does crash it will delete all the photos you took.
I do have the same problem but only when it has less than 40% battery. Camera app crash and turn off the device. It only happens with camera google app. with high battery charge does not happen at all.
well, Play Store just updated me to 2.5.052 Camera. My fingers were crossed. Still crashes if you take HDR pics too quickly, in succession.
It still crashes on HDR pics
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I can confirm that running 100% stock nexus6 5.1.1 rom (with root), the camera does not crash no matter how hard I try. As much as I like chroma and the other aosp based roms, I guess I'll stick to stock for now.
jeebuspwnz said:
I can confirm that running 100% stock nexus6 5.1.1 rom (with root), the camera does not crash no matter how hard I try. As much as I like chroma and the other aosp based roms, I guess I'll stick to stock for now.
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I'm on terminus, and now m, and have not had a camera crash. so you don't just have to stick with stock.
jeebuspwnz said:
I can confirm that running 100% stock nexus6 5.1.1 rom (with root), the camera does not crash no matter how hard I try. As much as I like chroma and the other aosp based roms, I guess I'll stick to stock for now.
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Try AOSip ROM, it will never crash.
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