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Everytime I try to use the front facing camera on my Droid 3 it says "unable to intialize" and I have to power off the phone to reset the camera. I've found lots of people that have had the same problem (why didn't I find these posts BEFORE I bought the phone??) but I've not found any solutions.
I have not made any modifications to the phone. It is not rooted. It says my system is up to date.
Is there anyway to fix this?
Thank you for any help I can get. I am beyond frustrated
Factory reset? Probably a software problem.
MrObvious said:
Factory reset? Probably a software problem.
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Tried that (more than once, just to be sure). No luck.
Any other suggestions?
Which version of software do you have? Go to Settings, and go to the bottom and tap that and look at the version (post a screenshot or picture so we can tell).
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Which version of software do you have? Go to Settings, and go to the bottom and tap that and look at the version (post a screenshot or picture so we can tell).
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It is System Version 5.7.906.XT862, Android Version 2.3.4
(Sorry for no screenshot,I tried a handful of screenshot apps and didn't have any luck with any of them working right.)
I have the same problem with minomoto
Do you have any third-party apps that use the ff camera? For example, have you installed any anti-theft security apps installed that may be set to use the camera if somebody has stolen the phone? Is it possible that one of those running in the background is not releasing the camera for other apps?
doogald said:
Do you have any third-party apps that use the ff camera? For example, have you installed any anti-theft security apps installed that may be set to use the camera if somebody has stolen the phone? Is it possible that one of those running in the background is not releasing the camera for other apps?
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I didn't install anything like that and I don't think any of the bloatware has anything like.
This same issue suddenly struck my Droid 3 a week ago. I'm running stock .906, rooted, most Verizon bloat removed. Never had an issue with any camera apps accessing front or back cameras, then suddenly my front camera either shows black or won't initialize. I searched the web pretty extensively, but haven't found any definite fix. I've tried clearing the system cache and deleting the camera app's data with no result. I'm hoping to avoid a hard reset if possible, as I hate having to set everything up again, and by the reports I've seen it's only helped a few people.
You could create another ROM slot and try that from Safestrap. But it might be the hardware going pfffftt.
I know some others have had the same issue I believe they had to sbf. If nothing else if the issue survives an sbf you will know it's hardware
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Problem seems to have shown up after Google+ apps started to populate phone.
Just got my HTC one, non rooted, stock firmware.
When i downloaded facebook messenger and tried to enable it to hijack sms/mms by going to the options screen, the option to enable it is missing. Funny that it works on my xperia z but not htc one.
Anyone with the same issues? Or did i get a weird set?
klyzon said:
Just got my HTC one, non rooted, stock firmware.
When i downloaded facebook messenger and tried to enable it to hijack sms/mms by going to the options screen, the option to enable it is missing. Funny that it works on my xperia z but not htc one.
Anyone with the same issues? Or did i get a weird set?
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anyone?
I happened to find the same thing on one of my phone.
The option is here on my Galaxy Note but not on my Acer Gallant. What's weird is that I have not seen a lot a people talking about this.
SMS settings disappeared after I upgraded from Android 4.0.4 to 4.1.2. Hope they fix it soon. Reported it. If anyone knows how to fix, please tell us. Thanks.
I also have this issue and have been searching for a fix with no result. It is a direct result of an upgrade to a 4.1+ base from 4.0.x. I have tried modifying build prop values to see if facebook messenger was somehow disabling the feature based on android version but have not had any luck. What is curious is if you restore messenger from a backup made on a working ROM/device, it does enable the setting briefly and for a single use. Once the app realizes it's authentication is out of sync with Facebook main it requires you to resync and you will lose the feature again. I have found minimal forum posts about it, I believe some other devices are free from issue on 4.2.x though.
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?
patmw123 said:
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.
Sent from my Chroma-powered Nexus 6
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.
Sent from my Chroma-powered Nexus 6
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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.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
I am adding a new thread because this is a very peculiar issue and i still feel something is really wrong in my N4 settings but i have seen some similar or even worse cases with some old gen nexus devices and i have tried some workarounds which don't seem to work so far.
Here is the problem description:
I cant play any videos in Facebook or Twitter official apps.
Facebook says "Error occurred while trying to play this video"
Twitter end up with a black screen and shows nothing( some 1 out of 10 times it acts as audio only with black screen again)
Strange thing is I cant play fb or twitter videos even in chrome browser in my mobile.
Youtube or other players work fine (Vimeo etc.)
Near about everything else works. Youtube app or browser playback is fine with no issues. Mx player runs fine too.
Some background about my device settings:
Android 5.1.1 stock, not rooted
Its using AwesomePlayer instead of NuPlayer in dev options.
There was one time when i was not able to play any video in my device because nuplayer was selected once by mistake and changing to AwesomePlayer helped.
But after that issue around 6 months back, i have done complete factory reset and everything was working fine for 3-4 months, i started getting this issue in last two months or so.
I read some similar issues in Nexus 7 2013 with Android Lollipop but not exactly this.
Is anyone else is facing or had ever faced anything like this?
Any suggestions on how to get rid of this? Don't want to factory reset again.
I have tried all usual things like clearing cache, reinstalling those apps but i think this issue is something else as i cant even play those videos in browser too.
Again i enabled the dev options last week and thought changing to NuPlayer might help but that also didnt help. All others settings are default settings.
PS: Intentionally not posting as Q&A as i believe some other older gen nexus devices are facing similar issues with new updates so this might fit well as discussion thread.
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Note its solved: Reason was the older version of Android System Webview app. Updated it and this issue went away. Hope this helps others facing similar issue.
I think it's something about google webview apk...do you have this app??
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redandwhitearmy said:
I am adding a new thread because this is a very peculiar issue and i still feel something is really wrong in my N4 settings but i have seen some similar or even worse cases with some old gen nexus devices and i have tried some workarounds which don't seem to work so far.
Here is the problem description:
I cant play any videos in Facebook or Twitter official apps.
Facebook says "Error occurred while trying to play this video"
Twitter end up with a black screen and shows nothing( some 1 out of 10 times it acts as audio only with black screen again)
Strange thing is I cant play fb or twitter videos even in chrome browser in my mobile.
Youtube or other players work fine (Vimeo etc.)
Near about everything else works. Youtube app or browser playback is fine with no issues. Mx player runs fine too.
Some background about my device settings:
Android 5.1.1 stock, not rooted
Its using AwesomePlayer instead of NuPlayer in dev options.
There was one time when i was not able to play any video in my device because nuplayer was selected once by mistake and changing to AwesomePlayer helped.
But after that issue around 6 months back, i have done complete factory reset and everything was working fine for 3-4 months, i started getting this issue in last two months or so.
I read some similar issues in Nexus 7 2013 with Android Lollipop but not exactly this.
Is anyone else is facing or had ever faced anything like this?
Any suggestions on how to get rid of this? Don't want to factory reset again.
I have tried all usual things like clearing cache, reinstalling those apps but i think this issue is something else as i cant even play those videos in browser too.
Again i enabled the dev options last week and thought changing to NuPlayer might help but that also didnt help. All others settings are default settings.
PS: Intentionally not posting as Q&A as i believe some other older gen nexus devices are facing similar issues with new updates so this might fit well as discussion thread.
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What Android System Webview APK do you have installed? (This is essentially the applet which allows 3rd Party apps to access the web). The latest version, 45.0.2454.37 came out yesterday. While I have had this same issue in the past with older Webview versions, yesterdays seems to be working just fine. Go to the Play Store and update to the latest version and see if that resolves.
Yes i have this, In my device it says the version is 44.0.2403.90 and it says its up to date. So maybe the update is not out yet for my region. It makes sense that this is responsible for it as i have auto update on and some new version might be causing this.
What do you guys suggest should i uninstall/reinstall this. Or maybe get an older version?
Thanks for your help.
Btw, Facebook video playback issue affects other device too, not only the Nexus 4. It happened on my aunt's phone.
Plus it's not a Lollipop issue, my aunt's phone is still on 4.2.2, and I had my Nexus 4 at 4.4.4.
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Yes i have this, In my device it says the version is 44.0.2403.90 and it says its up to date. So maybe the update is not out yet for my region. It makes sense that this is responsible for it as i have auto update on and some new version might be causing this.
What do you guys suggest should i uninstall/reinstall this. Or maybe get an older version?
Thanks for your help.
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Go to http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ebview-45-0-2454-37-arm-android-apk-download/ and you can download the latest Android System Webview module and not have to wait for it to become available to you in the Play Store.
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Go to http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ebview-45-0-2454-37-arm-android-apk-download/ and you can download the latest Android System Webview module and not have to wait for it to become available to you in the Play Store.
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Boom! it worked. Thanks a ton!
KcLKcL said:
Btw, Facebook video playback issue affects other device too, not only the Nexus 4. It happened on my aunt's phone.
Plus it's not a Lollipop issue, my aunt's phone is still on 4.2.2, and I had my Nexus 4 at 4.4.4.
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Yes i have tweaked the subject and hashtags accordingly when i know the exact problem.
A solution for another possible N4 video playback issue
I came across this thread searching for a solution for for my video playback issue, with my N4 unable to play videos occasionally.
I eventually narrowed down the problem to firefox, and setting
Code:
media.android-media.codec.enabled=false
in about:config finally solved the issue I had for years.
katzelad said:
I came across this thread searching for a solution for for my video playback issue, with my N4 being unable to play videos occasionally.
I eventually narrowed down the problem to firefox, and setting
Code:
media.android-media.codec.enabled=false
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about:config
finally solved the issue I had for years.
If anyone else finds this information helpful, send me a PM please
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I tried this. It didn't fix the playback issue for me, but before it shows a still thumbnail and the player but now there's nothing. Just a grey box.
Ok so I got two problems and I know Snapchat doesn't record video It did in past builds and trying to install an old version didn't work.
I have tired messing around with a couple of old fixes floating around but its not working.
Another issue I have is with the new Miimoto app it just goes straight to a FC.
I have tried all cm13 roms and RR but I may try reverting back to LOLIPOP to see if it fixes these issues.
Does anyone have any fixes floating around.
Miitomo Fix
I don't know what your issue with snapchat may be, but I do know that miitomo will FC if it detects root. I bypassed this by installing xposed and then installing a specific module to hide root (I forget its name). Sadly, snapchat will not allow you too sign in with xposed installed (though it works fine if you signed in before installing). Surprisingly miitomo will still work if you uninstall xposed and its module, I suppose it does the root check only once before you log in for the first time. Good luck!
Edit: Here's the link to a reddit thread concerning the miitomo FC. You can find links to the fixes there: https://goo.gl/RoLMuU
i have that snapchat bug too. cant record videos. can take pictures tho