Since a couple weeks the camera isn't working as it should. Well, the default camera is OK but changing to the wide camera can give problems. The camera seems to capture the image (shows up in the preview) but after checking there is a green image. Or just no picture at all. Sometimes the camera even freezes and close after a while. restarting the camera gives an error: Camera Error - Cannot connect to the camera.
Behavior is not always the same, but problem keeps coming back, also after rebooting and killing the camera. Also deleting the cache didn't bring a solution. Anyone else with the same problems and maybe a solution?
camielkb said:
Since a couple weeks the camera isn't working as it should. Well, the default camera is OK but changing to the wide camera can give problems. The camera seems to capture the image (shows up in the preview) but after checking there is a green image. Or just no picture at all. Sometimes the camera even freezes and close after a while. restarting the camera gives an error: Camera Error - Cannot connect to the camera.
Behavior is not always the same, but problem keeps coming back, also after rebooting and killing the camera. Also deleting the cache didn't bring a solution. Anyone else with the same problems and maybe a solution?
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Have you cleared data for your camera app? If yes, i encourage you to try resseting your device (don't forget to backup your data before) and if the problem perssist, than you should take to a service center to check it up.
SLVMSF said:
Have you cleared data for your camera app? If yes, i encourage you to try resseting your device (don't forget to backup your data before) and if the problem perssist, than you should take to a service center to check it up.
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Thanks for your answer. Yes, I cleared data for the camera app. Hope I don't have to reset my device as it will take a while to get everything back to how it is now. Would have been easy with titanium backup. Isn't there an app to backup everything.
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Thanks for your answer. Yes, I cleared data for the camera app. Hope I don't have to reset my device as it will take a while to get everything back to how it is now. Would have been easy with titanium backup. Isn't there an app to backup everything.
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Yes, i miss too backup using Titanium
If you cleared data and there' s no change than perhaps you can try installing different camera apk (Google Cam apk or anyother from PlayStore) and check if it has the same problem.
SLVMSF said:
Yes, i miss too backup using Titanium
If you cleared data and there' s no change than perhaps you can try installing different camera apk (Google Cam apk or anyother from PlayStore) and check if it has the same problem.
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That camera (also Open Camera and FV5) aren't supporting the wide camera, so unable to check as the error occurs only when switching to the wide camera.
camielkb said:
That camera (also Open Camera and FV5) aren't supporting the wide camera, so unable to check as the error occurs only when switching to the wide camera.
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Then i'm afraid to say it, but you might take in consideration resseting your device ?
This way it looks that the camera itself has faulty connection to motherboard, maybe return it ?
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I seem to have this problem with most apps that prompt the camera to be used. For example, the program "A World of Photo" (you send a random photo from your location to someone else in the world, and they send one to someone, etc) will automatically prompt my camera to come up so I can take the said picture, but after the pic is taken, it just goes back ready to take another pic as if I had opened the camera app. It doesn't go back to A World of Photo as I am assuming it should.
I am on CM 5.0.5.3 (wasn't feeling 5.6) and using the desire camera. Is the desire camera the problem, and how might I fix?
thx
bpm2000 said:
I seem to have this problem with most apps that prompt the camera to be used. For example, the program "A World of Photo" (you send a random photo from your location to someone else in the world, and they send one to someone, etc) will automatically prompt my camera to come up so I can take the said picture, but after the pic is taken, it just goes back ready to take another pic as if I had opened the camera app. It doesn't go back to A World of Photo as I am assuming it should.
I am on CM 5.0.5.3 (wasn't feeling 5.6) and using the desire camera. Is the desire camera the problem, and how might I fix?
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Try reverting to stock camera and see if the problem persists.
Is that as easy as pushing the stock htccamera apk back in the system app folder or do i need to do something with the existing desire app? Sorry, still getting used to android.
edit: and why do I keep getting read-only filesystem errors when trying to do so?
edit2: ok just needed a remount - got it copied over. Now I have two camera apps lol.
edit3: yup it was the desire camera apps fault... well I have dual option now I guess so it does "work" with the stock camera app. Work in progress!
thx
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.
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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?
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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.
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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JoeJags said:
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Hi
i am unable to save any picture on my phone.
- download from fb not working.
- camera not working.
- printscreen not working.
all the problems started after updating my phone to latest MIUI update 13.0.3 global
any idea what's wrong here ??
Any error displayed?
sorry, wrong account again.
and no, just a toast saying couldn't save image , when i take a screenshot.
for facebook app, no error, but no photo is saved, the camera app just crashes without saving.
it has been 2 weeks now, the support suggested a factory reset, and i wont do it its too much backup and work, i believe there might be an easy way.
MO35AB said:
sorry, wrong account again.
and no, just a toast saying couldn't save image , when i take a screenshot.
for facebook app, no error, but no photo is saved, the camera app just crashes without saving.
it has been 2 weeks now, the support suggested a factory reset, and i wont do it its too much backup and work, i believe there might be an easy way.
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Seems like permissions to save to to sd card somehow got revoked. From the sounds of it since multiple apps are involved, factory reset might be better. You can use an app like Swiftbackup(cannot save data if not rooted unless you use shizuku) which will save lot of time and effort.
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Seems like permissions to save to to sd card somehow got revoked. From the sounds of it since multiple apps are involved, factory reset might be better. You can use an app like Swiftbackup(cannot save data if not rooted unless you use shizuku) which will save lot of time and effort.
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you sure ? because even for local storage, still same problem.
No idea what changed, facebook can save images now ! but only facebook, apps like 9gag can't, comics and manga can since ever.
Any updates ?
I found the solution, posted on reddit, precisely :
unixdude1
Ok. The solution is to turn off dual app support, reboot, and then turn dual apps back on again and reenable the ones you want back.
Annoying, but it works.
Screenshots work again also.
Hope this works for you, like it did for me.
Settings>Apps>Dual Apps>Hexagon>Delete dual apps' accounts>wait 5 seconds>Delete>Reboot