I'm using the void forever ROM with fserve's Goldenleaf .v110919 kernel.
When use the stock camera app, I can record video without any trouble, but if I try to take a photo, the focusing reticle shows up on screen and nothing happens. None of the buttons work except the Home button to exit the app.
I also have Lightbox photos installed and even that camera won't work.
On the other hand, I tried out lgCamera (from the Android Market) and I can take photos with that without trouble.
I barely ever use the camera (because let's face it, it's terrible) but does anyone have any idea what could be wrong?
I'm tempted to just put on a stock LG ROM and see if that fixes it, but barring that is there any way to troubleshoot this/figure out what could be wrong?
Uninstalling the Barcode Scanner app and re-installing it seems to have fixed the camera issue. Quite weird.
i too use void forever ROM with fserve's Goldenleaf kernel
and faced this problem
before
i just went into recovery
wiped /user data (factory reset)
wiped cache,d-cache,battery stats
and installed/flashed kernel again
now i dont have this issue
Instead of wiping the whole data partition you could simply wipe camera's data (Settings > Applications > Manage applications > Camera > Clean data and/or cache). Also try Camera360 or CameraZOOM, they provide some additional features.
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I'm having problems with the Camcorder. My config is:
- 351, installed from .pgk along with 351 baseband
- Stock kernel from 351
- DSP firmware from here: http://android.modaco.com/topic/323780-720p-fix-for-both-my-build-and-official-confirmed-working/
- StreakMod recovery installed
- Portrait mode hack
- Uninstalled some stuff with Root Uninstaller (but nothing related to camera as far as I'm aware)
I'm getting the following problems trying to use the Camcorder app:
- Camcorder starts but will not stop, have to turn off phone (<=VGA resolution)
- Screen shows grey repeating pattern, nothing records (>VGA resolution)
- Force Closes
- Phone slow or unresponsive after exiting from Camcorder app
Is anyone else having similar problems on 351? I tried updating my DSP firmware (see link above) but it had no noticeable effect. I don't think it's a hardware problem as Camcorder worked with the O2 Android 2.1 that was on the Streak when I got it. Still camera works OK.
I'd be grateful for any advice that will get my camcorder working
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I had a similar experience. In my case, I believe it was the orientation control software trying to force the camera to portrait.
Try resetting the camera to defaults in the prefs.
I'm running the identical ROM and config as you, including portrait, etc. but I was ALSO using Orientation Control, which I have since removed.
Initially, my camera only showed CIF as a record format, but resetting the prefs got me to 720P.
Thanks, I'll give that a try.
Have just tried deleting application data for camera and then tried a factory reset + SD card format. Whatever I've done to break this, I think I'll need to reflash 351 to fix it
OK, flashing 351 has fixed it. Now to re-remove the worst of the bloatware without breaking the camcorder again!
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OK, flashing 351 has fixed it. Now to re-remove the worst of the bloatware without breaking the camcorder again!
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Try an app such as Titanium Backup that has a 'freeze' feature. You can freeze apps and then test giving you the option to unfreeze then if something breaks.
Thanks - that's a good idea. I've had bad experience with Titanium Backup in past so not keen on using it again but now trying paid version of Root Uninstaller that supports 'freeze'.
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I download Cm9 beta with camera and camera work but after 15 min the camera not work i don't know why ?? i want fix it please if any body know to solve this problem tell me .. im waiting
Is it coming back with an error "cannot connect to camera"? if it is the go to settings - manage apps - camera - and force stop and clear data
after you do what dude^ said, try downloading a third party camera app from the market. not saying it will fix the issue your having but ive noticed on roms with known camera issues (only as long as its listed that camera has been "fixed") sometimes a third party camera will give better results than stock. my personal favorite is "magix camera MX" its free on the market and is very user friendly. i know the most popular one is "camera ZOOM FX" but i pirated it just to test it, and i didnt like it at all.
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Is it coming back with an error "cannot connect to camera"? if it is the go to settings - manage apps - camera - and force stop and clear data
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Same thing happened to me, boot into recovery wipe cache and dalvik cache then fix permission. Haven't had a problem since.
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I have the same issue, I tried above ideas but still no dice.
So I am having a problem with my Thunderbolt.
To start off, not rooted, all stock.
The problem is the seemingly infamous black screen camera app problem. In a nutshell, when I try to open the camera, it goes and stays on a black screen forever, with no buttons other than Home working.
If I hit Home, the camcorder app seems to be running in the background and eats up battery like there's no tomorrow, phone is dead in a couple of hours at most. While the camcorder app runs, every other app that uses camera reports an error stating the camera is in use and to reboot the phone. If I reboot, and try to use any other camera app (from barcode scanner, to papercamera and so forth), it also does not work.
I have read on the issue quite a bit and here are the things I tried with no success:
- clear data for the camera app.
- pull battery for a while.
- install a new camera app and try it.
- use the voice recorder.
- delete all camera pictures and videos off the sd card and memory.
- try it without an sd card.
- gently press the camera to see if it was loosened.
I hope the camera hardware is not dead, and factory reset seems to be the last thing to try. Any ideas of a good way to record what apps I have installed so I can easily reinstall them after, or a backup/restore method?
Or any other suggestions on things to try? It worked fine up to Friday, then Sunday it had issues. Between Friday and Sunday I used my phone like normal and installed two non camera related apps which I have tried uninstalling to see if they were the culprits.
Root and install Titanium Backup. Use the batch operation to backup all of your apps (and data if you choose), then factory reset, see if the camera works, reinstall TB, restore your apps (and data), and see if it still works. The camera itself really can't come loose, at least not without losing the lens cover and quite a bit of force.
Hmm, did a factory reset and the issue continues. Any other suggestions? Or do I resign myself that the hardware is gone?
One of the best parts of the v10 is the camera, after I rooted the camera now randomly crashes, and i cannot open it, snapchat, twitter, anwhere.
Does anyone know what couls be the issue, I can post any logs you might need to diagnose
You've most likely already tried this, but have you tried force stopping the camera app and clearing the data and cache? If you download another camera app, like Google Camera, does it crash too?
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You've most likely already tried this, but have you tried force stopping the camera app and clearing the data and cache? If you download another camera app, like Google Camera, does it crash too?
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Yep that dkesnt work, and when i open a different camera app it says it cant reach the camera.
This all started happening after I stsrted messing witht the mixer_paths.xml file, but that shouldnt affect it since that deals only with audio and I only played with the DAC volume
My front facing camera started crashing before I rooted. Nothing including factory reset has fixed it . Guessing it's a hardware issue. I'm not on marshmallow yet
Try factory reseting then flashing the kdz again. The camera uses a lot of audio drivers for video recording.
When I open the camera app the screen remains black. Even when I switch between the front and back camera nothing happens. When I open the samsung test menu. Both the mega cam and front cam work fine. Tried clearing the cach of the camera app, that doesn't work. Any suggestion what to do next ? Kr, Stephan
When i try it with another app like 'opencamera' both camera's do work fine. Also tried an wipe cache partition without succes.
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