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?
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Since I updated OTA to 2.3.6 build 4.5.141, I have been experiencing a problem with the camera as it shows a black screen (both still and video) and crashes after that.
I am willing to root the phone and install flash a ROM if that could be helpful. I tried a factory reset, SD format/unmount, battery pull, reboot, and everything possible with an unrooted device.
Warranty period is over so I can't ask for a replacement.
Any help is appreciated.
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I had similar problems with upgrading to ICS Roms.
I fixed the problems with installation of Videocam Illusion and ProCapture or FastBurst Camera. I don't know if it is suitable for your Rom.
The only problem I see now with these apps is that I can't open, let say, ProCapture or FastBurst and after any camera or camcorder apps. The only to get these apps to work is to reboot.
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Thanks for your feedback.
But I tried installing all those apps but they all give the same problem (black screen, which later freezes). I tried changing the resolution of the camera and then the camera app did not open at all saying: camera unable to initialize.
Occasionally, it shows a large camera icon in front of the screen and then it just closes down saying 'Activity Camera (in application Camera) not responding.
I do still think it is a software (not a hardware) problem because the phone has not been exposed to any physical damage whatsoever and everything else works smoothly on it.
I am already considering getting a replacement camera but thought I'd exhaust all other options before doing so as it does take a while to get a replacement. Luckily, it is under warranty.
Thanks again.
Id you're looking for a good stock based rom id try nottachrix. I've been on it roughly 2 months no issues
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I'm running the table version of CM10 and I have been for a while now without many problems. I rarely take any pictures but I needed to take one the other day and I ran into a problem. When I hit the camera button my screen went black and froze. The only way to do anything was to hold the power down and wait for a reboot. Next I tried to access the camera by selecting the application, same thing happened. Next I tried wiping the camera application data, which are somehow integrated into the gallery, and I got the same result when I tried to access the camera. Next I tried wiping the cashes by booting into TWRP, same problem.. Lastly, I tried restoring an older version of the gallery from a titanium backup. This worked one time but crashed and then does the same thing (black screen and freezes) like before.
Does anybody have an idea of what could be causing this or a solution? I have looked around in the forums but it seems like most people with the issue were either dirty flashing CM10 or not using a stable release. I flashed my CM10 from scratch and I'm not having any other issues, re flashing is really not much of an option at this time because I won't have the time until after the new year.
Please help me fix this issue so that I can take pictures of my new years eve..lol
So, when I first got my HTC First, everything was working just fine, specifically the camera. But a while ago my camera stopped showing the button to switch between the front and back camera. I've Googled my life away trying to find a fix for this, only finding results for the HTC One M8. I've tried clearing the cache for the camera app (though there is no 'Camera' app, it just says 'Gallery' when I open the camera's app details.) Has anyone else experienced this, or come up with any fixes for it? By the way i'm rooted on stock Jelly Bean 4.1.2 ROM and CWM Recovery if any of that helps. Though, this problem started long before I rooted my device.
Tried another camera app?
I have, i've tried a couple other camera apps, but recently I decided to clean up some space. Then I rebooted my device and it seems to work now, though it still goes out every once in a while. It seems like it was just a matter of space available on my internal SD for some reason. My best guess is it's a RAM issue.
guys , does anyone know how to fix the camera issue after lumia cyan update? i updated to 8.1 then suddenly my camera (any camera app) is no longer opening, when i tapp on camera app it tries to open but suddenly back to tile screen. i searched for this issue on google and didn't find anything helpful. please if anybody knows a way to fix that reply me. thank you!
1.Try to reset your device to factory settings
2. Rewrite the full system image.
after update you must wait because system reinstall all apps and many of them not available in first few minutes (or hour) depend how long need to reinstall all apps...
if this not case, simply make hard reset to factory default (dont forget backup pictures, music, documents, etc) or flash ROM with Nokia Software Recovery Tool
tried reset, hard reset, re-flash
i tried all things that you have mentioned in your replies. hard reset, soft reset. reflash and waiting. but all things seems doens't work. before update it perfectly worked. but i don't know what has happened now. do you have any idea?
I am experiencing the same thing
And now coming on to Christmas time and Carnival here in SK, more pictures are expected to be taken. And that' sone reason why I got the phone in the first place I realise it takes some awesome photos.
Now it's just a joke. The camera app doesn't work and there seems to be no solution at fixing it. even for a a few days.
Cause hard and soft resets only work for a few minutes.
Total joke Nokia and or Windows be by having an update that totally bugs one of the main features of the phone.
I've realise even apps like FB etc reacts slow to open as well. but at least they open. the camera apps if it opens takes like 30 seconds, then if you switch off it and go back to it have to wait again or it might just send you back to the homescreen.
When using the front facing camera for video, the app will record while pressing the button and as soon as I let go, it force closes. Once I re-open the app and go to the next page to play the video, it's upside down.
I have gone to extreme measures and completely wiped the phone and re-installed Instagram and it does the same thing. It doesn't seem to be a conflicting app issue at this point so I'm wondering if anyone else has this issue? Thanks.
I had every app the used the camera (Amazon, facebook, snapchat, instagram, camera, etc) force close on my. I replaced my phone through T-Mobile after they thought it was defective since performing a factory reset did not do anything to correct the issue
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I had every app the used the camera (Amazon, facebook, snapchat, instagram, camera, etc) force close on my. I replaced my phone through T-Mobile after they thought it was defective since performing a factory reset did not do anything to correct the issue
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Did you get the new one? How's it working? Mine is T-Mo too. Out of curiosity, was yours a pre-order and what color was it? Want to see if there's any trend.
Mine was a black preorder. The new one comes today. I'm hoping it just works. I've read a few reports here and Reddit about camera issues so hopefully its isolated to only a few units. Seems like most of the people on here like the phone and its working for them.
I'm in the process of downloading the stock firmware and reflashing to see if that works. I'll update when complete.
I tried to Odin with the firmware I found out there and the latest version of Odin. I got to the the part where Odin said passed, then phone went to update and aborted. So I did another factory reset and now it seems fine. Slowly installing apps to eliminate conflicts...let's see what happens.
My new one was just delivered. I was going to try to smart switch again tonight. If that does not work I might skip this upgrade.
With the replacement (new) S9+ i received yesterday I have not had this issue yet. I've only been using the phone for about 12 hours so far.
After the factory reset from the update menu (power button+volume up+Bixby) instead of the one in the pull down tools menu, I'm all good.
Now I can go back to making annoying Instagram posts. ?