So this little idiot's camera stopped working the other day. I did exactly NOTHING, no update, no upgrade, just an app installation named camera cartoons. It was in my pocket. Characteristics of the problem are as following:
-When I tap camera, a black screen appears
-Sometimes, by launching camera, camera app starts bud still shows a black screen.
-Some other times, a message appears and says Activity camera stopped working, and gives option for force close or wait
-In every 3 type, if you put the camera near your ear, you would hear a tick tick sound from the camera which I guess is the auto focus or shutter sound.
3 days passed and the camera just launched correctly 2 times. other times were like above. Because of that tick tick sound, i thought it's a software problem, so I tried a Sony companion repair, down grade using falshtool, trying many versions of android, clearing delvik cache, partition cache, master reset, clearing camera cache thousands of times, not a single chance. So I thought it would be hardware problem, right? any other suggestions? why on earth this happened?
Yes it is a hardware problem. Send it to a service center.
but if it's from hardware, why it tick ticks? and how it launched two times correctly?
Have you ever flashed other kernels/roms?
S0URENA said:
but if it's from hardware, why it tick ticks? and how it launched two times correctly?
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Then it has a problem with some files in your libs. Try a different ROM/kernel
SharpnShiny said:
Have you ever flashed other kernels/roms?
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Why don't you bother yourself and read the post. I tried that hundreds of times.
tahsin.arnob said:
Then it has a problem with some files in your libs. Try a different ROM/kernel
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Done, no clue, should I flash it with a box or sth? like what they do to nokia phones? is it anything like that for android phones?
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Hello everybody I am new here and before posting this question I have read similar posts searching for my answer but none of them regarded my specific problem:
I just got a Star N7189 with android 4.2.1 and the first thing I did, because it was a used phone that my dad gave me, was to perform a factory reset.
My dad told me the phone was fine except the camera didn't worked, so I thought the factory reset could also help to fix this.
After the reset everything in the phone is fine and running without any problem except the camera. In first place there isn't even a camera icon or app, the only way I can access the camera is by sliding the screen after I press the lock/unlock button, and after a second of thinking it gives me the 'can't connect to camera' error.
I haven't installed any application or anything.
Is there any way to fix this? Thanks in advance.
just install another camera app
Goettsch said:
just install another camera app
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I've tried several other camera apps and all give me errors. All other apps run fine but apps that need to connect to the camera just fail and shut down lol maybe the phone doesn't have a camera at all and the lens in the back is just to pretend
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?
ThisIsCheez said:
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.
Hi
I'm not able to use the primary camera... Just the front one show in every camera app
I did an hard reset with wipe and everything has been OK for a day.... This morning again the same issue and I didn't install any other camera app
Any idea?
I have the last update
Same here!
ZEmi75 said:
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I'm not able to use the primary camera... Just the front one show in every camera app
I did an hard reset with wipe and everything has been OK for a day.... This morning again the same issue and I didn't install any other camera app
Any idea?
I have the last update
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It seems that i /m facing the same problem here. I'm running the AEROM v5 and out of the sudden the camera stopped working, the flash as well. Every camera app that i used only opens the front camera and i cant even use the LED light as a torch. I contacted the seller and suggested a factory reset , i did it with no success. i think that it might be a "missing driver". I do not know a lot apart from flashing roms, recovery etc. Trying to work it through.
Did you try to open the cover and check if the camera is connected properly at the board?
Sounds like hardware.. Any other experiencing this?
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It is a hardware matter , at least for me
Hi,
I am using LG V30+ (LG-H930DS) past one year. For past two months, my default camera app stopped working. I have tried with restarting the mobile, clearing the data and cache, force stopped the app also. Nothing works. I am receiving the following error
"Camera Error;Camera unavailable"
Also in other camera applications the selfie cam is not opening. If I select the change camera option to take photo in front camera, its redirecting again to rear camera. I am unable to open the camera through applications like WhatsApp also. Even face detection is not working.
I haven't dropped my mobile or damaged by any other means like water also.
So can anyone of the members in our forum could help to rectify this error?
My mobile IS currently running in May 1 2019 security patch. Software version is V20f-IND-XX.
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Hi,
I am using LG V30+ (LG-H930DS) past one year. For past two months, my default camera app stopped working. I have tried with restarting the mobile, clearing the data and cache, force stopped the app also. Nothing works. I am receiving the following error
"Camera Error;Camera unavailable"
Also in other camera applications the selfie cam is not opening. If I select the change camera option to take photo in front camera, its redirecting again to rear camera. I am unable to open the camera through applications like WhatsApp also. Even face detection is not working.
I haven't dropped my mobile or damaged by any other means like water also.
So can anyone of the members in our forum could help to rectify this error?
My mobile IS currently running in May 1 2019 security patch. Software version is V20f-IND-XX.
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KDZ back to stock to see if it's hardware failure
Premdrums said:
Hi,
I am using LG V30+ (LG-H930DS) past one year. For past two months, my default camera app stopped working. I have tried with restarting the mobile, clearing the data and cache, force stopped the app also. Nothing works. I am receiving the following error
"Camera Error;Camera unavailable"
Also in other camera applications the selfie cam is not opening. If I select the change camera option to take photo in front camera, its redirecting again to rear camera. I am unable to open the camera through applications like WhatsApp also. Even face detection is not working.
I haven't dropped my mobile or damaged by any other means like water also.
So can anyone of the members in our forum could help to rectify this error?
My mobile IS currently running in May 1 2019 security patch. Software version is V20f-IND-XX.
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1) Perhaps there's a conflict:
"Camera Error;Camera unavailable"
"Also in other camera applications the selfie cam is not opening".
That first error usually means something else is using the camera. Uninstall the other camera applications to test. You can always re-install later.
Back when I had Moto Maxx XT1225 and custom ROM, I ended up with two Galleries and my camera would crash when I tried to use it. I ended up having to freeze one of the Galleries in Titanium Backup.
If you have multiple camera apps, it's possible one of them is always running in the background or something which prevents the others from using the camera. Just a suggestion to uninstall them, temporarily go back to stock LG camera only and see if that solves the issue. Then you can add them back one by one, rebooting in between, see if there's a conflict again (if that's the reason).
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KDZ back to stock to see if it's hardware failure
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2) Yeah, could be hardware failure. In one instance, someone's selfie camera was not working -- wouldn't open. But turns out the problem was actually the rear camera. They had to REPLACE THE REAR CAMERA and then the selfie camera worked. The rear camera was faulty and wouldn't switch to the selfie camera.
This camera error, camera unavailable just happened to me. This is the 2nd time its happened and rhe first time i had to do a complete factory reset to restore my camera function....i didnt know what caused it then but it happened again and I think I know what may have caused it.
So this time just like last time I had my SD card filled with photos mounted and taking photos with this new phone created a 2nd "camera" folder.
I moved all the photos out of that folder into my existing SD card "camera" named folder and this inadvertently deleted my newly created LG "camera" folder...
I noticed my next time I went to take a pic I got the error....im thinking its related? Any weight to that? How do it restore or create that folder again...? To check before im forced to factor restore again??
Thank you!
Hi everyone
so I have a Pixel 6 mobile phone, and recently the camera started crashing and not working properly, this happened after a beta update was installed (or at least i noticed it after that update), the camera starts for 1-3 seconds and then crashes, and after observing its behavior I have noticed that if I started the camera and immediately switched to x0.7, the camera does not crash, however when I switch to X1 it usually crashes, so I reflashed the device with the latest public build (i quit the beta), and then I noticed it doing something weirder, when the phone is fully charged it usually crash not as much as before but it crashes, however when it reaches lower than 65% charge the camera starts working normally and in any zoom value.
i know this is not a lot to start with but i was wondering if anybody had any issues with the camera recently or had crashes like i do
please give me your thoughts on what might be the problem.
and thanks in advaned
Edit 1 : i have noticed that when the phone is hot the camera works perfectly however when the mobile phone gets cold it starts crashing so i tried holding the camera with my palm for a couple of mins and it actually works after that and then stops again when its cold and when i say cold its not freezing cold its around 10 degrees
I have crash with my pixel 6 camera also. It crash and then phone reboots.
My phone is under warranty so I'll try to see with google to repair or change it.
Some people have issures with camera, but not every users as I see.
Settings -> Apps -> Camera. Top right corner click the 3 dots and select "uninstall updates". Your Beta update is probably not suitable for the P6.
The other possibility without uninstall updates: Force Stop -> Storage & cache -> Clear storage.
After that, back to Apps -> 3 dots in the top corner -> select "Show System".
Search for Pixel Camera Services and do the same and delete storage like above.
Cheers
Tom
tom1807 said:
Settings -> Apps -> Camera. Top right corner click the 3 dots and select "uninstall updates". Your Beta update is probably not suitable for the P6.
The other possibility without uninstall updates: Force Stop -> Storage & cache -> Clear storage.
After that, back to Apps -> 3 dots in the top corner -> select "Show System".
Search for Pixel Camera Services and do the same and delete storage like above.
Cheers
Tom
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Thank you for your reply , however i tried this and it is still crashing , i already did a factory reset and i also flashed a public version and still the problem is there , if you have any other ideas please share them with me
I have this problem on A13 stable stock ROM for months.
I have it also on custom ROMs.
So my P6 go back for RMA to Google.
Let's see if it'll be better after that.
dadaz007 said:
I have this problem on A13 stable stock ROM for months.
I have it also on custom ROMs.
So my P6 go back for RMA to Google.
Let's see if it'll be better after that.
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I guess RMA is the only solution, unfortunately i am out of warranty and this started less than a month ago
Extreme possibility, backup everything what u need and wipe/reset the phone and install everything new.
Cheers
Tom
tom1807 said:
Extreme possibility, backup everything what u need and wipe/reset the phone and install everything new.
Cheers
Tom
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Thank you for your reply , however i have already tried factory resetting and also installing a new rom using online flash tool with no luck.
However i have noticed that when the phone is hot the camera works perfectly however when the mobile phone gets cold it starts crashing so i tried holding the camera with my palm for a couple of mins and it actually works after that and then stops again when its cold.
If I'm streaming music to my Bose speaker and try to take a photo the phone will crash.
WARRANTY.
ever heard of that?
So. After Rma. They send me another phone .
And it seems to be better for now.
Cross fingers that it's ok now.
Notor1ouS- said:
WARRANTY.
ever heard of that?
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The warranty is out actually, and when contacted google they didnt know what is the issue so they were unable to estimate the repair costs
dadaz007 said:
So. After Rma. They send me another phone .
And it seems to be better for now.
Cross fingers that it's ok now.
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It seems this problem is a defect in some mobile phones , hope your new device wont get this issue,
Yes I can confirm all is good now with new phone.
And Google restart warranty after exchange.
It was november 2024, it's now may 2025