Hi, since April the camera is not working anymore in my Atrix, when I open any camera app the screen is black and after a bit they freeze. When I try to use flash as torch it works the first time I turn it on and then I have to reboot to make it work again. I tried to flash another ROM/ kernel but that did not work. I opened the phone and the interior seems OK as far as I can see. Does anybody know what kind of problem it could be and how could I possibly solve it?
Thanks
I think either your camera sensor, the connector or your motherboard is screwed.
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tatperson said:
I think either your camera sensor, the connector or your motherboard is screwed.
Sent from my undervolted, underclocked, power saving Motorola Atrix.
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So I think I will try to replace the cable/sensor.. they are about 10 € on eBay...
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HI, since I've always had issues (from stock rom up) with hw capacitive buttons (home/back/search/menu), I would like to disable them, maybe my Folio is faulty on them (randomly the back button fires by itself, even if the tablet was left alone on the table).
So I ask Artem or anybody who knows it: I can build from sources, what is the minimal diff I can make to the sources? Is it sufficent to comment out line 'CONFIG_KEYBOARD_FOLIOCAP=y' in tegra_betelgeuse_android_defconfig?
Thank you.
piergi65 said:
HI, since I've always had issues (from stock rom up) with hw capacitive buttons (home/back/search/menu), I would like to disable them, maybe my Folio is faulty on them (randomly the back button fires by itself, even if the tablet was left alone on the table).
So I ask Artem or anybody who knows it: I can build from sources, what is the minimal diff I can make to the sources? Is it sufficent to comment out line 'CONFIG_KEYBOARD_FOLIOCAP=y' in tegra_betelgeuse_android_defconfig?
Thank you.
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nice question . some times i have the same problem.
+1
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raptor92 said:
+1
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may be its a bug....
when this happens to me, i click one time on power buttom and than wake it up again. but this isnt the fix solution for the problem, just solves it temporarely
ans solution?
one "solution"
Hello, posting for the first time =)
Anyway, i've had a problem with folios crazy buttons and screen response since day one.
Nothing really changed for me with rom updates and different apps. I have tried it all...
I had enough and finally unplugged that little cable that connects into circuitboard
of those buttons and power-led. This is really no solution but takes care of that problem =)
It also disables power indicator led, so that's a little inconvenience =/. But since unplugged,
touchscreen started to work in every way better like its more responsive and doesn't "freeze" anymore.
But this requires you to disassemble your folio to get to touch with the cable to the circuitboard.
Removing plastic back cover isn't enough, but you Dont have to detache the screen from faceplate.
I'll plug it back on when there's a software fix for buttons behavior. Meanwhile enjoying peace from
button madness =D. Sorry if poor english, i'm Finnish
Justuz said:
But since unplugged,
touchscreen started to work in every way better like its more responsive and doesn't "freeze" anymore.
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After disassemble screen seems to work, but after some time is starts again and I don't have "crazy" buttons though.
I'm using mouse and keyboard and it's comfortable.
Hey, my battery life on a newly flashed CM10 is about 3-4 hours on low brighteness and disabled wifi, gps, and bluetooth. I also calibrated battery using the root toolbox app on google play (cant use the BSR for stock ROM). Another thing is that when i select anything but auto brightness the hard key lights stay on no matter what the sensor detects until the next reboot and then they stay off regardless of the sensor. When I use my phone in absolute darkness and the hard key lights are on, i can see a sliver of light bleeding through the borders of my phone and it getts really hot.
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Hey, my battery life on a newly flashed CM10 is about 3-4 hours on low brighteness and disabled wifi, gps, and bluetooth. I also calibrated battery using the root toolbox app on google play (cant use the BSR for stock ROM). Another thing is that when i select anything but auto brightness the hard key lights stay on no matter what the sensor detects until the next reboot and then they stay off regardless of the sensor. When I use my phone in absolute darkness and the hard key lights are on, i can see a sliver of light bleeding through the borders of my phone and it getts really hot.
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Sbf and reflash.
Already did. Multiple times
joewiddafro said:
Already did. Multiple times
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hmmm, it might be a hardware problem. Did you drop it at any point before
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hmmm, it might be a hardware problem. Did you drop it at any point before
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nope. ironically i got it about two weeks ago as a replacement for a defective droid x2.
joewiddafro said:
nope. ironically i got it about two weeks ago as a replacement for a defective droid x2.
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You might have gotten a defective replacement phone, that has happened to me before.
AKShotgun said:
You might have gotten a defective replacement phone, that has happened to me before.
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Oh wow. So maybe thats whats causing the backlight problems and the screen's high power usage?
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Oh wow. So maybe thats whats causing the backlight problems and the screen's high power usage?
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Does everything work ok on the stock rom?
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Does everything work ok on the stock rom?
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You battery life seems similar to what I am experiencing. I have to charge my phone twice daily with Cm10 vs every other day on the stock ROM. However, I do not have any issues with the hard key lights being stuck on all the time on the light bleeding.
My phone does get hotter than it did on the stock ROM, but that may be caused be some other factor.
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You battery life seems similar to what I am experiencing. I have to charge my phone twice daily with Cm10 vs every other day on the stock ROM. However, I do not have any issues with the hard key lights being stuck on all the time on the light bleeding.
My phone does get hotter than it did on the stock ROM, but that may be caused be some other factor.
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well all i can say is if your phone runs fine on stock its the rom. if it has all around problems (stock or not) i would sbf dont root and try to get another phone out of the company.
I have a motorola MB860 phone and after a repair both frontal and back cameras don't work.
When I touch the camera button the camera app opens but the screen is black. If I touch the shutter button it looks like the picture is taken, but it doesn't save the picture. The flash doesn't work. And frontal camera is the same thing. Only a black screen. The camera app doesn't force close or anything. It opens normally, but cameras don't work.
I tried updating the software of the phone and still the same issue with both cameras.
Do you know if it is a hardware problem? Speakers, microphone, and volume keys work fine. I know they are connected to the flex cable of the front and back camera. So what does that mean?
I just need to know if I need to change the parts or maybe there is something else I can try to fix it. And what are the symptoms of a camera that doesn't work? Should the camera app force close or should it do what I mentioned before? Show a black screen?
Thank you
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I have a motorola MB860 phone and after a repair both frontal and back cameras don't work.
When I touch the camera button the camera app opens but the screen is black. If I touch the shutter button it looks like the picture is taken, but it doesn't save the picture. The flash doesn't work. And frontal camera is the same thing. Only a black screen. The camera app doesn't force close or anything. It opens normally, but cameras don't work.
I tried updating the software of the phone and still the same issue with both cameras.
Do you know if it is a hardware problem? Speakers, microphone, and volume keys work fine. I know they are connected to the flex cable of the front and back camera. So what does that mean?
I just need to know if I need to change the parts or maybe there is something else I can try to fix it. And what are the symptoms of a camera that doesn't work? Should the camera app force close or should it do what I mentioned before? Show a black screen?
Thank you
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Are all cables properly seated in their connectors inside? And what kind of repair was done?
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Are all cables properly seated in their connectors inside? And what kind of repair was done?
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I would think that cables are well connected. The repair was change of touch screen and display. However, let me know if I am wrong, but I think rear camera and frontal camera are in different cables. So it's weird that both are not working. And I understand that one cable also has the speaker, mic and volume keys. Which they all work. So that is why I'm confused about this.
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I would think that cables are well connected. The repair was change of touch screen and display. However, let me know if I am wrong, but I think rear camera and frontal camera are in different cables. So it's weird that both are not working. And I understand that one cable also has the speaker, mic and volume keys. Which they all work. So that is why I'm confused about this.
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Rear camera has the vol up and down keys and headphones. Were both cameras working prior to repair?
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Yes they worked before the repair.
What I would really like to know is if that behavior means that the cameras don't work and they need to be replaced. I'm guessing that if the volume keys and headphones are working then the camera must work too. So why does it show a black screen? The app opens, but shows a black screen.
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Yes they worked before the repair.
What I would really like to know is if that behavior means that the cameras don't work and they need to be replaced. I'm guessing that if the volume keys and headphones are working then the camera must work too. So why does it show a black screen? The app opens, but shows a black screen.
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Not necessarily. I had my vol keys not working and my camera and headphone jack still worked. It could be hardware related. But i seriously would double check the connections first. Are any on screen camera buttons showing up or is it just a blank screen?
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Not necessarily. I had my vol keys not working and my camera and headphone jack still worked. It could be hardware related. But i seriously would double check the connections first. Are any on screen camera buttons showing up or is it just a blank screen?
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Yes there are buttons showing up in the screen. I attached a picture of how the camera looks like.
https://app.box.com/s/g6mtrnq46pld4uajxplg
The fact that the camera app does not force close leaves me feeling very curious. It might be helpful to know what ROM +kernel you are using, and posing the logs might give us a better chance at diagnosing the problem. It's possible that the cables were damaged during the repair, not at the connector end, but around the cameras.
Ok, here is the rom and all phone specs attached in a picture:
https://app.box.com/s/84s747d089sfb15eurlm
Now, I don't know where to get the logs you are telling me about.
Thank you.
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Ok, here is the rom and all phone specs attached in a picture:
https://app.box.com/s/84s747d089sfb15eurlm
Now, I don't know where to get the logs you are telling me about.
Thank you.
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by logs he mean getting a logcat output
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by logs he mean getting a logcat output
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Logcat and dmesg, as the kernel log may show device failure.
I Have the SAME Problem
aerismel said:
I would think that cables are well connected. The repair was change of touch screen and display. However, let me know if I am wrong, but I think rear camera and frontal camera are in different cables. So it's weird that both are not working. And I understand that one cable also has the speaker, mic and volume keys. Which they all work. So that is why I'm confused about this.
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I have THE same problem and both cameras stopped working as yours after the replacing the touch screen (digitizer)
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I used (flash) 3 or 4 different ROMS and it still not working, also i installed differen camera software thought normal apk and recovery too... this doesn't work
Nope, it is a hardware problem. IIRC, both cameras do not share the same flex, but I don't recall if one was connected to the other
Hit the damn thanks button instead!
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Cameras connection
andresrivas said:
Nope, it is a hardware problem. IIRC, both cameras do not share the same flex, but I don't recall if one was connected to the other
Hit the damn thanks button instead!
Enviado desde mi MB860
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Butas i saw inside the phone cameras do not connected to each other by the cable... they are connected just at the board/// Heating the digitizer cant be the cause of this effect//// or not
Touch Replacement
aerismel said:
I have a motorola MB860 phone and after a repair both frontal and back cameras don't work.
When I touch the camera button the camera app opens but the screen is black. If I touch the shutter button it looks like the picture is taken, but it doesn't save the picture. The flash doesn't work. And frontal camera is the same thing. Only a black screen. The camera app doesn't force close or anything. It opens normally, but cameras don't work.
I tried updating the software of the phone and still the same issue with both cameras.
Do you know if it is a hardware problem? Speakers, microphone, and volume keys work fine. I know they are connected to the flex cable of the front and back camera. So what does that mean?
I just need to know if I need to change the parts or maybe there is something else I can try to fix it. And what are the symptoms of a camera that doesn't work? Should the camera app force close or should it do what I mentioned before? Show a black screen?
Thank you
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Some guys from motofan.ru said that this problem may be becuse of conflict with touchscreen controller on the main board of phone... that why I think that the replacement of touch may be the decision of this problem... But i'm not sure... And now i have no opportunity to find any touch for my atrix...
Also may you tell where did you buy your touch (digitizer) is it original or chinese version
P.S. in my case flash is working fine...
Have you tried reflashing SBF?
So my Prime's back 8mp camera is messed up. When I use my back camera, all I see is green lines running all across the screen. my front facing camera works fine. When I take a picture using back camera, green lines everywhere, can't see anything, the flash turns on, I can hear the auto focus working, but then it force closes. I believe that it is the cable connecting to the camera is out of place. I tried doing the pinching my tablet on the camera, and it worked, but when I let go, my camera glitches out. But now it doesn't work anymore when I try to pinch the camera.
I'm thinking about opening my tablet and try to reconnect the cable together. Has any1 ever fixed their camera problem? If so, how easy was it to do so.
Thanks!
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So my Prime's back 8mp camera is messed up. When I use my back camera, all I see is green lines running all across the screen. my front facing camera works fine. When I take a picture using back camera, green lines everywhere, can't see anything, the flash turns on, I can hear the auto focus working, but then it force closes. I believe that it is the cable connecting to the camera is out of place. I tried doing the pinching my tablet on the camera, and it worked, but when I let go, my camera glitches out. But now it doesn't work anymore when I try to pinch the camera.
I'm thinking about opening my tablet and try to reconnect the cable together. Has any1 ever fixed their camera problem? If so, how easy was it to do so.
Thanks!
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Had the same problem a while back. Was still under warranty so I sent it in for repair. All I know is that it's a pretty common problem and that it definitely is a hardware issue.
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Had the same problem a while back. Was still under warranty so I sent it in for repair. All I know is that it's a pretty common problem and that it definitely is a hardware issue.
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Oh well my tablet I got a year ago on May 1st, so my warranty is expired. Also I unlocked the bootloader so i voided warranty anyways.
Happened to my back camera few days ago. Is there any known fix, outside warranty (bought my device two years ago, so it's not an option)?
I've never had this issue so I'm bot the best to advice. But It should be fixable, you just have to open your prime and do a little mod with the pogo pins, I'm pretty sure there was a thread with instructions for the fix.
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Hi i just bought a pre-owend g5 for £50 with box etc it came with 7.0 on but fingerprint sensor isnt working any tips that could be wrong with it? The power button works fine but it wont read my prints when i try to register them. Im on stock no root h850
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Hi i just bought a pre-owend g5 for £50 with box etc it came with 7.0 on but fingerprint sensor isnt working any tips that could be wrong with it? The power button works fine but it wont read my prints when i try to register them. Im on stock no root h850
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First try resetting it. Full wipe. If you do that and it still doesn't work, a new sensor is 5 bucks on ebay. There's even a YouTube video on how to do it. No soldering or glue.
goast said:
First try resetting it. Full wipe. If you do that and it still doesn't work, a new sensor is 5 bucks on ebay. There's even a YouTube video on how to do it. No soldering or glue.
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Thanks man done reset etc and still dont work and will try ebay thanks for the heads up
Fingerprint sensor is garbage on the LG G5, you'll probably need to replace it once every 3-4 months. I replaced mine two months ago and it already stopped working again. I would suggest buying power button in bulk on eBay. I know you can get them in a pack of five. This way, at least you'll have a replacement unit nearby.
Pointless my g5 has shutdown permanently tried different battery etc still won't power on so just got a nexus 5x