Cannot connect to camera error - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Please help.. Cannot access my dell streak camera app. It says cannot connect to camera. What should I do.. Desperately needs advise.

What rom are you on?
It might be fixable by going to the camera app properties and clearing it's data.
If that doesnt work, you could try the more drastic step of doing a fac reset.

I had faced this issue when I tweaked build.prop for addressing compatibility issues in play store. Edited back to original values to solve the problem.
Not sure this is the case with you?
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Im using a 2.2.2 is updating the dell streak witj the update.pkg supplied by support.dell.com will make the camera work? I already tried clearing the da of the camera app and also did factory reset but still the camera doesn't work
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Stop posting the same kind of issues. I already have a thread same like this one. It makes the moderators delete same concerns. And I believe people here are just pretenders. No one seem to know what the fix for this problem is. They dont know a thing. So its useless asking these guys for help when all they teach you are basic junk troubleshooting steps. Unhelpful!

foryou2keep said:
Stop posting the same kind of issues. I already have a thread same like this one. It makes the moderators delete same concerns. And I believe people here are just pretenders. No one seem to know what the fix for this problem is. They dont know a thing. So its useless asking these guys for help when all they teach you are basic junk troubleshooting steps. Unhelpful!
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tbh.. we cant really help you because the phone itself is physically not at us... so.. what we told here is pretty much what we have encounter and solved... also not all problem can be solved here... sometimes the device really need to be sent to the phone specialist.. and not here... so right now the most effective way is to sent the phone to the shop that know streak 5...

The best way is flash stock 407 olleh, flash dsc, flash longhorn, and cm7. If you still cannot connect to camera then you can sure that it hardware issue not the rom. Those above rom has camera working very well.
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nom051205 said:
The best way is flash stock 407 olleh, flash dsc, flash longhorn, and cm7. If you still cannot connect to camera then you can sure that it hardware issue not the rom. Those above rom has camera working very well.
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he think us giving him false guide or help...

A lot of people says to do this and to do that. Cant even understand their english. I mean, c'mon, your giving instructions so at least do it in a proper manner or way of saying or composing a message.
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nom051205 said:
The best way is flash stock 407 olleh, flash dsc, flash longhorn, and cm7. If you still cannot connect to camera then you can sure that it hardware issue not the rom. Those above rom has camera working very well.
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Thanks Bro. Thats what I am talking about. I've done 407, dsc, longhorn and cm7 and back now to dsc. I think I will then conclude this is a HW problem. Some say it may be a Flex issue.

Once you flash a new rom, it's 100% a HW problem and not software.

I think I know whats wrong with my camera.. When I read my logcat it says there's no preview frame layout. Please help where will I get it?
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Stock cam on cm7?

I'm new to the whole rooting scene but I used to jailbreak and upgrade ipods and stuff like that. I had an videos u8150 before this and it worked great roms and all. I have cm7 on this vibrant but I wanted to know is there either a way to get the stock vibrant camera flashed on cm7 cause I hate this one, or a stock 2.3.x rom with the old can like in 2.1 in the original firmware. Sorry if I post in the wrong spot I just need help asap. Thanks in advance to anyone that helps.
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Common request.
Sorry, no, it cannot be done.
Ok thanks and sorry I'm still new here any roms with the old camera or any way to tether on 2.1? Really that's the reason I upgraded
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give it some time. you might find that the camera app is actually more functional.
Short answer is Yes there are other camera flashes you can put on the phone, you will have to do the research I do not remember which are the best. There are some Of the Market that will flash over the CM7 Camera as well
This is being moved to Q & A...... next time if it is a questions please put in Q&A
Ok thank your for the answer and sorry will do next time I was just in a hurry for now I restored back to stock because I love cm7 but the only reason I wanted to upgrade was for tethering and when the camera changed it kind of dissapointed me. Ill ask in Q and A next time. Also is there any way to maybe rip the cam out of the cm7 zip so I can reflash and keep the old cam? Like I said im new to all of this. Thanks for the help again!
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Fix for Odd Problems installing Roms

(Mods: Don't know how you want to put this into something but I think reading through Rom threads this will solve lots of poeples problems)
If you are installing Roms and having problems most others are not. FC/ reboots, just odd things not working that others have working.
Try using Dell Factory Reset (on the white Screen) instead of Streakmod or clockwork mod.
I found this while installing gingerstreak I was having problems many were not, till I came across one last option on another thread. Boom All my odd probems were fixed.
*edit*
Rom Developers: as a habbit, for install instructions you should specify to do this. Might save you a ton of time trying to chase down non-existent problems from people
Oh, c'mon...
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Really?
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yeah same here..im also doing every time when i flash a new rom..
its absolutely right and works great!
bdw thanks for considering that for all members!!
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I consider this thread as spam.
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I consider this thread as spam.
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Look through all the rom threads...why else would some people have 2 identical phones, install the same roms, and one FCs? no service etc?
I had always just been using streakmod factory reset...I installed ginger streak 2.4.4 and my Phone app was FC..my SimCard would detect, I had no service.
It was truely odd. and no not EVERYONE knows to use the Dell Factory reset.
Fac resetting with the top menu has been stated hundreds of times.
There has not been one instance where someone said they used the streakmod one and not got corrected about it.
It's like people asking why superoneclick or gingerbreak doesnt work on the newest roms, they didnt look very hard/at all since those too are covered dozens of times.
To be fair to the OP it doesn't actually state "DELL factory reset" in the Gingerstreak 2.4.4 Release Post
However it does come up numerous times in the rest of the thread......

[HELP] Capacitive touch issue

Hi all,
I've a "little" problem with my touch screen, it doesn't work ( doesn't react but displays well) , but i said little because just one part isn't working (approximately from 200 px to 430 on the Y axis).
The problem seems to be hardware caused, i've tried to install an other ROM ( the problem appeared while using CM7 and i tried with CM9 ROM without success).
Someone else already experienced this issue ? Could this be caused because of a ROM or software (i havent overclocked my device, it rarely fell to the ground and the screen isn't broken....), Could he be repaired?
Thank in advance ans i'm sorry for my bad English ,
Batlac.
batlac said:
Hi all,
I've a "little" problem with my touch screen, it doesn't work ( doesn't react but displays well) , but i said little because just one part isn't working (approximately from 200 px to 430 on the Y axis).
The problem seems to be hardware caused, i've tried to install an other ROM ( the problem appeared while using CM7 and i tried with CM9 ROM without success).
Someone else already experienced this issue ? Could this be caused because of a ROM or software (i havent overclocked my device, it rarely fell to the ground and the screen isn't broken....), Could he be repaired?
Thank in advance ans i'm sorry for my bad English ,
Batlac.
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This is a well known issue and is most likely caused by the digitizer. You'll most likely need to replace it, unfortunately. They go for at least $45 on eBay.
The only alternative is the PDS fix, which didn't work for me. I can't give you links as I don't have enough posts, but I've found what I needed on this site (and youtube for the digitizer replacement video) simply using search.
Thanks , The PDS fix isn't working for me too, I'll try to repair manually my phone :-\
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I hope you could handle it. I cannot touch my phone and cant surgery it
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i had the same issue. i even tryed flash sbf and the pds fix....nothin
i had to do a warranty replacement, the sbf flash atleast get rid of the unlocked symbol at the front if your catching my drift
The SBf flash isn't dangerous? I want to use the warranty too because the replacement is expensive...
What SBf did you flash?
Thanks!
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batlac said:
The SBf flash isn't dangerous? I want to use the warranty too because the replacement is expensive...
What SBf did you flash?
Thanks!
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it seem to be a PDS partition problem... if you flash it with any sbf the problem will still be there... try to make a restore of a previous nandroid when u didn't had that problem...
(sorry about my english)
Arf I haven't got any Nandroid backup and the links from the "Atrix Firmwares Superthread" are deads...
Someone knows where I can find some stock SBF files ?
batlac said:
Arf I haven't got any Nandroid backup and the links from the "Atrix Firmwares Superthread" are deads...
Someone knows where I can find some stock SBF files ?
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This is not a Software problem, try this and tell back what you got
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719653
If it doesn't work then you will have to buy a new digitizer.
It doesn't work :-\
I'll try to hide the unlocked mention but I don't know if it's possible
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batlac said:
It doesn't work :-\
I'll try to hide the unlocked mention but I don't know if it's possible
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It does work just need to get the right place
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How thick the piece must be? I've tried different positions but it doesn't work, the battery is hard to pull after..
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How to update to gingerbread on dell streak

I recently got my dell streak and have looked around xda but couldnt find the.right thread on how to update to gb or even a really good rom if someone could be.so kind as to help me I.would be really grateful even if its just a link to the right thread
Thanks
Craig
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scouse83 said:
I recently got my dell streak and have looked around xda but couldnt find the.right thread on how to update to gb or even a really good rom if someone could be.so kind as to help me I.would be really grateful even if its just a link to the right thread
Thanks
Craig
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read it here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394866
but i dont recommend to update if your device working as it should currently...
Thanks. How come you dont recomend it mate. Is gb not as stable or somthing
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scouse83 said:
Thanks. How come you dont recomend it mate. Is gb not as stable or somthing
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if you want to upgrade to gb... you really need to understand fully of what to do next... or you will in trouble if something goes wrong... like other newbies here... they all just wanted to upgrade without doing some proper reading and understanding... and then come here crying...
I have done it before on other phone just on the ds it seems a whole lot differant to me I put jellybean on my lil boys phone yesterday was just for me to play with tho lol. I just seem to have a lot of force closes on froyo so thought gb would be a bit better
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scouse83 said:
I have done it before on other phone just on the ds it seems a whole lot differant to me I put jellybean on my lil boys phone yesterday was just for me to play with tho lol. I just seem to have a lot of force closes on froyo so thought gb would be a bit better
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The first think to do is read all the sticky posts on Streak 5 Android Development thread, next you choose the rom and read the instructions. Every rom has there on instructions. I use MIUI 2.4.20 for about 1 month with no major problems.
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I have done it before on other phone just on the ds it seems a whole lot differant to me I put jellybean on my lil boys phone yesterday was just for me to play with tho lol. I just seem to have a lot of force closes on froyo so thought gb would be a bit better
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On my Dell Axim 51v, flashing ROMs was a completely simple matter; no special 'root' access needed, you just load the ROM onto the SD card then boot to recovery and flash it, done. I loved Windows Mobile for that.
On the Android platform it's a nightmare of complicated steps dependent on other steps, including the installation of various different programs on your Streak and your PC. I hate Android for that.
If you have a stock recovery, it's the same steps: you put the pkg on the root of the sd card and boot into recovery and flash it.
No special 'root' access needed.
scouse83 said:
I recently got my dell streak and have looked around xda but couldnt find the.right thread on how to update to gb or even a really good rom if someone could be.so kind as to help me I.would be really grateful even if its just a link to the right thread
Thanks
Craig
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its easy man... really easy. you need to read more, or i can share my experience
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Im gratefull for any help I am mate just wanna know if its worth it or not firsy would rather have ics or jellybean but they dont seem like there gonna happen lol
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for ooksubj
You can always Google Streakdroid by DJ_steve they are the best ROM's for the Streak. Ill try and find some links and post them
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This is for the most recent ROM I can find, its whats running on my Streak. I currently only use my streak for an alarm clock and on vacation, but it works flawlessly. the process is a lil in depth but enjoy
Tsaxmafia said:
You can always Google Streakdroid by DJ_steve they are the best ROM's for the Streak. Ill try and find some links and post them
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This is for the most recent ROM I can find, its whats running on my Streak. I currently only use my streak for an alarm clock and on vacation, but it works flawlessly. the process is a lil in depth but enjoy
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streakdroid is obsolete now you know... its better to use longhorn or dsc
I got some crappy stock one at the min seems,like clockworkmod dont work lol I will get round to doin stuff once my new mem card turns up
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deysmacro said:
streakdroid is obsolete now you know... its better to use longhorn or dsc
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could you send me a link for them plesse mate
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scouse83 said:
could you send me a link for them plesse mate
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longhorn 2.9.1 is awsome rom for me and has better battery life den other longhorn versions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355878

read this if yours is rebooting and unknown imei & baseband!

Mods please move this if necessary
Guys, I have to post this in hopes it will help others.
If you still have this device and had the problem where it reboots once it boots and have no imei and baseband, i solved it. finally!
I tried everything, EVERYTHING initially. i opened the device more times than i can remember. I changed the power button, gave it a chemical bath, removed the sim holder, adjusted every adjustable aspect of it but nothing. this started when i flashed some rom (cant remember which one), and it started rebooting as soon as the os loaded. not a random reboot but as soon as the os loaded, no matter what rom i flashed. thats when i tried all of the posted solutions on the power button issues of this phone. nothing worked. Then when i finally got a stock odin to work, i noticed i had baseband unknown and imei unknown and therefore no sim functions. i began researching and i did everything from flashing every available modem, to flashing all stock roms with odin and with keis, to that trick of forcing an iemi and adding some folder that may have been deleted. i even looked to order the sim holder that people recommended but i never bothered (thankfully) as many said it didnt work. I eventually was advised that my ONLY solution was to jtag it. i almost ordered devices like nspro etc, but alas, i gave up finally and just used it as a tablet with a rudimentary os (the only one that didnt reboot on me ) with abysmal battery life (3 to 4 hours on standby) until i finally left it in a drawer and forgot it for most of the year. Fast forward to yesterday. ill spare the details of why i had to, but basically i took back the challenge to get it working, believing that it was a software problem that i could solve with the help of xda's resources. and after a sleepless night and much research and trials, i finally have a fully working i717 with insane battery life (2% lost on standby overnight). so here's what i did. I used odin to flash this rom (email me for the link, i dont want to break any forum rules) and once it was done, the os began to boot but it stuck on the loading screen. this was actually good news since it wasnt rebooting! i left it for an hour just in case and eventually forced the shut down by holding power button (didnt remove the battery). then i booted into download and used odin to flash cwm recovery (latest one, search for an app to convert the img file to a md5 that odin can use). i booted into recovery and once there i downloaded the miui v5 rom in the development section of this forum, (i chose miui because initially it was the only other rom that didnt reboot, but i SUSPECT that the others should be fine now once i flashed the odin rom) and once it installed and booted, voila! cell reception and i can make and receive calls!. Everything is working perfectly now!! thank God. I left it on miui because i like it and it works as is, but i suppose the other roms like the 4.4 roms should, in theory, work now. in the link i have there is the rom AND a modem as well, i did NOT flash the modem as i didnt need to so you shouldnt have to either. Thanks for reading, and i sincerely hope that i could help someone out with this post. thanks to xda and the contributors who helped me through this ordeal!
Sincerely,
My phone rebooted 3 times while trying to read this. I wasn't sure if you were actually offering help or trying to sell us some new sports bra.
If you have some miracle files then post the link. Why make this an egg hunt? I'm sure the forum would appreciate it.
Agoattamer said:
My phone rebooted 3 times while trying to read this. I wasn't sure if you were actually offering help or trying to sell us some new sports bra.
If you have some miracle files then post the link. Why make this an egg hunt? I'm sure the forum would appreciate it.
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No need to be rude mate. And its not an 'egg hunt' if you read it you would see that i didnt want to break any forum rules by posting links without permission since i cant contact the owner of the site with the links. I didnt have to post anything atall and i asked for no gratitude in return but a little civility goes a long way.
I read this and thought xda became a blog site!
Just wanted to say thanks for your post cause I have been experiencing loss of my mobile signal after flashing to cm 10.1. I have been doing a ton of reading trying to solve my issue but can't seem to find a resolution.
Your post give me a little hope that I can solve my issue.
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Badspaz910 said:
Just wanted to say thanks for your post cause I have been experiencing loss of my mobile signal after flashing to cm 10.1. I have been doing a ton of reading trying to solve my issue but can't seem to find a resolution.
Your post give me a little hope that I can solve my issue.
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sure thing mate. i hope you figure it out
will try this
thanks, I will try this
email sent
Pleaseeeeeeee helpme! I have the same problem, i send a inbox and email, please
Pleaseeeeeeee helpme! I have the same problem, i send a inbox and email, please
help me please
Pleaseee help me!
Badspaz910 said:
Just wanted to say thanks for your post cause I have been experiencing loss of my mobile signal after flashing to cm 10.1. I have been doing a ton of reading trying to solve my issue but can't seem to find a resolution.
Your post give me a little hope that I can solve my issue.
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Plase help me with the link!:C
I would love to help you out but still haven't found a solution. I don't know what else to do.
Sorry.
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Badspaz910 said:
I would love to help you out but still haven't found a solution. I don't know what else to do.
Sorry.
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Virustwin did not give you the link of the rom? or just did not work its possible solution?
Indigoreli said:
Virustwin did not give you the link of the rom? or just did not work its possible solution?
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I tried what he said and it didn't work. So back to square one.
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Badspaz910 said:
I tried what he said and it didn't work. So back to square one.
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Please give the link of the rom, i will try it
badspaz910 said:
i tried what he said and it didn't work. So back to square one.
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help me, please
Indigoreli said:
Please give the link of the rom, i will try it
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Follow his initial post and do what he did. He flashed miui rom after he used Odin. Flash a custom recovery. Either cwm or twrp.
I hope it works for you cause it didn't work for me.
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Follow his initial post and do what he did. He flashed miui rom after he used Odin. Flash a custom recovery. Either cwm or twrp.
I hope it works for you cause it didn't work for me.
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But, he mencioned a "OS rudimentary", a rom.. a misteriuos rom :/
Indigoreli said:
But, he mencioned a "OS rudimentary", a rom.. a misteriuos rom :/
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Email him for the link to the rom. I forgot what it was. It has been a while. Sorry.
Can you get to download mode? If you can't, then find out which rom he used.
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