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
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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?
Hello all
After the recent nightly builds following the last monthly update (4.4.2 KK) I keep facing an annoying problem. The device keeps on getting unresponsive especially when I try to drop down the notifications panel. Then the device gets locked, sometimes changing the background and clears all open apps from the cache, where opening the app already was opened will have the app launched as if it was closed and not already in the background.
Besides, the device can make a soft reboot (showing CM logo and reloads the system without doing a full reboot).
Any idea what the problem could be? Any solutions suggested outside doing a full wipe?
Thank you very much!
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Hello all
After the recent nightly builds following the last monthly update (4.4.2 KK) I keep facing an annoying problem. The device keeps on getting unresponsive especially when I try to drop down the notifications panel. Then the device gets locked, sometimes changing the background and clears all open apps from the cache, where opening the app already was opened will have the app launched as if it was closed and not already in the background.
Besides, the device can make a soft reboot (showing CM logo and reloads the system without doing a full reboot).
Any idea what the problem could be? Any solutions suggested outside doing a full wipe?
Thank you very much!
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It must be a newly introduced bug, though on my nook I just wait till it fixes itself and un-freezes - there's none of the other stuff you mention. Course I have a recovery backup where it sounds like you don't. Save you a lot of pain to make recovery backup before flashing updates.
I'm still trying stuff to see if there's a workaround, but probably need to wait for it to be fixed.
My only problem is still the camera (google camera) after taking some photos (2-10) it freez and i got can't connect camera errors, only restart mobile is solution.
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.
I had the notification for this update for a few weeks before I installed it, thinking that bugs will be flushed out by then, how wrong was I!
After installing it, the phone no longer feels as snappy, but the major problem is the camera. It takes so long to take and save a picture! I had seen that someone else having the same problem online saying it is due to saving to SD card. However, it was never a problem before this update! So what had changed? This is a problem with the stock camera app and open camera. I can keep hitting the shutter button and nothing happens. If I force close the app, the picture will not be saved, indicating that it is taking a very long time saving.
Also, everything else seems to be slower. I use F-Stop with MX Player for my videos and they open noticeably slower and drops frame. Chrome is also showing signs of slowness, with Amazon page taking longer to respond to slides after loading.
No, I did not factory reset my phone after updating as I see that as the nuclear option and want to avoid that. Is factory resetting the only way to get it working smoothly again?
mine is running without any problems, or bugs, lags... try to do factory reset
Mine is also working perfectly well, and the camera works like a charm, no delays at all.... perhaps it's because I do not have an SD card inserted, so no doubt of where to store the image....
dude make sure you do factory reset after OTA update... that's like the basic common sense since few year back.
madorax said:
dude make sure you do factory reset after OTA update... that's like the basic common sense since few year back.
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Most OTA updates are designed to update your device while keeping your data intact and avoiding the need to reinstall and re-setup all your apps. A factory reset is normally done only if (a) the update specifically requires it, usually when there is a huge change in the ROM or (b) some problems occur after update because of the user's particular setup.
The PDTMIXM OTA works fine for me - as least I haven't found any problems or sluggishness so far. I haven't factory reset after the update. Like others, I don't have a micro SD card in my phone as I have two SIMs in it. Perhaps this is why I don't see the sluggishness encountered by some.
10.3.1 OTA just went online
damador said:
10.3.1 OTA just went online
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Strange! The update 10.3.1 available notification started to appear on my phone two days ago, but when I go into settings it now says no update available and the original notification has disappeared. Have they withdrawn this update so quickly or is it just my phone?
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I had the notification for this update for a few weeks before I installed it, thinking that bugs will be flushed out by then, how wrong was I!
After installing it, the phone no longer feels as snappy, but the major problem is the camera. It takes so long to take and save a picture! I had seen that someone else having the same problem online saying it is due to saving to SD card. However, it was never a problem before this update! So what had changed? This is a problem with the stock camera app and open camera. I can keep hitting the shutter button and nothing happens. If I force close the app, the picture will not be saved, indicating that it is taking a very long time saving.
Also, everything else seems to be slower. I use F-Stop with MX Player for my videos and they open noticeably slower and drops frame. Chrome is also showing signs of slowness, with Amazon page taking longer to respond to slides after loading.
No, I did not factory reset my phone after updating as I see that as the nuclear option and want to avoid that. Is factory resetting the only way to get it working smoothly again?
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I'm not sure if you're referring to my post I made about the video lag when media is saved on the SD card.. But i just got the 10.3.1 update today and the problem is now solved.