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Okay, so, I just noticed today that my camera no longer works. It was working a few days ago, but, no... death. Did some skulking around XDA and other forums. I thought it MIGHT be caused by something going wrong when I flashed Passion v6.5... so, I reflashed Passion v4 (it used to work fine), nothing. ODIN back to stock... nothing. Are there any other tips out there besides the obvious, and fatal, hardware issue? It would be a ton of help. Thanks.
Try using a differnt camera. There is one in the market today for .10cents
Camera ZOOM FX
For a dime it might provide a solution to your needs or an enlightenment that it may in fact be a hardware issue.
Exactly how is the camera not working? F/c? Doesn't open..etc.? When you flashed did you factory reset, clear cache and data? Have you tried using a camera app?
Same thing happened to me a while back, tried replacing the camera, still didn't work. I:
/notaproblemwithicspassion.
Stuff I've tried;
- I had two Vibrants, tried replacing it. (Worked for a little, then same error.)
- Mounting and unmounting it.
- Flash back to stock, update camera.
- Different camera apps.
- CM7/MIUI/ICS/FROYO
Unfortunately there is not a lot of options. If you can find someonw with a bricked vibrant you could offer to buy the camera. If you get o replacement camera off ebay then more then likely your going to have some banding issues( lines thru your pictures). There is a website (mobiletechvideos.com) that sells replacement cameras that arent supposed to have banding issues. Ive never dealt with them, so I cant say for sure. Mine stopped workin a while back, kept saying "camera fail". I replaced it with one off ebay. It works but i have terrible banding in anything but bright light. There are some videos on you tube on how to replace the camera. Good luck!
GreggoryD502 said:
Unfortunately there is not a lot of options. If you can find someonw with a bricked vibrant you could offer to buy the camera. If you get o replacement camera off ebay then more then likely your going to have some banding issues( lines thru your pictures). There is a website (mobiletechvideos.com) that sells replacement cameras that arent supposed to have banding issues. Ive never dealt with them, so I cant say for sure. Mine stopped workin a while back, kept saying "camera fail". I replaced it with one off ebay. It works but i have terrible banding in anything but bright light. There are some videos on you tube on how to replace the camera. Good luck!
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So you bought one off ebay and it's working. (Sort of?)
Mind linking me to where you bought it?
I'll link later when I get to my pc. I just typed samsung vibrant replacement camera into ebay. After I replaced it it worked for a day then it's got the camera fail message. Then about 2weeks went by and it started working again. I have no idea why.
GreggoryD502 said:
I'll link later when I get to my pc. I just typed samsung vibrant replacement camera into ebay. After I replaced it it worked for a day then it's got the camera fail message. Then about 2weeks went by and it started working again. I have no idea why.
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Ah, well I just bought he i9000 FFC camera, hopefully it works.
Mine is having the exact same problem yours was having before you replaced it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...20774903766&view=all&tid=795744528011&guest=1
Here is the link to the one I bought.
GreggoryD502 said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...20774903766&view=all&tid=795744528011&guest=1
Here is the link to the one I bought.
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This purchased item information is no longer available.
There are a number of reasons why this information isn't available. The most common reason is that item details for purchases are not kept for more than 90 days.
Hm.. heh.
For those asking, when the camera is opened, all it says is 'Warning: Camera Failed'. I've come to the conclusion that it's a software issue somewhere. After starting this thread, the camera came back to life a few hours later. After flashing a new ROM, same thing. I'm going to see if I can isolate a fix.
I have to bang my camera on a hard surface like furniture or a rock and it works. Could be both.
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Lolz, please stopping abusing your servant.
Maybe you guys should try to use titanium backup to clear the data and uninstall the camera apk. Then, odin back to stock. Be sure to wipe both caches and factory reset before flashing another rom.
Good luck
Alex530 said:
I have to bang my camera on a hard surface like furniture or a rock and it works. Could be both.
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Hello.
I have an unique problem and I really tried to find for someone with the same problem. My camera has a very strange behavior and it is just the rear camera. Its complicated to explain but please see the attached screenshot that I took. There are some pink/red stripes when the camera is on and when I take the pictures gets a little bettler.
Any ideas of what is going on?
regards
S3
4.2.2 - i am running now Omega latest version but doen not matter, all roms that i tried has the same issue.
Thanks for any help
Renato
mussacredi said:
Hello.
I have an unique problem and I really tried to find for someone with the same problem. My camera has a very strange behavior and it is just the rear camera. Its complicated to explain but please see the attached screenshot that I took. There are some pink/red stripes when the camera is on and when I take the pictures gets a little bettler.
Any ideas of what is going on?
regards
S3
4.2.2 - i am running now Omega latest version but doen not matter, all roms that i tried has the same issue.
Thanks for any help
Renato
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Well, with all I know about cameras by being a freelancer photographer and with my little knowledge about android what I can say to try to help you is:
Did you wipe your phone between flashes? I'll guess you did since you tried multiple roms. If you didn't, You'd better try to...
If stock ROMs also show the problem I'm afraid to tell you that the only circumstances I saw this kind of problem in my life was in faulty camera sensors.
Were your sensor hit by any kind of laser or a very strong light while trying to snap a picture? Similar problems happened lately with photogs attending a concert. See link:
http://www.diyphotography.net/20000k-red-epic-sensor-burnt-lasers
If this didn't help and the problem started out of nowhere then maybe you got a faulty unit, are you still on warranty? If so, it's time to revert to stock and go to a service center!
Kindly hope I'm very wrong though... Good luck!
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lucalunardi said:
Well, with all I know about cameras by being a freelancer photographer and with my little knowledge about android what I can say to try to help you is:
Did you wipe your phone between flashes? I'll guess you did since you tried multiple roms. If you didn't, You'd better try to...
If stock ROMs also show the problem I'm afraid to tell you that the only circumstances I saw this kind of problem in my life was in faulty camera sensors.
Were your sensor hit by any kind of laser or a very strong light while trying to snap a picture? Similar problems happened lately with photogs attending a concert. See link:
http://www.diyphotography.net/20000k-red-epic-sensor-burnt-lasers
If this didn't help and the problem started out of nowhere then maybe you got a faulty unit, are you still on warranty? If so, it's time to revert to stock and go to a service center!
Kindly hope I'm very wrong though... Good luck!
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Thanks, The funny thing is sometimes works fine and sometimes works like the pic attached. No idea at all. The phone has never felt or had anything like you said such as strong light or laser.
thanks
Search the forum... Maybe a camera fw upgrade may help. Worth a try. Good luck.
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mussacredi said:
Thanks, The funny thing is sometimes works fine and sometimes works like the pic attached. No idea at all. The phone has never felt or had anything like you said such as strong light or laser.
thanks
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My feeling is that this could well be a hardware problem, not a software problem - ie nothing to do with your ROM, as you said you've flashed a few. If it is a hardware fault then see if you can get it fixed under warranty - but as has already been said, you'd need to return to your stock rom first otherwise they wont honour the warranty.
Having said that... were all the ROMS you tried AOSP / AOKP based? While I haven't had the problem you have and it does seem very unique, I have had more issues and bugs with the camera when using ROMS built from these sources on my i9300 than anything else. At the end of the day, Samsung know best how to drive their camera hardware, and so it doesn't surprise me that the vanilla Google roms can be a bit buggy when it comes to device-specific hardware such as the camera.
You could try flashing a stock-based custom rom - one built from Samsung firmware. Omega ROM that you are currently using also do a stock-based rom built on the 4.2.2 Samsung leak, I have used it and can confirm that it was pretty darn stable and the camera worked really well. It has a few mods in it, nothing spectacular, but it is stable.
Hope this helps.
This looks like a hardware problem. But can't be 100% sure.
I had a camera and someone dropped it, after dropping it, the camera started taking photos like that with stripes of different colours.
Did you drop it or water got on it?
very weird
I tried to fix permission, wipe dalvik and wipe bats and the camera starts to work again. Have no idea how long it will take. so far it is working as has never had a problem.
thanks for all answers...
and sorry to post this on the wrong section.
Bad news not working...dont know what the hell is that...sometimes works sometimes does not
mussacredi said:
Bad news not working...dont know what the hell is that...sometimes works sometimes does not
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Return phone to stock for warranty and find a service centre .
jje
Good night, i hope you can help me. I just get nervous after disassembling the phone, I tell you.
I disassembled the phone to try to fix the front camera because of the fuzzy photos, when I saw that I could not do much (I released the first 7 screws and the other 2 black). I have releasd the front camera connector and nothing more. Then I placed the screws and when restarting the phone, the camera screen appears all black and stays dumb phone. What happened? How I can fix it? Everything works except that.
Let's see if anyone knows how to fix it. Regards.
PD: I have a custom rom: Neat Rom Lite 4.0.3 with Siyah Kernel.
legolas2069 said:
Good night, i hope you can help me. I just get nervous after disassembling the phone, I tell you.
I disassembled the phone to try to fix the front camera because of the fuzzy photos, when I saw that I could not do much (I released the first 7 screws and the other 2 black). I have releasd the front camera connector and nothing more. Then I placed the screws and when restarting the phone, the camera screen appears all black and stays dumb phone. What happened? How I can fix it? Everything works except that.
Let's see if anyone knows how to fix it. Regards.
PD: I have a custom rom: Neat Rom Lite 4.0.3 with Siyah Kernel.
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Nobody knows how to fix it?
I have installed de Stock Rom, and it still doesn´t work, maybe if I install another kernel... The last choice, it´s buying a camera and change, but it´s very rare that the camera was broken opening the phone.
Have you tried the service manuals ? They've been posted here at various times over the past two years (a Google or XDA search should yield what you need). There should be a rundown (w/pics) of how to change the camera, perhaps you missed something somewhere ?
MistahBungle said:
Have you tried the service manuals ? They've been posted here at various times over the past two years (a Google or XDA search should yield what you need). There should be a rundown (w/pics) of how to change the camera, perhaps you missed something somewhere ?
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I have downloaded the service manuals, but all I had done was correct. The first time, i only released the 7 screws of the back, and then the 2 black screws from the mainboard. I moved a little the mainboard, I blew a little bit and then i put everything back. It´s so rare.
Thanks for your help
Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge G925F with custom rom, i have a problem with my sensor.
I turn my auto-brightness in ON and nothing chang, it's always stay at the same level of brightness, i tested it, if it was a hardware problem with calling "*#0*#" but not, it work perfectly in that.
and for the proximity sensor, when i call someone, the screen turn automaticaly in black, same think, i tried to test hardware, it's work, when i call someone with What's App for exemple, it's work, but it's not work with phone dialer.
(Sorry for my bad english, i'm french)
Can someone help me ? I tried an other rom, same problem, other bootloader / modem, same again.
Same issue here! Don't know what the problem is. Sensor is working when being tested, but somehow system is not receiving that info. Factory reset did not help either. I am on stock everything (5.1.1).
and you have no problem with brightness in mode auto ?
Auto brightness is not working either. It is always at same output value, no matter what I do. And also navigation buttons are not lighting up anymore.
Phone is all stock. Not sure if I should try with other roms...
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Oh, we have the exact same problem, I just noticed that, my softkey lighting doesn't work too.
Have you got a problem like that, you put your headset's jack into your phone, and It's not detected by your phone ? İ have that issue too, I bought a jack, dock replacement for replace this part, I will tell you what happening next.
I saw your thread, did you disassembly your s6 ? By you or other guys.
If you find any solution to this problem please report it here and I will do the same. Hope we will be able to fix it .
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Emzelim said:
Have you got a problem like that, you put your headset's jack into your phone, and It's not detected by your phone ? İ have that issue too, I bought a jack, dock replacement for replace this part, I will tell you what happening next.
I saw your thread, did you disassembly your s6 ? By you or other guys.
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I just checked this, and unfortunately it's not working...not recognized by the phone . Guess it's identical problem.
I did not touch any internals...just sent this phone for repairs, but they did not fix it because they found out that someone was already open it before. Now I do not know what to do.
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Okay, then, The Phone was already opened before, I will tell you if I found something for that.
Emzelim said:
Okay, then, The Phone was already opened before, I will tell you if I found something for that.
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Yes, as I wrote in my original thread phone had a problem with faulty battery. It was refurbished phone and seller stated that it has 2 years of manufacturer warranty, but as it turned out warranty was void because someone damaged that battery before and tried to fix it with some tape.
btw. everything else was working fine before we sent the phone for service. When they returned it all these problems started. I have ordered new battery and will replace that by my own I guess because Samsung is not responding to our messages. I guess my girlfriend will have to live with these issues if we are not able to fix them...
if you think your auto brightness is not working check out this app. If that doesn't work then your sensors are faulty/defective and contact Samsung support or your authorized reseller
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en
paviol said:
if you think your auto brightness is not working check out this app. If that doesn't work then your sensors are faulty/defective and contact Samsung support or your authorized reseller
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en
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As we mentioned already...every sensor checking app is reporting that senors are working just fine. I removed the battery so can't try this app right now, but will definitely check as soon as I can, thanks.
Update regarding my situation: Since everything failed to fix this device or receive our money back, I decided to open the phone and check if anything else is wrong with it (besides battery) and guess what...audio jack port was completely broken. Plugging in headphones was working before it went to official repair centre, and now I know they broke it. But still I can't do anything about it because Samsung is refusing to fix it. My best bet is to replace that part together with battery and live with other issues.
Worst service I have ever experienced...
Ok so, I will receive this replacement part (jack) this week, I hope it will fix the other problems too.
I'll tell you what happen after that.
Emzelim said:
Ok so, I will receive this replacement part (jack) this week, I hope it will fix the other problems too.
I'll tell you what happen after that.
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Please do! I also ordered whole usb connector board with headphone jack on it. Let's hope it will work.
btw. I just contented old battery back and tried this app. It is working great, so sensors are fine.
Hıı, I have A good news for you, I just replaced the usb, Jack part and all is working back, proximity sensor, auto brightness control and jack.
Good luck for you ?
Emzelim said:
Hıı, I have A good news for you, I just replaced the usb, Jack part and all is working back, proximity sensor, auto brightness control and jack.
Good luck for you ?
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Same here! Just replaced and packed everything up few minutes ago. Working great!! Finally! I'm glad we managed to fix this one ...
Just dry up the edges. Try to blow the corners. It is just a little bit wet because the corners have little gaps that let water and dust in. I blow dried my phone and it fixed the problem. If you try to wipe screen with water and it gets inside the edges, problem comes back again
Ich have the same problem. But how can it be a hardware issue when the sensors are working in test module? I don't want to send it in :/
Mine was having this exact problem and was solved by an update I didn't know existed. Go to where you find your updates and download any available. Mine worked great again afterwards. If that doesn't work, Try clearing your cache partition.
prov1kenobi said:
Mine was having this exact problem and was solved by an update I didn't know existed. Go to where you find your updates and download any available. Mine worked great again afterwards. If that doesn't work, Try clearing your cache partition.
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we are already finishing the year 2017 and apparently samsung continues to present the same defects !! Were you able to solve your sensor problem? Please take a look at my post and please help me!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/sensors-android-update-please-help-t3721874 join please <<<<<<<<<<<
Hey everyone. So asking for a friend that has the phone.
When trying to use the camera app, everything seems to be out of focus, as if it doesn't wanna adjust. Played around with settings, and wiped data/cache.
I've installed another camera app with manual controls of focus, iso and what not, but still the same.
I think he updated it pretty recent because he is running on 8.1.0.
Just asking to see if anyone else is having similar issues.
lilchicano said:
Hey everyone. So asking for a friend that has the phone.
When trying to use the camera app, everything seems to be out of focus, as if it doesn't wanna adjust. Played around with settings, and wiped data/cache.
I've installed another camera app with manual controls of focus, iso and what not, but still the same.
I think he updated it pretty recent because he is running on 8.1.0.
Just asking to see if anyone else is having similar issues.
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Here is a post with the same problem:
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-250023-1-1.html
I think it is a hardware issue and I think they returned the phone for a new one.
Tesla74 said:
Here is a post with the same problem:
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-250023-1-1.html
I think it is a hardware issue and I think they returned the phone for a new one.
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Yeah we tried googling around but weren't able to find anything specific for the phone, and we even found ourselves on their fourms too. Lol
Well it looks like this may be the case, I'll be sure to pass along the info over to him.
Thank you!
Camera issues
So I've had this phone since November 7th and when I got it I noticed the camera was pretty good. After I updated it I noticed that there have been some focus issues and some other problems I pretty much got it day one in the USA through shipping. When I first received it it was fine and now after updating it I've noticed some issues. I think this is a software issue. Since I've gotten it I think I've updated it four times and I retested the camera and I've gone through a few settings. It's not the same as when I first used it. So, I don't think this is a hardware issue at all I totally believe this is software problem. Let me know your thoughts.
I just started to have this issue as well. I am not sure if its hardware or software related but the problem seems to have cropped up after my lastest firmware update.
It was me who had this issue, it was related to a defective Laser Autofocus.
Einheit-101 said:
It was me who had this issue, it was related to a defective Laser Autofocus.
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@Einheit-101 Did you get any unit replace? Or was it just being fixed?
It has been fixed, not replaced.