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Camera Broken?

My camera seems to have wigged out,Tonight I opened the camera app to take a photo and out of nowhere these green lines appeared and they are there while in the app and also appear on the photo.Just letting you all know in case this happens to anyone else.I would like to hear back if this has happened to anyone as I haven't heard of this being an issue and would like to know how rare it is.Thanks
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Did you try to reboot your phone not using fast boot ?(you can turn it off by going to settings>power then uncheck the fast boot option)
If that doesn't work try a hard reset This erases all data so be careful and backup.
1. Take out battery.
2. Put it back in.
3. Hold volume down button down.
4. While holding volume down hold down power.
5. You should get a menu with some options, select clear storage(use the volume keys to move up and down, press and release power to select it)
6. When it asks you to confirm press Volume up for yes.
7. Check to see if it works correctly without any apps installed if it does install your apps and then make sure it's still working correctly. If it's still not working send it to HTC.

platinumandroid said:
My camera seems to have wigged out,Tonight I opened the camera app to take a photo and out of nowhere these green lines appeared and they are there while in the app and also appear on the photo.Just letting you all know in case this happens to anyone else.I would like to hear back if this has happened to anyone as I haven't heard of this being an issue and would like to know how rare it is.Thanks
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I just did a reboot when this happened and it was fine after that. It only appeared that one time.

Yes of course I know about and have tried everything in your post,I appreciate your input,And no need to send it to HTC I am still within 30 days so I am taking it T-Mobile as soon as they open,thanks
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I have tried this once. A reboot (not shutdown and startup) did it for me. And I haven't experienced it since. I think it perhaps had something to do with the installation of Skype, but I'm not sure. Now I just hope it doesn't happen again.
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Okay I pulled the battery again and all is fine.Has to be a software glitch
Oh and I don't use Skype so it can't be that but it did happen right after I installed the Google+ app
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platinumandroid said:
My camera seems to have wigged out,Tonight I opened the camera app to take a photo and out of nowhere these green lines appeared and they are there while in the app and also appear on the photo.Just letting you all know in case this happens to anyone else.I would like to hear back if this has happened to anyone as I haven't heard of this being an issue and would like to know how rare it is.Thanks
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It's the Matrix, NEO........

When you get the green line issue: Contact HTC Support.
My thread about this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127658

Likely to blame for the raw software. Do not worry, more than sure the camera is not physically damaged, reset or backup must help to solve it.

Just wanting to throw another possibility into this - although unlikely - it could actually be a hardware issue.
I have a Digital SLR Camera - and when I've not used it for a while, or, seemingly, when it's a little colder than ambient, that is the exact same effect that I get, until I've run a fair few shots - this seems to clear the build-up of static / moisture / coldness / whatever it is on the CCD Sensor, and it comes back to life.
As I say - it's just a thought - and the CCD on my camera is quite a lot larger than the one in my phone (!), but interesting none-the-less.

I had this too, just sent it back for replacement. There's another topic about this, apparently something to do with EMC protection.
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Hi, I got a problem with my main camera, has dosn't work after I change my old broken lcd a new. I changed roms, kernel, roms with ruu, it did not work. Front camera works. In z-device test main camera got a red cross, and in screen option has got problem "test not done" on:
touchscreen detected, touchscreen accuracy, pressure, orientation, size, tool major axis, tool minor axis, touch major axis, tool minor axis.
Maybe problem is the not original LCD?
Sensation 4.0.3 Sense 3.6 version 3.32.401.5
kernel 3.0.16-gda3fdfc
radio 11.69.3504.00u_11.22.3504.07_m, compilation 3.32.401.5 CL309896 release-keys
S-off, root, supercid
This is my movie about camera in sensation.
youtube.com/watch?v=NQkhcRryuTk&feature=g-upl
Sorry for my bad english.

Lines on screen & flickering when taking pix and videos?

I was trying to video something today and it would just reset to the home screen after a few seconds of recording.
Also when taking pictures, it would have lines on the screen and sometimes freeze the image (distorted) on the screen.
I do notice three dead pixels as well on the screen...
Anyone experiencing anything similar?

Not at all... You might havve gotten a defective one
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I think I do now for sure....the phone sometimes just shuts off after I close the keyboard and I have to pull the battery and put it back in to turn it on....
Strange...
Oh well easy solution...going to swap it out....
michaelmab88 said:
Not at all... You might havve gotten a defective one
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Mine is doing this same thing. Pink and or green lines on the camera screen?

It must be defective an unit my work perfectly fine.

Mine just started to do this, i had it for like 2 months.

Its not defective. You have to close every service that has to do with the camera, and clear the data/cache of those services. Also close htc sense. Its in the settings somewhere in your phone, u can fix this yourself
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ggblake said:
Mine is doing this same thing. Pink and or green lines on the camera screen?
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I get green lines once in a while. Must be a hardware issue. Crap.
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Undeadk9 said:
I get green lines once in a while. Must be a hardware issue. Crap.
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i'm thinking it's software because the guy at the TMO store fixed it for me within a couple minutes, he said the same thing happened to his friend and he hooked me up. u just have to clear data/cache of htc sense as well as any of the apps that have to do with the camera.

leoilios said:
i'm thinking it's software because the guy at the TMO store fixed it for me within a couple minutes, he said the same thing happened to his friend and he hooked me up. u just have to clear data/cache of htc sense as well as any of the apps that have to do with the camera.
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IT happens on my senseless ROM. I'm leaning toward hardware
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The green and pink lines happened to me once, when I was 100% stock, so it's definitely not anything to do with roms..

Happened to me once. Rebooting the phone solved the problem.

Just another data point for reference. I've seen this on my CM7 ROM once, but a reboot solved it.

hardware failure or software problem?
I need to pull the battery off and reboot to solve the problem @@

Icecoldsandwich green line in picture

I downloaded ics camera plus from the market. Took a few pictures and now the stock camera does not have the green line anymore. Let me know if this works for you.
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Are you talking about "Camera ICS+" by moblynx? I downloaded the free version "Camera ICS" but all I got was a black screen when I opened up the app.

c707h3j said:
Are you talking about "Camera ICS+" by moblynx? I downloaded the free version "Camera ICS" but all I got was a black screen when I opened up the app.
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Yes, Just take a picture with it and the screen will come on.

I flashed I2IEAILiiTY's ICS ROM last night and just took a picture and I see no green bar. Thanks for your suggestion anyway!

I'm running creamed glacier by Zips rom and every time i open the camera app it runs for a few seconds and then it stops and says "unfortunate, camera has stop working" i wiped and reflashed the rom but no luck. you guys know how to fix this?

Yes it works hut you have to get the paid one. It also works with stock camera without having to get that app. Just take a bunch of pictures with it and it'll eventually go away and stay away. Just tested on two different phones.
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Have you tried switching to FFC and back to the rear camera?
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Front camera ics

Is it right for the front camera to not work using an ics rom?
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who said that? its working just fine but there is an issue, videocalls in skype are green regardless of camera chosen

If the quality is bad, check for dust. My front facing camera will degrade 40ish% (literally) after a week cause of dust build up.

Is won't work at all in camera mode, I don't no why it must just be mine. It hasn't worked with various roms. Should I re install the firmware? I don't really use it but its annoying to no it won't work, thanks
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Pikabat said:
who said that? its working just fine but there is an issue, videocalls in skype are green regardless of camera chosen
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I don't have that issue, Skype with video calling works just fine for me. Maybe it is simply an unresolved bug on OP's ROM if he is rooted?
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Pikabat said:
who said that? its working just fine but there is an issue, videocalls in skype are green regardless of camera chosen
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ICS Sense ROMS, specifically. I think AOSP ROMs don't have that problem.
OP, what do you mean by "not work"?
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I mean not work as in neither using camera or Skype etc. I have used sense roms and aosp. Currently I'm using dan sharpys stripped rom. But like I say it won't work in any rom. When I select it in camera I don't get any errors etc I just get a black screen, I have made sure its clean. Any help would be great!
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Actually now, if I switch to it, it causes my phone to reboot?
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In that case it could be a hardware problem. I've read about a few people having this problem (black front camera screen on a few ROMs and the camera app freezing) but there seems to be no concrete solution for it.

I'm having this problem too. Ever since I upgraded to ICS OTA my front camera has not worked in any application and usually causes the phone to freeze then reboot.

Glad I'm not the only one, just like worldofglass it happened when i upgraded to ics
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Hi, i am also having that problem. Yesterday I noticed that my front camera won't work at all. This morning was working just fine, but I was in my car when I tried it, so I just tried it once. Few hours later it won't work again. Once when I tried to turn it on, phone restarted (but just once)... I can se settings, effects and all other buttons on screen, but everything other on screen is black. I have official ICS, and sense 3.6.
Please if anyone solve this problem or find out it's nature (hardware or software) let us others know.
Thnx!

Any answers for this? Habe tried various roms and even re flashing firm ware but still no front camera. My phone just freezes and force closes any app using the camera. Any help appreciated.
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cartermg120 said:
Any answers for this? Habe tried various roms and even re flashing firm ware but still no front camera. My phone just freezes and force closes any app using the camera. Any help appreciated.
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So it doesn't look like anyone's found a fix for this?
Like cartermg120, I've tried numerous ROMs (ARHD, LeeDroid, Elegance + CM 9 nightly) and re-flashed the firmware from HERE. Nothing has fixed it.
I'm wondering if anyone has tried to flash the latest official RUU (HERE)?
I suppose that would be a good way to check whether it's a H/W or S/W problem and if H/W, the phone could be returned for a warranty repair...

Front facing camera.
Me too, front facing camera has never worked since the ICS OTA update. Any suggestions?

sshede said:
If the quality is bad, check for dust. My front facing camera will degrade 40ish% (literally) after a week cause of dust build up.
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how are you even suppose to clean the camera?

anthonyly said:
how are you even suppose to clean the camera?
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Take off back cover take a cloth and clean where the front camera is? And OP sounds like a hardware issue more then anything else..
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Install the latest OPEN GL DRIVER for ADRENO. It solved my green video issue.
Direct Link Here

I have that issue as well. I have been using Virtuous Inquisition rom and when selecting front camera on any app that uses capture, screen goes black. I can continue using the phone except the camera will not work, front or back. I have to reboot in order to be able to use the back camera.
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I expect this has been tried, but when I installed cm9 my camera kept playing up, front and back. I wiped data and cache in camera apk, booted to recovery, fixed permissions wiped cache partition and dalvik cache. After a long reboot my camera worked fine. Worth a go if nothing else.
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WidgetLocker and One X

Hey there xda people, just wanting to let you people know that the WidgetLocker (app) for me at least causes some multi touch problems with the one x.
The problem that it causes is whenever your holding one finger down on the screen to like say control a virtual analog for a game so you can move around and then tap anywhere on the screen to shoot or something. The first finger hold gets wiped out and causes movement to stop. All in all its causes a horrible experience while playing games.
I was having this issue forever until today when I wiped my phone clean and everything works fine with games and stuff until I installed WidgetLocker and I get the issue again. So this issue was fixed when I stopped using the app.
Not sure if a lot of people uses this app but I've been using it since I bought my first Android (sgs ii) and it's a great way to customize your lock screen with widgets and stuff. I'm definitely going to let the developer know about this bug when I have time, my guess as to why this happen is the way that it unlocks your phone that messes up the multitouch.
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I just tried uninstalling Widget Locker on Nocturnal 111 and I am still getting this bug. I will try to reboot and see if that fixes it for me
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MyronJ906 said:
I just tried uninstalling Widget Locker on Nocturnal 111 and I am still getting this bug. I will try to reboot and see if that fixes it for me
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I didn't have to restart, just had to lock the phone then unlock it again with the stock lockscreen.
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You are right. When I woke up this morning, it was fixed.
MiLocker causes the same issue... How sad.
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Glad to see your issue was fixed. The good thing though is that I'm in love with my phone again lol.
Although I was trying out cm9 alpha 3 earlier this week and I'm pretty sure I was getting the same issue without WidgetLocker. Maybe the locker with cm9 causes this issue as well?
I could be wrong with cm9 though as I may have downloaded the app but didn't use it so that could've cause the problem as well.
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I ran into this issue a while ago... here is a thread I started about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1665603
I never did resolve the issue (aside from disabling Widget Locker), nor did I get around to contacting the developer...
However, it appears this does not affect all One Xs using WL as several other people tested and were able to use Widget Locker with out breaking multitouch on the One X.

I checked out this and mesaone's thread as I was having this issue too. Turns out I was able to fix it by disabling HTC gestures in the Display & Gestures settings menu. DoomGLES now runs without a hitch and I'm able to both move and fire/open doors at the same time. I haven't tested much beyond the DoomGLES test but if anything changes I'll report back.
EDIT: It appears the solution was short-lived; quitting fully out of the applications, turning off the screen, turning it back on and unlocking and then relaunching the app caused the issue to return. On the other hand, simply disabling widget locker for the duration of the game works fine (and unless you're turning your phone off and on a lot while playing games, probably not a big deal). No need to uninstall.

ONe X and Widgetlocker
I have had Widgetlocker for 2 years on my HTC desire. Now upgraded to One X and I have a problem with answering calls.
If the phone is locked and I get a call, I get the call answer option but then have to put in my unlock number. By this time the caller has hung up. Previously on my HTC desire I could answer by pulling the screen slider down even if the phone was locked.
Have I missed a setting??
Help would be good
Thanks
TA

The only option would be to not use widgetlocker if you don't want to have problems (that is if you do have problems). I want to confirm that this issue occurs in CM9 even without the widgetlocker app, not sure if others are getting this issue but I suppose I'll be CM9less till it is addressed and fixed.
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tizzie said:
Glad to see your issue was fixed. The good thing though is that I'm in love with my phone again lol.
Although I was trying out cm9 alpha 3 earlier this week and I'm pretty sure I was getting the same issue without WidgetLocker. Maybe the locker with cm9 causes this issue as well?
I could be wrong with cm9 though as I may have downloaded the app but didn't use it so that could've cause the problem as well.
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CM9 and AOKP in general currently have a multitouch bug, whether its with WidgetLocker or not.