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[Q] Stock Camera not working in Sensation

Hi, i've bought an unlocked T-Mobile HTC Sensation and was running Android Revolution HD for Sensation gingerbread. my Camera app has suddenly stopped working... I've tried updating to latest ICS from Android Revolution HD 6.5.1 but still the camera is not working. when i start the app... the screen flashes and then again I'm back on the home screen. Strangely, when using application "mirror" it starts the front camera... and that is working fine... and i've tried multiple apps from market for back camera...but its not working using any of them... can you please help me out with this... any help in this would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks
Dipil Jain

Got exactly the same thing happening with me guys...any ideas?
Have updated to the latest firmware etc and wiped everything several times and tried installing it with different options but still cannot get the camera to work

Deadringers said:
Got exactly the same thing happening with me guys...any ideas?
Have updated to the latest firmware etc and wiped everything several times and tried installing it with different options but still cannot get the camera to work
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this is weird did you tried other camera apps?
if its still not working then
do a superwipe and flash rom again and see(this method erases data ..so backp them before hand)

Similar problem, if i click the camera or camcorder icon the screen goes black, it either stays black until i take the battery out or it crashes and restarts?! Weird, cant use it to take pics in any other apps either. front camera is fine on skype though...!? everything is uptodate nothing was updated recently?! Anyone
(Im on stock)

This happened to me once when i was stock. I would do a battery pull and it would work again..but finally did a hard restore through recovery and cleared all the caches and that worked. Now im rooted and on energy GB rom and I have not had that problem anymore.
Just flashing a new rom did not help. I actually had to do a factory reset on the ROM as well..in the Setting/storage.

Never ran into this problem
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk 2

Have u tried maybe a different rom??
sent from thy phone

I would suggest clearing the app data.

Have you news. I have the same problem and have yet to find any solution. If you have one I'd be grateful for it.
LuckyD

Go to Task Manager>>Advanced>>All apps>>Find the Camera app and select it>>Force Close if it is running & then Clear Data.
This should fix it.
If not, get this app. Go to primary and secondary camera, & check if they both work.
If it works, then there's a problem with the stock app.
If not, there is either a problem with the camera or with camera access.
I would suggest reflashing your current ROM, since this seems to solve issues, many a time.

Try installing another pyramid
have you tried to download a special or customized pyramid from the sensation android development department and then tried out your 4g??? a customized pyramid + tweaks will allow the htc camera to work because the htc family usually creates htc's like as if they were real babies.. the htc's adapt to you and then little by little all the problems like "over-heating reset, camera faults and random keyboard touches" are common problems with the htc... installing a different pyramid or returning it for another new one will usually fix this..

kgs1992 said:
Go to Task Manager>>Advanced>>All apps>>Find the Camera app and select it>>Force Close if it is running & then Clear Data.
This should fix it.
If not, get this app. Go to primary and secondary camera, & check if they both work.
If it works, then there's a problem with the stock app.
If not, there is either a problem with the camera or with camera access.
I would suggest reflashing your current ROM, since this seems to solve issues, many a time.
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Thanks for this mate...As I said I have re-flashed the rom several times but get the same issue!
the main Camera has a red cross through it on that app..I guess it is broken?
Any help would be much appreciated!

Deadringers said:
Thanks for this mate...As I said I have re-flashed the rom several times but get the same issue!
the main Camera has a red cross through it on that app..I guess it is broken?
Any help would be much appreciated!
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hi there
go here
and download the one that suits ur sense 3.6 or 4 and flash it over clock work recovery it will reflash ur camera apk with moded working fine apk i hope this will fix it peace

musa91 said:
hi there
go here
and download the one that suits ur sense 3.6 or 4 and flash it over clock work recovery it will reflash ur camera apk with moded working fine apk i hope this will fix it peace
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okay done that....took about 2 seconds to flash and when rebooted it said "android is upgrading"...
Is the camera working!?
NOooo!
I guess I will have to take it back to vodaphone shop now?
Thanks for your help mate

Deadringers said:
Thanks for this mate...As I said I have re-flashed the rom several times but get the same issue!
the main Camera has a red cross through it on that app..I guess it is broken?
Any help would be much appreciated!
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As far as I can tell, your camera is not being detected.
I would recommend that you do this:
1>NANDROID backup
2>SuperWipe (it can be found in this post at the very end)
3>Re-install ROM (Remember to check MD5 before installing)
4>Check if the Camera works.
If not, then Super Wipe and restore your previous backup.
If it works, get back to me. (PM me if I don't reply)
If you have further questions, feel free to ask.

Deadringers said:
okay done that....took about 2 seconds to flash and when rebooted it said "android is upgrading"...
Is the camera working!?
NOooo!
I guess I will have to take it back to vodaphone shop now?
Thanks for your help mate
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U welcome any time
Last try the kernel is the 1 who responsible for device driver defention try to flash
Stock or moded defrrent kernel from development section there's allot of
Good kernels there it may fix ur device peace

Camera not working even on stock ROM

Hey guys I came across a very weird problem I can't seem to get my camera to work at all. I flash a jb ROM from awesome did full wipe and everything and it ran smooth but I wanted camera so I reverted to 0.0 jb rom and the camera is supposed to work but it didn't. I disabled and cleared cache both app and dalvik but still nothing. Then I wiped and flashed awesome darkunicorn 2.5 but still got no camera just a blank screen. I needed my camera so I reverted back to stock gb ROM but now camera nor video doesn't work at all. And also now skype doesn't let me sign in it stuck on loading screen. Any help will be greatly appreciated what so ever please I need some help! Thank you!
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dnpmoney45 said:
Hey guys I came across a very weird problem I can't seem to get my camera to work at all. I flash a jb ROM from awesome did full wipe and everything and it ran smooth but I wanted camera so I reverted to 0.0 jb rom and the camera is supposed to work but it didn't. I disabled and cleared cache both app and dalvik but still nothing. Then I wiped and flashed awesome darkunicorn 2.5 but still got no camera just a blank screen. I needed my camera so I reverted back to stock gb ROM but now camera nor video doesn't work at all. And also now skype doesn't let me sign in it stuck on loading screen. Any help will be greatly appreciated what so ever please I need some help! Thank you!
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda app-developers app
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Just to be sure, when you say a "full wipe" you are including the system partition?
If all else fails, flash froyo PD15IMG.zip. If you used gfree to root, you won't lose S-Off. If you used root.sh it's still no big deal, because you can easily re-root. If it doesn't work on pure stock froyo, you likely have a hardware issue.

Yea, its almost religion for me to wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik and format all partitions except sd card at least twice before I flash a Rom. I know ones have a preference but I'd try using 4ext. You have all wipe options in one place instead of having to jump around to other menus.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk 2

I do mean system partition and even copying sd and formatting it and then recopying files back. I just did the PD15 2.2.1 and still its blank.. I did however try flashlight which works perfectly fine but camera just goes blank and video also. tried using pudding camera app but still. so my camera is no more? maybe a file missing somehow? what are the necessary camera related files thats needed? Also why isn't skype working for me its just allows me to enter my info and then loads forever ( i know its side topic but i use skype since i dont have alot of minutes DAILY 24/7)

dnpmoney45 said:
I do mean system partition and even copying sd and formatting it and then recopying files back. I just did the PD15 2.2.1 and still its blank.. I did however try flashlight which works perfectly fine but camera just goes blank and video also. tried using pudding camera app but still. so my camera is no more? maybe a file missing somehow? what are the necessary camera related files thats needed? Also why isn't skype working for me its just allows me to enter my info and then loads forever ( i know its side topic but i use skype since i dont have alot of minutes DAILY 24/7)
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Sounds like you're screwed. If your camera won't work on anything, including pure stock, it's not a file.
Hopefully Jack_R1 will see this and help you out. He'll know.
Does skype do some kind of camera check that it's getting hung up on, maybe?

Awww man just when I'm on budget mode might need a new phone ugh. Thanks alot for the suggestions though I thought those would have worked for sure. I don't wanna give this phone up had it for barely a year now I guess it's time to find the next best cheap phone
Um idk if Skype is doing a camera check but doesn't this phone not support FCC on Skype by default until u allow it? Either way I'm def screwed
Edit: your right it was doing a cam check but I flashed darkunicorn 2.5 and it gave me the option to choose whether or not enable or not so I enabled first and it did hang but I cleared data forced close and didn't enable it and boom Skype works! Now I can live without a cam for another week lol thanks alot
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I wish there was more I could do to help you, buddy. I'm really sorry your camera died.

Yeah I am too but thanks for your help I haven't completely given up yet though I saw something in the an ICS build by synthetic.nightmare which blackwing commented on a black camera screen. He stated that it needed the camera preview fix so I'll try to get into that and see maybe that may be idk I'm tugging at any/every lead I can get. Thanks once again for the help thus far man
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[Q] help: try open camera "warning: Camera Failed"

Hi, since yesterday my infuse show this annyoning message when try to open camera: "warning: Camera Failed", this happen after downgrade from Cyanogen 10.1(last nightly unnoficial) to stock gingerbread (wanna try something but downgrade :S), then when try to open camera, show the message and suddenly force close, i try all methods suggest to other galaxy devices: reboot, clear application cache, format phone, super wipe, 3rd party market cameras, try different kernel, back again to the rom used before and... nothing, i read something about the camera firmware in galaxy SII forums... coz i search in all ways here infuse forums and nothing about changing camera firmware in the infuse (any way to put a equivalent camera firmware from galaxy captivate or anything?) i dont messed/play before with this option (change camera firmware)... the phone never had moisture (never drooped in water or humidity) any way to make the procedure in my infuse, any help much appreciated!

juanlopera said:
Hi, since yesterday my infuse show this annyoning message when try to open camera: "warning: Camera Failed", this happen after downgrade from Cyanogen 10.1(last nightly unnoficial) to stock gingerbread (wanna try something but downgrade :S), then when try to open camera, show the message and suddenly force close, i try all methods suggest to other galaxy devices: reboot, clear application cache, format phone, super wipe, 3rd party market cameras, try different kernel, back again to the rom used before and... nothing, i read something about the camera firmware in galaxy SII forums... coz i search in all ways here infuse forums and nothing about changing camera firmware in the infuse (any way to put a equivalent camera firmware from galaxy captivate or anything?) i dont messed/play before with this option (change camera firmware)... the phone never had moisture (never drooped in water or humidity) any way to make the procedure in my infuse, any help much appreciated!
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you may not be able to use cameras from other builds or devices.
you may have to wipe the whole system/data/cache/dalvik in cwm and flash the rom over again
if that doesn't work, you have to flash back to stock and start over.

I have the same issue...any solutions?
qkster said:
you may not be able to use cameras from other builds or devices.
you may have to wipe the whole system/data/cache/dalvik in cwm and flash the rom over again
if that doesn't work, you have to flash back to stock and start over.
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I have the same issue and have tried this and everything else I could find, but I noticed one thing in particular: the Camera app and the Camera Firmware app do not have anything in them. Both apps read "0 Bytes." Has anybody found another solution for this?

Marshaln1324 said:
I have the same issue and have tried this and everything else I could find, but I noticed one thing in particular: the Camera app and the Camera Firmware app do not have anything in them. Both apps read "0 Bytes." Has anybody found another solution for this?
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Try factory resetting. Honestly, that fixes 85% of problems for me so its worth a shot

Factory Reset hasn't fixed it
tommypacker said:
Try factory resetting. Honestly, that fixes 85% of problems for me so its worth a shot
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I've tried factory resetting the device a dozen times with no results. Is there some way I can manually install the camera firmware? I'm convinced that it's missing because it says 0 Bytes

Marshaln1324 said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but I've tried factory resetting the device a dozen times with no results. Is there some way I can manually install the camera firmware? I'm convinced that it's missing because it says 0 Bytes
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Like the camera app or something else?
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tommypacker said:
Like the camera app or something else?
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Well when I was running the Gingerbread stock rom, I could go to Settings > Applications > Manage Applications and see that the Camera App and Camera Firmware App both said 0 Bytes, so I guess that means they were missing entirely. I am running the Slimbean Jelly Bean 4.2.2 rom right now and neither of those apps show up.

Front Camera Issue

Strange problem here.
I noticed on Paranoid Android beta 5 that while in the camera app I couldn't switch to the front camera. I reflashed the ROM and still no front camera. I finally decided to reflash a factory image from google themselves. Now when I open the camera, still no option to use the front camera. I've attached an image to show that the option is missing still. Its not an issue of the camera app crashing when trying to switch, the option just isnt there at all. Anyone any ideas?

Interesting...
Maybe look at jinshus camera mod and try that. Or at the very least flash the stock camera
This is very strange especially after you flashed a factory image.
Did it work before?
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Sometimes after flashing rom, some system files still carry into the new rom and this might break some of the lib files for the camera.
Full wipe before and after flashing stock image to see if it working.

It did work before. I locked & unlocked the bootloader, then performed a factory reset then flashed 4.4 factory image. After that I updated to 4.4.2 using the phones system update. Still no front camera menu. Is it possible it's hardware? I would have thought hardware would have left the option to choose front camera but crashed or black screened when I try and select it. I'm not even rooted now on pure out of the box stock.
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sad_ryu said:
It did work before. I locked & unlocked the bootloader, then performed a factory reset then flashed 4.4 factory image. After that I updated to 4.4.2 using the phones system update. Still no front camera menu. Is it possible it's hardware? I would have thought hardware would have left the option to choose front camera but crashed or black screened when I try and select it. I'm not even rooted now on pure out of the box stock.
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If it is completely stock now and it still happens it does sound like hardware which is strange because normally you would at least have the option to switch to front camera and then crash or nothing or something.
Try a factory reset wipe cache/ dalvik againa nd if that doesn't work then I think it is time to look at RMA

Tried another factory flash, then tried the camera mod, both the modded file and the return to stock file. Still no front camera. Bizarre.

[Q] Front camera is not working

When I was using stock rom 4.2.2 .17 I tried to open my camera. then suddenly I got Error! Camera not Available. I tried Third Party Applications but that did not help, but it turned out that the front camera, the back camera and the flash light not working at all. I did a factory reset and reflashed the stock rom and I formatted my SD card but still the issues not solved. So I flashed CM11 then the back camera and the flash light work again :good: .. but the front camera still not working at all. any ideas gays?

Hello gays, need help here!!

maadsalman said:
Hello gays, need help here!!
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If 3rd app cam doesn't work, i'm afraid it's hardware problem..

maadsalman said:
When I was using stock rom 4.2.2 .17 I tried to open my camera. then suddenly I got Error! Camera not Available. I tried Third Party Applications but that did not help, but it turned out that the front camera, the back camera and the flash light not working at all. I did a factory reset and reflashed the stock rom and I formatted my SD card but still the issues not solved. So I flashed CM11 then the back camera and the flash light work again :good: .. but the front camera still not working at all. any ideas gays?
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Maybe try flashing older rom, and then via USB just update software.?
I've got cm11 and it's not same camera .apk as Sony.
If that does not help, try to extract that camer .apk from cm11 and just put it in your phone (remove stock camera apk).

Hristmas
I will try this, but I'm thinking of changing the KERNEL to see if that's could make it work