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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

[Q] Camera app freezing on 4.4.3

anyone else have a problem with the camera app freezing on 4.4.3? Tried multiple roms and kernels with full wipes between them and still have the problem. The app freezes about a half second after opening.

tpcrackpipe said:
anyone else have a problem with the camera app freezing on 4.4.3? Tried multiple roms and kernels with full wipes between them and still have the problem. The app freezes about a half second after opening.
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no problems here. have you tried clearing the data for the camera app?

Nope. Works fine here. Maybe try a different camera app to rule out the camera itself.

thank you for the replies. If I uninstall the update and use the old stock camera it works fine. Its the Google camera that causes it to freeze. Last night the Google camera was working fine but when I woke up it would freeze.

tpcrackpipe said:
thank you for the replies. If I uninstall the update and use the old stock camera it works fine. Its the Google camera that causes it to freeze. Last night the Google camera was working fine but when I woke up it would freeze.
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what rom/kernel are you using? any other mods? xposed maybe?

tpcrackpipe said:
thank you for the replies. If I uninstall the update and use the old stock camera it works fine. Its the Google camera that causes it to freeze. Last night the Google camera was working fine but when I woke up it would freeze.
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Well the issue isn't the Google camera app since its not a widespread issue with people. Something else is causing it.

Camera Freeze
tpcrackpipe said:
anyone else have a problem with the camera app freezing on 4.4.3? Tried multiple roms and kernels with full wipes between them and still have the problem. The app freezes about a half second after opening.
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I did a factory reset and clean install of 4.4.3 Kit Kat and now my camera is freezing also. Was working fine before with OTA 4.4.3.
Now when I first open the camera app, it opens and the app freezes for about 5-10 seconds then starts working. I've removed updates from the camera app which rolls it back to the old Nexus 5 camera app which works fine. As soon it is update to the new Google camera app, starts freezing again. I used Titanium backup to install all of my old apps, so Im assuming something happened there. Wish I knew of a way to fix without having to wipe out my phone and start all over.

tpcrackpipe said:
anyone else have a problem with the camera app freezing on 4.4.3? Tried multiple roms and kernels with full wipes between them and still have the problem. The app freezes about a half second after opening.
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esyres said:
I did a factory reset and clean install of 4.4.3 Kit Kat and now my camera is freezing also. Was working fine before with OTA 4.4.3.
Now when I first open the camera app, it opens and the app freezes for about 5-10 seconds then starts working. I've removed updates from the camera app which rolls it back to the old Nexus 5 camera app which works fine. As soon it is update to the new Google camera app, starts freezing again. I used Titanium backup to install all of my old apps, so Im assuming something happened there. Wish I knew of a way to fix without having to wipe out my phone and start all over.
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Having the same issue here..!
I noticed it the first time when the new camera was introduced (so for the last 2 releases), means also with 4.4.2!
Also for me, when I remove the updates everything is fine.
When I updated to 4.4.3 I reset my phone before (completely) so I assume wiping doesn't fix it?!

I'm nervous to say anything because I might jinx it, but it hasn't froze in a few days now.
For those wondering, stock rom and kernel, xposed installed but no new mods.

tpcrackpipe said:
I'm nervous to say anything because I might jinx it, but it hasn't froze in a few days now.
For those wondering, stock rom and kernel, xposed installed but no new mods.
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Same here - Exposed installed, stock and rooted, but nothing other than that. Unfortunately, mine is still freezing.

Right, same here: stock ROM (rooted) with Xposed (for App ops and Dynamic Navbar mod)...
Maybe something with Xposed?!

Camera freezes when I try to take a picture?

Hey!
I'm on cyanogenmod, already tried many camera apps and the only one I got working was snapchat
Does anyone else had/have this problem or know how to fix it without wiping the device?
Thanks for your time.

helinhof said:
Hey!
I'm on cyanogenmod, already tried many camera apps and the only one I got working was snapchat
Does anyone else had/have this problem or know how to fix it without wiping the device?
Thanks for your time.
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happened to me once, reboot helped.. but make sure, you are on Dalvik runtime (options > developer settings)

I'm already on dalvik and reboots do nothing
A note: the camera doesn't force close, it's just the preview that freezes when I try to take a picture, if switch to video (btw video recording works fine) and back to camera i can see the live preview again. Sadly, it will definitely freeze again if I try to take another picture.

What kernel have you installed? Maybe you have to flash old camera libs

Hugo_PM said:
What kernel have you installed? Maybe you have to flash old camera libs
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I'm on stock kernel.
do I need to flash the old libs? If so where can I find them? Thanks in advance.

Here you have http://d-h.st/uGa

[Q] Lollipop 5.0 camera not working?

After updating my Nexus to 5.0, the camera worked fine for a couple of weeks. However, starting from a few days ago, when I open my camera app, it won't function at all; instead, all I get is the screen shown in the screenshot.
I'm afraid that's all I can really explain about this problem, as I can't think of any other relevant details.
Thanks in advance.

Beplexor said:
After updating my Nexus to 5.0, the camera worked fine for a couple of weeks. However, starting from a few days ago, when I open my camera app, it won't function at all; instead, all I get is the screen shown in the screenshot.
I'm afraid that's all I can really explain about this problem, as I can't think of any other relevant details.
Thanks in advance.
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Have you tried rebooting your device ?

MrFishiz said:
Have you tried rebooting your device ?
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Of course, I tried it twice.
Guess what though? After reading your post, I decided to try it again just for the sake of it, and it works now...Thanks for the solution haha?

Beplexor said:
Of course, I tried it twice.
Guess what though? After reading your post, I decided to try it again just for the sake of it, and it works now...Thanks for the solution haha?
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Sometimes I get this annoying message when I try to access the camera, it says " Cannot connect to the camera " so what I usually do is reboot my device and then everything works again aha.
Glad it sorted itself out.

Same problem. Rebooted 4 times. Cleared cache. Still no camera

I have the same issue, tried the following
Reboot
Clear camera data
Reboot
Clear device cache
Reboot in safe mode
Reboot
None of that worked.
Tempted to try a new ROM and go from stock 5.0.0... See if that helps

I'm on stock rooted 5.0 and I have gotten this issue multiple times. Multiple reboots fix it temporarily but I can't figure out what actually triggers the issue.
I rarely use the flashlight pulldown, and haven't at all during the last few reboot cycles that this has still happened.

Oneplus one running nightly Lineage os reboots after camera is used

Just recently updated to the most recent update of Lineage os for the opo, lineage 14.1 20170717. I'm now having issues with the camera, when I open the camera and close it, it completely reboots the phone. Is this just a problem with this nightly or has anyone else had issues with this? Let me know if you have any suggestions, for now ill just have to revert back to the previous nightly build and hope that works.

Similar camera problem
xstewminator said:
Just recently updated to the most recent update of Lineage os for the opo, lineage 14.1 20170717. I'm now having issues with the camera, when I open the camera and close it, it completely reboots the phone. Is this just a problem with this nightly or has anyone else had issues with this? Let me know if you have any suggestions, for now ill just have to revert back to the previous nightly build and hope that works.
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Similar experience with this nightly build, camera worked fine initially with no changes to the settings on the pull out menu on the left. After customizing these settings my camera crashes on initializing and will not start at all.
to the OP, please report how reverting to the previous nightly is working for you.

Foxjet said:
Similar experience with this nightly build, camera worked fine initially with no changes to the settings on the pull out menu on the left. After customizing these settings my camera crashes on initializing and will not start at all.
to the OP, please report how reverting to the previous nightly is working for you.
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Unfortunately same here... after taking a shot Im trying to watch the pic, phone freezes and than restarts.
suggestions?

Disabled the standard camera
Lalon80 said:
Unfortunately same here... after taking a shot Im trying to watch the pic, phone freezes and than restarts.
suggestions?
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I have disabled the camera via settings, apps. and installed Open Camera from the Play Store. This seems to be working fine and I like the Open Camera app.
Is there a downside to what I have done? Yes, I am not very experienced and want to learn.

Foxjet said:
Similar experience with this nightly build, camera worked fine initially with no changes to the settings on the pull out menu on the left. After customizing these settings my camera crashes on initializing and will not start at all.
to the OP, please report how reverting to the previous nightly is working for you.
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Sorry for the super long delay (went out of country), the previous nightly hasn't helped at all, im thinking it may be a physical issue with the camera. But im gonna see if i can do what @Foxjet tried and see if that works for me. I'll let you guys know if and when i find a solution.

Even in my OPO running with latest update of nightly bacon, my default camera app keeps on crashing. It says "camera keeps stopping". Please I need a solution for this.

Srikar7852 said:
Even in my OPO running with latest update of nightly bacon, my default camera app keeps on crashing. It says "camera keeps stopping". Please I need a solution for this.
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Clean flash the rom again.

Mr.Ak said:
Clean flash the rom again.
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In that case i would lose all my data, could u plz suggest me another way!!!

Read the whole thread!
Srikar7852 said:
In that case i would lose all my data, could u plz suggest me another way!!!
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I think you are right, clean flashing would be a waste of time and general pain in the ass.
I clean flashed the July 17 nightly and my camera app did the same thing yours is doing after I customized the settings accessed by pulling out the menu on the left side of the camera interface.
I then installed Open Camera from the Playstore and disabled the original camera app. It's working well.
I recently dirty flashed the July 24 nightly and rechecked the original camera app which still will not open due to crashing, so I disabled it again.
I think there was something listed in the upcoming items for the next nightly about a camera mod that may address this issue.

Foxjet said:
I think you are right, clean flashing would be a waste of time and general pain in the ass.
I clean flashed the July 17 nightly and my camera app did the same thing yours is doing after I customized the settings accessed by pulling out the menu on the left side of the camera interface.
I then installed Open Camera from the Playstore and disabled the original camera app. It's working well.
I recently dirty flashed the July 24 nightly and rechecked the original camera app which still will not open due to crashing, so I disabled it again.
I think there was something listed in the upcoming items for the next nightly about a camera mod that may address this issue.
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Thnx for the suggestion. But I tried disabling my camera in SettingsAppsCamera. But the disable doesn't come up. I couldn't disable it. And open camera app doesn't run until i disable this older one!!

Srikar7852 said:
Thnx for the suggestion. But I tried disabling my camera in SettingsAppsCamera. But the disable doesn't come up. I couldn't disable it. And open camera app doesn't run until i disable this older one!!
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In that case, I would consider the previous advice and do a clean flash.
Do a Nandroid backup, back up your contacts, photos, etc separately and reflash. I see there is a new nightly available dated July 31 , I'm going to try it and see if the camera app behaves any differently. I'm not sure at this point if I should let it do the automatic update or download and clean flash.
Any advice from the more experienced ?

Foxjet said:
In that case, I would consider the previous advice and do a clean flash.
Do a Nandroid backup, back up your contacts, photos, etc separately and reflash. I see there is a new nightly available dated July 31 , I'm going to try it and see if the camera app behaves any differently. I'm not sure at this point if I should let it do the automatic update or download and clean flash.
Any advice from the more experienced ?
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Thnx fr ur time!!

Srikar7852 said:
Thnx fr ur time!!
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Yeah!! Clean flashing the latest update fixed my problem!!

its a bug.. The only way to get it to work is to clear the cache and data cache. Download the Open Camera app or CameraMx.