Hello everybody
My Nexus 5 recently captured my attention as the camera is not workig anymore. I have the latest android version, not the L however, an it's unrooted. I only have retrica and instagram for taking picture as well, but they don't seem to work too due to this problem. I don't know where the problem can be originated from, but when I open the camera app it says Cannot connect to the camera. Has anyone of you exeperience it? How did you solve it?
I tried to delete the data from the app menu, stopped it, unistalled and reinstalled the updates but nothing has changed.
Thank you
Did you already try these suggestions? http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/connect-to-camera-error-upgrading-to-4-t2564457
Camera not working can be one of the frustrating things when you use a phone. As it involves hardware nothing much can be done. I use Cyanogen based phone which has not given me any problem. I would suggest to try it as it is heavily reliable.
did you try a reboot? seems so simple, but it can fix
Hello all,
I recently got a brand new Nexus 5, 16GB.
Since today, when starting the Google Camera, the app freezes for 5-10 seconds, which is pretty annoying.
I already tried:
- other camera apps from the Play Store, they work fine
- deleting app data
- reinstalling the Google Camera app
Do you have an idea how to fix it?
I would first like to try fixing it without a factory reset.
Edit: opening the camera via hangouts photo shortcut works flawless.
Regards
So I actually solved this, just in case someone has the same problem.
It seems like the +1000 Photos in the DCIM/Camera folder caused this to happen.
Moving them to another folder and starting with a clean photos folder worked well.
I still wonder why this happened, I pulled the photos straight from my N4 where I never had these kind of problems.
Hi all,
I've had this issue for several weeks since upgrading to Lollipop, I cant record videos using the camera, I get a force close when I switch to video mode. I cant play back videos that I have on the phone.
Pictures work fine.
I get a "Camera not available" when trying to record a video using snapchat.... again, pictures work fine.
When I play a snapchat video I get the audio but only a black screen.
On Facebook I get a "Cannot play video" message, and on youtube I get "There was a problem while playing".
When I wipe the cache through recovery everything works for a short period, maybe a few hours, then goes back to errors and force closes again.
My current build is below, however I was running 23.1.A.0.690 up until Friday, I changed hoping that it would fix the problem but it didnt.
Any suggestions?
Cheers
Build
Camera not available this issuse you got when other app is using camera in that moment, some app it does use it.
Also i assume you have skype, facebook, snapchat, instagram and this things, basicly all of them can access your camera, and once that its in use, the other one will report "camera not available"
There is some app to make log what access your camera, when i remember the name i will report it to you.
For now, "force close" all apps which might use camera
Hello
The camera on my nexus 5 stopped working three days ago. I used a CAF CM rom then.
First the Google Camera app crashed every time I tried to launch it and any other camera-related apps said "Can't connect to camera".
I wiped the chache through TWRP restarted the phone, the camera worked at first try, but at second try it crashed again.
Then today I reinstalled the stock 6.0.1 from the Google site with full wipe.
Now Google Camera app says "Can't connect to camera" and every other app automatically uses the front facing camera without having the option to change it.
May it be a hardware related error? Would replacing the camera module help?
P.S (the data in the signature below are really old)
Hi,
Does anyone have an issue with XZP camera app? The camera app randomly crashes the phone quite often. I tried to clear the cache, make software repair and non of those options solved the problem. There was no issue in safe mode but maybe I didn't run the mode long enough to simulate the problem. I run 45.0.A.5.1 firmware version. No new update available for my version yet.
I have this problem too. Everytime I access camera from 3rd party app (E.g. Facebook, instagram, Manual Camera) My phone is unresponsive for minutes. Access camera from shutter button while phone is sleep can also cause this too.
Now I avoid this issue by took pictures with sony camera first and then browse it from 3rd party app.
But I experience the issue when I start the camera via hardware button also via original app shortcut
I have this problem as well, it doesn't happen every time but it happens often when I open the camera, the phone freezes and reboots. Does yours reboot or do you just force stop the camera app?
Yeah exactly, the phone reboots. How did you solve the problem. I tried to contact the Sony support but they recommended common procedures like clear cache and software repair (factory reset). None of those solutions helped at all
What model number do you have guys?
Sent from my G8142 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
I have G8141.
I also tried to find solution on Sony support forum but no one from the support team isn't interested:
https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Camera/Xperia-XZ-Premium-Camera-crashes-phone-often/td-p/1235611
Does anyone know if this is being seen on all firmware? I have the G8142 with Hong Kong firmware, I haven't heard my wife mention this issue and she has the G8142 with the US firmware.
I have a Germany Vodafone firmware having this issue
I've got the same problem on my Z1 compact. It comes with the braodcom security patch almost 2 weeks ago. Phone runs hot, freezes, reboots or needs to become rebooted.
Looks like there's no suggestions or solution so far. The best would be to flash another version of firmware. But since Munjeni has been banned there is no guide how to flash 2017 models and where to download the latest version of the flash tool. Any idea?
The problem seems to be solved after the last update 45.0.A.7.120. No camera crash past 3 days!
Today the camera crashed again So unfortunately the issue has not been solved!
nuficek said:
Today the camera crashed again So unfortunately the issue has not been solved!
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i think the problem is not with camera app or software. please use in safe mode. if it is yes we can think its because of software. but my think is its because of 3rd party app. please try to think and uninstall the software's what you installed in latest.
i think this is the solution. not because of the camera app or Sony software issue
I got the same answer from Sony support. Since it's occasional bug it is very hard to find out which app can cause the issue. I tried to unistall most of apps. But sometimes it's very often and sometimes it takes 1 to 2 days to crash the camera. Should I only look for app with permision to camera or it can be any app even not using the camera?
i have this issue too, i got the phone like two days ago and i'm upset about this issue.However i tried yesterday to remove the sd card to see if it will help resolve the problem will my phone haven't crashed yet, it may be the source of the problem.
SomaCruz97 said:
i have this issue too, i got the phone like two days ago and i'm upset about this issue.However i tried yesterday to remove the sd card to see if it will help resolve the problem will my phone haven't crashed yet, it may be the source of the problem.
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Interesting you say this as I was having issues with my SD card when it was used for camera photo storage... My Lexar 1000x 128gb card would work for a few days, then photos would become corrupted and camera crashing began.. not long after, games started having issues and not loading and even after rebooting the phone and wiping the apps cache/data, it would still crash. So I pulled the card, full reset the phone, and zero issues ever since.
I recently bought a Samsung 256gb Evo Plus microsd, and after a few weeks, zero issues. all good..