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?
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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.
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Ok i have a tmobile sensation 4g.. last month, my back camera kept crashing after flashing a jb rom...so i restored to viperS rom and camera still won't work. I get a " cant connect to the camera" error. i even flashed back to stock and camera still won't work. even using an app called "Z-DeviceTest" shows a big red x, meaning it not working. But in the app the front camera is working and can even see myself. so i did a reset and then wiped dalvik and cache multiple times. Just now, the new camera i ordered, came in and i installed it; with the same error. Has anyone experience this problem? Do you have any ideas what could be going on. any help would be appreciated..
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slick5657 said:
Ok i have a tmobile sensation 4g.. last month, my back camera kept crashing after flashing a jb rom...so i restored to viperS rom and camera still won't work. I get a " cant connect to the camera" error. i even flashed back to stock and camera still won't work. even using an app called "Z-DeviceTest" shows a big red x, meaning it not working. But in the app the front camera is working and can even see myself. so i did a reset and then wiped dalvik and cache multiple times. Just now, the new camera i ordered, came in and i installed it; with the same error. Has anyone experience this problem? Do you have any ideas what could be going on. any help would be appreciated..
Currently using CyanogenMod 10.1 Jellybean 4.2.2 - KANG with ChronicBruce kernel
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Either it's hardware other than the camera or you need to run an RUU.
sy224048 said:
Either it's hardware other than the camera or you need to run an RUU.
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well i tried a ruu and still got the cant to camera error...only thing im thinking, is that it could be the Camera Socket, Headphone Jack, Power Button board/flex cable...
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?
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
My wife has Nexus 5 (it is completely stock and unrooted with unlocked bootloader) running running Android 4.4.2. Recently, the stock camera app stopped recording videos. Tapping the record button does not do anything while camera works perfectly in photo mode. I factory reset the phone but the problem persists. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
lock the bootloader and send it back
shahidhussain said:
My wife has Nexus 5 (it is completely stock and unrooted with unlocked bootloader) running running Android 4.4.2. Recently, the stock camera app stopped recording videos. Tapping the record button does not do anything while camera works perfectly in photo mode. I factory reset the phone but the problem persists. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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Try to clear data and cache from camera in settings.
If that doesnt work either and you really have done the factory reset, you have to send it to repair bc of an hardware deffect. :crying:
lichti1901 said:
Try to clear data and cache from camera in settings.
If that doesnt work either and you really have done the factory reset, you have to send it to repair bc of an hardware deffect. :crying:
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I will try that but I think factory resetting clears cache, anyway. The phone camera worked fine previously but now suddenly it stopped.
Thanks anyway.
I have the same problem, when I change the camera app to record nothing happens when I press the red record button. I think the problem started when I upgraded to 4.4.2
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shahidhussain said:
I will try that but I think factory resetting clears cache, anyway. The phone camera worked fine previously but now suddenly it stopped.
Thanks anyway.
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And you flashed the right one? Hammerhead-4.4.2
Like i said before, if that doesnt help, you have to send it back to get a replacement.
You need to uncompress each download before use, which creates a new directory for that exact download. That directory contains a ./flash-all.sh script, which handles the various operations, installs the necessary bootloader, baseband firmware(s), and operating system. Note that this operation deletes all user data by default
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Make yure that data gets wiped also! Dont forget to backup your sdcard bc it gets also wiped.
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And you flashed the right one? Hammerhead-4.4.2
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I did not flash anything. The phone was OTA updated. Please note that the phone received OTA update and when I applied it, it completed its process but did not update (it was still on older android version) and this happened several times (I mentioned this on a separate thread here on XDA old post).
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And you flashed the right one? Hammerhead-4.4.2
Like i said before, if that doesnt help, you have to send it back to get a replacement.
Make yure that data gets wiped also! Dont forget to backup your sdcard bc it gets also wiped.
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I downgraded Nexus 5 from Android 4.4.2 to 4.4 and now the camera is working fine. But I am afraid of updating it back to 4.4.2.
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I downgraded Nexus 5 from Android 4.4.2 to 4.4 and now the camera is working fine. But I am afraid of updating it back to 4.4.2.
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Flash the whole 4.2.2 stock rom in fastboot bro, i have no issues with video recording both on Dalvik and Art runtime
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And you flashed the right one? Hammerhead-4.4.2
Like i said before, if that doesnt help, you have to send it back to get a replacement.
Make yure that data gets wiped also! Dont forget to backup your sdcard bc it gets also wiped.
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gee2012 said:
Flash the whole 4.2.2 stock rom in fastboot bro, i have no issues with video recording both on Dalvik and Art runtime
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Yes, I did it. Flashed the stock 4.4.2 and everything seems to work fine. However, when I tried updating using OTA after downgrading the update failed and stopped with "Error" message. After flashing 4.4.2 from scratch will hopefully allow smooth future OTA updates. Thanks everyone.
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Yes, I did it. Flashed the stock 4.4.2 and everything seems to work fine. However, when I tried updating using OTA after downgrading the update failed and stopped with "Error" message. After flashing 4.4.2 from scratch will hopefully allow smooth future OTA updates. Thanks everyone.
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Glad you worked it out!
Good thing is - you got a Nexus, so its easy to flash all the stuff and go back to stock/factory image/recovery/...
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Any update on this? I have this exact problem. No unlock, not root just pure OTA stock.
1. Video does not record. You press the red button and no timer comes up.
2. A VID_20140126_224910.mp4.tmp file is created 395.54 KB.
3. Time lapse works as do all the other camera functions.
4. The basic Google FAQ has generic instructions if an app does not work so I followed these.
5. in safe mode the camera works fine.
6. Power off and on again. The Video Camera then works fine and creates normal .mp4 files.
Things I have done that may affected the Camera in the first place;
1. Clear cache.
2. Put a .thumbnails file in DCIM to stop the gigantic .thumbnail folder being created.
3. Running nova launcher.
Unlikely these are a factor as I isolated them as an issue and rebooted but worth a mention just in case.
Camera works but have found the it subsequently stopped working again and had to repeat the Google FAQ steps to fix an app.
To answer my own question I found the uninstalling Said It_1.3.37.apk fixed the problem and just to prove it reinstalling brought the problem back.
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Quick update. the developer emailed me back. He co firmed it does the same on his device and will send an update.
I have 2 Nexus 5 devices. The one my wife owns does not like the latest Google Camera apk from the Play Store. I have re-flashed the stock 4.4.4 ROM from Google as well as verify the checksum of the image. The stock camera apk that comes with the ROM works fine. I have tried booting into safemode and finally got the new camera working. Unfortunately after booting to normal mode the camera crashes again. I have cleared cache and it did not help. Also sometimes when she calls me her voice sounds garbled and jittery a little. The bootloader is unlocked but no root access. My question is could the unlocked bootloader be the issue? Or is there something else I can try? Thank You in advance.
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I don't think it's the unlocked bootloader. I'm running LiquidSmooth (with unlocked BL of course) and it works fine
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Bootloader status doesn't have any impact on camera or any system files for that matter.. Since you've already flashed factory images and still face this camera issue, it could be a hardware issue.. Do you get these crashes while using other camera apps as well?
vin4yak said:
Bootloader status doesn't have any impact on camera or any system files for that matter.. Since you've already flashed factory images and still face this camera issue, it could be a hardware issue.. Do you get these crashes while using other camera apps as well?
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I tried a bunch of camera apps from the Play Store and none of them crashed. Is it possible that the camera has bad firmware?
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Camera keeps crashing/cant connect or similuar error. I am running stock 5.0.1 with franco r70. The only way I fix it is by wiping dalvik/cache. It is really annoying and I do not know how to fix it... It is not just the app all camera apps crash.
Try with stock kernel maybe something is interfering
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Changed to Pure white kernel after factory wipe... Still have it. Flash / camera problem.
Ev1L4o said:
Changed to Pure white kernel after factory wipe... Still have it. Flash / camera problem.
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Stock kernel is stock kernel. Flash the factory images if you want to start from scratch. If the problem persists, it could be a hardware issue.