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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
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Have u tried maybe a different rom??
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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] [Solved] Camera Force Closes

This morning, when I tried to use my camera, it force closed immediately when I tried to open it. The last time I took a picture was 3 days ago, and that worked fine. I haven't installed any new mods since then. I've been using Jishnu's v1.4 camera mod since it was released. Here's a list of everything I've tried:
Cleared data/cache in both camera and gallery
Booted into recovery to wipe cache and dalvik
Booted into safe mode - still force closed
Flashed back to stock 4.4.2 camera found in Jishnu's thread
However, other camera apps work. For example, both Jishnu's LG G2 and MotoX camera ports work fine. Other apps that use the camera, such as DailyRoads also work. I just don't know why the default camera app isn't working.
Additional info:
Stock ROM, 4.4.2 rooted
TWRP 2.7.0.0
Xposed Framework running Gravity Box
Faux Kernel (Camera was working fine previously on v012 until today. I flashed to v014 in a desperate attempt to see if it would fix the problem.)
Mod - Increased volume
Mod - MotoX optimized dalvik
Mod - Jishnu's V1.4 camera, now reverted back to stock
Mod - KitKat UI
I would like to avoid factory resetting currently, but I will do it over the weekend if I have to.
Thanks in advance for your input!
EDIT
Solved
See post #6

kered424 said:
This morning, when I tried to use my camera, it force closed immediately when I tried to open it. The last time I took a picture was 3 days ago, and that worked fine. I haven't installed any new mods since then. I've been using Jishnu's v1.4 camera mod since it was released. Here's a list of everything I've tried:
Cleared data/cache in both camera and gallery
Booted into recovery to wipe cache and dalvik
Booted into safe mode - still force closed
Flashed back to stock 4.4.2 camera found in Jishnu's thread
However, other camera apps work. For example, both Jishnu's LG G2 and MotoX camera ports work fine. Other apps that use the camera, such as DailyRoads also work. I just don't know why the default camera app isn't working.
Update:
Re-installed v1.4 of Jishnu's Camera and all is working fine.
Additional info:
Stock ROM, 4.4.2 rooted
TWRP 2.7.0.0
Xposed Framework running Gravity Box
Faux Kernel (Camera was working fine previously on v012 until today. I flashed to v014 in a desperate attempt to see if it would fix the problem.)
Mod - Increased volume
Mod - MotoX optimized dalvik
Mod - Jishnu's V1.4 camera, now reverted back to stock
Mod - KitKat UI
I would like to avoid factory resetting currently, but I will do it over the weekend if I have to.
Thanks in advance for your input!
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I just found out I had the same problem you are having. I flashed back the stock camera from Jishnu and it works again. I am going to re-install his camera fix and see what happens *fingers crossed*
Update - Flashed Jishnu's fix back again and it still works... not sure what's going on with yours :[

railed said:
I just found out I had the same problem you are having. I flashed back the stock camera from Jishnu and it works again. I am going to re-install his camera fix and see what happens *fingers crossed*
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I'm not as lucky as you. I tried flashing back to stock, but it still crashes

kered424 said:
I'm not as lucky as you. I tried flashing back to stock, but it still crashes
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Steps I followed:
1) Reboot recovery and flash 4.4.2 stock from Jishnu
2) Wipe Cache/Dalvik
3) Reboot and Camera worked
4) Rebooted to recovery and flashed Fix and Video Fix
5) Wiped Cache/Dalvik
6) Rebooted and still worked

railed said:
Steps I followed:
1) Reboot recovery and flash 4.4.2 stock from Jishnu
2) Wipe Cache/Dalvik
3) Reboot and Camera worked
4) Rebooted to recovery and flashed Fix and Video Fix
5) Wiped Cache/Dalvik
6) Rebooted and still worked
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Just attempted the first 3 steps. Did not work for me. Oh well, I'll tinker with my phone over the weekend.
Thanks for your help though!

Solved!
I figured it out because I wanted to update my camera to the new version. I ran into problems, and fixed both at the same time.
Anyway, here's what I did.
Delete GoogleCamera.apk in /system/app
Flash stock 4.4.2 camera found in Jishnu's thread
Camera should now work!

[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 not working, after flashing fix for cm11 cam

so i got pretty bad pictures with the google camera app in cm12, so i got the apk for cm11 camera, but it was laggy.
then i found someone saying that if i flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57453869&postcount=383,
it fixes the lag, i flashed it,but now the cm11 cam app crashes on startup, and google camera also crashes, how can i atleast make the google camera work again?
also weirdly the cm11 app disappears everytime i reboot the device.
thanks, and godamn i need to stop messing with things lol.

DjDafiDak said:
so i got pretty bad pictures with the google camera app in cm12, so i got the apk for cm11 camera, but it was laggy.
then i found someone saying that if i flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57453869&postcount=383,
it fixes the lag, i flashed it,but now the cm11 cam app crashes on startup, and google camera also crashes, how can i atleast make the google camera work again?
also weirdly the cm11 app disappears everytime i reboot the device.
thanks, and godamn i need to stop messing with things lol.
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You can dirty flash your ROM or extract that file from your ROM zip and push it to your phone, set permisions and reboot
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