Okay so a couple of days ago I had an issue when my device bricked but I managed to bring it back to life (thread for reference http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/help/bricked-z5-t3338860).
I'm now having a new problem. Since updating to MM my cameras don't work, front and back. The stock camera app just FC straight away, the Cyanogen camera app opens but it's just black with all the buttons on top, snapchat has a black screen too. I've tried 3 different stock MM FTFs, I've tried the slimstock rom, I've tried the RomAur MM rom. I've tried it rooted and completely stock. I've tried going back down to 5.1.1 with the .200 firmware. I've done fresh installs wiping everything. Nothing. Both of my cameras have just stopped working. If I open the AR Camera app I get a toast notification saying 'Camera not available'. In the service menu it says 'Camera not connected' and secondary camera says "Device does not support this function'.
Any suggestions?
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Camera stopped working on AOSP roms. Flashed a new version of PacMan which I've been running for weeks, and camera suddenly stops. Won't work on any AOSP rom. Flashed back to TW momentarily, and it works fine however.
I've tried:
Numerous clean installs
Fixing permissions
Clearing gallery data
Re-installed newest baseband
Half the time I get a "Cannot Connect to Camera" error, and half the time I can appear to take one picture and then the device goes black and/or freezes.
Any ideas for a fix???? I've got a 1 year old, so the camera is not really optional for me at this time. Never had so many problems on a phone that couldn't be resolved with a clean flash, making me miss my trusty Gnex and almost starting to regret this phone. Thanks in advance!
Fixed... Odin back to stock and re-rooted.
Hi everyone,
I have a Nexus 5, which is completely stock with locked bootloader. I am running the latest Android 6.0 with the Nov 2015 security patch.
I noticed a couple of days ago that my torch had stopped working. Also when I try the camera I get the 'Can't connect to the camera' error.
I tried clearing app cache for camera app, and this did not work
I tried clearing all cache through settings, and this did not work
I rebooted, and this did not work
I tried a 3rd party torch app, and this did not work (uninstalled)
I tried a 3rd party camera app, and this did not work (front camera briefly worked but then also errored if I tried to take a pic. Uninstalled)
I tried safe mode, in case it was a third party app causing the issue, and this did not work
I then tried wiping cache through recovery, and this did work, but only for a short time - after an hour the issue returned.
Sometime just after rebooting and then starting the camera app I get a garbled view instead of the error (screenshot attached) and can briefly switch to the front camera, but if I take a pic it errors again.
Has anyone got any idea as to what could be causing the issues?
Thanks!
Went to official 6.0.1 through Odin.
Rooted, but had a hell of a time getting all the apps to see root.
Flashed TEK's stock rooted 6.0.1
Noticed gallery wanted too many permissions.
Went back to 5.1.1 (Hyperdrive) to control the rom a little more. I used twrp to restore a backup.
Camera is now focused at a fixed point about two inches from the lens.
Third party cameras don't allow it to focus.
Took phone apart to see if lens was stuck, it's not stuck.
Odin'd back to official 6.0.1, camera works fine...
Reflashed backup, no focus available.
LolliPop brought a known unfocusing bug to Note4/Edge from all carrier's, only way to temporarily fix it was to flick the lens with your your finger rapidly a couple times, but it was a huge ugly bug that affected a lot of users and some had to send their phones in get the camera replaced and even then the bug would reappear.
I have a Nexus 5 where the back camera and flash have stopped working, even after numerous factory flashes to both 6.0.1 and 4.4.4, as well as CyanogenMod 13. The stock camera app just crashes with an error that it cannot connect to the camera, and the CyanogenMod camera will only show the inside camera with no switch button. The flashlight button is missing entirely in the menu.
I have also purchased another camera and installed it, but the problem still remains. Any help would be really appreciated.
maybe its a hardware issue.
I did try two other cameras, but I do not have another device to confirm if they work. Is there a way to check if it is hardware?
I have had no issues at all for almost an year with this phone. I was running oreo ever since I bought this phone. Suddenly, a day or two before upgrading it to pie 9.0, I found out in my Snapchat app that there was no back camera sign. First I thought, some weird snap update, but then I found out in system Camera app, it was even not showing the back camera. Whenever I would click on the rear camera sign from the top in Camera app, it would keep on swapping to the frontal secondary camera and then back to the primary frontal camera but no back camera was working. Also I found out that my Flashlight icon is hardened or greyed out, like it's been disabled forcefully. I can make it work using some other app, but it is frustrating why this is happening.
Now I am on android 9, rooted, and this problem keeps on coming and going. At times the back camera won't even work or open with the error "Camera not working" etc. Sometimes, the back camera would work but with only 3 weirded resolutions, like 12MP, 16MP, and some other. and the video mode will be extremely large or zoomed in at 16MP. Suddenly, the camera will start working normally again with all the perfect default resolutions. I tried everything from SAFE MODE to CLEARING THE CAM APP, RESETTING THE APP, but nothing works. All it seems like that camera has suddenly came to life and has a self-consciousness and a mood which it is controlling itself. Sometimes it wants to work and at times, it simply just gets disabled. Any idea what could be the problem? I am rooted using MAGISK.
Simular camera problems with Lenovo tab v7
I have a Lenovo tab v7 with almost the same problems, the rear camera wont work but occasionally the front camera works and the flash LED is dead.
Running Android 9 Pie as well, but not rooted yet.
Any ideas about what we can do about it, is the camera hardware due to be replaced?
cloud_silver said:
I have a Lenovo tab v7 with almost the same problems, the rear camera wont work but occasionally the front camera works and the flash LED is dead.
Running Android 9 Pie as well, but not rooted yet.
Any ideas about what we can do about it, is the camera hardware due to be replaced?
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It suddenly started happening almost a month ago, I was on oreo 8 and then upgraded to pie 9 but the problem persisted. It kept working for few days and then started to make problems again. I tried to read many forums for android users with the same problem but still haven't found a single complete fix for this problem other than that the rear camera needs to be refixed. But I am finding it hard to believe that even if camera was getting bad, there is no point of FlashLight getting greyed out/disable from the notification bar. It seems more like some kind of a process is not releasing the rear camera and flashlight module/process.