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[Q] HTC Sensation Both Cameras woes not work

Hi Everyone!
First, I know this has been discussed many times, but it was never solved under any topic, and all topics are pretty old...
Maybe someone has some new method for fixing this?
Upon entering any camera app, it just throws me back to homescreen, or displays "can't connect to camera"(depending on the rom).
Also, usind z-device, both cameras and flash are red-crossed. I can not initialize flash with any app neither.
I have tried all the possible roms, it happens on all of them.
Of course, tried clearing cache of the app too..
Did anyone fix this issue, or is this purely hardware ?
Thanks in advance!

Have you done a full partition wipe and format?
goparap said:
Hi Everyone!
First, I know this has been discussed many times, but it was never solved under any topic, and all topics are pretty old...
Maybe someone has some new method for fixing this?
Upon entering any camera app, it just throws me back to homescreen, or displays "can't connect to camera"(depending on the rom).
Also, usind z-device, both cameras and flash are red-crossed. I can not initialize flash with any app neither.
I have tried all the possible roms, it happens on all of them.
Of course, tried clearing cache of the app too..
Did anyone fix this issue, or is this purely hardware ?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi. Have you completely wiped and formatted all of your partitions before flashing your ROMS? If you are using 4EXT then you can just use the option "format all partitions (except sdcard)". Use Titanium backup to backup your apps before doing this. I also always make a complete backup of the previous ROM, just-in-case, I need to quickly fallback in case of disaster. Then flash the ROM and then the GAPPS. If you have done this and things still do not work, then there is definitely something different about your device. In general, the camera is quite buggy in many of the ROMs I have tried. With one ROM trying to make a video recording will cause the gallery to crash and then I will get the same error about not being able to connect to the camera, but, once I reboot, this message goes away and I can take pictures again. Good luck!

Camera (only video recording) stopped working And youtube application also not workin

My life is over i am going to die in 3 4 days..Please someone expert here can help me out and save my life..
As titles says my camera and youtube app stops working after few hours of phone boot. I need to restart my phone again to make them working again..
My camera app starts and i can click pics but whenever i want to start video recording it gives me an error that unfortunately camera has stopped working.
And youtube app always gives me error that - There was a problem while playing touch to retry.
And video in facebook app also not works.
Tired of these messages.
before giving me suggestions please read that i have tried all these
-Apps tweaks(clear data , cache data clear, uninstall and install again)
-Installed fresh new rom several time
-changed my storage of media to internal memory
The only thing that works is reboot
My phone is rooted and i think this problems start happening after i have unlocked my boot loader and rooted my device.
Please if anyone have a solution help me out i will be very thankful..
My android version is 5 . 1. 1

karan16 said:
My life is over i am going to die in 3 4 days..Please someone expert here can help me out and save my life..
As titles says my camera and youtube app stops working after few hours of phone boot. I need to restart my phone again to make them working again..
My camera app starts and i can click pics but whenever i want to start video recording it gives me an error that unfortunately camera has stopped working.
And youtube app always gives me error that - There was a problem while playing touch to retry.
And video in facebook app also not works.
Tired of these messages.
before giving me suggestions please read that i have tried all these
-Apps tweaks(clear data , cache data clear, uninstall and install again)
-Installed fresh new rom several time
-changed my storage of media to internal memory
The only thing that works is reboot
My phone is rooted and i think this problems start happening after i have unlocked my boot loader and rooted my device.
Please if anyone have a solution help me out i will be very thankful..
My android version is 5 . 1. 1
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Me too..
I use xperia z3, unlocked bootloader, rooted and find problem exactly the same like yours. Can anyone help please,

Updating your z3 to Android 6 should fix this.

benel55 said:
Updating your z3 to Android 6 should fix this.
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What kind of firmware should i use?
Pre-rooted, flash zip via recovery or FTF flash via flashtool?
What type of flash?
Full flash or simply dirty flash?

haxorcitoz said:
What kind of firmware should i use?
Pre-rooted, flash zip via recovery or FTF flash via flashtool?
What type of flash?
Full flash or simply dirty flash?
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I believe any method will do, but im not qualified to answer about this, look up for the tutorials that are given around here

benel55 said:
I believe any method will do, but im not qualified to answer about this, look up for the tutorials that are given around here
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i flash my Z3 and upgrade to marshmallow. Today i check my camera and use it to record video and found no errors like before. Thanks for you advice, its really solved my problems.

Same here all problems solved in .291 update.

"I assume you unlocked your bootloader. I was also having this problem before. Try renaming these files on /system/etc/firmware/
tzwidevine.b00 -> tzwidevine.b00.bak
tzwidevine.b01 -> tzwidevine.b01.bak
tzwidevine.b02 -> tzwidevine.b02.bak
tzwidevine.b03 -> tzwidevine.b03.bak
tzwidevine.mdt -> tzwidevine.mdt.bak"
Maybe someone can tell me what this fix does?
Anyway use it at your own risk, but it looks promising. mine working fine after renaming those files.

Unable to enrol fingerprint.

I have the Z5 (non premium nor dual sim) and i have flashed a few roms onto it aswell as formatted everything using twrp recovery and still get this annoying message every time i try and setup my fingerprint. "Unable to read fingerprint. please clear some space on the internal storage and try again" or something to that effect. when i check storage it says i have over 10GB available. any help would be greatly appreciated.

i dont even get the fingerprint option my z5 is very strange

vibealite said:
i dont even get the fingerprint option my z5 is very strange
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Are you from the US? Or did you flashed a US Rom? Because the American Z5 hasn't the fingerprint option.
It ain't an hardware problem, cuz the power button is the same on every Z5 so I guess if you try to flash another Stock Rom it shall enable it?

iam in the uk dunno the rom i flashed says central europe
dunno but ill give it a try should i flash any uk firmware?

You can try to flash whatever Stock Rom you want except the US one whom hasn't the fingerprint enabled.
It may, (Once again am not sure at all but you can give it a try) it may enable you fingerprint sensor.
I'm French and my Z5 Runs on Marshmallow Stock Fr, my FP Sensor is working perfectly.
When you have successfully flashed a new stock Rom check on Settings > security > fingerprint manager (screenshot linked)
I'm just trying to help you and give you somes tracks to follow, but I'm not responsible if you broke/brick your phone

spastikitten said:
I have the Z5 (non premium nor dual sim) and i have flashed a few roms onto it aswell as formatted everything using twrp recovery and still get this annoying message every time i try and setup my fingerprint. "Unable to read fingerprint. please clear some space on the internal storage and try again" or something to that effect. when i check storage it says i have over 10GB available. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You tried to flash some custom Rom? How about trying to flash a stock one?
If it's not working try to wipe everything via flashtool.
If those two answers don't help you to fix your problem, I unfortunately don't know what you can do more

Baradoura said:
You tried to flash some custom Rom? How about trying to flash a stock one?
If it's not working try to wipe everything via flashtool.
If those two answers don't help you to fix your problem, I unfortunately don't know what you can do more
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Yeah I've tried flashing multiple custom Roms. 3 variants of the stock rom. And have wiped the internal storage countless times with twrp. So I'm kind of at a loss now. Is there any other way to clear the storage on the phone without trwp? That's my only other thought since twrp may not be wiping that partition or section of data or what ever it may be

As I said use Flashtool to wipe everything, also if you have twrp I assume that you're root isn't it, so may be the problem can be here, a bad manipulation or if you haven't restored your DRM Keys it probably come from this.
I know that on Samsung phones when you loose DRM your fingerprint sensors is lost so perhaps it's the same thing for Sony?
I don't know but you should try to wipe everything and if you still have the backup of your DRM Keys try to put it back and see if it works

Baradoura said:
As I said use Flashtool to wipe everything, also if you have twrp I assume that you're root isn't it, so may be the problem can be here, a bad manipulation or if you haven't restored your DRM Keys it probably come from this.
I know that on Samsung phones when you loose DRM your fingerprint sensors is lost so perhaps it's the same thing for Sony?
I don't know but you should try to wipe everything and if you still have the backup of your DRM Keys try to put it back and see if it works
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This is the screen that I am getting. The phone did this earlier at one point after flashing a custom rom then after a while it started working again. I have also made a backup of the keys for my phone.
I will give flash tool another crack this morning and see how it goes but I have done it before so I have very little hope.

So try this :
-Flash a stock Rom ftf file
- Restore the DRM Keys
-Try to set the fingerprint
I didn't root my phone yet so I don't know if you have to restore DRM before flashing a new stock Rom.
Either way I think you know how it works so try this and when it's done come back here to tell if it's OK or not, I'm following this topic until you're fixed don't worry

Baradoura said:
So try this :
-Flash a stock Rom ftf file
- Restore the DRM Keys
-Try to set the fingerprint
I didn't root my phone yet so I don't know if you have to restore DRM before flashing a new stock Rom.
Either way I think you know how it works so try this and when it's done come back here to tell if it's OK or not, I'm following this topic until you're fixed don't worry
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alright will do this now and get back to here asap. i must say though that i did this last night aswell.

Ok don't worry I'll try my best to help you, go ahead and get back here when it's done.

Baradoura said:
Ok don't worry I'll try my best to help you, go ahead and get back here when it's done.
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Not sure how this worked but i flashed the stock rom over a custom rom (XZ4 i think it was) but all of my apps are there and the fingerprint scanner seems to be working now.

Ok good news, so try it a few days and see how your z5 handle it.
To me it seems to be good now we will see with time
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May be it wasn't your phone, but the ftf file who was corrupted?

Don't we get fingerprint reader on custom roms then just on stock?

vibealite said:
Don't we get fingerprint reader on custom roms then just on stock?
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I don't think so, what's the point of having a custom Rom without that feature? May be it depends on the ROM you're using?
I'm pretty sure that fingerprint exist in both Custom and stock ROM

Baradoura said:
I don't think so, what's the point of having a custom Rom without that feature? May be it depends on the ROM you're using?
I'm pretty sure that fingerprint exist in both Custom and stock ROM
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iam on eXistenZ n i dont seem to have it dunno why

Baradoura said:
So try this :
-Flash a stock Rom ftf file
- Restore the DRM Keys
-Try to set the fingerprint
I didn't root my phone yet so I don't know if you have to restore DRM before flashing a new stock Rom.
Either way I think you know how it works so try this and when it's done come back here to tell if it's OK or not, I'm following this topic until you're fixed don't worry
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hey dude i just tried what u sed flashed a uk firmware i didnt get fingerprint iam starting to fink my device doesnt have one

Drm restore work but some times

I have a Xperia z5 E6653 lollipop 5.1.1 I have restore the drm but some time after watch a video in YouTube black screen but I hear the sound and the video not record like drm dissappear and must to reboot my phone to normal again

What the hell ???
It does not have anything with drm.

Really i don't know why try to fix it but nothing only if reboot my phone why do this YouTube and after not working the video recorder I don't know and work fine before one day black screen and only sounds maybe wrong some I download or some else

Flash new firmware in flashtool and wipe everything.

Yes can do that.. But that is not that the only way.. Better reboot my phone.. And I want a solution.. Only hear for flash firmware and wipe everything.. I know that but try to found another way more stability

There is no more stable way than new firmware.

Yes understand but if put new firmware maybe after do the same again and try to found a another way if a can.. But is good idea from new firmware

Fingerprint sensor stopped working

Hi,
A few days ago, I was on official Pixel experience rom. Fingerprint unlock started to don't work sometimes. I had to wake up screen with power button before using fingerprint sensor to unlock the phone.
Yesterday, my phone just stopped to react to any fingerprint unlock attempt. I thought that was a software issue, so I decided to migrate to LineageOS. That was a success. However fingerprint sensor doesn't work. Worse : fingerprint settings just disappeared in phone settings.
I would like to know if there is a way to test the hardware part. Or if anyone has gone through this before, any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks.

Phoque_You said:
Hi,
A few days ago, I was on official Pixel experience rom. Fingerprint unlock started to don't work sometimes. I had to wake up screen with power button before using fingerprint sensor to unlock the phone.
Yesterday, my phone just stopped to react to any fingerprint unlock attempt. I thought that was a software issue, so I decided to migrate to LineageOS. That was a success. However fingerprint sensor doesn't work. Worse : fingerprint settings just disappeared in phone settings.
I would like to know if there is a way to test the hardware part. Or if anyone has gone through this before, any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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I had the same, but I do not remember exactly how I solved it. I think by clean flashing a MIUI developer rom, booting into system, flashing twrp again, format data, and flashing my custom rom.

M1chiel said:
I had the same, but I do not remember exactly how I solved it. I think by clean flashing a MIUI developer rom, booting into system, flashing twrp again, format data, and flashing my custom rom.
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Thank you for your answer. Do you think I can do a full nandroid backup of my current setting, then format to install MIUI, then restore my backup so I don't lose my data?

Phoque_You said:
Thank you for your answer. Do you think I can do a full nandroid backup of my current setting, then format to install MIUI, then restore my backup so I don't lose my data?
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You should. I had difficulties with restoring a Nandroid backup, but that was probably related to encryption. So by removing your PIN or password it should work. I used the app Migrate to restore my data.

M1chiel said:
You should. I had difficulties with restoring a Nandroid backup, but that was probably related to encryption. So by removing your PIN or password it should work. I used the app Migrate to restore my data.
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Thanks. I gonna try that when I get some free time

OK, that was a hardware issue. Everything works fine now. The fingerprint sensor flat cable was mounted fold. This must be the reason.
If someone has the same problem, it's easy to fix it by yourself. You can find cheap tools and part on aliexpress, and disassembly videos on youtube. This took me 30min and it was the first time I opened a phone.
The last photo show the new fingerprint sensor mounted unfolded