I have a samsung s4 mini.
For the last couple of days, whenever I go to my camera app, it says "Camera Failed". I downloaded "Open Camera", and this application says that there is another application may be using camera.
I have rebooted the phone, stopped camera, cleared the cache, even tried the camera on safe mode. nothing helps.
Is there a way to re-enable the camera without resetting the phone back to original?
Thx
Hi !
You didn`t mention whether you`re using a stock rom or a custom one
Removing the open camera which most probably caused the issue may work but not 100% sure , basically on stock rom should work , on a custom rom the things are different, this is library related and I can`t suggest you to go and remove anything from there
You either refer to the rom developer if on custom or just factory reset if on stock in case the open camera uninstall doesn`t work
Good luck
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Hello,
this is my first post in this very very very helpful forum
recently i bought nexus s for 50$ but nor camera neither flashlight working
i tried:
1) flashing diferent roms
2) disambled it and cleared camera ribbon pins
but no success.
at this time i am on stock jelly bean i flasshed this one - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784497
when i start camera it says "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped" and app cloeses, but when i start app "Tiny Flashlight + LED", the app starts but it says "an application like youtube running in background may be preventing the light from starting. try stopping it or reboot your device" after that if i start camera it says different: "Can't connect to the camera". and if i force stop "Tiny Flashlight + LED" again camera app says "Unfortunately, Gallery has stopped"
so i cant understand the flashlight is damaged and forcing camera not to work or camera is damaged and forcing flashlight not to work or both.
and one more thing, the front camera works (third part apps) but it shows 90 degree rotated picture no meter how i rotate it.
sorry for bad english
any help would be apreciated
clear app data
abhidoT38 said:
clear app data
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thx but didn't work
maybe i had to post in General ?
i read somewhere that flashing roms via clockworkmod doesn't change every partition just system partition, so i decided to download the stock 2.3.3 backup and restore from clockworkmod but it didn't solve, same no camera no flashlight.
is there any better way to completly revert back to stock, then restoring 2.3.3 from clockwork?
1 more question:
if camera hardware is broken does it mean that flashlight wont work? until replace camera?
HEEELP i need heelp
i replaced camera but same, no camera, no flashlight, front camera showing rotated picture.
i cannot understand how can front camera work but now rear when they are on the same module (attached file)
now i am sure that it is software issue BUT, i tried everyithing
1) restored stock via CWM (i downloaded CWM Backup)
2) flashed stock via fastboot (radio, baseband, -w update)
different kernels, basebands, roms nothing helps
i have 1 last chance, ODIN!
but i don't know how to use it.
but if you are sure that flashing via odin is SAME as flashing via fastboot then i have no idea
Did you solve your problem?
Hello,
did you solve your problem?
I met the same problem . But I am sure that it is about ONLY software problem. (I tried to check from factory reset window, Suddenly flash light become working, blind up. But it was whole chinese, I couldn't understand anything). If you solved, can you please write?
Thanks
Hello.
I've bought an I2000, and after having problems updating to the new ROM 20130510_e2001v21_v89_cxq, everything works, except my cameras.
Whenever I try a camera app it will return the error "cannot connect to camera", and also, after flashing my camera icon whent missing.
It's weird because I re-flashed it, just in case the first time there was a problem, and as soon as it reboots the icon is there, but when the initial animation finishes and I can access the desktop, it disappears.
I've entered the recovery menu and and went to "version", which gives you details about the HW of the phone and it states "LcmCam Info:" but it's empty, and the "camera" isn't amongst the running processes, and if I run camera tests in the recovery menu they fail.
I know the camera works, because before flashing I took a few pictures without a problem, and both software and hardware worked fine.
What's weird is that I haven't seen anybody else with the same problem after flashing.
Could someone that owns this phone and has updated to 4.2.1 with 20130510_e2001v21_v89_cxq upload the gallery and camera.apk please?
Or the original factory ROM with version 4.1.2, I can't seem to be able to find them anywhere.
Thanks!!!
Greetings
thirdchild said:
Hello.
I've bought an I2000, and after having problems updating to the new ROM 20130510_e2001v21_v89_cxq, everything works, except my cameras.
Whenever I try a camera app it will return the error "cannot connect to camera", and also, after flashing my camera icon whent missing.
It's weird because I re-flashed it, just in case the first time there was a problem, and as soon as it reboots the icon is there, but when the initial animation finishes and I can access the desktop, it disappears.
I've entered the recovery menu and and went to "version", which gives you details about the HW of the phone and it states "LcmCam Info:" but it's empty, and the "camera" isn't amongst the running processes, and if I run camera tests in the recovery menu they fail.
I know the camera works, because before flashing I took a few pictures without a problem, and both software and hardware worked fine.
What's weird is that I haven't seen anybody else with the same problem after flashing.
Could someone that owns this phone and has updated to 4.2.1 with 20130510_e2001v21_v89_cxq upload the gallery and camera.apk please?
Or the original factory ROM with version 4.1.2, I can't seem to be able to find them anywhere.
Thanks!!!
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Can you solve this issue i got the same one .... if youre where able to find the drivers please share bro.
My Moto Maxx has an intermittent problem in the camera and the rear camera is no longer working, when I try to use a message appears saying "camera error" and asks to restart the camera.
I have tried several procedures like uninstalling apps that use the camera, cleaning data and installing another version of the camera software but none of that worked.
I am using stock rom 6.0 + root.
Have you tried a factory reset? A different ROM? Try to rule out any software problem.
I have a sm-g930a s7 at&T. about 2 weeks ago my camera and flashlight quit working. I have tried the following:
disable smart stay
, reboot phone.
went to camera app, force stopped, cleared cache, cleared data, restarted phone
, restarted in safe mode, camera still not working in safe mode.
cleared system cache, wiped data, did factory setup. camera not working
Changed the software on phone using odin. flashed G930AUCUBCTB1. Odin worked, Camera not working still. I was considering trying a ball peen hammer, but not there quite yet.
My backup phone is a s7 edge with a beautiful pink line.
Any idea where to go from here?
I have the same problem, open camera and I get a black screen followed by a "camera failed" message. Tried different apps. Actually replaced the rear camera. Reset phone back to factory stock. Did all of the "other" stuff. Nothing works. The problem started shortly after the last (February) and final OTA update that ATT did. Anyone have anything I can flash to my phone with ODIN? It is a SM-G930A Baseband G930AUCUBCTB1.
mikewv100 said:
I have a sm-g930a s7 at&T. about 2 weeks ago my camera and flashlight quit working. I have tried the following:
disable smart stay
, reboot phone.
went to camera app, force stopped, cleared cache, cleared data, restarted phone
, restarted in safe mode, camera still not working in safe mode.
cleared system cache, wiped data, did factory setup. camera not working
Changed the software on phone using odin. flashed G930AUCUBCTB1. Odin worked, Camera not working still. I was considering trying a ball peen hammer, but not there quite yet.
My backup phone is a s7 edge with a beautiful pink line.
Any idea where to go from here?
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Try installing a different camera app and see if that works. If it doesn't, it could very well be the camera itself.
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Try installing a different camera app and see if that works. If it doesn't, it could very well be the camera itself.
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I have tried 2 or 3 different camera apps. No help. I forgot to say that the camera will actually come on very very occasionally.
Good evening guys.
For a couple of days the phone has been in bootloop and I have problems with the persist partition. It all started at the beginning of the year. For no apparent reason, the main camera stopped working (error: unable to connect to camera). The curious thing is that in the smartphone test menu, all the cameras are functional, except for the main one. The tests I did were:
Format the phone from the settings.
Reinstall the rom via fastboot.
Install other roms.
In the case of formatting and reinstalling, the camera app only worked if I held down the icon and chose to take a selfie. Using other roms, however, the pre-installed camera (camera go, for example), did not start. If instead I installed one of the various gcams for surya, these worked. But if I tried to load the config files briefly into the gcam, it also crashed and wouldn't open anymore.
In the end, I opted to keep the stock rom (rooted) and use a gcam with no setup. These days, the phone hasn't been used except to play online (only on wifi) and hasn't given any problems. Yesterday however, while I was playing, the gyroscope started moving by itself and/or getting stuck and not working.
At that point, I decided to do yet another fastboot flash. This time though, the phone didn't boot anymore, remaining in bootloop. I also tried to change version (from global to european), to flash again other roms (pixel os, miui.eu, pixel expiriece), but nothing to do. The only thing I noticed is that the recovery warns me that I can't mount /persist. I also tried recovering the persist.img from the original rom (I don't have a backup) and flashing from twrp. It seems to work fine, but then actually the same error comes back. I also tried from the terminal, always via twrp, but even there it says it has copied the data, but the error returns.
Could you help me?
Thank you.