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Hi folks, it seems to be a rare issue but it is drving me crazy every time I use the camera.
I am on stock not rooted kitkat 4.4.2, the issue is only seen after update the google camera to the latest version with the new ui change.
Now every time I launch the camera app, the phone could hang up for 1 to 3 seconds without doing anything (low possibility). There is a guarantee (100%) that the phone will lag for more than 2 seconds when I take the first two photos in normal mode (the screen just freeze at the time when the photo swiping animation takes place after hit the capture button). Also, it is very often to see the similar lag when I browse the recent photos in the camera app.
I tried to reinstall the latest update; clear the app data + cache, but neither works for me. Now I just go back to the old camera, all the freezes/lags are gone!
Please can anyone suggest some possible solutions? I really like the new camera ui. Thanks!
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My new camera app is pretty buggy too actually, random freezes, etc...
I think it'll get better with time.
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The stock camera crashes when I:
-enable RAW
-select slow shutter
-select a shutter speed of 2, 4 or 8s in camera settings
The annoying part is that I have to reboot every time to fix the camera as it seems to be unable to connect again after crashing. Is there any way to fix this without rebooting? There is a play store app but it doesn't work.
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If you want, vote for the issue.
https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/BACON-1554
Is this with the new update that came out today?
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minicoop7 said:
Is this with the new update that came out today?
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Yes with 38R.
No issues here just tested
shamo42 said:
The stock camera crashes when I:
-enable RAW
-select slow shutter
-select a shutter speed of 2, 4 or 8s in camera settings
The annoying part is that I have to reboot every time to fix the camera as it seems to be unable to connect again after crashing. Is there any way to fix this without rebooting? There is a play store app but it doesn't work.
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Question:
Stock?
Bootloader unlocked?
Rooted?
Custom Rom?
Custom Kernel?
Any tweaks to the device other than stock?
I'm just curious...if stock users are having trouble, or is it just the tweakers?
Have you tried a factory reset? And as above, any mods or running 100% stock?
Rooted with stock rom and stock kernel. Clearing the camera cache doesn't help.
I'll try a factory reset as some users don't seem to have the bug.
I've noticed that too. I've also noticed two more things:
- 4k UHD + RAW = bad time. As soon as I hit record it gives me a black screen, I stop the recording and it freezes. I have to force close the camera app to be able to do anything with it again. Oddly enough, 4k DCI works fine.
- Slow-mo video + RAW = choppy. The video seems to be playing back at a super low frame rate. Everything seems to have a lot more motion blur too.
Using raw any time there is low light results in camera crash as well
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rooted, with stock everything. after taking 8 sec slow shutter, when saving it lags, then black screen then crash. then when i reopen all the menu still there but black screen. anything i do from there it will just crash.
I have the same problem as the poster above.
Any clue?
The other problems described here were correct with the latest update.
Anyone with anything on this?
Same issue here. Will it be fixed ever?
Yep, this has been a known bug from day 1 bro.
Just to put my 10 cents, same problem here even in Auto mode.
This is the only issue I have with my phone now. Hoping CM12 fixes it.
Hello, in CM12, as says Spectre, camera works well, but is there way, to fix this problem in latest official CM13.1, or Lineage14? Thanks much
edit: well, sorry, in CM12.1 problem still here, seems aka HW problem... overheating?
No working solutions? ((
Hello guys,
I don't know if it happens to you, but I've got some ugly bug on my front camera. Wherether I'm trying to shoot photos, I've some good exposure in preview, but after I shoot a picture, the exposure goes under or over exposure, but never the one I get on a preview screen (before hitting the button). Is this a known bug and is there any way to fix it.
I didn't see anyone complain about it, so I think it's not common. By the way, I tried to use different roms and diferent camera apps, it all the same.
The only thing I found on the internet is this site:
https://community.republicwireless.com/thread/26076
Yea, it's a common bug, that haven't been fixed.
To me it only happens in very good daylight and the photos end up overexposed, HDR doesn't help.
Antique_Angel said:
Hello guys,
I don't know if it happens to you, but I've got some ugly bug on my front camera. Wherether I'm trying to shoot photos, I've some good exposure in preview, but after I shoot a picture, the exposure goes under or over exposure, but never the one I get on a preview screen (before hitting the button). Is this a known bug and is there any way to fix it.
I didn't see anyone complain about it, so I think it's not common. By the way, I tried to use different roms and diferent camera apps, it all the same.
The only thing I found on the internet is this site:
https://community.republicwireless.com/thread/26076
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In the one plus one camera app this bug is not there! In all others that I have used its there!
liveroy said:
Yea, it's a common bug, that haven't been fixed.
To me it only happens in very good daylight and the photos end up overexposed, HDR doesn't help.
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So I have this bug too, any pictures taken with the front facing camera outside during the day are almost entirely white, you can just about make out what the picture is of. But the preview and movies taken with the front facing camera are fine suggesting it's software. I have no screen protector, no case, unrooted, KitKat out of the box. Tried different camera apps with no difference.
I know this was posted a while ago but any updates on this? Can lollipop change anything? I have a moto g LTE in the US so no L for me yet. Can I adjust settings in the camera app (I downloaded the apk for the moto camera that has settings access)?
This issue, along with the multitasking problems that mean I can't even listen to music while surfing, have tempted me to give up on this phone entirely.
drrobo said:
So I have this bug too, any pictures taken with the front facing camera outside during the day are almost entirely white, you can just about make out what the picture is of. But the preview and movies taken with the front facing camera are fine suggesting it's software. I have no screen protector, no case, unrooted, KitKat out of the box. Tried different camera apps with no difference.
I know this was posted a while ago but any updates on this? Can lollipop change anything? I have a moto g LTE in the US so no L for me yet. Can I adjust settings in the camera app (I downloaded the apk for the moto camera that has settings access)?
This issue, along with the multitasking problems that mean I can't even listen to music while surfing, have tempted me to give up on this phone entirely.
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Dunno if it's fixed in Lollipop, but I can test. I just don't use the front camera much.
I got no such problem with multitasking at all, even on Lollipop, let alone KitKat that was way better in the memory management.
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Dunno if it's fixed in Lollipop, but I can test. I just don't use the front camera much.
I got no such problem with multitasking at all, even on Lollipop, let alone KitKat that was way better in the memory management.
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Thanks for offering to test it - I'd really love to know if L makes a difference. I don't often use my front facing camera either, but just knowing I don't have the option to use it is seriously off putting. Last week I ran into a friend of mine I hadn't seen in years, and after trying to take a picture together you couldn't see either of our faces. It was so disappointing.
As for the multitasking, it seems like some phones have an issue while others don't - all I know is that when I have Google Play open, launching Chrome causes Play to close after 30 seconds, no crash error or anything. Same with the home screen having to redraw after exiting almost every app I use, and Chrome tabs reloading every time I switch between them. I've gone as far as uninstalled the memory hogging facebook and other apps, but the problem persists. Painful is the only word for this phone at the moment.
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Thanks for offering to test it - I'd really love to know if L makes a difference. I don't often use my front facing camera either, but just knowing I don't have the option to use it is seriously off putting. Last week I ran into a friend of mine I hadn't seen in years, and after trying to take a picture together you couldn't see either of our faces. It was so disappointing.
As for the multitasking, it seems like some phones have an issue while others don't - all I know is that when I have Google Play open, launching Chrome causes Play to close after 30 seconds, no crash error or anything. Same with the home screen having to redraw after exiting almost every app I use, and Chrome tabs reloading every time I switch between them. I've gone as far as uninstalled the memory hogging facebook and other apps, but the problem persists. Painful is the only word for this phone at the moment.
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Tested and I couldn't reproduce the bug on 5.0.2. It takes pretty normal pictures now.
Can you tell me if on KK you can enable HDR? On lollipop this is not accessible at all.
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Tested and I couldn't reproduce the bug on 5.0.2. It takes pretty normal pictures now.
Can you tell me if on KK you can enable HDR? On lollipop this is not accessible at all.
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I have hope for the lollipop update then! Yes on Kk you have three options for HDR, on, off and auto.
Those of you who think you solved the problem by "doing a clean flash" feel free to show yourself out, you're not helping us we've already done that. Some of us several times.
OnePlus forums are broken for me, I can't register, it keeps just sending me back to the OP home page. Several people have the same problem there. So this is the last hope for those of us with pie camera issues, I don't know that OP has acknowledged camera issues so if we want any help, the best thing we can do is work together, make some noise, so OP can actually see the problem. Personally, no amount of reflashing, downloading, etc will fix the issue on pie for me. I'm rooted with Magisk and unlocked bootloader obviously, that's it. No kernels or custom "ROM" or anything.
Again, if you've solved it, good for you, get out. You have nothing to contribute to this thread and I know this forum is absolutely loaded with trolls who just blame everyone else for every ROM problem.
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Those of you who think you solved the problem by "doing a clean flash" feel free to show yourself out, you're not helping us we've already done that. Some of us several times.
OnePlus forums are broken for me, I can't register, it keeps just sending me back to the OP home page. Several people have the same problem there. So this is the last hope for those of us with pie camera issues, I don't know that OP has acknowledged camera issues so if we want any help, the best thing we can do is work together, make some noise, so OP can actually see the problem. Personally, no amount of reflashing, downloading, etc will fix the issue on pie for me. I'm rooted with Magisk and unlocked bootloader obviously, that's it. No kernels or custom "ROM" or anything.
Again, if you've solved it, good for you, get out. You have nothing to contribute to this thread and I know this forum is absolutely loaded with trolls who just blame everyone else for every ROM problem.
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I agree this is a very anoying bugg..
I am a Developer myself so i did the usual things to try solve this problem.
I run stock software
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I agree this is a very anoying bugg..
I am a Developer myself so i did the usual things to try solve this problem.
I run stock software
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Yep, my friend also works in testing firmware and hardware compatibility on android phones and as soon as I told him more than just a few people (I've seen at least 15 different people report this issue, and let's be honest a lot of people won't bother to report it and even more people don't have accounts here to post it if they do have the issue) had it he said sounds like firmware issue, possibly related to hardware revisions.
Boring explanation warning: For example there may be very slight differences in say CPU or camera hardware, enough that it passed bench testing or was supposed to not even require bench testing because it was guaranteed 100% compatible, but as time goes on, maybe just one line of code somewhere does something that causes the very slight difference to manifest itself in a way that becomes apparent to everyday users.
That's just one possibility out of dozens though.
I agree in 100%, it's something broken with camera on Oxygen based on Pie.
I use the stock ROM, i did full wipe etc without positive effects.
We wan't fix or update to use the phone normally...
What is the Camera issue ?
Maybe if you are specific and tell us what is wrong with the Camera ?
How can anybody help if you can not be bothered to say what the problem is ?
.... Do not have kittens, I done a Google search and all I found was several months ago some talk about focusing.
I took some pictures ... not many but so far so good.
I would be more than happy to complain .... what do I look for ?
AstroDigital said:
What is the Camera issue ?
Maybe if you are specific and tell us what is wrong with the Camera ?
How can anybody help if you can not be bothered to say what the problem is ?
.... Do not have kittens, I done a Google search and all I found was several months ago some talk about focusing.
I took some pictures ... not many but so far so good.
I would be more than happy to complain .... what do I look for ?
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For example: Snapchat app. After 5s app frozen, black screen. On other phones everything ok...
Oneplus 6 & Tapatalk
For me, when I open snapchat, the camera will usually work for 5 to 20 seconds, no more, then the image freezes for a second before it goes black, and then every app that uses the camera for a little while will freeze/crash. Including the stock camera app if you try to access camera features in those apps.
Say I just turned on my phone, I go to open snapchat and the screen works as a viewfinder like normal for maybe 5-20 seconds, then the image freezes for a second before it goes black. The snapchat app no longer responds. If I try to open the camera in another app (say discord, stock camera app, instagram, etc) that app then freezes too. Half the time the only way to fix it is to force close all involved apps.
It goes back to working again within 5-10 minutes but you only have generally 5-10 seconds to take a picture before it freezes and does the same thing.
Occasionally when I open the stock camera app after snapchat freezes, it closes itself and a little toast notification on the bottom of the screen says "Unknown error". Usually camera app opens fine after that.
I think this tread explains very well and in detail, the REAL problems with OP6...
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-6-camera-takes-blurry-and-noisy-pictures.864226/
Painted faces, lack of detail, wrong temperature colour....etc,etc....
I am also experiencing these issues since i upadated to official Pie, didn't have any problem with DP1 & DP3 thought. Also i only have this on Snapchat, didn't experience any problems with the official camera.
Let's hope it's a known issue and that it will be solved in the next update.
Where exactly do we complain?
I have the same issue as well. My fiance does too. I'm on xXx module with EX kernel and my fiance is 100% stock with a locked bootloader.
I've done a clean flash before as well.
Sounds like it's either a snapchat issue or OP issue. I think there was some notes from other users having issues taking pictures with WhatsApp since pie. Could be related
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Where exactly do we complain?
I have the same issue as well. My fiance does too. I'm on xXx module with EX kernel and my fiance is 100% stock with a locked bootloader.
I've done a clean flash before as well.
Sounds like it's either a snapchat issue or OP issue. I think there was some notes from other users having issues taking pictures with WhatsApp since pie. Could be related
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Try emailing both snapchat support and posting on the OnePlus 6 official forum (on the oneplus website). I feel like it's not snapchat because it's happened on other apps for me.
I am on OB4 and have some other camera issues. When U open the camera app and select Timelapse all I get is the video capture screen and no option to set the time lapse setting. I alse get the standard 1x , 2x zoom option and it all it does is zoomes.
focus sucks
I'm on stock Pie, no root - some examples here how the focus socks: auto mode, (1) normal photo (2)about 3.5 zoom (3)~x5 (4) x8 I have gopro modified handlebar attachment on my bike, so consider it as if those pics were taken still and steady from a tripod.
focus sucks cont.
My phone/camera field stand - 2 pics, the 3rd pick shows zoomed detail of one of the islands there taken with my cheap, pocket Casio EX-ZR800 which has unbelievable zoom: x18 optical + x36 so called 'SR Zoom, does 1000fps as well, 224x64only let's hope they bring some of that technology to phones soon.
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For example: Snapchat app. After 5s app frozen, black screen. On other phones everything ok...
Oneplus 6 & Tapatalk
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TheNetwork said:
For me, when I open snapchat, the camera will usually work for 5 to 20 seconds, no more, then the image freezes for a second before it goes black, and then every app that uses the camera for a little while will freeze/crash. Including the stock camera app if you try to access camera features in those apps.
Say I just turned on my phone, I go to open snapchat and the screen works as a viewfinder like normal for maybe 5-20 seconds, then the image freezes for a second before it goes black. The snapchat app no longer responds. If I try to open the camera in another app (say discord, stock camera app, instagram, etc) that app then freezes too. Half the time the only way to fix it is to force close all involved apps.
It goes back to working again within 5-10 minutes but you only have generally 5-10 seconds to take a picture before it freezes and does the same thing.
Occasionally when I open the stock camera app after snapchat freezes, it closes itself and a little toast notification on the bottom of the screen says "Unknown error". Usually camera app opens fine after that.
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Excactly the same problem here
Also with the regular camera app + when watching Instagram stories
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Excactly the same problem here
Also with the regular camera app + when watching Instagram stories
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After today update i dont have issues with Snapchat.
Wysłane z mojego ONEPLUS A6003 przy użyciu Tapatalka
I also experience trouble with the camera. Zoomed in using snap. When I take pictures with stock camera app the shutter seems rly slow. Bad focus etc. Everything worked fine before Android pie. Good thread!
I was waiting to see if it would immediately **** up after I posted this, but it's been a few days since the last snapchat update and I no longer have the problem at all, at least that I ever noticed.
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I was waiting to see if it would immediately **** up after I posted this, but it's been a few days since the last snapchat update and I no longer have the problem at all, at least that I ever noticed.
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Same here. At first I thought it's cause I don't let it focus anymore since that causes the issue but it seems to be resolved for now. Now time for the rest of the pie issues to be fixed.
Agree. Happening with all the apps which use the system's camera. However, If we use the Camera app then it will work. but any 3rd party app that uses system camera it got stuck and crash.
I'm currently on February patch update and my Pixel 3 native camera app keeps crashing, it crashes if I use the camera with other apps, it also crashes when I click on my photo gallery, sometimes it even crashes when switching camera modes, anyone else having this issue? I have to force app close, clear cache and even restart my phone, also deleted app updates and reinstalled them.
Hi try maybe you have new updates in GooglePlay, WebView for Android
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Hi try maybe you have new updates in GooglePlay, WebView for Android
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Hi! Thanks for the advice, I checked for updates but there are none, I even factory reseted the phone and wiped cache, installed March update and I'm still facing the same problem
Did you update to March 5 patch? There were some cameras fixes in that update.
I'm facing the same issue. Pixle 3 updated with the March update yesterday. Now, the camera will work once after restarting, then it will force close. If I try to change modes, it force closes. If I try to re-enter the app, it force closes. I deleted data/cache, uninstalled updates, rebooted into safe mode, and none of those things changed the problem. Frustrating.
I just downloaded March 2019 OTA security patch (PQ2A.190305.002) . Camera issues persist. It would open for the first a few tries. Then after a while it would take forever to find the view finder and would crash when I switch from camera to video. Not sure if this is related to camera but I cannot turn on the flash light by pulling down the quick access menu.
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Did you update to March 5 patch? There were some cameras fixes in that update.
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Yes, I did but the issue remains. It's frustrating
It seems like there's no support at all for this issue.
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I'm facing the same issue. Pixle 3 updated with the March update yesterday. Now, the camera will work once after restarting, then it will force close. If I try to change modes, it force closes. If I try to re-enter the app, it force closes. I deleted data/cache, uninstalled updates, rebooted into safe mode, and none of those things changed the problem. Frustrating.
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I know the feeling, I also tried all that you mentioned but none of them resolved this camera issue, I've sent many reports but there's no answer from Google support team. Even with third party camera apps the issue persists.
Windiddy said:
I just downloaded March 2019 OTA security patch (PQ2A.190305.002) . Camera issues persist. It would open for the first a few tries. Then after a while it would take forever to find the view finder and would crash when I switch from camera to video. Not sure if this is related to camera but I cannot turn on the flash light by pulling down the quick access menu.
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I also noticed an issue with the flash, if phone is charging it gives a overheat warning when trying to turn the flash on and doesn't allow it to be turned on. I think it was in video mode.
So I have a dilemma: I can RMA my current 3 months old Pixel 3 with buggy camera and risk of getting a refurbished one with the same buggy camera. Or I can wait for yet another OTA to fix my camera (the latest March OTA didnt fix my camera). What should I do? Should I wait for a few days to watch camera performance on the March OTA?
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So I have a dilemma: I can RMA my current 3 months old Pixel 3 with buggy camera and risk of getting a refurbished one with the same buggy camera. Or I can wait for yet another OTA to fix my camera (the latest March OTA didnt fix my camera). What should I do? Should I wait for a few days to watch camera performance on the March OTA?
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I've read in other forums that some people struggled with RMA cause it's a "software problem" and not a hardware problem according to Google technicians. And if the March OTA didn't fix the issue the same day, I don't think it will do it tomorrow or next week
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So I have a dilemma: I can RMA my current 3 months old Pixel 3 with buggy camera and risk of getting a refurbished one with the same buggy camera. Or I can wait for yet another OTA to fix my camera (the latest March OTA didnt fix my camera). What should I do? Should I wait for a few days to watch camera performance on the March OTA?
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Hi i came thru the RMA with faulty camera in Europe and i get a brand new Google pixel 3.
It's also started happening to me with my phone (bought in the original launch batch). I'm still on the Jan update (with Magisk, and haven't done the March one yet), but it just started happening the past couple of weeks making me think it's an update to the camera app/Play/something-else causing it.
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It's also started happening to me with my phone (bought in the original launch batch). I'm still on the Jan update (with Magisk, and haven't done the March one yet), but it just started happening the past couple of weeks making me think it's an update to the camera app/Play/something-else causing it.
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Just updated to March (and Magisk 18.1) still happening. Anybody else in the boat with us?
Windiddy said:
So I have a dilemma: I can RMA my current 3 months old Pixel 3 with buggy camera and risk of getting a refurbished one with the same buggy camera. Or I can wait for yet another OTA to fix my camera (the latest March OTA didnt fix my camera). What should I do? Should I wait for a few days to watch camera performance on the March OTA?
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I have contacted Google support team...they asked me if they can connect to my phone so they can see everything I'm doing on it...and after 30 min of troubleshooting they said I need replacement because nothing helped...so they sent me a new phone and after I have received it sent them my old one and even without cable, headphones,charger...now I have new phone and double of accessoriesDDD
Further update - booting into Safe Mode fixes the problem, so it's almost certainly related to another app which integrated with the Camera causing the crashes/freezes. I've uninstalled Twitter (which is camera integrated), but that didn't fix it.
Has anybody found the offending app?
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Same issue with rear camera unable to focus (tried factory reset, emptying cache, etc.). 1 out of every 10 photos comes out OK.
Glad I finally found other people with the same issue as me. My phone has the current software update as well as the camera app update. App opens up to the view finder totally black, same with other camera apps (snapchat, instagram). Tried booting into safe mode and the problem persists. Only thing that seems to fix it for me is restarting the phone whenever I want to use the camera, which is annoying. Haven't tried Factory reset. Sent an email to the camera app developer some time ago with no response. Might just try getting a new replacement with my Best Buy warranty.
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Glad I finally found other people with the same issue as me. My phone has the current software update as well as the camera app update. App opens up to the view finder totally black, same with other camera apps (snapchat, instagram). Tried booting into safe mode and the problem persists. Only thing that seems to fix it for me is restarting the phone whenever I want to use the camera, which is annoying. Haven't tried Factory reset. Sent an email to the camera app developer some time ago with no response. Might just try getting a new replacement with my Best Buy warranty.
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I have the same problem with my Pixel 3, bigger problem is that I live in Brazil, and officially it is not commercialized and has no warranty here, technically is a software problem, but Google does not respond to feedback...
I happened to come here for an unrelated matter but seen this at the top of Q&A.
I also had the same problem. I performed multiple factory resets, made sure my software updates were the most recent, I also ran the phone for a week with NO THIRD PARTY APPS. The problem continued. I finally said "the hell with it" and RMA'd my phone. Seeing how they were aware of the problem, the RMA did not count against my Preferred Care warranty.
Since my replacement (roughly 3 months ago), I've had ZERO issues.