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[Q] Camera and lamp won't open

Hi everyone, I've look everywhere and I'm kind of desperate now
So, I've had my nexus 5 since it came out here in Europe, never had an unsolvable issue (thanks to the internet), but right now I'm stuck
MY PROBLEM :
One day (just like this, I don't remember doing anything special with my phone), the camera completely stopped working, along with the lamp.
DETAILS ABOUT THE PROBLEM (The situation right now) :
1. Camera doesn't show up in the application drawers
2. It DOES show up in Settings/Applications, and in "My applications" tab from Google Play, but I cannot open it in any way. When I could, however, it would just crash away.
3. I am also unable to access the stock lamp from anywhere (quick settings, etc.)
THE INITIAL SITUATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM :
1. I was running CM12.1 (nightlies) on my Nexus 5, and I beieve it occured after an update, but I don't believe it really has much to do with it. When I tried to open the camera, it would show me "unable to get a link with the camera" (translation may not be exact) and the system lamp had disappeared
2. I tried to downgrade the phone, to an earlier nightly, but it didn't fix it.
3. I've donne every kind of wipes : Data, Dalvik, Cache, even Internal Storage
4. After a full Internal Storage Wipe, I reflashed fresh Marshmallow images from the official website, unrooted, reflashed stock recovery, relocked the bootloader and used the system factory reset again on my phone.
5. After this, the problem changed a little bit. The lamp is still impossible to find, but however this time the camera is too. What I mean is, on CM, it used to show up and crash, now I can't find it in the app drawer (See DETAILS ABOUT THE PROBLEM)
I think that's all, so yeah, this one is kind of a challenge.
If the solution is software... Well i really dont know what I could try else; if it's hardware, I'm not afraid to open up my phone. (however I'm a complete noob)
One last thing, I've contacted Google, but the phone they sent me back was in such a bad state that I'm keeping mine (or getting them to send me an other), because the power button was really used, and the lowest part of the screen really "white" (brighter than the rest, my guess was it had fallen)
Thank you very much !

Hi, looks like we have the same problem. Unfortunately I have no solution for you, either. I have ordered a new rear camera from ebay that should show up here end of January. I'll let you know if that fixed the problem.

As you can see from my recent post, I am also having the same problem. I have also order a replacement rear camera from ebay and I fitted it. It worked for one day and then it also stopped working. I am not sure whether it is worth repeating this experiment or I'd just be wasting money on replacement cameras. So annoying, because, apart from the camera (and the torch), the rest of the phone functionalities are still perfectly fine.

Has anyone tried to use a different camera or torch app?
Sent from my Nexus 5

ShapesBlue said:
Has anyone tried to use a different camera or torch app?
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Of course.

maurimauri29 said:
Of course.
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That's odd then. It seems like you've done nearly everything that should of been done. I'm at a loss for words here
Sent from my Nexus 5

slow camera opening

Hey, does anyone else find that the camera on the P9 takes a good 5 or so seconds from clicking the app to it actually displaying the image(this happens randomly but not always)? I find it stays black for a few seconds before it finally displays what the camera sees. Every other app is quick to open though ?

hamud.q said:
Hey, does anyone else find that the camera on the P9 takes a good 5 or so seconds from clicking the app to it actually displaying the image(this happens randomly but not always)? I find it stays black for a few seconds before it finally displays what the camera sees. Every other app is quick to open though ?
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I get this. I wondered if it started when I set the default storage location to SD card.
But, as you say, sometimes it is very quick.

Roboffabike said:
I get this. I wondered if it started when I set the default storage location to SD card.
But, as you say, sometimes it is very quick.
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I disabled the "priority to sd" and will check if the problem fixed and report back .
btw do u have problem when recording video using snapchat the camera automatically zoomed in ? can you check this for me ?

hamud.q said:
I disabled the "priority to sd" and will check if the problem fixed and report back .
btw do u have problem when recording video using snapchat the camera automatically zoomed in ? can you check this for me ?
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Don't use Snapchat I'm afraid.
I have tested swapping the "priority to SD" flag but it is still inconsistent.

it seems that the problem fixed after disabled (priority to SD) and then take any picture. (so when open camera will load latest photo from internal storage not SD) .

I have this issue too. If the camera is still in the recent app cache it will open instantly. If I close it out and leave it about 5 minutes it can take at least 5 seconds before I can see the on screen image and take a photo...
I don't have the priority SD card switched on. I'm on the UK Vodafone SKU
Any ideas?

the problem is still exist after disabled the priority to sd . (it was ok for one day after disabled priority to sd but the problem back again yesterday) so it's not related to sd card . and it's really annoying when you want to take a picture you will miss it because of slow opening that happens randomly .

I tried the camera in safe mode and it seemed to work fine. Could be a third party app that is trying to launch at the same time.
I'll try investigate further.

Jack_R89 said:
I tried the camera in safe mode and it seemed to work fine. Could be a third party app that is trying to launch at the same time.
I'll try investigate further.
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ok . please keep us updated

So. Definitely looks to be a software issue. Either at the system level or third party apps. Most likely the latter.
I downloaded Open Camera and had the same inconsistent opening times. After I removed it from recents and opened a few other apps, Open Camera took around 3-5 seconds to be ready to take a shot.
Not sure which app is influencing it so much. So time to start disabling things and testing further. Joy.....

Hey hamud. What software version and SKU are you using?

Jack_R89 said:
Hey hamud. What software version and SKU are you using?
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model: EVAL19
soft:eva-L19C185B170

it seems that not everyone has this problem ? what do you think?

How fast does camera open from locked phone if you use the power button and volume down button with to take a photo as soon as it opens?
It tells you speed on screen, maybe we can compare this too? I am getting 1.1 to 1.5 seconds.

shaunydub said:
How fast does camera open from locked phone if you use the power button and volume down button with to take a photo as soon as it opens?
It tells you speed on screen, maybe we can compare this too? I am getting 1.1 to 1.5 seconds.
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you mean double tap the volume down while phone is locked ?

Sorry yes double tap, I always forget how to it and takes me longer than the actual camera to open and shoot.
I just came from Windows phones and am used to having dedicated camera button so am still adjusting.

The ultra snapshot took 1.7 seconds. But immediately after that the camera app was frozen for about 5 seconds before the screen showed live what the lens was seeing and let me take another shot. Really frustrating.

for me it took 1.0 , 1.7 and 2.4. I think the problem with huawei firmware. can you share your software version ?

EVAL09
C02B133
I tired removing well known resource heavy apps. Facebook, Twitter etc but no change. I removed AL3 as my launcher and went back to stock. Seemed to improve slightly but still get the 5-7 second freeze every now and again.

so it's not related to my model eval19 . so Huawei must know about this problem to solve it in new update . but I don't know how ?

Do I have a hardware issue?

Hey!
Been having some troubles for 8-10 months now. Thought it was software-related, but those same issues persisted throughout CyanogenOS, RemixResurrection OS, LineageOS. I did full wipes between changing the operating systems. Changing the SD card didn´t help, either. My problems are:
- Fingerprint reader got very unreliable, sometimes it works. Sometimes it gives a short vibration indication that something was recognized, but the screen doesn´t turn on
- When I boot up the phone, there are several apps that take up to 10 minutes to show on my homescreens after it is booted up
- Many apps keep crashing all the time. Re-install didn´t help, they still crash (Unforuntately blabla has stopped working...etc)
- When using Facbook, everytime after a couple of minutes of browsing thorugh the news feed when I buffer or watch videos, the apps freezes and my phone reboots
(- Battery runtimes are sometimes very normal (3.5 - 4 hours screen-on-time over 2-3 days), but often I get maybe 2 hours of screen-on-time over 1-2 days before I need to charge it again)
- Basically, my phone is very useless atm...I can do a couple of things, but it often crashes, freezes, os way too slow.
Might there be a RAM issue? I have no idea....do these symptomes seem familiar to some of you and you might be able to help? I might have a hard time making use of my warranty since I flashed/rooted it, right?
I´d really appreciate your help

I really wish you had received any replies to this, because I am having the exact same issues. Too bad our warranty expired the day we flashed the devices! I mean, the phone does work, but it is very annoying. I used to be really reliable in the beginning, Opening the camera takes a few seconds, the shutter is very slow and sometimes switching to video mode or back to photo takes 30 seconds or more. I've always been flashing the newest lineageOS, but there's no change. It's been like this for 16 months :-/

PassiTheApe said:
I really wish you had received any replies to this, because I am having the exact same issues. Too bad our warranty expired the day we flashed the devices! I mean, the phone does work, but it is very annoying. I used to be really reliable in the beginning, Opening the camera takes a few seconds, the shutter is very slow and sometimes switching to video mode or back to photo takes 30 seconds or more. I've always been flashing the newest lineageOS, but there's no change. It's been like this for 16 months :-/
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could be RAM. could also be some issue with the internal SD storage.
it's a far shot but try running a trim on your device's storage. check the play store for "Trimmer (fstrim)". see if it makes any difference.

PassiTheApe said:
Hey!
Been having some troubles for 8-10 months now. Thought it was software-related, but those same issues persisted throughout CyanogenOS, RemixResurrection OS, LineageOS. I did full wipes between changing the operating systems. Changing the SD card didn´t help, either. My problems are:
- Fingerprint reader got very unreliable, sometimes it works. Sometimes it gives a short vibration indication that something was recognized, but the screen doesn´t turn on
- When I boot up the phone, there are several apps that take up to 10 minutes to show on my homescreens after it is booted up
- Many apps keep crashing all the time. Re-install didn´t help, they still crash (Unforuntately blabla has stopped working...etc)
- When using Facbook, everytime after a couple of minutes of browsing thorugh the news feed when I buffer or watch videos, the apps freezes and my phone reboots
(- Battery runtimes are sometimes very normal (3.5 - 4 hours screen-on-time over 2-3 days), but often I get maybe 2 hours of screen-on-time over 1-2 days before I need to charge it again)
- Basically, my phone is very useless atm...I can do a couple of things, but it often crashes, freezes, os way too slow.
Might there be a RAM issue? I have no idea....do these symptomes seem familiar to some of you and you might be able to help? I might have a hard time making use of my warranty since I flashed/rooted it, right?
I´d really appreciate your help
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i have flashed lineage os but modded gcam is not working even after enabling camera to api. please someone help me and if possible please add a gcam thread for Oppo r7 plus

supriyo_rana said:
i have flashed lineage os but modded gcam is not working even after enabling camera to api. please someone help me and if possible please add a gcam thread for Oppo r7 plus
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no modded gcam requires different camera HAL level. which none of the R7 series phones support. it's stuck at legacy.

Problems in Nokia 8 [Discussion Group]

Hi Nokia 8 user's ,
I have been hearing many complaints about Nokia 8,so I decided to create a thread where I can collect all the complaints about phone and try to find the solution to the problems.
Note ??
The major problems and suggestions go to the Nokia 8 feedback box.

Something's??
->? I use is
- Asus Pixel Master Camera(for Pro Mode & scenary pics)
-https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/zenui...mera-5-0-30-3_181011_5m-android-apk-download/
-Google Camera(Selfies,human pictures)
Please note: Slow motion is not working!!

It's a bit too big for me?

My only complaints are since almost a year of using Nokia 8: LCD burn in is so goddamn bad, even my 3 years old Galaxy Note 4 hasn't have any burn ins, and fingerprint scanner is a bit too small so you might miss a few times. Oh and stock camera app is so so at best, GCam FTW

uchihakurtz said:
My only complaints are since almost a year of using Nokia 8: LCD burn in is so goddamn bad, even my 3 years old Galaxy Note 4 hasn't have any burn ins, and fingerprint scanner is a bit too small so you might miss a few times. Oh and stock camera app is so so at best, GCam FTW
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I have mailed the Nokia team and they asked to install app to fix it like LCD burn in wiper.

Then I also want to write down my "problems":
- Since the update to Pie I have no Bluetooth connection to the Smartwatch (Ticwatch E, Wear OS 2.2)
Resetting to factory settings did not change the problem. Neither the clock nor the phone.
- During any execution of an app, the screen suddenly stops gesturing. Swiping or pressing buttons is no longer possible. This occurs about 4-5 times a week. The only solution: Reboot the device via Volume + Power Button.

Adoptable storage
What about not being able to use SD cards as adoptable / internal storage? Has anyone tinkered with or fixed this yet?

I am on my 2nd brand new 8 in a week and neither work for handsfree loud speaker calls. On Oreo, tried resetting both. No change

taiwaneeze said:
What about not being able to use SD cards as adoptable / internal storage? Has anyone tinkered with or fixed this yet?
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It's bound to software essentially. Many apps from Google play store automatically choose SD card as storage for OBB files. If you want to enforce everything to be installed on a ticking bomb then you are free to do it with magisk modules at absolutely no effort.

KonikoO said:
It's bound to software essentially. Many apps from Google play store automatically choose SD card as storage for OBB files. If you want to enforce everything to be installed on a ticking bomb then you are free to do it with magisk modules at absolutely no effort.
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From what I gather from doing research it sounds like you would need to do a system reset and then disable FBE (file based encryption) as this is the reason why using an sd card as internal storage does not work with the N8.
Sounds like the way to do this is to do it through a modified TWRP/boot image. Just wondering if anyone has done it yet. Was thinking of making a forum discussion about it. I get your point, but in the interest of development and utilization of a device to its fullest potential (aka the ability to move apps to the disk in the interest of increased storage/backup), I also think this feature would be welcome.
Magisk has this functionality? I just got my N8 last week and am playing with all this stuff, just sideloaded on the pie update but havent rooted or flashed a rom yet in the interest of keeping things mostly stock. If Magisk has the functionality then cool, just think it would be interesting to create a custom ROM/tweak to have the functionality to store and use the apps from SD as well as the onboard.

My complaints so far:
- no notification light
- sound quality very poor when making a call
- laggy performance sometimes
- fingerprint scanner too small
- on the Pie beta: rebooting the phone erases the registred fingerprints sometimes
- camera slow and unreliable

the one and the most annoying issue i have with this phone is : the screen sometime half dead ( artifact ) =))) just a normal day , woke up , check the time on phone , and wow !!!!!! the screen half dead =)) , waste a lot of time for replacement ...

paeschli said:
My complaints so far:
- no notification light
- sound quality very poor when making a call
- laggy performance sometimes
- fingerprint scanner too small
- on the Pie beta: rebooting the phone erases the registred fingerprints sometimes
- camera slow and unreliable
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The official update is out rollback to Oreo and update to android pie officially.

My GPS is not working after upgrading to Android Pie. Cannot lock to any satellite. Just wondering if anyone got the same issue.

hkxforce said:
My GPS is not working after upgrading to Android Pie. Cannot lock to any satellite. Just wondering if anyone got the same issue.
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I also have the same problem still finding the solution.....

Aryavart said:
I also have the same problem still finding the solution.....
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I did a factory reset this morning. So far the GPS is working normal again. Will keep checking if problem appears again.

The charging problem still remains, after charging by original charger, it will stop charging after a few seconds. Any solution? No, clear cache, storage and soft reset is not solution.

hkxforce said:
I did a factory reset this morning. So far the GPS is working normal again. Will keep checking if problem appears again.
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For me is whenever I am on my home WiFi it shows me different location and when I am outside on gps it shows my accurate position...

pepino34 said:
The charging problem still remains, after charging by original charger, it will stop charging after a few seconds. Any solution? No, clear cache, storage and soft reset is not solution.
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I have had charging problems a few times. Charging stops after a few seconds or charging is intermittent.
Solved it with compressed air
The cause was cruft in the usb-c port. Pocket lint get pushed down and accumulated in the bottom of the port.
Try to blow it out or use something thin and non-conducting (toothpick?) to get it out.

Has anyone faced camera blur problem??

All issues Android 10 update xz2 compact

I think it would be useful to have a collection of all bugs of the android 10 update. From my point of view it is a disaster.
I noticed the following (after I factory reset it) :
Touch issues - touching the screen lightly does nothing. I have the actually tap it... This makes writing a pain, as hard to reach keys do not always register
Backlight auto adjustment issues - now it's very aggressive and basically stupid. I'm sitting in home, in the evening, almost without moving, definetly in the same spot and the backlight just jumps around in big increments
Lag and shutter in daily usage - a restart solves this for a couple of hours...
apps are now often reloaded - memory manager is too agresive and kills background apps
GPS NOT WORKING. It was flawless before update ?
build-in swiftKey keyboard does NOT remember how and where you type IF you change the keyboard layout /position (compact, split, side, etc...). This essentially makes it useless

A factory reset is not enough , try software repair using Sony companion

Im not having touch or GPS issues, but my phone is definitely slower and laggier since the upgrade to android 10. ALso my battery seems to be depleting faster. Is there any way to roll back to 9?

veverone said:
I think it would be useful to have a collection of all bugs of the android 10 update. From my point of view it is a disaster.
I noticed the following (after I factory reset it) :
Touch issues - touching the screen lightly does nothing. I have the actually tap it... This makes writing a pain, as hard to reach keys do not always register
Backlight auto adjustment issues - now it's very aggressive and basically stupid. I'm sitting in home, in the evening, almost without moving, definetly in the same spot and the backlight just jumps around in big increments
Lag and shutter in daily usage - a restart solves this for a couple of hours...
apps are now often reloaded - memory manager is too agresive and kills background apps
GPS NOT WORKING. It was flawless before update
build-in swiftKey keyboard does NOT remember how and where you type IF you change the keyboard layout /position (compact, split, side, etc...). This essentially makes it useless
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Wifi is often lost and quickly reconnects
fingerprint sensor isn´t as sensitive as it was before
battery drain is bigger than before
bluetooth pairing with tablet doesn´t work properly...being paired: YES, but no connection at all...tried three different tablets...bluetooth headphones work!

The camera application is crashing when I take photos.... :crying:

I really haven't faced any of those issues. The fingerprint is the only things that have become laggy, the phone is louder now when playing music, camera works great even with unlocked bootloader.
You should try to do a clean install with newflasher my phone is even rooted and works great.

carloszf said:
Im not having touch or GPS issues, but my phone is definitely slower and laggier since the upgrade to android 10. ALso my battery seems to be depleting faster. Is there any way to roll back to 9?
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Scratch that... I am experiencing all the issues from OP's post. It is especially severe when trying to use two apps at the same time in split screen.

Sony mobile engineers answer my bug report
Android Beam doesn't work (transferring files by touching two phones with NFC).
Nothing works on this phone any more!
I will never buy another Sony phone and surely I will advice others against buying such sh*t.
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I contacted the Sony support in my country and they said "the download must have been corrupt" and I "should try to reinstall" via the Xperia companion (some kind of desktop app).
Mind boggling is the fact that this answer comes "directly from Sony engineers".
Now... I guess it is clear for everyone why they f*ucked this phone so bad. Their engineers think that a corrupt file can 1) be installed successfully 2) cause all these bugs...

Hamzakovsky said:
A factory reset is not enough , try software repair using Sony companion
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Why factory reset is not enough?
If the corect procedure is to use that "companion", WHY they pushed the update via OTA?

veverone said:
Why factory reset is not enough?
If the corect procedure is to use that "companion", WHY they pushed the update via OTA?
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The only brand who has this crappy issue is Sony ! Companion fills all the missing files or damaged files .. during the ota download and installation sometimes things go wrong

For everyone reading this thread: there is no such thing as instalation with corrupt or missing files.
All files in today's IT world are uniquely identified and double checked after download.
Their answear is only a way of not telling us that they f*cked up this + they think that we are stupid. Some of us might be fooled by this, but surely the majority won't be.

We have primarily the camera issue, a reboot resolves it temporarily.
Anyone managed to fix these issues with a fresh Sony companion install?

52.1.A.0.618 here. Fingerprint is slower and the battery drains faster while screen on. (Standby and deep sleep are both ok). Everything else is the same as Pie, at least for me.

Add me to list of unhappy xz2 compact owners. Phone is almost unusable since the update. More often than not the finger scanner only works when you press the power button first, it lags awfully in most apps, I get errors in apps I never did before, battery drain is about the same as previous. Overall this is my last Sony. Very very poor. Should add I did full companion restore and it made zero difference

I have to add my voice to this thread, short as it happily/sadly is. Since the update I've experienced a number of issues: Fingerprint scanner is less sensitive and sometimes doesn't work, the wake-up procedure is strange, in that the icons will appear before the background loads and even though I have security set to not show notification details on the lock screen, they'll reveal for a split second before waking up to the home screen, the camera is unreliable, the timer app doesn't reset or dismiss when appearing on the notification bar..
It's the first time I've ever emailed Sony Support on what was (and I hope still will be) my favourite ever phone. They of course just tell me to factory reset. Such a shame and I hope they fix it.

majorwedgy said:
Add me to list of unhappy xz2 compact owners. Phone is almost unusable since the update. More often than not the finger scanner only works when you press the power button first, it lags awfully in most apps, I get errors in apps I never did before, battery drain is about the same as previous. Overall this is my last Sony. Very very poor. Should add I did full companion restore and it made zero difference
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I'm having the same issue. Not sure what is wrong. I have not factory restored my phone. That is ridiculous

I also add the bug of Google Assistant in Stamina Mode:
I always keep It disabled when long press home button, but when Stamina Mode turns on, Google Assistant switches on again automatically although in settings shows that is off.

wow its been 2 years since I bought the XZ2C, had issues with the wifi and data so I went back to android 8.0, and use it for O2 priority only. Came back to see if android 10 fixed the problems. Disappointing.
I am not surprised at all that Sony still hasn't fixed any of the issues.

With today's New Update the the voicemail-Record-Volume Bug is fixed.
Finally. Too good to bei true.

tyrael11 said:
With today's New Update the the voicemail-Record-Volume Bug is fixed.
Finally. Too good to bei true.
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there are still a lot of vital features that were bugged in android10 and i´m not sure they´ll be adressed in the near future.