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Camera & Flashlight Problem

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

decryption problem / camera problem

Hello,
Im trying to remove the encryption on my Xperia XZ but it doesn't seem to go away.
Even when i factory reset the phone and skip all steps of the setup process, it's still encrypted.
Anybody knows what I can do? a little help is well appreciated.
Also my camera doesn't work anymore, it's just giving me the error "camera is being used by another application" ,
I tried resetting the app, wiping cache and wiping data. No results there.
Thanks!

Deniz_S said:
Hello,
Im trying to remove the encryption on my Xperia XZ but it doesn't seem to go away.
Even when i factory reset the phone and skip all steps of the setup process, it's still encrypted.
Anybody knows what I can do? a little help is well appreciated.
Also my camera doesn't work anymore, it's just giving me the error "camera is being used by another application" ,
I tried resetting the app, wiping cache and wiping data. No results there.
Thanks!
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Search threads, this has already been reported & fixed.

[Completed] camera failed

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

Fingerprint scanner stopped working

Yesterday all of a sudden I kept getting this error with fingerprint scanner having to close. I disabled this method in order to unlock my phone faster, since fingerprint scanner didn't work even after several reboots. Now when I got to the fingerprint section in order I get "an error has occurred with the fingerprint sensor. If this message appears repeatedly, restart your device. " Obviously, restarting doesn't do the trick.
I tried the fingerprint test (via *#0*0 and I get "fingerprint initializing fail" (sic)
I've been looking all over to no avail. Thing I tried
- Clearing data/cache for the fingerprint apk
- Clearing davilk cache
I want to know if anyone found a solution prior trying a hard reset
I'm on: stock MM 6.0.1, rooted (have been rooted for more than 3 months, so this doesn't have to do with rooting). Phone didn't suffer damage of any kind

reflashing stock firmware could solve your problem...if you dont mind...!
if that didnt fix it up... it could the sensor (home button) problem.

vforvlive said:
reflashing stock firmware could solve your problem...if you dont mind...!
if that didnt fix it up... it could the sensor (home button) problem.
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you mean just reflashing, without factory resetting it?

Dexter_prog said:
you mean just reflashing, without factory resetting it?
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get into factory settings and wipe as you said, yes
and then flash fresh stock firmware...
once again wipe, restart done!

vforvlive said:
get into factory settings and wipe as you said, yes
and then flash fresh stock firmware...
once again wipe, restart done!
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unfortunatelly, problem still persists

P30 Lite Camera stopped working after update

Hello there,
I have just noticed that there is a section for P30 and I would like to know if someone is able to give me some assistance in this subject.
I have a friend that lost his front camera (selfie camera) after an update from huawei.
Everytime he selects the front camera it freezes completely and just returns a black screen. Messenger does not work, whatsapp does not work, all video apps cant enable the front camera, I assume they broke the selfie camera from the main app.
I have seen some people complaining about this all over the internet and the assistance says to follow a few reset steps.
Last case return to assistance, what if the smartphone is out of warranty period?
I would like to know if someone had this issue and knows how to fix it.
Thank you!

Same problem here... First it was black screen and crashing of camera app, then after clearing android cache, camera app cache and gallery cache, back/main camera is working again but front/selfie camera is crashing when i try to change to it...

Which android cache are you cleaning?

when i said android cache i meant cache from that eRecovery menu (volume up + power button)
Meanwhile, I tried to revert to android 9, and the problem persisted, reset to factory defaults didnt help as well, then update to Androdi version10 didnt help... Have no idea what to do...
Sending it to service tomorrow...

CarnX said:
when i said android cache i meant cache from that eRecovery menu (volume up + power button)
Meanwhile, I tried to revert to android 9, and the problem persisted, reset to factory defaults didnt help as well, then update to Androdi version10 didnt help... Have no idea what to do...
Sending it to service tomorrow...
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i also wiped cache and it didnt helped, but i have this problem on p30 and i think it happened because of update...