For some reason, the Camera function on my G2X no longer works. It worked a few times previously, but now every time I launch the screen flickers and nothing launches.
Persists across reboot. Cleared data on the camera app, want to avoid wiping the phone if possible.
Anyone run into this, before, or know a fix?
Casao said:
For some reason, the Camera function on my G2X no longer works. It worked a few times previously, but now every time I launch the screen flickers and nothing launches.
Persists across reboot. Cleared data on the camera app, want to avoid wiping the phone if possible.
Anyone run into this, before, or know a fix?
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Haven't run into this problem myself but you could try downloading an alternate camera app from the market to see if that works. If it does, you may have to factory reset your phone. If it doesn't, it may be the hardware(the camera itself).
Casao said:
For some reason, the Camera function on my G2X no longer works. It worked a few times previously, but now every time I launch the screen flickers and nothing launches.
Persists across reboot. Cleared data on the camera app, want to avoid wiping the phone if possible.
Anyone run into this, before, or know a fix?
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I noticed this problem as well, after rooting the phone. I'm not sure if it was an issue before that or not. But what I found is that if you rotate the phone into landscape mode and then open the camera app it works fine. Only trying to open it in portrait caused me any issues. Hope this helps.
zoman7663 said:
I noticed this problem as well, after rooting the phone. I'm not sure if it was an issue before that or not. But what I found is that if you rotate the phone into landscape mode and then open the camera app it works fine. Only trying to open it in portrait caused me any issues. Hope this helps.
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This is ridiculous.
Yet true.
I'll be resetting my phone tonight to fix the battery drain, hopefully this will be resolved at the same time. But this definitely worked, so I can test out this camera some more while I wait. Thanks!
I had this issue too. Try opening while in landscape. Once open switch to portrait then close while in portrait. You should be able to open on portrait after.
Edit: This only works some of the time
Has anyone figured out the camera issue? I had my camera working fine, I rooted the phone and now the camera just flickers around the button. Must have this camera working.
Thanks
djcense said:
I had this issue too. Try opening while in landscape. Once open switch to portrait then close while in portrait. You should be able to open on portrait after.
Edit: This only works some of the time
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Had same issue, as you noted the reset solved my problem, camera is working AOK. I would have hated to loose the camera function, it is a good camera.
2nd phone that my damn camera stopped working after about 15 minutes. I didn't root this phone to make sure that wasn't the issue. The camera worked after I did a factory wipe, got it all set up and was taking pictures while I was setting it up to make sure it wasn't a rogue app. Thought I was in the clear and tried to take a picture and nothing. Same problem everyone else is having. just wiped the phone again for the 3rd time and camera works, going thru same process, can anyone give me any advice on this camera. Very strange and getting real pissed off.
Vinny
vinnyjr said:
2nd phone that my damn camera stopped working after about 15 minutes. I didn't root this phone to make sure that wasn't the issue. The camera worked after I did a factory wipe, got it all set up and was taking pictures while I was setting it up to make sure it wasn't a rogue app. Thought I was in the clear and tried to take a picture and nothing. Same problem everyone else is having. just wiped the phone again for the 3rd time and camera works, going thru same process, can anyone give me any advice on this camera. Very strange and getting real pissed off.
Vinny
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I use anylock to bypass my lock screen so when I get a text message (ssm popup) It will open up my screen automatic and display text message. This way I'm not always pushing my power button to gain entry to phone. Problem is the lock screen app is some how screwing up the camera app. Also tried no lock and same problem.
Just wanted to let anyone using lock screens what I encountered, maybe save you hours of resetting phone.
vinnyjr said:
I use anylock to bypass my lock screen so when I get a text message (ssm popup) It will open up my screen automatic and display text message. This way I'm not always pushing my power button to gain entry to phone. Problem is the lock screen app is some how screwing up the camera app. Also tried no lock and same problem.
Just wanted to let anyone using lock screens what I encountered, maybe save you hours of resetting phone.
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Mine was doing the same thing and I was about to blame it on Pauls patch. It turned out to be widget locker. I froze it in Titanium and then it came on with no problem. I was really close to wiping AGAIN. Really glad I saw this. Thank You
Hey everyone.
I just bought my desire S and i am having an issue with the camera.
every time i open up the camera app, the screen focuses with a square in the middle and makes that focus sound then beeps like it does when it is ready to take a photo, then the screen goes black and repeats the focus part...
I dont have to even touch anything for this to happen.
I have tried powering the phone off and back on, and also clear data from applications menu but it still has this problem.
Anyone else have these issues? or similar
adizz131 said:
Anyone else have these issues? or similar
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This has happened to me but just once, The phone seemed to be auto taking pictures without me pressing anything, making the noises etc.. although when I later looked on the SD card none appeared to have been taken and when I pressed the button it did take the picture that I wanted.
I'm afraid that I can't quite remember what I did to stop it, I believe that I toggled the auto focus settings.
all fixed now!
I had to toggle the auto focus setting.
Thanks for the tip!
Hey guys,
Been digging around a bit for a solution but haven't found anything so far...
Anyway, HDR is normally set to "auto" in the camera app. Over the past few days, whenever the HDR is used if auto decides to use it or if it is manually selected) it turns everything an extremely blue hue. I initially thought it was taking a negative image but green sections still appear OK.
Any ideas how to stop it doing that, while still being able to use HDR? The phone isn't rooted, so all I've been able to do without a full reset is clear settings of the camera app.
And it just seems to be Samsung's app - Snapchat and Instagram work fine.
If anyone has any ideas let me know
It seems like its stuck on a near focus mode, of course I have reset camera settings to default, restarted and even tried other camera apps.
I had the issue before and it went away. Can't seem to figure it out,
Any suggestions before I do a full reset on the phone?
Turn off the 'wide aperture' option? When you open the app, its the second option (from the left) in the top bar.
BigFuzzyArchon said:
It seems like its stuck on a near focus mode, of course I have reset camera settings to default, restarted and even tried other camera apps.
I had the issue before and it went away. Can't seem to figure it out,
Any suggestions before I do a full reset on the phone?
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How about enabling the object tracking in setting?
sending it for warranty, RIP
Since I upgraded to Nougat I have developed this issue. I use the option to set my lock screen wallpaper to rotate between 30 selected images from my photos. This works for a few hours. Everytime I look at my lock screen its a different image. Then it stops alternating. I have to go in and select a new batch of photos. It then works for a few more hours. It never stops on the same photo. Anybody else see this happening?
have u tried to Wipe and restart the device?
back up everything first!
No I have not done that yet. I used it all the time before the update. I went ahead and tried it on my wifes phone that also updated to Nougat and it does the same thing. Maybe someone else can try it and see if it works?
One other thing I've noticed. If I unlock my phone often it will keep changing. It seems like it stops working when the phone sits untouched for awhile. Could it be the doze feature? This problem did start right after upgrading to nougat. I see that you can select apps that you don't want doze to affect but what would I choose for the stock screen saver app?