The more frustrating issue im facing is, sometimes, (not all thr time) camera's reverse rotation is not fully occuring and stops still little out side the housing at the same time the camera module is loose enough to go inside the housing and comes out little bit when the phone faced downwards in the air.
If anyone has the same problem, please let me know
EDIT: my phone is running on latest firmware
There is a calibration tool in Settings. It may fix your problem.
aleksander002 said:
There is a calibration tool in Settings. It may fix your problem.
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Okay, I'll try that..
Ajithnkr said:
If anyone has the same problem, please let me know
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No problem here.
Check if your Flip Camera and its metal dock is clean.
Calibrate Flip Camera and check functionality.
Service it.
I also have a problem
The camera thinks something is blocking it when i try a fast flip even if nothing is there and says impossible to flip. Sometimes it works.
I cannot calibrate it because of this problem
And it seems clean.
If i drive the camera manually it works but i can see the beginning of switch is a bit hard.
Retracting camera always works well.
All ideas are good to try
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Hey guys,
My front camera on my transformer just started to act funky. The front camera no longer works and only shows a green screen/other weird artifacts. I've used the front camera to video chat before and it was working fine. Anyone have any ideas as to what is wrong? Should I RMA it?
Android: 3.0.1
Kernal: 2.6.36.3-00004-g069b8b5 [email protected]#1
Build Number: HRI66.US_epad-8.2.3.13-20110511
Any ideas?
Did you try going into your settings->applications and force closing the camera app and maybe clearing the data. It seems like it might be a software issue. Try that and see if it fixes your problem.
Reverence12389 said:
Did you try going into your settings->applications and force closing the camera app and maybe clearing the data. It seems like it might be a software issue. Try that and see if it fixes your problem.
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Tried it but it didn't fix it.
xreflection said:
Tried it but it didn't fix it.
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I definitely think it is a software issue. I thought they stated that it was fixed in the .13 update, but obviously not. While in the camera app try switching from the front camera to the rear several times. That used to fix it for me when this happened. I have not had it in some time, at lease not since the last update.
Does it mean anything if I don't hear the mechanical click of the camera switching back and forth? I hear it when it switches to the back camera, but not to the front? I've already tried to switch it back and forth multiple times, all I get is artifacts.
Things I've tried:
Factory Reset
Clearing camera data and force stopping it
Switching back and forth between front and back multiple times
Another thing to note is that the camera was working AFTER I updated to the latest firmware. I only just noticed it doing this the past day. I'm debating on RMAing it because I don't really use the camera much, but it would be nice to be able to web chat with my girlfriend once in a while with my tablet. I have another tablet coming in today. Depending on the shape of this one, I may or may not decide to RMA.
xreflection said:
Does it mean anything if I don't hear the mechanical click of the camera switching back and forth? I hear it when it switches to the back camera, but not to the front? I've already tried to switch it back and forth multiple times, all I get is artifacts.
Things I've tried:
Factory Reset
Clearing camera data and force stopping it
Switching back and forth between front and back multiple times
Another thing to note is that the camera was working AFTER I updated to the latest firmware. I only just noticed it doing this the past day. I'm debating on RMAing it because I don't really use the camera much, but it would be nice to be able to web chat with my girlfriend once in a while with my tablet. I have another tablet coming in today. Depending on the shape of this one, I may or may not decide to RMA.
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My front camera works and I only get the click when switching to the back as well.
Good luck, one way or another I hope you get it to work/replaced.
I definitely would not live with it though. I did not think that I would use it all that much, but I have found myself chatting with family a couple times a week on it, its very handy.
rockcrawler said:
My front camera works and I only get the click when switching to the back as well.
Good luck, one way or another I hope you get it to work/replaced.
I definitely would not live with it though. I did not think that I would use it all that much, but I have found myself chatting with family a couple times a week on it, its very handy.
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This is a bit off topic, but what app are you guys using to do video chatting?
Reverence12389 said:
This is a bit off topic, but what app are you guys using to do video chatting?
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Google Talk/Gchat
So the tablet that came in today is like near perfect condition. No creaking, no alignment issues, the camera works after updating to latest firmware (will have to keep an eye on this) and NO backlight bleed. I'm going to just return the other one. Walmart returns should be easy.
Hey!
The Issue: During a phone call the screen turns dark and will not reactivate...it will pop back up after the call disconnects. Hitting any of the site buttons does nothing.
I have tried flashing with the newest firmware (http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.ph...-firmware-released-0502-version/#.UtMOWM93vVI), and although it says this issue has been resolved, it does not fix the problem for me.
I heard that custom ROM fix the solution? (Saw it on this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518663).
But last time I tried one of those, the phone bricked and it took me a while to get it back working (finding stock followed by lost IMEI).
Anyone know a solution? Or possibly a good solid custom ROM that will work? I would really appreciate your help!
I am also having this same issue but with my Cubot X6. However mine just doesn't work in the dark. During daylight it responds as it should.
After a lot of googling it seems to be a problem with jellybean as it occurs on a lot of other phones. A way of solving this would be to disable the proximity sensor but I can't find any settings to do so.
Need help
alrightiwill said:
I am also having this same issue but with my Cubot X6. However mine just doesn't work in the dark. During daylight it responds as it should.
After a lot of googling it seems to be a problem with jellybean as it occurs on a lot of other phones. A way of solving this would be to disable the proximity sensor but I can't find any settings to do so.
Need help
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Hey! Not sure if this be of any help, but for me removing the screen (plastic) cover fixed the issue. I assume the screen cover was blocking a sensor thus resulting in my issues.
Just thought I let you know what worked for me...although I doubt your issue can be solved like this.
BTW, I suggest you start a new post, as this one is old and I doubt anyone will read it! also, check out geekbuying.com blog in regards to your phone. They might have more info.
Hey,
So I cracked my screen, changed it with OEM new parts, and worked great for weeks after the installation.
Now, I'm having camera issues, back camera works fine, but when you switch to front facing camera the app freezes and crashes, and I get cant connect to camera black screen, and at this point the back camera wont work either, if you restart and clear data on camera app the back camera works again, but front facing will never work. Currently, I;m running stock rooted but I've had this issue with rooted custom roms and stock unrooted. I'm not sure if this is related to the screen change or not, but it worked great for weeks after the screen change. and, I;m having the same issue with other camera apps too, no snap chat installed nor any other apps that could conflict.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!
I am currently dealing with a similar situation. Did you find anything to help fix the problem?
This is almost certainly due a little piece of tape coming off of the ribbon cable. I happened to solve this by cutting a small piece of scotch tape and wrapping it around the ribbon cable so that the underside of the cable is not making contact with the PCB.
I know this is a super late reply but I hope it can help someone in a similar situation!
Hello. So i had the exact same problem as OP. Got my screen replaced (not by me), but a few days after that i noticed that my camera would freeze when trying to change it to the front facing camera. i had issues with messenger and the normal app. i did a few system restores and even unlcoked and installed custom rooted Roms last night. Still freezing on the front camera.
I'm now positive its a hardware connection issue. Anyone else have this issue? I feel i should open the phone and try to fix it.
Just like that, out of the blue no more rear camera. When you try to launch app, it just instantly crashes. This happens with 3rd party camera apps as well.
When I'm checking hardware with apps like aida64, droid info and devcheck there are no rear camera, it's not detectable.
Cache clear, app disable, safe boot, hard reset does not solve this issue.
I see two options: 1) Google in last system update included firmware upgrade for camera that totally screwed it up; 2) it's really faulty rear camera (I hope not)
Apparently I'm not alone, but I couldn't find anywhere on the web complaining about it. Is it really isolated case?
whitealien said:
Just like that, out of the blue no more rear camera. When you try to launch app, it just instantly crashes. This happens with 3rd party camera apps as well.
When I'm checking hardware with apps like aida64, droid info and devcheck there are no rear camera, it's not detectable.
Cache clear, app disable, safe boot, hard reset does not solve this issue.
I see two options: 1) Google in last system update included firmware upgrade for camera that totally screwed it up; 2) it's really faulty rear camera (I hope not)
Apparently I'm not alone, but I couldn't find anywhere on the web complaining about it. Is it really isolated case?
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I'm on the latest system update, and have had no camera problems. Sounds like you may have a faulty camera.
I'm on the latest as well with no issues. As mentioned, this screams failed camera. When repairing other phones and leaving a camera ribbon disconnected I experienced the exact same crashes with camera related apps.
Exokan said:
I'm on the latest as well with no issues. As mentioned, this screams failed camera. When repairing other phones and leaving a camera ribbon disconnected I experienced the exact same crashes with camera related apps.
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Can it be that small slide from bed to floor could break camera? I would be shocked if that is true. Pixel phones are even more fragile than iphones.
whitealien said:
Can it be that small slide from bed to floor could break camera? I would be shocked if that is true. Pixel phones are even more fragile than iphones.
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Apparently it can.
Brought today to repair shop. Guy said that camera socket had cold solder joints. This would explain why small drop would cause socket failure, but should I believe him? Lets see after repair. This will offset me for 70€ , ouch. Also, he said that flash was burned???? What? Phone is month old and I never used flash.
It seems that Google phones have issues with quality control.
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Apparently it can.
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That's a bummer. Sorry dude, good luck with the repairs!
Anyone having issues with the flip camera?
Mine worked fine when the phone was new, but now it flips _almost_ all the way up, then complains about camera being obstructed. When I gently push it back/forward I cannot feel anything obstructing the camera.
Same thing when i try to flip it back down.
I'm not sure if one of the many OTA:s has caused this or some other degradation from usage..
The update that came today seems to maybe fix your issue.
WW_user_29.13.7.44_20201015
1. Optimized the logic of camera flipping obstacle detection
2. Optimized the dynamic camera photo effect
3. Improved the occassional shaking issue in Camera 60FPS video mode
4. Updated IT Windtre APN
5. Enabled VoWiFi on CSL (HK)
267.48 MB
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The update that came today seems to maybe fix your issue.
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No change unfortunately
Have you tried the recalibration option?
Hello, maybe the next firmware will help you WW_29.13.7.47
Are you using a screen protector with black borders? Those tend to trigger the sensors, which is why the flip camera thinks something is in the way
I ended up doing an RMA with Asus and they replaced the motor. I assume it had become damaged somehow. I was not charged for the repair.