Hi,
I tried to install an app that uses the camera for voice calls, and it triggers the selfie cam the first time I start it.
This is despite denied camera permission at this point.
Could someone please be so kind and try it on the stock rom, if the same bug occurs?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.linphone&hl=en
Just install it, and start it, nothing else needed.
Thank you so much!
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Greetings! I've been looking for an answer to this but can't find it; if it is out there and I missed it, I apologize for my poor search skills.
If I leave the camera app open, I find that my phone crashes after a few hours. (Obviously, the solution is to back out of the camera app, but I take a lot of pictures and I'm absentminded.)
Also, sometimes the camera app simply fails after it has been used. It won't open again. For clarity, I'm now using Camera Zoom FX, but it's the camera itself that's causing problems. The error I get from CZFX is something like "can't connect to camera, kill the app with a task manager and try again." But the camera app is not running, so it can't be killed. (I had similar problems when I first got the phone, when I was using the built-in camera app.)
So, my questions:
1) Is there some way to restart the camera without resetting the phone?
2) Is there some way to *automatically* restart the camera from time to time, so it doesn't crash if I accidentally leave it open? I presume if there's an answer to (1) then I could set it up to cron somehow, but I don't seem to have managed to get cron (with busybox) working correctly. Is there another way?
Thanks!
Hi, I'm having an issue with my Nexus 5 which is that the front and back cameras as well as the back LED no longer seem to function. This happens in the stock Camera app where as soon as it is opened, an 'Unfortunately, Camera has stopped.' message comes up and blackness is shown. This also happens in third party apps such as Snapchat where the message 'Snapchat was unable to open the camera. You may need to restart your device ' comes up. In addition, upon attempting to use Tesla LED, the back facing LED does not turn on.
The likely cause that I can see is the recent screen replacement that took place. I ordered this[1] online which came with a new set of cameras as well as a new screen. I took the motherboard, battery and rear case from the old phone and attached them to the new set of cameras and the new screen.
After performing the replacement, everything else worked except the cameras and the LED.
Upon seeing the issue, I tried swapping out the new rear facing camera (that came with the screen replacement) for the old rear facing camera that was in the old phone (the camera still worked before the replacement). After swapping the rear camera the issue was unchanged.
I have tried the following in terms of software fixes:
-Other camera applications - they crash or are black
-Clear cache and application data for the stock camera app - no effect
-Change to ART - no effect
I would greatly appreciate any help or advice that you can offer.
I'd reinstall stock rom and gapps, if they still don't work you know it's a hardware problem for sure. Then troubleshoot from there.
Lokke9191 said:
I'd reinstall stock rom and gapps, if they still don't work you know it's a hardware problem for sure. Then troubleshoot from there.
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I factory reset the device and tried the default Google Apps, still having the same issues.
Any suggestions for hardware trouble shooting?
bhtp said:
I factory reset the device and tried the default Google Apps, still having the same issues.
Any suggestions for hardware trouble shooting?
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As for hardware trouble shooting, being that you know the original cameras worked, all you can do is check the connections . I'd unplug them and plug them back in.
I'd also try flashing the 4.4 stock camera zip and see if that works.
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As for hardware trouble shooting, being that you know the original cameras worked, all you can do is check the connections . I'd unplug them and plug them back in.
I'd also try flashing the 4.4 stock camera zip and see if that works.
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I tried reattaching all of the physical connections and that did not seem to make a difference.
In regards to flashing the 4.4 stock camera zip, would you be able to give me a little guidance as to how that process would occur?
Thanks so much for your help so far.
You'd need to root, install a custom recovery (twrp), use titanium backup to uninstall camera. Then boot into your custom recovery and install the camera zip.
Lokke9191 said:
You'd need to root, install a custom recovery (twrp), use titanium backup to uninstall camera. Then boot into your custom recovery and install the camera zip.
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Sorry for such a long response time.
I updated the phone to 4.4.3.
Interestingly the back facing camera appears to have started working. The default camera application still fails to open, but when I use another application (Snapchat) and have it set to try the backfacing camera first, everything seems to work ok. However, when I switch to front facing the application says that it can't find the camera.
In addition, the back facing LED has begun to work again as well.
Previously, I had switched out the new rear facing camera (that came with the casing) for the old rear facing camera hoping that it might changes things. I recognize retrospectively that my method of testing was flawed as it seems as though regardless of whether one of the cameras is/was working the application would not open.
Hoping that the replacement of the rear facing had caused it to start working, I swapped out the new front facing camera for the old one. Upon testing, the issues with the front facing camera seem to persist.
At this point I'm not sure how to proceed. The lack of functionality of both front facing cameras (the old and the new) would seem to suggest an issue with the connector on the motherboard if the problem were hardware based. I'm not sure, though, if the problem could somehow be in software.
One software phenomenon that I observed is that as soon as I try to use the front facing camera, the back facing camera stops working again requiring the application to be reset. This occurrence has led me to question the causation between the update and the new functionality. It is possible that in my testing of the device before the update, I had simply been opening the front facing camera and upon seeing it fail, and trying the back facing camera and seeing it fail (because I had tried the front facing camera), that I assumed it was not working.
If you have any recommendations on how to proceed I would greatly appreciate hearing them. If not then thanks for all your help.
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Sorry for such a long response time.
I updated the phone to 4.4.3.
Interestingly the back facing camera appears to have started working. The default camera application still fails to open, but when I use another application (Snapchat) and have it set to try the backfacing camera first, everything seems to work ok. However, when I switch to front facing the application says that it can't find the camera.
In addition, the back facing LED has begun to work again as well.
Previously, I had switched out the new rear facing camera (that came with the casing) for the old rear facing camera hoping that it might changes things. I recognize retrospectively that my method of testing was flawed as it seems as though regardless of whether one of the cameras is/was working the application would not open.
Hoping that the replacement of the rear facing had caused it to start working, I swapped out the new front facing camera for the old one. Upon testing, the issues with the front facing camera seem to persist.
At this point I'm not sure how to proceed. The lack of functionality of both front facing cameras (the old and the new) would seem to suggest an issue with the connector on the motherboard if the problem were hardware based. I'm not sure, though, if the problem could somehow be in software.
One software phenomenon that I observed is that as soon as I try to use the front facing camera, the back facing camera stops working again requiring the application to be reset. This occurrence has led me to question the causation between the update and the new functionality. It is possible that in my testing of the device before the update, I had simply been opening the front facing camera and upon seeing it fail, and trying the back facing camera and seeing it fail (because I had tried the front facing camera), that I assumed it was not working.
If you have any recommendations on how to proceed I would greatly appreciate hearing them. If not then thanks for all your help.
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Any updates mate? Did you made it work ?
I opened my nexus to fix the gps. Everything worked fine, until suddenly gps stopped working. I opened again, remove the fix, still the same.
Then my camera stopped working as well. "Cannot connect to camera" or something like this it gave me.
I've updated from 4.4.4 kitkat to android L latest build, and gps works but the camera app crashes, as well as any other camera on market ( either black screen or crash ).
Any help for me ?
Any answer it will be appreciated.
Same exact issue with front facing camera after glass replacement. Anybody find a fix yet?
I got really feed up with camera on this phone. Since camera update as well as lollipop, camera
Crashes every now and than.
I try to use my phone normally, and when i want to take a photo, camera crashes
. won't even start. Can anyone tell me the solution, maybe it's
Viber or 3rd party gallery.... Anyone?
Can't connect to camera
faruk.foco said:
I got really feed up with camera on this phone. Since camera update as well as lollipop, camera
Crashes every now and than.
I try to use my phone normally, and when i want to take a photo, camera crashes
. won't even start. Can anyone tell me the solution, maybe it's
Viber or 3rd party gallery.... Anyone?
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I had this issue with my Nexus 5, and after restart my camera works fine, but after some time I have popup Can't connect to camera again. After some searching for solution, I found (In AppOps) that Viber is using camera in the background and not allowing Google Camera app to connect to camera. I disabled (In AppOps) Viber permission to use camera, and my problem is gone! Sorry for my english
Thx, I'll give it a try
First off, I have not seen this anywhere else, but appologies if i've missed it!
Even on a completely clean install of the M preview, upon opening camera, and once passed the 'OK, GOT IT' button, camera closes. Every time. Regardless of what i do, clear cache, update, remove updates etc. Happens on Preview 1 and 2. Doesnt happen in 5.0/5.1/5.1.1. I thought it might be the fact the camera was damaged being reported in some new way to the system, forcing the closure (i ripped the cable slightly when repairing another part (i know, dumb, but i slipped)), but have since replaced with a new part and still have issues.
Has anyone else had this, and fixed it? Thanks!
Hello, I have the same problem. Unfortunately, my problem persists on older versions of android. My problem seems to be the front facing camera, because with a third party app, the rear camera works. I replaced the front camera, but it still does not work in any app, and the Camera app still does not start. Tried removing the front camera - app again stops working.
That is the same for me. Snapchat will use the rear camera fine, but doesn't register the phone as even having a front camera
ishamm said:
That is the same for me. Snapchat will use the rear camera fine, but doesn't register the phone as even having a front camera
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Same here! I can take photos through Tinder, and download them to my phone (although sometimes the Tinder app will crash too). But whenever I open the Camera app I get the "Unfortunately, Camera has stopped" message. I've tried multiple reboots, closing the app, not closing the app, resetting the cache, etc. Nothing works.
I believe this all started when I tried to take a "selfie" one time (I guess that's God's way of telling me never to do that again). When I switched to the front camera all hell broke loose. Now I'm guessing it's "stuck" on the front camera and I can't run the app even to switch it back!
hello everybody
today my camera app stopped working, starts and closes immediately. i tried clearing cache, restarting in safe mode etc. but it wont help.
Sometimes the camera app opens but doesn't autofocus.
Please help me
Try other apps like IG, snap, etc. that have access to the cameras. If you get the same results, odds are that, either the front, or the rear sensor has failed.
DuckRuckus said:
Try other apps like IG, snap, etc. that have access to the cameras. If you get the same results, odds are that, either the front, or the rear sensor has failed.
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i tried but the same problem i got, the selfie camera work perfectly but the rear one not
My pixels 2 also has the same problems both keeps crashing and doesn't autofocus.
Selfie camera works well.
zeaki said:
My pixels 2 also has the same problems both keeps crashing and doesn't autofocus.
Selfie camera works well.
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there seems to be no solution
since you cleanred the cache already have you tried reinstalling the apk? if that doesnt work then just for testing purposes make a backup and then do a factory reset and test. this will hopefully help determine if its hardware related or software.
same issue did everything, thinking of rooting device and try other things. any suggestions? please help
Same problem, I even replaced the camera with a used good one from ebay. Same issue, so definitely software related.