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[Q] Camera Error - Cannot connect to camera.

Just bought a new Nexus S [ GT-I9020T ] Factory Unlocked Sealed Phone. Got home, Did a full charge and started up the phone and followed the Initial Setup. First notification came up for a OTA upgrade to 2.34. Upgraded it. Everything was ok for couple of days.
Now! When i received a video call through Google talk the app was keep on crashing. Was not able to see any video or send any. Went into the camera app and it says Camera Error - Cannot connect to camera.
Read few threads and Googled the issue and tried the video chat with Qik, Fring etc and still had no luck.
Tried to restore/ wipe and it helped. The camera app worked and didn't see an error message. Until i tries to switch to front camera in the settings. Same Problem and the only thing solved it was a wipe/restore.
Tried to download a fresh 2.3.4 update and applied as an update instead of restore. Same issue, nothing changed.
I don't think it is a hardware issue. Has anyone else faced the same problem ? Is there a solution ? or is there a way to downgrade to the 2.3.3 firmware ?
Details in the Phone as of now
Model NO: Nexus S
Baseband Version: I9020XXKD1
Build Number: GRJ22
Please Help!

No one faced this problem?

techvin said:
No one faced this problem?
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go the main phone settings, applications, manage applications, all, camera, clear data, then reboot. did that fix it?

simms22 said:
go the main phone settings, applications, manage applications, all, camera, clear data, then reboot. did that fix it?
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Worked, thank you so much!

bighill89 said:
Worked, thank you so much!
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sweet! works every time

Argh, problem is happening again. I don't want to have to Clear Data and Reboot every time I need to take a photo. Is there a long term solution? What's the cause of this anyway?

bighill89 said:
Argh, problem is happening again. I don't want to have to Clear Data and Reboot every time I need to take a photo. Is there a long term solution? What's the cause of this anyway?
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corrupt data.

bighill89 said:
Argh, problem is happening again. I don't want to have to Clear Data and Reboot every time I need to take a photo. Is there a long term solution? What's the cause of this anyway?
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you dont have to reboot.

simms22 said:
you dont have to reboot.
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I tried force stopping the camera then clearing the data without a reboot, but it doesn't work. When I open the Camera app, the screen just goes black. I can press the Home button to exit.

Just did a factory reset. Back camera worked, but as soon as I switched to front camera, the app went black. I pressed the Home button. Then when I went back into the Camera app, it just said "Cannot connect to camera."
On the phone with Fido now to discuss repairs. I have a stock Nexus S with Fido, unrooted.

Wowzers, this is getting serious.
I rooted my phone, installed CM7 to see if it was a software problem, and still the same problem.
Now I unrooted my phone, locked the bootloader, and tomorrow I'll be giving it to Fido to send it to Samsung for warranty repair.

Help ?
I am having same problem with the frontal camera, after using video chat on messenger 1.4, I am running CM7. please help

meblacq said:
I am having same problem with the frontal camera, after using video chat on messenger 1.4, I am running CM7. please help
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You might be **** out of luck dude. I just gave my phone to Fido to send to Samsung for warranty repair.

Videos and sound stops working

I have a rooted S6 international version with magisk and with OdexLite ROM and sometimes I can't play videos,anywhere,youtube,facebook,instagram,stories from snapchat,etc.Oh,and another problem is the sound just cuts off,like I can't hear a notification or anything and I can't play songs,it's says "Failed to play track" .If I restart my phone it solves the problem,but just for some hours and i don't want to do this 4 times a day.It is the ROM problem or it's a root problem?

Daryuszs said:
I have a rooted S6 international version with magisk and with OdexLite ROM and sometimes I can't play videos,anywhere,youtube,facebook,instagram,stories from snapchat,etc.Oh,and another problem is the sound just cuts off,like I can't hear a notification or anything and I can't play songs,it's says "Failed to play track" .If I restart my phone it solves the problem,but just for some hours and i don't want to do this 4 times a day.It is the ROM problem or it's a root problem?
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Have to tried clearing dalvik and cache in TWRP?

sofir786 said:
Have to tried clearing dalvik and cache in TWRP?
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Yea,but no luck

Daryuszs said:
Yea,but no luck
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Only thing else I can think of is to clean flash that Rom, I'm on it and have no issues

Oh wow, finally with the same problem as mine, but really didn't notice about the video problem, but I surely have it sometimes. See my thread here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/problem-sound-output-t3617534
Try uninstalling Facebook Messenger for some time and check if the problems persist, that's my case and most probably yours too.

G920Fuser said:
Oh wow, finally with the same problem as mine, but really didn't notice about the video problem, but I surely have it sometimes. See my thread here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/problem-sound-output-t3617534
Try uninstalling Facebook Messenger for some time and check if the problems persist, that's my case and most probably yours too.
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I'll try,never thought about that.I'll come back with the results

How'd it go?
I'm trying to check if there's a setting forcing this bug, but I think it's something inside the app that's causing it, unfortunately.

G920Fuser said:
How'd it go?
I'm trying to check if there's a setting forcing this bug, but I think it's something inside the app that's causing it, unfortunately.
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I'm surprised that solved the problem,I installed messenger lite and it's all good,but I don't want to keep it forever.I'll install the original messenger again and see what I can do.
You tried blocking all the notifications from messenger?

Daryuszs said:
I'm surprised that solved the problem,I installed messenger lite and it's all good,but I don't want to keep it forever.I'll install the original messenger again and see what I can do.
You tried blocking all the notifications from messenger?
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I too am using Messenger Lite. I have not turned off notifications because that will disable a very important feature of the app , but other than that, I have tried everything and there isn't a single setting that is causing the problem and only the Messenger team can fix it since it's inside the app.
If we send more emails to them, they'll maybe consider fixing it.

App drawer search takes forever to load and for the keyboard to show up. Frustrated!

Thankful to the person who posted it on Reddit (But no good responses yet). Hopefully through this platform we can get some help.
So I don't know if this is bothering anyone else, but the app drawer search takes forever to load and for the keyboard to show up - by that I mean 5 seconds or so, but it's still crazy when the nova search is instant. Is anyone else having the same problem?
PS: Even with the new TouchWiz update, issue still exists.
Please Help.

Singh Saluja said:
Thankful to the person who posted it on Reditt (But no good responses yet). Hopefully through this platform we can get some help.
So I don't know if this is bothering anyone else, but the app drawer search takes forever to load and for the keyboard to show up - by that I mean 5 seconds or so, but it's still crazy when the nova search is instant. Is anyone else having the same problem?
Please Help.
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Haven't encountered that on my T-Mobile variant. Per chance did you restore any or all data from another phone.

ggrant3876 said:
Haven't encountered that on my T-Mobile variant. Per chance did you restore any or all data from another phone.
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Hi I also have the T-Mobile variant no root absolutely stock but yes I did restored my pictures from last iOS(iPhone 6s) do you think that might be an issue.
Should I restore the device again to factory settings?

Singh Saluja said:
Hi I also have the T-Mobile variant no root absolutely stock but yes I did restored my pictures from last iOS(iPhone 6s) do you think that might be an issue.
Should I restore the device again to factory settings?
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Not sure just pictures would cause this but you might try a factory data reset. I'd wait a bit and see if you get anymore suggestions first.

SETTING ON CAMERA CRASHES EVERY TIME I OPEN IT

need help to fix this i am lost. a factory reset is my last hope but no that would be too much trouble. never updated the phone; so stock rom. i did drop it behind the toilet a few day ago. if that did anything , "ouch!"
tried clearing camera catch, no go, but the camera works fin minus the settings...
any ideas. have not installed anything new for months. i only updated dolphin browser and it worked fine for weeks...
sd card seems to be working fine even saves photos. so i am lost
"AND I HAVE THE SNAPDRAGON VERSION"
"AND ON VERSION 10.5.00.82"

Try clearing the system cache and a hard reboot.
Is it in a good case?
May have dislodged a connector or damaged an assembly.

blackhawk said:
Try clearing the system cache and a hard reboot.
Is it in a good case?
May have dislodged a connector or damaged an assembly.
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the camera still works fine and that's one thing i think is odd. well my lg g4 a while back the came stopped working then started working again the day i needed it. but i will try to clear the cache

If clearing the system cache do it, try clearing the cam apk data.

blackhawk said:
If clearing the system cache do it, try clearing the cam apk data.
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i cleared cache, data and went into safe mode no go. also i tried taking out sd card

gloege said:
i cleared cache, data and went into safe mode no go. also i tried taking out sd card
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That doesn't sound good.
Make sure the Samsung apks are the factory load versions.
Samsung updates can cause hell
I block everything from updating in the background... I want fair warning.

yep i never updated it and dont update phone unless it day one receiving it and can flash the phone before i set everything up and get stuck not wanting to loose things

Have you disabled anything in adb or through an app manager?

ptko15 said:
Have you disabled anything in adb or through an app manager?
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no and no

Have you disabled any apps?

I had a similar issue and it was a Samsung process I had blocked in Package Disabler Pro. Unblocked it and the camera app works perfectly now.
Check any apps that have been disabled

Question can not copy google account data after clearing storage of play services

Hello all,
I have a problem if anyone can help me
I felt like my galaxy s10 plus had a battery drain so i cleared the storage of the play services in am attempt to fix it. After that my watch could not connect to my phone. I made a factory reset so it was able to connect but it can not copy the google account no matter how many times i try. I tried to make another factory reset, and to uninstall and reinstall the galaxy wearable app but no luck

mahmoudgamaljemmy said:
Hello all,
I have a problem if anyone can help me
I felt like my galaxy s10 plus had a battery drain so i cleared the storage of the play services in am attempt to fix it. After that my watch could not connect to my phone. I made a factory reset so it was able to connect but it can not copy the google account no matter how many times i try. I tried to make another factory reset, and to uninstall and reinstall the galaxy wearable app but no luck
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uninstall galaxy werable and galaxy plugin than format watch

That doesn't work anymore

Darbar1701 said:
That doesn't work anymore
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anymore? like after yestarday update? becouse i just did it like 2 days ago : p

After the new update

Darbar1701 said:
After the new update
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omg nice

berni502 said:
anymore? like after yestarday update? becouse i just did it like 2 days ago : p
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Just tried and it did not work, both phome amd watch are on one ui 4.0

I solved the issue! By clearing the storage of google play services again! The watch got diconnected again and had to make a reset for the watch to connect but this time the account got copied with no problems.

Hi, when you say clearing the storage, do you mean clearing cache or everything? I can't sync my google account in the watch; never could, and I'm looking for solutions. My phone is a Xiaomi Mi 9. Thanks.

I'm on the same problem with oneplus 9 pro. Can't find a way to add google account to the watch. It was working perfect but after update stop connecting with the galaxy wear app, so i did a reset to the watch. Now stuck on this problem

Marcelocohenarg said:
Hi, when you say clearing the storage, do you mean clearing cache or everything? I can't sync my google account in the watch; never could, and I'm looking for solutions. My phone is a Xiaomi Mi 9. Thanks.
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Everything! Not only cache, it didn't harm me in anyway. No account was logged out or anything

I have tried but on my xiaomi 9t it still does not work