Hello all,
My camera focus stopped working, so I ordered a replacement camera. Opened the phone and replaced the cameras.
When I power the phone the official camera app wont open displaying a message "Camera Error".
If I use another app like Open Camera I can take pictures in 2 of the 3 cameras, the wide doesn't open.
Does anyone know how to turn on the wide camera, or how to fix the default app? If I have to turn some secret option, etc...
Thanks in advance.
I don't know if it's the case but I saw a few videos some time ago that Samsung was implementing the same type of anti-repair methods as Apple, meaning you couldn't use any third party or even first party replacement parts from other phones. I hope you can find a solution but I just thought I'd bring that to your attention. It's software blocks and I have no idea if you'd be able to bypass them.
Thanks for the reply.
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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!
The camera on my phone started to show green screen and to show double image on the same screen, Then I bought 2 new cameras and they worked but neither one focuses.
If you bring closer a very strong magnet to the camera improves the focus but not 100%
-Already try with a clean system, new rom
-Try without the phone chassis
-Try in safe mode
-Try different camera apps, like opencamera camera L, among others
Help !
No body ?
Yeah they are fake thats why. You have to keep buying them and eventually you will get a working one. I myself bought about 4-5 of them (from ebay they were dirt cheap) and eventually one of them worked.
recently i bought a camera replacement part and replace it, yesterday i noticed it unable to focus, i search online for the solutions, and i tried restart, clear app data, flash the rom again, try many different camera app, try barcode scanner, none of it work, and i gave up and think it is hardware problem and i order the camera from other supplier...
but today, the camera can focus...the only thing i can think of what make this happen is i uninstall the google camera and install only footej camera. afternoon i try install google camera, initially it works well, but in the evening, it unable to focus again...
i try to uninstall google camera and left only footej camera, and try reconnect the camera cable, the camera is able to focus again...will try another few days and see how...
Hi, coming over from Iphone here, completely new to android, so some of this might be user error. I've got the pixel 2, and several features are not working for me. Always on is enabled, but doesn't pick up any songs, even though all the settings are good to go. Portrait mode on front facing camera, when selected, flips the camera to the rear. Someone else said to update the camera app, but I checked it in the play store, and it's fully updated. Not sure if lens is not working, or I'm just ignorant on how to activate it. I've read in articles that if you open the camera or google assistant, the little square in bottom right will bring up google lens, but mine brings up the app windows. Help!
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Hi, coming over from Iphone here, completely new to android, so some of this might be user error. I've got the pixel 2, and several features are not working for me. Always on is enabled, but doesn't pick up any songs, even though all the settings are good to go. Portrait mode on front facing camera, when selected, flips the camera to the rear. Someone else said to update the camera app, but I checked it in the play store, and it's fully updated. Not sure if lens is not working, or I'm just ignorant on how to activate it. I've read in articles that if you open the camera or google assistant, the little square in bottom right will bring up google lens, but mine brings up the app windows. Help!
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Whats playing was not working for the first part of the day for me, and now it appears to be working. It only polls for music once every sixty seconds. Also, it can't detect ALL music.
Someone in another thread said google is rolling out updates for certain things like camera gradually at different times for different users. keep checking your apps in the play store for updates, that will bring the selfie portrait mode to you.
ATM lens is only available from google photos. There is a button when youre looking at a photo to run it through lens. if you dont have that button, i bet it will show up after your phone gets the updates. It's super underwhelming atm, though.
Thanks, I'll wait to see what they push out over the next few days
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Hey, this is reassuring to hear –*I got my Pixel 2 yesterday and experienced all of the same issues as you.
A tech support chat told me that there was an update to the camera (5.1) but it would be slowly rolled out.
A further issue I noted was not being able to connect to android file transfer tool for Mac. I spent 3 hours on support trying to solve it to no avail. This was all in order for me to migrate my WhatsApp backup from iOS to Android.
I hope these updates will solve the problem, but coming from iOS, I'm just not used to bugs on key features on release day and then getting updates slowly rolled out.
I'm not sure about the WhatsApp issue - mine backs up messages automatically and restores when I install it on a new phone. For accessing the phone on my Mac I use the excellent app AirDroid - free on the play store. This is a really good way to access stuff on your Android phone and has tons of features like access to the filesystem, downloading apks etc.. It works wirelessly.
Hi guys,
I don't know if it's possible, but since the popup camera have a limited number of uses (hundred of thousands, but limited), it's any way to force the main camera at start of the camera app, or any other app using camera? It happened to me mostly with WhatsApp, if I took a selfie with the wsp app camera, the app keep the last camera used, and when I open the camera to take another shot, so the frontal camera is unnecessarily popped up. This happens also with the Camera app, Instagram and any other app that calls the camera.
I love this phone, but this is the only thing I'd change of it.
You might want to try flashing your OOS again because my phone saves the camera it was last using across all apps. I haven't seen a phone not do this in years.
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You might want to try flashing your OOS again because my phone saves the camera it was last using across all apps. I haven't seen a phone not do this in years.
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That's what he says. That's what he hates.
I think you don't have to worry about camera durability. As it's rated for 300.000 opens and closes at least, that's over 410 times per day for two years. So if you open your front camera 410 a day for two years straight, you should watch out. Otherwise you're good.
Hi all!
I have just received a new Zenfone 6 (8/256 model) and immediately found a problem with the camera.
After the first run of the Camera app I couldn’t change any settings: the app crashed every time causing the phone to reboot. I then rebooted into the safe mode, changed the settings and the camera began to work.
An hour later I found another problem: artifacts became to appear on the photos (see attached images). It doesn’t matter if I turn HDR mode on or off. The artifacts appear only on the photos, not in the Camera app.
Also, if I flip the camera into the selfie position and take the photo it will not be saved to the Gallery and I will not be able to take another photo because the Gallery the Capture and the Flip Camera buttons won’t work.
What do you think, is this a hardware problem? Should I ask for an RMA?
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Hi all!
I have just received a new Zenfone 6 (8/256 model) and immediately found a problem with the camera.
After the first run of the Camera app I couldn’t change any settings: the app crashed every time causing the phone to reboot. I then rebooted into the safe mode, changed the settings and the camera began to work.
An hour later I found another problem: artifacts became to appear on the photos (see attached images). It doesn’t matter if I turn HDR mode on or off. The artifacts appear only on the photos, not in the Camera app.
Also, if I flip the camera into the selfie position and take the photo it will not be saved to the Gallery and I will not be able to take another photo because the Gallery the Capture and the Flip Camera buttons won’t work.
What do you think, is this a hardware problem? Should I ask for an RMA?
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Return the phone and ask for a replacement. You shouldn't be having those problems with a brand new phone.
Could it be a fault of your SD card if you are using one to store your pictures to?
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Could it be a fault of your SD card if you are using one to store your pictures to?
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I use only internal memory.
Also if I try to adjust the camera position using the volume rocker, the camera module travels ~1/3 of its patch, hangs for half a second and starts to move again.
So I requested an RMA because of the failure. The seller agreed for a refund.
While negotiating with the seller I tried to capture a few more photos (in both "normal" and "selfie" mods) which lead to a complete camera failure: the phone began to reboot every time I opened the Camera app. I believe this is a manufacturer defect.
I liked the phone though. After refund I will buy it again.
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So I requested an RMA because of the failure. The seller agreed for a refund.
While negotiating with the seller I tried to capture a few more photos (in both "normal" and "selfie" mods) which lead to a complete camera failure: the phone began to reboot every time I opened the Camera app. I believe this is a manufacturer defect.
I liked the phone though. After refund I will buy it again.
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You had the bad luck of getting a faulty one. Good thing you got it from a respectable seller that would honor the guarantee. I'm very happy with mine and would definitely recommend you to buy it again.