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Camera not working AOSP ROM - I have a solution and ANOTHER!!!

I recently flashed Myns Rom to get the latest radio, prl, etc. Afterward I re-installed CM6.1.1 and noticed my camera didn't work. Just a black screen when launched, then force close. I tried a MIUI Rom too, same story.
Here is what I updated - http://www.mediafire.com/file/9a1ju....00.11.19_WiMAX_27167_R01_PRI_NV_1.90_003.zip
After being frustrated and only being able to use camera with a Sense rom, I decided to revert back to the previous radio.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jyedjkp1bm5amwm/EVO_Radio_2.15.00.09.01.zip
Once i did this, I was able to use the camera now with CM6. haven't tried a MIUI rom yet, but I assume the same results.
I hope this is clear, with caffeine involved, my thought to type ratio is 11.5:1
Edit: Do a battery pull after your first boot into ROM. This seems to help too.
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Install a sense ROM, update PRL. According to Sprint Customer Service, they have had people call in with this camera problem and have walked people through the PRL update. This then also makes your camera work again. After the update, you can flash an AOSP rom.
I have had issues with some of the latest releases of MIUI and the camera. The camera issue I described above happened again after flashing MIUI. There are atleast 3 instances where this issue occurred. Not pointing blame, just describing what I have done to recreate and attempt to solve problem.

I have the same problem. CM 6.1.3 would be my daily driver if I could figure out how to get the camera to work. When do you flash this? before installing cm or after?
I flashed and still no luck. I have the 003 hardware with the 2.02 hboot not sure if I have the new camera

soxfan81 said:
I have the same problem. CM 6.1.3 would be my daily driver if I could figure out how to get the camera to work. When do you flash this? before installing cm or after?
I flashed and still no luck. I have the 003 hardware with the 2.02 hboot not sure if I have the new camera
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You want to flash the radio after you have installed the ROM. It will reboot back into recovery and complete install. After doing all of of this, let phone reboot, then power off, pull battery and put back in. Then power on.
I hope this helps. I have been able to use my camera with no problems since the battery pull. I believe the new camera came with hardware 004.

Thanks.
Just wanted to say thanks for posting this thread.
Was searching the internet for a way to fix my blank screen camera for weeks and this radio downgrade did the trick! Thanks for finally putting my insanity to rest!

[Q] Can't Connect to the Camera

I recently flashed PAC ROM and I love it, but the camera won't work. The front camera works absolutely fine, but the back camera won't work when I try to open the stock camera app. I've tried replacing the Slim_ISP's and changing permissions, didn't work. I tried installing a CameraFiles-signed.zip, didn't work. Anything else I can try? I'm on an S3 SPH-L710

I got the same problem.
As I know, there is no solution yet, but you can install the following app to restart the camera itself instead of reboot your phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2416375&d=1385487324
Diiddle said:
I recently flashed PAC ROM and I love it, but the camera won't work. The front camera works absolutely fine, but the back camera won't work when I try to open the stock camera app. I've tried replacing the Slim_ISP's and changing permissions, didn't work. I tried installing a CameraFiles-signed.zip, didn't work. Anything else I can try? I'm on an S3 SPH-L710
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Check with your device specific threads or with your device maintainer.

darketskaquinas
Me, too :crying:

LG G2 Cannot connect to camera

Had this phone for about 1 week now. Everything been fine until today. I tried to take a few pictures, but I couldn't. Received an a pop up with "Cannot connect to camera" I'm not sure what's causing this issue, I cleared the data/cache on it and still occurs. Is there any solution to this issue?
Thank you.

I have exactly the same situation.. But it's weird - ported LGCamera works without errors, other apps (market or aosp based) throw error. Sometime clear app data help, but only sometimes..
It could be hardware problem?

I've had this happen when I was on an older CM11 nightly.I did have to preform a clean install to fix the problem.

xxxrichievxxx said:
I've had this happen when I was on an older CM11 nightly.I did have to preform a clean install to fix the problem.
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18/03? It didn't helped.. I was testing old and newest ROMs - same situation I think it could be some hardware problem - currently I have version from Singapore build at 02/2014
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Weird.. I will go back to stock - test, then install custom ROM.. Something go wrong - when I'm using ported LGCamera.apk in CM/Slim/PA it's working, other camera apps - don't..

I guess I found out the issue of why it was being caused. I also have a Nexus 5 and both had the APP Flashlight by Go Launcher. Seems to me when I downloaded and used it couple of times it caused my camera not to work on both phone. Uninstalled it and now it's working fine with now issues. I'm not sure if you guys also have a flashlight app, but maybe you can give it a try.

I got a replacement g2 from my insuarance and from the box mine done the same thing i tried every app i could find one day i flashed a diffrent rom and was bored. Clicked on my cam and it worked went back to my stock backup for my updatez and it wouldnt connect found out its was a software isse broken software from the factory i put a new stock rooted rom on and good as new. Mine was down. For about a month whrn i notticex what was wrong i thouvht i had a hardware failure but it wasnt there is always a chance of a bad cam but also some app like certain flashlights do take over your hardware if uve rooted and the phone is new goback stock unroot and have swapped

I'm on stock KK right now = 0 problems, so I think it's not hardware. LG camera and other apps always working fine.
Now I will go back to AOSP and test apps again

zg85 said:
I'm on stock KK right now = 0 problems, so I think it's not hardware. LG camera and other apps always working fine.
Now I will go back to AOSP and test apps again
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Hello,
Did you go back to aosp ? Is the camera ok now ?
Thanks

Here's a thought. After a new rom anybody feel there is a dial pad code to bridge the connection gap.

help, question
TheMadScientist420 said:
I got a replacement g2 from my insuarance and from the box mine done the same thing i tried every app i could find one day i flashed a diffrent rom and was bored. Clicked on my cam and it worked went back to my stock backup for my updatez and it wouldnt connect found out its was a software isse broken software from the factory i put a new stock rooted rom on and good as new. Mine was down. For about a month whrn i notticex what was wrong i thouvht i had a hardware failure but it wasnt there is always a chance of a bad cam but also some app like certain flashlights do take over your hardware if uve rooted and the phone is new goback stock unroot and have swapped
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hardware if uve rooted and the phone is new goback stock unroot and have swapped[/QUOTE]
hey, i also got a replacement phone via assurant insurance. can u dumb it down, what exactly did you do to get the camera working back again?... ROM?... i dont really have any apps for the camera, only whatsapp...
ill be waiting for your answer, thanks

THANKS，I got the same problem and after I deleted the Go Flashlight the camera worked again!

Same issue. Go flashlight solved thanks to this thread.

Having similar issue. Flashed a new bootstack and camera stopped working. Factory reset, fresh install tot, then kdz, then cloudy g3. Camera still force closes and other camera apps can't connect. I can take one picture after a fresh install (which I did three times flashing from tot...).

Camera not working
reeper250 said:
Having similar issue. Flashed a new bootstack and camera stopped working. Factory reset, fresh install tot, then kdz, then cloudy g3. Camera still force closes and other camera apps can't connect. I can take one picture after a fresh install (which I did three times flashing from tot...).
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hi i have also the same problem.. have you any solution ??

umair_hashmi said:
hi i have also the same problem.. have you any solution ??
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Nothing worked. Just gave away the phone and bought an LG G3

[Q] Camera light not working in AllianceROM

I can't seem to get the camera light to work at all with AllianceROM build 1. It won't flash in the camera app, and I've tried 3 different flashlight/torch apps and it none of them will light it. Any ideas?

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GuitarAudiologist said:
I can't seem to get the camera light to work at all with AllianceROM build 1. It won't flash in the camera app, and I've tried 3 different flashlight/torch apps and it none of them will light it. Any ideas?
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It suddenly works again. I'm not sure what happened, but I restarted the phone a few times, booted to the stock ROM, and then booted AllianceROM again and now it works (for now). Possible bug?

GuitarAudiologist said:
It suddenly works again. I'm not sure what happened, but I restarted the phone a few times, booted to the stock ROM, and then booted AllianceROM again and now it works (for now). Possible bug?
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There are many reported issues with rom slots in Safestrap. It is always recommended to flash on the stock slot. If you insist on running multiple roms I'd advice keeping your daily rom on the stock slot for the battery performance alone.

kinstre11 said:
There are many reported issues with rom slots in Safestrap. It is always recommended to flash on the stock slot. If you insist on running multiple roms I'd advice keeping your daily rom on the stock slot for the battery performance alone.
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Thanks for the advice. I'm still scratching my head on this one though, as AllianceROM is currently in the stock slot.

I'm going to try out Jasmine ROM v1.8. Flashing it to the stock slot now (did a nandroid backup of AllianceROM and moved it to a ROM slot.) Maybe Jasmine ROM will be less quirky.

GuitarAudiologist said:
I'm going to try out Jasmine ROM v1.8. Flashing it to the stock slot now (did a nandroid backup of AllianceROM and moved it to a ROM slot.) Maybe Jasmine ROM will be less quirky.
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There are some quirks to every rom but multiple flashing can leave residual things behind that screw with what is currently running.
I do this everytime I flash a new rom. If you don't know about this already you'll be surprised just how much is left behind after wiping the slot the normal way. You should still do both wipes. However be aware that even doing both of these multiple times there will still be some residuals left over.
The other thing I can recommend (but not all the time, warnings are in the OP) is a Odin restore. This will completely wipe and reset everything, there should be no residuals.
Good luck on Jasmine.

Not sure on your particular problem, since you said you were in fact on stock slot. But a few comments just in case it helps. I had problems with every single rom that I did NOT put on a freshly wiped stock slot. Any other slot always created problems. I also ran into many various issues when reinstalling my titanium backups. So the last install of Alliance that I made (the current rom that I'm using now, for the last couple of months), I kept it to a very minimum. I used titanium to reload my texts and maybe a few game apps (data only), that was all. I always use google to restore my contacts, emails, etc. And my pictures, ringtones, etc are always stored on my sd card. I know allot of people rely heavily on backups, but I usually have more problems than what its worth. Hell, up until the last couple of roms, I never even made backups. If I bricked a phone, I just wiped and started all over. And the same every time I switched roms. The only thing I lost was old texts and my progress on solitaire scores, lol.
As far as your specific problem. The only thing I would suggest is try thinking of any sort of settings or apps that might link the flashlight or torch feature with the camera. I don't use any other apps, but I know there are allot of alternative torch apps, and also ones that use the camera, like instagram, etc. The only experience I have with any related error is if I try to open the camera while the torch is on, it force closes the camera. Turn off the torch, reopen the camera, all is back to normal. I'm using the stock camera, and stock torch app...

Can't get front camera to work! (logcat now enclosed)

Ever since I made the jump from Beanstalk to 4.4.4+ roms, my front-facing camera hasn't worked.
I flashed to SlimKat (7.0 and 7.8 weekly) and had no front-facing camera and data issues. I flashed a new modem and Kernel but to no avail.
I then had issues with sound (not having any) and reverted back to beanstalk and flashed MF9 back onto it. I was told that I "messed up [my] modem / LTE drivers and bootloader," and to "google it"... Didn't find much.
I then gave up and decided to move over to Alucard CM12 and eventually just vanilla CM12 , but none of them would work!
I even flashed every single modem from here and it did nothing.
Today I got really frustrated and flashed the entire stock firmwares of MF9, MDC, and MDL. and when those didn't work, I allowed auto-update to do its thing and update to the latest firmware as some people were saying this worked (I don't even care about KNOX anymore), but it didn't help.
And yes, I've tried all the tricks like wipe cache, clear camera app data, etc.
PLEASE HELP x__x

I just used this guide to manually unplug and re-plug my front-facing camera module... Cleared app data and did factory reset, and still not working... The camera module itself looks fine (so does the ribbon cable... I could buy a new camera module and test it out, but I'm still pretty sure this is a software issue somehow.
I just rooted my phone via TWRP and my logcat for the issue is attached.
I would be very greatful for any and all help, as I'm getting married and going on my honeymoon in less than 2 weeks and want to take lots of pictures without snatching my wife's phone from her.