my motorola droid x that has never been updated it has the stock firmware. it keeps on going to camera mode and takes picture by itself i turn off the phone and turning it back on after a minute or so it will start to take pictures on its own thanks in advance
Related
Hi everyone,
I'm running KK 4.4.2 stock on Nexus 4, bootloader locked, unrooted. Never unlocked or rooted it.
It seems my issue started with the latest camera update; when I tried to take a shot with Lens Blur my phone shut down with a spark sound. I could reboot it fine though. I've had the same issue when using the camera in normal mode with the flash on, but I know it's a known bug on N4.
But since today I can't even switch my phone on unless it is plugged to power. I've tried rebooting in safe mode, I'm having the same issue. When it boots it would show the pretty animated logo, and right when the home screen should appear it'd turn off. Again, if plugged in no problem.
I did a factory-reset, no change. Switched back to factory version of camera, no change.
What do you think could be causing this issue? Is it a power or CPU overload of some kind?
Thanks a lot for your help!
lantilope said:
Hi everyone,
I'm running KK 4.4.2 stock on Nexus 4, bootloader locked, unrooted. Never unlocked or rooted it.
It seems my issue started with the latest camera update; when I tried to take a shot with Lens Blur my phone shut down with a spark sound. I could reboot it fine though. I've had the same issue when using the camera in normal mode with the flash on, but I know it's a known bug on N4.
But since today I can't even switch my phone on unless it is plugged to power. I've tried rebooting in safe mode, I'm having the same issue. When it boots it would show the pretty animated logo, and right when the home screen should appear it'd turn off. Again, if plugged in no problem.
I did a factory-reset, no change. Switched back to factory version of camera, no change.
What do you think could be causing this issue? Is it a power or CPU overload of some kind?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So 139 views and no one knows what's happening? I'll unlock the bootloader and flash the factory image, we'll see what happens. If anyone has an idea, please shoot!
Thanks
Could be a failed battery, reflash to stock first then see.
Hello guys, my name is Mat I'm new here and this is my first message so thank you for the help available on the forum!!
I have had a Nexus 4 for 2 years now and I was very happy with it until 5.0.1 upgrade when the phone started to bug repeatedly.
My main problem here is the Back camera. First the flash started to turn on by itself and stay on, until I turn the phone off ! it could do this several times per day, very annoying.
2nd, the camera could not be turn on, it would display an error message saying the camera is not available. It seemed to be fixed when suddenly it's just impossible to take a photo. The camera turns on fine but it doesn't take any picture. It just stands there open, but impossible to take any image...
Finally, the battery started 2 days ago to just drains by itself although in plane mode and off at night. It stay charged maybe one hour then it empties itself straight to the 5% battery alert mode !!
Any help or clue of what I can do to fix this? or should i just considerate upgrading to a Windows Phone?
It seems like faulty hardware. Have you tried factory reset ? If the problem continues, take it to a repair center, or don't.
Just get a new battery and replace it yourself, man. Windows Phones are the plague in the smartphone world.
Hello all,
I've had this problem for the last few days and can't seem to resolve it. My phone has been extremely slow lately and apps are taking a long time to load up. However, when I needed the camera to snap a picture, I must wait about 20 seconds and the following message appears:
"Camera Error: Unable to start Camera. Check if any 3rd-party apps are using camera resources (such as Torch). Close them and try again."
I have since checked the Torch app and see that the light is on, but no visible light is emitted from the flash sensor. I turned off the Torch and the camera still displays the same message. Going back into Torch, I discover it is still on and I am unable to permanently turn it off. I also don't see any other apps that may be using the camera, so I'm really confused.
If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated
The only thing I can suggest you do, is to make a backup, then do a factory reset. As soon as the phone boots up, then check the camera to see if the issue persists. If it does, it is most likely a hardware issue, and the phone will need to be repaired.
If not, then there's a rogue app that is preventing the camera from starting up, so you'll need to install all your apps individually, to see which one is the problem. Good luck!
Had my PH-1 for 3 months, today was the first freeze up of the phone, was stuck with home screen on and displayed.
Had to reboot by holding small button and Volume down. When phone rebooted it came up with the Android laying on its back with the open stomach hatch, had to reboot a 2nd time. Then had options like from Safe Mode, pushed small button below Volume to perform a regular restart.
Found my battery was running down quickly from a full overnight recharge. Looked at the Battery settings and it showed the camera was on top at 29% after about 5 hours WTH?? I did use the camera and this is what I was trying to use when the phone was frozen, but once the phone was rebooted, I snapped like 5 pictures and then I was pretty sure I closed the camera App. I tend to always try to close/kill all open Apps that I am not using.
So not sure what happened or why, just wanted to put this out there so others can read and may respond if this is a common problem due to some update or incompatibility.
Seems there may be a conflict with the latest Camera software and phone OS??
I had my phone freeze again today when I went to take a picture. This is an intermittent issue because I took quite a few pictures this morning without a problem. Then later this afternoon I took a single picture then wanted to take a 2nd and realized the phone was frozen.
Had to reboot the phone, seems to have cleared up for now?
I just noticed that the camera App just updated 6 hours ago on my phone. This was AFTER the 2nd freeze during camera usage.
Currently my phone is running Android stock 7.1.1 and the updated camera App is 0.1.095.007.
It is possible the latest camera App update has solved the freezing problem?
Will wait and update this thread in about a week about how things are working.
Just wanted to update this thread on phone freeze.
Seems that the problem may have been with a prior camera update. I had the phone freeze 2 times, shortly after the 2nd freeze the camera App was updated and since Camera App 0.1.095.007 was deployed I have not had any more problems with the phone freezing.
So hopefully I can say the Essential group was aware of the problem and release a very quick solution.
Still loving the Essentinal phone, would like more camera features, but I guess this will come with time.
Best part is I only charge phone every 2 days the way I use it. Have run Waze for over 3 1/2 hours multiple times with fresh charge and no external power and battery is still slightly over 50%.
So a new camera update version 0.1.097.006 was released and my phone was updated late yesterday or last night.
No problems since the last camera update that came out a few days after the update that caused the phone to lock up. Seems we are back to the same routine.
Used my phone to take a few pictures this afternoon, and guess what, phone locked up again after I took a few pictures and make an outing phone call right after taking the pictures. Put phone back on power after taking the pictures and making the call, I guess the camera App was still open in the background. Looked down and my phone display was on the camera App. Tried to close the App, no go. Unplugged the phone from power and the yellow power LED was still lit and the phone was non responsive.
Held down the power and volume down button to restart the phone.
Expect and hope an update the camera App is released soon to solve this issue. I have faith that the Essential team will resolve this quickly.
Hi, My name is Rajesh,
I've Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus (GT-I9060I). In the past 2-3 weeks, there was a problem with my phone. The problem is my phone shuts down when I use my camera with flash on. But works fine when flash is off. When I take shot (flash on), the sound (flash) comes and within a second, and screen vanishes.
And the problem won't happen if I took photos (flash on), while charging. I don't think it's the problem of battery as it looks & works fine.
So that's my problem. Hope I'll get the answer ASAP. Thank You