Database Users

Galaxy S i9000 Camera Black-Out Issue - Help

Hey guys,
My dad has an i9000 Galaxy S and there seems to be a really weird issue with it. He was using the phone's camera and was capturing some pictures when suddenly the screen distorted and since then, the camera hasn't been working. All I can see is a black screen, the camera app opens up but I see nothing but black, buttons on stock ROM are un-touchable, whereas on ICS roms, we can fiddle with the buttons but they don't work. Even the front camera doesn't seem to be working. I have a HTC Sensation and am soon getting the Gnex so I have no idea about what happened with this phone.
Could you please help me out?
Thanks,
Arz

I'm having a similar problem. I've tried reflashing back to stock, wiping, resetting, etc, etc... but nothing seems to work.
Can't seem to find a solution here either. Anyone have any ideas? Might it simply be a hardware fault? Front camera seems to work fine (well as fine as that crappy camera can work)

The exact same thing happened to me.. Just try this:
take off the phone's back cover, and start the camera app.. Keep it on for a few minutes.. Does the area around the camera heat up?
It it does, accompanied by sudden battery drain perhaps, your phone's camera module is fried.. Has to be replaced.. I had to do the same..

I'm experimenting the same problem. did you guys resolve it?

ezeql said:
I'm experimenting the same problem. did you guys resolve it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Check my post before yours.. I've tried a lot.. Just check for the same symptoms in case its the same issue, else its another problem.. I had even tried a factory reset, reflashing the rom, etc.. But the cam was screwed..
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA

I'm experiencing also, but this is a new problem after I flashed CM 7.2RC. What you using?

Can u go thrgh the frst five pages of this thread... MIGHT help...

ICS Camera Issues

After upgrading to ICS, the build in Camera App has problems and also the QRC-Reader App even shows a error.
In Google Googles and Camera FX, the Camera works perfect.
Does anybody experience the same issues.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium

anatmavada said:
After upgrading to ICS, the build in Camera App has problems and also the QRC-Reader App even shows a error.
In Google Googles and Camera FX, the Camera works perfect.
Does anybody experience the same issues.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope, all working perfectly here. I tested video, still, and panorama with the front and rear cameras, including all options (white balance, face effects, etc.), as well as panorama with the rear camera (it can't be used with the front one), and scanning a dozen different 2D and 3D barcodes with the ZXing app and rear camera as well.
Not a single error or crash on a stock US-market just-wiped TF101. Well, other than that the camera quality sucks, but that's a hardware issue.

every camera app including the stock one work perfectly.

Mine also works perfectly now... fornt and rear...
But one question though: in the stock camera app, what's the button in the lower right corner for? my camera app freezes when I click on it...

Hi,
Also for me not working camera; I try more applications, none of them working.
This is very strange: I have between the applications that are included in ROM also "Superuser". This suppose to came with ICS?
My TF was rooted previously, but when I did upgrade to latest version of HC (8_6_5_21), I did lost the root.
So this application was installed in my TF before the upgrade to ICS; but now I cannot uninstall: seems that is included in ROM.
The error I receive when I try camera is : "Can't connect to the camera".
I believe that something went wrong in my upgrade. I did also factory reset after upgrade to ICS, no change.
Now I hope some update from asus will help me.
Gabi

camera not working
My camera is not working as well, done people have started their cameras up while holding their finger in front of it to activated their auto focus, and have had success. Just place your finger in front of the camera for 5 seconds then remove it. No success for me, but you can tell it's doing something different when you do that

Same problem here "Can't connect to camera". This error comes up for front facing camera but the back camera works perfectly. Thing is this error came up when I installed the prime rom.
PS. The front facing camera was working when I bought the tab.

yioti said:
Same problem here "Can't connect to camera". This error comes up for front facing camera but the back camera works perfectly. Thing is this error came up when I installed the prime rom.
PS. The front facing camera was working when I bought the tab.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah, the front sensor strikes again...
That's almost like my own experience with the front camera: worked like a charm on Honeycomb, since 9.2.1.17 it goes berserk in low-light conditions until the unit is rebooted (but instead of an error message the Camera application showed a garbled image with previous contents of the framebuffer).
IIRC, the first batch of logs I sent to Asus North America was related to this problem

Are you guys stock and unrooted? If not give it a shot just to see.

Phone does not detect front camera.

Hey hiii xda group, all of a sudden my Gionee Elife E7's camera app crashes and gps turns on when switching to front camera.
can anyone help me fix this??
already done with factory reset, my phone has never been rooted.

Try using third party camera apps like focal and open front cam...

devil9459 said:
Hey hiii xda group, all of a sudden my Gionee Elife E7's camera app crashes and gps turns on when switching to front camera.
can anyone help me fix this??
already done with factory reset, my phone has never been rooted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same problem, same gionee, I, tried focal app and camera doesn't open.
I erased all app data and cache, made factory reset and nothing. In hardware information app front Camera don't appear. I beg u, Hlp plz

1 Try a few camera apps from play store (if u have kk install google camera app)
2 If every app turns the same problembit could be a hardware issue
3 To be sure of that flash a stock rom and test the camera app.
If by now you re not able to use the front camera you should consider send the phone to repair

thank u
RSGI_PT said:
1 Try a few camera apps from play store (if u have kk install google camera app)
2 If every app turns the same problembit could be a hardware issue
3 To be sure of that flash a stock rom and test the camera app.
If by now you re not able to use the front camera you should consider send the phone to repair
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi, thanks for the help but none of your steps solved my problem. I show to u a comparison between 2 gionee e life 7

Has anyone solved this issue? I have exactly the same problem. It seems to have happened after I installed the official update. I have tried several roms, cleared cache etc..

i think its must be a hardware issue

i tried and no solution so far. It must be an hardware issue..

OPT Camera autofocus not working properly / blurry images

I am facing Camera Autofocus issue. its not working. not a single image is clear. all images are blurry. tried 3rd party camera apps. factory reset. wipe-cache. please give me some suggestions what should i do to solve this problem. front cam is working fine.
(note: phone is not rooted, tried Oxygen 2.2.1 and 2.2.0 but still no solution ...
help appreciated ...

I have the exact same problem. I"ve already sent it to one plus but they didn't fix it. Could you tell me whether or not you've fixed it?

I know i had blurry pictures.. but a lot of my sensors were broken. E.g. auto screen brightness, rotation, gyroscope etc..
Are yours working correctly? Download CPU-Z from the play store and look on the tab sensors. If there is no information, you're into the same situation as i was.
It is fixable though.. i'm working on a solution. But if a lot of people are experiencing this, Oneplus' help might be usefull.

I'm facing the same problem, have also sent the device back to oneplus, didn't change a thing. Anyone who has found a solution?

Camera Error

Hey y'all, I got the G6 yesterday and had a camera related question. This is a brand new device, fully updated, and when I go to open the camera, a message pops up saying "Camera Error: Camera Unavailable." Does anyone know how I can fix this?
This seems like an app error because the camera works well on Facebook and Snapchat.

settings -apps-camera -clear cache and date reboot-try!
If not working.....if not working.?.RMA

I already did that and I get the same error. I find this odd.

I was wrong. Both Snapchat and Facebook switch between the single and dual lense back cameras. They do not switch to the front camera.

jbaalson said:
I was wrong. Both Snapchat and Facebook switch between the single and dual lense back cameras. They do not switch to the front camera.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same issue with my LG G6. Have you fixed yours?

I got a new one, only way to fix it.

Im having the same issue after a screen replacement. The people who replaced the screen even boight a new front camera and replaced it with no luck. Also, the screenshot button for the bottom bar is conpletely missing which i find very odd.

That error seems to be the camera unpluged
I mean the phone is made of connections between hardware and the camera is not connected , its an hardware problem that is fixed by open the phone and plug jt in

Hey y'all, I got the G6 yesterday and had a camera related question. "Camera Error: Camera Unavailable." Does anyone know how I can fix this?

I have the same issue with my phone. I replaced the cameras and it still gets the error; however, it does come on when I use a barcode reader...?

I also have the same issue (lg g6 - android 9)
When i open stock app for camera i get error "Camera unavailable".
But with other camera apps like Gcam or Open Camera, it works fine.
I flashed with new rom, but the error is still there.
Any ideas???
- i flashed with Android 9... not solved
- i flashed with Android 8... not solved
Hardware problem?
in that case why camera works fine with any other application, except stock?
Software problem?
it should have been solved after flashing two original roms (8 & 9).
The only explanation i can think is that there is hardware problem with 1 of the 2 camera. And maybe with the wide one. And maybe that's why it is not working with stock app. Maybe other camera apps don't require both camera's (normal and wide lens) to be working.

nikoska said:
I also have the same issue (lg g6 - android 9)
When i open stock app for camera i get error "Camera unavailable".
But with other camera apps like Gcam or Open Camera, it works fine.
I flashed with new rom, but the error is still there.
Any ideas???
- i flashed with Android 9... not solved
- i flashed with Android 8... not solved
Hardware problem?
in that case why camera works fine with any other application, except stock?
Software problem?
it should have been solved after flashing two original roms (8 & 9).
The only explanation i can think is that there is hardware problem with 1 of the 2 camera. And maybe with the wide one. And maybe that's why it is not working with stock app. Maybe other camera apps don't require both camera's (normal and wide lens) to be working.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flash Nougat better known as Android 7, and upgrade to 8 or 9