[Q] Camera freeze - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey,
Sometimes when I try to capture with Flash, N4 just freeze camera and it wont shoot.
When I tap the screen it just get White Focus, not Green

Its a known problem ... Are you on 4.2.2? Not sure if its fixed but I haven't noticed it since ...
Also to get around it ... Focus first . the fake the pic
Edit - I just tested it on my 4.2.2 stock nexus 4 and it didn't freeze like it used to. So looks fixed in 4.2.2
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italia0101 said:
Its a known problem ... Are you on 4.2.2? Not sure if its fixed but I haven't noticed it since ...
Also to get around it ... Focus first . the fake the pic
Edit - I just tested it on my 4.2.2 stock nexus 4 and it didn't freeze like it used to. So looks fixed in 4.2.2
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I'm still on 4.2.1, cannot update to 4.2.2 still. I should test it when i get to 4.2.2 Thanks

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Update coming?????

I hope google is working on a update to the 4.1.1 to the n7 to clean up the current bugs. Any inside if its coming?
thnx
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What bugs?
Screen flickering ,random lags when accessing settings or apps.
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I've seen none of those problems at all. No screen flickering, no lag, nothing.
brianjr1 said:
I've seen none of those problems at all. No screen flickering, no lag, nothing.
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+1
Got a source for the upcoming update?
U must be the lucky one, I been searching and seems many have this problems. Do u use the Google services like all the sync features??? What about drive?
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Chrome seems laggier than it should be, hope there is some issue there than can be fixed to improve performance.
Every Nexus 7 I've had so far (that'd be 4) have all had washed out looking greens and yellows and over saturated whites. Hoping that is something a patch can fix.
Tegra 3's Prism smart dimmer feature causes the screen to look over exposed while and after videos play (fades away after a few seconds). I've disabled the smart dimmer, so it's okay for me, but seems like an issue that needs a patch.
I have seen nothing in JB 4.1.1 that would require an update at this point.
Might as well expect an update for dark pixels.
guinnes.s said:
Screen flickering ,random lags when accessing settings or apps.
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Screen flickering is a known hardware issue
Mine lags bad from time to time. I wonder if it has to do with google now because my galaxy nexus lags just as bad if not worse when i tap the google now search bar. I was trying to find and app (shazam) and thought it would be faster to look for it through now, but it lagged and lagged and lagged. By the time I got the app open, the song was over and I couldn't tag it.
My Gnexus is great, fast ,no complains at all,Google now is quick I got no lag, but on the nexus 7 it becomes a problem to the point that I have to switch it off and use the browser.
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Cryingmoose said:
Screen flickering is a known hardware issue
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I thought this was in relation to auto brightness?
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The 4.1.1 update is already out... When I picked up my nexus on Tuesday it have me the update that night.
guinnes.s said:
U must be the lucky one, I been searching and seems many have this problems. Do u use the Google services like all the sync features??? What about drive?
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I use dropbox which is pretty much the same in terms of resources. I have play movies, music, currents, books. I have pandora on there, google now, generally everything you could need. I've done this on both stock 4.1.1 and on Paranoid Android (every iteration). Literally NO lag. Even being slightly underclocked.
Skrazz said:
I thought this was in relation to auto brightness?
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Nope, it's from a poorly soldered wifi chip, that is drawing power away from the screen when wifi is low.
I had this issue, and called Google personally for support, and the person confirmed that the screen flickering was hardware, not software.
Toast95135 said:
The 4.1.1 update is already out... When I picked up my nexus on Tuesday it have me the update that night.
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That's what I thought he meant, but I think he means 4.1.2 to fix any bugs (that I haven't noticed) in 4.1.1
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guinnes.s said:
Screen flickering ,random lags when accessing settings or apps.
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Never had any of that so I doubt its a "software issue". If it is its likely something you installed.
quick update about the lag on the nexus7:
i used Nexus Root Toolkit v1.5.2 to root and install recovery about 4 times ,and in all this times i had problems with lag ,so two days ago i decided to restart again and root the n7 with Galaxy Nexus ToolKit v2.0 but without installing the custom recovery.
now it very quick and as no lag at all,and yes i loaded the identical apps all the previous time.
ideas???
guinnes.s said:
quick update about the lag on the nexus7:
i used Nexus Root Toolkit v1.5.2 to root and install recovery about 4 times ,and in all this times i had problems with lag ,so two days ago i decided to restart again and root the n7 with Galaxy Nexus ToolKit v2.0 but without installing the custom recovery.
now it very quick and as no lag at all,and yes i loaded the identical apps all the previous time.
ideas???
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I think most of the lag is because of a bad app or a setting somewhere. Glad to hear you got it sorted out. I'm just looking forward to the update that fixes the bootloader issues with accessing recovery without the usb cable or using terminal commands/adb/apps.

How many updates are there for Nexus 7 3G out of the box

Can I know how many updates have you gotten out of the box and do you know what each update are?
AW: How many updates are there for Nexus 7 3G out of the box
What a weird question
I got one, from 4.2 to 4.2.1 which fixed the calendar bug..
I think you may get it delivered with 4.2.1 since it's available for a while ^^
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Hi,
thanks for the reply. I'm asking this weird question because I've got 2 updates out of the box which I found weird and I did not keep track of the versions before the updates. According to my knowledge there's only the 4.2.1 update to fix the calendar problem. Could it be regional problem? I got mine from Malaysia.
fushla said:
What a weird question
I got one, from 4.2 to 4.2.1 which fixed the calendar bug..
I think you may get it delivered with 4.2.1 since it's available for a while ^^
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I don't know exactly what was preinstalled on my N7, because I got first OTA update the moment I turned it on, and it got updated to 4.1.2
Then I got OTA 4.2, and later on 4.2.1
So I guess it came with 4.1?
All together 3 updates so far. (I got mine in November, few days after 32GB was released).
I guess you just got one of the older ones, it doesn't really matter how many times it got updated.
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pingyang said:
Hi,
thanks for the reply. I'm asking this weird question because I've got 2 updates out of the box which I found weird and I did not keep track of the versions before the updates. According to my knowledge there's only the 4.2.1 update to fix the calendar problem. Could it be regional problem? I got mine from Malaysia.
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Hmmm, maybe it was 2× the 4.2.1 update.. That's what happened to me, got the 4.2.1 notification, updated, it rebooted (with everything normal, so no error message or whatever, it "installed" the update like normal), but was still 4.2 and reloaded the 4.2.1update
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issak42 - I got mine last week. Yours is the 3G version too? I always thought 3G version came with 4.2 but I might be wrong.
fushla - Thanks for the info. I think mine was a similar case to yours. After my first "update" I did check and it was 4.2. And I am pretty sure it's already 4.2 prior the first update as I was able to rotate my home screen which, to my knowledge, is a feature of 4.2.
fushla said:
Hmmm, maybe it was 2× the 4.2.1 update.. That's what happened to me, got the 4.2.1 notification, updated, it rebooted (with everything normal, so no error message or whatever, it "installed" the update like normal), but was still 4.2 and reloaded the 4.2.1update
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pingyang said:
fushla - Thanks for the info. I think mine was a similar case to yours. After my first "update" I did check and it was 4.2. And I am pretty sure it's already 4.2 prior the first update as I was able to rotate my home screen which, to my knowledge, is a feature of 4.2.
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Okay, than I'll say that you had this bug also ^^ but I think that it doesn't affect anything.. Just weird behavior
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Random reboots using the camera?

Hey all,
As the title says: I'm having random reboots while using the camera. First it freezes for about 3 seconds and then hot boots into the Nexus logo. It happened 3 times over the past month so it isn't bad, but still not as it should. I'm on unrooted stock.
Any experiences/tips?
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Are you undervolted?
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No real changes made in any function concerning performance.
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joshnichols189 said:
Are you undervolted?
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He's not rooted so it's some issue with the stock firmware. TC you can try factory reset.
Ace42 said:
He's not rooted so it's some issue with the stock firmware. TC you can try factory reset.
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Yes I see I failed to read the last sentence haha. I would also recommend a factory reset.
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I also thought that would be the eventual outcome, but I'm really not into that . I guess I can live with it then and I will unlock my bootloader when I get sick of stock so things will be alright .
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Unlocked my bootloader and thus did a factory reset, but it still happens at times. Any ideas?
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Remcotjuuh said:
Unlocked my bootloader and thus did a factory reset, but it still happens at times. Any ideas?
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Same problem at some devices at a hungarian forum. Mine does it some time. We are afraid of hardware problem.
Edit - just noticed the date on the OP ...
Have you tried re-flashing the stock ROM? It would be worth a try.
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Remcotjuuh said:
Hey all,
As the title says: I'm having random reboots while using the camera. First it freezes for about 3 seconds and then hot boots into the Nexus logo. It happened 3 times over the past month so it isn't bad, but still not as it should. I'm on unrooted stock.
Any experiences/tips?
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Had same issues whit my last N4 wich i RMAed and lots of other problems new one is fine no hot boots (other then testing UVs) or any problems.
Tested on Stock unrooted for a 2 weeks.
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Are you undervolted?
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Do you read what he posted???
I had this problem on a DHD. Althought this is not a dhd the problem might be the same.
That was battery related. When i changed the bad battery, my problems went away.
Usually if your phone reboots during camera shots, it means the battery is borked. RMA it man.
Is it confirmed battery related?
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berg82 said:
Is it confirmed battery related?
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Who knows... I got it as well, I notice it happens while focusing with flash and/or taking photos with flash for long time then it got reboot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46312752) got it on stock camera app, with camera 360 tried the same situation and no reboot at all...
Maybe the flash warm the cpu or something which cause the reset...my battery temperature seems fine as I monitoring it.
PsyOr said:
Who knows... I got it as well, I notice it happens while focusing with flash and/or taking photos with flash for long time then it got reboot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46312752) got it on stock camera app, with camera 360 tried the same situation and no reboot at all...
Maybe the flash warm the cpu or something which cause the reset...my battery temperature seems fine as I monitoring it.
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Hi, Do you have a custom recovery installed? Reason Im asking is because I have difficulties to reproduce the problem after flashing a 4.3 factory image.
Edit: Im not sure what kind of impact a custom recovery could have. I have reproduced the issue on cm 10.1.3, Cm 10.2 and a stock rom flashed via cwm. But as I said, I have problems to reproduce it after flashing 4.3 factory image.
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berg82 said:
Hi, Do you have a custom recovery installed? Reason Im asking is because I have difficulties to reproduce the problem after flashing a 4.3 factory image.
Edit: Im not sure what kind of impact a custom recovery could have. I have reproduced the issue on cm 10.1.3, Cm 10.2 and a stock rom flashed via cwm. But as I said, I have problems to reproduce it after flashing 4.3 factory image.
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No mate, I'm on stock clean (without root/open bootloader) as it comes from google play 4.2.2 (I even didn't update to 4.3 just to check the stability of this version).
Now I got it again, I can confirm its nothing to do with 'heat' or anything about hot cpu...the device was cold. At this time also wifi was off so if someone had a thought...its nothing to do with it.
Seems its some bug with the stock camera app and/or gallery app... Shots only 2 photos with flash, take a look at the gallery and it got freeze and reboot.
Maybe the option to move from gallery to camera with only swiping...donno... Anyway its happening only when flash on so its weird....
Do you got this reboot only with macro flash photos or any type of flash photos?
Again, tried camera360 with more flash shots at macro and seems works without any problems , also Ive found it more accurate then stock one, eventough I like the stock app.
Has anyone found the problem cause I'm also having this same problem. Its happened three times, two of the times it was when focusing with flash. The phone just froze and rebooted. I did notice that before it rebooted I heard the camera aperture shutter a few time really quick and the the phone rebooted. The other time it was when I went from camera to gallery and zoomed in on the picture I had just taken.
I maybe thought it was the ROM problem but to hear you say its happened to you on stock ROM and not rooted my not sure what it is. If it matters I was on AOKP 4.2.2 and cm10.1.2 ,cm10.13.
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[Q] Nexus 10 running like a slug

My Nexus 10 has started running like a slug at times. Rebooting does not help. Last night I upgraded to 4.3 and it still seems to be an issue. This device is stock.
Any suggestions?
Try a custom ROM or kernel. Or both. You can always go back..
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mrgnex said:
Try a custom ROM or kernel. Or both. You can always go back..
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yes ... allways have an option to go to type A sluggishness form type B sluggishness ... wtf
Nexus 10 its a problematic device and it will remains like that forever ...
new Nexus 10 its coming in the next feature for those you still love this ...
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samwheat said:
yes ... allways have an option to go to type A sluggishness form type B sluggishness ... wtf
Nexus 10 its a problematic device and it will remains like that forever ...
new Nexus 10 its coming in the next feature for those you still love this ...
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Why are you still here?
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trickster2369 said:
Why are you still here?
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No idea. At least he's not TOTALLY trolling - the New Nexus 10 SHOULD be fantastic.
Samwheat. you had a bad experience. Or did you...? So please, leave everyone else alone about it who is NOT constantly having problems (or not...?). Thank you.
looks like everybody has problems with the new 4.3 updates ... now please don t call them all trolls
Again - Google didn t pay to much attention to nexus 10.
new 4.3 bt keyboard problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383135
new 4.3 wifi problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384610
new - old 4.3 laggy ( chrome )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383331
new 4.3 messed binary drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378405
etc.
i start to think that those like you are trolling , saying everything its ok ...
let the people point the problems ... ! maybe they will be fixed in this century
The 10 has worked fine for the past two days since my issue. I hope it continues. It has been great since I got it in November.
have you kissed a frog or what ?
what have you done to make it work ? please explain
samwheat said:
have you kissed a frog or what ?
what have you done to make it work ? please explain
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It worked fine up until last week. Then it would go through spells of slugginess. I would reboot, and it would seem fine for about 10 minutes and get sluggy again. I figured it was an app action up and I was going to set it on born on date and start all over. I put the 4.3 on it thinking that might help, but it still had issues. The next day, all was fine. It has only been two days of working fine, so who knows, but i am happy again.
Looking at some posts in this thread, I will assume that you are not happy with yours and have been very vocal about it.
What are your issues?
you name it ...
i am waiting for Sabermod 4.3 ... they could make this more acceptable , again
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Root and:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lcis.seeder
I guess I kissed a frog.
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Is the 4.2 Update worth having?

Ive been browsing through the various note 8 topics and im seeing lots of problems being reported about 4.2.2. Things like Spen inaccuracy, smart dock not working after update, multiwindow problems etc.
Ive just rooted my note on 4.1.2 and i find my note to be quick and reliable, im just thinking is it really worth unrooting my perfectly working note 8 to update and get what seems a worse experience, then have to reroot it seems like alot of faffing about for no real improvement.
What are the new additions in 4.2 that make it worth while? (i have no use for multiuser).
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There's also issues with the screen freezing every so often... Well, not really freezing but more like it doesn't recognize touch inputs for 1-3 seconds.
I'd recommend sticking with 4.1.2 til they can fix everything.
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b4d5h0t said:
Ive been browsing through the various note 8 topics and im seeing lots of problems being reported about 4.2.2. Things like Spen inaccuracy, smart dock not working after update, multiwindow problems etc.
Ive just rooted my note on 4.1.2 and i find my note to be quick and reliable, im just thinking is it really worth unrooting my perfectly working note 8 to update and get what seems a worse experience, then have to reroot it seems like alot of faffing about for no real improvement.
What are the new additions in 4.2 that make it worth while? (i have no use for multiuser).
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If you are happy with your Note then I would suggest staying where you are for now.
Especially if you use the Multimedia Dock. I believe the Spen issue has been or is being corrected in the custom ROMS however Stock ROMS are waiting for an official update.
For me personally, I decided to jump to 4.2.2 since I do not use the Spen and the UI improvements are noticeable enough that I found it hard to go back to 4.1.2 once I got used to them. The Music widget on the lock screen is my most favorite new feature.
Rooting 4.2.2 is exactly the same as 4.1.2 it takes only a minute or two. Good Luck on your decision.
Div033 said:
There's also issues with the screen freezing every so often... Well, not really freezing but more like it doesn't recognize touch inputs for 1-3 seconds.
I'd recommend sticking with 4.1.2 til they can fix everything.
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The screen freezing is a problem with 4.1.2, it is fixed in 4.2.2.
I have`t so problem with 4.2.2... of course I don't use multimedia dock... other things I think better than 4.1.2
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cruise350 said:
The screen freezing is a problem with 4.1.2, it is fixed in 4.2.2.
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Ah I should've paid closer attention to his signature. The bug exists on the N5110, unsure about the 5100.
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