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Galaxy S camera problems

Just as the thread title says, my camera is full of bugs, unable to change iso/exposure properly and hangs when I try to focus or take a picture. Had the same problem when using jf4 and jm2 as well as third party camera apps. Is this a software or hardware problem? And any solutions?

you are the very first person to complain about this.
just about every body else loves the camera, including me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731846

AllGamer said:
you are the very first person to complain about this.
just about every body else loves the camera, including me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731846
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I had problems testing the panorama shot, but I never complained, mostly because I don't take pictures and I was just testing it. Also, in the camera's defense, I was talking pictures in a room, where perhaps there was an issue due to corners while the shot is intended to be of landscape....any thoughts?

Not exactly complaining but I think that it could be a hardware problem as half of the time I press the camera app, the app starts shows a black screen and says 'camera failed' and force closes...

Qazz~; said:
Not exactly complaining but I think that it could be a hardware problem as half of the time I press the camera app, the app starts shows a black screen and says 'camera failed' and force closes...
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Is this lag ?

Not much lag, but like I said its real buggy, can't even focus.when I tap on an area the box shifts to wheretapped but it does not focus, the box will now get stuck there and the iso/exposure will not change then usually the camera will stop working

Qazz~ said:
Not exactly complaining but I think that it could be a hardware problem as half of the time I press the camera app, the app starts shows a black screen and says 'camera failed' and force closes...
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now, that is an actual problem.
did you try rebooting the phone?
if you can't take even a normal picture, you might have an defective camera

Taking a picture is a hit and miss affair, takes pics 2 out of 10 times i try, it should be a camera problem, going to send it in for warranty now. will report back when its fixed

Have you tried a hard reset to see if the problem goes away?
Whenever things start to go wierd, I alway 1)Soft reset 2)If it does not work do a hard reset 3)If still doesn't work, find out if everyone else with the same firmware has the problem 4) Finally, go to the shop for a replacement, it's likely then to be a hardware issue.

If you have 'fring' installed uninstall it and camera will stop failing

Just updated to JM2, I have fring installed, never had such problem even with stock...

Sorry my bad, fring was recently fixed for sgs
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Soft reset, hard reset, flashed firmware again. All did not work. Was sent in for repair a few hours ago, they said it would take 2-3 days, had jm2 on it though and where I live the latest firmware is jf4. Hope they don't bother about that. Hoping for the best

Update!
Just got phone back from Samsung after waiting for 4 torturous days, everything seems to be in working order now, the auto focus is still pretty slow though but other than that its great.
So after all it should have just been a hardware problem as the customer service lady told me that they changed the pcb of the camera

Qazz~ said:
Not exactly complaining but I think that it could be a hardware problem as half of the time I press the camera app, the app starts shows a black screen and says 'camera failed' and force closes...
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I had the same problem get voodoo lag fix if you have any other lag fix un do them before running the voodoo it works rember after you do the lag fix it takes a long time to boot

here is the fix to camera problem!!!!!!!
I had the same problem get voodoo lag fix if you have any other lag fix un do them before running the voodoo it works rember after you do the lag fix it takes a long time to boot

HELP PLEASE.... I bought a new Galaxy S Captivate about 3 weeks ago and i think alrealy had the new Android 2.1 with the GPS Fixed. The Camera was working until a few days ago. Every time I start the Camera app, after just 2 or 3 seconds I am getting the Warning message "Camera Failed". I can only press okay and the Camera app closes. I tried many times and it is always the same.
I tried soft reset, and hard reset which errased all my data, and nothing. Today I decided to upgrade to the new Leaked version of the Froyo 2.2 to see if it would help. Nothing helped. I AM STUCK....
I called Samsung 3rd level support and they said that I should send my phone to them for them to REFLASH my phone. If that would not fix they would replace and send another phone to me.
My problem is that I am out of the USA (I am in Brazil now) for the next 3 months, so I would like to find a way to fi via software now.
Since Samsung said that the best way to fix this Camera problem is the FLASH the phone, and only SAMSUNG has this special flashing software, my question is:
1- DOES ANY ONE KNOWS WHER I COULD DOWNLOAD THIS SAMSUNG FLASHING SOFTWARE ? ANY WHAT WHERE I COULD GET THE ROM ORIGINAL CAPTIVATE 2.1 VERSION?
2- I only know this 2 ways to flash or upgrade my phone,
I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.rar (for Android 2.1)
I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgears.exe (for Android 2.2 leaked version)
But I am not sure that this is the SAMSUNG FLASH version that they are talking about , is it?
Where can I find the real Samsung Flash software ? PLEASE HELP

Solved Thanks to Voodoo
Had practically the same problem, Camera failed yet it worked for Video and even in Panorama mode, I didn't install anything new other than some themes from the Market, I tried factory set, removing the battery ... nothing worked, so I disabled OCLF, uninstalled it, and installed Voodoo lag fix instead, that made the trick !! Don't understand why though , but anyways it's working now

twingerbread 3.3 - video camera
alovell83 said:
I had problems testing the panorama shot, but I never complained, mostly because I don't take pictures and I was just testing it. Also, in the camera's defense, I was talking pictures in a room, where perhaps there was an issue due to corners while the shot is intended to be of landscape....any thoughts?
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the camera is definitely broken. I'm running kernel 2.6.32.9, twingerbread 3.3 on sgh-i897; and the video option is no-fugu. force-close EVERY time I try to use it.

When i try to camera it says "camera failed".Soft reset, hard reset, flashed firmware again. All did not work

[Q] Froyo camera portrait bug

I don't think this has been posted yet, but I am seeing a weird bug with the camera that is different than all the other camera/camcorder bugs I've seen, most of which have fixes.
If I am in landscape mode of the home screen on Launcherpro or Go Launcher and open camera app, everything is fine. If I am in portrait mode of the home screen and open camera app, more often than not, I get a camera failed message.
I have tried this with both Launcherpro and Go Launcher. I have reinstalled camera. Wiped cache, wiped data, formatted sf card. Happens with both stock camera and the camera in the EB13 GB theme.
Anyone else experiencing this?

just tested this and my phone doesn't show this bug.
I'm on stock EB13 with camera bug fix kernel over it.

Im actually getting the same problem and im using go launcher idk about LP. Im running the midnight 4.1 eb13 rom.
sometimes the camera will start and be completely black and just sit there and I restart and then get "camera failed" it takes a few restarts to get it going which is annoying because most photo ops are come and go :/
Anyways nice to know im not the only one with the problem. Any help would be much appreciated

cconwing said:
Im actually getting the same problem and im using go launcher idk about LP. Im running the midnight 4.1 eb13 rom.
sometimes the camera will start and be completely black and just sit there and I restart and then get "camera failed" it takes a few restarts to get it going which is annoying because most photo ops are come and go :/
Anyways nice to know im not the only one with the problem. Any help would be much appreciated
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Yes, that is exactly my issue. Workaround I figured out is to be in landscape mode before launching the app, but this is not really a solution. I found this bug on midnight 4.0 and syndicate frozen rom. Surprised more people haven't seen it.
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Camera works fine for me.
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Camera works fine for me
EB13 Bonsai ROM with Bonsai 3.0.0 Kernel OC'ed to 1.2GHz

No problem with the camera for me either
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Also no problems with the camera here in this regard. Using a stock RFS kernel with no lag fix.

I have no problems either - I have a stock EB13 that has been rooted via oneclickroot cwm 2.5.5 - no roms or kernels except stock, the only that I have done is install the camera/video lag and the slow rotation fix.

Camera works fine for me. Running the Syndicate Frozen rom.

[Q] Anyone else having camera problems?

I was wondering if anyone else has run into this issue on the N10 as well or if I just got a fluke.
Front / Back camera worked for first 5 minutes out of the box. After going to a different application and trying to get back to camera, camera app fails to connect. Restart tablet, same problem. Force close gallery/camera app, wipe data/cache for the app and re-open. Same error, camera no longer displays at all.
Factory reset, camera works for a few minutes, try to open it again after leaving, crashes the same way. No third party apps can access camera either. Tried many factory resets, even with only gApps installed same camera prob.
Waiting for RMA now, but has anyone else run into this or something similar? :crying:

HS_Clutch said:
I was wondering if anyone else has run into this issue on the N10 as well or if I just got a fluke.
Front / Back camera worked for first 5 minutes out of the box. After going to a different application and trying to get back to camera, camera app fails to connect. Restart tablet, same problem. Force close gallery/camera app, wipe data/cache for the app and re-open. Same error, camera no longer displays at all.
Factory reset, camera works for a few minutes, try to open it again after leaving, crashes the same way. No third party apps can access camera either. Tried many factory resets, even with only gApps installed same camera prob.
Waiting for RMA now, but has anyone else run into this or something similar? :crying:
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I had this exact problem on my galaxy nexus. I finally pinned it down to an app that controlled the LED (like a flashlight, or torch app). I removed it and it worked fine after that.

Yup looks to be a 3rd party app since it works after factory reset. I would reset it again but choose not to have it reinstall the apps automatically. Then just do the process of elimination until you find the problomatic app. Worth a shot.
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Thanks for the advice but I've factory reset multiple times and have only gApps installed, same thing happens :laugh:

I'm having the same problem, both front and back camera are not working properly. I'll try factory reset later this day.
Do you have the cameras working already?

I'm having the same issue too. Today's the first day with my Nexus 10, and right out of the box the Camera doesn't work. Never loaded even once.
Has anyone else had this issue and was able to fix it?

Same problem here! Do you think rooting and flashing CM might solve the issue?

Same here. It seems its only the stock camera tho. I installed 2 different cameras from Play Store & both those work perfect. Camera ICS+ & HDR+ both worked for me.
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djd338 said:
Same here. It seems its only the stock camera tho. I installed 2 different cameras from Play Store & both those work perfect. Camera ICS+ & HDR+ both worked for me.
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I tried these apps but it's still not working for me. Hope it's not hardware related. It worked the first day I had my nexus.
EDIT: Installing CyanogenMod solved the issue =)
EDIT 2: Well it actually solved it for just a day or two, now it's back!

I'm also having this issue too it seems. Created a post about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251337 and thought it was related to my rooting of the tablet since it worked okay before I tried that. Currently on 4.2.0 stock and OEM locked and the issues is still there, starting to think it's a hardware issue.

GabrialDestruir said:
I'm also having this issue too it seems. Created a post about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251337 and thought it was related to my rooting of the tablet since it worked okay before I tried that. Currently on 4.2.0 stock and OEM locked and the issues is still there, starting to think it's a hardware issue.
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Definitely a hardware issue. I did an RMA with Google ...the new device they sent me has no issues.
Try that if your device is still under warranty! Google is pretty good at getting replacements sent to you within a week!

Turns out it wasn't a hardware issues, the problem I was having was apparently related to the sync of contacts which for some reason completely disabled the camera until such a time as the contacts were synced.

[Q] Camera not working, possibly disabled?

My Nexus 10's camera is not working - t goes into the app and all I see is a gray screen. For a while I had an exchange server configured that disabled my camera, so I'm wondering if this could be a residual setting due to that. I performed a factory reset, but to no avail.
Is there a way to perform a harder reset, so that all system files and setting are wiped out?
(I once heard that the build.prop is not overwritten on a factory reset).
Thanks.

Have you tried a different version of Gapps? I had something similar, where the camera would take a minute to startup completely.
Do other camera apps work? Try a free one from the Play Store.

sttovo said:
Have you tried a different version of Gapps? I had something similar, where the camera would take a minute to startup completely.
Do other camera apps work? Try a free one from the Play Store.
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Nope, I don't think it's a delay. It just doesn't work, even with a 3rd party app I used to use on my phone.

Very strange indeed. Maybe you could reflash the stock ROM. I think the factory reset might not clear the system data for apps. Just a guess though. Beyond that I'm at a loss. Sorry.

sttovo said:
Very strange indeed. Maybe you could reflash the stock ROM. I think the factory reset might not clear the system data for apps. Just a guess though. Beyond that I'm at a loss. Sorry.
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Correct. If the problem is in the /system partition, a factory reset will never touch it.

camera hang
I got a refurbished N10 a few days ago, I did a stock 4.4. flash and the camera initially was black, then after a few goes it would work for a few seconds then become non-responsive, had to a hard reboot once.
Is this a dud unit I got or a problem others have? Remember - stock 4.4 no special kernel etc. I did have a special kernel but I flashed back to stock in trying to fix the problem but nada.

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I got a refurbished N10 a few days ago, I did a stock 4.4. flash and the camera initially was black, then after a few goes it would work for a few seconds then become non-responsive, had to a hard reboot once.
Is this a dud unit I got or a problem others have? Remember - stock 4.4 no special kernel etc. I did have a special kernel but I flashed back to stock in trying to fix the problem but nada.
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Similar issue. Completely stock N10 on 4.4. Camera works fine after boot but a day or two later it is exhibiting this issue of only showing a completely black screen on the default camera app. Same thing with any other app that uses the camera: blackness. And again a reboot rectifies it for a while. Anyone know what is going on with the camera on 4.4?

I happened to have the same issue (but my camera crashed and notified me), and when I searched for it I got this massive thread on Google's product forum. Guess any Nexus device has a chance of having cam boot issues: https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/z47YrU5rxrc
Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 10 met Tapatalk

Samsung S10+ One UI has lots of bugs

Anyone experiencing this?
The bugs that I faced so far:
- waze not responding after switching between apps. Once not responding, I have to close waze completely then open it again but I might need to wait few mins before it would start correctly
- just today the camera suddenly not responding. I have tried to close the apps but it would still shows blank screen. Then I restart the device then it was back to normal
- game rise of civilization would gave blank white screen from time to time after switching apps
- system UI not responding
I was coming from iOS, then change to vivo v9 before I use Samsung.
While the screen and design is a beauty, but even vivo had no bugs like Samsung.
Anyone face similar issues? Anyone know how to overcome this?
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Never noticed such bugs on my device. Don't know about the game though because I didn't try it. Are you rooted ? or using some theming apps like Substratum ? You should try booting your phone in safe mode first to see if some app is causing problems. Last time when my Samsung phone's UI stopped working, the culprit was wrong theme applied from Substratum. So, check it first in safe mode, and if it still occurs in safe mode, do a factory reset or flash stock firmware using odin.

I have had none of those bugs.

Never experienced any of those "bugs" either.

Also, No bugs here...

Never had a bug here

No such bugs.
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This thread is as buggy as a Rain Forest ?

obaybdg said:
Anyone experiencing this?
The bugs that I faced so far:
- waze not responding after switching between apps. Once not responding, I have to close waze completely then open it again but I might need to wait few mins before it would start correctly
- just today the camera suddenly not responding. I have tried to close the apps but it would still shows blank screen. Then I restart the device then it was back to normal
- game rise of civilization would gave blank white screen from time to time after switching apps
- system UI not responding
I was coming from iOS, then change to vivo v9 before I use Samsung.
While the screen and design is a beauty, but even vivo had no bugs like Samsung.
Anyone face similar issues? Anyone know how to overcome this?
Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
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No bugs here. Not even in beta versions using s8 ans s9. I suggest factory reset. Maybe download the latest odin firmware for your carrier and install that. This is the first thread i've seen with people having multiple concerns with One UI bugs.

The only bug I am getting is with the Spotify app. Ever since installing Galaxy Wearables and using Galaxy ear buds the Spotify app is really flakey. It hangs a lot of the time and I have to restart the device to get it to work. Has anyone else had this happen on their S10 plus?

Did not face any of those bugs at all
And did not try this game

No bugs here

I have a lot of apps on my phone, some since honeycomb and no problems either.

My 975U1 has been rock solid from day 1.

No bugs on my phone. But there are plenty roaches in my workplace

No bugs here.

No bugs. This is the least buggy phone I have ever had. No complaints. Coming from pixels and 6t

Not rooted... I will try the safe mode suggestion though...
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Noooooope
obaybdg said:
Anyone experiencing this?
The bugs that I faced so far:
- waze not responding after switching between apps. Once not responding, I have to close waze completely then open it again but I might need to wait few mins before it would start correctly
- just today the camera suddenly not responding. I have tried to close the apps but it would still shows blank screen. Then I restart the device then it was back to normal
- game rise of civilization would gave blank white screen from time to time after switching apps
- system UI not responding
I was coming from iOS, then change to vivo v9 before I use Samsung.
While the screen and design is a beauty, but even vivo had no bugs like Samsung.
Anyone face similar issues? Anyone know how to overcome this?
Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
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......NOPE.....

tait2b13 said:
The only bug I am getting is with the Spotify app. Ever since installing Galaxy Wearables and using Galaxy ear buds the Spotify app is really flakey. It hangs a lot of the time and I have to restart the device to get it to work. Has anyone else had this happen on their S10 plus?
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Spotify works fine for me. On the phone and on Android Auto. Either uninstall and reinstall or go to apps settings and clear cache and data. Settings/Apps/Spotify/storage/ Clear cache then clear data buttons. Restart and try it out again.