Hello!
Last night as I was toggling on TeslaLED to shine some light with the flash for the camera, the light turned on for about a half second and then turned off...at the time I just assumed that TeslaLED had crashed or something and didn't think anything of it...however, now in testing the flash for the camera as well as TeslaLED and the Torch app that is built into my ROM I am finding that nothing is able to make the light come back on...
So far I've tried:
1) rebooting the phone
2) using the camera app, TeslaLED, and Torch to make the light turn on
3) rebooting the phone and clearing all app cached data (which has apparently been a fix for others: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-razr-support/218009-camera-flash-not-right.html)
Anyone else have any suggestions? I am not knowledgeable about LEDs or anything but I'm wondering if it "burnt out" (if that's even possible)?
I'm no stranger to replacing hardware--I've already replaced the motherboard in this phone once, and I see that replacement LED/flash things on eBay are pretty cheap...but opening up the phone is such a pain! I'd like to exhaust all other options first.
Thanks!
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Please help me, my camera flash not working. i tried streak light and other program (camera app) but nothing.
I have a dell streak 5 and firmware 354.....i tried other firmware but nothing.
what is the problem?
Thanks
on 351, and Camera Flash not working
I have 351 on my Streak, and when taking pictures, the flash won't turn on, even though I have it set to be on. I know the flash is working, since I have Flashlight and the lights work when I use it. Anyone has this issue?
UPDATE:
I pulled out the battery and rebooted, and now my flash is working again, even though I had rebooted before. Weird.
I have had this problem for nearly a year now.
I have sent the phone for repair and my camera unit works in another device but a new one will not work in mine.
Weird!
I have also tried every rom out there and still no LED flash.
Not on camera, video, flashlight apps, dell streak light app.
Nothing!
Does anyone out there in the world have a solution???
I changed the group led but still does not work. I do not know what to do
My flash worked fine until I did a recent factory reset to clear another problem. Now the flash only works when shooting a video clip, but cant access the "on" option when in picture mode.
Camera Flash Fix
Had the same problem with not being able to turn the camera flash to "on". Found this to work:
Settings
applications
manage applications
all
Scroll to CameraEM
Clear data
return to prior screen
Scroll to Camera
Clear data
Return to home screen
You should now be able to turn the flash "on". Hope this works for you
well it didnt work either.. need help
Hi there.
My flash LEDs stopped working too. In every application: cameras, torches, barcode scanners etc.
Every time a LED is in use i can see a very faint, almost invisible flash. Doesn't matter if it supposed to be a flash or continuous light there is always that tiny flash only.
It happened back in a days when I was on 403 Olleh Gingerbred 2.3.3. I thought that changing ROM will help but even now on Cyanogen mod Longhorn 2.9.3 Android 2.3.7 my flash still doesn't work.
May that be a hardware issue?
I've noticed from other threads that people are able to get LED apps like Light Manager to work on the G2, but it absolutely will not work for me. I'm wondering if it might be a software difference in the Canadian version of the G2 which makes it incompatible.
I've tried Light Manager and Light Flow. I've tried normal modes and alternate modes. I've tried with the notification LED settings on the phone in every combination of on/off and checked/unchecked. I've spent hours fiddling, and Light Manager and Light Flow simply do not manipulate the LED whatsoever. Not even with the test function in the apps.
Anyone with a Canadian variant of the G2 had any luck?
For the record, the default LED settings on the stock ROM behave as expected, so the LED works fine. I've used these apps on several other phones and never had any issues tweaking the LED to my heart's content.
Rogers, stock ROM, rooted, no other tweaks.
Edit: Something else different about this variant is that you cannot specify different LED notifications for individual contacts. When you edit a contact, there is no such option like there is on the US variants.
I'm going to be lazy and paste in a reply I did for the same issue on another board:
For myself, I found that although the native notification LED's worked, that none of the 3rd party apps nor light flow could control the LED. I did a Reset to Factory and then light flow worked for me except for Calendar; and email seemed to want to remain green rather than the colour I set it for.
HOWEVER, before going the Reset to Factory route: one question (possibly to prove a theory) -- did you back up your settings to Google Servers and allow it to restore app data and previously installed apps? I did, when I switched from my Samsung Galaxy S3 to my new LG G2. But before I did my Reset to Factory, I turned those settings off and set everything up from scratch and installed my apps one by one.
My theory is that restoring app data and previously installed apps will work fine when switching from a G2 to another G2 but possibly not from another device. It makes no sense that a Reset to Factory would fix my issue with 3rd party LED notification and light flow; so I wanted to take it one step further rather than find out a reset did not fix the issue because somehow the restoring of data was causing a problem.
Note that turning these settings off does not mean you have to redo your contacts or calendar, those still sync'd over after my Reset to Factory.
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I did not look forward to doing a Reset to Factory, I didn't want to redo anything more than the next person but I did want to get light flow working.
I ended up factory resetting and it solved the issue. What a pain.
Thanks!
I was about 80% finished configuring/tweaking my G2 to my liking when I decided to bite the bullet and try the reset to see if it would fix light flow before I got too far.
If I may ask, did you allow the device to restore your settings from Google servers and apps from the Play Store? I just wanted to see if this part is just an unfounded theory or if that made the difference; or if just doing a reset regardless of settings would have worked. Basically, I lost my saved wifi settings but to the best of my knowledge, that was about it -- the really important stuff like contacts and calendar did sync over.
May I also ask if you can get native or light flow to trigger the Calendar LED's, and if your Email LED is green or a colour you chose in light flow?
Thanks!
My rear camera flash is lit up. When I power it off, the flash is still lit. I have tried clearing my cache, a full factory reset, and even tried taking a picture to try and turn it off. It is still on. I'm currently running the battery til its dead, at 65% now, and do a full recharge to see it if fixes it. I'm running on a fully stock Rom with no updates to install. Any ideas are more than welcome. Thanks.
Looks like nobody replied to this. Given the few days that have past, you may have already resolved this issue, but I'll have a go at it anyways. My first thought is that since the light stays on even when the device is off, it could very well be a hardware defect. My second thought is that you should open up the flashlight app (or download one from the play store if it didn't come with a rom) and attempt to toggle the LED via the app.
Hi everyone, i'd like to post my experience with Android Lollipop on my GS5 which is awesome except that since the first day i have the last Lollipop update ( ....L9) my heart rate sensor is always ON . Yep, if the screen is on, even in the lock screen mode, the HR sensor is always ON and if i touch with my finger the sensor, the red light turns on. The big problem is if i place my phone on the table, the red light will be always on. I've noticed that the red light remains turned on the time S Health takes to measure the heartbeat and then it turns off for like 2 mins then turn back on and the problem starts again. I've tried to kill S Health process and Health Service process, but nothing.
It really makes me annoyed.
Thanks everyone.
Tried a factory reset after updating to Lollipop?, heard a few people suggest that it fixes issues with left over trash files from KK
After 2 days trying to figure out and making a lot of factory reset, i found a partial solution ( because i like the app ). The problem is Google Fit. When it is installed on the phone, i don't know why it keeps the proximity sensor of the Heart Rate always on, when the screen is turned on. Disinstalling Google Fit and wiping the cache app, as i said, i solved the problem.
Sballa said:
After 2 days trying to figure out and making a lot of factory reset, i found a partial solution ( because i like the app ). The problem is Google Fit. When it is installed on the phone, i don't know why it keeps the proximity sensor of the Heart Rate always on, when the screen is turned on. Disinstalling Google Fit and wiping the cache app, as i said, i solved the problem.
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I have the same problem, but i solved it with a disable of activity detection in google fit and a reboot.
It sucks since i have a smartwatch, but i don't want to burn out the heartrate monitor.
Strange Ive heard a few people saying the HR sensor is stuck permanently on, not had that problem this end
Just noticed the same issue with the red light from the heart rate sensor. It was lit when I put down my S5 when the screen was on, will go out as soon as the screen goes black. I do have Google Fit installed, going to disable that next.
Had the same issue with the heartbeat sensor turning on. Turned off Motion Detection in Google Fit and rebooted - issue resolved. Thanks for the tip
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!