Weird issue. I was comparing my STOCK (2.3.4) MyTouch 4g phone settings, hardware, etc, (settings -> about phone -> hardware information) to another exact phone (my family has 4 of them) and I noticed that my phone hardware did NOT list the front facing camera. The Main Camera is shown with 5m.
I then fired up the camera app. The Rear Facing Camera works fine. When I press the icon to change to the Front Facing Camera, the camera app closes and I end up back at the main home screen.
I tried going to setup -> applications -> running -> all -> camera and clearing the data and resetting the phone. The FFC still does not show up in the hardware list and does not work in the camera app.
Any ideas? Would a factory reset fix this?
Thanks!
Any ideas as to why the front facing camera does not show up in the firmware list?
Is there something that I need to do to 'activate' it?
Would a factory reset help?
Thoughts?
jlsatt4 said:
Any ideas as to why the front facing camera does not show up in the firmware list?
Is there something that I need to do to 'activate' it?
Would a factory reset help?
Thoughts?
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If it crashes when you try to access the ffc, try a reset.
If that doesnt work you could try a custom rom.
If that doesnt work then its hardware related. Maybe the front camera isnt present, or disconnected due to the phone falling down.
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Problem with rear camera on my s4. only the front camera is working. when i tried to capture somethimg wiht the rear camera its just do nothing. everything stays black and then a pop-up window saying: A problem with camera.
guys tell me what to do??????
Andreagostinho21 said:
Problem with rear camera on my s4. only the front camera is working. when i tried to capture somethimg wiht the rear camera its just do nothing. everything stays black and then a pop-up window saying: A problem with camera.
guys tell me what to do??????
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The only things you can do are:
- wipe data of the camera app in system/apps/all apps
- Data/factory reset
- Flash your rom with Odin and data factory reset.
If that doesn`t work its probably a hardware failure.
Thanks dude
you're awesome.....
you sabe from buying another s4. i just did the step 2 and worked perfectly!
could you explain me what exactly happened.
thanks man you're Gods will.....
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Bump. Anyone?
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Bump. Same bug with kitkat...
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KillEmAllx said:
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1. Dial *#34971539#
2. Select second option called Phone to CAM FW Write (Rear) and update your camera if isnt updated. If you have it grey, forget it.
3. Latest option is change the front camera. You have a very nice guide for fix it -> HERE
Joku1981 said:
1. Dial *#34971539#
2. Select second option called Phone to CAM FW Write (Rear) and update your camera if isnt updated. If you have it grey, forget it.
3. Latest option is change the front camera. You have a very nice guide for fix it -> HERE
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You have any source for the "upgrade camera fix"?
And replacing the front facing camera is not an option, the camera works just fine, it has to be a software bug.
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I tested what you said, updating the camera and it worked! Thank you so much!
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Nevermind, the bug is still there...
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KillEmAllx said:
So my girlfriend's i9505 front facing camera is acting wierd. I think it happened when she upgrated to 4.3.
When using any effect with the front camera, the picture gets way too dark and you can mostly only see shapes. When you enable the "dual camera feature" and then disable it the camera gets normal again, but as soon as you change effect or re-open the front camera it gets dark again.
This doesn't happen with the rear camera though. If you select an effect with the rear camera and then switch to front camera, the pic is normal. But as soon as the problem appears, it stays there even if you switch cameras, and you have to close the camera app to get it normal again.
It's really wierd, I've wiped Camera data, wiped cache through recovery (stock rom/recovery, non-rooted), and I even did a factory reset but nothing, the bug is there.
Anyone else facing the same problem? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Did you figure out how to fix it?
Nope, haven't found much about it..
Hi all,
I've dropped my Nexus 4 into water for a second, and few months later it still works fine - except the rear camera. It flickers, randomly chrashes and gets crazy. Some times I manage to take several photos before it goes nuts. Front camera works fine!
I tried flashing clean rom etc. - problem persists, obviously it's not sw issue.
So I ordered replacement module. I installed it immediately and now my camera just force closes. There is no way to open camera app. I tried reinstaling camera app, clean flash etc., everything I could do from software side.
My old camera module works like before so I reverted the change.
Does anyone have experience with changing camera module? Any advice? Broken camera maybe?
Anyone else having issues getting Camera unavailable? I can use third party camera apps and access both rear cameras.
But if I use the stock one and switch to the rear camera I get "Camera Error" Camera Unavailable.
I also had that today for the stock video but trying a second time it worked.
Yea mine just keeps doing it over and over, OpenCamera runs both cameras just fine, but doesn't see the front camera lol, front camera works fine and non-wide rear works fine on stock app.
I tried to run a full KDZ reset, but it doesn't let me refurbish, only upgrade, so if there is something wrong with the files in there, I fear they may not have been fixed.
Have you tried uninstalling OpenCamera and see if it goes away? I had this happen on an older phone, after a reboot it would work, come to find out, another app was holding the camera open
Yea I've tried using a fully reset phone, after digging more it looks like if the camera is in "Selfie Mode" the rear cameras work, but it's like if the selfie camera is no longer being detected by anything.
So, I'm going to assume the front camera is bad which is why it's not working. Oh well to it.. but the issue is, I can't use my main camera at all via camera apps. Other apps like messenger and discord can use it just fine, but I can't switch off of my broken wide angle camera to my main after the front camera went out. And I really don't feel like wasting money on the front camera I rarely use AGAIN... Is there any way I can force the phone to only use my main camera? I don't care for the wide angle or the front camera since neither work..
Thanks
Not sure if you have tried this. But when the camera acts up for me and won't open, I go to settings then Application Manager. Find Camera in the list. Force Stop it first, and then clear out Cache and Data both. Doing this usually resets any problems it has often caused by other apps accessing it. It should resort back to the main rear camera. Also try restarting your phone after this. Some problems won't even go away without a reboot.