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[Q] Nexus 4 CAMERA DISSAPEARING

So I updated to 4.4 kitkat, after the update the phone was operating normally. Then after a few days the device seemed to be missing the camera. The apk file and gallery apk are still on the phone, its just you cant access the camera through the app tray because it doesnt show up. When I installed a third party camera app the camera would only activate the front facing and not the back camera. After you install third party camera apps if you reboot the device it deletes the app from the app tray. Ive tried flashing random camera and gallery apks and ive tried flashing to stock, ive tried putting a apk in system/apps file and then fixing the permissions. I have no idea how to fix this at this point, Is their any way to completely factory rest this and undo what google has done to it.

Settings > apps > Launcher > clear cache and clear data. Reboot. If the camera is still not showing up. Download and install stock 4.4 camera apk. Check themes and apps section for the apk.
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badboy47 said:
Settings > apps > Launcher > clear cache and clear data. Reboot. If the camera is still not showing up. Download and install stock 4.4 camera apk. Check themes and apps section for the apk.
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Alright ill try that. Google has told me that they have no idea whats wrong and that i should send it in for repair when the camera was working fine before the update. I'm currently using the toolkit for this nexus because adb got tiring.

technet1339 said:
Alright ill try that. Google has told me that they have no idea whats wrong and that i should send it in for repair when the camera was working fine before the update. I'm currently using the toolkit for this nexus because adb got tiring.
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Just tried that and it doesnt work it rejects the install.

Try downloading and installing the apk manually from PA photosphere, just use something like es file explorer to view inside the .zip file and install gallery and camera.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=7994.

goofball2k said:
Try downloading and installing the apk manually from PA photosphere, just use something like es file explorer to view inside the .zip file and install gallery and camera.
I did just that and rebooted it and still no camera or back camera support.
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Does it say that the apps installed successfully after you install using the APK's? You shouldn't need a reboot to use them or see them installed.

Maybe this is why?

badboy47 said:
Settings > apps > Launcher > clear cache and clear data. Reboot. If the camera is still not showing up. Download and install stock 4.4 camera apk. Check themes and apps section for the apk.
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thank you

It could be that your Camera Connector has somehow disconnected itself from your Phones motherboard.
Last month I had the same exact problem as you. After days of rooting, and flashing new roms, I decided to take a look inside my Nexus.
And I found that my problem was that the Camera Connector somehow came loose, so I reconnected it and my camera and the camera application came back.

[Q] Gallery problem here[Plz help]

From quite a few months none of my gallery app are working properly.I cant see the image previews..tried re-flashing ROM changing the ROM but nothing worked.But i can see the images on clicking them.i also tried deleting the thumbnails file and allowed the gallery app to recreate it but still no solution.....any help will be great.

smith44 said:
From quite a few months none of my gallery app are working properly.I cant see the image previews..tried re-flashing ROM changing the ROM but nothing worked.But i can see the images on clicking them.i also tried deleting the thumbnails file and allowed the gallery app to recreate it but still no solution.....any help will be great.
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Try alternative gallery app like QuickPic.
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Tried all gallery app none works all have the same problem

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From quite a few months none of my gallery app are working properly.I cant see the image previews..tried re-flashing ROM changing the ROM but nothing worked.But i can see the images on clicking them.i also tried deleting the thumbnails file and allowed the gallery app to recreate it but still no solution.....any help will be great.
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Try fish bowl gallery or u gallery
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You tried reflashing stock firmware via Odin?
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Yes, the best alternative is the QuickPic, in my opinion, is better than the default app.
Try rebuild the cached pics by opening the settings menu, going into Applications->Manage Apps->go under All Apps and look for the Gallery app.
Clear Cache and Clear Data and Force stop.

Flash stock rom via odin.. then do a clean install of your rom. And see if the problem still persist..

flash the stock rom by odin .... then wipe data and cache open phone wipe data and cache from gallery ... REBOOT!
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[Q] What's wrong with the camera?

So... The camera app launches fine without a problem and it seems to work, keeps refocussing when I move the phone.... But any screen press will not be registered, ie... I can't exactly use the app.... All other apps work fine, including Gallery.
I've forced closed and cleared the data and cache from Gallery and Camera apps...
I've disabled all Xposed modules and cloaked root status just in case.... Still the same....
What can I do? :/

- Do you use a stock firmware? or custom rom?
- Try another camera app, e.g Google Camera?

CM13 2016.06.12 Nightly (and older versions) Camera broken

Hi guys, since a month I have problems with my camera-app. I'm using CM13 nightlies, just reflashed from yesterday with Open GApps Nano (to not overwrite Snap Camera for a try). With WhatsApp I can take photos without a problem but for holidys the quality is too bad . I also tried Camera MX without success. When I take a picture it shows the preview in Snap Camera without problem (the small icon bottom left). If I want to navigate to Gallery it just shows grey or sometimes even no file is created. I've searched a lot but nothing helped. I also tried to revert to last build where it worked but only got bootloops. I also completely wiped my phone and removed sd card, no success.
Does anyone have a solution to my problem?
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Tried it with nightly from today, no success. Also video recording force closes. No advice?

So after again a lot of reading, could my camera work again if i update baseband/modem/bootloader with latest from sammobile? Mine are really outdated from june 2015 (so lollipop version..)
If I update them I dont have to root etc, right?
best regards

So.. I tried OpenCamera again and set the save location to my download-filter (internal), this works. With my default Camera I can only save to internal, without choosing a dir so this doesnt work. Is there a possibility to fix the rights of DCIM so that the camera apps are allowed to write there?
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Seems like the permissions are the same from both folders. will try to delete the folder and let the app recreate it or possibly try sd-card as location..

I solved this now... I've installed latest CM13 nightly with camera fix https://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/156891, made a full wipe (except my internal user data) and clean install. Unfortunately this did'nt solve my problem. I also installed latest bootloader and modem, no success, too.
I think the solution was to change permissions of dcim to 777 via recovery... that's why I couldn't delete pictures or take pictures but it worked with open camera on another file path...

Please help "Camera has stopped" after update

Hello,
I just received an 170ish MB update, installed it with no problems, but now I see that the camera doesn't work.
Tried clearing cache from recovery, tried to clear cache and data form the app, tried to open the app from safe mode and even removing the 256GB Samsung SD card, but the camera is still not working.
Please let me know what can I do to fix it, I do not want to do a full reset to the factory settings.
P. S. I attached the screenshot with my software info

blackfire2802 said:
Hello,
I just received an 170ish MB update, installed it with no problems, but now I see that the camera doesn't work.
Tried clearing cache from recovery, tried to clear cache and data form the app, tried to open the app from safe mode and even removing the 256GB Samsung SD card, but the camera is still not working.
Please let me know what can I do to fix it, I do not want to do a full reset to the factory settings.
P. S. I attached the screenshot with my software info
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do you mean default camera?
have you test another camera app?

Yes the default camera, I haven't tried any camera app, I'll try some apps now and report back

blackfire2802 said:
Yes the default camera, I haven't tried any camera app, I'll try some apps now and report back
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Update: other camera apps are working. Anyone has an idea how to fix the default camera app?