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I've been having an issue with the rear camera for about a month now, i tried flashing an old firmware and a bunch of custom rom but none of them work, even 3rd party apps had a hard time to connect but has higher chances than the google camera.
Anyone had this issue and found a fix?
On the google forums so far no one had theirs fixed, they only had the units replaced.

jmag16 said:
I've been having an issue with the rear camera for about a month now, i tried flashing an old firmware and a bunch of custom rom but none of them work, even 3rd party apps had a hard time to connect but has higher chances than the google camera.
Anyone had this issue and found a fix?
On the google forums so far no one had theirs fixed, they only had the units replaced.
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Hey guys, none of my cameras are working. When i hit the camera button the camera app turns on but the screen is white. I've tried searching but everything comes up related to a discolored camera. Ive tried flashing many roms, fixing permissions, tapping on the camera. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Do you have an Evo 4g? You said you "hit the camera button" but the Evo doesn't have a hardware camera button.
If it's happening across multiple roms, including stock, it's probably a hardware problem.
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oxxomxxo said:
Hey guys, none of my cameras are working. When i hit the camera button the camera app turns on but the screen is white. I've tried searching but everything comes up related to a discolored camera. Ive tried flashing many roms, fixing permissions, tapping on the camera. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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You haven't flashed a Froyo kernel on a Gingerbread ROM, have you? The issue you describe is a well-documented side-effect of doing just that. If not, I would flash back to stock and see if it works. If it does, then you know it's a software issue. If it doesn't, then I would agree with plainjane.
Did you ever get a working answer to this? I'm having the same problem. My camera won't open, it force closes before going anywhere beyond a black screen. The night before, it would at least open. The front facing camera worked but the rear facing camera seemed stuck on solarize (which I had no options to change). Seems like a software problem so I updated to the latest deck rom, updated hboot, pri, nv, wimax - now fully updated and still no fix. Tried installing miui apk and still same.
If I don't get this camera fixed, I'll have to unroot. Not looking forward to doing that but if it's between having root or camera, I'm going to pick the camera.
Hope someone can help before I have to go to such drastic measures.
midian42 said:
Did you ever get a working answer to this? I'm having the same problem. My camera won't open, it force closes before going anywhere beyond a black screen. The night before, it would at least open. The front facing camera worked but the rear facing camera seemed stuck on solarize (which I had no options to change). Seems like a software problem so I updated to the latest deck rom, updated hboot, pri, nv, wimax - now fully updated and still no fix. Tried installing miui apk and still same.
If I don't get this camera fixed, I'll have to unroot. Not looking forward to doing that but if it's between having root or camera, I'm going to pick the camera.
Hope someone can help before I have to go to such drastic measures.
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Rooting won't break your camera.
I would flash back to a rooted stock ROM, and confirm whether camera works or not on it. If it does, then you know the issue is in fact software related (which it doesn't sound like it is). If it doesn't, then you have a hardware failure.
A corrupt sd cars gave me the same problem. Try re-formatting it.
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I took it to Best Buy and they told me it's a sensor issue. My phone gets replaced so it's all good.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I tried them all before deciding it must be a hardware issue and going to BB.
I know this is a few months late, but I recently had a similar problem. I would click the camera icon and the screen would just go black and then f/c on me. I was running ICS roms, so I flashed to Decks GB rom, Mik 3.1 rom and had the same problem. So I figured it was a hardware problem.
I decided to open up my evo and take a look inside and found the camera housing was not seated completely. Pushed it back down and it has been working for days now
I guess it probably jarred loose when I dropped it or bumped it or something.
Thought I would share, because it was very frustrating for me, so I figured it might be bothering someone else.

[Q] Front Camera laggy/stuttering

Hello everyone!
Recently got a S4 after I had 3 S4 actives fail on me. All is good and well, but the front camera has really nasty lag issues. I fixed this for the stock camera app! All I had to do was disable the night detection mode. HOWEVER, the issue is still present in Instagram, Snapchat, and probably any other third party app that uses the camera. I did loads of research and only found stuff posted here and elsewhere from around 2 years ago, none of which have any sort of solution listed, it's just a bunch of people spouting out, "Same issue here!" or "My phone is fine!" etc.
Anybody have this issue and fix it, or encounter anything about it? It can be determined it isn't a hardware issue, as the default camera app works fine.
EDIT: Also want to note that the issue is only present in low-light situations. The specific issue is that it appears as though the image feeding to the screen is being smeared around when the objects in frame move, or if the camera pans or tilts.
Thanks for the time anybody takes to read this!

OPT Camera autofocus not working properly / blurry images

I am facing Camera Autofocus issue. its not working. not a single image is clear. all images are blurry. tried 3rd party camera apps. factory reset. wipe-cache. please give me some suggestions what should i do to solve this problem. front cam is working fine.
(note: phone is not rooted, tried Oxygen 2.2.1 and 2.2.0 but still no solution ...
help appreciated ...
I have the exact same problem. I"ve already sent it to one plus but they didn't fix it. Could you tell me whether or not you've fixed it?
I know i had blurry pictures.. but a lot of my sensors were broken. E.g. auto screen brightness, rotation, gyroscope etc..
Are yours working correctly? Download CPU-Z from the play store and look on the tab sensors. If there is no information, you're into the same situation as i was.
It is fixable though.. i'm working on a solution. But if a lot of people are experiencing this, Oneplus' help might be usefull.
I'm facing the same problem, have also sent the device back to oneplus, didn't change a thing. Anyone who has found a solution?

Front facing camera

Is anyone else experiencing problems with their front facing camera? I've only had my moto x pure for a month. Last week, the camera was malfunctioning and when the app froze, I restarted my phone and the front facing option button was not there anymore. I tried clearing the cache and disabling it, uninstalling the updates and using a different app but it's still not there. Can anyone help me with this problem?
Full wipe.
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Full wipe.
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I did do a factory reset and it worked for a few hours but then it stopped working once again.
Then what apps did you install when it stopped working?
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Then what apps did you install when it stopped working?
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I didn't install any new apps. I was using the rear facing camera for about 2 hours on and off and sometimes it would lag. After that, the camera app started to freeze up every time I opened it up. Then the front facing camera stopped working.
I just noticed my front camera no longer works. It has been a while but it didn't hit me that there was a problem. Cerberus is set to take a photo after two missed passwords and I did notice it was only taking pictures from the rear camera a few weeks ago. Open Camera app doesn't see the front camera either.
I did a factory reset and that didn't help. I also thought I used to be able to pick the storage location but that doesn't show up in the menu.
I am on a 1575 with the latest patch (February Security). I am rooted (systemless) but I am not sure that comes into play since the factory reset didn't fix it.
I have the moto extended warranty including damage but would like to definitely rule out software issues before going down that path.
I continued troubleshooting by installing AICP (I had been running stock), unrooting and also tried booting into android "safe mode" and the front camera still didn't work. I finally rolled back to 5.1.1 using the return to stock tool and the front camera still did not work. I am now believing that the problem is hardware related so I am sending it in to Moto for repairs. Interestingly their website would not process the repair (it said I was not in the US even though my address clearly said US) so I called and they processed it. I have the FedEx label from them and they said the turn around is around 5 days. Back to my HTC M8 for a week or so.
Moto emailed me today and said that my warranty is void because I unlocked my bootloader. I was under the impression that hardware issues would still be covered not to mention that I bought the moto extended warranty. It looks like this is my last moto.
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Rear camera of the Moto G7 does not focus

Hello,
A few months ago, I bought a Moto G7 and installed Lineage OS 16 (with MicroG). After using the phone for a few days, the rear camera no longer focused. I installed OpenCamera and tried focussing manually, which did not work, either. All of a sudden, the focus started working again and worked flawlessly for several weeks. A few days ago, it broke again.
I assume that this is a hardware issue. So I will try to restore it to its original condition and have it repaired. Before doing this, I wanted to ask if anybody here had a similar problem or if anybody knows if this could be a software problem.
Best regards,
Bernbacher
I finally upgraded the device to Lineage OS 17, and the camera started focussing again. It has been working for a few days now. The problem may have been a software issue. Does anybody have an idea what could have gone wrong with Lineage OS 16 and got reset when installing Version 17?
Finally I found something out. When using OpenCamera, I can change the camera ID. For the rear camera, there are ID0 and ID2. When using camera ID 0, the camera does not focus. When using ID2, focussing works perfectly.
This would solve the problem if there were not applications which seem to use ID0 always (e.g., to scan a QR-code).
I assume that ID2 refers to this:
android.hardware.camera2 | Android Developers
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Is there a way to make other applications use ID2? Preferably without rooting the phone?
(I actually need my banking app to read QR codes. AFAIK, the banking app does not work on rooted devices.)

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