Ever since I updated to the stock 4.4.2 my camera will not auto focus. Tried new camera apps switched roms cleaned it and the glass that's in front of it. Did something happen to my camera or is this a software issue
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I've tried quite a few different roms, ranging from AOSP ROMs to Sense based ROMs and this doesn't make any sense. I've also attempted different camera apps and both still and video mode.
For some reason, my Evo 4G does not think it has a front facing camera. I've tried the default camera app, the G+ app, several video calling apps and none of them even give me the option to switch to the front facing camera.
However, on my wife's Evo I'm given that option and able to switch to the front facing camera, so at least I know I'm looking in the right place.
So I am open to ideas and suggests as to where I should look for clues as to why this isn't working.
Hey,
Now check the roms you are using because many roms do have broken front cameras with that being said you want to download a stock but rooted sense rom with the latest update that fixed my dads evo camera issue, if it doesnt work sadly you will need to live with it, unless you want to unroot and take to sprint for replacement :/
goodluck!
If you have tried multiple roms, including stock roms, and it still isnt working, it's likely a hardware failure with the camera itself.
Yea that's what I figured. Oh well
I'm on CM11 nightly, which did at one point have problems with the camera. However it had been working fine for a while. I don't remember doing anything to my phone (no upgrades, drops, etc) but the camera just stopped focusing.
I've tried ALL the setting in the stock and several other camera apps.
I tried wiping.
I then installed jelly bomb which (I believe) is based on 4.1 stock.
Still won't focus.
It seems to be stuck in a macro focus, I.e. when the camera is 2 inches away from an object, the object appears in focus.
Anyone seen this or have an idea?
calimocho said:
I'm on CM11 nightly, which did at one point have problems with the camera. However it had been working fine for a while. I don't remember doing anything to my phone (no upgrades, drops, etc) but the camera just stopped focusing.
I've tried ALL the setting in the stock and several other camera apps.
I tried wiping.
I then installed jelly bomb which (I believe) is based on 4.1 stock.
Still won't focus.
It seems to be stuck in a macro focus, I.e. when the camera is 2 inches away from an object, the object appears in focus.
Anyone seen this or have an idea?
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This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2505973
There is also more on this in the cm11 nightlies thread.
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Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, that zip didn't change anything
Also, like I mentioned, I had wiped and gone back to (4.1) JellyBomb just to try the camera and it didn't focus there (eliminating 4.3/4.4 AOSP camera issues).
It had been working fine with CM11 nightlies (after the initial issues you referred to were solved).
I'll keep trying stuff, but I'm starting to fear it's a hardware issue.
Hi i am currently using the cyanogen nighlty build from 20160114 and the back camera of my device is not working if i use the default camera app.
Only the front camera is active and working, but there is no button for changing the active camera.
Has some one else problems with the back camera? Could this be a software bug or is the back camera of my device broken?
I just got a Note 4 and was able to root it and put CyanogenMod on it, but I've just discovered that the main camera does not focus at all (front camera seems to be fine).
This happens with both the built-in camera app as well as third party camera apps I've tried, so I'm worried it could be a hardware problem
There does not appear to be any protective film over the lens or the flash/sensor
I'm not sure if this happened with the Stock ROM as I never opened the camera, I typically root and flash CM as soon as I get a new phone
Has anyone else run into this? I'm hoping it's not a hardware issue but it seems like it could be...
To start, I'm using stock ROM patched with Magisk. Root is fully working and all that jazz. This is quite a peculiar issue, I don't even know where to start. My A50 (W/Canada) is not able to use the front facing camera to take photos in any app other than the stock camera app. This is important to me as I use Snapchat and Instagram frequently. However, I am only unable to take photos with the front facing camera, videos still work perfectly fine, and the preview of the front facing camera also works perfectly fine. No issues with back camera, everything is fine there. I've tried launching Magisk as core only, and undone all my debloater settings. Every thread I see about camera issues said it's either a hardware issue (which I doubt is the case for me as the camera worked fine before root and still takes videos) or a software/kernel issue in which I should revert to stock. I would really prefer to find a solid solution to this rather than revert to stock, so I've come here hoping maybe somebody can possibly shed some light on something I may have missed out of frustration. The only thing I could think would possibly have an effect was the Magisk Samsung 4k60 Camera module which I uninstalled immediately after as it was crashing the camera app when I opened it. Could it have changed a file permanently?
To recap:
Front facing camera works perfectly as intended in stock camera app.
In any other app that uses Camera (including 3rd party camera HedgeCam) I am able to take videos but not photos.
Front facing camera preview always works fine.
Tried Magisk core only mode and reinstalled all debloated apps.
Snapchat gives error (when taking front facing photo) "Snap capture failed. Please try again." all other apps just freeze on (what would be) the photo/photo preview until I exit or switch out of the app then back in.
Any help is much appreciated, and I can share more information or logs if they'd help.