Android 9 Pie and camera crashes... - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

So about a month ago on 8.1 my camera starts crashing out, airplane mode is no help. Did the 9 OTA upgrade today, and looks like at the least for me, the alleged software fix might not be in it? (Though I may be one of those with the permanent hardware condition that requires an RMA, and not an airplane mode fixes it victim...)
Anybody else with the camera crash problem see it fixed with the OTA P upgrade?

Hmm...I've never had a single camera crash from Google camera on this phone yet.

this is not an issue,
this must be because of an OTA issue or some other app,
use logcat to find out why the crash,

pacman photog said:
this is not an issue,
this must be because of an OTA issue or some other app,
use logcat to find out why the crash,
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I don't have this issue on 8.1/DP3-5, but I encounter issue after update to official Pie today. Then I did clear cache and storage in APP storage setting and my camera go back to functional.

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[Q] Gallery Crashing

I should start off by saying that I hate the stock gallery and camera apps but... I'm stuck there right now because the unofficial CM build has completely broken bluetooth support.
That being said, I'm running into an issue where my gallery crashes every single time I open it up. Anyone perhaps know what might be going on there?
titanshadow said:
I should start off by saying that I hate the stock gallery and camera apps but... I'm stuck there right now because the unofficial CM build has completely broken bluetooth support.
That being said, I'm running into an issue where my gallery crashes every single time I open it up. Anyone perhaps know what might be going on there?
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Same problem here. Gallery crashes when I click the share button. Lots of bugs after update to android 4.2. Terrible thing! Thinking about downgrading.
Already did factory reset, solved other bugs but this one still persists
Samsung support told me to go to an authorized samsung service center to fix that. Is that a hardware problem??
I can share files when I search for then in the system files, the share shutdown problem only occurs when in the gallery.
Does someone knowns what do do?
Any tips..Any tips you got?

Camera frusturating problem

Hey guys,
I have a weired camera problem and I coudn't find anyway to fix it
The camera was working perfectly fine until one day It started being unresponsive sometimes and now I got to the point where it rarely responds!!!
When I open the camera sometimes it just shows black screen and I'm unable to do anything then after about 3 secs phone reboots and sometimes the camera app launches but the viewfinder is just black and sometimes it simply fc's!!!
I tried several camera apps (manul camera....) but in vain!
My first attempt to fix this was deleting data and cache for camera app! then I made a factory reset then I tried updating to android N DP4 and then I rolled back and in vain!!!
Once the camera srops working it will not work again until I reboot the phone and after I reboot it the camera will work for about 5 minutes to 1 hour then the problem starts showing!!!
Hope yo Guys can help me solve the issue I really like the phone and I don't wanna lose it!
Thx in advance!
Sounds like a hardware issue to me. I would send it in for warranty or repairs if possible.
Did you managed to get it fixed? I have the exact same issue. I think it first started happening after the latest security updates. I hope it's not hardware related, this phone just came back from lg repairs for faulty digitizer.
i got the same problem. i just try to install the final version of android 7.0 and hope the problem won't show again...
i'm anyway quite sure it's not a hardware problem, cause when the camera works it works great and shoots perfect photos and videos...i think it's the last security pack update which causes these problems, and maybe the solution will be the new security pack update, of september
I had the same issue, and I simply couldn't fix it by any means. It just started to happen after 3 months of use, and came out of nowhere.
I had to return it, luckily it was amazon......
Really weird.

Pixel 3 XL: Camera encountered a fatal error; blank camera

Starting today, my camera opens to a blank black screen when I launch the app. If I reboot the phone, I can successfully launch the camera app and take photos. However, if I attempt to use the camera built into Android Messages, Facebook, and even the bar code scanner app I have installed, the issue starts again. I have tried uninstalling the updates to the camera app, clearing data, and I even did a factory restore. I booted up into safe mode, then duplicated the issue there as well (this eliminates 3rd party apps as the cause). Some other threads I have read say to toggle Bluetooth or turn on airplane mode. Nothing fixes the problem.
I hopped in chat with Google Support and they had me follow this guide (which didn't fix anything). They requested the factory reset. After the factory reset, they required me to gather a bug report to send to them. I requested a replacement device, but the support technician declined and said this issue isn't something that can get a replacement device. I am very irritated I spent so much money on this device and it is already (two and a half weeks later) starting to not work.
Has anyone else on the Pixel 3 XL had this issue? Any other recommendations to fix it?
try flash-all.bat from googles factory images. could be a corrupt persist partition
I don't have an unlocked bootloader. That's required for that, right? Would I need an unlocked bootloader to flash the image?
tallymatty said:
I don't have an unlocked bootloader. That's required for that, right? Would I need an unlocked bootloader to flash the image?
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believe so
then you can relock
process takes 5 minutes to complete
Blank camera screen when camera opened from from another app
I have the same issue with my pixel 3 xl. Blank camera when it's opened with messages app, fb, WhatsApp, Instagram, fb messages. Called Google support and they had me clear cache, uninstall cam updates restart phone and in the end factory reset but it didn't fix it. They can't identify if it's a software issue. They even had me boot up in safe mode and had screen sharing session.
After multiple calls and hours of troubleshooting, Google will be replacing my phone. Hopefully the new phone don't have this problem.
No luck for me, unfortunately. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed the factory image. The issue persisted after the flash. I contact Google Support again and they continue to tell me the issue is going to be resolved by engineering and they will not replace the defective device. Total bummer for such an expensive brick.
On support contact #3, Google has decided to replace the device for me. Just FYI, in case anyone else has this problem with their phone. I asked for a manager during contact #2 and didn't hear anything back for 24 hours. The person I got on #3 was very nice and assisted in the replacement order.
Had the same issue with 2 of my pixel 2 xl phones. First one was sent away for 2 weeks and then replaced. replacement one lasted a couple months before it had the same issues, I demanded a RMA from google so i could get it swapped in store. The second phone that was replaced lasted a day, it had a weird bright screen flash when locking, unlocking, hanging up from a call etc. That was also RMA and returned and replaced in store.
Hope my 3 doesn't have these issues.
camera hardware is crashing when used by any app other than the "Camera" app
I have the same issues during one week. What I find is the playground and any app other than the "Camera" app attempts to access the camera hardware, the camera itself becomes unresponsive.* After that, the camera cannot be accessed by any application, including the "Camera" app. There Google support told me the engineers will fix that problem. But I'm not sure if that's a hardware issue or software issues.
I'm wondering if this is a November update issue - anyone try flashing back to first release?
Similar issue here, on November, will try to flash november again and test.
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and..... did not fix a thing. Looks like it is hardware related or if there is a hardware rev in a specific part that is not coded properly.
I can assure you that it is not an issue with November patch or any patch. I have this issue and I am still running with the stock September security patch that came with the phone. I was hoping that updating to the latest patch would fix the issue, but now I'm beginning to think that won't resolve the problem.
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I'm the new one ?
Same problem here ?

Camera issues (freezes and crashes)

Hey guys! Would just want to know if anyone else who's got the op7T from the popup events yesterday are having issues with their camera freezing and crashing.
Mostly happens while toggling the macro mode and also when you view a photo you just clicked and hit the back button rapidly to come back to the camera
These are bugs which are expected from early version of the firmware and will definitely be fixed in the update though. Don't take this as a conclusion that it's a bad phone. I absolutely love it! I just wanted to check if I'm the only one facing the issue
I'd say it's probably going to get a patch out for day one bugs, it's a common thing to happen with smartphones.
So wouldn't worry for now, perhaps whilst you're in your 28 day grace period, look into it further and if your issues are unique then I'd look into a swap.
But I'd say it's more than likely a software bug that will be addressed.
Need a Solution
I'm a photographer by profession and have been using my phone for making frame samples. This issue is causing me a big pain while at work. @oneplus please help me with its solution or refund me for the phone, I'll have to buy an iPhone sadly.
Finally camera issue fixed with gcam.
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GCAM for android 12 fixed. -Front cam stuck fix. -Pixel 6 pro unlocked features. Download here from google drive Thanks me later :)
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Question Camera still crashing and rebooting P6P

Anyone else still having issues with the camera freezing and rebooting your phone? I'm on February update and camera app 8.4.400.42337059.19
As far as I've seen, the camera app crashing hasn't been a huge issue on the 6 series (of course there are reports as usual).
What have you tried to fix it so far? are all your apps and play services fully updated (2 different updates)
Alekos said:
As far as I've seen, the camera app crashing hasn't been a huge issue on the 6 series (of course there are reports as usual).
What have you tried to fix it so far? are all your apps and play services fully updated (2 different updates)
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Everything is up to date. I haven't tried much. Open camera app seems to work fine. I'm waiting to see if it gets fixed by an update. I see others having the same issue here https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/136991301?hl=en#
redskykiter said:
Everything is up to date. I haven't tried much. Open camera app seems to work fine. I'm waiting to see if it gets fixed by an update. I see others having the same issue here https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/136991301?hl=en#
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yeah that's average for a new phone. okay so let's see if we can resolve your issue.
go to play store, search camera and hit uninstall (it'll uninstall all the updates and revert to original version). then clear storage for camera app. then update it from play store. now long press on camera shortcut, give it all permissions including under Advanced (modify system settings). then test it.
Alekos said:
yeah that's average for a new phone. okay so let's see if we can resolve your issue.
go to play store, search camera and hit uninstall (it'll uninstall all the updates and revert to original version). then clear storage for camera app. then update it from play store. now long press on camera shortcut, give it all permissions including under Advanced (modify system settings). then test it.
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thanks. I gave it a shot. It's only been random crashes....we'll see
I had troubles with my P4 XL randomly rebooting and it was caused by a lack of free storage, apparently Android 12 needs a certain amount of free MB/GB to properly work. The system doesn't warn you, it just causes bootloop/reboot issues, even said once that the Android system was corrupt and required a factory reset (I just normally rebooted and it worked, after that I cleared the storage). Do you have enough free storage?
Since I don't know how much A12 desires, I'd suggest to always leave at least 5GB free.
redskykiter said:
Anyone else still having issues with the camera freezing and rebooting your phone? I'm on February update and camera app 8.4.400.42337059.19
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I am on my 3rd 6 Pro. I will tell you my first one was crashing on the camera andnit was indeed a hardware error. My next two 6 Pro's have NEVER frozen or rebooted. No camera problems. I recommend exchanging it through google.

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