Camera app doesnt work - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

So i dont know what happened, maybe something broke inside but the default camera app wont work anymore.It just crashes immediately. it started do it out of nowhere on a custom rom (colt OS) i went to stock image and it still crashes, and now im on pixel dust and it continues crashing..
could it be a hardware problem internally?

xSpartacusx said:
So i dont know what happened, maybe something broke inside but the default camera app wont work anymore.It just crashes immediately. it started do it out of nowhere on a custom rom (colt OS) i went to stock image and it still crashes, and now im on pixel dust and it continues crashing..
could it be a hardware problem internally?
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Could be, but it seems to be, unfortunately, a common problem.

yea the one time i got the camera app to work, the camera WILL NOT FOCUS and the colors are all ****ed up, and the colors flicker slightly. atleast now i can definitively say the camera module got broke internally. shock damage since ive always had a case on

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[Q] Front Facing camera not working?

Hello
I've just received my Note 2 in the mail today, popped in the sim card and booted it up. Works fine and it's awesome.
When i checked out the camera, it launched fine and i was able to take perfect pictures using the rear camera, but when i switched to the front facing camera, it just came up with a warning saying "Kamera Mislykkedes" (Translated it means "Camera Failed") with 1 button saying "Okay" which would just close the camera app.
If i tried to relaunch it, it would stick to try and use the FFC and simply give the warning again and again.
If i go into Applications and clear all data from the Camera app, it would switch back to the rear camera and thus work again.
But i simply cannot get the FFC to work, i also tried downloading "Pudding Camera" off the market, and it does the same.
I found some other people having problems with older Samsung phones, and it can have something to do with some apps not releasing the camera app correctly after usage. But i haven't installed any apps that didn't come with the phone (except Pudding Camera, but it didn't work before that either).
Anyone got an idea? I really really really really don't want to have to send the phone back already because of a hardware issue, so that's why i'm here.
- Moon
You can try if face unlook works.
Moonbloom said:
Hello
I've just received my Note 2 in the mail today, popped in the sim card and booted it up. Works fine and it's awesome.
When i checked out the camera, it launched fine and i was able to take perfect pictures using the rear camera, but when i switched to the front facing camera, it just came up with a warning saying "Kamera Mislykkedes" (Translated it means "Camera Failed") with 1 button saying "Okay" which would just close the camera app.
If i tried to relaunch it, it would stick to try and use the FFC and simply give the warning again and again.
If i go into Applications and clear all data from the Camera app, it would switch back to the rear camera and thus work again.
But i simply cannot get the FFC to work, i also tried downloading "Pudding Camera" off the market, and it does the same.
I found some other people having problems with older Samsung phones, and it can have something to do with some apps not releasing the camera app correctly after usage. But i haven't installed any apps that didn't come with the phone (except Pudding Camera, but it didn't work before that either).
Anyone got an idea? I really really really really don't want to have to send the phone back already because of a hardware issue, so that's why i'm here.
- Moon
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Works fine on mine, looks like a hardware problem sorry
Moonbloom said:
Hello
I've just received my Note 2 in the mail today, popped in the sim card and booted it up. Works fine and it's awesome.
When i checked out the camera, it launched fine and i was able to take perfect pictures using the rear camera, but when i switched to the front facing camera, it just came up with a warning saying "Kamera Mislykkedes" (Translated it means "Camera Failed") with 1 button saying "Okay" which would just close the camera app.
If i tried to relaunch it, it would stick to try and use the FFC and simply give the warning again and again.
If i go into Applications and clear all data from the Camera app, it would switch back to the rear camera and thus work again.
But i simply cannot get the FFC to work, i also tried downloading "Pudding Camera" off the market, and it does the same.
I found some other people having problems with older Samsung phones, and it can have something to do with some apps not releasing the camera app correctly after usage. But i haven't installed any apps that didn't come with the phone (except Pudding Camera, but it didn't work before that either).
Anyone got an idea? I really really really really don't want to have to send the phone back already because of a hardware issue, so that's why i'm here.
- Moon
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Just a guess here but if a factory data reset doesn't fix it, it sounds like a hardware return sorry.
the exact scenario happened to me but with the back camera
Just flash latest stock rom
njthenj said:
the exact scenario happened to me but with the back camera
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What did you do to get it fixed? I have a similar problem
I have a galaxy note gt n 7000 (galaxy note I) and had this camera fail problem 4 months ago. I have even bought a front camera module from china but the product still didn´t get here. It takes more than a month for these stuff to come to my house in Brazil. Well, anyway, I had given up on trying to solve the problem (that´s why I bought the module) and I usually flash 3 or 4 roms a month (love to mess). So, then, I flashed the ROM super nexus on my phone and opened the camera normally, because the rear camera never had problems and guess what... when the camera opened I saw my face. Scared to death. kkkk. Now, it´s my fourth day using the rom and the front camera is working nice.
I don´t believe most of the users are having hardware issues. I think there´s something related to JB update because ppl started complaining about these camera errors after the update... but who knows. Hope u all have the same luck I had.
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Camera startup lag? (KK)

Hey everyone, I recently updated to KitKat on my phone, and I have noticed a strange issue.
When loading up the camera, whether in the default camera app or on a program such as snapchat, the following thing happens:
The menu buttons and the camera shutter button all appear as normal...
BUT the screen (the camera viewfinder) remains black, and everything freezes for a few seconds. Then the screen shows up the cameras image and everything starts to work as it should.
So it seems like the apps are asking for the camera, but the camera is taking a few seconds to actually boot up. Which is weird, right?
I'm not on a stock ROM, im on the RomAur 3.0 one, but as far as I can tell it is using the standard camera app, and noone else has had this problem. I cam from the previous version of RomAur and the camera in that didnt have any issues either.
Just wondering if this is some glitch or something is interfering? Any suggestions?
Thanks
Try to clean (wipe) all cache.
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Had the same issue...
I did a reboot and the problem didn't happen again....
strangely enough this worked, even though clearing the cache and reboots were all things I did since I installed the ROM anyway...
I must have done something in the interim. Silly of me. Seems to be working now anyway so thanks guys
Hello guys,
I have the same problem, I did a factory reset which solved it.
But after some days it appears again, sometime it's working sometime not, it seems to be random...
raphoun said:
Hello guys,
I have the same problem, I did a factory reset which solved it.
But after some days it appears again, sometime it's working sometime not, it seems to be random...
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Can confirm this.
Sometimes the camera app is working fine and sometimes it takes several seconds to start and it is laggy... :-/
If it lags, but starts okay, rebooting does fix it. No idea what causes it, but it's only done it twice so far.
The far bigger problem is trying to start the camera when it was locked, when there's every chance the camera will freeze and not take or save your picture.
Unlock first then start the camera and all should be fine.
nirurin said:
Hey everyone, I recently updated to KitKat on my phone, and I have noticed a strange issue.
When loading up the camera, whether in the default camera app or on a program such as snapchat, the following thing happens:
The menu buttons and the camera shutter button all appear as normal...
BUT the screen (the camera viewfinder) remains black, and everything freezes for a few seconds. Then the screen shows up the cameras image and everything starts to work as it should.
So it seems like the apps are asking for the camera, but the camera is taking a few seconds to actually boot up. Which is weird, right?
I'm not on a stock ROM, im on the RomAur 3.0 one, but as far as I can tell it is using the standard camera app, and noone else has had this problem. I cam from the previous version of RomAur and the camera in that didnt have any issues either.
Just wondering if this is some glitch or something is interfering? Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Mine did this as well as other issues. A factory reset did not help but the thing that cured is was a "Repair" from Sony PC Companion. This will perform a factory reset and reflash the OS. Worked for me.
Resets, wipes or repairs won't fix it forever. In fact, I think it's something else that causes problems with the camera app and not the app itself. It's how you start the camera and what was going on at the time that matters.
jonmorris said:
Resets, wipes or repairs won't fix it forever. In fact, I think it's something else that causes problems with the camera app and not the app itself. It's how you start the camera and what was going on at the time that matters.
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This turns out to be right. After a day or so of no issues with the camera, I tried loading up instagram today and the camera took a long time to load up.
I also notice that even when the camera is loaded, if you try switching to the front-facing camera - that takes a long time to load up too. And same again if you try and switch back to the rear camera.
If this is standard on all kitkat roms for the Z1c then there is some major glitch in there somewhere.
So far it happens on standard app, instagram, and snapchat for sure.
nirurin said:
This turns out to be right. After a day or so of no issues with the camera, I tried loading up instagram today and the camera took a long time to load up.
I also notice that even when the camera is loaded, if you try switching to the front-facing camera - that takes a long time to load up too. And same again if you try and switch back to the rear camera.
If this is standard on all kitkat roms for the Z1c then there is some major glitch in there somewhere.
So far it happens on standard app, instagram, and snapchat for sure.
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Resurrecting my own thread, as I never actually noticed a fix for this to come up anywhere? I know im not the only one experiencing this, is everyone just living with it?
Its not a huge bother as when it crops up I can do a restart to fix it for another day, but if/when it crops up when im trying to do something quickly its pretty annoying.
I noticed this. Turn off location and it fires right up. That GPS lock can take a few seconds... especially if you're indoors!
charlatan01 said:
I noticed this. Turn off location and it fires right up. That GPS lock can take a few seconds... especially if you're indoors!
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I always have location turned off, at least the location toggle is turned off. Unless the camera is still attempting to use gps even when the service is deactivated? But then thats still a fault
nirurin said:
I always have location turned off, at least the location toggle is turned off. Unless the camera is still attempting to use gps even when the service is deactivated? But then thats still a fault
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Hmm, that's how I disable it... and I haven't noticed the lag. I should say, I am currently running a CM based ROM - PA.
charlatan01 said:
Hmm, that's how I disable it... and I haven't noticed the lag. I should say, I am currently running a CM based ROM - PA.
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Oh well then its unlikely to be the same problem, as CM (as far as I know) doesnt use the same camera/framework/etc as the stock sony.
I have the same lag on my Z1C (CM Nightly), but it only occurs the first time I start the camera after a reboot. I just start the camera once I have rebooted the phone (you can kill it via task manager again and it still works!) and do not have any lags afterwards that could prevent a quick shot. It's not perfect, but it works.
Same here with cm 11.
Nash123 said:
Same here with cm 11.
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Then its a completely different problem, cos on the stock android after a reboot the camera is fast straight away, and its only after an indeterminate amount of time (hours/days) of running that the camera will then become slow to load. And then a restart fixes the problem.
Clearly CM uses a different camera, or some other different piece of coding, that isnt the same in the stock sony build.
I installed port camera from z2 and i dont have lags. On stock camera i had couple of lags and crashes but for now with new camera is good
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mosespl said:
I installed port camera from z2 and i dont have lags. On stock camera i had couple of lags and crashes but for now with new camera is good
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Does the ported Z2 camera overwrite the Z1 camera? As in, will apps like snapchat etc use the Z2 camera code instead of the Z1 code?
Because the problem isnt just with the default camera app, its with every app that uses the camera. Snapchat, instagram, facebook, whenever you load up the camera on any of them, theres a 5 second delay while the camera screen stays black, until the camera then switches on and starts working.
BUT not all the time, after a fresh reboot they all work instantly like they should. Its only after a few hours or whatever that the camera starts misbehaving. Something is causing interference.

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.

Rear camera/Flashlight not recognized

My rear camera suddenly stopped working. My phone didn't get any hurt in nowhere, just suddenly it stopped working. I was takin photos since 10 minutes before, I locked the phone and I noticed that Torch tile disappeared. I thought it was a bug and I didn't care anymore. The day before I noticed that even rear camera stopped working, I was trying to take a photo but the "change camera" (from front to rear) disappeared in every camera app I was using, camera apps opened by default with front camera opened. I tried to reflash ROM thinking that it was a ROM problem (even if I was using the same rom since months ago and I've never had any kind of problem), no results. Reflashing everything starting from stock firmware, no results. As a last hope, I tried to replace the rear camera by buying a new one, but the problem it's still here. Could someone that experienced the same problem, tell me where the problem could be? Or maybe some possible fixes, every kind of help is appreciated. Thanks.
Same
I have the exact same problem. After wiping the cache the rear camera is recognised and I am able to take a picture with it (which is not saved into gallery) but about 5 minutes later the option to switch to rear camera has gone and all camera apps (including social media such as snapchat) is stuck on front camera. This leads me to think it's not a hardware problem but rather that of software with which I am running cm13 nightlies that I have updated every day for the past week in the hope it will be patched.
I have this exact same problem on my d855 too..!
Sooooo frustrating, I've been looking everywhere for a fix, tried full factory reset the other day (I'm running full regular stock with no root or anything), and sadly that didn't work either... I'm glad to read someone has tried changing the camera hardware, cos that was I step I've considered taking, but I now know would be a waste of time and money...
But still, the problem persists..!
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ehk13 said:
I have the exact same problem. After wiping the cache the rear camera is recognised and I am able to take a picture with it (which is not saved into gallery) but about 5 minutes later the option to switch to rear camera has gone and all camera apps (including social media such as snapchat) is stuck on front camera. This leads me to think it's not a hardware problem but rather that of software with which I am running cm13 nightlies that I have updated every day for the past week in the hope it will be patched.
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I don't think that's a software problem simply for one reason: I'm on the same rom and kernel since months and camera worked fine. It stopped working suddenly with no reason.
SkankinStudios said:
I have this exact same problem on my d855 too..!
Sooooo frustrating, I've been looking everywhere for a fix, tried full factory reset the other day (I'm running full regular stock with no root or anything), and sadly that didn't work either... I'm glad to read someone has tried changing the camera hardware, cos that was I step I've considered taking, but I now know would be a waste of time and money...
But still, the problem persists..!
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Yeah now you made me understand why the camera worked for some minutes. I'll try clearing cache after installing new camera module. I'll report the result. Thanks anyway.
Edit: It's not working. At first boot, systemUI doesn't load well, when I reboot everything works fine but rear camera isn't working. Maybe late I'll try with phone's camera. Now I'm using the new one bought some days ago.
same here!!!!! I'm using LOS13.1 on my d855 and i can't fix it... any idea?
What OS are you guys running? Is everyone experiencing the issue on Cm13?
Also try cleaning the camera connections really well.
I have same problem. Although i expirienced it first time on Lineage OS 14.1. Now 30B, but it still not working. I was listening to music through external speakers, and suddenly it stopped working. Music app was "playing" but i couldnt hear anything and when i exit the app my phone just stops working and starts being laggy as hell. Later that day i found out my camera is not working. I tried reattaching cam connector but it did not work...idk if i should order a new camera or it might be a software fix or something
same problem
happened to me after upgrading to 6.0 , downgraded back to 5 with no luck , even opened my phone and released and reconnected the 3 cables inside with no luck at all . don't know what to do
It's "good" to see other people with the same problem as me.
I replaced the camera and it still won't work.
I'm afraid that it might the problem with our motherboard...How can software block our camera even tho all of us fully reinstalled ROMs/Modems etc? It would be awesome if dev would see this and tell us what is the actual cause of this
If you reinstalled the entire OS using a TOT method, no files are left behind. This is more likely a hardware issue.
The Camera module is extremely close to the problematic hot chip on the G3 so it's not impossible something got messed up.
I have a d852 in Canada that doesn't get hot and I'm having this problem too. Going to order a new camera since I know this is a hardware issue. Hopefully fixed the issue. Not cool having no rear camera or flashlight
It's impossible Every G3 gets hot...you either are not heavy user or idk...but every G3 that i've held had the issue of overheating at some point...and indeed it can ruin everything...imagine 120C on your processor...that kills everything around it...idk if my processor got that hot as i've seen in some cases it did on internet, but it did go up to 90ish...and that is too damn hot
FIX ISSUE be Done
Hi all .
Problem method for repair
Issue is easy buy new rear camera D855 or this same conector D820/D821/Nexus5 is this same and all works fine I'm tested on my D855 International
camera From D821 perfect fit and don't had any foult. Great work and my G3 alive rear again :good:
( !!! URGENT !!! Don't put any paper or any dirt this is short fix and maybe You can crack connector camera on motherboard !!!)
If U still like Your's G3 don't put any **** tourial with fix BUY NEW CAMERA couple $$ AND FIX very cheap and clean LG STILL ALIVE :laugh:
(Camera had two IC chip and that is problem (burned or heat out)
Flash light it's well had same problem if U have problem camera,
In camea foult You cant turn on flashlight (software thinking camera all time working if camera is broke).
If u tru turn on flashlight he said (on broke camera) " Immpossible turn on flash light when camera work" !!!!!

Camera still down on Android N

Many people say they never had a camera issue on Android N but I'm still suffering from that.
Nothing more, just like the old days: When I try to activate the camera app, the whole phone will freeze and reboot in a few seconds. After that, I still cannot use camera unless I reboot my phone again because camera app always FC or says "can't connect to camera".
Is there anybody dealing with the same problem? I'm not sure if it's a hardware issue because when it is fine, it works fine, I can take any photo for a period and after a while it broken again.
Tried flash any ROMs like factory image, xTraSmooth, Stock+, Bliss and CM, they doesn't fixed anything. Even if there are no 3rd party apps in my phone, this issue still happens.
I have a different problem
My problem is with the HDR+ function. Yellow to brown vertical stripes appear on the photo whenever I snap a pic of a white object or white background. It only happens when I shoot something white with HDR+ on. Anybody else has this problem?
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=201248
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