Help Camera failed

[marko5x]

i recently upgraded my frimware 2.1 to 2.2...now, when i wanna take a picture almost everytime it crashes and then says camera failed...what might be the problem?

 

[barqers]

I'm assuming your camera APK is faulty. I would try installing a different camera software.

 

[marko5x]

ill try...ty

 

[Scooterza]

You should also look at deleting the images/videos off your memory card/internal memory. I had a problem with my camera and this seemed to fix it.

 

[Salakala]

The camera bug is well known and as I understand is caused by the "sensor aidding" function under the network location finder. When yo take a picture you see a moving sattelite icon on screen. Thats the phone is trying to add geolocation to your pics and fails for some reason. Try to get a gps fix and see if the camera is ok then. The solution for me was to turn off "use wireless networks" under Settings/Location and security. Most custom roms fix this issue.

 

[milesbennetdyson]

I too have been having problems with the camera failing after updating to FroYo (via Kies). I've found using Camera360 works okay and doesn't crash. I will try both of the above tips using the normal camera app and report back. Roger that, over and out etc etc.

 

[mohitguitar]

Thanks much Salakala!
Trick worked for me.

Thanks alot.

-
Mohit

 

[milesbennetdyson]

The 'sensor aiding' thing didn't do anything for me, but deleting my camera photos (well, moving them to my computer) has fixed this problem. I just moved the DCIM folder and now everything's fine.

 

[rdvarma]

had same problem....camera screen will flash continuously and will show a message "Camera Failed!"......well, I unmounted my external SD card and it solved the problem

 

[arnold22]

This has happened to me on a few occasion since updating to Froyo.

 

[milesbennetdyson]

Following my previous post, it happened again! Hopefully it was a one-off. I've turned off the review (of the photo after taking it) and it hasn't happened since. Touch wood. It also means I can take photos quicker. God knows if it makes any difference whatsoever.

 

[paul a]

i,m hoping someone can help, i,v had my 15800 for quite a few months and love it !! untill now all of a sudden when i try to take some pictures the message camera failed appeares, no settings or anything has changed and my memory card has loads of space left, i hope some one can help me please, many thanks paul a, i,v also noticed that my camera is using 91% of the battery even tho its not on !!! i,v tried all above solutions but to no avail, hoping someone can help, many thanks paul a

 

[Dene74]

Hi Guys

I had this from the day I bought the phone.. I found out today that is a common error and I found out that - in my case - it was caused by the fact that Adobe Flash was not updated - once I went to the market and clicked on my "to be updated" apps - then it worked fine