Help camera problem evo

[chcougar1]

So.....my camera and camcorder won't open.

I click the icon and and a little white icon that looks kind of like an ipod pops up for a second on a black background then it goes back to my homescreen.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[Red_Cheeks]

Try taking out the battery for a minute hopefully that might help ...

 

[mak916]

I was having this problem as well. I think for me it was a battery I bought from ebay. But I am still not sure.

 

[chcougar1]

So it actually started after a battery pull but my roommate just suggested powering off with the power button and now it works fine.

Weird.

 

[Thefoodman52]

I used to get something like that on the Hero.... it was like the camera would just fail and crap out epically, requiring a basic soft reset. Oh well, can't get away from all the problems.

 

[somnambulus]

I had that issue, killed some tasks and uninstalled a few apps and it went back to normal.

 

[IAmCorbin]

I am having the same issue and have restarted my phone 3 times. I hooked up my phone to ddms and here is what is going on:

07-07 14:06:59.482: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ surfaceCreated $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$android.view.SurfaceView$2@464b8c00
07-07 14:06:59.482: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ surfaceCreated $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$  start preview
07-07 14:06:59.482: WARN/CameraThread(1002): CameraHandler Message - START_PREVIEW start mode0
07-07 14:06:59.482: ERROR/CameraThread(1002): open the Camera in start_camera_preview
07-07 14:06:59.482: WARN/CameraSwitch(1002): open main camera
07-07 14:06:59.482: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ surfaceChanged $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ w=480 h=800
07-07 14:06:59.482: DEBUG/CameraService(55): CameraService::connect E (pid 1002, client 0x3f9c8)
07-07 14:06:59.482: DEBUG/CameraService(55): CameraService::connect X (pid 1002, new client 0x3f9c8) rejected. (old pid 568, old client 0x587b8)
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002): open camera failed
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002): java.lang.RuntimeException: Fail to connect to camera service
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002):     at android.hardware.Camera.native_setup(Native Method)
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002):     at android.hardware.Camera.<init>(Camera.java:118)
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002):     at android.hardware.Camera.open(Camera.java:91)
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002):     at com.android.camera.CameraThread.start_preview(CameraThread.java:1236)
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002):     at com.android.camera.CameraThread$MainHandler.handleMessage(CameraThread.java:295)
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
07-07 14:06:59.492: ERROR/CameraThread(1002):     at com.android.camera.CameraThread.run(CameraThread.java:1765)
07-07 14:06:59.502: INFO/ActivityManager(92): Displayed activity com.android.camera/.CameraEntry: 244 ms (total 244 ms)
07-07 14:06:59.512: DEBUG/PhoneWindow(1002): DebugMonitor class=com.android.camera.CameraEntry focus=true
07-07 14:06:59.532: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): onPause() - start
07-07 14:06:59.532: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): onPause() - mIsUIReady = false
07-07 14:06:59.532: WARN/########## HtcSettingsReceiver ##########(1002): 2010-07-07 02:06:59 535(ms) onReceive-start
07-07 14:06:59.532: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): AudioManager.STREAM_SYSTEM_ENFORCED, to fix volume ,mOriginalVolume = -1
07-07 14:06:59.532: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): onPause() - mFocusingState = NO_FOCUSING
07-07 14:06:59.542: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): OnPause - set mWaitResetSettings to false
07-07 14:06:59.542: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): releaseFaceDetection()
07-07 14:06:59.542: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): onPause mIdle is false
07-07 14:06:59.542: WARN/CameraThread(1002): CameraHandler Message - START_PREVIEW end
07-07 14:06:59.542: WARN/CameraThread(1002): CameraHandler Message - CLOSE_CAMERA start mMode=0
07-07 14:06:59.542: ERROR/CameraThread(1002): mCameraDevice == null in close_camera
07-07 14:06:59.542: WARN/CameraThread(1002): CameraHandler Message - CLOSE_CAMERA end
07-07 14:06:59.582: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): onPause() - end
07-07 14:06:59.602: DEBUG/Sensors(92): close_akm, fd=134
07-07 14:06:59.652: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): doOnPause() - start
07-07 14:06:59.672: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): OnPause - hide UI, set mMainLayout invisible
07-07 14:06:59.672: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): doOnPause() - end
07-07 14:06:59.672: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): initScreenMode() - initiate screen mode from capture mode
07-07 14:06:59.672: WARN/HTCCamera(1002): initScreenMode() - request landscape mode

java.lang.RuntimeException: Fail to connect to camera service - looks like the culprit, but why would it be failing to connect to the camera service? anyone have any ideas?

 

[RTan]

I had this problem as well after upgraded to 1.47 baseline. However, once I fully charged the handset (100% battery full) and rebooted it, the camera began to function again. Before that, each time I tabbed on the camera icon, it returned to Home screen and threw the same exception on the DDMS console.

EDIT: I charged through the USB cable from my PC. Not from the wall directly.

 

[montrose1968]

Hi, after 4 days of resetting and installing diffrent roms, I was about to unroot phone when I went into recovery, hold volume down button and power on, then recovery then advanced and wiped Dalvik Cache. and fixed fix permissions. Then reboot and guess what camera is working (atleast for now). Hope this works for you.

 

[youbay2009]

Hi, after 4 days of resetting and installing diffrent roms, I was about to unroot phone when I went into recovery, hold volume down button and power on, then recovery then advanced and wiped Dalvik Cache. and fixed fix permissions. Then reboot and guess what camera is working (atleast for now). Hope this works for you.

Sir what rom, kernel and radio are you using? I did what you said with no luck. Please help.

 

[sehernan]

My camera phone was doing the same thing, black screen. Turns out dropping my phone the last five times caused the camera lens to slip. The Sprint people "re-seated" the lens and now it works.

 

[alice18]

The same thing happened to my HTC Incredible S. I reset it to factory defaults, and took the battery out for several minutes, and it works fine!