Camera screen blank

[kwrs780]

Hi, my camera app (or any camera app for that matter) won't show what I'm shooting at but instead a blank screen. I can take a picture and it still works but it's a little hard to know what I'm shooting at. I tried instagram and tumblr and had the same problem. I've tried installing a camera rom from xda forums VR Stock AOSP Camera Build6 with no luck. I'm at a loss as to what to do here because I use my camera frequently and have run out of ideas. Someone please help me. My phone is an AT&T Samsung Galaxy SII which is rooted, if that helps. Thanks in advance.

 

[kwrs780]

I noticed earlier that when I give up and press the back key for just a second I can see a blurry picture instead of the blank screen. What could be causing this. I'm running Siyah 3.4.2 on an i777.

 

[lunatic59]

I've got the SuperNexus JB 4.3 rom on my i777 (it's AOSP) and the camera works fine.

A couple of questions. First, did it ever work with your current rom? If so, when did it stop working? If you switch between the forward facing and rear camera's does it work any differently? Do you have the onscreen controls and just no preview? When you take the picture, is it in focus?

BTW, I'm moving this to the ATR section for this phone.

 

[kwrs780]

The camera was working just fine right after I installed the kernel. I have the onscreen controls I just get no preview. It takes pictures just fine I just can't see what I'm shooting at (yes they're in focus). The forward facing camera works as well but there is still no preview. Sorry didn't realize there was a better forum for me to post this in. Thanks for looking.

 

[lunatic59]

Try booting into recovery and clearing both the cache and dalvik cache and see if that fixes it.

 

[kwrs780]

I've tried that actually I tried a full data wipe and it still didn't fix it

 

[kwrs780]

Also of note youtube videos are not displaying either

 

[lunatic59]

I don't have my i777 with me. I'll do a little testing once I get home and let you know if I can see anything going on, otherwise you might want to consider flashing a different ROM

 

[kwrs780]

Problem solved I flashed a new kernel to upgrade to Android 4.1.2