S7 Edge Camera Failed

Lee try my suggestion. Samsung gave me this info.

The fix for now is to turn off Smart Stay and reboot your phone. Samsung know about the issue and are working on a fix for it.

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Thanks for this info. That works, but all of us still have a faulty unit...

I too have had this and it's after I spent a day setting this phone up. I've read this thread and others and tried the following....
Restarting phone = still fail
Clearing the camera cache = still fail
Multiple reboot & restarts = still fail

What did work is just turning off smart stay! And restarting. No factory reset

Not camera works fine and quick access ie double click home button works again

Thanks johnboyw

johnboyw said:

The fix for now is to turn off Smart Stay and reboot your phone. Samsung know about the issue and are working on a fix for it.

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Thanks johnboyw . That worked for me. I can manage without Smart Stay for now, but let's hope Samsung come up with a fix soon.

Be interesting to see if your replacement has the same issue. Surely a software patch would be better that new hardware. If it's software though wouldn't that mean every S7 would have this issue?
Does anyone know of a S7 that doesn't?

I emailed samsung support about this issue and got this reply:


When I load the camera it comes up with

Warning

Camera Failed

OK

this is a brand new phone that I only recieved on Friday and only got out of the box today. the Camera doesn''''t work. Not Good enough


Counselor answer

Dear Customer,


Thank you for contacting Samsung Electronics Australia.

We are truly grateful of your confidence in our brand, and we appreciate that you are using one of our flagship devices, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935F).

We consistently aim to provide an excellent service and support, ensuring that our products are maintaining its optimum performance and quality. Relatively, it is important for us to promptly address the two issues you are encountering on your new mobile phone. You stated that the camera of your unit is not working with an error message “Camera failed”, and the device overheats. Please refer to the information and procedures I have prepared below:

* Camera Issue

To address the camera issue, please refer to the steps below:

Step 1: Clear the cache and data of your unit's camera app.

Note: Please back up your photos before clearing the camera data to avoid data loss.

a. From the Home screen tap on Apps.
b. Then go to Settings.
c. Tap on Application.
d. Tap on Manage Application.
e. Then choose the Camera application.
f. Finally, tap on Clear cache and Clear data.

Step 2: Should the issue persists, you may perform a Factory Data Reset. This procedure may resolve all the major faults on your unit as it will restore your device to its original factory settings.

Note: Factory data reset will delete all data stored on your mobile phone's internal storage including free or paid downloaded applications. All important information should be backed up before proceeding. You can back up certain data files using the Samsung Smart Switch software.

Creating a Data Backup using Smart Switch

a. Download and install Samsung Smart Switch on your PC using the link below:


http://www.samsung.com/global/download/smartswitchwin


b. After installing, launch the application and connect your device to your PC using the supplied USB data cable.
c. You may choose if you want to back up, restore or sync. More options is placed on the upper right hand side of the Smart switch page.

Note:
* Samsung Smart Switch backup all items by default, backup items setting is also available in the Preferences.
* If you click “Backup” menu, backup will start directly without backup items selection (you have the option to select the backup items by going to "More → Preferences → Backup items).

Factory Data Reset

Note: Steps may slightly vary depending on your unit's current software version.

a. From your Home screen, tap the Menu key.
b. Tap Settings.
c. Next, tap Back up and reset.
d. Followed by Factory data reset.
e. Please read the screen carefully. If you are happy to proceed, tap Reset device.
f. Again, read the on-screen instructions and if you still wish to proceed, tap Erase everything.
g. Your phone's internal storage will then be erased and restored to factory settings.

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Not good. I got a pathetic email asking where I bought it from... Them!!!

I did say in my email I tried the steps in the above post.

Also, if they know about it and are fixing it... fine.. I'll wait for an update.

Well... got my phone replaced today... Guess what.. Same thing... So at least it really doesn't seem to be a hardware issue...

Hey again guys! My retailer finally heard back from Samsung:

"Samsung is aware of the camera issue and a new software binary is in the works and should be released OTA as soon as next week.
Alternatively before releasing a new software binary to use camera normally,
1. When rebooting the GS7, please do not use the camera as soon as device is booted on.
(We recommend to use camera after about 2 minutes later)
2. Please use the camera after deactivating the Smart stay feature.
At this time, you need to reboot the device(To access Smart stay, Apps > Settings > Display > Smart stay)”

Ok, we knew about Smart stay already. But good to finally hear something about the update. Hope this helps everyone.

Hey again! Well... I have my 3rd phone by now. The second had to go back because of a bad screen - green and pink hue. Now my 3rd one has a Sony camera sensor. Guess what - no more camera failed errors. So... although Samsung confirmed the update is on it´s way, it´s definitely related to the Samsung sensor.

ridiculous this bug could be this wide spread and they released with it. as everyone has said - smart stay deactivated, restart, and all is well. annoyingly i already wiped my phone once before samsung tweeted me back to tell me this...

Thanks Heaps. Turned off smart stay. Rebooted and problem solved

No software is bug free and developers will never admit to it, even when the proof is there, that's just life

t sport 1978 said:

About a week ago there was a software update, at the time I had a sneaky suspicion that they would fix the camera problem with this update.

Lo and behold, I have smart stay enabled since then and the camera has never failed again.

What I find annoying though is that Samsung had never officially acknowledged it, rather just sweep it under the carpet and fix it in silence.

Still, the phone has been good since.

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Where are you and what carrier supplied the update? I'm in Australia and use optus. No update yet

t sport 1978 said:

When the primary camera of the phone fails altogether due to another major feature is not a bug, its lame laziness is what it is.

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Well yea obviously, but in this case the update you received seemed to fix it by your own account, so it was a software issue in your case, which is what i was referring to.

johnboyw said:

Hi. I have had this issue also. The fix for now is to turn off Smart Stay and reboot your phone. Samsung know about the issue and are working on a fix for it.

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Nah, I have had Smart Stay off, and this is still happening to me. I'm not going to do a master reset. We shouldn't have to. That is absolute crap. I've tried all the fixes I've sen on this thread, but none of them have worked. They need to fix this now.

This started immediately following an OTA update that I did Monday(two days ago). Wish I wouldn't have. No flashlight anymore, no camera(no camera means no mobile deposits, no pictures of family, no selfies with the kid, no pictures of anything actually). Absolute crap.

I get this occasionally. Will have to try the SMart Stay thing.

I also get it where I can't take the picture in vertical mode. Like the button just doesn't 'work.' Usually rotating to horz and back will make it work. Annoying when you're trying to snap a smiling baby or something . . .

I haven't tried a third party cam to see how that works. Never have really used one.

Hi all. New member. First post. Thanks for info here (especially johnboyw ). My 4 day old S7 Edge did the camera failed thing today. Panicked & tried a few things to no avail then found this thread and tried Johnboyw's fix. Turned off Smart Stay, powered phone off & back on & VOILA!! Camera working. Will update this post if have any more failures now.

Have read other threads just above re a software update for a fix. No updates here in QLD as we speak but I guess I'll be dependant on my carrier for that so will have to wait and see.

Nice forums btw

t sport 1978 said:

Hi all,

Got my Edge yesterday as one of the pre orders, today after 1 full day I got a message to say camera failed when I started the camera. I tried a restart to no avail, did *#0*# and even there it said camera failed which had me worried. I had to do a factory reset in the end which did solve it.

I shall keep you guys posted, but if it happens again I am going for a return.

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Go into Settings, select Display,scroll down to Smart Stay,and turn OFF,then Hold Main power button in,press Restart and the camera should work.