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[FIX] Possible fix for CM 6.1 Camera FC issues-MERGED 20101122

The fix below has been merged into the nightlies!! expect to see it on the 23rd.
If you're impatient, you can install a compiled version of the apk from recovery...
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The camera issue is for ALL of cyanogenmod, not just us dinc users.
I've grabbed some of the patches that are being worked on and put some of my own work into it.
Please let me know what you find.
For me, it crashes almost every single time if I use continuous focus, but it's fine with infinity.
Screen off and on works without FC, but the camera is hard coded to not allow recording with screen off.
1. Backup
2. Flash aosp-camera-fix-v1.0.zip
3. reboot..

flashed
Just flashed, off to a meeting but will report back shortly. I would love to be able to shoot video in 720.

in to see the responses

no issues
No FC in continuous or infinity mode. Shot about 10 minutes of video in both. Screen off then on kills recording. Still no 720p recording mode though (not that this was supposed to fix that, I was just hoping).
Recap: No camera/video FC in either mode (continuous or infinity)
Thanks for this

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To get 720 p.. Make sure quality is set to custom and file type is mpeg4, then it should show up in the settings.

Someone alert camalus!

I will be flashing this after work today! Thank you!!!
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jimmypopulous said:
Someone alert camalus!
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Its Christmas!
Weeeeeeeeeeeee! LED and camera fix in the Same day!
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That does it. Thanks again.
seanzer said:
To get 720 p.. Make sure quality is set to custom and file type is mpeg4, then it should show up in the settings.
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camalus said:
Its Christmas!
Weeeeeeeeeeeee! LED and camera fix in the Same day!
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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Indeed. well done seanzer, well done!

rom manager now shows build #157 (11-23) does this include both the cam and led fix?

radiohead14 said:
rom manager now shows build #157 (11-23) does this include both the cam and led fix?
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Maybe cam fix, definitely not led fix tho.. hasn't been approved.

hi seanzer. on cm nightly build #161 - issue: when on videocam, and i turn off the screen (recording or not), when you unlock, the videocam becomes almost half the size of the screen (with the preview screen almost a quarter the size, and is now on the lower left), and it's unresponsive.

radiohead14 said:
hi seanzer. on cm nightly build #161 - issue: when on videocam, and i turn off the screen (recording or not), when you unlock, the videocam becomes almost half the size of the screen (with the preview screen almost a quarter the size, and is now on the lower left), and it's unresponsive.
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Same thing happened on my friends moto Droid 1.. i think the latest commit to the camera broke it. Try a nightly before the 24th... which only contains my camera fix. I haven't had time to test the latest nightly yet, but I will have to investigate more what happened..

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Same thing happened on my friends moto Droid 1.. i think the latest commit to the camera broke it. Try a nightly before the 24th... which only contains my camera fix. I haven't had time to test the latest nightly yet, but I will have to investigate more what happened..
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thanks man. i just installed build #159 and cam is back to normal again.
on a different note: how come the vanilla cam doesn't support 8mp wide like the htc sense cam?

radiohead14 said:
how come the vanilla cam doesn't support 8mp wide like the htc sense cam?
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anyone know? is this the same with all aosp roms?.. the camera just isn't as good as the htc cam.

Fixed my Nexus One
Installed on CM 6.1 on a Nexus One, fixed the camera for photos, haven't tested the videos.
Symptoms: Camera keeps crashing after a few shots. Force Close the application and if I tried to run it I only got a blackscreen until the Force Close window appeared.
It also rebooted my phone one 2 occasions.
Installed using Rom Manager:
Install from SD
Selected .zip
Backup Rom (Yes)
Wipe (NO!!!)
Everything went smooth.
Now I'm taking pictures, modifying settings, Touch Focus, everything seems to work.
Took 20 pictures in a row and fast.
Thanks for the fix

I had high expectations on this one, I tried it but I still get FC on the camera.
I have a Magic and I am running the CM 6.1 Rom

radiohead14 said:
anyone know? is this the same with all aosp roms?.. the camera just isn't as good as the htc cam.
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If you look at the resolution of the 8mp wide setting on the stock sense camera, it's not actually 8mp. It's really the same as 6mp wide on the CM camera.
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[Q] Camera working in ICS CM9 nightly build

I have installed 27th April CM9 Nightly build on my SGT P1000 and somehow, the camera is working perfectly fine. I am unable to find settings for the camera, but it's working perfect. The gallery is showing all the images that I have captured.
The reason of writing this post is that all other posts claim that the camera is not yet working for ICS port on SGT-P1000. I first installed Overcome 4.1.0 with the kernel, and then flashed the CM9.
The question is, how is it working, and is it normal to work?
If it is normal to work, can someone point me in the direction where i can follow the updates?

Links
I used this get.cm link for downloading the CWM flashable CM9 nightly build ROM. Just want all to know that EVERYTHING seems to be perfect. I flashed the ROM yesterday, and till now, everything works.
Wifi
Bluetooth
Video Recording
Camera
Music playback
video playback
GPS
Video calling (through skype etc.)
Front/Rear Cam
Smooth Screen Rotation
Live Wallpapers
Phone
Contacts
SD Mount
Market
Browser is smooth as ever, tabbed and can be linked with chrome
Just want to know if anyone else has flashed this, and if anyone else has cam working.

I remember someone came up with a fix for the camera in the form of a flashable zip a while back so I imagine it's been included in the latest CM9 builds.

Well, I am still waiting for people to comment on it. I haven't found any comments. Is there a thread following the nightly CM9 build for p1000?

It has been working fine for many weeks.
This is the discussion thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495007
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Thanks Priyana, just a little problem, i posted in a new question thread aswell.
Unfortunately, camera closed. This error I am getting frequently. Not always, but frequently. I have no idea what is causing the app to run sometimes, but close at other times.

I am on aokp milestone 5.
I also have camera fc from time to time.
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Little manual fix i have. Put the cam to 2.5 MP and when your'e clicking a pic, dont press and hold the blue button. Just push and let go. The pic will snap, and the frequency of cam gone FC will reduce by 90%. I think there is a problem with the autofocus which causes the cam to go bonkers. Do try it and share...

obahmood said:
Little manual fix i have. Put the cam to 2.5 MP and when your'e clicking a pic, dont press and hold the blue button. Just push and let go. The pic will snap, and the frequency of cam gone FC will reduce by 90%. I think there is a problem with the autofocus which causes the cam to go bonkers. Do try it and share...
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not working bro . .is there any update to fix this?

Jelly Bean 3rd Party Camera Apps

Hey all,
None of the Jelly Bean ROMS (In particular, CM 10.1) seem to have a camera that works with third party apps, like Instagram and Snapchat. The camera always ends up freezing when it opens. This even happens when attempting to change the phone security to Face Unlock; the camera freezes on opening of the setup for face unlock as well.
Does anyone have a solution to this?
Thanks in advanced.

Actually, I got the same problem with CM10 (not 10.1) too
I think it's a bug for a long time already, but it's better to fix those serious bugs in CM10.1 first
When we have a relatively stable CM10.1, i think hashcode will start working on the camera bug

AW: Jelly Bean 3rd Party Camera Apps
Thanks for this post. I've never seen this topic before, but I am also confused with this issue since CM10.
Has anybody already an idea for the reason of this bug?

Its bother the hell out of me, i really hope i can find a fix!!
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tjx2006 said:
Its bother the hell out of me, i really hope i can find a fix!!
Sent from my DROID4
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well, instagram works for me just fine on Liquid JB...

FSN said:
well, instagram works for me just fine on Liquid JB...
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how about snapchat?

Update: Its official, no JB ROM works with snapchat, i've tried them all ._. if someone could get a workaround to this, i would hop back to JB instantly

Is there an app that works with the video camera?

local444 said:
how about snapchat?
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doesn't work with snapchat. app crashes when it loads the camera screen.

The stock camera is buggy with all JB roms at the moment. None of the 3rd party apps will work until the bugs are hammered out. Even the barcode scanner doesn't work. If you use any of the 3rd party apps, ICS is your choice for now.
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Instagram doesn't work for me on liquid jb :/
Edit: Nevermind. Works fine if you go into instagram settings and turn off "use advanced camera"

[Q] Back to Andriod 4.1

Hi!
Xperia Z came with Andriod 4.1.2 If i remember it correctly, this version worked really good. I recently upgraded it to Android 4.2.2 and now its laggy, slow and has alot of bugs.. The camera got black spots which according to some posts are software related - I don't see how that is possible but ok.
So my question is: If I factory reset the phone from the menu, do I get andriod 4.1 back?

Thomas.Nagy said:
Hi!
Xperia Z came with Andriod 4.1.2 If i remember it correctly, this version worked really good. I recently upgraded it to Android 4.2.2 and now its laggy, slow and has alot of bugs.. The camera got black spots which according to some posts are software related - I don't see how that is possible but ok.
So my question is: If I factory reset the phone from the menu, do I get andriod 4.1 back?
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Nope, you will have to reflash 4.1 again to use it again sorry
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Thomas.Nagy said:
Hi!
Xperia Z came with Andriod 4.1.2 If i remember it correctly, this version worked really good. I recently upgraded it to Android 4.2.2 and now its laggy, slow and has alot of bugs.. The camera got black spots which according to some posts are software related - I don't see how that is possible but ok.
So my question is: If I factory reset the phone from the menu, do I get andriod 4.1 back?
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Nope, i have the 4.2.2 stock rom without any slow or any bug like most of users here. The camera has no problem as well. I don't see as well how it's possible especially when you don't talk about any bugs you have...

QualQuek said:
Nope, i have the 4.2.2 stock rom without any slow or any bug like most of users here. The camera has no problem as well. I don't see as well how it's possible especially when you don't talk about any bugs you have...
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Camera "black spots" explained here:
h ttp : // talk.sonymobile.com /thread/126792?start=10&tstart=0
Popped up once i upgraded it to 4.2
Buggs like: sms messeges dont play out the sound correctly when popping, The lock screen lags when u unlock the phone - and the camera from the lock screen takes double the time to load compared to 4.1

Thomas.Nagy said:
Camera "black spots" explained here:
h ttp : // talk.sonymobile.com /thread/126792?start=10&tstart=0
Popped up once i upgraded it to 4.2
Buggs like: sms messeges dont play out the sound correctly when popping, The lock screen lags when u unlock the phone - and the camera from the lock screen takes double the time to load compared to 4.1
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Slow = depends completely of what applications you have installed, the default stock rom => no lag here so maybe something haven't worked correctly during your update
Camera bug => it's answered on your thread, the black stuff seems to be the dust inside the camera lens, return your phone for repairing. http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/489865#489865

Dedenitley a software bug (for me)
A photo taken in portrait gives me 1 dot,but a photo taken in landscape gives me none!! Wtf :what:
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[Q] Google Goggles on CM 10.1 ( 20130718 build )

Hi,
When I start Google goggles the screen gets stuck on the first frame the camera sees. This is without me taking a picture or anything, it sticks to the first frame when the camera starts. The rest of the app works fine, I can close it, open settings, ... it doesn't completely freeze. When I open the settings window and close it again, the screen sticks to the first frame after closing the settings window.
All my other camera apps works fine, it's only related to google goggles. I didn't have this problem with the CM 10.1 20130707 build. I tried to reinstall the app, reboot my phone,... I searched for similar problems but didn't find anything helpful.
So does anyone has the same problem ? Is it a bug in goggles or a CM 10.1 bug ?

and what's wrong with posting in discussion thread?

TheWhisp said:
and what's wrong with posting in discussion thread?
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Me not seeing the most obvious place to post my question... I will make a post in the appropriate thread, sorry.