Warning: Camera Failed

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Emporioo

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Dec 9, 2009

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• Apr 27, 2014

• #1

Well my S5 has been working flawlessly since I first bought it a couple of weeks ago but now I have the dreaded 'warning: camera failed' error whenever I try to go on the camera. I have tried battery pull/rebooting/freezing/clearing certain apps but no dice.

Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come with other S5's as I have seen there is already a lot of talk about it elsewhere online but mainly with the US Sprint variants. Admittedly I have been using mine quite extensively but my S4 didn't suffer from this problem and I used that heavily too.

Hope I don't have to send it back for a replacement as what a ballache! Plus I'm not sure I'll even be covered as I have rooted and installed a custom recovery so my knox is tripped lol. If they won't cover it I'll just try and reseat the flex cable for the camera sensor or even order a new part.

I will update the thread after I have tried a few more things... !

(Bought the phone from o2, UK, BTW)

P.S the phone is now running much hotter as well even when idle... I think it is hardware related! I haven't made any app changes or updates it seems to have just happened out of the blue.

EDIT: Flashed stock rom and factory reset. Still can't use the camera ... GRRRR!!!

 

Last edited: Apr 27, 2014

ex-28

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 4

Samsung Galaxy Watch 6

• Apr 27, 2014

• #2

http://www.androidcentral.com/some-users-report-galaxy-s5-camera-failures


unfortunately sounds like this may be happening to you

 

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Emporioo

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• Apr 27, 2014

• #3

ex-28 said:

http://www.androidcentral.com/some-users-report-galaxy-s5-camera-failures


unfortunately sounds like this may be happening to you

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Yeah - I have booked a repair with o2 (my carrier). Hopefully it will be sorted ASAP! They say it can take up to 4 days so not that bad I guess...

 

ex-28

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Samsung Galaxy Watch 4

Samsung Galaxy Watch 6

• Apr 27, 2014

• #4

Emporioo said:

Yeah - I have booked a repair with o2 (my carrier). Hopefully it will be sorted ASAP! They say it can take up to 4 days so not that bad I guess...

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hope it all gets sorted out , it sucks but least happened now rather then later down the road.

 

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plymptonpilgreen

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• Apr 27, 2014

• #5

Just to let you all know who are curious as to who is experiencing this fault, i have just recieved the dreaded warning. got my phone 3 days ago from carphone warehouse in plymouth uk, unlocked. seems a pretty widespread fault. mass recall????

 

supercobaltss

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Google Pixel 6 Pro

• Apr 27, 2014

• #6

I had the same problem. Rebooted cleared cache and it went away. Mines rooted though

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dpwhitty11

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• Apr 28, 2014

• #7

Everyone who has the hardware fault should post their seriel numbers so we can figure out which batch these phones are coming from.

Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk

 

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cheetah2k

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• Apr 28, 2014

• #8

dpwhitty11 said:

Everyone who has the hardware fault should post their seriel numbers so we can figure out which batch these phones are coming from.

Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk

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I have a G900F from Hong Kong. No issues here. Had the phone for 2+ weeks now, and using the camera all the time. Touch wood!! :good:

 

hemander

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• Apr 28, 2014

• #9

If there's this problem experiencing by lot of people, is there any way to fix this?

 

the Doctor

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In the TARDIS

• Apr 28, 2014

• #10

phonearena.com said:

As we suggested on Saturday, those with a Samsung Galaxy S5 that is affected, should call Samsung at 1-888-987-4357 to arrange an exchange under the warranty.

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Note: Article focuses on Verizon.

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ominguela

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• Apr 30, 2014

• #11

Internacional version issues, same problem in spanish carrier free model

Enviado desde mi SM-G900F mediante Tapatalk

 

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Emporioo

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• May 2, 2014

• #12

Hey guys just a quick update o2 wasn't able to fix my phone so sent me a brand new one instead fingers crossed it was just a bad phone and won't happen again :good:

 

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riso123

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• May 3, 2014

• #13

I've got a slightly different problem. Mine says recording failed, but I can take pictures.

I'm wondering if I removed something I shouldn't have with titanium backup though... I hope anyway...

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ICANTSTOP

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• May 3, 2014

• #14

I had it too...

But they replaced my old s5 to a new one without any problems ! :good:

 

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daoom

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Mar 28, 2008

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• Jun 20, 2014

• #15

I had "Warning Camera Failed" problem on my SM-G900SW (S5 in Canada), along with some other weird problems.

After reading an announcement from Samsung that the problem is ROM related download the stack image for my device/provider from Samfirmware and re-flashed the phone.

The problem went away, and so did some other issues.