lollipop flashlight bug

[Liffeyman]

Hi

Anyone having an issue with the stock flashlight app on the new Lollipop 5.0 not turning on

As a person working in IT and with crappy eye sight, this app really is a must for me.

A reboot of the phone will fix it, but by then the need for the light will normally have passed as I'll just ask someone around me for help

Found this was happening on the preview l as well, thought it they have sorted it in the finished release.

Cheers
Paul

 

[stumpy352]

What's wrong with the flashlight?

 

[jsgraphicart]

You don't really say the issue you have. but the flashlight works fine for me

 

[Liffeyman]

You don't really say the issue you have. but the flashlight works fine for me

Its not turning on

 

[jsgraphicart]

Its not turning on

Does it work with the camera?

 

[Liffeyman]

Does it work with the camera?

Never checked, are there reports of the camera not working?

 

[jsgraphicart]

Never checked, are there reports of the camera not working?

Im asking to see if the light does in fact work. If the light doesn't work with the camera either, then your light may be broken

 

[Liffeyman]

The issue is intermittent and a quick reboot always fixes the issue. I must check the next time it goes, if the camera is broke as well

 

[jsgraphicart]

The issue is intermittent and a quick reboot always fixes the issue. I must check the next time it goes, if the camera is broke as well

I have no idea what could cause that. My flashlight comes on every time I toggle it. Tesla LED (I think that's the name of it) is a good flashlight app in the Play Store if you want to try a third party app and see if it works better for you

 

[Ben36]

Yup. I posted about this. When it refuses to work try open the camera app. It'll say cannot connect to camera

Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5

 

[jsgraphicart]

Yup. I posted about this. When it refuses to work try open the camera app. It'll say cannot connect to camera

Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5

Most likely its a camera issue then. The flash LED and the camera software are connected.

 

[Ben36]

Only rebooting fixes it that I've found so far. Seems to happen after using the flashlight for a long time

Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5

 

[Liffeyman]

Most likely its a camera issue then. The flash LED and the camera software are connected.

Anyone working on a fix for the camera? any workarounds for the issue?

 

[jsgraphicart]

Anyone working on a fix for the camera? any workarounds for the issue?

From what Ben36 is saying, it seems to be caused my leaving the flashlight on for a long period of time. So I would say it's a bug in the system that Google needs to fix. Try other apps like the one I mentioned and see if you get the same issue.

 

[Liffeyman]

From what Ben36 is saying, it seems to be caused my leaving the flashlight on for a long period of time. So I would say it's a bug in the system that Google needs to fix. Try other apps like the one I mentioned and see if you get the same issue.

Cool, thanks will do

 

[Spawne32]

Had a similar issue today, flashlight turned off for no reason, then refused to turn back on until i restarted the phone.

 

[pookipsy]

never happened to me before until today and the only difference was that the phone was charging now.

 

[Jiggs82]

I can say I am also having this issue and hopefully a fix is on the way unless cm does it first...