[Q] Arc camera often not available

[rein_hiryu]

Hi all, I've got my Arc for two weeks, it seems that sometimes the camera is not available when I launch the application. It always happen when the accelerometer doesn't work. It works fine again when I reboot the phone.
Anyone else got this issue? Do I have to repair via SEUS or there is another way around?
Thanks

 

[LiveSquare]

Hi all, I've got my Arc for two weeks, it seems that sometimes the camera is not available when I launch the application. It always happen when the accelerometer doesn't work. It works fine again when I reboot the phone.
Anyone else got this issue? Do I have to repair via SEUS or there is another way around?
Thanks

Nope, I used the camera many times and not even once I saw this issue. It's best to do a repair firmware to rule out that it's not a software issue. Once done and you are facing the problem, then it could be the hardware faulty and you need to bring the phone to service centre for repair.

 

[rein_hiryu]

Nope, I used the camera many times and not even once I saw this issue. It's best to do a repair firmware to rule out that it's not a software issue. Once done and you are facing the problem, then it could be the hardware faulty and you need to bring the phone to service centre for repair.

Thanks for the quick reply, I'll try to repair using SEUS first, hopes it will work

 

[Mesho Arc]

I face this problem a lot, I'll try SEUS.

Sent from my Xperia arc using XDA App

 

[Mr.Mills]

Having the same problem too, SEUS didn't solve the problem for me unfortunately .

 

[Mano1982]

Never faced this problem Use camera many times everyday

 

[Mr.Mills]

Repair by using SEUS didn't solve the problem either unfortunately :-(

 

[festa20]

Id send the phone bk defo sounds faulty

Sent from my LT15i using XDA Premium App

 

[ozjay1]

Hi all, I've got my Arc for two weeks, it seems that sometimes the camera is not available when I launch the application. It always happen when the accelerometer doesn't work. It works fine again when I reboot the phone.
Anyone else got this issue? Do I have to repair via SEUS or there is another way around?
Thanks

I am having exactly the same issue. Had phone 2 days now and many unstable aspects from day 1 and ongoing.

Camera is sometimes 'not available' - interestingly at the same time other things don't work such as the accelerometer.

Phone reboots randomly by itself including during phone calls.

Items downloaded from market disappear .

I am returning it and hoping for a replacement as I do not want a 'repaired' phone after paying so much.

Also should note I have made no changes to the phone at all - this is 'as delivered'

 

[Philbur]

I had this happen a couple of times. When it does I just go to the app manager and force stop the camera app. It should work again after that.

 

[redesignni]

Never had the problem with camera not being available... although most times my photos dont work... its like a black broken image icon that shows instead...

 

[ozjay1]

I had this happen a couple of times. When it does I just go to the app manager and force stop the camera app. It should work again after that.

Thanks - Your problem must be different, as this solution does not work for me.The app manager does not show the camera as running, so no force close option is available.

Only way to get the camera to function when the phone is in this 'camera not available' mode is to reboot. Every time the camera is not available the accelerometer stops working as well - again a reboot is required to fix this

 

[rein_hiryu]

^ Yes it is, reboot solved it. But I'm curious, is it a bug or a fail hardware?

 

[Leafhill]

I have the same problem. The camera app fails to launch. I long press camera button and get the haptic feedback but nothing happens.

 

[raudidroid]

for me it's just the shutter button

never had this problem

but my camera doesn't activate when i press the shutter.

any ideas?

ps: i have vignette demo and fxcamera installed

pps: the arc camera is brilliantly EXCELLENT (coming from a G1)

ppps: the shutter button is terribly stiff

 

[animboo]

had the same problem but SEUS fix it for me by reflashing the firmware.

 

[ShyamSasi]

The phone should be awake when you press on camera button inorder the camera app to launch

 

[shtreber]

I am having exactly the same issue. Had phone 2 days now and many unstable aspects from day 1 and ongoing.

Camera is sometimes 'not available' - interestingly at the same time other things don't work such as the accelerometer.

Phone reboots randomly by itself including during phone calls.

Items downloaded from market disappear .

I am returning it and hoping for a replacement as I do not want a 'repaired' phone after paying so much.

Also should note I have made no changes to the phone at all - this is 'as delivered'

Camera stays on after been used, i think its not possible to quit it with adv task killer, so i downloaded app "fast reboot pro" so test it when u get it back, and it also works with apps, i have seen that issue few times, just click to reboot and it will be good.

 

[D-jack]

just a thought or two..
have you try resetting or calibrating those sensor?
or do you have any app that totally disabled rotation (not just simple rotate toogle)?

 

[nöt]

Anyone found the answer to this problem? Really annoying