Wireless Charging breaks camera

[telveer]

I have been using my Galaxy S5 with an OEM Wireless Charging Cover and Nokia Qi plate for many months now without any issues.

Recently, I installed an iOttie car mount that supports Wireless Charging. When using this car mount, I noticed that the Camera would not turn on. I get a popup error message that says the camera failed or that it can not connect to the camera. I then tested the camera while charging on my Nokia Qi plate and got the same error. The error occurs both with Samsung and Android camera apps.

I also made some other observations ...
-> If the back Camera is already running and I place the camera on the charging plate, it continues to operate.
-> If front facing camera was last used and the camera app was closed, after placing the phone of the charging plate, if I start the camera app it starts fine with an operating front camera but as soon as I switch to back camera, the error occurs

Based on these observations, it looks like the back camera is having issues initializing when the phone is being wirelessly charged. I would have never caught this issue because one would not try to the back camera when the phone is lying flat on a wireless plate but with the car mount, I tried to use the camera from within Waze app and when it did not work, it lead me to this entire discovery process. Did anyone else experience this issue? On one hand, I am hoping it not just my camera but on the other hand, if it is working fine for others, I will try to get a replacement.

 

[GAMacky]

You're not alone. I have the AT&T S5 and it does the same thing. Which really sucks as I tried to use it as a car cam to record bad driving habits and I can't. With the S5, wireless charging is the way to go so you don't have to keep opening and closing the charging connector flap. It is very annoying to me. Basically I believe the strong electromagnetic field generated by the charger coil is affecting the electronics of the camera. It's probably one place that is not properly shielded. I doubt you'll be able to find a wireless charger that doesn't interfere with the camera.

 

[defrederick]

You're not alone. I have the AT&T S5 and it does the same thing. Which really sucks as I tried to use it as a car cam to record bad driving habits and I can't. With the S5, wireless charging is the way to go so you don't have to keep opening and closing the charging connector flap. It is very annoying to me. Basically I believe the strong electromagnetic field generated by the charger coil is affecting the electronics of the camera. It's probably one place that is not properly shielded. I doubt you'll be able to find a wireless charger that doesn't interfere with the camera.

I'm on TELUS in Canada and have had the same problem. Has anyone determined if it's a software problem? I've been tempted to flash my phone to Cyanogenmod just because of this issue. It's a royal PITA and totally negates the reason I went with wireless charging in the first place.

Thanks,

Dan

 

[stiffwind]

I noticed the same issue when I tried using Autoboy Blackbox dash cam app and even Android Camera app while the device was charging wirelessly in iOttie wireless mount charger.
The workaround is to start the app before placing the device into the mount.