Why do I have a black box that covers my pictures?

[AC Question]

my android hte camera is not connected and a black box covers my pictures

The camera says it is not connected and when i pull up my gallery, the majority of my pictures and videos show up as a grey/black box. I have an android hte

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: my android hte camera is not connected and a black box covers my pictures

Welcome to Android Central! HTE? Or HTC? Which phone exactly?