Camera fails after rolling back to MB1 firmware

[GSDer]

Just for the heck of it, I used "[root] Mobile Odin Pro" https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro&token=PWbw-wSF to roll back to the MB1 firmware (and root at the same time). Everything seemed to be working fine until I tried using the Camera app - it just reports that the camera failed.
- I tried clearing data but that doesn't make any difference
- I tried a 3rd party camera app and it reports that it failed to connect to the camera
- I rebooted into Recovery (currently running stock Recovery) and cleared the cache with no change
- I shutdown and did a battery pull with no change

Anyone else that has also rolled back to MB1 having this problem?
Any suggestions on something else that I might try?
If nothing turns up I'll just have to load the latest firmware - it was working fine with that.

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[zorian99]

This happened to me too, any fix for this?

 

[sixty_four]

I hate to say it but have you tried a factory reset? It might be one last thing to try before rolling forward to the latest (pulled) update.

Just curious - I was looking at Mobile Odin and the app descriptions says one of the prerequisites is root. Is that right? Or were you previously unrooted and used M.Odin to get root? I'm looking for a point-n-click, failsafe, Rooting For Absolute Dummies thing. I'm not too interested in tinkering and tweaking and flashing ROMs but wuold like to take advantage of advanced features and apps - especially backup apps and anti-theft/security apps.

 

[rushmore]

Works for me, but I went through the Odin process with no root. Stock to stock with no root modifaction.

 

[Darkcloud_55]

Look at this, I used it to root for the 1st time last week. Pretty simple

DroidViews | Root and Install CWM Recovery on Verizon Galaxy S3 SCH-I535 Android 4.1.1/4.1.2

 

[zorian99]

well factory reset didnt work, i'm new to this flashing business, do I have to flash the newest update now? and where would I find that?

 

[GSDer]

Factory Reset didn't work for me either. I ended up reloading the MD3 firmware and the camera worked immediately.

sixty_four,
Mobile Odin requires that the phone be rooted (and the bootloader unlocked) to begin with. It'll root a stock ROM for you during the flash process.

zorian99,
You'll have to flash the newest firmware if you want the camera to work. Is your phone rooted? If so, you can look in the rooting forums for an already-rooted firmware.
If you want a stock ROM I'm not sure where to point you.

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[sixty_four]

Thanks GSDer. And bummer that the camera isn't working with MB1. Hopefully the update from VZW will be out as announced sometime in July.