Camera Not Initializing

[Angela Wiegmann]

Does anyone else have problems with ur camera? Mine comes up saying "camera is not initializing" but it only says that sometimes. I have rebooted my phone turned my phone off then back on then and also have factory reset and cleared cache.. still get the message. Can anyone else help me?

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[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Have you installed any other apps that might access the camera or flash, like a flashlight app, or perhaps a banking app that allows you to take a picture of a check to deposit it? If so, maybe it's interfering. Try uninstalling those apps and see if the problem persists.

 

[Angela Wiegmann]

Ya I have both of those but its not every time that it does that it may take a week or a couple of days that it will pop up

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[B. Diddy]

That can be tough to troubleshoot. You've already done the main things I would have tried.

 

[Angela Wiegmann]

Ya and its annoying especially when I want to take a pic of my kid

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[Shawn Caldwell2]

Mine has been messing up. It will not save all pictures to the card. If I keep taking pictures it will get one of many to save. It will be all black or have lines through it. Could it be the card?

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[crachor]

I've had this problem for awhile. Got mine back in February, the camera issues probably started after mid-summer. When I was ready to take a picture with the front camera, it would bring up the error message (couldn't capture the moment, too long of a reboot time). Then a few weeks after that, the rear-facing camera started giving me the error message when starting up the camera app. This is the only thing I really hate about the phone. I even factory reset it a few times, and without installing any new apps, the phone still gives me the error message. My phone's gotten both updates so far, and I think the first update (done between February and mid-summer) started the issues. The second update seemed to increase the number of times the error message comes up.