Really weird flash camera behavior ...

[wilder_jw]

So at work the other day, I was in the closet trying to get a closeup of a network switch to send to a coworker who actually knows about this stuff.

Every time I took a flash pic, my phone would shut down, and to reboot it I had to pull the battery!

After experimentation, I figured out that it wasn't the camera (non-flash pics work fine), and it's not the flash (normal flash pics work fine), but is -- as best I can figure out -- a function of the flash in a dark, enclosed area, close up. I think the flare from the flash is hitting the phone's light sensor and interacting with something to shut it down. I can replicate it consistently.

Anybody see this before? Can anybody else replicate it?

 

[Stewby85]

I have the same problem. If I take a flash picture and the battery life is around 30% remaining the phone will shut down and I will have to pull the battery. If I have a good battery it will never do this. I mean ot will shut down and will not turn back on unless you pull battery. Maybe this is the case with you as well? All pictures with out the flash will work fine.