stucked camera on HTC Desire

[Gianko]

Hi everybody,
I have an HTC Desire with Oxygen 2.3.2
Recently (and suddenly) the camera did not work anymore.
When I start it (via app) I see nothing but a black screen and I can't do anything, I must click on the "home" button to return on the homepage.
Morevoer, I noticed that the camera is always "on"; I cannot use it because when I open it I see just a black screen, but the camera remains "on" and i can't turn it off!
I know that because since I had this problem my battery lasts just four or five hours (from full charge!).
I downloaded "betterbatterystats" to have a confirmation of the process that was mostly using my battery (it always shows the process "msm_camera_awake").
Do u have any idea how to fix it?
I've alrealdy tried to reboot and nothing happened...
My last option is to flash the rom again...
Thanks in advance!

Ps: I posted my problem also in the "htc Desire" section, but maybe it's more an "hardware" issue...

 

[anon(94115)]

try clearing the data from just the camera app
next you can try to download a different camera from the market to see if it is possibly hardware.
Next clear all data (do a backup first so you do not lose anything)
finally flash the ROM again

Hopefully you will not get to the last two, but there you go in a nutshell

PS: you shouldnt post the same thing in more than one forum.

 

[Gianko]

Next clear all data (do a backup first so you do not lose anything)

Sorry for the double posting, I was not sure what was the better section...

Anyway, I've already tried to clear data from the camera app, and I've also tried to use another "camera app" as well (like Instagram, Google Goggles,...), and nothing changed, so I think it's a problem about the hardware.

What do u mean with "clear all data"? How can i do that?

 

[anon(94115)]

Go into your recovery and wipe dalvick cache, cache and data (essentially a factory reset)

 

[anon(94115)]

THose arent really camera apps, those are apps that use your camera. I am talking about something like HDR+, a total camera replacement app.

 

[Gianko]

Nothing to do, even with HDR... I think it's the final confirmation that it's an hardware problem
At this point I'm not sure I can fix it with a factory reset or a new flashing... but I'll try, it's my only hope.
Thanks for your help anyway.