I just took one picture and that is all![]()
I thought I read somewhere that running process had to do with the camera icon being on the home screen or dock versus the drawer.


Only problem with that theory is I never recall seeing this issue until latest KitKat (certainly not to the extent where I'd set a 70+% charged phone down for a couple hrs only to find it off or showing a battery low warning when I come back) plus it's happening on two different N5 phones with very different usage patterns and apps installed.Your screenshots and what you describe look to me like some app is sitting on the camera daemon and locks it (like a file opened for editing can't be opened by someone else).
I got 4.4.4 and took a lot of pics (I like the photosphere thingy). I got Skype on my phone as well. Interestingly enough, I never ever saw the daemon show up in the battery listing and I've got no battery problem.
I got more that 100 apps on my phone (ofc I only use a handful on a regular basis).
Therefore I think we can rule out KitKat per se, or the number of apps as a reason for this happening.
I believe it is either some special app, some hardware defect or some combination of those...
Only problem with that theory is I never recall seeing this issue until latest KitKat (certainly not to the extent where I'd set a 70+% charged phone down for a couple hrs only to find it off or showing a battery low warning when I come back) plus it's happening on two different N5 phones with very different usage patterns and apps installed.
