Camera Fail Error! Please help!

hi omnian,

i tried what you suggested but sadly it did not work 

i bought the phone second hand and it had this error. when i did a factory reset and did the "phone to cam fw write" it actually fixed it. then since upgrading from eclair to gingerbread via kies it has stopped working again. so i dont think it is a hardware issue, but a software/firmware issue.

also there is nothing blocking the camera itself.

would another factory reset put everything back to eclair? or would gingerbread remain? i havent done a factory reset since the first one.

cheers

dextaville

Try This one.

Where did you get that?

Why would you want to remove it?

Just try the latest files (from the post above yours) by following the instruction posted on "Reply # 19". See if the Camera works again.

thanx broda thanx a lot now my cam was workin fine love u bro........
 you rockzzzz

one last help can u plz tell me which one is the best backup app for msg contacts n app

hi omnian,

those files didnt work either.

to clarify, the camera wasnt working when i got the phone. a suggestion on another forum was to do the "phone to cam fw write", which resolved the issue and i was able to use the camera. then i upgraded to official gingerbread vis kies and found the camera no longer worked (hence the belief that it is a firmware issue rather than hardware).

i ran the "fw write" again but this did not resolve.

after trying your second set of files, i downloaded a copy of eclair from samfirmware.com and extracted the firmware from it, then tried copying to my phone, but again, this has not worked.

i must admit i am at a bit of a loss now, and a samsung repair centre is no good as i got the phone second hand, therefore no warranty on it.

short of trying the firmware from every flavour of android on samfirmware.com (which would take quite a while) i may have to resort to the fact that this is an unfixable issue (although considering the large number of people experiencing it i would have expected samsung to have released some kind of fix by now, unless they want people to upgrade to the galaxy s 2).

thanks for all your help and if you have any further ideas/suggestions ill be happy to try them.

dex.

Samsung Galaxy S (GT-i9000)

nope, that hasnt worked either im afraid.

would it be worth trying a custom rom like darkys custom rom? or would the camera firmware files just be the same do you think.

thanks again
dex.