IPhone 4 - Problems with camera shutter

rordeb

I have been loving the new iPhone for the past few days and was loving it till lunchtime today. Suddenly the camera has frozen. Now decides when it wants to work - am gutted. Looking at other web forums, this appears to be a fairly common problem. Has anyone else experienced this ? Has anyone found a cure?

I set up my iPhone from my old 3GS backup - that is the only sin I committed. Everything went to pot when I was playing around with iMovie and rather than importing a movie, I opted to record one there - the feckin shutter froze.

Could this be the next big apple headache?

squonk

It happened me too. The phone is going back to Apple for replacement. Try the following though, download one of the LED flashlight apps and run the flashlight on your phone for 5-10 minutes. That does the trick for me in getting the camera to operate again for temporary periods. I think there's a problem with lubrication of the focus mechanism. That appears to be the way things are on my iPhone anyway.

slasher_65

squonk wrote: »

It happened me too. The phone is going back to Apple for replacement. Try the following though, download one of the LED flashlight apps and run the flashlight on your phone for 5-10 minutes. That does the trick for me in getting the camera to operate again for temporary periods. I think there's a problem with lubrication of the focus mechanism. That appears to be the way things are on my iPhone anyway.

Now, I might just be incorrect in this, but I was under the impression that the focus is digital...And running the LED would probably not help, as LEDs emit next to no heat.

rordeb

slasher_65 wrote: »

Now, I might just be incorrect in this, but I was under the impression that the focus is digital...And running the LED would probably not help, as LEDs emit next to no heat.

Yeah - I've looked around and there appear to be all sorts of things people are trying like turning up and down the volume to taking screenshots.

It has to be either a hardware problem or some software conflict. I hope the issue gains momentum because it does appear to be an issue.

kjl

squonk wrote: »

It happened me too. The phone is going back to Apple for replacement. Try the following though, download one of the LED flashlight apps and run the flashlight on your phone for 5-10 minutes. That does the trick for me in getting the camera to operate again for temporary periods. I think there's a problem with lubrication of the focus mechanism. That appears to be the way things are on my iPhone anyway.

OMG, how little you know about electronic mate.

OP, if you just just double click the home button, hold down the icons and shut off the camera app, then it should work again.

pah

kjl wrote: »

OMG, how little you know about electronic mate.

OP, if you just just double click the home button, hold down the icons and shut off the camera app, then it should work again.

Are you suggesting the OP has researched the whole web on this problem and not come across this, or that in fact he does not know how to operate multitasking on his own iPhone?

rordeb

Tried that first guys - know all about multitasking. Switched the phone on and off. I even googled the problem - people who have the problem still have the problem after they wipe the phone.

I went back a good bit on this forum also - nada

As I said some have a few rinky dinks to "fix it" temporarily. Just wanted to see if many others have the problem and start a little thread on the topic.

If it can happen to me after 3 days with no problems.........

naasrd

kjl wrote: »

OMG, how little you know about electronic mate.

OP, if you just just double click the home button, hold down the icons and shut off the camera app, then it should work again.

So how little did you know about electronics before you first learnt it?

kjl

naasrd wrote: »

So how little did you know about electronics before you first learnt it?

Well, I'm not sure what you are asking here, before I learned it, nothing I suppose. But if you look back though all the post on this board I provide correct and accurate information regarding the iPhone. I have had all iPhones and have been fixing and writing programs since they came out.

@OP, if you have restored and you still have the problem, then your cam is gone.

I have read some crazy solutions like, press home when you open the cam app, when its stuck on the shutter take a picture, and lastly shake the crap out of it. But personally I would just return it.

naasrd

It's the patronising tone I feel un warranted. Any member who asks a question shouldn't have be told how litte they know. If you have the answer just let them now without informing them how little they know and how much you do.

Megatron_X

naasrd wrote: »

It's the patronising tone I feel un warranted. Any member who asks a question shouldn't have be told how litte they know. If you have the answer just let them now without informing them how little they know and how much you do.

It seems to me that kjl was referring to squonk, hence the quoted post. Could be wrong though (but probably not)

kjl

Megatron_X wrote: »

It seems to me that kjl was referring to squonk, hence the quoted post. Could be wrong though (but probably not)

no, you're right.

rordeb

Anyone else with this issue can place it here. I am gonna send this back next week - will keep you updated - would prefer to fix it - the phone is amazing.