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Z1 Camera Button not Working!

wslee — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:48:55 GMT

Hello everyone,

My z1's camera button launches the camera app only approximately half the time. So when it doesnt launch the normal, usual way when i press on it, I would press doubly hard to try to activate the camera and still sometimes it doent work!

Anyone experiencing this?

Could it be that some wire or component inside the phone has gone awry? Or is it a bug in the software because usually the camera app would launch the camera with a very high chance if I have just lock the screen for not more than approx 5-10sec.

Besides, would the z1 suffer any external/internal damage with a soft knock/drop on the table ? it is naked by the way. (i.e no phone cover etc)

Thank you

Re: Z1 Camera Button not Working!

Vengeance66 — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:57:32 GMT

I had this problem since I got 4.3 on my Z1. I think it's a software related problem.

When I see that the camera button is not working I press on one of the Volume buttons and then the camera button is working.

I hope that it will be fixed.

Re: Z1 Camera Button not Working!

wslee — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:26:25 GMT

Thks for your info. I hope its just a bug and not a hardware problem of the inernal components of my z1... I though the connection went loose or sth..

Re: Z1 Camera Button not Working!

wslee — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:28:39 GMT

And Sony better fix this camera button issue with an update fast!

Anyone else with any experiences on this?

Re: Z1 Camera Button not Working!

iamahmed — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:49:29 GMT

Me too, its software related, small bug, keep calm

Re: Z1 Camera Button not Working!

_alexdon_ — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:20:12 GMT

Do you have stamina mode enabled?

Re: Z1 Camera Button not Working!

wslee — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:00:58 GMT

Yup its enabled..

But I dont think the mode affects the camera button right? Because I can still activate camera app sometimes when I press the camera button..

And if it really does affect, I guess this then would be another issue to look into..

Re: Z1 Camera Button not Working!

_alexdon_ — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:34:30 GMT

On my Z1,I cannot start the camera by button if the stamina is on.I added it to exceptions.