camera problem with 4.4 kitkat ?

[Max93]

SERIOUSLY WHY DO I HAVE TO RESTART MY PHONE TO TAKE A **bleep** PICTURE SERIOUSLY ??? enough with the bugs already !!!!! until when we're gonna have the same **** bugs seriously i cant take a picture until i restart my phone it happens very often FIX IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the camera just stopppppppppppps why why !!!

[_alexdon_]

Does this happen after you force shutdown?(power button+vol up until the phone vibrates 3 times).

[mani43]

I have the extact same problem.

Press the camera button when the phone is turned on (once loaded works fine) but once it has been used for a while it laggs so badly to come on and after that all you get is a black screen as if the camera does not want to function correctly this also happens with the front camera i find this highly annoying as i have to hard turn off the phone and switch it back on then again after a while does the exact same thing. i have tried rebuilding the software many times on fresh install, and also had a replacement brand new phone and tested on that also and have the same issue, this is a serious bug which is starting to bite, on the other note there is alot of signal issue aswell as the phone does not like to pick up signal when i had 4.3 the phone worked like a charm. since i got 4.4 the phone has been acting really weird please look into this sony!

[Rickard]

Sorry to hear that you're having issues with the camera.

Do you still have issues with the camera if you start the phone in safe mode (see http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/FAQ/How-to-boot-your-phone-into-safe-mode/m-p/348008)? Some 3:rd party apps using the camera may lock it which could cause this issue.

[PDB]

I'm having the same problem too since updating to 4.4, or 4.4.2

My z1 gets stuck after taking a picture, with the screen locked on a still image of the picture, the shutter button and the focus square. I tried restarting it once and it worked, but then it started acting up again. Sometimes I just get a black screen.

Since this phone was heavily advertised for its camera capabilities, I think this should be an important issue to take care of, and I don't want to enter safe mode or restart the phone each time I want to snap a picture. And it's a shame because other than that it's an impressive device.

[Max93]

ye it does its a bug... no matter how many times i shut down my phone its useless we need a fix for this issue 😕

[bramggg]

I am aslo having camera problems on my Z1 C6906.

The camera takes longer to startup and often locks up right after initializing.
This is random but very annoying.

[mealina]

I have experienced the exact same issue on my brand new xperia Z1 compact which is updated to kitkat (757) .  I switched the phone off and back on and then the camera worked fine.  Sony please fix this or tell us what is causing it...

[Harime]

Why does Sony insist in third-party apps or repairs being the problem ... We all know it's due to the 4.4.2 software being a huge badly made job that wasn't tested for quality at all.

Sony stop trying to dodge bullets and fix the problem straight away, there are too many people with the same issues it is not a third party or a "please repair your phone" issue.

It is getting ridiculous.

[Rickard]

This is something that has been escalated and that we're looking into but it seems it only happens when you have 3:rd party apps using the camera. If you have any 3:rd party apps using the camera (for example Snapchat), try removing them and restart the phone and see if that helps.