Camera failed operation

[Hl78]

After updating to 5.1.1 when I take a photo, and then click on the captured photo...I get the message "failed operation ".. And the photo is not being saved..I tried to change the saving location from sd card to internal.. Same problem... I also tried clearing the cache of the camera app..same issue

[11882]

@Ardi_marty wrote:
What about xperia x compact? It can't remove thw battery, when im in safe mode the camera still operation failed when want see photos

@Hl78 wrote:
next day i installed google cam app and took a photo, it worked, then tried again the default cam app...it worked as well

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I can confirm this works on the X Compact. Thanks!!! This just saved me a boatload of headache! Great fix!

edit: Unfortunately, I'll need to take this back. The fix is not working on the X Compact. What appears to be happening is that the pictures taken with the Google Camera Pictures rbehave normally, even within the Xperia Camera app - the Xperia Camera pictures unfortunately still return the same error message.

[Hl78]

sorry to hear that, have you tried reseting your phone? factory reset..

from debugging i noticed that it was a permission issue.. that's why google cam app worked for me because it did a reset to the permission.

It also might be an app that you installed recently that changed the permission on the Cam app.

[11882]

Yeah, sorry about that . I meant "take back my words", not "take back the phone." I should've been clearer.

A factory reset fixed the issue. It caused alot of trouble, but it was worth it to get the Xperia camera back. Next time I'll be sure to look at the permissions. 

I'm fairly confident that this was caused by some very out of date software that I was playing with. Have turned off that fuction and everything is smooth sailing now. 

[BigBang13]

I solved the same issue with this procedure:

In apps-->Camera i removed the permission on the storage, cleared the cache, deactivated the app and forced to stop.

Renamed the folder DCIM to DCIM_bak. (I used Filemanager+)

Then re-activated the camera app again, started it and give the permission on the storage.

It should create a new folder with the name DCIM.

Tested: OK

Copied all items from DCIM_bak to the new DCIM.

That's all.