Samsung Camera App Wont Open. Touch and hold the recent apps key found in the bottom left corner of your phone. Locate and select the camera app then.
On the right panel, you have to turn on the setting “allow apps to access your camera“. I have no way of entering any settings. Then it quit working for no apparent reason.
Scroll down to locate the camera app and grant permission for it to access the webcam.
If the problem if being caused by a default app, this should solve it The samsung rep you spoke to was going down the right path, if you replaced the hard drive then you wouldn't have the preloaded camera driver. Android camera app keeps crashing. Find and tap on the camera app;