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Repair guides, disassembly, and troubleshooting information for the 4th-generation Apple iPad, available in Wi-Fi and cellular versions with 16, 32, 64, or 128 GB of storage. Released in November 2012. Identified by model numbers A1458, A1459, and A1460.

Main Camera not working but works with FaceTime.

OK this is a strange one.

I have an iPad 4 wifi +3G which i'm refurbing.

I have transferred the Motherboard battery & other parts across to a different casing which is in excellent condition.

The casing from original was pretty beat up & very badly damaged in one of the corners but everything on it worked fine including both camera's.

This is something i have done many times before without any issues so i'm not someone who is attempting this for the first time.

Everything is working fine except for the main camera when i try to use the camera app it just stays black & i can't switch cameras to the front facing one.

Also i cannot get a camera to work with photo booth BUT both camera's work fine when using FaceTime !!!!???

I have tried different headphone jack logic boards both brand new & from known working iPads I've also tried different camera's again new & from working iPads yes they work fine when put back into the iPads they came from.

I have DFU restored & updated to IOS 8.1.1.

Any ideas guys any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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i have exactly the same issue, did you sort it? what was it?

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Same thing happened after taking iPad to store to fix jammed earphone jack!!

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