Lenovo Ideapad S340: Integrated Camera not working after trying F8, LEnovo Vantage and Device Manager changes

Anonymous
2020-03-03T16:05:05+00:00

Hi community. After reading some members having similar issue, I have tried some of the suggested fixes, such as activating camera through F8 (nothing happened), Checking Privacy and Permissions setting in Lenovo Vantage app (all ok), and also in Device Manager I tried Updating Drivers, Disabling/Enabling camera, Un-installing and Re-installing camera. 

I have then removed Lenovo Vantage app.

No success. I tried the camera app and Skype, and still getting just a black screen instead of the camera view.

Appreciate any help with this issue.

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Anonymous
2021-12-29T20:52:59+00:00

Did EVERY GD thing and finally - the resolution was the BIOS update. Camera is now working. Lenovo is Chinese junk.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-08T19:56:00+00:00

    I had the same issue when using ZOOM.

    From ZOOM's page: 

    1. Open the Windows start menu.
    2. Search for "lenovo" and click Lenovo Vantage. If you don't have Lenovo Vantage, install it from the Microsoft Store.
    3. Click Hardware Settings > Audio/Visual.
    4. Scroll down and switch the Camera Privacy Mode toggle to Off.

    Note: If the Camera Privacy Mode keeps changing to On, check if your Lenovo laptop has a physical switch to enable or disable your camera. Make sure it is switched on.

    That fixed it for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-17T10:51:11+00:00

    Have not been able to get camera to work since purchasing a couple of months ago. On a fluke I hit Ctrl+F8 while the camera app was up and it worked...

    Thanks that has worked for me. I thought the F8 would have been a FUNCTION key but it was CTRL and F8. 

    Thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-19T19:06:56+00:00

    Thanks so much. I had the same problem. I just finished a virtual job interview, I could see the interviewers but they could not see me. After the interview, I was trying to fix the problem but I could not until I found your tip. Now the camera works fine. Thanks again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-19T19:23:48+00:00

    Ctrl+F8 did the trick!

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