Blackberry Curve 9300 3G: Problem with camera no flash and doesn;t take pictures

Hi!
I have a Blackberry Curve 9300 3G phone. Until recently my camera was working fine i.e. the camera took pics. However recently I can;t take pictures. I can access the camera screen I can zoom I can see old phots but when I click on the camera icon to take a pic there is no flash and no picutre is taken(as a side note tmy video works fine)
Any ideas of what may be the problem? Also is it a good idea to remove the battery to solve the problem and if I do so will alll my like memos, contacts etc be erased?
Thanks a lot!
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