Camera shutter not opening on iPhone 4s

I've had my iPhone 4s for about two months. It had been working perfectly.
After a recent drop that required the front glass to be replaced, my cameras are no longer working properly. The shutter for the rear camera will not open at all. The front camera will only work through a third party app called "AutoShutter" that was recommended to me. The phone is still working perfectly, otherwise.
Is this reversable? Can I get my 4s cameras working again? I've tried the following:
1) Soft reset with home/power buttons
2) Downloading other software apps to run the camera
3) Deleting all photos in my phone
4) Full reset of the phone to factory settings
Your recommendations are much appreciated. I'm waiting with baited breath in hopes that this is not permanent! I did not get the warranty or insurance. Thanks!

i have the same problem, took it to apple store they said is a hardware problem, how could be possible if it WAS WORKING PERFECT BEFORE, very frustrated with them.. i've tried EVERYTHING in the world.. restarted factory settings recovery mode etc etc etc. nothing worked for me. and i forgot.. the phone never turns off just reboot and the sound goes off and comes on whenever it wants....

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the rear camera works fine, but when i select the front camera the shutter remains closed and never opens.
if i open the front camera frst, the rear doesnt open till i restart it
i have restored, set up as new iphone and updated the sftware, but the front camera shutter doesnt open and remains closed, i have read online of others having this problem and some suggest changing the camera, which i got someone to do, yet the same fault remains,
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Does anyone know if you were to take out the old camera and install a new replacement camera, would that fix that shutter problem? Would the shutter re-open again???
or would the problem still exist??
Would apprciate a response or answer to this. Thank you in advance!
Note I know there was already a forum on this question, but I haven't seen anyone suggest this possible solution. And NO I do not have warranty. So I cannot get this iPhone replaced.
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So I cannot get this iPhone replaced.
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http://www.drcellphone.com/
http://www.ipodjuice.com/apple-iphone-repair.htm#iphone-repair
http://www.techrestore.com/

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So I've had my iphone 4 for about 3 months now. It was working perfectly until last week. The camera shutter will not open for some reason. I can't use the front face or the regular camera. This also does not allow me to facetime. I would turn off the iphone, cancel all the apps, and SOMETIMES it would work, but now it just doesn't. Now the weird thing is that when I downloaded third party camera apps from the apple store, my regular camera was working, but my front face camera was not. Also facebook allows me to snap photos, but not front face photos....
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I have also removed and again installed several apps that use the camera, without success.
The last time I'm sure the camera still functioned properly was January 1st.
I have also force-quitted all apps from the background.
Also, the flash on the rear of the phone does not work as it should. I have an app that enables it (Light as SpringBoard name), but the app does not respond to the on/off toggle and the flash just goes on and off randomly (not as strobe!) and uncontrollable.
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iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
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