E55 camera flash goes off too early

Just discovered this so I imagine it's developed a fault, but I thought I'd ask if anyone else has the same problem. When I take a picture with flash, the flash fires before the camera shutter opens so the picture comes out dark. Any suggestions, please, or shall I just carry another camera?

Hi mindmagic,
Sorry to hear about the issue. Please make a backup with Nokia Suite. Then reinstall the phone software. The process is the same as when updating with Nokia Suite, but at the end select "Reinstall".
You can also type in *#7780# followed by lock code (default is 12345). This is soft reset, no data lost. The settings will be restored to factory state.
Hope this helps!
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