Ipad air front facing camera fault

Hi. My Ipad Air front facing camera has suddenly stopped working. The rear camera is fine but when i try to switch the screen seems to freeze.
I've tried a hard reset but to no effect.
I'm running IOS 8.1.2
Any advice greatly appreciated!

Try this support document for help. Get help with the camera on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

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I just purchased the IPad Air as an upgrade from orginal IPad.
I have a question regarding the front facing camera when in the camerqa application. If you switch to the front camera in the app, you will notice the 'toolbar' remains on the same side of the actual front camera, weather you are in horzantal or vertical mode. The toolbar sits on the same side of the camera; thus when you go to take a picture your hand goes over the camera. Why is this??? and Can it not be changed?
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Close All Open Apps... Perform a Reset... Try again...
Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

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Hi stella32,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. Although written for iPhone, this article has some camera troubleshooting tips that would also apply to iPad and may help:
iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2802
Camera isn't functioning or has undesired image quality
If the screen shows a closed lens or black image, force quit the Camera app.
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Video: Adjust focus before you begin recording. You can also tap to readjust focus while recording. Exiting the Camera application while recording will stop recording and will save the video to the Camera Roll.
Note: Video-recording features are not available on original iPhone or iPhone 3G.
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Get help with the camera on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
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Restart your device, then open the Camera app again.
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Hi Evie ray,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. Some good first things to try are forcing any camera-using apps to close, and then restarting and resetting:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
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As others have mentioned, I also did the common things to try to fix this:
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- I did a hard reset
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Note: I'm posting this on all threads as I become aware of them.
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I found out how to get that cool function to being able to use the camera right away, from the lock screen.
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Hey guys:
I've downloaded AIR 3.0 and have been anxiously awaiting the front facing camera! Any news on when LCCS will adopt? Or is there a way I can replace the default getCamera() functionality of the publisher? I'm excited after coming back from MAX.
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