My front camera is frozen.

The front camera is now not working. My girls were using it to facetime. Once they finished, facetime crashed and didn't end correctly (probably user error). After I reboot, the back camera will work. If I hit the switch button it freezes. I can't switch back to the back camera. I just have a closed shutter.
Software is current. Reboot didn't help (hold power and home button until apple appears). This is the 2nd time. 1st time they had to give me a new iPad (a few months ago). What can I try?
iPad 2
OS 5.1.1
Thanks,
Monica

From what I have seen in the past, usually quitting the apps, FaceTime and the Camera app and then restarting the iPad will unfreeze the shutter and the front and back camera switch.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Double tap the home button and the task bar will appear with all of your recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the app that you want to close. Tap the home button. Restart the iPad.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.

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