Thinkpad helix camera problem

My front facing camera only displays a grey screen, and my rear facing camera will take pictures, but a line appears through the middle of each photo. This started happening after I got it back from having the screen replaced. What could be causing this?

Dear Mrbulinn
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Yes your are right, there is no dedicated software for the camera but you can lunch the camera by the preinstalled camera feature . Just go to search a type camera if you are using windows 8
I do recommend if you can try another camera recording application , it might help
Let me know
Thanks
Alaa
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