Why isnt my camera working?

it will work every now and then, but for months it will stop working and turn black and purple. i dont understand why! ive tried restarting it but it wont help

did you damage it? because it sounds like its been damaged one way or another. becuase if you did thats a hard ware issue that WONT be fixed by basic troubleshooting. the only real thing you can do for hardware damage is take it to apple and let them look it and let them fix it for you ( if they offer that in your area)

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- Reset the iPod. Nothing will be lost
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HT4113 why isnt this thing working

why isnt this working

Because of the actions of an unsympathetic deity.
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Why is this form so compliacated to nagiveate?
what a piece of trash apple!
I paid 600 dollar for a phone that doesnt work
The Voice Text isnt working at alll
I speak it does the 3 dots then nothing
Nothing is working here. Fix this PLEASE

this is a user forum, apple does not offer fixes through this medium. Other users can help you out if you will give us more details.
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Who is your carrier?
Are you indeed using the iphone 4s?
have you attempted using the speech to text feature with wifi, or only using cellular data?
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Hello many_ortiz,
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For more information, take a look at:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2802
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http://tabletcrunch.com/2012/09/27/fix-ios-6-wifi-problems/
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TS4268 Why isnt my Imessages working?

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