Hi there,

I replaced the whole front screen assembly with the one from my previous N900 and that got the front camera working so it looks like it was a hardware issue, in this case anyway.

So now can stream from the front cam although the picture is extremely dark, so much to be unuseable, and skype just locks up on me now if I try to enable the camera.

I haven't done much with this lately. This N900 I picked up second hand had issues besides the camera, including curious USB charging problems - it would charge from a computer but not the wall charger! After fixing the USB and changing the screen it would appear it still has some issues.

The front cam worked well under Skype on my original phone, so I was a bit confused with the poor picture after swapping the screen assembly over. Any thoughts on that one?

Best Regards,
Phil