Camera on iphone 4 doesn't work?

When I go to use the actual camera on the iphone 4 it's just a black screen, but when I go on instagram it works completely fine until I flip the camera so I could take a picture of me or something and it doesn't work. (Not that I take selfies) but you know what I mean and I was wondering if there was any way I could fix this?

If the lens is not covered, it's broken.

Make sure the camera is not covered and the app is fully loaded.

Which of the cameras is working (front/back)? What iOS are you running? Has it worked before? If so, did anything happen to it since then?

If you can't get it to work, take it to Apple.

Happy iPhoning!
-LightningRacer

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