# \[ERROR?\] Camera widget in Homey Dashboard turns black every day **URL:** \ **Category:** Dashboards\ **Created:** [July 11, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/error-camera-widget-in-homey-dashboard-turns-black-every-day/139594 "2025-07-11T08:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bernd\_Gaykema](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bernd_gaykema/32/112153_2.png) [@Bernd\_Gaykema](https://community.homey.app/u/Bernd_Gaykema)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/error-camera-widget-in-homey-dashboard-turns-black-every-day/139594/1 "2025-07-11T08:52:29Z")
I use the camera widget to show the day ahead prices, generated by the app Power by the Hour (PbtH). At least once a day I have to close my dashboard and restart it to have the graph visible. It seems that this widget is crashing … I use a Samsung tablet (Galaxy Tab A, model SM-T510) with Android 11. My dashboard uses 4 colums. ![DSC_4663~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/3/c3da0b2c0e24da1d08f23611196e5c0f54b75114.jpeg) And after a restart from the Homey Android app: ![DSC_4664](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/1/1158edf776d4281dddda58b431cd0d5e5464ab3e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/error-camera-widget-in-homey-dashboard-turns-black-every-day/139594/2 "2025-07-11T13:15:31Z")
I guess only Athom can fix this → homey.app/support ---
**Author:** ![Bernd\_Gaykema](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bernd_gaykema/32/112153_2.png) [@Bernd\_Gaykema](https://community.homey.app/u/Bernd_Gaykema)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/error-camera-widget-in-homey-dashboard-turns-black-every-day/139594/3 "2025-07-12T09:10:14Z")
Or @gerard_athom …, please read my error description for the Homey Android app. But also dropped this error at homey.app/support. Forgot about this possibility. In the meantime I checked the app (I do that every weekend) on a new version and there is a newer one. Was 9.4.0, now 9.4.1 installed. Edit: this new version has the same problem with the camera widget. ---
**Author:** ![Bernd\_Gaykema](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bernd_gaykema/32/112153_2.png) [@Bernd\_Gaykema](https://community.homey.app/u/Bernd_Gaykema)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/error-camera-widget-in-homey-dashboard-turns-black-every-day/139594/4 "2025-07-14T18:29:00Z")
@gerard_athom @Gruijter In the weekend I created a second dashboard (on another but identical Android tablet) with much less widgets (3), among which the camera widget with the day ahead prices from PBTH. Guess what: the widget in both dashboards crashes at the exact same time. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![gerard\_athom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gerard_athom/32/121166_2.png) [@gerard\_athom](https://community.homey.app/u/gerard_athom)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/error-camera-widget-in-homey-dashboard-turns-black-every-day/139594/5 "2025-07-23T01:57:28Z")
Hello, Unfortunately there is nothing I can do about this without more information. Have you tried using another source for the camera widget and see if this is also the case? I like to know if this is a PBTH app issue or a general issue in the camera widget. Also keep in mind I have currently other responsibilities and therefore this probably won’t have the highest priority at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Bernd\_Gaykema](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bernd_gaykema/32/112153_2.png) [@Bernd\_Gaykema](https://community.homey.app/u/Bernd_Gaykema)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/error-camera-widget-in-homey-dashboard-turns-black-every-day/139594/6 "2025-07-24T13:03:52Z")
I have a second camera widget added, from KMNI. Both widgets crashed last night, but there was also a Homey update and an update from my router. No a real good situation to compare. I restarted the dashboard this morning, both camera widgets are alive (PbtH and KNMI). Keep you posted. EDIT: 25-7-2025 at 19:53 @gerard_athom and @Gruijter , Only the PbtH-camera widget has crashed in dashboards on my 3 tablets, the KNMI-widget stayed alive. I tend to conclude that it is the PbtH picture which is the root cause. Can it be the number of calls per hour to refresh it? ---
**Author:** ![Bernd\_Gaykema](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bernd_gaykema/32/112153_2.png) [@Bernd\_Gaykema](https://community.homey.app/u/Bernd_Gaykema)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/error-camera-widget-in-homey-dashboard-turns-black-every-day/139594/7 "2025-08-09T20:17:56Z")
I even tried another brand, Lenovo M11, and this tablet shows the same error. Today I saw that Homey has its own “Electricity Prices” widget. I removed the camera widget with PbtH graph and now use this one. Even in Dark Mode !!! Problem “solved” …..🤔