Camera intent not working with Samsung Galaxy S3

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I have an activity wherin I give the user an option to click an image from the camera, then I store this image in a byte array and in the Database. However my code does not seem to work on Samsung Galaxy S3 below is the code:

Camera calling intent:

Code:
if (i == 0) {
    Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); 
    startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, CAMERA_PIC_REQUEST); 
}

On Activity method for the camera:

Code:
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {  
    if (requestCode == 1337 && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        Bundle extras = data.getExtras();
        if (extras != null) {   
            BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            thumbnail = (Bitmap) extras.get("data");
            image(thumbnail);
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(CreateProfile.this, "Picture NOt taken", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);     
    }
}

My image(Bitmap thumbnail) function:

Code:
public void image(Bitmap thumbnail) {
    Bitmap photo = thumbnail; 
    ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    photo.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, bos);
    b = bos.toByteArray();
    ImageView imageview = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
    Bitmap bt = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(photo, 100, 80, false);  
    imageview.setImageBitmap(bt);
}

However this was not working with Samsung S3, I changed the code to the following and now it works with Samsung S3, however it does not work with any other device.

Camera Intent:

Code:
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

Activity for result:

Code:
startActivityForResult(intent, CAMERA_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {  
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == CAMERA_IMAGE_CAPTURE && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        // Describe the columns you'd like to have returned. Selecting from the Thumbnails location gives you both the Thumbnail Image ID, as well as the original image ID
String[] projection = {
 MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails._ID,  // The columns we want
 MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.IMAGE_ID,
 MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.KIND,
 MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.DATA};
 String selection = MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.KIND + "="  + // Select only mini's
 MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.MINI_KIND;

 String sort = MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails._ID + " DESC";

//At the moment, this is a bit of a hack, as I'm returning ALL images, and just taking the latest one. There is a better way to narrow this down I think with a WHERE clause which is currently the selection variable
Cursor myCursor = this.managedQuery(MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, projection, selection, null, sort);

long imageId = 0l;
long thumbnailImageId = 0l;
String thumbnailPath = "";

try{
 myCursor.moveToFirst();
imageId = myCursor.getLong(myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.IMAGE_ID));
thumbnailImageId = myCursor.getLong(myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails._ID));
thumbnailPath = myCursor.getString(myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.DATA));
}
finally{myCursor.close();}

 //Create new Cursor to obtain the file Path for the large image

 String[] largeFileProjection = {
 MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns._ID,
 MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA
 };

 String largeFileSort = MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns._ID + " DESC";
 myCursor = this.managedQuery(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, largeFileProjection, null, null, largeFileSort);
 String largeImagePath = "";

try{
 myCursor.moveToFirst();

//This will actually give yo uthe file path location of the image.
largeImagePath = myCursor.getString(myCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA));
}
finally{myCursor.close();}
 // These are the two URI's you'll be interested in. They give you a handle to the actual images
 Uri uriLargeImage = Uri.withAppendedPath(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, String.valueOf(imageId));
 Uri uriThumbnailImage = Uri.withAppendedPath(MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, String.valueOf(thumbnailImageId));

// I've left out the remaining code, as all I do is assign the URI's to my own objects anyways...
// Toast.makeText(this, ""+largeImagePath, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
// Toast.makeText(this, ""+uriLargeImage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
// Toast.makeText(this, ""+uriThumbnailImage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    if (largeImagePath != null) {
        // Toast.makeText(this, "" + largeImagePath, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        BitmapFactory.Options opts = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        opts.inSampleSize = OG;
        // thumbnail = (BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath));
        thumbnail = BitmapFactory.decodeFile((largeImagePath), opts);
        System.gc();
        if (thumbnail != null) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "Success", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

        image(thumbnail);

    }

    if (uriLargeImage != null) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "" + uriLargeImage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    } 

    if (uriThumbnailImage != null) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "" + uriThumbnailImage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

This is my image() function:

Code:
public void image(Bitmap thumbnail) {
    b = null;

    Bitmap photo = thumbnail; 
    ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    photo.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, bos);
    b = bos.toByteArray();

    if (b != null) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Success Yeah" + b, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

While as all the three 1)uriLargeImage 2)largeImagePath 3)uriThumbnailImage return me the path or URI I am unable to set the created bitmap to my ImageView. However this is the case with Samsung S3 only, if I run the above edited code with any other device, the program crashes.

In the manifest I have used

Code:
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation"

Based on the tutorial: <a href="http://kevinpotgieter.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/null-intent-passed-back-on-samsung-galaxy-tab/">http://kevinpotgieter.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/null-intent-passed-back-on-samsung-galaxy-tab/</a>

However if I take the picture in Landscape mode, everything works fine! I am puzzled!! (In Samsung S3)