private Camera openFrontFacingCameraGingerbread() {

    int cameraCount = 0;

    Camera cam = null;

    Camera.CameraInfo cameraInfo = new Camera.CameraInfo();

    cameraCount = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();

    for (int camIdx = 0; camIdx < cameraCount; camIdx++) {

        Camera.getCameraInfo(camIdx, cameraInfo);

        if (cameraInfo.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {

            try {

                cam = Camera.open(camIdx);

            } catch (RuntimeException e) {

                Log.e(TAG, "Camera failed to open: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());

            }

        }

    }

    return cam;

}