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Jam as a remote control – minor upgrade.

Hello everybody. In this article I would like to continue our MAKE YOUR SELF rubric. This time there will be discussed possible ways to increase the strength of the IR signal to use our precious Magician as a remote control over a long distance.
Before purchasing my IMATE JAM I read a lot of posts about this phone. One of the disadvantages was describing low strength of IR port, so the usage of Magician as the remote control was limited to 1.5-2 meters. According to my experience this distance in majority of cases is at least twice less then distance between our favorite TV / Stereo / Video / DVD and sofa / chair / hammock or what so ever… Finally I bought my Magician and I decided to invent at least something to improve the situation with weak IR port.
My story began 8 months before, in the end of November 2004. I had my birthday party on the top of the mountain with my friends. It was damn cold even inside the small house – shale. We were eating hot chicken soup, drinking wine and other spirits, shooting pictures and making films about our funny behavior. I passed my nice camera Nikon to one of my friend and straight after she shoot the picture this camera fell down to 3 litter pot with chicken soup, which was on the table. I guess in this moment somebody really needed to take a picture of our faces watching camera making pictures it self on the bottom of the pot. Party went on till the early morning, every body were already a sleep. On the table there was still the pot with soup, nobody risked to eat it after the accident. My camera was loaded with chicken and was a sleep as well.
Later on I tried to fix it – I even gave it to special shop. But there the man officially confirmed the death of Nikon and gave a kind recommendation to buy a new one in his shop…
As the result I received completely broken digital camera for my experiments. I should say the trough that I always wanted to know what is inside of this little metal box. 6 months later – it means 2 days ago my dream came real. I opened this metal creature with the smell of chicken. It was very quickly petrified and separated in little pieces.
This moment one idea came to my head to use optical leans from the camera to increase power of IR port. After some experimentation and measurements I got this device. I am more then sure that it can be constructed in 1000 different ways using any material you have. The idea is optically increasing the IR signal by its zooming and following combining optical device with the body of your Magician. The same technology is used in modern diode lamps, where the little light beam is zoomed by its plastic cover. Results were impressing as well – from maximum 2 meters distance I was already able to control my TV on the distance over 5 meters. My software recommendation is TV remote controller 5.5. It has very simple interface, in the same time very powerful and stable program.
P.S. Please do not consider this story as the solution of the problem. The same way as you all I am expecting release of windows 2005, Jam 2 … with improvements, new functions and in-build fixes of existing software and hardware problems. Hope you enjoy my story and pictures and I am waiting for some crazy stories from other people.

great story!

Very nifty! Now if only we had the ir port at the top of our jams so we can hold it like a normal remote! LOL, I'm not asking for much, am I!

jimmy-bish said:
Very nifty! Now if only we had the ir port at the top of our jams so we can hold it like a normal remote! LOL, I'm not asking for much, am I!
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You dont need it to be on top.. Just change the screen orientation of the Jam when u r using it as a remote

which IR software works on the o2 xda 2 mini ?

IR replace
Do you think it's possible to replace IR-module with an other one with longer range?

well i have an idea;
you can use the lens for the camera. Can't you?
if i had a magician and a nikon lens; i'd try it.
but i do not have any of them.
is this worth trying?
any idea?

magician5 said:
which IR software works on the o2 xda 2 mini ?
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Netremote IR from Promixis works nicely on my magician
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OK, should I break my digital camera to use its lense then? :roll: :roll: :roll:

[PROB] Touch makes ratling noise

Hey there,
My HD makes a resonating / ratling noise when I tap my finger on the camera area at the bakside.
Is someone else experiencing this too?
I tried twisting it a bit, pressing between fingers but it still resonates.
Is this perhaps the G-sensor / accelometer?

I've also noticed that, even with the stylus removed, if you hold the HD in one hand and tap it against you other hand, you can hear something move.
Now that you mention it, I guess it must be the G-sensor!
So.... is it?!

A small rattling is probably the G-sensor, my K850 makes a small noise due to it too.

It's the G Sensor. Give it a shake and you'll hear it carry on for a few seconds with your ear near the phone.

G-sensor? Not likely
I do not think so. G-sensors are solid-state devices: no moving pieces inside.

smunoz said:
I do not think so. G-sensors are solid-state devices: no moving pieces inside.
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Well accelerometer then, it's definately one of the two.

Well, the sensors do have moving parts - but I was fairly sure that those are of microscopic proportions (micromachined silicon).
I would be surprised if it was that.
Perhaps there's a hidden tray inside with a ball-bearing, necessary to run "teeter"

Today the messenger from Vodafone at my house to exchange the HD.
Guess what... the new one made the same noise.
A light resonating noise at the camera area at the back.
The messenger took the new one with him and left me my old one.
Vodafone will get in touch with me he said.
Anybody else experiencing this noise here?

Rattling htc hd
Yes mine does this - I think its the camera.
Take an extreme close up and you will hear the same rattle/click noise as if something drops back in to place following the close up focus...

Rattling noise here too.

fasty said:
Well, the sensors do have moving parts - but I was fairly sure that those are of microscopic proportions (micromachined silicon).
I would be surprised if it was that.
Perhaps there's a hidden tray inside with a ball-bearing, necessary to run "teeter"
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HA, i knew that game seemed too lifelike

It's the 3.5 mm socket for your headphones jack, was bugging me for a while and got to the bottom of it. Insert your earphones/headphones jack, noise goes away..

I think you will find that it will be the lens in the camera. As I am sure you know this is an auto focus camera and of course that will need a moving lense body. G-Sensors and accelerometers are the same thing and indeed solid state, or pretty much anyway. It is not the headphone jack and I must say...if the noise bothers you... just don't tap the camera! Simple!

Please FOR THE SAKE OF GOD does your device also make rattling noise when you tape on the camera cover ?? Please we need to know because this issue is getting annoying !!! Its been a month with HD and now I hear a rattling noise whenever i tap on the upper part of the backcover near the camera. I tried with another HD and IT DOES THE SAME THING
I emailed HTC a week ago about the problem and they responded by saying "The rattling sound shouldn't be any problem" which makes it sound like they know the Touch HD makes the rattling noise
Please could you share your experience here ?! I need to know if I have the right to return it back and ask for replacement. My BlueAngel was as solid as rock

The rattling can be annoying, but I find it's only really noticeable when the phone vibrates.

Radeon123 said:
The rattling can be annoying, but I find it's only really noticeable when the phone vibrates.
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So you can also hear the rattling when u slap the backcover near the camera ? Is it a fault with the design ? Maybe the camera lens ? I can hear a similar sound when i take shots with the cam ( autofocus maybe ).

Xeon said:
So you can also hear the rattling when u slap the backcover near the camera ? Is it a fault with the design ? Maybe the camera lens ? I can hear a similar sound when i take shots with the cam ( autofocus maybe ).
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I do also hear it when I take shots when the camera starts auto focusing and when lightly tapping the back cover near the camera.
My older Diamond had the same problem.
Just the crap cameras HTC uses.

Radeon123 said:
I do also hear it when I take shots when the camera starts auto focusing and when lightly tapping the back cover near the camera.
My older Diamond had the same problem.
Just the crap cameras HTC uses.
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How pathetic, paying more than 1049$ for this machine and what a crappy built quality... screen bends when taping on it... backcover and usb cracking noise ( also near the volume buttons ) and now that freaking rattling noise.Absolutely crap.....

It must the mechanicals used for moving the lens during focusing.

Today I went to HTC dealer store nearby... I asked for a new device out of the box. Surprisingly, the new device also makes that rattling noise. I tend to believe it was meant to be done that way. Who knows... maybe its an option

So, I transplanted the ear piece speaker from my Diamond2 and.......

Now I have louder and much less tinny sound!!!!
It fitted quite easily as the over all dimensions are similar and the solder pads are in the same spot. Any one with decent soldering skills could do it.
Only issue is it is a little bit thicker, so the case doesn't fit perfectly. I'm going to attack it with a dremel tonight to try and make it fit better.......
EDIT: I didn't end up using the dremel, but just reassembled it more carefully and put all the screws in. Now the case fits together almost perfectly. It bulges out fractions of a millimeter at the top but you would NEVER know unless you knew.... (if you know what I mean )

WHUUUT!! AWESOME! oh wait..
Pic or it didnt happend

dk2000zx said:
WHUUUT!! AWESOME! oh wait..
Pic or it didnt happend
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Yeh, pictures would be awesome.

dk2000zx said:
WHUUUT!! AWESOME! oh wait..
Pic or it didnt happend
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truer words have never been spoken...
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I don't understand... why would he even bother making this up?? It's not like all the posts that you get around "We've delayed 2.1 until 2099" or "I've just updated to 2.1 and it's crap".. etc etc.. some people will think.. oh nice.. I'll try that.. others will think.. It aint worth chucking my warranty down the pan for..

HYPER-X10 said:
Now I have louder and much less tinny sound!!!!
It fitted quite easily as the over all dimensions are similar and the solder pads are in the same spot. Any one with decent soldering skills could do it.
Only issue is it is a little bit thicker, so the case doesn't fit perfectly. I'm going to attack it with a dremel tonight to try and make it fit better.......
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no pics yet...??!

OK, here it is.
If you look at this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668132
You can see the stock speaker is different (has 3 holes in it)
Thanks to McKebapp for the disassembly guide.
EDIT: I just thought I'd note that the reason I decided to do this is that my speaker wasn't working at all any more. It got full of tiny steel filings when I was making some benches for my workshop. Seings I bought it from the UK, I figured warranty would be too difficult to deal with. I was using speaker phone every time I made a call (don't you hate people who do that?) so I really had nothing to lose.
I'm really glad now though as it has a noticeably better sound. Not just louder but deeper sounding, and doesn't distort like it used to at full volume.
If any one is interested, the offending benches can be seen in this vid (black benches in front of machines):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vYgHekQzvk
Vid taken with X10 of course

HYPER-X10 said:
OK, here it is.
If you look at this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668132
You can see the stock speaker is different (has 3 holes in it)
Thanks to McKebapp for the disassembly guide.
EDIT: I just thought I'd note that the reason I decided to do this is that my speaker wasn't working at all any more. It got full of tiny steel filings when I was making some benches for my workshop. Seings I bought it from the UK, I figured warranty would be too difficult to deal with. I was using speaker phone every time I made a call (don't you hate people who do that?) so I really had nothing to lose.
I'm really glad now though as it has a noticeably better sound. Not just louder but deeper sounding, and doesn't distort like it used to at full volume.
If any one is interested, the offending benches can be seen in this vid (black benches in front of machines):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vYgHekQzvk
Vid taken with X10 of course
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Respect dude! If the silvia in the vid is yours.. dual turbo.. hoot!!
Edit: skyline**
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nice craftsmanship and awesome shop.
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks guys.
GTR isn't mine but the NSX is

HYPER-X10 said:
Now I have louder and much less tinny sound!!!!
It fitted quite easily as the over all dimensions are similar and the solder pads are in the same spot. Any one with decent soldering skills could do it.
Only issue is it is a little bit thicker, so the case doesn't fit perfectly. I'm going to attack it with a dremel tonight to try and make it fit better.......
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That's what she said
Also, good work *thumbs up*

HYPER-X10 said:
Thanks guys.
GTR isn't mine but the NSX is
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great job and great workshop.
I prefer NSX over skyline myself

HYPER-X10 said:
OK, here it is.
If you look at this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668132
You can see the stock speaker is different (has 3 holes in it)
Thanks to McKebapp for the disassembly guide.
EDIT: I just thought I'd note that the reason I decided to do this is that my speaker wasn't working at all any more. It got full of tiny steel filings when I was making some benches for my workshop. Seings I bought it from the UK, I figured warranty would be too difficult to deal with. I was using speaker phone every time I made a call (don't you hate people who do that?) so I really had nothing to lose.
I'm really glad now though as it has a noticeably better sound. Not just louder but deeper sounding, and doesn't distort like it used to at full volume.
If any one is interested, the offending benches can be seen in this vid (black benches in front of machines):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vYgHekQzvk
Vid taken with X10 of course
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wow thats a nice shop, that skyline has a serious setup. im an r34 fan though, cant wait for them to finally be legal in canada

Nice work dude, good to know there is a quality upgraded replacement in the event mine breaks.

You're an inspiration, mate. Unhappy with the speakerphone on my old Diamond - and now I'm thinking about trying some surgery myself.

wicked might do that myself and you're from vic *me waves*
Do you know if you can get a speaker off ebay ?

Rough edges, too hot, bad camera and visible pixel grid

I've recently purchased black HTC ONE. Although at first look device looks great (design is near perfection), I am really disappointed with its quality.
Build quality: both sides of the phone have rough edges - skin gets caught leaving white residue most of the time. Upper left edge of the screen is not fitted well - raised above the speaker grill
Really hot! It gets uncomfortable hot after few minutes of browsing over wifi - the screen gets warm as well! I also have GNote 2 and Iphone 4s and they get to such temperatures only after havy use when charging.
Camera is no good! (and yes I know how to take a picture) - pictures are noise (in relatively good light) and contain pinkish tint in center when focusing on white surfaces
Pixel grid (horizontal and vertical) is quite visible on the screen when jts turned off (this does not bother me), or on a mid day light and even indoors under some angles (and this is f-ing bothering me!)
I dont know did I get a really bad unit or this device is all looks and no quality...

ssasa said:
I've recently purchased black HTC ONE. Although at first look device looks great (design is near perfection), I am really disappointed with its quality.
Build quality: both sides of the phone have rough edges - skin gets caught leaving white residue most of the time. Upper left edge of the screen is not fitted well - raised above the speaker grill
Really hot! It gets uncomfortable hot after few minutes of browsing over wifi - the screen gets warm as well! I also have GNote 2 and Iphone 4s and they get to such temperatures only after havy use when charging.
Camera is no good! (and yes I know how to take a picture) - pictures are noise (in relatively good light) and contain pinkish tint in center when focusing on white surfaces
Pixel grid (horizontal and vertical) is quite visible on the screen when jts turned off (this does not bother me), or on a mid day light and even indoors under some angles (and this is f-ing bothering me!)
I dont know did I get a really bad unit or this device is all looks and no quality...
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Bad unit, get a replacement. There seem to be quite a few (I'm waiting for my second - because of a borked plastic cut) but I've also seen perfect examples...

Don't have any of those problems, Black One, build date 27th May Tierra del Fuego sub-contractor (FA)
Just send it back. Obvious.

so u expect ur first wife to be all sweet and caring and lovey dovey and makes a sandwich every morning?
get real

shiningarmor said:
so u expect ur first wife to be all sweet and caring and lovey dovey and makes a sandwich every morning?
get real
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So how many wives do you plan on trying to get?

That overheating issue you're facing is not normal, I believe. I have had a Galaxy S3 which got really hot after minimal usage, and the HTC One is great when it comes to that in comparison. You have to understand that aluminium soaks up the heat from the internals of the device, which is a good thing and a bad thing; it is perhaps bad because it can get a bit uncomfortable to hold while playing games, for instance, but at the same time it is good because it preserves the internals of the device and prolongs their life.
I have the a silver one and I do not face the problem with the edges. I read that the black one has a coating on it which makes it more prone to scratches, dings and chips than the silver one, so maybe that is the problem you're facing? I have also read that some of the earlier versions had gaps (like the screen not being fitted well, as you mentioned) but I am not sure about them. If you feel uncomfortable about the device, just go to the HTC service center and talk to them about it, perhaps they can sort you out a replacement if you're under warranty.
I cannot comment on the camera because I am by no means a photographer or even have a lot of experience with them, but it is suffice to say that I love the camera and I feel it is much better than my S3, sister's 4S and Dad's iPhone 5.

Yes I do expect here to be exactly as you've described. Maybe this is why my relationships does not last more than a year
I am also thinking of asking for another unit. But in my cowboy / banana country this really a hassle...

Nippero said:
So how many wives do you plan on trying to get?
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maybe 3 xD
ssasa said:
Yes I do expect here to be exactly as you've described. Maybe this is why my relationships does not last more than a year
I am also thinking of asking for another unit. But in my cowboy / banana country this really a hassle...
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hahaha
ot : ur unit isnt normal. get it replaced

TarekElsakka said:
That overheating issue you're facing is not normal, I believe. I have had a Galaxy S3 which got really hot after minimal usage, and the HTC One is great when it comes to that in comparison. You have to understand that aluminium soaks up the heat from the internals of the device, which is a good thing and a bad thing; it is perhaps bad because it can get a bit uncomfortable to hold while playing games, for instance, but at the same time it is good because it preserves the internals of the device and prolongs their life.
I have the a silver one and I do not face the problem with the edges. I read that the black one has a coating on it which makes it more prone to scratches, dings and chips than the silver one, so maybe that is the problem you're facing? I have also read that some of the earlier versions had gaps (like the screen not being fitted well, as you mentioned) but I am not sure about them. If you feel uncomfortable about the device, just go to the HTC service center and talk to them about it, perhaps they can sort you out a replacement if you're under warranty.
I cannot comment on the camera because I am by no means a photographer or even have a lot of experience with them, but it is suffice to say that I love the camera and I feel it is much better than my S3, sister's 4S and Dad's iPhone 5.
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Its not chipped or scratched. It looks quite nice really. However you can feal its edges scratching when you hold the phone. Nothing dangerous just bloody annoying - due to hype about build quality I had my expectations set high.
I am no photography expert I just take pictures with steady hand and in fair light - if my subject is the white wall, the pink tint is all over the middle of the picture
As others said probably very bad unit. I'll try to replace it on monday.

Definitely defective. I've been using the phone for the last hour browsing the net and checking email. Still cool to the touch. Not sure what the sharp edges are...

mine got pretty hot the first week i had it and the battery life wasnt very good but after having it for a while it seemed to have settled down and battery life is very good now

Itaintrite said:
Definitely defective. I've been using the phone for the last hour browsing the net and checking email. Still cool to the touch. Not sure what the sharp edges are...
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Cool to the touch? Do you have massive calluses on your hands that are impenetrable to heat? I don't know if I've read of anyone else describing this phone as cool to the touch when being used.
As for the OPs phone. Return it. I've got black One and it is so damn nice. If you aren't fully enjoying it, something must be defective. The casing certainly sounds like it is. The camera: I recently took a short trip and only brought the phone as my camera. Before, I didn't like the camera so much. After spending time with it, I grew to like it quite a bit. It isn't an amazing camera, but it still gets pretty good shots. Maybe your settings need some tweaking, or you got a really bad unit and the camera is defective as well.
Anyway, take it back. Get yourself a perfect One. :thumbup:
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ataft said:
Cool to the touch? Do you have massive calluses on your hands that are impenetrable to heat? I don't know if I've read of anyone else describing this phone as cool to the touch when being used.
As for the OPs phone. Return it. I've got black One and it is so damn nice. If you aren't fully enjoying it, something must be defective. The casing certainly sounds like it is. The camera: I recently took a short trip and only brought the phone as my camera. Before, I didn't like the camera so much. After spending time with it, I grew to like it quite a bit. It isn't an amazing camera, but it still gets pretty good shots. Maybe your settings need some tweaking, or you got a really bad unit and the camera is defective as well.
Anyway, take it back. Get yourself a perfect One. :thumbup:
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Well, then fact that I'm in a room with AC probably helps too. But yeah, pretty cool to the touch. Not even warm.

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ssasa said:
Yes I do expect here to be exactly as you've described. Maybe this is why my relationships does not last more than a year
I am also thinking of asking for another unit. But in my cowboy / banana country this really a hassle...
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I think a lot of us forget that not everyone has the opportunity to just walk in store and get a replacement.. There's a lot of downsides to ATT and Tmobile, etc. upsides are they will most likely exchange them until your happy. At least you dont have to accept a bad one..Keep mentioning zero gap til they bring one that applies I got lucky i guess and my first one is nearly perfect.
It sounds like yours is bad enough to do whatever you gotta do to get it replaced. Good luck,

Pixel grid? Do you mean you can see the digitalizer layer? This is quite normal on capacitive touch mobiles with thin glass
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Note4 S6 Camera Upgrade

The Galaxy S6 uses the same camera sensor as the note 4, but the S6 camera module has a slightly better lens. I use my phone for all kinds of product pictures and scanning notes/ lectures at school so I gotta have the S6 camera in my note 4. I'm going to document my swap here.
I just received my S6 camera module $20.00 from ebay G920F is the S6 model and 16M is the mega pixels the sensor captures. I'm still researching the video limit removing hack especially increasing 4k capture time from 5 min to 30 min. Heres my new sensor, I'm waiting on amazon to ship some disassembly tools I've been sorely needing. It's about time I had a real sprudger and not a harbor freight nylon body panel pry bar.
Pic of new sensor.

Let me know how it goes I've been thinking on doing the same thing

From what someone said samsung said the camera want work in n4 the to the software not compatible with the 2 phones. Let us know if it works along with some sample pics showing the improvement or issues.

Following!

Hmmmm this will void your warranty................I'm reporting to Sam sung
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^Hahahaha that got me rolling

Did this work?

So I want to say this is one of the hardest phones I've ever opened. I have a bunch of video footage I took and have not yet edited any of it. If you're super impatient I'll give you the super fast rundown without any details. Yes it works, but it isn't plug and play. The sensor is the same but the circuit board it is mounted on is not the same. The S6 camera module won't fit into the cutout made for the note4 camera module. What I ended up doing was removing the optics from the S6 camera lens, and swapping the actual lens portion of the camera module onto the note 4 sensor board, I'm waiting on gold foil tape from amazon to repair my EM shielding that got tore up by the glue. The note4 is entirely glued together. I'll post up pics and videos a bit later when I get more time. You can see the S6 CCD sensor and board there, I just snapped it since it was in my way and I couldn't fit it in my phone without cutting up my motherboard. I got the optics from it and stuck those in my phone. The photos are shot from my S4 which I'm using while I wait for foil tape from amazon. I have not gotten to test the software compatibility because my phone is still apart.
Another difference is in these little rollerballs inside the lens. I imagine they have something to do with focusing, The note 4 has 3 white ones in each rail you can see one in the photo it's the white sphere in the bottom of the magnetic generator part of the module. The S6 has smaller black ones as well, you can see in photo too. The note 4 doesn't matter on the arrangement of rollers, but the S6 has different roller arrangement and I wasn't expecting to find those so I don't know if I lost some or put them in the wrong order, I have to get another S6 camera module to investigate that if it matters
tl;dr you can swap the optics but it isn't as simple as you'd hope

This is pretty hardcore, I have to say. I was thinking whether or not this would work in my head, and now we have someone crazy enough to actually try it.

auto focus has some issues, but if I let it autofocus then move the camera manually I get a really nice clean shot. Noticing the phone gets pretty hot right behind the memory card slot, I'm wondering if I need thermal paste or something back there, but I put the phone back together and everything is ticking along just fine, I'm going to order another s6 camera module so I can pay attention to the order and composition of the rollers maybe that matters too. If that doesn't work then I'd say while the sensor may be the same apparently the board that drives the electromagnets is different and therefore this won't work since that board will not fit unless there is someone who can fashion an adapter cord to go between the sensor board and the mainboard thus allowing repositioning of the sensor board. I'm going to see if there exists some sort of "extension cord" for this type of connector. Basically I just need a bit of ribbon cable to give me a little flexibility in positioning the board and I can just plug and play the S6 board in there since I dremeled out my subframe a little.

Ry&Owley said:
auto focus has some issues, but if I let it autofocus then move the camera manually I get a really nice clean shot. Noticing the phone gets pretty hot right behind the memory card slot, I'm wondering if I need thermal paste or something back there, but I put the phone back together and everything is ticking along just fine, I'm going to order another s6 camera module so I can pay attention to the order and composition of the rollers maybe that matters too. If that doesn't work then I'd say while the sensor may be the same apparently the board that drives the electromagnets is different and therefore this won't work since that board will not fit unless there is someone who can fashion an adapter cord to go between the sensor board and the mainboard thus allowing repositioning of the sensor board. I'm going to see if there exists some sort of "extension cord" for this type of connector. Basically I just need a bit of ribbon cable to give me a little flexibility in positioning the board and I can just plug and play the S6 board in there since I dremeled out my subframe a little.
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So more or less it works with minor issues?

Product F(RED) said:
So more or less it works with minor issues?
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Uh I would say less. Auto focus flat out isn't working. The lens isn't getting positioned correctly relative to the ccd, this is a software issue or a hardware issue. The video is producing right now. Guess I should start taking some footage showing the problems. Just finished doing the swap video. This is only my second youtube video so I'm learning. I'm a filthy casual =P
Video should be produced and uploaded to youtube in an hour so sayeth the progress bar.
Off to the gym back in like 2 hours. Depending on how automated cyberpower is with youtube I'll have a link for you guys.
AAAND I forgot sound, man im a scrub I'm gonna postpone gym its too hot right now anyway.

Gutsy! My note 4 will not autofocus at all. Im interested if you think it is hardware or software. I have dropped it once. Could that have damaged these balls you are talking about?

Maybe or jammed it, the sensor is just free floating in there with 1 permanent magnet on each side of the optics carriage (the part that actually contains the glass lenses) then in the plastic housing there are what I think is 4, 2 coil electromagnets, one on each side that float the sensor to the correct position while it rolls on the little rollers in the two V grooves to keep it perpendicular to the ccd.
This is a photo of the S6 sensor, the note 4 sensor you can see in the video. Note 4 sensor has 6 white rollers total 3 for each Vgroove S6 has atleast 1 white 1 black for each but I may have lost some because I opened that sensor first and wasn't expecting tiny tiny rollers to be inside.

Okay learned a lot still a lot to learn about making videos.
Here is the video of the complete teardown with some commentary about what I'm doing. Gives you an idea of what you'll be up against in there and shows the disassembly of the camera module.
http://youtu.be/UC8sgsB4zGw

Ry&Owley said:
Uh I would say less. Auto focus flat out isn't working. The lens isn't getting positioned correctly relative to the ccd, this is a software issue or a hardware issue. The video is producing right now. Guess I should start taking some footage showing the problems. Just finished doing the swap video. This is only my second youtube video so I'm learning. I'm a filthy casual =P
Video should be produced and uploaded to youtube in an hour so sayeth the progress bar.
Off to the gym back in like 2 hours. Depending on how automated cyberpower is with youtube I'll have a link for you guys.
AAAND I forgot sound, man im a scrub I'm gonna postpone gym its too hot right now anyway.
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You never skip the gym bro lol. For that you owe me a heavy set of 30 of squats or deadlifts

Okay so the extension cord idea has been done, I'm hoping I can find the connector easier than he did for LG
https://zavax.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/extend-the-3d-stereo-camera-module-of-lg-thrill-phone-p925/

how is audio on video recording? I have soo many issues with audio with this phone, Im a pro singer and I record my live concerts for references but audio is soo bad, it have a lot of noise, like it have some kind of noise reduction that when music is louder, the sound of the video decreases and its gets choppy with a lot of noise, been researching about it and asking about it everywhere here in xda and can't find solution :/

jonyolea said:
how is audio on video recording? I have soo many issues with audio with this phone, Im a pro singer and I record my live concerts for references but audio is soo bad, it have a lot of noise, like it have some kind of noise reduction that when music is louder, the sound of the video decreases and its gets choppy with a lot of noise, been researching about it and asking about it everywhere here in xda and can't find solution :/
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Umm this phone doesn't have a terrible audio. For a phone is actually amazing. No its not studio quality for no complaints for a phone....clearly you haven't compared it to other phones. No hate.

jonyolea said:
how is audio on video recording? I have soo many issues with audio with this phone, Im a pro singer and I record my live concerts for references but audio is soo bad, it have a lot of noise, like it have some kind of noise reduction that when music is louder, the sound of the video decreases and its gets choppy with a lot of noise, been researching about it and asking about it everywhere here in xda and can't find solution :/
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I considered a similar situation when trying to use my phone as a decibel meter to measure how loud my car exhaust was. I was getting complaints from one of my neighbors about my wrx being too noisy so I ended up measuring it with my phone. It didn't work because the microphone on these phones is chosen and calibrated for its sensitivity to the noise a regular human voice makes when the phone is reasonably close to a human mouth. Using the phone in a "live" environment or somewhere there is a ton of background noise or amplified vocals or other sources of noise outside of its specs will likely interfere with your recordings. You'd need to test it in a more scientific way to narrow down the problem try isolating if all recordings are ruined or just really loud ones or if even the choppiness could be caused by processing power and too many background apps or something.