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Contrast tuner

I find that the contrast of my Qtek 2020 is not very good (too dark).
Many monthes ago, I heard about a registry tweak that allow you to tune the contrast of the screen of any Pocket PC (with a new icon in the parameter section).
Do you know the tweak to apply to my registry ?
Thanks

Warning: I've never tried this before and this could mess up your XDAII:
http://www.phm.lu/PocketPC/RegTweaks/Tweak.asp?ref=43

Permanent Camera fix (No Snow Effect)

Camera settings (to remove snow effect):
In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/HTC/Camera/AppDefSettings/General
Set Contrast - 5, Brightness - 6, Saturation - 3, Hue - 5,Sharpness - 3
These settings will not reset themselves after closing the camera app or doing a soft reset! They become defaults.
Hope you find it useful!

kta,
That was great. It was minimized.
But i have not checked the output of the shot.
will it affect the output shot?

I tried this on my XDa2i but it doesnt work, the lowest value it allows me to enter is 0

To bad that won't work on the XDA II the camera needs a lot of help too. Does anyone know of a fix for the XDA II?

Emil, the output shot will be better as well!
Daredevil, the values are +ve, ie. 5, 3, etc. Maybe I should have used a ":" instead of a "-".

Great work!!!
thanks for the tip

I do not have these settings in the registry. Is this because I have not updated the ROM ?

Hi, where do I find this regedit?

Grunt said:
I do not have these settings in the registry. Is this because I have not updated the ROM ?
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You don't need to go into the registry...
fire up the camera application and click the settings button
click on the tools menu and choose adjust...
the settings are in the drop down box...
In this way you won't have to meddle with the registry...

amazing!
Hey kta, I tried it out, just wanna let you know the results are amazing!
I had given up on this camera (and just about the phone as a whole) especially when my friend checked with someone working with doopod said that this is a hardware (lens) problem so we can't really do anything about it. But you did it!
Just wanted to let you know I really appreciate the fix!

Fantastic! I applied it and it is much better
Thank you VERY much

amazing!
Hey kta, I tried it out, just wanna let you know the results are amazing!
I had given up on this camera (and just about the phone as a whole) especially when my friend checked with someone working with doopod said that this is a hardware (lens) problem so we can't really do anything about it. But you did it!
Just wanted to let you know I really appreciate the fix!

Thanks, pics look better now

yeah! the pic looks a lot better than before

Thanks bro 4 the share ..

ill-tempered said:
Grunt said:
I do not have these settings in the registry. Is this because I have not updated the ROM ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You don't need to go into the registry...
fire up the camera application and click the settings button
click on the tools menu and choose adjust...
the settings are in the drop down box...
In this way you won't have to meddle with the registry...
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If you don't change them in the registry, the settings will reset themselves once you close (not minimise) the camera application or when you change the ambience from auto to night, etc.
The only permanent fix is to change them in the registry. Here's a link to a free registry editor: http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=31
PS: To all those that showed their appreciation: You're welcome

Maybe I missed something but I still do not find these attributes in the registry.........see my earlier post and screen shot.
kta, I agree that to get the change to stick its a registry change but in my registry I don't have these parameters. Is this because I have the older ExtROM ?

Grunt,
I'm not sure why you don't have these in your registry. I don't think it's the ROM version. I would try changing the settings in the camera settings and see if they get created. If that doesn't work I would try entering them manually as DWORD values base decimal (Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation, Sharpness).
Why aren't you upgrading to 1.11 anyway?

for mini?
hi does this registry tweak work for mini also? if yes, Brightness - 5
is it refering to brightness = 5? sorry saw someone on the above mention post trying to go lower than 0...thanks

Just to clarify:
Camera settings (to remove snow effect):
In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/HTC/Camera/AppDefSettings/General
Set Contrast to 5, Brightness to 6, Saturation to 3, Hue to 5,Sharpness to 3

What to do with a camera?

I have recently bought an Alpine , and am really dissapointed. I had a Himalaya and a Blue Angel before and the quality of the photos was better despit the lower resolution!
Is it hardware or software's fault?
If it's software, is it possible to install a different camera application and just add it to start-up instead of the original one?
thx

i agree with you....

some tips
The default settings for the camera on XDA2 is much better than on 2i. You get much nicer looking pics if you change the settings via 'adjust' under tools when the camera is on capture mode to:
Contrast 3
Brightness 3
Aturation 6
Hue 5
sharpness 5
(If anyone knows where the defaults are stored, please shout up, as you lose the new settings if you have to do a soft reset)
You will find that sometimes you need to manually set the light colour (daylight, incandescent etc) rather than leave it set on auto. Changing this setting should not affect the brightness of the captured image - just the colour, but it often does. Also the quality seems to be really poor unless you choose XL for the capture size.
Under reasonable lighting conditions the above settings will produce BETTER pics than the earlier lower res camera, but this is not true in low light conditions - the new one produces very grainy (noisy) images. You can process them to remove most of this but generally it needs a better quality image processing program than you can run on the XDA.
The other big problem I have found is that the new camera finds great difficulty in working out what the exposure should be - sometimes a very ordinary scene is hopelessly overexposed. However, you can fool the camera by briefly pointing it at the sky before framing and snapping your shot.
This carry-on really should not be necessary, and someone ought to produce a software fix.

Thanks a lot, I'll give it a go

Another very annoying problem the XDAIIi camera suffers from is the location of which the images and movies are stored,
You will notice that even though you can change the location (Main memory or SD memory) you CANNOT choose the directory.
So you end up with the camera choosing the location, it does this by using the year,month,day-0001 and so on .....
You end up with loads of numbered folers when you would like all images to be put into "My Pictures" for example.

Another very annoying problem the XDAIIi camera suffers from is the location of which the images and movies are stored,
You will notice that even though you can change the location (Main memory or SD memory) you CANNOT choose the directory.
So you end up with the camera choosing the location, it does this by using the year,month,day-0001 and so on .....
You end up with loads of numbered folers when you would like all images to be put into "My Pictures" for example.

Yes this is really frustrating. I just tried changing the prefix string for this automated file naming. I tried putting /my documents/ in front of the default string but it wouldn't accept it. There must be somewhere in some config file that tells the camera to create a new directory off the root directory. Presumably that could be altered to make it created off the My pics sub directory.

i'd love if someone tell us about this cammera problem, is there some software which will change the default one or something?
those options helped alot tho.
Contrast 3
Brightness 3
Aturation 6
Hue 5
sharpness 5
cheers, thanks mike!

There's a registry hack that keeps the default camera settings to your own adjustments even after a soft reset.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/HTC/Camera/AppDefSettings/General
Set Contrast = 3, Brightness = 3, Saturation = 6, Hue = 5,Sharpness = 5
Hope this helps

Heeey! It works! Thanks a lot. Well done!

I upgraded my radio yesterday, and those settings were saved even after hard reset!!!That's cool!

same i feel
I feel BA is better than Alpine in speed, steady, camera, Power and many thing. I am sorry for to sell my PDA2K and buy PDA2. Anybody feel sorrow?

...
my brother have BA, I think that pda2k better than my 2020i...pda2k working faster ...but,i'm buy two weeks later this device,and very glad.

Explodingfist said:
There's a registry hack that keeps the default camera settings to your own adjustments even after a soft reset.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/HTC/Camera/AppDefSettings/General
Set Contrast = 3, Brightness = 3, Saturation = 6, Hue = 5,Sharpness = 5
Hope this helps
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Hello, I'm new here and in the matter, so I have to beg your patience.
How do I change the Registry entrance? I have PHM Registry Editor.
Thanks in advance.
Aan.

Just find the right key according to the instructions and then change it accordingly.

rottie said:
Just find the right key according to the instructions and then change it accordingly.
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Thanks for the prompt reply. However, and using the PHM, I'm asked to enter a "New Key", or "New: String Value; Binary VAlue; DWORD Value; Multi-String Value; Expandable String Value". Which one?

All the camera issues with the 2i were caused by an "update" that the phone companies placed in the extended ROMs. Once this is removed, the problem goes away.
If you want the new extended rom with this "update" removed have a look for a link titled "camera quality sorted?" or something like that.

rottie said:
Just find the right key according to the instructions and then change it accordingly.
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Click to collapse
Thanks for the prompt reply. However, and using the PHM, I'm asked to enter a "New Key", or "New: String Value; Binary VAlue; DWORD Value; Multi-String Value; Expandable String Value". Which one?

I've made a mistake with the Post.
Thanks Pug I'l have a view later.
BRegards
Aan

I've made a mistake with the Post.
Thanks Pug I'l have a view later.
BRegards
Aan

Adjusting Contrast

Hi, I just bought a new set of HTC touch diamond, however as compared to the old one. The contrast of this new set seems really weird.
The black and dark tones are like grey even when i set the brightness of the screen to a much lower level. So i believe it is the contrast of this set that went wrong.
Is there anything I can do about it? or any problem that adjusts the contrast of the screen?
-Update-
After some google and meddling, I realised Windows Mobile actually came with this contrast applet that is hidden by phone manufacturers.
After some research I manage to make the contrast applet appear in the settings.
1) Using Registry Editor, rename Redirect to xRedirect in HKLM/Control Panel/contrast
2) If Redirect is unchange instead there is an added xRedirect. Delete the Redirect
3) Restart your HTC and Contrast should now appear
4) ???? However I am unable to change the contrast as the settings seems to be fix. ??
Does anyone know how i should continue from here? Do i have to modify the default in HKLM/Control Panel/contrast
Hope this prove to be useful for ppl who wish to adjust their contrast as well.
Hope someone can help me out. Thank you
Anyone know how i should continue from here? Do I have to modify

yes you can let the contrast cpl show, however that doesn't work on the diamond.
The contrast settings doesn't affect the screen
From what I have read in your post this isn't a software but an hardware fault
It would be wise to RMA the device.
Regards,
EqX

Thank you for your Reply and clarifications.
So you mean the contrast problem is actually a screen problem?
Do you have any idea what would they do if I send my phone for RMA? Would they simply change the screen or change the entire phone for me?
Btw I live in Singapore. Heard they have really bad HTC care services in over here.

You're not alone... We are many people who want to find a way to increase the contrast on our Diamonds... It would really make our displays great if we could because it's a conrast issue, no doubt.
Been playing aroung with Resco Photo Viewer and slighty increasing the contrast when viewing photos makes them look awesome!!!
I'm afraid the default display contrast is hardcoded and cannot be changed by software but hopefully I'm wrong. Maybe it can be reached by some hidden menu???

owziee said:
Maybe it can be reached by some hidden menu??
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yes, then we can go search for gold under the forgotten mountain...
it wont be hard-coded, it will be set by some software somewhere, just not apparent to the user.

I have actually got the contrast applet to show in my touch Diamond to show in the settings already. Refer to the first post on how to do it.
The problem now is even with the contrast setting show. I am unable to adjust the contrast sliding the control. It basically does no changes to the diamond..
and beyond that.. It is beyond my knowledge and expertise to do anything else. Thinking about RMAing my Diamond. But wondering how would they go about helping me? Change a new phone.. Doubt so..

[Q] Backlight setting help

I think this is a problem specific to the HD2 - basically, when i leave the phone on the auto backlight setting, it is too bright and therefore draining the battery. of course, setting it manually is a pain and it needs changing as conditions change etc.
What i am wonder is if there is any way of changing the auto so that it is consistently less bright? I have had a dig through the regedit but not really sure what i am looking for or doing!
I was guessing that there was a value that would be assigned to the brightness above the ambient brightness (from the light sensor) - can anyone enlighten me further?
Many thanks (and also for all those other posts i have used to help me make my phone exactly as i like it... CHT, BsB, Scilor etc!)

try Lumos.

nice. almost does too much! but good bit of software thus far. now to do some benchmarking... if only the sun would shine!

Controlling Backlight Settings
I took a different approach to resolve my problem -- keeping auto backlight turned off, but easily changing the backlight settings when I needed to change them. I created a shortcut called Backlight.lnk (that's a lowercase "L", not an "I" I discovered). I used a text editor and put in this line:
12#Powerexe.exe 2 - backlight tab
I saved it with the name Backlight.lnk and copied it to my Start/Programs folder using File Explorer. I moved the shortcut to the top of the Start menu where I can get to it quickly. I just tap Start and the shortcut icon and I am at the Backlight screen where I can quickly change the backlight level or the timeout settings. This saves a few taps compared with going in through the Settings screen.
I had tried Lumos and another program I found on the MS Marketplace, but both caused other problems for me.
PS: I found the line above in a posting at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645916
It's an excellent tutorial on creating all kinds of shortcuts.

Try MVBKLight.
Very handy popup (plus a usefull torch).
I have both Auto and Manual controls. With links I immediately switch between sensor and the MVBKLight slider.

Try searching for autobacklight toggle. Basically, its an icon which when pressed on main screen enables disables autobacklight. So much better than lumos.