how come the camera on the XDA is horrible, its grainy and dark... i tried adjusting the settings but then after i closed and reopened the camera quality was back to being bad again. is there a fix for this or is that how the camera is.
I mainly use the night mode indoors and save the auto mode for outside. Make sure you work out the settings with your computer; the best pictures on the PDA aren't always the best on the computer and vice-versa.
Oh yeah, I don't think you can make most of the settings stick other than the auto/daylight/dark etc. mode.
I have another problem with my camera...
When i take a shot, the image displayed in the viewfinder before capturing, is perfectly lit with the right brightness-contrast etc.
But when i capture an image, it brightens it up until the image bleeds, and its terrible....I tried to adjust different settings, but it still did the same.
Its good for night shots, but during day time, i get 80% of my pixels completely white!
Not too bothered, as the camera is actually pointless for me....and besides, i'm not the "take pictures often" kinda guy!
San
read my camera tweak topic.
try CoolCamera
http://www.ateksoft.com/files/CoolCameraTest.zip
i found turning off 3g, and using gsm has helped a lot with all aspects of my phone. the camera looks a LOT better compared to a week ago when it was on 3g. back then, i thought it was completely unusable..thats how bad the quality was. and i had tried night time mode indoors, and it all jjust came out blurred
where's the camera tweak post? i'm starting not to like this phone, there is way to many tweaks and changes that have to be done to it just to make it an 'ok' usable phone.
el_illumbrato said:
i found turning off 3g, and using gsm has helped a lot with all aspects of my phone. the camera looks a LOT better compared to a week ago when it was on 3g. back then, i thought it was completely unusable..thats how bad the quality was. and i had tried night time mode indoors, and it all jjust came out blurred
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how do you turn of 3G?
thats strange the camera seams fine to me i havent had and of the note problems
alix776 said:
thats strange the camera seams fine to me i havent had and of the note problems
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What ROM version are you using? We are all referring to the latest I-Mate and QTEK ROM. You might be using the old version of O2 which does not have those pixel dots.
dreamtheater39 said:
When i take a shot, the image displayed in the viewfinder before capturing, is perfectly lit with the right brightness-contrast etc.
But when i capture an image, it brightens it up until the image bleeds, and its terrible....I tried to adjust different settings, but it still did the same.
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In these days i'm using camera and i have this problem, is there a solution???
If anyone is still there I havve a problem. When I tried to update it. i think it failed and got stuck on the serial v1.00 botloader. Luckily I found a way to fix that. May one of you please supply the 1.30.79 WWE QTEK-TMobile rom please I cannot find it. Also I ahve a 4gb that's not working with my device. Could it be possible that my rom is to old and the update for 4gb cards haven't been set in place fo r that rom? This the only time I've heard of a 4g card not working. Please help. I think its a 2005 rom
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Hi all,
I have had HTC phones right from the XDA (1) and i've had all the different range. I must say that either i'm a slow learner or just a little stupid. I can't honestly think of why I always go for this line of phones. even to the point of having 4 different tele numbers in the last 6 years just to keep up (swapping between O2 and Orange more than a few times).
.....well, still have not learnt my lesson!
I had my M3100 the day it was released. even drove a 2 hour round trip to (parcel-line depot) to get it.
After playing with my new toy I found that the camera can cause a few problems with the phone. on all occasions I get one of three happenings (in equal measure)
1: the camera function takes the image and displays the image (as is normal)
2: the camera takes an image of nothing, complete blank (no i'm not blocking the the lens)
3: the camera takes the image and them closes the program rendering the camera useless.
I've done all the usual - resetting and hard reset. nothing helps and the phone has done this from new.
Orange have already sent a new one out - I get it tomorrow! I would like to know if this is a one off?
Why am i stupid - well because maybe i'm unlucky, but i have never had an HTC phone that has not needed to be returned at least twice!!!
It maybe because I get them as soon as they come out, or just, as i said, just plain bad luck.
still I've got another 25 days where Orange will replace with new.
will I need it?
Let me know if anyone eles has problems with their M3100 camera?
Widhill :?:
Hi
As you can see in my previous message i have same issues with camera.........I dont know what to do
Camera Problem M3100
I also have the problem of taking images that are blank. The problem appears to occur less often at lower resolutions.
Is it a hardware or software problem?
The problem with blank/black pics can sometimes be resolved by removing the micros sd card, putting it back in and soft reset. It worked for me.
Good Luck
I had the same camera problems you have been experiencing (camera app crashing -> unusuable until next reboot) or taking blank pictures after a few successfull ones. I traced the problem to the Super Fine quality setting, having changed it into Fine I have not had a single problem with the camera application. Seems like there is a memory buffer overflow problem or something like that when using the Super Fine setting.
Anyway, I have not noticed any quality problems with the Fine setting compared to Super Fine, so this should solve the problem you have.
Kim
nAmCE said:
I had the same camera problems you have been experiencing (camera app crashing -> unusuable until next reboot) or taking blank pictures after a few successfull ones. I traced the problem to the Super Fine quality setting, having changed it into Fine I have not had a single problem with the camera application. Seems like there is a memory buffer overflow problem or something like that when using the Super Fine setting.
Anyway, I have not noticed any quality problems with the Fine setting compared to Super Fine, so this should solve the problem you have.
Kim
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Thanks for that nAmCE. Just looked at my default settings on my varioII. It was set to 'Fine' and worked with no probs. Adjusted it to 'Superfine' and it resulted in blank picture, so have re-adjusted to 'Fine' and all's back to normal. Well done for finding that one out. :lol:
Thanks 4 the feedback. I was using 'superfine' setting. I've now changed to 'fine' and no problems so far.
Thanks again.
Thanks for help - now I feel a little bit guilty over the 2 other phones replaced by orange (must say excellent service when reporting a faulty phone, next day delivery of brand new phone with a new 28 day replacement warranty)
Still I guess Orange should test the system better as even the latest phone still does it. However, going into fine mode is ....fine!
Thanks once again!
Afternoon All,
I have cool camera 1.14 installed on my mini-s, and all is fine.
However, I can't get the flash to work - or work out how to activate it.
I can go to the photo menu and select flashlight>on - but nothing happens?
Anyone got their flash to work with Cool Camera? Any ideas :?:
Cheers,
Paul
Rutter said:
Afternoon All,
I have cool camera 1.14 installed on my mini-s, and all is fine.
However, I can't get the flash to work - or work out how to activate it.
I can go to the photo menu and select flashlight>on - but nothing happens?
Anyone got their flash to work with Cool Camera? Any ideas :?:
Cheers,
Paul
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I don't think they have the flash working yet - shame though excellent software otherwise, I can get 20fps at 320x176 video recording and photo quality better than original camera software - I use the same version as you.
Yup, I can confirm with meschle, that flash doesn't work yet on the 1.14 beta 2.
But, it doesn't matter, Cool Camera is still the best, loads faster to, and night mode is great. My TyTn is coming in the mail. Can't wait to test the new camera software it has
Can someone help me to get coolcamera to take good pics? Cause I had it installed on my phone last week and tried to use it during a party, but the photos were just as bad and dark as the original software.
The best i can get is 13fps on 320x240 at 65% quality recording on the phone mem. On the card it drops to 3-4fps i suppose it is the card`s fault. Anyway how do you get 20 fps??? At lower quality or what? :shock: :shock: :shock:
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The best i can get is 13fps on 320x240 at 65% quality recording on the phone mem. On the card it drops to 3-4fps i suppose it is the card`s fault. Anyway how do you get 20 fps??? At lower quality or what? :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Use 320x176 video size - i have my device overclocked to 252 Omap speed when using video recording - quality as set by default.
o i found it...i have to change format to 16:9 for 320x176...it is convenient becouse you dont loose much from the pic. size.thanks!
I'm using the stock ROM and the camera seems to only want to take photos and video in grayscale. I've already made sure the effects are off and have rebooted twice. Any other suggestions? I should mention that when I switch between "none" and "grayscale" the color is shown for a split second then it's back to grayscale. Thanks in advance.
No one?? I'll keep plugging away 'til I find out why it's doing this. Thanks...
HTC HD2 camera loses color mode
I'm having the identical problem. Phone is less than a month old. It switches from negative, to sepia, to grayscale, but will not go back to None (color mode). I checked the settings in the videocam; same issue. I've looked all over for mention of this problem, and yours was the only post I've found thus far. If you find a solution PLEASE LET ME KNOW!
Check Image Properties in the Advance settings in camera mode. Make sure they are all turned up to at least 3.
dkb218 said:
Check Image Properties in the Advance settings in camera mode. Make sure they are all turned up to at least 3.
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I had the same issue. When I turned saturation to +3 the colors came back. Thanks.
Yes, I did a search and I did not come up with anything. The problem I have is... when I am in camera, there are options...
auto flash
flash off and the Light feature..(where the light is on so I can see what I am taking picture of, then when I take picture it flashes..)
The flash auto works
The NO flash works
The "light" feature does NOT.
Battery is full, on charger, it's not a battery or Low power issue.
This feature works on "Camcorder," mode
This feature works on "flashlight," mode
JUst NOT on camera mode.
I always do a task 29 before flashing roms.
I have used, Artemis, Energy, and a few other roms and it's still the same issue.
Am Ilooking for something that does not exist?
This phone is new, and i CAN'T remeber if it ever worked on Tmous rom, because I just used that for 10 min before flashing.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thanks:
The camera only has 3 options. On, Off and Auto flash. When the flash is on, that light is always on, at least on my phone... What are you trying to do?
if your batt gets below like 20% the leds will not function in order to save power
crisisinthecity said:
The camera only has 3 options. On, Off and Auto flash. When the flash is on, that light is always on, at least on my phone... What are you trying to do?
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I am trying to take a picture in the 'dark," and trying to see the object, person's face etc before taking the picture. the flash when i take the picture works. I am trying to get the light to come on and stay on before the shot.
thanks for the reply.
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if your batt gets below like 20% the leds will not function in order to save power
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Yea, I am aware of the 20%, my original post stated that I have in on full charge, I've had it on a charger etc. It's not a power issue, because when I switch it over to camcorder, that feature works.
It's weird..
anyhow, thanks for the reply
First, I'm running the original stock tmo ROM.
The regular still camera (not the video camera) has the 3 flash modes crisisinthecity mentioned:
On: the flash flashes for every picture you take, but isn't on until you shoot the pic
Auto: only flashes when the phone thinks it's needed
Off: no flash.
When you're using the video camera, and you hit the flash symbol, it will turn on the light even before you start recording. However, I've never seen the light come on just in regular camera mode and I've used the camera heavily since first getting the phone.
Same here... No flash until you take the picture... Stock ROM.
so, the conclusion here is that I am searching for something that doesn't exist for this phone anyway.If I remember correctly, my fuze and att tilt had the feature I was looking for.
Thanks guys for the replies.
Hi,
For two days, I have the autofocus of the camera that works all the time in standby mode only This is "click" at regular intervals
Including when I reboot, I hear just before you see the first screen of boot ...
By cons, as soon as I leave the standby mode before, no problem except that the camera is no longer the point, the autofocus does not work ...
And really weird is that this "click" I think varies according to the occupation of the CPU because if I leave an application running and I goes to sleep, I do not hear it!
I made a task29, wipe all over the place, install new rom, and also an original rom ... Even removing the phone to see if something was not disconnected but I have not found.
Do you have an idea how to cope ?
Or maybe a way to reset the memory lowest level because I think it is software, not hardware (well I think).
Thank you to those who can give me help.
Regards.
good post
good post
lol
Always the same problem with a fresh install of sense 3 with last kernel of Rafpigna...
no one has ever had this problem of noise camera in standby mode or to boot the phone?
Is it possible that this is a hardware problem?
What is really strange is that as soon as I get out of standby mode, the noise stops! And when I want to take a picture, the autofocus does not work ...
Task29 can't help me... Always the same issue... I tried WM7 I know it's sad but it does not change (I did not expect less).
No one can help me ??
...saw a post of a xda member with the same issue on the typhoon some months ago.
He made a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46hRUY89A0E
..do youve got the same issue?
will it also autofocus all time when you dont got a rom installed?
Hi j4n87,
This is exactly the same problem, I can see the lens moving like that...
this is just since a week. it worked fine before !
This is after installing a version MIUI (when I had already installed several versions before without problems).
I try everything but I can not recover the normal operation of the camera.
Can you help me more ??
Thank you.
Regards.
j4n87 said:
...saw a post of a xda member with the same issue on the typhoon some months ago.
He made a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46hRUY89A0E
..do youve got the same issue?
will it also autofocus all time when you dont got a rom installed?
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I found that if I put in airplane mode, so no use of radio, there is no noise of the autofocus ...
I will try to degraded version of the radio to see if it changes something.
Alas no, it does not change, still the noise of the camera.
RESOLVED...
yay it works thanks to Dimension2035 (thank you very much for his invaluable help).
This is what to do:
- To MAGLDR
- Download the version of tytung
- Make the phone operational by using a little (there is always noise)
- Remove the battery overnight: miracle, everything works.
I'm really happy.
Here is the solution.
Regards and again thanks to Dimension2035
manu33xtro said:
I found that if I put in airplane mode, so no use of radio, there is no noise of the autofocus ...
I will try to degraded version of the radio to see if it changes something.
Alas no, it does not change, still the noise of the camera.
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