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Hermes front VideoCAM- Can you use without videocall or not?

Hi guys,
Since my Universal is dead I've just brought an HTC Tytn.
There is any way to access the front videocam? In Universal you just need to go to camera app and choose the front camera, where you can take pictures and make videos.
In Hermes camera app you can only access the 2.0mpx cam... I've already installed Coolcamera 1.5b and I still can't choose the front VGA videocam.
Any suggestions?
Tks
Phelipe
PS. No 3G networks available in Brazil, so no videocalls yet...

phamoui said:
Hi guys,
Since my Universal is dead I've just brought an HTC Tytn.
There is any way to access the front videocam? In Universal you just need to go to camera app and choose the front camera, where you can take pictures and make videos.
In Hermes camera app you can only access the 2.0mpx cam... I've already installed Coolcamera 1.5b and I still can't choose the front VGA videocam.
Any suggestions?
Tks
Phelipe
PS. No 3G networks available in Brazil, so no videocalls yet...
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I had same problem, but some folks have said coolcamera can access front camera - maybe someone can let us know how it's done with coolcamera?
Mike

yup coolcamera let's you access it, you just switch from main to frontcam, you can take pics and all using it.
photo / settings / sensor / front

If you go into settings there is a setting called "Sensor" ... you need to change that from 'Main' to 'Front' and then it will capture from the front camera.
Hope this helps

Ahh .. I see Darky beat me to it I really must remember to refresh the page more often

Double thanks
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Ahh .. I see Darky beat me to it I really must remember to refresh the page more often
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thank you both - somehow I missed that setting, I think it was because of my sheer incompetence, I feel such a fool - but she enjoys it!!
Thanks again
Mike

no worries their menu is sort of annoying

It works!!
Great! Thanks again folks...

hi
it's possible access to front camera without use coolcamera?
thx

I can use the front camera now with coolcamera but the screen is 90 rotated to the right. There is no way which I could correct this even if I change the rotation setting. Can someone help, please?

trevortang said:
I can use the front camera now with coolcamera but the screen is 90 rotated to the right. There is no way which I could correct this even if I change the rotation setting. Can someone help, please?
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Yeah. I get that too.
Also, Probably me being dense, I can't seem to get the web cam to actually work on my pc.
I can set the IP address in the pda to that of my PC. The port is 2047 on both devices, but nothing seems to appear.
What am I doing wrong?

abanner said:
Yeah. I get that too.
Also, Probably me being dense, I can't seem to get the web cam to actually work on my pc.
I can set the IP address in the pda to that of my PC. The port is 2047 on both devices, but nothing seems to appear.
What am I doing wrong?
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Difficult to say. Presume ypu have used d-pad or jog wheel on device to select webcam mode. Presume you have started the coolcam software on your PC and a coolcam window (which is expandable) has opened on your screen with instructions as to the next steps to take. And finally that your active sync connection is live. Sometimes I get the window on PC coming up blank/black in which case I close PC application and restart it.
The little 90 symbol on screen should rotate image. If not and restarting does not make it work, I think I'd reload the software.
Mike

trevortang said:
I can use the front camera now with coolcamera but the screen is 90 rotated to the right. There is no way which I could correct this even if I change the rotation setting. Can someone help, please?
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On CoolCamera forums support said that the rotaton issue is a bug they're aware of and will fix later. Nothing you can do for now.

rassah said:
On CoolCamera forums support said that the rotaton issue is a bug they're aware of and will fix later. Nothing you can do for now.
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I wonder though why it affects some and not others. Mine is ok - rotates fine.
Mike

Video chat over internet with Universal

Hi guys
do you know any program for Uiversal that enables the device to video chat with another pc. i have fount microsoft portrait , but it doesnt support universal webcam.
thanks.

no ways?

I'm also looking for that kind of application.
Anyone could help us?
Many thanks in advance!

Currently, there're no TCP/IP-based (that is, no UMTS-based "native") chatter apps.

I too would love to have this kind of app, it just brings the Universal to yet another level!. Ive tryed searching but found nothing. I hope someone finds something soon

SKYPE
Anyone tried SKYPE mobile? I hear it works on PDA's I think it has video also.

How about Microsoft Portrait... http://research.microsoft.com/mcom/portrait/

skype>>doesnt have video chat
portaite>>doesnt support universal camera
did you ever used cool camera software that get the ppc video to pc with active sync i think this is based on tcp/ip.we should use this http://www.ateksoft.com/ >>cool camera. plz test it and find that can we change the ip off the pc that configurated in this program.

well the new beta skype has live webcam, maybe a matter of time skype will release a new better beta skype with webcam
but it would be awsome

the new version of skype that has webcam its only for pc i think and its version 3 but i am not sure

That cam on the front was a damned waste.

Well not really, it was only ever put there for video calling, which some people apparently use somewhere.
Nearly everyone I know has a 3g phone, not one person uses video calling though,

skype mobile does not support video chat. Pointless to post information that you haven't verified or can confirm.

Odd, I've got the universal using the front camera on portrait today.
Make sure you use beta 3.0 and soft reset after installing it.

fards said:
Odd, I've got the universal using the front camera on portrait today.
Make sure you use beta 3.0 and soft reset after installing it.
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I think you are the only one that managed that!!

Sess said:
skype mobile does not support video chat. Pointless to post information that you haven't verified or can confirm.
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How DID you do that?

fards said:
Odd, I've got the universal using the front camera on portrait today.
Make sure you use beta 3.0 and soft reset after installing it.
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Sounds like some Bull**** Buddy. Nothing personal, but I've tried about 20 different possiblities, including changing the registry entry for the cam that portrait uses and it does not every work with the video call camera, only the main camera on the universal. Further research has shown that there are almost 30 other people who have made posts in various different forums about this very issue with different branded universals. It seems that with the current version its not possible. If you really did do this somehow, posting more useful information about what else you've installed or what you've tweaked may help someone reproduce it. As far as Im concerned however, this Myth is BUSTED.

Sess said:
Sounds like some Bull**** Buddy. Nothing personal, but I've tried about 20 different possiblities, including changing the registry entry for the cam that portrait uses and it does not every work with the video call camera, only the main camera on the universal. Further research has shown that there are almost 30 other people who have made posts in various different forums about this very issue with different branded universals. It seems that with the current version its not possible. If you really did do this somehow, posting more useful information about what else you've installed or what you've tweaked may help someone reproduce it. As far as Im concerned however, this Myth is BUSTED.
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I just installed Portrait 3.0 beta on my Qtek9000 with WM6 JW 2.02.02 ROM. It works with the main camera.

myname70 said:
I just installed Portrait 3.0 beta on my Qtek9000 with WM6 JW 2.02.02 ROM. It works with the main camera.
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Hi.
Can you post a link to this app. cant get to download from microsoft site get 203 web page error.

myname70 said:
I just installed Portrait 3.0 beta on my Qtek9000 with WM6 JW 2.02.02 ROM. It works with the main camera.
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Exactly, thank you for confirming. I've written ms portrait support to add support for the secondary universal camera, but alas, Im only one voice. I encourage you all to go to the site and ask them to add this feature.

Front Video Cam

Happy holidays to everyone.
I live in India and I dont have 3G network to test the front video camera of my JASJAM. So downloaded the trial version of CoolCamera software and installed it in my device. Then changed the sensor to front, hoping to see some picture. However the display was black and no picture/video was displayed.
I contacted i-mate live support and was told by the support person that it is not possible to test the front camera without 3G network and that they don't support 3rd party software.
Could the problem be with the front video camera?
Any help is deeply appreciated.
Thanks
Ram

rammkp said:
Happy holidays to everyone.
I live in India and I dont have 3G network to test the front video camera of my JASJAM. So downloaded the trial version of CoolCamera software and installed it in my device. Then changed the sensor to front, hoping to see some picture. However the display was black and no picture/video was displayed.
I contacted i-mate live support and was told by the support person that it is not possible to test the front camera without 3G network and that they don't support 3rd party software.
Could the problem be with the front video camera?
Any help is deeply appreciated.
Thanks
Ram
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I have not heard this reported before. Obviously you can test the front camera without 3G using the CoolCam software.
I would hesitate to think there's a problem with Camera until I had tried Coolcamera several times and possibly even uninstalled it and re-installed it - i.e tend to think more of a software issue first.
Mike

Chosing the lens
I just got CoolCamera. How do you change between the front and rear lens?

perlmane said:
I just got CoolCamera. How do you change between the front and rear lens?
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I hesitate to say because my version is not the latest one. On my version you can set mode to Webcam>Settings>Sensor>Front
Mike

Lost Front Camera Function
I recently switch my phone from the GER to WWE Cingular ROM, and once I did that, I lost the front camera function. I didn't load any of the extended rom files when I reloaded. Did it contain a cab that enabled this feature. If I please the button, it does nothing.
Thanks
MG

greenemk said:
I recently switch my phone from the GER to WWE Cingular ROM, and once I did that, I lost the front camera function. I didn't load any of the extended rom files when I reloaded. Did it contain a cab that enabled this feature. If I please the button, it does nothing.
Thanks
MG
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Well as Cingular don't currently support video calling I suppose that may be possible- but I have not heard about it.
Let's see if someone else does
EDIT: in fact the following link shows a post by Rassah that seems to say Front Cam support is included with Cingular ROM. (Mind you he seems to have a mixture of different things there including parts of the TyTn ROM so ????)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283336&highlight=cingular+front+camerahttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283336&highlight=cingular+front+camera
Mike

you could always test it with microsoft portrait, its an IP based video calling software that is in beta testing, if you look for it you should be able to find it...

The video call hardware button will not function with any Cingular ROMS. However, video call capabilities can still be had if you load the TyTN extrom. You just have to be content with using the software button that's on the dialer app if you want to make a video call.
FWIW, even when the video button is working it merely does exactly what pressing the green call button does: bring up the dialer app.
As far as the front camera function itself goes, CoolCamera worked just fine for it on my TyTN (the image is rotated 90 degrees CCW tho...) when I was running the v1.31 Cingular ROM.

Thanks for the info, do you know which cab in the extened rom gives me that feature, or will I have to load them all?

greenemk said:
Thanks for the info, do you know which cab in the extened rom gives me that feature, or will I have to load them all?
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Just in case Sleuth255 is busy right now (he probably knows the exact answer!) we know it must be one of the ones that Rassah has listed on his post on this thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283336&highlight=cingular+front+camerahttp://forum.xda-developers.com/show...front+c amera
Mike

Thanks...no luck with the link though.

greenemk said:
Thanks...no luck with the link though.
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Oops sorry corrected it but here it is again Rassahs post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283336&highlight=cingular+front+camera
Mike

HTC Album OEM version

An OEM version of the new HTC album (extracted from the Touch dual) has been published on the thread below (post #3).
By the sounds of it they haven't got it working, but there is certainly some interest.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=339587

that's good, but it doesn't work.

Yeah, it didn't work for me, either, on my TyTN II. But I'd love to have it. It's the only thing I feel is missing from my device (the built-in one is kludgey to use).

They have got it to work, but only in a cooked rom. I hope someone can build this into a cab!!!

what is this for? any screenshots?

I saw a .cab for this one around some forums working for the wizard. does it work for the prophet? is it the same you have gollum?

Working fine for me on my Touch.
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=44159&view=findpost&p=1123125

Seed123 said:
Working fine for me on my Touch.
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=44159&view=findpost&p=1123125
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You're the best!! I installed the mui 0419 version on my Mogul, and it works fine. Nice App.
Is the other version a different language?

steb0ne said:
You're the best!! I installed the mui 0419 version on my Mogul, and it works fine. Nice App.
Is the other version a different language?
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doesnt work on my (beloved) wizard
it cant start up, i just click on the exe file after the instalation then there is the waiting cursor for like 3 seconds and after that...well nothing

Both versions work on my TyTN II... kinda.
The flick-advance and finger-rotate work most of the time, but the program refuses to do the circle-zoom, putting up a little "No zoom!" icon (for a picture that's not zoomed in to 100%).
Sometimes the program gets stuck in a mode where trying to move the picture just makes it bounce off the edges of the screen. And a little box, much like the zoom rectangle in the native Pictures & Videos application, only empty, appears in the corner. At this point, it's difficult to know what to do with the program, since it's taken over the screen.
So it's neat, but as something I'd start in order to show people my pictures, I give it a miss. There's nothing worse than showing people your flash gear only to end up fighting with it and apologising instead.

Seems to work fine. But when I enter the settings dialog, I can't seem to do anything there. But who cares? I don't need any settings. Circle zooming and rotating works for me. Nice piece of software.

juvs made a cab, and it works fine

Anyone getting an orientation problem? mine seems to start up in landscape mode?

antnee said:
Anyone getting an orientation problem? mine seems to start up in landscape mode?
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It's supposed to start in landscape mode (I think), same way as the camera view.

hamishmacdonald said:
Both versions work on my TyTN II... kinda.
The flick-advance and finger-rotate work most of the time, but the program refuses to do the circle-zoom, putting up a little "No zoom!" icon (for a picture that's not zoomed in to 100%).
Sometimes the program gets stuck in a mode where trying to move the picture just makes it bounce off the edges of the screen. And a little box, much like the zoom rectangle in the native Pictures & Videos application, only empty, appears in the corner. At this point, it's difficult to know what to do with the program, since it's taken over the screen.
So it's neat, but as something I'd start in order to show people my pictures, I give it a miss. There's nothing worse than showing people your flash gear only to end up fighting with it and apologising instead.
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Everything you have described above is 100% intended behavior for this app.
Circle Zoom: Try going in the opposite direction you tried. Amazing. (Clockwise : zoom in. Counter-Clockwise: zoom out.)
Little Box Top Left: This mode is entered by hold your finger down in the app for around 1 second. At this point you can pan the picture by dragging. You have to stop touching the screen until the little white box goes away to get back to the mode where you can flick-scroll. This mode is really only useful when you're zoomed in; the little white box gives you a reference to which part of the picture you are currently zoomed in to.
This app works great.

Right, and half circle left rotates it one way and half circle right rotates it the other, works great on my mogul, HTC Album for the win!

tomazez said:
doesnt work on my (beloved) wizard
it cant start up, i just click on the exe file after the instalation then there is the waiting cursor for like 3 seconds and after that...well nothing
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same here.... doesn't work for my prophet (mysterious). besides, it also seriously slowed my system [email protected][email protected]"

I am also having problems with Juv's version (posted earlier in this thread) on my Touch. Starts landscape, cant see menu and controls bounce between pictures.
There is another cabed version 3 posts down that works alot better for me. You might try it if you are having issues with the first Juv version!!
cheers

paranoid2007 said:
Seems to work fine. But when I enter the settings dialog, I can't seem to do anything there. But who cares? I don't need any settings. Circle zooming and rotating works for me. Nice piece of software.
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Look for files that have 04 in the name on your mobile device. Read the other 2 digit 04xx. Copy HTCAlbum.exe.0409.mui in \Windows dir on the mobile device into a new files called HTCAlbum.exe.04xx.mui. Now u can see menu in english.
Thanks to Itje 4 explanation of country code in MUI.

Work like a charm with just one minor bug on my Kaiser; when the keyboard is slid out the picture is up-side-down. But that's like that with many apps that were ported from other roms. Hell, even for some of the applications with the stock rom.
Still I like it, make my TyTN II a litte better again.
Cheers,
Cacti

whats a good barcode reader app?

like the title says...whats a good barcode reader app for our phone that works, i have the at&t tilt2 ..
thanks in advance

http://www.google.com/search?q=barcode+site:xda-developers.com

mobiletag is fast and supports more standards than any other i have tried

rahlquist said:
mobiletag is fast and supports more standards than any other i have tried
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Care to post the .cab you have, when I tried to get it off their site it kept giving me the QVGA version

rahlquist said:
mobiletag is fast and supports more standards than any other i have tried
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how are you getting it to work...i tried it and it doesn't scan barcodes

apax said:
how are you getting it to work...i tried it and it doesn't scan barcodes
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you need good lighting and focus from the camera. It works well for me on my tilt 2.

mobile tag doesn't work consistently for me. so I wouldn't think its much of any use. I have a tilt 2.

has anyone tried Barcorama on the tilt2?

i give mobiletag a 3.0
i have a Tilt2 (TouchPro2/Rhodium)
I tried it on various items in the kitchen....only was able to get a good read on a can of black pepper...
it doesn't seem to work well with the camera device... poor focus ability
The camera on the Tilt2 is a good one so I do not think the poor performance of this app is due to the hardware.....I'm leaning towards the software's use of the hardware....
but whattaya expect for free, right??
imho

camera
The camera is good on the tp2. the problem is usually the back cover has a little cheap piece of plastic take off the back cover and try it. than try cleaning the dust off the plastic lens.

i use i-nigma....so i have the best results with it....its free too, just do a quick search on google, youll find it

+1 for i-nigma

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+1 for i-nigma
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wouldnt read any barcodes but manual # entry did find many products.

I look vor a Baorcode Reader too.
But i need a reader with my own Database.

Forbidden Error
I have HTC Tilt2 with mobiletag. Mobiletag reads the barcode and trys to open the link but no matter if I use IE or Opera10 I get this error.
Anyone? Angelica

Solution to getting it to use the HTC TP2/TILT 2 camera PERFECTLY:
Do NOT select HTC TOUCH PRO 2 as the device. Select TOUCH HD 2 as the device.
Instead of just showing the out of focus/ugly camera view that you had when the TP2 selected, you'll get a screen that says "Click here to start scanning. (Then shoot the barcode by placing it in the middle of the screen.)"
Once you do that the TP2/TILT2 camera software takes over. Get it focused and take the picture like normal (only in portrait mode though). It immediately grabbed the bar code and returned results.
If you selected TP2 and checked "remember this device" the only way I found to un-remember is to uninstall and reinstall. I didn't check the remember box and tried TP2, TP, HD and HD2 and the HD2 was the winner

uty2k said:
Solution to getting it to use the HTC TP2/TILT 2 camera PERFECTLY:
Do NOT select HTC TOUCH PRO 2 as the device. Select TOUCH HD 2 as the device.
Instead of just showing the out of focus/ugly camera view that you had when the TP2 selected, you'll get a screen that says "Click here to start scanning. (Then shoot the barcode by placing it in the middle of the screen.)"
Once you do that the TP2/TILT2 camera software takes over. Get it focused and take the picture like normal (only in portrait mode though). It immediately grabbed the bar code and returned results.
If you selected TP2 and checked "remember this device" the only way I found to un-remember is to uninstall and reinstall. I didn't check the remember box and tried TP2, TP, HD and HD2 and the HD2 was the winner
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which app did you use for this?

barcode reader app
seeps said:
you need good lighting and focus from the camera. It works well for me on my tilt 2.
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It works great for me except for 1 thing......it's only brought up the correct item once. LOL!

I have tried them all and mobiletag i think is the best

how about one where you can change the destination of the output data so i can port that info into a database app or webform? Would make inventory snazzy at work if i could use my phone i know motorola has an app on there EDA devices but thats enterprise level stuff.