I just applied the HTC Camera Hotfix, what exactly does it fix, because now all my pictures just look misty white with rubbish colour, close up with the flash is unusable.
Dont get it.
Added Some Samples, Before And After, thank god for SPB Backup!
Yep, flash has some problems. We just need to wait even more ..
Now it has more problems, i reflashed to before i applied the so called fix, crap!.
I have uninstalled the 'fix'. My camera wasn't too bad without it but definitely worse with it!
Its easily removed, I believe.
Looked under Manage applications, and its there as an app.
Was going to remove it myself, as it hasn't helped.
In that case i will retest in daylight, but night shots are truly shocking.
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Friend's Shadow has the camera rotated 90* all of a sudden and I can't figure out how to undo it. Didn't find any threads on it, so not sure what to think.
Get the camera fix from Freddy Reyes site. YOu'll have to do a quick sign-up in order to DL files, but iut's worth it. He's got a ton of great tweaks/utilities there...
http://www.freddyreyes.com/forums/index.php?board=17.0
Good luck,
Jeff
Hi Forum!
I received my HD2 today. Everything fine sofar, I installed BSB Tweaks and some apps.
Now my camera only makes b/w pictures and videos.
The App show color while starting, but after 1 sec. the preview (and the pictures) get grayscale.
Does ne1 have a clue?
JoC
Open teh camera, click the menu/settings icon (a cog wheel), click advanced, go to page 3, effect, and see if it is set to grayscale.
Thank you for the fast reply.
I first checked that.
I even switched to grayscale, sepia and back, but no change.
JoCamel said:
Thank you for the fast reply.
I first checked that.
I even switched to grayscale, sepia and back, but no change.
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Hmm, in that case I would probably start uninstalling the apps you added one by one, see if anything changes.
samsamuel said:
..start uninstalling the apps you added one by one, see if anything changes.
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....or start all over again (as you've only just got the phone it shouldn't take long to re-install the apps you want) by doing a hard reset then add one app and test the camera still takes colour pictures before installing the next app and so on until you find which one upsets the camera (you might want to check other things you need and not just the camera in case something else is affected too..) finally,if you do find which program causes the problem,obviously don't use it , but make sure you let the program developer know of the bug so he/she can try to fix it (you never know,they may already be aware of the bug and have a fixed version ready for you to try out)
Hello,
I installed a complete new image (Artemis_v29b_GER_202_23518) and did hard resets.
Camera ist still taking grayscale photographs. When I start the application, there ist color for the first 1 or 2 seconds.
Solved
Hello,
After installing the other image, I restored a backup from Sprite Backup.
When I did not restore the backup after a hard reset, the color is there.
Tank you.
I like many on here was very disappointed with the quality of the camera, but thanks to the excellent guide posted on here it improved it 10 fold, but i decided to give a camera app a try anyway and looking through "htc likes" apps on My phone stumbled onto an app called "camera360".. I thought i'd give it a try as it gives you a free trial version (limited to just the basics).. and after a while (getting used to the many many options) decided to buy it, this is the first app ive bought for my dhd.. only costs $3.99 (around £2.69).. it had a handy paypal link so no messing about with my credit card etc.. if you pay with paypal it instantly becomes the pro version (it did for me anyway). They also send you an email with the file and instructions to make it the full (pro) version in case you have to do it manually or reinstall it (after a factory reset etc).It also says it gives you free updates when they're released. It has anti shake, effects, HDR, and loads more options i haven't got a clue what they all do yet! lol. The only "problems" ive had with it is although i can take 8mp pics it doesnt like me trying to take 8mp widescreen ones, and the zoom is slightly less than the htc standard camera, these may be able to be fixed by someone with more knowledge on the camera side of things. I havent got round to posting any samples but hopefully with starting this thread other people using the app will be able to post images on here (as i am a total newbie)..There are sites that gives a brief review of it (including sample pictures of the various effects available) I am unable to post the link to the review sites (as its only my third or so post). just type "camera360" in your search engine and read up on it .Like i said it works great on my phone, give it a try.. if ya dont like it just uninstall it (you have nothing to lose after all)
I have also installed the free version of cam360 and its got a ton more options than the standard camera, I will ave to try and take some comparisons - although someone with some more advanced knowledge of cameras would be better. The annoyances with 360 is the dodgey English throughout and a quite complicated interface, still use the stock one for now, just because its faster to start up, and with the guide on xda its not too bad.
I might upgrade if I can tell there is a solid advantage over stock app.
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I've tried this a few days ago but I don't like the way this app returns non-accurate colors.
Cheers from my DHD.
Camera360 is really good.
Can you guys enlighten me how bad the camera is. I thought it is clear enough.
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I just tried several versions including the latest 1.3 version of Camera 360 Pro and there is NO ghost setting/effect, how or where do you get it from as it is not in the list...
Hi..the ghosting effect needs to be downloaded (free)..its an add on, i think its on the apps store.. it puts images of ghosts on the pic (they look like the girl from "the ring" series).. you really have to look to see her though, its quite good how they put it in the pic..it randomly places the image on the photo.
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Hi..the ghosting effect needs to be downloaded (free)..its an add on, i think its on the apps store.. it puts images of ghosts on the pic (they look like the girl from "the ring" series).. you really have to look to see her though, its quite good how they put it in the pic..it randomly places the image on the photo.
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thanks for that mrflatout!
I have Camera360 on my DX, and the app doesn't seem to focus in either of the focal modes I choose. Anyone else have this problem? Is there another way to focus?
In manual focus mode, I'll press the button halfway for focus, like in the regular stock camera, and a message appears informing me that the shot is now in focus and to take the picture. Only, it didn't focus. When I load the stock camera, and hold halfway, I notice how it takes about a second or two to focus, and the shot is much clearer than the Camera360 app.
It's really frustrating since I paid money for this, and I like all the features, but it doesn't focus!
I must be doing something wrong.
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Okay, I fixed my issue. All I needed to do was uninstall and reinstall the app. Once I did that, the camera focuses like it should.
I tried it but it keeps force closing, i think i will remove and download again. Just to try it.
Sup, ppl?
Hey, I have a new X8 phone (3 weeks old) and I have a major issue with my camera from day 1!!! It's all glitchy and blurry, with wrong lighting and i can't take pictures at all. Sometimes when I repair the update with PC Companion or SEUS it gets to work again, but after using the phone for some time, it bugs again, especially after playing Angry Birds (even for just once!!!). I have never rooted my phone, it's all original.
I had it repaired by the service center, they said they just ran a software update (and I had the latest version) and I don't know how all my apps were still on the phone (I never manage to do this, everytime I repair the update I lose all my apps, how can I keep them?). I searched the web for several hours and haven't found anyone with my problem. I have posted question on SE support forums and on their Facebook page, but no one seems to help me. I think I'm having this unit replaced.
Another thing is that I formatted my SD card, and I thought I could get the original content again, but I was wrong. I had the "music" folder backed up, but I don't have the "media" folder. I lost some of the alarms (like the "multi alarm" one) and the notifications. Can someone upload the media folder for me please?
Thanks for all the help.
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Sup, ppl?
I have a major issue with my camera from day 1!!! It's all glitchy and blurry, with wrong lighting and i can't take pictures at all.
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What did u mean blurry? Maybe this phone does no come with an auto focus camera that why when you take picture will blur. Correct me if i'm wrong.
It's not exactly blurry, but it look horrible. For example if you edit a picture and you start messing with hue, saturation or color balance. The more you mess, the worse it gets. The display shows an bad colored looking picture and taking pictures does not work. Tried searching everywhere but can't find anyone with similar problem.
Can you post some photos? The best would be if you could put the phone fg on a table and take a photo without moving it at all. Cause to me it looks like either the camera itself is the issue or something wrong with software, if you're saying that when you mess with settings it gets even worse.
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Can you post some photos? The best would be if you could put the phone fg on a table and take a photo without moving it at all. Cause to me it looks like either the camera itself is the issue or something wrong with software, if you're saying that when you mess with settings it gets even worse.
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It's not that I can mess with the settings, the camera app doesn't have ANY settings to mess. The messing with settings exampled I used was about using a photo editor and try messing with the color levels or hue/saturation of any picture. My camera is displaying a screwed up image as if there was some color filter applied to it, someting that would react really poorly to lighting. Just like if you picked up a 16 million color picture with many gray colors (variant colors) and you converted it to like 256 colors, it would look really poor. That's the image my camera shows.
And did you try others apps for camera? Maybe there's something wrong with it. If not - go for warranty
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And did you try others apps for camera? Maybe there's something wrong with it. If not - go for warranty
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It happens to any camera app.
I'm an IT guy and I know sometimes unexplainable things happen with hardware/software. Today when I woke up, when I was going to put the phone in the pocket for leaving home, it slipped and fell to the ground scattering parts all over (cover and battery). After rassembling it i thought: "Wtf? I'll try the camera!". And believe or not: it was working PERFECTLY. And is perfect to this very moment. Some problems just don't have a reasonable explanation.
Original SD Content
Now the only missing piece is the original SD content, which I happened to wipe out unadvertedly. I tried some undelete tools, but none found the data, and I probably already overwrote all the data with many backups that I made.
So, if anyone could be very kind to post me the media folder contents (with the alarms and everything) and also the pictures that came in the images folder I guess?
Thanks, ppl.
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I think my camera is busted, I was on ICS and I know there are problems on it with the camera, so I didn't pay any attention to it, but now I decided to go back to 3.2.1 and I tested the camera and it TOTAL crap out of focus and weird artifacts
here is a 100% crop of 2 photos
http://www.box.com/shared/nzhlx19uzdjzm7a92xx7
http://www.box.com/shared/2sk75k8az3i8isxnpc5o
Whenever I try to take a photo the camera makes a sounds like it is trying to focus and then goes back like it "hits" something, I also notice than if I try to take closeup photos the focus is better, like the focus is stuck at the closeup mark.
my question is there any way to fix this? if I need to open it up, does it have something that might have gotten stuck?
Thanks in advance for any info provided
EDIT: after viewing some photos on the net, I realize all of them look like mine... maybe its just a poor quality camera on the Iconia in general, oh well I was just wondering if it was only my tablet...
anyone else having this problems?
Is it possible you actually have it set on macro and forgot?
Also, can you post non-cropped pics? Cropping the image gives little frame of reference as we can't see the foreground to get a sense of depth.
Also, try wiping the lens cover. Smudges will blur out a pic, easy. [I'm sure you tried that but I thought it was worth mentioning anyways]
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Is it possible you actually have it set on macro and forgot?
Also, can you post non-cropped pics? Cropping the image gives little frame of reference as we can't see the foreground to get a sense of depth.
Also, try wiping the lens cover. Smudges will blur out a pic, easy. [I'm sure you tried that but I thought it was worth mentioning anyways]
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I have tried it ICS and in HC, they don't even have a macro option (that I can find)
here is a zip with 2 full size photos,
http://www.box.com/shared/r871n2c0j2iixxdxuhe2
I also notice something which I am not sure if its normal, I can see the little lens moving back and foward when trying to focus, but it always returns to the same position
You're right, it doesn't have a Macro setting - my mistake.
It's still not easy to tell what the problem is with those pictures. I can clearly see they are soft but I couldn't say it's out of focus since I don't know what you're focusing on.
Try this: http://photo.net/learn/focustest/ and post your results. At least this method will show an interior shot with a focused subject and give us an idea if its focusing close or far. Make sure you restore all settings to default.
Also, if you're using a ROM you might want to get in touch with that developer because some ROM can break hardware functionality.
just focused on the center of the image on all of them
I can tell you one thing-- The Iconia's camera isn't this bad. Something is wrong with yours.
My camera does show some randomly colored squares on the camera at times.. Like red and green bright squares on the screen.. Changing the mode fixes it.
I'm sorry, I know I'm probably not so helpful.
DarkSeL said:
I can tell you one thing-- The Iconia's camera isn't this bad. Something is wrong with yours.
My camera does show some randomly colored squares on the camera at times.. Like red and green bright squares on the screen.. Changing the mode fixes it.
I'm sorry, I know I'm probably not so helpful.
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well actually, you have been helpfull, I think its time to call Acer and send it to warranty