Now, I have the Tab and I couldn't help but notice the default camera program only lets you take pics with the front facing camera and not record video with it. So I was wondering if their was like an app for this or some tinkering with the software and what that could be done to get this working?
I think you can do that with the Qik video chat program, but I haven't really tinkered around with it
SpacemanGep said:
I think you can do that with the Qik video chat program, but I haven't really tinkered around with it
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Trust me I've tried. Every time I hit record it freezes up. I mean first a green screen then complete freeze.
Ya, I actually tried right after posting that's exactly what happened to me. Bahh Humbug.
SpacemanGep said:
Ya, I actually tried right after posting that's exactly what happened to me. Bahh Humbug.
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Yea, it sucks. I mean I don't understand. I mean in theory the Tab's FFC should be able to record video, but this is not the case at all.
I tried the Qik app and it is working for me for front-facing recording. I had the T-Mo version when I first got my Tab that sometimes froze, but went to the Qik site and got an update that worked much better. Haven't had any problems with it yet.
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I tried the Qik app and it is working for me for front-facing recording. I had the T-Mo version when I first got my Tab that sometimes froze, but went to the Qik site and got an update that worked much better. Haven't had any problems with it yet.
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What update?
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Does any one know how to get fring to use the FFC... it seems to only wanna goto the back one and I cant find anything in the settings.
I too have this same issue. Any help would be great! Went to their website but no help.
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i know... useless... ive been having this issue since i installed a FFC on my vibrant, even changing the build.prop on my vibrant didnt do anything
Same problem here too. I ended up downloading Tango from the market and after about a minute of setup I was making video calls with slightly better quality and the ability to switch cameras on the fly.
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Same problem here too. I ended up downloading Tango from the market and after about a minute of setup I was making video calls with slightly better quality and the ability to switch cameras on the fly.
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i just tried that it works good for my mt4g now i just gotta figure out how to get it working on my vib :/
After updating my HTC Desire with the GB, Today i received a Skype update and I can make video calls using the back camera, tried several calls and it works well in Wlan.
Peterx4 said:
After updating my HTC Desire with the GB, Today i received a Skype update and I can make video calls using the back camera, tried several calls and it works well in Wlan.
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But you would have to keep flipping your phone over to see the other person which kind of defeats the object of video calls. I'm surprised the camera works because the phone models Skype have introduced the video calling for are having problems and the desire wasn't included in the roll-out because of the fact it doesn't have front-facing camera.
would you be kind enough to post the apk?
thanks
xybadog said:
But you would have to keep flipping your phone over to see the other person which kind of defeats the object of video calls. I'm surprised the camera works because the phone models Skype have introduced the video calling for are having problems and the desire wasn't included in the roll-out because of the fact it doesn't have front-facing camera.
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or stand in front of a mirror
xybadog said:
But you would have to keep flipping your phone over to see the other person which kind of defeats the object of video calls. I'm surprised the camera works because the phone models Skype have introduced the video calling for are having problems and the desire wasn't included in the roll-out because of the fact it doesn't have front-facing camera.
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Desire was rolled out in the official Skype release today. Screenshot from the market attached.
I'm still on your train of thought though, pretty pointless having a Skype video conversation when you have to stand in front of a mirror to do it.
Jim Beam5 said:
Desire was rolled out in the official Skype release today. Screenshot from the market attached.
I'm still on your train of thought though, pretty pointless having a Skype video conversation when you have to stand in front of a mirror to do it.
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Hmmm, another pointless addition to Skype. I use Skype daily and stick to an older version (1.0.0.983) because it's the most stable and the UI is the most user friendly. It was the last version released prior to the video calling releases but it's still not perfect. Since Microsoft took over Skype they appear to be doing some ridiculous things...like adding video calling to phones that don't have front facing cameras
the update doesn't have video for me...running miui latest version which is GB
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I got a Desire with Cyanogenmod 7.1 (Gingerbread). When i start the video I got a blank (black) screen on my side and on my caller's side as well (at least he can see his camera, the phone doesn't show even that)... :/
Sometimes I got also a FClose and one time my phone self rebooted...
doesn't work for me neither. Can't find the option to enable it.
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Breaking News: Video Calling on Skype is now available for a number of HTC phones. See if yours received the update. Who will you be video chatting with first?
Skype - The Big Blog - Skype 2.1 for Android enables video on majority of Android devices
blogs.skype.com
Read blogs about the latest Skype news with Skype blogs
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HTC
Breaking News: Video Calling on Skype is now available for a number of HTC phones. See if yours received the update. Who will you be video chatting with first?
Skype - The Big Blog - Skype 2.1 for Android enables video on majority of Android devices
blogs.skype.com
Read blogs about the latest Skype news with Skype blogs
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I enjoy having the option of video calling different people different uses I guess... maybe you are on vacation and want to show someone the view from your hotel room.
Skype still feels heavy though and I keep turning it off when I'm not using it. Hopefully after a while it will be as light as google talk and viber, and it can be kept up and running all the time
...or even better - hopefully google talk will be good enough to replace Skype. hope google releases google voice for the rest of us not-Americans soon too...
the app "stop Skype" broke with the latest update btw. too bad, was great easy way to exit Skype.
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hi wonder if anyone used video on skype with ther mobile network(not wifi) wondered if you have good quality tmobile uk doesnt seem to work
tested and works fine on my Desire. Rooted with cm7 . i enjoy this option, even without a front facing camera, because i only used videocalls for broadcasting "what i see" to other connected collegues.
works like a charm
i don't have video calling with the new Skype and when i try phone call the signal is very bad
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I got a Desire with Cyanogenmod 7.1 (Gingerbread). When i start the video I got a blank (black) screen on my side and on my caller's side as well (at least he can see his camera, the phone doesn't show even that)... :/
Sometimes I got also a FClose and one time my phone self rebooted...
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Did you ever manage to fix this?
Try this, it worked for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16518176&postcount=1151
Ravens97 said:
Try this, it worked for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16518176&postcount=1151
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This worked for me
dknova said:
This worked for me
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it's not working for me... at least video calling...
still can not see the ''enable video calling'' in regular settings, and when checking the Force-enable video-calling it continuous Force Closing..?
HTC Desire, InserCoin CM7
Saw a thread on this a few days ago but nobody responded..... On many of the rom's including the D3 camera or even if i flash the Stock Atrix camera , my front camera images are upside down. I never noticed this until i was using Qik for Video Chat and a few people said i was upside down. Any ideas How to correct this?
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Saw a thread on this a few days ago but nobody responded..... On many of the rom's including the D3 camera or even if i flash the Stock Atrix camera , my front camera images are upside down. I never noticed this until i was using Qik for Video Chat and a few people said i was upside down. Any ideas How to correct this?
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Switch from portrait to landscape view by turning the phone by 90 degrees. That's the only solution that I am aware of right now.
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Saw a thread on this a few days ago but nobody responded..... On many of the rom's including the D3 camera or even if i flash the Stock Atrix camera , my front camera images are upside down. I never noticed this until i was using Qik for Video Chat and a few people said i was upside down. Any ideas How to correct this?
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Yeah posted this in the Q and A...same thing on fring, or just standard recorded vid. it has to be something in the base of the GB roms, FR never had this problem. i guess its cool to know it isnt just me that found this as a bug.
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Switch from portrait to landscape view by turning the phone by 90 degrees. That's the only solution that I am aware of right now.
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doesnt seem like a REAL solution to me but i guess it can work.
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Yeah posted this in the Q and A...same thing on fring, or just standard recorded vid. it has to be something in the base of the GB roms, FR never had this problem. i guess its cool to know it isnt just me that found this as a bug.
doesnt seem like a REAL solution to me but i guess it can work.
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this used to be a problem for me when I ran the hktw GB build, but after going to the att one it went away. try running the other non-atrix version of qik and see if it's still bad.
I didn't notice any problem like this in any of my other devices.
but whenever i take a picture with G2, and try to have a look at it in gallary,
the picture would first look really blurry at first.
and after 0.5~1 second, the the blur image would get cleaned up from top to bottom of the screen in multiple section, from right to left.
is this normal? or do i have a defect phone?
sorry for the multiple threads, my computer froze up for a second :/
It's normal. These are HUGE images and it is just essentially needing time to "load" it up and process it.
You can also try using a third-party app like Quick Pic which I think does a little better job of caching things.
But no, you don't have a defective phone just because of that.
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It's normal. These are HUGE images and it is just essentially needing time to "load" it up and process it.
You can also try using a third-party app like Quick Pic which I think does a little better job of caching things.
But no, you don't have a defective phone just because of that.
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okay, thanks for the info.
can i ask you few more question? i don't feel like starting another thread.
first question is about the camera. whenever i try to record something while moving the camera, the camera would try to focus itself very often. it feels like it's doing it too much. is this normal?
second, i don't know if you would know this, but would outdated router prevent G2 from getting connect to the home network?
thx XD
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okay, thanks for the info.
can i ask you few more question? i don't feel like starting another thread.
first question is about the camera. whenever i try to record something while moving the camera, the camera would try to focus itself very often. it feels like it's doing it too much. is this normal?
second, i don't know if you would know this, but would outdated router prevent G2 from getting connect to the home network?
thx XD
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1) Yea, its normal for the G2, but its hardly ideal. It is something that has been mentioned in reviews and hopefully a future patch fixes it and makes it more stable.
2) Yes, it would. I've owned routers flat out incompatible for whatever reason with some devices I own. You may have luck forcing the router into a particular channel and/or G-mode -- or upgrading its firmware.
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1) Yea, its normal for the G2, but its hardly ideal. It is something that has been mentioned in reviews and hopefully a future patch fixes it and makes it more stable.
2) Yes, it would. I've owned routers flat out incompatible for whatever reason with some devices I own. You may have luck forcing the router into a particular channel and/or G-mode -- or upgrading its firmware.
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sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?
ILLHYHL said:
sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?
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Yeah, video sucks right now. It's really unfortunate as this is mostly an excellent phone. I'm sure DEV support or a official patch will fix it.
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sorry to bother you with so many questions.
one last question
when i record a video with 60fps, and look at the video in the gallary, the video seems to studder alot. the video looks more like 6 fps than 60 fps
i assume this is not normal, right?
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Yeah, video sucks right now. It's really unfortunate as this is mostly an excellent phone. I'm sure DEV support or a official patch will fix it.
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Hmm, my 1080p 60fps video is fine on playback...
I usually opt for 720p though just to conserve space and because the video usually ends up on facebook or youtube anyway so it isn't like 1080/60 is necessary.
burningembers said:
Hmm, my 1080p 60fps video is fine on playback...
I usually opt for 720p though just to conserve space and because the video usually ends up on facebook or youtube anyway so it isn't like 1080/60 is necessary.
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really? hm... i should go back to the tmo store and compare mine with the display ones...
I put together this unboxing, and some first impressions for you guys in this video, but MAN it was a PITA getting it working at first. Check it out.
https://youtu.be/8mtTubO9dd8
Got mine today.
Had to update soon as I put it on the phone.
The camera is why I bought the phone and its just a big disappointment.
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Got mine today.
Had to update soon as I put it on the phone.
The camera is why I bought the phone and its just a big disappointment.
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why a disappointment???
Its got a lot of lag.
Boot up is slow, picture taking is slow.
Maybe I'm not doing something correct but the texted pics were a waste of time.
Havent tried emailing a video or picture yet, couldnt get a video to text.
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Its got a lot of lag.
Boot up is slow, picture taking is slow.
Maybe I'm not doing something correct but the texted pics were a waste of time.
Havent tried emailing a video or picture yet, couldnt get a video to text.
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Are we talking about the same camera here??
Your thread is about the 360 camera accessory correct ?
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Your thread is about the 360 camera accessory correct ?
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Yeah it is. HAHA, you just described the stock camera problems...hahahahahah
There's a camera update on the play store that supposedly helps speed up the 360 cam
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Yeah it is. HAHA, you just described the stock camera problems...hahahahahah
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I got the 360 yesterday and was describing my experience with it.
I did download the update on the play store, but havent tried it yet.