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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...
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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...
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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

WkTask and SortInchKey (2 great Japanese apps) anyone use them?

I found these two great apps, but unfortunately dont know japanese. Can anyone help me out with these? They look great, one is a task manager which seems to be much better than magic button (also can do kind of alt tab), and the other allows assigning actions to single, double click, long press etc to any hard key.
Here are the urls:
wkTask: http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask.html
SortInchKey: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/xianon/
So, anyone?? Can you get something out of the google translations? wkTask is easy enough to run but hard to figure out the options dialog. How hard would it be to translate these apps?

Also some other apps:
Runner
BubbleTask http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl...refox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=JCY
ScratchViewer http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl...refox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=JCY
and other apps on the same page.

unfortunately are all japan localized :-(

maybe if we have some japanese users on board we can get some help from them in translating?

wkTask: now i was after exactly like that app. Anybody pls!!!!

I'm sorry for my broken english.
http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask.html
Introduce of WkTask(WkTASKの紹介)
WkTask is "TaskManager" for WM5/6, quickly and multifunction. It has functions of TaskSwitching like DeskTop Windows, [x] button to close, and many useful functions. You can not only tap, but also key manupilate TaskSwitch/Launch by some command line options.
WkTask is FREEWARE!!
MAIN FEATURE
WindowsXP like TaskList on TopBar
tap [x] button to close, hold to its menu
drug from [x] to left for TODAY screen
drug from [x] to down for Minimize current task
dual launch for KeyManupilation
Tiny Launcher by KeyManupilation
Backlight/Volume
Reboot(再起動)/Suspend(サスペンド)/Connect(接続)/Disconnect(切断)
Custamizable behavior by WndClass/App
Donnation(寄付) is accepted.
WordList：
タスクリスト/TaskList, ボタン/Button, 最小化/Minimize, 閉じる/Close, 全て/All
強制終了/force terminate, 固有の/specified, 設定/settings, 機能/function, バックライト/BackLight
画面回転/screen rotation, 画面OFF/Screen off, サスペンド/suspend, 再起動/reboot
回線接続/network connect, 切断/disconnect, はい/yes, いいえ/no, 終了/exit
... I'm tired.
WkTask & SortInchKey(in Japanese, sneak fake) combination is GREAT.

chaimd said:
I'm sorry for my broken english.
Introduce of WkTask(WkTASKの紹介)[/B]
... I'm tired.
WkTask & SortInchKey(in Japanese, sneak fake) combination is GREAT.
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Thanks for translation, but the problem is that it is unusable on my (italian) version
of tytn I WM6 since i see in the menu only square and strange chars...
I think it must be translated by author...

L0cutus said:
Thanks for translation, but the problem is that it is unusable on my (italian) version
of tytn I WM6 since i see in the menu only square and strange chars...
I think it must be translated by author...
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Oh, Sorry. but...
Using MUI mechanism, other one can translate RESOURCE(Dialog, Strings, etc...) various languages, without change original EXE. If someone make MUI(i.e. WkTask.exe.0410.mui, Italian MUI), you will be able to use WkTask in Italian.

Thanks for that translation
Here are a some things I'd like to know:
- What does this mean .. dual launch for KeyManupilation and Tiny Launcher by KeyManupilation?
- Is there any way to hide the white border it draws? (basically make it look more like mbutton)
- Also can we set its width to auto grow (so if i have phone or text message icon on the top bar, it'll get hidden under bar, how do i get around that?)
- It also displays bar at top even when phone is password protected :-\ so a person can switch to any program even though pda is locked. Any way to get around that?
And finally, could you let us know how to use sortinchkey? It seems like a great idea to be able to single/double/triple tap hard buttons to launch programs. (atleast thats what i think it does)
And oh yeah, if you know of any more great programs, please share them with us.
Thanks a lot once again!

Just as a quick reply, they've released a google translated english version of sortinchkey as well. Brilliant!! http://d.hatena.ne.jp/xianon/

Heluo world
Hello here is what i have done so far: i managed to translate most of the wktask.exe into english. in a day or two , i will translate the settings dialog as well. hard work, don't know jap at all ) long live Babelfish . tell me if i missed something and , if somenone knows japanese please translate what you can and pm me so we can make a full english version.

Fantastic app! And it's really, really fast!

Hello, th_undead. You so great! I translated 1st and 2nd tabs for you.
th_undead said:
Hello here is what i have done so far: i managed to translate most of the wktask.exe into english. in a day or two , i will translate the settings dialog as well. hard work, don't know jap at all ) long live Babelfish . tell me if i missed something and , if somenone knows japanese please translate what you can and pm me so we can make a full english version.
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常にタスクリストに表示しない/Always, don't display in TaskList
環境設定/Sttings Dialog
1stTAB:全般/General
タスクリストの設定/Setting of TaskList
タスク選択時に幅を調整しない/Don't adjust the width, when a Task is selected. (Don't maximize width, in selection.)
「非アクティブ時タスクリストから除外」を使用/use "Don't display in TaskList, when inactive" menu.
画面左からの位置(移動)/TaskList position(left)
画面右からの位置(サイズ変更)/TaskList width
バックライト/音量調整ウィンドウの設定/Setting of Backlight/Volume window
初期状態/initial state(initial focus)
前回の設定を使用/use previous focus
バックライト調整/focus to backlight
音量調整/focus to volume
2ndTab:スキン/Skins
ボタンスキンの設定/Setting of Button Skins
スキン画像ファイル(VGA用)/Skins File for VGA
スキン画像ファイル(QVGA, RealVGA用)/Skins File for QVGA/RealVGA
バッファを減らしてメモリ消費を抑える(非推奨)/Reduce Buffer Memory(not recommended)

Finished!
I've translated the rest of dialogs!
3rdTab:デザイン/Design
フラットなテーマでも立体的に描画する/Force 3D gradation design
カスタム色設定を有効にする/Use Custom Gradation Colors
グラデーションの色/Gradation colors
色の参照/Color Picker
タイトル文字の色/Title Text Color
4thTab:Launcher
追加/Add, 編集/Edit, 削除/Delete
キー/Key, アプリ名/App's Name, パス/path, パラメータ/paramater
アプリケーション登録/App Regist, キー設定/Key Setting(Key binding)
参照/Lookup(From), スタートメニューから/From Start Menu
ファイルから/From File Dialog, コマンド/Commands
アクションメニュー/Action Menu, 前面を/Top Window(Front Window)
全て/All, 最小化/Minimize, 閉じる/Close
固有設定無視/Ignore window specific settings of closing behavior
その他/others(etc.), 電話/telephone, メール/mail
5thTab:固有設定/specific settings(window specific settings)
タイトル/Title, クラス名/Window Class Name,
閉じない/Don't Close, 表示しない/Don't display(in TaskList)
ファイル名/File Name
xボタンで閉じない/don't close by [x] button
タスクリストに表示しない/Don't display in TaskList
ヒント/Hints:empty values(Title/Class/File) are not evaluated. And, only other options are evaluate.
6thTab:バックライト/Backlight
モデル名/Model Name, バッテリー駆動時/Battery Power
AC電源駆動時/AC Power, 輝度の最大値/Maximum Value of luminance
輝度調整のステップ/adjusting step of value, カスタム:Custom
※/Hints: When you choose ModelName, Machine Specific Data are loaded. Usually you have no necessally to change paramaters. ModelName are used only at setting, then automatically change to Custom.
7thTab:スタートアップ/Start Up
スタートアップに登録/Register to StartUp(Set Automatically StartUp)
登録/Register(Enable), 解除/Disable
ヒント/Hints: If you register WkTask to StartUp, WkTask start automatically on boot. Disabe before uninstall WkTask.
My morning Job was over. So few patients..
I'm going to lunch
See you again!

wow you are a god!

translations
Thank you very much for the translations today, after i get back from school i'll get to work and ill be finishing the translations at about 8pm (gmt+2) . I allso love this app! it's by far the best task manager i've ever used !

a little request )
I forgot to tell you guyz, could you also post some screenshots of the tabs and menus so it would be easyer to translate , till i get back ? couse my english wm6 rom doesn't show the characters, only [email protected]&$ and stuff like that ) I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you all very much! Can't wait to get back to school. best program ever!!

Great !
I'm waiting for this app(s)
Thanks for your work !

Screenshots are here!
I understand. I think you may visit this site.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/aquosphs/archives/50950461.html
The other way is installing Japanese Font(msgothic.ac3, easy to get) to Windows directory.
I recommend the First Way!
There are many many screenshots. You'll be able to understand the basic instruction of WkTask, even if the site written in Japanese.
Because my main PDA is Sharp S01SH(WVGA device), screenshots shuld be too large.

Thanks Alot!
very good task manager
hope somebody will be able to change all language to English
thanks again

problem with camera app

Hello !
I'm using an HTC Touch HD French version for 2 weeks now and a got a problem with the camera.
First it was working fine, but after a few days without using it I try again and a cannot take picture in photo "standard" mode. Between this of course I add a lot of app on my HTC so maybe one of it had create the problem.
The point is:
If I take a pic in "photo mode" it take the photo correctly and then after 1 sec it was taken the loading logo appear on the screen and the app stay like this for a long time (more than 1 or 2 min). I can go back to the TF3D by pressing the "home" or arrow button but in any case the picture was not saved on the phone memory anywhere.
But the more curious thing is the following. If I take a picture in another mode it work perfectly !!! "contact's photo mode", "Landscape mode", "Theme photo mode" (sorry if their are not the accurate name, I don't know them in the English version), I try all of them and I had no problem with it.
About the app I install on my HTC, the only one that should use the camera is Quickmark (for reading QRcode) it work very fine and I don't think it's making the problem.
If anyone had the same problem or has an idea to help me fixing it, thank in advance for helping me !

i have this exact same problem. it started happening today after doing the registry tweaks to allow the extra camera modes. i haven't tried other camera modes yet. i'll give it a go now and see if it's the same as you.
edit: that's so weird! all the other camera modes work... but when i go back and take a standard photo i get the spinning logo for a 1-2 minutes.
what programs have you installed recently? or since you last had the camera working? have you made any registry edits?

i changed the settings so that it doesn't review the picture after you take it (default is 3 seconds). and now it goes to the spinny logo right after you take picture, that makes me think its a problem related to saving the photo to the device. im gona keep fiddling

Thanks I'm not the only one with this problem.
Actually I've install so much things... the problem is that I was not using the camera a lot of time so I cannot set precisely witch program could have made the problem. But if it's about writing the files in the memory, I don't really know was could create that, I've no special program about file managing or so.
For exemple I have: Quickmark, GPRS NoData, Advanced config, Coreplayer, fring, Gyrator2, TomTom7, SecureW2 TTLS Client 4.0.0, WiDiFoFum2, WMMiniGPS, Metro, PocketUno, SimCity2000, FakeCall, other app are small stuff...
EDIT !!! I've just add the hotfix and desinstall an application that was not working (ResPhone) and now the problem change. I can take the photo, it same to work good again, but when I go to the album all the picture taken are a BIG JAM of pixels (purple, white and green!!) and it's still only in "photo mode", other modes are working fine like before !
And now i was just doing so test and the problem come like before again ! Amazing, I'll be crazy !

i fixed it! man i was just about to do a hard reset and all...
i went into advanced config and reset the camera settings back to default. i think i had changed the settings: encode photos in portrait mode, capture key delay and key delay. put them back to normal, soft reset and it all works again
it will be interesting to see if you had changed settings in advanced config as well.

Thank you ! it seems to work again.
I'm not sure I changed some stuff about camera in advanced config but anyway now I set like this and it work:
encode photos in portrait mode: NO (the program seems to do it anyway)
capture key delay: enabled (default)
key delay: enabled (default)
Hope it can help others too.

HTC Default Registry Settings

Hello everyone. I've got the HTC Pure (I think it's the same as the Touch Diamond 2). I was reading through some other posts about registry tweaks to improve the performance of the camera, unlock picture modes, increase photo quality, etc. All of the tweaks seemed relatively harmless to the phone, and the only risk was to the camera if something didn't work.
Well something did not work, but I'm not sure what it was. Some of the tweaks worked fine (like unlocking Sport and Burst photo modes). However, now whenever I take a regular picture with the camera the phone freezes when it displays the picture I just took. The only thing I can do at that point is press the "end/hang up" button to return to the main Today screen in TF3D. But then when I return to the camera app it won't load, and the picture I just took was not saved either. If I run the cleanRAM app, the results show between 1-2megs freed up, then the camera app responds again, but still the same end result.
I've reviewed all the settings in HKLM>Software>HTC>Camera and everything there and in those subfolders appears normal. But I don't remember what the settings were originally. I'm hoping if I return the camera registry settings to their default values this problem will be fixed.
Does anyone have a list of the default HTC camera registry settings? Also, what are the other registry keys that affect the camera besides the folder where I've been looking?

If I were you, I'd re-post this thread into the TD2/Pure forum. Some folks there with a Stock ROM may be able to help you out.

Thanks. I will try to figure out how to do that!

Any way to get additional video resolutions?

Does anyone know of a setting somewhere that will allow for additional video resolutions when using the camera? Perhaps I am missing something but I see the full resolution, with huge file sizes, and a resolution for MMS, which looks absolutely horrible for anything other than a quick MMS obviously. Isn't there some sort of middle ground?

When you open the camera, hit settings. The video tab should be there. Select it, tap the video resolution and you should see your options.
That's all the options you're going to get at the moment from the default strings.