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Hello all,
I've been reading this forum for a while but only now decided to ask for help.
I am one of those unfortunate htc users who got the "camera problem".
I've bought my Oribit2 of ebay and first it was working fine with all the functions etc. Then i started upgrading it, flashed hardspl, new ROMs, radios... at some point camera stopped working. Not sure exactly when, cause i have tried several different ROMs and radios before even noticing that something was wrong. At that point i had c_shekhar's ROM installed.
I started reading more on the problem and tried to flash original ROM/radio or other ROMS and radios but nothing helped. Camera was still not working with error "Unable to capture photo. Unable to get frame data from camera device." or something like that and VERY slow response in camera.exe.
I've seen same problem in many different threads on different forums, mostly it's been an issue with incompatible Radios and was fixed by reflashing but also, in many cases ppl had the same as i do - camera not working and flashing doesn't help.
So, some solutions appeared:
- taking out battery for 15 mins, fixed camera for some ppl.
- installing Nadavi camera fix and/or uninstalling afterwards
- deleting all camera.* files from windows and installing Nadavi camera etc...
Well, i've tried them all. Nothing worked. The trick with taking out battery partially worked once: i've flashed original O2 WM 6.0 and took out battery for about 30-40 mins. After putting it back - voila camera working as it should be, no lag, no error. I'm happy! NOT.
Of course i immediately decided to flash some better ROM cause original is crap. After flashing - camera dead again and this time even taking out batter for more then an hour didn't do anything.
Trying trick with nadavi camera fix proved to be partially working or at least a good step in right direction:
lag went away, i could operate the camera program, switch from back to front camera(which was working fine btw) and even capture videos...
well... kind of. In preview the image is all fuzzy, just coloured line and noise, impossible to see the image, only some parts of it.
But it was clear that somehow, when using back camera, the image was a mix of a rear and front cameras! I mean i can't see clear picture,
but if i move my hand near one of the cameras i see changes in image(it's still mostly coloured noise).
All this is weird isn't it?
After evaluating everything, it makes me think that it's not a hardware problem, but really a configuration problem.
Looks like there is small flash memory in camera device, or some another way to keep camera initialization and it does not depends on radio or ROM.
Now, seeing that some ppl were able to fix the problem while installing original rom, or installing Nadavi camera fix or both, makes me think that under some
specific conditions these internal camera settings can be reinitialized.
While browsing net, looking for answer, i have found this :
Some of us had problems with Htc devices recognizing the on board camera after installing new ROM's.
It has been my technical opinion and observance that this problem can accrue when you manually put the devices into bootloader mode and don't press the camera and power buttons together along with the reset button correctly.
Once this damage is done you will have to reinstall the ROM radio files via uploading a manufacturer ROM to your device that has the radio ROM packaged along with it e.g. "HTC sprint beta ROM".
To avoid this I suggest always letting your PC force your device into bootloader mode. Because even the best of us might not mash the keys just right causing your ppc to forget all of it's configured camera associations.
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HERE
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=1396410
Well, this guy seems to agree with me that it's camera settings problem and there must be the way to fix this.
Well, again, i have tried installing original ROM and radio again, with no luck(even tried different combinations of nadavi fix , taking out battery etc...)
So, now, i believe, what we need is someone who knows a great deal about programming mobile devices and drivers for camera in particular to try and
produce some kind of a software that can reinitialize these camera settings(this is if this theory is correct).
Since my phone was bought off ebay, i have no guarantee and cannot send it back for repairs.
Does anyone know the right person who can do this? Or maybe some other solution to fix the camera?
I'm in the same situation. I was using udk 4 or possibly 5. One day I noticed the camera didn't work. I still had an icon for in under programs and the default button turned it on. Since then I have tried newer roms and several radio roms. I have no icon for camera under programs and the camera button on the phone just loads the camera album.
Can anybody help us?
Many Thanks
Dan
The same thing happen to me as for you guys.
The only thing helped as I tried new radio roms and still was not working.
So I tried radio Murata - 1.58.21.23. And now camera works perfectly again!!
You can search here and you will find this radio on this forum.
cheers
Andrew
I have tried that radio.
the same story. radio is murata
will try to go this hell route - nadavi camera and stuff
Ive been on this all day now. Nothing I have tried has made it work. I'm on the original rom from o2 now and it's going back to the shop tomorrow.
Can they tell if i've put 3rd party roms on the phone? If so is there anything I can do to "re lock" it?
Cheers
Dan
Maniakaz said:
The same thing happen to me as for you guys.
The only thing helped as I tried new radio roms and still was not working.
So I tried radio Murata - 1.58.21.23. And now camera works perfectly again!!
You can search here and you will find this radio on this forum.
cheers
Andrew
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not in all cases
i have a camera problem too...what is the answer?
Same problem for me, Camera not working any more
I was using M-Amine 2 ROM and camera started malfunctioning, (the first days was alleatory, and I arrived to fix it restarting camera or taking pictures two or three times, until finally the problem becomes definitif...)
I tested other roms (c_shekar, 3VLIT, Nadavi fix, and other radios...even original ROM....come back to c_shekar....with some small changes, but finally retour the same problem "unable to capture frame...".
Today I have reinstaled again Original latest French ROM, at the begining camera doesn´t worked, but suddenly It has come back again. Up to now still working after many resets and tests. I will keep you informed, I plan to come back to c_shekar, after some days of testing with original ROM.
it can be fixed with original rom
find my other post how to get ROM's with needed language.
b.r.
Alexandar
I have an O2 Orbit 2 as well.
I recently noticed that my camera isn't working anymore.
About 1 month ago I installed Core Player 1.2.4 and since then I had a lot of issues with the card. Folders starting disappearing, corrupted SD etc. Sometimes only some recent folders disappear.
However, most recently I discovered that the camera does not work anymore. Pressing the snapshot button doesn't start the camera. While the buttons do light up when the camera button is pressed (suggesting a software issue) the camera does not start. If I go into the Programs folder and start Camera, it starts. But when I press the camera button to take a picture, it goes upto the point that it makes the focus sound, the two framing aids (that look like a split square) turn green but that's it. No photo is taken. Camera however seem to work, everything looks ok through the camera but it just doesn't take photos/movies anymore.
I haven't installed/upgraded anything, I have the original rom.
I have tried to take out the battery for 30+ mins but the same issue happens.
It definitely looks like a software issue, either by a software that corrupted files (I suspect Core Player) and/or flash corruption issue (however I haven't got any software to tinker with the flash and haven't tried boot mode or whatever, just normal on/off).
Small update: I just noticed that altering the camera settings to "Half press" instead the "Full press" makes the camera take pictures.
However, returning again to "Full press" the camera doesn't take pictures again.
So a temporary fix is to set to "Half press" but even so, the camera application does not start when I press the camera button.
Can anyone please help?
hi, I have an old Polaris and 3 days ago upgrading from WM 6 to WM 6.1, causing the both cameras (front and back) to not respond although the screen still shows the numbers and stuff on touch screen that shows cameras are working fine, BUT pointing both cameras anywhere doesn't change the black view that's been displayed since the camera is turned on. weird. but when pressing the camera button, the picture taken is properly shown. I tried both camera (front and back), both produces normal photograph, but why the black screen?!
on top of that after the upgrade, touch screen has turn rigid that it's very hard to type. I have to play with the angle of touching the pen to the screen or else, the screen will just get stuck with whatever it was doing before.
any solution? please advise thanks.
Camera working but no Picture Monitor Screen
This may help you Bulukaki
I have a HTC P3650 allready with the WM6.1 upgrade
I downloaded today the factory update for picture quality, "Hot fix for Touch Cruise photo quality issue" from the HTC download site
After this upgrade , I was no longer able to monitor the picture of the camera on the screen. Just a black screen but with all the camera functions.
The camera was still able to take a picture, the picture showed up only after exposure on the screen. Similar to BULUKAKI`s problem
So my picture quality was not that bad prior to the photo quality upgrade and I removed the update from settings/system/remove programs and did a soft reset and the camera was again functioning as it should. Having said that, you may check wether or not the "Hot fix for Touch Cruise photo quality issue" was allready installed prior to your WM6.1 upgrade.
Maybe simply uninstall "Hot fix for Touch Cruise photo quality issue" will do the trick
Hope this helps
Sorry if this has already been posted about or if this is this is wrong place to ask but have used search and couldn't find anything.
I tried to boot the Desire build on my HD2 but after a few seconds teh white writing looked as if it just melted and froze which was really weird and concerned my allot.
I pulled out my battery and rebooted into windows but now I have noticed that when my white HD2 splash comes up I have a very distinct brighter part of back light I think like a smudge of light behind screen.
I did disable auto backlight when booting btw.
Can anybody explain what went wrong or if I have done any damage and will it correct itself.
Again sorry if this has already been discussed, if so can you link me to correct place.
Regards and thanks.
the "melting" is normal.. wouldn't worry about that...
nutmegy said:
the "melting" is normal.. wouldn't worry about that...
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When I say melting I dont mean when the writing moves down screen fast etc, I mean it physically looks like the writing freezes and then white text melts away into black background.
I also have a HD1 and have used android on there allot and didn't have teh same melting look which concerned me allot as I though it was damaging the light or digitizer etc.
[edit] Just watched a youtube video of desire booting and it did the same thing so am gunna give it another go, can anybody explain the light issue though regarding teh smudge of brighter light after booting rom as its still there and concerns me a bit.
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When I say melting I dont mean when the writing moves down screen fast etc, I mean it physically looks like the writing freezes and then white text melts away into black background.
I also have a HD1 and have used android on there allot and didn't have teh same melting look which concerned me allot as I though it was damaging the light or digitizer etc.
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Check the last visible lines of text just before this happens. Do you see something like "init panel" there? Then it should be perfectly normal.
ATHiEST said:
When I say melting I dont mean when the writing moves down screen fast etc, I mean it physically looks like the writing freezes and then white text melts away into black background.
I also have a HD1 and have used android on there allot and didn't have teh same melting look which concerned me allot as I though it was damaging the light or digitizer etc.
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I get that too...during boot...then it comes back and continues to load Is it not continuing to boot for you at that point? Have you disabled auto-backlight dim in Winmo before launching Haret? Are you seeing the boot text fade then just yanking the batt out?
ATHiEST said:
When I say melting I dont mean when the writing moves down screen fast etc, I mean it physically looks like the writing freezes and then white text melts away into black background.
I also have a HD1 and have used android on there allot and didn't have teh same melting look which concerned me allot as I though it was damaging the light or digitizer etc.
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Sounds like your screen crashed.. Happened a lot in the early Touch Pro Android days.
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Check the last visible lines of text just before this happens. Do you see something like "init panel" there? Then it should be perfectly normal.
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+1, this is just the system "shutting down" and booting back into linux, you are fine.
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Check the last visible lines of text just before this happens. Do you see something like "init panel" there? Then it should be perfectly normal.
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Yeah it does.
Ive just tried again, the text fades etc then just stays on blank screen and doesnt go anywhere?
Im prettt sure I turned auto back light off (unless it goes back on after windows reset), how long is it supposed to stay on the blank screen?
[edit] Just tried a second time....
Clean formatted card
Extracted desire build 5
turned auto back light off
run CLRCAD
run haret
get the linux boot text
get init panel
txt melts away
just hangs, waited for 10 mins, nothing.
Do these builds need any particular windows rom version/radio version/spl/hspl etc?
ATHiEST said:
Yeah it does.
Ive just tried again, the text fades etc then just stays on blank screen and doesnt go anywhere?
Im prettt sure I turned auto back light off (unless it goes back on after windows reset), how long is it supposed to stay on the blank screen?
[edit] Just tried a second time....
Clean formatted card
Extracted desire build 5
turned auto back light off
run CLRCAD
run haret
get the linux boot text
get init panel
txt melts away
just hangs, waited for 10 mins, nothing.
Do these builds need any particular windows rom version/radio version/spl/hspl etc?
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There's a definite requirement for the radio version: 2.08.50.05 or higher, as long as there's a 50 in the version number. People have been getting good results with 2.10.50.28_2 and 2.12.50.02_2.
ROM version might also influence things, check the Android thread. Some people are recommending EnergyRom, I'm using Artemis right now.
I got Desire v5 running very nicely here. My setup:
ROM: Artemis v25 WWE
HSPL: 2.08
Radio: 2.12.50.02_2
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There's a definite requirement for the radio version: 2.08.50.05 or higher, as long as there's a 50 in the version number. People have been getting good results with 2.10.50.28_2 and 2.12.50.02_2.
ROM version might also influence things, check the Android thread. Some people are recommending EnergyRom, I'm using Artemis right now.
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I second that. I'm running exactly what's in my sig and I have zero problems running the v5 Desire build.
Ahh that will be my problem then, Only just got teh HD2 a couple of days ago second hand (mint condition though) and forgot to update radio, currently has 2.06.
Will update now and hopefully get something booted, will post back thanks for help.
booting problem
the fading of the white words and symbols going down is normal happens to all the hd2 that are booting up i wouldnt worry about it i did it on both my hd2s and when i click on heret it starts booting then letters fade away and the penguin for linux pops out its normal.
i have somthing else tho i dont know if you guy got this but when i open desire build v5 everything works but wen my phone goes to sleep the buttons stay on does everyone have this same pronlem or just me like i do the complete boot everything goes well smoothly i can make calls and everything but wen it goes to sleep for some reason the light on the buttons stay on while in sleep mode help me out.
i tried booting mine,
black screen
the button lights are all on
green light flashed in top section of phone (normal message indicator light)
Radio version is 2.12.51..
Hey HD2 Android developers,
Thanks a lot for your times that you spent and spend to make our HD2 the real king in mobile competition,
I've tried most of NAND build's here to decide witch is the better than the other.
I found some good, some normal some heavy (BAD) and some waste the time.
But..
most of those builds has a common problem at all with my device.
After ending the call the screen still blank but the button's are keeping light.
the screen will never back untill I do one of two moves:
1- connect the USB cable,
2- use my LED flash light over the light sensor for one second.
Also during the call, I can't open the screen to dail the next extension.
until keeping the LED flash over the sensor too.
I found it very hard to use then I should back to the death with WM6.5
is there any fix for this kind of problem at your agenda dears?
Hope one of you developers can help us cause I found many people has the same problem.
waiting for the right Fixer
Hi,
Did you try looking here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913134
I've searched around the forum and the whole Google results. Found nothing about it. Every time I unlock my HD2 (Android on SD - now Hyperdroid CM7 2.1.0 rom but used to happen with every other) I see, for just an istant, a vertical yellow/green line on the screen after which the lockscreen appears. It's pretty annoying but what I'm really concerned about is that it could be a sign of an almost broken screen! I'm trying to find a solution as soon as possible because I know is a software related problem (only with Android, none on WM6.5). Thanks to anyone who'll try to help me! I'll take a picture as soon as I'm able to lend a good cam! In the meanwhile keep in mind these things:
- It only happens while unlocking the screen (vertical line on black background then lockscreen)
- Sometimes the screen becomes completely "whitey" (You can distinguish icons, text etc. but the screen seems to be made of white LCs! Weird!). Can't do anything but reboot. I'll try to take a picture of that too!
I repeat: this doesn't happen with Windows Mobile! So it's not the screen itself.
The first issue I don't know. The second, if you mean by white, everything is in similarity to white/grey/light pink/purple, then it is common. Just reboot.
screen starts glowing from center out when turning on and glows from out to center when turning off, it sounds like you are talking about the screen-on and screen-off animations in cyangenmod settings/display options.
@montecarlo5: Well, I'm not talking about those animations My screen doesn't glow in or out. It simply shows this vertical line then the lockscreen appears. That's all. Oh and I disabled all the animations
@Kailkti: I supposed it was very common. But what I'm concerned about is that it could damage the screen. Can it?
Thanks for your answers!
I have this problem too..... only with Android system, none with WM6.5.
I have attached a pic as well...
I had this problem once.. when I unlock the phone (running on Android, can't remember which ROM) and everything was in white.. I was like.. WTF? I can still see icons, but everything was like real whitish.. some sort of blown up screen or something like that.
Thought my screen has busted, touch still works, so I rebooted and never seen that thing again.. phew!
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I have this problem too..... only with Android system, none with WM6.5.
I have attached a pic as well...
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Hi!, I have been having problems with my phone camera for a whyle (2 years aprox). Since I started using lolipop and marshmallow roms the camera hasn't been working fine. Actually it doesn't even work. I would post some images but this is my first post and XDA doesn't let me, so i will describe it the best I can. When I open the camera app, all I see is white, after a while some pink dots start to appear. This dots multiply all over the screen and thats all I get. If I zoom in this pink dots gets bigger, and look like pixels, like it's some sort of digital filter, and not what the camera is capturing. If I wait long enough, and point the camera into a light, the image gets clearer and it starts to show something. I am now using Dirty Unicorns 10.6. It's a D806 model, but inside the phone, it says it's a D805. I have always used D802 roms.
It looks like is a hardware issue, but everytime I go back to KK stock, this problem stops and the camera works just fine, then when I flash a custom rom after some weeks, this problem starts again. Also I have searched a lot and it seems like no one has this problem. If i try to film a video, the app crashes and it saw "it couldn't conect to the camera" but in the normal mode if I touch the screen, I can see the lens moving, like it's adjusting it's focus
Do you have any idea of what could it be?. I dont know if this is important but I have bricked my phone several times, to the point where one time even the download mode was broken, and when I pluged the phone into the computer, windows detected like 60 particions. I fixed this via pushing some files into the phone using ubuntu, and then doing the same thing in windows with a tool I found here in XDA.
Thanks, and sorry if my english is not the best, is not my native language.
Images
Some screenshots.
After a while I have enter the camera app http://i.imgur.com/orEWP75.png
If I zoom in http://i.imgur.com/7Yf7jKY.png