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Hi all,
I have a small question: I have found that i totaly never use my front camera, (the rear one neither -lack of good quality- but thats another story ey) does anybody really use it. And if so, how?
To use front camera, go to
camera (by default back camera will get turned on ) > click anywhere on the screen (except on the button to shoot fotos ) > now you will see new icon on bottom left side of screen in portrait mode (above call button) click on that icon > it will expand camera menu > now go to 'menu' ( by clicking the 'gear' wheel icon in camera menu bar > this will open 6 menu window > here you can select resolution of your both cameras and adjust brightness, white balance etc. > in that click on 'camera' button ( bottom left icon ) > Viola....front cam on. ( its actually toggle switch between front and rear camera )
Hope this answers your query.
it's to make video calls usually with VoIP or 3g. But could also use it as a make-up mirror i suppose or to see if you have ketchup in your mustache as the case may be.
What a beautiful step by step guide to activate the front cam, though i did know how to get there. But thanks just the same. Its just that I havnt found any good use for it ( the ketchup in my beard is cleaned up now, txs) . As for video calls, does anybody use it. And if so, with what software ect...
I guess to use video calls you need to have 3G connection. No other software is needed. I'm not sure though......and for VoIP i have no idea
I was going to make a small app to quickly bring up the front cam to use as a mirror as that's probably the only use I can think for it.
I have taken a few photos with it though, it's not all that bad.
from the htc dialer or yota dialer.. bottom left button looks like a webcam.. thats video call
Does no one read? The question isn't how do you access the front camera, it's if anyone knows of any good use for it due to its quality and the presence of a better camera on the back.
Hiya,
Just a though, wouldn't this be great to use as a webcam in the application skype?
The main challenge would possibly be for the app to recognise the camera.
Iv'e tried this but to no avail.
Anyone had any luck with this?
I know I posted the question, thought a search would be preferred.
tonidekohlanta said:
On skype website (more precisely on the helping forum) they explained that it was probably impossible to use the video calling on pda phone, because of some problems of data compression (the video is compressed before it is send, and pda processors aren't fast enough to do it), and they wouldn't change everything in their software, to make it compatible between PC and pda worlds.
For now at least...
Sorry about that, it would be a nice feature with our Hermes.
Toni
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However this was from an old thread, would this still apply or could there be a miracle cure out there? Could be wishful thinking, but definitely a good use for it.
Well Octro.com proved them wrong, check out the Octrotalk with videocall.
Front camera is still not working though.
I have a similar problem....
i go to camera, i click the icon to switch from back to front camera..... IMAGE IS BLACK even if i take a picture it's black.
i have also tried a video call.... image is black.
i'am on rom Dutty's 3.3 and i have also tried dutty's 2.4. same problem.
any suggestion to check if my front camera is broken ?
i was thinking, say i see something interesting, by the time i start camera etc etc it will be gone..
is there or can someone do a quick snap program?
a click will
go to camera
focus and snap
based on pre determined settings
that will be good
Not that I've found - the camera app is what it is, and you can't get past the cutesy animated GUI.
With HD Tweak you can assign "camera" to one of the TF3D home screen soft buttons, which will launch direct into the "take picture" screen, saving you a flip and a press, but you still have to hit the shutter button.
hope someone does it
Try MortScripts. I have no personal experience though..
how can mortscript help for this?
I thought may be possible to reduce clicks required by using automation. May be wrong though
Any way camera start up time is still long even with the Rhodium ported camera app on cooked ROMs (slightly better though).
Use Dutty's rom, it has the Diamond 2 camera app in it.
The screen doesn not lag, and it is very fast!
am hoping for a see it snap it kind of program... is there no way to interface with the cam directly? any developers here pls
hmm no one knows?
hihi
me and my girtlfriend got the HD2 since one week. I installed alle patches and BSB Tweak on the Phones. Everything is ok on my phone. But the Camera of my girlfriend does not sharpen pictures over 10 cm and longer away from the Object. I dont know, if the camera works good before. She only tried after i patched and optimized the Phone. A Hardreset dont chance the probleme. Same problem as before.
I dont know if it is a hardware failure, or any problem in the Settings.
Hardreset with 1.43 German doensnt work. Should i send it to repair the phone back to the company i get it, or do u think it is possible to repair the Focus, who sharpened the pictures via newer ROM, who maybe released the next few days or weeks?
what do u think.
thx and sry for the bad english
Ripperjack75 said:
hihi
me and my girtlfriend got the HD2 since one week. I installed alle patches and BSB Tweak on the Phones. Everything is ok on my phone. But the Camera of my girlfriend does not sharpen pictures over 10 cm and longer away from the Object. I dont know, if the camera works good before. She only tried after i patched and optimized the Phone. A Hardreset dont chance the probleme. Same problem as before.
I dont know if it is a hardware failure, or any problem in the Settings.
Hardreset with 1.43 German doensnt work. Should i send it to repair the phone back to the company i get it, or do u think it is possible to repair the Focus, who sharpened the pictures via newer ROM, who maybe released the next few days or weeks?
what do u think.
thx and sry for the bad english
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Your english is fine mate
If you hadn't tried a hard reset then I'd suggest checking that auto focus was actually enabled, as you can disable it from the camera settings (open the camera, open the options screen, press the setup icon & then go to advanced).
Since a hard reset hasn't changed it, I'd have to say it's a hardware fault. It's good that you've got another one there to compare it to so you know it should work properly. Just a shame that this one sounds faulty.
Hope you get it sorted quick. Good luck
Have you read and done what it says in the manual, page 240 in the English edition?
WB
johncmolyneux said:
Your english is fine mate
If you hadn't tried a hard reset then I'd suggest checking that auto focus was actually enabled, as you can disable it from the camera settings (open the camera, open the options screen, press the setup icon & then go to advanced).
Since a hard reset hasn't changed it, I'd have to say it's a hardware fault. It's good that you've got another one there to compare it to so you know it should work properly. Just a shame that this one sounds faulty.
Hope you get it sorted quick. Good luck
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the one and only option ist "Touch Focus" i see on advanced options.
Do u mean, a rom updated doenstn work, when 1.61 is official or a higher rom?
on my phone, i hear a voice on the lensse when it sharpened the picture, on my girlfriends phone there is no voice on the lense, only the white quad moves, but there is no noise from the lense.
mayebe it is possible to destroy the Focus, when i update the camera patch and do optimices with BSB Tweaks?
wacky.banana said:
Have you read and done what it says in the manual, page 240 in the English edition?
WB
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i have only the german one. But i try to read it, when i am at home. the htc page is not available here at work ;(
can u copy and paste it maybe in this thread?
thx
Ripperjack,
See this...
" ... • Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and
take a photo.
• Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and
start capturing a video. Press the button again to stop capturing.
To take a photo using Touch Focus
Touch Focus allows you to focus on a particular area of the screen by
touching it. Touch Focus is enabled by default and is available in the
Photo and Contacts Picture capture modes.
1. Set the capture mode to Photo or Contacts Picture mode.
2. Tap the area on the screen where you want to focus. The focus
indicator positions itself on the selected area.
Note If you tap outside the effective focus area, a white box appears to
indicate the area where you can use Touch Focus.
3. Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and
take a photo. You can also directly press and hold the area you
selected (that is, the area enclosed within the focus indicator) to
focus on that area and take a photo.
To capture photos in Panorama mode
Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and capture
the first photo. Press and hold the button again to focus and capture
each subsequent photo and complete the panorama....."
WB
Full manual available here...http://www.htc.com/uk/userguide.aspx?p_id=297
PS: I just checked on my device. If yo go into the camera app>settings>advanced, make sure Touch Focus on the first page is set to ON.
ok, thx. Try this all. But have no effect. Onlyo the Quad moves, but not sharpening the Picture.
A new ROM maybe cannot repair this?
Hi Ripperjack,
If I were you I would move to the official ROM 1.48. Then BEFORE loading any fixes or software on (1.48 has most of them in it anyway) I would test the camera and see if it works according to the handbook.
If it does not then you might want to consider sending the device back as faulty and getting a replacement.
Cheers
WB
have the original 1.48 ROM from HTC on my HD2. It was on my phone already, when i get it. Girlfriends phone also have 1.48. I wanna try to flash the 1.61 Custom on my phone, but when i do this, i loose my warranty?
otherwise, is there any Registry entry to activate/deactivate the Focus on Camera?
push maybe someone know it?
Hi,
I am experiencing the screen automatically changes to sense hometab whenever i unlock my phone/wake up from standby . Is there anyway to disable this ? My job requires me take many pictures using the camera. This is very inconvenient for me as I always have to click the picture tab then camera icon again before I can take the picture, even if i didnt close the camera application previously. thanks !!!
same here!! this is a real pain.
whenever i wake from standby with the end/power key it takes me back to homescreen. really anoying when im halfway through a text as i then lose everything ive writen.
same thing for email, opera etc.
Is this a universal issue on the latest 23xxx builds?
I wonder if its to do with the OBOE build this is taken from, i.e that device has seperate on/off buttons and end buttons.
either way there must be a reg hack for this. any ideas on hardware buttons or would it be to do with backlight reg?
help greatly appreciated
make a camera shortcut at the home quicklinks
I didn't find anywhere in this forum, but if someone has found it before I apologize.
I normally assign longpress-call button to camera, just because I prefer to take photos with my hd2 on every occasion. Today I recognized that, after opening camera application by longpressing the call button, you can make a shot when you "longpress" call button again.
Normally touching the screen is ok for me, but it can help when taking self-pictures. It is not so easy to find exact touch point when the screen is on the opposite side.
One can prefer other applications but this is easier for me.
wow, i'll have to try it because that sounds very useful and i have never seen this tip on this forum, and i read about 10 newest/updated threads here every night! closest thing so far was scilor's leo camera keys app (see point 2 below).
i am currently using android 24/7 so not sure WHEN i'll be able to try this tip, but i'm sure other readers will report back their findings.
i would like to add a few more notes on your finding just to add more information to the thread:
1. by default, long press send is mapped to speaker-phone mode. so you can long press send when the phone rings to answer the call directly in speaker-phone mode. you can also long press send during an active phone call to switch back and forth between speaker-phone. so speaker phone toggle functionality cannot work if long press send is mapped to camera.
2. scilor's leo camera keys application is also worth checking out because it allows mapping the snap picture action to the volume up/down keys.
so point 2 is the only alternative for those users that want to keep long press send as the speaker phone toggle, while the OP's suggestion does not need any apps to be installed, but will kill the speaker phone toggle shortcut.
yes, great find..good job
I am currently using Autoloudspeaker 1.5 from Zevele. It is very usefull while driving etc.
I tried scilor's app before but It caused some problems (because other applications or my rom which I have used at that time.)
ASCIIker said:
wow, i'll have to try it because that sounds very useful and i have never seen this tip on this forum, and i read about 10 newest/updated threads here every night! closest thing so far was scilor's leo camera keys app (see point 2 below).
i am currently using android 24/7 so not sure WHEN i'll be able to try this tip, but i'm sure other readers will report back their findings.
i would like to add a few more notes on your finding just to add more information to the thread:
1. by default, long press send is mapped to speaker-phone mode. so you can long press send when the phone rings to answer the call directly in speaker-phone mode. you can also long press send during an active phone call to switch back and forth between speaker-phone. so speaker phone toggle functionality cannot work if long press send is mapped to camera.
2. scilor's leo camera keys application is also worth checking out because it allows mapping the snap picture action to the volume up/down keys.
so point 2 is the only alternative for those users that want to keep long press send as the speaker phone toggle, while the OP's suggestion does not need any apps to be installed, but will kill the speaker phone toggle shortcut.
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long press call does nothing for me, (cooked rom, 2.13 base)
what rom you using, and what version camera you using? ( cam tab, albums menu about)
Good One
Lovely !!!!
Simply too good
Thanks so much for this tip
samsamuel said:
long press call does nothing for me, (cooked rom, 2.13 base)
what rom you using, and what version camera you using? ( cam tab, albums menu about)
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I am using dutty's rom v6 and albums ver 3.2 2017.1632 where camera version is 6.26 build 2012.1425.
thanks
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