Howdy Folks!
Just got a brand new Cruise... the camera button on the side doesnt seem to be responding...the button itself is working (when i press it the phone lights up) but the camera doesnt turn on.. any ideas?
Any help will be much appreciated!
Cheers!
Click on Start->Settings->Buttons to see if the button is associated to the camera application.
Then try to start the camera manually going to the Programs menu. If it works manually and it doesn't with the button, you should return it for replacing.
Good luck!
thanks for the reply.. i have also noticed that I cant take any pictures using the camera button aswell...when i press the camera button it zooms in but doesnt take a picture...i get the feeling its a software issue rather than hardware...anyone else facing the same problem?
strange... do you really press HARD enough? This button can be pressed half for autofocus and has to be pressed hard to take a photo then.
It is also a good tip to change the settings to take a photo with half press because otherwise the photos get blurred because pressing the button fully makes you move the phone while pressing (because it's hard to press).
well the button is in fact a "two step" button. did you try to press it all down, and not just slightly?
thanks for the replies ppl... i feel like such an idiot ...turns out I wasnt pressing the button hard enough...thanks again!
You are not the only "fool". Taking my first pics I thought the sound of the autofocus and the beep afterwards was the signal that I have taken a pic. I searched the whole device for the pics then...
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Ofcourse I can lock the screen by pressing the power button (and having de XDA go standby), but I wish to lock the screen while listening to mp3's.... How can I lock the screen ? If I need a separate application, please let me know your suggestions ....
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Ofcourse I can lock the screen by pressing the power button (and having de XDA go standby), but I wish to lock the screen while listening to mp3's.... How can I lock the screen ? If I need a separate application, please let me know your suggestions ....
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If you meant that you wanted to switch off the screen without putting the XDA on standby, here's how. Just assign one of the buttons to "Screen Toggle" when Windows Media Player is running. On the Windows Media Player menu, select Tools->Settings->Buttons. Then map one of the buttons, such as Button 2 (Contacts), to "Screen Toggle". After that, pressing the mapped button will switch the screen on and off.
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On the Windows Media Player menu, select Tools->Settings->Buttons. Then map one of the buttons, such as Button 2 (Contacts), to "Screen Toggle". After that, pressing the mapped button will switch the screen on and off.
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I tried this 3 times and each time when I press the button (I assigned button 3- the camera button) I got a strange black and white flashing strobe on the screen which I couldnt get out of without a soft reset. Anyone else had this or knows how to deal with it?
UK badboy said:
I tried this 3 times and each time when I press the button (I assigned button 3- the camera button) I got a strange black and white flashing strobe on the screen which I couldnt get out of without a soft reset. Anyone else had this or knows how to deal with it?
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Dunno how to deal with it but I can confirm that I have exactly the same issue. Screen Toggling does not work and ends up in a flash show that doesn't look very healthy for the display.
works fine on xda 1 running ppc2003 :\ any programs to make the screen do this automatically? say if i was to run tomtom gps?
UK badboy wrote:
I tried this 3 times and each time when I press the button (I assigned button 3- the camera button) I got a strange black and white flashing strobe on the screen which I couldnt get out of without a soft reset. Anyone else had this or knows how to deal with it?
Dunno how to deal with it but I can confirm that I have exactly the same issue. Screen Toggling does not work and ends up in a flash show that doesn't look very healthy for the display.
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Work's fine with my XDA2, no problems at all, I assigned button 2 to the screen.
no problem doing it for me with xda with 2002 rom 3.1804
Also works fine on my XDA II. have you tried using the Calenda/Contacts buttons to toggle the screen instead of the camera button? Just a thought.
try this nifty lil program i found on emule works great on pc2002/2003 i have jog button installed to my calendar button just press the button and the screens off press power button to turn back on very simple or hold my calendar button down and the calendar coems up
just transfer to your xda/pda and click it to turn screen off or toggle it to one of your buttons
gaz
gazzaman2k said:
i have jog button installed to my calendar button just press the button and the screens off press power button to turn back on very simple or hold my calendar button down and the calendar coems up
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Screenoff works perfect, but how do you manage to let the calendar button have a double function?
Found a prog cald jogbutton here http://www.yorch.net/downloads/JogButtonSetup.zip, but this doesn't seem to work on Pocket PC PE 2003.
job button works fine on ppc2003 i have it on my xda :\ just assign calendar or contacts to job button then load up jog button click on setup then apply it to the progs you want it to open.
prob i found with pc2002 with screen off is it doesnt come back on with the power button lol so here is screen on for peeps with pc2003 no need to install this if on pc2003 as it works fine on it
use button plus v2.0 from yorches site i find it better then jog button as it allows double tap buttons and doesnt go crazy when turniong screen off on tomtom 2 lol
gazzaman2k said:
job button works fine on ppc2003 i have it on my xda :\ just assign calendar or contacts to job button then load up jog button click on setup then apply it to the progs you want it to open.
prob i found with pc2002 with screen off is it doesnt come back on with the power button lol so here is screen on for peeps with pc2003 no need to install this if on pc2003 as it works fine on it
use button plus v2.0 from yorches site i find it better then jog button as it allows double tap buttons and doesnt go crazy when turniong screen off on tomtom 2 lol
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I'm not withyou on this jog button thing bro. Can you talk us thru it again from the start. I have this program installed and cant get it to do anything. Much thanx...
install jog button then.....
assign either contacts or the calendar button to the shortcut in th startmenu so it starts up jog button.
then hold the button down you assigned it too....
you will see setup appear i nthe bottom left hand corner with the button still held in click on setup using the stylus then assign programs from within that menu its very simple to do :roll:
anyway found a better program its called button plus v2.0 download it from yorches site in the software section works much nicer
I am a Touch Pro which does not have a PTT button.
Any suggestions on how to reach the camera quickly? What is your quickest way to get to the camera?
remap the center button on your phone to start up camera
mobileSCR Gscroll, map the capacitive area of the screen(where the buttons are), really useful(can choose any sequence of taps to do anything, open application)
or AEButton... what' the use of a volume rocker? just use one button to get to the volume page and use the touch screen to change the setting...(one problem would be changing vol on the fly like during a phone call... that case, change the setting, one-button press = default volume behavior, two-button press = whanever you want, three -button, long press, whatever you want
mputtr said:
remap the center button on your phone to start up camera
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Thanks! I will try to do this but I cannot find the built in remap ap on NRGs rom, still looking for it :-D
@paperWastage: Thanks for the tip! If I cannot find the built in software I will install AE buttons.
you cant remap the center button. i think he was being pedantic. maybe you can set a button to be voice command and say "start camera".
I just have the camera in the programs... Slide over to programs and press camera...
The Jack of Clubs said:
you cant remap the center button. i think he was being pedantic. maybe you can set a button to be voice command and say "start camera".
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actually... i was serious. There is a fuze keyboard config software floating somewhere in the raphael forums. It might be able to let you remap the centerbutton.
but why would you want to remap your center button.
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but why would you want to remap your center button.
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I have to agree as this is a very important function.
Mayne a Long press center button maybe more appropriate.
I cant seem to find any remap built in software on the NRG rom. My Touch dual had one which allowed me to remap some basic buttons like volume button.
Looks like AEbuttons is the answer for me. Will try to test it first and update you guys.
If you go to Setting and on the Personal Tab there is a Buttons setting and you can change the receive call button (press and hold of course) to whatever you want, including the camera.
Also a good idea to go over to the Systems tab and change the Long Press End Key Setting to Lock Device or something else than Turn Airplane mode on/off, god that sound is annoying when Airplane mode is turned on
it depends on the rom or software if you have the unlocked all buttons. honestly theres no faster way to get there than start > camera or photos tab > camera. if you dont have an american phone with a ppt button, there wont really be a faster way.
i actually did not mean to map the single click. I thought it was obvious i meant the long press.
using softkey manager you can replace one of the softkeys on the homescreen, as ur using an NRG rom im guessing your two softkeys on the home tab are "action" and "contacts"? ive got rid of the contacts, because a. i could jus use the people tab, or b. jus press the call button to bring up the dialer... and have replaced it with camera
the softkey manager should be under utililites/tweaks... it is on mine and im using an NRG rom
hope this helps.
Another idea...
sorry if anyone is getting annoyed with me posting ideas all the time, and nothing else.
maybe there is already an app like this, i havent found one though...
i was taking pictures today, and couldnt help but notice, if you turn it (hd2/leo) upside down in landscape mode, the volume rocker (volume up, the top end) is in the perfect place for a hardware camera button, to actually take the photo. with the softkey camera button, its a little awkard... but the volume rocker would proved a nice feel to taking a photo, and improve things like timing, maybe.
Also, you can't listen to music while taking photos anyway, let alone make a call, so actually, in that moment in camera mode, those buttons are sitting around with nothing to do...
but, alas, i know nothing about things like this... mapping hardware buttons and such.
i should learn, but right now time is just something i dont have too much of.
let me know what you think, and if there is an app like this already, please, link it!
personally i think the "pick up" key would make a nice "shutter" using the volume rocker as zoom in and out. This topic has come up several times about mapping the shutter to a button.
optiknerv said:
personally i think the "pick up" key would make a nice "shutter" using the volume rocker as zoom in and out.
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Shutter!!!! thats the word i was looking for..
I think it would be great if these functions could be configured by the user.
i think for me, the pick up key and other buttons would make a better zoom.. but i think the volume rocker has potential as a zoom function given that it is in fact, a rocker.
but the zoom on the hd2 isnt very substantial, that could nee improvement too.. if at all possible.
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found this:
http://www.scilor.com/leocameraanykey.html
try it
on the pro2 with the KB config app i used to always remap the vol up key to take pictures but for some reason when i remap the key the same way i have for a long time, it just wont work any more!!! its to bad because i used to love having this as a option!!!
Hello Iam a bit curious about remapping hw buttons on my X10, troubl no 1 is that start screen button s powering on the screen and in my pocket it almost always is on ending with ery hig power consumption.My second trouble is also in my jeans pocket, I accindentaly rejects alot of calls before i have my phone in my hand. Is there any solutions for this in my Win mobile hre was a setting for only letting power button enable screen.
Tnx For reading
I'm also curious about this. As my camera button is not launching camera app. (but it shoots when I launch app via icon).
I have rooted R2BA024
drobec208 said:
I'm also curious about this. As my camera button is not launching camera app. (but it shoots when I launch app via icon).
I have rooted R2BA024
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Did you try pushing the button harder and holding the button?
xGary said:
Did you try pushing the button harder and holding the button?
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my fault... I did press it harder but evidently not long enought..
thank you
I recently realised that by long pressing the main button on most modern headphones activated OK google. This even works when the screen is off. I want to fool the system by long pressing the camera key instead. But preferably only when the screen is off as I do use the camera quite often. Thanks in advance.