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Difference between raphael model variants.....check this !

I was curious to know the difference between the At&t fuze and the htc touch pro so i checked the raphael wiki here and they supplied a comparison table....
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacom...&id4=1362&id5=1559&id6=1363&id7=1320&id8=1547
The problem is according to the table both have a secondary camera for video call, while i noticed in the pic the fuze had none ! is this a mistake ?

Fuze has no front camera. The picture is correct. There is no need for the low quality front camera since no network in the US supports video calling. Try not to be so lazy and search next time. This has been answered about 30 times in the forum.

Phantisy said:
Fuze has no front camera. The picture is correct. There is no need for the low quality front camera since no network in the US supports video calling. Try not to be so lazy and search next time. This has been answered about 30 times in the forum.
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thnx for the help , i know its been answered , but still the wiki mentioned otherwise so that's not my fault !
Anyway i cared bout the camera more for skype and msn rather than video calling !

[Q] Usage of Skype/Google Talk etc?

Has anyone tried using Skype and or Google Talk on their Transformer yet? If so, were you able to get voice and/or video working? This a big selling point for me (video chat). Any and all discussion around this is welcome. Thanks in advance.

edge929 said:
Has anyone tried using Skype and or Google Talk on their Transformer yet? If so, were you able to get voice and/or video working? This a big selling point for me (video chat). Any and all discussion around this is welcome. Thanks in advance.
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I havnt tried but read my short review posted in the forum

yep, both work ok.. Skype voice quality is better.. but the app is buggy and lacks video (i hear there is an updated soon though).. video calling over gtalk worked well for me as well though..

Thanks for the replies. Glad to hear one app worked with video. As with all things software, time will make them better.

1080P Videos! Post your videos up!

Instead of *****ing and complaining about the **** software in this phone. Post up some sweet 1080P videos you took. I wanna see what this phone can capture!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rCWE_6JOwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VR0Falh4u4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shZpSvzv8As
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGZ_D_oLpdU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7pu3GKuXS0
Not the best video footage but its my first time using the camera and uploading straight to youtube. Pretty good for a damn phone.
(My theory behind the software bugs: THIS PHONE WAS PROBABLY INTENDED TO BE RELEASED WITH 2.3. Just competition and other factors may have pushed the early release. We are guaranteed an update, so just chill out. They probably just threw 2.2 on there to be safe and didnt give it much time for testing. And with CM7 and other stuff on the way why even worry? Go ahead and return the best phone out right now regardless of software bugs. More fun for me! /rant)
Also, can anybody get the embedding to work? The YouTube tags aren't working.

Bueller, Anyone?

I have a video recorded in 720p and I think it's decent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewzX_8d6Vc4

mingkee said:
I have a video recorded in 720p and I think it's decent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewzX_8d6Vc4
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That does look better than the 1080 vids above you, but I can't understand a word that guy is saying

Spyvie said:
That does look better than the 1080 vids above you, but I can't understand a word that guy is saying
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This is a video of a speech of a politician came from Hong Kong in Cantonese.

snake strike in HD!
kinda ****ty lighting cuz im in my bedroom... but still a better video than my brothers vibrant can shoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMAj3wWoaa8

Here's a quick 1 minute video to test it out. This is super bright because outdoors...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wpix37FY00

nate420 said:
kinda ****ty lighting cuz im in my bedroom... but still a better video than my brothers vibrant can shoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMAj3wWoaa8
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i watched that video 10xs....am i screwed up?

charlieb620 said:
i watched that video 10xs....am i screwed up?
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LOL no I watch it like 30 times
It was the first time I hand fed him
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXMuWtoT1bA
Also have a few test videos of different resolutions uploaded.

Here is my 1080p vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQqWwg28z7M
Shot in low light. You can see some artifacts. Not as sharp as a 1080p recording would look like with proper optics, but it is what it is.

mingkee said:
I have a video recorded in 720p and I think it's decent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewzX_8d6Vc4
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wow this guy is boring!

Camrecord Poor quality problem

hello folks ?
what's going on ?
so im newbie in this forum although i have been reading it since 2 months ago cuze this is a nice forum and i've learnt a lot stuff thanx this forum.
Today Im leaving a new Thread cuze i have a problem with my motorola xt720.
I have no idea why the problem is happening . but for some strange reason my motorola is recording video in hd mode with a poor video quality.
this is the example :
youtube plus /obD6zNfl7r4 ( i wrote in this way cuze im newbie and i cant post links )
my phone is the version with 550mhz proccesor and i have a 8gb sd card class 2.
sometimes when im recording some video, android says me that it has a problem with read/writing my sd.
also another times i can record some video with nice quality.
i had thought that the problem could be the cam was damaged but always i can take nice pics with no problems....
im thinking to change my sd and get some sd 6+ class. but i need fix this problem.
so if somebody can help me , plz leave me to know..
Thanx for all and my regards form Barranquiilla, Colombia....
So long

Hola mijaelstand,
First off, what ROM are you using? Do you have the Motorola Stock 2.1 ROM or have you flashed to anything else?
If you can sometimes record with nice quality and other times will poor quality, this may be a memory issue or a background app problem. The processor on this phone seems to need every bit of power it can get out of the CPU to record high quality video. Android 2.2 usually does a decent job of memory allocation but it depends on your minfree settings. Also background apps (if not killed by minfree) can take cpu cycles.
So as a test you can manually force close the majority of running apps under Home Screen->Menu Button->Settings->Applications->Manage Applications->Running TAB, kill things like adobe flash, facebook, maps, etc. And then try capturing a video to see if it helps the quality.
Next, if android says it has a problem with the sd card, it might be a good idea to replace it.
Lastly, I got a 404-Not found when I added the extension "/obD6zNfl7r4" to youtube[dot]com. So unfortunately, I couldn't see your video.
-J

thejaycan said:
Hola mijaelstand,
Lastly, I got a 404-Not found when I added the extension "/obD6zNfl7r4" to youtube[dot]com. So unfortunately, I couldn't see your video.
-J
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You have to add obD6zNfl7r4 after "/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\"

geez, it's getting late over here... thanks Zachary
mijaelstand, I now watched the video and I think I've changed my position. When you said poor quality I thought you meant frame skipping. The video seems to have banding issues. So my recommendations may not work for your problem. I've never seen that before on my XT720.

Hi dude. Thanx for reply. : ).....
I have my phone with the original room from factory.. still i have updated it. So im 2.1 eclair android version but im planning to update it .
I have setCpu app installed with motorola milestone overclockling app and it's running at 1000mhz on demand and it's smoothin. Very nice.
Also i uploaded a video where you can watch it and it has a nice quality. Look at this:
youtube.c/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_play. er&v=_H-SzGy9TxYr
So in this way i dont think the problem is some issue with the cam... also i have my sd in 2 partition cuze lin2sd can works. Also I dont know if the problem is the processor. So i need test it as u told me.
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Hey,
This seems like a pretty standard recording. My XT720 performs in the same way. The only issue I think you have is lighting. The camera performs really poorly in low light and well outside. Try taking a video outside and post it. Goodluck.

Sorry im going to upload some example video. Thanx
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[Q] Video call

Complete noob here so maybe I've missed something glaringly obvious, but how do you make a video call with the one s? I can't find any option for it and a google search only brings up ways to do it using an app or skype. My video call time comes out of my monthly calling minutes so when I'm travelling it makes sense to use it rather than skype as I have a capped data allowance and more minutes than I need.
Thanks

when you are calling someone, check options... is there any option for video call?

Stiflerlv said:
when you are calling someone, check options... is there any option for video call?
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Nope, nothing there to initiate a video call. And then when in call I cannot find any option to turn on the camera for a video call. I've looked and looked (before and during a call) but I can't find any option to do so.

Ok I emailed HTC and asked and their response was:
I’m sorry to hear that you are experiencing difficulties with making a video call.
I believe that the reason for this is because the phone does not make video calls via the normal phone function. It makes video calls using 3rd party software e.G. Skype etc. But as we do not support 3rd party software I would be unable to help you set this up. I apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Bit of a disappointment personally, but I suppose video calling isn't very popular so most people won't care. Still, was it really that difficult to add a video calling option/function?

But if your phone did support it, and not through a 3rd party app using internet, The receiver would also have to have the same set up right ?
And video calling isnt that popular.. Can you not speak with your provider and see if they can change the video call allowance into internet allowance instead ? Then you could use a 3rd party app like skype... Much more popular

ccart said:
Ok I emailed HTC and asked and their response was:
I’m sorry to hear that you are experiencing difficulties with making a video call.
I believe that the reason for this is because the phone does not make video calls via the normal phone function. It makes video calls using 3rd party software e.G. Skype etc. But as we do not support 3rd party software I would be unable to help you set this up. I apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Bit of a disappointment personally, but I suppose video calling isn't very popular so most people won't care. Still, was it really that difficult to add a video calling option/function?
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LOL! Making phone with 2nd camera and not even bothering to add software option for video call? HAHHA Thats just lame! But I guess its for most "android" phones.

azzledazzle said:
But if your phone did support it, and not through a 3rd party app using internet, The receiver would also have to have the same set up right ?
And video calling isnt that popular.. Can you not speak with your provider and see if they can change the video call allowance into internet allowance instead ? Then you could use a 3rd party app like skype... Much more popular
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Yes, but whilst I'm no expert, most phones I have come across with front facing cameras do support video calling and more importantly the people who I would be calling have this option on their phones.
Not to worry though, not a major issue. Just seemed a bit odd to me to put a front facing camera on there and not support it without a 3rd party app. I can manage and with all the free wifi hotspots I get access to through my package it shouldn't be a big issue.

i totally agree, It is a bit stupid to have the FFC, if they wernt gunna support video calls, they could have removed the camera and added something else instead.
like a external sd slot. or a laser beam what kills people... who knows ?
I dont use video calling, I hate people looking at me im the sort of dude that walks in the shadows with a hood covering my face lol

Setup a Google Voice account and then you can do video calls to other users over Google Talk.

I was able to initiate a video call to the wife's One S using Google Talk on my Samsung Note 2 with no problem but the front camera image quality of the HTC is so bad the feature is useless. I found this thread while searching to see if others had better results. The image on the HTC is dark and grainy on the phone's own screen and is so pixilated after being transmitted to mine it totally useless , the Samsung's is crystal clear.

Stiflerlv said:
LOL! Making phone with 2nd camera and not even bothering to add software option for video call? HAHHA Thats just lame! But I guess its for most "android" phones.
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Fanboy maybe...of the iPhone type perhaps?
Considering they are the only mfgs to add said software.
Goggle+ works great and so does google voice which is a preinstalled app of android systems...
Which means making your post is a waste of time
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using xda app-developers app

gatorrph said:
I was able to initiate a video call to the wife's One S using Google Talk on my Samsung Note 2 with no problem but the front camera image quality of the HTC is so bad the feature is useless. I found this thread while searching to see if others had better results. The image on the HTC is dark and grainy on the phone's own screen and is so pixilated after being transmitted to mine it totally useless , the Samsung's is crystal clear.
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The front camera isn't actually that had. You just have to try to remove some dust from it. It's terrible design to hide the camera down there, it gets full of dust in no time
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2 megapixel front facing camera ain't shabby compare to other high end devices
The one x "superphone"...having a 1.3 mp....front face. Does that make it better than 2.0 without so called 720p?
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