Hi guys,
I've tried searching for this but came up empty.
Everytime I want to take a picture with my HD2 the LED is far to bright, people can't keep their eyes open for the picture.
Is there a way or an app out for this to adjust the power of the LED?
Thanks in advance..
DoiF said:
I've tried searching for this but came up empty.
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You haven't searched very well then.
HERE is one for a start.
Do the pictures come out way over exposed?
Because if so, it is a software problem that I had after installing a 'hotfix'. To solve, I had to hard reset my phone.
optiknerv said:
You haven't searched very well then.
HERE is one for a start.
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theres no solution to the issue in that thread though and thats what the op was after.
donwhann said:
theres no solution to the issue in that thread though and thats what the op was after.
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Yes indeed, I read the other thread and it seems there's no fix for it yet.
I'll keep an eye out..
Thanks for the help
If you saw the other thread then there was no point in making this one. Only makes things difficult when a solution is found and there are multiple threads, keep everything in the one thread.
I have seen professional photographers who use tapes ie masking tape, cloth, etc to cover the flash light as they do not want their pictures to be overexposed. Try using matte-finish scotch tapes from 3M. Past it over and cut it out nicely.
solution is out now. If you flash a rom based on the t-mobile us roms ie 2.10 + then this issue is resolved. The camera correctly adjusts the exposure when using the flash, no tape required.
optiknerv said:
solution is out now. If you flash a rom based on the t-mobile us roms ie 2.10 + then this issue is resolved. The camera correctly adjusts the exposure when using the flash, no tape required.
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Can anyone extract this CAB for use with stock ROMs?
Just stand farther away from the subject, loool and everything is fine...you can always crop if you want your photo closer...
It should be adjustable for camera and video, just like the flashlight app.
There are two solutions well in place:
1.) Put your finger on LED while making photo (my personal prefered solution)
2.) When Photo-App is on, you have the ability to change LED-flash settings in the right area of display. you can select: LED always on, LED automatic mode, LED always off
Its so easy or did I missunderstood something!?
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So have tried this feature on both mine and my girlfriend inspire 4g and it doesn't work. But I have read of it working with the inspire. Whats up? We both bought our phones on the launch day, so maybe they fixed the feature down the line.
BTW I'm running coredroid 5.1 and my girlfriend is on the stock Rom. Its not a big deal breaker for me but I wonder why it doesn't work.
I have the same issue!! Flip-for-speaker hasn't worked on stock, nor does it work on any other ROMs i've tried. WTF?!? What's wrong with this phone??
Just tried the feature on mine and it worked!
Maybe there's an update for older phones that fixes it. Make sure to have the box checked in Sound settings, also.
Works here on TPC 2.0
i'm still completely stock, and i had it work one time, and it hasn't since. Everytime my phone rings i'm flipping it around and moving it and everything but it hasn't worked since.
I believe you need to answer it first then flip it over, you cant just flip it over when its ringing.
Oohhhhhh... you have to answer it first. Now I understand. Doh!
It also uses the proximity sensor and not the G-Sensor.. So the phone either needs to be upside down on a table or use your finger to cover the sensor... You cant just turn it over.
earhog said:
It also uses the proximity sensor and not the G-Sensor.. So the phone either needs to be upside down on a table or use your finger to cover the sensor... You cant just turn it over.
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This may be why I could never get the feature to work..
Where exactly is the sensor located? In the mesh up top?
Guys, there's a better app at the Market that will launch the speakerphone in 3 different methods, "flip", "shake" or "move away from face". It's called "UpSoundDown" and I've tried it on my HD2. I use the more convenient "move away from face" to launch the speakerphone.
Oh I see now, you have to put it on a table for it to work. Wouldn't have thought of that. I just tested it on my phone and IT WORKS. Thanks a lot for the speakerphone tips everybody.
paganfx4 said:
Oh I see now, you have to put it on a table for it to work. Wouldn't have thought of that. I just tested it on my phone and IT WORKS. Thanks a lot for the speakerphone tips everybody.
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Yup. That's a big 'DUH!' for me too. It's the table-top thing!
Works like a charm now.
I want to see if anybody else is experiencing this issue.
Please post if you're rooted/unrooted and if you are rooted, what ROM you're using.
At this point in time, I have submitted a support ticket to HTC as well.
If you are in a low light/low-ish light setting (maybe even more, haven't tried all of them), and you hold your camera close to an object, the phone has trouble auto-focusing. It will attempt to focus, then revert to the blurred image. It seems that the only way to get focus is to find a way to get the camera to focus that image at a moderate distance and move it in close...but very slowly. That doesn't even work all the time. I think this is a SW bug...but I'd like to be sure.
I'm running CleanROM 3.1. (I've experienced this on CleanROM 3.0 as well )
Opened up camera and had the same problem you were describing, then just focused on a farther away object and tried to refocus up close and it worked fine (not using the focus on the object and slowly move closer method)
I tried that, it works sometimes and doesn't work other times (Automatically tries to re-focus and then reverts to a blurry, pre-focus image). It seems inconsistent, but it can work to get focus on close objects. I'm still hoping that HTC irons this one out
yellowfddriver said:
I want to see if anybody else is experiencing this issue.
Please post if you're rooted/unrooted and if you are rooted, what ROM you're using.
At this point in time, I have submitted a support ticket to HTC as well.
If you are in a low light/low-ish light setting (maybe even more, haven't tried all of them), and you hold your camera close to an object, the phone has trouble auto-focusing. It will attempt to focus, then revert to the blurred image. It seems that the only way to get focus is to find a way to get the camera to focus that image at a moderate distance and move it in close...but very slowly. That doesn't even work all the time. I think this is a SW bug...but I'd like to be sure.
I'm running CleanROM 3.1. (I've experienced this on CleanROM 3.0 as well )
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I have been looking at this since I picked up the HOX on release day. I'm now running fully stock ROM on the official 1.85 OTA release and I have seen a major increase in up-close focusing from the camera. I haven't made any changes to settings, but since the OTA I have absolutely noticed a marked improvement in ability to lock focus on macro-level objects, even when not in macro (Close Up) mode.
I've had this and even replaced my phone, AND tried several store units and they all do it.
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I tried that, it works sometimes and doesn't work other times (Automatically tries to re-focus and then reverts to a blurry, pre-focus image). It seems inconsistent, but it can work to get focus on close objects. I'm still hoping that HTC irons this one out
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Did some further testing, I can get it to work but it is inconsistent
News flash, cameras struggle to focus on subjects in low-light. My $5000 Nikon D4 doesn't always achieve focus correctly. So expecting a cell phone to be perfect in low light is ridiculous.
My One X can't focus on anything close up regardless of light level.
feanor512 said:
My One X can't focus on anything close up regardless of light level.
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Have you tried the close up setting?
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kleeman7 said:
Have you tried the close up setting?
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Yep. No effect.
feanor512 said:
Yep. No effect.
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Hmm, mine works great, I did flash the 20mbps camera mod, but that wouldn't effect that.
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In 4.2.2 you just press and hold the screen while trying to take a picture and it does AF and AE but I tried the same thing in 4.1.1 but I can't get it to focues. Especially while taking pictures at night. Does anybody know how to lock AE and AF in 4.1.1?
I made a video, here is the link:
http://youtu.be/_4KC8wnc_zE?t=23s
It won't rotate correctly, I already tried several apps for setting the wallpaper, but no one worked
This seriously looks sh**
Is it only my device that has this problem?
Greetings
What do you mean it fails? It looks exactly just as it should. I have audio off, so if you said something crucial there, can you repeat it here.
I don't see anything worrying apart from a slight lag, but this may be your camera.
Edit: Sorry, after looking at it for the second time and in the full-screen mode now, I can see what you mean - there's a black bar that gets updated later. It certainly shouldn't be this way. I had similar issues with pdf rendering in the power-saving mode. What settings are you on?
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What do you mean it fails? It looks exactly just as it should. I have audio off, so if you said something crucial there, can you repeat it here.
I don't see anything worrying apart from a slight lag, but this may be your camera.
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I dont have mine yet, but compared to my wife's ipad2, with whats in the video, it seems there is a lot of lag?
Shouldnt that thing turn almost a second after you have turned it?
It can take like 2 or 3. It seems slower than iPad, but also have in mind that iPad uses the animation that lasts about a second itself. Anyway, should be faster, I agree, although I think it's only a little worse on this video than what I normally experience, so if there's a speed issue, it's not rotation issue, but a general one. Try different power modes and be sure to update to .26 firmware.
Edit: Sorry, after looking at it for the second time and in the full-screen mode now, I can see what you mean - there's a black bar that gets updated later. It certainly shouldn't be this way. I had similar issues with pdf rendering in the power-saving mode. What settings are you on?
The thing about wallpaper misguided me a bit though.
lardo5150 said:
I dont have mine yet, but compared to my wife's ipad2, with whats in the video, it seems there is a lot of lag?
Shouldnt that thing turn almost a second after you have turned it?
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No, that is not "real" lag, it has been included to make sure you really want to turn it to landscape for example (as far as I know).
On my galaxy nexus with 4.1 the lag seems to have gone, seems to me like they disabled it there.
So just wait for 4.1 if you don't like the "lag".
But thats not the point. d14b0ll0s, you correctly recognized the black bar, and the picture itself seems to zoom in and out sometimes, aligning itself to the left, to the right and then in the center.
But I don't know what to do, is that definitely not the case on your device? Am I really the only one?
In that case I have to hardreset it
Not only do hard reset, but - what's more important - try re-flashing firmware (you can actually start with it). If the problem remains, return the device. I'm definitely not getting anything like that.
Use Titanium Backup or MyBackup if you have something you don't want to lose and copy the files to your PC.
Problem solved
You'd never guess what caused the problem:
_Wallpaper Wizardrii_
Deleted that and it's gone
paysen said:
Problem solved
You'd never guess what caused the problem:
_Wallpaper Wizardrii_
Deleted that and it's gone
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Geeze, of all things
Nice job man.
Glad it's solved, but you should've mentioned you're using apps changing your desktop / wallpaper behaviour in any way.
BTW, I knew there was a reason not to like this app in the first place
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Geeze, of all things
Nice job man.
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Luckily I haven't done a hard reset before recognizing the sh***y impact of the app
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Glad it's solved, but you should've mentioned you're using apps changing your desktop / wallpaper behaviour in any way.
BTW, I knew there was a reason not to like this app in the first place
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I really should have mentioned this, but forgot it. And it's on the 2nd site of my app-launcher, just started it one time ;D
Hello, i'm from Colombia and my english is not that good.
But i'll try.
27th Dec 2012 i bough and HTC One X at&t from Amazon, got delivered by Jan12 Saturday 2013 about 15:00 hours, retrieved, unboxing bla bla bla, i was testing the device, i came with ICS 4.0.4, Sense 4 and RUU 2.20, everything was working fine, data, wifi, screen, sound, but, when i was about to try the LED Flash of the Camera (to find out if it has AF Assist Lamp, witch it hasn't) i found a very weird artifact
This is it, i took 2 photos to a paper on a tablet.
The left one <-- was taken with LED Flash On (NOT AUTO, ON) and the right one --> was taken with it off (OFF, NOT AUTO)
This is so frustrating, practically there is no way to take photos with flash, is not a hardware issue (i think cuz when i record a video and take a photo while recording with LED LIGHT ON, the photo is fine, there is no such artifact), another way was changing the auto whitebalance to fluorescent and the photo becomes a little decent, and i thoght that i can handlet it, but no, when on Instagram, Facebook Cam, Cymera, etc. There is no sense Cam interface to take Photos while recording a video, neither the auto white balance option to get rigde of the "sephie like effect" so, i decided to change the ROM just to try:
Tried Vyper XL 3.0 and 2.4 and was the same ****, so i decided to reflash the device back to stock with and RUU 2.20, right now it has OEM ROM with Bootloader relocked and no root. and is in the same that was when i got it.
So, the Q are:
Is there another person who has experience the same issue?
Is there a way to fix it? Since i think it is a software problem, maybe yes maybe not.
Thanks.
I was thinking about sending back to LA for Warranty but... It will cost me $74 and a month of waiting.
i searched on Google and here but found nothing.
UP (?)
I don't think there is anything to "fix" here, and the camera is basically working as intended. It looks like just a matter of taking a picture of a completely white frame combined with the flash, which is throwing off the white balance. I'm sure there a plenty of other color/light combinations that will similarly result in odd white balance results. Its just a computer algorithm that is trying to interpret the lighting conditions and guess the "best" white balance, and its not going to be correct all the time.
You've already found the workaround, which is to either turn off the flash, or change the white balance manually. Or you might be able to fix the color after the fact with the built-in editing feature or 3rd party apps. I certainly wouldn't suggest warranty service, and don't think it will fix the problem anyway.
Flash isn't recommended for macro/close range shots, anyway. You get unsightly reflections like the one in your example. Even aside from the "sepia" tone, your second (no flash) example just plain looks better in every way. So why even use the flash, unless you for some reason have a need to regularly take photos of documents in low light, requiring a flash?
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I don't think there is anything to "fix" here, and the camera is basically working as intended.
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Wtf? xd
I have also a Infuse 4G, 8 Mpx too, LED Flash, and the results with the Flash on, no matter if it's needed or not, are as it should be.
But this? here are two more examples, and i just took about 50 pictures, all with the LED On, and the sephie tone is everywhere, from a bathroom with zero light to outside, with sunlight, and even blocking the LED light with the finger.
This is so frustrating. I hope that is there a fix .
Another factor may be that the white balance by default is significantly "over-saturated", presumably by HTC to make colors more vivid and "pop" more. This could be why you are seeing this effect on this phone, when you don't on other phones or digital cameras.
But the latest photos you posted look pretty funky. Also, I've also tried to duplicate the effect by taking a picture of a printed page, and can't get the sepia tint. In fact, my photos actually look more white with the flash (more of a yellowish tint with flash off). These factors make me re-think my previous statement that it is working the way its supposed to.
Does the yellowish tint happen with subjects farther away too? Such as taking a picture of a person or landscape?
Defect with the camera? Maybe.
A "fix" aside from repair or exchange? Doubtful. The fact this issue persists across multiple ROMs suggests it may be a hardware problem.
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Does the yellowish tint happen with subjects farther away too? Such as taking a picture of a person or landscape?
Yes, no matter what, if the flash is On, the "sephia like effect" persist
Defect with the camera? Maybe.
A "fix" aside from repair or exchange? Doubtful. The fact this issue persists across multiple ROMs suggests it may be a hardware problem.
I have tried Viper XL 2.4 and 3.0 but not with CM 10 or AOSP ROMs.
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Negruka said:
I have tried Viper XL 2.4 and 3.0 but not with CM 10 or AOSP ROMs.
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Couldn't hurt to try a AOSP-based ROM. ViperXL uses a different camera from stock 2.20 firmware, although its a newer version of the Sense camera.
The more frustrating issue im facing is, sometimes, (not all thr time) camera's reverse rotation is not fully occuring and stops still little out side the housing at the same time the camera module is loose enough to go inside the housing and comes out little bit when the phone faced downwards in the air.
If anyone has the same problem, please let me know
EDIT: my phone is running on latest firmware
There is a calibration tool in Settings. It may fix your problem.
aleksander002 said:
There is a calibration tool in Settings. It may fix your problem.
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Okay, I'll try that..
Ajithnkr said:
If anyone has the same problem, please let me know
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No problem here.
Check if your Flip Camera and its metal dock is clean.
Calibrate Flip Camera and check functionality.
Service it.
I also have a problem
The camera thinks something is blocking it when i try a fast flip even if nothing is there and says impossible to flip. Sometimes it works.
I cannot calibrate it because of this problem
And it seems clean.
If i drive the camera manually it works but i can see the beginning of switch is a bit hard.
Retracting camera always works well.
All ideas are good to try