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[XPERIA X10 General] theninjagecko:
Recently purchased a X10 and some how dirt and muck had got under the screen, I decided to buy it as I was confidant I could take it apart and clean it.

One thing I also noticed was that the photos were not very good. Upon inspection of the camera I noticed the plastic cover over the camera lens, this was clean however my theory was any bright light sources off centre of the camera were scattering across this plastic section and making photos look a little washed out and blurry.

Anyway I took the phone apart and cleaned the muck from under the screen and now it looks brand new.

I then popped out this plastic piece from in front of the camera and put her back together.

Here are some disassembly pics.

This is the plastic part i popped out from the camera

And here are the before and after camera samples. Straight out the cam no edit. "more to come"

Before

After

More after shots.

Think you will agree MASSIVE difference. Only draw back is im not sure if the ir filter is built into this plastic bit, and now the camera has no protection from dust etc, but I always clean my gear regularly anyway.

Edit - Seems this glass protection wasnt the IR filter so all is good :). I'm dumping new test pics in the following dropbox folder.

http://db.tt/OV9b9WP

Really happy with this phone now.
[XPERIA X10 General] totalundone:
Wow, that's a huge difference.

3 years ago, my w810i's lens cracked. Photos weren't bad or anything but it bothered me. I bought a cheap pair of glasses online (5$ i think) with a uv film (that's the slight purple tint on the plastic cover) and tried to fashion the lens into a size that could replace the oem piece of glass. I took a few photos and it was a huge difference as well.

Unfortunately, glass from the glasses were too thick and it wouldn't fit with the backcover on. I bought a UV filter for slr cameras but those were way too thick. I thought of trying with a slide cover slip but that project ended up dying when my bro's phone died (i gave him the w810 and picked up a K790a).

Does anyone know of any glass makers/fabricators that can make an optically clear piece of glass with a coat of UV (filter)? I'll take a look online when I get home. I use the camera on my phone pretty regularly so I'd be willing to purchase a glass cover. Just something to protect the lens.
[XPERIA X10 General] theninjagecko:
A spec of dust has still got back in today lol. Will take it apart again in the week and plug all the joints.
[XPERIA X10 General] LususNaturae:
That is a huge difference in those comparison pictures.

But I guess that cover isn't supposed to come off right?
[XPERIA X10 General] clixt:
Damn, how did you took off that plastic camera sheild?

Imagine this with Vignette...
[XPERIA X10 General] KoMMyHucT:
so i guess if i put some high quality glass instead of plastic, quality should increase
[XPERIA X10 General] Bruce Lee:
What an awesome solution. You should put a guide up on how to do this. You might have good ideas grow from that. Ask the mods if you can do this. I would love a guide to know how if my lens gets that dirty. And those before and after pics are amazing too. Great post and info owner of post.
[XPERIA X10 General] theninjagecko:
Thanks guys. The phones pretty simple to take apart. I had to take it all apart to clean the screen but to cam mod you don't have to remove the motherboard so its much easier. I'm adding pics into my dropbox link all the time too.
[XPERIA X10 General] LususNaturae:
Does removing this part have any negative effects?

Like would the lens be more prone to dust & scratches without it? :confused:
[XPERIA X10 General] clixt:
I noticed on some picutures that theres a minute amount of red tint. Is that normal?
[XPERIA X10 General] a1exander:
That IS a huge difference.

Do you think it would be hard to repaint the whole device from white to black?

EDIT: Done! :D
[XPERIA X10 General] 3dawg:
Night and day difference. Incredible. Please tell me this doesnt require messing around with the screen as I dont want to risk messing with the screen placement or anything.

How exactly do we remove this little piece?
[XPERIA X10 General] theninjagecko:
I think i see a red tint on photos of my chickens, maybe the colors of the chickens is messing with the auto white balance?

fairly easy i would say.

ok The only reason i took the phone apart is to get to the screen I had bad dust under it and had to take the lot apart to get to the screen.

For the cam mod take you battery cover off, now inspect the plastic over the camera very closely and you will see its glued down, use a small tool to pry it off.

Lots more pics added to dropbox link.
[XPERIA X10 General] theninjagecko:
A few edited with Picnik and put on my Flickr. Sandy girl was actually before the mod "not as sharp as it should have been" All the latest on Dropbox link on first post.

Sandy girl. by Scott..Hutchinson, on Flickr

Summer night coming. by Scott..Hutchinson, on Flickr

Long standing. by Scott..Hutchinson, on Flickr
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
The plastic on my camera is pretty scratched up, so I'd like to take it out.

I tried but it seems really difficult. Can you please elaborate on how you did it?

Which tool did you use, etc?
[XPERIA X10 General] theninjagecko:
Because i too the phone apart to clean my screen i could poke it out from the back.

if you look really closely its glued from the outside though and you should be able to get a really small flat head screwdriver "from a pc repair kit" and pry it off. It's just glued down.

If you look at this picture with my battery cover off you can see where the glass sits in the circular groove. You can even see some left over glue residue on it.

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[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
It seems that it is extremely difficult to do it from the outside.

I've tried everything, it's glued very strongly, it won't come out,

I've been trying for 2 hours! :D :D :D Time to give up!

Thanks for the tips though! :)
[XPERIA X10 General] theninjagecko:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmgeoaDURQ
[XPERIA X10 General] clixt:
Thanks man!
[XPERIA X10 General] iridaki:
Awesome! :)

I'm kind of embarrased though, should have thought to search on YouTube myself! :o
[XPERIA X10 General] theninjagecko:
I've had some nice use out of this. Deciding to sell it though and move over to WP7:D
[XPERIA X10 General] WarriorSan:
Thanks for the video tuts very useful! I removed all the dust that was collected underneath the screen :)
[XPERIA X10 General] kloopk:
my attempt

before and after shots.

Time to see if i have any glass from old webcams or cameras that will fit the hole. as I am a little worried that and dirt/dust that got in there could work round to the front.
[XPERIA X10 General] superleeds27:
Plus one! Won't dust gather, and get inside?

Guessing shots should be better due to light etc?
[XPERIA X10 General] SomethingAwesome:
Had some dust under my lens cover.

Just pried my cover off with an X-Acto knife (not pretty but it got the job done).

I can actually put the cover back on the phone because it fits so snugly in the hole.

Picture quality is definitely a bit better. I'm going to do some more testing to see what the differences are.
[XPERIA X10 General] clixt:
I did this mod and i ended up putting the plastic cover back on.
[XPERIA X10 General] sardelich:
I almost removed the cover...but....as much I must admit that pictures do look better,the protection that the cover gives to the lens from dust and scratch is I think more important than the slight difference in quality.if you scratch the lens directly you can say goodbye to your X10,if you scratch the cover,well,put a small plastic over it.I presume it gathers dust really nicelly without the cover and,the pictures are better,but the edges seem darker than with the cover.So,I think the lens was calibrated for that damping that the cover provides,and a bit of difraction.....so for now,I'm leaving it on.maybe one day it will come off..at least when the warranty comes off :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
Folks, if you get to hear of the UK price, release date or pre-order info for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, please share the details here.

I'm in limbo at the moment, I've returned an Asus Transformer and am hanging on for some info on the price and release date for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 before I try my luck with another Transformer.

I've seen something mentioning that Vodafone are getting the tab first?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/15/vodafone-uk-lands-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-exclusive-launch/

Any updates appreciated.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viralwhite:
I don't have any additional information, but wanted to point out that the article you have posted is out-of-date. It was posted in February and talks about a "March" release date in other countries, which I don't think has happened.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
Cheers for that Viralwhite. :)

Info seems to be very thin on the ground over here at the moment, there are a couple of web sites advertising pre-order but they look to be very expensive and I've never heard of them before. I'd prefer to see something from the more prominent retailers.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viralwhite:
I don't blame you. Best of luck to you on getting one. I'm in the same boat and hoping Best Buy gets them in stock. Even worse though, I'm still hoping the launch date is June 8th. I returned my Iconia for the 10.1.

Cheers! :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
Play.com show the Tab but no prices yet. http://www.play.com/Search.html?sea...source=0&searchstring=samsung+galaxy+tab+10.1
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darrenjdoc:
Play actually show a microSD slot :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
I noticed that too, not sure if the specs are accurate though. :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cosimoss:
I’ll believe it when I see the “new” spec.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopstah:
Play are advertising the 10.1v, that is 10.9mm thick (v.s. 8.6mm) and has an 8MP rear camera (vs. 3MP), which has been out in Australia and parts of Europe for over a month now. Handtec and Clove are also advertising this model, based on their specs. Unfortunately they are all calling it the 10.1 (I don't know if that's what Samsung are calling this model in the UK or not).

Just another case of two tablets with very similar specs and very similar names that will lead to a lot of consumer confusion.

I've seen nothing recently to suggest that the UK will be getting the 'thin' Galaxy Tab 10.1 at all -- I'm expecting to have to import one from the US.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
Clove have posted some info suggesting that the 10.1 is due for release early July, I'm presuming that they're talking about the UK release.

http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/06/09/...loveTechnologysBlog+(Clove+Technology's+Blog)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hshah:
Check out this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119420
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insane_Homer:
Play.com now showing them @ £699 and £799!!! WTF, Seriously? there goes that idea!

Amazon have it @ £484
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKseagull:
The Amazon Tabs are US imports so that needs to be a consideration.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hshah:
Amazon must be covering the warranty then?

I got mine from Best Buy in the USA and the girlfriend brought it back. Total cost of 32GB Tab and the Samsung Case after business expenses is around £350 :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] e1rokr:
is it possible to boot ubuntu via a xap that does the same as haret.exe ? yes i know that the sd card is formatted specially but you could partition the sd card the same way people use android from the same sd......
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
you can dual boot, but not via haret, perhaps in the future but idoubt it since magldr makes it quite easy as is, now what woud be useful is dual boot wp7 and WM6.5,
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
what rom did you came from?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philow:
It was my Son's phone so I am not sure what all he has had on it or when it started having a problem but the latest was the 5/7/2011 MIUI rom.

MIUI worked fine on reboot as far as signal is concerned. Not sure what IMEI it had.

Thnaks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
You still have your eds backup right?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859914

It's a little complicated but I hope you fix it. Or if not, try to ask tmobile.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philow:
I have tried that post and this one from the Captivate forum.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881162

And it still deletes the files when I reboot. I have actually contacted Tmobile and they have sent a new phone but I am trying to see what has happened in case it happens again.

Also, I just flashed an old GalaxyS4G ROM my son had on it and it seems to work OK as well but with a generic IMEI and the 4G Product code.

strange!!!

Thanks for your quick reply :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philow:
Added possible Solve

I added what I did to solve my issue in the OP! Hope it helps someone!

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basha:
No EFS backup and EFS got currupted| How to recover Vibrant

How to repair IMEI and get back signal If you dont have efs back up or NV_data.bin backup?

I am in big trouble.

:mad:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiquin:
Flash to stock using ODIN and it should be fixed, check your IMEI with the one in the back of your phone.

The easiest way to do it is using this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=954509, as it comes with the pit and pda files you need. (Many thanks to bay_wofl)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda_23:
how if I don't have the stl3, in fact my /dev/block is empty !!!

do I still have chance to restore my phone with only the efs backup ?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serginhog:
NO Signal ** no /efs folder

I have a similar problem on my gooapple phone.

I have no /efs folder anywhere but my IMEI address after struggling appears. I modifyed the /data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI MP0B_001 file without any luck.

What finally did the trick was executing :

adb shell

su

echo 'AT +EGMR=1,7,"IMEI_1"'> /dev/pttycmd1

echo 'AT +EGMR=1,10,"IMEI_2"'> /dev/pttycmd1

I still have the No Signal problem.

can this help me?

has anybody found a solution to this issue?

regards,

Sergio G
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notcosi:
Did you find a solution? I just received my goophone i5 and have no service
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michelle1505:
You almost made me cry !!! Followed about 90% of all the guides to restore my backed up efs. Went from no signal to bootloop and back. Spend 6 days trying to fix my phone and you were my last resort. If your guide wouldn't work I would've given up. I did push the Thanks button but wanted to say thank you too :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaurav.c:
Hi guys, i am running virtualbox with win 7 on a ubuntu 11.04 machine...and i want to upgrade my SGS but i read somewhere on this forum that kies has some issues with virtualbox and that a usb filter needs to be set up....i want to know if the filter will solve the kies problem....

and how do i setup the filter...can anyone please explain...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gaurav.c:
ok, i figured out creating the usb filters part....what i want to know is since i've now created a usb filter for my phone will there be any prob during the update process ??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] yamensaleh:
hello all

i have a strange issue on my device, which is T-Mobile HD2.

Problem Details:

if i used Viber or Nimbuz to call someone after that i can not use my phone (GSM Service i mean).

for example, if i called a friend on Viber, and after hanging up with him, if i recieved a normal phone call andi answered it, the phone will freez and after a while a messege will appear (Activity Phone in process com.android.phone is not responding) and two options "Close, Wait" if i selected wait nothing will happen, if i selected close the dialar will close and i will lose the signal and it will come again after a while, but still i can not use my device as a phone, i have to reboot my phone to be able to use it again.

My Radio version is 2.15.50.14

Issue happened with CLK and MAGLDR on every android build i tried (i tried a lot of them)

please any one have this issue for viber or nimbuzz or any free calling application?

Thank you in Advance

Yamen
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] deki.:
i have same issue with skype and nimbuzz. I use boyppc gingerbread v33. Have you a solution for that?:confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] yamensaleh:
No and no one is even trying to help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Galactus:
have no idea gents. if I use skype I can call out no problem
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] InfX:
I am having similar problem with Viber as well, and i've got a gut feeling this is audio-routing related, possibly Bluetooth routing related. Viber got no "test call" number, so i have to actually call someone in order to test this, produce some logs etc, meaning i can't really try looking deeper right now.

Anyway, hopefully i'll try doing the following tomorrow:

1) Try without the Bluetooth support enabled in Vipers and without the Bluetooth being on at the phone, just to see if i can still reproduce the issue or not without any Bluetooth audio routing involved at any level.

2) Reproduce the issue with a log cat, maybe i'll be able to spot something interesting in there.

PS: The nasty part is, the chances of me finding the problem are really low, and even if i do find it, i don't have the environment to recompile a thing, meaning i couldn't even try fixing it. I am not exactly an Android junkie/guru/etc :-(

EDIT: Just tried without bluetooth, still getting the issue. It isn't immediately clear what's going on here from the diffs between the good and the bad log either, at least, not for me. The logs are just kinda state the obvious - the good one ends up starting the voice, the bad one does not. Also, in the bad log the system starts killing unrelated services (not shown in the log part below), can be coincidence, but can also be the system running out of memory because of some dynamic stream buffer, too.

I really hope someone with proper knowledge and experience is going to notice this thread and helps us.

Good log:

I/phone ( 963): acceptCall: incoming...
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Setting mic mute to 0
I/AudioService( 579): AudioFocus requestAudioFocus() from AudioFocus_For_Phone_Ring_And_Calls
D/AudioHardwareInterface( 103): setMode(IN_CALL)
D/AudioFlinger( 103): setParameters(): io 1, keyvalue routing=1, tid 113, calling tid 103
I/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Routing audio to Handset
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): skip update ACDB due to in-call
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): skip update ACDB due to in-call
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Switching audio device to
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Handset
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Voice Started!!
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Setting in-call volume to 100

Bad log:

I/phone ( 961): acceptCall: incoming...
I/AudioService( 579): AudioFocus requestAudioFocus() from AudioFocus_For_Phone_Ring_And_Calls
D/AudioHardwareInterface( 103): setMode(IN_CALL)
D/AudioFlinger( 103): setParameters(): io 1, keyvalue routing=1, tid 113, calling tid 103
I/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Routing audio to Handset
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): skip update ACDB due to in-call
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Switching audio device to
D/AudioHardwareQSD( 103): Handset
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twoborg:
I don't know if this is too late or not, but since I can't post in any development forums (low post count issue)

I'm using AmericanAndroid NAND Rom and I had this problem, where I can't make or receive normal GSM calls after using VIBER calls.

I used the other version of file libaudio.so from this post

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17900515&postcount=198

and replaced my existing file in system/lib .. changed the premissions(i did it with root explorer), rebooted the phone, and it seems that i solved the problem not being able to receive or make a call over GSM.

Phone application is a little bit slow on first call after using Viber ,.. but after that it functions normaly.

NOTE: Backup ur old libaudio.so from System/lib - don't delete it and make sure premissions are set to rw-r--r-- othervise u won't be able to boot up your phone after restart.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ph03n!x:
The best success I have had was with tytung 12.4 kernel and GPC's libaudio.so from 2.8E... But even then viber made me lose sound- though did not get a dialer FC. I have removed viber ever since, but the no sound issue is far from dead... :(

Swyped from my HTC HD2 running CM7 (Gingerbread 2.3.7)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twoborg:
I must reply on my self...

The problem seems to be resovled but only for a few seconds..

I tested a VOIP call over Viber for a few seconds and it was OK. Then i used normal phone, and also got full response, tried to make a call, tried to receive a call - all OK but my tests were few seconds long.

When I wanted to make an actual call that is supposed to last longer than few seconds I got another problem: Other side could hear me only on first 10-20 seconds, after that period, other side would hear just muble jumble from me (connection quality = excelent).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Axel85:
exactly same problem here with viber
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twoborg:
I counducted one more test...

While making a call in viber i tried not to trigger "scheen shutdown sensor"... in vibers case Screen would't shut down but only go black...

and i managed to make call that lasted more than a few seconds. As soon as the sensor gets triggered and screen goes black (not off), my problem occures. (Othes side can't her what am I saying only rubbish, and i have to hang UP and make a call again).

As long as i keep the my display sensor from triggering everything is well...

I don't know is there a way to disable the sensor in Viber or not but other than that I'm able to make a Viber call, and GSM calls with the libaudio file from above post.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twoborg:
After few more tests I concluded that the Sensor might not be an issue...

I'm now puzzled more than ever
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] twoborg:
For all of you havin issues with VOIP apps like Viber try libaudio from this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16016409&postcount=5967

It's an older version of libaudio.so and for now it showed best results with Viber on my ROM (AmericanAndroid NAND Version) .. Sometimes it gets a bit laggy but didt crash, and I can still answer incomming GSM calls.

Warning: this libaudio might have some other issues with other devices or something else ... but for for the purpose of using Viber and making GSM calls it showed best results..

and also don't forget to set the proper rights rw-r--r--
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Axel85:
I would like to try,but i don t know what rw-r--r-- permission I have to set