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[HTC Sensation] basilpatel:
Suggestions to improve front camera result

Dear friends

In a day time the front vga camera of sensation doing fare but in a room or night or dark light area it is not working well, I agree that.

Suggestions

First of all, some lights is necessary (Day Light or Home Bulb or Tube light) because it is a vga camera.

Second thing you have to adjust some settings

i) Make your display full brighter through settings

ii) When u r on the vga camera mode go to the settings - white balance - try to use different one and finally select the best one. If it will not satisfied or it makes only little difference then select the best one and then go to settings - image adjustment - set the contrast at -2 level. If you want u can ply around here as well.

How to get front camera settings - Start the front camera - press the settings key (=), which is seccond key from the bottom left (Four default four Keys ^ = <- O)

It helps me and I hope it will help u all.

With regards,

Tulsi Patel
[HTC Sensation] mayesmwhite:
Front Camera really dark

I'm having the same issue. the front camera is unusable in med to low light levels....
[HTC Sensation] valamer:
I have the same problem, it's really dark and noisy in low light. But if you have a decent amount of light on you then it works decent enough.
[HTC Sensation] sid0101:
bump

Well, I know this thread hasn't gotten much attention lately, but has anyone been able to figure out some type of software fix for this issue?
[HTC Sensation] ags29:
The problem is simply the lighting. Both front and back cameras on this phone aren't that great with indoor lighting. If you test it outdoors I'm sure it'll be fine.
[HTC Sensation] Shery4life:
i have to admit to all that i have the same problem and i took some picture with my friend at night and they look crap.

i recently made a threa about the back camera and people did say to me that all camera probelm

my problem was **** colour and too much noise

i had to borrow my cousin iphone4 and i tried the camea and in iphone the picture looked so better and for the front camera the picture was clear whereas in my sensation the backcamera didnt even match the iphone camera and for the front i could not even see my self

i also did skype call test to my computer from both phone and in iphone i could see much better but in sensation i could bearly see anything.

i really think the front camera need a diver update.

beside i tried the cover off thing and the quality is still the same.
[HTC Sensation] Rouz.:
same problem here ... and i do use video calling very often ...

I should be getting a sensation XL i guess ... comes with 1.3 mp ffc
[HTC Sensation] supraman89:
This is a issue, i compared it to my cousins Evo 4g in the same room and the same lighting conditions. The evo's camera is better, i do think its a software issue that can be fixed with a custom rom, but im stock and i don't plan on rooting anytime soon.
[HTC Sensation] stratax:
i hope this isnt a hardware issue, just software. the HTC Radar has a good FFC and its VGA as well.. makes no sense
[HTC Sensation] gabriel_mb1:
maybe a solution

Hi there,

have you tried to reset camera settings?

It sounds like nonsense but I did It on my smartphone and Voilà, the camera is now much better, still sucks, but it's better.

How to on Android 4.1: select front camera, settings (3 horizontal lines at left), settings again (3 vertical dots at left), scroll down, reset.
[HD2 General] backlashsid:
Greetings,

The one thing I have seen a lot of people complain here is about the hard keys on our phone wearing out. This is one of the major issues and i face the same problem. On Windows Mobile I rarely use the Hard Keys but on Android they are really used a lot. So my question to all you talented developers out there is..Cant a ROM be made specially for our HD2 with a soft key panel built into the screen ? which is available all the time !!

I know there are some third party apps like Buttonsavior...etc...but its not something which is as flexible as the soft keys in other phones....I have attached a screenshot to express what I mean.
[HD2 General] jsmccabe78:
isn't that what tablet tweaks from cm7 attempts to do? haven't seen if they work, personally.
[HD2 General] backlashsid:
havent heard of em..please be kind enough to elaborate on that

also i found this...not sure how this works...someone please explainhttp://www.xda-developers.com/android/customize-your-samsung-continuum-with-themed-android-soft-keys/
[HD2 General] fred_up:
Try the app zmooth - it is on the Android Market * HERE *. You will never need to use the hardware keys apart form the volume and End/Power key.
[HD2 General] p107r0:
check screenshots in 1st post of this thread
[HD2 General] backlashsid:
thanks
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
This is something that is a native feature of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. So check the ICS ROMs and see if the ROM developer has turned it off or left it as a option for the user to decide. Also I know this ROM has it as a option.
[HD2 General] HypoTurtle:
Yea, as stated above softkeys in themselves are/can be present in all the ics as standard as the feature ics nexus itself doesn't have any hardware buttons (that i recall).

When I first read your question I thought you were enquiring about if the soft button panel could be present regardless of the state i.e when screen is off, which isn't done. In terms of being able to totally disregard the hard buttons there are proximity sensor apps (as well as some sound apps) that can be utilised to wake the device from sleep, I've used proximity screen off which works well, although i can't report as to using it affects battery life.
[HD2 General] backlashsid:
any way other than tablet tweeks ? inbult rom like galaxy nexus has ??
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
Check this thread and check out the video below.

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[HD2 General] backlashsid:
thanks i'll check it out. A dumb question but there is no way we can do something like this on gingerbread roms right ?
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
I do not think you can do this with a Gingerbread ROM because the onscreen buttons are not part of Gingerbread. But if you want to you can always try it and see what you can come up with. Also it is several launchers for Gingerbread that will give you the onscreen buttons, but I do not think they work with all apps.
[HD2 General] backlashsid:
allright. thanks again. I shall test it once I have the ICS rom again on my hd2.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Calla969:
Is there an app that will allow you to change your Mac address? I was at Panera today with about 3 hours to kill. I went there because they have free wifi, but I didn't realize that they limit you to 30 minutes between 11:30 and 1:30. I did a quick search and found that they identify your device using the Mac address.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Well, this is pretty basic for now, but I thought I would post it up for you guys so you can root very easily :)

Features:

root

init.d

insecure (always run adb as root)

How to Install:

Flash with Odin in the PDA slot, no pit, no re-partition

Download:

http://www.mediafire.com/?9cb78z5wrdomzcp
[Captivate Android Development] -Perp-:
Thanks DG :)
[Captivate Android Development] Lancez:
i'm going to flash by using odin oneclick, so after i flashed ROM all i need to do is flashing this?

by the way, thanks a lot DG.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
yup

10char
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
updated, now insecure, w00t!
[Captivate Android Development] Lancez:
what?! :eek: just about to flash this one, so you uploaded a new kernel?
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
Thanks DG. Works like a charm. I'm hoping you take this and run with it. Its pretty nice so far. Prox sensor is fixed.
[Captivate Android Development] Lancez:
+1

10char
[Captivate Android Development] ouija147:
You are making me tired just thinking about all the work you do.

Now I have to wait for the wife to go to sleep to put this on her captivate...
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
Have you had enough time to see if wifi is still causing reboots?
[Captivate Android Development] 1tontomato:
Ha ha DG just I time

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] Cdub5:
Will this give us cwm recovery?
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
Not once yet. And I'm trying my darndest. Actually my old quick settings app works on this flavor of gb. Toggles wifi like a mofo...
[Captivate Android Development] Lancez:
nope, just root which is enough for now :p
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
I wish. That would be nice. But it's pretty nice right now. Stable and seems to be a battery sipper
[Captivate Android Development] waghoba:
Party time!! Thanks DG, as always awesome work..
[Captivate Android Development] A.VOID:
A couple notes:

3e recovery, and it's different than what I've seen before. (No Reinstall pkgs)

The modem on this ROM was mediocre (not as good as JK4), and no HSPA+

I also had apps with widgets installed that mysteriously disappeared from the widget menu.
[Captivate Android Development] Cdub5:
To A.VOID

You been able to check voice quality/volume with the modem yet
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
The recovery is better than stock froyo or eclair. Has install update from sd card which when selected showed every cwm zip I had on my card. Didn't try one though. No disappearing widgets either. I like the modem, loud and nice voice quality. Speed an issue though.
[Captivate Android Development] bigbooty:
Very good on both counts.
[Captivate Android Development] miketucky350:
The modem is good. Audience chip on gingerbread!! I can hear phone on other side of house and its 2200 sq ft! Cant wait for voodoo sound, and cognition. As im stuck in edge territory this is perfect!
[Captivate Android Development] miketucky350:
Good Work!
[Captivate Android Development] tkienzle:
Dg=stud-muffn. :)
[Captivate Android Development] Futang44:
Sorry for the newb question... What does this mean?
[Captivate Android Development] docflower:
Thanks DG. Worked good... the second time. The first time I performed the operations my screen turned black no response. I waited about 5 min and unplugged fone. Went to boot gave me the "firmware update error," but I think this is an alternate DL mode because I restarted Odin, put the file in place, plugged in fone, and it Odin detected and then updated properly. Weird. Just one experience so someone doesn't get sketched if it happens to them.

Thanks again. Amazing the progress in such a short time!!
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
Originally Posted by designgears insecure (always run adb as root)
​

I think this is the just the way the kernel has to be to allow adb commands to be run.

DG please correct me if I'm wrong.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
every time you do an adb command its done as root.

so you can do stuff like "adb remount /system" and it will work and push stuff directly in with having to put it on the sdcard and then adb shell, sudo, copy...

just much better, especially from a dev standpoint.
[Captivate Android Development] bballer182:
So what does the KF1 kernel work with? Just the KF1 ROM or would it work with others? JVO/P/H/9? guessing just KF1
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
Flashed flawlessly with Heimdall. Thank you so much for a really easy way to root such a new ROM and the "insecurity" is great... that sounds so wrong...

EDIT: I don't want this to sound in any way like some ungrateful a-hole that is just looking for results regardless to the hard work of others.

With that said, is there any way we could see BLN support on this kernel? I am in no way a programmer and I do not know what BLN support requires, but this is a great kernel for rooted stock Gingerbread and I would love to see BLN working on it one day. Again, thank you for your hard work DG.
[Captivate Android Development] ddgeo:
Great work thxssss good job,

samsung-SGH-I897 v2.3.3

bandbase I897UCKF1

kernel 2,6,35,7-i897UCKF1-cl273832

compilation gingerbread.UCKF1
[Captivate Android Development] Reamer09:
I appreciate the "thanks" but you clicked "thanks" on the wrong person. DesignGears is the one that you need to click the "thanks" button on. It's his hard work.
[Captivate Android Development] yeeter:
So what is the difference between this method and the Fugu root Kernel swap method? Are the results essentially the same?
[Captivate Android Development] rocksteady:
Thank you. I forgot to do that for Gingerbread. You Rock ....:)

Just so newbies know, you need to boot up in flash mode (volume up/down insert battery, plug in usb cable)
[Captivate Android Development] goderaj:
Thanx So much...Had to have been the easiest rooting I've ever done.
[Captivate Android Development] bryanfritz1:
So if I understand right, this is just a rooted kernel with usb debugging enabled by default? If so I could odin this to adb files off of a stock not rooted cap with a broken screen? I'm hoping to avoid mounting sd thru recovery because of the f'd screen. Thx in advance.

sent from "The Other Woman"
[Captivate Android Development] b-eock:
Boot Loop?!?!!
[Thunderbolt General] satseaker:
If you want the google car home on the bamf gb pr4, just get the carhomelauncher.apk and the com.google.android.carhome-1.apk,copy them to /system/app and install them from there,rename the htccarhome first, reboot and now you have the google car home that simple

Oops I did a booboo,i learned how to do that by searching and reading,but searching is frowned apon around these parts :-)

sent from my bamfed out bolt

sent from my bamfed out bolt
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] flipmodegr:
I just noticed that the phone haves 2 temprature sensors , 1 for the battery and one for the phone,the problem is that 2 aplications(phone tester and system panel) see the phone sensor named AK8973 but cant show data,first 1 says waiting for data and second 1 haves dots, is that normal?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
Really?

I see only one, feels strange.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] flipmodegr:
If u use a programm like phone tester you will see temprature sencor but with no data,to see the battery temprature sensor type *#*#4636#*#* in dialer.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
Looked and saw no extra sensor, have only 1 temp sensor that is the battery and its active.
[Atrix 4G General] scotty269:
Hi all. I've done some searching and have tried a variety of different settings.

A few weeks ago, I mistakenly hit "Reset to Default" in the APN settings. I came on here, and found some settings and made everything working again. Well, I've been unable to send/receive MMS messages. I use GoSMS Pro, and have tried configuring the MMS Settings in the app and in the system settings.

Would somebody, who is using GoSMS and AT&T, please let me know what settings they are using? Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks,
[Atrix 4G General] G-Man.:
I use GoSMS Pro and AT&T - my settings are as follows:

settings>wireless & network settings>mobile networks>access point names>AT&T US HSDPA

Name: AT&T US HSDPA

Proxy: <not set>

Port: <not set>

Username: <not set>

Password: <not set>

Server: <not set>

MMSC: <not set>

MMS proxy: <not set>

MCC: 310

MNC: 410

APN type: default,supl,agps,fota,dun

I have nothing setup manually within GoSMS Pro - its all automatic settings there.
[Atrix 4G General] bl0wf1sh:
You could try using APN manager from the Android Market. I found it to be quite useful...
[Atrix 4G General] J-man67:
I am also not able to send MMS. My MMS APN mirrors the above. I think mine failed when I flash back to GB 4.5 from a theme.
[Atrix 4G General] scotty269:
Still no luck with that. I'm going to try a complete and total reset and will hope it works after that.
[Atrix 4G General] Athailias:
I seem to recal having a similar issue, it had to do with the "messaging center", although for the life of me I am unable to find that number on my phone. Look it up and see if that helps any.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
So I did the fota fix and I still have low memory. I am on bionix rom. When i had deodexed kd1 I used to have around 250ish mb? What am I missing?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Eric-1987:
Wow I had near 350-400 stock if I remember correctly.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
This is with my apps installed. Both stated situations were/are
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Moonfire.PDX:
Did you ditch the bloatware?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] de1packers:
I did but I still show low memory too
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beefvvl:
Did you move as much apps as you can to sd?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thrashingdeth:
I have not yet, but with kd1 I never had this problem? Hmm just tripping maybe
[Nexus S General] cybertang:
for those interested out of boredom me and a co-worker decided to take apart his nexus s

so without further adu here is a step by step photo tutorial breakdown
[Nexus S General] cybertang:
break down continued

series two of the break down
[Nexus S General] cybertang:
Reserved for OP

all pieces broken down
[Nexus S General] kijp15:
I'm scared to take mines apart, haha. But it does look fun and interesting to find out what's inside.

Haha. Cool.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] kijp15:
I wouldn't mind learning on how to do that kinda things. I'm a full on techy person, but I don't have the experience on doing that. But I do learn quick though. I would be happy to be a sprint technician. Ha.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S General] LancerEVA06:
I love how open this phone is. Standard #00 phillips screws, and no warranty sticker!
[Nexus S General] LancerEVA06:
I work at an industrial supply company. We're the ones who ship the screws and tools to the manufacturers.
[Nexus S General] cybertang:
shoot send me some tools heck It would make it alot easier to dismantle certain devices for break downs
[Nexus S General] aronslusa:
HEY! How'd you get my mousepad?? :p

Thanks for the pics though!
[Nexus S General] LancerEVA06:
Let me know what you need, ill put in an order for 'em. 10% over cost.
[Nexus S General] TheNexxuvas:
Story of my day everyday. As a corporate Sprint tech I take apart around 50+ phones a day.

It's become next to nothing to open any small electronic now...and a few big ones haha.

Sometimes I feel like I'm doing a tear down for liquid damage in my sleep.

I've done it for 7 years now and have been such a good harvester that I've kept my exchange rate down to 18% constant due to my efforts.
[Nexus S General] slackwaresupport:
so.... did you see why people are having issues with signal?? is there a crappy antenna? etc.
[Nexus S General] Alanmw86:
tearing apart a sprint phone is easier than building lego's if you actually feel like doing it.

just don't tear the ribbon.
[Nexus S General] d94:
thats whats up! going 2 years strong here. 3rd party 50+ phone a day aswell down to 23% taking phones apart is like cake now too and it got me thinking i need to touchstone my nexus like i did my epic :D

now if only slate was more useful..
[Nexus S General] slackwaresupport:
do you know when it will hit the streets?

thanks!

ck
[Nexus S General] TheNexxuvas:
None anymore, there was the old Palm circuit board switcharoo, but the newer models don't offer that. I harvest like a mad man though, even Pre sliders, pre earpieces on the top board/screen and things that many are too afraid to harvest (Blackberry tour/bold screens).

Soldering kits are being pulled from the stores too, since we've been scaled back to only soldering old pin charger ports (I still solder wires for earpieces and vibe motors) and those are now defunct.

If blackberry and htc hadn't screwed us over by taking away our soldering efforts with their models, we'd still be doing them today, but, thems the breaks. Hurts both techs and customers but maybe down the line they will rethink it and go with the soldering machines that are used at the warehouse to put new ports on. I'd dance a bit of a jig that day. And I absolutely hate the new standard mirco usb ports, absolutely too small and too fragile and they are on every phone now. Need to go back to mini usb, which was much sturdier. I haven't charged a phone on a cable in years. Cadex or Wall dock chargers for me.

Gives me better battery life, and since I always run 2 batteries I go to work everyday with a fully charged one. Can't beat it.
[Nexus S General] ddpacino:
Well, is it possible to replace the wifi radio in my Nexus S 4G?? The low range and disconnects are killing me! I dont mind voiding my warranty.
[Nexus S General] cor4twenty:
Ha! Slate my friend is garbage!!!! Lol
[Nexus S General] TheNexxuvas:
Radios and chipsets are embedded into the circuit boards now, they aren't on a socket like CPU's on a computer motherboard, so no, sorry, that's not a removable/replaceable part.
[Nexus S General] THEJ1654W:
Help

Seeing that you are a repairs technician for sprint, I was wondering if you would be able to help me with a micro USB problem on my nexus s 4g?

;)
[Nexus S General] jago25_98:
Plugging in UFL connected external ariels may help with diag for the various radios.

I have only 2 satelites seen on mine. I've bent the print connector up to touch the ariel a little harder but still it's a bad connection (presumably). I am thinking of ordering:

http://www.hwkitchen.com/products/mini-gps-antenna-embedded-ufl/

just to test it and confirm.

I'm guessing a magnetized NFC ariel wouldn't cause this. Removing the back (which has the NFC Ariel is) hasn't helped anyway even though the magnetometer does respond to taking the back off.

"file create fail" is what I get in trying to run the antenna test with LBSTestMode.

This hardware fix doesn't seem to be intended for the 4G but I tried it anyway. If it doesn't work I will try tin foil!:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...llly-fix-nexus-s-gps-hardware-mod-needed.html

Is there a better way to test? I'd like to see the raw data that the GPS is getting from satellites too see how it is calculating the position but I don't think that's possible.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luis250:
any guide for ubuntu
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roebeet:
For Linux, it's fairly easy - no drivers. Just grab the Linux binaries from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861950

Then setup the development branch you need (newer updates are on goodintentions site here: http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/nvflash.htm)

Just make sure that you run your nvflash commands as root, and it should work. I'm on Lucid x64 (yeah, very old) and that's what I use for all my nvflashing.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inconceeeivable:
No problems on Maverick.
[Off-topic] needspractice:
I play either Plants Vs Zombies or Texas Holdem Legend while on the john.
[Off-topic] Shadow-Nexus:
I would also play this fun and adicting game but the game its not yet compatible with my mini pro and i dont have a tablet so i'll just wait for a working version for the mini pro or to buy a tablet

Im planning to buy a motorola xoom or a dell streak

Which one would you recommend?
[Off-topic] WBMc36:
mostly fox news when i'm on the john. Plants vs. zombies is more before bed action for me.
[Off-topic] michaelkahl:
PvZ or Angry Birds.
[Off-topic] Cuppeerr:
Buy a xoom and I get on facebook
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Adosbox/cyberdogs

Sent from my 'SilverBullet' HTCDesireZ running CM7
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
Ponon DLX. God that's addictive.
[Off-topic] muerteman:
I generally don't spend enough time to play PvZ while I'm on the crapper so I usually play Doodle Jump or just read XDA with Tapatalk.
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
I usually play with myself while taking a dump.

I mean single player games like Robotek HD and stuff.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Pocket Ledgends
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
OMG! You are definitely mentally challenged if you need to concentrate to poop.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Perhaps he's concentrating on the strange pleasure of laying a pipe?
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
Are you implying that he's a repressed person of non-conformist sexual preference?

By that I'm saying it out that he's a closet gay.
[Off-topic] iynfynity:
I don't play, a 1 round of PvZ would be longer than the thing. :D lol I'm fast.