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[HTC One X] chaitanya.alur:
Camera app crashes

I am using HOX AT&T unlocked for almost a week..for the last 2 days i am facing a problem..

my camera app (default) crashed all of a sudden and some time it goes blank and sometimes it don't even open..the problem is rectified by restarting once or twice...but is there a permanent remedy for this..

with instagram the camera works fine...the problem is only with default camera app..

Thanks...
[HTC One X] celticking:
Factory reset maybe. Sounds like a software issue with sense.

Sent from my EVO
[HTC One X] chaitanya.alur:
I didn't try that...but i read that it is also not working...will updation of sense resolve the issue??
[HTC One X] celticking:
Factory reset sounds like the best option. The camera clearly works just not the sense software. Let me know how it works. Just male a backup anyway.

Sent from my EVO
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Ok guys, i'm having problems with my HOX camera. Since I bought it, It can't focus very well when I try to make a close-up picture. I've tried to Reset Camera, Clear Cache, Wipe the whole phone and start over (I had the old firmware 1.19.701 and updated it now to the 2.19 or something to get the 4.0.4 and I still have the problem).

Here are 3 pics from my HOX. First 1 is big, taken from "PRoCapture" app, and the other 2 from the camera software. Strangely, the ProCapture pictures take 3.4mb, the stock camera app takes picture at 1.5mb...same settings. Also, at the end, a picture in close-up from a SG2...VERY different.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Little help here. I know you guys are entertained with JB but a little help here, please? :)
[HTC One X] abejoker:
I think this will be my last bump.Little help here guys...I can't take those Close-up pictures :(
[HTC One X] Audioboxer:
The new JB camera has improved auto-focus with close up shots. It was pretty mediocre at best with the ICS camera app.

You could try shooting in macro mode, rather than auto (it should go into macro mode with auto anyway, but worth trying).
[HTC One X] abejoker:
I've tried Macro Mode, I've used Camera 360 which improved just a bit the focus. I really hope JB will fix this at least for me...But guys, can you take pictures like the one I took on the SG S2? I mean, I want close-up pics like that! Or anyone here knows how to fix it?
[HTC One X] mando508:
Touch focus doesn't help?
[HTC One X] abejoker:
After 4.0.4 it works better. It starts focusing but it just doesn't focus close-up. You can see it in the pictures above.
[HTC One X] mando508:
I don't know... maybe you're holding it too close to the camera ;f.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
I'm suppose to hold it close to the camera...is a close-up picture :p -- No, but really...I hold it as close as to other cameras and mine was the only one unable to focus.
[HTC One X] neuTrue:
@abejoker: I just tried to take a macro picture of my pen. I am afraid to bring you a bad news.

There is something wrong with your camera : (

I am on 4.0.4 stock, however it might be worth mentioning. Did you try to enable Flash/LED while taking the focus? I find pretty helpful in many occasions.

Good Luck
[HTC One X] rogueblade:
My HOX camera suffers from issues as well. If I try to take a photo without flash, which is always, the photo blurs even when I'm trying to hold it as steady as possible, especially if the lighting is the slightest bit dark such as evening. The anti-shake or whatever it's called is hopeless.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
I guessed it was my camera haha. I need a way to fix it, hoping it isn't hardware issue.
[HTC One X] mando508:
I know but maybe it's TOOOOO CLOSE :D for your hox.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Look the pictures on last page and you'll see.
[HTC One X] tonypello:
Hi guys someone advised me to put Expo settigs to +1 to take better photo in colour and resolution.

It's correctly?

I don't understand much about photo settings :):D
[HTC One X] mando508:
Lower exposure when you are taking photo in a very bright conditions. Use +1 or +2 when your photo look dark and stuff like that...
[HTC One X] stuart0001:
How to take great photos with an HTC One X
[HTC One X] raefonti887:
mirror ghosting appears when I take some shots of direct light sources such as a fluorescent bulb or LED lights, the light seems to have its form on the other side of the screen and looks green, it disappears when I align the ghost and the light. is it normal for the One X camera?
[HTC One X] Alex-V:
for all aosp - cm10 - aokp - paranoid - etc ...

i find a 16:9 original camera mod for these roms...works beautifull...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1901917

with kind regards
[HTC One X] arknailed7754:
Alex Does it eliminate the green flash bug and in your opinion how does it compare to standard sense cam.

This is literally the only reason im not using aosp etc!

switched to my back up of aokp, tried to install but looks like its stating wrong device as its looking for pyramid,could you help me with installing? sorry for all the questions!
[HTC One X] Alex-V:
The pictures are good..not sure about the green..look at the upload one..its taking in dark light...i flashed not the zip in the topic..i copy the files in one of my update zips as the one is for other phone..also you can overwrite the files in a rom zip...the reason for me against aosp was this..but also beats audio..if you need more help let me know
[HTC One X] Alex-V:
ok heres the cam as update zip :)

with kind regards
[HTC One X] Raadius:
Is it just me or is the One X Plus camera better than the One X? I thought the cameras are exactly the same I read, but under usage the One X plus camera (main) takes better shots, has less grainy feed and auto focus is more stable.
[HTC One X] lcampori:
wrong.

at least when you suggest to lower exposure in bright conditions.

as a rule of thumb, exposure should be INCREASED in very bright conditions. beware of oversaturated channels, though, with blown channels it is very tricky to get a spot-on white balance (mmm possibily this is one of the triggers for unwanted green casts when using flash, btw I cannot see any).

Light meters of any kind are calibrated to reproduce a scene tonality as "middle gray". So a black scene tends to be OVERexposed to get a middle gray and a white scene tends to be UNDERexposed to obtain middle gray. Typically, the advice in the old age of film was increase exposure by +1.5 stops on snow or beach, and decrease exposure accordingly for dark scenes.

The second part of the sentence is correct. Indeed, my suggestion in the digital era, as a photographer, is trial and error. Change settings until you're happy with the result. That's why serious digital cameras (even many small and cheap compacts) usually have a live histogram or live highlights/shadows warning to help assessing exposure.

EDIT:

a couple of suggestions.

1 - if you want to get more exposure (i.e. above 800 iso), simply use 800 iso and correct exposure by +2 (if these are stops - I do not know honestly - you're then getting the equivalent of 3200 iso). Then correct in post producion on the pic editor in your pc by dialing in a negative 2 stop exposure.

really awful results, though. HOX pics are not clean even at base iso.

2 - dynamic range compared to aps-c or m43 or fx sensors is so bad that you'll always be fighting against blown channels thus compromising a correct white balance in most situations. That's why you're often getting color casts. Suggestions to desaturate and correct exposure by -1 both help since they both fight against oversaturated channels.

3 - focus. Try and focus on anything in the range of 1-1.5m and you'll have infinite focus as a result (hyperfocal). Apart from extreme close-ups, focusing with a sensor this small is plain stupid. It's a pity there is no infinite focus setting in the camera software (or maybe there is one but I cannot find it).

4 - do yourself a favour a buy a competent camera :)
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Question: how big are your pictures? I've seen some guys with 3mb pictures...mine are just at 1.50mb, at high settings...is it correct?
[HTC One X] lcampori:
I do not know the details, but with variable jpeg compression algos it is possible to get different file sizes. The more details in the pic, the larger the file after compression. "Best shot" selection algos work exactly like that: since blurred images have less details, their file size is lower. So to get the sharpest pic, the algo just picks the largest one out of the bunch.

btw, you can try by yourself: take a pic of the sky or a flat uniform surface and then take a pic of a tree or some texture, and then compare file sizes. If they're the same, the compression algo is constant-size, otherwise it is variable-size compression. I never tried, hence I do not know (I do not use the smarphone to take pics...).
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Thing is, I take the same picture as a friend of mine, full of textures and my photo is 2.00mb and his is above 3MB. On top of that, my camera does not focus well on close range...it loses focus and it can't lock it. I don't get why...
[HTC One X] lcampori:
A different size makes sense if you don't get focus right. Or if you have a dirt lens and cannot get your pic as sharp as it should. Or you cannot handhold your phone as steadily as your friend and get a softer picture. If lens is clean, settings are the same, phone is the same, there are no reasons for sizes being that different.

btw, I STRONGLY suggest to buy Camera Zoom FX and replace the stock app with it.

You can even use "hyperfocal" focus setting (PERFECT for microbic sensors such as ours), so that you can completely forget about focusing from now on. Price is low these days, hurry before it goes back to 4.99.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Have it already...and look at this

It focuses and loses it. This sucks...every freaking phone I've had worked fine with stock software. An EVO and Sense take better pictures...even my friend's S2 does.
[HTC One X] lcampori:
there should be some "macro" setting for close-ups like these.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Tried it and nothing.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Best picture i have taken on macro. PoS....
[HTC One X] lcampori:
honest, this pic means nothing if you don't explain where you wanted to focus exactly. Otherwise focus is achieved as it normally happens with contrast-detect focus devices on the edge of the darkest and lightest areas of the scene (hence where contrast is higher). Infact, you have focus on the border of the fabric, left hand edge.

even I do not use hox to take pictures (I use both nikon aps-c and olympus m43 cameras), I tried to shoot a close-up with the phone and easily got focus.

I do suggest you to try and download another camera app from google play and look if the problem persists. if it does, you have either a hardware problem or poor shoot discipline, if it does not, you have some setting in the stock app fighting against your pics.
[HTC One X] Rhonin82:
Very useful, tnx a million!
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Seems a hardware malfunction, cuz I have a good hand and take good pictures on my Canon T1i. I tried to focus the remote...I use my cellphone to take pictures of my cigars and this is the first phone to give me problems.

I'm out of warranty, how could I fix this??
[HTC One X] lcampori:
Just try and use another camera app before sending for repair. Give a try to Camera Zoom FX.

Then, clean the lens with a soft cloth and shoot something far from you, just to check if you have problems only at short distances. You're not always shooting at cigars and remote controls, are you? If you still have problems, send for repair or use your Canon instead!!

btw, Canon T1i, as any other reflex camera, has a phase-detect focus system which is way different from contrast-detect ones.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
I've used 2 diff apps, cleaned the lense (hoping that would work) and nothing. I only have trouble at close distances. Most of my pictures were taken to cigars...I can't walk around with a Canon to every cigar smoking place...think I'll send this to repir, thing is, I don't know where or how.
[HTC One X] marzinho:
Well, try this - turn the screen off with camera on, hit your camera lens in you knee, or knuckles couple of times (pretty hard, with the equivalent force of clapping, for example), and try to take a pic.

I KNOW, it sounds like a pile of bull****, but works for me...
[HTC One X] cronus101:
Really... You expect people to believe you?

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Hahaha same thought hahaha
[HTC One X] lcampori:
why not? It sounds like an interesting photographic project, by the way, so you'd better use your best tool.

back to your issue.

we're removing one variable at a time: now you shoot try to pass your phone to someone who gets pics right with his own phone and see if it has something to do with your personal technique. or you can try with someone else's hox. I don't want to sound too harsh, just do not rule out any possibility.
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Not harsh at all. I appreciate it. I tried it...friend of mine took my phone and I took his. I got a really good picture, he got it blurry. Definitely, it is my phone.
[HTC One X] marzinho:
Well, i wrote it might look weird, but it works for me. Why it works? Probably because lenses are still mechanical, and for some reason they dont move to reach focus...

Here you have samples, before

and after

"the trick":
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Glad it works for you, but I am not gonna have a phone that I need to hit to work properly -_-
[HTC One X] marzinho:
Me neither, i'll send mine to reapair. Just wanted to show you, tha my "solution" kinda works :D
[HTC One X] Nathalex27:
Worst camera i had since omnia 2. ( well it's my gf's but anyway)

Bad auto focus while shooting video. Twitchy too. Indoor low light is just awefull out of focus blurry grainy...t-mobile wouldn't take it back but was aware of the issue. Htc wouldn't either but denied knowledge of an issue.

I searched on the net and found like a dozen threads about this crap camera and put it to them like this :

"these are my findings on the web. You will take back this phone of wich you advertise it has a good camera but is just not working properly as it damn well should for that kind of money, or will sue you."

She now has a galaxy s3.

Much better.
[HTC One X] Monk2000:
Haha, true somehow :D - but i bought this device not to become a star photographer rather to use it as a smartphone. ;)

When it's bright, the camera is quite okay - without enough light it is grainy and a kind of green ( :confused: ) . The front camera is awefull - anyway, i like the phone :D
[HTC One X] shiningarmor:
wtf, it actually worked.

no ****, im not kidding. his trick works. dont need to hit on ur knee, just a soft smack to the lens area and it focuses good
[HTC One X] germanojose:
It works for me putting the hand in front of the the camera, but I test this method too, and works too. hehehee Thanks.
[HTC One X] kris234:
Hey guys i was looking at the topic with the best picture taken with HOX and i was really amazed. But i cant take a pictures like that

Im starting to think that with another ROM and Camera mod i can make the camera better. Does somebody tested with the mods ?

i dont wanna root my phone yet cuz its too risky atm i think ... or i am wrong/
[HTC One X] treebill:
The pictures I posted on that thread were all done on stock firmware. Taking a picture is more than just pointing and shooting. Takes time effort and planning.

Try the HDR mode for still subjects.
[HTC One X] linfinity:
thanks mate.
[HTC One X] brekfest:
I recently rooted and am now on Viper XL, it seems the camera is doing a better job of macro focusing than before. Since I'm on At&t, this is the first time I've had access to Sense 4+ so maybe it's something HTC adjusted.
[HTC One X] omondisingh:
Hi guys, I was comparing the HTC One camera to the HOX and I noticed that the white balance is a bit off with the HOX. Under fluorescent light pictures appear yellow. I blame the fluorescent setting in the white balance. Is there a way to manually reduce the yellowness?
[HTC One X] rogekk:
] HTC ONE X camera produces red hue with flash after JB update

Hello

Since i updated to Jelly Bean (4.1.1) from Ice-cream Sandwich (4.0.4), i have had a problem taking pictures at NIGHT especially with my flash on .

1. The picture is reddish when flash is on.

2. You can only take good shot when HDR is on but you cant trust HDR because sometimes the pictures come out ghostly.

3. Even if i set ISO to 800 (MAX) with flash on the picture is still reddish

(Please refer to the attachment for examples)

When i tried to take picture with a friends One x who has Jelly bean (4.1.1) he never had and reddish hue in his pictures.

So i figure this is a problem with the software on my phone.

I have tried both soft and hard resetting and factory resetting , i have also tried putting camera setting to default but no luck

Any help is highly appreciated

Thanks

Rogekk
[HTC One X] abejoker:
Crappy camera at close distance. Hate it, even tho I believe this is one of the best phones ever. It can't focus well on Macro shots or close shots.
[HTC One X] zanfo:
Hi guys,I want to buy this phone in plus version.The only thing that not convince me is the camera.In review s3 camera is better,but I'd like to know if now,with new htc upgrade,camera is at the s3 level.Need a honest opinion....thanks!
[HTC One X] v0 HaVoK 0v:
Hey, I noticed this a while now, but haven't really brought it up. Since the jelly bean update my htc one x video quality has been terrible.

In ICS it may have been only 25fps, but atleast the quality is good. This is 30fps, but its horrible quality.

It gets all blocky when looking around, so much that you can barely tell what your looking at.

I haven't seen anyone else talking about this, so I'm wondering if its only me?

Here is a short example.

[YOUTUBE]NNNbDzaP4_U[/YOUTUBE]
[HTC One X] treebill:
I'm sure if you read another review then it would say one x has a better one.

Truth is if you use any camera on auto its not going to be as good as if you set all the options manually.

Phones take good pictures they never take fantastic ones and s3 and one x are about the same as each other camera wise.

I would be deciding on the basis of screen, build materials and sense vs touchwiz.
[HTC One X] goodtox:
The front camera becomes worse when OrDroid 14.0 updated.
[HTC One X] mando508:
Bitrate is too low for higher fps, i hope HTC gonna change that in sense 5. We'll gonna have new camera app like in the new One. Use 720p mode, without image stabilisation, it's the best option for now... Or you can try camera jb+, but sound recording is crappy in this app .
[HTC One X] AcnapyxoB:
In opposite of what I read in this post. I set camera like this:

- Saturation +1 (I like more colors in photos)

- Sharpness -1 (more sharpness = more noise)

...and pictures looks good (in my opinion) :rolleyes:
[HTC One X] jmkhenka:
This is a problem that affect more people then you and me - but not in the same way. For me the images turn green and others repport yellow or other colors. This is *always* the fact when using the flash. Even if the flash light is blocked out or irrelevant (ie, when photoing a lamp).

There is a "fix" here on the Q&A forum that involves replacing a camera related "driver" with one from the hox+.

This is a problem with JB firmware, downgrading to ICS fixes this. This is also fixed in most AOSP/AOKP based roms. So im stuck at aosp (not that i disslike it) until htc releases a proper fix for this, hopefully with 4.2.
[HTC One X] vinji21@gmail.com:
camera has stopped

since the last two days my camera wont start and give a message " cannot start camera "

the camera interface does open but in 2-3 seconds it shuts down.

i have tried factory reset, installing two diffrent custom ROMs, then reverting back to stock ROM.

the only step left at my end is RUU, i hope it works before i take it to service center

i need help for identifying the correct RUU for my HOX+

details of my mob are as following :-

evitare_ul pvt ship s-off

cid-11111111

hboot-1.32.000

modem type-mdm9215m

oct 20 2012

evitareul:4.1.1/JRO03C/122548.11

regards

vinay
[HTC One X] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
wrong place...you asked in HTC One X not X+ forum ...go there and ask there :D if a RUU can't help it's a hardware problem...had that too...had to send it in and they repaired it
[HTC One X] vinji21@gmail.com:
well thanks for your advice, i did try an official RUU but it did'nt help, and it could'nt have as it was simple lense disalignment issue which got resolved in 15 minutes at a local repair shop.:good:
[HTC One X] trevagreene:
Curious to know is there a way with the stock camera app to predefine a "frame" for the photo your about to take as opposed to taking the photo, going into gallery and then selecting a frame for that photo ?

Camera Zoom FX does have this functionality but was wondering if the stock app does as well
[HTC One X] josepinto:
I have the green tint issue with the flash.. I recently rooted and installed ARHD 33.1 on my HOX but can't seem to find a solution to solve this problem..

Can anyone help me with this?
[HTC One X] C--Mon:
For Sense Based Rom's like ARHD there seems to be an solution.

You can flash a .zip with updated camera libs from the HOX+ from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2415999

Can you please report if it works for you?

But sadly this fix doesn't work on AOSP based Rom's and alwas results in a bootloop

Maybe someone can modify that camera libs, so that they can be uses also on AOSP based Rom's like CM11?

That would be great

Otherwise I will try to open a Bug report for it, when the M7 of CM11 rolls out...
[HTC One X] josepinto:
It worked perfectly! The only problem is that the HDR isn't there anymore, I'm looking for a solution but can't seem to find one...
[HTC One X] C--Mon:
Ok thx, I've created a bugreport now on CM: https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-4189

Hope it can be fixed. It's the only thing that's a bit anoying with CM11 on the One X for me :)
[HTC One X] santhiru:
Need Stock Camera for HOX

Hi Everyone,

I am using HTC One X with Beanstalk 4.4.285.

My kernel is 3.1.10-CM.

HOX stock camera was excellent before, Now i couldnt use in this new KitKat Customrom.

I need a camera app without any extra features like filters panaroma photosphere etc. i need support for 8MP camera, Dual camera and Auto focus and touch focus. Can i use HTC One stock camera? Which app would be best for me?
[HTC One X] intel007:
Camera fv-5 is an amazing camera app, there is a free version that has a limitation on resolution, try the paid version it really is a great camera app, here's a link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flavionet.android.camera.pro
[HTC One X] santhiru:
Thanks

Thanks.

But i started using CameraZoom already. But still i will give a try.

How is it compared with each other anyway?
[HTC One X] knobbyhtccruise:
A bit off topic but is anyone having trouble with saving images after editing with the built in gallery editor... It just sits there saying saving... Forever :)
[HTC One X] frza_:
it's hard to focus

i'm using aicp rom and i think it's hard to focus if i try macro.

maybe somebody can show me solution for this.
[HTC One X] Szighy:
Hi guys, I got my HOX yesterday, bought it second hand, everything was working excellent on it, until I got to try the camera of the phone.

I was shocked when I saw that auto focus wasn't working when I tried to take a photo of some text. Looked up on the internet, if anybody had this problem, many people said that choosing macro would help, no it didn't.

I thought the phone can't focus to close distance, today, I went out and tried to take some outdoors photos, this time I was terrified, everything in the picture came out blurry, tried downloading Camera fv-5 to check if the stock app was the problem, but didn't help. When I tried to shoot a video, I tried the feature to focus manually while recording, on the video it seemed that the camera tried to focus, but failed.

What should I do?

Tried to install a custom rom, no change

After taking some more pictures I realised, that the camera actually focuses, but always on the bottom left corner of the picture (if you hold the phone in landscape mode). What could this be?