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[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] KingCheetah:
This problem has occurred with both my hubby's and my MT4GS, out of the blue, and with two different software versions. Hubby's phone is the original 1.28.531.9 software, stock/rooted/s-off via Revolutionary method. Mine is software 1.63.531.2 710RD, unlocked via HTC's unlocker and stock/rooted/s-on. Hubby's phone hasn't required any repair, while the mainboard was replaced on mine at the beginning of February (this was HTC's solution to a sudden display failure, and they decreed it off-warranty, so I essentially had to pay for my phone again to get it repaired). The only other difference between our phones is I started using a Mugen 1800 mAh battery at the start of this week; Hubby's is still on a stock battery.

The pink spot in the middle of the camera's viewfinder suddenly appeared on both our phones, and it outright ruins any photos. Lighting is not an issue with either phone: the spot or "wash" of pink appears even in bright indoor light and with the flash. Below is an example of a of a white wall in our townhouse in bright light. And yes, that is a white wall.

I haven't tried a factory reset with either phone, and wanted to find out if that even had a possibility of affecting this problem before I committed to the work involved (restoring data afterward, redebloating). Warranty repair, even if the only option, would be a huge PITA, as we rely on our phones for communication when I'm out in the field for work purposes. I'm also leery of HTC declaring this an off-warranty repair, simply because our phones have been rooted and I've used their unlocker--which makes no sense in this situation, but they've done it to me with my previous repair.

I guess what I'm looking for here is the cause of this camera error, and if a warranty repair (we have till October on these phones) is the only real option for addressing the problem. Very disillusioned by the performance of our phones, given their relative age, what we paid for them initially, and the care we've both taken to keep them in good condition. Any info/replies appreciated, as a Web-wide search did not yield any truly useful assistance.

TIA --

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KingCheetah
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ekoee:
Did you try other camera apps? I would assume a hardware problem, but I always assume a hardware problem. Best to try and install a different rom before buying a camera though.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] KingCheetah:
Trying another camera app implies that HTC's camera software has failed, and I believe this to be highly unlikely, as HTC's software provides the best results for the hardware. I have yet to encounter camera software capable of delivering the same caliber of results as what was written by HTC for the MT4GS, however, I haven't reviewed everything that's available. I'd be hesitant to try this if I could be making the problem worse or muddying the waters.

As to a different ROM, wouldn't performing a factory reset accomplish the same thing? Both hubby and I are content with stock on our phones and not interested in a different format. And, to my knowledge, most ROMs not based on MT4GS stock either have problems with the camera or don't deliver the same results with image quality. An HTC Sensation owner, when experiencing this same camera problem, tried a number of different ROMs to no effect (apologies, I don't have the web link to that forum handy).

Hardware problem is the most logical conclusion, but two separate phones? At the same time? I'm searching for a concrete method of troubleshooting this problem without introducing more variables into the equation.

Thanks for the suggestions, though --

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KingCheetah
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] edwardng:
gg.com

Im 99.98% sure this is hardware failure...

try to send it back to HTC and ask for a repair
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] heart_crafter:
i get weird issue with camera also... but it's is a bit different. Camera gets very grainy and colors get funky.

possible cause; installing some app that uses camera.

to fix; i copy the htc camera app, delete it from system/app reboot and reinstall.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] GoPadge:
In case you need new a new camera, Repairs Universe has replacement camera's for ~$17 plus shipping...

http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-mytouch-4g-slide-camera-replacement.html
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ekoee:
Yeah, that's why I was unsure of it being a hardware problem, especially since most HTC users just get a green or pink line going across the screen when using the camera. There was a fix for that somewhere, but I'm on my phone so I can't find the link lol. Perhaps it's related to your problem though.

As for best way to address, normally I go with easiest/cheapest possibilities first. Just makes sense to me that way. Look up the HTC camera fix if you get the chance.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] KingCheetah:
Camera behavior of note that I didn't notice before: if I take a shot of that same white wall with the flash, the pink spot is not evident in the resulting photo. Sort of a moot point, since after doing some more searching and making a few inquiries, it seems that this pink wash camera error is the same as that experienced by Samsung Galaxy S II owners, and that has been defined as a hardware problem--specifically a poor alignment/manufacturing flaw with the camera lenses. Software updates did attenuate the problem for some GSII owners, but it never completely resolved it.

So, I'm resigned to the fact that the MT4GS camera has a similar design flaw, not as prevalent as the GSII's, but obviously there, and I'll just use it for utilitarian purposes. For photos that I want to keep, I'll look into a quality compact digital camera. I don't have the time at this point in my work schedule to try and repair our phones, nor can we afford the downtime of trying to get HTC to address it. Searching for "HTC camera fix" didn't yield anything constructive for the MT4GS, by the way.

Still really bummed about this --

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KingCheetah
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jaxriver:
HTC has had a camera defect for years with the pink spot. I spent over $1000 trying to get one without it. First the Nexus - you can read about it on their forums since 2010. Then the G2. Both were replaced twice. I spoke with HTC extensively because I need the camera for my business and NOTHING was resolved. I got the story it was a big mystery they knew nothing about. Then I googled and found previous cameras with the same complaints.

Every now and then you run across someone who got one without the defect with their replacement. But my FOUR phones all had it, regardless of any alleged software fixes. I am never buying another HTC phone and my next one or any brand, I will test in a store and hand it right back to the clerk if I get a pink spot.

3rd party apps did not resolve it. The only thing they do is allow you to cover it up with a layer of something like text or a sticker /sarc
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imp3r10:
i just updated to 4.1.1 and restored root with OTA rootkeeper (which worked) and my music app, nor poweramp are working.

The music app never worked for me even on stock rooted.

Anyone else having these issues?

Is there a way to factory reset to default stock, not rooted?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nooktablet:
Haven't try stock app

But poweramp working fine for me
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imp3r10:
wtf, i need to completely reset this mother ****er
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgaf:
Try clearing data for those specific apps, my stock music app works fine.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turdbogls:
What he said
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imp3r10:
If that doesn't work is there a way to complete set back to stock? Like sbf with moto or Odin with Samsung?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cheekrox:
Hey, so I was on MIUI until yesterday. The phone started freezing yesterday morning onwards due to which I decided to revert back to ICS STock. My phone is Asia but I'm on EU 180.33 Leak. Does anybody else have this phone freeze issue? It just randomly freezes and the only solution right now is to reboot it.

I downloaded AsiaRetail but whenever I try decompressing and flashing it using RSD, it says "Failed to write to 673.94.324.XT910.AsiaRetail.en.03.xml Please check if there is enough free space" . I have checked and I have 8GB free space on the partition I'm trying to extract it to.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] milestoneboy:
The display becomes black and the soft keys light up?

Plus

I cant access USB ADB nor Fastboot

Battery drains like hell

Could any1 help us?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cheekrox:
YUS!!! And the only solution is to restart....
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] -CALIBAN666-:
For every user who wants the latest GoogleApps(some people named this Bloatware,lol)for his phone like:Google Talk,Playstore,FOTAkill.apk,Youtube.......bla,bla......

Just download the zip and flash it with CWM,done.

Link to Original Thread where you can download the File(Thread was Updated Today).Have Fun

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1536724
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] CharsiBabu:
TFS !
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] The_animaToR:
Thanku so much....:)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] harigavara:
I flashed it but didn't worked.still showing the previous version playstore.I'm on merrukernel
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] harigavara:
Guys help pls...after flashing dis I didn't get new version of playstore n even my gapps r nw not working :(
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] -CALIBAN666-:
Delete playstore with updates and flash the newest one ive posted here.

GO AVENGERS+GREEEEETZ!!!
[LG Optimus Black] thraxage:
So I have an OB in front of me (wives) and I'm curious about the next step.

She had an LGP500 before this and I remember having to update the baseband from v10 to v20 for cm7 to work properly.

Is the OB the same, in that I need to manually flash a v20 baseband over the stock v10a one? (its on froyo)

Would updating via B2C change the baseband for me/upgrade to GB?
[LG Optimus Black] SoulExertz:
No. You dont have to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] suprkain:
I have had the LTE Galaxy Nexus from Verizon since it first came out. Up until the 4.0.4 update I loved this phone. However since then I have had 4 replacement Nexuss and just tired of it. Verizon has offered to switch me to a charge or a Razr. I won't take the Charge and I asked about Razr Maxx and was told no. After some persistence they said I could have the Razr Maxx but I would have to pay an extra $100. Do you guys think it is worth it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Hell no as far as I know that **** should be free. Even then I don't think its worth such a locked down phone.

Sent From My Toro+ via RED Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] coldblooded79:
No. Do you think a larger battery is worth a $100 extra? I don't think so. Some people were offered gs3's.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] suprkain:
I was barely offered the Razr but I have had nothing but trouble with Verizon throughout this entire process. I have not had phone calls returned by various Verizon employees I have even been laughed at by another one yet all they said was they do not even have to offer me another type of phone. I have been calm every time and only raised my voice once when I was laughed at by a "supervisor." I have been a loyal customer to Verizon over the years yet this is really trying my patients. I am half tempted to go ahead and pay the $100 because I love/need the extra battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xerodark:
If I had a customer service tool laugh at me, I would switch providers immediately, regardless of what they offered me... and when they wanted their early termination fees I would take that all the way to their CEO if need be. As an ex Verizon employee, I can honestly say there should be no excuse for that kind of treatment towards a customer...

Sent from my Eclipsed GNex with a little Franco sauce
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sergioosvaldo1:
Keep insisting! Don't hesitate to ask. They should give it to you for free! Its their problem not yours. You didn't ask for a malfunctioning phone. And besides the amount of money that we pay them is undescribable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xfanatic:
I have heard of people getting SIIIs, there is no way I would pay an extra $100 for a RAZR Maxx. I personally would take nothing other than a working Nexus. Ask them to give you a brand new Nexus instead of a refurb. The locked down phones no longer appeal to me after crackflashing mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 1stx2:
This. I always hate when people say "your the reason phones are so high because you find one little problem and want another one , just be happy with it" or something to that nature. Not like its something cheap you can just shrug off, it's hard earned money.

It took me 3 different phones to finally get 1 worthy of keeping.

So if you really like the Gnex, I'd keep sending them back till you got one you are satisfied with. If not, take 1 of the other options.

It really is a shame that it takes some of us this many tries to get one worth a damn.
[HTC One X] PhoenixFx:
I made some minor modifications (i.e: Added a superscript X, changed Beats audio to With beats audio and added Android Viper X by team venom) to the default boot animation for those who are running the Viper X ROM. Updated to include a black version and fix a small issue present in the previous zip. Tested on ViperX 3.6.1 - Sense 4+ JellyBean ROM.

This is NOT a CWM flashable zip. To install go to Venom tweaks > Advance > Custom boot animation > select the zip file. Or if you want to do it manually then rename the file to bootanimation.zip and copy it to system/customize/resource using root explorer or similar file explorer with access to system folder.

Black version

Animated gif :

White version

Animated gif

The animation will loop between HTC quietly brilliant and HTC One X with beats audio till the phone starts, Android Viper X by team venom will stay on continuously once it appears for the first time.

Enjoy !
[HTC One X] vivek_bhoj:
looks good and simple

thanks will try on when i reach home
[HTC One X] wtfomgbbq:
the hell, love em! It's simple & nice. Thx a Lot.
[HTC One X] teh_pwnrer:
Port this to ViperOneS as the new default Team Venom!
[HTC One X] ViNOK16Bit:
Nice one! It works :cyclops:
[HTC One X] randyok@:
I want the bootanimation, but without the viper logo :/
[HTC One X] McBeaker:
Way to ask nicely :eek:

....Nice animation btw, looks very professional:)
[HTC One X] Random Pinenut Joy:
Very slick... A great variation of the ViperX theme
[HTC One X] syahmanowar:
Hi PhoenixFx!

Great job man.

Can you make it in black also?

Keep up the great work.
[HTC One X] ViNOK16Bit:
Nice one! I have it on my ViperX 3.2.4 (JB) now but the boot up time is much longer then on ViperX 2.7.1 (ICS)
[HTC One X] PhoenixFx:
Updated!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bp328i:
Ok so is there any setting I'm missing that will change a SMS that goes over 140 characters to a MMS so the person I'm texting does not receive multiple text.

My wife and I both have SGIII's and when she sends me a long text it breaks it into several text instead of just one long text.

Is there any way to change this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wolfbeef123:
exuse me but i can't understand you.

could you be more clear?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bp328i:
When you send or receive a text that is longer than 140 characters it is sent or received in multiple messages instead of just one longer message.

Is there a setting that let's you receive messages longer than 140 characters in one text instead of the message being broken into two or three smaller messages?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xtrezpasor:
Try handcent I think that has an option to do that

Sent from my SPH-L710...if some one helps you press the thanks button
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bp328i:
I would really like to keep using the stock app if possible. Not a big fan of adding apps if I don't need to.

Here is a screenshot of me sending myself a text. You can see it is received in two parts.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Wolfbeef123:
as far as i know, CDMA phones can only go up to 160 characters per text.

so that option in handcent is only for the GSM phones which can send longer texts than 160.

so unfortunately you cant change that. now i do know that there are some roms that after so many messages (like 3 or 4 sms in one) it converts it to an MMS rather than an SMS, i don't know if the stock sms app does it, but i know that the handcent app has an option to disable it to rather then sending 3 or 4 sms as an MMS it sends all 4 SMS's.

but thats my 2 cents worth.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
It can definitely be done. Are you running stock or do you have a custom ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Yuuuup it can.... Freeza has a tutorial I believe over in the development thread....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bp328i:
I was thinking it could be done because I've had that built into almost every ROM I ever ran on Verizon and their network is also CDMA. I just switched to Sprint a few weeks ago so did not know if it was a Sprint thing.

I'm running FreeSG3-v0.0.9.1, if there was a write up somewhere I can decompile whatever needs to be changed and make the changes myself.

I haven't ran stock since I first rooted my OG Droid...:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bp328i:
I looked through the development thread and did not see anything about it. I even used the search. If you could provide a link I would be forever indebted to you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] G U C C I:
If you're running an AOSP rom, open up the Messaging app and hit the menu button. Go to settings and scroll all the way to the bottom and you'll see it!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tonyz3:
I am curious for those who have mentioned a lagging while scrolling thru home screens. Have you tried going to settings , under developer and adjusted window and transition animation scale. It really flys after you do.:good:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] zedomax:
what did u adjusted it to?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Try .5

Sent from my awesome Note 10.1
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tonyz3:
Currently i have trans at .5 and window at 2x but play around with it and see what you like.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] cmunho:
Also it's worth noting that these tablets are coming stock with Power Saving turned ON.

I was at Best Buy last night looking for a case and noticed there was a Note on display. I swiped through a few screens and it seemed slower than my Note. Went into the settings and turned off power saving. Then the tablet was noticeably faster even to my wife. Then I used the task manager to close about 20 apps.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 10.1
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ChocSoldier:
What exactly does the power saving feature do? And does it affect battery life significantly when off?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] cmunho:
I just finished my first discharge down to 8%. I'm not sure what the total time was, but my on screen time was 9hrs 15mins with all that power saving stuff turned off. I don't want this thing hindered at all.

I think that's some pretty decent battery life.

Sent from my Galaxy Note
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] qnfauf:
Mine definitely came with Power Saving turned off. I specifically checked for that because of the Verge video performance review that was done with Power Saving on. Are you sure you didn't hit it by mistake or something? It would be a bit weird if some came with Power Saving on and some didn't.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] demandarin:
Turn off all animations in developer settings for fastest setup.

---------- Post added at 02:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:44 AM ----------

I'm getting the same great battery life at Max power. Power savings mode not needed. But I am curious how much longer battery would last with it on.

I think the s pen detection sensor one is b.s. unless you taking your pen in and out constantly, it won't drain hurt to leave it on. I can't see turning that off to be a big battery saver.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] iofthestorm:
On my Galaxy S3 the settings help menu mentions that among other things, it reduces the screen framerate, which would definitely make animations look much less smooth. Getting my Note tomorrow hopefully :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] troed:
No lagging here out of the box both with energy saving on and off.

On Saturday started to work with it intensly, screen illum max. (outdoors), some vid streaming too on HSP, did not give it out of hand even not at lunch and dinner (news reading), and only after 10hrs 29 mins batt was down to 5 %. Beat THAT ! :D:D

Batt stats say: 98% screen responsible for consumption
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] justauser:
There is a thread on this in the Apps board for the Note 10.1, but here are the ones I've used:

freenote

tabnotes

quill

papyrus

handrite

they all have pluses and minuses
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuros:
So, today I updated my phone to ICS and rooted my phone and just like a little kid i started playing with things and long story short I'm pretty sure I bricked it. I think what happened just before I think it bricked is that I was downloading and installing a ROM from ROM Manager. It went through the whole start up process(asking for gmail for syncing and all that nonsense) and when i tried to download another app from the google store i got a "error with purchasing" or something like that so i restored all the info and stuff i had on ROM manager and titanium back up and tried it again. no luck. I tried going for factory reset but it didn't work(all three ways). So i panicked and went to superuser and clicked the unroot choice. Really stupid choice since now i can't use any of the apps to get into bootload. Now I can't get to recovery, bootload, or any other of those things even with hardware.

So in summary here are the symptoms:

1. can't get into any other modes (recovery, bootload, etc.)

2. Get the error "Error processing purchase.[DF-BPA-13]" when trying to download something off google play.

3. Charges extremely Slow.

4. Phone works normally. goes through normal boot. I can text, browse, do all standard functions.

5. When turning off the phone it gets hung up at goodbye.

6. Can't perform hard resets.

More information:

Model Number: SGH-T989

Android Version: 4.03

Please Help! I'm begging you! and if you need more information just let me know. and one thought I would have in fixing it is using a USB jig. But i wouldn't know what to do once I got back into the other modes.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saywhatt:
you can search how to fix it here on xda, but maybe this will give you a lead http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1805474

hope you get it fixed! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UltimateAnas:
Right well there is 2 things you can do:

1) use a USB jig and get into download mode, and then flash a stock ROM

2) Do an adb restart into recovery using android SDK

Let me know if it work?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boki9999:
This is a forum for the international version, i9100. Your device T989 is a completely different device and has its own forum.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1329

Sent from my Galaxy S2 GT i9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UrbanDesigns:
I don't think the phone is "hard bricked"

what version of ICS was you on?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuros:
I'm kind of a noob, sorry. But I think I'm on 4.0.3 . Or do you mean like t989uvle1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Infinite96:
Try to reflash an stock firmware again ？
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuros:
Where would I get the stock firmware and how would I go about it . my Odin still works.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yuros:
i reflashed a stock recovery and it works just fine now. Thanks a lot!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amexudo:
Hi everyone,

Does anyone have heard about a fix for the N7 to be able to recognize adhoc networks ?

I can't even see the signal tethered from my android phone through barnacle.

Thanks in advance.