[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Humblehippie:
Has anyone had issues with the front {Vidcall} cam? Mine will not work, & I Have looked everywhere for any reference to this issue. I have even searched the registry for a key to activate/deactivate the cam, but it appears that they are all set to active {& the other settings appear good}. The device reccognizes that it has a 2nd cam, the program switches modes, but the cam itself will not activate. I'm assuming that the cam itself is defective. If I activate the error reporting it claims a prob with Device.exe.

I have also searched high & low for a replacement Cam; to no avail. There are plenty of daughter boards, but no cam modules.

I have been working on a bare-bones ROM, but would like my Diam to be fully functional to test every aspect of the ROM before releasing it to the community. Anyone have a Broken Diam {GSM} that they would sell me cheap? {I'm crippled & don't have much $$.}

BTW: The error exists with the factory ROM as well, so don't start blaming my ROM for this {I already thought of that one, & wish it was my mistake}

I know one of the first things that I will hear is "Send it in for warrranty"; So I'll tell you now why that probably won't work.

1} I bought this Diam 2nd hand So; No receipt

2} This is the UK version & I live in US

3} It's Hard SPL'd {Thanx Olipro -- 1.40.Olinex :cool: }

4} The LDI under the lanyard hook is activated. As well, the battery's LDI is also half-activated.

The device has never been wet! I bought it from a 45 year old business man that lives in Ocean City, MD, & I assume the humidity levels activated it. {& don't feed me the BS that this is impossible! I watched an LDI in a brand new phone change from white to red after being in a fat sweaty guy's pocket for just half an hour.}

I am going to try talking to HTC service on Monday, but don't plan to get too far with it.

[Update 09-08-09}

I called HTC yesterday. Didn't get me anywhere! The number listed @ HTC.com as the Warranty Center {866-449-8358}, connected me to the tech support team. Guy was a total waste of time. For the 30 minutes that I was on the phone, I listened to about 10-15 mins of silence. {Not on Hold, Human answered immediately} At one point I even had to ask, "Are you still there?". Either the jacka$$ was pissed for having to work a holiday, or he is just the dumbest support tech I've ever talked to. He just kept repeating; "I know how you feel. It can be frustrating..." This rolled out of his mouth at least 5 times. Most of the time he just said nothing. The only plausible suggestion that he gave the whole time was; "Try downloading & flashing to the latest ROM version". Been there, Done that, Burned the shirt.

Every tech support office should have two #s;

1st # is for 90% of the people they talk to. {i.e. "How do I... change the ringtone; setup my email; make a call; wipe my a$$?}

2nd # is for the rest of us that actually need a tech that can provide support.

He listed a couple possible solutions to try, but they were all things I'd already done. I even told him about 2 or 3 solution I tried that he didn't think of. So, after listening to him breathe for about 5 minutes, he finally tells me I should call the "Warranty Repair Ctr". What Tha Fu... ?!?!? That's who I called; according to HTC's website! So, I tell him this & he says he'll give me the right #. Well, after about 3 more minutes of silence, I ask again "Still there". He says; "Yeah, you want that number or not?" Seriously?!? Are you a F&@^ing retard?!?

I will be calling "Warranty Service" {I hope} again today. Hopefully I get someone a lil' better then that jerkoff.