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[EVO 4G Accessories] Brutal-Force:
I am assuming the Seidio 3500mah battery won't fit in this? Anyone?
[EVO 4G Accessories] AcIdC0R3:
I wouldn't think so. I'll make sure to include this in my little review of it when I get it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] scl23enn4m3:
Glad to help. I ordered two myself, and I'm still waiting on them to get him. I'm hoping they'll be here today. According to tracking, they've been in my state for the past 3 days..
[EVO 4G Accessories] AcIdC0R3:
Mini Review

Well, I said I would do a little review so here it is. This goose-neck vehicle mount is really a great find. It is a Kensington K39210US Vehicle Mount. I'm so glad I stumbled across the video reference in my first post as it has really paid off. For those that don't know and haven't read from the first post; this car mount is actually intended for an iPhone/iTouch and it fits the EVO 4G (naked) perfectly. It doesn't move around. The mount holds it very securely. The kit also includes a vent mount. I do not use vent mounts but I do show it in my video. What I forgot to include is the EVO mounted in portrait. My first post references a video where the guy does show it mounted in portrait and it appears to hold it just as secure as if it were mounted in landscape. Sorry for the sound in the video. Either my finger was over the mic hole or my A/C was blowing full force and decreased the db's in the recording. I'm more used to video capturing than video presentation so excuse the amateurish quality to it. I did record it in 720p for those that like HD quality. Once again, this is an awesome vehicle mount.

YouTube Video
[EVO 4G Accessories] Itchiee:
Thanks for the video from a fellow Sonata owner, great car...

I'm late for the dance on the Buy.com deal though.
[EVO 4G Accessories] AcIdC0R3:
I love my car. Yep, the rebate is no longer active. The price for the kit went back up to $23. I still would have bought it at that price though.

BUY AMAZON
[EVO 4G Accessories] scl23enn4m3:
I just want to add that the mount works with a TPU and a hybrid TPU case on the Evo as well. I've used both for many driving hours now and they've held up no problem.
[EVO 4G Accessories] AcIdC0R3:
Thanks for letting us know scl23enn4m3. So people it does work with these two cases without an issue. Still as far as I can tell the extended battery with the protruding battery cover will not work. While I was doing my review I noticed that there was only about 1/4" or less for the gap between a naked phone and the backing of the mount. Also I forgot to mention that on the inside of the clips there is a non slip sticker that prevents the phone from sliding. Also, the goose-neck is very, very stiff but manageable which is good because we know that it won't loose it's shape if you go over a speed bump or whatnot. Once again, very nice vehicle mount.
[EVO 4G Accessories] scl23enn4m3:
No problem. I installed one in my father's car using the gooseneck mount. It's the best gooseneck arm I've seen on a mount. I'm attaching a picture of how I mounted one in my car using double sided tape. It's in perfect position for my arm since I always rest it on the shifter while driving. Plus the passenger has a good view in case they want to mess with it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] Antebios:
I just got in the ProClip for my Mini Cooper, and IT ROCKS!!!! With the integrated charger, it rocks. I don't have to plug power in, just into the holder and I'm good to go.
[EVO 4G Accessories] IMiLL102911:
I also have the kensington iphone car mount for my evo and it fits securely with my bestbuy case. Great car mount!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] lgldrgdlr:
I'm wondering if there's is a way to pull the power control widget from CM6 and use it in other roms? I like the look and flexibility of it. I thought maybe it was as easy as pulling the apk and installing it into another rom. I was mistaken, I can't seem to locate it in CM6. Anybody have any suggestions or is anybody able to do this?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] palomosan:
That's part of the built, if you want something similar, there's one in the Market called Switched Pro Widget.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeyfg:
Is it just a horrible camera or is it something that can be fixed through software? I have 7 friends with evo's we will all put up $50/ea or so some im sure will pay more to the developers paypal account if we can get better picture quality on the front and back cameras.... Please we are begging :D ANYONE who can do it i will pay the bounty to.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hillfire:
You would probably have better luck spending that $50 on photography lessons or buying some decent post-processing software. Firmware isn't going to make you or your friends any better photgraphers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokuzumi:
I used my Evo while on vacation, and a good quality point and shoot. Both cameras took equally great pictures. Try to limit the use of the zoom, as it doesn't turn out well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
as a former pro photographer. (not tooting my horn, just explaining)

QUALITY comes from both the photographer and the camera. More megapixels doesnt mean better QUALITY. it means larger IMAGE. you want better QUALITY get a larger SENSOR, notice the words in caps here people.

Some facts about the camera, from what i can tell by use, not spec sheets, if someone wants to provide one that'd be great, i didnt find one, but i didnt look too hard.

Its a telezoom lens, meaning it has focal length (mm #) greater (AFAICT) than that of the human eye. minimum focus distance is about 6-8" and its got a digital zoom (bleh).

Digital zoom for those that dont know will crop out part of the photo and enlarge the rest, digitally. Which is fine up to a point, after this point you end up with pixelation and bleh images.

As for taking better pictures, go read some rules on composition (the rule of thirds) and if its your cup of tea color scheme and color interaction.

Ive taken some nice photos with this camera. Just a nice rooftop with some desaturation. BAM
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeyfg:
i just dont see why we would have to photoshop our pictures to make them look better the brights are to bright the darks are to dark its just foolishness the only downside i have with this phone is the camera/picture quality
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
who said anything about photoshop. that was in camera. if the highs/lows are too much, check your settings.

If you want i have plenty of other samples. Go back, read my previous reply, you might learn something.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fldash:
Is there a good online resource for learning to set white balance adjustments and those sort of things on a camera? I've always had a fascination with photography, but I admit I use P&S and automatic settings because I have no idea what those settings do...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
the best resource to learn how to change those settings honestly is your camera manual. the next best resource to learn how they work, is to play with them.

a good book will teach you the basics. The Photographers handbook 3rd Edition is the book i used and it will teach you a ton about manual settings and basic SLR/dSLR usage. not to mention film development and i think printing technique.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawasaki00:
I leave the iso on 100 all the time (less grain), and toggle back and forth on WB, daytime for outside pics and auto for everything else.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sporkman:
i have no problem with the camera i toy with the settings and take some really good photos with my camera !

not sure what people are *****ing about
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chandlerw88:
Also maybe a higher class memory card
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klbjr:
I'll have to agree with the OP. The camera on the Evo is really a let down. They got us excited with the 8 megapixel hype but it really was a let down. Same thing with the camera on the Hero. Honestly I think my Pre takes clearer pictures. It's not even in the same class as the iPhone 4 and this is coming from somebody who has bashed it since day one, but after looking at some pics and videos taken from my friend's iPhone I was literally blown away. Couldn't believe they came from a phone and not a expensive digital camera. HTC dropped the ball in that department.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chandlerw88:
Iphone has a better screen, have y'all tried cm roms, his camera app is way better than sense
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeyfg:
im on cm6 rc2 still grainy no matter what...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chandlerw88:
My mistake his video camera app is better, there's people working on it I'm sure, I don't think its too bad myself
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fldash:
No way, lower your ISO to 100 (top config button, scroll down). Clean is day.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
The camera is that bad? Really?

Here's a pic I took at Niagara Falls:

http://tinypic.com/m/be99qq/3

I'm FAR from a photographer, but some of the pics I get are at least as good as an entry level point and shoot - which is more than I expected out of it.

Some tips I have:

-make sure you are holding the phone still so the autofocus can adjust properly.

-after you hit the shutter button, make sure you hold still until it's really done taking the picture otherwise you may blur the image
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
Where do you see ISO?

my top config button displays Focus Mode and Exposure.

I'm also on CM6 nightlies

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolageek:
That menu scrolls down.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fldash:
Scroll down inside that setting box, there are tons of settings inside that top box...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
OMG I can't believe I didn't see all that. Feel really really really stupid now. Thanks!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Negrito:
Ha ha ha. Agreed. :D

Then somethings wrong....

Granted I want to be a photographer, but still I take some damn good photos on my phone. Been on CM6 nightlies since they came out....

Check out my site in my sig, its all photos from my Evo... www.fourgphotography.com
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theoner1:
Your not the only one I'll tell yah!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jewish_DOctor:
I have a Canon 30D w/ an array of lenses and obviously you'll get much better quality from that or even my little Canon Elph... That being said, my Blackberry Tour's camera did a much better job with low light situations, faster focus and shutter etc... They really do need to update the cameras software cause a Blackberry beat it, really???
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sporkman:
then you need to take some time and play with the controls and settings !!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimeslunk:
I think a giant help would be having a physical button for the shutter. Would have to be volume up or down but it would make more sense then having to touch the screen maybe a dev could work on that I wouldn't think it would be overly difficult to just change what it does. Maybe even long press to take a series of pics.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nolageek:
It took me like two weeks to notice that! Lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bludragon742:
Anybody tried Vignette? I've been playing with the trial and so far it looks like a cool little app.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Negrito:
Vignette, and FxCamera are great apps. I suggest them to everyone I know that likes taking pics. A good photographer friend just jumped ship from iPhone and got a Galaxy S. He says Vignette is comparable to hipstamatic for the iPhone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crakerjaks:
buy an iphone
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aman1127:
Omnivision 1/4 CMOS sensor! I wonder if we can frankenstein one into ours?

I can't even look up how big the sensor is for the evo but both phones have bsi so I don't get it. I'm still praying its a code issue or something

Sent from my fast as hell phone that you can only wish you had
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fldash:
I tried Vignette, and I think the stock Cyanogen mod camera takes way better pictures...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedil1c1ous:
I agree, still frame camera shots in decent lighting provides great results IMO. Very comparable to iPhone 4 from test shots I've seen. However, when it comes to 720p recording, our EVO falls way behind.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] berardi:
did CM6 improve the 720p recording? I thought they fixed the compression
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chandlerw88:
I actually think youre correct, and I think recording with a kingston class 10 would make a world of a difference even on stock sense. I can't wait til everything is working on cm6 though, I kept up with the nightlies for awhile. I just missed not having 4g
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Negrito:
Well the Vignette demo only takes pics at like .8MP not full res. That may be why.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SplitInfiniti:
Does anyone have the problem where the phone is able to read and write to the SD card, but then all of the sudden, it's not able to?

I have an intermittent problem that happens at least once a day where the phone suddenly is unable to read the card. When I start up the camera app, it says that it has insufficient permissions to write to the card. When this happens, I am not able to play music from the card or view pictures/videos from the card.

Once I reset the phone, it is able to read and write to the card again... I have tried the 'SD card mounting' fix in the development forum, but it did not solve the issue.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

I've got a rooted stock froyo 2.2 odexed. i've tried the stock kernel, netarchy's kernel, and kingklick's kernel with all the same problem...

One thing I did do is backed up my apps with my backup pro, installed froyo, and restored some of the apps... now when i go into appbrain, it shows updates downloading, but they never progress... handcent, shazam....

Thanks in advance...
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] milosrdniandjeo:
Hello...i have one qestion...I have touch pro and instaled windows mobile 6.1...when I receive a text message my phone will automatically unlock ... how to turn off this option? Thanks
[Captivate General] thecoolestcow:
Thought I'd share this with you guys. I recommend sending out a similar email so that they know that there are serious concerns about the phone. I did it online at the Contact Us page on the Samsung website.

Here's what I wrote:

Hello,

I recently purchased a Samsung Captivate. Overall, I am quite pleased with the device. However, there are a few things that irritate me about it that I was hoping you could comment on:

1.) There is a serious lag issue. Do a quick google search and you'll find that this is a universal problem with the phone.

2.) The GPS does not work. Also a universal issue.

3.) No 2.2 Froyo.

4.) No last.fm scrobbling support for the default music player (which I love by the way!)

5.) Drivers for Windows 7 x64 do not work well. After a lot of trial and error, I finally got it. Again, a universal issue.

A lot of people complain about the TouchWiz UI, but I personally enjoy it, as long as the lag issue is taken care of. Also I'm pleased with the phone call quality, and almost all other aspects of the phone.

I appreciate your time, and hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you,

[thecoolestcow]

Here is the response:

Dear [thecoolestcow],

Thank you for your inquiry.

Regarding the GPS on the phone, Samsung Mobile is aware that under certain conditions, the GPS on our U.S. Galaxy S devices may not be meeting performance expectations. We are diligently evaluating the situation and will provide an update as soon as possible.

We advise you to use assisted GPS powered by your service provider.

We still don't have any update regarding the release of the Android 2.2 for the Captivate and the drivers that will be compatible with Windows 7 64bit.

We will forward your report of this behavior along to the appropriate parties for additional review and consideration.

We are unable to speculate when/if this software revision might be available due to the fact that this might lead to inaccurate information and confusion.

Should this become available, it will be posted on our website in the Samsung Download Center.

Please feel free to check back with us periodically for updates.

Should you desire additional assistance resolving this, we invite you to call Samsung Customer Support by phone at our toll free number 1-888-987-4357 between the hours 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Central Standard Time.

Thank you for choosing Samsung.

Sincerely,

Technical Support
[Captivate General] smashpunks:
man I just dont see this lag yall are talking about... Had the phone since day 1, no lag fix and its fast as my n1 on 2.2. about.. Wierd...

Also GPS does work, just not reliably all the time, some works fine, others not, others sometimes.. So saying it dont work is exadurating. I just dont want people that dont have one think that the GPS dont work. It does and I use it everyday without issue. No fixes or anything, mine and some others works...

2.2 froyo will be here soon. Hold your horses on and it will be here next month I will bet...
[Captivate General] thecoolestcow:
I didn't see the lag either for a while, but I see it in most of the Samsung native apps, like Messaging and the screen unlock.

GPS also used to work amazingly. It just stopped completely now for me.

It's good though that they acknowledged in the email that they were going to release a fix for it.
[Captivate General] smashpunks:
Yea, Well Im certain it will be fixed. The samsung epic 4g is rumored to have a working GPS (more testing needs done for me to believe it for sure) and if we have the same hardware gps wise as the Epic 4g we should definatly see a fix...
[Captivate General] thecoolestcow:
Nice, Engadget confirms.

engadget.com/2010/08/18/samsung-says-gps-is-tested-and-validated-on-epic-4g-our-testi/
[Captivate General] TexUs:
There is most certainly lag. Like you guys, it wasn't a big deal until I saw the lag fix.

Long story short, I've been running the lag fix about a week, then borked my phone with another tweak and had to revert back to stock. HOLY COW was that thing slow... I never really knew any different until I had seen greener pastures ;)

I will say I don't think the DEFAULT lag is worse than any other phone on the market. But it is capable of much, much faster.
[Captivate General] TexUs:
Also you forgot to include the complaint that MMS doesn't work on EDGE, only 3G.
[Captivate General] thecoolestcow:
Which lag fix did you use? I saw several. I haven't rooted my device yet because I'm a little girl. I'm trying to gather as much info as possible first.
[Captivate General] TexUs:
Well I did all my tweaks manually the first time. However when I borked and started over I used this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751934

That will do all necessary tweaks at once. Just download the update.zip file to the root of your INTERNAL card, reboot into recovery mode (ask if you don't know how... easiest way is to use ADB), and select "reinstall packages" and you're done.

Just check the post I linked to, but it'll remove all the ATT crapware, remove the loud startup sounds, install root, block ads, etc.

After it's ran you then can go into the app it adds and run the lag fix... After you run that script it needs a reboot... And then you've got a lag fixed phone that runs twice as fast. ROM Manager, for instance, takes like a whole freaking minute it seems to open un-lag-fixed. Lag-fixed it takes several seconds max.
[Captivate General] thecoolestcow:
Holy crap, how did I miss that one? Excellent, thank you. I will likely be doing that in the near future!
[Captivate General] TexUs:
NP.

I'm happy with 2.1 right now... I mean the Captivate at 2.1 runs faster than anything else on the market, including the N1 2.2......

So I can live with 2.1 until Samsung releases 2.2

Once you see how much faster it is with the lag fix, you'll start to wonder how much faster 2.2 will be. The Captivate will be untouchable.
[Captivate General] mesasone:
There is definitely significant lag on the stock firmware - most notably for me with the marketplace but s also for some other apps when they are loading data. I haven't applied any fixes yet as I'm waiting for a decent firmware update before I do too much with my phone.

JH2/3 are looking like good bets, but I would suspect that an official firmware is right around the corner given the few changes between JH2 and JH3.
[Captivate General] TexUs:
Why wait? It takes 5 minutes to vastly improve the usability of your phone.
[Captivate General] thecoolestcow:
And worst comes to worst, you use the Odin3 one-click to restore it to stock. Seems pretty awesome. I'll probably be "super-rooting" tonight!
[Captivate General] TexUs:
Also to note you should only be doing that super-rooting from stock to start with... It's the most reliable method anyway. You can try it from what you've got but- if there's issues you just need to do it from stock.
[Captivate General] thecoolestcow:
Hm. And there's no way to back up my apps/data right?
[Captivate General] TexUs:
Yes, download ROM Manager but you need to be rooted first I think... So you can root your phone only (same process but it just does rooting: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=725555), download/install ROM Manager (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=734163). Then when you reboot into the ROM Manager recovery screen there's nandroid backup utility that'll back up everything.

If you like selective backups of stuff you can also use Titanium Backup (also requires root).
[Captivate General] derek4484:
GPS does NOT work. It barely functions, so it does not work. Anybody that says it does is just trying fool themselves into thinking they didnt make a mistake. GPS absolutely does not work. Its been documented by numerous sources and tens of thousands (or more) vibrant and captivate users here in the US. For Christ's sake, even Samsung has admitted that it doesnt work. They've used incorrect drivers from Broadcom, so it can't possibly work.

Samsung may release Froyo to the carriers toward the end of next month, but it'll be quite a while before AT&T releases it to us. They have to go through and add all their crapware and remove any functionality that's in the stock rom that they can charge money for (this really pisses me off I REALLY, want that wifi hotspot functionality!!!) and they have to cripple the kernel and radio so there'll be no HSUPA.
[Captivate General] TexUs:
We're about a month after release and have Vanilla Android 2.1 ROMs, so chill out. Have some patience, I'm sure we'll see them for 2.2 as well.
[Captivate General] smashpunks:
Mine works and so do others in those thousands of people threads. If you would like I can copy n paste them for ya...

Its directed me to many places perfectly so it works, its just unreliable and not the best, hence needs to be optimized ...

now post a link where samsung admitted using incorrect drivers? I've never saw that...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsymbol:
Hi,

I had an asian ROM, & have just updated to Froyo 2.2 European ROM & now my clock shows 24h format.

I looked everywhere under Settings but couldnt find where to set it to 12h format.

How do I set the clock to show 7:27pm as supposed to 19:27?

Thanks,

D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr1960:
settings > date & time > uncheck the 'use 24-hour format' box
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsymbol:
oops...found it. wasnt looking hard enough...thanks for your click :D