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[Vibrant Android Development] MichaelB91:
Does anyone know anything about this?
[Vibrant Android Development] ga3lopez:
i live in san diego california.

i am looking to buy a camera.

whoever has one or is going to do another group buy.i want in
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
I just received a reply from my response to their earlier letter:

Could you provide us your phone number? Our US Operations CEO would like to talk to you.

Regards,

Global Direct Parts

You guys got any advice of what to tell them when they call me? lol
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
It depends on what they say..
[Vibrant Android Development] m936a2:
global direct web site now says Attention Customers: We accept No Refunds or Returns On This Item! "This Part is Compatible Only with the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Overseas Handset." and they lowered the min back to 3 :D
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
Just got off the phone and he told me quite a bit about their operations His main concern is people buying these to replace their stock camera and finding out its the wrong one. I told him that its not the case. I informed him about the XDA thread which he confirmed seeing a HUGE referal from. He said in all their history they have never seen orders like this and that it kinda freaked him out. He said that he does know and understand that the people that read and post to XDA are definately not the average consumer and definately know what they are doing. He said that they do have plenty of stock and after speaking with me is going to drop the MOQ back down to 3. He is placing a disclaimer on the item that ALL SALES ARE FINAL.'

So there you go guys... all fixed... he said give him about five minutes and we should be able to see the change.
[Vibrant Android Development] jroid:
who and why in the hell are ppl even telling them what this is for?? All we need are the cameras, not to tell them what they are for and to hear from them that it's not compatible when we obviously know that they are. Stop emailing them, they are not going to lower the price nor are they gonna lower the minimum order. kthnxbye

EDIT: ^^ posted right before mines. It really wasn't necessary but I guess an explanation will do.
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
Youre welcome :D.

And he reassured me that ALL ITEMS GO THROUGH A STRINGENT QUALITY CONTROL TEST PRIOR TO SHIPPING which is why it takes soooo long. He really stressed that ALL SALES ARE FINAL please dont break this by doing a crappy install job and then try to return it. I assured him that we would not abuse this priviledge!!! If you break it or your phone, you will need to buy another!

thanks guys
[Vibrant Android Development] chaoscentral:
too bad they did lower the minimum back down to 3. as you were saying? kthnxbye
[Vibrant Android Development] knotphunnie:
Awesome. Numbers talk.
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
See this is where you are wrong... the CEO is very understanding of our use and in fact spends A LOT of time reading XDA forums. that is why he DID lower the MOQ for us.
[Vibrant Android Development] emceeskwaird:
I live in cleveland ohio and am looking to purchase a camera as well if anyone has a extra they need to off...........thanx
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
Anyone who wants to send me a cam as a thank you for talking Global into lowering the MOQ back down pm me ;) lol
[Vibrant Android Development] al74:
Ah... The good old antisematic merchants. I miss the 1930s already.
[Vibrant Android Development] jroid:
well, the outcome was certainly unexpected. How often does a CEO of a company call someone? They have great customer care responding to every email and having the ceo call personally. Great for everyone who still want in on the mod
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
Its all in how you speak with them. I sent them a very professional letter asking for their reasoning behind the increase and then explaining our side of the situation. That is why he want to speak with me personally over the phone because he was unaware of what caused the spike in sales. After I explained that it was possible to use the cam in the vibrant and that there was very little modification required he was very receptive and accepted my idea for the disclaimer.

Its in what you say and how you say it ;) Got lots of practice at this.... now if i could just convince Sammy or T-Mo to hurry up on the updates.... lol

btw... Appology Accepted Jroid ;) j/k
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
Awesome! Can't wait to purchase 3 of them on Friday!! I will be sending one to sombionix "D
[Vibrant Android Development] castro_OO:
Good job man! Back to 3 woohoo

Samsung vibrant running bionix 1.5 voodoo
[Vibrant Android Development] siirial:
That's basically what I am waiting on. The closet thing I can find to even get the parts is chinese warehouses which are wholesale only. This requires a minimum order, prolly in the range of a few thousand pieces, so I am still on the hunt.
[Vibrant Android Development] kingkurry:
maybe you could find some people with bricked Galaxy S phones? Buy the phone for like 30 bucks and salvage the parts maybe?
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
if u can find someone selling it for $30 LMFAO
[Vibrant Android Development] siirial:
Yeah. Busted phones usually go for a couple hundred on ebay.
[Vibrant Android Development] nickdog670:
In theory, if we can do this, couldn't we switch out the FFC camera to a higher megapixel camera? Imagine a 5 megapixel camera on the front for video chatting!

I would try and find used Epics or i9000 to see if the camera would fit. Or try looking at a phone which has been out longer that does have replacement parts and see if the connections are similar by looking at the tear downs of that phone.

Lets hope we can actually do this!

Edit: If all everyone who posted in this thread donated 5 dollars vie paypal im sure we would have enough to buy a broken Epic or i9000
[Vibrant Android Development] rhcp011235:
I dono if this helps you guys.

But here is a vibrant i took apart:

http://www.mrcellphoneunlocker.com/vibrant_macro/Raw/

Has macro pics.
[Vibrant Android Development] almyz125:
found this at Radio Shack for around $10.00, i am using it to hack my Xbox 360 DVD drive, its an abrasive fiberglass pen, it may be able to take the black coating off the glass with out scratching it, to allow the camera to see through.
[Vibrant Android Development] kingkurry:
Is it just me, or does the vibrant actually have the hole and crevice for the ffc to sit in and look through? if thats true, than all one would need to do is to desolve the black paint on the glass O.o.
[Vibrant Android Development] kingkurry:
? bricked G1s go for only like 30 bucks.
[Vibrant Android Development] almyz125:
I think this may be able to help us out with the paint!
[Vibrant Android Development] draztik:
That looks like it could be a solution, I was also thinking of using a dremel with a jewelery buffing tip.
[Vibrant Android Development] almyz125:
That sounds like it would work too, if i buy a bricked i9000 or epic for the camera ill test the pen on the glass and report back on how it works.
[Vibrant Android Development] siirial:
You are correct. That us what I was trying to say in the OP
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
what?

:confused:
[Vibrant Android Development] my fear:
g1s are 2 years old with outdated hardware and no front facing camera. whats your point? you can find any 2 year old phone for real cheap. you cant find cutting edge phones for that price.unless they are crack heads of course lmao.
[Vibrant Android Development] siirial:
Was on my phone... guess i did reply instead of quote. fixed the original post.
[Vibrant Android Development] gordon.mott:
Alright, guys. The part number of that chip... is just the chip.

I found the datasheet and mirrored it for you.

Spoiler: finding that chip won't do any good.

http://www.bamfwareconsulting.com/datasheet/datasheet.pdf

Searching part numbers will only yield that part.

What you are looking at is an ASSEMBLY.

You need to find an assembly number, or a Samsung part number for the assembly.
[Vibrant Android Development] turbosix:
does a "9+2-bit parity checker" even sound like its related to any type of image processing?
[Vibrant Android Development] kingkurry:
G1s sold for about that much a year ago, but your right. A bricked Galaxys wont sell for that cheap. But maybe like 50 or 60 bucks? Or maybe someone would donate their bricked GalaxyS for free to a dev. You can then solder the ffc from that into a vibrant(again preferably a bricked one). Just to see if if they can actually get it to work with the bits of source Sammy released.
[Vibrant Android Development] siirial:
Actually, the camera literally snaps on. It is very simple. No soldering required.
[Vibrant Android Development] JoeSkeen:
Although I'm already locked in a deal with someone, I'd like to thank you for doing this! Smaller MOQ, more people have Vibrants with FFCs, more development! Plus, more "in your face" action to the Vibrant haters. ;D

Samsung Vibrant

Bionix 1.4 w/ JAC's & Voodoo & JI6 Modem

Awaiting Bionix 1.6 w/ FFC Support :D
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
yea definately in favor of more "IN YOUR FACE" to the "vibrant haters"!!! Cant wait to get mine....
[Vibrant Android Development] joshthewaster:
They really did drop the minimum order....WOW. Nicely done.

Ok so I have been organizing a group buy and already have 10+ people on board so I am going to place one order. I'll be ordering tomorrow by noon mountain time so these will get shipped asap. Anyway if you would like to get in on that so you don't have to get three cameras let me know after which I won't be continuing. Getting 10 is hard, 3 isn't so bad so and I think most will be able to work it out ok.
[Vibrant Android Development] RockHead:
Nicely done 2sh0rt!

I'll probably buy 3 when I get home from traveling next week, wife & I both have Vibrants.
[Vibrant Android Development] ga3lopez:
any one have an extra cam i can buy off of you.

i dont want to oder 3 i only need one..if anyone orders 3 i will buy one off of them
[Vibrant Android Development] christeeezy:
I got my order in already for a camera, but still, good going 2sh0rt!

I feel like this whole thread is Gizmodo article worthy.
[Vibrant Android Development] Jayrod1980:
Anyone buying an order that has extra, feel free to pm me, want to buy one, I'm in the no. va. Area but I'll pay to have one shipped.
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
Thanks... im no DEV so i gotta help where ever i can!
[Vibrant Android Development] paradox4286:
I submitted it to life hacker last week, it showed up on their page over the weekend, I'll find the link

Edit: here it is

http://m.lifehacker.com/5653345/install-a-front+facing-camera-on-a-samsung-galaxy-s
[Vibrant Android Development] EZ14U2NV:
Ditto ill pay $30 pay pal
[Vibrant Android Development] ThaMuse:
I'm down to get 1 camera. Can't get 3 because I don't have enough money. PM if anyone has a cam for sale. I'll pay 20-30$
[Vibrant Android Development] drumsforjs:
so i was going to order some (they lowered down to 2) but there out of stock.! =// im going to buy atleast 3 or 2 im going to have either 2 or 1 spare one when i order mine.

if anyone has a spair one ill buy right now.! thanks.

to bad there out.! =//

EDIT: Ok sorry about the false info they actually updated there website and put samsung vibrant out of stock but what i didnt do is click next and walla there in stock just ordered 3 pm if you want one and idk how much to sell them a pop like 25 a pop.?

pm me if you need one they will arrive to me in 3-15 days according to them but im guessing less or in a week. cheers.!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
No lol http://www.globaldirectparts.com/OEM-Samsung-i9000-Camera-Flex-Cable-p/smsng6087125.htm
[Vibrant Android Development] drumsforjs:
lol i know i just placed an order hehehe =DD im so happy.!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] castro_OO:
Anyone close to chicago selling one?

Samsung vibrant running bionix 1.5 voodoo
[Vibrant Android Development] JetBluer:
Salt Lake Area

Hello All,

Is anyone in the Salt Lake area buying cameras? If not and you are in the area lets get some money together and order 3....or more. Let me know!
[Vibrant Android Development] NikolaiT:
For anyone who would like to know: these people who are offering ONE cam are trying to make a profit by charing $30 or more. 3 cams from GDP comes out to somewhere around $59.56USD with shipping. $59.56-$30=$29.56

Thats a $59.12 profit (if the buyer pays shipping) per two cams, honestly your only saving a few cents. If you were to buy the 3 cams from GDP you could sell the extra two for the same amount as the others do. The seller would then have truly only paid a couple cents for 3 cams, if s/he could find someone to buy them of course.

Now don't mistake this post as a complaint, i'll probably employ the same strategy when I get my cams.
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
so, what was the point of the post then.....

nobody's going to buy your cams now ;)

:p

:D
[Vibrant Android Development] orells:
Who other than the op is selling for 30 bucks?

Random ass rant.

I believe the op is going through all this hell to get the thread back on development and away from selling ****. You guys do know there's a market forum here on xda right?

Post your extra cams there. #justathought

Sent from the best phone from TMO... Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
warehouse storage?

lol... I understand making it worthwhile... but claiming one of your costs as "warehouse storage" bro.. for $30 bucks I will sell you an ultra portable "warehouse storage" unit... just disregard the Huggies branding on storage unit..

Each Storage unit should hold approx 50 FFC's

not tryin to be a ****.. just a little humor with the post
[Vibrant Android Development] [[ Cold ]]:
im interested in the amazon possibility... no other way to get them to my country (got a p o box in miami)
[Vibrant Android Development] joshthewaster:
Thought about that but two things, no one would find it, and I'm not selling for profit. Honestly want to help out and any small amount of money I make I'm giving to devs here on xda. Make that three, the more that have FFC's the more they will be supported so that's what I'm getting out of the deal. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] ga3lopez:
camera

can you check your pm's
[Vibrant Android Development] Henchman:
I'm interested in getting one as well.

PM me the info.
[Vibrant Android Development] cdw9800:
+1 pm me also
[Vibrant Android Development] kap09:
"warehouse storage" likely has to do with costs of using fulfillment by amazon service. they house the products and ship them on behalf of the seller.
[Vibrant Android Development] cashyftw:
I would also like a FFC!
[Vibrant Android Development] widto08:
Minimum order back down to 3 now. :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Ashex1:
Any chance the OP can take a picture of the final setup along with one of it working?
[Vibrant Android Development] dmolition:
+1

I would like to see a video of this in action before anything if possible.
[Vibrant Android Development] drumsforjs:
Alright so i finally finished taking off the paint off my vibrant now waiting on my cameras i ordered.!!!

it was difficult at the beginning because i didn't know what to pry it open with so i used my guitar pick in desperation and walla it worked.!!!

well you guys know what supply's to use. goo gone, q-tips, and a small phillips screw driver and a flat head to remove the paint extras and some windex.

well heres some picks (sorry about the finger prints) =DD
[Vibrant Android Development] sleepy222:
I'm in OC Cali and I've got 2 extra ffc. If anyone is interested PM me.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
+2, I would also like to see it.. But even if I don't see it I am still going to do the MOD :)
[Vibrant Android Development] chadti99:
I would like to see this working in Fring or even better, Tango. Can anyone confirm?
[Vibrant Android Development] aloxotls:
Now all we need to do is figure out where to buy and how to fit th Fascinate's flash in the Vibrant.
[Vibrant Android Development] castro_OO:
Yeah that would really complete this phone

Samsung vibrant running bionix 1.5 voodoo
[Vibrant Android Development] DBlake79:
Hey this was so far back in the posts I thought it might have gotten lost.... Eugene373 my offer still stands if you want my second camera its yours! Just pm me!
[Vibrant Android Development] castro_OO:
Noone in the midwest? ill go in on it..PM ME
[Vibrant Android Development] NuclearEMP:
Here is the Fascinates board, doesn't look like it will work :(
[Vibrant Android Development] Fr0stbyteX:
Has anyone besides siirial received their cameras yet or at least gotten shipping notification? I ordered mine (2) on 9/30 and it's still "processing"....
[Vibrant Android Development] pseongho:
Tango on I9000

Many people using I9000 in Korea confirmed that Tango works on their phone, but only with rear cam, not yet with FCC even though Korean version Galaxy has FCC built in.
[Vibrant Android Development] Lakers3408:
Sent you a PM ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] JoeSkeen:
"About The Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Camera Flex Cable

The Samsung galaxy s i9000 is considered as the legend of Samsung bymany netizens. Later, many people in US find that there is no front facing camera for their Samsung galaxy s i9000 but only a hole and a camera lens in the position of the camera. However, some other versions of the i9000 do have a real front facing camera, such as the UK and the Canada versions. In this case, many people want to improve their i9000 so as use them for video talk, and the Samsung galaxy s i9000 camera flex cable ribbon naturally becomes quite in need."

Hahaha! Engrish? I got a kick out of this updated description on their website! Good stuff.

Sent from: Samsung Vibrant

Bionix 1.4 w/ JAC's & Voodoo & JI6 Modem

Awaiting Bionix 1.6 w/ FFC Support :D
[Vibrant Android Development] Longsh0t:
Waiting for someone to offer a mod service for this. I'm too scurred to open up my phone. :(
[Vibrant Android Development] castro_OO:
Yeah..im kinda iffy too on doing it on my own...does anyone know the megapixel on the ffc?

Samsung vibrant running bionix 1.5 voodoo
[Vibrant Android Development] Qwijib0:
Earlier in the thread someone emailed about the status and they said it really means nothing. I think it's just a waiting game. I ordered last friday and don't expect anything till monday at the earliest.
[Vibrant Android Development] fastattack:
I am interested on a camera..

if you got an extra pm me.
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
When I spoke with the Global CEO last nite regarding lowering the MOQ he really stressed that all the parts go thru a stringent quality check before they are shipped out so im sure that is what the delay is. I also ordered mine on the 30 so i'll let you all know when i get my shipping notice. Also idk what that "outta stock" statement was about because he assured me that they have more then enough in stock to satisfy our demand. It sounds like quite possible you were looking in the wrong place at the wrong item...
[Vibrant Android Development] DATRUTH141:
In la.. Would like one
[Vibrant Android Development] Qwijib0:
It's .3MP (likely 640x480)
[Vibrant Android Development] Postraumatik:
I'm in L.A. as well, I'm need of a camera but will definately do this mod. My brother works on the hardware side of phones all day. I'm sure he'd have no problem doing it for others.
[Vibrant Android Development] KUKitch:
I'm in the midwest, would be in for a couple for my brother and I
[Vibrant Android Development] parahelium:
Is it possible to get the FFC working with stock ROM? I am still waiting for official 2.2 update, hate to mess around with ROM at this time.
[Vibrant Android Development] PolishDude:
Anyone get there's yet?
[Vibrant Android Development] kponti:
I will rather have camera flash than ffc :-(
[Vibrant Android Development] castro_OO:
Pm me...im in chicago

Samsung vibrant running bionix 1.5 voodoo
[Vibrant Android Development] 2girls1cup:
yeah I agree.
[Vibrant Android Development] borrusownage:
can someone post a video of them installing this
[Vibrant Android Development] itsjusttim:
Quick question... Why comment in a thread if you have no interest in it?

The problem is, you not only wasting your time but everyone elses also.
[Vibrant Android Development] ga3lopez:
I'm in San Diego California I am looking for a extra ffc that I can buy..pm me I you have an extra I can buy.
[Vibrant Android Development] Darksurf:
w00+! I can't wait until everything is set up. I would totally buy an FFC for my vibrant. That would only make it the iphone killer X2! Apple had such a "great" idea going when they thought "hey, lets use a FFC so people can make video phone calls to other people. Oh, and only let the calls go to people with other Iphone 4 models!"

Eat it apple!
[Vibrant Android Development] NuclearEMP:
The camera from the Fascinate may work, and by the way its not wasting time if it involves switching a camera from one unit to the other. I for one would love to see if the fascinate camera would work in a vibrant.
[Vibrant Android Development] itsjusttim:
It won't work! Too many differences between the phone models.

I would also love to have camera flash on my vibrant but it seems that the only possible way it will happen is through the usb or the 3.5mm jack.

After saying all of that I'm sure developers would rather wait for 2.2 before trying to add a peripheral like this.
[Vibrant Android Development] castro_OO:
so there is still no software that this will work on as of yet... any ideas of when and what app will work with this?
[Vibrant Android Development] raerae28:
I will grab one if you still have it.
[Vibrant Android Development] turtleoftime:
With the stock 2.1 it won't work. The epic has an FFC and flash a well so maybe theres something to look into there?
[Vibrant Android Development] turtleoftime:
Actually, I just realized that the epic is also running 2.1, so maybe all we need is the cameras software files? Cause if you go to the camera settings it allows you to change from the back camera to the ffc.
[Vibrant Android Development] Master™:
..Bionix 1.6 is going to support this :)

It will be out later tonight
[Vibrant Android Development] orells:
Okay so heres my contribution, I ordered on the 30th like a few others so I believe i'll be one of the first to his/her cams.

Im updating to bionix 1.6 tonight and replacing my camera.apk with the i9000 as soon as global gets my cam from china and send it to me (quality check my ass) i'll update you all on fring, self portraits, and all. I'll also try and make a video on it all. Everything can be done by friday, its akk on global to send me my damn cameras!!!

Sent from the best phone from TMO... Vibrant
[Vibrant Android Development] Droidicus:
Uh, they've had the ability to video chat in Europe for like 6 or 7 years, and THAT'S ONLY ONE problem I have with Apple, proprietary "walled garden" crap.
[Vibrant Android Development] scrizz:
Sig worthy!!!!

:D
[Vibrant Android Development] 2sh0rt:
So just to let you all know, i got an email from Global tonite. He told me that my cam (which was ordered on the 30th) should be going out by the end of the week... Just keeping you guys in the loop.
[Vibrant Android Development] joshuapurcell:
If there are people in the Dallas area who would be willing to go in on this then let me know.
[Vibrant Android Development] Dallas2214:
Im in dallas area I might be interested in one or two still thinking about it lol
[Vibrant Android Development] itsjusttim:
I ordered mine on the 28th... Has not berm sent out yet. But when it does il let you guys know
[Vibrant Android Development] Krnla:
Anyone with an extra cam send me a pm i will gladly purchase it from you, im located in CA

Frankin-Twiz Final, awesome :)
[Vibrant Android Development] likeitnot:
+1 co-sign

With that being said, thank you all, esp the op, for this. You guys are absolutely incredible and impress me on a daily basis here.