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[G2 and Desire Z General] moolash:
camera button

It's good to have the button, but I usually use the button on the screen both for getting to the app and for shooting.

Having to push down the hardware button all the way make my hand move enough to have unsharp pictures.

I think I just have to get used to it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Mnemoch:
I use it all the time; instead of having to go home to open the camera no matter what app I am in I can just hit the button. Actually wouldn't buy a phone without one now...it was a huge annoyance on my Touch HD.
[G2 and Desire Z General] durps:
I just use the camera button to open the camera app. I don't know if I have a faulty button or something, but when I take multiple pictures of something by pressing the camera button, the pictures don't really "register".

I'll have to press the camera button 3 times in order for it to finally take a picture, so now I just rely on the trackpad and the on-screen button.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Talesin_BatBat:
A hardware button is always useful; I don't bother keeping a Camera app link on my desktops thanks to the button. Similar, shooting with the on-screen shutter button is awkward at best in landscape mode (portrait I can see using it).

For those having shake problems when hitting the button, remember the shooter's adage. Squeeze, don't pull. Get it halfway down, resting against the firmer resistance while it focuses, then just squeeze and hold. Too many people just thump it and release, leading to a whole lot of unnecessary bounce.

Truth be told, I'd still be a bit happier with some software image stabilization, at the expense of ten pixels a side or so. No idea why it doesn't already do this, or at least have the option.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheNewGuy:
I use it all the time.... as a play/pause button!
[G2 and Desire Z General] sinistersai4d4d:
Incredibly useful... so I can open Handcent Quick SMS from within any app... you can also use it for Quick Settings.
[G2 and Desire Z General] turboyo:
I use mine to open up a "quicknote" app in conjunction with "button shortcut" app
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smileestylz:
Maybe im missing it i just flashed the eb13 with the thread posted on xda via the .exe everything is fine lost root how do i get root back
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omgitzsars:
The old method, below, still works as reported by several members.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770388

Next time, do a quick search before. The answer was in a few threads about EB13.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fatonuseni:
Read, it's been posted.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smileestylz:
sorry and thank

I should have been more specific is this with the latest cwm with ext4 support.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
no not cwm3. we dont have a kernel to support ext4 yet. didnt you see the link posted for you.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rygran87:
Incorrect. We do have an ext4 /rfs kernel for eb13. It was compiled yesterday IIRC. Problem is, if you root with cwm3 from bone stock, you have a soft bricked epic...

EDIT: maybe root with cwm2.1.5 then flah the new kernel, THEN convert to ext4/cwm3
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esteway.619:
Has anyone tried that yet
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Where is the new kernel then

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Digitaltigre:
I think he means the Genocide 1.2GhzOC
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
Oh its not pure eb13 yet. He's still working on it. Can you use ext4 on eb13 with it yet? I thought the ext4 was just made for dk28

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashtro:
yea i dont think ext4 works with eb13 i had everything set up and decided to root with cwm3 and it was good but once i booted up it was stuck on samsung mobile screen...i meen i could be wrong im no pro...so im restoring back to 2.5 with eb13...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
So I guess rygran87 is the only one running ext4 on eb13? Lol

Sent from my Evo Killer!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maldito.boss:
No dameon87 just got a kernel for dual ext4 look his thread...(lazy to post a link lol)
[Folio 100 General] mambraxneol:
I have made the last week-end the new updates of Toshiba, snif!

I have read that it is now impossible to root the Folio and

Toshiba will no more make updates?

The end of the Folio 100 :confused:
[Folio 100 General] sader0:
Dude, believe you should read forums carefully.

Latest official update can easilly be rooted via single click root(after installing appropriate adb/usb drivers from google and doing Tegra 2 amendment in the main driver file).

Presently myself using rooted official version of Toshiba update.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Peckked:
Hey guys!

Hoping someone might be able to help. My camera stopped working about a year ago and I haven't been able to get it to work. Every time I try to use it my phone reboots. I've tried running every ROM available here, every radio, every SPL. At this point I figure it's probably hardware but I want to rule out every other possibility before I give up on it. Any suggestions ?

TY in advance.

PS. 32a Rogers - current radio is 6.35.16.19 - playing with gingerbread atm :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Lameloco:
I have the same issue with a Vodafone htc magic 32b. It started after the OTA of Vodafone to go to Android 2.2.1. I hoped it would work in Cyanogenmod 6.1 but it still gives reboots.

This is the log cat when I start the camera:

I/ActivityManager( 155): Starting activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.android.camera/.Camera }
I/ActivityManager( 155): Start proc com.android.camera for activity com.android.camera/.Camera: pid=771 uid=10011 gids={1006, 1015}
I/WindowManager( 155): Setting rotation to 1, animFlags=1
I/ActivityManager( 155): Config changed: { scale=1.0 imsi=206/1 loc=nl_BE touch=3 keys=1/1/2 nav=3/1 orien=2 layout=18 uiMode=17 seq=8}
I/GPSButton( 155): Update State
I/ActivityManager( 155): Start proc com.ramesp.amissed for service com.ramesp.amissed/.LockWatchDog: pid=779 uid=10093 gids={1015}
E/mm-camera( 123): mt9t013_process_start: ioctl(MSM_CAM_IOCTL_ENABLE_OUTPUT_IND) error Invalid argument
E/mm-camera( 123): vfe_util_sendcmd: MSM_CAM_IOCTL_CONFIG_VFE error: No such device
E/mm-camera( 123): vfe_util_sendcmd: MSM_CAM_IOCTL_CONFIG_VFE error: No such device
D/RAMES ( 779): Registering--------------
D/Camera ( 771): app passed NULL surface
D/CameraSettings( 771): [antibanding-values=off,50hz,60hz,auto, antibanding=auto, effect-values=none,mono,negative,solarize,sepia,posterize,whiteboard,blackboa
rd,aqua, effect=none, exposure-compensation-step=0.5, exposure-compensation=0, focal-length=3.72, focus-mode-values=auto,infinity, focus-mode=auto, horizontal-v
iew-angle=51.6, jpeg-quality=90, jpeg-thumbnail-height=384, jpeg-thumbnail-quality=90, jpeg-thumbnail-size-values=512x384,0x0, jpeg-thumbnail-width=512, max-exp
osure-compensation=4, max-zoom=12, min-exposure-compensation=-4, picture-format-values=jpeg, picture-format=jpeg, picture-size-values=2048x1536,1600x1200,1024x7
68,512x384, picture-size=2048x1536, preview-format-values=yuv420sp, preview-format=yuv420sp, preview-frame-rate-values=15, preview-frame-rate=15, preview-size-v
alues=800x480,720x480,640x480,576x432,480x320,384x288,352x288,320x240,240x160,176x144, preview-size=384x288, vertical-view-angle=39.7, whitebalance-values=auto,
incandescent,fluorescent,daylight,cloudy-daylight, whitebalance=auto, zoom-ratios=100,102,107,109,114,117,123,128,131,138,141,148,155, zoom-supported=true, zoom=0]
E/mm-camera( 123): vfe_util_sendcmd: MSM_CAM_IOCTL_CONFIG_VFE error: No such device
E/mm-camera( 123): vfe_util_sendcmd: MSM_CAM_IOCTL_CONFIG_VFE error: No such device
V/camera ( 771): startPreview

It also reboots if I start any application that uses the camera e.g. goggles, barcode scanner,...

Would really like to have this fixed. Any suggestions?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] djtar:
my fix

try to reflash your rom if all else fail do a restore or flash of your stater rom and send it back to your carrier don't forget to unroot after that flash change your boot image back if not changed double check your fastboot
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] findelmundo:
I've had this same issue. It looks from your logcat that the camera hardware works, it's just not loading properly.

The problem is that the camera's preferences file needs to be rewritten by the system. the solution is to adb shell into your phone, then go into /data/data/com.android.camera (or your Rom's specific directory; different Roms will likely have different directory names, but it shouldn't vary too much) and look for camera_hardware_preferences.xml (or your Rom's specific hardware preferences XML file for the camera) and move this to camera_hardware_preferences.xml_, then reboot.

Doing this will make your phone have to rewrite it's profile for camera hardware. Once done, it should work.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Lameloco:
Findulmundo. I tried this and now my camera no longer crashes but is stuck on a black screen when starting the camera app. The camera_preferences.xml file is not being generated either. Any ideas?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] everest.deth:
Guys im having a similar issue, my camera will start normally but when i try to take a picture it will get stuck and wont shoot the pic. I can exit the app normally, no force close but im unable to take any pics :( any ideas?

Currently on cm5, already tried different sd cards, fastboot wipe and then reflashed the ROM, tried different roms also :( its still a no go though
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] buzabenedek:
I'm not sure, but you should try to flash a new kernel - you'll find it in the dev section...

Btw. I'm using Ginger Yoshi RC 6.1 - to use it I needed to flash a new radio hboot and kernel - you can find the instructions in the ROM's thread step-by-step! :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giosixa:
G1 when power on comes only G1 screen, when soft reset and hard reset is the same . when update it says on screen: "E: Cant open / cache/recovery/ command" and aborting upgrade in 50%

Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on with this?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidcues:
well im assuming the phone has been properly set as far as radio/spl -- i would say you need to reflash your recovery. Erase your current recovery with fastboot and then fastboot the brand new recovery into it and try again. If the phone cant boot into the rom it will try to boot into the recovery and if it cant, it does that. I think. theres a pretty nice G1 wiki here and theres also cyanogenmod wiki... cant go wrong there.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MR0808:
I have installed RC1 of CM7 and now up to build three, but so far, on all versions, every time I load up CM Updater it force closes almost immediately.

Has anyone else had this issue?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meaple:
No. Just use the recovery to flash the update. CM7 is still not bug free but you can submit bugs for RC now.
[Epic 4G General] nellison1470:
Ive been reading different posts and i keep hearin people say ODIN back to stock... can somone please explain this in newie terms? and can i do this after root to get my phone exactly how it was when i bought it??

if so i've deleted some stock apps and was wondering if those will be back....
[Epic 4G General] jnadke:
Yes.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=963652
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
It literally runs itself after you get your phone into download mode (turn it on while holding 1 on the keyboard) and it does return you phone to the way it was out of the box.
[Epic 4G General] asdfghjkl:
there is a thread in development by Whosdaman to get ODIN . It will flash your phone back to stock exactly how you got it...everything will start from scratch. You will have to download the DI18 files in the thread and drivers etc. It will bring back everything from out of the box Epic...

Edit: i was too late ^^^
[Epic 4G General] nellison1470:
hmmm, ok... someone posted a link with steps that seem way wayyyyy more complexed then turing the phone on and holding "1".... an i do it either way? or is one more proper than the other...
[Epic 4G General] nellison1470:
Nixo - thanks... u actually kinda answered my last post =D
[Epic 4G General] watermoore:
I can surely tell you, you need to search and read up, as there are plenty of posts on this topic. This also tells me I really need to keep working on my "Welcome to Hacking Samsung Phones - What you need to know" Thread.

Basically ODIN is what users can utilize to return their epics to stock. ODIN is a program that you run on your computer that communicates with your phone and returns everything back to a stock factory version of android.

In order to use it on your phone you need to put your phone into "Download Mode". Instead of the traditional "three finger salute" that you would use to boot into recovery, you slide open your phone and press the number "1" key and then while holding it down, press the power button. The screen will boot up with yellow text and a yield sign that declares it is in "Download Mode" You then run ODIN on your desktop. Once ODIN opens up you plug the usb cable into your phone. Assuming you have the correct drivers installed, you will see a COM response on the ODIN application. From that point you can load .tar files into ODIN, click "start", and ODIN wipes your phone and returns it to stock fresh out of the package. Because our phones have this option it makes it very difficult to brick the EPIC.

Hope this helps.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
The only reason to odin to stock (DI18) is if you plan on getting an OTA or use the update.zip method. If your going to utilize odin, then save yourself the hassle and just odin directly to EB13 from wherever you happen to be. ODIN is a factory production tool to flash a bunch of phones all at one time, but it works just as well on one phone.
[Epic 4G General] nellison1470:
watermoore - THANKS!!!!! i have better understanding now of what the heck the hype about Odin is. you explained it perfect and used terms i would undersand since im a newbie...

i really appreciate everyone's help
[Epic 4G General] AmericanJedi001:
nellison, alternatively you can just use the Windows installer version provided by Samsung, which is basically a prepackaged Odin & EB13 update all in one. I haven't used it, but it seems to be very noob-proof from what I've read: http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...22061912233/Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13_Tool.exe CAUTION!!! Be advised, this will wipe your phone (but leave the contents of your SD card intact), so you'll have a clean, factory-fresh installation of EB13 / Froyo.

If you're looking to do an "upgrade" and keep all your settings, apps, etc., then look for a guide on applying the update.zip, which I conveniently have here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11546546&postcount=15

Good luck!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suntung:
Anyone has experienced that photo is disappeared after uploaded to Facebook?

Is there any solution?

Thanks a lot.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sromer:
I've experience photos not appearing on my wall, but they still get put into the "mobile uploads" folder.

I'm guessing it's just a glitch
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suntung:
Sorry, what I mean is disappeared in my phone, not facebook.

I can't find the photo in file explorer or gallery view.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ergath:
I had the same problem. Reset fixed it for me.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suntung:
Do you mean a factory reset?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okkim:
Same problem here. I have for example tried all the tricks suggested here but nothing helps.

Very annoying, as the photos aren't even uploaded to Facebook in full size the original photo seems to be lost for good.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anonymouse:
any update in here? also been experiencing this and it is annoying..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dukynko:
Unmount and mount SD card...quick help for me...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDub:
I have been working on "porting" the theme and mods I like to the new EB13 framework. After hitting the wall several times tonight I decided it was time to go back to DK28 for now.

Then I had a thought...

I threw in the 4 files from DK28 which control the theme and mods of my liking... they are

android.policy.jar

services.jar

framework-res.apk

twframework-res.apk

They worked perfectly. Phone booted right up exactly how I used it on DK28.. with EB13's /system (excluding those 4 files of course), kernel, baseband.

So my question.. What are the opinions of those 4 files having any kind of impact on the phones performance and stability between DK28 and EB13. Decompiled versions of these files looked nearly identical in Winmerge. Small very minor differences here and there in xml.

I appreciate the opinions. I understand going to EB13 frameworks is the ultimate goal, but your opinions will determine how urgent of a matter it is :)

Things seem just fine. (And still fast as hell :D )

Thanks,
[Thunderbolt General] leoingle:
do a search for "RELEASE THE HTC THUNDERBOLT ON VERIZON ALREADY!!"

join it, and pass it on.
[Thunderbolt General] superchilpil:
just joined
[Thunderbolt General] kyrumo71:
I just joined

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_137845029615066
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman777:
I wrote a simple script to shutdown the phone with reboot -p. How can I create an icon that will source this script?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt_stang:
You could write an app that just executes the script
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman777:
found one called gscript for anyone that wants to know...well...kinda.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iflip:
I'm using incredibly re engineered and all of a sudden 3 weeks later, gps randomly stops working. Same happened after using myns warm 2.2. Smh. How do I troubleshoot that?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
When GPS stops, toggle the setting to turn GPS on/off, and/or maybe go to airplane mode then toggle back.

If issue persists, perhaps try a different kernel.

Assume you are using a fairly recent radio (baseband) version of 2.x or higher?

Absent that, perhaps d/l and install Virtuous, the most stable nearly-stock rom available, see if the issue persists.

Better yet, if you still have the backup of your stock setup from when you rooted, flash that and see if it's still wonky.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iflip:
Thanks for your help! Your suggestion worked. Thanks a million. Ill eventually flash a different kernel. Any suggestions?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
You are welcome, glad it worked for you.

The IncReEngineered thread has differing opinions on the best kernel for that ROM.

I ran that ROM with Lou's #8, worked like a champ - noteworthy in a kernel choice is what you want the device to do: speed, battery life, or a blend of both.

There are faster kernels out there, but Lou's #8 was a nice blend of battery life & stability, in my opinion. Lou doesn't build for scores/speed, rather, for battery life, stability, then speed.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iflip:
Thanks again. Ill give Lous #8 a try.
[Droid X Accessories] Jawcase:
We're looking for reviewers to test the features and usefulness of our phone case. If you live in the San Francisco North Bay California, or have a review blog, and would like to test our case out for a day or two drop us a line...

info(at)Jawcase(dot)com
[Droid X Accessories] DroidTh3ory:
Email sent. :)
[Droid X Accessories] mav3rick478:
email sent.
[Droid X Accessories] Jawcase:
Thanks for the reply guys. I did get a lot of people from other states who wanted to check this out, only 3 were from my area, these are the people I will concentrate on first.

Those people are from the following cities..

Rohnert Park

Tomales

Santa Rosa

I'm still open to new reviewers from within my local area so keep sending emails.
[Droid X Accessories] ryant35:
Are you just looking for local people to avoid shipping? I'm in SoCal and if you don't get many other responses I would love to try it out and let you know what I think.
[Droid X Accessories] Jawcase:
It's faster and we can have better control over if we get our phone case back, we made some alterations that we need to physically show the designer but wanted to get some feed back on what we currently have as well. It's important that the case is returned to us safely.
[Droid X Accessories] mattmartin77:
id love to test, but im in mass...
[Droid X Accessories] bobd104:
If you decide to open it to users in the New Hampshire area, I'd be glad to review for you.

bobd104@gmail.com
[Droid X Accessories] Laramie1997:
I'm a technical journalist in the Missouri area if you are needing a few blog type reviews. I also work closely with a few people from the Gizmodo side of the spectrum as well, so if you really want to reach people, you might drop me a line.
[Droid X Accessories] cigmanfroyd:
Wow this looks great! Gonna have to hit this up asap! If you need a tester on the east coast (D.C.) let me know!
[Droid X Accessories] tyvallely:
I live in North Dakota and the shipping in and out of here is very cheap. I have been doing reviews for 2 years now and I would be happy to do a case. (:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Driftbum:
my laptop with windows 7 32 bit wont recognize my vibrant on Bionix-v , i tried odin, re flashing bionix, reformatting phone, reinstalling drivers, and kies, kies mini.

still nothing!!!!!. i still get "usb no recognized"

im lost i dont know what could be wrong.

any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idtheftvictim:
little more info....please

what are you trying to do? Is your phone stuck in a boot cycle? Is it soft-bricked? Just trying to mount to computer? Not sure what to say until i get more answers....thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Driftbum:
the phone works fine but i cant mount the usb storage i keep getting "usb device not recognized" i have every single driver i can find, still no luck
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Driftbum:
i forgot to mention that even in usb debugging, download mode it does the same thing. i cant connect it to odin or AIO tool box it gives me the same messege.

plus i dont know how to tell if the phone is soft bricked.

Please help i use my phone for work i need it to upload files to my pc
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvspencer22:
Use bluetooth or wireless until you figure it out. Also you could put it on your external sd and transfer it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Driftbum:
I cant even connect the external sd card, i dont know whats wrong
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trackstar996:
Something like this happened to me. Try turning debugging off
[HTC Inspire 4G] bigb2k01:
In the development section everyone keeps saying one click root will not happen on the inspire i was just wandering what the reason for that is i know there is one for other phones ive had just wandering why this one is different
[HTC Inspire 4G] gunnyman:
HTC closed the bug in the radio firmware that allowed the security on the nand to be unlocked. This is why you use a goldcard to flash a rootable Rom to the phone. Once you do that you can root with a one click like visionary.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mj0528:
That may be a deal breaker for me! I can't take a chance breaking my phone. If I can't root, i may need to look at another phone that will let me easily.
[HTC Inspire 4G] JaysFreaky:
It's not hard to do. What do you need root for?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Noz85:
That's the whole fun of a new device. It's not that hard to root this phone.

sent from my HTC Inspired Desire HD 4G
[HTC Inspire 4G] mj0528:
Wifi tethering and getting better battery life, not to mention removing all the AT&T BS and most of all to play with a truley free device!
[HTC Inspire 4G] AnyMal:
As others have said, it's not hard if you're willing to dedicate a small amount of time and can follow directions.