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Line on Screen sometimes

I have a problem with my Tilts screen, on some programs I can see a line running across the screen right where the bottom bar for the softkeys is located. When I am using the camera it appears to be green, and when i open up the tab for the options it is white, its not that visible to most people but I can clearly see it, and it and it is extremely annoying I will take some pictures of it later, just wanted to know if anyone has the same problem

looks a hardware fault to me...is it happening on landscape and portrait mode?

I have problem with horizontal line on the screen only in camera (3Mpix) mode. This line apper on the taken foto. I thin it must be camera ... I hope this will be fixed soon...

I send mine back for repair, because of the horizontal and vertical lines in camera mode.

sectorlord said:
looks a hardware fault to me...is it happening on landscape and portrait mode?
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it happens on both, the problem kinda reminds me of those old crt monitors where if you had the same thing on the screen too long it would burn in. the line is on the left side of the screen and looks exactly like the shiny part of the left softkey is.

Bouloama said:
I send mine back for repair, because of the horizontal and vertical lines in camera mode.
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Bouloama:
Was it repaird or did you get a new one ? I now that it's diffrent in every country but how long were you left without phone ?

I'm still in the waiting, the TNT guy just picked it up. They promised me it will take 10 days max. This includes the time for sending it back to me.
So hopefully i'll get it back before 15 dec. I think they will replace my cameralens, since there is a white dead pixel on it. But who knows...

Im having the same problem.
I just received my MDA Vario III yesterday.
I installed the hardSPL and flashed with dutty's latest rom.
I also took a contacts pic of my dad, hehe.
But today, I started the camera and noticed a red line running across the cam.
So I took the picture, and checked the pic. It seemed the red line was taken with the picture. This does mean there's some hardware problem. Also, I found another topic on the internet with more people complaining about it:
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I just called T-Mobile and they wouldnt help me cause the contract's on my dad's name. (A few years back when I wasn't 18 yet)
Anybody else who has experienced this problem?

i just took a pic of my monitor in low light conditions - i have a totally black screen with only the taskbar visible (light gray) i found that taking a picture in landscape mode, the night mode or some **** is causing all pixels along that line to darken (??) see this link for an example (3mp @ fine)
note: this happens in landscape mode probably because the orientation of the line of pixels is in line with the pixels of the camera (cant seem to reproduce it when the device is upright [ie the taskbar spans the 240, not the 320]) - this could either be the utterly _crap_ nightmode filter software or could be due to the ccd itself - i dont really know enough about camera technology to determine which is the cause (you think maybe the crap nightmode filter determines the gamma of horizontal lines based only on the pixels in that line? that would explain this effect and if so thats just plain ****)

My Kaiser has new camera. It took only one day to repair it. I've heard that camera in Kaiser is made by Samsung ... (it was mentioned in service report)
Now it's all ok. I wonder how long ...

Camera is out of focus

Hello : Every time that i take a shot the image is out of focus,
Anyone experience this ?
Solutions ?
Thnks a lot

galinha said:
Hello : Every time that i take a shot the image is out of focus,
Anyone experience this ?
Solutions ?
Thnks a lot
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Umm...with details like that, one could guess anything. Maybe your settings are wrong...maybe dust....maybe anything. Tell us your settings, lighting situation, etc.

Thanks.
Night , day , light...
Settings no mater what i put..
No dust !
Best regards

galinha said:
Thanks.
Night , day , light...
Settings no mater what i put..
No dust !
Best regards
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did u try to take pics with the half press?

The above advice about setting to half press is good. Also remember that the camera has auto focus so the picture is not taken for a second or two AFTER the button is pressed. So keep it steady for a while after taking the picture.
Also the lens cover on the back of the case needs to be spotless. and also clean the lens cover inside the casing near the top of the battery. Cleaning these makes a big difference. Some folk have actually removed the casing filter, but I'm not suggesting you go that far.
Mike

mikechannon said:
The above advice about setting to half press is good. Also remember that the camera has auto focus so the picture is not taken for a second or two AFTER the button is pressed. So keep it steady for a while after taking the picture.
Also the lens cover on the back of the case needs to be spotless. and also clean the lens cover inside the casing near the top of the battery. Cleaning these makes a big difference. Some folk have actually removed the casing filter, but I'm not suggesting you go that far.
Mike
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I already removed the casing filter....
What do you mean by half press....?

galinha said:
I already removed the casing filter....
What do you mean by half press....?
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The camera button is a two position switch. Some folk find that if you have it set to full press for taking photos the finger press has to be so hard (or deep) that the camera moves just as you are taking the pic.
To change this so you only need a gentle press half way down:
Enter the camera menue. Tap on the spanner/wrench symbol and choose half press in the Shoot Option menu.
It might be an idea if you posted a pic here so we can see just what quality you are getting.
Mike

Atached,,,90 % of my pics are like this,

I know that this might sound like a stupid question but did you take off the sticker on the inside of the back battery cover. I know I was taking blurry pictures for a couple of hours and finally noticied there was a tiny sticker on the inside of the battery cover. Just a suggestion.
Adrian

I already removed the casing filter.....

Well, that is badly out of focus! So assuming the lenses are clean and no stickers are in place etc then I would take a picture with the camera sitting on a firm surface. Just to rule out the possibility that it's caused by camera movement. If the pictures are still blurred then I would load up the nadavi camera version. If things remain the same then it is most likely a hardware problem. (As it stands there could be a theoretical software issue with the camera using an excessively long exposure time - something it does a bit anyway, but not as bad as to give the effect you have.)
Mike

It looks like its movement plus it appears that the picture was taken inside and is using the auto lighting.... that can easily slow up the camera.

How to stop camera auto focus and capture instantly

Hello,
It seems that the camera focus made for still opjects, as if I am going to take a picure of friends for example, I have to ask them to stay still for at least 3 seconds!!
What can I do to make it take instant shots as soon as I press the button with no delay of the auto focus..
I emaild HTC, they replied that a representative will look into the matter but they never reply..
Regards

I am not a camera expert but I could explain something for you .
Turn off auto focus just make thing worse. It makes the quality of the picture better. This is why some review websites gave kaiser a thumb up for this auto focus feature.
What you looking for here is shutter speed , not turning off auto focus. The faster the shutter speed, the better pictures you can take ( especially for shaky hand and moving object ). Its so last year that picture of still objects are always better since most of camera out there doesnt have a fast enough shutter speed .
Correct me if I am wrong. I did some good reading about camera on Newegg.com when I was looking to buy a decent camera for my girl .

Check out this thread. You can reduce the time the phone takes between focusing and capturing the image.

Thank you aberz, but the delay is only on the auto focus, its the time that takes [ ] to go from gray [ ] to green [ ]
I have a nokia N95, it has it too, as soon as I click the button, the picture is there with better quality from tytn on the same resolution..
NotATreoFan said:
Check out this thread. You can reduce the time the phone takes between focusing and capturing the image.
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Thank you NotATreoFan, tried it, unfortunately no changes noticed..
The strange thing is that the front camera does not have that delay, it captutures instantly, but of course with very low quality
I will follow up on the thread you mentioned.

ghanem said:
Thank you aberz, but the delay is only on the auto focus, its the time that takes [ ] to go from gray [ ] to green [ ]
I have a nokia N95, it has it too, as soon as I click the button, the picture is there with better quality from tytn on the same resolution..
Thank you NotATreoFan, tried it, unfortunately no changes noticed..
The strange thing is that the front camera does not have that delay, it captutures instantly, but of course with very low quality
I will follow up on the thread you mentioned.
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Front camera does not have the auto focus feature .
Everybody hope their handset come with auto focus camera, just wondering why you want to disable and give up to use it?
Without auto focus , the picture you take will be a blur photo , especially closer items and object.

don't press the camera button. instead push the middle button on the navigation pad just once. the phone will auto focus and immediately take the pic. it's really working out to be the best way to take the pics.

belon_cfy said:
Everybody hope their handset come with auto focus camera, just wondering why you want to disable and give up to use it?
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Imagine that you want to capture a child smile or lough, you wont be able to ask him to stand still..
Imagine that you went to the zoo and wanted to capture the lion yawn, would you dare to ask him to repat it and stand still
Those are real situations I've been throug
kaluzu said:
don't press the camera button. instead push the middle button on the navigation pad just once. the phone will auto focus and immediately take the pic. it's really working out to be the best way to take the pics.
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Thank you kaluzu, I tried that before posting, I tried also the keep pressing the button, changing to half press, no luck

ghanem said:
Thank you aberz, but the delay is only on the auto focus, its the time that takes [ ] to go from gray [ ] to green [ ]
I have a nokia N95, it has it too, as soon as I click the button, the picture is there with better quality from tytn on the same resolution..
Thank you NotATreoFan, tried it, unfortunately no changes noticed..
The strange thing is that the front camera does not have that delay, it captutures instantly, but of course with very low quality
I will follow up on the thread you mentioned.
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Auto focus = better picture . Auto focus need ... time to focus . I think the quality of the camera affect the time of the auto focus.
Anyway, I use half press mode and it take about 2 secs to get a snap, which is close to my 4 years old Sony cybershot W7 . Half press mode also reduce ( or even eliminate ) the vibration of pushing button , which improve the quality.
To achieve an good quality with instant shot for moving object , I think thats the job for the professional camera. However, I would like to see how things turn out for you.
Kaiser camera wasnt rated good anyway.

aberz said:
However, I would like to see how things turn out for you.
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Thank you aberz, appreciate your concern, I am following up now on the thread NotATreoFan mentioned

For taking better pictures:
1. Hold index finger over camera shutter button
2. Hold thumb over center button on navigation pad
3. Use index finger to half-press and auto focus
4. Use thumb to gently press center button on navigation pad
5. Make sure your lens is clean
6. Try to take the picture in between heart beats. Hard at first but you get used to it.
I used to HATE taking pictures with the tilt, and still carried around my old Sony Ericsson W810i as it's 2mp camera always got the shot I wanted. Took me a while to figure out the above. Hope it helps

ghanem said:
Imagine that you want to capture a child smile or lough, you wont be able to ask him to stand still..
Imagine that you went to the zoo and wanted to capture the lion yawn, would you dare to ask him to repat it and stand still
Those are real situations I've been throug
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Then you should buy a SE K810 with BEST PICTURE instead of kaiser
The Best Picture allow you to shot 9 images at one shoot.

marcatarkon said:
For taking better pictures:
1. Hold index finger over camera shutter button
2. Hold thumb over center button on navigation pad
3. Use index finger to half-press and auto focus
4. Use thumb to gently press center button on navigation pad
5. Make sure your lens is clean
6. Try to take the picture in between heart beats. Hard at first but you get used to it.
I used to HATE taking pictures with the tilt, and still carried around my old Sony Ericsson W810i as it's 2mp camera always got the shot I wanted. Took me a while to figure out the above. Hope it helps
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Thank you for sharing
belon_cfy said:
Then you should buy a SE K810 with BEST PICTURE instead of kaiser
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I am waiting for XPERIA™ X1

This really could be help for me. This 3 second delay is killing me.

ghanem said:
Thank you kaluzu, I tried that before posting, I tried also the keep pressing the button, changing to half press, no luck
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you may want to update the camera software to the latest (search on Navdav) and also add the HTC Album the latest version before trying this again. It works like a charm for me.

kaluzu said:
don't press the camera button. instead push the middle button on the navigation pad just once. the phone will auto focus and immediately take the pic. it's really working out to be the best way to take the pics.
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That works awsome thanks a million.
Ron

mark43 said:
That works awsome thanks a million.
Ron
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Really?? I tried it . It works the same way as pressing the camera button. Still about 2 - 3 secs delay. Tilt camera truly sucks.

the camera needs to auto focus. but this way it does take the snapshot right after it autofocused. indoors, of course, will take longer to autofocus.
since I used this function ALL my pix afre much better.
Listen, nobody says the camera on Tilt is on par with a 10 MP Cybershot.....But the pix it takes in daylight are awesome. maybe you need to clear your lenses, or even crack the cover to remove any obstruction between the internal lens and outside (like I did). THAT really make a difference....

Camera auto-focus issues!

Guys I have a big problem. Just received my long awaited Touch Diamond today from Hong Kong and everything seems to be working fine except the camera auto-focus! When placing a finger over the button its normally suppose to auto focus, followed by a press which then takes the picture. But mine doesnt auto-focus. There doesnt seem to be any movement of the lens at all!
Any ideas or comments would be much appreciated. My device details are below.
Thanks
ROM Version: 1.35.707.3 WWE
ROM Date: 05/28/08
Radio Version: 0.93.25.NS26
Protocol Version: 52.26.25.09H

Actually I found that worked sometimes but the manual clearly states that you need to press the action button the camera will then adjust focus and take the picture.

In my one that dosen't work. The camera does not adjust focus no matter what way I try. At the moment when I try to take pictures of objects from about a feet from the camera lense it comes clear. But if I try to take any normal pictures the phone makes noise (plays a software assigned sound clip replicating lense movement) but the actual lense does not do anything.

So are your pictures in focus?
I don't think you can quite see the lens move.
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In my one that dosen't work. The camera does not adjust focus no matter what way I try. At the moment when I try to take pictures of objects from about a feet from the camera lense it comes clear. But if I try to take any normal pictures the phone makes noise (plays a software assigned sound clip replicating lense movement) but the actual lense does not do anything.
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lol no the pictures are not in focus. Normal shots come out really blurry.

AF241 said:
lol no the pictures are not in focus. Normal shots come out really blurry.
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In the camera Advanced setting, p.2 Did you select the Shoot Option to "Touch and Press"?

In my case, I just place my finger on the button: the Touch Diamond recognizes this and auto-focuses, then I can press the button and shoot a nice picture!

f810 said:
In the camera Advanced setting, p.2 Did you select the Shoot Option to "Touch and Press"?
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Yes it was set to "Touch and Press" by default. I tried the other 2 options too, without luck. Unfortunately my unit seems to be a faulty one. I contacted the seller (x1386) and they said they will repair or change the unit. So I will have to miss the long awaited lovely touch screen for a good few days
Thanks for your replies Guys

free up some ram, it will work again

vaio said:
free up some ram, it will work again
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It had the same problem out of the box. I tried it after disabling TouchFLO 3D and it still had the same problem.

FYI
For those of you with problems,
If I flip my diamond over and watch the lens very closely, I can visibly see it move when focusing.
Given that there's some sort of actuator in there, it's possible that it could arrive faulty I guess.
Cheers,
ccg.

camera focus problem.......

The "touch and press" shooting feature of diamond is great but it wont work after i take a single picture. The "touch" operation is fail to target on the autofocus until i soft reset the device. Anyone experience the same here ?
my rom is 1.37.707.1

Tinngsmile said:
The "touch and press" shooting feature of diamond is great but it wont work after i take a single picture. The "touch" operation is fail to target on the autofocus until i soft reset the device. Anyone experience the same here ?
my rom is 1.37.707.1
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I have 2 Diamonds, both same at 1.37.707.1.
1st has the issue above, 2nd which i bought later for my wife is perfectly fine. Touch and press all the time no problem. But to think of it may be the 1st one was registry tweaked, or it could be the hardware issue....
Need some further test to conclude....

i had a similar problem at one point, and had to soft reset a couple of times. it then seemed to work ok again.
Maybe changing ot from touch and press to something else, using it, and then changing it back might help.
Of course, it could just have been i was catching the touch sensitive ring around the button and that was confusing the hell out of the camera.....Damn my fat fingers!

Anyone has a solution for this probleme?

Tinngsmile said:
The "touch and press" shooting feature of diamond is great but it wont work after i take a single picture. The "touch" operation is fail to target on the autofocus until i soft reset the device. Anyone experience the same here ?
my rom is 1.37.707.1
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Hi,
I have the same problem with Italian Rom 1.37.408.3
Someone have a solution ?
Thanks

Also got the problem - take one photo with 'touch and press' autofocus then with the next photo I try to take straight away, the 'touch and press' autofocus function stops working.
Then if I don't take a photo for a while, the function returns but then soon after taking another photo, 'touch and press' autofocus stops again.

I have tha same problem.
I find that if i tap the shutter button repeatedly (whithout pressing it) i can get the autofocus to work properly. Sometimes i only need to tap 5 or so times, other times i may have to tap 20 times. (only takes about 3 seconds or so)

lol
I'm getting the same problem and it's been happening out of the box (i.e. before I started tweaking ;-).
The 'tap quickly without pressing' works for me too. Bit of a strange one really.
Btw XDA rocks!!!!

Hi guys,
Anyone managed to solve this problem?
Now we got the capacitive touch button SDK, so perhaps some experts can fix this issue
Is there a function that focuses the camera, so we can map this to some other button instead of relying on the centre button..
Cheers!