Hi guys 1st post here, Im having a problem with my X1 camera shutter button. Here it is, when im in the todays screen when i press the camera shutter ofcourse it will activate the camera application, and now here is my problem when I'm now in the camera application when I press the camera shutter nothing is happening, it's not focusing nor taking a shot but when I'm outside the camera application it is working. Any guys have an idea on how to solve the issue? Please give some advice, thanks!
You say that it does work when you're outside? If that is so, there's obviously nothing wrong with your X1, as the unit doesn't "detect" wheter it's indoors or outside
I'm thinking more along the lines of it's working, but it just takes a while. When inside with low light intensity, it might take time for the software to focus.
Angelusz said:
You say that it does work when you're outside? If that is so, there's obviously nothing wrong with your X1, as the unit doesn't "detect" wheter it's indoors or outside
I'm thinking more along the lines of it's working, but it just takes a while. When inside with low light intensity, it might take time for the software to focus.
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I mean outside is when i'm not in "camera application (taking picture mode application)". Not outside (outdoor) literally. The shutter button is not pressing.
That is very odd indeed.
1) Have you tried a hard-reset?
2) Have you installed any custom ROM's?
So far i did'nt hard reset nor install custom rom on my fone. I think that is my last choice if can't rid of this problem.
Does it work when pressing the joystick button instead of the camera button?
damskie said:
So far i did'nt hard reset nor install custom rom on my fone. I think that is my last choice if can't rid of this problem.
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Have you tried soft resetting alone? Might be enough to fix it.
@on8a
yes, i used this button as an alternative shot at the cost of no automatic focus.
@THESpideyWVU
Yes i tried the soft reset.
Im not quite sure if this is the cause of the problem, the last time it was not working since I installed some softwares like Handango InHand and Resco Keyboard Pro, Im not satisfied with the software and then unistall them both.
I have the same problem - haven't found a solution.
The hardware camera button will launch the camer application (so yes, it is 'working') but it doesn't seem to be mapped to actually take a shot any more. It won't even auto-focus... it just does nothing once the camera program is open. The joystick button will take pics fine.
Seen several posts from multiple people about this problem (on several sites!) but none with an answer!!!
Hi,
Can't believe it - I was gonna post a question about this today as I have discovered my camera button doing the same - it will launch the camera app but not actually take a photo.
I had Resco Contact Manager installed too but have removed it. I also have AE Button Plus installed, so am not sure if this is messing about with the key mapping.
Shame no-one's got an idea!
Does anyone know anything about where this might be stored in the reg?
Cheers all
Sounds to me as if a (any) program messed this up. First you guys/gals need to find a common program or software developer to see if that is somehow a commonality.
The other, in my opinion faster way to find that out, the first one with that problem and having any such program installed, who restores/resets the phone and then the button works again.... that will in any case proof for that instance that it was any of such programs that messed it up in the first place.
Just a suggestion...
*bumb*
I'm having the same problem. Any news on this matter?
Just discovered recently I am having the same problem. The thing is tat even the volume buttons which is supposed to make it zoom doesnt work also.
The strange thing is tat the volume (zoom) button and the focus-take picture button will work when i slide out the keyboard. But it is just weird tat I have to slide out the keyboard to take a picture and the button is not so accesible either.
Indeed. I'm having this problem as well. Might be a program conflict but I have no idea which. Do any of you have GProfile/GAlarm/FingerKeyboard2 installed as well?
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Indeed. I'm having this problem as well. Might be a program conflict but I have no idea which. Do any of you have GProfile/GAlarm/FingerKeyboard2 installed as well?
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What is the Firmware you guys are using? How about flashing to the latest 'official' one and see/check PRIOR installation of those programs, if the issue is there. If so, call SE for warranty because then its probably a hardware issue.
Otherwise I guess very strongly that those 'keyboard mapping programs' mess up this button. It seems obvious to me at least! "Remapping Keyboard Button"... then camera button doesn't works... hm...
hi
anyone found any solution yet. i am facing the same problem as well. I cannot remember when it started not to work but i remember it is still working before i update to the official R3a firmware. I have also installed the auto-flash and disabled the shutter sound. Did any of these broke the key function?
benengyj said:
Indeed. I'm having this problem as well. Might be a program conflict but I have no idea which. Do any of you have GProfile/GAlarm/FingerKeyboard2 installed as well?
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I have GAlarm and Fingerkeyboard2 installed but i cannot remember if the button works before i installed these programs. I have also discovered that my camera button works, meaning i can do focus and take pictures if i slide out my keyboard, therefore i think it is more of a software issue rather than hardware defects
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Indeed. I'm having this problem as well. Might be a program conflict but I have no idea which. Do any of you have GProfile/GAlarm/FingerKeyboard2 installed as well?
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Out of those three, I have G-Alarm installed. No camera button mapping problem.
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What is the Firmware you guys are using? How about flashing to the latest 'official' one and see/check PRIOR installation of those programs, if the issue is there. If so, call SE for warranty because then its probably a hardware issue.
Otherwise I guess very strongly that those 'keyboard mapping programs' mess up this button. It seems obvious to me at least! "Remapping Keyboard Button"... then camera button doesn't works... hm...
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I have the problem on the latest FW..both on the official 6.1 and the cooked 6.5 roms. I have a feeling that it might be FingerKboard2 but I haven't uninstalled it to try yet. The only app that I had which remapped anything was GProfile but uninstalling that didn't change anything.
Shutter key DOES work when keyboard is slid out though.
I have this issue as well...
i only have the Rhoidum keyboard installed.
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Hello,
I've tried to find this issue in the forums, but can't.
I have a problem with my camera on the AT&T Tilt (8925), it really slows down in low light settings. Unless it's really bright or sunny it takes horrible pictures. The preview mode jumps and skips.(I'm using the ROM it came with)
The 8525 that I had before would take pictures and video no problem in semi low light situations, but the Tilt is not even close.
Please let me know if other people are having the same problem or if you think I have a defective unit or something is wrong with the ROM.
I don't think anyone has ever had a problem with their camera in low light. It must be just your phone. I would take it back to ATT and demand a refund and a free phone for your troubles.
i agree, i think not a single person in this forum has any issue with using the camera in low light conditions. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you look in the kaiser wiki, you will see nothing about low fps in the camera at all.
Have you pressed Control Alt Delete?
Kaze0110 said:
Have you pressed Control Alt Delete?
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Oh, is this a webcam he is talking about?
ok thanks, I get it
kspirit said:
ok thanks, I get it
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Haha, that was sweet. No one was suggesting that you check out the wiki and you totally did not get the hint that they were not hinting.
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Oh, is this a webcam he is talking about?
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Oh, which reminds me, I was going to bring this up after I tested it as working or not.
I had a webcam that had the same problem as this phone's does.
Point being, I was going to install the latest camera software because that one (the 5.xx version) had different registry settings than the 4.xx one did. And I THINK, that there was a registry setting that defined the different increments available for the lighting scenarios.
EG: you should be able to deactivate the camera's ability to auto adjust to light, or at least increase the time before it does to some unholy number.
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Hello,
I've tried to find this issue in the forums, but can't.
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How can you say you couldn't find the answer? There are tons of threads and a classaction law suite (or something like that) with this problem stamped all over it.
Dear fellas,
Although this topic has been briefly discussed in various locations, it hasn't gotten "big" enough.
I know a number of ya guys are having this problem. The touch-sensitive action button used to focus does not focus the camera (and yes, I have set it to "touch & press").
Mine works intermittently, in fact, doesn't work most of the time. I know it's 100% not a hardware problem, as the button lights up and brightens up my screen according to normal behavior. Now I'm wondering, for those guys who don't have this problem, do U have a different version of the camera app?
K.. mine's the stock HK 1.93.831 ROM and my cam app is version 6.00 (build 31516).
I'm not sure what causes this problem. Although I'm not a camera freak, but this prob makes my baby "imperfect".
Pls post yr ROM and camera version (I wonder if there's a difference) and state if youre experiencing this problem. Thanks!
Hi MasK,
I'm having the same problem as you, the "touch & press" feature didn't work most of the time.
I'm using HTC SG ROM 1.37.871.3, camera version 6.0 (Build 31364).
I used to think the camera didn't focus properly until I took some time to play with it. It's pretty slow, but mine seems to work. When I touch the button, it will take anywhere from 1-5 seconds to focus, and then the cross-hair turns green and beeps to indicate focus lock. At first I didn't realize I needed to wait for the beep, so my shots were out of focus. Seems to work fine now that I know that.
I'm currently on stock 1.37.401.3 with camera 6.0 Build 31364 ... same as previous post, just a different ROM region, which I doubt makes a difference.
i have a similar problem where i run the camera app, then the 1st time i place my thumb over the button nothing happens, but if i take my thumb away and try again it will work fine.
It will continue working fine untill i restart the camera app, just never registers the 1st attempt.
This does show that there is some serious prob with this functionality. For me, it's the first time that has a higher chance of working.. not subsequently.
How abt the rest? We needa find out what's causing this!
upz...
Anymore ppl having this prob?
Same here. Most of the time, including 1st time also fails.
+1, most of the time I have to click on the button to do the focus + photo. When I just touch, the camera tries to focus but the square doesn't become green. Sometimes there's no white square at all.
Hi,
mine recognizes the first touch so it focuses correctly but after i take the picture, it doesn't focus anymore when i touch it. actually i just found out about this focus thing and tested. until now i always just pressed the button when trying to make pictures and it always makes a focus and then capture the image. is this OK or it makes them better if i first let him focus and then press the button all the way?
p.s. i do have "touch and press" selected.
p.s.2: is there any way i can change exposure time or something like that so my pictures won't get blurry when my hand shakes or something? many of my pictures are fuzzy because i don't really have a steady hand :-s
Best regards,
Florin
GeckoDev said:
I used to think the camera didn't focus properly until I took some time to play with it. It's pretty slow, but mine seems to work. When I touch the button, it will take anywhere from 1-5 seconds to focus, and then the cross-hair turns green and beeps to indicate focus lock. At first I didn't realize I needed to wait for the beep, so my shots were out of focus. Seems to work fine now that I know that.
I'm currently on stock 1.37.401.3 with camera 6.0 Build 31364 ... same as previous post, just a different ROM region, which I doubt makes a difference.
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Yep that's how it works and I don't seem to be having problems, just tried doind a few shots and it works perfectly.
Everytime I touch the center button the white square appears and the camera does the autofocus until it turns green. Then I change the orientation and do the same again. I just did it 6 times in a row and the autofocus worked perfectly all the times.
I had this problem with all my previous ROMs.. I am now on Bepe's 0.96 which has the latest camera app and the problem is no longer there - I can touch and press to activate the autofocus as many times as I want after shooting as many photos as I want. No problems now.
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I had this problem with all my previous ROMs.. I am now on Bepe's 0.96 which has the latest camera app and the problem is no longer there - I can touch and press to activate the autofocus as many times as I want after shooting as many photos as I want. No problems now.
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Cool.. so it goes to show it's a pure firmware issue. I'm wondering perhaps it's due to registry tweakings that creates this problem.
Any more feedbacks?
Is there a difference in quality if it makes the focus on touch and picture on press versus focus and picture on press?
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Is there a difference in quality if it makes the focus on touch and picture on press versus focus and picture on press?
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No difference in quality, however with the "touch-then-press" focus you see a focused picture on the display before taking the shot.
Mask,
Can you tell me what is the camera app version in Bepe's 0.96 Rom?
I just changed the camera capture setting to "press" rather then "touch and press".
Now all I have to do is point at what i want. Then just press the button down and it does all the auto focussing itself and then takes the pic.
Couldn't be easier.
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I just changed the camera capture setting to "press" rather then "touch and press".
Now all I have to do is point at what i want. Then just press the button down and it does all the auto focussing itself and then takes the pic.
Couldn't be easier.
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I actually prefer the 'touch and press' option, because I might end up needing to re-adjust my position before taking the shot.. and having the 'touch' to autofocus, before 'press' to shoot allows me to do so.
@MasK: I don't think it's a firmware issue or related to registry tweaks, but more a issue related to the camera app - bepe noted that it was a newer version (thus you won't see the Resolution icon in the Settings anymore - you can still change the resolution via Advanced settings). You could ask bepe more about the camera app and whether he did any tweaking in regards to the camera.
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I actually prefer the 'touch and press' option, because I might end up needing to re-adjust my position before taking the shot.. and having the 'touch' to autofocus, before 'press' to shoot allows me to do so.
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Yeah I know what your saying, I tend to just point n click, let it auto-focus once clicked and take the pic. As long as I'm pointing at what I want and I'm as far zoomed in as I choose then it's fine. I'll take a load at a time and then just delete the unwanted ones later.
But none the less I think the general point is that everything should work!
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..But none the less I think the general point is that everything should work!
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Quite right. I do not see why HTC overlooked this problem. Seems to me that HTC rushed the release of the Diamond without going through more intense test phases.
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Quite right. I do not see why HTC overlooked this problem. Seems to me that HTC rushed the release of the Diamond without going through more intense test phases.
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Completely agree, it's plain to see now that the phone was rushed. I know for a fact that if I hadn't found this site and wasn't able to flash the thing with new ROMS and applications etc then I probably wouldn't of bought it.
In effect this site is doing the work that HTC should of done in the 1st place. We shouldn't be finding ways around their problems by simply saying "oh doing it this way doesn't bother me". It would of been nice to have the thing working smoothly from release.
But then again this is half the fun right? Mucking around with new ROMs and apps to set it up how each individiual likes.
I know that I would feel sorry for anyone with a brand new HTC Touch Diamond that is still at factory settings!
The one I am running now pisses on the phone it was 2 weeks ago
Title pretty much says it all. I went from the Titan on Sprint to Kaiser on At&T, and I hate the camera app. It's slow; unresponsive; takes shaky photos; and has no option (that I can seem to find) to turn off the sound effects.
Has anyone been able to get a different camera front end on the Kaiser? I would prefer a spin from something like the Titan; but really anything that fixes the above problems is good with me.
Thanks all!
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Title pretty much says it all. I went from the Titan on Sprint to Kaiser on At&T, and I hate the camera app. It's slow; unresponsive; takes shaky photos; and has no option (that I can seem to find) to turn off the sound effects.
Has anyone been able to get a different camera front end on the Kaiser? I would prefer a spin from something like the Titan; but really anything that fixes the above problems is good with me.
Thanks all!
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The camera sound can be turned off in settings, with regards the shakey open up camera press power button "sleep" 5 secs press power button.
what he said and also use Nadavi's camera
kaiserII101 said:
what he said and also use Nadavi's camera
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Tried it on my Sprint HTC mogul, and it an caused error. I can open program and snap a picture... but it gives me the error of frame... so it can't save or open picture. I had HTC album as well.
I had to do hard reset to get my original camera back.
The gsensor on my g1 has all of the sudden gone whack in all programs from papi jump to maps to bubble they are all reading weird readings all of the sudden help please how do i fix this problem
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The gsensor on my g1 has all of the sudden gone whack in all programs from papi jump to maps to bubble they are all reading weird readings all of the sudden help please how do i fix this problem
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This is a great question as I ran into the same exact problem. My issue started after I downloaded the "de Blob" game which allows you to "calibrate" the sensor based on the orientation of how you want to hold the phone during accelerometer based play. After doing so my auto rotate would turn at awkward times and I found that other games didn't respond appropriately. I tried going back and "re-calibrating" by laying the phone flat but that didn't work. What ended up working for me (as I could not find for the LIFE of me where the "calibrate" feature was in the settings) the "Bubble" app which is basically a level app that tells you if a surface is level. Once I calibrated in the Bubble app, I no longer had the issue. Needles to say I no longer use the accelerometer to play "de Blob" and have emailed him to let him know of the issue. (I haven't gotten a response) Hope this helps. I will be looking forward to other ideas on how to re-calbrate the sensor in case this happens again. I'm sure there is a easier way.
yea i tried the bubble app out and now my gsensor is not working at all no matter what direction i put it in the gsensor does not respond
Really? Sorry man. Worked for me. You may need to start from scratch by wiping your phone and reflashing your ROM
The same problem
Hi are you have some solution. My G-sensor didn't respond too.
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yea i tried the bubble app out and now my gsensor is not working at all no matter what direction i put it in the gsensor does not respond
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They recommend you to mahe "8" signs with your phone in hand (twist it in all direction) because the sensor recalibrates that way. This is othe official advice.
Calibrating with the bubble app should work too. If not - alt+w
I have got the G-Sensor.
From Recovery
backup
Alt+W - delete all
and update to CM last stable
No joke, try shaking your g1 around kind of hard, it might be stuck. Reset it again after that and see what happens, worth a shot.
may sound daft, but have you tried this solution?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4424396&#post4424396
it is a quick fix for auto rotate issues, not a permanent solution, but it may help as auto rotate is accellerometer based, as are all the apps you're trying to use
if it works, thanks go to MikeTaylor00, not me, i'm merely a messenger
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may sound daft, but have you tried this solution?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4424396&#post4424396
it is a quick fix for auto rotate issues, not a permanent solution, but it may help as auto rotate is accellerometer based, as are all the apps you're trying to use
if it works, thanks go to MikeTaylor00, not me, i'm merely a messenger
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hey senaia, is this a proven method? Thanks =)
Hello,
I own a MDA Vario III, And when I preview what I want to put on a photo, it really lags(like 3 fps). Is there something what would fix it? I have been searching whole internet and found a topic about some rumored Graphic's driver. and a update from HTC, But couldn't find it. Sorry if I didn't saw something. Please give me a link to it.
BTW: sometimes it doesn't lag, and sometimes it does :S
I really apreciate this =]
-Armazia
Hey Armazia, the camera lags only when under low light conditions, the FPS is very bad at this point cos of the lighting conditions, however under better conditions the FPS dramatically increases because of better lighting conditions. There isnt a permanent fix to this because the actual camera component is causing it, drivers and things wnt work, htc jus put a crappy camera in, you cant really do much about that. Saying that i know of atleast one way to get better FPS while under low light.
1. On the phone activate the camera
2. Now on the phone activate the camera
3. Cover the lens with ure hands.
4.while keeping the lens covered put the phone into sleep mode(by pressing the power button on the top right handside of the phone.
5. Make sure you dont have S2U2 slider thingy intalled and running.
6. Now press the power button again to wake the phone up making sure you are still covering the lens with your palm.
7. Now remove your palm, there should be better FPS, you might have to do it until you can actually get it to work, you have to this a few times to get used to it.
Hope That Help!
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Hey Armazia, the camera lags only when under low light conditions, the FPS is very bad at this point cos of the lighting conditions, however under better conditions the FPS dramatically increases because of better lighting conditions. There isnt a permanent fix to this because the actual camera component is causing it, drivers and things wnt work, htc jus put a crappy camera in, you cant really do much about that. Saying that i know of atleast one way to get better FPS while under low light.
1. On the phone activate the camera
2. Now on the phone activate the camera
3. Cover the lens with ure hands.
4.while keeping the lens covered put the phone into sleep mode(by pressing the power button on the top right handside of the phone.
5. Make sure you dont have S2U2 slider thingy intalled and running.
6. Now press the power button again to wake the phone up making sure you are still covering the lens with your palm.
7. Now remove your palm, there should be better FPS, you might have to do it until you can actually get it to work, you have to this a few times to get used to it.
Hope That Help!
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I knew that fix yes, But when I press power button while in camera, and then power on. The camera closes and im on the today screen again. viewing memory doesn't show camera. So my phone closes the program after power off.
Hmm thats weird, there must be a setting somewhere on the phone which can disable that. I use that mothod on my HTC TyTN II and it works most of the time, what rom are you running?
Im running rom version 1.56.144.4. Should I update? I dont really want to, because I dont wanna screw up my phone
Ive had my kaiser for a few weeks now and i knew abt this site before from my old phone(HTC TyTN), so ive used and flashed quite a few roms now and it hasnt had any negative effects on the phone from the custom roms, as long as u read the guides in the stickies everything should be fine. so yeah in my opinion id upgrade it. but its up2 u nyways.
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Ive had my kaiser for a few weeks now and i knew abt this site before from my old phone(HTC TyTN), so ive used and flashed quite a few roms now and it hasnt had any negative effects on the phone from the custom roms, as long as u read the guides in the stickies everything should be fine. so yeah in my opinion id upgrade it. but its up2 u nyways.
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Is that Titanium Ultimate 23049 TPCElite Anything? Could you send me a link to the topic? Many thankies for you =]
PS: Will this one Work? It says AT&T Tilt, I suppose thats the Vario III. Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=421007
hey there, the rom im using is pretty good, its fast and a lot more finger freindly cos its using a new build of windows mobile 6.5 professional.heres some links
Read this really before doing anything
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433835
any rom in the kaiser rom development thread should work, theres quite a few really so its up2 u which u like the feel and look of.
Heres the link to the rom im using, its bin updated recently.
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=519715
Thanks for the links. I will take a look at it when I have some time I have already been trying to flash HardSPL.. Worked fine
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Thanks for the links. I will take a look at it when I have some time I have already been trying to flash HardSPL.. Worked fine
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I have the rom working now im now testing the best radio, and then im done thank you very much for your help!(and yes, when I turn power off and onwith camera like you said, it works .