desire Flashlight - help please - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

guys....I need some advise to solve this.....its very wierd and I'm sure it has happened only on my device. My camera falsh used to work well before but for the past few months, I have an angled flashlight which renders my images half dark and half bright (i.e the flashlight falls outside the range of the captured image).
Could any suggest a way to solve this?
I really hope to get some help as my earlier this one was not answered elsewhere!

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If the flash light is angled then it's likely it's moved inside the case. The best course of action would be to take your phone apart and see if you can see anything broken or out of place. Until you know what the issue is there is little point speculating.
There are plenty of disassembly guides you can find with google

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thank you for the suggestions.....but i dont understand how could that solid inner case could have got jammed / something and if so how it could be rectified

You have to check yourself. Remember, we cannot physically take a look at your phone! Are you sure there is no dust or something between the flash and the back cover? Check if the flashlight (and camera!) is still level with the rest of the casing, and otherwise try to push it back in?

the lens and flash are intact and good.....but the flash stills falls elsewhere to the focus of the camera

Are you running stock ROM? I moved to villain rom and found photos became much worse, with darkness all around the outside of the subject regardless of lighting how well lit the subject was, but it was particularly bad with the flash.
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im on ics by sandvold....but i have had this since stock on froyo!
im unsure of your similarity as my pics when taken w/o flash are perfect (when not connected to data)

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My Back camera is taking weird...pictures

i have attached a picture i just took... it looks kinda infared,.. kinda with the colors blurried... front works perfectly. running baked snack but this also did the same thing on fresh rom.
i dont see the picture!!! lol
lol just fixed it
hmmm, I was trying to recreate the problem on my phone. It almost looks like a low light shot? Have you tried in other areas of the house with different lighting?
By the way, is that spatula part of your tools or cooking utensils
Edit, also have you made sure your lens is clean and all that?
elegantai said:
hmmm, I was trying to recreate the problem on my phone. It almost looks like a low light shot? Have you tried in other areas of the house with different lighting?
By the way, is that spatula part of your tools or cooking utensils
Edit, also have you made sure your lens is clean and all that?
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yeah it's all clean, if you could see the picture on the phone... it looks like 1 of those weak heat showing cameras... where theres red,yellow,orange and then coolest is blue. i dunno wtf it is. i did just get the invisible shield put on it yesterday... but its not covering the lens
lol, you dont have one of the camera effects on do you? while in camera press menu and select the paint pallet thing
there is a clear difference from the front camera to the back camera is the problem. no effects. normal.
hmmm, I said that because when I was messing with mine, the solarize option made it look like the photo you took, different colors depending on light intensity. Maybe try toggling it on and off just to see. Other than that though, I have no clue so I am sorry I could not help!!!
i'm thinking about taking it into best buy and having it checked out, should i flash it back to stock with the RUU before i do so? i can just see one of the geeksquad retards saying "oh it's because you've rooted it" or some BS like that
To be safe I would. Most people say, and I believe, that hardly anyone would notice but I'm paranoid like that. Plus doing an ruu will ensure it wasn't something during the rooting or flashing process.
i have wiped cache,delvic etc.. etc... reset to default settings. still doesn't matter, doesn't matter what rom i use etc.. i am going to flash back to stock and see... i never looked at the camera on stock heh
im thinking the problem is with the invisible shield u installed, it looks like the solvent that comes for the shield might have sipped through the glass covering the lens and gotten directly on the lens itself.
Any recommendations if indeed this could be a culprit? i am assuming the glass on top of the camera just doesn't come off...
i cant think of any solution off the top of my head..i'll try poking around my phone to see if i can find any way around it for you
That picture looks creepy though. Like something from Saw, perhaps.
No you just got the only thermal imaging HTC evo made.... ill buy it.,jk
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sorry for bumpin an old thread. but this happened to me tonight. would sprint give me new phone under warranty?
I'd just unroot if rooted, being it to your local corporate store, and they should replace it under HTC warranty
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I'm having problems with my camera on MIUI too. It either isn't recognized or just force closes. sucks real bad.
The camera is broken, you'll have to unroot, and take it to sprint, or live with it.

White frost on the front camera

I know this is outside of the usual Q/A the forum presents, but I'm hoping you guys have some answers?
Recently, my phone suffered some water damage when a bottle leaked in my bag, and it failed to boot for 18 hours, but works successfully now (after putting the battery and phone in rice).
However, now, my front-facing camera has a sort of "white frost", or a white covering on it. It means photos are now of a bad quality, and it's basically unusable.
Image showing this: http://i.imgur.com/NnaLpfB.jpg
Any ideas on how to fix it? Would I have to remove the back cover, and manually remove the front-facing camera like on the S4? I'd rather not do that, but if needed.
(This is also the International LTE GT-19195 version of the phone)
EDIT: If you encounter this problem, wait at least a week, it could go away naturally!
arrivance said:
I know this is outside of the usual Q/A the forum presents, but I'm hoping you guys have some answers?
Recently, my phone suffered some water damage when a bottle leaked in my bag, and it failed to boot for 18 hours, but works successfully now (after putting the battery and phone in rice).
However, now, my front-facing camera has a sort of "white frost", or a white covering on it. It means photos are now of a bad quality, and it's basically unusable.
Image showing this: http://i.imgur.com/NnaLpfB.jpg
Any ideas on how to fix it? Would I have to remove the back cover, and manually remove the front-facing camera like on the S4? I'd rather not do that, but if needed.
(This is also the International LTE GT-19195 version of the phone)
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Must be the calcium etc that was dissolved in the water that is left when it evaporated, I can't think of any other way of getting rid of it other than taking the phone apart, I'm sorry to say. Though I've not taken the S4 apart it shouldn't be too hard as camera should be quite accessible. Though the sub assembly is a sealed unit (quite likely) that may be a whole different story .......
PS. Could it be related to this?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...6-plastic-covering-galaxy-s4-camera-lens.html
IronRoo said:
Must be the calcium etc that was dissolved in the water that is left when it evaporated, I can't think of any other way of getting rid of it other than taking the phone apart, I'm sorry to say. Though I've not taken the S4 apart it shouldn't be too hard as camera should be quite accessible. Though the sub assembly is a sealed unit (quite likely) that may be a whole different story .......
PS. Could it be related to this?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...6-plastic-covering-galaxy-s4-camera-lens.html
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Thanks for replying, but no worries! After about 3 days it started going away naturally. I was going to delete/redact this post, but I felt it'd just look weird.
arrivance said:
Thanks for replying, but no worries! After about 3 days it started going away naturally. I was going to delete/redact this post, but I felt it'd just look weird.
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No worries. Must just have been condensation then I guess.

Notification LED not working

I've just bought used One m9, it was like 100$ under regular price range, that is the reason i bought it. It's missing camera lens cover, and has few big scratches and maybe a little one on camera(whith i'm planning to change if that's really it), that is just, lets say, cosmetic problems.. Thing that bothers me most is that led notification is not working, not even when charging. I've tried that diagnostic things(i mean that *#*#34...), no luck there too. So, what can i do to check if it's software of hardware problem? Thanks in advance.
info on device: 6.0andr, official rom, not rooted.
I have same problem. No obvious issues with device outside of scratches. Doesn't work when charging either. Would be very curious if there is some kind of software thing that works.
It has probably been dropped and broke the led. If it is the front camera with all the damage then it explains a lot.. If the rear camera is damaged then the top of the phone has probably taken an impact damaging various stuff..
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I thought that was the reason too, but hoped that is some kind of software bug or anything else software related. Thanks for replies guys.
did you ever get it fixed? mine has the same issue, i think i might just have to live with it broken
Hi,
i had the same problem, the indicator light stopped working and i don't even noticed it.
I tested the LED with the HTC service test nothing, i flashed different images nothing.
I searched for replacement parts to fix it, im not 100% shure but i think the LED is on the Camera Board you can find it on fixit.
After 4 hours i just grab a toothbrush and clean the area over the led and it worked ! It was just dirt over the notification LED.
i hope this is helpful for somebody
michalakis81 said:
i hope this is helpful for somebody
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It so is! I thought mine was done for for easily over a year. Read your post, grabbed a toothbrush and low and behold, a tiny little LED appeared!
To add to the usefulness of your post I'd like to note to anyone reading how small the LED is on this thing. It's the size of ONE of the little holes on the speaker, on the bottom row, about 5 holes in from the right edge. It's super tiny, so It's apparently easily covered with dust.
titanreign said:
It so is! I thought mine was done for for easily over a year. Read your post, grabbed a toothbrush and low and behold, a tiny little LED appeared!
To add to the usefulness of your post I'd like to note to anyone reading how small the LED is on this thing. It's the size of ONE of the little holes on the speaker, on the bottom row, about 5 holes in from the right edge. It's super tiny, so It's apparently easily covered with dust.
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Hi, only to inform, just in case you plan to clean again later, it's the 7th hole starting from the right-bottom one

Question Pixel 6 Pro Camera Problem

When I'm trying to take a pic in the dark, I noticed that the viewfinder and post picture has smudges/spots on them. It seems to only be on the main camera and in really dark scenarios. Can anyone confirm they have this as well?
@26donny There have been similar reports on Android-hilfe.de
look here: https://www.android-hilfe.de/forum/...le-pixel-6-pro-flecken-auf-kamera.989463.html
If you don't speak German you can use a web translator but in any case you will find that some users there have posted pictures very simiar to yours. The problem should also be visible when taking a completely dark photo...
Here is a collection of example pictures that other users have posted in regard to this problem. As you can see, it's a serious issue. I'd encourage everybody who bought a Pixel 6 to check if they have the same problem and write to Google support if so. They sooner they learn there is something wrong with some lenses the sooner they can do something about it.
Hmmmm, I don't seem to have that but maybe it needs to be darker?
You just need to move the phone slowly over a fairly dark uniform image, the marks will then become clear because they will show up as static parts of the image. This is very similar to the dirty screen effect on OLED and LCD screens. It looks like contamination on the sensor itself, either it hasn't been washed properly or a coating hasn't covered correctly when it was manufactured. Definately a hardware issue, if effected get the phone sent back, it can't be fixed by software.
I've checked mine and no sign of a problem, thankfully.
Batfink33 said:
Hmmmm, I don't seem to have that but maybe it needs to be darker?
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I'm quite certain not every phone out there is actually affected by this. Maybe yours thankfully just is fine. But everybody should definitely check theirs. Also since I don't have one myself yet I'm not sure whether the problem only occurs when shooting in night mode or not.
Craphead said:
I'm quite certain not every phone out there is actually affected by this. Maybe yours thankfully just is fine. But everybody should definitely check theirs. Also since I don't have one myself yet I'm not sure whether the problem only occurs when shooting in night mode or not.
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I'll try again later when it's dark. Looks like a hardware problem.
I've got the issue. Any further info on this in English? I translated the website looks like no info from Google yet
I purchase my Pxl 6 Pro and the camara is showing just a black screen (
Has anyone had any further contact with google about this? They were supposed to contact me by friday after closing out my original ticket without ever actually talking to me... Here's a video of what it looks like through my view finder.
I just read an article about how Google doesn't recognize this as a hardware problem. I'm sorry for you guys here.
If it really is a hardware issue, we need to make more waves and get more attention so Google starts to act.
By the way, did you guys clean your camera lens properly? Did you try to look into it with a flashlight, to see if there is some dirt in there? And did you try a factory reset to see if it's not just a software issue? Or try it out in safemode?
chalan30 said:
Has anyone had any further contact with google about this? They were supposed to contact me by friday after closing out my original ticket without ever actually talking to me... Here's a video of what it looks like through my view finder.
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Oh boy, that looks terrible.
It's not on the camera lens, if it was you would see the pattern move as OIS moved the lens and most likely it would be out of focus and hardly visible if at all.
The problem is on the sensor, it's either happened in the assembly process of the phone and some solvent has ended up on the sensor then evaporated leaving a dirty mark, or the sensor was already marked when put into the camera module.
It isn't software causing that.
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It's not on the camera lens, if it was you would see the pattern move as OIS moved the lens and most likely it would be out of focus and hardly visible if at all.
The problem is on the sensor, it's either happened in the assembly process of the phone and some solvent has ended up on the sensor then evaporated leaving a dirty mark, or the sensor was already marked when put into the camera module.
It isn't software causing that.
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That makes sense, but you still never know with Google and their glitchy software, so a factory reset/safemode try might still be worth, well, the try.
A hardware issue like the one you describe wouldn't surprise me, as already discussed in other threads, we know because of the leaked Assembly video, that a human assembles the P6 Pro almost entirely alone by, well, hand. Which means there are lots and lots of rooms for error, it might even be just a protective film over a sensor that the human responsible forgot to remove.
As reference, a copy of the video that has not yet been taken down by Google
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As you can see in 01:51, there are several protective films (2 layers, one on the backside of the chassie, one on the lens module part) that need to be manually removed by hand, without a tool. Even if the human removed them correctly, he might have smudged the lenses accidentally by having a contaminated glove.
Besides that, as you mentioned, it might also be a defective module from the beginning, because the sensor itself was contaminated in the assembly process. Even though that would greatly surprise me, since it's a Samsung sensor and we haven't heard about this problem with other phones that use the Samsung GN1 - and since Google doesn't use a custom one, but will get the finished lens module from Samsung and then just pack it on top of the pre-assembled 3-lens camera module... that would be odd.
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That makes sense, but you still never know with Google and their glitchy software, so a factory reset/safemode try might still be worth, well, the try.
A hardware issue like the one you describe wouldn't surprise me, as already discussed in other threads, we know because of the leaked Assembly video, that a human assembles the P6 Pro almost entirely alone by, well, hand. Which means there are lots and lots of rooms for error, it might even be just a protective film over a sensor that the human responsible forgot to remove.
As reference, a copy of the video that has not yet been taken down by Google
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As you can see in 01:51, there are several protective films (2 layers, one on the backside of the chassie, one on the lens module part) that need to be manually removed by hand, without a tool. Even if the human removed them correctly, he might have smudged the lenses accidentally by having a contaminated glove.
Besides that, as you mentioned, it might also be a defective module from the beginning, because the sensor itself was contaminated in the assembly process. Even though that would greatly surprise me, since it's a Samsung sensor and we haven't heard about this problem with other phones that use the Samsung GN1 - and since Google doesn't use a custom one, but will get the finished lens module from Samsung and then just pack it on top of the pre-assembled 3-lens camera module... that would be odd.
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thanks for that video. I have done 4 factory resets (no safe mode though) and the problem persists. The person who pointed me to this thread said google support told them to wait for the december update and if it was still there to contact support again.
chalan30 said:
thanks for that video. I have done 4 factory resets (no safe mode though) and the problem persists. The person who pointed me to this thread said google support told them to wait for the december update and if it was still there to contact support again.
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If you are still in the return window, DO NOT wait. Demand a replacement device. Never wait when you are in the return window. AS LONG as you are in the return window, you have power and Google wants to make you happy. After that, you will live in the shadow of their grace, which can be awful.
Other than that: If you tried 4 factory resets, safe mode will most likely not help in any way. Factory reset is always "stronger" than a safemode, since it rans a completely empty device (at least if you tried the camera app without having set up your backup, which would just create your old software problem, lel).
Morgrain said:
If you are still in the return window, DO NOT wait. Demand a replacement device. Never wait when you are in the return window. AS LONG as you are in the return window, you have power and Google wants to make you happy. After that, you will live in the shadow of their grace, which can be awful.
Other than that: If you tried 4 factory resets, safe mode will most likely not help in any way. Factory reset is always "stronger" than a safemode, since it rans a completely empty device (at least if you tried the camera app without having set up your backup, which would just create your old software problem, lel).
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They just said I could send it to their repair team or take it to a place locally. Im going to send it back to them and see what happens. FML oh well
chalan30 said:
They just said I could send it to their repair team or take it to a place locally. Im going to send it back to them and see what happens. FML oh well
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Did you buy it directly from Google?
A repaired device is usually a ****ty device. It will no longer have any decent seal and therefore your dust and water resistance is out the window. The assembly process is being done in a sterile environment, the repair process not so much. Which means that it has a lot of potential faults.
Especially this early on when Google didn't even have the chance to repair anything, it should be relatively easy to get a replacement.
Morgrain said:
Did you buy it directly from Google?
A repaired device is usually a ****ty device. It will no longer have any decent seal and therefore your dust and water resistance is out the window. The assembly process is being done in a sterile environment, the repair process not so much. Which means that it has a lot of potential faults.
Especially this early on when Google didn't even have the chance to repair anything, it should be relatively easy to get a replacement.
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Yeah you are right. And yes I bought it from the google store. I am going to get in touch with them again and let them know that I need a replacement.
I suspect this issue is more widespread than it looks.
I initially thought I didn't have it, but it have it too. Not that marked, but i have it.
To replicate the test better:
- turn screen brightness at max.
- go into a very dark room, close to pitch black.
- open camera, point it to a homogeneous textured wall.
- move the camera around and notice if there is a stain that stays in a fixed position on the camera.
If you have the stains, contact google and let them know.
Attached a photo that makes you see where mine is.

Camera Flash

Hi, I bought this phone as a secondary phone for myself brand new unlocked from Amazon T770B about 8mos ago. I take pictures a lot and noticed from the start that when using the flash it would appear that the left side flashes first then the right side but the right doesn't seem to flash very well. When i look at the pictures taken using the flash, depending on what it is it even looks darker on the right side. I have never had a camera quite like this so its new to me & i love the idea of one on each side. I've held the phone away at varying distances, made sure other light is evenly distributed, needed more of a flash, less of one, etc etc wondering maybe if that's just how it is. In case its not normal, at least I can get get it fixed (i hope) If it is normal, is there a setting I'm missing, optimal distance, some trick to it? I'm very sorry if this is crazy simple, I'd just hate for it to be a malfunction that I've been ignoring this whole time. Please help! Sorry for the length, wanted to be thorough! Thanks in advance!

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