Hey, I'm an average cellphone user, I have some knowledge regarding software, firmware, etc. It doesnt really go further then flashing ROMs and fixing friends phones tho. That said, I really hope someone here can help me since I'm having tons of problems with my M9 cameras.
So here's my problem(s):
I bought an used SPRINT HTC ONE M9 after mine was stolen a couple weeks ago and when i got it it looked absolutely okay. Until I went for the camera.
The thing is: the M9 doenst even recognize the Frontal camera as an existing camera. It's like the phone only had the rear, main, camera. So i was pretty sure it was a hardware problem, but i found really weird the fact thar the official HTC camera didnt even had the option for the Selfie mode.
The main camera had issues too. At first it was having terrible focusing performances and i could see many purple-ish stripes in the screen when using the main camera.
After a week or so of usage, the main camera stoped working with ANY app, EXCEPT for whatsapp. When i'm using whatsapp i can send a picture using the main camera, even tho the quality is absolutely far away from the camera potential. And the purple stripes again.
I opened the phone and did a quick chek up on the hardware, wires, etc. Everything seemed to be in its rightful place.
So I'm really confused since the front camera not only doesnt work, but it looks like it never existed (even tho it is inside the phone) and the main camera started working, then it wasnt working anymore, but it stills work using whatsapp.
I've tried many diferent ROMs, firmwares, I actually almost bricked my phone trying to mess with this kind of sutff (problem solved now, anyways) but nothing seems to make the cameras work.
Information wise, the TOP LOUDSPEAKER is not working either, which made me think it might've suffered some kind of trauma during the delivery from italy to england. I'm not really sure about anything.
If someone can give me some advice, i would appreciate it a lot.
Im currently running the htc on stock 6.0 android, sprint version.
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I'm considering buying the phone because i loved the phone's light weight and crisp display. But, a reviewer(for pocketnow) said that the VZ Navigator always crashes and makes the phone almost unusable until he reboot it. So, I wanna ask if this problem occurs in every Lg Spectrums...
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I'm considering buying the phone because i loved the phone's light weight and crisp display. But, a reviewer(for pocketnow) said that the VZ Navigator always crashes and makes the phone almost unusable until he reboot it. So, I wanna ask if this problem occurs in every Lg Spectrums...
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So just uninstall VZ Navigator? I mean, I don't know why all these carriers slap their own navigation on top of the G-Maps one.
Well.... Maybe I should.
But I don't like installing a custom launcher or jailbreaking the phone.
I received an message from a reviewer works for Wirefly, saying that his LG runs VZ navigator smoothly. So, maybe that's just his issue.
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Well.... Maybe I should.
But I don't like installing a custom launcher or jailbreaking the phone.
I received an message from a reviewer works for Wirefly, saying that his LG runs VZ navigator smoothly. So, maybe that's just his issue.
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I don't mean any offense by this at all, but if you're not going to root (jailbreak) your phone, you're pretty much on the wrong forum. That's all we do around here.
I have a reason for that;
after i use the phone for a month, i will bring this back to korea, where LG provides excellent customer service. But they don't take care of handsets bricked by rooting. So, I want to root it at least 1 years after I bought the phone.
Before you do anything to your phone, would you please make a screenshot of Settings -> About phone (scroll to the bottom)
I'd like to make sure our unbricked phones have the same data there.
Screenshot can be taken by pressing at the same time power button and home button, the images stored in /sdcard/Captured Images/
(first time I see a linux with spaces in the filenames..go figure)
This is mine:
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I bought my One X in May and have a stock ROM. I never unlocked it or flashed another ROM, I've just applied the OTA updates.
Then, in november, the screen went mad.
At first, black pixels were displayed as green in games, then in Sense too (wallpaper). It's most apparent when taking pictures or screenshot. Once uploaded to a PC, the pictures are fine.
Then the screen flickered a little or madly during games or internet sessions, or just unlocking the Sense ring.
Sometimes, the flickering led to a multicolored screen : all pixels randomly mixed.
It occurred more and more frequently till I contacted HTC. I was asked to reinitialize the One X to see if this was a software or hardware problem.
This seemed to make things less worse at start (though there was some flickering just after reinitializing). But the old problems came back quickly.
I sent my phone to repair and I should have it back mid-december.
I remember the screen problems some people had after buying their One X. I thought that I was spared !
For the record, my One X is a HT23.
Here are some photos.
Green pixels but not everywhere !
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Flickering is bottom/top in portait mode and right/left in landscape mode
Using the camera. Left : photo with a camera. Right : taking photo with One X
After second reinitialization and after removing my SIM card (to give my One X to repair).
Definitely a hardware fault, hope you get it fixed
I got the phone back yesterday
They replaced :
- the LCD
- radio card (new IMEI) though I never was aware of problems before
- the battery
and updated some software, don't know what as it was still ICS.
Everything seems to work fine now and I upgraded to Jelly Bean yesterday.
So far, so good.
i also have a damn HT23..and i have 4 pixels that appear on black-blue background...but only for 1 milisecond..so I will try to sell the phone faster.
I was originally on TW stock w/root and decided to give CM a try. Phone is model SPH-D710 from boost mobile
I have tried a lot of things in CM and so far haven't had any issues I can see atm, but I did notice one thing. When recording a video, in both 720P and 1080P HD it seems to me the video quality is rather poor. What I am seeing is it's grainy somewhat.
I have tested videos I currently have with the videos I take with CM 10.1 and the video just looks quite a bit better on the one I took while on stock TW. When I play the CM 10.1 videos back, the video looks grainy.
A thought had crossed my mind though, I am using the phone to play it back with, so perhaps if I used the PC to play it it would look fine?
So is there a setting I am missing or something I am possibly doing wrong or is the video quality really poor compared to the stock TW video.
questions?
This probably should be in questions and answers.
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This probably should be in questions and answers.
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Yeah possibly, but I figured out what the issue was....so disregard/delete this post if you need or want to
Being the novice video/camera person I am it seems as if I have some basic camera learning to do .
I went out of my bedroom and tested some video different places and it seems lighting can play a pretty big role in how the video looks, and I don't mean just the "low" lighting either. It seems lighting can affect how crisp the video looks, in my case I don't have enough lighting I guess, and even with the LED ligth on, it doesn't seem to clear the grainy look up much, so I guess I need to keep that in mind.
Nothing is wrong with the camera/video part, it was just my room wasn't light the right way I guess, even though it has enough light it seems, just not for the camera/video
All questions go in Q&A
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Hi,
I had some trouble with this phone. Long story short, I worked in US and my job take a open me a plan with at&t so I can use the phone back in canada with rogers.
Since the Gpro is only available in US, I thought it was a great idea to have a ''unique'' phone.
It worked fine for 2 weeks ( led notification stop working). UNDER light use.
Then after some time, the LCD ips backlight stop working. With a flashlight I was able so see the screen but it wasn't clever.
I asked LG several time, but the moment I told them the phone is in canada, they wont help me, even if I paid with us money on us territory.
Like if I live on the moon, it took 40 minutes to get to the border....
They finally admit that some of the first batch got problem with the screen, but still wont exchange it.
F*ck them, I tried to repair it myself.
#1 - Clean the contacts with 70% alcohol. No luck
#2 - Buy a new IPS LCD on ebay . No luck.
#3 - Clean the whole device with contact cleaner. No luck
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#4- Then I do remember some HP laptop and Xbox 1st gen got soldering problem, so you put it in the oven and they work again.
So nothing to loose, I put the MOBO in the oven, convection bake, 375*´F for 10 minutes. Smell of plastic and the mobo bent (use aluminium support to avoid that)
YES! It worked. But since I use the contact cleaner, my screen was blurry.
So after 2 months of testing, I bought a second screen plus the home button assembly to get my LED notification back .
But the LED notification never come back
I found a app called buttonLED, so the back and menu button flash when I got a call/sms.
In conclusion, I had 2 LG , E980 and someone give the 3D (thrill), and both got problem, software AND hardware.
I'm on xda since I have the motorolla milestone (one of the first android device) and the Desire Z. Those 2 devices still working fine, the HTC desire Z 2010 to 2014!!! Still in good shape.
LG device are poorly craft from what I saw and what I can read on xda.
I repair a lot of devices, but nothing like this one. It was clearly a soldering problem.
For all of you who can have this kind of problem, use this method on LAST resort. It may not work for you, but did the trick for me.
Hi guys,
Quick question about taking photos with the G3. I can't get an OK (let alone nice) photo of a concert with it. The performer always is overexposed, and I didn't find a way around it. At first I thought that it was just the best a small phone camera could do in these conditions (even a good one) but then my friend just beside me took the same picture just after me with an iphone 4S and the pic was better. You could actually see the performer's face and some other details on him, not just a white overexposed silhouette. Am I missing something here ?
Here's an example of a pic I took last night :
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Try xcam
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Hi guys,
Quick question about taking photos with the G3. I can't get an OK (let alone nice) photo of a concert with it. The performer always is overexposed, and I didn't find a way around it. At first I thought that it was just the best a small phone camera could do in these conditions (even a good one) but then my friend just beside me took the same picture just after me with an iphone 4S and the pic was better. You could actually see the performer's face and some other details on him, not just a white overexposed silhouette. Am I missing something here ?
Here's an example of a pic I took last night :
BTW, I'm using the stock camera (I'm using the Cloudy rom).
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As most of the photo seems to be a black area, it tries bring out stuff from there, that is why it "overexposes" the image. Did you try HDR mode?
XCam is good camera app, which allows you control the ISO values, and those may help you in situations like this.
Yes I tried HDR mode, and the result was the same. I was surprised that the stock app didn't offer more options to deal with this type of photo setting. I will try X Cam, thanks for the suggestion. Does it take advantage of the IR autofocus ?
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Does it take advantage of the IR autofocus ?
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Yes, it does.