Hi guys,
I decided to upgrade my phone the other night, for no other reason then I like to fiddle and see what I can do with things =). WM5 worked fine, but I wanted to check out what WM6 had to offer.
So I download the official upgrade from the HTC member area ( http://www.dopodasia.com/Dopod_Aus ) and install as directed.
Everything went great, and I am pretty happy with WM6.
But after the upgrade, trying to start the camera brings up a dialog box with the error message "Unable to start camera. Unable to initialize Camera". This occurs if I hit the shortcut or run the .exe from explorer.
I downloaded the camera software but trying to overwrite the installed files using activesync yeilds an "unable to overwrite because files are write-protected" error, and attempting to write-enable the files is disallowed (the file just reverts back to write-protected, frustratingly).
I've searched these forums and others, and I can't find any answers.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I had the same problem when I pass from WM5 to WM6 because I try to restore a backup from my old ROM over my new ROM, thing that is impossible that works well due to registry and file incompatibilities.
I don't know if it's your case or not...
VivaErBetis said:
I had the same problem when I pass from WM5 to WM6 because I try to restore a backup from my old ROM over my new ROM, thing that is impossible that works well due to registry and file incompatibilities.
I don't know if it's your case or not...
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Thanks for the reply =)
Nope, im not restoring any backups or transferring anything else.
I have the same problem - no answer yet My original report:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1393458#post1393458
The key thing is that reflashing to a known-good ROM doesn't fix it. What about in your case?
sim
tigersim303 said:
The key thing is that reflashing to a known-good ROM doesn't fix it. What about in your case?
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Hrmm.. I haven't tried yet, still looking for some sort of workaround or a software solution.
I'll try another OS tomorrow and let you know how it goes.
I also have this error, but...
...occasionally, it works when I do the following:
- Cold boot the device (no soft reset)
- Start the camera, but the screen will display noise
- Close the camera
- Start it again
- Second time, it will operate as expected
But funny enough, this trick doesn't work all the time...
I have friends and collegues that also upgraded and they don't experience this problem at all...
Same thing here... I bought 4 att 8525 units at ebay. they already came with wm6 3.57 from cingular.
3 units are working with no problems, but the camera stopped working in one of the phones.
I've tried everything (I think) , soft reset, hard reset, rom upgrade/downgrade.
A little of history ... so maybe some guru out there figures out what the f.. is going on:
1) The camera used to work fine.
2) Suddenly it began to fail saving pictures to the SC (sandisk 2gb) . All the phones have the same card.
If you choose to save to main memory, it worked.
3) The same day, the message "unable to initialize camera" started to show everytime I tried to start the camera application (4.0).
4) I tought it may be a failure SC, so I removed the SC, reset the phone but nothing changed.
5) Incredibly.... after then phone been turned off for a while... when I turned it on, the camera worked. Took a few pics... and the same error again!
6) Soft reset, hard reset.... nothing...
7) Updated SPL, radio and Rom (schaps 3.57) and the camera did work again!!!!! (with the SC in) .... after a few hours (no applications or skin applied) the error came back.
8) repeated those steps..... but no luck this time....
9) removed sim, sc and repeat steps.... no luck...
10 ) now, it is not working.... I tried coolcamera... but it does not start... tried camera 4.11... nothing... I went through the registry comparing with the other phones... everything is correct.
11) now I am thinking it is hw problem... but how is it possible that it works from time to time??????
Well... I almost gave up looking for a solution.... any idea would be great!
(what is a cold reset? )
thanks
fabian
Good news!!...
I just downloaded this cab that says it corrects SC bad management.
After installing the cab... turning off/on the phone... the camera works!!
(I don't know for how long it will work... but at least it is alive! )
Good luck and please share your experience with this cab !!
fabian
I can't believe it.... it worked for 2 hours... I did nothing with the phone... when I got the phone to send a sms, I tried again the camera... and it did not work!!!!!
(((
this is really weird!!
Well... this seems more like a "blog" than a forum .
Yesterday night I try removing the battery for 15 minutes. Then I turned on the phone and the camera started working.
I was really pesimist about the time it will keep working well... so I took pictures , recorded video, store them into main memory, into SC .. I really messed up with the camera ... everything worked well... tryed also Coolcamera application and took picture at maximum resolution (1600x1200 I think) .. everything Ok.
The camera is still working today... I did soft reset and it is still working... I'm trying step by step every action... synchronize.. wi-fi... phone... sms.. mms.. etc etc...and the camera still working...
I wonder how long will this work.. and what the hell does taking away the battery ???? Does it clean something in the ram ?
Any answer???
fabain
damn
I was really hopeful of this cab...
installed it and nada...
trying the battery trick (again) with this new cab installed to see maybe well just maybe...
fingers crossed
tehMope
Hey ya all,
Did a ROM upgrade
Schaps Pro New Very excellent to state the least!
Did a re-store (double dump move!)
Used SK Tools to re-store old backup of entire system (that was the double dumb move not the using the the fantastic SK Tools app!
Camera worked as well as a 2pixel can, but now get "Unable to start Camera not enough storage is available blah blah
So I did a search found a cab to a Kaiser link to rabidshare and tried to download 6 in a couple of days NO go on that,
http://rapidshare.com/files/97924716/Nadavi_HTC_Camera_5_0_4_2915_00_NEW_HTC_FIX.cab
Rabidshare doesn't finish download most every time I try on PC or phone!
Can anyone provide another link to download form please please!
So I tried another cab on this forum ArtemisSDeng and no go with soft rest.
Took battery and micro card out, 15 minutes (what-ever) no go on that either. . .
Have
Storage FREE 32.96 MB
Programs free 27.81 MB
So NOW what can I do besides buy a new Tynt and not restore old system restore over a NEW ROM?
Much help please?
where are updated cameras anyway?
I am currently running version 3.0 build 25498 HTC Camera on my Wizard with WM6 (NBD v9.2) ROM. Where can I find updated camera files. I tried a ROM once that had version 3.3 on it and it seemed to work better but I haven't found any standalone copies of the camera programs.
Anyone?
Can I use this cab for my HTC TYTN II (Kaiser) or its ony for Artemis ?
Hope this helps,
The reason that my camera messed up after installing a new ROM, is that I re-stored my device with a whole system restore!
This covered over the new upgraded settings found in the NEW ROM with old settings/ configuration !
SO I reinstalled the OLD ATT ROM (yuk) and BINGO camera works as it did before the undated ROM!
Now I going to reinstall the NEW cooked ROM, without the restore system and just hand install all my 6 apps, so I don't mess up the updated camera settings!
Maybe next week hopefully!
Hope that helps someone, so they can run a cooked ROM without messing up their camera!
Later!
madefree, you can restore all the old setup of your phone with SPB Backup ver2. It has an upgrade rom mode that doesn't alter the os at all but puts things back as they were on your old os. Today screen how you like it, any apps you've installed(fully regged). The only thing I've found was that for some roms I had to re-install the .net framework 3.5 as it DOESN'T alter the OS files. Well worth the money..
Cheers...
Thanks much ultramag69 for that info on the v2, as I was doing a flash on LVSW Edition ROM in about 20 minutes, so maybe dnload SPB Backup v2 and give it a try!
I just wish Sktools did that same type install, since I already bought that app!
Again thanks!
fix camera not initailize error (maybe)
ok not sure this will help every body but it work for me --- i'm running schaps 4.31 same problem after upgrading my 8525 any ways after weeks of try with cab , software , downloads I went to the programs them self and found out that if I disabled the camera icon setting in schaps config then soft reboot it works every time ( the icon actually is still there on today screen) been 2 days no errors before fix -- soft reboot use cam once errors till I reboted again hope it helps repost your findings might just be a freak incident
Hi,
as I've switched to wm6.5 recently, i'm currently using my phone a lot... unfortunately, i also recognized, that i'm having strange problems since switching... after installing all my cab files and applying all my tweaks, etc. the OS will not launch any apps anymore, followed by not booting after a softreset, i have to hard reset. this is happening on any ROM so far, and i've tried letting several cabs i need out, however it still results in that kind of crash...
anyone having similar experiences? or is there a fix for this?
WM6.5 is not yet very stable, some crashes appear ramdomly as far as I can see too...
And I think some "old" stuff is not really compatible with it (I think there are more changes than the UI in 6.5)
Let's hope newer releases will correct thoses crashes...
Antubis said:
WM6.5 is not yet very stable, some crashes appear ramdomly as far as I can see too...
And I think some "old" stuff is not really compatible with it (I think there are more changes than the UI in 6.5)
Let's hope newer releases will correct thoses crashes...
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hello there!
yep, i guess you're talking about normal "lock-ups"...however i HAD hardresets...
i was able to fix it by just reflashing the stock 6.1 rom, and then flashed back to 6.5 without switch radio... its working fine until now... i'm gonna report if i have any problems
I've noticed the same. When I go to File Explorer and My Device, it seems most of the files have been deleted, including the windows folder, and the remaining ones have been corrupted (they have names like b[]). If I try to restart the device it won't boot and requires a hard reset.
I've also noticed that this happens after I've synced with ActiveSync for the SECOND time.
EDIT: This issue does not occur with d_train's ROM.
Freezing keyboard
Hi,
With 6.5 roms (what I've been tested) my Niki100 freezes when I starting to enter a name (with soft keyboard) in the new mail/SMS address field. Hard keyboard works perfectly...
Niki 100 16keys
HardSPL 1.22
Radio: 1.71.09.01
Tested ROMs:
Salvy.C.83 v3.2 16keys
WM6.5 Lite ROM build 23007
Insomnia209G
Insomnia209L
NemanjaLO WM 6.5 23007
Anyone have any ideas?
Thx
Jules
I tried with WM6.1 and it freezes too. I think the Full QWERTY keyboard do this...
IBNick said:
I've noticed the same. When I go to File Explorer and My Device, it seems most of the files have been deleted, including the windows folder, and the remaining ones have been corrupted (they have names like b[]). If I try to restart the device it won't boot and requires a hard reset.
I've also noticed that this happens after I've synced with ActiveSync for the SECOND time.
EDIT: This issue does not occur with d_train's ROM.
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well, these issues have stopped for me, after reflashing the stock 6.1 rom! maybe you should try that as well
These days I have been hazzled by the sense being stuck and dead soon after I reset my HTC HD2. I tried all kinds of ROMS, such as Kwbr, energy, dZenkinZ...etc. even the offical ROMS;however old problem haunted my device.
after one day's effort, i finally resolve this problem and bring my device back to the original performance. and also this method also applies to other slow speed and other issues you may encounter.
Let's come to the point.
1. mtty （pls refer to the related info on XDA-developers.com）
If you think mtty is too complicated, then try to download task29 without mtty.
this step will help you to refresh your ROM and make it a virgin land for a new ROM.
2.now the problems is due to your MicroSD.
after a long period of use, your MicroSD accompanying your HD2 will be studded with a lot of files, big or small, good or bad.
YES, the problem is because of the mess in the MicroSD.
OK, what u need to is backup the contents in MicroSD and format your MicroSD. restart your device. Look and feel what u have got now!
Smooth, Stable, and Superspeed.
If u have this problem or the related problem, you can give it a try.
xiamilo said:
These days I have been hazzled by the sense being stuck and dead soon after I reset my HTC HD2. I tried all kinds of ROMS, such as Kwbr, energy, dZenkinZ...etc. even the offical ROMS;however old problem haunted my device.
after one day's effort, i finally resolve this problem and bring my device back to the original performance. and also this method also applies to other slow speed and other issues you may encounter.
Let's come to the point.
1. mtty （pls refer to the related info on XDA-developers.com）
If you think mtty is too complicated, then try to download task29 without mtty.
this step will help you to refresh your ROM and make it a virgin land for a new ROM.
2.now the problems is due to your MicroSD.
after a long period of use, your MicroSD accompanying your HD2 will be studded with a lot of files, big or small, good or bad.
YES, the problem is because of the mess in the MicroSD.
OK, what u need to is backup the contents in MicroSD and format your MicroSD. restart your device. Look and feel what u have got now!
Smooth, Stable, and Superspeed.
If u have this problem or the related problem, you can give it a try.
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I will second this, I had a bunch of music, and ringtones on the SD card, now I did not format the card, but just to test, I moved the ringtones and some of the music to internal memory, and deleted the rest ...
BINGO , Sense still stuttered but started up much faster, the second reset, first one I attribute to it clearing out the old location from its cache ...
The Ringtones seem to almost cause more of a slowdown on startup than the music, of course I have like 400 ringtones, just an observation ....
2 weeks ago I started to have problems with my microSD card. When I start my HTC everything goes fine till I lock my device. Then Home screen froze. But I can get on Start screen nad run programs from there. When I put the card out, restart HTC, it goes perfectly and I can lock and unlock device as much as I want.
The card is from original package (2 MB).
It couldnt be caused with ROM, cause I changed it. First I have kwbr ROM which worked perfect for 7 month but after the problems started. So I changed to Artemis HD2 v41 ROM (with no use).
Is anyone having similar problems? Or does anyone know the solution?
Thx for advice
Hello,
I've got a huge issue with my GS2 this morning. When I woke up I've seen a warning about the SD card ("card empty or with an unknow file system" something like that if I translate from French). So I've no more access to the SD card from the phone, I'll test asap to read the card externally (I need a card reader...). But it was just the beginning, then there was an update for Titanium Backup and now it's no more working, couldn't get the SU right any more, but Super SU is still here and working. Then I shut off the phone, remove the SD card, replace it, reboot and the time/date was reset to 1.00 2000 (or something like that) inducing an error with Whatsapp. Plus within Go Launcher a lot of app went out of there folder, now I've 2 screen of unclassed app that were in different folder until yesterday.... And finally when I press power or home button to wake up the device it take like 1 full second or more to get the screen on sometimes.
This is very strange... I mean, it could only be related, no ?
Any clue of what went wrong and where to start looking for a clue ? (before the big formatting and re-installation, probably of a custom rom this time).
Config.:
Rooted Galaxy S2 I-9000 with stock rom 4.0.3
I use a lot of app but major one are Go Launcher, Titanium Backup (update recently), SuperSU, Lama, Droidwall, DoubleTwist (update recently).
Thanks in advance for any help
EDIT: Happen to be only an SD problem. It's readable in my computer (I've backed up what was not made already by Titanium or so) but not any more in the phone. This SD is a quite new one (2-3 months) with 32GB. However my older one (the 8GB included with the phone) is still working great.
The icon problem is related to the fact that app transfered on SD card was removed from Go Launcher then when it can read the card again (for 1 or 2 min) it adds all the app outside of these folder (bug feature from Go Launcher).
Finally Titanium root access was not really related I guess... I had to restart the phone to get a new prompt for root access then It was OK.