Hello I was updating my x10 and it fell down from the table while flashing the camera rom, battery went out and now camera is not working. Is there a chance that can be reflashed fixed somehow?
Tried searching the forum for an answer but it looks like there are some problems with some of the threads.
Thanks!
DEMBar said:
Hello I was updating my x10 and it fell down from the table while flashing the camera rom, battery went out and now camera is not working. Is there a chance that can be reflashed fixed somehow?
Tried searching the forum for an answer but it looks like there are some problems with some of the threads.
Thanks!
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it maybe a software problem but try flashing the stock rom again and hook up your phone to your computer and do a defrag and I may work.
Umm if it fell off you might have broken it?????
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New camera firmware was introduced in 2.1 so you can reflash it..if it doesn't work its hardware problem
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Thanks to all of you for the replies.
The phone fell from the table but not to the floor, I caught it with my hand... the problem was that it lost the battery as the back cover was off, there was no hit to the device at all so that shouldn't break the hardware.
I am pretty sure it is just a matter of finding a way of reflashing the camera as that is what it was doing when the battery came out, after that I tried reflashing it again with Sony Ericsson utility but it says it is up to date, even after installing 1.6 with the flashtool when the update gets installed it goes all the way without reflashing the camera so that means that the camera started the flash and it probably got the information in place that identifies it as being up to date, however it doesnt work.
Again, I know the hardware is fine because there was no hit to the device and the phone is brand new, the camera was working fine when I took it out of the box to test it so it is pretty impossible that the camera broke down at that time. I have multiple X10's and they handle hits pretty good IMO...
Anyway i will try the defrag thing as that is the only thing I didn't do.
If anyone has more ideas or knows a method of reflashing the camera only please let me know.
Thanks!
DEMBar said:
Thanks to all of you for the replies.
The phone fell from the table but not to the floor, I caught it with my hand... the problem was that it lost the battery as the back cover was off, there was no hit to the device at all so that shouldn't break the hardware.
I am pretty sure it is just a matter of finding a way of reflashing the camera as that is what it was doing when the battery came out, after that I tried reflashing it again with Sony Ericsson utility but it says it is up to date, even after installing 1.6 with the flashtool when the update gets installed it goes all the way without reflashing the camera so that means that the camera started the flash and it probably got the information in place that identifies it as being up to date, however it doesnt work.
Again, I know the hardware is fine because there was no hit to the device and the phone is brand new, the camera was working fine when I took it out of the box to test it so it is pretty impossible that the camera broke down at that time. I have multiple X10's and they handle hits pretty good IMO...
Anyway i will try the defrag thing as that is the only thing I didn't do.
If anyone has more ideas or knows a method of reflashing the camera only please let me know.
Thanks!
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Just make a update by SE updater.
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DEMBar said:
I tried reflashing it again with Sony Ericsson utility but it says it is up to date
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if it is not a hardware prob, use sony update service. even if they say u got the latest software, force the update. that will fix it :laugh:
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My phone was running z's rom 2.2 for x10 when I took it out of my pocket and the screen was black. The blue lights turned on but not the screen. When I turned off the phone, it wouldn't turn back on.
The computer won't recognize it for flash tool or se fix software or battery won't charge if I hook it up to the charger. what do I do? I have never had this issue before. help would be awesome.
thanks. is it bricked?
Solution sort of: I took my phone in to ATT service center and they said my phone and battery weren't working. So I got a new phone for free. (THANK GOD) Xperia x10 refurbished. So I got to mod it all over again. lol. They couldn't tell me what I did wrong or anything. So I guess I have a solution. So whoever has an issue like me, lets just hope your phone isn't dead like mine The other sad thing was they didn't have a battery for me so they are sending me one through the mail. by tomorrow. one day shipping yess!!!! Thanks for all those who put in helpful ideas. Doing some serious phone pimping pretty soon once I get my battery.
Can you boot into xRecovery?
I have a similar issue here.
I am using the CM6.1.3 custom ROM on my phone (Android 2.2). It ran out of battery(for its first time) this afternoon so I charged it and tried to turn it back on but it wouldn't. It just starts up until the Sony Ericsson logo and just fades out and a white light will turn on at the notification lamp for a while and then reboot again. I tried the Sony Ericsson update service to reinstall the software but I changed the firmware and baseband so it doesn't work and it doesn't seem to be able to boot into xRecovery either. What can I do? Help/advice appreciated!
Problem might be with the faulty offline charging.so your battery's flat.I believe there is a fix for the problem, you might need to borrow a battery, install the fix(check the Rom main page) then you should be good to go :
You could also flash a clean rom using the flashtool version 1.3 I think
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Can you boot into xRecovery?
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Nope. Can't boot into xrecovery.
omnikam said:
Problem might be with the faulty offline charging.so your battery's flat.I believe there is a fix for the problem, you might need to borrow a battery, install the fix(check the Rom main page) then you should be good to go :
You could also flash a clean rom using the flashtool version 1.3 I think
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can you teach me how to flash a clean rom using the flashtool? i already have the flashtool but i dont really know how to use it
thanks
Look in the development section as there are detailed descriptions on this already, but I can say not to worry as it's impossible to brick this phone, it can always be returned to stock. It's the only good thing about not having a cracked bootloader, we cannot be bricked
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Hey guys, I've been having issues with my X10a's data connection. Tried the latest Wolf's gingerbread, and of course flashing down to a generic 2.1 which does seem a bit more stable on the connection but I'm hoping I can figure out the issue completely.
Basically, when the radio initiates a data connection the handset has a good chance of freezing up and plopping itself into a nasty little reboot. Now I've tried up and down flashes like I said, tried a new battery, SD cards and I'll probably resort to buying a new sim to test with to rule that last bit out too. Any help would really be appreciated. Here's some current info.
*Wireless seems to work just fine
*can make calls send texts
Carrier AT&T
Android Ver. 2.3.3
Baseband Ver. 2.1.71
Kernel: 2.6.29-00054-g5f01537
Thanks in advance for any help guys.
Maybe this can help:
Via recovery:
Wipe dalvik cache
advanced options-fix permissions.
greets
Tried it a couple times but it Didn't seem to help any unfortunately, thanks anyway.
Edit: I've set my phone to not use Data on the phone radio for the time being so I can still at least use wifi which seems to be doing just fine Calls work and text messaging works just fine too bizarrely enough. Another thing I'd like to note is that One dump log (that I unfortunately lost) from when I was testing to make sure it wasn't a heat issue both times seemed to point to some possible networking related aspect, NPARTS? or the like with some other stuff.
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i had problem too !!!
but solved now
goku16 said:
add me on gtalk [email protected]
i had problem too !!!
but solved now
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Added, any help is always appreciated, it's a bit weird how this issue is slowly starting to surface for multiple people at once.
Why add GTalk instead post it here so everybody can solve if it happens to them.
silveraero said:
Why add GTalk instead post it here so everybody can solve if it happens to them.
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Hopefully he'll open a thread about it here for everyone.
silveraero said:
Why add GTalk instead post it here so everybody can solve if it happens to them.
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cuz im not the expert @@
im afraid of making mistake as well?
so yeah, better in conversation but i got my phone work after 2 days of flashing back and forth @@
but anyway... will see how it go with the person i just helped, if it goes well then i ll start, if not then idk... will figure something out
Well, no luck with any 2.3.3 based android unfortunately so I down flashed to a 10a 2.1 build and that seems to run just fine as far as the radio is concerned, in the end I think there's just so many factors to muddle through hardware wise cables, sims, batteries yada-yada that i'll take this turn of fortune and wait to see if SE ever releases anything 10a specific on the assumption there may be an off chance it addresses some rare little quirk a few others and myself seem to have.
Sounds similar to my problem, maybe same solution... Every time phone is on charger and network is used, phone automatically rebooted after a little while. For me, this was same on all WB GB roms until now. But now, I am typing this and browsing XDA while charging and its not rebooting. I cant give you a guarantee but maybe phone just needs time to settle? Its been preyty good to me for a while now.
flash the phone in the weekend and leave it alone for like half a day or something^^
i leave it overnight and surprisingly wake up and see the phone is on without any lose of battery ( well, 1or 2% ) ^^!
Just an update on my progress. I was playing around with the phone last night, and had managed to get it to the stage of having the 2.3 update but without a sim. I charged it to 100% and then attempted to put in the sim card. It didn't like that very much and instead of going through the restart loop, it just would not turn on.
I flashed it back to 2.1 and i it worked again. Then i flashed it to 2.3 and it wouldn't turn on again. Flashed it back to 2.1 and gave up for the night.
This morning, i tried to put in the sim card in 2.1 and it worked!
I think on my next days off, (in 2 days) i will try and flash it to 2.3 and see what happens.
In reference to the posibility of a hardware issue, i did not smell any burning The phone has been running all night and the battery is not hot at all. In fact it is cold. It could still be a hardware issue, but I'm not getting any of the issues described in that thread mentioned execpt the restarting.
Yeah, it's seeming like our phones are in a little "Does not like 2.3" minority If I could decipher the hardware version stuff under the battery maybe that would offer some more clues up.
Yeah, it's seeming like our phones are in a little "Does not like 2.3" minority If I could decipher the hardware version stuff under the battery maybe that would offer some more clues up.
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Yeah, i'll take a picture of the the specs and post it up here in the next few days.
srsly guys... u need more than a day to flashing around to get it working.. especially the BB + kernel... as far as i can remember... because mine is x10a... i flashed the 2.1 generic FW and i have BB54... then i root + install xrecovery...
then i flash the 2.3 ftf via flashtool using the flashtool mentioned in Doomlord rooting method section ( because the xrecovery only working if u install through that version)
after flash, i leave it all night ( well because i felt to sleep while the phone still booting) in the morning i wake up and there it is... battery is nearly as full and phone running great with signal
then i root the phone via doomlord method + install xrecovery... then leave the phone for a while see if any reboot--- but none
so i start flash via xrecovery wolf's version... firstly on 3.5.... nothign else and leave it for half a day....
Yeah, that's what i plan on trying. The method of leaving it for a while after you have done something worked for my sim card issue.
do it on weekend yeah? or else u gonna get bored because otw to work the x10 keep rebooting =))
I use xperia x10a japanese docomo base. And i have the same problem
Any gingerbread rom get into boot loop once i insert my sim card. Without sim, it just works fine. What might be the problem, and how to fix it?
So far so good
I can confirm a very slow and steady pace works the best, Running Wolf's now and it seems stable so far, I'll keep an eye on it and give you guys an update in a while.
it will be fine.. just let it run without flashing anything ^^!
for a while
when I got this phone xperia x10a my camera work fine on donut. then I flashed it up to a no brand generic gingerbread, then it worked but then I noticed after flashing it to another rom it only took one pic then didnt work, Id re flash same thing one pic then stop working. now it didn't work at all. ten when I got a chance to look into it tried downgrading to 2.1 did a script flash, nothing gave up, forgot it didnt work did a screenshot didn't work. then I flashed to feraLab ICS then found these zips for camera fix for ICS flash them both trying camera no luck, but then did a screen shot that worked. so now its like the camera works but don't work as because the main camera still doesn't work.
soooooo, does anyone have any ideas on this matter? tried a couple of other camera apps no luck so far.
thanks
It seems hardware failure, by the way, have you try SEUS to refert to official rom?, it might help.
fine and dandy?
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It seems hardware failure, by the way, have you try SEUS to refer to official rom?, it might help.
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SEUS huh? well that's all fine and dandy as I looked it up and read a bit on it. as always it needs FW software that is hard to find as FBI and shut down the server lalala then it goes into I thought this was open source software so why is they all getting shut down, and it is hare to find. and why I got a go back to stock whatever if it is hardware which dont make since if it was hardware it would not work at all as it is screen shoots needs a camera hardware to work logic tells me ... as one can have a different key but the engine still has to work ya know . you answer wasn't very well thought out BTW
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SEUS huh? well that's all fine and dandy as I looked it up and read a bit on it. as always it needs FW software that is hard to find as FBI and shut down the server lalala then it goes into I thought this was open source software so why is they all getting shut down, and it is hare to find. and why I got a go back to stock whatever if it is hardware which dont make since if it was hardware it would not work at all as it is screen shoots needs a camera hardware to work logic tells me ... as one can have a different key but the engine still has to work ya know . you answer wasn't very well thought out BTW
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Well, you better try to refert to official rom (by SEUS) , just to confirm about your camera hardware . If it OK, then continue for your custom rom, some patch was provided for ICS.
Sofar ICS and JB still on Beta testing, its still on going finalize by dev.
And... screenshoot function and camera are using different way to work (gpu and camera).
FYI
To keep things simple, I had a cracked screen on the Ultra which was replaced last week. However now the phone screen is slow and unresponsive after about a minute of use (fast & like new after right turning on however).
Ive tried the mod tweak found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522657
As well as the thermal screen calibration here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470070
There is no change with either mode. Cleaning with alcohol only works for a few minutes, and yes Ive removed the ASF for no change.
It should be noted that when booted at first minute or two, the touch inferface is quick and brilliant. After a minute or so it gets slower and remains so. Typing a text is a gruelling affair at that point,
Ran 4.3 android and updated to 4.4.4 and also no change in performance.
Does anyone have any ideas/ tips or pointers?
HELP!?!
An app with a memory leak?
Looks quite normal. RAM 1.1GB used; 600MB free.
Unless thats not what were talking about?
EDIT: might be up to something. using advanced kill on Go taskmanager EX and its seemed to do improve the situation in the short term. Will keep testing
Well got about that far thus far. The advanced kill works sometimes, but none of the apps look out of whack (from my basic knowledge anyhow)
Any help/ links in diagnosing a memory leak would be very appreciated.
Don't suppose you've got the Google now launcher? I had to uninstall as they introduced a memory leak in the last update.
Un updated it just in case.
Its tough as even watchdog lite isint detecting much. com.google.android.gms:snet at startup took 22% CPu but otherwise its steady.
Grr jezz I even did a factory reset to 4.4.4 and its still there. Would trying a custom rom help?
Well as an update manage to completely wipe and reinstall the OS. No change in performance however
Does anyone know if a faulty screen install could be to blame for this?
icehawk223 said:
Well as an update manage to completely wipe and reinstall the OS. No change in performance however
Does anyone know if a faulty screen install could be to blame for this?
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Could well be, but i find it strange that it acts normal again after a reboot? That alone indicates that it's something wrong with the software. I still hold a finger on a process gone wild. Do you have Recovery installed? If yes, re-flash the ROM or flash something else and see if that solves it. I would personally flash a stock ROM and flash it with Flashtool so you don't have to root or void any warranties, and it'll be the simplest thing to do in case the screen is still acting weird after flash, and you want to get it checked out again (since it most certainly will be a hardware issue at that point).
So, fire up Flashtool, download a complete stock ROM (TFT), flash it, test it. Is it working fine now? Sweet. Keep using the ROM. Is it still the same thing? Contact the repair center again and tell them what's up and please do tell them that you've already done a factory reset, since that's the first thing they'll do themselves. Do not tell them about Flashtool or any other hacks or tweaks. They'll probably blame you if they think that you're an XDA user. "Oh, so you've been playing with it, and you bricked it and wanna fix it for free, bla bla".
Ask if they can open the device again and check that everything is fine and that you haven't received a faulty panel.
Ive actually did a complete tft flash of the original xperia ultra software. No change whatsoever vs previous state.
Im increasingly suspecting a hardware issue. Could it be a poorly plugged in cable? Its random chugging/ smooth response is completely confusing...
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Ive actually did a complete tft flash of the original xperia ultra software. No change whatsoever vs previous state.
Im increasingly suspecting a hardware issue. Could it be a poorly plugged in cable? Its random chugging/ smooth response is completely confusing...
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Did you flash the exact same FTF that you've always used, or did you flash one from a different region? I would try the GPe ROM if i were you, just to be sure, but don't bother doing it if you're not rooted and ready to flash. Yes it can easily be a hardware issue, and you should probably contact Sony or your nearest service center.
As an update I tried installing a fresh tft flash of a different build but same issue.
Notably noticed that the notification light on the screen is not working at all, so currently looks like a hardware issue. Will keep updated for reference & visit a repair centre
Assalamu Alaikum everyone, I bought xperia m4 aqua dual model version e2333 a few months ago, the phone was totally okay, after getting the software update, i though it would improve my performance, so updated and after updating my phone camera started acting weird, and suddenly after a day, the front camera button got missing from camera app, and there is no front camera access in 3rd party apps, its like this phone didnt came up with front camera function! tried to diagnose but not detecting the front camera...im pretty sure its an software issue! what I tried
1)Clearing the camera app data/cache
2)Flashed old stock .ftf, cause i thought old firmware will give my camera function back, but it didnt
3) Xperia companion didnt solve the issue
many will come up here thatws an hardware issue, but before saying that, google about this, cause not only xperia m4 but many devices are facing same kinda issues I cant take selfies now, some please help me out, any advanced solution is welcomed too! i would like to try cm but cm has camera bugs so is there any possible solution? TIA
I have the exact same problem, except that even my back camera stops working sometimes. Factory reset/system repair did nothing to help so I might send it in for repairs (for the 3rd ****ing time). This phone has seriously been nothing but trouble and I really regret buying it :/
Try holding PWR + VOLUP buttons combined for 5+ seconds and switching Xperia device on again.
I have the same issue. I'm using Sony Xperia C5 Dual and it all started by the firmware upgrade. At first the whole camera app won't work including 3rd party cam apps, I've tried clearing the cache, resetting my phone and also using xperia repair app. Fortunately after the xperia companion repair, camera was working again, but it won't show the selfie camera button anymore.. tried to repeat every troubleshooting i've performed before but selfie button is still missing
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I have the same issue. I'm using Sony Xperia C5 Dual and it all started by the firmware upgrade. At first the whole camera app won't work including 3rd party cam apps, I've tried clearing the cache, resetting my phone and also using xperia repair app. Fortunately after the xperia companion repair, camera was working again, but it won't show the selfie camera button anymore.. tried to repeat every troubleshooting i've performed before but selfie button is still missing
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wtf is sony upto , i dont get it, I found one guy over google , he is using xperia z3 and he is facing same problem! man thats not a cheap phone, ours one isnt either :/
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Try holding PWR + VOLUP buttons combined for 5+ seconds and switching Xperia device on again.
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tried bro, even tried safe mode, didnt work
StoyanP said:
I have the exact same problem, except that even my back camera stops working sometimes. Factory reset/system repair did nothing to help so I might send it in for repairs (for the 3rd ****ing time). This phone has seriously been nothing but trouble and I really regret buying it :/
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what exactly they do (repairers) ? replace camera or what? man I dont have warranty of this phone what should I do now I feel so pissed , its not even 2month I bought this one :/ even cheap phones have front cam too :|
StoyanP said:
I have the exact same problem, except that even my back camera stops working sometimes. Factory reset/system repair did nothing to help so I might send it in for repairs (for the 3rd ****ing time). This phone has seriously been nothing but trouble and I really regret buying it :/
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I'm 5 months into a 24 month contract with this phone. Sending it in for the second time. This time to fix the back camera as well. The first time was for the GPS and it doesn't even work properly
Same here...
Front camera button not there
No access to front camera using diagnostic...
Could it be related to the TA/DRM keys?
I unlocked my bootloader and rooted the phone without having a proper backup (silly me).
Since then i reinstalled, relocked uprooted.
Could the marshmallow update fix this maybe?
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jestn said:
Same here...
Front camera button not there
No access to front camera using diagnostic...
Could it be related to the TA/DRM keys?
I unlocked my bootloader and rooted the phone without having a proper backup (silly me).
Since then i reinstalled, relocked uprooted.
Could the marshmallow update fix this maybe?
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im waiting for that too....seems no other ways left :/
jestn said:
Same here...
Front camera button not there
No access to front camera using diagnostic...
Could it be related to the TA/DRM keys?
I unlocked my bootloader and rooted the phone without having a proper backup (silly me).
Since then i reinstalled, relocked uprooted.
Could the marshmallow update fix this maybe?
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After marshmallow update, the problem isnt fixed yet, whats your status bro?
i have the same problem any solution?
Try phone in Safe Mode if button for front camera will appear. If still not appear then maybe you have hardware problem - front camera is faulty.
There is no software problem with lollipop and marshmallow regarding front camera.
Unlocking of bootloader and rooting of phone don't affect front camera.
Front camera is not available-soluton
I just found a method which worked for me after trying 100-s of methods. I got my phone back from repair, and found out this morning, that my camera app didn't contain the front camera button and Snapchat also didn't offer this. So I started to look after solutions, and then found out my phone was recently repaired, so it might be a problem around there. I thought it was an assembly mistake, and tried to push the area of the front camera lens between my two fingers... I rebooted the phone and it was finally back and working! I was so worried about this, and it luckily worked. I recommend this option, might be useful in some cases.
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I just found a method which worked for me after trying 100-s of methods. I got my phone back from repair, and found out this morning, that my camera app didn't contain the front camera button and Snapchat also didn't offer this. So I started to look after solutions, and then found out my phone was recently repaired, so it might be a problem around there. I thought it was an assembly mistake, and tried to push the area of the front camera lens between my two fingers... I rebooted the phone and it was finally back and working! I was so worried about this, and it luckily worked. I recommend this option, might be useful in some cases.
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not works for me
Help!
Did anyone fix this problem?I'm facing the same problem.how can I fix it?
install a app like open camera for the device from playstore
I'm on latest stock MM and I had this strange problem. several reboots fixed it. but then if I reboot the device again the problem came back. dunno what might caused this. maybe a hardware fault? planning on disassembling this device to see if reattach the cam module would fix the issue (as well replacing my back cover and main camera. somehow my main camera just won't focus).