Hello everyone,
My first thread here. I wanted to get you guys feedback on a problem I'm having with autofocus on the camera of my Evo 4G LTE. It seems like more than half the time I'm trying to take a picture the autofocus is going crazy and won't focus at all and leaves me with a blurry unfocused screen and he only way to get it to focus is for me to close the camera app and reopen it. I haven't found a way to turn off continuous autofocus. I was wondering if any of you had this problem with the camera or was it just me? If so what workarounds have you tried?
I've tried clearing the camera app data but that really did nothing for me. Any suggests would be nice, thanks!
I do not have this issue. Ive had to fight with it on rare occasion but thats just when it was focusing on something far away when i was trying to get a close up shot. im sure theres a way.
Kinny89 said:
Hello everyone,
My first thread here. I wanted to get you guys feedback on a problem I'm having with autofocus on the camera of my Evo 4G LTE. It seems like more than half the time I'm trying to take a picture the autofocus is going crazy and won't focus at all and leaves me with a blurry unfocused screen and he only way to get it to focus is for me to close the camera app and reopen it. I haven't found a way to turn off continuous autofocus. I was wondering if any of you had this problem with the camera or was it just me? If so what workarounds have you tried?
I've tried clearing the camera app data but that really did nothing for me. Any suggests would be nice, thanks!
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That's funny.. all this time i thought i was the only one having this same problem. Closing and re-launching the app works for me as well. its a bit inconvenient, but it doesnt happen all the time.
This happened to me. Took it to sprint and they gave me a NIB.
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Yea happens to me also. Even in video lots of times it will get blurry and never recover ..
tionesdi wallinger,
xclusivx said:
That's funny.. all this time i thought i was the only one having this same problem. Closing and re-launching the app works for me as well. its a bit inconvenient, but it doesnt happen all the time.
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Yeah it fixes by closing and reopening but there have been times when I've missed a picture because I had to close the app and reopen it.
kanyewest said:
This happened to me. Took it to sprint and they gave me a NIB.
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NIB means new in box or something else?
I had the same problem with my pre order phone. Returned it to best buy and got a new one with a flickering screen. Lol when I went to best buy I told the guy I was having problems with it he said with what the non focusing camera the flickering screen or the red pictures. That's pretty bad when they already know what the problems are a couple weeks after pre orders went out. I posted a YouTube video with the focus screwing up but I can't post a link to it yet.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lWmbJOLdQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I had this problem.
Go in development section and look for HQ camera or something. It's a defective camera apk mine was fixed and worked perfectly afterwards. enjoy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lWmbJOLdQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If will focus lock if you're holding the camera button in the focus detent. I tested this myself, stuck it close to my keyboard and let it focus, then moved to focus on my TV, and then back to my keyboard and held the button in focus for a second or two while moving back to my TV and it didn't focus when I released the button till I went and pointed it at my keyboard again, then it started focusing again, and it focused on my TV after that.
BTW, what hardware revision is your phone? Mine is 003.
My wife's release date phone had this issue. If you focus on something close it wont refocus at any other focus length. I ended up returning it for a NIB one and never saw the issue again.
No it didn't matter what you did once it locked in it wouldn't auto focus at all unless you backed out and then back in. I don't know what rev it was since it was taken back to best buy about a week after I got it. I even tried other camera apps and it did the same thing. Even the autofocus clicking sound was a substantial popping sound. It was louder than the phone I have now.
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Also i Just tested the holding down the detent to hold the focus. It didn't work for me as soon as I moved it refocused.
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Also i Just tested the holding down the detent to hold the focus. It didn't work for me as soon as I moved it refocused.
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I just tap on the screen to refocus if I have a problem (area I want in focus).
Seems like the focus works half the time, the other half it just sits there blurry and won't focus no matter if I try click on the screen somewhere or take a picture. The only way I've been getting it to focus is by reopening the camera app and sometimes even that doesn't work. I think I'm going to exchange it tomorrow.
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Seems like the focus works half the time, the other half it just sits there blurry and won't focus no matter if I try click on the screen somewhere or take a picture. The only way I've been getting it to focus is by reopening the camera app and sometimes even that doesn't work. I think I'm going to exchange it tomorrow.
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do you have TEP? or should this be covered by the 1 year warranty?
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do you have TEP? or should this be covered by the 1 year warranty?
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I bought the phone on July 1st from Best Buy and it's still under the 30day warranty.
Would you guys characterize the issue like this to some extent?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710876
I went and traded in my old one today. Thankfully it went smoothly and I got one without the update! So far the autofocus on this one works perfectly. Will keep you all updated.
good luck ^
I'm considering taking mine into a Sprint store to have them look at it. I dont have TEP, I'm outside of my 30 day window, rooted, and S-Off.
I wonder if they're going to give me a hard time.
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I know that there are topics made about this issue. I'm wondering though how many of you actually have it. The main culprit from my research seems to be that the OTA has some bugs that is making the Camera go on the fritz.
If this indeed is true, then would another OTA fix it? My return date is tomorrow so I have some time to think before I exchange it for a fresh new one. If it indeed is a OTA issue, then I don't want to exchange it since I have applied a nice screen protector.
i doubt its the ota. i took all of the ota so far. i have no issue with camera.
Really? That's disheartening..
I googled "evo 3d camera freeze" and many, many people held discussions in other forums about their camera freezes. A lot of them also pointed out that they didn't have the problem until after installing the OTAs.
I really don't know what to do.
There are other threads on this but the bottom line is that the camera software is buggy and yes, it freezes a lot. I can't say anything about prior OTA's but I am confident that future OTA's will fix the camera bugs because they all appear to be software to me.
Mike
Thanks. I think I'll just keep the phone.
Worst comes to worst, I'll still be covered under HTC's warranty and can schedule a free repair with them. Sure I'll be phoneless but it's better than exchanging a otherwise perfectly functional phone and risking getting a phone that's worse.
Same here I have that problem to and I have latest ota. Hopefully this gets fixed.
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There are other threads on this but the bottom line is that the camera software is buggy and yes, it freezes a lot. I can't say anything about prior OTA's but I am confident that future OTA's will fix the camera bugs because they all appear to be software to me.
Mike
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The other thing that I like to point out is..
Why isn't this a bigger issue than it is? Is it mainly because, those who don't have this issue did NOT take the OTAs? I know that everyone is waiting for root so most people on here probably did not take the OTA to ensure full root functionality. I mean that's assuming the main factor for freezing is from the OTAs (which some lucky ones who did install the OTA didn't get this issue like the above.).
I don't know. I just feel like this issue isn't widespread for HTC to notice. :/
My camera is extremely buggy. I did the OTA so that I could see the Green Hornet (Which never worked for me :'( Only option is to buy it) and now my camera is all but totally worthless it locks up so bad
It doesn't seem to concern htc as they contacted me back through email that they currently aren't experiencing any camera issues... Lies.... So the only remedy they offered me was to factory reset... Done that twice.. Or to take it to a repair center. But I believe this is a software issue.
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This is a huge issue for me and it's getting worse. Its got to the point now I have to turn the phone off and sometimes even pull the battery. At first it was simply kill the camera and try to open it. After opening it about 7 times it would work. I'm going to start looking in to this further as it has gotten out of control. I'll post back here if I find anything worth sharing.
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It doesn't seem to concern htc as they contacted me back through email that they currently aren't experiencing any camera issues... Lies.... So the only remedy they offered me was to factory reset... Done that twice.. Or to take it to a repair center. But I believe this is a software issue.
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This is what they told me as well. The support rep assured me that the phone might need repairs. I mean, they are a big company, so they probably don't want a big issue like this being on the front page to Engadget. So they're most likely downplaying all the issues and we can hope that a fix in the near future is out there...
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This is a huge issue for me and it's getting worse. Its got to the point now I have to turn the phone off and sometimes even pull the battery. At first it was simply kill the camera and try to open it. After opening it about 7 times it would work. I'm going to start looking in to this further as it has gotten out of control. I'll post back here if I find anything worth sharing.
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Whoa. This is exactly my problem. Except, mine isn't getting worse but if you have anymore info on this issue, feel free to speak your mind. I do feel your pain brother, I love photography and thought this would be my point and shoot while shopping for a DSLR.
I too am experiencing the freeze up once in a while but my main gripe is well yes it is a down step from the 8meg pixel camera on the original EVO, and I understand that but I came from the Hero with a 5meg camera also and it seems to take sharper and better quality photos than my 3vo...of course in 2D. A little disappointed to say the least.
So far tempt rooting doesn't seem to make the freezing stop. Oh well...I haven't found much use for the camera as of lately. The phone itself is flawless though..
This is my second Evo 3D and both did it. Same issues as discussed here. This is how I can seem to "force" it. If I take a picture and the preview is up and I touch the screen before the preview goes away then it stays of the preview. Have to close and restart camera bunch. Also if I am in the camera and I hit the little thumbnail in the lower left to go to the gallery, also stuck on the first preview it brings up. SOMETIMES if I close the camera and then go to the actual Gallery and then come back to the camera it will work.
I also experience these type of issues when switching from 2D to 3D. Again, this is my second (I had to return the first one fore defective screen) and they both had the exact same behavior. Both BEFORE and AFTER OTA.
It is actually very embarrasing to try to show off your new technology and it freezes everytime you try to show it off. I have had several people just laugh at it. "Yeah nice phone."
If you absolutely do not have to. Don't exchange it. My phone works flawlessly minus the camera freezing and I ended up not taking the risk of getting a phone with a myriad of issues in this forum.
As soon as HTC sends out another OTA fixing this, as I'm sure this is a software issue, I will be extremely pleased.
yeah i dont know what to do, because htc is assuring me that it could be hardware related. Although i dont think thats the case since it hasnt fully failed yet. Camera app works to a point where i start messing with the 2d/3d switch or hold the phone from portrait mode to landscape mode.
Same with mine. It works on and off (mostly off) so I am at least 90% sure it's a bug in the software for the camera.
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Same with mine. It works on and off (mostly off) so I am at least 90% sure it's a bug in the software for the camera.
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thanks for your response, i guess we'll just play the waiting game since everything else works flawlessly on this phone
I took all ota's. No camera bugs here.
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The issue is the SD card.
The factory one is SLOW. It takes time to write to a slow card....hence camera lag while it's writing the image file.
That was tough....next.
Anybody having trouble using Quick Deposit with the 3vo? First off, I can only use the Chase camera button since the Chase app freezes up when I try to use the dedicated 3vo button. Secondly, I'm having a hell of a time taking a clear pic of the back of the check. The front of the check comes out fine.
Has anybody else tried it?
I had issues with it on the Evo4g, meaning i could take a photo, but it would not deposit. The same with my 3vo, will take a pic, but will not deposit.
Seems like the Chase app doesn't optimize the stock camera because the pictures come out a lot different. When I just use the camera, the pictures come out fine.
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Seems like the Chase app doesn't optimize the stock camera because the pictures come out a lot different. When I just use the camera, the pictures come out fine.
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Works 100% for me..in fact i did a check deposit last week. Flawlessly.
It works fine for me with the evo3d, though I don't think I've ever tried the hardware camera button.
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Anybody having trouble using Quick Deposit with the 3vo? First off, I can only use the Chase camera button since the Chase app freezes up when I try to use the dedicated 3vo button. Secondly, I'm having a hell of a time taking a clear pic of the back of the check. The front of the check comes out fine.
Has anybody else tried it?
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camera button works for me, but back of the check is ALWAYS blurry for me too. it just doesn't seem to have enough to focus on or something.
Hmmm that's odd. I use the quick deposit quite regularly without much of a hitch yet. Though I do end up retaking the photos from time to time. I have heard there is a lot of variation in camera quality in the 3vo, maybe you should take yours in?
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Hmmm that's odd. I use the quick deposit quite regularly without much of a hitch yet. Though I do end up retaking the photos from time to time. I have heard there is a lot of variation in camera quality in the 3vo, maybe you should take yours in?
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Yea, I'm considering it. My data speeds are pretty crappy on top of the camera problems.
i think the type of check makes a difference. I have deposited personal checks no problem, but payroll checks have a problem. Seems to be when the dollar amount field is different in some way...
For example, in my payroll checks the amount shows as **[amount]** and I think the asterisks are throwing it off...
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i think the type of check makes a difference. I have deposited personal checks no problem, but payroll checks have a problem. Seems to be when the dollar amount field is different in some way...
For example, in my payroll checks the amount shows as **[amount]** and I think the asterisks are throwing it off...
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That makes sense. The check I tried to deposit yesterday was a bigger size rebate check. I'll try a personal check and report back.
Answers to all these questions-
Asterisks does throw it off; hence why your having problems. Personal checks are fine.
For the blurry- Tap the screen on different locations...the camera will try and focus on the spot you tapped on. This might help the issue a bit.
For the non-deposits- If you have more than 5 over drafts or late payments on whatever in a month that feature is removed off of your account at Chase's discretion. I called Chase and that's what they told me as in why I couldn't use the quick deposit feature.
As for hardware issues......I don't know what to say, lol.
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Asterisks does throw it off; hence why your having problems. Personal checks are fine.
For the blurry- Tap the screen on different locations...the camera will try and focus on the spot you tapped on. This might help the issue a bit.
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Interesting. Thanks for the tip.
Yeah the non-focusing issue happened to me last week. What I had to do was manually move the camera further back from the check so that when it did take the picture, it's focused. I don't remember how far away it was, but I think it was a good 3-4 feet. The back side image didn't match the front side image size, but it went through anyway.
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its been working fine for me. have deposited many checks with the 3d
LG Optimus S (Sprint) here, the latest update to this app produces pictures of checks that are so blurry that I'm unable to make deposits.
Where can I find the previous version of this app?
Thanks.
So I don't know when this issue started, but my camera tends to be blurry. A LOT. I've noticed the issue usually occurs when trying to take a picture/video in low-light conditions. Trying to focus it doesn't help at all. The only thing that seems to (temporarily) fix it is to get out of the camera app, kill the camera via task manager, and start the app again. I think the problem lies within the actual phone, since it occurs on all ROMs, but I'm not sure. What do you guys think.? Have any of you guys experienced this problem as well.?
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So I don't know when this issue started, but my camera tends to be blurry. A LOT. I've noticed the issue usually occurs when trying to take a picture/video in low-light conditions. Trying to focus it doesn't help at all. The only thing that seems to (temporarily) fix it is to get out of the camera app, kill the camera via task manager, and start the app again. I think the problem lies within the actual phone, since it occurs on all ROMs, but I'm not sure. What do you guys think.? Have any of you guys experienced this problem as well.?
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Seen this same issue on mine and wifes phone. Me meanbean 1.4, her rooted stock ics. Both ours will correct itself just by backing out of the camera and clicking it again. but yes, low light is when it happens.
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Seen this same issue on mine and wifes phone. Me meanbean 1.4, her rooted stock ics. Both ours will correct itself just by backing out of the camera and clicking it again. but yes, low light is when it happens.
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My phone has a hard time staying focused. I will tap the screen to get it to focus, but I find myself holding my breath trying to be still as possible and I'll still get a slightly blurry pic. And also issues with the sharpness.
But I don't know how to root a phone or do all the stuff that people talk about on this forum site. Is there anything else I can do, or would the ppl at the actual Sprint store know how to get the camera to take better pics without me having to go in and change a bunch of settings every time?
Any help/suggestions would be reallllly appreciated
emily
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My phone has a hard time staying focused. I will tap the screen to get it to focus, but I find myself holding my breath trying to be still as possible and I'll still get a slightly blurry pic. And also issues with the sharpness.
But I don't know how to root a phone or do all the stuff that people talk about on this forum site. Is there anything else I can do, or would the ppl at the actual Sprint store know how to get the camera to take better pics without me having to go in and change a bunch of settings every time?
Any help/suggestions would be reallllly appreciated
emily
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When mine does it. It will not focus at all. Only way I can fix it is close camera app and restart. Sorry
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My camera app, and just the way my phone's camera works in general has made me extremely upset. I don't know if it is because of me constantly flashing new Roms (who knows? I might have broken something while doing so). My camera never auto focuses. When I say never, I mean NEVER. To think about it, it doesn't focus at all. I have to relaunch the camera app in order to get things to refocus. I've never really bothered to ask, but I began messing around with my brother's phone, and his camera works perfectly.
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My camera app, and just the way my phone's camera works in general has made me extremely upset. I don't know if it is because of me constantly flashing new Roms (who knows? I might have broken something while doing so). My camera never auto focuses. When I say never, I mean NEVER. To think about it, it doesn't focus at all. I have to relaunch the camera app in order to get things to refocus. I've never really bothered to ask, but I began messing around with my brother's phone, and his camera works perfectly.
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its funny that all these problems im having are randomly popping up for other people.
mine doesnt either. im two seconds away from hulk smashing it and getting a replacement from best buy.
i pulled my phone out of my pocket yesterday and it wouldnt turn on, apparently others are having this issue also. i eventually got it to boot into the bootloader and i then proceeded to accidently factory reset because the option is next to recovery.
in fact, i think i might tonight. (return it, not commit insurance fraud. thats bad, mmkay.)
maybe ill get lucky again and theyll have it on backorder and theyll let me upgrade. (thats how i got my lte, the 3ds were on backorder.)
I've had my s6 edge for nearly 2 weeks now and all has been good. today, I had a coworker take pictures of me doing silly stuff at work and when i reviewed the images, I noticed that they were all upside down. then when I try to take a picture, I notice all of the wordings are all upside down. I thought the auto rotation feature was off but no, its all. long story short, after clearing the camera cache and data, and after a factory reset, the camera is stuck upside down and also, nothing will rotate at all. Just wanted to give a head up if anyone runs into this similar issues. I'm going to go into a tmobile store tomorrow as soon as they open so I can get it replaced and not have to wait a million days until they get one in stock. a little disappointing but hey, its a brand new device. No hard feelings.
Some images to show how the issue looks
Better to get a fault now than the last few days of the warranty I guess.
Damn it still looks cool broken.
I went to order one yesterday but will cost to much to break the contract not worth an extra £120 as only another 5 days till I can break it for free.
Good luck on getting a replacement
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I've had my s6 edge for nearly 2 weeks now and all has been good. today, I had a coworker take pictures of me doing silly stuff at work and when i reviewed the images, I noticed that they were all upside down. then when I try to take a picture, I notice all of the wordings are all upside down. I thought the auto rotation feature was off but no, its all. long story short, after clearing the camera cache and data, and after a factory reset, the camera is stuck upside down and also, nothing will rotate at all. Just wanted to give a head up if anyone runs into this similar issues. I'm going to go into a tmobile store tomorrow as soon as they open so I can get it replaced and not have to wait a million days until they get one in stock. a little disappointing but hey, its a brand new device. No hard feelings.
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Mine already stopped working after the first day, at least mine is stuck facing upwards.....
osmosizzz said:
I've had my s6 edge for nearly 2 weeks now and all has been good. today, I had a coworker take pictures of me doing silly stuff at work and when i reviewed the images, I noticed that they were all upside down. then when I try to take a picture, I notice all of the wordings are all upside down. I thought the auto rotation feature was off but no, its all. long story short, after clearing the camera cache and data, and after a factory reset, the camera is stuck upside down and also, nothing will rotate at all. Just wanted to give a head up if anyone runs into this similar issues. I'm going to go into a tmobile store tomorrow as soon as they open so I can get it replaced and not have to wait a million days until they get one in stock. a little disappointing but hey, its a brand new device. No hard feelings.
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Same thing happened to me on my 2nd day. Did you find out anything/solution? I'm wondering if I should return it while I'm on my 14 days trial period...
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Same thing happened to me on my 2nd day. Did you find out anything/solution? I'm wondering if I should return it while I'm on my 14 days trial period...
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apparently its an issue thats happening to a lot of people. I went and got an exchange but afraid the same thing will happen and a software update will take forever to fix the issue
Got my s6 edge yesterday and the gyro scope isn't working and the camera buttons are locked to landscape plus it doesn't work with any other apps..there's a test you can do but not sire of the number you have to dial to get it up on screen..
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If you dial *#0*# it will give you the option to test the gyro scope I've done this and its failed. Been on to 3uk and there replacing it but won't be here till the 21st April..
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