My x10 Xperia phone's camera does not work for whatever reasons. It worked before, as for now, I had to use the app from the market to take picture (but without zoom feature).
Sorry if this thread topic had been asked.
have you tried by clickin on the camera icon instead of the button?
if is not working i might say that the app is screwed so a fw reinstall, update or if anyone sends the app to you will work
alankstiyo said:
have you tried by clickin on the camera icon instead of the button?
if is not working i might say that the app is screwed so a fw reinstall, update or if anyone sends the app to you will work
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I downloaded the app called: CamerFun Free (or something like that but no zoom in feature though)
I got the camera to work but only with Touch Capture mode.
TrietHocNhanSinh said:
I downloaded the app called: CamerFun Free (or something like that but no zoom in feature though)
I got the camera to work but only with Touch Capture mode.
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ah that's a configuration then, it is in the 1st icon whe using the camera
is the capture mode setting, so you can set it as normal and that's all
alankstiyo said:
ah that's a configuration then, it is in the 1st icon whe using the camera
is the capture mode setting, so you can set it as normal and that's all
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Tried it, did not work my friend. So, that was the reason why I used the TouchCapture mode now. Deleted the CamerFun app just now.
idk then, sorry for not being able to help ya more
yes what is up with my new phone ???
What the piehole??!!!!!... the same crap has happened to my camera about 2 weeks ago... and I have never flashed the phone ever.... i thought it was a drop that somehow rattled the phone....
1. I open the camera apk and when i click on the camera button the entire application turns off.... if i attempt to zoom in....nothing!!!....
2. I was forced to downloaded camera 360 pro (free of course) .. installed it just to get to take a pic...this app allows me to use the screen as a camera button.... even with this apk....camera 360 says "your camera does not support focus adjusting"....wtf!!!!
3. Does the camera.apk have a time out limit....? Where can we get the default apk back
camera fix
okay i uninstalled both camera 360 and camera 360 pro
then go to... settings ... applications ... camera and then "Clear data"
change ...capture mode ...to "touch capture" [ bypasses "faulty" camera button]
everything seems to work .... with zoom now...
Do you guys have any task managers, task killer, startup auditor, our anything like it installed?
needmoregigs said:
Do you guys have any task managers, task killer, startup auditor, our anything like it installed?
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Advanced Task Killer.
Request apk sgs tools its not in the market
here is 3.8 version
That one didn't have the camera hack
Here's 4.1.9, includes the camera mod you want.
Thanks you guys
What is the camera hack?
neotoky said:
What is the camera hack?
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It let's you take pics by clicking the lock/power button, and you can zoom by pinching, but I think all cameras have pinch zoom....
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4.1.9 didn't work for me.
It didn't hack the camera. It didn't remove startup/shutdown sounds.
The camera hack lets you take photos by pressing the hardware power button instead of shaking your photo trying to press the onscreen 'shoot' button. Only thing is that the sgstools apk linked in this thread does not seem to actually contain the camera hack. At least not as of five minutes ago. Which is too bad cuz I really want it back after upgrading to Nero 4.1.
hello to everyone,
i recently bought an xperia sola and i am very happy with that. After some days usage i discover some issues with my phone and i believe you can help me.
First of all the camera doesn't work with the camera button and to be more specific when i push the camera button does nothing and if i get into the camera app and push the button again i cant get any picture. So i changed the settings of the camera app and now i can take pictures by touching the screen.
whats wrong with the button? Is that a hardware problem or is software?
Also when i make some phone calls the picture of my friends those i choosed to appear when they call me some times are full screen but the most of the time are too small. The pics i choosed are taken from my phone camera.
Do you know anything about this?
Thank you very much and sorry for my bad english
mitsos16x said:
hello to everyone,
i recently bought an xperia sola and i am very happy with that. After some days usage i discover some issues with my phone and i believe you can help me.
First of all the camera doesn't work with the camera button and to be more specific when i push the camera button does nothing and if i get into the camera app and push the button again i cant get any picture. So i changed the settings of the camera app and now i can take pictures by touching the screen.
whats wrong with the button? Is that a hardware problem or is software?
Also when i make some phone calls the picture of my friends those i choosed to appear when they call me some times are full screen but the most of the time are too small. The pics i choosed are taken from my phone camera.
Do you know anything about this?
Thank you very much and sorry for my bad english
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i dunno abt the pic problem
for the hard camera button, u have to dig it in reeeeal deep for it to take a pic
(which by the way causes ur hand to shake so unclear pic--better continue to use onscreen button
It took me over a week to realise that the camera button has two positions (like the shutter button on most digital cameras). I first thought the camera was very buggy or that I had set it to some mode where it wouldn't take a picture unless focus was good or something like that.
So, just make sure you press it all the way down.
As for the pictures I have no idea, I never make calls (I'm deaf).
thank you guys for the answers
Hi guys, i`ve installed the CM 9 last week and this is working fine, but wen i take a picture my camera doeseng get automatically focus, i have to touch the screen on the place i wat to focus before taking pictures....is there any configuration where i can put my automatic focus back?
This is important to me because i use my camere alot, and touching the screen is a little annoying.
Other problem is the panoramic camera that doesen`t work, i have the image on my screen, but when i start taking the picture it says I`m very fast, and then whe i get slow my picture is very, very short.
I would be very thankfull about some help.
have a nice day guys.
someone?
thiagoaguilera90 said:
Hi guys, i`ve installed the CM 9 last week and this is working fine, but wen i take a picture my camera doeseng get automatically focus, i have to touch the screen on the place i wat to focus before taking pictures....is there any configuration where i can put my automatic focus back?
This is important to me because i use my camere alot, and touching the screen is a little annoying.
Other problem is the panoramic camera that doesen`t work, i have the image on my screen, but when i start taking the picture it says I`m very fast, and then whe i get slow my picture is very, very short.
I would be very thankfull about some help.
have a nice day guys.
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Hey guys, i read today that the problem with the panoramic camera is commum and the developers steel doesent fixed this feature, but about the automatic focous i steel doesnt find anything about...i just want to know if there are any configuration on the phone to soalve this problem.
Add camera ics from the play store. It might solve your problem.
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texbuck said:
Add camera ics from the play store. It might solve your problem.
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Thanks man, it aworked for me, but i still have one problem, now i have the focus on my screen when i press the camera buton (just half) but it looks up for the focus but the simbol doesnt get green, it just gets green when i touch the screen.
is there any configuration for this?
I didnt find anything about this on the forum.....
Hi,
I am using a V30 with Android 8.0.0 and noticed several times, that photos disappeared/where not stored, that I took.
I first noticed, that I was searching for pictures and could not find them, although I was sure I had taken them.
It is reproducable (storage SD card, but also internal). If I open the camera app, snap a picture and close the app (e.g. press home right after the picture was taken, or use task manager) the picture is not stored.
Has anybody else noticed? Any fix? This is a major issue for me, since now I need to "check" if the picture got really stored, every time.
Here a quick screenrecording
https://youtu.be/urZMFlvU8jk
The "fix" is stop what you're doing. Don't close the camera app before the picture finishes being processed. You are the one stopping the picture from being saved.
HDR actually takes several pictures at once and combines them to form a "best" picture. You're closing the camera app before it can finish.
When you take a picture, a thumbnail will appear lower right IN the camera viewer. When that appears, the picture has finished. Then you can close the camera app.
In your video I see one time you actually let the picture thumbnail appear before closing the camera. That's what you need to do every time. WHY are you trying to close the camera before the picture finishes being processed?
you are not helping!
I don "close" the app, I just switch (multitasking) to home or to other apps. All my other phones do this without a problem.
Especially when "snapping" things, I take a picture, and then press power button an put my phone back in the pocket.
I expect an app to continue in the background!
In the video I switch to home very quickly for demonstration purposes. But in real life it can take 2-3 seconds till the photo is saved. That is how I lost many quick shots.
I just tried on a 6 year old phone. It would continue to use the flash and take the picture, even if I press home button....
I also tried on iPhone, and LG G4, they take the picture and save it. Only my V30 needs me to "wait" till it is finished. Unacceptable when
I also noticed that pressing home during a video will abort the video.... But pressing "stop" and then home will properly save it.
carlaron said:
I just tried on a 6 year old phone. It would continue to use the flash and take the picture, even if I press home button....
I also tried on iPhone, and LG G4, they take the picture and save it. Only my V30 needs me to "wait" till it is finished. Unacceptable when
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Your 6 year old phone doesn't use HDR, and pictures are not as good.
I can't replicate your problem. Even if I hit home button, the picture takes.
Are you running total stock firmware? Do you have any kind of battery saver app that kills background apps?
ChazzMatt said:
Your 6 year old phone doesn't use HDR, and pictures are not as good.
I can't replicate your problem. Even if I hit home button, the picture takes.
Are you running total stock firmware? Do you have any kind of battery saver app that kills background apps?
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I don't have the app set to take HDR, so why would it do so? And why is HDR an excuse to not store a picture when the app is not in the foreground? (btw, the G4 pictures look better than the V30s.... I like it for the wide angle) the camera is not great on the V30, but that is not the point.
So, when you hit the shutter button, wait till the screen "blinks white" to confirm the picture was taken, then press home before the preview is displayed, the picture is stored?
What version of Android are you running? 7 or 8?
You store to SD or internal?
I use stock, just the the Android 8 Update. No battery savers, etc. (they don't make sense anyways).
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I don't have the app set to take HDR, so why would it do so? And why is HDR an excuse to not store a picture when the app is not in the foreground? (btw, the G4 pictures look better than the V30s.... I like it for the wide angle) the camera is not great on the V30, but that is not the point.
So, when you hit the shutter button, wait till the screen "blinks white" to confirm the picture was taken, then press home before the preview is displayed, the picture is stored?
What version of Android are you running? 7 or 8?
You store to SD or internal?
I use stock, just the the Android 8 Update. No battery savers, etc. (they don't make sense anyways).
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Internal memory storage. US998 20G with January 2019 security patch.
I was just asking about the battery saver because something seems to be shutting of your camera, when it goes to background.
I disagree about LG G4 camera being better.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
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Internal memory storage. US998 20G with January 2019 security patch.
I was just asking about the battery saver because something seems to be shutting of your camera, when it goes to background.
I disagree about LG G4 camera being better.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
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I have the european version. H930 , HW Rev. 1.1; SW V21p-EUR-XX, SecPatch form Nov18, nothing newer available.
I checked the app settings, "Camera" was not set to "exclude from energy saving", but switching that on/off did not change anything.
Is anybody else able to reproduce this? It feels like the Pixel3 bug.
Just found this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/help/camera-photos-randomly-saved-t3859803
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So, when you hit the shutter button, wait till the screen "blinks white" to confirm the picture was taken, then press home before the preview is displayed, the picture is stored?
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On mine, yes. I tried to mess it up the way you do, but couldn't make it happen.
But I normally never do that. Why would I take a picture without looking at it? I always open the thumbnail picture to see if it was good.
I also just took six shots quickly back to back, so I don't understand how you are MISSING shots? Why are you so interested in closing out the camera immediately after taking a picture? What if you want to take another picture, even better?
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carlaron said:
Just found this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/help/camera-photos-randomly-saved-t3859803
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I can't replicate it, but don't do the bolded part:
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It happens to me sometimes as well, but I think I pinned down the situation when it happens: When I use the quick launch action (double press vol-down) from a locked screen, snap a photo, then turn off the screen before I see the photo preview appear. If I remember to wait to see the photo appear it always saves the photo.
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Mine saves. But if you want to make SURE it saves, wait for the thumbnail before closing the camera display.
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carlaron said:
In the video I switch to home very quickly for demonstration purposes. But in real life it can take 2-3 seconds till the photo is saved. That is how I lost many quick shots.
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You're losing shots because you're switching away from the camera before it finishes.
What is so important that you need to go to something else while taking an important picture?
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On mine, yes. I tried to mess it up the way you do, but couldn't make it happen.
But I normally never do that. Why would I take a picture without looking at it? I always open the thumbnail picture to see if it was good.
I also just took six shots quickly back to back, so I don't understand how you are MISSING shots? Why are you so interested in closing out the camera immediately after taking a picture? What if you want to take another picture, even better?
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I can't replicate it, but don't do the bolded part:
Mine saves. But if you want to make SURE it saves, wait for the thumbnail before closing the camera display.
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You're losing shots because you're switching away from the camera before it finishes.
What is so important that you need to go to something else while taking an important picture?
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I don't close the camera app! I multitask and I work fast. Its just my standard workflow for years now. And I am not used to a phone/app not completing an operation.
Maybe this is a problem on the european version of the phone.
Why do all other phones correctly multitask, and why does my LG V30 camera app not do so? Why is going to home or switching off the screen "canceling" the picture saving process?
Maybe you use your phone differently, that does not mean I am misusing it.
While riding my bike, I pull out my phone, snap a pic of a roadsign, etc. and stow it....
Or I take a picture, switch to my messaging app and want to attach it.
Bum... picture is gone. Why?
What I did in the linked video is for demonstration purposes how to reproduce in 100% of the cases.
All other phones that I tried continued to store a photo, even when going to home screen.
My issue is, that sometimes I am in a rush, and then I loose my photo... Since this has not happend on any other phones, this really bothers me.
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I don't close the camera app! I multitask and I work fast. Its just my standard workflow for years now. And I am not used to a phone/app not completing an operation.
Maybe this is a problem on the european version of the phone.
Why do all other phones correctly multitask, and why does my LG V30 camera app not do so? Why is going to home or switching off the screen "canceling" the picture saving process?
Maybe you use your phone differently, that does not mean I am misusing it.
While riding my bike, I pull out my phone, snap a pic of a roadsign, etc. and stow it....
Or I take a picture, switch to my messaging app and want to attach it.
Bum... picture is gone. Why?
What I did in the linked video is for demonstration purposes how to reproduce in 100% of the cases.
All other phones that I tried continued to store a photo, even when going to home screen.
My issue is, that sometimes I am in a rush, and then I loose my photo... Since this has not happend on any other phones, this really bothers me.
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Well, I just looked at @jaysus145 posts and he has US998 like me, and it happened with him. So it must not be just European it's happening with.
But I really did try to hit the button, hit home, and then go back to see if you're was there and it was. However I'm using Nova launcher not LG launcher, if that makes a difference.
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Well, I just looked at @jaysus145 posts and he has US998 like me, and it happened with him. So it must not be just European it's happening with.
But I really did try to hit the button, hit home, and then go back to see if you're was there and it was. However I'm using Nova launcher not LG launcher, if that makes a difference.
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Yeah US998 & Nova Launcher. It's not ideal, but I know what causes it, so it is easy to avoid going forward. I mean, it is literally an extra second worth of time to make sure the photo saves.
I also know how to avoid this, but since it just happens sometimes that I take a picture and move on, it bothers me, that I loose those pictures, just because I forget to verify.
I wonder if this is caused by the app, by the camera hardware, or something else; or if I have a strange setting/config that causes it.
Also interesting if more people can reproduce it.....
I have reproduced
You have a smartphone with image processor, not a DSLR system camera. The processor needs time to create the image. You simply can't shoot and then swap/multitask away from the camera app. You have to wait till you see the mini shot is visible in the lower right corner.
I have tested with and without HDR and with battery saver on and off. Same matter for all settings.
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I have reproduced
You have a smartphone with image processor, not a DSLR system camera. The processor needs time to create the image. You simply can't shoot and then swap/multitask away from the camera app. You have to wait till you see the mini shot is visible in the lower right corner.
I have tested with and without HDR and with battery saver on and off. Same matter for all settings.
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All smartphones that I tried, except for V30 store a picture properly, if I hit the shutter, wait till it takes and then go to homescreen! Also other users report they can switch tasks and the picture is stored, so what is your point "smartphone <> DSLR"; I know how to workaround on the V30, but I want to understand, why my phone (and some other) display this issue.
What's your problem then? You write: "hit the shutter, wait till it takes....."
Exactly what we are trying to tell you.....
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What's your problem then? You write: "hit the shutter, wait till it takes....."
Exactly what we are trying to tell you.....
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And if I switch apps, or go to home the picture is gone! Shuttersound and screen flashing white is not reliable.
When the phone is locked, I got it to show up in the preview window, and still loose the photo. Don't ever tell me again I am using it wrong. LGs implementation is unreliable or buggy.
In general I know how to avoid this bug in my LG V30 by waiting several seconds after every picture was taken, and by opening the preview to confirm, but I still don't like the iimplementation. I was looking for some experts around here who might have come across this problem and maybe have proper explanation/solution.
So if you just feel I am using it wrong, or don't see this as a problem, keep it to yourself, you are not helping.!
Today at work, I tried 4 different phones from my colleagues. None of them behaved like my V30. So this must be a bug (SW/HW/driber) or really bad design by LG....
Neither google pixel 2, nor samsung s8, nor iphone X nor some cheap huawei phone (i forgot the model) would discard a picture taken, just because I press home, or open taskmanager shortly after pressing the shutter. They would all continue to store the image. I tried on front and rear camera.
I have this issue as well. It baffled me why pictures would go missing, then figured it out some time ago.
I'm on VS99620d on a sprint phone.
@carlaron I am sorry I couldn't help you.
I have been using my V30 for half a year now. My previous phone was a Moto Z Play and before that a Sony Z5 Compact and iPhone.
I have taken over 5000 pictures over the last two-three years and I have never had any trouble with the V30 in the way you describe.
That said, I don't have the need to quickly shift between apps or "go home" when I take a picture. I wait until it's shown in the mini-display.