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HTC..i dont want to hit it

Hi me and my htc desire have been together for a few months now.i love her,shes been good to me,and we are deeply in love.with one exception
the camera is pure sh^t. even my old old k850i with barely no processor and no modern os took better photos,i understand its a phone..but surely someone can mod it to be better
has any one got any ideas of how to mod etc or to get a mod
its frustrating as she is the perfect phone

Why do you say that dude?Camera's fine.Stills are really good considering its sensor is a phone's 5mpx one.Don't ask too much of it and believe me,you'll start seeing it otherwise.

You do realize that k850 was a cybershot phone with xenon flash, etc... desire's camera is not the best in the market, fortunately it's good when there is a good light and a phone can get autofocus, especially face focus... then the pictures really look good.

I know the k850i was cybershot.but in fairness my wifes iphone 3g took better pics and thats bad when an iphone can beat a htc.as iphones r ****e.
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I've been very pleased with the camera on the Desire. Sure, its no DSLR, but it captured this double rainbow just fine: flickr.com/photos/cylerparent/5154440847/
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I have to agree that the camera is very mediocre... but i've been spoiled by my Nokia N82 which took amazingly clear pics. The desire eems to have really bad autofocus and lacks lots of detail.

if you find yourself taking more photos with your phone than your compact p&s camera. you need help.
its a phone, not a camera.
flamesuit: i had the same issue with my old iphone, the camera was sooo terrible it was pointless, so i took my p&s camera much more places. the HTC cam, however, is 10x better than the iphone.

There are some reports that removing the plastic lens cover on the back increases the quality of the pictures. Look in to that some more, it might help.

Seems like there is actually a tad bit of trolling and/or stupidity with a post or two in this thread. I have found the camera on the Desire to be excellent. If you're having poor quality pictures try bumping up the sharpness and saturation by 1. It actually makes a great deal of a difference. As for the person that said the iPhone 3 takes better pictures... just get out. lol

The camera is definitely decent but not outstanding. I still keep my N82 around as some sort of point and shoot / backup phone when I want to make better pictures. I take a snap then I send it over through Bluetooth to the Desire so I can upload it to Facebook or Twitter. Slightly better than having to pop out the memory card on a phone to load it onto a card reader or turn off your phone and slap it onto the Desire.
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TheGhost1233 said:
There are some reports that removing the plastic lens cover on the back increases the quality of the pictures. Look in to that some more, it might help.
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I agree and disagree.You don't have to remove it,just clean it very very well.If it's scratched or something,THEN you might have to remove it.But yes,looking after your lens cover does make a difference.

If you want to take pictures use a camera, not a phone.

To be fair the lens plastic could be an issue and no i have a dslr but i cant exactly carry it in my pocket.hence why i asking.the desire kicks ass this im not disputing.just tweak the camera. Waiting for gingerbread now...a long wait
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I confirm a damaged lens cover seriously degrades the quality, creating a halo, a blur on photos. Easy test: take the same photo with the back cover on and off. If you see a difference, your choice to remove the lens cover. That is what I did and I am now happy again with the photos, as when the phone was new. Shame to HTC for not putting a proper glass lens cover, the only hardware fault on this phone IMO
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YEP
no worries me and my desire will remain as a couple,it is the lens cover,i removed it and took a photo and just to be sure left camera in running mode and removed cover and replaced while watching,makes 100 percent difference to the sharpness and clearness,upon inspection the lens is scratched to buggery even though ive had a silicone casing on,but it doesnt cover the lens,so oobviously the test of time has got it,that means having to replace the back cover which is fine,ebay? maybe,ill try
so yeah in conclusion cameras fine,lens cover is shot lol

executed_apt said:
no worries me and my desire will remain as a couple,it is the lens cover,i removed it and took a photo and just to be sure left camera in running mode and removed cover and replaced while watching,makes 100 percent difference to the sharpness and clearness,upon inspection the lens is scratched to buggery even though ive had a silicone casing on,but it doesnt cover the lens,so oobviously the test of time has got it,that means having to replace the back cover which is fine,ebay? maybe,ill try
so yeah in conclusion cameras fine,lens cover is shot lol
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Well,if you know someone that makes/repairs watches you can ask if he can make a lens cover from the glass they use in watches.It doesn't get scratched and is better in any way than plastic.Other than that many people have reported that removing only the lens cover doesn't do any harm.Or you can also get a new battery cover.It's your call!

Front facing camera quality

How is the quality on everyone's front camera? The colors on mine are really washed out. When I first open up the camera application there is some color, but after a few seconds it becomes washed out. It's also quite dark, even with the exposure turned all the way up. The quality is pretty bad when compared to my brother's ipod touch front facing camera. I understand it shouldn't expect much from a 1.3 mp camera, but it should at least look as good as the ipod touch, right?

What rom are you running? Many devs have had small issues with front camera. I am running skyraider Zeus found in rom manager and mine works perfect.
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I'm running virtuous.
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Colors on my front camera are washed, but it's actually lighter than the back camera. I'm using Newt's Pyramid 1.4. I think he had some problems with the front camera on his original build. Besides being a little washed, it's actually not too bad for a 1.3mp. I'm guessing the focal range may be somewhat limited given it's generally used for video calls and not for taking landscape photos!

Sorry if this is a ridiculous question, but you don't have a screen protector over the camera do you?

Nope, no screen protector. This is really the only part of the phone I'm not happy with. (well this and not having 4g) I'm not sure if the quality was the same on the stock rom though.
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isn't the front camera only 1.8mp? What exactly are you expecting out of that? (and I am honestly asking, not being an ass)

Fusion.Coil said:
isn't the front camera only 1.8mp? What exactly are you expecting out of that? (and I am honestly asking, not being an ass)
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I expect it to not be completely crappy. Like I said in my OP, my brother's ipod touch ffc is A LOT better, and I don't really understand why. I'm just trying to figure out if there's something wrong with mine or if everyone else's quality is roughly the same.

Weird noise when boots

Does anyone else's evo make a clicking sound when it's booting up? I'm on a replacement my first, one didn't do it, it's weird.
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No if its clicking something isn't right the evos don't have a disk drive so its not the reader clicking on boot but could be a loose processor or ribbon cable that's catching on something there aren't too many moving parts that could actually make a clicking noise unless the housing/screen/digitizer is loose, does it have any light leakage around the digitizer/housing
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At the bottom of my screen below my buttons there's light coming through under each of the buttons..is that normal?
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No thats light leakage where the screen is seperated from the housing how long ago did u get the replacement?
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About a week before Christmas
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Oh I was gonna say if it was recently u should have it replaced for being in ill repair but I think u only get 7 days to complain
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Lol I got insurance ill complain enough to get it fixed free or another replacement. They're getting used to my visits.
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ftwaynejuggalo16 said:
Does anyone else's evo make a clicking sound when it's booting up? I'm on a replacement my first, one didn't do it, it's weird.
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I've noticed this too, i thought it was normal. I've had this evo since i came to Sprint in April 2011. But it didn't start making the noise until a few months ago.
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JDM Civic EG8 said:
I've noticed this too, i thought it was normal. I've had this evo since i came to Sprint in April 2011. But it didn't start making the noise until a few months ago.
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Count me in, noticed this weird faint clicking sound as well when booting up...

The camera focuser going through some kind of self check.

mvmorr01 said:
The camera focuser going through some kind of self check.
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really is that what it is? I can shake my phone while holding the kick stand and hear it also...lol probably not good for is but I noticed it once

mvmorr01 said:
The camera focuser going through some kind of self check.
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The camera sensors in the evo doesn't have a physical shutter to make any noise if its the photo cell something is wrong there are 0 moving parts in a phones photo sensor unless it has a really high end sensor inside which unfortunately the evo does not since it's 8mp photos look like the 3mp photos in my 8mp Kodak camera, everything in the evos photo sensor is done thru digital rendering unlike a true photo lens which uses the shutter speed to control the amount of light the digital sensor picks up maintaining color and clarity in different lighting situations
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I didn't mention a shutter, I said focuser. Point it at a distant object, then hold your hand in front of it while watching the camera, you can see it move. Mine makes the same noise when it changes that much.

Mine is totally silent and typically the focuser is attached to shutters my camera doesn't do **** physically it does it all digitally its just a sensor in the phone no actual lenses like a real camera that's y it takes crap pics compared to a real 8mp digital camera
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Typically the focuser is attached to shutters... Well, you're obviously an expert on digital cameras, sorry for contradicting you! Carry on, I'm sure you're correct

It may have some kind of focus wheel but that still shouldnt make much noise as the sensors for phone cameras don't have lots of moving parts like you typical digital camera photo sensor which has a focusing shutter and full 35mm camera lens ifront of the actual sensor which is why the camera pics from a cell phone at same MP look way worse than that on a camera ima tech nerd I like to research and take **** apart to see how it works and stuff lol I'm curious about that crap cuz I like to modify stuff
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I'm on my third refurb and all of them make that sound. I just ignored it.
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BigSmoke53 said:
I'm on my third refurb and all of them make that sound. I just ignored it.
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It's annoying, I like my phones to be perfect, I'm ocd as hell when it comes to my device
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Mine has always done that when booting, sounds like the camera lens to me.
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A brand new EVO does not make any noise when booting. However, if most phones are making the sound after some months or they are refurbished, the fact that the device was once opened may have something to do with it (wires not tucked in the right place, screws not tightened all the way, etc...) or maybe if the phone has been dropped. At this point, only thing is to take it back to a Sprint store. If they can't do anything about it and aren't willing to replace it, I would call CS and complain about it. After enough complaining, they give in.

[q] front camera

if i try taking a picture using my front camera, its really blurred... is it normal?, because i had some phones before that only have VGA Frontal Camera but the images seems to be fine...
i know that we have a great Main camera, but there will be times that you need to use this front camera especially if no one will took picture of you *with you're friends/gf* LOL.. because its hard to use main camera since there's no camera button...

mikey0105 said:
if i try taking a picture using my front camera, its really blurred... is it normal?, because i had some phones before that only have VGA Frontal Camera but the images seems to be fine...
i know that we have a great Main camera, but there will be times that you need to use this front camera especially if no one will took picture of you *with you're friends/gf* LOL.. because its hard to use main camera since there's no camera button...
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Yeah mine is blurry too. Looks like a mosaic lol. I find that there is also a red tint
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mikey0105 said:
if i try taking a picture using my front camera, its really blurred... is it normal?, because i had some phones before that only have VGA Frontal Camera but the images seems to be fine...
i know that we have a great Main camera, but there will be times that you need to use this front camera especially if no one will took picture of you *with you're friends/gf* LOL.. because its hard to use main camera since there's no camera button...
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You probably need to get in there with a cotton bud.
You can always use the main camera with a 3 or 10 second timer.
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kylec said:
Yeah mine is blurry too. Looks like a mosaic lol. I find that there is also a red tint
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yeah... mine too...
Basil3 said:
You probably need to get in there with a cotton bud.
You can always use the main camera with a 3 or 10 second timer.
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i already did clean the lens... crystal clear but still its worst than most of VGA frontal cam?
thanks for the advice about the timer, but i'm still hoping for much better frontal cam...

The front camera is garbage. Mine makes me look bright pink! The main camera quality is also pretty average, I find it no better than my old Desire HD.

ozaghloul said:
The front camera is garbage. Mine makes me look bright pink! The main camera quality is also pretty average, I find it no better than my old Desire HD.
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will there be an app or ROM that can fix this?
sometimes there are bits of violet color, which make me look like barney.. LOL

For the red tinge, try dropping the saturation to -1. I don't have any focus problems tho.

cleaning the lens worked for me
mikey0105 said:
yeah... mine too...
i already did clean the lens... crystal clear but still its worst than most of VGA frontal cam?
thanks for the advice about the timer, but i'm still hoping for much better frontal cam...
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my front cam looked really horrible for a while... blurry, tint was way off, grainy, lots of artifacts. cleaning the recessed lens definitely did the trick for me.

Make sure you're well lit. Here's a sample from my camera for the quality you should expect.

Has camera improved at all with 4.4 update?

I have and s4 that in considering swapping for an htc one. Only thing holding me back is the camera. I do use it quite a bit and overall the s4 is much better.
I don't need the best camera out there just something that takes pretty good pics.
I'm wondering from those of you that have 4.4 if its helped with the camera at all.
Thanks.
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I updated yesterday and so far the camera is better. I took a picture in the dark and had no purple tint. The apparently slowed the camera down like the s4(my wife has an s4.) when you tap the screen to focus, the flash comes on and stays on so it can focus and then when you hit the button, it takes the picture.
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I took this at a building supply place. All stock settings.
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sanders539 said:
I updated yesterday and so far the camera is better. I took a picture in the dark and had no purple tint. The apparently slowed the camera down like the s4(my wife has an s4.) when you tap the screen to focus, the flash comes on and stays on so it can focus and then when you hit the button, it takes the picture.
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Did you have the purple tint to begin with? Just seems like they're masking the problem vs fixing it since the purple tint only occurs in low light settings..

Yeah. Mine was getting pretty bad. To the point that I wouldn't even pull my phone out and use my wife's s4 when we were in low light areas. I just took a picture of our guest bathroom with the light off while standing in the door way and there is no tint in it. If I hadn't reached 90% of my data last night, I would upload it. Maybe tonight when I get on Wi-Fi I will. But so far I am very happy with improvements to the camera.
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I also had the purple/granulated pictures in low light also the auto focus was really off. Kit kat has greatly improved the camera for me.
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Thanks for the comments, I decided to swap my s4 for a one and am pretty impressed!!! Camera seems much better than when it first launched.
Has anyone played with the settings?? Wondering if that has made a difference. If so what did you do??
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