Develop Bugs

Strange red line on camera shots

Hi all!
I just got my Desire yesterday and haven't had the time to root it yet.
When mocking around with the camera i noticed that on the screen there was a red line fairly centered. My initial thoughts was that this was like a center measuring point or something, but it turns out is sticks on the actual photos taken, like on the attached pictures (that are _completely_ untouched).
It's a bit transparent, so it's almost as if it's a line drawn by a red very thin marker.
It still shows after flipping the back cover off, and I can't see a drawn line on the actual optic (just tried with a regular magnifying glass ... nothing fancier than that).
Anyone had this same problem?
I'm thinking of sending it back since it seems to be a HW-defect, but just wanted to check in with you guys first

[Q] Housing creaking noise?

Hi,
Some time after buying my gnex it was charging on my computer desk with the USB hooked up, the cable got tangled in my chair and when I went to get the door, it slingled the phone across the room.
Luckily I couldn't detect any visual or functional defect, but after a while I noticed that if I apply some pressure to the lower left part of the device, on the screen, there is like a creaking noise, as if I can move the screen around a fraction of a mm inside the housing. I can also flex the screen when applying pressure on the top right of the screen where the front facing camera is.
Probably happened from the fall or do others have this?
I also have this very rare graphics glitch, when swiping homescreens, only happens when going from one particular homescreen with gmail widget to the one with the calendar widgt, there is like a tear in it, only lasts for a split second.

Sounds like the screen got loose when it flung across the room I don't have that issue with mine call for a replacement say its been like that since day 1

Very Dim Notification LED

Hello all,
I just bought a 2nd hand HTC One X. Everything is working fine but there is a problem with its notification lights which are very dim and hard to notice. I am attaching pictures of it.
I will be thankful if anybody could shed some light on possible reasons for this.
Thanks.

Clean the grill....it's probably filth

Underneath the grill there is a piece of tape with a hole in the middle probably placed wrong or having a too small hole. It could also be the piece of tape to the left of the reflector that is covering the light.
I have removed both these on my device as I had this issue before
edit:
I also switched the backside from white to grey/black backside a month ago.
And I noticed that the light get dimmed no matter what so my theory is that 3'rd party non original parts do not fit as good as if I would have bought original parts. It could be the case because they look identical on the outside. The difference is that 3'rd party parts is not stamped with a serial number or partnumber and they might fit slightly different and need adjustment
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Camera fault night shots

When I bought my LG G4 (818) over a year ago,I could take night shots just point and click.
I had the circuit board replaced (bootloader problem) and for the last few weeks I get flare on the whites.So much that it's not worth taking a photo.
Even in manual the results are the same.
As you can see in the pics the white and the lights flare,(please don't say its normal as this result has just appeared)like I say a few months ago I could take night shot and no problems

Maybe your glass is scratched or dirty

madjester67 said:
As you can see in the pics the white and the lights flare,(please don't say its normal as this result has just appeared)like I say a few months ago I could take night shot and no problems
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Hello madjester67, what you are seeing has been one of 2 problems WHICH I both experienced myself:
1. Easiest to solve: clean the lense.
How to diagnose: take your finger and wipe over the camera glas. The glowing stripes will be 90 degree to the direction of whiping.
When on the go I sometimes take just whatever clothes I am wearing, some work just fine. Or get a proper microfiber clothe
2. It might be scratches on the camera cover glas. They will stay independent of whiping. And they will always have the same angle towards the photos x an y axis. My scratched lense cover had certain markings, say 2 thin long rays to the button left corner and a thick shorter ray to the right corner.
How to diagnose: most reliable but a bit difficult and dangerous to the camera module: remove the current Cover (which means to remove the buttons too). If these artifacts remain, it wasn't the lense cover.
Why dangerous? Losing warranty (if support figures out), you might cause scratches or even break parts or WORSE you could damage the camera which is unprotected from the outer world without the cover. Even if it is just a small dust particle... how will you get that out of the actual lense without damage?
How to solve: buy a new camera glas or the whole glas+buttons part where you need only screw driver and not fiddle around with adhesive tapes. I got mine for about 15€ at rounded.com. It didn't have the proper color (grey instead of gold) but hey, Who cares?
Nive to hear from you soon how it went!

(tutorial) Remove/dim LED on Samsung EP-NG930 Wireless fast charger stand

Hi all - its been a while since I've done a phone-related tutorial, but this one's sweet.
Most of you probably know that the "last generation" of wireless fast chargers are just as fast as the new ones (convertible plastic/leather pad) so I grabbed one from the local store. Unfortunately, the charging status LED is way too bright and persistent which disturbs my wife in the night and can't be turned off. Not good at all. So let's get inside and see what we can see.
If anybody knows how to post image attachments inline, let me know. Its been a while....

This is what you'll need.
- black permanent marker/Sharpie
- guitar pick/thin plastic prying tool
- fine crosshead screwdriver (this one is use for glasses)
- tweezers

Use the guitar pick/plastic to pry up the non-slip rubber base. You'll have to hunt around for a spot that gives more than the others....near the USB port or LED seems best. Peel this back carefully so it doesn't stretch, and put it aside somewhere clean.

Remove all of the screws (red) from the base. I stick mine to a magnet so they don't wander off. The base is retained by four small plastic tabs (green) which don't require much levering to release it.

We have a choice here. Either dim the LED or remove it completely. To remove it, the small connector to the PCB can be popped. Alternatively to block the LED's light, pop it off the black tab and wrap it in a small piece of electrical tape. I opted to dim the LED instead....

The plastic base we removed has a small plastic lens which acts as a light guide from the LED to the outside world. This has two "wings" which lightly locate it into the base, and it pops out easily using your tweezers.

Use your permanent marker to obscure the inner face of the light guide where it meets the LED. More ink = more better if dim is your game. I just did one quick swipe. Reinsert the light guide and we're off.

Now that's left is to re-assemble everything in the reverse order. Bear in mind the non-slip rubber base's orientation....the Samsung info on the base is shaped like an SD card, so line it up with that first and you're good to go!
Apologies for the smeared photos. It's winter in Finland, and we just don't get daylight for reasonable exposure times....

This modification is entirely reversible. Just clean off the "permanent" marker using alcohol and a Q-tip. I think that removing the LED carries a little too much risk for most if re-insertion at some point is a possibility. These weren't really designed to be assembled more than once....electrical tape would be the better of those two options.
Enjoy!