Camera crashes every time I launch it. (caused by LastPass) - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

*Edit 2* This is apparenly caused by "LastPass" which I just enabled prior to this crashing. Thank you to EddyOS for helping me out.
Good morning, *crazy realization / edit down below*
I just got my HTC One M8 yesterday and it is really nice, but one problem is that every time I click the camera app button, or launch the camera from the lock screen, I get this crash every single time.
I have reboot my phone, not installed anything weird or crazy, and this is just nonstop happening.
The only way I can actually get to my camera and use it, is if I turn t he phone off, flip the phone 90 degrees so I’m holding it like a camera, and pressing the volume down button to do the quick launch camera.
Everything else I try to get to the camera with crashes.
This is beyond frustrating.
Thank you for your time,
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*Edit 1 - I realized that whenever I am holding the camera in "landscape mode" it works fine and doesn't crash / launches fine. As soon as I 'stand the phone up tall" it will crash. I can even launch the camera anytime if I am holding it in landscape mode when I press the camera app and it opens fine. As soon as I stand the phone up the camera crashes! This is the worst bug I have ever had in a phone and is starting to make me regret going with HTC again (going on 7 years straight with HTC but I feel let down).

murf43143 said:
Good morning, *crazy realization / edit down below*
I just got my HTC One M8 yesterday and it is really nice, but one problem is that every time I click the camera app button, or launch the camera from the lock screen, I get this crash every single time.
I have reboot my phone, not installed anything weird or crazy, and this is just nonstop happening.
The only way I can actually get to my camera and use it, is if I turn t he phone off, flip the phone 90 degrees so I’m holding it like a camera, and pressing the volume down button to do the quick launch camera.
Everything else I try to get to the camera with crashes.
This is beyond frustrating.
Thank you for your time,
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*Edit 1 - I realized that whenever I am holding the camera in "landscape mode" it works fine and doesn't crash / launches fine. As soon as I 'stand the phone up tall" it will crash. I can even launch the camera anytime if I am holding it in landscape mode when I press the camera app and it opens fine. As soon as I stand the phone up the camera crashes! This is the worst bug I have ever had in a phone and is starting to make me regret going with HTC again (going on 7 years straight with HTC but I feel let down).
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Factory reset?

animaleyes76 said:
Factory reset?
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If I had to factory reset this phone less than 12 hours after I received it in order to get the most basic functionality out of it, this sucker is going back and it will be the first time in 6+ years I have not gone with an HTC Flagship.
Nice phone but very disappointed with a few things (this crash is beyond making me mad) and this is coming from an HTC fanboy. I just can’t stand to see Samsung be the only ones with no competition thus bringing down quality for everyone which was the main reason I support HTC as well as their innovation. This just sucks though.

personally i'd reset it.. if it happened again i'd agree with you.
Tech is tech.. sometimes things go wrong. I've not seen a single other user with the same problem.
good luck

It's LastPass causing the issue, there is another thread saying so elsewhere on here

EddyOS said:
It's LastPass causing the issue, there is another thread saying so elsewhere on here
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I did just enable lastpass for the system. Holy crap, thank you I will update the main post.

murf43143 said:
I did just enable lastpass for the system. Holy crap, thank you I will update the main post.
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Wow, thanks for pointing this out!

harrybozack said:
Wow, thanks for pointing this out!
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Make sure to thank Eddy!

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Get Smart Stay functionality on HOX

Now you can enjoy SGS3 Smart Stay funcionality in HOX too. Download ISeeyou app from Play Store to get the feature.
razzil.com/get-smart-stay-feature-any-android-phone.html
Works perfect . Whether it drains battery.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
Thanks. It works, now just have to monitor on the battery life.
Btw, would like to ask on the notification icon, is it possible to set it to show only when the "smart stay function" is activated during looking at screen?
Nothing happens on my one!!!!
shtipu1111 said:
Nothing happens on my one!!!!
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Haha. You have to stare really really hard at the front camera. I kid
What's your screen off time? If you set it to the lowest for the screen to turn off after 15 sec, it might not work since the free version of the app detects your face every 20sec by default.
Get the paid version and you can set face detect time and scan time
it works quite well I must say
Transformer: Tablet in Disguise
shtipu1111 said:
Nothing happens on my one!!!!
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As @samuelong87 mention buy Premium version so that you can customize the time. It works perfectly at my side.
Smart Stay would be a nice feature to have but I would like to think that the app would somehow drain lots of battery.. abusing the front camera every half a minute or so would somehow have an impact I'm sure.
I wonder if the S3 would have enhanced battery life if they disabled the Smart Stay option.
alvtminghui said:
Smart Stay would be a nice feature to have but I would like to think that the app would somehow drain lots of battery.. abusing the front camera every half a minute or so would somehow have an impact I'm sure.
I wonder if the S3 would have enhanced battery life if they disabled the Smart Stay option.
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i am wonder the same thing.
but i just purchased it and i will test
this is not interfering in any way to the auto brightness settings in in display as far as i can see.
it would be more than interesting to have an option to auto power off display after no face detecting (with customizable timing of course)
regards
Oh got it..thnx
andreipga85 said:
i am wonder the same thing.
but i just purchased it and i will test
this is not interfering in any way to the auto brightness settings in in display as far as i can see.
it would be more than interesting to have an option to auto power off display after no face detecting (with customizable timing of course)
regards
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Well, first impression on this app is that it's not really battery friendly, but it does what it is supposed to do very well. Maybe next releases will be better from this point of view.
Regards
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Well, seems i will use it just from time to time
But is indeed an app that does well what is meant to do.
Regrads!
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Sorry for double or triple posting. Tapatalk is fc when uploadin photos.
Regards
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This app appears not working when device is on horizontal position
It works here when I'm switching to landscape mode, maybe you're blocking the front camera with your finger a little bit ?
Sent from my HOX
Now HTC One X is the best phone. This was the only feature missing
ISeeYou Causing Issues On My HOX
I have the HOX International. I used this app, and though it's a great concept, I was left largely dissatisfied by it.
While it works as advertised, I'm peeved with a couple of issues:
1) It blocks BOTH the front and back cameras. Try accessing the camera app while the service is ON and you only get a black screen.
2) It seems to hog battery occasionally (although this happens rarely).
3) I had the service to autostart, and received the shock of my life when around 1 hour into my day, I found that the rear camera was heating up. This might be a direct consequence of point 1 above.
I am on Stock and have the latest firmware update.
I don't know if any of you are facing these issues, but I've uninstalled the app ever since I started facing it.
Just a friendly heads up!
argetlam1 said:
I have the HOX International. I used this app, and though it's a great concept, I was left largely dissatisfied by it.
While it works as advertised, I'm peeved with a couple of issues:
1) It blocks BOTH the front and back cameras. Try accessing the camera app while the service is ON and you only get a black screen.
2) It seems to hog battery occasionally (although this happens rarely).
3) I had the service to autostart, and received the shock of my life when around 1 hour into my day, I found that the rear camera was heating up. This might be a direct consequence of point 1 above.
I am on Stock and have the latest firmware update.
I don't know if any of you are facing these issues, but I've uninstalled the app ever since I started facing it.
Just a friendly heads up!
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The camera works well here! But, when I launched it from lock screen, it was blank. After unlocking properly with the secure path I use, both front and back cameras worked! (Newest wwe firmware.)
BUT: it DOES brake Face Unlock! I already sent a bug report e-mail to the dev
Used to work ok,then stoped without reason and I got blank screen with stock and other camera app(FV 5 and ics+).Unistalled it,but still had to reboot phone to get camera working properly.Installed it again,it works now,stock camera is working as well as FV5,with ics + , it gets FC sometimes...very nice idea,needs some polishing.
argetlam1 said:
I have the HOX International. I used this app, and though it's a great concept, I was left largely dissatisfied by it.
While it works as advertised, I'm peeved with a couple of issues:
1) It blocks BOTH the front and back cameras. Try accessing the camera app while the service is ON and you only get a black screen.
2) It seems to hog battery occasionally (although this happens rarely).
3) I had the service to autostart, and received the shock of my life when around 1 hour into my day, I found that the rear camera was heating up. This might be a direct consequence of point 1 above.
I am on Stock and have the latest firmware update.
I don't know if any of you are facing these issues, but I've uninstalled the app ever since I started facing it.
Just a friendly heads up!
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I had haven't any problem as you wrote.
And also battery brain is normal from the moment front camera open for checking every 20". But no something special.
Anyway I think we dont need so match this future. At smartphones screen is so small, so when you read anything you need to scroll down. It's meaning if you touch the screen will continue to stay wakeup. I would like to have something like that in my iPad.
I can't get this working

Physical Keyboard stops working

Quite frequently, my glide's physical keyboard stops working. A reboot fixes it but is kind of annoying to do this once a day
This is a new phone (less than a week old) and I am trying to find out if this is a known issue and if there is a fix for it. If my phone is defective, I might be able to still get a replacement from newegg.
I notice that there was another thread in XDA on the same topic but it quickly moved on to discuss some other issue with no clear advice.
Thanks and appreciate your help,
urundai said:
Quite frequently, my glide's physical keyboard stops working. A reboot fixes it but is kind of annoying to do this once a day
This is a new phone (less than a week old) and I am trying to find out if this is a known issue and if there is a fix for it. If my phone is defective, I might be able to still get a replacement from newegg.
I notice that there was another thread in XDA on the same topic but it quickly moved on to discuss some other issue with no clear advice.
Thanks and appreciate your help,
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Stops working all together or opens up different applications when you press a key? I had the latter. If it is the apps opening up double check you do not have any shift type button stuck as that would make it act funny and appear to not be working properly.
Tap on "ALT", "SHIFT", "SEARCH" see if that fixes it.
dudejb said:
Stops working all together or opens up different applications when you press a key? I had the latter. If it is the apps opening up double check you do not have any shift type button stuck as that would make it act funny and appear to not be working properly.
Tap on "ALT", "SHIFT", "SEARCH" see if that fixes it.
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Thanks for the response. I went back to my old iPhone 3 (Yuck). Let me double check on that when I get home this evening.
urundai said:
Thanks for the response. I went back to my old iPhone 3 (Yuck). Let me double check on that when I get home this evening.
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If it is launching Different apps then it is the Quick launch that is the cause. You can see what Shortcut is associated with which app go here:Settings -> Applications -> Quick Launch
Most Launch with Search + any key. Perhaps your search button is stuck.
JB
Mine has that problem as well usually requires a reboot as well but can't ever get it to just do it on command. U on a custom rom? Or stock?
If the random apps are opening, open the landscape keyboard and press the search button. If you accidentally press it and then you press a corresponding letter to open a certain app, it'll so that. And when you hit back, the phone thinks that you pressed the wrong letter key and has that quick open on. Just press search again. That's all lol
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I also have the problem of physical keyboard that stops working. No random apps, it just stops working. What to do to fix the issue, aside from rebooting?
Thx
phatryan69 said:
Mine has that problem as well usually requires a reboot as well but can't ever get it to just do it on command. U on a custom rom? Or stock?
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I am on stock. It's just annoying when it happens at least once in 2 days.
I am thinking of rooting it and installing a custom rom to see if that takes care of it. Will keep you all posted.
I might turn on the debugging level in the logs as well to see if I can find out what's going on. Given that this happens only every two days or so, not sure if that will help much but let me see.
antonyfirst said:
I also have the problem of physical keyboard that stops working. No random apps, it just stops working. What to do to fix the issue, aside from rebooting?
Thx
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I am on Rogers stock ROM. At this point, it certainly looks like something to do with the software (will be hard to find several of us having the same hardware problem).
dudejb said:
Stops working all together or opens up different applications when you press a key? I had the latter. If it is the apps opening up double check you do not have any shift type button stuck as that would make it act funny and appear to not be working properly.
Tap on "ALT", "SHIFT", "SEARCH" see if that fixes it.
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+1.
My keyboard stops working too, but this doesn't happen very often. I experience this about once in 3-4 weeks for now.
I have had this problem a few times as well (on stock AT&T).. QWERTY doesn't respond at all, reboot fixes it! Got me worried the first couple of times though
I continue to run in to this once in a while. I have tried pressing all kinds of keys (search, alt etc) with no success. At times, I see some of the keys working but not others.
Anyway, this looks like software / driver issue. Looks like reboot is the only cure so far.

[Q] Server error occurred. Restart Camera.

The video camera function on my camera is no longer working and I’m not sure why. This phone is less than 5 weeks old and I have already taken videos with it. This upsets me because I have a 4 month old that I love to record especially when it comes to his firsts. The led flash light comes on when I push the video button, the screen switches and freezes. The message saying error prompts and when I close the camera, the led light will remain on until I reopen the camera. Hopefully you can help me figure this out, many thanks!
jacqueline robert said:
The video camera function on my camera is no longer working and I’m not sure why. This phone is less than 5 weeks old and I have already taken videos with it. This upsets me because I have a 4 month old that I love to record especially when it comes to his firsts. The led flash light comes on when I push the video button, the screen switches and freezes. The message saying error prompts and when I close the camera, the led light will remain on until I reopen the camera. Hopefully you can help me figure this out, many thanks!
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Just a guess.. but you did in another posting say...
jacqueline robert said:
I install S5 Video App but it does not work properly in my note3. Can I use it in my device?
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Which indicates you have been making changes to your phone related to video. Did you remove that or are you still using it.
Without knowing what your phone condition is in, it is very possible that other changes you have made is causing the problem as well...
Like...
jacqueline robert said:
Thanks For your Great Tutorial. It really helps me to update my Modem.
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jacqueline robert said:
I think gravity box is better than other.
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Most don't need to update their modem and if you installed software that modifies how your phone works, you might try turning them off or uninstalling them to see if they are the cause of your problems.
jacqueline robert said:
The video camera function on my camera is no longer working and I’m not sure why. This phone is less than 5 weeks old and I have already taken videos with it. This upsets me because I have a 4 month old that I love to record especially when it comes to his firsts. The led flash light comes on when I push the video button, the screen switches and freezes. The message saying error prompts and when I close the camera, the led light will remain on until I reopen the camera. Hopefully you can help me figure this out, many thanks!
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ive also experiencing this SERVER ERROR OCCURED. RESTART CAMERA.. do you find a solution or did you fix it??? thnks..
Server error occurred. Restart Camera.
Same error on Galaxy A5.
Android 4.4.4
Tried: force stop, clean cache, clear data - problem repeatet!
Any help?
jacqueline robert said:
The video camera function on my camera is no longer working and I’m not sure why. This phone is less than 5 weeks old and I have already taken videos with it. This upsets me because I have a 4 month old that I love to record especially when it comes to his firsts. The led flash light comes on when I push the video button, the screen switches and freezes. The message saying error prompts and when I close the camera, the led light will remain on until I reopen the camera. Hopefully you can help me figure this out, many thanks!
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u could try booting in safe mode and test if theres any app or tweak that is causing it. or u could enter Service / Test / Hidden functions by dialing *#0*# on your phone dialer and u gonna get to the service mode and check camera itself. also theres another one of those USSD codes that brings u to check the phone gadgets hardware /firmware version to see if it same as the camera app... u could also do a full factory restore from recovery screen if nothing else works remember to do a backup first @ titanium backup.. or if you have fair tech skills u could remove the back cover and remove the battery plate and check if tje battery connectors are in place im sure u could find a note 3 tear down video around.. i had the same problem but with the frontal camera and ended up been the camera was defective and replaced it and worked like charm
I know this thread is kinda old, but since it is on the first page on google's query, I'll post a solution here (found on another site).
The solution is to turn off the phone and remove battery for 10-20 seconds. This should resolve the issue.
Some users report that the issue occurs when you charge your phone via PC or laptop USB port. So, to avoid this, prefer original charger.
thanks
thank you for replying even if the post is old! it simply worked while i was about to sell my phone ! good thing i saw your reply first!
Did you ever find a fix?

How to get Snapchat (Casper) to work in W10 Mobile!!!

This is just copied and pasted from my forum post on windows central, I figured it would be seen by more people here! Oh and i cant post screenshots because im still a new member on the XDA forum but you can see screenshots on the windows central post! Just search for my username to find it.
Guys, I figured it out!! Casper does work and will let you send snaps!
So I was messing around with Snapchat (Casper) on my Nokia Lumia 920 and I almost had a heart attack when I saw a picture that I had took pop up with the editor like it was ready to send (which it did). So here is what I did:
1st I opened up Casper (duh)
2nd I took an image from the camera (IMPORTANT: make sure you've set Casper to use the installed camera app)
oh and also I found this to only work with the front camera (probably because of the lower image quality/image size??)
3rd This is the hardest part...waiting (now i know you will all probably think this is a trick but i promise its not, I've done this three times so far and its worked.)
You have to wait for about 1 min and 10 seconds, I know this sounds ridiculous but just make sure the screen doesn't time out or anything, I timed it on my watch. Then Casper will pop up with your image in the editor:
Ta-Da send as usual!
I'm really hoping that this will work for all of you! I was very excited when I got this to repeat multiple times! I first figured this out when I took a random selfie and I went to my stories, then I clicked on someones story and I pressed send as snap when that editor popped up I blacked out the screen using an emoji and I way typing something to send to my friend when the image I took earlier flashed up in front of me and startled me a little, lol!
you can tell me what version are you using? I am not able to sign in with the last two versions available in my lumia 930
It doesn't work for me. I use Casper, set the Installed Camera app as default. Already tried Blackberry mode on/off but no change. It just goes to the startscreen, but the app doesn't close. Looks like it's trying to open the camera but insted pushes me back to startscreen.
I have a Lumia 920 with win 10 mobile 10512 (Fully unlocked)
Please help...
viniciiusmuniz said:
you can tell me what version are you using? I am not able to sign in with the last two versions available in my lumia 930
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Im Using W10 Build: 10512
Im Using Casper Version: 1.3.0.1
Is the keyboard popping up on your version?? if you dont have a keyboard that pops up in the app im afraid to say you will have to hard reset your phone by first backing up everything and then going to settings>system>about>reset your phone
*THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM YOUR PHONE BE CAREFUL*
The new fix for this is on the forum you do not have to reset your phone.
Good luck getting it to work
GlenniBoy said:
It doesn't work for me. I use Casper, set the Installed Camera app as default. Already tried Blackberry mode on/off but no change. It just goes to the startscreen, but the app doesn't close. Looks like it's trying to open the camera but insted pushes me back to startscreen.
I have a Lumia 920 with win 10 mobile 10512 (Fully unlocked)
Please help...
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Did you update your windows camera from the app-store, mine is fully updated, try deleting and reinstalling Casper, maybe that will work?
Doesn't work with my 930.
Edit: Actually seems to work, the image ends up just randomly popping up on your screen
devize said:
Doesn't work with my 930.
Edit: Actually seems to work, the image ends up just randomly popping up on your screen
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Hmm I wonder if the time that it takes for the image to pop up is different per device, I would try timing it on the 930, let us know what you get!!
zombiegator said:
Hmm I wonder if the time that it takes for the image to pop up is different per device, I would try timing it on the 930, let us know what you get!!
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I've got a 100% record with getting this working so far, without even having to do your 3rd step of waiting 1 minute. It usually takes around 30 seconds, give or take 5 after taking a picture and pressing the tick before it pops up on my screen. Only works for front facing cam it seems. Sometimes it won't work just sitting there waiting for the image to pop up so I'll have to play around with the app by viewing/downloading a picture or two from someone's story, exiting back to the main screen and then it'll pop up. I don't know if this is necessary or me just getting impatient but so far it's worked every time for me. Also works quicker when the app is freshly opened, so if you've been playing around with it by viewing snaps before you try sending one it'll probably take longer to pop up.
So if you haven't gotten it to work, try taking a picture with the FFC and after about 30 seconds, just play around with the app, view stories etc. and then press back out of their story onto the main screen, rinse and repeat until it pops up randomly within the next 30-60 seconds. It's taken up to 1:30 from pressing the tick for it to pop up sometimes but so far I've got every picture that I've taken with the FFC on mine to eventually pop up. I have blackberry mode turned on as well.
zombiegator said:
Im Using W10 Build: 10512
Im Using Casper Version: 1.3.0.1
Is the keyboard popping up on your version?? if you dont have a keyboard that pops up in the app im afraid to say you will have to hard reset your phone by first backing up everything and then going to settings>system>about>reset your phone
*THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM YOUR PHONE BE CAREFUL*
Good luck getting it to work
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Um, no, you do not have to reset your phone. There is a thread in this forum here that will instruct you how to restore the keyboard, and it works. The solution had been found and posted before you wrote that; why would you tell someone to wipe their phone if they don't have to?
Darrian said:
Um, no, you do not have to reset your phone. There is a thread in this forum here that will instruct you how to restore the keyboard, and it works. The solution had been found and posted before you wrote that; why would you tell someone to wipe their phone if they don't have to?
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Because I didn't know there was another way to do it, my keyboard did the same thing and I had to reset my phone. Thanks for sharing the link though!
Sure thing. I actually reset my phone a few times over a couple days, trying to get everything working perfectly, but I was checking here several times a day for a solution. I needed Access Point to access cellular data, but it has to be installed on 8.1 and then upgraded to 10; you can't install it on a fresh 10 install. I was incredibly frustrated when my kb stopped working in my android apps every time, where it would work fine after a reset but then I could only use wifi and I would have to use the recovery tool again or deal with not having any data. Despite the bugs I think 10166 ran better and I hope they push another build soon.
Darrian said:
Sure thing. I actually reset my phone a few times over a couple days, trying to get everything working perfectly, but I was checking here several times a day for a solution. I needed Access Point to access cellular data, but it has to be installed on 8.1 and then upgraded to 10; you can't install it on a fresh 10 install. I was incredibly frustrated when my kb stopped working in my android apps every time, where it would work fine after a reset but then I could only use wifi and I would have to use the recovery tool again or deal with not having any data. Despite the bugs I think 10166 ran better and I hope they push another build soon.
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Yeah, I agree with you, 10166 did run better in terms of compatibility IMO, I think the only thing that 10512 did for me was increase the battery life by like 1000% lol
How took an image from the camera?
MCSPECJAL said:
How took an image from the camera?
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Read the description up top, you have to make sure Casper is set to use the default camera not the Casper camera
zombiegator said:
Im Using W10 Build: 10512
Im Using Casper Version: 1.3.0.1
Is the keyboard popping up on your version?? if you dont have a keyboard that pops up in the app im afraid to say you will have to hard reset your phone by first backing up everything and then going to settings>system>about>reset your phone
*THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING FROM YOUR PHONE BE CAREFUL*
Good luck getting it to work
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theres no need to reset, there is a method to manually install the keyboard, duh!
surya467 said:
theres no need to reset, there is a method to manually install the keyboard, duh!
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I know... Someone already mentioned that in the post right below the one you quoted and I responded to them. Like I said earlier, I didn't know that at the time, I will try changing my post to avoid future confusion.

soft buttons? reboots?

Just got this and love it but two questions
After the firmware update I noticed the tab rebooted itself twice just sitting overnight. I know this because my tabs and phones are set to ask for my code to boot the OS. It didnt happen the next two days so should I be worried about this or was it just more update reboots? I know android always asks before reboots but maybe google was being sneaky.
The soft button placement annoys the F*** OUT OF ME!
I hate having them on the bottom corners and want them back in the middle like EVERY OTHER ANDROID DEVICE!
Is there a way to position these back to center so I can feel at home again?
thanks
You like them in the center so they're harder to reach when holding it? Lol
The only way I know to change the location is to root it, install Xposed and then Gravity Box.
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I always hold it one handed so close together is actually better for me
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tevil said:
Just got this and love it but two questions
After the firmware update I noticed the tab rebooted itself twice just sitting overnight. I know this because my tabs and phones are set to ask for my code to boot the OS. It didnt happen the next two days so should I be worried about this or was it just more update reboots? I know android always asks before reboots but maybe google was being sneaky.
The soft button placement annoys the F*** OUT OF ME!
I hate having them on the bottom corners and want them back in the middle like EVERY OTHER ANDROID DEVICE!
Is there a way to position these back to center so I can feel at home again?
thanks
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There are in fact multiple "possible spontaneous reboot"-sources even in the stock kernel; I'm trying to fix them all, Pokemon-style, in my custom kernel. V3-RC5 seems to be absolutely solid so far. If that's your thing, anyway.
cheep5k8 said:
There are in fact multiple "possible spontaneous reboot"-sources even in the stock kernel; I'm trying to fix them all, Pokemon-style, in my custom kernel. V3-RC5 seems to be absolutely solid so far. If that's your thing, anyway.
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Yup did it to me again today. Never while using it. Im wondering if doze is causing it to shut off fully
tevil said:
Yup did it to me again today. Never while using it. Im wondering if doze is causing it to shut off fully
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Just bugs in various drivers. Quite unspectacular, but problematic.
tevil said:
I always hold it one handed so close together is actually better for me
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This is a pretty beefy tablet to hold one handed, also having the buttons in the center would make it harder to use one-handed IMO since you would have to stretch to the center instead of the edge to press a button. To each his own I guess.
I also get random reboots. I've only had the thing for three hours, and aside from the three system updates (the latest to N2), it's rebooted seven times. Nine times, actually - two were caused by connecting an Xbox One pad, which I guess it doesn't like. The other seven were just random.
On the other hand, I really like the softkey placement. It reminds me of TabletUI, which I really loved and hated that Google took it away.
brando56894 said:
This is a pretty beefy tablet to hold one handed, also having the buttons in the center would make it harder to use one-handed IMO since you would have to stretch to the center instead of the edge to press a button. To each his own I guess.
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Piecontrol... Barely used the normal buttons ever
i had two reboots the first day after updating to the 2nd n preview, but they've since stopped. those were the only two i've ever had.
also, i think you may be the exception as far as buttons go. most tablet users hated the buttons in the middle since we naturally hold it by the sides or bottom corners. you must have huge hands to be able to hold this thing on handed.
Considering that there's a giant piece of screen real estate dedicated to three buttons which are either in the middle or grouped at both ends, I can't see a good reason not to have all three buttons at both ends.
It makes sense to me that if the placement is important enough that Google would change it then it should also be customizable. I miss the old customization on some 4.4/5.0 ROMs where you could just add anything you want. I'd settle for the long press to switch to the last app.
I'm trying to find a way to place all soft buttons in one corner of my Nexus 9. Though i'm on CM13 it doesn't seem to have such an option for back/home/recent buttons.
I like pixel c buttons position
I've also got problems with the random reboots. To track the reboots I've installed the free app Boot Logs. So far, there were 7 reboots today. This problem occured after installing the may OTA update. Flahing back to the april update helps but is no permanent solution. The june update isn't helping either (according to people in this forum/thread: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/i7e4gsZxzEQ). I've contacted Google and will get a replacement - hopefully without this problem

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