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slippyr4 Posts: 3

Hi All,

Does anyone else have the same issue with the camera on w800i as me?

Open the lens cover, and the camera software starts. Point and fire, I get the regular shutter sound effect, and then phone immediately goes back to the main idle screen, closing the camera software. It does not save the photo.

This also happens if I choose the camera from the menu.

I've just updated the phone software via seus to see if it fixed the problem; it does not.

This seems really odd. Seems like a software type fault to me, although it definately worked when I first got the phone a few months ago.

Not sure if it's relevant: 512Mb ms duo is plugged in, and is nowhere near full.

Anyone else get this problem? Is there a workaround? or will I need to get my phone "repaired"?

Thanks

slip
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Posted: 2006-01-17 13:09:27
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bbaev Posts: 198

Are you sure you don't keep pressing the button after taking the shot? And when you go to file manager the picture is not there?
also, what firmware are you on?

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K750i freak

[ This Message was edited by: bbaev on 2006-01-17 12:14 ]
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Posted: 2006-01-17 13:12:37
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slippyr4 Posts: 3

definately not holding the button down too long. How do I find out firmware version?

Would a master reset help? How can I back up my phone book before doing a master reset?

Update: if i try to create a new mms message and go to the camera from there, a similar thing happens: the camera quits and it goes back to the compose mms screen, with no photo.
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Posted: 2006-01-17 13:43:05
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hicks Posts: 17

I have had this once or twice with my k750i. But I found out what I was doing wrong. When the photo has been taken, I was not giving it enough time to save, before trying to either take more pictures or do something else with the phone. It says 'saving' when storing the photo, if you close the shutter before its saved, then it will either not save or wil save but won't give you a preview. I know this because I checked my pictures folder and one or two pictures were blank next to other pictures that I had previews of, so this is the conclusion I came to........but I cant be 100% sure, Einstein I am not!
Hope this helps.

[ This Message was edited by: hicks on 2006-01-17 18:57 ]

[ This Message was edited by: hicks on 2006-01-17 18:58 ]
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Posted: 2006-01-17 19:50:23
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fahadnajib Posts: 3

yes i am facing the same prob, after pressing the button full way down, menu pops up and the camera mode just exits...my camera worked fine for a month and now this prob is occuring. Sometimes it works but majority of the time doesn't. any info pls. thanks.
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Posted: 2006-01-24 13:00:55
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grapeape Posts: 3

I also have the exact sami problem,

tried lots of things,

*new firmware
*new cam drivers
*patches

nothing worked, its kinda hardware issue the way iy failed gradually

Anyone have any luck with there W800i?
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Posted: 2007-02-01 18:50:10
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Sammy_boy Posts: > 500

The only thing I can think of is it could be a problem with the camera's ribbon cable? It could be slightly damaged or got a nick in it somewhere stopping the images been saved.
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Posted: 2007-02-01 18:56:16
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tranced Posts: > 500

have you all (complainers) dropped your phones lately? they might be damaged or something.
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Posted: 2007-02-01 19:13:01
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grapeape Posts: 3

@ Tranced

Thats an excellent point, i'm a tradesman and have dropped the phone a number of times, everytime the phones kept working, but i never checked the camera operation. I always knew in the back of my mind that all that technology packed into such a small enviroment (especially the camera)would come at a price of less impact tollorence.

In my case, you could be right on the money.

Like other people have posted, my problem was gradual, working some times and not others.... A very typical sign of phsyical failure.
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Posted: 2007-02-01 22:01:18
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amanno1 Posts: > 500

I`ve had my w800i for nearly a year now.Dropped it a few times but had no problems as above.
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Posted: 2007-02-01 22:43:16
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