O2 Xda Atom Camera Patch

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.seeo2.com/user/XdaAtom/template/XdaAtom_CameraPatchEN_Mar2006.vm' target='_blank'>http://www.seeo2.com/user/XdaAtom/t...chEN_Mar2006.vm</a><br /><br /></div><i>"This patch contains improvements to the quality of the picture taken by the built-in camera and provides fixes to camera software that sometimes causes the device to hang when it is used in low light intensity environment. You may consider upgrading your device if you encounter the issues above."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20051108-Atom.jpg" /><br /><br />If you're an O2 Xda Atom user with ROM 20060105B1WWE or ROM 20060123B1WWE, you'll probably want to grab <a href="http://www.seeo2.com/user/XdaAtom/template/XdaAtom_CameraPatchEN_Mar2006.vm">this month's camera patch</a>. From what I've seen, it greatly enhances picture quality, with white balance and low-light improvements all round.

[woisnerrad]

Dunno if this is off-topic, but I've searched the site to no avail. Is there a patch for the HP hw6515 camera software? whenever I use the video function, it does one video and then it will hang when I start taking the next video.

Choosing the main memory as the destination to save the videos didn't solve the problem (I had previously set the safe destination as a folder in my SD card).

Help!! :(

Thanks

[Darius Wey]

Your best bet would be the latest ROM update (http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/HandheldiPAQ/us/download/23570.html). If you already have it installed, try hard resetting your device (without a subsequent restoration of data and settings).

Your problem sounds software-related, but there is a chance that it is hardware-related. A hard reset will allow you to tell which of the two it is.

[woisnerrad]

Hi and thanks very much for such a prompt reply! :D (wish I could say that about myself :wink: )

Anyway, I've yet to try the hard reset. I'm new to this; wouldn't the hard reset wipe out everything and reset the PPCphone back to factory default?

I've done a backup of my PPC and will try the ROM update first. I'll do a hard reset as my final resort.

Thanks!

[Darius Wey]

Anyway, I've yet to try the hard reset. I'm new to this; wouldn't the hard reset wipe out everything and reset the PPCphone back to factory default?

I've done a backup of my PPC and will try the ROM update first. I'll do a hard reset as my final resort.

Correct, a hard reset does restore your Pocket PC back to factory default settings. Bear in mind that a ROM update does that too.

[freemans]

The Backup software can restore your entire system backup from hard reset. And I knew that only Sprite Backup (http://www.spritesoftware.com/)can do a restore after any ROM upgrade. and you might want to try that to save you heaps time. :wink: