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Raiderski
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Posted: 2010-01-09 23:23
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-I can't adjust the EV correction in dark environment.

you mean you can't use EV above 0.0 to make pic brighter? well, EV can force higher ISO or faster exposure time but if light conditions are poor then you won't be able use EV simply because camera is at the end of possible limit of ISO and exposure time for selected scene type. no more ISO or exposure time = no more chances to catch more light and to make pic brighter. other similiar situation is for EV below 0.0 to make pic darker, for example this wasn't possible in K800 in poor light conditions, however it's not a bug

Anyway, it's a bug, you can't take a video in a party or a picture on a dark street with sports mode -wich prevets blurry pictures caused by hand movements.

it's not a bug. sport scene can be used only when you have a lot of light because it has very specific limit of low ISO and short exposure time values which cannot be exceeded. if you don't have enough light your picture will be dark, that's exactly how it works in K800/K850/C902, too
mriley
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Posted: 2010-01-09 23:37
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the camera really just needs Shutter speeds like you made for the k800i, when the camera has this then there is nothing holding it back. IF people email then this will happen if they dont it wont probably as they are too busy with other phones
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Posted: 2010-01-10 01:07
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@Raiderski
I have K850 too, and I used to take videos in dark, and sometimes I used sports mode in dark too, and I managed to get brighter piture by adjusting the EV. But with C901 below a certain lighting level (sometimes even in a medium lighted room), when the camera can't reach it's possible limits, if you adjust EV the picture remains as dark as it was before. And sports mode was just an example, but it doesn't works in any other modes or when capturing a video (below a certain brightness).
When I have some time I'll demonstrate it with pictures too. But I'm sure if you would experience the same thing like me with the C901, you would say too that it's a bug.
Raiderski
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Posted: 2010-01-10 11:06
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ok, I'll be able to check this in next week
mriley
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Posted: 2010-01-10 13:02
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On 2010-01-10 11:06:41, Raiderski wrote:
ok, I'll be able to check this in next week



why is that?
Are you trying the mobile out?
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Raiderski
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Posted: 2010-01-10 13:27
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something like that. my girlfriend wants to buy it
gedas5
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Posted: 2010-01-10 13:40
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@ Raiderski

wow great news!!!
mriley
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Posted: 2010-01-10 13:41
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im guessing his girlfriend wont let him have it if she gets it
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Posted: 2010-01-10 18:34
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maybe his girlfriend will ask him for a camera driver like what he made on k800
mriley
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Posted: 2010-01-10 18:36
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thats what im hoping
Hopefully she will stand over him and shout in his ear until he is finished
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Raiderski
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Posted: 2010-01-11 10:56
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unfortunately camera doesn't matter in her case
code28h4p
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Posted: 2010-01-11 14:32
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@raiderski
But you could give it a try for help us c901's user.
Please visit My GALLERY
mriley
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Posted: 2010-01-11 16:52
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i think he is pretending he doesn't want to when really he cant wait?
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Posted: 2010-01-12 05:24
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I had a serious problem with my C901 with the last update. Everything on it was working perfectly until I got a message saying update your phone, and after that, it became practically unusable. The phone would shut itself off after a random amount of minutes. I couldn't turn it back on. I would remove the battery and put it back in- then maybe it would turn on, maybe wouldn't. A lot of the times, the blue LEDs would come on, and stay on. But the phone wouldn't turn on. The lights would continue to glow until you took the battery back out.

So, I flashed (or at least I think I did)* the phone using the R1GA028 set and it seems like it's doing okay so far.

*I say maybe, because it seemed to do it awfully fast. As in, like 15 seconds or so. I thought it would take much longer, so I'm thinking I didn't do it right, but one sign that tells me that it worked is that with the newest update it was on, you could select 60% for brightness. Now you can only go as low as 50%.
Raiderski
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Posted: 2010-01-12 09:51
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I will not have the phone all day, try to mod anything without it, it's impossible maybe someday
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