Camera support progress
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(07-17-2020, 05:56 PM)aancel Wrote: Thanks for all the help !

I managed to make some progress with additional tests. Initially I wanted to unscrew the inside plastic cover to ensure that the camera module was correctly plugged to the board, but I ended up having trouble with one of the screw (the closest to the camera) and being stuck on a hidden screw ... I could however barely see that the module is apparently correctly plugged
In the end, I rebooted to mobian with the back cover of the phone not properly closed (one screw closest to the camera module removed), and to my surprise the camera was working !

After more testing I think that there might be a connection issue with the camera module.
Because of the missing screw, I have a small gap between the inside plastic cover and the part with the screen:
- If I leave the device as is with the small gap, I either have an image with garbage green and magenta pixels or a black image
- If I apply some pressure for the inside plastic cover to be in contact with the part with the screen, I get a clear image of the back camera

But what seems strange is that sometimes the reverse behavior happens:
- With the gap, I get a clear image
- With the contact, I get either no image of an image with garbage pixels

Does anyone has an idea from where this kind of issue from ?
Should I request assistance directly from Pine64 ? (As this does not seem to be a software issue in the end)

I have exactly the same issue and I have a BH version. It looks like an hardware problem. If I try to start the app I hear just the clicks and everything remain black. If I press with two fingers the part of the phone where the camera is located the black image become green or shows green lines. I don't want to unmount the phone camera since it was supposed to be hardware ok and identical to the final version, but it is not and quite buggy. At this point I will write to Pine64 as well and ask about this problem.

NOTE: after pressing hard with two fingers on the camera (without umounting the phone) the camera started to work. I am pretty disappointed about this. Not a good impression about the quality of this component.

(07-17-2020, 05:56 PM)aancel Wrote: Thanks for all the help !

I managed to make some progress with additional tests. Initially I wanted to unscrew the inside plastic cover to ensure that the camera module was correctly plugged to the board, but I ended up having trouble with one of the screw (the closest to the camera) and being stuck on a hidden screw ... I could however barely see that the module is apparently correctly plugged
In the end, I rebooted to mobian with the back cover of the phone not properly closed (one screw closest to the camera module removed), and to my surprise the camera was working !

After more testing I think that there might be a connection issue with the camera module.
Because of the missing screw, I have a small gap between the inside plastic cover and the part with the screen:
- If I leave the device as is with the small gap, I either have an image with garbage green and magenta pixels or a black image
- If I apply some pressure for the inside plastic cover to be in contact with the part with the screen, I get a clear image of the back camera

But what seems strange is that sometimes the reverse behavior happens:
- With the gap, I get a clear image
- With the contact, I get either no image of an image with garbage pixels

Does anyone has an idea from where this kind of issue from ?
Should I request assistance directly from Pine64 ? (As this does not seem to be a software issue in the end)

Could you post a picture of the module?


Messages In This Thread
Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-06-2020, 10:06 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-06-2020, 10:54 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by bingo600 - 07-06-2020, 12:15 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by chris_02 - 07-06-2020, 02:11 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-06-2020, 03:03 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by chris_02 - 07-06-2020, 03:36 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by jjs - 07-06-2020, 03:32 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-06-2020, 03:50 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by chris_02 - 07-06-2020, 03:58 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by Ersatz - 07-06-2020, 03:51 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by Luke - 07-06-2020, 04:05 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by bendavey - 07-06-2020, 04:59 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by devrtz - 07-07-2020, 03:03 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by arturo2bodegas - 07-06-2020, 08:07 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by cefre00 - 07-07-2020, 01:37 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by e-minguez - 07-07-2020, 03:03 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by Luke - 07-07-2020, 04:13 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by bingo600 - 07-07-2020, 09:13 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by Kamzzy - 07-07-2020, 01:32 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by jwestman - 07-07-2020, 01:35 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by bcnaz - 07-07-2020, 09:27 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-08-2020, 01:59 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-08-2020, 02:17 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-09-2020, 02:24 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-09-2020, 03:08 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-13-2020, 05:28 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by paju1986 - 07-13-2020, 05:41 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-13-2020, 05:56 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-14-2020, 01:23 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-14-2020, 03:03 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-14-2020, 03:34 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-14-2020, 04:03 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-15-2020, 10:23 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-17-2020, 06:56 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-17-2020, 05:56 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by ivanB1975 - 07-18-2020, 03:50 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by aancel - 07-22-2020, 12:46 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by chris_02 - 07-22-2020, 01:23 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by puffchumpy - 07-18-2020, 08:58 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by arturo2bodegas - 07-22-2020, 06:04 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 07-22-2020, 06:18 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by chris_02 - 07-23-2020, 05:55 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by hiimtye - 08-01-2020, 07:32 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by daniel - 08-10-2020, 10:39 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by fernando_c_m - 08-10-2020, 11:17 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by natasha - 08-10-2020, 12:56 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by fernando_c_m - 08-10-2020, 01:41 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by natasha - 08-10-2020, 02:27 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by fernando_c_m - 08-11-2020, 12:34 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by spaetz - 08-11-2020, 07:28 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by natasha - 08-11-2020, 01:24 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by fishbowlkraken - 08-11-2020, 11:39 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by natasha - 08-12-2020, 12:44 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by a-wai - 08-13-2020, 08:46 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by PainPhone - 08-14-2020, 08:53 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by natasha - 08-14-2020, 09:40 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by PainPhone - 08-10-2020, 01:17 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by Baggypants - 08-12-2020, 12:49 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by daniel - 08-13-2020, 05:42 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by FOSSagent0 - 08-14-2020, 12:07 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by natasha - 08-14-2020, 06:09 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by daniel - 08-14-2020, 08:32 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by fishbowlkraken - 08-15-2020, 03:37 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by root - 08-16-2020, 04:18 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by natasha - 08-17-2020, 12:46 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by bcnaz - 08-16-2020, 04:31 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by chris_02 - 08-16-2020, 05:12 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by fernando_c_m - 08-17-2020, 12:27 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by bcnaz - 08-17-2020, 08:43 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by henkdieter - 08-17-2020, 11:26 AM
RE: Camera support progress - by chris_02 - 08-17-2020, 12:34 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by bcnaz - 08-17-2020, 07:49 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by bcnaz - 08-18-2020, 02:46 PM
RE: Camera support progress - by wi_badger - 08-18-2020, 04:05 AM

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