Picture corruption???

ducylowycz · #1 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 10:22 AM

First i apologize if this has already been discussed however I'm camping and only have internet access on my phone. I have tried searching but couldn't find anything.

MY QUESTION: Why are my pictures corrupted, I try to view them in htc album but all I see are boxed "x's"...when I try to view them with the default picture viewer I get an association error, I can view them w/s2v though.

Can anyone tell me how to fix this??? I am running the sss rom. Thanks in advance.

JWhipple · #2 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 10:39 AM

1st question - are the photos stored on an SD card?
2nd question - if so, have you tried viewing on a PC using a card reader?

**ScrapMaker** · #3 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 10:41 AM

Most likely, your picture directory on your SD card is now corrupt. This happens mostly due to power state issues. If your phone was powered-off while you had the camera open, or during any data activity, such as editing/opening an image, you can lose the entire directory.

This has me thinking... when you format a card using Pocket Mechanic, it asks you if you want to create a back-up copy of the FAT--and that seems like it would be a solution to our data corruption... Most of the time, the FAT is what is corrupt, not the images themselves...

ducylowycz · #4 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 10:47 AM

Answer 1: Yes, the pictures are located in: /storage card/dcim/100media/....

Answer 2: No, I'm camping and the ole' lady told me I could only bring my phone....Ugh withdrawls.

...I'm usually pretty careful about not leaving anything open if I power down or soft reset.

ducylowycz · #5 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 10:50 AM

so if the directory is corrupt can i transfer all the files on the phone, delete the directory, soft reset, and maybe let the Camera app create the directory for me again...just a thought

ducylowycz · #6 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 10:58 AM

ok, now this is a little weird...I can go to the pictures and video app that came with 6.1 and open up the directory and the pictures SHOW UP!!?? So this leads me to believe there is something wrong with htc album...what do you guys think

chicubs3794 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 11:01 AM

yup.
hahahahaha

**ScrapMaker** · #8 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ducylowycz

ok, now this is a little weird...I can go to the pictures and video app that came with 6.1 and open up the directory and the pictures SHOW UP!!?? So this leads me to believe there is something wrong with htc album...what do you guys think

IF YOU CAN STILL view your pictures, I would copy what you can either off the phone totally, or onto main memory, if there is enough space...

Most likely, you are having the same problem I did when I first experienced corruption.

For me, I could no longer take any NEW pictures... they would just not show up... so I had to copy everything off, and format the card...

If I were you, I would copy to main memory, and then tell camera app to store to main memory until you get home.

What happened to me, was I wasn't using S2U2 at the time, and my camera button got pressed in my pocket, and ended up going into stand-by while the app was running... Who knows what it was doing--taking pictures? Not sure... but it fried my FAT...

The last time I had corruption, it actually killed my card, completely... I had to buy a new one.

Weird thing is, I never had these corruption issues with the stock 512Mb card...

ducylowycz · #9 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 11:16 AM

Why would it matter if your using s2u2?

**ScrapMaker** · #10 (**permalink**) 07-31-2008, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by ducylowycz

Why would it matter if your using s2u2?

s2u2 kept my camera from opening up in my pocket.