Need help camera no working

[ragehockey23]

tried using my camera today and it would snap the pic but than an error message wold come up saying unable to process image. I tried turning the phone off and on still got the same message, tried removing the battery still got same message. I even tried using the video record mode and that didnt work at all no error message but the window would immediately close. some one plzz help me

thnx in advance Brian

[b666m]

be sure to have the usb unplugged when trying to make photos/videos. ^^

if no usb-cable is connected, your filesystem may be corrupted.
just connect you n900 in mass storage mode to your windows pc and perform a filesystem check.
under xp: rightclick on the icon of your n900. click on properties and go to the right tab where you can perform the check. set the check to repair failures on the drive.

[ragehockey23]

thnx i will try that :)

[b666m]

please reply if that helped.
and if you're using an other os than xp you might want to write down the exact steps. :)

[Maxsense]

I got the same problem a few weeks ago due to a buggy file and solved it like b666m already said.

[ragehockey23]

i trying it now i went to computer right clicked properties clicked the tools tab the error checking tab says this tab will check the volume for errors I clicked check checked the box to fix any errors. it went through came back no errors safely removed my device fromthe usb of the computer Tried using the camera recieved this message Memory is read only until fixed. Try fixing memory with a pc after plugging in usb cable create data back up first to save existing memory contents. I have no idea wat that meens. Any other suggestions?? help plz hope its not broken : (

[ragehockey23]

how do i create a data back up and how do i fix using pc i have windows vista as an os

[Andre Klapper]

how do i create a data back up and how do i fix using pc i have windows vista as an os

Have a SD card inserted, start the backup application, set the backup storage place to the SD card, create a backup?

[Omkar]

i trying it now i went to computer right clicked properties clicked the tools tab the error checking tab says this tab will check the volume for errors I clicked check checked the box to fix any errors. it went through came back no errors safely removed my device fromthe usb of the computer Tried using the camera recieved this message Memory is read only until fixed. Try fixing memory with a pc after plugging in usb cable create data back up first to save existing memory contents. I have no idea wat that meens. Any other suggestions?? help plz hope its not broken : (

After doing the error correction remove safely and reboot ur N900. this should solve the problem.

[ragehockey23]

i hope ur right im trying it now

[ragehockey23]

still came up no errors rebooted the device and stills ame problem try takin a picture and it says processing image closes out and says operation failed some one plz help me lol i need my camera

[sajin900007]

"Operation failed".....that's wat came up when i tried taking some pics about 15mins after i took the first set of pics and a video.....since then it kept saying "operation failed" and the after the first 2 reboots it wouldn't display the pic and would say "display not avialable" or something similar.....the video was basicallly non existant......then i followed the advice of check disc, scan and fix....did that for both nokia n900 and SD card.....but is there anyway of getting those photos taken before the "operation failed".....those were b'day pics of my sis :'(

[ragehockey23]

did that fix ur problem, because it didnt fix mine. I wish there was a way to hard reset to factory default but i guess there isnt. Im going to call nokia tommorow and see wat they say. Also off topic but recently i tried locking my phonee and it tells me to enter a password as if there is already one however i never set up a password come to think of it wen i first rbought the device the time and everyhting was already set so does this meen i might have gotten a used device it looked brand new when i got it I ordered from nokia usa website. Also pertaining to the camera problem i tried to restore defaults but it asks for a password as well being that i havent set up any passwords is there a default password

[b666m]

"hard-reset":
http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware
^^

but it's strange that it didn't fix it for you.
that's clearly a filesystem problem and the check should have fixed it.
maybe you should try an other OS.

[ragehockey23]

ye i would try another os but i only have windows vista unfortunately

[ragehockey23]

tried it on another computer with xp os still same problem im going to call nokia tommorow b4 i hard reset the phone. If anyone else has any sugestions plz feel free to post i appreciate the help so far

[ragehockey23]

Found the problem after speaking to nokia tech support they told me to send the phone in for repairs so while cleairng all my apps i i found the problem the app labeled add extra decoders was the problem i tried the cam after removing that app and it works fine beware of that app people

[mrebanza]

restart the device ... worked for me