(Sorry the english. I used the google translator)
Hello everyone!
A few days ago I upgraded my XPeria X10a (carrier TIM BRASIL, branded) with Android 2.1-update1 to version 2.3.3. The new version of ROM is XPeria X10i (debranded). The ROM was obtained at XDA Developers, but seems it is an official version.
Everything is working fine since then, but yesterday I decided to take a picture in low light conditions, and the camera's LED (which I call a camera flash) did not activate automatically. I'd Look for an option in the settings and saw that there is an option to "turn on the flashlight." By turning on the "flashlight", the LED is turned on and activated continuously until to be deactivated
I'm absolutely sure that when I first bought the phone (X10a with Android version 2.1-update1 TIM BRASIL carrier branded) and tested a photo, the LED was turned on automatically in low light condition (or simply turned on regardless of light condition), and this does not seem longer be happening with X10i Android 2.3.3 debranded.
I have read several places that the X10 does not have this functionality, but as I said, I remember perfectly that when I took a picture of my mother, the first picture I took with the phone, she said, "a light went on here", and i said "It's the flash". Of course is not a flash, it's only a way to make clear photos. But I'm sure this LED was turned on when i pressed the photo button.
It may be that when activating the camera, even without pressing the Photo button, the LED will turn on and stay continuously on until the camera is turned off. The fact that the LED is turned on without I need to activate it via the menu and it's not happening anymore with the new version of Android (or was it a limitation of version of "i" that was not present in the version "a"?)
Summary / New info:
My old ROM was the original XPeria X10a ROM. The brand carrier was TIM BRASIL and the Android version was the last official version of Android on this phone, Android 2.1-update1. To activate the camera I pressed the camera hardware button until the phone vibrate, and then, while the camera was focusing the object, the LED was turned on. When the photo was taken the LED blinks and turn off just like the XPeria X10 min pro from my girlfriend. This behavior in X10 mini pro I can prove, as the Android version of the X10 mini pro from my girlfriend is still intact.
It may be that when activating the camera, even without pressing the Photo button, the LED will turn on and stay continuously on until the camera is turned off. The fact that the LED is turned on without I need to activate it via the menu.
Please, this is very strange and must be known by everyone. THERE ARE a X10 official ROM with automatic camera LED switch, and this is not a guess, this is an affirmation. So, what is this ROM? How to "patch" my actual ROM to get the correct behaviour of camera LED?
Em português agora: Se há alguém aqui neste fórum que comprou este telefone na loja "Ponto Frio" pela Internet (telefone XPeria X10 desbloqueado TIM). Por favor, entra em contato comigo por aqui de forma que possamos confirmar que esta funcionalidade realmente existe.
