Force Close when saving a picture

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We had our first field test using ODK Collect application today. We
only had one problem with collection

One of the user had a new DROID3 phone running ver. 2.3.4. ODK
Collect V1.1.5 This was the only user out of 7 (all other running
different Android devices and OS) When he would start a form
everything was OK until he would take a picture press save and then
ODK would force close. If he would not take a picture everything was
AOK.

Andy

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Tell him to change the resolution of the camera. Smallest setting, such as
WQVGA and smaller work.

John B. Murphy
(617) 504-1531
jbmurphyUSA@gmail.com

··· On Oct 13, 2011 3:16 PM, "Andrew Faust" wrote:

We had our first field test using ODK Collect application today. We
only had one problem with collection

One of the user had a new DROID3 phone running ver. 2.3.4. ODK
Collect V1.1.5 This was the only user out of 7 (all other running
different Android devices and OS) When he would start a form
everything was OK until he would take a picture press save and then
ODK would force close. If he would not take a picture everything was
AOK.

Andy

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I have had the occasional crash when pulling in media, photos, videos, or
audio. One solution that has worked is installing a different audio or image
capture software. The crash seems to be the result of some kind of
incompatibility with ODK and the default software.

☞§※☼:airplane::open_umbrella::slight_smile:
~Neil

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I think it was at his lowest setting, but will check again to make
sure

··· On Oct 13, 2:20 pm, John Murphy wrote: > Tell him to change the resolution of the camera. Smallest setting, such as > WQVGA and smaller work. > > John B. Murphy > (617) 504-1531 > jbmurphy...@gmail.com > On Oct 13, 2011 3:16 PM, "Andrew Faust" wrote: > > > > > > > > > We had our first field test using ODK Collect application today. We > > only had one problem with collection > > > One of the user had a new DROID3 phone running ver. 2.3.4. ODK > > Collect V1.1.5 This was the only user out of 7 (all other running > > different Android devices and OS) When he would start a form > > everything was OK until he would take a picture press save and then > > ODK would force close. If he would not take a picture everything was > > AOK. > > > Andy
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Is there any way to have ODK resize the picutre takens....so that you
do not have to change the settings on the camera. We found that with
some of the new phones the lowest resolution was 2MP. Those are big
pictures to send over the air.

··· On Oct 13, 3:16 pm, Andrew Faust wrote: > I think it was at his lowest setting, but will check again to make > sure > > On Oct 13, 2:20 pm, John Murphy wrote: > > > > > > > > > Tell him to change the resolution of the camera. Smallest setting, such as > > WQVGA and smaller work. > > > John B. Murphy > > (617) 504-1531 > > jbmurphy...@gmail.com > > On Oct 13, 2011 3:16 PM, "Andrew Faust" wrote: > > > > We had our first field test using ODK Collect application today. We > > > only had one problem with collection > > > > One of the user had a new DROID3 phone running ver. 2.3.4. ODK > > > Collect V1.1.5 This was the only user out of 7 (all other running > > > different Android devices and OS) When he would start a form > > > everything was OK until he would take a picture press save and then > > > ODK would force close. If he would not take a picture everything was > > > AOK. > > > > Andy
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depending on the camera app your phone ships with, you can sometimes
set the resolution inside the app. that said, there is currently no
easy way we can externally set the file size of the images when we
launch the camera.

there is a bug (and a patch) at
http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/detail?id=308 to resize
images in collect, but it probably won't ship until we figure out how
to make it work on lower end phones (both memory and os limitations).

as always, if collect is crashing, please do file a bug at
http://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/list so we can track it
down. if you don't know how to get a stack trace, we have a quick how
to at http://opendatakit.org/use/faqs/.

··· On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 14:03, Neil Hendrick wrote: > I have had the occasional crash when pulling in media, photos, videos, or > audio. One solution that has worked is installing a different audio or image > capture software. The crash seems to be the result of some kind of > incompatibility with ODK and the default software. > > ☞§※☼✈☂☻ > ~Neil >
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Thanks all...I did not have time during the live exercise to look at
error codes...etc...

Does anyone have any recommendations for a camera app that allows you
to set the resolution low?

··· On Oct 14, 1:15 am, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > depending on the camera app your phone ships with, you can sometimes > set the resolution inside the app. that said, there is currently no > easy way we can externally set the file size of the images when we > launch the camera. > > there is a bug (and a patch) athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/detail?id=308to resize > images in collect, but it probably won't ship until we figure out how > to make it work on lower end phones (both memory and os limitations). > > as always, if collect is crashing, please do file a bug athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/listso we can track it > down. if you don't know how to get a stack trace, we have a quick how > to athttp://opendatakit.org/use/faqs/. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 14:03, Neil Hendrick wrote: > > I have had the occasional crash when pulling in media, photos, videos, or > > audio. One solution that has worked is installing a different audio or image > > capture software. The crash seems to be the result of some kind of > > incompatibility with ODK and the default software. > > > ☞§※☼✈☂☻ > > ~Neil
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OK how do I go about adding the patch above? Remember no developer
here, but learning fast.

··· On Oct 14, 1:15 am, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > depending on the camera app your phone ships with, you can sometimes > set the resolution inside the app. that said, there is currently no > easy way we can externally set the file size of the images when we > launch the camera. > > there is a bug (and a patch) athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/detail?id=308to resize > images in collect, but it probably won't ship until we figure out how > to make it work on lower end phones (both memory and os limitations). > > as always, if collect is crashing, please do file a bug athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/listso we can track it > down. if you don't know how to get a stack trace, we have a quick how > to athttp://opendatakit.org/use/faqs/. > > > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 14:03, Neil Hendrick wrote: > > I have had the occasional crash when pulling in media, photos, videos, or > > audio. One solution that has worked is installing a different audio or image > > capture software. The crash seems to be the result of some kind of > > incompatibility with ODK and the default software. > > > ☞§※☼✈☂☻ > > ~Neil- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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check out https://github.com/mistaguy/snapit. i haven't used it, but
it was designed to work with odk. if it doesn't have a low rez mode, i
bet he can easily add it.

··· On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 06:42, Andrew Faust wrote: > Thanks all...I did not have time during the live exercise to look at > error codes...etc... > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a camera app that allows you > to set the resolution low? > > On Oct 14, 1:15 am, Yaw Anokwa wrote: >> depending on the camera app your phone ships with, you can sometimes >> set the resolution inside the app. that said, there is currently no >> easy way we can externally set the file size of the images when we >> launch the camera. >> >> there is a bug (and a patch) athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/detail?id=308to resize >> images in collect, but it probably won't ship until we figure out how >> to make it work on lower end phones (both memory and os limitations). >> >> as always, if collect is crashing, please do file a bug athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/listso we can track it >> down. if you don't know how to get a stack trace, we have a quick how >> to athttp://opendatakit.org/use/faqs/. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 14:03, Neil Hendrick wrote: >> > I have had the occasional crash when pulling in media, photos, videos, or >> > audio. One solution that has worked is installing a different audio or image >> > capture software. The crash seems to be the result of some kind of >> > incompatibility with ODK and the default software. >> >> > ☞§※☼✈☂☻ >> > ~Neil >
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in eclipse, right click the project, go to team and apply patch. try
http://www.cs.trincoll.edu/hfoss/wiki/Using_Eclipse_to_Build_and_Apply_a_Patch
if you need a bit more help.

··· On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 07:25, Andrew Faust wrote: > OK how do I go about adding the patch above? Remember no developer > here, but learning fast. > > > On Oct 14, 1:15 am, Yaw Anokwa wrote: >> depending on the camera app your phone ships with, you can sometimes >> set the resolution inside the app. that said, there is currently no >> easy way we can externally set the file size of the images when we >> launch the camera. >> >> there is a bug (and a patch) athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/detail?id=308to resize >> images in collect, but it probably won't ship until we figure out how >> to make it work on lower end phones (both memory and os limitations). >> >> as always, if collect is crashing, please do file a bug athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/listso we can track it >> down. if you don't know how to get a stack trace, we have a quick how >> to athttp://opendatakit.org/use/faqs/. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 14:03, Neil Hendrick wrote: >> > I have had the occasional crash when pulling in media, photos, videos, or >> > audio. One solution that has worked is installing a different audio or image >> > capture software. The crash seems to be the result of some kind of >> > incompatibility with ODK and the default software. >> >> > ☞§※☼✈☂☻ >> > ~Neil- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - >
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oh, and i should note that this patch only works with the latest
versions of collect (so not 1.1.5).

··· On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 22:40, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > > in eclipse, right click the project, go to team and apply patch. try > http://www.cs.trincoll.edu/hfoss/wiki/Using_Eclipse_to_Build_and_Apply_a_Patch > if you need a bit more help. > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 07:25, Andrew Faust wrote: > > OK how do I go about adding the patch above? Remember no developer > > here, but learning fast. > > > > > > On Oct 14, 1:15 am, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > >> depending on the camera app your phone ships with, you can sometimes > >> set the resolution inside the app. that said, there is currently no > >> easy way we can externally set the file size of the images when we > >> launch the camera. > >> > >> there is a bug (and a patch) athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/detail?id=308to resize > >> images in collect, but it probably won't ship until we figure out how > >> to make it work on lower end phones (both memory and os limitations). > >> > >> as always, if collect is crashing, please do file a bug athttp://code.google.com/p/opendatakit/issues/listso we can track it > >> down. if you don't know how to get a stack trace, we have a quick how > >> to athttp://opendatakit.org/use/faqs/. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 14:03, Neil Hendrick wrote: > >> > I have had the occasional crash when pulling in media, photos, videos, or > >> > audio. One solution that has worked is installing a different audio or image > >> > capture software. The crash seems to be the result of some kind of > >> > incompatibility with ODK and the default software. > >> > >> > ☞§※☼✈☂☻ > >> > ~Neil- Hide quoted text - > >> > >> - Show quoted text - > >