HTC HD2 is a great devices full of features but it does have its share of shortcomings, HTC have been releasing hotfixes for major issues but after HTC has announced that there’ll not be any more camera updates by them, one shortcoming is still there to be patched i.e. Camera taking extreme bright, high contrast pictures of the subject. Users of the device have been contacting HTC about it but they are replied with various responses. One of them is:

Dear Richard,

Thank you for your reply. To the best of our knowledge, this issue is software related. If you believe your device is damaged at a hardware level, please call our Technical Support line, whereby one of our agents will be pleased to arrange a repair.

Kind Regards,

HTC Europe

Now who is to blame here?

Well one user alibehzad over at xda has posted a workaround to this issue, he explains it as:

1. Install the app TorchButton (112)
2. Launch Torch from start menu, which turn on the flash light.
3. Open Camera and disable flash. Torch button Flash still stays on and the camera now meters the current brightness and doesnt add any bright mode anymore.
4. Happy photographing.

Here’s the Problem:

After using the workaround:

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