Tried the camera, but it says "Please Insert an SD card before using the camera."

[overmedium]

Wait a minute, I thought it came with 1G memory preinstalled??! I opened the memory slot and i can see the card is physically there

I am taking a quantum leap from my rusty ol Pebl, and I know this is 1st gen so ther's gonna be some glitches, but I was able to take a shot 15 minutes ago.

Now I get that message. after I rebooted the thing too.

UPDATE!: I had the phone plugged into my macbook via usb when i got the error message. I just unplugged it, and it takes the pics fine now. my bad?

[strapping on for the learning curve roller coaster] [ ]

[constellanation]

is it plugged into your computer? if so unplug try again. it did that to me

[overmedium]

constellanation: yep it was plugged in. unplugging seems to be the key.

[stockms3]

it seems that when phone is plugged in to charge or to a pc the camera doesnt work probably due to the fact that only one thing can access the micro sd card and when you plug something in, G1 thinks it teh computer

[kaysesoze]

Also if using a different microsd card you might have to format the card.. I found that out the hard way.

[overmedium]

it seems that when phone is plugged in to charge or to a pc the camera doesnt work probably due to the fact that only one thing can access the micro sd card and when you plug something in, G1 thinks it teh computer

yeah that makes sense, too bad the o.s. didn't pick up on that and tell us exactly what was going on so we don't freak out and starting all sorts of diferent threads

unrelated but worth mentioning: i just d/l'd "Shutter Speed" from the market, which puts you way in control of the g1's camera, iso and all that.....

[junk]

when you plug your phone into a computer, it disables reading from and writing to the sdcard, while your computer has it mounted. it's a common limitation or mp3 players and smart phones.

[noway]

I would like to say i had the same problem. except! this time i have tried all what you guys have said. its not plugged in to any computer and the sd card is physically there.
it still says "please insert sd card in order to use the camera" I still havent found the problem on how to fix it. i reformatted and everything and the problem still excist.
any help would be quite good =]

Update FIX!: If you have tried all of these things One last thing you need to do! Mount your G1 to any PC and check the DCIM Folder of the SD Card. Make sure that in the DCIM there's a Folder Named "camera" if not just add it and it will certainly fix this problem!!!

[sassyt]

I continue to have problems taking pictures. Everytime I want to take a picture, I have to take out the sd card and reinsert it before it will allow me to take a picture. So, I can not take pictures back to back without taking out the sd card. I have a camera folder already and I am not plugged in to the computer on charger. Any ideas???

[fresh_prince86]

I continue to have problems taking pictures. Everytime I want to take a picture, I have to take out the sd card and reinsert it before it will allow me to take a picture. So, I can not take pictures back to back without taking out the sd card. I have a camera folder already and I am not plugged in to the computer on charger. Any ideas???

I had the same problem for a while. Check that the little slot is closed tight also you can go to menu in the main screen then settings and then sd storage and wait for it to load everything. If it doesn't load unmount it and then take it out and put it back. I did that and its worked ever since.