Just received my authorisation, and back with one question: I put the camera in developer mode and ran adb.exe but it found no devices attached. In Device Manager I have Ricoh Theta V installed in the Portable Devices, and no drivers in ADB Interface. Tried searching for hardware ID’s but did not find something to work. What would you suggest?
EDIT: Manually installed android usb drivers, did the reboot command and the camera rebooted: still in the same non working state, so it must be hardware issue. Glad I tried that, though. Than you very much!
Sorry to hear that the camera still does not boot.
I suspect it’s a hardware issue. You may be able to buy or get for free a used THETA V with a cracked lens and then use your intact lens assembly with the THETA V with the cracked lens.
Alternately, you may be able to get some money by selling the THETA V as a unit with two good lenses, but will not boot.
BTW, are you sure that your battery is charging?
I replaced the battery on my THETA V.
I used a cheap LI-92B battery that I bought on Amazon for $13 for 2 batteries.
If you have a voltmeter, you could take apart your V (if you plan to get rid of it anyway) and check the voltage of the battery.
I did the battery swap in Mar of 2021 and my camera is still running fine. It’s hold a charge no problem.
I see, that is what I’ll look for. Found about two items on ebay, but the sellers do not ship to Romania, so I’ll just wait. As for the battery, I saw the tutorial and found it very usefull, the disassembly part I didn’t know was that easy. Right now my battery seems to hold the charge.
there are plastic clips that hold the case together. after you unscrew the four screws at the bottom, be gentle and pry apart the case so that you don’t break the clips. The clips are the press to fit type. Size the stick on something like wax paper as you will want to reapply the sticker to the bottom after the camera is reassembled.
this is information on people swapping the lenses.
The lens assembly should be replaced as a single unit. In the article, some people swapped a single lens, but this will introduce stitching errors.
If I were were, I would wait until I found a unit with cracked lens and try to buy it for under USD $50. Alternately, you may be able to sell your unit with working lenses and get back some of your money. If you sell it, just tell people it does not boot and that it is only for parts.
Bought one with a cracked case, it’s working, I can take pictures with it, but can’t connect to wifi, it says wrong password. I tried “Wi-Fi Reset: Wi-Fi and mode for 8 seconds”, but nothing happends. Am I supposed to do that on or off? Any advices?
EDIT: never mind, it’s working. The steps were not clear to me, so: install plugin, clic on it, disconnect camera, hold the mode button then press the wifi (for some other user like me who found the instructions little too spartan)
oh, wow. You got it working? This is great news. Did you combine the $55 one with the cracked case with your existing unit? Or, are you using a V with a cracked case now? Very cool that you got a solution.
The one with cracked case appears to be working, so far. It also has a slight chipped lens, so I’d like to swap the lenses,too. Or mayebe use the chipped lenses and keep the others as backup, as it shouldn’t affect the picture. For now I’m worried about the case, in the possibility of condensation through the crack
You need to take out the entire unit as a lens assembly, not just a single lens. Do not separate the two lenses. Do not mix-and-match. If you change one lens only, there will be a stitch inconsistency.
Can you just take that one piece of the case from one camera?
If it were me, I would first try waterproof electrical tape over the damaged section and try to use the camera that is working (with the broken side).
Ha, I didn’t think of that!! I thought you would need to take out the whole case for that side piece! But with a flat tweezer I was able to fit it in! So, yeah, I will use it like this for now, as the chip on the lens does not seem to be vizible in the pictures, at least in indoor light.
Yes, of course I was thinking of swapping the whole lens assembly; with that, there is no need for some calibration between the assembly and the motherboard? (for future reference)
This is not supported by ricoh. However, from reading about other people’s experience, it seems like the the lenses are calibrated as an lens unit. The entire unit appears to retain the calibration when used with a different motherboard. I have not tried it.
If it were me, I would not do the swap if I had a working camera even if the side was a little damaged. I would only try the swap if I had no other choice.
Right, keep it as it it for now, and the other one as spare lens and battery. Thank you very much!!!
They both costed me 190$ (in convertion), so I’m happy with that!
