drift ghost hd camera

[Jonny491]

Back in October I bought myself a drift ghost hd of eBay and it was working fine until when one day I was charging it from the mains and it fell about a foot with the usb still attached, and now the usb doesn't fit correctly and it doesn't charge:( so I was just wondering if anyone knows anywhere that fixes drift ghost?

Cheers in advance
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[Minty]

Have you looked on their website?
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[grr666]

Does it also charge via HDMI? There's a mini HDMI socket there but you may
need to source a cable. I got one from ebay myself for 1.99 delivered.
I'll have a go with mine later and report back
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[doggone]

No you have to use the mini USB, there may be a way to charge the battery out of it on a stand alone charger.
The mini-USB on mine broke away completely inside without any obvious incident to cause it other than connecting and disconnecting.
That was still under warranty and they sent a new camera.
Suggests to me this must be a reasonably common fault.

Inside, the mini-USB is soldered direct to the main board with tiny legs.
If you see how it is done you would be far more careful plugging it in - does not look strong.
You *might* be able to re-attach it or have someone with electronic skills do it.
Getting into the camera internals only requires a Phillips 00 size screwdriver, it's all fairly simple inside with nothing to fall out and be impossible to put back right.

[Musketeer]

[-Matt-]

If its only the USB connection point thats damaged this might be a cheap get-around fix.

External charger (and a spare battery) for under a tenner.

Imagine that will still leaves you with the problem of getting the videos off the camera, but if you get a cheap USB card reader like this you should be able to get files off it easily.

Not a fix admittedly and will take a few seconds to remove the battery/card each time, but I doubt getting it properly fixed is going to cost around a tenner

[Beehive Bedlam]

You should have bought something less fashionable and more robust.

[barrkel]

I have two batteries, a charger and a USB microSD card reader. One battery is always charging, when the camera runs out of battery I just swap over. I never plug mine in via USB, unless I'm touring and I need to charge two batteries simultaneously overnight.

I've had bad luck with mini-USB connectors, all too often they've stopped working on various devices.
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[Iain.]

[Beehive Bedlam]

I've gone through several of Apples USB lightening cables which becomes costly at £14.99 each they just aren't made to last as far as I know cheap copies still won't work so I will be returning to android again when it is time to upgrade.

Back on topic I'm on the lookout for a helmet cam and was considering a drift ghost but now I have seen this thread I'm going to steer clear.

[Irn-Bru]

Contact Drift support they are quite good, I have had to loads in the past
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[-Matt-]

[MC]

[Jonny491]

Alright thanks a lot guys for the help, I think I'm going to contact drift as I was just going to use the external chargers but then I'd be stuck if I have to update the software on the camera.
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[Albigularis]

[grr666]

I'm pretty happy with mine too.
Seems quite robust to me as well.
My screen/bodywork mount arrived today so I may go out in my S3
for a play later. Too wet for video shenanigans on a bike where I am today.
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[Musketeer]

As the thread shifted towards "What do you think about your Drift?" I will say I don't like my Drift Ghost.
-It often freezes and the only way to make it work is removing the battery for a moment.
-Battery life is only good when the battery is new, then it's not that great.
-Video quality is OK'ish, GoPro is much better.
-Drift mounts are rubbish, I replaced all the mounts with GoPro ones + adapter.
-A fault developed with my battery hatch, when asked about parts availability (dealers don't have them) my email was simply ignored. There are no other parts available than lenses, batteries and mounts so I'm pretty sure OP that you won't find anything useful from Drift website to repair your USB port.
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[grr666]

Go pro 3m tape is better than drift 3m tape is it?
Interesting. I have to ask, why did you buy a drift then?

https://geekanddummy.com/action-camera-comparison-gopro-3-vs-ghost-drift-hd-vs-garmin-virb-hd/
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Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[Albigularis]

[Beehive Bedlam]

I'm only buying one to cover my own ass for insurance purposes if however I do have an incident and it is my fault and the blame can not be pinned on the nearest person the camera will be destroyed at the crash site If I am conscious before the police arrived.

I will get a camera hard wired into a future bike to save the hassle of keeping it charged.

[Lone-Wolf]

[Irn-Bru]

When the battery latch broke on my old HD170 they upgraded me to the smaller HD 1080p which was nice.
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[Musketeer]

[gbrand42]

[DB1965]

I have the hd ghost S had the same problems with locking up and card freezing so i reformated all my cards on my pc 64 gb mircro sd;s this sorted the locking problem and the card issues for some reason the cards if you format them via the actual camera unit cause problems saw this fix on a techy site and has worked well for me. so make a point of reformating on the pc whenever copy over vids now with a monthly factory reset on the actual unit as well
the batteries brought a charger i can charge via a USB socket on the bike. This Unit comes with a couple of batteries not Drift Pantone for 23 quid comes with USB, Cig & plug leads for the charger unit https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bundle-Charger-Battery-FX-DC02-1800mah/dp/B00GXEIQOO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420308096&sr=8-3&keywords=drift+batteries 1/3 the price of drift replacement batteries and good charger unit all ce marked ect, one of the benifits of having a Funk with a twin usb socket installed in it
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