[MOD] Hacked Camera.APK for better audio quality, usage with any battery life & MORE!
Final Update-
Some people have been asking for sourcecode/instructions, so once more, this is the method I used, all credit to Rafalense.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10980448&postcount=268
Those of you wanting me to reupload the APK's, I'm sorry, I don't have them stored anymore, and I wouldn't put them up even if I did. They're based on ANCIENT firmware revisions, and whilst I can appreciate you still would like the functionality somehow, I'm not interested in taking on the project again at this time. Thank you very much for your continued use and desire for my work though, it's very flattering.
I won't be actively developing or supporting this anymore because of it's defunct nature. If you want something similar, I highly recommend the lgCamera app, which has a far better implementation of improved bitrates (select whatever bitrates you want in a menu.) You can get lgCamera on the market- I highly reccomend it.
Anyone who wants to pick up this project can feel free to discuss here or make a new thread, as you please. If you do, please include the link to the guide by Rafalense, as it was the basis for this mod and will doubtlessly be of use to someone.
(Original Post Below)
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In light of my new student status, and since my student loan doesn't even cover my accommodation... I have made a donate link.
If you use the mod regularly, please consider donating, it would really help me out. Don't worry if you can't though, the mod will always be free for all to use.
Thanks for all the support-
- Potatoman.
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Hey folks-
It's with great pleasure that I'm releasing a hacked Camera.apk for you all today! This is my first android mod, so be gentle
Info-
The apk replaces the stock Camera.Apk in the Galaxy S II (or Samsung Captivate!), and has the following features-
- Allows use of the camera & camcorder at any battery life
- Records Audio in 192kbps/44.1Khz quality (CD Quality) rather than stock (64kbps/16khz quality)
- Increased Video Bitrate in 1080 and 720p modes* (See 2nd post for info and download link for this version)
- Optional No Sounds versions (for Standard and Highbit versions!). All of the features, None of the noise! Yes, even the autofocus noise is gone!
- HyperX-'s SuperHighBit version now available (See 2nd post for info and download link for this version)
I have left the settings for the 320x240 and 176x144 resolution modes as stock, so they will be the same size and with the same audio. This is to ensure video messages are kept within the filesize limits
Before/After Comparison (thanks robbiekhan)-
robbiekhan said:
Before:
After:
Treble is high for loud sources in this mod, I'm working on improving it in v2. for now, just stand further back like robbiekhan said - Potatoman
Treble seems high so apologies for that, car volume was higher than I realised ¬_¬
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Additional info:
If you want to get rid of the shutter sound, create a file in /data called local.prop and add the line "ro.camera.sound.forced=0" and restart your phone. This removes both the shutter sound and the focus sound when your phone is on silent, but keeps the sound when it's not on silent. - llBlackenedll
Install Guide:
1) Root & install a file manager which lets you browse root
2) browse to /system/app, and rename your Camera.apk to Camera.apk.bak and your Camera.odex to Camera.odex.bak (for use as a backup to restore from)
3) Unrar my APK (password: [email protected]) and copy it over to /system/app.
4) Rename it Camera.apk
5) Close the file manager and run the Camera app from the main menu
6) IF the app fails to run, or the shortcut is missing, go back to the /system/app folder and try to install it (tap it in root explorer then "install"). This step is only a fallback, do NOT do this if it works already at step 5.
7) Enjoy!
ADB Install Guide- See 2nd post!
This mod was tested on my own Galaxy S II with KE2, KE7, KG1, VillainROM and CognitionROM firmwares.
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Thanks all, hope you enjoy! Thank if you like it
(Download: http://www.multiupload.com/KHRWLERS4J)
(Download with no sounds: http://www.multiupload.com/NNR1SYDYL6 Same password. Be sure to remove cam_start.ogg, cam_stopp.ogg, Camera_click.ogg, Camera_click_short.ogg, Shutter_01.ogg and videoRecord.ogg from /system/media/audio/ui as well!)
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Credits-
Potatoman - Sound implimentation & merging of features & Version Splitting/Maintainance
Soraxd - Original battery life functionality & upcoming music playing functionality
Rafalense - A great post which lead me through how to do this mod over on the Galaxy S forums
pulser_g2 - Original battery life functionality (with soraxD )
llBlackenedll - tip on how to disable shutter sounds
robbiekhan - Before/After Comparison videos
Antoniotdi - An excellent bugfix
hyperX - Great minds think alike eh? HyperX released a similar mod to this on the same day as me! Anyway, we'll be working together on cameramods from now on. Good news huh?
Knightnz - The ADB install guide
ADB Install guide (Thanks knightnz!)-
knightnz said:
How to install using adb with phone connected to your computer:
Copy the new .apk to the root of the internal sdcard of the phone. then run the appropriate set of commands:
STANDARD VERSION:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system
cp -r /sdcard/Camera.apk /system/app/Camera.apk
chmod 644 /system/app/Camera.apk
NO SOUND VERSION:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system
cp -r /sdcard/CameraSoundless.apk /system/app/Camera.apk
chmod 644 /system/app/Camera.apk
cd /system/media/audio/ui
rm cam*
rm Cam*
rm Shut*
rm Video*
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HyperX-'s SuperHighBit version released!
This is kept here because it isn't mine to remove, and I haven't heard from HyperX in a while. Please note I wont be able to support anyone with this if you choose to use it.
hyperX- said:
Since some of you know me... i imigrated from Symbian here to Android.
Now i am working on several mods with Potatoman to bring you more mods/tweaks stuff.
I have prepared a package, with the following settings:
1080p mode: Normal – 17 Mbit Fine – 24 Mbit – Super fine – 30 Mbit
720p mode Normal – 9 Mbit Fine – 13 Mbit Super fine – 17 Mbit
Both modes have audio at 48000 khz at 192 kbit
Download
Also for those, who are interessted, my site will be soon updated for an Android section.
www.hx-custom-roms.com
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DISCLAIMER TO AVOID DRAMA-
I work on this in my own time as a project, as and when I see fit. At no point does using or donating to the development of this app entitle you to demand anything from me other than what has already been shared. The app is also for use "as is", with no warranty. Support is provided by me (and other helpful members) in this thread and in my PM box as and when we desire.
Anyone who takes an issue with this is more than welcome to not use the app, not post here, and otherwise avoid being a nuisance to the rest of us in this thread.
thanks it works
Nice will download it. But for version 2.. I am able film and listen to music at the same time now on KE7
Cool . Are you able to make the power button work as a shutter key when in the camera app ?
good work, thanks!
This looks great, can someone please upload it to an Android browser friendly file sharing site, like megashare.com for example. Many thanks.
pin spot still here ?
sorrowuk said:
Cool . Are you able to make the power button work as a shutter key when in the camera app ?
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+1 Good idea
Screen brightness low
Hi nice work, thanks. I have one problem with it. When I turn on Camera screen brightness turns to the lowest value, so it is very hard to see what I am filming or photographing.
Potatoman said:
Info-
The apk replaces the stock Camera.Apk in the Galaxy S II, and has the following features-
- Allows use of the camera & camcorder at any battery life
- Records Audio in 192kbps/44.1Khz quality (CD Quality) rather than stock (64kbps/16khz quality)
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Great work man!
Quesiton: does anyone think that there might be a little more video quality to squeeze out of the phone too, or is this already flat maxed out on 1080p at highest settings?
^^ The video quality is already very good. low light sensitivity is a lot better than iPhone 4, for example. I have tested side by side and the ip4 is blocky in low light and motion isn't as good.
Before:
After:
Treble seems high so apologies for that, car volume was higher than I realised ¬_¬
really good job! Works like a charm !!!!
Excellent, could you also fix the force close when running camera on LCD density 160?
It seems only working on the default LCD density 240.
Mine is working fine at 182dpi. But we need a few modifications to the design. It only looks usable at 240dpi.
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Thankssssssssssss waiting for v2
Samsung Galaxy S II gets 1080p 24 Mbit/s recording hack
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-gets-1080p-24-mbits-recording-hack-31155902/
Wow, fast replies
zxz0O0 said:
Nice will download it. But for version 2.. I am able film and listen to music at the same time now on KE7
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Really? Lucky you then when I tested on mine it closes the music player while camera app is open... but maybe it's because I'm not using stock music player. I'll test some more. Either way, enjoy:
sorrowuk said:
Cool . Are you able to make the power button work as a shutter key when in the camera app ?
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I was thinking about trying this, I'll look into it. Shouldn't be too hard.
padlad said:
This looks great, can someone please upload it to an Android browser friendly file sharing site, like megashare.com for example. Many thanks.
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Done. Password is potatoman: http://www.MegaShare.com/3306744. Enjoy
djase said:
pin spot still here ?
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Can you explain what you mean? I don't understand
mdaaddic said:
Hi nice work, thanks. I have one problem with it. When I turn on Camera screen brightness turns to the lowest value, so it is very hard to see what I am filming or photographing.
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Was your battery very low? I know if the battery is VERY low the brightness on the whole phone dims completely, but this isn't something I can fix. If not, it's an odd problem, I can't seem to replicate it... mine retains the brightness it is set to. Can you try enabling the "Auto Brightness" in settings (Display -> brightness -> automatic brightness) and see if it works better then? If not you may have to resort to enabling "outdoor visibility mode" in the camera settings to use it until I can replicate it to fix it.
Richdog said:
Great work man!
Quesiton: does anyone think that there might be a little more video quality to squeeze out of the phone too, or is this already flat maxed out on 1080p at highest settings?
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Robbiekhan hit the nail on the head, increasing the bitrate doesnt necessarily increase the quality by a margin that is worth having... especially with the associated filesize increase. I managed to get it working at 32Mpbs bitrate, but the quality didnt warrant doubling the amount of space it used up.
robbiekhan said:
^^ The video quality is already very good. low light sensitivity is a lot better than iPhone 4, for example. I have tested side by side and the ip4 is blocky in low light and motion isn't as good.
Before:
After:
Treble seems high so apologies for that, car volume was higher than I realised ¬_¬
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Thank you for the comparison videos! I'll add them to the first post for people to see as an example (if you don't want me to just let me know :3)
trUePN said:
Excellent, could you also fix the force close when running camera on LCD density 160?
It seems only working on the default LCD density 240.
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KLoNe1 said:
Mine is working fine at 182dpi. But we need a few modifications to the design. It only looks usable at 240dpi.
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As much as I'd like to, I'm not sure how to go about it. Did the camera app work before at those resolutions? I don't imagine it did, since I didn't change any of the graphics... which means its crashing because of something else. Probably needs a graphic redraw to suitable sizes for the resolutions, but that's quite time consuming and I can't really commit to something like that right now. Sorry.
ermacwins said:
Samsung Galaxy S II gets 1080p 24 Mbit/s recording hack
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-gets-1080p-24-mbits-recording-hack-31155902/
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Yeah but I did it first Mine was ready a few days ago, I just waited for a reply from soraxd as a courtesy before releasing publicly.
The method is the same for changing the video settings as it is audio, but I felt when testing that the difference in quality was not worth the difference in filesize. When I shot a video at 1080p with 36Mbps (that was the max I could use without the phone crashing) it looked virtually identical to the original one, but used up twice the space. If enough people really want it (though I don't see why) I will happily add the functionality to this apk, so you can enjoy the other features as well.
Hope this helped-
Potatoman
Potatoman said:
Wow, fast replies
As much as I'd like to, I'm not sure how to go about it. Did the camera app work before at those resolutions? I don't imagine it did, since I didn't change any of the graphics... which means its crashing because of something else. Probably needs a graphic redraw to suitable sizes for the resolutions, but that's quite time consuming and I can't really commit to something like that right now. Sorry.
Potatoman
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It actually works on LCD density 160, but crashes when you try to scroll down at camera settings or change to videocam.
For now I switch density when I use my camera properly, np.
Password on the file
Edit: My bad, wrong password...
Related
Due to conflicts between Color Calibration and the camera/video playback overlays, I would recommend not to do these modifications. If it was the case, just restore your nandroid backup.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
I'll try to improve the compatibility with our devices.
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to share some knowledge about a discovery I've made today.
Just like a lot of our Galaxy S community members, my screen was way too blueish (temperature "over 9000" kelvin).
However, by googling a few keywords around, I saw that a fix by storm9999 was available for the droid, N1, and even desire xx phones.
Basically I just tried to do the modifications on my Galaxy S with the Darky's 6.0 Gingerbread edition rom. And it works!
Here is a screenshot of the application:
http://img600.imageshack.us/i/uicolor.jpg
Requirements:
- Rooted phone
- Clockworkmod
- An Android 2.2[+] ROM (successfully tested on Darky's 6.0)
Installation:
- Make an nandroid backup just to be safe (français, english)
- Put the under-attached zip and apk files into the root folder of your internal sdcard
- Restart your phone in recovery mode
- Choose "install zip from sdcard", "choose zip from sdcard", and select the "calibrated-signed..." zip file
- Reboot your phone. Note: At first reboot, sim card may not be functional. Just reboot, and the issue should be gone
- Install the "calibrator-5.1" apk file with Astro or else
- Enjoy!
Please if you try this fix with another froyo rom, tell us if it works or not. I'll put a compatibility list here!
ROM compatibility:
- Darky's v6.0 Gingerbread ed. JPX => OK
- Stock JPU with CF-root => OK
Known bugs:
- If calibration is enabled, Spare Parts will crash when Render Settings is opened.
- When you tune your colors, the overlay appears over the sliders, and not over the calibration field at the top
- Camera and video playback lose their overlay
Credits
- Storm9999 for the apk and certificate
- Cyanogen and his team for the source files
- RixKliq for the icon making
- Xenio2000 for the UI improvements
- Supercurio for not integrating his awesome voodoo colorfix in JPU and JPX versions Sans rancune l'ami!
eruur said:
- Supercurio for not integrating his awesome voodoo colorfix in JPU and JPX versions Sans rancune l'ami!
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Lol yeah it's a good alternative and don't require recompiled kernel !
Limitation is that it lower the final brightness and reduce the color-resolution (something like 18 or 20 bits depending the adjustment you apply - very rough estimation)
but hey, it works !
Thank you eruur
Just installed, but i noticed no differencies, droid calibrator has red blue and green at 1000 is it ok?
Working in stock JPU with CF-root
but is the color overlay really supposed to appear over the sliders? shouldn't it be covering the calibration field at the top?
looks like this here:
Razer(x) said:
Just installed, but i noticed no differencies, droid calibrator has red blue and green at 1000
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You need to click on "User 1", then tune your colors. If your screen is a little blue, just decrease its value to something like 960.
Then save your settings.
At first I thought it wasn't working too, but if I put my blue value to 500, my screen is all yellow :d So it is actually working
I also recommend to do your calibration with the maximum brightness in order to be accurate!
@supercurio: De rien! lol
XlAfbk said:
Working in stock JPU with CF-root
but is the color overlay really supposed to appear over the sliders? shouldn't it be covering the calibration field at the top?
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Indeed, I've noticed that also. You need to save, quit, and relaunch the calibrator to see the effect on the top field. I will try to fix the overlay position!
Does it make you lose overlays in camera and video player like it used to do before? Ie. is it modified in some way to be more compatible with stock Galaxy Froyo or is it just the unmodified files from stormy?
works with darky's rom 6.0 JPX + speedmod kernel K11C
Case_ said:
Does it make you lose overlays in camera and video player like it used to do before? Ie. is it modified in some way to be more compatible with stock Galaxy Froyo or is it just the unmodified files from stormy?
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I searched and did not find any info about galaxy compatibility. You're right, the overlays do not work anymore in camera and video player.
Sorry about that, hadn't noticed. I guess it doesn't work that well afterall :/
I'll look into that.
Wowww ! work very good
eruur said:
You need to click on "User 1", then tune your colors. If your screen is a little blue, just decrease its value to something like 960.
Then save your settings.
At first I thought it wasn't working too, but if I put my blue value to 500, my screen is all yellow :d So it is actually working
I also recommend to do your calibration with the maximum brightness in order to be accurate!
@supercurio: De rien! lol
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Thanks, mine seems to be good with no changes
nesquix said:
Wowww ! work very good
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Does your camera still work good?
i can confirm the camera issues. had to restore libsurfaceflinger.so
XlAfbk said:
i can confirm the camera issues. had to restore libsurfaceflinger.so
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Where to find it?
in your nandroid backup or an extracted factoryfs.rfs
XlAfbk said:
in your nandroid backup or an extracted factoryfs.rfs
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Yeah, but where? (path)
eruur said:
I searched and did not find any info about galaxy compatibility. You're right, the overlays do not work anymore in camera and video player.
Sorry about that, hadn't noticed. I guess it doesn't work that well afterall :/
I'll look into that.
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I think I've posted about that in the original thread quite some time ago and I'm fairly certain I've mentioned this option in some Galaxy S threads either here in Development or in General. But that was most likely sometime in August or September, so it's long forgotten.
I guess it makes sense that the overlays stop working, given that you need to replace the libsurfaceflinger.so for this to work.
Too bad, I was quite excited that someone finally managed to get it to work on stock Galaxy ROM. I'd love to have the option to calibrate my screen to 6500K properly to match my PC screen and I thought someone finally made it possible without the need to use CyanogenMod (not that I have anything against CM, it's just it isn't all that stable/usable just yet).
Anyway, if anybody is interesting in using this even in this state, my screen is pretty close to 6500K when using these settings:
R: 965 G: 740 B: 720
Of course every screen is a bit different and the color temperature of SAMOLED screens changes with time, so no guarantees that this will work for you as well.
Case_ said:
I think I've posted about that in the original thread quite some time ago and I'm fairly certain I've mentioned this option in some Galaxy S threads either here in Development or in General. But that was most likely sometime in August or September, so it's long forgotten.
I guess it makes sense that the overlays stop working, given that you need to replace the libsurfaceflinger.so for this to work.
Too bad, I was quite excited that someone finally managed to get it to work on stock Galaxy ROM. I'd love to have the option to calibrate my screen to 6500K properly to match my PC screen and I thought someone finally made it possible without the need to use CyanogenMod (not that I have anything against CM, it's just it isn't all that stable/usable just yet).
Anyway, if anybody is interesting in using this even in this state, my screen is pretty close to 6500K when using these settings:
R: 965 G: 740 B: 720
Of course every screen is a bit different and the color temperature of SAMOLED screens changes with time, so no guarantees that this will work for you as well.
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Sorry for the false joy.. I was also disappointed!
Anyway, I'll play with the modified libsurfaceflinger to see if I can come up with something.
Oh and for Razer: path /root/system/lib
I think you need to put a DEV tag on the title. Good threads have been tossed to general becuse of this.
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oh ****ttttt camera don't work too on JPX
I've noticed that Camera app in CM7 doesn't show any values for ISO settings, but in the official ROM it's a supported feature.
So, I've modified a bit the Camera app source code, to show the ISO settings for the I9000 model.
Also, ISO 50 and ISO 1600 are supported, that were not listed in the offical rom. I think ISO50 = ISO100 because of hardware or driver limitations.
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Instalation methods:
I have attached the modified Camera.apk that you can install by doing:
# adb install -r Camera.apk
or
by simply copying the apk to the device and installing it like any other application.
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Modified Sources:
I don't know really if this hack should be in the CM7 repository, so I've forked the module in github and anyone is free to checkout the code and my mods.
https://github.com/mauro235/android_packages_apps_Camera
It's merely an easy hack, but I hope you can find it quite interesting and useful.
I've added support for metering modes while we wait for official support.
Touch focus didn't work.
It's all Cyanogenmod magic code, thanks to the devs who are working on it.
Here some logcat logs that show the effective settings:
D/CameraSettings( 2476): Parameters: [antibanding-values=auto,50hz,60hz,off, antibanding=auto, effect-values=none,mono,negative,sepia, effect=none, exposure-compensation-step=0.5, exposure-compensation=0, focal-length=3.79, focus-distances=0.10,0.20,Infinity, focus-mode-values=auto,infinity,macro, focus-mode=auto, horizontal-view-angle=51.2, iso=400, jpeg-quality=90, jpeg-thumbnail-height=120, jpeg-thumbnail-quality=100, jpeg-thumbnail-size-values=160x120,0x0, jpeg-thumbnail-width=160, max-exposure-compensation=4, max-zoom=30, min-exposure-compensation=-4, picture-format-values=jpeg, picture-format=jpeg, picture-size-values=2560x1920,2560x1536,2048x1536,2048x1232,1600x1200,1600x960,800x480,640x480, picture-size=2560x1920, preview-format-values=yuv420sp, preview-format=yuv420sp, preview-fps-range-values=(7000,30000), preview-fps-range=7000,30000, preview-frame-rate-values=30,20,15,10,7, preview-frame-rate=30, preview-size-values=1280x720,800x480,720x480,640x480,592x480,352x288, preview-size=640x480, rotation=0, scene-mode-values=auto,portrait,landscape,night,beach,snow,sunset,fireworks,sports,party,candlelight, scene-mode=auto, vertical-view-angle=39.4, video-frame-format=yuv420sp, whitebalance-values=auto,incandescent,fluorescent,daylight,cloudy-daylight, whitebalance=auto, zoom-ratios=100,110,120,130,140,150,160,170,180,190,200,210,220,230,240,250,260,270,280,290,300,310,320,330,340,350,360,370,380,390,400, zoom-supported=true, zoom=0]
D/CameraSettings( 2476): Parameters: [antibanding-values=auto,50hz,60hz,off, antibanding=auto, effect-values=none,mono,negative,sepia, effect=none, exposure-compensation-step=0.5, exposure-compensation=0, focal-length=3.79, focus-distances=0.10,1.20,Infinity, focus-mode-values=auto,infinity,macro, focus-mode=auto, horizontal-view-angle=51.2, iso=50, jpeg-quality=90, jpeg-thumbnail-height=120, jpeg-thumbnail-quality=100, jpeg-thumbnail-size-values=160x120,0x0, jpeg-thumbnail-width=160, max-exposure-compensation=4, max-zoom=30, min-exposure-compensation=-4, picture-format-values=jpeg, picture-format=jpeg, picture-size-values=2560x1920,2560x1536,2048x1536,2048x1232,1600x1200,1600x960,800x480,640x480, picture-size=2560x1920, preview-format-values=yuv420sp, preview-format=yuv420sp, preview-fps-range-values=(7000,30000), preview-fps-range=7000,30000, preview-frame-rate-values=30,20,15,10,7, preview-frame-rate=30, preview-size-values=1280x720,800x480,720x480,640x480,592x480,352x288, preview-size=640x480, rotation=0, scene-mode-values=auto,portrait,landscape,night,beach,snow,sunset,fireworks,sports,party,candlelight, scene-mode=auto, vertical-view-angle=39.4, video-frame-format=yuv420sp, whitebalance-values=auto,incandescent,fluorescent,daylight,cloudy-daylight, whitebalance=auto, zoom-ratios=100,110,120,130,140,150,160,170,180,190,200,210,220,230,240,250,260,270,280,290,300,310,320,330,340,350,360,370,380,390,400, zoom-supported=true, zoom=0]
Thank you! I'll try it (even if I think that iso increase could bring too much digital noise, on such a camera)
Thanks!
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sweet! thanks m8
°Dexter° said:
Thank you! I'll try it (even if I think that iso increase could bring too much digital noise, on such a camera)
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You could set it to ISO 100 instead of auto and get great pictures without too much noise, at least with natural / artificial light
+1
is it even related to videos?
hostilevader said:
+1
is it even related to videos?
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Thanks!
It's a setting for pictures. I don't know if there is another missing feature.
Now I'm doing some experimental research on video improvements and the myth of 1080p recording.
mauro235 said:
Thanks!
It's a setting for pictures. I don't know if there is another missing feature.
Now I'm doing some experimental research on video improvements and the myth of 1080p recording.
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[ot] ma sei italiano? [/ot]
We were discussing about 720p problems in low light situations in another 3d. Did you notice that on your phone? I've the same problem on MIUI/CM7/CM Insanity (all CM based releases).
hostilevader said:
[ot] ma sei italiano? [/ot]
We were discussing about 720p problems in low light situations in another 3d. Did you notice that on your phone? I've the same problem on MIUI/CM7/CM Insanity (all CM based releases).
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Can you please post the link to the thread?
As far as I know, the current libcamera.so doesn't have an api to set the light sensivity on video recording. It may be hardcoded deep in hardware, I'll check again the Kernel driver.
Another issue is the continuous auto-focus on video recording. Apparently not supported, I'll try that also.
Here you can find some good links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/itagem?feature=mhsn
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15154828#post15154828
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15154595#post15154595
mauro235 said:
I think ISO50 = ISO100 because of hardware or driver limitations.
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I taken pictures with miui rom at daylight and in this pictures propietes show me 50 iso
P$T said:
I taken pictures with miui rom at daylight and in this pictures propietes show me 50 iso
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Yes and it's an accepted value by the driver. But deep in the kernel driver I remember seeing something like ISO_50 = ISO_100.
Anyways, the hability of setting a custom ISO in the range from 100 to 1600 it's a good thing. At least for me.
well done nyc job
Added more experimental stuff, seems to work.
Tested ISO 100 and Touch focus - works like a charm Thanks!
PS: add metering mode to that
Hi,
realy realy good.
But please, could you implement, that we can save the videos to sdcard???
This would realy realy realy raly NICE AND GOOD!!!!
Big big thanks
Bye
Маuro youare the MAn
port is awesome m8 especially on camera
camacoder have some litle issue ,freezing,breаcking down
but your job is great
10ks again
ashwinds said:
Tested ISO 100 and Touch focus - works like a charm Thanks!
PS: add metering mode to that
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Thanks for the feedback
djsven said:
Hi,
realy realy good.
But please, could you implement, that we can save the videos to sdcard???
This would realy realy realy raly NICE AND GOOD!!!!
Big big thanks
Bye
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I'll try.
hensk said:
Маuro youare the MAn
port is awesome m8 especially on camera
camacoder have some litle issue ,freezing,breаcking down
but your job is great
10ks again
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I haven't touched the Video interface yet. It's working ok for me on lastest CM7 nightly and stock kernel.
BTW: It's all Cyanogenmod magic code, thanks to the devs who are working on it.
Hi, I'm a happy user of your app on cm7 and i saw that a lot of features are added in last nightlies.
Is it possible that you include them (power button shutter, zoom in camcorder with volume buttons...)?
Thank you for your great work.
Sent from a CM7 Galaxy
Important notice from forum moderator gregbradley
please read this
New Camera V4 ReleasedSorry for the delay, my parents are on vacation this weeks, so I took this time to be more time with them.
The greater feature in this version are the Exposure modes and the shutter speed, the rest of the changes are below in changelog.
This versions as some minor bugs, like on SA exposure mode and shutter speed should not be available.
when choosing auto exposure mode, ISO and speed should be disabled and the same on other exposure modes.
when choosing shutter prio, max speed is 1/125s don't know why, when using manual, it always use the next ISO chosen, don't know why...
I was thinking... for the people that have faced some bugs on SA, not showing more resolutions, maybe is because of superior auto xposed mode. The best way to disable signature verification ( framework patch ) is to use some xposed mode, like serajr mode and enabling super user mode, or using xInstaller (hadn't try this mode).
I have made my patched code available on my github account
Special thanks to @Lanchon for the great DexPatcher tools. and to @serajr for the xposed mode, that came really handy to disable signature verification
Downloads and Changelog's are below.
And don't forget to hit thanks
Important Discalimer:Be sure to have a System Backup, bootloop is always a possibility (we hope not).
I'm not responsible if something bad happen to your phone... Blah Blah Blah... you know the deal...
What Is:Well, this is a mod of the Z3 Camera with some features unlocked.
This mod is indicated to people who want more control over camera functions, like scenes, iso and more MP.
Current Features:Version 1:
In this Mod I have unlocked 15MP and 20MP on superior auto mode.
Unlocked the ability to use HDR and Scene modes on 15MP and 20MP.
Added more ISO values on the list.
Version 2:
Based on Z3+ camera (28.0.A.7.27_R6A)
Changed application name
Increased the default jpeg quality from 97 to 100
Added new exposure modes (this new modes appear in ISO, they are not complete, it's only a little taste of what I pretend to do)
Version 2.2:
Fixed lockscreen shortcut and lauching camera when screen is off
Version 3:
Based on Z3App 23.4.A.0.546_R14C
Added new Resolution in SuperiorAuto (8MP , 8MP WIDE, 15MP, 20MP)
Version 4:
Source made available on my github
Exposure Mode added on menu, auto, ISO priority, shutter priority and manual
Added option to control shutter Speed, 0 means 1 second, 12 means 1/5000 seconds
Modded menu order, since it has more options I opted for the more important settings at the top.
Fixed some translations.
Added new focus mode "macro", (for the interested people, give a closer look on the source for more details on the focus mode)
Cant remember if I made something else xD
More will become...
Prerequisites:
A compatible phone like the Z series...
Root
Instructions:
First We will prevent bootloops and messed up things...
So starting from clear camera data and removing original camera App, choose the Graphical or Terminal way, or both if you want to have really sure of the processGraphical way:
go to settings->applications->select camera-> clear data
open your file explorer(Like ES File Explorer), go to "/system/priv-app/"
backup and remove SemcCameraUI folder
Terminal way:
adb shell "su -c cp -r /system/priv-app/SemcCameraUI/ /sdcard/SemcCameraUI"
adb shell "su -c rm -r /system/priv-app/SemcCameraUI/"
adb shell "pm clear com.sonyericsson.android.camera"
Since we have a odexed rom, and our package has a different signature, lets patch service.jar, it's easy!!Patch Framework:see this post for better guidance.
Also if you have serajr Xperia Xposed, with Super User Mode enabled, you are good to go, and can skip framework patch
Mod Edit
Mod Edit
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Mod Edit
Just use serajr xposed module to bypass signature verification (service.jar patching).
I can no longer tell you what was the Mod Edit. No warez allowed :angel:
Install the moded camera:
Download the moded camera V4 Download
Just install the file attached in this thread the way you like it...
Optional move app to System:If you want fast capturing to be able to take photos directly from your locked phone, we have to move the app to system
Open Mod Edit
Click on Camera App
Choose Tools
Choose "Move to /system/app"
ENJOY YOUR NEW CAMERA!!!
Thanks:
@AndroPlus for Xposed module 20MP SuperiorAuto
@luminoso for testing support
@sig.alleh for photography explanations
Screen Shots:
Screen shots are a little outdated, I will put some new one's soon.
Can I just replace the SemcCameraUI.apk with root explorer?
Very interesting, thanks.
Can you unlock anything else in superior auto?
Iso, focus modes for example
Thanks for this, working nicely!
Would it also be possible to mute the start-up sound of the camera when using the hardware buttons? Or isn't that part related to the apk? Cause I've tried replacing the camera related .ogg, .m4a and .wav files under /system/media with empty audio files but the sound is still there haha
rich2007 said:
Can I just replace the SemcCameraUI.apk with root explorer?
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Yes you can replace, but don't forget to wipe data and patch the framework.
jarayn said:
Very interesting, thanks.
Can you unlock anything else in superior auto?
Iso, focus modes for example
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Superior auto is supposed to be "auto", so that kind of mod's only makes sense in manual mode.
aardappel12 said:
Thanks for this, working nicely!
Would it also be possible to mute the start-up sound of the camera when using the hardware buttons? Or isn't that part related to the apk? Cause I've tried replacing the camera related .ogg, .m4a and .wav files under /system/media with empty audio files but the sound is still there haha
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I just noticed that sound now, I don't like it too, I will try to mute it.
nice, bro could you provide the original SemcCameraUI.apk...? please
thanks in advance!
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Help! I.do it all like the instructions and camera fc closes
Provide original semccameraui please
Have you patched the framework and clear data?
Also have you rebooted?
Wait a little, I will provide you the original camera soon
Here you have it. The original camera
https://mega.co.nz/#!hNQRhTSJ!stz9UM_K1keWoPHOqglXiWLnu0fc1DVkHddiCmiO-Vo
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Does this work on LP?
rich2007 said:
Does this work on LP?
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Yes, this is made from LP original camera
Great mod!
Would it be possible to add a feature to force HDR in superior auto? I've found HDR almost always improves the photo.
And add a way to change/choose which camera mode starts with camera button/from lockscreen?
Default is always Superior auto and there isn't a way to change it.
Lastly, would it be possible to add lower resolutions to superior auto, like 3.1MP? Even the defualt 8MP is sometimes unnecesarily big.
Anyway, even without those changes thanks for the great work!
going to try this, thx!
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Great mod!
Would it be possible to add a feature to force HDR in superior auto? I've found HDR almost always improves the photo.
And add a way to change/choose which camera mode starts with camera button/from lockscreen?
Default is always Superior auto and there isn't a way to change it.
Lastly, would it be possible to add lower resolutions to superior auto, like 3.1MP? Even the default 8MP is sometimes unnecesarily big.
Anyway, even without those changes thanks for the great work!
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About HDR in Superior Auto, as I said before,Superior Auto it's supposed to be auto. Also HDR requires that you won't move the camera when shooting.
About adding a way to change/choose which camera mode starts on Fast Capture I pretend to do it, but maybe it will take a little bit... Just wait
About 3MP I see no advantages, can you tell me what's your reason? Space? speed? other?
Regarding HDR, I know, but was still hoping maybe you'll agree It's mostly a personal preference to how/what I photograph.
Anyway, if autostart mode can be changed/selected, I can always choose to start manual with HDR so no problem That would be awesome!
Also, 3.1MP I've found is the optimal for me for standard photos - speed, size, battery and fast auto upload to the cloud/services, which again saves a lot of battery. No visual difference even when looking on a TV screen because it's resolution is still big enough that it gets scaled down.
I really wanted this to work but it just wont.
have tried every which way to get it installed but it always either fails to install or camera fails when trying to launch
Thanks for the mod, it's working so far!
Only gripe is that I can't select the SD card anymore as saving location. I also applied the SD card fix to the system, but the option stays greyed out. Any suggestions?
Has nobody else the problem with the greyed out SD card option?
Have you tried to reboot after moving to system
Also have you cleared the app data
Here is working fine.
Sent from my D5803 using XDA Free mobile app
zezadas said:
Have you tried to reboot after moving to system
Also have you cleared the app data
Here is working fine.
Sent from my D5803 using XDA Free mobile app
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Yeah I also tried clearing data and rebooted several times. SD card option remains grey.
Other apps don't have problems to access SD card.
not working
Unfortunately it does not work.
I can not enable HDR or Scenes in manual camera mode.
I've tried LuckyPatcher, clean Cache and Dalvik, Reboot, ........
Can use internal and external storage (sd card).
My system:
KitKat 4.4.4 with Firmware 23.0.1.A.5.7 (Stock Rom, Stock Kernel), rooted, Recovery, Xposed with LuckyPatcher, ......
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Unfortunately it does not work.
I can not enable HDR or Scenes in manual camera mode.
I've tried LuckyPatcher, clean Cache and Dalvik, Reboot, ........
Can use internal and external storage (sd card).
My system:
KitKat 4.4.4 with Firmware 23.0.1.A.5.7 (Stock Rom, Stock Kernel), rooted, Recovery, Xposed with LuckyPatcher, ......
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I haven't tested this on KitKat Rom's, as I said before this came from Lollipop Rom.
But that's awkward, since you can open the camera. :s
Have you done the steps right?
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, displays not working, or your phone melting *
Now with that out of the way, hello! Welcome to my first guide-thingy. As it is my first, I apologise if there is a mistake or if I have left something out, but this process is exactly the process I have used.
Recently I've had a few people ask me about changing their phone's resolution and DPI as said in my signature, so I thought I'd write up a guide for people to use! The ROM I've done this on is the BlissPop AOSP ROM but the process should be similar for most if not all other Custom AOSP-Based ROMs. I am UNSURE if this process works on the stock ROM or any stock-based ROMs.
Prerequisites:
- Root access
- Root File Manager & Explorer (Such as Root Browser or ES File Explorer)
* Root Browser: https://tinyurl.com/aytbttu
*ES File Explorer: https://tinyurl.com/cd4u27q
- NOMone Resolution Changer
* https://tinyurl.com/kjg63jn
- OPTIONAL (For Multi-DPI Patch) Latest AROMA (Now known as Open) GApps Package
* http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/pa-gapps-continuation-t3098071
Lets get started!
Firstly, the Multi DPI Patch. It's not essential but allows apps to be properly resized to match your custom DPI, and in the latest Google Apps package it has an option when installing to install a multi-DPI patch for people who are using custom resolutions on their phone. Like me, I'm not using 2560x1440 (Stock 1440p resolution) I'm using 1920x1080 (1080p) resolution @ 370 DPI.
Changing your Resolution & DPI
1. Download NoMone Resolution Changer from the Play Store above (It's free) and grant root access
2a. Open a root file manager (Like Root Browser or ES File Explorer (You have to enable root-access for ES) ) and navigate to the /system folder on internal storage. Find your build.prop at the bottom. Now, you're going to want to create a backup of this file before we do anything as it defines how things work on the phone, so create a copy and move it somewhere safe from being wiped (Like an external SD card)
2b. Click on build.prop and open with a root file browser
2c. Find the line under the #ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES section that says ro.sf.lcd_density=xxx and change 560 (default DPI) to something like 430 if you want the font and stuff to stay the same size or 370 to make it smaller and hit save, grant root-save access if required. Then, open the file with another file manager to verify it's saved and changed. Adjust the DPI to something that you like, but be cautious as not all DPIs work properly (I only know of 370 & 430 that have worked for me). This step may vary depending on how your ROM sets out your build.prop.
3. Set your desired resolution in NOMone Resolution Changer (Mine is 1080x1920, remember to do it backwards so 1080x1920 not 1920x1080 otherwise your phone's GUI will be landscape and not portrait, and will go off the screen)
3b. Set your desired DPI to match the DPI you put into your build.prop file and hit apply (Grant root access if requested). The app will apply your settings and change your screen to match the new settings. It will then prompt you if you'd like to keep these settings, hit yes or no. If you hit yes, it will give you an option to change back the settings after a minute so you can see what the phone looks like at that setting.
*This next step only applies if your ROM has an option to manage the DPI setting itself, like BlissPop does, otherwise skip it*
4. After you've applied your custom resolution and DPI, go to Settings (Yes everything will be massive-sized don't worry) -> Display & Lights -> Scroll down to the bottom, hit advanced Display Settings, and change the LCD Density DPI to match the one you set in your build.prop and NOMone app.
5. Hit yes to reboot or reboot your phone if not prompted.
6. You're done! Your phone should reboot and apply your new resolution and DPI changes.
I have attached some screenshots showing off the BlissPop & Facebook UI at 1920x1080 Resolution & 370 DPI, as well as an example change in the NOMone Resolution Changer App. Lowering the Resolution and DPI is beneficial to those who want to squeeze more stuff onto their screen (it enables lots more text on the screen that isn't really big.) As well as gamers (The lower resolution doesn't strain the GPU as hard.)
If you have any issues, just delete the build.prop you edited from the /system folder in TWRP and copy over the original one you backed up and put it in the /system folder.
Known issues caused by this guide:
- Boot animation may stretch when booting.
- Recent app previews will also be larger for some unknown reason, this is a small side effect however.
Hope this helped!
Now ...again...me....you forgot to mention borked gigantic recents and borked bootanimation on boot.....you should add it to issues list...IMHO
Subbed here as well
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m1trand1r said:
you forgot to mention borked gigantic recents and borked bootanimation on boot
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I have added this to the end of the post, thanks.
iDefalt said:
I have added this to the end of the post, thanks.
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oh...even using 1080p bootanimations doesn't solve that issue....i've never looked deeper into it myself....but tried many workaround w/o succes
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I've used this application to lower resolution on my G3 to 1080p but found that the small text and other stuff was blurred because it's disproportionate to the amount of pixels, since 720p would be a more accurate number to downscale to on a 1440p screen (1/2).
Do you notice this "fuzziness"? I forget exactly which DPI I set it to when I did go down to 1080p, but the other thing I realized was that the performance gain was marginal. I did not do long-term battery testing with this, though. So the verdict is still out on whether or not there is any gain there.
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I've used this application to lower resolution on my G3 to 1080p but found that the small text and other stuff was blurred because it's disproportionate to the amount of pixels, since 720p would be a more accurate number to downscale to on a 1440p screen (1/2).
Do you notice this "fuzziness"? I forget exactly which DPI I set it to when I did go down to 1080p, but the other thing I realized was that the performance gain was marginal. I did not do long-term battery testing with this, though. So the verdict is still out on whether or not there is any gain there.
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you might not gain much or if any juice on battery....but...performance boost is noticeable on.my side...I forgot how it feels at 1440p ...and switched to for a moment....oh gosh....why do apps take longer to open?....back to 1080p and it flies again...
Oh...you must have set too low dpi to get blury text...I don't even know how that looks like...and if you'd change it to 720p your dpi would be around 220 or something ......
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m1trand1r said:
you might not gain much or if any juice on battery....but...performance boost is noticeable on.my side...I forgot how it feels at 1440p ...and switched to for a moment....oh gosh....why do apps take longer to open?....back to 1080p and it flies again...
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I had tested both normal applications and some 3d games that sometimes bring down fps and neighter seeemd to be any better, but I will have to test this with Bliss as that was some time ago.
m1trand1r said:
Oh...you must have set too low dpi to get blury text...I don't even know how that looks like...and if you'd change it to 720p your dpi would be around 220 or something ......
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Hmm, you could be on to something. I need to test with your recommended DPI to see if it fixes the blurriness of small text. Thanks!
xocomaox said:
I had tested both normal applications and some 3d games that sometimes bring down fps and neighter seeemd to be any better, but I will have to test this with Bliss as that was some time ago.
Hmm, you could be on to something. I need to test with your recommended DPI to see if it fixes the blurriness of small text. Thanks!
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some games are badly coded...hence there's no improvement
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So I used the recommended settings of 1080p and 370dpi and the blur is minimized but not completely gone. Bearable, though.
I'll be testing out some other performance things and more long-term battery savings. Thanks again for the write-up. Hopefully it will help with people willing to try out different resolutions and DPI's.
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So I used the recommended settings of 1080p and 370dpi and the blur is minimized but not completely gone. Bearable, though.
I'll be testing out some other performance things and more long-term battery savings. Thanks again for the write-up. Hopefully it will help with people willing to try out different resolutions and DPI's.
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show me the blur please...my screen of settings and homescreen
Nothing blury here...[emoji41] [emoji106]
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m1trand1r said:
show me the blur please...my screen of settings and homescreen
Nothing blury here...[emoji41] [emoji106]
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Sorry, but this is the kind of thing that cannot be shown on a software level. Screenshots will not work.
The images and text is just not as crisp because since it's not 1:1 with the pixels it will naturally display fuzzy. This is unavoidable but can be lessened by using better ratios (ideally 720p, but that would just be too low) and different DPI settings. If you do not see this yourself then you may lack the eyesight. Again, it's not very noticeable and the positives may very well be more beneficial than having a perfect 1:1 ratio.
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The images and text is just not as crisp because since it's not 1:1 with the pixels it will naturally display fuzzy. This is unavoidable but can be lessened by using better ratios (ideally 720p, but that would just be too low) and different DPI settings. If you do not see this yourself then you may lack the eyesight. Again, it's not very noticeable and the positives may very well be more beneficial than having a perfect 1:1 ratio.
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You could try going to 1080p @ 430 DPI. This makes the text similarly sized to the default 560 DPI, only on lower resolution. If you did this, the GPU wouldn't have to work as hard, and your text would still be the original size
But yeah it's worth playing around a bit. I haven't noticed any fuzziness at all at 370 DPI, and I do a lot of reading on my phone.
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You could try going to 1080p @ 430 DPI. This makes the text similarly sized to the default 560 DPI, only on lower resolution. If you did this, the GPU wouldn't have to work as hard, and your text would still be the original size
But yeah it's worth playing around a bit. I haven't noticed any fuzziness at all at 370 DPI, and I do a lot of reading on my phone.
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than our sight must be damaged in a way, eh?...LOLZ
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If you lower the resolution on any lcd screen made for a specific resolution it will make things fuzzy. You can even do this on your computer monitor.
Everyone should expect this as it is not 1:1, but I still consider it pretty useful.
xocomaox said:
If you lower the resolution on any lcd screen made for a specific resolution it will make things fuzzy. You can even do this on your computer monitor.
Everyone should expect this as it is not 1:1, but I still consider it pretty useful.
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you really have to look very very very closely to notice anything IMHO
And If that was written somewhere...most people will fall under mass hysteria and take it as granted .....that's a fact....i'm enjoing my huge screen like I did before on 1440p ...it makes no difference for me and side by side comparison with my co-worker's G3 which is all Stock except rooted(by my advice)....makes no difference at all....none, 0,....he didn't notice that I changed anything except THE Beautiful Rom and pure raw power against his Stock G3...so...don't complicate to much....
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m1trand1r said:
THE Beautiful Rom and pure raw power against his Stock G3
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Just two reasons we all love Bliss <3
iDefalt said:
Just two reasons we all love Bliss <3
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yeah...just two...out of many more
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Does it only work for LG G3 in particular? I tried it on my rooted Galaxy S6 Edge and it doesn't seem to work.
Zaberz said:
Does it only work for LG G3 in particular? I tried it on my rooted Galaxy S6 Edge and it doesn't seem to work.
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The guide is for the G3 running AOSP ROMs.
I suggest you check this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/resolution-phone-changed-t3075664
It's look interesting, gonna try this one up. Ty @m1trand1r for your kind answer [emoji3]
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Camera KK this looks like it was built with CameraNext and has had the best results from any camera app on Fire Phone I have used. Even with flash!
I attached some unaltered shots outdoors and indoors with lights on and off in my server room.
Free has ads and $1.99 to remove them. So try it and let me know any tips you might find.
Still has flash issue in low light. It's going to take more than an app in the store to resolve the issue.
Nice, good find, flash pic quality looks similar to the ones from Snap Camera... I found the post I was thinking about:
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Snap Camera:
• Exposure compensation to -2 ev
• ISO manually set to 1600
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And now get that cable management in order! *shudders*
Just kidding... this should be posted in "General", since it's useful information about one of the biggest issues, Magnum_Enforcer to the rescue!
Do I have the power to move it?
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Do I have the power to move it?
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No, but I do.
I tried reducing exposure -1 and that did a little but the flash normal was also pretty good. The pic from the op was in a completely dark room so have to see what low light looks like.
distearth said:
I tried reducing exposure -1 and that did a little but the flash normal was also pretty good. The pic from the op was in a completely dark room so have to see what low light looks like.
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Oohhh very nice, that's a very solid result for basically "default settings"! Will download it and take on a "test drive" tomorrow.
Compared to the pics taken with the new Huawei Mate S, why are we even complaining... :laugh:
(...added the quote about the Snap Camera settings in my previous post, SC requires a little more work to yield good results...)
HDR freezes the app... sigh...
... and so will * every other app when using HDR. I don't need it, some people can't live without it (looking at you, russy23 ^^).
Camera KK is a solid alternative to Snap Camera or Camera MX, and easy to use because of the stock Android look & feel.
*almost
Camera Zoom FX
I tried taking HDR pics using Camera Zoom FX and it didn't crash.
I also found a good camera app that works great on the slimcat rom: cymera. Flash works and great filters are integrated. Couldnt find an option for HDR though...
Could someone try Simple Camera, it went free in the amazon app store today. Didn't know if maybe being from the Amz App Store might make a difference in getting a good flash... I'm back on Stock Fire OS right now so I can't try myself...
Thanks,
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Could someone try Simple Camera [...] Didn't know if maybe being from the Amz App Store might make a difference in getting a good flash
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Thanks for mentioning (It's free in the US store, in Germany for example, they want 74 cents, hehe)
But sadly, being from the Amzn Store means nothing. A lot of "Devs" (more like "copy paste coder" ^^) publish their apps on multiple portals to make a little more $$$. This app is the exact same version as on Google Play Store.
It's based on OpenCamera, it even creates the "OpenCamera" subfolder in the "DCIM" folder. ^^ Default settings: flash pics are overexposed...
edit: Also tried "Cymera" on the weekend. It's, uhh, very "girly". For people who love filters & gramin' it's a feasible alternative, I'll stick with the "functional" ones, like Camera KK.
Can't you use the camera apk from Fire OS? Or does that require all the Amazon framework, kernel, our HAL stuff?
DePingus said:
Can't you use the camera apk from Fire OS? Or does that require all the Amazon framework, kernel, our HAL stuff?
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Correct, source code for the camera HAL is needed. Highly unlikely that it will be released by Amazon.
Oh wait, we're all getting bootloader unlock codes for Christmas when they put the developer version under our trees.
LOL Camera KK force closes on me. Cymera works though.
Bingo Bronson said:
Thanks for mentioning (It's free in the US store, in Germany for example, they want 74 cents, hehe)
But sadly, being from the Amzn Store means nothing. A lot of "Devs" (more like "copy paste coder" ^^) publish their apps on multiple portals to make a little more $$$. This app is the exact same version as on Google Play Store.
It's based on OpenCamera, it even creates the "OpenCamera" subfolder in the "DCIM" folder. ^^ Default settings: flash pics are overexposed...
edit: Also tried "Cymera" on the weekend. It's, uhh, very "girly". For people who love filters & gramin' it's a feasible alternative, I'll stick with the "functional" ones, like Camera KK.
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How is this compared to snap camera? Anyone tried both?
krackers said:
How is this compared to snap camera? Anyone tried both?
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I bought Snap Camera, it has a good amount of options for people who want to customize their photo settings.
Quality is good, flash pics work too, you can correct the exposure if needed (other apps have this as well, ofc.)
Right now, I'm still using Camera KK (free version), because I just need a simple "shooter", just like the stock android app.
Anyone found a decent camera to take pictures when light is low without using flash? My pictures are always too dark even if I try to change light exposure...
goosele said:
Anyone found a decent camera to take pictures when light is low without using flash? My pictures are always too dark even if I try to change light exposure...
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Camera KK, exposure -1, is the best I got. Tried a bunch.