OK... So I promised a fix per day, or thereabouts...
I didn't manage to get a fix done yesterday, but here's why...
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It's a one-click (well almost - it asks you to confirm) way to install my tweaks and addons into your rooted ROM without worrying about ADB or Root Explorer. It also has 2 buttons to quickly remount your filesystem as RW or RO, without messing around with commands.
It is NOT ready for mainstream use, so consider it Alpha. It does make backups of any files it touches, but it will overwrite them if you reflash the same file. This will be addressed at a later date.
Enjoy, and let me know if it works (both the app and the Camera mod). You will need < 15% battery to properly test it though and see it still works. Also test camcorder mode please when that happens
Thanks also to [email protected] for his ShellCommand class to faciliate root commands.
The smallprint for VRTweaks...
This app is not for distribution in "ROMs" without prior arrangement with myself. If you wish to share the app, give a link to this thread, or the QR code. The fixes available themselves are created by me, unless otherwise credited, and should not be cooked into ROMs. Android is about understanding what you are changing, rather than copying and pasting files.
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You can get VRTweaks from This link
If you are after more tweaks, you can get that via installing the VillainROM custom ROM. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081368http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081368
[DEV] Various ROM Tweaks via VillainTweaks (v1.3.0- 28 May)
So... someone asked for more info... So here's some info.
XWKE2
Video Google Talk Version 2 (should support video on 3G)
System UI tweak to prevent notification and vibration when fully charged
Remove 15% battery limit on camera
Remove 10% battery limit on Video player
XWKDD
System UI tweak to prevent notification and vibration when fully charged
Remove 15% battery limit on camera
Remove 10% battery limit on Video player
Video Google Talk Version 2 (should support video on 3G)
XWKE1
Video Google Talk Version 2 (should support video on 3G)
VillainROM 1.0
System UI tweak to prevent notification and vibration when fully charged
Video Google Talk Version 2 (should support video on 3G)
Attempt to increase bluetooth A2DP bitpool (quality improvement)
Remove 15% battery limit on camera, and opening camera won't pause music
Remove 10% battery limit on Video player
VillainROM 1.1
Video Google Talk Version 2 (should support video on 3G)
System UI tweak to prevent notification and vibration when fully charged
Remove 15% battery limit on camera, and opening camera won't pause music
Remove 10% battery limit on Video player
Allow a chain of 10 SMS before converting to MMS, allow 200 recipients of SMS/MMS instead of 10
Rawat's Battery percentage and CRT-animation themed framework-res.apk
Enable HTC headphone button support (by paalkr)
Stop home button waking the phone(by paalkr)
Samsung Apps Update Part 1 of 2 (SamsungApps.apk)
Samsung Apps Update Part 2 of 2 (SamsungAppsUNAService.apk)
Madmack's Arabic Support (4 parts needed)
Cheers downloaded now so will test it tonight
Works perfectly!
kawa636r said:
Works perfectly!
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VRTweaks? Camera below 15%? Both?
What all changes does the apk do to the camera app. Does it give us the option to turn shutter sound off. i would like to test the camera apk, but its a system app, so I prefer to know all the changes before I mode my system.
ronj1986 said:
What all changes does the apk do to the camera app. Does it give us the option to turn shutter sound off. i would like to test the camera apk, but its a system app, so I prefer to know all the changes before I mode my system.
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Allows camera to run at below 15% battery.
You can delete the sound file in /system/media/audio/ui to stop shutter noise
Pushed a potential fix for Video Player stopping at 10% battery to the app. Anyone tested it?
Iv'e not tested anything of your work yet in this Thread, but it seems awesome.
Donated 10$! keep up the amazing work.
eitama said:
Iv'e not tested anything of your work yet in this Thread, but it seems awesome.
Donated 10$! keep up the amazing work.
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Thanks for your confidence I've not tested anything of it either... O2 still taking forever
Testing... I prefer. Manual. Do we remove the .Odex as well?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
lgkahn said:
Testing... I prefer. Manual. Do we remove the .Odex as well?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
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Yes, just remove the odex too
If you want me to break anything else just poke me on IRC
are you guys high.. didnt work on mine at all.. renamed camera.apk to camerasave.apk renamed camera.odex to camerasave.odex copied new camera to system/app and double checked it is larger 1.8m
then rebooted..
then tried camera with 13 percent battery left
i get popup battery is too low message.
did anyone really test with low battery?
lgkahn said:
are you guys high.. didnt work on mine at all.. renamed camera.apk to camerasave.apk renamed camera.odex to camerasave.odex copied new camera to system/app and double checked it is larger 1.8m
then rebooted..
then tried camera with 13 percent battery left
i get popup battery is too low message.
did anyone really test with low battery?
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No, we're not high... But at least 2 or 3 people have posted it works iirc... Anyone else got a "yay" or "nay"?
pulser_g2 said:
No, we're not high... But at least 2 or 3 people have posted it works iirc... Anyone else got a "yay" or "nay"?
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i think possible they tested that the camera and video camera still worked but never tested the original intent of the hack? That is why i am asking
lgkahn said:
i think possible they tested that the camera and video camera still worked but never tested the original intent of the hack? That is why i am asking
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One tested at below 15%, as they took a picture at 14%
pulser_g2 said:
One tested at below 15%, as they took a picture at 14%
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I broke it again
Fysi said:
I broke it again
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Yep, he broke it. Will look at camera just now. Video player fix works though
Released updated QR code. This adds support for multiple base ROM versions, given we now have different ROMs in use by people...
Old app has been disabled now, and will tell you to get the new app Maybe I should just put it onto market too for updates?
Related
[MOD][CAM]GBXperia S|Video 1080p >20mb Bitrate|720p >15mb Bitrate|>100% Image quality
Gingerbread only
Thanks to all the lovely people in the "Root XPS (63 & 67 FW) [Update: 08.03.12]" section I am now able to test my mods and install apps direct to System/app.
As with my previous camera mods this "initial" version increases video 1080p bitrate from 14mbps to 20mbps and 720p from 6mbps(pathetic) to 15mbps.
Also increases Image quality from 90% to some what over 100% by fiddling with the constants array-data and removing the 0x5A cap, image size will be bigger; I'll be able to check images better in the morning during the day.
This version should work with all firmware and roms versions for Gingerbread 2.3.7.
Normal install:
1. Extract the zip files to a folder.
2. Obtain a root file browser like rootexplorer or ES File Explorer.
3. Rename the current files on the phone before replacing.
4. Activate root access via the file browser of choice and copy SemcCameraUI.apk to system/app and media_profiles.xml to system/etc
5. Apply permissions and change owner to match any other file in the same directory for both the above files (06755 and root).
6. Reboot device.
7. Recommend to go into Settings then Applications then manage Applications and find the camera install settings under the All tab and press clear data to restore camera default settings.
ClockworkMod install:
1.Copy the file to your phone, reboot into clockworkmod recovery.
2.Select "install zip", then sip >> sdcard and browse for the file then click and 3.confirm to install.
4.restart your phone as normal.
Seems very smooth with video at these moderately increased levels, will see how high the bitrate goes.
I've tested most of the functions of the app and it should be fairly glitch free, let me know otherwise.
For more info on how I modded these files check my previous mods in my signature below.
Got a few more ideas and as always suggestions welcome.
Edit1:20120314
Seems the media_profiles.xml does have some side effects and i've had a few random force closes with video settings, if you experience this just replace the file with your backup version and restart the phone. I'm looking into this.
Edit2:2012317
New version of the files uploaded, fixed the above issue force closing with video settings.
Edit3:20120320
On comparison it seems the quality of even the 14mbps stock bitrate is extremely good, which says quite alot about the 12mp image sensor used, high praise indeed.
Edit4:20120420
Seems to be a Sony bug with Image stabilization set to on and changing the ISO setting, this actually disables the image stabilization.
Found on the Sony Xperia forums this is currently being looked at by Sony for a fix
http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35449
-smc
Testing!
Solid Eye said:
Testing!
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What do you mean Solid, are you experiencing issues?
-smc
not an issue but I'm kinda missing the GS2 days
with Sony everything seems complex
Is there any room for sound quality improvements ?
taxas said:
Is there any room for sound quality improvements ?
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Yes tho the audio is already quite good at 128kpbs x 48khz in stereo, what sound quality would you prefer?
@ Solid Eye what other options did you want that the SGS2 had?
-smc
@ Jozinek tho i haven't had too much of an issue with it, the stabilization feature could be alot better in my opinion.
Also the video format profile is only [email protected] which doesn't allow for CABAC compression, might be able to change this if i find the profile code in the app.
The default-capability.xml file in the system/etc folder shows different format profiles which we may be able to play around with like H264 [email protected] at least which supports CABAC.
-smc
hi folks,
thxx for the mod, one question:
when i try to copy the new files, i get the message "not enough space for complete the operation" any idea why???
thxx for helping
best regards
herve
Th'ats because your system partition has 0 bytes left.
Flash sminki's one here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23729471&postcount=85
can t believe on a 32gb wich has almost nothing the fs is full.
how can i proceed then?
thx for helping
nocomp said:
can t believe on a 32gb wich has almost nothing the fs is full.
how can i proceed then?
thx for helping
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First read the answer carefully. Then click on the included link. Then read that thread and do what is needed but please don't start whining before reading.
somemadcaaant said:
Yes tho the audio is already quite good at 128kpbs x 48khz in stereo, what sound quality would you prefer?
@ Solid Eye what other options did you want that the SGS2 had?
-smc
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I don't know. But if it can be improved why not
gbil said:
First read the answer carefully. Then click on the included link. Then read that thread and do what is needed but please don't start whining before reading.
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<issue>
IN THE FUTUR PLEASE KEPP THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE && SEMANTIC FOR YOUR BOYFIREND OR THE TEENS OF YOUR SCHOOL! HERE IT S XDA, NOT YOUR BACKYARD !
</issue>
Now concerning the link you gave me, i was hoping a solution not only based on flashing an img, but more a cache cleaning option , specially when i am running .65 instead of .67
thx anyway for trying helping out, but pls change of attitude, this ain t usefull and necessary
nocomp said:
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IN THE FUTUR PLEASE KEPP THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE && SEMANTIC FOR YOUR BOYFIREND OR THE TEENS OF YOUR SCHOOL! HERE IT S XDA, NOT YOUR BACKYARD !
</issue>
Now concerning the link you gave me, i was hoping a solution not only based on flashing an img, but more a cache cleaning option , specially when i am running .65 instead of .67
thx anyway for trying helping out, but pls change of attitude, this ain t usefull and necessary
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You are writing on a dev thread not a FAQ thread, learn to read and accept what comes when you don't read. Also stop caps and learn what netiquette is.
i gonna keep it short, the post above in red is my first post ever made on xda using caps, it was my 339th post, so pls,spare me your lessons && morals about netiquette.
Asking questions is part of the life of a dev topic.
End of the story
danka
nocomp & gbil,
You will both end up being infracted if you continue spamming this Dev thread with your petty bickering.
Now stay on topic!
o.o, so much tremble...
Jozinek said:
I hawe 2 XPERIA S at home, so i record same video in same time by both of phones. One hawe this camera mod and one not. You can compare it.
Video wih camera mod - http://youtu.be/_OcRPEErkDk
Video without camera mod - http://youtu.be/BRB6Xixmk6k
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And what are your observations? Its quite hard to compare quality from shaky youtube videos. But maybe you have noticed any difference?
One thing I noticed was reddish tint on camera with mod. Is this normal?
taxas said:
I don't know. But if it can be improved why not
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Yeah good point, i'll be upping the audio and video bitrates soon and see if we still get a consistent framerate, as long as our min framerate stays above 25fps in low light then im happy.
@ asestar reddish tint I haven't seen yet sorry, is this in video and/or images specifically? Night or day shots? can you upload a sample here for us also?
I have yet to fiddle with default contrast, iso, sharpness etc values.
-smc
can we do this Mod on the Arc???
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Paranoid Android 3.69
Latest version: July 30
Description
Paranoid Android 3.69 for Sony Xperia Ray.
This is the first and only Android rom to feature true Hybrid mode.
This rom lets you scale and project every app, every widget, even systemcomponents individually.
Remember, android is modular, everything is an app: Lockscreen, navigationbar, dialogs, popups, keyboards, widgets, and your regular apps of course.
Apps have the capability to switch into various designs or layouts according to the device they run on.
This can result in a complete new experience as many apps will transform to the better.
Now for every element that you like chose a mode (PhoneUI, Phablet/Nexus-7UI, TabletUI) and/or a size.
You are 100% independent of the system DPI which runs nicely in whatever value it has been assigned to.
You do not need to boot your phone into a certain DPI. Neither will most of the changes you apply require a reboot.
You will not suffer from the myriads of troubles which normally haunt you under build.prop tablet mode.
Your market, phone, etc. will all work, apps won't shrink on you unless you shrink them yourself.
This project will entirely transform your device, but retain the aesthetics and the feel of your phone.
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Features
- Android AOSP 4.2.2
- Halo
- PIE
- Customisability
- Some CM additions (eg. performance menu, filemanager)
- Custom kernel based on nAa 3.4.x and Mikeionna sources (LegacyXperia)
Install
- Flash zip and boot.img from zip
- Flash gapps (for CM-10.1, you can use OTA app)
- Reboot
Download
http://www.mediafire.com/?k9kfnlwwqccjk
Changelog
July 30
- Update to latest and fixes
July 25
- Update to latest and fixes
July 23
- Latest updates from legacyxperia, cm and PA (should also fix low memory killer issuess)
- New bootlogo
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July 19
- Synced latest sources (PA, CM additions and legacyxperia)
- Added exchange and email again
- Some stuff i dont remember I did last week.
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July 15
- Added USB mass storage option (go to Storage -> Menu and choose)
- Latest PA and CM additions (noticable is the new Halo helper window)
- New default wallpaper
- Goodbye not working panorama (removed button in camera)
- Fixes and some changes in build.prop
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July 11
- Switched to TWRP 2.6.0.0
- Wifi hotspot fixed
- Superuser fixed
- New wifi drivers
- Front cam fixed
- Bug fixes
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July 5
-Recovery update 6.0.3.3
-Kill all recent apps button added (leaves last one running as this is the app last opened)
-ParanoidWallpapers
-Removed live wallpapers (nobody uses them anyway, if you want them push them from one of the older zips)
-New PA default wallpaper
-Kernel build with linaro 4.7.4 (prev google toolchain)
-Rom build with google gcc 4.7 (prev 4.6)
-New default user image more appropriate for paranoid android
-Adjusted settings background a little
-Small improvements and bug fixes
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July 2
- Wifi Fixed
- Performance options fixed
- Tweaked CM and PA
- Enable deadline in kernel
- Small fixes
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July 1
-Audio & Gps FIXED
-Some more CM stuff (not too much, filemanager,dsp,torch)
-Own compilation of kernel
-Rebuild from scratch and some bug fixes
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General Changelog
PA
https://plus.google.com/107979589566958860409/posts
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CM
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/status:merged+branch:cm-10.1,n,z
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LegacyXperia
https://github.com/LegacyXperia/local_manifests/wiki/Changelog
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Known issues
- Camera: Panorama removed, 8MP is stretched and HDR is very sensitive (need to hold it perfectly still)
- Offline charging doesn't work. Charge with system on.
- FM
Press thanks if you like this or donate if you love it :victory:
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is it stable for daily use? just like taking a picture, instagraming , or line with friends?
thanks i gitta try it
WOW!! I always wanted the latest PA ROM for our Ray. Thank you thomas1991_12.
gellery, camera FC ... no music app :/
this is what i've been waiting for! i believe that one day you will come and bring some surprise, this is it! this is the day! thanks
if i use FlyKernel 3 this rom works or not? i prefer Flykernel than nAa's kernel
Flykernel 3 may work not 100% sure. But NaA kernel has been updated more. I would suggest that.
Camera works here, so does gallery. (only stretched in 8mp mode, 6mp is normal). Try clearing data in settings->app).
There is no music app yet, im trying to keep it as light as possible, but ill consider adding a default one.
thomas1991_12 said:
Flykernel 3 may work not 100% sure. But NaA kernel has been updated more. I would suggest that.
Camera works here, so does gallery. (only stretched in 8mp mode, 6mp is normal). Try clearing data in settings->app).
There is no music app yet, im trying to keep it as light as possible, but ill consider adding a default one.
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yes gallery and camera working now somehow
wifi seems fine too ... maybe i will install apollo music player, and some file manager too.
one more problem: its not showing content of sd card when i connect mobile to pc.
This has probably been the lightest ROM I have installed yet. Very impressed with the performance without having to OC although I have done so out of habit. I am using Mike's kernel from his 10.1 ROM and I tried both releases of this ROM from the past two days last night.
Wi-Fi has not worked on either ROM version while using Mike's kernel and I even tried the emulator but it said that the wifi file could not be loaded. In your new update from last night there is NO emulator installed! :silly: I am not familiar with using ADB so cannot comment.
The camera has been the best 4.2 camera of any ROM. Preview is normal, menus all work and HDR doesn't cause a FC.....kinda haha. On your original release HDR would take its necessary three shots and then after some processing save a singular compiled image. The newest release 20130701 saves all three images and after processing saves a fourth that is grey and cannot be viewed. This also caused a force close once but after that it hasn't.
Video recording is a bit different since it doesn't provide quality settings based on resolution but on quality (480p, 720p vs low, medium, high). With the setting on High quality I took a short video and didn't have any problems when it saved it and then replaying the clip.
I prefer that you set the Nexus wallpaper as default as opposed to a CM wallpaper like on the latest release. Due to not having Wi-Fi access I was unable to download any apps since I currently have no 3G Data allowance on the test SIM. My primary SIM is in my other phone and is a micro-SIM so won't fit in the Ray. I could not test audio playback as unable to download a player at this time.
I'd like to recommend that the stock browser be included in the ROM as it is a light browser works very well and can be removed if someone would rather use Chrome or Opera.
I apologise for the long and wordy post. Sometimes hard to be concise while providing as much detail as possible. I will update my feedback as I test more features.
Thank you for what looks like a VERY promising and exciting ROM :good:
shorinryu said:
This has probably been the lightest ROM I have installed yet. Very impressed with the performance without having to OC although I have done so out of habit. I am using Mike's kernel from his 10.1 ROM and I tried both releases of this ROM from the past two days last night.
Wi-Fi has not worked on either ROM version while using Mike's kernel and I even tried the emulator but it said that the wifi file could not be loaded. In your new update from last night there is NO emulator installed! :silly: I am not familiar with using ADB so cannot comment.
The camera has been the best 4.2 camera of any ROM. Preview is normal, menus all work and HDR doesn't cause a FC.....kinda haha. On your original release HDR would take its necessary three shots and then after some processing save a singular compiled image. The newest release 20130701 saves all three images and after processing saves a fourth that is grey and cannot be viewed. This also caused a force close once but after that it hasn't.
Video recording is a bit different since it doesn't provide quality settings based on resolution but on quality (480p, 720p vs low, medium, high). With the setting on High quality I took a short video and didn't have any problems when it saved it and then replaying the clip.
I prefer that you set the Nexus wallpaper as default as opposed to a CM wallpaper like on the latest release. Due to not having Wi-Fi access I was unable to download any apps since I currently have no 3G Data allowance on the test SIM. My primary SIM is in my other phone and is a micro-SIM so won't fit in the Ray. I could not test audio playback as unable to download a player at this time.
I'd like to recommend that the stock browser be included in the ROM as it is a light browser works very well and can be removed if someone would rather use Chrome or Opera.
I apologise for the long and wordy post. Sometimes hard to be concise while providing as much detail as possible. I will update my feedback as I test more features.
Thank you for what looks like a VERY promising and exciting ROM :good:
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Thank you for testing. Emulator will be included in next release, i forgot the CM packages with the july 1 release
Wifi does work but only when you load wifiload manually, im trying to fix that as we speak. (highest priority)
You are right about HDR, hadnt noticed that bug. Ill try to figure that one out too, but first wifi. Wallpaper is personal so I wont change the default one probably. How do you mean the stock browser? It is already included..
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HDR is not a bug. It will fail if you don't hold the device very stable. If you keep it stable or in a tripod it will succeed and delete the 3 intermediate images and leave you with the hdr image.
WiFi worked for me with the included kernel. I had no sound when I played video.
I might have installed some modules ... Don't remember as I had to restore a back up and did not stay on the ROM for very long. Liked what I saw though
Sent from my Xperia Ray using xda premium
thomas1991_12 said:
Thank you for testing. Emulator will be included in next release, i forgot the CM packages with the july 1 release
Wifi does work but only when you load wifiload manually, im trying to fix that as we speak. (highest priority)
You are right about HDR, hadnt noticed that bug. Ill try to figure that one out too, but first wifi. Wallpaper is personal so I wont change the default one probably. How do you mean the stock browser? It is already included..
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HDR is not a bug. It will fail if you don't hold the device very stable. If you keep it stable or in a tripod it will succeed and delete the 3 intermediate images and leave you with the hdr image.
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Sorry about the browser thing. I must be going blind since I seemed to have missed that icon!! It is there and was merely an oversight by me.
I tried testing HDR again as you said but still no luck. Even holding it against a table it would take the images and then camera force closed each time as it was processing the HDR image. I will test some more today and flash previous version. Maybe I can generate a logcat or something to document the issue.
UPDATE:
Using latest release and have found the following:
Wifi works perfectly now and I haven't noticed any signal drops or other related issues.
Camera HDR has the same issue but I tried something as a possible workaround. I bumped up the CPU to 1.4GHz OC and tested it out. On the very first release it managed to more consistently save the image without any FC's. This by simply holding the phone carefully and not stabilising it further with a table or some similar assistance. However on the newest release doing didn't quite work and I was not able to hold the phone still enough for it to save the final image.
Initially Google Now kept crashing but that was because it required updating although initially google voice search was not present under "My Apps" on the Play Store.
I downloaded Rocket Player and music sounds great. It used its own sound enhancer though so not sure if DSP is fully functional.
Bluetooth file sharing works but I do not own a headset to test connectivity.
Halo works great with some niggling nuances. Whatsapp is possibly not completely compatible because aside from responding to messages I cannot attach files like images through Halo. Need to open main app. Taking a screenshot gets recorded as an activity within Halo and as a result takes a little longer than expected to complete. Also it seems that the gallery does not update since after taking the screenshot I can not see the images. However if I take another and access the gallery through Halo I can see my recent screenshots all present.
Update 2:
Offline charging doesn't work as normal. When phone is turned off and I connect to charger the phone boots up fully into OS. Does not remain at kernel state with charging animation.
shorinryu said:
Sorry about the browser thing. I must be going blind since I seemed to have missed that icon!! It is there and was merely an oversight by me.
I tried testing HDR again as you said but still no luck. Even holding it against a table it would take the images and then camera force closed each time as it was processing the HDR image. I will test some more today and flash previous version. Maybe I can generate a logcat or something to document the issue.
UPDATE:
Using latest release and have found the following:
Wifi works perfectly now and I haven't noticed any signal drops or other related issues.
Camera HDR has the same issue but I tried something as a possible workaround. I bumped up the CPU to 1.4GHz OC and tested it out. On the very first release it managed to more consistently save the image without any FC's. This by simply holding the phone carefully and not stabilising it further with a table or some similar assistance. However on the newest release doing didn't quite work and I was not able to hold the phone still enough for it to save the final image.
Initially Google Now kept crashing but that was because it required updating although initially google voice search was not present under "My Apps" on the Play Store.
I downloaded Rocket Player and music sounds great. It used its own sound enhancer though so not sure if DSP is fully functional.
Bluetooth file sharing works but I do not own a headset to test connectivity.
Halo works great with some niggling nuances. Whatsapp is possibly not completely compatible because aside from responding to messages I cannot attach files like images through Halo. Need to open main app. Taking a screenshot gets recorded as an activity within Halo and as a result takes a little longer than expected to complete. Also it seems that the gallery does not update since after taking the screenshot I can not see the images. However if I take another and access the gallery through Halo I can see my recent screenshots all present.
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Offline charging doesn't work as normal. When phone is turned off and I connect to charger the phone boots up fully into OS. Does not remain at kernel state with charging animation.
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Thanks for extended test.
- HDR shows no errors (doesnt FC for me btw) and most of the times it succeeds when I tried if I hold it very still. I maybe will eventually look into it to see if I can improve that.
- Google Now does work, at least here. Maybe it was just the update thing. So no bug either if I understand correctly.
- Halo isn't something im going to mess with, it is exactly the same as in source PA. Im sure it has it limitations, but in general I find it very useful :cyclops:
- Offline charging does not work indeed. Hadn't noticed it, not a major issue I think but I will put it on bug list.
Thanks!
BTW: Im currently switching over kernel building to linaro 4.8 and im trying to fix the 8mp stretched camera.
thomas1991_12 said:
Thanks for extended test.
- HDR shows no errors (doesnt FC for me btw) and most of the times it succeeds when I tried if I hold it very still. I maybe will eventually look into it to see if I can improve that.
- Google Now does work, at least here. Maybe it was just the update thing. So no bug either if I understand correctly.
- Halo isn't something im going to mess with, it is exactly the same as in source PA. Im sure it has it limitations, but in general I find it very useful :cyclops:
- Offline charging does not work indeed. Hadn't noticed it, not a major issue I think but I will put it on bug list.
Thanks!
BTW: Im currently switching over kernel building to linaro 4.8 and im trying to fix the 8mp stretched camera.
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Glad I could help. I don't need to worry about my phone working all the time since I got a new one so wanted to help development as much as I could.
HDR could be because I may have dropped the phone one too many times perhaps the phone is overly sensitive or something.
I love the usefulness of Halo definitely. Guess will just be patient and wait for future improvements by the PA team.
I haven't found a major bug as you said. You've done a great job and this can only get better. Keep it up! I look forward to testing further and good luck with updating the kernel
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Sorry for a noob question but I don't have any idea how to set up HOLO ? it can't handle any of my notifications.
Also seems like the wifi tethering doesn't work for me.
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djocqer said:
Sorry for a noob question but I don't have any idea how to set up HOLO ? it can't handle any of my notifications.
Also seems like the wifi tethering doesn't work for me.
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For Halo check that you enabled it first. In the notification bar when you swipe it down there is a small icon next to the tiles button. A circle with a chat box on it. That turns Halo on. Halo settings can be found under the Settings within Toolbars I believe.
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shorinryu said:
For Halo check that you enabled it first. In the notification bar when you swipe it down there is a small icon next to the tiles button. A circle with a chat box on it. That turns Halo on. Halo settings can be found under the Settings within Toolbars I believe.
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yups, the first thing i do after flashing this ROM is activated HALO in the notification bar, but till now it do nothing . You have any idea ?? i really curious about this feature
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yups, the first thing i do after flashing this ROM is activated HALO in the notification bar, but till now it do nothing . You have any idea ?? i really curious about this feature
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Notificiations should go to halo, like for example an incoming whatsapp message wil appear in the halo circle which can be touched and it will open whatsapp in a small overlay window.
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Notificiations should go to halo, like for example an incoming whatsapp message wil appear in the halo circle which can be touched and it will open whatsapp in a small overlay window.
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Yes just as thomas1991_12 pointed out you need to receive a message or notification to occur for Halo to show up. Try taking a screenshot, I found that the notification that occurs from doing that triggers Halo.
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Hi everybody I want to share this mod I made following the next thread:How to increase camera stats
All I made, after some testings, increase almost all values regarding to camera quality(encoder decoder audio video and image), and set it up as high as Note 3. The results are good, as I saw.
10/08/14 v1:
I doubled the audio quality from 128kbs to 256 kbps for all resolutions. High resolution is up to 288kbps
Increased video bitrate
Increased image bitrate
I able support to wmv and wma
I set estero channel to recording for all resolutions
Increased back and front camera values
And many more goodies I don't remember
11/08/14 v1.3:
Increased a little bit more bitrate values according to video
increased a little bit image quality. I think it's the max possible, but I keep trying to increasing it, to see any difference.
14/08/14 v1.5:
Increased audio quality to 320kbps
Re-adjusted values
added different FPS mod versions
--This is version #1 because I didn't increase all the low values. I installed it in my own phone, and everything is working superb.
Next release I will try to set it higher, as S5 and see what happens, if it's working or not. But by now we have achieve something good.--
Here are some previews: here you can see a little differences regarding to standard values vs. increased ones. Using HDR - strong. Stock Note 2 camera! I realize that after made the modifications the pic is more weighty. I hope you can see the difference in the previews, because I have to low the quality to upload it faster, in tinypic. Sorry.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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Thanks to @mohit1234 for this helpfull guide
Download link ONLY SAMMY ROMS:
NEW VERSIONS:
-14/08/14-
Camera TWEAKS v1.5- 15FPS
Camera TWEAKS v1.5- 30FPS-stock
Camera TWEAKS v1.5- 60FPS
YOU TELL ME WHAT RUNS BETTER FOR YOU! I TESTED ALL VERSIONS IN MY OWN PHONE.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS:
[OFFLINE]Camera TWEAKS v1.3[/URL] -> Changelog: increased a little more- 11/08/14
Camera TWEAKS v1 - 10/08/14
Download link ONLY AOSP based ROMS:
INITIAL RELEASE Camera TWEAKS v1 AOSP - 10/08/14
FLASHABLE INSTALLATION!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Download file and put it on your external sd
Reboot into recovery
Install Camera Mod
Clear Cache/Dalvik Cache (Just to be safe...)
Reboot!
I didn't test the flashable zip, I only moved the file to "/system/etc" using root explorer and setting permissions, but you tell me.
The idea brings to my head, after testing S5 camera. When you open camera you can see an image super clear and in a higher quality, but when you take a pic, the quality was lower.
TO DEVS: PLEASE BEFORE YOU TAKE ANYTHING, PLEASE ASK ME FOR PERSMISSION. IT TOOK ME A SUNNY DAY TO MAKE IT.
REMEMBER THAT THIS WIILL NOT MAKE ANY MAGIC JAJAJA BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY
ENJOY AND HAVE FUN!!
THANKS!
Will it work on 4.1.2 roms?
I will try. I use DN3 v5.2
Great work @Austtin
I was for so long looking for a way to get better camera quality, because I don't know why but after the camera firmware update within the 4.3 the camera quality seemed lower than 4.1.2.
It was more of a disaster to take pictures and I can't carry my cameras everywhere.
So thanks a lot.
Wish something like this could be done on AOSP too, the picture quality isn't as good as touchwiz
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Looks promising ! it looks better if im not having placebo , thanks.
macklalt said:
Will it work on 4.1.2 roms?
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It should, but If you like you can give me your "media_profile.xml" file and add it for you :highfive:
nmtuan.pnt said:
I will try. I use DN3 v5.2
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I'm using it on emotion v7 rom. So it should work on all kitkat sammy roms!
I Will try now thanks Austtin
xantrk said:
Looks promising ! it looks better if im not having placebo , thanks.
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yeah, I read that it could be placebo. But increasing the bitrate, the image is more weighty. taken the same pic, at the same place and same thing it increase from 2.xx mb to 5.xx mb. So it should increase the quality. The increasing of audio is something real, you can notice the bitrate when you play some sound recorded using camera. And in 480p I increase the (don't remember exactly I should check it) the heigh or width too. In a few days gonna see if I can add support for 4k pics, or if it gives me some forceclose or issue. And also I want to increase the camera values as high as S5, and then test and try again the s5 camera, and how it looks. I think some modification of the camera app, should be done. So this is the beginning.
KNIGHT97 said:
Great work @Austtin
I was for so long looking for a way to get better camera quality, because I don't know why but after the camera firmware update within the 4.3 the camera quality seemed lower than 4.1.2.
It was more of a disaster to take pictures and I can't carry my cameras everywhere.
So thanks a lot.
Wish something like this could be done on AOSP too, the picture quality isn't as good as touchwiz
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Thanks Knight, I do my best. Always for help. Not only me if not others. I'm still testing, and I realize that the quality si better so far. Regarding to AOSP, I should check the files involved and what's the camera app too.
liyonking said:
I Will try now thanks Austtin
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you're welcome. enjoy it! :highfive:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1vpgbg2g9zdd0v1/media_profiles.xml
Here you have the media_profiles.Xml from liquid smooth 3.2
Check if you can alter things and I'll test it out for you.
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Guys!! this is really amazing, take a look at this photo I just take: it's about 5pm here in my country, and using the day light (sun light, not the inside of my home) the pic looks really really great. Now we can compare to the photo taken before. In the previews 1 of the pics was taken during day(with sun light-I'm not talking about the camera effect if not the light of the day or sun jaja), and the other one was taken during night inside of my home using artificial light, the ones inside of your home (sorry I'm still not good enought with my english), so now I can confirm that this's really working!! the bad thing (or contra) is that now the pic is kind heavy weight (about 5 mb) but the quality is higher as you can see. I rather higher quality and weighty pic than poor quality.
that's why 1 of the pics looks kinda yellow and the other one looks whiter.. in OP
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/1vpgbg2g9zdd0v1/media_profiles.xml
Here you have the media_profiles.Xml from liquid smooth 3.2
Check if you can alter things and I'll test it out for you.
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Knight at first sight of your file, I can see some differences between your values and even sammy ones. For example, in lower res you have 3gp as video file format, and in sammy we have mp4. And many more differences, but I can adjust it for you and AOSP users. Let me check and I increase all values. The bad thing is that I'm not on AOSP rom, so I can't test by myself
I don't know what could happen if I change the file format, but at first I can play with values, leaving the rest as you have, and then you can test.
I'll test out and report.
It's 2 am in the morning here, so I guess it would be better if I go to sleep, hahaha
But don't worry, try making both version and I'll test it out thoroughly. I can deal with the errors and all. In always keep a backup of my needed stuff on a daily basis, so nothing can stop me from being a mad flashaholic
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I'll test out and report.
It's 2 am in the morning here, so I guess it would be better if I go to sleep, hahaha
But don't worry, try making both version and I'll test it out thoroughly. I can deal with the errors and all. In always keep a backup of my needed stuff on a daily basis, so nothing can stop me from being a mad flashaholic
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If you can wait, in about less than 10 or 5 mins, I upload it!
Austtin said:
If you can wait, in about less than 10 or 5 mins, I upload it!
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I can wait, but won't be able to download, too limited 3g data pack[emoji28]
That's why I have to wait till morning to turn on my WiFi
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KNIGHT97 said:
I can wait, but won't be able to download, too limited 3g data pack[emoji28]
That's why I have to wait till morning to turn on my WiFi
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It's just ready, download it. It's not heavy weight file. it's 211kb zip file!
edit: I increase it as note 3 values, in sammy and, now with your help, aosp. Notice that the pic is more weight than before. In the next days I'm gonna try to increase values as S5, and even see if I can config the correct values to use s5 camera. It's all a matter of give it a try and test.
I try stock note2 and s5 camera, the result: I can assure you, note 2 stock camera is taking better quality photos, after my configs, than s5 on my phone. So I think to use s5 camera, and take photos with a high quality, it needs some configs to do. I'm really enjoying note 2 camera, with this tweaks. The photos are more clear, and are more detailed, than before. I surprised by myself. I realize about it, when I make zoom in photos in gallery app.
Austtin said:
It should, but If you like you can give me your "media_profile.xml" file and add it for you :highfive:
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Can't find it....Can you please tell me where is this xml file? Searched in to root directory.....:good:
macklalt said:
Can't find it....Can you please tell me where is this xml file? Searched in to root directory.....:good:
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using root explorer or any other explorer move to "/system/etc" there you have a file named as "media_profile.xml"
Welcome to my Honor 8 Camera Enhancement Tweak.
Here you will find tweaks that should make your Honor 8 camera even better.
Hoping to get better quality out of this phone & seeing no real mod work happening, I decided to tackle improving this camera for myself. I have tested my tweaks extensively in all modes with my Honor 8 FRD-L04 model ever since I got it back in December of last year. I am confident that this tweak gives us the best performance out of our camera(s) without compromising the complex nature of how the dual sensor stuff works.
What does this mod do :
Basically, you should have in general better resolved photos with more detail, dynamic range, better low light performance and overall exposure handling. You will also have slightly higher quality video as well.
Enhancement Tweak Version 1
Full details of this tweak outlined below to the stock Honor 8 camera :
- Jpg Compression Quality set to 100%
- Larger Image Buffer
- Higher Bitrate 1080p Video Recording (28mbps)
- Better Chroma Conversion between B&W & Colour Sensor
- Higher rate of B&W Sensor Detail mixed with blend matrix
- Larger colour information flow from colour sensor in blend matrix
- Better overall handling of ISO exposure settings
- Better low light performance
- Less noise in low ISO
- More aggressive handling of high ISO aliasing
- Extra frame of bracketing for HDR modes
Hit Here for a sample of the results from this tweak :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71516365&postcount=12
Note : Your images will now be significantly larger then before, on average between 6 to 8megs and over 12 to 16megs using DOF Focus mode.
Videos will also have larger filesizes as the bitrate has increased.
Hit Here for a sample of the file sizes & bitrate reported from this tweak :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71526530&postcount=16
Question: Does it work on nougat?
Answer: Even tho Im using Marshmallow, it seems to work on my friends phone with nougat but Im not guaranteeing it as I don’t know if any of the camera dependent system files changed.
Question: What is all this stuff and do you even know what your doing?
Answer : Sure……………
Question: How do I know what all this funkiness does and if it all works?
Answer: Im bloody magic, that’s how.
Question: Can you get the black & white sensor only to work like the P9?
Answer: No More Questions!
DISCLAIMER!
Please keep in mind that even tho my tweak works amazeballz on my phone, I can not be held responsible for any damage, craziness, you phone getting drunk at night and having sex with your girlfriend or even Trump getting angry at you and causing thermonuclear war. Please back up your system partition, nandroid, hemorrhoid or polaroid your phone to be safe before flashing strange zips barring candy.
Steps for installation :
You Obviously need to be rooted with custom recovery.
1) Restart in TWRP
2) Make a backup – nandroid etc.
3) Flash my zip file - Note - Make sure you have mounted r/w all required partitions - Thanks @cvkef
4) Reboot
5) Phone boots up and camera claims to know where the arc of the covenant is
- Joking! But … Camera should be working as advertised
Update 1 - Included now is a zip to flash back to stock settings
Thanks to @Telperion for the files to flash back to stock :good:
Update 2 - Magisk Support!
Thanks to @Telperion there is now a Magisk Module attached below for this tweak!
Hope you enjoy my mod! Keep fit and have fun!
( - See Below for files to download - )
For original recovery??
Inviato dal mio FRD-L09 utilizzando Tapatalk
Thank you, JF-GINO - sounds very interesting. Do you think it should work, at least in theory, on the European models as well (L-09)? Did anyone try it on the newest Nougat version(s) B360 / B380 on L-09 yet and can confirm that it is fully functional? A further suggestion: Maybe you could upload a flashable .zip with the "old", standard settings of the camera in case people encounter any problems. Thanks again, looks very promising!
Will be trying this once I have twrp installed. Thanks for the work.
Solitario88 said:
For original recovery??
Inviato dal mio FRD-L09 utilizzando Tapatalk
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TWRP.
Just made some trials with poor lighting and it looks a bit less grainy. Nothing revolutionary obviously but noticeable and much appreciated. Thank you!
Are there some comparison samples?
Flashed on FRD-L09 B120. Seem like social sharing from the Camera App is broken since then at least for me. Additionally the "smart wiping" feature of the fingerprint sensor is gone. But that isn't necessary related, had the problem before for a short time.
UPDATE - Ok, nevermind, it was probably unrelated. Phone needed a couple of reboots and a cache flush, now everything works again as expected.
Hi dev congrats for your work!
I installed lineage 13 on my Honor and I'm not satisfied of camera, even using 3rd part app. Can I flash your mod or it's only for emui?
Thanks in advance.
trojjacker said:
Thank you, JF-GINO - sounds very interesting. Do you think it should work, at least in theory, on the European models as well (L-09)? Did anyone try it on the newest Nougat version(s) B360 / B380 on L-09 yet and can confirm that it is fully functional? A further suggestion: Maybe you could upload a flashable .zip with the "old", standard settings of the camera in case people encounter any problems. Thanks again, looks very promising!
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This should work on all models as the camera depended files are all the same. As for Nougat, I have tried it on a phone with B360 and it seems to work but I dont know what they did in the update to improve the metrics for the camera as Im still on MM. Im assuming they left the dependencies alone and just updated the camera app itself as nougat users have not complained yet & are getting the same positive results.
As for a rollback zip or uninstaller, I was going to put one together but I realized I did not keep any of the original files since a Nandroid back in early January. after that, I was using settings from the P9. I also dont know if each version has slightly different files as stock either. This is why I released it this way and stressed you do a backup. Maybe later if I have the time I can look into extracting the original files from a stock rom.
valk791 said:
Hi dev congrats for your work!
I installed lineage 13 on my Honor and I'm not satisfied of camera, even using 3rd part app. Can I flash your mod or it's only for emui?
Thanks in advance.
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If Lineage is CM based then no, I would think that none of this would work on that rom. The stock emui camera app is dependent on this mod. Sorry.
microserf said:
Flashed on FRD-L09 B120. Seem like social sharing from the Camera App is broken since then at least for me. Additionally the "smart wiping" feature of the fingerprint sensor is gone. But that isn't necessary related, had the problem before for a short time.
UPDATE - Ok, nevermind, it was probably unrelated. Phone needed a couple of reboots and a cache flush, now everything works again as expected.
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Glad you sorted your problem out as non of these modded files should affect what you where having issues with :good:
Dev in words seems a great job but I would also expect a comparative pre post photographic sample under different conditions. You do not think to post the results of your work?
Dottorfox said:
Dev in words seems a great job but I would also expect a comparative pre post photographic sample under different conditions. You do not think to post the results of your work?
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For those of you who want some sort of example of the effectiveness of this mod, here are two below.
Example 1 - Low ambient light
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Example 2 - Daytime sunny
hope this helps some of you as my examples clearly show more detail, dynamic range & less noise.
As for video quality, the raised bitrate should speak for itself.
So, if I understood correctly, there is no point of using this mod in Nougat has it already has the same improvements implemented?
nevertheless, great job!
Hi @JF-GINO,
Is there any safe way to validate that the patch is applied? (photo filesizes seem the same)
ViCioPT said:
So, if I understood correctly, there is no point of using this mod in Nougat has it already has the same improvements implemented?
nevertheless, great job!
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Wrong, I never said that... these improvements are mine alone.. I did however indicate that I thought the file dependencies did not change from MM to Nougat. This mod should work on both and was tested on nougat with no Ill side effects. If there are any problems tho, I would like to know.
cvkef said:
Hi @JF-GINO,
Is there any safe way to validate that the patch is applied? (photo filesizes seem the same)
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Hmmm,...
Standard default filesizes should be between 2 & 3 megs max depending on the detail in the image.
My settings increase this as per my screenshot examples below of both file size & video bitrates after the mod. Remember that if you take a photo in a dark environment with little detail, then your file size can be as low as 2 megs.
That being said, Try to take a video and see what the bitrate comes out to,. should be as shown in my screenshot.
Camera won't boot anymore
After flashing your mod everything worked fine for me but after a few reboots my phone didn't boot anymore. I did a backup in TWRP an restored my phone. After restoring it everything worked fine except that my camera won't boot. So the normal camera app is closing quickly after I try to start it and in apps like Snapchat or Instagram is only a blackscreen. I don't want to reset my whole phone so if you could help me this would be amazing. L09C432B380 (Nougat).
Sorry for my rather bad English.
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After flashing your mod everything worked fine for me but after a few reboots my phone didn't boot anymore. I did a backup in TWRP an restored my phone. After restoring it everything worked fine except that my camera won't boot. So the normal camera app is closing quickly after I try to start it and in apps like Snapchat or Instagram is only a blackscreen. I don't want to reset my whole phone so if you could help me this would be amazing. L09C432B380 (Nougat).
Sorry for my rather bad English.
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Im not sure why your phone would be working fine and then after a few restarts just stop working like that and then your camera not working after a full restore? All my files would have been overwritten. Very strange.
I did however send you a PM on the issue - see your inbox.
developersam said:
After flashing your mod everything worked fine for me but after a few reboots my phone didn't boot anymore. I did a backup in TWRP an restored my phone. After restoring it everything worked fine except that my camera won't boot. So the normal camera app is closing quickly after I try to start it and in apps like Snapchat or Instagram is only a blackscreen. I don't want to reset my whole phone so if you could help me this would be amazing. L09C432B380 (Nougat).
Sorry for my rather bad English.
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Same device, same firmware and no issues for me.
Solved the problem by rolling back to MM (B131) and updating to Nougat. I'll try your mod again and will see if it works now.
Hey Guys!
After trying many Google Camera ports and playing with the settings I found 1 which is pretty stable, so far everything seems to work (if not please respond and I'll update the OP).
How to install and apply my settings :
Download the app from here (Not my port, credits to the original Dev) :
Better version, quality improves but slower with starting the camera. Faster processing!
Old version, slow at processing. But starts much faster (2sec difference)
Download my config.xml (New config from 10 March) :
config for the new version (11March)
Config for the old version (10March)
After downloading both files do this :
1. Install the GCam port (like a normal apk, no root or anything is needed)
2. Copy the config.xml to /Internal Storage/GCam/Configs (if this folders don't exist, you should create them yourself)
3. Open GCam and allow the permissions
4. Double tap somewhere in the down (next to the shutter button
5. Now a menu should popup asking you for a config
6. Press restore
7. Enjoy your GCam!
Share your pictures in this thread
When I'll have time I'll add pictures (comparing stock with GCam)
Comparison Stock VS. GCam (With my config)
Night Sight (without flash on both) :
STOCK:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
GCAM :
Great, thanks a lot.
Did a quick test. All seems ok, also front cam is working.
Good job.
FrankRr said:
Great, thanks a lot.
Did a quick test. All seems ok, also front cam is working.
Good job.
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I'm glad I helped
If you can PM me some pictures (Stock vs. GCam), I'd wanna include some in the OP to show people that the quality really improves.
In my eyes :
GCam gives richer colors and less noise (especially in low light situations)
Thanks already!
Is night sight working? I'd love to see some pictures that please! See how much it improves the quality.
ben16w said:
Is night sight working? I'd love to see some pictures that please! See how much it improves the quality.
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Yes, Night sight is working!
I'll today go out and about and will click a few pictures for comparing stock and GCam. Please wait for that
And I'm interested in how she behaves in the night shooting
Sent from my moto g(7) plus using Tapatalk
Here's a example of how Night sight works with GCam vs Stock Moto camera.
Stock got the watermark in the left down corner
GCam doesn't have any watermark
Both were without flash
Pretty impressive!
Is there any way I can control the shutter speed in gcam? I shoot a lot of sports and I would love if I get sharp photos with moving objects.
jeffreyvh said:
Here's a example of how Night sight works with GCam vs Stock Moto camera.
Stock got the watermark in the left down corner
GCam doesn't have any watermark
Both were without flash
Pretty impressive!
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The difference is amazing!
Andolss said:
Is there any way I can control the shutter speed in gcam? I shoot a lot of sports and I would love if I get sharp photos with moving objects.
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I haven't seen an option like this in GCam
ben16w said:
The difference is amazing!
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Updated Config in the OP for better Night shots. Will take 1-2 seconds longer to click a picture in the night (using night sight) but the results are amazing!
Gcam portret mod
Sent from my moto g(7) plus using Tapatalk
i have a moto g7. any chance you have a config file for it?
pedroxe said:
i have a moto g7. any chance you have a config file for it?
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You can try it with mine for the G7 Plus, I can't create one for the G7 because I do not have this particular phone. The only downside could be that taking a picture is a bit slower due to the Snapdragon 632 (G7P got the 636). But in general it should be working.
Let me know if it works, if so I'll add this to the OP ^^
Thanks!
Some example photos
I have tested this mod on my new 7+ and have to say the results are very good. I tested just the Night Sight and a few photospheres as the stock moto cam is probably best for everyday use in everything else - fast and easy to handle, great picture quality. However in some situations there is not such a big improvement at night with the mod - it really depends on the ambient lights and their uniformness in the scene.
Lets see:
Round one https://photos.app.goo.gl/qnfYeXaD4fgGagNTA, https://photos.app.goo.gl/wxNK9MAqQ1ShPSXL8 (taken with phone on solid support )
Round two https://photos.app.goo.gl/2pxSHSteaE64sHoNA, https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ygc4ZsDDcNNCZEeXA (taken with phone on solid support )
Round three https://photos.app.goo.gl/ATs2x7UnAyrsJot99 (just handheld; no stock image in this case)
Round four https://photos.app.goo.gl/x9yCfcdoKbWo78Sc8, https://photos.app.goo.gl/9pzQGJa4DXgLs3hp8 (handheld)
Round five https://photos.app.goo.gl/Kif1YWhRt6bCACG99, https://photos.app.goo.gl/HL4LKe9c9yQddZk3A (taken with phone on solid support)
(first is always stock automatic, second is gcam with settings from the xml file)
I have also noticed that the camera name in google photos viewer is different for both camera apps which is very good because it allows to distinguish
And yes, the photospheres struggle with straight lines (which is to be expected, as the distortions in handheld shooting angles are substantial). Otherwise they are of better or worse quality, depends on how one looks at them - a few examples:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PEDWhbpbWpio33G98, https://photos.app.goo.gl/ACmzBHdkgkTHXAD48, https://photos.app.goo.gl/EFhJq4zvSuCqcHji8
Regarding the photospheres I wouldn't mind if they were of higher quality even if the shooting and processing takes more time (maybe some setting?) and the file will be larger. The processing happens in the backgroud anyway.
I really appreciathe the work that was done here! :good::good:
Lupask said:
I have tested this mod on my new 7+ and have to say the results are very good. I tested just the Night Sight and a few photospheres as the stock moto cam is probably best for everyday use in everything else - fast and easy to handle, great picture quality. However in some situations there is not such a big improvement at night with the mod - it really depends on the ambient lights and their uniformness in the scene.
Lets see:
Round one https://photos.app.goo.gl/qnfYeXaD4fgGagNTA, https://photos.app.goo.gl/wxNK9MAqQ1ShPSXL8 (taken with phone on solid support )
Round two https://photos.app.goo.gl/2pxSHSteaE64sHoNA, https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ygc4ZsDDcNNCZEeXA (taken with phone on solid support )
Round three https://photos.app.goo.gl/ATs2x7UnAyrsJot99 (just handheld; no stock image in this case)
Round four https://photos.app.goo.gl/x9yCfcdoKbWo78Sc8, https://photos.app.goo.gl/9pzQGJa4DXgLs3hp8 (handheld)
Round five https://photos.app.goo.gl/Kif1YWhRt6bCACG99, https://photos.app.goo.gl/HL4LKe9c9yQddZk3A (taken with phone on solid support)
(first is always stock automatic, second is gcam with settings from the xml file)
I have also noticed that the camera name in google photos viewer is different for both camera apps which is very good because it allows to distinguish
And yes, the photospheres struggle with straight lines (which is to be expected, as the distortions in handheld shooting angles are substantial). Otherwise they are of better or worse quality, depends on how one looks at them - a few examples:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PEDWhbpbWpio33G98, https://photos.app.goo.gl/ACmzBHdkgkTHXAD48, https://photos.app.goo.gl/EFhJq4zvSuCqcHji8
Regarding the photospheres I wouldn't mind if they were of higher quality even if the shooting and processing takes more time (maybe some setting?) and the file will be larger. The processing happens in the backgroud anyway.
I really appreciathe the work that was done here! :good::good:
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Processing takes long because our processor will do the job, and we got a SD 6xx SoC so it will take a bit longer then a 8xx SoC. But like you told, it will work in the background
I tweaked the settings to get the maximum quality without having to wait like 10 seconds when taking the pictures. I can make it process faster, but this will be a lose of the quality, it is personal preference
If you want me to make a config like that I'd be more then happy to do so ^^
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I tweaked the settings to get the maximum quality without having to wait like 10 seconds when taking the pictures. I can make it process faster, but this will be a lose of the quality, it is personal preference
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So, if you managed to extract maximum that is possible (at whatever computational cost) than I'm happy with it Personally I don't mind waiting those 10 seconds, it's not everyday that one shoots photospheres and even so you don't usually need 20 of them in one minute.
Maybe if the mod creator added some setting so the user can decide by himself if they prefer speed or quality and they dont need to load up a configf file each time
Lupask said:
So, if you managed to extract maximum that is possible (at whatever computational cost) than I'm happy with it Personally I don't mind waiting those 10 seconds, it's not everyday that one shoots photospheres and even so you don't usually need 20 of them in one minute.
Maybe if the mod creator added some setting so the user can decide by himself if they prefer speed or quality and they dont need to load up a configf file each time
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First of all, I am not the creator of this port. I clearly stated this in the OP, I just made these configs and shared the download links. If you load the config once your set up and don't have to load it anymore, unless you play with the settings and want to revert it like before.
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Install apk, set config and you're all set. Next time you'll open the camera config is already loaded.
Works very good! Thank you!