Hello, my dear friends, after my Xperia Z and 6 years of usage I am back with the xz1. I am also very disappointed with the Raw support and Camera 2 api that we cannot even use google camera app and its portrait mod and etc but I am quite happy with the camera for now. I've contacted Sony for this RAW and Camera 2 api support a few days ago saying these:
"Unfortunately even 200 euro phones are passing us and they give better results with their camera After using Sony from the Sony Ericson K750 times to now, and lately I have been using Xperia Z for 6 years, however, xz1 and the 400 euros was the biggest disappointment for me. For past 2 years, almost every smartphone supports Camera 2 API and they have portrait mod, Raw support and HDR functions with the Google Camera app. But where we are as Sony? Our own camera software is not capable to respond and compete with the market! Please make an update by making Camera 2 API available for Xperia users. No Camera 2 Api, No portrait mode, No updates for Background defocus, No Raw support, and what do we have as better than the others? Very very disappointed"
AND I HAVE GOT A REPLY:
"Thank you for contacting Xperia Support by Sony.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
With regards to your inquiry, we would like to inform you that Android 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0 support the new camera features via android.hardware.camera2, and Google defines three modes for the new camera features:
Legacy mode (no support RAW capture)
2. Limited mode (optional capability for RAW capture)
Full mode (optional capability for RAW capture)
Currently, Xperia devices support the Legacy mode, which incorporates features and functionality in addition to our already renowned camera experience. We are always monitoring our customers' expectations, and as for taking photos in RAW format we will consider this for the future.
We would like to thank you for your remarks and inform you that we are always at your disposal for any further assistance in the future."
I would like to hear your opinions and thoughts on this topic.
And I don't know exactly if I am posting the thread in the right section (forgive me if I am not).
Thanks
What does Camera2 Probe ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.weis.camera2probe ) say for XZ1?
simeoni said:
What does Camera2 Probe ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.weis.camera2probe ) say for XZ1?
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Hardware level support category: Full
Raw capture: not available
snake218 said:
Hardware level support category: Full
Raw capture: not available
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Does this means Sony is lying??
kcannonball said:
Does this means Sony is lying??
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No just raw capture is not there, even not on my XZ2.
Good news
-You can get RAW capture to work via SonyAOSP.
Bad news
-SonyAOSP Android 9.0 has issues making phone calls.
-You have to void the warranty.
duffman128 said:
Good news
-You can get RAW capture to work via SonyAOSP.
Bad news
-SonyAOSP Android 9.0 has issues making phone calls.
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pls tell the method
maniaccrack said:
pls tell the method
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I've sent you a pm with the steps since I can't post links on threads yet.
duffman128 said:
I've sent you a pm with the steps since I can't post links on threads yet.
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Please send it to me as well, and I could post it here.
duffman128 said:
I've sent you a pm with the steps since I can't post links on threads yet.
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thank you thank you
duffman128 said:
Good news
-You can get RAW capture to work via SonyAOSP.
Bad news
-SonyAOSP Android 9.0 has issues making phone calls.
-You have to void the warranty.
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Please count me in too bro just send me the link please...
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Good news
-You have to void the warranty.
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Flashing sonys official AOSP voids warranty??
realadry said:
Flashing sonys official AOSP voids warranty??
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You have to unlock the bootloader which voids the warranty.
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You have to unlock the bootloader which voids the warranty.
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Hey yo the link please * Am still waiting
x_faizan_x said:
Hey yo the link please * Am still waiting
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Google it !
Google Camera Mod for XZ1
duffman128 said:
Good news
-You can get RAW capture to work via SonyAOSP.
Bad news
-SonyAOSP Android 9.0 has issues making phone calls.
-You have to void the warranty.
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I found this post mentioning the Google Camera: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79267467&postcount=47
Sjll said:
Yes, [GoogleCamera works] but night sight has so much noise.
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Can we enable raw support without root etc with non secure adb found in core settings?
Please count me in too bro just send me the link please...
Related
I've Recently bought cod:boz on my nexus 7 then i downloaded (via google play) on my Sony xperia u than after i've launched it than it's stuck in the Activision logo then the phone returns to home (or drawer). I've already tried o re-downloaded it bit it didnt work. I tried with chainfire too bit i didnt work anyone have o working on xperia u or have a solution? Sorry for my bad english but i'm italian!
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Up!
Up!
I suggest you email the developer. If it's a legal copy of the game, it probably doesn't support your device.
K900 said:
I suggest you email the developer. If it's a legal copy of the game, it probably doesn't support your device.
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I will try thank you!
EDIT: Just emailed glu mobile!
Oh they just answered Me (Probabily the fastest response in the World!) And it's because my device is rooted... I will take back to stock
iLeleplus said:
Oh they just answered Me (Probabily the fastest response in the World!) And it's because my device is rooted... I will take back to stock
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Did you actually mention rooting it? Stupid you. Now they won't even care.
K900 said:
Did you actually mention rooting it? Stupid you. Now they won't even care.
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No no i didn't mention it they have written here is the mail:
Recently you requested personal assistance from Glu Mobile Customer Care. Below is a summary of your request and our response.
If you need further help, please do not start a new ticket, respond to the same thread for a faster reply from our Glu Mobile team.
Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.
Subject
Game not working
Discussion Thread
Response Via Email (Michael) 11/04/2012 11:42 AM
Thank you for contacting Glu Mobile Customer Care.
Unfortunately when we release games we can't ensure compatibility with every single device, there are just too many and software is constantly changing. We will forward your information to our team for consideration.
Please note that our games do not support rooted devices.
Regards,
Glu Mobile Customer Care
Customer By Web Form (Emanuele Chiapparelli) 11/04/2012 11:31 AM
Hello! First of all i congratulate for your beautyful games! But i've got an issue with Call Of duty black ops zombies on my Sony Xperia U (ST25i) I bought the game on the google play store for my nexus 7 And it works well! But when i downloaded on my xperia u the screen displays ACTIVISION logo then it goes to the app drawer... How can i Fix this Problem? Regards, Emanuele.
Question Reference #121104-000219
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No no i didn't mention it they have written here is the mail:
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It's just a general ****-you notice so they don't have to deal with as many requests. What they actually need to do is fix the game to run on U8500 hardware. If they do that, good for you. If they don't - sorry, not much you can do.
Hello everyone.
I have seen this model Star B6000.
I wonder if someone has already and has rooted and CWM.
Can not find the Star brand website so if I can not get the original rom if there will be updates
Thanks to all:good:
I join the question
also known as BLUEBO B6000, Orient N3 Plus
This should be the official website http://starmobile.com.ph/
but u will find nothing about B6000 its very weak website, I want to buy this phone but also im afraid theres no support for this phone
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Check this may help in root http://droidchina.com/forum/Thread-Auto-Root-MTK6589-One-click-root
OR http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2247537
But I'm not sure about that !! because B6000 has higher cpu called MTK6589T which means higher frequency (1.50 GHz)
christiaNagieb said:
This should be the official website http://starmobile.com.ph/
but u will find nothing about B6000 its very weak website, I want to buy this phone but also im afraid theres no support for this phone
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Check this may help in root http://droidchina.com/forum/Thread-Auto-Root-MTK6589-One-click-root
OR http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2247537
But I'm not sure about that !! because B6000 has higher cpu called MTK6589T which means higher frequency (1.50 GHz)
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Thanks for the info.
I think if this brand does not support customers seeketh me another phone of another brand.
That the phone had everything I want, but I do not buy without support :crying:
wahuka said:
Thanks for the info.
I think if this brand does not support customers seeketh me another phone of another brand.
That the phone had everything I want, but I do not buy without support :crying:
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Yes u r absolutely right and for Chinese cheap smartphones I think "zopo" has best support specially ZOPO C2 looks gr8 http://www.zopomobileshop.com/
whatever I'm not gonna buy Chinese but I'm only suggest to u ..and this site for Chinese smartphones custom ROMS http://www.needrom.com/
Cheers :good:
thanks!
MyslfHimadri said:
thanks!
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Thanks :good:
brady56 i have send you a private message :good:
wahuka said:
brady56 i have send you a private message :good:
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me 2
asking for information on the quality of the phone
wahuka said:
also known as BLUEBO B6000, Orient N3 Plus
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Managed to find the Bluebo official links but they are totally in chinese.
Website: http://www.ibluebo.com/
Official ROM for B6000 巨兽 (have to register to view download links): http://bbs.ibluebo.com/thread-6625-1-1.html
Official flash instructions: http://bbs.ibluebo.com/thread-4986-1-1.html
HTH
chong81 said:
Managed to find the Bluebo official links but they are totally in chinese.
Website: http://www.ibluebo.com/
Official ROM for B6000 巨兽 (have to register to view download links): http://bbs.ibluebo.com/thread-6625-1-1.html
Official flash instructions: http://bbs.ibluebo.com/thread-4986-1-1.html
HTH
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Thanks for the info,
Is there any way to have it in English?
With the google translator is very bad
wahuka said:
Thanks for the info,
Is there any way to have it in English?
With the google translator is very bad
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hey guys is the phone worth having
or its better a zopo c3
wahuka said:
Thanks for the info,
Is there any way to have it in English?
With the google translator is very bad
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I can read a bit of chinese, and the user reviews in that forum are not encouraging. The forum is also pretty dead.
Some examples:
Rampant SODs and crashes (bluebo claims improvements in 6/19 ROM, but very little feedback thus far)
1 user has obvious dust below screen.
1 user seeing screen flickering under low light
1 user say shutter speed is slow
Users of previous models cussing and swearing that bugs are left unfixed
chong81 said:
I can read a bit of chinese, and the user reviews in that forum are not encouraging. The forum is also pretty dead.
Some examples:
Rampant SODs and crashes (bluebo claims improvements in 6/19 ROM, but very little feedback thus far)
1 user has obvious dust below screen.
1 user seeing screen flickering under low light
1 user say shutter speed is slow
Users of previous models cussing and swearing that bugs are left unfixed
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thank you
that means go away
satiros said:
thank you
that means go away
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There are a new ROM from Taiwan101 group, is JB 4.2.2
Do you know if the B6000 have wdcma 900 Mhz band in the engineer mode ?
Thanks
logpc said:
Do you know if the B6000 have wdcma 900 Mhz band in the engineer mode ?
Thanks
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i dont know, i.m waiting the phone yet.
You can see it in pandawiil
any further news?
Sent from my Amoi N828 using xda premium
my phone just arrived, star b6000
Is anyone know, when this random reboot happen ?
I just try around 5 hour, there no random reboot
Hi XDA,
I was wondering when K zoom will have its own separate forum?
This will be a good channel for Q&A as well as sharing some more information on the K zoom for those who are interested as well.
Please either pm me or write back with an ETA if possible.
Kind regards,
Denny
Product Marketing Executive, Digital Imaging SEUK.
that'll be a great Idea , I have this fantastic phone and I think there're many people like me will be interested in the forum.
dk206 said:
Hi XDA,
I was wondering when K zoom will have its own separate forum?
This will be a good channel for Q&A as well as sharing some more information on the K zoom for those who are interested as well.
Please either pm me or write back with an ETA if possible.
Kind regards,
Denny
Product Marketing Executive, Digital Imaging SEUK.
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You need to submit your request here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660354&page=1442 And anyone reading this with a K Zoom you need to +1 the requests
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apprentice said:
You need to submit your request here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660354&page=1442 And anyone reading this with a K Zoom you need to +1 the requests
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+ 1'd with a few random words forced together in a sentence.
Kroy73 said:
+ 1'd with a few random words forced together in a sentence.
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+1 from me to
+1 too
+1 !!
+1
+1
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+1 from me to
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Plus some more from here! +1
+1
+1 Would be nice!
+1
+ 1 :fingers-crossed:
Apparently we can't have a dedicated forum for our K Zoom.
Anyway!
Somebody try to have root for the phone ? Moreover , does exists some news ROM ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797146
timduru got us a self-rooting kernel over a month ago.
+1
+1
+1
and SIGH at there being no Dual Picture option on the K Zoom.
I've come from my S4, Tab Pro 8.4 and Note 3 to the K Zoom and was shocked to notice it doesn't have the Dual Photo option like those, technically, lesser camera phones.
I sighed loudly.
so maybe they need to include that in a next update. it's not good taking 20 Megapixel photos of a beach scene when you're not in it!
( though you can be on the sad old S4, or Note 3, or the Tab Pro 8.4! )
Make a collage using a 3rd party app, that's all it is.
Will not happen when taking the shot you have to do it after.
or use photoshop and get more fancy.
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It doesn't work on stock G5. But maybe if you changed build.prop to ro.product.model=Nexus 5X it would work? I need some beta testers.
Here's link to google camera apk: Link
Yeah I would love to see HDR+ on the G5 as well!
galr said:
Yeah I would love to see HDR+ on the G5 as well!
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I wonder if we need something more than just Camera Api2 for it to work, maybe there are some hardware requirements. I tried googling, but it didn't give me any results. But now that other people had success with making assistant and other things to work on different hardware than it was released for by editing build.prop, maybe we can do the same with the camera. I'm just not ready to unlock the bootloader yet.
ashirviskas said:
It doesn't work on stock G5. But maybe if you changed build.prop to ro.product.model=Nexus 5X it would work? I need some beta testers.
Here's link to google camera apk: Link
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Just tried what you asked, still no option for HDR+. Maybe something else is needed to make it work
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I wonder if we need something more than just Camera Api2 for it to work, maybe there are some hardware requirements. I tried googling, but it didn't give me any results. But now that other people had success with making assistant and other things to work on different hardware than it was released for by editing build.prop, maybe we can do the same with the camera. I'm just not ready to unlock the bootloader yet.
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I doubt there is a hardware requirement.
Thank you for trying it out!
Any other ideas?
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Thank you for trying it out!
Any other ideas?
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Well I've researched a little and it seems that some libs are needed to make it work, but I haven't been able to find which one,I did a few tests,used the one I've found,but no luck,even tried to activate it modifying the apk,but again no luck. So that is why I think that some libs are needed
Oh, then we probably should try to get more developers/testers and then maybe we can achieve something, maybe some mod that would make HDR+ work on more devices.
What do you know about these libraries, are they device specific or could we just easily port them to G5?
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Oh, then we probably should try to get more developers/testers and then maybe we can achieve something, maybe some mod that would make HDR+ work on more devices.
What do you know about these libraries, are they device specific or could we just easily port them to G5?
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I don't know much, but there is some talk about it on forum, just search XDA forum for HDR+ and you'll see that the libs are mentioned
onestyle007 said:
Just tried what you asked, still no option for HDR+. Maybe something else is needed to make it work
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Well I've researched a little and it seems that some libs are needed to make it work, but I haven't been able to find which one,I did a few tests,used the one I've found,but no luck,even tried to activate it modifying the apk,but again no luck. So that is why I think that some libs are needed
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I don't know much, but there is some talk about it on forum, just search XDA forum for HDR+ and you'll see that the libs are mentioned
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I'll take a look into that.
I've searched through forums and didn't find anything useful, only rumours. Maybe someone wants to dig in deeper into this?
I've found that Gcam ports are giving me far superior photos to auto mode on the stock camera app. Just wondering if anyone has messed around with various GCam ports and found one that works best? I'm currently using Arnova's latest port with HDR config set to "pixel 2017 ZSL HDR+" and model set to "pixel 2".
Link to GCam ports: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
You can also ask in the LG V30 Google Camera port thread:
GOOGLE CAMERA PORT WITH HDR+ and LG V30
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3696066
Been discussed there since October.
Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
Love it
maflin18 said:
I've found that Gcam ports are giving me far superior photos to auto mode on the stock camera app. Just wondering if anyone has messed around with various GCam ports and found one that works best? I'm currently using Arnova's latest port with HDR config set to "pixel 2017 ZSL HDR+" and model set to "pixel 2".
Link to GCam ports: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
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Does the Arnova build you're using use both rear cameras? What build are you using exactly?
I'm using GoogleCamera_5.2.025-Final_fu24-17.apk
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You can also ask in the LG V30 Google Camera port thread:
GOOGLE CAMERA PORT WITH HDR+ and LG V30
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3696066
Been discussed there since October.
Sent from my carrier unlocked LG V30+ US998
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excuse me which gcam port / version are you using at this moment (for all 3 cameras)?
i didnt buy the phone but ill have 1-2 hours to try it in the next days and i want to make some tests w gcam.
thx :good:
kbuss said:
excuse me which gcam port / version are you using at this moment (for all 3 cameras)?
i didnt buy the phone but ill have 1-2 hours to try it in the next days and i want to make some tests w gcam.
thx :good:
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The discussion has moved on since the post you quoted from over a year ago.
Here's two suggestions from people who know what they are doing:
mattgyver said:
Here's a link to the gcam I use, which gives a toggle for switching to and from wide angle lens:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76878015&postcount=505
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kherio said:
I do not use the stock cam. I always use the GoogleCamera_5.2.025-Final_fu24-18.apk
If long press the change rear/front camera button it switches between normal and wide len.
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The discussion has moved on since the post you quoted from over a year ago.
Here's two suggestions from people who know what they are doing:
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....... Seriously?!?! You learn something new every day.. I must have overlooked the bit in fu24's thread about long-pressing the camera switch icon to switch between main and aux lenses Well THAT makes things faster
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The discussion has moved on since the post you quoted from over a year ago.
Here's two suggestions from people who know what they are doing:
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thx a lot man. my problem was that i looked in the apps subforum and was extremely confusing as a newcomer which version i should use.
ill try these thx.
oh wait! the second one is flashable right? so needs root? has it got a non roor apk version? thx.
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thx a lot man. my problem was that i looked in the apps subforum and was extremely confusing as a newcomer which version i should use.
ill try these thx.
oh wait! the second one is flashable right? so needs root? has it got a non roor apk version? thx.
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2nd one is APK.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
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2nd one is APK.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
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yes i saw. i just thought that you recommend to try both versions and decide.
but as this is a QA, a have other questions if you guys dont mind...
is there a cam app that has
1. extended resolutions for example 1440p/60, or 4K with stabilization? are those even possible?
2. ~480p resolution for low video size if you just need to document something?
3. boosted low light video, even if its low res/noisy - if you need to shoot in very dark and need to have at least something on the video.
hey, thx. :highfive:
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thx a lot man. has it got a non root apk version? thx.
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2nd one is APK.
Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
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yes i saw. i just thought that you recommend to try both versions and decide.
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I think the first link may be to the post where other versions are described. There is an attachment which is a fix and may have to be flashed. Anyway just use the APK.