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[Q][REQUEST] Panoramic Camera Feature

I have used the Samsung Epic 4G and i like the phone and everything. (LOVE MY EVO BETTER) But........ I have ONE request....
Are there ANY DEVS/MODS who would be able to take the panoramic feature that is in the camera from the Samsung Epic and add it into our EVO phones??? either included in a ROM or just a flashable feature?? THIS is a feature i would GLADLY Pay for.....
I have tried the Photostitch app..... but would rather have the feature built in like on the Epic....
Thanks

Could you not just use adb and pull the camera.apk from the Epic, and install it on the EVO?
Edit: for example,
adb pull system/app/camera.apk

DJZager said:
Could you not just use adb and pull the camera.apk from the Epic, and install it on the EVO?
Edit: for example,
adb pull system/app/camera.apk
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might be able to .... idk.... i wish i could try right now

Not good with adb, but I have been WAITING for someone to port the Epic Panoramic Camera app.
If someone does get it to work with the evo it would be amazing!!

pbsst7 said:
Not good with adb, but I have been WAITING for someone to port the Epic Panoramic Camera app.
If someone does get it to work with the evo it would be amazing!!
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I tried this as well

looneylu said:
I tried this as well
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I'm assuming that when you tried using adb.... it did not work??

The hardware and frameworks are completely different. Samsung was very tricky with their coding with the Galaxy S line, thank god they open sourced it right away, though. I'm sure given enough time this will end up on a ROM somewhere, but I highly doubt that the camera.apk will work without porting.
Most likely, it will probably just force close after you push the camera.apk to the system/apps. Too bad it's never this easy.

I was hoping it would be that easy. That is unfortunate, I would like to see this.

I would like to see that and a pause button during video recording. That's another really cool capability of the Galaxy S line.

BigBoi87 said:
I have used the Samsung Epic 4G and i like the phone and everything. (LOVE MY EVO BETTER) But........ I have ONE request....
Are there ANY DEVS/MODS who would be able to take the panoramic feature that is in the camera from the Samsung Epic and add it into our EVO phones??? either included in a ROM or just a flashable feature?? THIS is a feature i would GLADLY Pay for.....
I have tried the Photostitch app..... but would rather have the feature built in like on the Epic....
Thanks
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I know it's not a fix but I have found that Photaf works better for me than Photostitch.

Porting over the Camera/Camcorder SW from the Droid X would be best, I think. That had soooo many features like panorama, slow motion video capture, and some other cool stuff!

Thread moved to Q&A.

HTC6800 said:
Porting over the Camera/Camcorder SW from the Droid X would be best, I think. That had soooo many features like panorama, slow motion video capture, and some other cool stuff!
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Definitely a way better port than the Galaxy S cam port.

[DEV] We have a 90% working cam now

Ok, so, Thanks to aread22 We have a 90% working cam, since we still dont have 720p and some effects ares still broke, but share and set as both work which was the original goal of this, and while we dont have 720p recording yet, im sure we will get there (eventually )
Heres that Cam:View attachment HTCCamera.apk
oh and btw, its from the 1.84 desire sense rom.
So things still to fix:
-720P
-Some effects (graphic intensive ones, probably gpu related)
(and i really hope some mod doesn't move this thread to q&a like my last thread, WHICH WAS NOT A Q&A THREAD)

* reserved*

Ok, i guess what ill put here are the tools that will help anyone who wants to contribute to this,
Beyond compare: A very very good compare tool for directory's and files
http://www.scootersoftware.com/
Apk manager: a very easy feature rich app script package for apk's that will let you extract,decompile,recompile and a ton of other stuff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701
Notepad++: one of the best text/data editors i have ever used, very handy..
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
DroidExplorer: will let you access your android device like an explorer window..
http://de.codeplex.com/
dsixda's HTC Android Kitchen: a very easy kitchen to use, windows (with cygwin) and linux compatible
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246

u forgot cmylxgo's desire HD camera fix..

dailomac said:
u forgot cmylxgo's desire HD camera fix..
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omfg not this sh*t again..
i defer you to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981881
hell, go read cmylxgos thread, hes using my fixed apk..
and one of the people collaborating with us on this is cmylxgo along with g.lewarne,dandiest and a few others should be contributing too..

ok, anyways.. i have been pouring over smali files for days, trying different files in lib,bin and from looking at the log, my current guess is that the issue lies with the recording of audio when you hit record, which it runs into an error when it tries and crashes the apk.. i dont know if thats correct and im not sure what needs to be done to fix it, but thats why we have a dev thread for eh?

How about 720 recording ...is it just not possible cause I figured someone would have figured this out by now

tigerz0202 said:
How about 720 recording ...is it just not possible cause I figured someone would have figured this out by now
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well, that isnt something i believe that can be done at the moment, but i do believe it is possible and from what i have read its mostly a kernel issue, seeing as how wp7 can do it on our hardware and thats all software..
but before we even approach that here, i would like to get just basic recording working with the newer camcorder function..

pyrorob said:
well, that isnt something i believe that can be done at the moment, but i do believe it is possible and from what i have read its mostly a kernel issue, seeing as how wp7 can do it on our hardware and thats all software..
but before we even approach that here, i would like to get just basic recording working with the newer camcorder function..
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Which apk is the one with all the boxy border .....I hate that one, the one that comes with cmyxlo builds is the one I would love to have in my cm7 rom I'm currently on. And will it install

tigerz0202 said:
Which apk is the one with all the boxy border .....I hate that one, the one that comes with cmyxlo builds is the one I would love to have in my cm7 rom I'm currently on. And will it install
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the boxy border? i have not seen that.. and the one in cmylxgo's rom is of course, the older one with the working camcorder function..

pyrorob said:
the boxy border? i have not seen that.. and the one in cmylxgo's rom is of course, the older one with the working camcorder function..
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Its got a grey border around the screen. Some devs skin it some don't

tigerz0202 said:
How about 720 recording ...is it just not possible cause I figured someone would have figured this out by now
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What about A/V sync in Sense builds? I've been flashing and flashing, and have yet to find a truly working camcorder in this regard? Is this likely to be fixed?

inconceeeivable said:
What about A/V sync in Sense builds? I've been flashing and flashing, and have yet to find a truly working camcorder in this regard? Is this likely to be fixed?
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well, who knows? maybe the different version of the camcorder could fix it? who knows until we get it working...

i think people are more likely to be using the camera so if we get a camera,it will be a big breakthrough and then the camcorder will probably come after you figured out the camera,keep up the hard work

Keep up the good work ! And this thread deserves to be in the stickies !

Finally, I'm glad to see that you've taken the initiative to get this moving. Can this also apply to the currently non-working camera that appears in the new Gingerbread Sense build by iMilka (and for other future builds)?

jonboyuk said:
Finally, I'm glad to see that you've taken the initiative to get this moving. Can this also apply to the currently non-working camera that appears in the new Gingerbread Sense build by iMilka (and for other future builds)?
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well, who knows, what i would like to see is people posting logs from alogcat at the time the try to run the camera (if it fc's as soon as you open it) or when they hit record (if it fc's there)
i dont know what the issue is with the gb camera (does it fc on open?)
but i wouldn't mind if this say, became the thread where we work out camera issues on all builds
and if enough people posted log snippets, just maybe we can find a commonality and that would head us in the right direction..
as it stands im figuring that the issue lies in the kernel or the libs, with the kernel looking more likely, im figuring it needs updated code to be compatible with the newer cameras and more then likely if we can get the newer camera working here, then the gb camera would also..

logcat
here i have attached the logcat. this is my first time. so im not sure if ok. i have started the logcat and then i click the camera then it did soft reset and reboot i close the logcat.
pyrorob said:
well, who knows, what i would like to see is people posting logs from alogcat at the time the try to run the camera (if it fc's as soon as you open it) or when they hit record (if it fc's there)
i dont know what the issue is with the gb camera (does it fc on open?)
but i wouldn't mind if this say, became the thread where we work out camera issues on all builds
and if enough people posted log snippets, just maybe we can find a commonality and that would head us in the right direction..
as it stands im figuring that the issue lies in the kernel or the libs, with the kernel looking more likely, im figuring it needs updated code to be compatible with the newer cameras and more then likely if we can get the newer camera working here, then the gb camera would also..
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rasumia said:
here i have attached the logcat. this is my first time. so im not sure if ok. i have started the logcat and then i click the camera then it did soft reset and reboot i close the logcat.
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what camera apk is this and what rom?
and do this when you post these, look at the time on your watch or computer when you hit record and mention that. as long as its set the same as your device (your pc should have its clocked auto synced just like your phone so its times should match). this way there wont be a need to do a bunch of fishing for the error in the log.. oh, and set your log type to long under alogcat preferences..
edit: ok i see this is the gingerbread rom..
and wow lots of permission errors and a java failed binder transaction then all your services die..
and another odd, it seems to be connecting to htc database servers to check for updates..

camera
Sooo.. for ex. I have frankinstein droid 1.5 rom, when i hit record it doesn't work, and i must reboot my hd2.
What i wanna install ?

Cameras

I have a question. Does anyone know if you're able to run the stock camera from the Incredible 2 rom on CM7? If so, can someone running rooted stock Incredible 2 upload the APK? If not, can someone suggest a better camera than the CM7 camera?
Thanks

digitalsynner85 said:
I have a question. Does anyone know if you're able to run the stock camera from the Incredible 2 rom on CM7? If so, can someone running rooted stock Incredible 2 upload the APK? If not, can someone suggest a better camera than the CM7 camera?
Thanks
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You cannot. The framework is different from an AOSP Rom vs a Sense Rom. Many people hate it because that vanilla camera In CM7 is ugly lol
Sent from my Rinky Dinky DInc2

I was afraid it was a sense based camera. I guess the only other option is dealing with MIUI or this ****ty CM7 camera. It's fine except I'm one that hates random flashes of different colors come across my screen so when the green flashes, it bugs the living hell out of me lol.
How are you liking the Sensation 2.0 rom and the dirty chad kernel? Also, your 225 radio you have installed, does it work better than the 622 radio? I seem to get no reception on mine and I live close to a tower lol.

Yea, that camera IS the reason I do not use AOSP roms
Sent from my Rinky Dinky DInc2

Lmao, I thought I was the only one that was a stickler for stuff like that.

digitalsynner85 said:
How are you liking the Sensation 2.0 rom and the dirty chad kernel? Also, your 225 radio you have installed, does it work better than the 622 radio? I seem to get no reception on mine and I live close to a tower lol.
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I love it, the smoothest so far for me. And the kernel is one he posted for another ROM, it just happens to work fine for this one. Charges faster and has profiles you can change as far as governors and voltage modifications.
The radio I'm running is still the stock radio by the way. I haven't messed with that yet. Haven't ran into anything major. I live out in the boonies and get 1X so I don't really care, I gots WiFi

Lol I live out in the boonies too and I get 0 bars and intermittent 3g/1x, thankfully I have wifi too lol
I'm thinking of flashing the stock radio. What would be your input as far as that goes? Yay or nay? lol
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda premium

The radios vary depending on where you are located. I'm going to try one of the GB radios when I get around to it lol. Its pretty much play around with em and see which one works best over a day or two (per radio)
Sent from my Rinky Dinky DInc2

MIUI camera isn't too bad and there's a flashable version of it floating around here somewhere (compatible with CM7). My question would be around photo quality. Would a picture taken with a stock phone look the same as a photo taken with the MIUI camera (in 8mp mode) if printed out? It seems the sense camera is optimized for our resolution, but is overall picture quality any worse with MIUI? or does it have to do with the hardware?

prenedo said:
MIUI camera isn't too bad and there's a flashable version of it floating around here somewhere (compatible with CM7). My question would be around photo quality. Would a picture taken with a stock phone look the same as a photo taken with the MIUI camera (in 8mp mode) if printed out? It seems the sense camera is optimized for our resolution, but is overall picture quality any worse with MIUI? or does it have to do with the hardware?
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Here are two different .zip's
Place on SD Card
Flash in recovery
Reboot & Enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13573518&postcount=3630
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/19404-miui-camera/

Awesome. Does that MIUI camera have a FFC option?
Sent from my CM7'd Dinc 2 using XDA Premium App

beenz said:
Awesome. Does that MIUI camera have a FFC option?
Sent from my CM7'd Dinc 2 using XDA Premium App
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That I am not sure, I don't mess with AOSP roms.
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beenz said:
Awesome. Does that MIUI camera have a FFC option?
Sent from my CM7'd Dinc 2 using XDA Premium App
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Well I just found this ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16133085&postcount=12
It's an APK file so that means it is either installable or if that's not the case, you place it in /system/app and set the permission correctly
Permissions: can be set with root explorer
Owner - read, write, execute
Group - read
Others - read

The APK one should have working FFC capabilities. I've tried it out before starting this thread and it works great and looks very similar to the stock camera, except for the fact that when you take a picture, the screen flashes green which I can't stand. It's annoying but it does take pictures of the same quality as the AOSP camera. The other issue with the camera is that when the camera shows whatever it does, it is stretched, yet when you take the picture, it fixes itself and takes a normal picture. Quirky, but still works.
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I love it, the smoothest so far for me. And the kernel is one he posted for another ROM, it just happens to work fine for this one. Charges faster and has profiles you can change as far as governors and voltage modifications.
The radio I'm running is still the stock radio by the way. I haven't messed with that yet. Haven't ran into anything major. I live out in the boonies and get 1X so I don't really care, I gots WiFi
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I'm worried that if I try to flash the stock radio that I would brick the phone because the stock radio is for Froyo FW and CM7 is Gingerbread. lol
Update: just flashed the stock incredible 2 radio and it doesn't seem to have done much of anything lol

JWhetstone02 said:
That I am not sure, I don't mess with AOSP roms.
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Well I just found this ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16133085&postcount=12
It's an APK file so that means it is either installable or if that's not the case, you place it in /system/app and set the permission correctly
Permissions: can be set with root explorer
Owner - read, write, execute
Group - read
Others - read
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This is the Miui camera I use with CM 7.
Since I couldn't really see any need of wanting to use the stock camera, I renamed the apk to "camera" and replaced the stock camera app in the system folder, changed the permissions/ownership and good to go. (I did make a .bak of the stock CM 7 for a just in case moment)
I like the Miui camera app. I didn't have FFC with it though. I do though now using the latest Miui Rom though...

PacerguyDon said:
This is the Miui camera I use with CM 7.
Since I couldn't really see any need of wanting to use the stock camera, I renamed the apk to "camera" and replaced the stock camera app in the system folder, changed the permissions/ownership and good to go. (I did make a .bak of the stock CM 7 for a just in case moment)
I like the Miui camera app. I didn't have FFC with it though. I do though now using the latest Miui Rom though...
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Which did you prefer? CM7 or Miui? Also, does your screen flash green when taking photos w/ the Miui camera on the Miui rom like mine does on CM7?

digitalsynner85 said:
Which did you prefer? CM7 or Miui? Also, does your screen flash green when taking photos w/ the Miui camera on the Miui rom like mine does on CM7?
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I assume your referring to camera's? If so, I prefer the Miui camera over the CM 7 camera.
As far as rom preference, I like both, but currently I'm using Miui.
When taking photos using the Miui camera on the Miui rom, the only thing that flashes green is just the viewfinder box. The actual screen just goes black.
I'd have to flash back to CM 7 to see if the camera flashes the screen green or not. I don't remember now if it did or didn't. I don't think it did, but I don't want to say that it didn't without checking...

I flashed MIUI earlier and it seemed nice, a little different than what I'm used to in CM7, but what I did notice that I absolutely dislike is that 1) I tried to restore back to CM7 and when going through the ROM manager, it said that my phone was essentially not rooted anymore (more specifically that superuser permissions wasn't giving ROM manager the permissions and I went into SU and checked and it was installed, updated, and was supposed to be giving permissions where it needed to be), and 2) Whenever you drag an icon off the screen to remove the icon, it only wants to uninstall the app. Other than that, it seems like a decent ROM.

Yup, the last couple of updates to Miui has had to have the permissions set on SU. Don't know what happened that it has to be that way. It didn't used to be that way.
I also don't care to much for the Miui Launcher, and it's unremovable apps (you can make folders though, and place the apps in there, but still not quite what I like). To Iphone for me... I use the Adw ex launcher (same that I use on CM 7)
Really, my version of Cm 7 and Miui are almost twins... Basically the only diff is in the menus and a few cosmetics.
CM 7 on the left, Miui on the right...

Holy ****! Finally someone else that has this same problem!
Sent from my Incredible 2 using Tapatalk

PacerguyDon said:
Yup, the last couple of updates to Miui has had to have the permissions set on SU. Don't know what happened that it has to be that way. It didn't used to be that way.
I also don't care to much for the Miui Launcher, and it's unremovable apps (you can make folders though, and place the apps in there, but still not quite what I like). To Iphone for me... I use the Adw ex launcher (same that I use on CM 7)
Really, my version of Cm 7 and Miui are almost twins... Basically the only diff is in the menus and a few cosmetics.
CM 7 on the left, Miui on the right...
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Whoa, I love your CM7 lockscreen. I'm new to all this so I have just the basic stuff that comes w/ CM7. Where do you find these things at?
SR3TLAW said:
Holy ****! Finally someone else that has this same problem!
Sent from my Incredible 2 using Tapatalk
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Lol, which problem? Camera or the dislike of MIUI uninstalling stuff when you remove the icon off the screens?

Updated 4-3 Enhanced ICS Camera 1.3.1 (FC24) + How-To

4-3 v1.3.1 for FC24 is out!! Nothing has changed from 1.2.8. I just incorporated the fix for the low battery issue Calkulin added. Again, watch those file sizes - they get big very quickly.
I've been working on this for a while. Just a little rundown this is the camera from Calkulin's ICS rom so anything he's added to it is still there. I've tested it myself and it works - just make sure to read everything and install it correctly.
*There's an audio/video sync issue, this is across all roms and multiple phones that have this mod. So far there is no fix but it's being looked in to. Until then thanks to rafalense there is a solution to re-sync everthing after you record it.
Use Avidemux (Windows/Linux/BSD/Mac)
Follow rafalense post on using it. HERE​
What I've changed:
1080p new(stock)
Superfine: 24Mbit (17)
Fine: 18Mbit (15)
Normal: 14Mbit (13)
720p
Superfine: 18Mbit (12)
Fine: 14Mbit (10)
Normal: 10Mbit (8)
640x480 - because it's used for the front facing camera also
Superfine: 3.159Mbit (3.078) Will implement in next version.
Audio bitrates for these is 128kbps (64 stock)
Sampling rate 48kHz (unchanged from Calkulin's, stock is 16kHz)
While I did put in the time doing the conversions, decompiling, and other stuff - I did not make it silent and a few other things. Credits for that goes to:
Calkulin - ICS goodness, making it silent, other mods I didn't do to this apk.
Agat63 - For helping me out and supporting me on this. Also for including this mod in his rom.
rafalense - For his post on editing the arrays.
To install just use Root Explorer. Any others using adb or terminal - I assume you know what you're doing already there with cp, chmod, and chown commands. Just in case though I put them up in the second post
Just a note: It may close on you a few times - this is normal from what I can tell. After a few tries and a minute or so it will work flawlessly. Also, feel free to bake this into your roms or whatever you desire. Just make sure to give me and others credit if you do.
U haz the bugz? Post them. I'm still new to this but I'll do my best to get them resolved. Have a solution? Post it. Don't leave others hanging.

Terminal code and future plans
Flashable zip located in first post. If you like to do it the 'hard' way, want to learn, or you're just old school like that the permissions for both are rw,r,r change owner/group to root also.
In terminal:
Code:
$su
#mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system
#cp /mnt/sdcard/file/location /system/etc
or
#cp /mnt/sdcard/file/location /system/app
#chmod 644 /path/to/file
Then to change owner/group:
#cmown root:root /path/to/file
#reboot
That should get you taken care of
Future plans
More audio adjustments (hopefully 192 without it cutting out)
Increase front cameras 640x480 bitrate
Try to get the time between each picture down.
Raise the FPS above 30 (might be hardware limited)
Currently checking with the OP of THIS thread. Hopefully we can get some of these mods included also. < I got the ok from the dev so I'll be decompiling over the next few days and looking through it to see how/if any of it can be added to this one.
If you can help with any of these (or more) please jump in. I'd especially like some help from anyone knowledgeable in audio/video or photography to help on numbers for quality tweaks. some questions I have are:
Since we only have one mic does setting audio recording to 2 channel really matter or is it better to set it to 1 and let the playback equipment (home theater or VLC for example) decode it to stereo?
How high should the bitrates (video) go before it becomes unnoticeable in terms of quality?
I've heard the stock audio gain is too high - if I can adjust it, how much should I drop it?
If you'd like to see how this is done and try it yourself I have a how-to on page 8, post 75. LINK There's also a 'cheat sheet' attached to the post.

Keep it up. My E4GT being the only video camera I have any improvements to bitrate and other options are good news.

So if we are currently on Calkulin's E4GT 2 v1.1 is this any different from the camera on there?

I'm doing what I can. It's my only one also not to mention I can take it into concerts that won't allow video cameras.
I'm working on the fps setting. I've read that Sammy didn't give us much to play with in that area but hopefully I can get it above 30fps. The bitrates for video can go higher but Potatoman over on the i9100 forum says it doesn't make a difference past 24 or so. It just makes a huge file.

painkillaz said:
So if we are currently on Calkulin's E4GT 2 v1.1 is this any different from the camera on there?
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Not in looks, just in performance. The bitrates for audio and video are higher which leads to better quality (to a degree). What we got stock just wasn't a good as it should be.

Is this issue (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556355) fixed in this Camera app?

Will this work on gingerbread?

kobridge said:
Is this issue (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556355) fixed in this Camera app?
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Haven't checked. If it wasn't fixed in Calkulins then it's the same here. I didn't mess with any of that yet. Let me check and I'll update this post.
UPDATE: The image is flipped. It flips it to what someone looking at you would see - not what's on the screen which is more like a reflection in a mirror.
master acehole said:
Will this work on gingerbread?
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As long as you have a unicorn in your driveway pooping Skittles. Seriously though (you know it will be asked) this doesn't not in any way work on Gingerbread. I actually made one for GB, jst search around in the General section for the E4GT.

i deleted the original camera.apk and replace it with this one, is that all I should have to do to install? I click on in to install like a normal apk but it gives me a parsing error.
Edit: Just a bad DL

spankmaster said:
i deleted the original camera.apk and replace it with this one, is that all I should have to do to install? I click on in to install like a normal apk but it gives me a parsing error.
Edit: Just a bad DL
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So it's working for you now? And yes, just delete the original camera and put this one in it's place. Change permissions (rw,r,r) and for good measure change the owner and group to root. Reboot.

KCRic said:
Haven't checked. If it wasn't fixed in Calkulins then it's the same here. I didn't mess with any of that yet. Let me check and I'll update this post.
UPDATE: The image is flipped. It flips it to what someone looking at you would see - not what's on the screen which is more like a reflection in a mirror.
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People expect to get the same picture as shown in the screen and feeling like who's this in the picture because the image reversed. Looks different person.

kobridge said:
People expect to get the same picture as shown in the screen and feeling like who's this in the picture because the image reversed. Looks different person.
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People are so self absorbed these days Maybe Samsung is trying to correct that??
Seriously, I don't see it as an 'issue' really. Most people won't know or care when you send the the picture. For others - rotate. I guess I could look into it though.

KCRic said:
Haven't checked. If it wasn't fixed in Calkulins then it's the same here. I didn't mess with any of that yet. Let me check and I'll update this post.
UPDATE: The image is flipped. It flips it to what someone looking at you would see - not what's on the screen which is more like a reflection in a mirror.
As long as you have a unicorn in your driveway pooping Skittles. Seriously though (you know it will be asked) this doesn't not in any way work on Gingerbread. I actually made one for GB, jst search around in the General section for the E4GT.
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10-4 buddy and what you say if I did have a unicorn pooping skittles but in my garage?..... and will try this soon thanks

OP,
Sorry to drop into your thread like this but in OP you promised a flashable zip file and I thought I'll do it.
For those of you who don't wanna deal with adb, rootexplorer, renaming etc. here is the link:
http://jumbofiles.com/l281z31g34oi
This zip will flash new enhanced and silenced camera and at the same time will turn off camera system sounds like shutter, video on and of etc.
OP if it's OK with you just place the link in first post so users don't have to look for it.
If you think I'm outa line here just delete this post and keep link in first post if you want.

agat63 said:
OP,
Sorry to drop into your thread like this but in OP you promised a flashable zip file and I thought I'll do it.
For those of you who don't wanna deal with adb, rootexplorer, renaming etc. here is the link:
http://jumbofiles.com/l281z31g34oi
This zip will flash new enhanced and silenced camera and at the same time will turn off camera system sounds like shutter, video on and of etc.
OP if it's OK with you just place the link in first post so users don't have to look for it.
If you think I'm outa line here just delete this post and keep link in first post if you want.
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Agat63 thanks for the save on that zip. Been busy here at work today. I'll put up the link right now.

Works like a charm, thanks to both of you!

jnhelman said:
Works like a charm, thanks to both of you!
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Glad you like it.
BTW to best of my knowledge silent cameras are illegal in some of the states.
You guys better check it out.
If any problems just use rootexplorer and rename:
/system/media/audio/ui/Shutter_01.mp3 to Shutter_01.ogg.
It will turn on camera shutter sound.

Yeah, it's frowned upon lol

Good call. I'm hoping most people know that by now. Just don't do anything idiotic with it (you know what I mean...)
Anyway, uploaded another file and instructions for using terminal to install all of this. Almost forgot to include it. The camera doesn't work to it's full potential without it. Agat63, I'm working late - could you include it in the zip and I'll update the link in the OP in a bit. I posted where it needs to go inside the rom.

How to improve CyanogenMod based ROMs' filming quality?

Hi peep. I decided to start this thread because I don't wanna go OffTopic in the CM10 Quarx thread.
The fact is that I own a RedLense Defy, and since the first time I had it, I always tried to use Cyanogen. It was first the CM7 release, CM7.1, Cm7.2, now CM10 Quarx and Epsylon3... and in all the CMod ROM's I've had, they have the same trouble: filming quality is not good at all.
The only ROM that fit my necessities about the Defy's camera, is Walter's MS2GINGER. He did a great work there, and I've been using it for some months so far. But is a stock-based ROM (thats maybe the reason of why does it works there).
I would love to have a Cyanogen ROM with a nice filming quality. Even if its not 720p, at least a good wide 480p image. The first thing I've obviously tried is moving libraries from the "HD" zip to CM, the media XML, and some build.prop configs, but nothing happened (bootloop). So I ended thinking: its imposible to use those on CM.
So did someone try to improve filming in CyanoGen? Do anyone of you know a way to make it work, or the reason of why is it impossible on Cyanogen?
Thanks.

leandeganis said:
Hi peep. I decided to start this thread because I don't wanna go OffTopic in the CM10 Quarx thread.
The fact is that I own a RedLense Defy, and since the first time I had it, I always tried to use Cyanogen. It was first the CM7 release, CM7.1, Cm7.2, now CM10 Quarx and Epsylon3... and in all the CMod ROM's I've had, they have the same trouble: filming quality is not good at all.
The only ROM that fit my necessities about the Defy's camera, is Walter's MS2GINGER. He did a great work there, and I've been using it for some months so far. But is a stock-based ROM (thats maybe the reason of why does it works there).
I would love to have a Cyanogen ROM with a nice filming quality. Even if its not 720p, at least a good wide 480p image. The first thing I've obviously tried is moving libraries from the "HD" zip to CM, the media XML, and some build.prop configs, but nothing happened (bootloop). So I ended thinking: its imposible to use those on CM.
So did someone try to improve filming in CyanoGen? Do anyone of you know a way to make it work, or the reason of why is it impossible on Cyanogen?
Thanks.
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yes it is Impossible until MOTOROLA unlocks the Bootloader ,,, so JOIN THE FIGHT !!!

yamandude said:
yes it is Impossible until MOTOROLA unlocks the Bootloader ,,, so JOIN THE FIGHT !!!
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Do you really think so?
I thought that there was a trick now to unload fixed modules from the kernel and upload new ones that might work for this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28323403&postcount=1169

elnacho12 said:
Do you really think so?
I thought that there was a trick now to unload fixed modules from the kernel and upload new ones that might work for this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28323403&postcount=1169
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It means that it is POSSIBLE, I guess. :victory: And I totally think so, I don't believe a locked bootloader can make it all imposible for those with an advanced knowledge on linux and Android development.
But isn't any developer actually focused on the camera here? I searched on the forum but didn't found anything. I mean yeah, they are all fighting with the bootloader, but not to make a better camera so far.

elnacho12 said:
Do you really think so?
I thought that there was a trick now to unload fixed modules from the kernel and upload new ones that might work for this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28323403&postcount=1169
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hmmm .. hope it works then

elnacho12 said:
Do you really think so?
I thought that there was a trick now to unload fixed modules from the kernel and upload new ones that might work for this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28323403&postcount=1169
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I highly doubt it, think we'll just have to wait for a stable with better video quality options...

elnacho12 said:
Do you really think so?
I thought that there was a trick now to unload fixed modules from the kernel and upload new ones that might work for this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28323403&postcount=1169
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Sorry, I re-read the post and realized that it was only related to opengl stuff... it was not a generic workaround for kernel modules.
We still need the bootloader unlock
Cheers!

elnacho12 said:
Sorry, I re-read the post and realized that it was only related to opengl stuff... it was not a generic workaround for kernel modules.
We still need the bootloader unlock
Cheers!
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Ok I guess I'll have to say bye to a CyanoGen MOD with a proper camcorder. Stock's the choice for me.