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Question about porting difficulties

My question is for overall but I'm going to stick with one main example:
One thing that no Android port for Raphael has is camera support. Many HTC devices, WinMo and Android alike, have the same camera specifications, 3.2 megapixel with auto focus. It seems economical and logical to me that HTC would use the same exact camera make/model on multiple phones since by design they are going to share the same camera specifications anyway. In that case, shouldn't it be possible to use the Dream's camera driver?
Apparently my assumptions are wrong somewhere since we still have no camera support, so what exactly is going on?
Thanks!

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the problem is there is no android drivers for the camera or the devs havn't sorted the the kernel yet,
like for the first couple months there was so bluetooth but now there is it will all come as long as interest is still here

I don't think that was palmboy's point.
I think that although they're the same resolution, if the camera models between the two phones are different and the wrong drivers are used, too much power could be sent to the camera and it could break it.
I guess the best way to make drivers for the camera would probably be either to edit those for a phone with similar specs like the Dream according to the WM drivers of the Raphael camera, or to just start from scratch. It would be very risky to just use the Dream drivers on the Raphael.

Actually, AFAIK, the Raphael and the G1 had the EXACT same hardware. So in normal logics you'd think it's an easy port.
But it just isn't because we have no doc over the drivers nor nothing.
But I can't really explain all this, I'm not a developer

Oh right, I thought they would be (at least slightly) different. Now I'm a little confused

[Q] 004 camera improvements?

i haven't seen a thread on this topic. what are the improvements to the camera with the 004 hardware revision?

There arent really any improvements. Just a different camera hardware. I have used both, and honestly cant tell the difference in picture quality.

What i have notice with the camera improvements is the flash works alot better, when taking up close pictures in the newest version. No pixelation at all.

aw, i was hoping for iphone quality photos.

[Q] EVO hardware version??

How do I find out what hardware version my phone is? I see all kinds of talk about dif versions but not how to find out.

Menu > Settings > About Phone > Hardware Information
It's the first line

thanks...guess i gotta go back 2 sense 2 c

i just picked up an evo a week ago and it came with 0003, i know 0004 exists, is one better than the other? i know it has to do with the screens or something

It actually doesn't have anything to do with the screens; whether you get an epson or a novatec seems to be as random as ever regardless of your hardware version. If I recall correctly, hardware 004 has a slightly different camera (I can't recall if it's considered better or worse than the others) and I think some minor changes in the height of the power button. Presumably also some other minor internal revisions.

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Can't find Hardware Version
Hello!
I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if there was an alternate way of determining my hardware version. The first field under "About Phone" is Status, and I don't see Hardware Version anywhere. I'm running Gingerbread Evo Deck 1.3.

robbyyyyyyy said:
i just picked up an evo a week ago and it came with 0003, i know 0004 exists, is one better than the other? i know it has to do with the screens or something
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They had swapped screens in 0004..

MCU Update Benefits

Hi Guys
I've got an Erisin unit for my E46 which is running MTBC-KGL-V2.55. It's totally stock at the moment.
From what I understand, there are KGL MCU versions up to 2.80 and versions with enhanced sound logic.
What benefits will I get from updating? What are the differences between standard and modded sound versions?
Cheers
Nick

Somewhere around 2.55 support was added to allow up to 2 hours of "sleep." There were some modified versions which changed the setup of the audio controller, something which can now be done better using MTC Sound.
Other than that, the most noticeable change with newer versions is to cause people problems, because for some reason they think newer is better, upgrade for no reason, and end up breaking something. It's likely that newer versions are released primarily to support newer models, and have little if any benefit for current models.

Exactly my suspicions. Thanks!

Personally I'm interested in the improved sound quality as I'm not 100% happy with how my system sounds. It's for that reason I'm interested in upgrading my MCU

Does the active have the same specs?

I got the active and the edge and flat s7 and I wanna know if the SD s7 and the active have the same or similar kernels? I see no reason why if I was to flash the s7 roms on this and edit the build prob that a rom would work. Now If its a kernel issue it'd be a problem and if someone could maybe pull the kernel and make a flashable I fell this could work. I mean we got twrp for SD versions on all edges and all flats so it makes sense.
Any feed back would be great.

there IS hardware differences, the chips used, and hardware configuration are different, plus mother board layout is different ..
the fact the SIM/memory cards are in different locations for example, then theres the differences in buttons, the active button, and the two physcial buttons on the front too....
so althou the hardware is VERY much similair it DOES have difference which need altering... how much and where i have no idea !!