In the Xperia Arc (LT15i) the camera (HD Recording) does not record past (approximately) 45 mins. This was never a problem with the X10. Does any developer care to share some knowledge on any modifications that can be made to the build.prop (or anything else) to change this ?
ALSO
-I under-clock my phone while recording (that shouldn't be a problem should it?)
malikj3 said:
In the Xperia Arc (LT15i) the camera (HD Recording) does not record past (approximately) 45 mins. This was never a problem with the X10. Does any developer care to share some knowledge on any modifications that can be made to the build.prop (or anything else) to change this ?
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-I under-clock my phone while recording (that shouldn't be a problem should it?)
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Not enough spcae?
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If you're recording for that long, buy a device that was made for the job. I think phones are a long way off from being a replacement for certain things.
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XperienceD said:
If you're recording for that long, buy a device that was made for the job. I think phones are a long way off from being a replacement for certain things.
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Well, that is true. But sneaking a newly bought HD camera recorder into my classroom lectures to record sometimes wouldn't be a good alternative. So please just answer the question if you can help without giving advice on something else. And don't reply to me arguing something pointless now.
Probably because of the file size limitation on SD card using FAT32? biggest file size for FAT32 is 4GB
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So please just answer the question if you can help without giving advice on something else.
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If you don't like people posting their opinions on public forums, don't go on public forums, and I suggest you learn what the definition of the word argument is.
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don't be a loser... go get laid save the frustration for other things.
Haha..
Phone should not have that problem.
Maybe the sd card is slow.
Which sd card you have.
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I am really close to ordering a Desire Z from bell canada to use on ATT here in the states.
It will be replacing my Sony Experia X1A. It seems to be able to do everything the Xperia can but I am unsure about in-call recording.
My Xperia clearly records both sides of the call and saves them to the SD card.
It took a long time for the Experia to get hacked enough for this to be possible, but because the Z and the Ex are both HTC phones at heart, I am optimistic.
Is this possible on the Desire Z?
The app market has apps to do this
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synpax said:
I am really close to ordering a Desire Z from bell canada to use on ATT here in the states.
It will be replacing my Sony Experia X1A. It seems to be able to do everything the Xperia can but I am unsure about in-call recording.
My Xperia clearly records both sides of the call and saves them to the SD card.
It took a long time for the Experia to get hacked enough for this to be possible, but because the Z and the Ex are both HTC phones at heart, I am optimistic.
Is this possible on the Desire Z?
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HAHA this would be great for Prank Calls XD
"Total Recall" can do this.
if you can take speakerphone recording, then there are many apps on the market to do that.
otherwise, you may have to find another phone......
i have a little overview here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=926498
jark99 said:
The app market has apps to do this
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And you have tested and verified that they work on a Desire Z?
caros_hsu said:
"Total Recall" can do this.
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You have verified that this app works on a the Desire Z?
caros_hsu said:
"Total Recall" can do this.
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I just got the following email back from Killer Mobile Software when I asked if it would work:
Feedback says no - caller side audio will be very low.
Stay Killer My Friend,
Killer Mobile Software
I can confirm that in-call recording is a problem on Desire Z / G2.
Incoming audio is low-quality and low-volume.
Total Recall seems to be the best choice for Desire Z atm. (I tried nearly every app.)
rVoix seems promising, but requires root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806451
h3ndrik said:
I can confirm that in-call recording is a problem on Desire Z / G2.
Incoming audio is low-quality and low-volume.
Total Recall seems to be the best choice for Desire Z atm. (I tried nearly every app.)
rVoix seems promising, but requires root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806451
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The phone I am ordering will come rooted, and I fully expect that I would have to root it anyway.
Thanks for the link on rVoix. I am following up with him to see about getting it up on the Desire Z.
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And you have tested and verified that they work on a Desire Z?
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I haven't tried but I think it has a >90% chance of working.
Recording with the help of speakerphone is doable on most, if not all, phones. The problem is that the quality of the other side is relatively poor.
If you really need true 2-way call recording, check out the thread I mentioned earlier, you may have to get another phone.
I like this app called "sanity" it has lots of features and one is recording.
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Before I got my arc, I had an LG Optimus Seven and with it it was possible to take photos, when the device was locked (screen off).
It was easier to take pictures when I had dirty hands or wearing bandages...
I find it ugly to unlock the device to take photos...!
Hope someone can help or write an tool for this...
Thanks in advance!
Gerome
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hello--i made the exact same move (from optimus 7).
i think the locked mode to camera is a wp7 feature and not available to andriod w/o hacks.
I'd love to be able to take pics, without unlocking the phone. Maybe someone can make an app that opens the camera when long-pressing the camera button and then when you push the back button or turn off the phone, it would go back to being locked. Hope this is possible.
Harboe said:
I'd love to be able to take pics, without unlocking the phone. Maybe someone can make an app that opens the camera when long-pressing the camera button and then when you push the back button or turn off the phone, it would go back to being locked. Hope this is possible.
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Then someone would request saying that every time the camera switch on by itself in the pocket or handbag . LOL.
Widgetlocker lockscreen. It allows you to make a second lock to whatever you want (so photo if you want )
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Then someone would request saying that every time the camera switch on by itself in the pocket or handbag . LOL.
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The button is so small and hard to press, I do not think anyone can experience this...
On my old phone it did not happen either.
The button has also 2 pressure points, to take first the focus and than the picture.
Custom Rom developers grant me this wish!
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Harboe said:
I'd love to be able to take pics, without unlocking the phone. Maybe someone can make an app that opens the camera when long-pressing the camera button and then when you push the back button or turn off the phone, it would go back to being locked. Hope this is possible.
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That's the spirit!
Do anyone know that? :-/
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Thought this thread was gonna be about something completely different reading the thread title
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No clues here brought me to change the arc with the galaxy2.
When I have an phone with a shutter, which is only useful, when in the camera apply and unlocked, I don't really need this anymore.
Sony, you had your chance after the first xperia and you miss it!
The G2 has a lot more power, a Frontcam, much internal storage (apps2sd and then the sd is broken?!) And so on...
With the G2 its possible to activate the camera with the homebutton long pressed and than take photos with the power button.
I thought someone can program this too for the arc, but nobody here seems to be interested in using that small 2 presszones shutterbutton wisely...
That was the reason for me to buy the arc...
All new androids had no camerabuttons!
What was yours?
Sony Fans?
Or do they trick and blend you like me?
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Anyone know how to get call recording on this device that doesn't use microphone?
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What? I'm not being a smartass but it sounds like u wanna run ur automobile without turning on the engine. I don't understand wat u mean.
Edit: do u mean line recording? If so try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=polis.app.callrecorder
Don't know if its work for s2.
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bzlik88 said:
What? I'm not being a smartass but it sounds like u wanna run ur automobile without turning on the engine. I don't understand wat u mean.
Edit: do u mean line recording? If so try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=polis.app.callrecorder
Don't know if its work for s2.
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None of those apps will work without messing with the Android OS to circumvent the restriction on recording calls. They have made it very hard to get around. All these lame apps end up doing is turning on your speaker and trying to record from the ambient sound, which is really really crappy
Anyone figure this out. I found a few kernel hacks on xda, but the threads are all a year or two old and the links no longer point to existing download locations. Major thanks to this forum by the way! Couldn't have rooted my phone without you, and without root it was a paper weight after hardware keys died out.
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Anyone figure this out. I found a few kernel hacks on xda, but the threads are all a year or two old and the links no longer point to existing download locations. Major thanks to this forum by the way! Couldn't have rooted my phone without you, and without root it was a paper weight after hardware keys died out.
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I once had a good call recording addon when I used Jedi mindtrick ROM. I don't think you need the ROM to do it because it was from the Xposed Framework app. I activated and installed the app then scrolled down the downloads list and was able to find a phone recorder. When I installed it and reset the phone, it added an option to record phone calls to the phone menu. It saved the files to the SD card and they sound legit.
You probably know more about this stuff. Hope it helps!
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None of those apps will work without messing with the Android OS to circumvent the restriction on recording calls. They have made it very hard to get around. All these lame apps end up doing is turning on your speaker and trying to record from the ambient sound, which is really really crappy
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This one works. I've used it on my T989 and a cheap, low budget Galaxy Discover S730M. Works flawlessly on both
http://d-h.st/GBv
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Hello guys I want to ask you something, my xperia S keep stuttering when playing music and doing other things(JB is way better than ICS,but still) not much as of now, but i want to know what cause it(since no one seems to know).
Using system tuner i can keep track of everything that happen in my phone,right?in the log what should I search for to know what or who cause this?someone knows???
thanks for the help
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Dave
It's only leak... Stop making new unnecessary thread and wait for FULLY working OFFICIAL fw. Official fw shouldn't have this issue.
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Hello guys I want to ask you something, my xperia S keep stuttering when playing music and doing other things(JB is way better than ICS,but still) not much as of now, but i want to know what cause it(since no one seems to know).
Using system tuner i can keep track of everything that happen in my phone,right?in the log what should I search for to know what or who cause this?someone knows???
thanks for the help
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Dave
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Should be caused by switching to low frequencies.
Anyway It hadn't happened since I flashed JB leak
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Uhmm are you sure? I noticed through syatem tuner that the phone does it at high freq (when both of cpu are working)but gave me a moltitude of "errors"in the log so i can't really say what cause this.
You have no stuttering of music when loading fb? Twitter? Chrome??? If it's low. Cpu freq why my phone does it and yours doesn't?
The stutter, as i said,it's not terrible but there is in fact stuttering.
Another thing is, it never does it twice on the same situation, it's almost always when opening something for the first time.
Anyway thanks for the feedback!!
Dave
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Vaith said:
It's only leak... Stop making new unnecessary thread and wait for FULLY working OFFICIAL fw. Official fw shouldn't have this issue.
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I'm not whining about the leak,I asked if through system tuner i can monitor when and why the stuttering happen and how can i identify it.
Lastly i've had this stuttering since the beginning and in every rom i tried so excuse me if i'm this curious.
dav3x86x said:
I'm not whining about the leak,I asked if through system tuner i can monitor when and why the stuttering happen and how can i identify it.
Lastly i've had this stuttering since the beginning and in every rom i tried so excuse me if i'm this curious.
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Have you tried pushing the frequencies of your cpu using setcpu?or how about keeping only 4 processes in developer options to free up some ram..just some suggestions
boyheadkick™
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boyheadkick said:
Have you tried pushing the frequencies of your cpu using setcpu?or how about keeping only 4 processes in developer options to free up some ram..just some suggestions
boyheadkick™
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yeah i tried that,ram on jb isn't a problem. pushing,meaning?i'm currently on 1.2 ghz.
for the max process,is it a good idea?max 4 proc wouldn't be worse?if after 4 proc the phone kills the other?what if the music player get 5th?anyway thanks for the feedback.
dave
dav3x86x said:
yeah i tried that,ram on jb isn't a problem. pushing,meaning?i'm currently on 1.2 ghz.
for the max process,is it a good idea?max 4 proc wouldn't be worse?if after 4 proc the phone kills the other?what if the music player get 5th?anyway thanks for the feedback.
dave
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Its the cached processes that get reduced to 4, and as far as i know media players arent cached processes
boyheadkick™
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boyheadkick said:
Its the cached processes that get reduced to 4, and as far as i know media players arent cached processes
boyheadkick™
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tried with no luck(just now)
through system tuner i read that every time the music "skip" the error "error opening trace file:no such file or directory"
i've the music file on the "SD",could it be its problem?meaning hardware and not software?
dave
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I am having the Same issue , its just the JB leak being slightly Unstable , its probably Audio Libary issue and wont be fixxed unless you some how have the JB source and know the problem exactly, or you could just wait till JB is actually released
anyway , System tuner is a memory heavy app , make sure your systCTL is setup for more free Ram, it should lower the amount of times it skips(maybe 1 time then none more)
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I am having the Same issue , its just the JB leak being slightly Unstable , its probably Audio Libary issue and wont be fixxed unless you some how have the JB source and know the problem exactly, or you could just wait till JB is actually released
anyway , System tuner is a memory heavy app , make sure your systCTL is setup for more free Ram, it should lower the amount of times it skips(maybe 1 time then none more)
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thanks fot the feedback.
the problem isn't strictly with JB and i know this is only a leak thing is i'm having this issue on every rom i try(stock .55,pac,CM and now JB)
that's why i tried to use system tuner to discover the issue
dave
Try this
how about this
Unlock your bootloader
Flash Stock Kernel/ROM , data/cache/dalvik
and EVEN then if it still happens then its your XS not the Firmware , it could be the audio jack or any thing dealing with the audio. i dont think you can fix it besides cleaning out the dust from your XS and seeing then... you never know
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how about this
Unlock your bootloader
Flash Stock Kernel/ROM , data/cache/dalvik
and EVEN then if it still happens then its your XS not the Firmware , it could be the audio jack or any thing dealing with the audio. i dont think you can fix it besides cleaning out the dust from your XS and seeing then... you never know
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that's the first thing I did when having the problem,i was still on stock so I used PCC to repair the O.S.
I did this at least 4 times since i bought it(6 months now),changed kernel,rom wiped everything and back to stock (.55) but the problem was/is still here.
we are almost at the end of may so JB will arrive soon,so i will relock my BL and reflash stock soon(i might do it today).
I tried different head set,headphones,listening to music using the speakers nothing change.
anyway once again thanks for the feedback and the help.
dave
oke
well let me know how that goes
more info on fixing stuff is usefull to not only me
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well let me know how that goes
more info on fixing stuff is usefull to not only me
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done a full wipe>stock .50 WWE with 20 apps(most of them are bloatware only FB whatapps evernote and astro installed by me)
the stutter is there,worse than JB xD
i'll try .55 but i kinda lost interest(and hope)
thanks all for the comment and the help!!!
cheers
Dave
So after a decompile I was sifting through the smali file and noticed something. First, some super odd 3K recording resolution - this is in the file dealing strictly with recording video so no, its not for still captures. Anyone have thoughts/input on this?
Also, we can record at 60 fps in 1080p. Albeit only at 14mbps (yeah, so I'm going to modify that ) but how great is that?! Now people can stop asking for it. Before anyone asks - I have no idea if this carries to 4.4 but I'm sure it does.
If anyone wants proof and doesn't want to decompile the apk on their own - say so here and I'll post the smali.
UPDATE:
Well I did it. Haven't done any extensive testing but I managed to record two videos without any issues. There may be issues so as always - be careful. I tested this on Wicked v10, it should work on any 4.3 TW ROM but only time will tell. I need to add that so far its limited to about 10 seconds. Past that it drops to 30 again, not sure why yet.
This is my modified camera. What does that mean? Recording bit rates are higher (both audio and video, 1080 and 720). Video records at 60 fps (keep reading if you don't know why that matters).
Bit rates:
1080p: 20 mbps @ 60fps
720p: 17 mbps @ 60fps
Audio: 320 kbps @ 48 KHz
For those that don't understand why 60 frames per second matters it really comes down to quality. For analyzing videos, editing them, capturing frames for a still shot, even general viewing. It allows you to slow a video down (same concept as those super slow motion cameras on TV). Videos just seem more fluid overall also, when played at normal speed.
I'm sure someone can elaborate on the above better than myself.
This is just the apk. Not a CWM installer package. So you'll have to install it manually. One you replace the stock SamsungCamera2.apk you'll have to reboot. Please be mindful of how large these video files will get. Let me know if there are any bugs (I'm sure there will be a few).
Here's the link. It's on my Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw3mIOQ0TV63cDJJN0ltdGRXM0k/edit?usp=sharing
So I modded the camera to record 1080p and 720p both at 60fps on the standard settings. Both with higher bit rates for audio and video. So far it installs and works flawless. Can't say much for recording since it's nighttime and I'm not about to disturb my pregnant wife
Will update tomorrow with results. If it all looks good I'll update with a test version in the themes and mods section.
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How did the camera changes go I'm interested in testing it also!
Good, but it didn't get over 31fps so I'm doing some more edits. Hopefully I'll have it pinned down soon and post it for testing.
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When you get it working, can you build it into an .apk for those of us that don't use custom recovery? I'm stock 4.3 rooted, but don't want to trip KNOX flag just yet
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I can try. I think all you have to do us drop it right into /system/app. Though I think with your type of install it installs that to a different partition and I don't know which one.
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Well I'd be happy to test it out for you, either method
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I can test it for you on TW4.3.
Still doing some work, just so you know I haven't dropped this.
Also I've found a couple other interesting things while digging around. I don't want anyone to get their hopes up on these two but here they are.
1: In fast mode our rear camera has two options - 60fps and 120fps. The latter is limited to 720p from what I can tell and I'm not sure if anyone would want that. Though on a higher end display (TV or whatever) it might be handy. In the real world though, I have no idea if it would be ok for the camera module. Not to mention the file sizes would kill your memory and battery even if I dropped the bit rate. We'll see I guess - That's what owning Android is about
2: UHD. 'nuff said. I'm having trouble finding the exact 4K resolution listed but UHD is listed in it as an option.
Like I said - don't get your hopes up on those two. They're a bit far fetched, though I know Sammy underused this phones camera. Battery life would be the reason for that.
If anyone with experience writing apps or any devs read this, I would appreciate the help.
I'm subscribing to this thread. Have high hopes
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Way cool. I'll be following this. Will this work on any ROM?
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Excuse me if I am not overly optimistic...
Usually the development model is working in a logical and chronically method & not backwards.
First you publish out the solution (Application) even if it's not completed & then your advertise it or asking for testing volunteers.
Its not about bring out an idea, it's about making some user excited about it & then tell everyone there are issues, delays...etc.
KCRic said:
Still doing some work, just so you know I haven't dropped this.
Also I've found a couple other interesting things while digging around. I don't want anyone to get their hopes up on these two but here they are.
1: In fast mode our rear camera has two options - 60fps and 120fps. The latter is limited to 720p from what I can tell and I'm not sure if anyone would want that. Though on a higher end display (TV or whatever) it might be handy. In the real world though, I have no idea if it would be ok for the camera module. Not to mention the file sizes would kill your memory and battery even if I dropped the bit rate. We'll see I guess - That's what owning Android is about
2: UHD. 'nuff said. I'm having trouble finding the exact 4K resolution listed but UHD is listed in it as an option.
Like I said - don't get your hopes up on those two. They're a bit far fetched, though I know Sammy underused this phones camera. Battery life would be the reason for that.
If anyone with experience writing apps or any devs read this, I would appreciate the help.
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quite curious as to if the phone can even handle 120fps at 1080p. others have said UHD was not supported due to chipset limitations within the 320 vs the 330 found in int/note 3 which i call bs on. i highly doubt the chips are limited in that way, if anything maybe the native api was removed for the 320 firmwares. as you say UHD is listed... when your done tinkering perhaps you could see if you can force all recording to the external SD as the current setup utilizes the internal sd card for video feeds/burst shots due to the higher bus interface. class 6/extreme sd chips i think can handle 1080 properly at 30fps according to some sites.
nvm my mistake just burst shots are saved to the internal regardless video feed obeys the camera setting.
Any update?
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Any update?
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Not yet. I can't get it to work at 60 fps only editing the apk. Not giving up though, I just had to take a break because of no sleep. My pregnant wife keeps me up tossing and turning.
I doubt the kernel is limiting the frame rate, or if that's even something that would be in a kernel. I don't touch those - I think I'm far too green for that and have no idea where I would start.
I'm off today so I'll have a chance to mess around with it some more and hopefully have something for you to test that does more than say "recording failed".
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Not yet. I can't get it to work at 60 fps only editing the apk. Not giving up though, I just had to take a break because of no sleep. My pregnant wife keeps me up tossing and turning.
I doubt the kernel is limiting the frame rate, or if that's even something that would be in a kernel. I don't touch those - I think I'm far too green for that and have no idea where I would start.
I'm off today so I'll have a chance to mess around with it some more and hopefully have something for you to test that does more than say "recording failed".
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It must be kernel related, I say this because some custom kernels on this very forum can't even handle the slow motion option in the camera. They crash your phone and make it reboot. BUT the stock kernel can do it? So maybe some kernel tweaking will get the fps to 60
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It must be kernel related, I say this because some custom kernels on this very forum can't even handle the slow motion option in the camera. They crash your phone and make it reboot. BUT the stock kernel can do it? So maybe some kernel tweaking will get the fps to 60
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DONE! :fingers-crossed: Let's just hope it works for the rest of you
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DONE! :fingers-crossed: Let's just hope it works for the rest of you
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Hey, what exactly did you do? I am using the Note3 camera so I don't wanna install the attached apk in the OP. Plus, I could probably turn this into an xposed module for you. Making future mods easier.
Sweet Thank u! How do I exactly install this?
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elesbb said:
Hey, what exactly did you do? I am using the Note3 camera so I don't wanna install the attached apk in the OP. Plus, I could probably turn this into an xposed module for you. Making future mods easier.
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I would still stick with the Note 3 camera for now. It's still being very buggy. It looks like there are definitely some other mods that need to be done other than just the apk. I get frame drops in the logs and every now and then it throws and error that "the device might be doing too much" and drops 40+ frames.
Currently all I did to the apk was editing a smali file. Then a couple reboots and let it settle for a few minutes. I just need to figure out the frame drops.
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Sweet Thank u! How do I exactly install this?
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Depends on what method you like. The easiest it to use a file explorer (root explorer or another one). Mount the /system as rw and replace your current samsungcamera2.apk, then change the permissions to rw-r-r. Make sure to backup your current one of course. Also remember, this is for testing so there will be issues. Logs and feedback would be great too.