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So worth it?

I have one reserved to pick up in my local store now but not sure if its worth it when I got a Galaxy S2 and a iPhone 4S.
The screen is what interests me mostly but no idea how better that is compared to the two phones I have and heard about hardly any apps work on ICS yet e.g Facebook and so on.
Anyone who owns one would you say its worth it or stick to the two phones I have?

recklesslife85 said:
I have one reserved to pick up in my local store now but not sure if its worth it when I got a Galaxy S2 and a iPhone 4S.
The screen is what interests me mostly but no idea how better that is compared to the two phones I have and heard about hardly any apps work on ICS yet e.g Facebook and so on.
Anyone who owns one would you say its worth it or stick to the two phones I have?
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I cant talk for anyone else but myself in this regard. I have had my GN for about 24 hours now and have to say its the most amazing phone I have ever owned. Colours are rich and vibrant. Camera is fast as hell and yet still manages to focus. 5MP is more than enough for a camera, if I want to take professional shots then I will take my 16MP DSLR out but the majority of shots taken with phones are for social networking sites which resizes and compresses the image anyway so it doesnt matter. Speed is smooth as running a hot knife through butter and pretty much every program that I had running on Gingerbread works on this phone. The Tegra2 optimised games obviously wont work (apart from Guerilla Bob which works great) but I think I have installed about 60 apps and games since yesterday and only 3 or 4 havent worked. Facebook and Skype both work on my phone, even video calling works .
The main problems so far are satnavs (closes or stays black) and video players. I will try a few more satnavs and report back. Video players either stop running or wont install but that will soon be sorted so I have no worrys there.
I havent noticed any of the software problems that people are reporting but with a Nexus you HAVE TO REMEMBER that it is the first phone to have the latest software and its inevitable that there will be a few bugs to start with. Thats what updates are for and they will be ironed out soon enough. Developers will quickly update there apps for compatability with ICS and new apps will be made to enhance this beautiful screen.
If you have any more questions please ask away but I would definitely recommend getting it
Mark.

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I cant talk for anyone else but myself in this regard. I have had my GN for about 24 hours now and have to say its the most amazing phone I have ever owned. Colours are rich and vibrant. Camera is fast as hell and yet still manages to focus. 5MP is more than enough for a camera, if I want to take professional shots then I will take my 16MP DSLR out but the majority of shots taken with phones are for social networking sites which resizes and compresses the image anyway so it doesnt matter. Speed is smooth as running a hot knife through butter and pretty much every program that I had running on Gingerbread works on this phone. The Tegra2 optimised games obviously wont work (apart from Guerilla Bob which works great) but I think I have installed about 60 apps and games since yesterday and only 3 or 4 havent worked. Facebook and Skype both work on my phone, even video calling works .
The main problems so far are satnavs (closes or stays black) and video players. I will try a few more satnavs and report back. Video players either stop running or wont install but that will soon be sorted so I have no worrys there.
I havent noticed any of the software problems that people are reporting but with a Nexus you HAVE TO REMEMBER that it is the first phone to have the latest software and its inevitable that there will be a few bugs to start with. Thats what updates are for and they will be ironed out soon enough. Developers will quickly update there apps for compatability with ICS and new apps will be made to enhance this beautiful screen.
If you have any more questions please ask away but I would definitely recommend getting it
Mark.
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Thanks for the reply Mark. I love my GS2 and iPhone4s but the screen on the GN just says buy me or im just stupid with money.
Whats the battery life like?

recklesslife85 said:
Thanks for the reply Mark. I love my GS2 and iPhone4s but the screen on the GN just says buy me or im just stupid with money.
Whats the battery life like?
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Well as I have only had the phone a day I cant comment about battery life at all as its been on charge pretty much the whole time. I like to give new phones a good days charge to make sure its maximum benefit from the first charge. Will know more about that after about a week when it starts to settle down into normal life.
The screen IS simply amazing. Its beautifully sharp especially when playing back 720p movies and its got the same coating on as the iphone to resist finger prints so it doesnt get that dirty look as quickly as other phones.
Mark.

Would you be kind enough to install -
https://market.android.com/details?...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5taWtlcnNtaWNyb3MuZm0iXQ..
Or something similar & let us know if an FM Radio app works?
Ta

Hi Mark, how is the GPS fix time and accuracy compared to, e.g., your HD2? I've heard Samsung quite suck at the GPS department. Does this barometer sensor really helps improving the GPS fix speed like Google developers explained? Thanks.

Thanks mark that is good to know. I would like to switch my gs2 for nexus. Is nexus as smooth in web browsing and overall as gs2?
Could you mesure gps precision with gps test app?
Thanks.

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Hi Mark, how is the GPS fix time and accuracy compared to, e.g., your HD2? I've heard Samsung quite suck at the GPS department. Does this barometer sensor really helps improving the GPS fix speed like Google developers explained? Thanks.
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Google Nav couldn't get a lock first time I used it. turned it off and back on and it locked quite quickly then.
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recklesslife85 said:
Thanks for the reply Mark. I love my GS2 and iPhone4s but the screen on the GN just says buy me or im just stupid with money.
Whats the battery life like?
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The screens awesome, much better than the retina display IMO as its bigger with equivalent resolution and much better blacks because of the SAMOLED. Having to post on my sister-in-laws iPad as my nephews playing shadowrun on it and I can't get him off it.

Mark thank you and I took the plunge and picked one up.
Firstly amazing, the screen is mind blowing playing HD videos for a phone. Secondly ICS is miles ahead of Gingerbread. Can't speak highly enough of it experience wise so far.
Google nailed it with ICS.
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@home said:
Would you be kind enough to install -
https://market.android.com/details?...251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5taWtlcnNtaWNyb3MuZm0iXQ..
Or something similar & let us know if an FM Radio app works?
Ta
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The Radio doesnt work it just comes up with a message (after the app is run) saying:
Sorry! Compatible FM Chip not found...
Fm: BC Sh:1 Su:0 Bt:1 Ht:0 H2:0 Mo: BCU
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Mark.

recklesslife85 said:
Mark thank you and I took the plunge and picked one up.
Firstly amazing, the screen is mind blowing playing HD videos for a phone. Secondly ICS is miles ahead of Gingerbread. Can't speak highly enough of it experience wise so far.
Google nailed it with ICS.
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Impulsiveness is the best way to go and just remember it can only get better once its been optimised and overclocked
Mark.

Please see if Spirit FM Radio app works!

PCL_87 said:
Please see if Spirit FM Radio app works!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19498339&postcount=10

mskip said:
The Radio doesnt work it just comes up with a message (after the app is run) saying:
Mark.
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Many thanks for trying that for me.
I'm starting to get disappointed with the Nexus & I haven't bagged myself one yet.
No FM Radio & No capabilities to use one
No SD Card
Google Search On Every Screen - I Hate It & Never Use It
Looks like there are volume problems
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19498339&postcount=10
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Darn it...
Does this mean the app doesn't support the phones FM chip or is it completely absent?

Jello effect w/ video recording. Why hasn't this got more attention?

(can't post links still)
youtube[dot]com/watch?v=gymA26jqtTQ
It's really the only thing that's stopping me from buying the Galaxy Nexus. In my opinion the Galaxy Nexus can't take video if that's what it's producing. Anyone here a photography master of sorts that can shed some light on this issue?
Through my research I've found that the jello effect caused by a rolling shutter can be fixed in post production, but is something like this fixable via software/firmware on the phone?

What's going on? It's a bit shocking that nobody is concerned about this issue.

are you serious? "what's going on?"
it's quite obviously image stabilisation.

The sensor basically just relays data, OMAP camera hardware interface process it (stabilisation etc...) and Android presents, maybe tweaks it a bit and saves it.
So an eventual "fix" would be in OMAP firmware, not Android right?
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saster2 said:
The sensor basically just relays data, OMAP camera hardware interface process it (stabilisation etc...) and Android presents, maybe tweaks it a bit and saves it.
So an eventual "fix" would be in OMAP, not Android right?
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I don't know, but there is an option in Google Talk to change image stabilisation effect.

I have the same thing,but I think that it is image stabilization.

I've just replicated this issue and must say.. I'm totally not bothered! The image stabilisation is actually pretty good and the ony time i can make it do this is if I jiggle the camera... unless youre planning on trying to mock up an earthquake effect, I dont see this being an action you would do. In fact, due to the good image stabilisation, its pretty hard to do this jiggle accidentally, you must be quite determined to create this "jelly" effect (I'm in the UK, hence I get a jelly effect, not jello )

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091124183445AA8XEj5
If you don't want to read, its because it uses a CMOS sensor. Affects cell phones and DSLRs alike. Hardware related.

oscillik said:
are you serious? "what's going on?"
it's quite obviously image stabilisation.
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May I ask what makes you so sure?
The video effect shown in the original post and in others if you look, mirrors exactly that of the "jello effect" caused by a rolling shutter, i.e. the sensor, more importantly, CMOS sensors. From what I've found: all cameras, even professional DSLR's have this "jello effect" caused by rolling shutters on CMOS sensors. The only, and most common fix I've found is to edit the video in post production.
It's not quite obviously image stabilization considering how this issue is reproduced in the exact same scenario a rolling shutter w/ CMOS sensor would to create the jello effect. Otherwise the issue would occur all the time and not only when panning quickly. The video below should explain.
youtube[dot]com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ITkLwVgxo98#t=61s
This may not be the best example, but it should show you what I am talking about. Others like this can be found by doing a simple Google or YouTube search.
The problem is oscillik is both a) incorrect, and b) an asshole. A dangerous combination to be sure!

couchapple said:
The problem is oscillik is both a) incorrect, and b) an asshole. A dangerous combination to be sure!
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LOL, funny stuff.

I know what rolling shutter effect on CMOS based cameras is. This looks more excessive than rolling shutter, and looks more like image stabilisation.

People really need to stop thinking that SmartPhones are the end all be all. Unless a phone is specifically dedicated for a camera as it's main feature, then of course people should be concerned.

People here really plan on shooting lots of hd video with their phone? If quality really matters a dedicated camera would be better served...from what I can see this is pretty trivial. Then again, the only thing I take video of is dyno runs and fun in bed...

Again not hardware involved!!!
I`m N00B in this forum but i was being for a 4 months downloading roms, from here, so hi everybody....
for this treati have a reply: ITS NOT THE CAMERA ROLLING SHUTTER, ACTUALLY IS THE CAMERA APP!!!!
from the same channel, the same guy, the same galaxy nexus, but different app:
www(dot)youtube(DOT)com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=SFSLnjqIssY
A WAY BETTER...
i saw the noob video, here in xda you have a great group of trollz,

Roxxer_x46 said:
I`m N00B in this forum but i was being for a 4 months downloading roms, from here, so hi everybody....
for this treati have a reply: ITS NOT THE CAMERA ROLLING SHUTTER, ACTUALLY IS THE CAMERA APP!!!!
from the same channel, the same guy, the same galaxy nexus, but different app:
www(dot)youtube(DOT)com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=SFSLnjqIssY
A WAY BETTER...
i saw the noob video, here in xda you have a great group of trollz,
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Awesome! Glad to see this fixed, and nice find by the way. An update to the default camera app will come I'm sure. Until then this essentially fixed the problem, whatever it was, if image stabilization, I stand corrected.

it is image stabilisation, as has been proven by the fact that using another application gets rid of it.

Roxxer_x46 said:
I`m N00B in this forum but i was being for a 4 months downloading roms, from here, so hi everybody....
for this treati have a reply: ITS NOT THE CAMERA ROLLING SHUTTER, ACTUALLY IS THE CAMERA APP!!!!
from the same channel, the same guy, the same galaxy nexus, but different app:
www(dot)youtube(DOT)com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=SFSLnjqIssY
A WAY BETTER...
i saw the noob video, here in xda you have a great group of trollz,
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Would be nice if this comparison could be done using the software mentioned above...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyRxJ5zKSO8&sns=em
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Here's a 1080p video I took at a Football stadium. Big game, I luckily shot the only goal at Arsenal Vs Man City on Tuesday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxsdD7iPpnM&feature=g-all

I tried using the LGCamera app mentioned in the YouTube post but it crashes on launch. Has anyone else had any luck?
GSM version running 4.01.

I use 720p because of the 30fps. 1080p is 24fps on the Gnex.
No thanks to 24fps.
That explains why image stabilization is having a hard time at stabilizing the image at that resolution at the frame rate.
I think image stabilization works best at higher frame rates.
My two cents.
Having said that, I do feel rolling shutter is a underrated issue with smart phones and point and shot. I would much rather have 720p without rolling shutter than 1080p with in.
I think post processing like deshaker is some cool stuff too. There are some really cool videos on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaPNf2Rk4qQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX2v73SOqMk
If they could do deshaking in realtime and eliminate rolling shutting... That would be cool. Some day.

[Q] Xperia Arc LT15i Camera Enhancement.

First thing I noticed when I bought the phone was it's powerfull 8.1 mpix camera with eXmor sensor and other cool stuff, but thing that really upset me was picture compression thing, it doesn't matter what picture I take it doesnt go over 2MB's, the hugest photo I've taken is sunset photo it was 2.44Mb, but it was only once, I ask just for some modification to the camera or any application that would help me push the phone camera to the limit, any fix for colors they are not saturated enough sometimes, thanks in advance!!!

Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442506
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Thank you but I've tried it already no difference in quality, I think someone should work on decoding :X

Well, then there isn't more.
I really like the cam as it is...
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Yeah, I know thank you anyway, I dont lose hope

Just happen to find this thread and looked into it and made the needed adjustment... But I loaded the same picture in Photoshop with the compressed version VS the uncompressed one and there is an increase in the quality. It's nothing much that you can really see but it's there.
Cheers.

Amazing front facial camera glitch.

I'm using gnex JB korean(KT) version.(and bad grammar. sorry.)
I found a glitch on the front camera of my gnex recently and it occurs on both JB and ICS.
It is noticiable when I took multiple pictures in a short time(2~3 pics/sec or more. It is okay with 1 pic/sec or less)
First and second images were taken today(JB), and last image is taken about a month ago(ICS)
Before JB, ICS didn't have camera shoot animation, so I could take pictures more faster and get severer glitch.
I thought it was related about the camera buffer, but, I couldn't find any thread or bug report about this(keyword : gnex front camera glitch, gnex camera buffer, etc.).
Is there anyone who have seen this kind of glitch?
They were taken by using front facial camera in these setting.
* Scene mode : Night.
* Exposure : 0
* White balance : Auto.
And their EXIFs
* ISO 200
* Exposure 1/8
* Aperture 3.0
* Focus distance 2.0mm
* Zoom : 1x

My best guess is that you have a defective camera, send it back for repair.

It works perfectly on usual use.
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My best guess is that you have a defective camera, send it back for repair.
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But it makes a glitch on very specific conditions(I think)
Front camera, Night mode, under low/medium light(such as fluorescent light), very fast shoot.
I can still take normal pictures with this camera.(attached)
Do I really have defected camera or it is just buffer glitch?

Bad unit, is my guess too.
I'd return it.

I was excited when I read the title to your thread. Guess I was expecting something else.
On the real tho, I agree that it just must be a bad unit not a glitch
Jellin' like a felon

With those settings, mine does the same thing. My GNEX is from Canada.

Got the same errors too also a Canadian phone.
Edit: it should be noted that I never knew about this till I read this thread. Try it for yourself put front camera on night and take pictures of your beautiful face quickly. I got the same results
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Same error here. US Verizon phone running most recent AOKP JB nightly released August 10, 2012. I would suggest this shouldn't just be regarded as a defective front camera.
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Same here, GSM version with Liquid Smooth ROM
Not hardware issue I believe
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just tried it and yeah it glitched on my toroplus (sprint version)

Alex1123 said:
just tried it and yeah it glitched on my toroplus (sprint version)
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No problems on Canadian i9250 running stock maguro OTA JB 4.1.1

Same problem there. Try Night Mode and a low light conditions, or just put your hand very close to the front camera covering the lights... you will get the same results. I'm on Stock Jelly Bean 4.1.1.

Got glitch here too. The pictures got worse progressively.
Stock Jellybean unrooted phone bought from Google Play.
What I think is happening:
Night mode needs some period of time so that it can figure out exposure properly.. since it's job is to make things that are too dark bright enough.
For some reason, in front camera mode, the camera is discarding all the light information that was present before the previous photo was taken.. and it "stretches" the current information to regular size.. and therefore the black lines are present.

Tried on my NTT-Docomo. Took about 30 photos continuously.. all fine.

I don't think this is a glitch. It's just the way the cpu creates your image in night mode.
If you take pictures using your front camera at 1 second intervals, it doesn't do it.
The faster you press the button, like milliseconds between shots, it will do it. I'm guessing on every phone.
I don't see it as a problem. I never take fast motion pics of my face anyway.
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If you leave the SCN setting at Auto, it won't do it. No matter how fast you press it.
Seems to be the Night mode setting only
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Galaxy Nexus HDR

I've been looking around but I can't find anything, but are there any ROMs or APKs floating around that enable HDR for the Galaxy Nexus? Is it something that can be enabled with software or are there hardware limitations? Thanks

Hardware prevents this. Search for any of the threads already about this for more detailed explanation.

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Hardware prevents this. Search for any of the threads already about this for more detailed explanation.
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mind explaining....i found about 4 different threads here on XDA and not one of them explained why it was hardware related. at least not with supported facts.
i am pretty sure this is all software. IIRC, i watched a video of someone who switched it from regular to HDR and the image on nexus 4's screen changed when they did that. now this may have been just an increase/decrease in exposure to prep for the 3 different exposure shots.
does the N4 ACTUALLY take 3 shots at different exposures and then process the image? or does it just take 1 and "fake HDR" it?

turdbogls said:
mind explaining....i found about 4 different threads here on XDA and not one of them explained why it was hardware related. at least not with supported facts.
i am pretty sure this is all software. IIRC, i watched a video of someone who switched it from regular to HDR and the image on nexus 4's screen changed when they did that. now this may have been just an increase/decrease in exposure to prep for the 3 different exposure shots.
does the N4 ACTUALLY take 3 shots at different exposures and then process the image? or does it just take 1 and "fake HDR" it?
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Yea I've seen most places saying it needs to be enabled in the software but there are also a few that say the hardware prevents it. It would be nice to know if there is a solution or not.

A HDR picture is produced by taking 2 or more pics at different exposures very quickly. It can be done in software for sure, but I think the delay between the pictures will be too long to be taken when holding the phone by hand without some hardware magic.
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HDR is purely a software feature, I'm guessing Google wanted it to remain exclusive with the nexus 4.
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I don't think its hardware... Just search in HDR camera in the play store... You should be able to find it.
^ you have the same avatar as you:sly:
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HDR is a software feature. I don't think its integrated into AOSP though.
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chris157 said:
I've been looking around but I can't find anything, but are there any ROMs or APKs floating around that enable HDR for the Galaxy Nexus? Is it something that can be enabled with software or are there hardware limitations? Thanks
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The way Google did the solution makes it incompatible with Galaxy Nexus...
They did it in a way that the camera driver has to provide one or more scenes that have HDR support.
Obviously, it is very possible to do it in Galaxy Nexus, it has a really speedy sensor and is able to take many pictures very quickly, and as everyone knows, HDR is a software task, getting "the best" out of two or more pictures that have different exposure settings. But, the 4.2 AOSP Camera doesn't have this support, it only exposes HDR if the camera driver has HDR scenes/modes... As no one (I really don't know who has the sources and could do it) bothered to update the Galaxy Nexus camera drivers for Android 4.2, there you go, no HDR mode using AOSP camera.

I use HDR Camera+ with my gnex and it works very well. Just make sure to hold your hand very steady or rest it on something
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