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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Related
As an avid Rockbox user, I was excited when I discovered this page with precompiled apk's for us. Link I then sadly found out there was no VGA version, only QVGA, HVGA, and WVGA. So I decided to compile it for our beloved VGA RAPH devices. I attached the .apk. Download and install rockboxfixed.apk, download this and extract the "fonts" folder (Inside the zip it is /rockbox-fonts/.rockbox/fonts) to the "rockbox" folder on your sdcard then it should look like the second image and should be more usable. It appears, however, if you extract it to the sdcard you have to manually use the rockbox filebrowser or the theme settings to set it to your selected font. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Outdated: Haven't really gotten to test it so I expect I made an error somewhere, possible in signing the app or whatnot. I'll fix it tomorrow.
P.S. For anyone who doesn't know what Rockbox is: http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/WhyRockbox
Edit: Noticed some issues then realized I compiled it for 640 x 480 landscape not 480 x 640 portrait like it should be. Uploaded a new version. *Crosses fingers*
Edit 2: To fix the tiny font follow these steps:
1. Download and extract this and extract it to your sdcard so you have a folder called "fonts" at the root of your sdcard.
2. Open terminal emulator and type: su
3. Type cd sdcard
4. Type cp -af fonts /data/data/org.rockbox/app_rockbox/rockbox
That should do it. It should now look like the second screenshot when you open rockbox. I'll see if I can incorporate the fonts into the apk but not sure how to do that right now.
Edit 3: Wow, just discovered something. You can just copy the fonts folder the the "rockbox" folder at the root of your sdcard. Makes it significantly easier.
Thanks for doing that. Man, i used to have an iRiver, and used and grabbed daily builds for that thing. For other's, it's a really awesome mediaplayer. Well, more then that. I was playing arcade games and doom and such thanks to Rockbox really. This was amazing for an MP3 player that is.
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Thanks for doing that. Man, i used to have an iRiver, and used and grabbed daily builds for that thing. For other's, it's a really awesome mediaplayer. Well, more then that. I was playing arcade games and doom and such thanks to Rockbox really. This was amazing for an MP3 player that is.
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Yeah, I have a Gigabeat S that I LOVE with Rockbox. Best music experience hands down. But also, like you said, I played through doom and every Pokemon for Game boy. Sigh... good times. Anyways, have you tried my apk? Just curious how it works.
Sent from my MSM using XDA App
Downloaded it, and will give it a shot later and report back. Thanks again.
Ok, tried it last night, and not usable. Something about the screen size might be wrong, as the screen fill's up the top left corner (about 1/16 of the screen), and the menu is so small you literally have to squint to read the text, instead of it filling the whole screen. I don't have a picture, but honestly, if you think about an icon size in "Sense", the whole screen menu is honestly MUCH smaller in size in whole then 1 Sense icon.
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Ok, tried it last night, and not usable. Something about the screen size might be wrong, as the screen fill's up the top left corner (about 1/16 of the screen), and the menu is so small you literally have to squint to read the text, instead of it filling the whole screen. I don't have a picture, but honestly, if you think about an icon size in "Sense", the whole screen menu is honestly MUCH smaller in size in whole then 1 Sense icon.
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Yeah, I noticed the same thing. I found a fix and am about to edit the first post.
ok,sounds good, will definately try the new version. Not meaning to get off topic,but noticing ur sig, what's ur take on Ubuntu on our devices? Lots not working,but not needing 3d accel for now, if mouse,keyboard, and screen at least works at a usable state,just to play with. Since guessing u use or at least test it, wanted to get some feedback from ya.
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ok,sounds good, will definately try the new version. Not meaning to get off topic,but noticing ur sig, what's ur take on Ubuntu on our devices? Lots not working,but not needing 3d accel for now, if mouse,keyboard, and screen at least works at a usable state,just to play with. Since guessing u use or at least test it, wanted to get some feedback from ya.
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Well, it's not so much a new version as a way to fix the previous one. Anyways, Ubuntu is actually rather usable. Mouse, keyboard, and screen all work; it's just a little slow but not too bad. Sound is now partly working too.
Does it play .flv files?
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Does it play .flv files?
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No, it's a music player first and foremost. The only video format it supports is mpeg2 and I'm not even sure if video is supported in the Android version.
Hi there,
Not a dev or anything, just an avid music junky...
Wanted to let you know that the fonts fix doesn't work on HTC Desire w/ Froyo. Sort of did everything as described but nothing.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
V
That's a native Android device... Not sure why you're posting in the Fuze section. Do they have the same resolution, and there is no RockBox app that is for the Desire...? I'd be surprised.
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Hi there,
Not a dev or anything, just an avid music junky...
Wanted to let you know that the fonts fix doesn't work on HTC Desire w/ Froyo. Sort of did everything as described but nothing.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
V
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First off, you should download the WVGA version from here not the one I posted. Second, did you try copying the fonts folder to both locations, within the data folder and the sdcard? Just curious if one might work and not the other. I also changed the first post to be a little more clear. Actually I'm having a little trouble with getting it to recognize the fonts on the sdcard too. I just took the rockbox people's word for it. One way to fix it is to use the rockbox filebrowser and just select the font you want. That should do it.
P.S. I'm no dev either, I just know how to use a Linux command line somewhat.
JesusFreak316 thank you for the info. Im a huge fan of Rockbox for audiobooks. when someone gets Timestretch working it'll be content.
graybix said:
JesusFreak316 thank you for the info. Im a huge fan of Rockbox for audiobooks. when someone gets Timestretch working it'll be content.
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You're very welcome. Timestretch has nothing to do with me, as I'm sure you already know. That's up to the real rockbox devs to incorporate. Just out of curiosity, what do you use timestretch for? I use it for learning guitar licks in songs.
Finally... I've been asking for a Rockbox port for ages!
Will try it out on my Desire and let you know... keep it up dude!
News ?
some news ?
meo said:
some news ?
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News on what? It should be working relatively well, and I updated it to 3.7, the newest stable build of rockbox.
JesusFreak316 said:
News on what? It should be working relatively well, and I updated it to 3.7, the newest stable build of rockbox.
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That's sounds like there was a stable Rockbox build for Android which totally isn't true. It's *unstable* and largely unusable. 3.7 is stable for a lot of other devices, but not even a single android phone.
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That's sounds like there was a stable Rockbox build for Android which totally isn't true. It's *unstable* and largely unusable. 3.7 is stable for a lot of other devices, but not even a single android phone.
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I guess that's true, but what should I call it then? It didn't seem unstable to me though, just incomplete.
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
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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..
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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..
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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)?
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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.
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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..
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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 ?
I am failing at making a bootanimation.zip and I am not sure why. Anyone experienced want to take a look at my file and give me a hint as to why this doesn't work? It gets rid of the default Android, but just displays a black screen until the homescreen shows up.
Did I stump everybody? I figured I was just missing something silly like the picture files need to be in 7.5 bit format or something.
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Did I stump everybody? I figured I was just missing something silly like the picture files need to be in 7.5 bit format or something.
Sent from my Epic 3g
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I haven't a clue...I'm just here to help that uncomfortably alone feeling. :-( good luck
Id like to know/learn how to make a bootanimation is there a section/tutorial on this somewhere??
I see there's a section on theme-ing. Am i mising something?
Sorry not trying to thread jack, just thought the OP can shed some light.
Good luck on your question!
Haven't tried it yet myself, but I've noticed these tutorial threads in the past:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096068
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
You must save the zip as an uncompressed zip file. Compression level should be set to storage mode.
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bbelos said:
Haven't tried it yet myself, but I've noticed these tutorial threads in the past:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096068
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234611
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I hadn't seen that first thread (or the tool in it). Neat. Thank you. Wish I had seen that before I started.
It still didn't work, but at least that lets me know that it really is an odd problem.
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You must save the zip as an uncompressed zip file. Compression level should be set to storage mode.
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That I am doing. Though I have noticed that sometimes "store" in WinRar compresses by just a few bytes. I made one that was completely not compressed (byte match for stored size versus on drive size). Still not working, so I've ruled that out as being the issue.
I'm attaching a version created by the tool in the link above. It still doesn't work. I have no clue why... still looking for hints.
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I'm attaching a version created by the tool in the link above. It still doesn't work. I have no clue why... still looking for hints.
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That looks like it'd be a cool animation. I'll mess with it later when I get home. But at first glance comparing it to other animations I have that work, they are either greyscale or RGB jpgs @ 72dpi. Yours are indexed pngs @ 300dpi. That link says png should be ok, but it says to use RGB. Maybe you could try that next.
Here you go. I converted the images to 72dpi RGB jpgs. I'll still probably try again leaving them as 72dpi RGB pngs, but these animations work now.
I included your original 30fps version, but also slowed it down a bit. I think the 12fps looks good, but unless you have just wiped your dalvik cache, you might not have enough time to see very many blinks. The 21fps version isn't bad, but I think it's still a bit too fast. Tweak the speed to your preference.
These are not flashable, btw, so just copy over with root explorer or whatever.
Has to be renamed sanim.zip to work in GB.
Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES phone, running "two.three.five"
True, I guess I assumed he was using a kernel with the symlink to bootanimation.zip since his phone was actually trying to use the original file. Thanks for the reminder to anyone else trying to get this to work.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
I've tried this myself many times to no evail. I get boot animations from a rom that i like and try to put the boot ani in a diff rom and it never works. i'm never able to get the files into the other zip. I can't wait till i figure out how to completely customize roms to exactly what i want! i'm learning a little more day by day. this thread has helped me a little and will now be my reference if i run into this problem once i finally make my own boot ani. Thanks guys!
bbelos said:
Here you go. I converted the images to 72dpi RGB jpgs. I'll still probably try again leaving them as 72dpi RGB pngs, but these animations work now.
I included your original 30fps version, but also slowed it down a bit. I think the 12fps looks good, but unless you have just wiped your dalvik cache, you might not have enough time to see very many blinks. The 21fps version isn't bad, but I think it's still a bit too fast. Tweak the speed to your preference.
These are not flashable, btw, so just copy over with root explorer or whatever.
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I am thinking the editor I was using for the images was doing something funky. Anyway, much appreciated, the 21 fps one works beautifully.
JMMusic said:
I am thinking the editor I was using for the images was doing something funky.
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GIMP is typically the only image program I use, hasn't failed me yet.
UPDATE 4
Hello all,
Pending a new release for this ROM, I will stop supporting the "0.3" version originally posted.
I would like some help deciding cosmetics & features next release before it goes live. Please complete the following brief survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VJRLWRZ
A lot of fixes and changes have been made and requests have been accounted for as long as they do not deviate from the nature of this ROM being clean, functional, stable, good-looking, and ready to be a base for future devs. The appearance will be very AOSP-ish but with traces of TouchWiz.
Heads up: there will be no XLoud\Beats Audio by default. We have enough audio issues as it is and these are IMHO not any better than using DSPManager (aside from having the cute Sony\Beats branding stamped on them).
I'm not releasing anything until I fix the damn call echo issue ...worst case scenario I will workaround it by keeping Noise Reduction off. But I want to fix it
Q&A: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24253640
General questions? post in the above link...it will help me keep track better
^^
I no longer wish to have two seperate topics. So post here...but wait till the next release before you do
First of all, thank you to Racing19969 and anybody else associated with the Skyrocket ICS port...you made this possible.
Also want to thank CyanogenMod (<3) and the original author of DSP Manager (will find credits tomorrow) from which I borrowing DSP Manager for this ROM
The goal: to make a CLEAN, no frills alien TouchWiz + ICS rom. Its not meant to be exciting or have a crazy amount of hacks in it. In fact as of right now, the only packages added from the community are SuperUser and DSP Manager. And I don't plan on changing that.
Current status is...the ROM is running and its running QUICK. But there are some minor issues to be worked out and some beautification to be done.
The priorities:
Stability
Friendliness
Battery Life
If you are going to comment without constructive criticism, then just look away from this thread. The ROM is what it is. If you are going to install it, I would appreciate pointing out as many bugs as you can
For right now (temporarily): I did add the wonderful, feather-weight Zeam Launcher alongside TouchWiz...this is because I had issues with TW force closing on me early on in the modification process. So until more progress is made on this ROM, I've decided to keep it in there in such an event that TW decides to be unhappy and constantly force close.
A *lot* of bloatware was removed, especially from AT&T and some of Samsung's own social/media/diary/etc packages. I want this ROM to be STABLE, fast, and clean.
Next release ETA:VERY VERY SOON. NOW THAT AUTO ROTATE WORKS :-D
That being said, there are still issues to be worked out. Here is the list of changes made right now:
Added DSPManager from update-cm-9-20120330-NIGHTLY-galaxys2-signed, not functional ATM
Added Gallery, Mms, and Shutdown from GT-I9100 XWKI4 ROM; This fixes the shutdown issue, the Gallery landscape resize issue, and the delete SMS thread FC issue
Also added Browser from GT-I9100 XWKI4 ROM; not only is it more stable but the Search icon is fixed in its place and it has more features
Added apns-conf.xml from above CM9 nightly
International Galaxy S2 boot animation (AT&T anim is hideous)
Removed many many bloat; I'll try to compile a better list later
Added latest version of Polaris Office from T-Mobile ROM...It's a simple, lightweight, and pretty good doc editor/viewer
Already rooted
TODO:
Merge racie's unsecure Skyrocket Kernel COMPLETE
^^ Transform samsung boot animation to a ZIP to work with above kernel
Remove traces of Software Update COMPLETE
Put back the 2G - 3G / band select setting in our Settings menu Priority
Identify as SGH-T989 in build.prop
Removing AT&T contact sync wizard from Contacts.apk, also restore Contacts to the dialer tabs IN PROGRESS
Revisit shutdown issue IN PROGRESS
CWM flashable patch for the Skyrocket folks
Remove AT&T VM icon in Phone dialer
Fix T-Mo Voicemail indicator SMS Priority
Fix Auto-Rotation (perhaps by modifying Framework \ WindowListener) FIXED FOR NEXT RELEASE / PATCH AVAILABLE NOW
Remove remaining traces of AT&T Bloatware
Modify TouchWiz default home screen XML so that widget_service_v0.1.4_shared.apk can be removed from the system/app folder entirely prior to emptying the home screens COMPLETE
Remove debugging / service testing apps
Wi-Fi calling for T-Mobile
Change ugly status bar icons to stock ICS style; remove AM/PM indicator, and remove carrier label from status bar itself IN PROGRESS
Optimize PNGs, zipalign
Call echo and RIL issues; improve call quality IN PROGRESS Priority
Add quick toggles due to demand IN PROGRESS
Set up bug tracker website
Default Market to Play Store
A "Tweaks" menu to make some important modifications but without necessitating manual editing or downloading a lot of stuff from Market
PRIOR TO INSTALLING: Make sure you superwipe with DARKSIDE's SUPERWIPE script.
And finally...
the link (flash with CWM):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50663221/CleanICS0.3.zip
MIRROR:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/9iWiyyMY/CleanICS03.html
Thank you to markusf21 for providing the above mirror. Bandwidth costs money, so please give this user a thanks!!
PS, my personal opinion...install the Telus radio. no echo issues thus far. But if you don't know what a radio is....don't do it.
Update: I have big suspicions that this is a RIL or qualcomm audio config issue. It is now the priority problem which I will look to tomorrow..
Enjoy
Update coming tomorrow..
For today I am tired!
Hopefully I can get this one to boot. Raver's just gives me booltloops to eat. We'll give this a run. I'll report back.
Edit: booted right up and is going well. Nothing too crazy yet. Will keep you posted.
Youtube played well and video was right on. I could actually hold it in landscape and watch video with not much effort.
>>DARKSIDE
the first boot may take a few min as this is Deodexed
Also, nice to see a fellow P999er here
I have been running the port for the past 3 days and the only issue I have is the rotate and I know that's a kernel issue but that port took many flashes and reboots. Let's see if this one is easier to install and I'll report later.
Edit : I always use darkside wipe just like on my transformer there some kind of wipe just like it and I'm so glad that the gs2 has it too.
Sent from Samsung Galaxy S II
It's important to to siperwipe. Darksides script works perfectly everytime, but prior to using it it took me many attempts to flash the leak. I am looking into hacking usermode android into invertig the kernels auto rotation parameters. Dirty hack but I believe it is possible
by looking at the change log I think you are on the right track! I do have one question, on the ics skyrocket leak, I noticed there is a lot of freezing and watching streamed videos is damn near impossible it lags beyond belief, so I was wondering if you had a chance to take a look at some streamed videos.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
Have not tried any streaming but youtube...youtube works well
Edit: HQ working perfectly on youtube as well
Link is down now can anybody mirror?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda premium
Somebody offered me to mirror via PM. I just asked him to help me out
Edit
much gratitude to markusf21 for helping me out
Link coming in 15min
MD5 sum: d5206397a40483cd017e3c3295f8a1c3
It really works well ty. One question the ics youtube is ridiculous is it possible to bring back the GB app?
Sent from my t989 --- SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA
Any chance we can see some ROM screenshots of changes?
Dead link can you please provide a mirror
Mirror on the way...
Screenshots I will try my best to do tonight, although I do not think I can until tomorrow (~12 hours from now since we're all in different timezones)
I'm not into any drastic theming, so there is not much specialty here. I like clean and simplicity....I cannot BELIEVE AT&T and Samsung even plan on releasing the current ROM they have for Skyrocket. It's bloated to hell.
EDIT:
If anybody can confirm the following MD5 with the mirror:
d5206397a40483cd017e3c3295f8a1c3
I appreciate it. I just want to make sure I calculated the right one and that the mirror is also the same.
raycaster3 said:
Hopefully I can get this one to boot. Raver's just gives me booltloops to eat. We'll give this a run. I'll report back.
Edit: booted right up and is going well. Nothing too crazy yet. Will keep you posted.
Youtube played well and video was right on. I could actually hold it in landscape and watch video with not much effort.
>>DARKSIDE
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How did u get youtube in landscape? I have the hacked hd ics youtube pushed into system apps . It works great but no landscape.....is it the youtube that comes with the rom? Oh and for a camera fix use camera zoom fx... it will actually show pics the right way in gallery and send to people the right way too. For portrait shots just hit menu and rotate once
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How did u get youtube in landscape? I have the hacked hd ics youtube pushed into system apps . It works great but no landscape.....is it the youtube that comes with the rom? Oh and for a camera fix use camera zoom fx... it will actually show pics the right way in gallery and send to people the right way too. For portrait shots just hit menu and rotate once
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Well since our auto rotate is broken, I just turned it on and physically put the phone in portrait mode. LOL
And agreed at Camera Zoom FX. Like it a lot. If the autorotate fix doesn't work out, I will compile an ICS camera locked to landscape mode**.
@Skorpion_
I will look into it, hopefully in the next 24 hours.
yaldak said:
Mirror on the way...
Screenshots I will try my best to do tonight, although I do not think I can until tomorrow (~12 hours from now since we're all in different timezones)
I'm not into any drastic theming, so there is not much specialty here. I like clean and simplicity....I cannot BELIEVE AT&T and Samsung even plan on releasing the current ROM they have for Skyrocket. It's bloated to hell.
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No worries man take your time you earned it buddy!!
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA
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How did u get youtube in landscape? I have the hacked hd ics youtube pushed into system apps . It works great but no landscape.....is it the youtube that comes with the rom? Oh and for a camera fix use camera zoom fx... it will actually show pics the right way in gallery and send to people the right way too. For portrait shots just hit menu and rotate once
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I started the video then turned on screen rotation then held in vertically and slowly moved to horizontal and voila. I used the YouTube app that came in the rom.
The only real gripe I have right now is that the sideways scrolling16 panel toggle (thanks lidroid & RaverX3X) and the folders ui in gtab simiclock is pretty sticky, from lack of a better word. I'm sure it's due to the rotation issue. Looking good so far. Adwex hauls ass on this rom.
Oh yeah and vignette is great for pics too, alas youbhv to go into gallery and rotate them. Snaps em quickly tho. No delay like the stock camera.
>>DARKSIDE
raycaster3 said:
I started the video then turned on screen rotation then held in vertically and slowly moved to horizontal and voila. I used the YouTube app that came in the rom.
The only real gripe I have right now is that the sideways scrolling16 panel toggle (thanks lidroid & RaverX3X) and the folders ui in gtab simiclock is pretty sticky, from lack of a better word. I'm sure it's due to the rotation issue. Looking good so far. Adwex hauls ass on this rom.
>>DARKSIDE
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Ok gotcha now...
if this is from ics leak from our skyrocket then im just gonna flash this .. it'll make life easier since somethings like rotation issue won't be there haha.. good job dev. and will wait for your update..
edit: also if u need a theme im working on fully revamped ics theme which will blow minds let me know im on i727 forum
would be great to get a mod/app like this for the HTC One, there is one for the One X which really worked brilliantly (IQ was at least 20% up on stock). hopefully one of the brilliant developers will pick this idea up and take it further, thanks
Jostian said:
would be great to get a mod/app like this for the HTC One, there is one for the One X which really worked brilliantly (IQ was at least 20% up on stock). hopefully one of the brilliant developers will pick this idea up and take it further, thanks
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There are some camera mods around, i think one of them improves the quality of the photos.. Did not try so can not tell you which one...
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2
there is nothing for the HTC One though, due to its ultra pixel technology it'll need a mod developed specifically for it
here's one from the HTC One X maybe this could be used as a basis for a similar mod for the One, (no compression and no/little noise reduction) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2339226
Insertcoin rom has stock camera with 0 jpeg compression
vegetaleb said:
Insertcoin rom has stock camera with 0 jpeg compression
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wow thats cool, didnt know that was a feature available on the One, will ask schniz to add that to his ROM.
vegetaleb said:
Insertcoin rom has stock camera with 0 jpeg compression
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That's not really any help though, Personally I'm not going to install that ROM just to get the Mod ... Is it just the Camera.apk that's modded do you know or are there other files in the ROM that are needed, like libs etc.
Hi,
You will need the media_profiles file also because the two "ImageEncoding quality" lines and the two "ImageDecoding memCap" lines are modified...
In attachment the file from Insertcoin rom, remove the .txt extension...
Thanks to baadnewz for the mod (I hope we can post the files outside its rom,, if not I delete it and all my apologies), credits to him, source is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2279766...
thanks Viking, I have no idea what to do with the file you sent, can you explain (I'm no techie at all), so one cannot just add in the 4.2.2 Camera apk to sys/app, (I assume you cannot replace the stock camera.apk with this 4.2.2 one?) So one has to also revise some of the media profiles settings (any idea how to do this)? thanks.
The ideal would be that someday someone could develop a flashable file that just adds the compression settings to the stock camera apk.
viking37 said:
Hi,
You will need the media_profiles file also because the two "ImageEncoding quality" lines and the two "ImageDecoding memCap" lines are modified...
In attachment the file from Insertcoin rom, remove the .txt extension...
Thanks to baadnewz for the mod (I hope we can post the files outside its rom,, if not I delete it and all my apologies), credits to him, source is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2279766...
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Cheers mate, will give it a test
Edit: Made a custom flashable zip with the xml and the camera apk and installed fine, will test and see if it's any better
ok so I replace the camera apk in Ordroid with the Camera apk from insert coin, add the gallery apk from insert coin mods folder and then replace the media profile xml in ordroid with the one you provided?? will that do the trick? thanks again for the help
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thanks Viking, I have no idea what to do with the file you sent, can you explain (I'm no techie at all), so one cannot just add in the 4.2.2 Camera apk to sys/app, (I assume you cannot replace the stock camera.apk with this 4.2.2 one?) So one has to also revise some of the media profiles settings (any idea how to do this)? thanks.
The ideal would be that someday someone could develop a flashable file that just adds the compression settings to the stock camera apk.
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Hi,
Meanwhile the zip from AllAboutTheCore() remove the .txt extention from the file I've posted, put in in your "sdcard" then with a file explorer copy it to system/etc and set the correct permissions like this, then reboot and you're good...
Before all make a Nandroid backup!!!
EDIT: same thing for the Camera.apk file, but copy it to system/app set the correct permissions (same as above) then reboot in recovery and wipe dalvik-cache...
if it makes a difference please share the zip, I'm a bit lost with this technical stuff, but love photography hence my request, a stupid question: cant one just edit the media profiles xml of the standard camera apk and adjust all 3 to 100% (image encoding, instead of 70/80/95%), wont that make the photos have less compression?? thanks
EDIT: I tried the above, didnt change any apks or anything, just went to the media profile xml and changed image encoding to 100% for all 3 options (instead of 70/80/95%) kept decoding at 30000... and image size went from 600KB to 1.3 MB (same image), will have to check but with much less compression IQ (detail) should be better I guess
Here it is .. If Baadnewz wants it taking down I will .. I further edited the xml to change both 720p and 1080p recordings to 2 channels instead of 1.
Credited Baad in the zip aswell
http://www1.zippyshare.com/v/72631252/file.html
thanks will try (have you noticed any difference?), if you read my post just before your last one, does what I have done make sense (just kept the original camera apk and change the media profiles xml file?) would that also make the compression less?
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thanks will try (have you noticed any difference?), if you read my post just before your last one, does what I have done make sense (just kept the original camera apk and change the media profiles xml file?) would that also make the compression less?
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Not noticed a difference yet tbh but I'm sat in my bedroom so nothing really to test it on lol .. Yep I understood what you meant, not sure how it works though as if it was a case of changing them all to 100% for the best results, I would have thought that's what Baadnewz would have done but I'm not completely sure
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Not noticed a difference yet tbh but I'm sat in my bedroom so nothing really to test it on lol .. Yep I understood what you meant, not sure how it works though as if it was a case of changing them all to 100% for the best results, I would have thought that's what Baadnewz would have done but I'm not completely sure
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hehe, not sure either but fun to play around, I can say that the file sizes are roughly 40 to 50% bigger now, which means compression is less which should improve IQ (in theory)...
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hehe, not sure either but fun to play around, I can say that the file sizes are roughly 40 to 50% bigger now, which means compression is less which should improve IQ (in theory)...
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Should do, mine still hover around 1.5 to 2 meg's in size but time will tell lol
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Should do, mine still hover around 1.5 to 2 meg's in size but time will tell lol
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so with your zip, one gets the new camera apk (replaces existing one?) with new UI? and changed media profile xml, just wanna make sure whats in it, thanks
Doesn't work then if the photos are still the same file size