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Camera tips?

I'm getting horrible macros on this camera, it might be just that I'm used to the htc amaze's camera. Any tips to get overall better pics I'm on aokp

Only thing I miss from the Amaze is the camera......
You need to play with camera settings a lot to get better results with this camera,.and even then pics are not a good....
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Yeah that's the only thing I miss about it too I was looking to find maybe a camera app on the market that could maybe make the images come out better
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Have you guys tried UCam.. its a good camera.. I use it a lot.
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I don't think it is the software as much as it is the camera that is the main complaint. My wife has the HTC Sensation and the camera is loads better than the GS II. We both upgraded same time, that first night we were out and took pics with our phones and her shots are by far better than anything I took on my phone and this was out of the box without changing any settings. Her phone excels in night shots where mine looks super pixelated.

Htc cameras are the best around. I find using procapture to be best at macro shots. I think there was a discussion on this awhile ago in the themes and apps section. There was another camera.... But i forgot which.. Oh Wells I stuck to procapture, but night shots still suck.
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Choices...

I have a upgrade and Im wondering which phone to get. I like the s3 a lot. Especially the new touchwiz. But I don't like that it could be glitchy and a cheap build. Plus I have had my note for about 6 monthes and I have had some screen problems like the weird ruff spots on it. And I don't want to have the same problems again with the s3. Also is the overheating fixed? I don't want to root this phone (atleast for now) I just want a nice clean reliable and custom experience. Also is the retina display noticeably better? If you have had any problems with your s3 please tell me. Any opinions will be helpful. I'm pretty open minded right now.
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U got 3 choices.. gs3, ip5, one x..
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Exactly. I don't know much about the iphone5 and one x can you list some pros and cons? That would be greatly appreciated.
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Best one is the gs3 cause the one x is older and dosnt have expandable storage or a super amoled or as great dev support and dont get me started with the i****onmyself 5

Save it for the Note 2.
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The note is great its just a tad to big. The 4.8 inch screen of s3 is great size for me. But I have heard it has a number of problems like overheating and its fragile compared to other devices or so I've read. A HUGE pet peeve I have is when the plastic battery door creaks and squeaks. Is that apparent on the g3? And if it does, how well do those metal doors on eBay work?
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One more thing. Will the g3 run smooth and reliable without modifing it? I want to use it right out of the box with the least amount of problems as possible
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Never had a problem with my backdoor or overheating and yes its perfectly stable with stock
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Are all the us carrier versions the same spec wise?
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Depends.
If by "overheat" you mean getting uncomfortably hot, that only happens when you play intensive games like NOVA3 for extended periods of time.
Backdoor creak has never happened to me, but my buttons on the side creek occasionally.
As for your options, honestly the One X doesn't look shabby, but remember that there is less development in that sector, and that the SGS3 has plenty of devs.
As for the iPhone 5, I can tell you from my experience-- that if you enjoy Android, stay away from iOS unless you want to dumb yourself down to a trained monkey. That's my biggest problem with iOS, it's made for extremely simple people. Jailbreaking can't fix the nature of that OS, and that made me dump my iPhone.
In my opinion, I think you should get the SGS3. Build quality won't reach the iPhone 5's, but other then that you won't have any regrets. Besides, you can always exchange.
Goodluck bud!
PS: All US Carrier models are the same, besides the radio. Same Dual Core A-15's @ 1.5GHz.

The main problem I have with the s3 is build quality,reliability,accessories. The iPhone 5 IA built so nicely it makes me feel like it's actually worth 200-300 dollars. The s3 just doesn't give me that quality feel.
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Is there noticeable lag on the att g3?
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Mine is lag free

IPhone 5 is also over hyped. You're paying for materials and branding, not quality of product.
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Love my gs3
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Me being me I wouldn't buy any phone but an iPhone 5 right now. Value is too high. Buy that and trade for SGS3 plus cash!

Does everyone's screen look and feel the same as the day they bought it? Like nothing has rubbed of with heavy use? Cause I had that happen to my note
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corey_r said:
Does everyone's screen look and feel the same as the day they bought it? Like nothing has rubbed of with heavy use? Cause I had that happen to my note
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I've had my S3 since early July, naked screened, and when i wipe the slight smudges off of it from my fingers, it shines like the day i bought it.
As for the battery door.... yea, i'm pretty sure the only people you'd hear about it being squeaky or cheap from are the iPhone 5 Republic. To them, anything plastic is sh*t anymore. I'd hate to have seen how they chose a phone 6+ years ago, when very few phones even used a THIN metal shell, and smartphones were limited to Windows Mobile and Blackberries basically. I never hear a noise from it, and it's far from cheap feeling. It's actually Polycarbonate plastic.
I've had it running a custom ROM since i'd say just under a month into having it.... but i still tend to stick to the tweaked stock roms more than CM10 stuff, simply because i like the TouchWiz camera. Runs fantastic.

Now Im reading about loose power buttons and even one guys supposedly fell off. OS and screen size of the s3 combined with the build quality,reliability, and retina display of the iPhone 5 would be a fantastic phone.
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Best features

I am upgrading in one month and trying to see what people love about their GALAXY Note II. I see too many "we don't have this or that." Here i would like to see what the defining features (beside the S-Pen) that would cause someone to choose this device over another.
So please, tell me why you bought the device and why you love it! Please keep it clean and fun for all!
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Screen size. There you go. Close thread
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Great battery life.
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Jcossack88 said:
I am upgrading in one month and trying to see what people love about their GALAXY Note II. I see too many "we don't have this or that." Here i would like to see what the defining features (beside the S-Pen) that would cause someone to choose this device over another.
So please, tell me why you bought the device and why you love it! Please keep it clean and fun for all!
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The we don't have this or that threads are people just being nitpicky #FirstWorldPains?
It's an amazing device.... the screen is beautiful 5.55" of a NONPENTILE Super AMOLED, stellar battery life. The quad core exynos CPU and jelly bean makes the user experience super fluid. People are also saying that the phone is too big but personally that's why I like it so much - it makes my old iPhone4S look like a toy.

After 8 hours of ownership, screen size is my fav feature so far.
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I haven't seen one in person yet...so how does the screen quality compare to the GSIII due to lack of pixel density? Is it even noticeable?
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My wife has a GSIII and I can't see a difference (other than size obviously)

This is the best feature...

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I haven't seen one in person yet...so how does the screen quality compare to the GSIII due to lack of pixel density? Is it even noticeable?
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Pixel density is lower but gs3 is pentile I believe. This has some hybrid pixel arrangement. Though, I never saw a gs3.

Yes the arrangement is PenTile, so in theory it should look similar. But I was just wondering if it also appeared the same in person
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Thought it would be the screen, but it is actually the battery life.

Jcossack88 said:
Yes the arrangement is PenTile, so in theory it should look similar. But I was just wondering if it also appeared the same in person
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The Note 2's screen is NOT PenTile

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The Note 2's screen is NOT PenTile
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Right that's what I meant...the GSIII is PenTile, thanks for clearing that up. After I posted it I was thinking about editing it, but I was tired...lol
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Screen size and quality, battery life, and processor. Done
Samsung Galaxy Note II

Honestly I think I'm still in partial shock that I'm walking around with a Quad Core in my pocket. There's something ridiculous about that... also the display and once Sprint LTE kicks in in SF, I'm going to be lording it over my colleagues.

Yes i can't wait for LTE down here in Riverside. Supposedly it's going active in April/May. Do you know if SF is part of LAs release schedule?
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Battery life, screen and the looks from everyone when they compare their iphone to this beast
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Best feature this phone has is Android. Hands Down.
Slap a giant screen on an iPhone and it still is tied to iOS. Can't fix that one.
But on the serious side, the best feature to me, is the marriage of a Large screen and the extra sensitive S Pen. The large screen is great, but anyone can do a large screen. And an S Pen is great too, but it would be crap on a screen any smaller than 5" or so. Can you even imagine trying to use an S Pen on a screen the size of iPhone?
Everything else that Sammy did to make the S Pen and Screen marriage work well is important too, as without all the other pieces, this phone would leave something to complain about.
-Waitin on multiscreen, CP

Awesome screen, awesome battery, so much horsepower and gps that really works (coming from ET4G that never locked)...
This is the best phone I've owned.

Jcossack88 said:
Yes i can't wait for LTE down here in Riverside. Supposedly it's going active in April/May. Do you know if SF is part of LAs release schedule?
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No idea unfortunately... I think SF is going to be a slow deployment though. Doubt Sprint will risk burdening a popular city with a crappy upgrade.

Thoughts on the LGOG

I came from the Galaxy S3. Traded for the Optimus yesterday. So far I love it! I do tons of gaming and it feels so much smoother than my S3 did. The keyboard is the ONLY issue I have found so far, it has a very hard time keeping up with me. Lol. What's your thoughts on the most powerful phone in 'Murica?
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Great and only getting better and better

Vfan23 said:
I came from the Galaxy S3. Traded for the Optimus yesterday. So far I love it! I do tons of gaming and it feels so much smoother than my S3 did. The keyboard is the ONLY issue I have found so far, it has a very hard time keeping up with me. Lol. What's your thoughts on the most powerful phone in 'Murica?
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check out SwiftKey 3 if you're looking for a legitimately good keyboard, its prediction and auto correction features are ridiculously good.
as for the phone, I've got to say it's the best phone I've ever had, and I've had couple of android phones before this (came from the Epic 4G Touch) and also have had iPhone, and none of those are even close to the experience I've gotten on LGOG.
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Yea I went from the iPhone 5 > Galaxy s3 > Optimus G and feels like the best choice I've made.
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check out SwiftKey 3 if you're looking for a legitimately good keyboard, its prediction and auto correction features are ridiculously good.
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I agree, except it's SwiftKey 4 now, with flow!

love it...
Went from Hell T C to this.. love it, love the horse power under the hood.

I have the Nexus 7 tab but this phone can run circles around it
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anyone worried about it breaking at all? Having any issues?

The ONLY issue I notice is it runs a little warm BUT I do have a high amount of screen on time. Other than that, I use mine without a case and all and haven't dropped it yet. No weird creaks and seems very well built. I'm in love with the design.
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Vfan23 said:
The ONLY issue I notice is it runs a little warm BUT I do have a high amount of screen on time. Other than that, I use mine without a case and all and haven't dropped it yet. No weird creaks and seems very well built. I'm in love with the design.
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If you want a phone that runs hot, try the Evo3D. I swear, if my heat ever went out in my house, all I had to do was drill the processor in that for a few minutes. Accidently left mine under my pillow one time when it was charging. Got so hot, it burned my face when I tried to make a phone call. I stream Netflix alot, and it got uncomfortable to hold it. This phone runs like a liquid-cooled dream compared to that.
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If you want a phone that runs hot, try the Evo3D. I swear, if my heat ever went out in my house, all I had to do was drill the processor in that for a few minutes. Accidently left mine under my pillow one time when it was charging. Got so hot, it burned my face when I tried to make a phone call. I stream Netflix alot, and it got uncomfortable to hold it. This phone runs like a liquid-cooled dream compared to that.
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Yea, honestly my S3 ran way warmer than this OG. But even with the heat it is still the best phone I've ever used, and I think mine runs warm because I have so much screen-on time
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Also came from the s3. Love this phone except for the audio. S3 was crisper and louder. LG is boomy, as if its compressing the music before outputting it.
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My LG has better audio than my S3 but gaming audio on my S3 was better.
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Vfan23 said:
My LG has better audio than my S3 but gaming audio on my S3 was better.
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Should have stated that the music output quality was worst. The call audio is great.

Would you still get the One?

Im looking into a new phone. Heavily debating the One or the new G2. Was the ultra pixel thing as bad as I've read?
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My camera is great,don't have the blue screen issue neither does my wife,I really like my one,so much that I haven't seen the need to flash a custom rom just rooted and installed adaway
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I personally still think the HTC One is superior to the G2. When comparing One to the S4, well the One hands down since the S4 is locked down right now.

i debated the same thing about a month ago. I am very happy with the ONE. I went with the one mostly because I was afraid about the lack of cases available for the verizon one. The VZW back is different than other G2s. I held both in store and the superior build qualtiy of the one put me over the edge.
development is much better on the G2 at the moment though.
Im happy with my decision.

I have played with a few of the other flagship phones like the S4 and the G2, and hands down the One takes the prize. In my opinion, that is.
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without a second thought. best phone i've ever owned.

Hah,... I switched carriers, lost unlimited data, and then came back...so yes I love this phone, just wished Verizon wasn't such a mutherf%+Ker.
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Thamks for all the replies. Im glad to see you all have not regretted buying one.
I'm interested in the One because the specs are similar to my current S4. I love the design and aluminium body they used. Was just worried about the camera.
The G2 looks amazing on paper and the super slim bezels look great. But the buttons on the back of the phone have made me think twice about it, as well as its plastic everything.
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Thamks for all the replies. Im glad to see you all have not regretted buying one.
I'm interested in the One because the specs are similar to my current S4. I love the design and aluminium body they used. Was just worried about the camera.
The G2 looks amazing on paper and the super slim bezels look great. But the buttons on the back of the phone have made me think twice about it, as well as its plastic everything.
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I'm not crazy about the camera in the one, but love every other aspect of it. I keep my s3 on hand for the camera.

kkeller87 said:
Thamks for all the replies. Im glad to see you all have not regretted buying one.
I'm interested in the One because the specs are similar to my current S4. I love the design and aluminium body they used. Was just worried about the camera.
The G2 looks amazing on paper and the super slim bezels look great. But the buttons on the back of the phone have made me think twice about it, as well as its plastic everything.
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I had the S4, and the G2, and still prefer the HTC One. Maybe its the look of the UI itself, but I thought the S4 and G2 were almost the same. both very cheap cartoony looking. I was also not a fan of the back buttons at all.
There are so many USEFUL suprises on the HTC One that I have used more in a week, then the unneeded special stuff on the S4 that I had for over 2 months. I am VERY happy that I got the HTC one and sold the S4. And I wasnt even rooted on the One or S4.

kkeller87 said:
Thamks for all the replies. Im glad to see you all have not regretted buying one.
I'm interested in the One because the specs are similar to my current S4. I love the design and aluminium body they used. Was just worried about the camera.
The G2 looks amazing on paper and the super slim bezels look great. But the buttons on the back of the phone have made me think twice about it, as well as its plastic everything.
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I was really iffy about the camera as well since i owned the s4 at the same time. HOWEVER, granted the s4 has a much higher megapixel the One camera has a far more accurate color replicatiion. The only downside to the One cam is cropping and zooming on a photo. If you are okay with a image that comes out in excellent quality when printed at its natural size(close to 8x12 i think) then you will be good to go.

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I had the S4, and the G2, and still prefer the HTC One. Maybe its the look of the UI itself, but I thought the S4 and G2 were almost the same. both very cheap cartoony looking. I was also not a fan of the back buttons at all.
There are so many USEFUL suprises on the HTC One that I have used more in a week, then the unneeded special stuff on the S4 that I had for over 2 months. I am VERY happy that I got the HTC one and sold the S4. And I wasnt even rooted on the One or S4.
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This pleases me
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I was really iffy about the camera as well since i owned the s4 at the same time. HOWEVER, granted the s4 has a much higher megapixel the One camera has a far more accurate color replicatiion. The only downside to the One cam is cropping and zooming on a photo. If you are okay with a image that comes out in excellent quality when printed at its natural size(close to 8x12 i think) then you will be good to go.
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Ive been looking at comparison shots of the One vs the GS4. Checks out. Honestly, for snapping pictures of my cats, the One will do just fine.

Always thought the iPhone was the de-facto standard for camera phones. Well last weekend in Philly I got an unbelievable shot of the monument for African Americans by the liberty bell that my gf couldn't with her 5s because of the lighting. For point and shoot, I've had no regrets.

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Always thought the iPhone was the de-facto standard for camera phones. Well last weekend in Philly I got an unbelievable shot of the monument for African Americans by the liberty bell that my gf couldn't with her 5s because of the lighting. For point and shoot, I've had no regrets.
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My only issue is I feel like I can never get a good stabilization. A good number of my pictures come out blurry. At times.
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went from a GNex to the HTC One. If i had to do it again, i would go to the Moto X developer edition. My friend switches between that and his 5s. And after using it, I like it a little bit more than my one, although I just think thats mostly because of the power button location and that its closer to pure google instead of Sense.

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went from a GNex to the HTC One. If i had to do it again, i would go to the Moto X developer edition. My friend switches between that and his 5s. And after using it, I like it a little bit more than my one, although I just think thats mostly because of the power button location and that its closer to pure google instead of Sense.
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If I had the money to go to the Dev edition moto x I would. My wife won't let me spend that much up front.
As far as sense goes, I will only have it on there long enough to get to Cyanogenmod.
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justinisloco said:
My only issue is I feel like I can never get a good stabilization. A good number of my pictures come out blurry. At times.
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Even with my s4 I have to sit pretty still.
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I am about to send my one in to have the camera replaced. The purple haze and the camera is constantly focusing but other than that the one has been flawless.
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Dark Jedi said:
I am about to send my one in to have the camera replaced. The purple haze and the camera is constantly focusing but other than that the one has been flawless.
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How long have you had yours? Is there a certain batch that had the bad camera? I've also read that some users have fixed it with another rom, or the 4.3 update. It all seems messy and no clear answer in sight.