so i'm considering trying some other roms, but my biggest reason for not leaving TW is the camera app. i have CM9 on my touchpad, and i love the experience, so i'm curious about getting the more pure android on my phone. however, i can't sacrifice the camera.
what roms that have pure android also have cameras with options comparable to the TW? i use the different scene settings a lot, as well as the autofocus and macro focus, and panorama.
also, what kinds of things are integrated into TW that i may miss when switching to another rom?
thanks!
Thats the one thing that made me stay on TW so long..the camera. And it still makes me want to go back. I think most AOKP/AOSP/CM's all run the same camera but I could be wrong. Im running Liquid Smooth. The camera has scene mode, Focus Mode, Color Effect, Timer Mode, Burst Mode and a few other little settings. Also has autofocus, macro and Panorama. In my opinion the camera is OK but it does not compare to the TW camera.
As far as things you may miss from TW...I cant remember everything but stuff like Smart stay...Direct dial..I think that whole swipe right to call/swipe left to text. I think you would also not have S Beam. Some of the non TW ROM's you can still get SVoice. Im sure someone else will chime in and let you know what else would be missing.
yeah. i mean, i think i may just want the pure android because people are always talking about it, but i really do love my phone as it is, so i don't know if i need to bother with anything else. i was just curious.
slicetwo said:
yeah. i mean, i think i may just want the pure android because people are always talking about it, but i really do love my phone as it is, so i don't know if i need to bother with anything else. i was just curious.
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If you want just make a back up...flash an AOKP ROM for a few days. If you dont like it Flash your back up again.
As for picture quality theres no difference. Your still using the same sensor, same aperture, same focal distance.
As for options and effects theres a 100 camera apps in the market that outperform the tw camera.
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As for picture quality theres no difference. Your still using the same sensor, same aperture, same focal distance.
As for options and effects theres a 100 camera apps in the market that outperform the tw camera.
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how about some examples?
Mr Patchy Patch said:
As for picture quality theres no difference. Your still using the same sensor, same aperture, same focal distance.
As for options and effects theres a 100 camera apps in the market that outperform the tw camera.
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Must be my eyes...I see a bit of difference.
slicetwo said:
how about some examples?
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Im not on cm9
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jasvncnt1 said:
Must be my eyes...I see a bit of difference.
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No difference....ive been through this a million times with custom rom cameras vs stock.
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Im not on cm9
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I think he may have meant some examples of the apps in play that are better then the TW camera...
jasvncnt1 said:
I think he may have meant some examples of the apps in play that are better then the TW camera...
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My bad...
To name a few:
Vignette
Camera360
Camera mx
Camera zoom fx
Camera+ jb
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You know i been wondering... the camera application in our phone is after all a program that runs just like any other program in our phone right? thus being said... with all these applications made for the dash why has anyone yet to make an upgrade for the camera app? even tho the application is set to manufactures default settings so was the T-Mobile rom settings, but people were able to upgrade roms so why is it that we cant upgrade the camera app? maybe there is someone smart enough out there to think of this app. i mean all in all it would be nice to have some extra effects options or a brightness option you know... something to that effect would be a cool thing to have.
There are many Camera applications, I personally use the "stock" camera in conjunction with Cool Camera
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There are many Camera applications, I personally use the "stock" camera in conjunction with Cool Camera
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would you mind providing some links? so that i can check em out? please... =) Thanks.
Here you go:
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There are many Camera applications, I personally use the "stock" camera in conjunction with Cool Camera
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ok i just downloaded "COOL CAMERA" and i must say it sucks. lol what the hell its like 100 times worse then the stock camera i tryed messing with the setting to try and make it look better but its all blurry and its like ZOOM on everything wth? lol how do you enjoy using this thing?
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ok i just downloaded "COOL CAMERA" and i must say it sucks. lol what the hell its like 100 times worse then the stock camera i tryed messing with the setting to try and make it look better but its all blurry and its like ZOOM on everything wth? lol how do you enjoy using this thing?
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Works perfectly fine for me
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Works perfectly fine for me
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yeah its kinda screwed up this app... maybe if you provide the settings you have set on your phone that way i can try to set the same thing on mine and then see if it will work or maybe you can guide me to a website that has more then one camera app on it that way i have a few apps to choose from cause you mentioned there was more then one. thanks so much.
I did not make this app!!! Just thought I would share it with you. It is included in my rom and is very good! Link is here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraics I really like it. Once again I have nothing to do with this app. Just though I would share it.
Edit: do not ask about my rom please. I am getting flooded with PMs and people should just email me about my rom, not pm or post in a completely unrelated thread. Thank you.
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Where could I find your rom? Thanks.
rmartin0120 said:
Where could I find your rom? Thanks.
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Its not up yet... email me and I can put you on the list. Email: [email protected]
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tried your camera ics..
auto focus is bad on it other than that its pretty good.
if you want a good camera use procapture camera
i use my cam alot and i have almost all cam apps from vignette to fxcam to cartoon cam. but the best of the best IMO is procapture for the auto focus and when it takes a pic the screen doesn't go black like in camfx or vignette and yes is has volume keys to take pic.
just my 2cents.
PENKO956 said:
tried your camera ics..
auto focus is bad on it other than that its pretty good.
if you want a good camera use procapture camera
i use my cam alot and i have almost all cam apps from vignette to fxcam to cartoon cam. but the best of the best IMO is procapture for the auto focus and when it takes a pic the screen doesn't go black like in camfx or vignette and yes is has volume keys to take pic.
just my 2cents.
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Ahh damn I just bought camera ICS last night after seeing it on android police. Now im all iffy about after seeing procapture. Is it that much of a difference? I use my camera daily also
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Ahh damn I just bought camera ICS last night after seeing it on android police. Now im all iffy about after seeing procapture. Is it that much of a difference? I use my camera daily also
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mostly just auto focus not working. the devs of the app said they are working to improve it. Oh i should mention the auto focus is just bad with the volume keys it takes good pics with focus if you touch the red button and hold to focus then release to take pic. but since Samsung couldn't afford to add a dedicated cam button, volume keys to take pic is a must for me.
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Ahh damn I just bought camera ICS last night after seeing it on android police. Now im all iffy about after seeing procapture. Is it that much of a difference? I use my camera daily also
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Why would you buy Camera ICS? It is a free app but the paid version doesn't have ads. To block ads just get an ad blocker (assuming you have root access) from the market. And this is not "my app". I just wanted to share it with you. It runs with no bugs on my phone and it works flawlessly with my rom. Thank you for the feedback though, guys!
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Loving the camera
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Loving the camera
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Glad to hear it. Like I said it is the camera in my rom.
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Hey fellow 4G Touch Users ... So I tried an ICS build last night( Thanks to Phantom and the awesome Blazer ROM ), one thing I noticed is that the ICS camera is vastly better at focusing than the Gingerbread version of the stock camera.
I attribute this mostly to the fact that you have touch to focus on the main screen of the ICS camera, once I touched to focus on ICS it would lock the focus and take the picture as is.
In Gingerbread I don't see the ability to touch to focus like this, please someone correct me if I'm wrong or missing something. When I take a photo in Gingerbreads Stock Camera, it seems to re-focus then take the picture, which, most times, will leave the photo out of focus..... Personally I -hate- this.
With such a great camera hardware wise, does anyone know if there is a way to enable this feature, or get an app that does this? I've used Camera FX, but the options I see for focus that even comes close is fixed, which doesn't seem to be good at all.
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Hey fellow 4G Touch Users ... So I tried an ICS build last night( Thanks to Phantom and the awesome Blazer ROM ), one thing I noticed is that the ICS camera is vastly better at focusing than the Gingerbread version of the stock camera.
I attribute this mostly to the fact that you have touch to focus on the main screen of the ICS camera, once I touched to focus on ICS it would lock the focus and take the picture as is.
In Gingerbread I don't see the ability to touch to focus like this, please someone correct me if I'm wrong or missing something. When I take a photo in Gingerbreads Stock Camera, it seems to re-focus then take the picture, which, most times, will leave the photo out of focus..... Personally I -hate- this.
With such a great camera hardware wise, does anyone know if there is a way to enable this feature, or get an app that does this? I've used Camera FX, but the options I see for focus that even comes close is fixed, which doesn't seem to be good at all.
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I don't know whats wrong with your camera, but my gb camera has always had the tap to focus. I'm on Calk's ICS beta rom right now and I personally think it takes better pics than the ICS camera.. at least with the build I'm on now
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I don't know whats wrong with your camera, but my gb camera has always had the tap to focus. I'm on Calk's ICS beta rom right now and I personally think it takes better pics than the ICS camera.. at least with the build I'm on now
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Not sure ... Is there a setting for it? Tapping my screen takes a photo, I looked for a "Tap to focus" setting, but didn't see one.
RubenRybnik said:
Not sure ... Is there a setting for it? Tapping my screen takes a photo, I looked for a "Tap to focus" setting, but didn't see one.
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It should be set automatically to tap to focus. I have mine set to auto focus and it still can tap to focus.. If anything try to uninstall and reinstall the app. Or you might have reflash the Rom. The Rom might have tweaked the camera
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Blazer isn't an ics from...its just themed to look like ics
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bo5ibbs said:
Blazer isn't an ics from...its just themed to look like ics
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^this. lol
no worries tho, the theming on that rom is pretty convincing
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It should be set automatically to tap to focus. I have mine set to auto focus and it still can tap to focus.. If anything try to uninstall and reinstall the app. Or you might have reflash the Rom. The Rom might have tweaked the camera
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Yep, that seemed to work Should have thought of that first, just didn't know if the functionality existed or not ... Thanks a bunch!
Anyone here got a working Android 4.2 Camera that uses 5 Mega pixels instead of 3?
I've tried lots of mods out there but it doesn't seem to work.
Besides, I wonder why it only is able to use up to 3MP and not 5MP unlike other phones?
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Anyone here got a working Android 4.2 Camera that uses 5 Mega pixels instead of 3?
I've tried lots of mods out there but it doesn't seem to work.
Besides, I wonder why it only is able to use up to 3MP and not 5MP unlike other phones?
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It takes pictures exactly like it was 5mp not like you can see the different anyways
there is a difference
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It takes pictures exactly like it was 5mp not like you can see the different anyways
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Try zooming in using 4.2 camera .. you wil find that its a bit blurry. Where as if your using cm10's camera its much more clear when you zoom in.try it.
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Try zooming in using 4.2 camera .. you wil find that its a bit blurry. Where as if your using cm10's camera its much more clear when you zoom in.try it.
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I second that. The difference comes in when you're viewing it on the computer.
Hence, I was wondering if I could retain the 5MP on the 4.2 Camera because it's blazing fast.
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Try zooming in using 4.2 camera .. you wil find that its a bit blurry. Where as if your using cm10's camera its much more clear when you zoom in.try it.
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i dont take pictures with my phone , that what i have a dslr for
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i dont take pictures with my phone , that what i have a dslr for
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Good for you. I don't have one though. I wouldn't say I depend on my camera a lot, but should there be any events, I'll depend on my phone's camera. Too bad that the new camera only takes up to 3MP. I was hoping if someone would fix it. It can easily replace the previous CM10 camera
in any custom rom.
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Good for you. I don't have one though. I wouldn't say I depend on my camera a lot, but should there be any events, I'll depend on my phone's camera. Too bad that the new camera only takes up to 3MP. I was hoping if someone would fix it. It can easily replace the previous CM10 camera
in any custom rom.
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The camera will be able to take 5mp shot when:
a. someone mods it
b. roms with android 4.2 starts coming for our device.
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The camera will be able to take 5mp shot when:
a. someone mods it
b. roms with android 4.2 starts coming for our device.
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Agreed. Since I've no experience in coding and modding, I can only come here to seek help from more professional people.
I wonder if 1ceb0x will give it a go? Since it's available in paranoid android rom, naturally it's good to get it fix and share it with the community.
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Agreed. Since I've no experience in coding and modding, I can only come here to seek help from more professional people.
I wonder if 1ceb0x will give it a go? Since it's available in paranoid android rom, naturally it's good to get it fix and share it with the community.
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Will have to look into it
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Will have to look into it
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Thank you so much. Will look forward to it.:victory:
I recently upgraded to 4.2.1(ParanoidAndroid 2.9.9) and the new camera(which I assume is the standard Google 4.2 camera) is very basic, and very weak compared to what I had. The old camera(which was also Google stock) had a lot of filters built in, and some hilarious distortions such as "Big Eyes" and "Big Head". My kids LOVE those. They are now gone, as is most of the awesome functionality I had. In it's place is Photo Spheres which I personally consider useless. Is there a way to get my old camera back? I don't want to be stuck on 4.1.1 forever but I hate this new camera!
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I recently upgraded to 4.2.1(ParanoidAndroid 2.9.9) and the new camera(which I assume is the standard Google 4.2 camera) is very basic, and very weak compared to what I had. The old camera(which was also Google stock) had a lot of filters built in, and some hilarious distortions such as "Big Eyes" and "Big Head". My kids LOVE those. They are now gone, as is most of the awesome functionality I had. In it's place is Photo Spheres which I personally consider useless. Is there a way to get my old camera back? I don't want to be stuck on 4.1.1 forever but I hate this new camera!
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You can install camera ICS from the market. The layout isn't exactly the same ( I assume it's mimicking the ICS camera layout) but it will give you back the filters, funny faces. And yes I wondered the same thing why did google remove them. Kids get tonnes of laughs out of those. I'd love to know how those decisions are made... 'Hey you know those features we've had in the wild for over a year? Yeah let's remove them'
my exact thoughts also, when i had the 16gb nexxy i updated and was VERY annoyed to find the effects deleted, so much it was one of the "cons" that pushed me into refunding for a non-updated 32gb version
im still 4.1 now lol i seriously dont understand why google would :
A: release nexus 7 without a camera app.....(yea i do know why but lame excuse)
B: when you update to 4.2 it deletes any camera app and replaces it with dah dah duh daaaaa a broken one with non-working photosphere.....wtf?
sooooooo mmmmm yeah ill remember this thread when i come to updating
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B: when you update to 4.2 it deletes any camera app and replaces it with dah dah duh daaaaa a broken one with non-working photosphere.....wtf?
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Removing those "cute" functions is one thing, but how is the 4.2 camera "broken"?
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Removing those "cute" functions is one thing, but how is the 4.2 camera "broken"?
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Well I assume he meant the PhotoSphere which as best I can tell is not functioning correctly. I have not yet gotten it to work at all.
How come i didn't get a camera? I'm on PA 2.99 beta 6.
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Well I assume he meant the PhotoSphere which as best I can tell is not functioning correctly. I have not yet gotten it to work at all.
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Because it's not supported for front facing cameras? That's not broken, that's design.
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Because it's not supported for front facing cameras? That's not broken, that's design.
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First of all, the app doesn't know which way your camera is facing, nor does it care. Second, I didn't even try it on my Nexus 7, I tried it multiple times on my Galaxy Nexus. Still broken. Never got a decent result. You may say it's operator error, but that's a ridiculous statement as well because it's pretty self explanatory.
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Because it's not supported for front facing cameras? That's not broken, that's design.
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ok so look basically it would be very stupid putting diesel into a petrol as it wouldn't work......
acer made it to remove any cam app we had previously then installed a app exactly the same but without the working effects, .... only 1 broken one..photosphere,
saying that its supposed to only work with a front face cam....well then why go to the trouble of jacking our old app and putting one with a feature we cant use......? :good:
Just saying, the app does know which way the camera faces... I assume something in the data for the camera tells the app its front facing. This is probably useful for apps such as Skype too.
When you try photo sphere, it says sorry not supported with front camera.
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Element515 said:
Just saying, the app does know which way the camera faces... I assume something in the data for the camera tells the app its front facing. This is probably useful for apps such as Skype too.
When you try photo sphere, it says sorry not supported with front camera.
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the strange thing is, you would think panoramic shot wouldnt work, yet in the cam effects pre-4.2 you can use panoramic efect albeit frontcam only, it did work thou.
i think photsphere from front cam, while your in the middle of the shot with the world spinning around you would be a great effect anyways.
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ok so look basically it would be very stupid putting diesel into a petrol as it wouldn't work......
acer made it to remove any cam app we had previously then installed a app exactly the same but without the working effects, .... only 1 broken one..photosphere,
saying that its supposed to only work with a front face cam....well then why go to the trouble of jacking our old app and putting one with a feature we cant use......? :good:
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You lost me at "Acer". And I hope you realize this is a general "4.2 Google Apps" statement, not something Asus did.