Hello Community,
After having my nexus 4 for several months I have decided that the camera sucks tremendously compared to HTC Sense Camera. My biggest gripe is the lack of a great rapid shot like on the HTC One S or X. Is there anyway to get that camera ported over to the N4? IF not, any other camera apps out there that are worth a shot? Ive tried some of the ones in the play market but they are just a bad.
The HTC camera ist just awesome. The n4 one isn't.
Don't forget do downsize the picture to 4 MP / 3 MP on the nexus 4 that speeds up the camera heavily. If you use focal you can achieve a quite high speed, but the quality isn't that nicely
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jgentry151 said:
Hello Community,
After having my nexus 4 for several months I have decided that the camera sucks tremendously compared to HTC Sense Camera. My biggest gripe is the lack of a great rapid shot like on the HTC One S or X. Is there anyway to get that camera ported over to the N4? IF not, any other camera apps out there that are worth a shot? Ive tried some of the ones in the play market but they are just a bad.
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Remember that what makes camera quality on a phone is not only the build but also the guts of the camera. HTC has a great camera because it uses a camera sensor chip created by HTC. You can't just port over the camera and get the same quality. Graphic quality on s camera has a lot to do with how well the megapixels interact with the sensor itself. Sony, HTC and Samsung have all used a specific set of chips allowing for crisp clean images. LG prob didn't include a great sensor on the N4 so that the price wouldn't be so expensive. I mean phones like the HTC One, One X, GS3, S4 and Xperia devices run at 500$+. Remember our phone was priced at 300.
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The stock camera is just horrible, but I noticed that the MIUI camera is very good with our N4, very crisp picture quality and UI is nicer.
I also found the Moto Camera to be better than stock camera, the photos it takes are much more focused and are just generally better.
Have you tried Focal App? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.xplod.focal&hl=fr :cyclops:
This is the camera I have on my nexus4 more or less the same the HTC one
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I have to get over it I guess. The hardware is not to par with my expectations and experience with HTC camera hardware. I really like my N4 but miss my One S camera. Thanks for the feedback and suggestions guys
Just get the n5 I hear the camera is gonna be really good on it
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I used to Have HTC WildfireS and when I flashed cyanogenmod rom the quality of the photos decreased (same for other HTC devices my friends have (the flagships not cheap like mine) so I think the HTC framework as a whole plays a big role in the quality. But again you need someone to port the entire framework of the camera and the camera (which is hard to impossible ?)
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nickslg said:
This is the camera I have on my nexus4 more or less the same the HTC one
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what camera is this ?
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Has anyone had both devices and compared the cameras???
The only thing holding me back is camera because I love the deducated buttons and great quality.
I'm sire the difference if any can't be too big. They are both cell phones .
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From what I've heard the amaze has one of the best cameras on any phone. The gnex is not going to be able to best it in pic quality. The zero lag while nifty will not compensate for it IMO. That's not my main concern, but if it is for you then the amaze might be a better option.
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Was a full moon tonight and never thought Id get much but fuzz by trying to capture w phone. Just left everything on auto pointed at the moon and shot. SAWEET!!! eb
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I haven't tried taking pictures of anything like this yet but all my quick shots are fantastic. Way better then any other phone. They look as good as my cyber shot digital camera
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it looks amazing
Nice! I played with the ion yesterday in a corp store and I love how moving objects aren't blurry, major issue with my htc aria and iPad when snapping shots of my kids.
Another pic. The mp's make for some CRAZY detail w zooming in. Lovin It. eb
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I really like the camera, especially the way it handles shots taken in low light. And having the dedicated camera button is a major plus as well.
earbrain said:
Was a full moon tonight and never thought Id get much but fuzz by trying to capture w phone. Just left everything on auto pointed at the moon and shot. SAWEET!!! eb
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Aoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, this was a cool feat. This is a pic of an extremely bright LED board at night. Zoom in and you'll see the led's. Try that w any other phone. eb
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camera performance with other apps
has any one tried using camera 360 app or something similar?
am considering buying this phone to use on t mobile usa but some reviews undermine the camera (gsmarena for example)
i get better pics in the auto mode from camera 360 app than the stock camera on my x10i with stock 2.3
so maybe if that's the case then there might be hope for it to get better with updates
shangoof said:
has any one tried using camera 360 app or something similar?
am considering buying this phone to use on t mobile usa but some reviews undermine the camera (gsmarena for example)
i get better pics in the auto mode from camera 360 app than the stock camera on my x10i with stock 2.3
so maybe if that's the case then there might be hope for it to get better with updates
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The ion takes great pictures, I'm still wondering what those reviews are talking about.
I want to be cool too!
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Nice! I played with the ion yesterday in a corp store and I love how moving objects aren't blurry, major issue with my htc aria and iPad when snapping shots of my kids.
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you do realize that the Aria was released in 2010 and the Ion was released in 2012 right?
Hmm, don't believe everything u read & hear.
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honestly, the pictures taken by ion aren't as good as those by x10. pictures by x10 are clearer and they have more realistic colors..
same object but the one taken by x10 is just clearer while they both get the right focus point and under same settings (except that 12 megapixel on ion and 8 megapixel on x10).
also, a simple way to tell which phone takes better pictures is to take a look at the lens. larger lens will definitely take better pictures. appearantly, x10's camera lens is larger than ion's.
the only good point for ion is that its focus and shutter speed is super fast, so you can hardly get any blurry pictures
finally, compare if you don't trust me, but remember to view pictures on larger screen first
My favorite ( • ̀ω•́ )✧
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honestly, the pictures taken by ion aren't as good as those by x10. pictures by x10 are clearer and they have more realistic colors..
same object but the one taken by x10 is just clearer while they both get the right focus point and under same settings (except that 12 megapixel on ion and 8 megapixel on x10).
also, a simple way to tell which phone takes better pictures is to take a look at the lens. larger lens will definitely take better pictures. appearantly, x10's camera lens is larger than ion's.
the only good point for ion is that its focus and shutter speed is super fast, so you can hardly get any blurry pictures
finally, compare if you don't trust me, but remember to view pictures on larger screen first
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I wonder how many people were aware that greater megapixel count don't necessarily equal better pictures. Hopefully ppl did research before purchasing this phone.
But I will say that the colors are much better on the ion and quality as well. Also it takes much better pictures at night when compared to the x10, I was surprised since the ion is horrible under this condition, especially when compared to the current wave of phones.
This is a picture over at lax
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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I guess the topic has changed to the camera because of me but I felt it appropriate to change the title.
RATE THE CAMERA!!
I like the camera the most. High quality pictures and awesome sunsets too. But I don't like the fact of the glass case.
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High quality camera? Wat?
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High quality camera? Wat?
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Yeah. 13mp. highest quality camera I've ever had.
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Camera sucks a** thank God for epic tweaks,Dono what your smoking but gotta b some good sh$$
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Yeah. 13mp. highest quality camera I've ever had.
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This camera might as well be a 1.3mp camera. My 5mp HTC Hero with no flash took better pictures.
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I rate it 8.5/10 the only real con is the camera is not on par with other phones. Everything else is great.
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I rate it 8.5/10 the only real con is the camera is not on par with other phones. Everything else is great.
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Well thank you for commenting and talking about something you like...........
Mega pixels don't equal camera quality.
They only have to do with scaling.
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zomgalama said:
Mega pixels don't equal camera quality.
They only have to do with scaling.
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I still enjoy the camera quality better than any other camera I've ever had.
The camera is pretty good. I think where you will find some issues with it will be in low light or very bright situations. The thing is that the camera does not compensate very well for low light, and bright light washes out the pictures some. I like the camera, and it has taken a lot of really good pictures for me, problem is that it has also taken a lot of really crappy pictures for me. The inconsistency is frustrating, but that said, it's better than either my Motorola Cliq (oh yeah!) or my Samsung Epic.
I have learned how to take pics with the camera. I am still not 100% happy with it in the fact that I cannot pull it out and snap a pic. I have to clean the lens, open the camera app then touch to focus and then snap the pic. If I skip the touch to focus then 80% of my pics are blurry. Really sucks but since I have been doing the touch focus step I have been getting way better pics.
The camera is great for a phone. Anybody who says otherwise uses superior equipment or simply doesn't know how to take a good picture. Now the front facing camera, there's no helping that. Makes things look melted/blurred.
Thank you guys for following the topic.
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With _Epic's camera mod, the camera is great.
Stock ZVB camera sucks.
With AOSP, it's even worse.
Has anyone found a way to prevent the flash from massively blowing out the resulting photos? It seems way too bright and the software does a terrible job compensating for it. My Evo LTE did an awesome job with flash photos. I'm on stock rooted ZVB with Epic's mod.
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Has anyone found a way to prevent the flash from massively blowing out the resulting photos? It seems way too bright and the software does a terrible job compensating for it. My Evo LTE did an awesome job with flash photos. I'm on stock rooted ZVB with Epic's mod.
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same for me. the flash just whites everything out and is complete garbage.
Good question. The flash worked great before the jelly bean update, but now, I'm not so sure what they were thinking.
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I have found that the setting on the camera really changes things. Out in Yosemite I was taking pictures and some were really ****ty and others great. The biggest things that made a difference were touch to focus and then changing the mode. For instance last night none of my pics were turning out so I set night mode on, wala, great photos. Then we were taking landscape pics and they were alright, changed it to landscape and it was much better. But changing the white mode or scene or whatever to sun really helped too. Its just amazing how bad the auto settings are cause once you play with it, its a great camera to me.
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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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buckmarble said:
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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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.