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[ROM] [24/12/15] [Unofficial] CM 10 for HTC Desire 300 [Public Beta]

Unofficial CM 10 for HTC Desire 300 (g3u)
device_htc_g3u v0.8b (24/12/15)
Traded stagefright bug for a new kernel
(no more stagefright and a freshly compiled kernel)
device_htc_g3u v0.77b3 (04/10/14)
Battery comsumption (hot)fix
(rls should no longer drain your device)
device_htc_g3u v0.77b2 (01/10/14)
Wifi is working
(wifi0 is forced into compliance)
device_htc_g3u v0.77b (25/9/14)
jellybean
(nom nom nom)
Full Disclosure
This is my first android project, so go easy on me.
Project Status
It's usable as a phone
So any willing beta testers are welcome to join the 'fun' and report further bugs.
Project !Status
mobiledata works but will drain your battery
(if you need to use it, reboot after switching it off)
libaudio is not fully functional
(stock has no mic unless in a call and custom has no speaker)
USB only works in mtp mode
(mass_storage mode appears to be incompatible with rmt_storage)
FM Radio not available
(required apps are currently not compiling)
Camera (front) appears unstable
(didn't bother to check what might be the cause)
TODO
[high priority]
fix libaudio (recording in stock or speaker in custom)
[medium priority]
fix libril -> mobile data drains the battery
[low priority]
enable apps2sd -> 2GB internal should suffice for the time being
check if cm supports proximity & light sensors -> they do work fine
fix mass_storage -> mtp is working
fix video recording -> it's a phone not a camcorder
fix video playback -> at least they are running
fix camera -> it's a phone dammit
find a better fix for wifi -> it works for now
fix graphical glitches
Disclaimer
Use at you own risk. This is a public beta and not meant for daily use. Please keep that in mind.
I can not be held accountable for any damage you might cause to your device if you decide to flash this file.
Requirements
HTC Desire 300 with unlocked Bootloader and custom recovery
(S-ON or S-OFF does not matter)
Download
Click me if you want the initial wifi free version (9d0a8fcca957d09dbaf306a1986d14dd)
Click me if you want to drain your battery (688c2779b4864ed9b568260477708049)
Click me if you like the stock kernel (1ba8a225bc7772f34f1e56bff51bfe27)
Click me if you dare (78bbcf5bf0eb26520efff6d49adac106)
Warning!!! If you are not a certified beta tester the zip file might explode upon extraction!!! You have been warned!
Installation
Enter recovery and begin by backing up your current system.
Next choose Wipe Data / Factory Reset from the main menu and Wipe Dalvic from the advanced submenu.
Last but not least use the mount submenu to format system.
Now use sideload or zip install to start beta testing this tasty jellybean.
Special Thanks
go out to anyone who has ever contributed something to a msm8225, ath6kl or htc related android project
device_htc_g3u
kernel_htc_g3u
Branch: Android 4.1.2
Version: 3.4.0-g12f638f
Config: g3u_defconfig
Toolchain: arm-eabi-4.6
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compiled by 4m8
(My mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas.)​

What are the requirements ? I guess I should use the only recovery available for the device ? and also, since we don't have s-off working for this device I think we have to flash the boot.img right ?

I'd recommend using the recovery from this build for the job. It won't crash unlike the philz version.
And no, you don't need to flash boot seperately. The only requirement is an unlocked bootloader.
S-ON only protects hboot and radio from flashing so you can safely install this release from the recovery.
Don't forget to backup your current system.

I'm downloading the files now, will test and report ASAP

Can i promote this in 2 german Forums? ist German translation available?
when do you think you will fix wifi?
HUGE THANKS IN FORWARD FOR COMPILING CM!

After the experiment:
the Rom stable and fast, but Wi-Fi does not work and do not contain FM radio
Front camera not working
I wish you success in your work and I hope you update the version of Android to be higher than 4.1.2
Thank you very much ..

4m8 said:
I'd recommend using the recovery from this build for the job. It won't crash unlike the philz version.
And no, you don't need to flash boot seperately. The only requirement is an unlocked bootloader.
S-ON only protects hboot and radio from flashing so you can safely install this release from the recovery.
Don't forget to backup your current system.
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In which way will PhilZ CWM crash? will it still install the rom or not? will it brick my phone?

bassam_tayyan said:
After the experiment:
the Rom stable and fast, but Wi-Fi does not work and do not contain FM radio
Front camera not working
I wish you success in your work and I hope you update the version of Android to be higher than 4.1.2
Thank you very much ..
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Ah yes FM. It's included in the custom libaudio that can't connect to the speaker.
Which I currently simply replace with the stock lib to make it work as a phone so it can be used to test battery consuption etc.
Sadly the cm apps used for fm won't compile for me. So even if I get libaudio working FM would still be untestable without non cm apps.
I'll add it to the todo once the libaudio trouble is resolved.
The wifi is an annoying issue. I manged to get it to load the drivers so the p2p0 socket gets created.
But it tries to restart it as STA which if my google fu is correct it shouldn't do, since this firmware does not need restarting.
The front camera is a curious bug. It works absoluetly fine for me until I point it towards my face.
So it's either a problem with the proximity sensor or the nasty htc camera tries some facial recognition crap and dies.
If I ever decide to logcat the camera I can tell you more.
Now for a higher version, don't get your hopes up. At least not from my side.
First I'll try my best to fix this up. Then I'll wait for htc to release the kernel so I can get a closer look at the configuration
for this device and maybe adjust it to make this rom even better. Then again the last kernel I compiled was 10 years ago for a gentoo install.

LukeHorizon said:
In which way will PhilZ CWM crash? will it still install the rom or not? will it brick my phone?
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If you are quick it will install fine. So if you prefer to live dangereously, don't let me stop you
I don't know if it is only an error that is presented on my device. Or maybe it was updated since then.
But for me philz recovery by SPSPawn does boot into a dead state. If you reboot it will crash until a panic reset is triggered.
Actually it is allready crashed while you are in recovery. Therefore you are on a timer until the device resets or you decide to
take out the battery.
I had the same problem on my build and it was caused by cwm always ignoring the ueventd.rc I had prepared because I didn't know
I had to copy it to root and not to recovery.
I've never bothered to figure out which missing element of this script was responsible because I had to substitute it in any case.
But honestly, tell me. Why do you prefer philz? I'm allready (so far unsuccessfully) trying to port twrp. If you have a few good arguments
I might be willing to try compiling a fixed version of philz aswell.

Well i didnt want to use a pc right now ... A TWRP port would be amazing
Is mobile data working?
Can you make your recovery flashable via cwm?

LukeHorizon said:
Well i didnt want to use a pc right now ... A TWRP port would be amazing
Is mobile data working?
Can you make your recovery flashable via cwm?
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It always tried to download the google language pack for my region until I aborted it. So, yes mobile data should be available.
You mean put the recovery into an update zip thingy, right. Well I could, but you will have used a pc before I'll find the time to upload it.
I'll keep it in consideration for the next update.

Well, atleast internet
When do you think you'll fix wifi?

Regarding to wifi, it will be fixed once it's fixed. Or if you prefer the usual response: When it's done.
This will happen either after or before libaudio is fixed. And that's about as specific as I can get.

Well, it was worth a try still thanks for your effort!

Okay, here goes.
First I tried installing the ROM with the PhilZ recovery because I already had it on my phone, didn't work. Gave me some kind of error (not sure about the error code anymore). Flashed your recovery, worked flawlessly. Now for the ROM.
It's pretty stable, I've had only one strange crash and that was in the first 2 minutes of using it so I don't even know if it counts. The additional CM settings panel works fine, quick toggles are ok, I haven't tried overclocking yet - I'll leave that to someone else. But I have found some bugs:
-proximity sensor not working (screen doesn't go black when you place it up to your ear)
-ambient light sensor not working (auto brightness doesn't work)
-video recording doesn't work
-the camera app glitched up the first time I tried to zoom (was fine afterwards)
-sometimes when going from portrait to landscape I got 1 second of weird graphical glitches
-signal indicator seems to be stuck at 2 out of 4 bars and doesn't move
Overall very nice, keep up the good work!

luxb said:
Okay, here goes.
First I tried installing the ROM with the PhilZ recovery because I already had it on my phone, didn't work. Gave me some kind of error (not sure about the error code anymore). Flashed your recovery, worked flawlessly. Now for the ROM.
It's pretty stable, I've had only one strange crash and that was in the first 2 minutes of using it so I don't even know if it counts. The additional CM settings panel works fine, quick toggles are ok, I haven't tried overclocking yet - I'll leave that to someone else. But I have found some bugs:
-proximity sensor not working (screen doesn't go black when you place it up to your ear)
-ambient light sensor not working (auto brightness doesn't work)
-video recording doesn't work
-the camera app glitched up the first time I tried to zoom (was fine afterwards)
-sometimes when going from portrait to landscape I got 1 second of weird graphical glitches
Overall very nice, keep up the good work!
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I guess wifi isnt working for you right?

It's not working, but I didn't put it on the list since he already knows it's bugged.

Well, i'll try today
Lets see what happens

Anyway, forgot to unpack the file ... GApps come with it?
SOOO, booting went fine, working like a charm... quicksettings page not available, quicksettings bar is working properly
Mobile Data works flawless, and i guess the rest is just fine
German language worked instantly
it feels way faster then Sense, a HUGE Thanks for you, makes me actually like that phone again ...
I'd like to promote it in German forums if i WiFi is fixed in near future
regards!

LukeHorizon said:
[...]
GApps come with it?
[...]
German language worked instantly
it feels way faster then Sense, a HUGE Thanks for you, makes me actually like that phone again ...
[...]
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No, you have to get gapps on your own. Since there are multiple options you can choose for yourself. But if you did not format system,
as I've mentioned in the install instructions, chances are high that google apps did get picked up by the install script.
I am not sure if it can take them from the stock rom but it can and will take them from a cm rom and keep them on reinstall.
(I am really not very pleased by this behavior!)
I also should have mentioned that the primary language is decided by the simcard. (Which is annoying since I prefer english in any case)
Randnotiz:
Es freut mich das ich Dir den Spass am Gerät zurückgeben konnte.
Natürlich darfst Du es in deutschen Foren weiterverbreiten sobald die gröbsten Fehler behoben sind.
Einzige Vorraussetzung ist, daß Du es nicht als Deine Arbeit ausgibst.
luxb said:
[...]
-proximity sensor not working (screen doesn't go black when you place it up to your ear)
-ambient light sensor not working (auto brightness doesn't work)
-video recording doesn't work
-the camera app glitched up the first time I tried to zoom (was fine afterwards)
-sometimes when going from portrait to landscape I got 1 second of weird graphical glitches
-signal indicator seems to be stuck at 2 out of 4 bars and doesn't move
[...]
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Wow. That's much more broken than I expected it to be. Kudos.
Regarding the sensors. I currently am using the stock lib. And logcat let's me assume that they are working as they should.
(i.e they don't crash or drift into madness afaik)
Maybe the stock lib doesn't play well with cm, or you are expecting features from cm that are not implemented.
I will definetly try to compile a working sensor lib in the future, so I guess we'll see....
Camera is also just the stock lib for now. So it's no surprise that somethings might be acting up.
I need a lot of research into that subject before I can specify the requirements for the camera in my boardconfig.
The graphical glitches are rather minor and can be ignored for now. I am aware they exist.
But for now I'd rather focus on the more prominent broken features.
Like wireless for those of us that can't or won't use mobile data. (I belong to the 2nd group)
I noticed the signal indicator aswell. but that should be a problem of the radio compatibility.
We can't flash radio and I'm using the stock libril as the radio interface which should give maximum compatibility in theory.
Of course it doesn't irl... typical -_- (I hate you, Murphy!)
Sidenote:
Why did you remove your avatar? I really wanted to make some "stop trying to kill spoderman" remark...
@all:
Does anyone have any clue how to use the mock locations for gps? They are enabled, but so far I couldn't find any way to set them to a specific location.

[Q] Xperia Overlay firmware

Hi,
I've read that now Xperia Overlay, the custom firmware by Achotjan, is ready for our Xperia Play.
According to what is reported on facebook, the latest working version is 2.1.3.
Did anyone try it? Is everything working?
Unfortunately it's a paid firmware, available only through their website

Quick review of Xperia Overlay
I've installed and updated Xperia Overlay on my Play.
In my opinion, it's not ready for daily use. There are random reboots and several bugs.
However, and that's strange, camera is working, and 720p video recording is available.
I will update the post as soon as I test the rom
Update: yesterday I tested the firmware, however today I switched back on stock GB, that still is the best for me.
About Xperia overlay, everything is working. It's not the same firmware of z2 obviously, since themes and stamina aren't working.
Speaking about bugs, I noticed that WiFi sometimes drops and light sensor doesn't work properly.
The major problems of the Rom are stability and performance. Everything is too slow. Unlocking the phone and switching between apps is frustrating. However it's still better than other Rom I tried.
Battery life is poor since to mitigate performance overclock is enabled by default to 1.6GHz. I had to decrease it to 1.4 since the phone use to reboot randomly every 2 mins. Btw reboot remains, like one per hour.
And that's all.
I hope to see this camera working in cm11 since it's the only thing that doesn't work.

corrado113 said:
I've installed and updated Xperia Overlay on my Play.
In my opinion, it's not ready for daily use. There are random reboots and several bugs.
However, and that's strange, camera is working, and 720p video recording is available.
I will update the post as soon as I test the rom
Update: yesterday I tested the firmware, however today I switched back on stock GB, that still is the best for me.
About Xperia overlay, everything is working. It's not the same firmware of z2 obviously, since themes and stamina aren't working.
Speaking about bugs, I noticed that WiFi sometimes drops and light sensor doesn't work properly.
The major problems of the Rom are stability and performance. Everything is too slow. Unlocking the phone and switching between apps is frustrating. However it's still better than other Rom I tried.
Battery life is poor since to mitigate performance overclock is enabled by default to 1.6GHz. I had to decrease it to 1.4 since the phone use to reboot randomly every 2 mins. Btw reboot remains, like one per hour.
And that's all.
I hope to see this camera working in cm11 since it's the only thing that doesn't work.
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what are the Install instructions for this ?? and did you use the above mentioned Version 2.1.1 only right.. how do you compare it to the current cm12 we have for Xperia play ?

saqibkhan said:
what are the Install instructions for this ?? and did you use the above mentioned Version 2.1.1 only right.. how do you compare it to the current cm12 we have for Xperia play ?
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To install you have to:
flash the kernel included via fastboot
reboot in cwm
wipe dalvik cache, cache
format data, system
install the zip
The latest complete fw is 2.1.1, then you can update it to 2.1.3 via ota through the preinstalled app.
I can't compare to cm12 since I don't tried it because I don't have an sd card fast enough

The CWM of the Kernel is not working for me. Seems like CWM is missing.

It works, i dont remember which is the right key.. Back or vol-down. Then you have wait a bit because it takes a while to load
Sent from my R800i using XDA Free mobile app

corrado113 said:
It works, i dont remember which is the right key.. Back or vol-down. Then you have wait a bit because it takes a while to load
Sent from my R800i using XDA Free mobile app
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hmm strange. I pressed Volume down and then the device shows me a black screen but it´s still on. After some secounds it just reboots.
Do you know which ftf u got ?

Thread cleaned of warez postings and requests.
While it's fine to discuss a paid app here.... It is not OK to post links to free copies of it.
Please do not post warez on XDA.
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[APP] Camera HAL Switcher

Hey guys!
I'm learning Android app development and decided to put the skills I learnt to some use, so here it is-
This app is for people like me who prefer the higher exposure time of the Stock HAL in low light (brighter and less noisy photos), but at the same time want to use all the features of Sultan's HAL like 4K video, etc.
It can also be used if you want to compare the two HALs or decide to revert to Stock in the future (no need to dirty flash your ROM now!).
Features:
Switch between Stock and Sultan's HAL on the fly (no reboot required!)
Backup and restore Stock HAL files (no need of a revert zip now)
Launch your default Camera from within the app
Should work on all ROMs 5.1.1 and above (EDIT: It doesn't seem to be working on OOS. Will try to fix it in the near future).
Will even work when Sultan updates his HAL
WARNING: This app is designed to run only on a rooted OPX running Android 5.1.1 and above. It might break your camera if used on any other phone!
Installation Instructions:
Install the APK file
Dirty flash your current ROM (only if you have already flashed Sultan's HAL)
Press the Backup button in the app (Status should say "Not Installed" at this time)
Flash Sultan's HAL zip from recovery
Usage:
If you're performing a clean ROM install in the future, be sure to hit the backup button within the app before flashing Sultan's HAL.
If Sultan releases an update to his HAL, be sure to switch to his HAL from within the app before flashing the updated zip.
If for whatever reason you encounter any issues, dirty flash your ROM and follow the Installation instructions again. This should fix them.
Credits:
@Sultanxda for his awesome HAL!
Note: Neither Stock HAL files nor Sultan's HAL files are included in this app
Any bug fixes, feature requests and reviews are always welcome (I'll be working on it only when I have free time).
Finally, it goes without saying- I'm not responsible for any damage whatsoever caused to your device by using this app!
XDA:DevDB Information
Camera HAL Switcher, App for the OnePlus X
Contributors
ashwinpilgaonkar
Source Code: https://github.com/ashwinpilgaonkar/CamHALChanger
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.0
Stable Release Date: 2016-05-25
Created 2016-05-25
Last Updated 2016-05-25
XDA:DevDB Information
Camera HAL Switcher, Device Specific App for the OnePlus X
Contributors
ashwinpilgaonkar
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2016-05-25
Last Updated 2016-08-17

Changelog:
26th May, 2016 (v1.0)
- Initial Build
28th May, 2016 (v1.01)
- Fixed issue in which camera was broken after switching to Stock HAL.

OMG awesome mate!!
But where's the link??

animesh1558 said:
OMG awesome mate!!
But where's the link??
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Downloads tab at the top of OP.
Really great work @ashwinpilgaonkar This will come in handy to a vast majority of people !

Great application and idea, good job, but for some reason when switching to stock HAL my camera apps stop working. I was following your instructions and flashed HAL after installing the app and backuping the old HAL. Any suggestions?

Wht if im usimg sultanrom?

WOW
nice idea.
Love it!

LolHacker17 said:
Wht if im usimg sultanrom?
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No, this wont work if you're using Sultan's ROM as it comes with the custom HAL pre installed. You would have to manually copy the Stock HAL files from CM13 for it to work.
mindphuq said:
Great application and idea, good job, but for some reason when switching to stock HAL my camera apps stop working. I was following your instructions and flashed HAL after installing the app and backuping the old HAL. Any suggestions?
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Does this only happen when switching to Stock HAL? It works fine for me.
Which ROM are you using?
Try dirty flashing it and following the instructions once again.

where does it backup stock camera hal to?

jgcmurray said:
where does it backup stock camera hal to?
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It creates a copy with the extension of .stock in the same directory where it is originally located.

ashwinpilgaonkar said:
No, this wont work if you're using Sultan's ROM as it comes with the custom HAL pre installed. You would have to manually copy the Stock HAL files from CM13 for it to work.
Does this only happen when switching to Stock HAL? It works fine for me.
Which ROM are you using?
Try dirty flashing it and following the instructions once again.
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It only works with Sultan HAL and when switching to stock HAL, camera stops working. I am on CM13 Official latest nightly with bluspark kernel, xposed and supersu 2.65. First time I've tried it I had OOS 3.0.1 camera installed from the other thread. Then I dirty flashed without installing that camera and tried your app with the stock google camera from opengapps, still no luck. I really, really want this working on my phone

mindphuq said:
It only works with Sultan HAL and when switching to stock HAL, camera stops working. I am on CM13 Official latest nightly with bluspark kernel, xposed and supersu 2.65. First time I've tried it I had OOS 3.0.1 camera installed from the other thread. Then I dirty flashed without installing that camera and tried your app with the stock google camera from opengapps, still no luck. I really, really want this working on my phone
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I have the same ROM and kernel as you and it's working fine for me. It doesn't look like anyone else is having any issues either.
Send me a screen record of the entire process. I maybe able to figure out whats going wrong.

ashwinpilgaonkar said:
I have the same ROM and kernel as you and it's working fine for me. It doesn't look like anyone else is having any issues either.
Send me a screen record of the entire process. I maybe able to figure out whats going wrong.
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This is great in theory and i've waited for something like this to hopefully be made in which I am very greatful for. However, I'm on rooted OOS 2.2.0 with Blue spark and the same issue occurs for me - It says action performed successfully when applying the Stock HAL, but when launching the camera app it says "Unknwon error".
I have tried clearing cache and data for the stock camera app, but no luck.

Matthius said:
This is great in theory and i've waited for something like this to hopefully be made in which I am very greatful for. However, I'm on rooted OOS 2.2.0 with Blue spark and the same issue occurs for me - It says action performed successfully when applying the Stock HAL, but when launching the camera app it says "Unknwon error".
I have tried clearing cache and data for the stock camera app, but no luck.
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Same problem as him - "Unknown Error" in OOS camera and "Can't connect to the camera" in google camera. Tried cleaning cache aswell, even tried with cleaning davlik/cache after installing sultan HAL.
For some reason my screen recorder cuts the videos before I can't record everything, so I can't provide a video. I can extract logs or something if you need them?

Mindphuq said:
Same problem as him - "Unknown Error" in OOS camera and "Can't connect to the camera" in google camera. Tried cleaning cache aswell, even tried with cleaning davlik/cache after installing sultan HAL.
For some reason my screen recorder cuts the videos before I can't record everything, so I can't provide a video. I can extract logs or something if you need them?
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Yeah my recorder stops too. Here's error though after applying https://youtu.be/ivviaicSa4I

Maybe a direct option to clear "camera App" data (not onlycache) could help.
I'm trying the MOD right now.
Edit : same problem for me.
I had to wipe camera app data, , launch it from drawer and then it worked.
Without that, camera app couldn't be launched from Hal Switcher.

Kéno40 said:
Maybe a direct option to clear "camera App" data (not onlycache) could help.
I'm trying the MOD right now.
Edit : same problem for me.
I had to wipe camera app data, , launch it from drawer and then it worked.
Without that, camera app couldn't be launched from Hal Switcher.
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I just tried this, still doesn't work for me unfortunately.
It doesn't matter what app it is so therefore I presume it's not just the stock camera app it's to do with something technical that can hopefully be fixed with a bit of tweaking.

Matthius said:
I just tried this, still doesn't work for me unfortunately.
It doesn't matter what app it is so therefore I presume it's not just the stock camera app it's to do with something technical that can hopefully be fixed with a bit of tweaking.
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Doesn't work with clearing app data for me aswell.

Matthius said:
I just tried this, still doesn't work for me unfortunately.
It doesn't matter what app it is so therefore I presume it's not just the stock camera app it's to do with something technical that can hopefully be fixed with a bit of tweaking.
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Root ok on your app?

Kéno40 said:
Root ok on your app?
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What do you mean?
Nothing on the app seems to indicate if root access is okay.
Sent from Tapatalk on the OPX

Mi5s autofocus problem

Hi all
Got new mi5s 4gb vrsion, autofocus do not work when camera start for 10sec-1min , after that all ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZhf2_zmSg
Same thing on oem and eu rom ,as well as few camera apps.
Any help appreciated

Please try autofocus not on a TV, they tend to be hard to focus on. Try it outside in daylight please.

Same thing m8
First time autofocus does not wok for 1 minute, than after than when you start it, does not work for 10-15 seconds.. Works normal for close up objects right on, but for far, no.

Same thing here... Could that be a driver issue?

This issue is known in at least one custom rom. Please make sure that you run an official rom. I believe the xiaomi.eu (not official rom) is also ok.

patoberli said:
This issue is known in at least one custom rom. Please make sure that you run an official rom. I believe the xiaomi.eu (not official rom) is also ok.
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I'm running latest dev ROM from xiaomi.eu.
I also have the same issue on lastest official China global and China dev

That's not good then Not sure if it's a hardware issue in your case. Haven't read of this issue in the English xiaomi.com forum, so there can't be many with this issue.

I have same problem (4/32GB version). My mi5s arrived today and I couldn`t believe. Now I have two questions in my head "Is that software or hardware" and "Is it possible to be fixed"

I found a workaround (IDK if this works only for me)... Just open stock camera then open and close camera settings (gear icon). The autofocus should work now!
Let me know if this works for anyone else

vex_sb said:
Hi all
Same thing on oem and eu rom ,as well as few camera apps.
Any help appreciated
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I have the same issue when I try to take a photo or record a video . We are a lot of people with the same error. You can check the MI5S official forum at MIUI Forum and you'll see more threads talking about the same but there's no anwser from Xiaomi yet.

Delux9364 said:
I found a workaround (IDK if this works only for me)... Just open stock camera then open and close camera settings (gear icon). The autofocus should work now!
Let me know if this works for anyone else
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Same problem, it doesn't work for me.

Delux9364 said:
I found a workaround (IDK if this works only for me)... Just open stock camera then open and close camera settings (gear icon). The autofocus should work now!
Let me know if this works for anyone else
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It`s working for me.Thank you

Johny_K59 said:
It`s working for me.Thank you
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I'm also looking for a fix... Maybe only a patch for stock camera app until the problem is solved by xiaomi. I'll keep you updated

When I look to /etc/camera directory I can see 3 configs files for imx378 and two specifics for two manufacturers : liteon & semco (samsung). My sensor seem to be a liteon. Could the bug be link to a specific manifacturer ? Maybe a drivers to optimize for a specific manufacturer ?

Some people say that the last EU ROM, 6.12.22, improves the autofocus. Can anyone confirm it?

joscasjim said:
Some people say that the last EU ROM, 6.12.22, improves the autofocus. Can anyone confirm it?
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For me it's the same as on 6.12.8, BUT I tried the unofficial cyanogenmod for MI5S which seems it hasn't any issues in camera autofocus

I have the same problem.
But shaking, or knocking don`t help.
Even if i wait 15-30-60 sec, autofocus don`t work.
But first 2 weeks it works perfectly.

Delux9364 said:
I tried the unofficial cyanogenmod for MI5S which seems it hasn't any issues in camera autofocus
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Can you confirm that flashing cyanogenmod really helped and camera work correctly now?

evgvg said:
Can you confirm that flashing cyanogenmod really helped and camera work correctly now?
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I'm waiting for a more stable build, but I tried it for a while and had no issue

CM
Delux9364 said:
I'm waiting for a more stable build, but I tried it for a while and had no issue
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Could you please provide the link with CM rom for mi5s? I might be blind, but i dont see it

Camera errors any custom rom N7100

I have problem. Galaxy Note 2 with custom rom. In stock rom 4.4.2, camera works fine. But when i install a custom rom (Android 5.0 Lollipop and higher version) camera stops and other problems like can't video call in whatsapp etc. Can someone knows why and solution? Can we change ROM's camera and libraries with stock camera and libraries? I dont know maybe camera libraries wrong or have a bug. I tried many custom roms (Android 6.0.1 Beanstalk, Lineage OS 7.1.2 etc.) but camera never be good quaility without crashes. Please help me and sorry for my bad English
Screenshot: Whatsapp video call in BeanStalk Rom Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow

I just flashed latest Resurrection Remix on my GT-N7100 for the first time and the camera doesn't work either!
Camera error
Can't connect to the camera
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Any help, please?

Have you asked in the ROM thread? Happens with all camera apps?

camera doesn't work
audit13 said:
Have you asked in the ROM thread?
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I did ask in the ROM thread (new account, can't post link), I'm waiting for responses.
audit13 said:
Happens with all camera apps?
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I tried another app and the front camera works, but not the back one. Though with the default app I couldn't even test the front one, it closed immediately.
I know for a fact the camera worked fine before flashing the custom ROM, so it's not a hw failure.

When as the last time you checked the camera with a stock ROM? I searched around and there don't seem to be many people with this issue on the note 2. Your phone's model # is gt-n7100?

audit13 said:
When as the last time you checked the camera with a stock ROM? I searched around and there don't seem to be many people with this issue on the note 2. Your phone's model # is gt-n7100?
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Yup, GT-N7100.
Last time I checked the camera was just a few days ago. And yeah I've searched for the issue a bit as well, didn't have an luck unfortunately...

Have you tried this ROM? --> https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-aicp-12-1-official-nightlies-t3569395/page85
I being using it as a daily driver for months, and it's the best one I ever had for this phone.
Few times I've had camera problems, but automagically resolved just after restarting the phone.
Give it a try, and let us know it this was an acceptable solution.
Best of luck.

cachodebestia said:
Have you tried this ROM? --> https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...-aicp-12-1-official-nightlies-t3569395/page85
I being using it as a daily driver for months, and it's the best one I ever had for this phone.
Few times I've had camera problems, but automagically resolved just after restarting the phone.
Give it a try, and let us know it this was an acceptable solution.
Best of luck.
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This ROM worked perfectly, thank you so much! :good: