Guys,
it has been a while since I last flashed my S4, I tried several Roms before settling into one (I believe I have dandroid) but now an issue has come up. I really miss the old regular stock camera apk, the one with the slow motion and panoramic features. I have been taking lots of pictures lately and the Google edition app just doesn't cut it for me, it has some lag to it, and I need some of the old features. I have also noticed that the battery has been dying extremely quickly.
is there a ROM out there that can offer me that camera apk and a better battery life? I checked out the development forum and there are so many options, it's hard to know which one would be the one for me (I also didn't see anything about the stock camera app, just google edition )
Thanks everyone in advance.
PS: no, I am not taking selfies haha
Bottom line, only TW ROM's will have stock camera. Google edition and AOSP ROM'S cannot run the stock camera.
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Bottom line, only TW ROM's will have stock camera. Google edition and AOSP ROM'S cannot run the stock camera.
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Pretty much
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It seems like most custom ROMs don't offer the instant camera shutter, which I think is one of the best features on our phones.
Since the camera bits are proprietary Google bits and are not part of AOSP, I'm guessing only ROMs that are mods of OTA's will have this included.
Does anyone know of any of the 4.0.3 ROMs that include the proprietary camera bits like instant shutter?
EDIT: I TAKE IT BACK!!!
It works after all. I think camera was just slow momentarily because of low light environment. I'm happy now
I don't know what roms you've been running but I've had the same camera functions as stock!
Soldi3rxx said:
I don't know what roms you've been running but I've had the same camera functions as stock!
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Ok so maybe you can share with me an example?
No issues over here.
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No issues over here.
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Your sig says you are using AOKP. There is no instant shutter in AOKP. Are you sure? Because I just tested AOKP amongst others.
Maybe people forget how instant shutter works on stock ROM?
No issue with slim 2.5
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Your sig says you are using AOKP. There is no instant shutter in AOKP. Are you sure? Because I just tested AOKP amongst others.
Maybe people forget how instant shutter works on stock ROM?
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AOKP's shutter speed is the exact same as stocks
You're probably talking about the camera auto focusing before taking the picture. If it stays focused you can take a boatload of pictures no problem.
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Ok so maybe you can share with me an example?
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I've ran Gummy and Milestone 3...no problems with camera
AOKP M3 works fine.
Re-focusing obviously slows things down a little but that is to be expected.
It is still lightening quick!
I run Manhattan (Mainly for the ability to change the navigation buttons... I wanted yellow to suit my case) ==
The camera you mentioned is slower than stock. Having said that its still faster than many phones out there. Once it focuses, you can use it like stock, but this one has the tendency to auto focus a lot
I didn't yet moved to any custom rom because of that, but it seems that most of the users don't care about it.
Is it that hard to port this from the 4.0.2 to 4.0.3 ?
MIUI ipone theme, the camera works the same way as stock.
Currently the phone I'm using is on CM9 alpha 6. I love everything about it except for the camera & camcorder. The shutter button lags when I press it and it seems to take a picture just a second or two after I press it. Same thing with camcorder (seems to freeze every time I use it).
Is there any suitable replacement that people are using? If there is one, does it have to be an AOSP specific .apk or will any .apk do (eg: like from Calkulin's roms)?
TIA!
ETA: Think I put this in the wrong part of the forum. I think this would better belong in E4GT Apps & Themes? If so, can a mod please move this?
For camera, there is app in the market called Fast Burst...has the same quick pic capability of the hero one x and sgs3. Camcorder, can't help. But I don't think you can just swap apks out from aosp roms with tw based ones without modding it.
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dante32278 said:
For camera, there is app in the market called Fast Burst...has the same quick pic capability of the hero one x and sgs3. Camcorder, can't help. But I don't think you can just swap apks out from aosp roms with tw based ones without modding it.
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I beleive you are correct due to AOSP being very different from TW.
g_ding84 said:
I beleive you are correct due to AOSP being very different from TW.
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dante32278 said:
For camera, there is app in the market called Fast Burst...has the same quick pic capability of the hero one x and sgs3. Camcorder, can't help. But I don't think you can just swap apks out from aosp roms with tw based ones without modding it.
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Appreciate the replies. For some reason, it never hit me that I should use another camera (I've always used the stock ones fine) until I encountered the problems w/CM9's camera. I also found something in Play called Camera ICS+. Seems like that's the closest I would get to a working stock camera. I remember reading that one would have to tweak apks if coming from odexed to deodexed and vice versa but wasn't sure if it applied to something like the camera.
Hey guys I was wondering if its possible to port the camera from stock ROM to aosp. I'm a huge camera user and camera quality for me is important. I did notice that the aosp camera really sucks compared to stock ROM. So is it possible?
Impossible.
yes it is possible but no one is going to do it because it requires other files in conjunction with the camera apk. and even more work to get it running on aosp roms
I was also looking for a way to do this but already knew it was unlikely.
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yes it is possible but no one is going to do it because it requires other files in conjunction with the camera apk. and even more work to get it running on aosp roms
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=impossible
I would agree with OP that the stock camera on TW is the best.
It's fast and seems to be more clear.
However, I don't think that devs are willing to put out extra time on porting something so difficult.
I am running cm10 nightlies on my sgs3 and was wondering what app is a good replacement to aosp camera app? It doesn't take as good of photos as the touchwiz camera on stock, the light balance is too dark and flash gives it a weird hue. I love cm10 but need a better camera app and from what I gather, touchwiz camera apk only works with touchwiz ROMs. Suggestions?
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ccole22653 said:
I am running cm10 nightlies on my sgs3 and was wondering what app is a good replacement to aosp camera app? It doesn't take as good of photos as the touchwiz camera on stock, the light balance is too dark and flash gives it a weird hue. I love cm10 but need a better camera app and from what I gather, touchwiz camera apk only works with touchwiz ROMs. Suggestions?
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Yes, the AOSP camera sucks big time and the interface is super, extra, ugly and outdated.
you can try lgcamera
eortizr said:
Yes, the AOSP camera sucks big time and the interface is super, extra, ugly and outdated.
you can try lgcamera
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For the majority of people, myself included, the stock Camera is just fine for PointAndShoot. I've even purchased CameraZoom when it was on sale, but prefer the simplicity of the default camera. "Best Shot", "Smile Shot", and the other TouchWiz gimmicks are almost never used.
Well I actually don't use any of the gimmick features of the stock touch with camera app, the thing that I liked about it was how it handled low light situations and getting the true color. I will try LG camera.
* I also purchased camera zoom on sale and am currently trying it out.
Any more suggestions? I don't need gimmicks and I don't need photo editing, I just need a very good basic photo taking ability
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I am running cm10 nightlies on my sgs3 and was wondering what app is a good replacement to aosp camera app? It doesn't take as good of photos as the touchwiz camera on stock, the light balance is too dark and flash gives it a weird hue. I love cm10 but need a better camera app and from what I gather, touchwiz camera apk only works with touchwiz ROMs. Suggestions?
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The best one I've used (and I've tried a bunch!) is the camera app that was included with the Serenity rom....which i think is just the ported Note II app. If you can get your hands on that, try it!
When I was on CM10 I used ProCapture. It lacks HDR which is a big deal for me, but it's pretty good apart from that. The TouchWiz camera is one of the main reasons I switched back.
i have cm10 and i use camera zoom fx it work just fine for me
Yeah...back to touchwiz myself... I am sorry but cyanogen mod just can't equal the picture quality of stock camera... I love aosp...but I have found a good compromise... use a touchwiz rom, use a good aosp launcher and keyboard, and messaging and gallery.... and you get to keep your good camera! Though on another note I am somewhat disappointed with the aosp keyboard now....the Swype is cool but just isn't add accurate as I would like... actual Swype I never have to correct... stock 4.2 keyboard is always getting my words wrong...
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eortizr said:
Yes, the AOSP camera sucks big time and the interface is super, extra, ugly and outdated.
you can try lgcamera
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wow.
I find the AOSP camera interface great.
are you suggesting the tw camera app is more modern and less ugly interface, because it doesnt look that way here.
For the past week I had aokp on my phone, I was trying to make it work, and had used the camera a dozen or so times to take photos of the weather. I was pretty happy with it initially.
But then yesterday the camera started crashing and not working, a reboot made it work for exactly one photo so not good enough, so I switched back to neatrom (TW). Now by comparison this camera seems a lot worse in functionality. Is probably 70% configurable options missing, seems slower, so the menu responds slower and the focus is pretty bad in comparison it takes a while to focus and then doesnt stay in focus. On top of this I see can only have limited shortcuts at once meaning all the options are never accessible at same time, have to choose which shortcuts. I think the s3 TW camera app is poor, and am currently looking for AOSP camera to put on TW (but seems noone has bothered except chaos?) but would AOSP camera app still be unstable on a TW rom.
I like camera JB+... It does have a similar UI to the aosp camera though (I think I'm one of the few people who love the aosp camera UI).
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Been using TouchWiz since I got my phone (FreeGS3), now switched to LiquidSmooth (4.2.1), and it's awesome...
BUT, the photo quality on TW was MUCH better. So much that I think I'll switch back.
UNLESS anyone knows ... is there a camera app for AOSP that can match the quality of the TW camera?
Has anyone else noticed the inferior photos? Blurrier, less colorful, no HDR ...
And most idiotic of all, the whole "viewfinder" rotates from landscape to portrait ... which makes NO sense.
On a side note ... I wish someone would create a camera app like the HTC Evo 4G LTE where there are TWO buttons on the screen, one for photos, and one for video ... so that you don't have to switch apps!
Samsung's tw camera is the best...I have downloaded camera zoom fx and still the two camera is better by far...I wish there was an apk for the the tw camera on my aosp...all other cameras are slow
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Porting the TW camera to AOSP is possible. The TW dependencies just have to be removed. I remember an old friend of mine posted a how to in the OG Epic forums... Might take a look and see if it's something I can poke into
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Ceelos09 said:
Porting the TW camera to AOSP is possible. The TW dependencies just have to be removed. I remember an old friend of mine posted a how to in the OG Epic forums... Might take a look and see if it's something I can poke into
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That would be freaking awesome.
Like, donation awesome
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Ceelos09 said:
Porting the TW camera to AOSP is possible. The TW dependencies just have to be removed. I remember an old friend of mine posted a how to in the OG Epic forums... Might take a look and see if it's something I can poke into
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Yes please!
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Same here if you can find tw camera which will work on aosp that will be great.
Didnt google tried to improve camera in 4.2.2 ??
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That's what I thought as well.... However it doesn't appear that way.
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This app is AOSP based and has two buttons for stills and video.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snaptrial
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Didn't want to make another thread but... I am running Liquid Smooth (Stable) and I was wondering if there was a mod to get Photosphere?? I have tried many times and it never works lol... just wondering if there is a working Photosphere mod? Thanks!
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Didn't want to make another thread but... I am running Liquid Smooth (Stable) and I was wondering if there was a mod to get Photosphere?? I have tried many times and it never works lol... just wondering if there is a working Photosphere mod? Thanks!
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I believe photosphere only works on 4.1.x AOSP based ROMs and not 4.2.x AOSP ROMs...
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I believe photosphere only works on 4.1.x AOSP based ROMs and not 4.2.x AOSP ROMs...
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I have it working on my phone running LiquidSmooth. I have the zip that I used but cannot find the xda thread that I got it from. I'm a little hesitant on posting it, because it's not my work, but I also want to help.
Here is a link to the file: 4CamNex2.zip
This is the stock camera for the Nexus. All you have to do is flash it in your Recovery (I used TWRP). It has a working photosphere, but is very limited in the settings you can change. For instance, I cannot choose the storage location or HDR or any of the fancy stuff that comes with the LiquidSmooth Rom. You can see my screenshots I just took to see what it looks like.
What I have done to mitigate these limitations is that I kept the LiquidSmooth camera. When I want to use Photosphere (which isn't too often), I use the Nexus Camera, and all other pictures are taken with the Stock LiquidSmooth camera. When I do things like set wallpaper, I have to choose my gallery (two cameras = two galleries), but it's not too much of an issue for me.
Hope this helps, and if anyone can find the original thread with this camera, let me know and I'll link it (and remove my dropbox link). I want to give props to whoever created it.
So are the pics quality better with this camera mod compared to whats in liquid smooth ??