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Camera quality (lack of)

Who has got the GN and is happy with the camera quality.
I took the plunge on this phone based on some sample pics i had seen but my first pics are awful. My htc desire took much better pics, in fact my Nokia N97 was better than this.
I took some pics today but it was quite dull but the pics came out wishy washy and out of focus.
Will the camera be improved with an update? Or am I stuck with it? I was going to sell my previous phone the S2 but I think I might hold fire a couple of weeks because i can't live with this.
Otherwise the Nexus seems great.

its the NexusOne camera

Can you post some of the pictures you took up please?

Look ate these, not good. :-(

Very bad... any other shot from anyone?
Maybe without resizing them...

That definitely looks like the photographer's fault. The first picture clearly has motion blur, and the second one is poorly focused.
Are you sure you're tapping the screen to focus before taking the picture?

low light and (to be fair) not the most photogenic of subjects ....
much better than my HTC Desire would have managed.
please note i dont claim to be a photographer

Yes tried to tap to focus but if anything, this makes it worse.

i noticed much better results using the tap to focus .....

Camera on mine is pretty good, I cant complain. Just took a quick one for you
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.....oh and the image resize doesnt really do them justice. a lot of the detail is obviously lost.

Mh, saw this on G+ today which looks pretty good in my opinion.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113273913706138669399/posts/3AtgttXQHK6

MysteriousDiary said:
Mh, saw this on G+ today which looks pretty good in my opinion.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113273913706138669399/posts/3AtgttXQHK6
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That does look good.
Im pleased with the camera. im old enough to remember early attempts to put a camera on a phone

http://i.imgur.com/8JhuK.jpg random spider. I'm happy with the camera.

alsex87 said:
http://i.imgur.com/8JhuK.jpg random spider. I'm happy with the camera.
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lol..... if thats a 'random spider' im glad i live in the UK

wilbur-force said:
low light and (to be fair) not the most photogenic of subjects ....
much better than my HTC Desire would have managed.
please note i dont claim to be a photographer
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Haha those pictures are awesome. Cool pets
MysteriousDiary said:
Mh, saw this on G+ today which looks pretty good in my opinion.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113273913706138669399/posts/3AtgttXQHK6
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That really is a nice photo.
alsex87 said:
http://i.imgur.com/8JhuK.jpg random spider. I'm happy with the camera.
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Holy jeebus. Gives me the creeps... Something about those lanky ones. Up in WA we have 'Hobo spiders'... kinda look the same.

here's my comparison article: http://www.freeyourandroid.com/inthenews/sgs2-vs-galaxy-nexus-camera-comparison

wilbur-force said:
lol..... if thats a 'random spider' im glad i live in the UK
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You'll be glad to know that this is in the UK hahaha.

alsex87 said:
You'll be glad to know that this is in the UK hahaha.
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OK.... ive just lifted my feet up from the floor and checked under the sofa

just our regular toilet spider

Massive drawbacks with this phone

Ghost volume button issue on most devices
No micro sd card support
Confusing user interface
No Facebook contacts sync
No native social network widget
Can't add more home screens
Fuzzy speaker
Lock screen vibration can't be switched off
No digital clock only analog widget
Quadrant benchmark only 1500 score
Lag in many areas
No Facebook events calendar sync
Only 5m camera
NO SWYPE
THE VOLUME BUG HAS REALLY PUT ME OFF AND SAMSUNG ARE STILL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE,

Then don't buy it. Or if you have it, return it. Or ship it to me, I'll take it.
(Sorry in advance for long post)
viniturb0 said:
Ghost volume button issue on most devices
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"Most" devices. How do you know? because people on XDA talk about it? I highly doubt it is "most" devices. You're always going to hear from people with the problem.
No micro sd card support
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Personal preference. I don't mind. Whats it matter? I have an SDcard and haven't removed in it a year and a half.
Confusing user interface
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Its a new version of android. If you're buying this phone you KNOW that its different. If its confusing to you I'm sorry but its of course going to have a learning curve. Are you gonna complain when your other phone gets updated to ICS too? Gonna stay on 2.3 for the rest of your life? Have fun.
No Facebook contacts sync
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Google has said they'll let Facebook back in when they follow the rules for contact syncing. Its Facebooks job to fix the app.
No native social network widget
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But you have specific G+, Twitter, and Facebook widgets.
Can't add more home screens
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Again, personal preference. Every Nexus has had 5. If you want more, add a launcher. And just as a side note, if you're using more than 5 screens, its faster to go to the app drawer than swipe over to a 6th/7th screen.
Fuzzy speaker
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Is this really a problem? Again, you're only going to hear from the people who have the problem, not from all the satisfied people
Lock screen vibration can't be switched off
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Small cosmetic issue, again personal preference. Most people are fine with it (and I'm pretty sure you can turn off haptics in the settings).
No digital clock only analog widget
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Download a clock widget from the market. Stock android hasn't ever had a digital clock widget. And the time is in the status bar...
Quadrant benchmark only 1500 score
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Who cares about a benchmark score? Need to brag to your friends? All that matters is the device is quick. Its clear that Quadrant hasnt been optimized for ICS.
Lag in many areas
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Its the first phone (and a dev phone) with ICS. Its gonna be slightly off. You know this going in when you buy a Nexus. And again, it depends on whos using it and what they deep acceptable for "lag".
No Facebook events calendar sync
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Refer to the above comment on the Facebook app. Its not Google's fault.
Only 5m camera
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Which has proven to be a very capable camera if you use it right. MP =/= quality.
NO SWYPE
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Not Google's fault, again. Swype needs to be updated for ICS.
THE VOLUME BUG HAS REALLY PUT ME OFF AND SAMSUNG ARE STILL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE,
THIS DEVICE IS SERIOUSLY ****ALL I DUNNO WHT THE HYPE IS ABOUT.
THE S2 ****s all over it..
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RAGE. Buy a SGSII and shut up.

Also, why did you start a new thread just to copy and paste your whining and add "NO SWYPE"???

viniturb0 said:
THE VOLUME BUG HAS REALLY PUT ME OFF AND SAMSUNG ARE STILL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE,
THIS DEVICE IS SERIOUSLY ****ALL I DUNNO WHT THE HYPE IS ABOUT.
THE S2 ****s all over it..
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What a complete and utter troll.

Lame gs2 fanboy. Sounds like he needs an iphone more than anything if he is 'confused'.
I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.

"Massive"??...thats a strong term to use. Most of your points are either things we already knew or there are other ways to circumvent, so therfore a non-issue. I think you just wanted to make a thread just to be making a thread.
Annnd..i let you win, by replying to this bs

Nice one buddy
I'm just pissed off cos I paid a lot of money
Do u want to buy it? I paid £530 I have a receipt for it
If not its cool I'll return it tomorrow cos of the volume issue

Sorry if I upset u guys but I paid of lot of money that's why I'm pissed off. The volume issue doesn't help u can't hear the other party cos it goes to almost 0

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"Massive"??...thats a strong term to use. Most of your points are either things we already knew or there are other ways to circumvent, so therfore a non-issue. I think you just wanted to make a thread just to be making a thread.
Annnd..i let you win, by replying to this bs[/QUOTE
I've got them all I'm not a fanboy just want stuff to work like it should mate
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viniturb0 said:
I've got them all I'm not a fanboy just want stuff to work like it should mate
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There's nothing wrong with expecting things to work. The problem is that most of the things you are expecting are things that you should have known about or things that never existed or were expected to be implemented.

Seems like OP is one of those average Android users who have not seen what stock Android is.
That's the problem with Manufacturer skins and casual users, take away Touch Wiz or HTC Sense and they're confused as hell.

viniturb0 said:
Sorry if I upset u guys but I paid of lot of money that's why I'm pissed off. The volume issue doesn't help u can't hear the other party cos it goes to almost 0
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You sound like a facebook addicted teenager. You realized that you bought a device that will set the standard for FUTURE software development right? If you want to be at the forefront of android OS, you have to let app developers to catch up. What, do you think facebook knows what will happen with ICS? If you can't live without those apps, go back to a gingerbread device, there are many choices!

I find it funny that you listed low quadrant score as an issue. You should really research about a phone before you buy it, this will inform you about the hardware limitations such as no sd card support or 5 mp camera before you take the plunge of purchasing the device.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA App

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Ghost volume button issue on most devices
No micro sd card support - this will always be an issue. The first 2 didn't have it, why would you think the 3rd one will. Galaxy Nexus has always been a developer phone so its treated differently.
Confusing user interface - From what everyone is saying, they are loving the new interface. It's refreshing and when you get used to it, its hard for people to go back
No Facebook contacts sync
Nexus S 4G had this issue. This isn't a issue with facebook not following a certain protocol that Google requested. and they took it off the Nexus phones. Or they just don't like them because they have their version of a social network
No native social network widget
They do its called google plus. Everything isn't native but 3rd party sources
Can't add more home screens
As much as I have to kinda agree with you in this because its nice to have 7 or more screens, its a dev phone so you knew this was happening long before ICS was announced
Fuzzy speaker
that sucks, but from reviewers they say its quieter but clear
Lock screen vibration can't be switched off
No digital clock only analog widget
Just get another widget that looks better anyways. They never truly had a digital clock worth adding on your home page anyways.
Quadrant benchmark only 1500 score
There have been cases that proven that the GN has scored better on web tests and other tests. Quadrant can be faulty. You are using a gingerbread program on a completely different OS. A bigger jump than eclair to gingerbread. I would compare the Razr scores as the initial breakdown (OMAP4430 vs OMAP4460 in the GN) and use that as your base comparing since Razr runs on Gingerbread
Lag in many areas
No Facebook events calendar sync
Only 5m camera Megapixels shouldn't matter. and Someone has done a camera comparison. The GN is not far off and infact has better low light capabilities than the S2. Once again this is a the same story over again, you knew this going from Nexus S that the camera won't be the best class, the same holds true here.
NO SWYPE - Swype will eventually be available through apk once it is compatible. Google isn't going to put swype on their phones. It's a 3rd party software and its up to other manufacturers to decide if they want it on their android device
THE VOLUME BUG HAS REALLY PUT ME OFF AND SAMSUNG ARE STILL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE, I feel ya about the volume bug. But thats what it is a bug. This is common for alot of new products, just like never buying the first year of a new model car. But alot of reviewers from publication have not seen this volume bug so it could be something else entirely and should be fixed soon.
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I put my thoughts above.

The volume bug is the only one that is severe. I don't mean to be rude, but the rest is just plain ... ignorant.
Quadrant is an accurate benchmark? It is appalling unreliable.
Megapixels is a measure of camera quality?
I'd return in your position.

What a waste, there are so many people drooling over that phone and can't yet get it...then we have to see this!
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What a waste, there are so many people drooling over that phone and can't yet get it...then we have to see this!
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
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if this' gonna be that kinda party i'm gonna stick my di** in the mashed potatoes! ;D

Dude, you lost me when you listed Quadrant....are you for real?

voxigenboy said:
if this' gonna be that kinda party i'm gonna stick my di** in the mashed potatoes! ;D
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Wait. You dint realize... uh nm.
I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.

Video stabilization bug?

Has anyone else noticed when you take a video with video stabilization on, the image shakes like it has some nervous twitch? Try it. Take a short video move your hand a bit, do a pan. Video comes out twitchy.
Now turn off stabilization and re-create the shot. Smooth as silk....
Anyone know whats up with this?
I'm on 4.0.4 Don't know if that matters.

Interesting.. It does do it sort of. If anything it amplifies your minor natural hand shaking and makes it look much worse.. but if you also hold it steady enough it makes the video a lot less shaky.. But yes its not just you as far as i know XD
Do you get any random keyboard lag?

ReapersDeath said:
Interesting.. It does do it sort of. If anything it amplifies your minor natural hand shaking and makes it look much worse.. but if you also hold it steady enough it makes the video a lot less shaky.. But yes its not just you as far as i know XD
Do you get any random keyboard lag?
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I'm surprised more people have not noticed this stabilization problem. Is there some place I can report this bug?
And I do occasionally get some keyboard lag.

Im hoping jellybean fixes the keyboard lag =/ its on and off.. and im not sure.. il check.
All you can do is let Samsungs Customer Concern department know... really dumb

ReapersDeath said:
Im hoping jellybean fixes the keyboard lag =/ its on and off.. and im not sure.. il check.
All you can do is let Samsungs Customer Concern department know... really dumb
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I Would love too but my GS3 sprint model (SPH-L710) isn't even listed on their drop down model selector!

[Q] Quick Yes or No question

Is smartphone hardware like computer hardware. Can I upgrade cpu or ram or is it very device specific? I know a fair bit about this stuff so just a yes or no is fine. I don't really need details. Thanks.

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Is smartphone hardware like computer hardware. Can I upgrade cpu or ram or is it very device specific? I know a fair bit about this stuff so just a yes or no is fine. I don't really need details. Thanks.
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if you wouldnt mind being quite a bit experimental with your hardware, you could probably do it, at great risk of course. its not a black or white answer, but i think you understand

simms22 said:
if you wouldnt mind being quite a bit experimental with your hardware, you could probably do it, at great risk of course. its not a black or white answer, but i think you understand
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I do understand and that's what I figured. Maybe I'll try after I get a new phone(hopefully soon) and let everyone else know what happens. I think getting the drivers and or getting them to work will be the biggest issue though.

jimmyamazingz said:
I do understand and that's what I figured. Maybe I'll try after I get a new phone(hopefully soon) and let everyone else know what happens. I think getting the drivers and or getting them to work will be the biggest issue though.
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Seeing as there aren't any you'll be writing them.

jimmyamazingz said:
I do understand and that's what I figured. Maybe I'll try after I get a new phone(hopefully soon) and let everyone else know what happens. I think getting the drivers and or getting them to work will be the biggest issue though.
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Maybe. There are a lot of teeny, tiny ZIF parts in these things. I think that, as a third party, getting your hands on those may be an even bigger challenge. Do you already have a company/provider lined up for the hardware you want to use?

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Maybe. There are a lot of teeny, tiny ZIF parts in these things. I think that, as a third party, getting your hands on those may be an even bigger challenge. Do you already have a company/provider lined up for the hardware you want to use?
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Nope it was just an idea and my first thought was the brilliant people at XDA would be able to help me out. You guys are always extremely helpful.

No. Simple as you wanted

You'd need to be able to solder with precision that humans just aren't capable of. I haven't seen the exact specs for the OMAP 4460, but comparable SoCs from other vendors literally have hundreds of solder points encomposed in an area of just under 1.5 square cm.
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Sharpening

Had anyone found out how to disable the sharpening effect on the phone?

yea, return it and buy an iPhone

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yea, return it and buy an iPhone
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I must say, that's the best advice I've gotten all day. I don't think I could have gotten through my day without knowing that I have the option of buying an iPhone.

kingsway8605 said:
yea, return it and buy an iPhone
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I just happened to look through your post history there big fella, and I think maybe you should follow you own advice and buy yourself an iPhone. You really seem to hate the G3.

Dude is the pixel density .....is a 2k screen ...
sharpness comes with this

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Dude is the pixel density .....is a 2k screen ...
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No, it is NOT because it is a 2K screen at all. This is some LG idea to *make* the screen look sharper with a QHD display.
In one of the other threads, someone even posted the response from LG Customer Service where they even explicitly said it is a LG feature built into the phone/software and will not be disabled in any future updates, for now.
It might even be baked into LG's kernel perhaps.

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No, it is NOT because it is a 2K screen at all. This is some LG idea to *make* the screen look sharper with a QHD display.
In one of the other threads, someone even posted the response from LG Customer Service where they even explicitly said it is a LG feature built into the phone/software and will not be disabled in any future updates, for now.
It might even be baked into LG's kernel perhaps.
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OK likes Samsung color calibration and sharpening on the mDNIe profiles I thinks is in the kernel like you say

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OK likes Samsung color calibration and sharpening on the mDNIe profiles I thinks is in the kernel like you say
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It's in the display driver which is controlled by the kernel. Someone will surely be able to disable it.