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[Q] Note II Camera Mods

Alrighty then. I know the Note II Camera Mod craze is dying down, but I'm still super interested. I've tried every mod they've got. And all of them I have tried on both CM10.1 and TW whether they are listed/known to work on them or not. That being said, I've had plenty of success getting it to work on the TW. Before you roll your eyes, no I'm not asking for a port to CM10.1 (though that would be frickin' amaze-a-zing).
What I do want to know is this (because every one of those cam mods refuses to address the issue, understandably). The camera is fantastic. The video recording? Crystal. The slow mo? Retarded.
I get that the quad-core processors effortlessly pull this off, and my theory is that the extra cores basically take frames in-between the original frames, thus making a full slow-motion effect. What I want to know is that if we can overclock our phones to nearly 2Ghz, why can we not emulate the same effect? This was such a hot and popular mod, I have no clue as to why devs (on ANY phone) have yet to pull it off. Will someone educate me as to either a) why it is "impossible" on our phones or b) how to make the slow-mo fluid? I'm really tired of getting berated in the i9300 threads because people don't want to deal with me.

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Colerunn said:
Alrighty then. I know the Note II Camera Mod craze is dying down, but I'm still super interested. I've tried every mod they've got. And all of them I have tried on both CM10.1 and TW whether they are listed/known to work on them or not. That being said, I've had plenty of success getting it to work on the TW. Before you roll your eyes, no I'm not asking for a port to CM10.1 (though that would be frickin' amaze-a-zing).
What I do want to know is this (because every one of those cam mods refuses to address the issue, understandably). The camera is fantastic. The video recording? Crystal. The slow mo? Retarded.
I get that the quad-core processors effortlessly pull this off, and my theory is that the extra cores basically take frames in-between the original frames, thus making a full slow-motion effect. What I want to know is that if we can overclock our phones to nearly 2Ghz, why can we not emulate the same effect? This was such a hot and popular mod, I have no clue as to why devs (on ANY phone) have yet to pull it off. Will someone educate me as to either a) why it is "impossible" on our phones or b) how to make the slow-mo fluid? I'm really tired of getting berated in the i9300 threads because people don't want to deal with me.
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This doesn't really answer your question but the reason it's not on CM10.1 is cause it's a TW app, which can't be used on AOSP (due to closed source).
Haven't tried the Note II camera myself so can't be much more help here. Although, did you try it with OC?

I've tried OC, ROM optimization for speed, the two together, playing with the I/O speeds, you name it. Again, in theory, I get how the extra cores are beneficial to the fluid capture, I'm just wanting to know how to emulate that, or overcome the difference using a dual-core.

OK, I'll settle for peoples suggestions for a slow-motion app that works. They all have the same problem, it seems. They all claim slow-motion and they all have good reviews, but they all still give a choppy recording. Nothing I Google or search results in anything prevalent to the i747 d2att. If you Google Slow Motion Samsung, ALL you'll get are results to the Note II and i9300. I can't be the first person to want this.

By slow motion camera do you mean a high speed camera? High speed cameras take hundreds or some thousands of frames per second when recording. A quick search for high speed camera on play store only shows apps with a 30 fps.
Doing some Google searching I found an article that discusses the Camera HX-MOD and it is capable of recording 120+fps. It's a camera from the Galaxy Note 2. I'm trying to find it for our phones but their Web page won't display.
http://hx-custom-roms.com/galaxy-s3-camera-mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759513
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AngelsNecropolis said:
By slow motion camera do you mean a high speed camera? High speed cameras take hundreds or some thousands of frames per second when recording. A quick search for high speed camera on play store only shows apps with a 30 fps.
Doing some Google searching I found an article that discusses the Camera HX-MOD and it is capable of recording 120+fps. It's a camera from the Galaxy Note 2. I'm trying to find it for our phones but their Web page won't display.
http://hx-custom-roms.com/galaxy-s3-camera-mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759513
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That's because it isn't available for our phones...technically. I got it to work on the d2att for a while. Everything worked fine EXCEPT the slow-motion. It was still laggy and no better than the app-store camera apps.That mod is for the international version of the SIII, and utilizes the quad-core just like the Note II does. It is actually what the OP was all about. I can find the mods, I just can't seem to make them work correctly. All they seem to do is record the same frame-rate, but then render it the same way all the useless apps do, by simply stretching out each frame and making it laggy and skipp-y.

Current state of OP3 camera

I've read a lot about the OOS camera and the various cameras in non OOS ROMs (CM, Aosp, etc). I was wondering if we have gotten to a point where they perform similarly. I've heard mixed opinions.
Also why does OnePlus not release the camera source? They eventually released dash charging source, so I'm curious as to why they wouldn't do the same for the camera?

From what i've experienced, almost all well-lit shots (Both outdoor and indoor) perform almost as well on non-OOS ROMs as they do on OOS. For the discerning eye, OOS shots are still more crisp, but there is enough of a parity there that i don't think most people would notice. Any shot that isn't well-lit, OOS has non-OOS beat. Sometimes by a little, sometimes by a wide margin. In poor lighting, the non-OOS ROMs have gotten better, but it's still pretty clear that OOS is the better performer. Almost all of the issues with these shots come down to the noise cancellation.
When it comes to video, it's a mixed bag. On OOS 3.5.3 community build, the 1080P 60fps mode is amazingly fluid, and for the most part fantastic. The 4k mode is decent from what i can tell, although i don't really use it that much. The slow motion mode is great. On non-OOS ROMs, it depends on the ROM really. SultanXDA's ROM with his custom HAL probably has the best performance as far as video goes. The built-in camera app does a decent job at 1080p video and the 4k seems OK, but again, i don't use that mode very often. Video performance in other camera apps seems decent. On OOS 3.2.6, i had some issues with video performance though, so it's not all roses there if that's the version you're running.
Carl Pei has made it clear on Twitter and on a Reddit AMA that OnePlus will never release a fully open source camera stack. I suspect that this probably has to do with proprietary noise suppression algorithms and some other proprietary optimizations that OnePlus has engineered. It needs to be mentioned that the camera hardware is only one part of the equation when it comes to camera performance. There are a number of software components that go into a full camera experience. There really needs to be both to get full utilization out of a piece of camera hardware. As far as i've heard, OnePlus is "looking at ways" to bring the full OOS camera experience to non-OOS ROMs, but nobody really knows what that entails as of yet.

tesherx said:
From what i've experienced, almost all well-lit shots (Both outdoor and indoor) perform almost as well on non-OOS ROMs as they do on OOS. For the discerning eye, OOS shots are still more crisp, but there is enough of a parity there that i don't think most people would notice. Any shot that isn't well-lit, OOS has non-OOS beat. Sometimes by a little, sometimes by a wide margin. In poor lighting, the non-OOS ROMs have gotten better, but it's still pretty clear that OOS is the better performer. Almost all of the issues with these shots come down to the noise cancellation.
When it comes to video, it's a mixed bag. On OOS 3.5.3 community build, the 1080P 60fps mode is amazingly fluid, and for the most part fantastic. The 4k mode is decent from what i can tell, although i don't really use it that much. The slow motion mode is great. On non-OOS ROMs, it depends on the ROM really. SultanXDA's ROM with his custom HAL probably has the best performance as far as video goes. The built-in camera app does a decent job at 1080p video and the 4k seems OK, but again, i don't use that mode very often. Video performance in other camera apps seems decent. On OOS 3.2.6, i had some issues with video performance though, so it's not all roses there if that's the version you're running.
Carl Pei has made it clear on Twitter and on a Reddit AMA that OnePlus will never release a fully open source camera stack. I suspect that this probably has to do with proprietary noise suppression algorithms and some other proprietary optimizations that OnePlus has engineered. It needs to be mentioned that the camera hardware is only one part of the equation when it comes to camera performance. There are a number of software components that go into a full camera experience. There really needs to be both to get full utilization out of a piece of camera hardware. As far as i've heard, OnePlus is "looking at ways" to bring the full OOS camera experience to non-OOS ROMs, but nobody really knows what that entails as of yet.
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Thanks for the excellent explanation!

Also worth considering that the camera isn't manufactured by one plus, can't remember what off hand who's sensor they're using, so they would need manufacturers permission to release driver source.

ghostofcain said:
Also worth considering that the camera isn't manufactured by one plus, can't remember what off hand who's sensor they're using, so they would need manufacturers permission to release driver source.
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Rear camera sensor is SONY IMX298 Exmor RS
Front camera sensor is SONY IMX179
On topic: i have always used Nexus and loved changing ROMs and trying new roms. With oneplus 2 i could do it, because of a good camera port, but in this phone... OOS is a must if you want to take decent pictures
Oos 3.5.2 camera is insanely good and super fast. Really its faster than iphone 6s plus camera with oos
Luckily we have xposed framework, so we can customize our op3 using oos roms, but yeah... It kinda sucks we have to use oos just because of camera. It doesnt matter app you use in custom roms, it will lack libs, drivers etc...
Same as FPS. OOS is insanely fast but with any custom ROM (even with released sources) its slower (still fast but i notice that difference)
Edit: btw oos is a pretty nice ROM.
Lacks customization? Yes, but xposed framework will do that

compared to S7 or HTC 10 the OnePlus3 camera sux

Only For camera I can't use any Custom rom
Sadly comment here.. Cz i tasted all rom here and There iso no good camera custom rom.. all custom camera sucks ?..
Now i am using 3.2.4 cz 3.2.6 camera also missing focus on right place.. and I love to capture regular macro shot via my mobile...
But i buy it also tested custom rom.. but i can'T!! only for bad camera ??

Pixel 3a xl does not have camera2api_level3.

Hey guys i bought my first pixel and love it and since i love mobile photography and cinematography i was on the edge of my sit to get into this great camera.Today i downloaded a camera2api checker from play store and in my surprise the phone does not have camera2api_level3 ,i was wandering how the top shot and motion photos and also how the object focus works without level 3 ?

I hadn't heard of this before, but some quick research tells me it is nothing to be worried about. According to that article, Level-3 means "the OEM of the device has added some additional features to the camera hardware including YUV reprocessing, RAW image capture, and more." I can confirm that this camera does have RAW image output/support and the focus will track on a moving subject, so it clearly is capable of some (if not all) of the level 3 items. I think it is just semantics. Personal experience and all the reviews I've read give this camera top marks.

sic0048 said:
I hadn't heard of this before, but some quick research tells me it is nothing to be worried about. According to that article, Level-3 means "the OEM of the device has added some additional features to the camera hardware including YUV reprocessing, RAW image capture, and more." I can confirm that this camera does have RAW image output/support and the focus will track on a moving subject, so it clearly is capable of some (if not all) of the level 3 items. I think it is just semantics. Personal experience and all the reviews I've read give this camera top marks.
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Okey thank you i love the camera and i hope google will keep up the trend of bringing new features to it.I just hope the absence of "level3" wont hold us back from the future features

No PRO mode in 108 MP??

I just saw this in a review, is this true?
I am personally shocked this is not supported.. That is one of the reasons I want the Ultra, so that is the shot I'm taking is in ideal conditions I can get a full 108 MP photo with amazing results.. Does anyone know if there going to allow in the future?

It's true just discovered this myself

There really is no 108mp. It is 12mp that should be better than other 12mp. I know this is not glitzy as 108mp but is real.
There is no 100x zoom either. There very good 4x zoom
If anything troubles me it is that pro mode does not support the wide camera nor the 4x camera. There is no way to take raw photos with either of those. I find the HEIC abysmal. I need to see if JPEG is any better.
The raw from the main camera looks pretty good though. Perhaps better than other phones. You get verygood 12mp DNG file. That is impressive and great. You can also get RAW from the front camera.
The 4x zoom if not opened at 100% even in heic looks good. Heic though produces some awful smudging of details and halo effects

Kind of defeats the purpose.
AND not having development due to a locked bootloader.
May have to (keep) the favor to iOS side.
Seriously.

cpufrost said:
Kind of defeats the purpose.
AND not having development due to a locked bootloader.
May have to (keep) the favor to iOS side.
Seriously.
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This phone just came out. Give it some time dude

No Pro Mode Except for Standard Wide Angle
Pro Mode (raw format) is a must for me in both Ultrawide and Telephoto. Since this is a simple software fix, anyone hear if and when it will happen? Makes no sense that some beancounter in the system didn't allow full Pro Mode from the start!

Hey guys! Could you download this app called Camera2 Test from the play store? It reads all the features that all the cameras have implemented with the Camera 2 API. I'm curious if a 108mp RAW mode is there. You can go to the full tab in the app and share the file in here. Thanks in advance! (perferably from az exynos device, but both would be preferred!)
EDIT: There is another app Camera2 API Probe. Just need to scroll down, share, and it will generate a link. Sorry for the inconvenience!

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Thank you! I copied it into a link: https://pastebin.com/0MwuVV9L
Please edit your posts since I don't think mods will like these long posts. (dont want you to get into trouble )
EDIT: could you share another report from another app, Camera2 API Probe as well? Just need to scroll down, share, and it will generate a link. Sorry for the inconvenience!

https://airbeat.com/cam2/5e6f8c725c154903f3dd905f

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https://airbeat.com/cam2/5e6f8c725c154903f3dd905f
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Thank you!!

kornelkahh said:
Thank you!!
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yes sir!

Camera2 api probe
kornelkahh said:
Thank you! I copied it
Please edit your posts since I don't think mods will like these long posts. (dont want you to get into trouble )
EDIT: could you share another report from another app, Camera2 API Probe as well? Just need to scroll down, share, and it will generate a link. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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airbeat.
[Ignore this space]
com/cam2/5e72ac945c154903f3dd9147

kirilk said:
There really is no 108mp. It is 12mp that should be better than other 12mp. I know this is not glitzy as 108mp but is real.
There is no 100x zoom either. There very good 4x zoom
If anything troubles me it is that pro mode does not support the wide camera nor the 4x camera. There is no way to take raw photos with either of those. I find the HEIC abysmal. I need to see if JPEG is any better.
The raw from the main camera looks pretty good though. Perhaps better than other phones. You get verygood 12mp DNG file. That is impressive and great. You can also get RAW from the front camera.
The 4x zoom if not opened at 100% even in heic looks good. Heic though produces some awful smudging of details and halo effects
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Can you please upload all the raw photos for us? thanks alot!

dazed1 said:
Can you please upload all the raw photos for us? thanks alot!
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I uploaded one raw and couple of post processing options. One is without corrections and the other (warmer one) is to my liking. I used Lightroom.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y9sxeh8b1ne2ak1/AAD8fu5k5OC--tJol2euqjOUa?dl=0
I am yet to do a bit more photography with the S20 ultra. Here is an album of photos I took from a walk before the quarantine in my country. I will put more photos in there as I get more experience with the phone when I go out after the quarantine.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kirilk/albums/72157713487224503
It is very fitting to my expectations. I wanted a phone camera that has wide angle and optical magnification higher than 75mm equivalent, Between 100 mm to 135 mm equivalent was my dream. SO S20 ultra is exactly that 12mm wide angle (excellent, 105mm equivalent telephoto is excellent too. There is also the larger main 12MP sensor I like. Yes it can do 108MP with tons of mathematics and that would likely get you a bit more detail at the cost of dynamic range and noise.....
PS I would very much appreciate if Samsung give us RAW files form the telephoto and wide angle. I know wide angle has distortion and likely the telephoto suffers vignetting and or distortion too but Lightroom can fix those things. Samsung should add another camera app meant for photo enthusiasts.. RAW files with high bit depth and latitude for editing in post should be the emphasis there.

kirilk said:
I uploaded one raw and couple of post processing options. One is without corrections and the other (warmer one) is to my liking. I used Lightroom.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y9sxeh8b1ne2ak1/AAD8fu5k5OC--tJol2euqjOUa?dl=0
I am yet to do a bit more photography with the S20 ultra. Here is an album of photos I took from a walk before the quarantine in my country. I will put more photos in there as I get more experience with the phone when I go out after the quarantine.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kirilk/albums/72157713487224503
It is very fitting to my expectations. I wanted a phone camera that has wide angle and optical magnification higher than 75mm equivalent, Between 100 mm to 135 mm equivalent was my dream. SO S20 ultra is exactly that 12mm wide angle (excellent, 105mm equivalent telephoto is excellent too. There is also the larger main 12MP sensor I like. Yes it can do 108MP with tons of mathematics and that would likely get you a bit more detail at the cost of dynamic range and noise.....
PS I would very much appreciate if Samsung give us RAW files form the telephoto and wide angle. I know wide angle has distortion and likely the telephoto suffers vignetting and or distortion too but Lightroom can fix those things. Samsung should add another camera app meant for photo enthusiasts.. RAW files with high bit depth and latitude for editing in post should be the emphasis there.
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Thank you so much. If i understand correctly, the flickr photos are before the update, and the dropbox are after the update right?

All photos in the above post use the same software . I got one update immediately as I installed the phone.
G988BXXU1ATBM (there are two more version strings I guess for other hardware modifications) ,431,19MB in size containing the 1st of March security updates

kirilk said:
All photos in the above post use the same software . I got one update immediately as I installed the phone.
G988BXXU1ATBM (there are two more version strings I guess for other hardware modifications) ,431,19MB in size containing the 1st of March security updates
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Thank you for your efforts! I watched a video from India today. They got the ATC1/H update first. It looks very promising, take a look:
https://youtu.be/wZoWAben4CA
The old news about the ATC2 update from Korea are somewhat misleading since the update with the lower number brings improvements that where not to be seen in the ATC2 video from Korean user which we all have probably seen.

I just got an update to .......ATCH and can confirm AF works now pretty well including close up.
RAW from telephoto or wide angle is not available . Camera2 API does not see the telephoto camera.
So I guess AF is likely the only fix.

GCam for Moto g 5G

Have someone working GCam for our Moto?Wanna try-very dissapointed with the speed of focusing a photoshoot ...
thx in advance

I'm using Nikita GCam ver 7.4 and everything works. The image quality is better than stock but not so much. The main advantage is better low light photos and night mode. My old Pixel3a is making better photos, but overall the quality is not bad.
Link: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-Nikita/

Any reason not to use the latest version?
I installed it and it seems to function as advertised but I haven't had a chance to test it thoroughly.
Also any config files for our particular model?
Thanks!

Newer versions have changes that mostly cannot be implemented on our phone due to hardware and software differences.
I just made few changes, mostly ditched macro camera, and increased a bit exposure compensation. The file is attached.