Video call quality bad- beauty mode ON - Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers

The Duo video call looks really soft like there is an active face retouching; I have good WiFi (56MBps). The quality on whatsapp is equally terrible but without face retouching.
Do the custom ROMs have the same issue? Or is it just my device?
Current ROM- stock December, stock kernel, rooted with magisk

Is it the quality of the person you're video chatting with? If so, then it's probably them and not you.
FruitSidewalk59 said:
The Duo video call looks really soft like there is an active face retouching; I have good WiFi (56MBps). The quality on whatsapp is equally terrible but without face retouching.
Do the custom ROMs have the same issue? Or is it just my device?
Current ROM- stock December, stock kernel, rooted with magisk
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FruitSidewalk59 said:
The Duo video call looks really soft like there is an active face retouching; I have good WiFi (56MBps). The quality on whatsapp is equally terrible but without face retouching.
Do the custom ROMs have the same issue? Or is it just my device?
Current ROM- stock December, stock kernel, rooted with magisk
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I found the same thing using duo.
My face is so soft, even in high lighting, it look like a beauty filter found on Chinese phone. It wasn't doing that on my 2 previous non Google phone.
I'm not sure we can do anything about it though

EeZeEpEe said:
Is it the quality of the person you're video chatting with? If so, then it's probably them and not you.
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I can see the other person fine with no issues or distortion

FruitSidewalk59 said:
I can see the other person fine with no issues or distortion
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From the screenshots I've taken last week while on a video chat, I look pretty fine with smile lines and facial scruff showing up. Nothing special with my internet speed 50/50. You stated you have 56 Mbps speed, that's down and up? Also for clarification, did you mean Mbps but autocorrected to MBps?
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Yeah sucks it can't be disabled.

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should i buy lg k10 ?

hi all xda users
i want to buy a cellphone for gift giving to someone
i want to know is it good choice ? or i need to find other choice with the same price ??
s27moto said:
hi all xda users
i want to buy a cellphone for gift giving to someone
i want to know is it good choice ? or i need to find other choice with the same price ??
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Hi there. I've been using the phone for about a month. (1.5GB 13mp version)
You can ask me anything about it. So far everything runs really smooth and I'm quite pleased with the camera (and quite dissappointed with the stock camera app).
What do you need to know?
iPp350z said:
Hi there. I've been using the phone for about a month. (1.5GB 13mp version)
You can ask me anything about it. So far everything runs really smooth and I'm quite pleased with the camera (and quite dissappointed with the stock camera app).
What do you need to know?
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can you able to play hd games for example asphalt?
can you share some photo capture with stock camera app with no edit
iPp350z said:
quite dissappointed with the stock camera app.
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What camera app are you using?
firthy said:
What camera app are you using?
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How can I change lock password or knockcode I don't know where to change it
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firthy said:
What camera app are you using?
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Open Camera (you can find it here on XDA) and the full version of Camera FV-5. Both work well but sometimes you have to take a few shots to adjust the exposure correctly.
Thanks, will look into them, phone should arrive this week.
iPp350z said:
Hi there. I've been using the phone for about a month. (1.5GB 13mp version)
You can ask me anything about it. So far everything runs really smooth and I'm quite pleased with the camera (and quite dissappointed with the stock camera app).
What do you need to know?
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Is it possible to root it? What about battery endurance? You have Mediatek version? Thanks.
Hello iPp350z,
Do you test the GPS? Because i'm between K10 (K420N)and LG Zero (H650E). And on test here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/
LG H650E have little more accurate GPS.
But K10 look better
Thank you!
wizzardsk said:
Is it possible to root it? What about battery endurance? You have Mediatek version? Thanks.
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I'm using KingRoot and it roots just fine but I have the Snapdragon 410 version. Battery life is about a day and a half for me and I use it quite often.
Belqta said:
Hello iPp350z,
Do you test the GPS? Because i'm between K10 (K420N)and LG Zero (H650E). And on test here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/
LG H650E have little more accurate GPS.
But K10 look better
Thank you!
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Sure, no problem, I'll test it. Any specific app that you prefer? From my experience the GPS locks almost instantly and is quite accurate but I haven't done any specific tests.
Yeah, it looks way better than the H650E and it also has a bigger screen while being almost the same size. That was the main reason I bought it. The camera also takes great photos in daylight but night photos are terrible.
Well I have the t-mobile (US) version, and it has ups and downs.
UP:
1) The 1.5 GB of ram helps keep things snappy.
2) It actually received security updates. I'm. Only 2 months behind the Nexus phones, which is pretty good for a carrier branded phone.
3) Display is nicely bright.
4) SD card support
5) Removable battery.
6) $165.
DOWN:
1) 8 MP camera,
2) No USB OTG support
3) I've had 3 times where the phone audio didn't work at all. Had to reboot to get it back.
4) Screen size a little.large for me to type in landscape.
The only one I care about is the call audio issue...
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Yes , i have call audio issue too, i have to reboot the phone everytime
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Its good phone but its LG Security is too tight. Fastboot mode crackin is difficult

Nexus 5X Slow Performance

While I have experiencing this A LOT of times:
http://f.cl.ly/items/2S2j1B3l0h2l1B2N2k2z/Untitled.mp4
I also did a recent discovery today: The Moto X Play its faster when it comes to take pictures, also a lot faster than the N5X with HDR enable in both phones.
Im really, both amazed and disappointed by this. I switched from a Moto X Play to the N5X to find only lags and slow performance.
Anyone else have experienced something like this? Is this a general problem or my device could be defective?
You actually switched from a moto x? are you nuts?
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bobby janow said:
You actually switched from a moto x? are you nuts?
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There where a lot of complaints about the Moto X Play, i even participated in tests for find a way to speed it's performance.
And yes, while the Nexus 5X it's faster, the Moto X Play it's more stable.
Davirus849 said:
While I have experiencing this A LOT of times:
http://f.cl.ly/items/2S2j1B3l0h2l1B2N2k2z/Untitled.mp4
I also did a recent discovery today: The Moto X Play its faster when it comes to take pictures, also a lot faster than the N5X with HDR enable in both phones.
Im really, both amazed and disappointed by this. I switched from a Moto X Play to the N5X to find only lags and slow performance.
Anyone else have experienced something like this? Is this a general problem or my device could be defective?
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How often do you need to take HDR pictures and do you really need to press the shutter every second? If you know how to selectively expose a scene properly then HDR is not needed at all. While NX5 takes excellent pictures, I only use it when extremely needed. A dedicated camera especially ones with WIFI connectivity for direct upload to social networking sites is far better than any camera phone out there.
You're experiencing lags and freezes. Serious ones too! Mine for a little slow after the April MHC19Q update. So I wiped it and it was much better after a factory reset. I also go to developer mode and turn down all three animations to to 0 and enable force GPU rendering.
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Joms_US said:
How often do you need to take HDR pictures and do you really need to press the shutter every second? If you know how to selectively expose a scene properly then HDR is not needed at all. While NX5 takes excellent pictures, I only use it when extremely needed. A dedicated camera especially ones with WIFI connectivity for direct upload to social networking sites is far better than any camera phone out there.
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Well, the problem is that it slow and freeze with only 3 or 5 HDR pictures, is not that many. And the Moto X Play, even the Nexus 4 can handle more than that. The video I uploaded was even before I take any picture, I just opened the camera app.
I blame the encryption since it doesn’t make any sense that those smartphones can handle that process faster.
About “A dedicated camera especially ones with WIFI connectivity for direct upload to social networking sites is far better than any camera phone out there.” I have used my cousin S7 Edge and its impressive fast for pictures, and with the N5X and S7 with raw support, I believe we should be able to handle without the need for a dedicated camera.
I already sent my N5X back in hope to receive a new device, maybe there was something wrong with the internal storage read/writes.
Commodore 64 said:
You're experiencing lags and freezes. Serious ones too! Mine for a little slow after the April MHC19Q update. So I wiped it and it was much better after a factory reset. I also go to developer mode and turn down all three animations to to 0 and enable force GPU rendering.
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Mine was already reset to factory settings for the 3th time, so I gave up and sent it today for replacement. I don't think this is the kind of device that need the animations to be disabled, my gf Moto X Play doesn't need that, even the Nexus 4 im using right now doesn’t need that.
Davirus849 said:
Mine was already reset to factory settings for the 3th time, so I gave up and sent it today for replacement. I don't think this is the kind of device that need the animations to be disabled, my gf Moto X Play doesn't need that, even the Nexus 4 im using right now doesn’t need that.
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The 5x is much faster than a Moto X Play and N4. I guess you had a bum unit.
bblzd said:
The 5x is much faster than a Moto X Play and N4. I guess you had a bum unit.
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I just wanted to say that I sent my Nexus 5X back to LG for repairs, following own Nexus Forum recommendation:
https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/nexus/sFmrWiceXf4/bAEAdlO_BwAJ
But I got back my phone in this state:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...s5x_lg_warranty/photo_2016-08-23_17-24-10.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...s5x_lg_warranty/photo_2016-08-23_17-24-15.jpg
Also I need to say that they sent me back my phone without the box, charger, original cable and everything else inside the box.
Since the phone wasn’t rooted and was still encrypted it was a nightmare to get it working by my own, but I finally managed to install a custom recovery and from there do a clean install, but to find the LG sent my my phone without the SIM tray.
I had to buy a new charger, cable and sim tray, but I have the phone working now.
If I use the stock rom or CyanogenMod rom I still get the same exact problem in my video, but with Dirty Unicorns seems that the problem its gone for good, so i still believe its a software problem, but as long I stick to DU i should not have problems anymore :good:

Pixel Visual Core Chip

Does anyone know what this chip actually does? I mean, I presume it's to improve or accelerate image processing but the phone's a beast at this already so I'm curious if there's more to it than just that.
i mean, if you google it there are a lot of articles that explains it properly
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16487834/google-pixel-visual-core-ipu-custom-processor-chip
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EeZeEpEe said:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16487834/google-pixel-visual-core-ipu-custom-processor-chip
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but has anyone enabled 8.1 yet and noticed a difference? speed/quality? doubt anyone will notice power consumption unless taking photos all day.
ggreenwood334 said:
but has anyone enabled 8.1 yet and noticed a difference? speed/quality? doubt anyone will notice power consumption unless taking photos all day.
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Only got my phone yesterday and just going to enjoy it for now before doing developer previews.
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ggreenwood334 said:
but has anyone enabled 8.1 yet and noticed a difference? speed/quality? doubt anyone will notice power consumption unless taking photos all day.
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I heard it's still hidden in preview? Haven't confirmed yet
Haven't found a setting for it in Developers options yet. Maybe in the next preview update...
One good thing it will allow is third party apps to utilize the awesome software behind the Pixels' strong photo abilities. Hopefully meaning we can send better photos with Snapchat
From what's been explained, the chip won't necessarily improve quality, but mainly performance for HDR+.

pixel 2 xl audio recording quality

I know Google stated last month a fix would be coming but compared to others mine sounds even worse. Wondering if the update was part of the 8.1 beta
Took a short video on my walk into work.
Holding my breath and just ambient noise
Bump for rma
Eeek, that's horrible. It's not in 8.1 as far as I know.
I hope they fix it soon.
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correct this has not been fixed yet unfortunately.
has it been the same for both of you?
I am on 8.1 and audio on video recordings has still not been fixed...
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tacopimp said:
I am on 8.1 and audio on video recordings has still not been fixed...
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does your audio recording sound anywhere near as bad as mine?
Try to blowing in the mic
DinarQ8 said:
Try to blowing in the mic
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The one on the top of the phone?
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Mine records perfectly. EE UK 128GB version in black.
tacopimp said:
The one on the top of the phone?
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still waiting my white but yes think there is two on the top
DinarQ8 said:
Try to blowing in the mic
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That's a different issue. Blowing into the mic will do nothing for this.
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biffwitch said:
Mine records perfectly. EE UK 128GB version in black.
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Try recording again with some background noise.
It's possible to get decent sounding recording if there's only one source of sound - e.g. you're just speaking and there's no background noise of any kind.
I'm pretty sure this affects ALL 2 XLs.
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funcrusher said:
That's a different issue. Blowing into the mic will do nothing for this.
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Im just trying to help with some ideas ?
@DinarQ8 I know, I know. I wish it were the solution.
Good read, especially the last 10 or so posts: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/forum/AAAAb4-OgUsSdb828LL8pk/?hl=by
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google just stated from all 3 reps it will be fixed in the coming weeks
instead of letting me exchange it
I use an app called Audio Recorder and the audio is awful, even at the highest quality setting. Noticably worse than on my last phone, the MotoX Pure Edition. And it sounds much like the video in post #2. Like really, really bad compression
26kick said:
I use an app called Audio Recorder and the audio is awful, even at the highest quality setting. Noticably worse than on my last phone, the MotoX Pure Edition. And it sounds much like the video in post #2. Like really, really bad compression
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ya i have till the 4th of december to return the phone. im gonna keep using it and have my note 8 as a back up for now
Sounds like there problem is due to over aggressive noise reduction. Hope they fix it soon
beezar said:
Sounds like there problem is due to over aggressive noise reduction. Hope they fix it soon
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same here.....holding out that they fix it

Question Cracking noise in videos from Pixel 6 Pro Camera

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Sometimes when I listen to a video captured with the pixel 6 pro I can listen a very high cracking noise, is this happening to more people? (Video attached)
Loud sound in the attachment​
Thanks
I have the same problem. I read somewhere, that its not happening when recording with 0.7x or 4.0x camera but only with 1.0x camera. Haven't tried it with other cameras yet.
antoniovj1 said:
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Sometimes when I listen to a video captured with the pixel 6 pro I can listen a very high cracking noise, is this happening to more people? (Video attached)
Thanks
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That scared me.
Should put a sound warning.
PsychOlli said:
I have the same problem. I read somewhere, that its not happening when recording with 0.7x or 4.0x camera but only with 1.0x camera. Haven't tried it with other cameras yet.
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Someone says that is de OIS amplified by the software in low noise environments... I not sure about it.
Finally Google says that the best solution is to return my P6P.
antoniovj1 said:
Finally Google says that the best solution is to return my P6P.
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They want me to be there tester to see if a factory reset solves this problem because they don't know yet if it's software or hardware..
I'm not gonna say what I thought it was lol do you think it might have been that sound problem that was a while back were it sounded like tinitus type noise
antoniovj1 said:
Hi!
Sometimes when I listen to a video captured with the pixel 6 pro I can listen a very high cracking noise, is this happening to more people? (Video attached)
Loud sound in the attachment​
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same problem P6P
I had that on my last 6 Pro, now I got a RMA, will report if this is the same here or not. I think it is a bug.
I have it p6p ... Isit a return to Google resolution ?
For me the RMA was the solution
I have the same problem...
How can i communicate with Google? I brought my phone from Greece.
Communicate with shop i bought it isn't a wise choice
Noexcusses said:
How can i communicate with Google? I brought my phone from Greece.
Communicate with shop i bought it isn't a wise choice
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I did it using the chat available at the Google Store
PsychOlli said:
I have the same problem. I read somewhere, that its not happening when recording with 0.7x or 4.0x camera but only with 1.0x camera. Haven't tried it with other cameras yet.
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This was shot using the 1x lens at 4K 60fps (although YouTube is still processing the 4K version) and it seems ok.
WARNING GETS LOUD (but surely that's how you want it, it's a Lanc)
Avro Lancaster Taxi Run
I have the same problem. They Exchanged the phone and I still have the problem on the New phone.
Just test it and no problem here with 6 pro EU model
Fixed https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/166222682/google-pixel-update-june-2022?hl=en
That was software problem. June update fix this.

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