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How to deal with no flash on Camera?

Hey guys,
I just joined the club yesterday....got myself a new Touch!
I gotta say ive already pimped it out with a lot of programs, but the camera I am very disappointed with......
Is there an app/program to add features so pictures dont look sooo grainy/bad when shooting in less than optimal light conditions?
Thx

never heard of it and low light condition always been the bane of cmos cameras

Rudegar said:
never heard of it and low light condition always been the bane of cmos cameras
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so how do u guys deal with bad low light pics?
or do u just live with it?

Snazarian said:
so how do u guys deal with bad low light pics?
or do u just live with it?
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Personally, I never buy a phone for the camera
I use the built in cam for quick shots when I'm out and too lazy to bring or turn on my "real" camera. Mostly, I'll take pictures of things I want to remember, like signs, flyers and ads. That's a handy trick for bargain hunters by the way.
If you really want to use this for a camera frequently (I don't blame you for not wanting to carry two devices) try to make the best of it. There's always some kind of light source, it's a matter of knowing where to place your subject to get maximum light. Try different backgrounds too, if available. Depending on the light and the subject, a lighter or darker background can make the picture clearer.
You'll still get dim photos of course, especially when taking random shots of everyday life. Two tips: 1. Learn to use the brightness/contrast controls that are available in just about any photo editor. 2. Keep your camera steady (maybe brace it against a table or a wall.)
My number one tip though, is get a dedicated digital camera from a respected brand.

I did an experiment...
See image below
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I think it looks better with flash.....

LOL @ e-town, def looks better with Flash!

e_town said:
See image below
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1096/2137a9950nf3.jpg
I think it looks better with flash.....
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roflmao that was good

lol ................

wow there is a huge difference when you use the "flash"!!
lol

Snazarian said:
Hey guys,
I just joined the club yesterday....got myself a new Touch!
I gotta say ive already pimped it out with a lot of programs, but the camera I am very disappointed with......
Is there an app/program to add features so pictures dont look sooo grainy/bad when shooting in less than optimal light conditions?
Thx
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how about buying a flashlight....

Yeah, a flashlight, I hope that was a joke...

I know this thread is old as hell, but a high power keychain LED works in a pinch

A post-photo option...
If you've got a decent editing program, you can usually enhance the photo enough to make it worthwhile.
If you don't have the program (or the skills), I've had decent luck with http://http://www.vicman.net/mobilephotoenhancer/

gewf631 said:
If you've got a decent editing program, you can usually enhance the photo enough to make it worthwhile.
If you don't have the program (or the skills), I've had decent luck with http://http://www.vicman.net/mobilephotoenhancer/
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how about just turning on a light in the room

[CLOSED/G2] LED test and Benchmarks!

I need to open it now!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCUrxJg_TwQ - LED notification
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wl22Ehnyy0 - Benchmarks. !
Thanks for checking it out guys. Videos were a tad rushed..and I'm excited!

Then do it! And tell us stuff

Congrats. Let us know what you think.

Phone looks beautiful. So far I'm a little let down by the hinge. It seems it isn't sprint loaded, and just does its own thing. If you hold it upside down , it detaches. I hope it is just a defect in my, else this will be very annoying.

Hitorii said:
Phone looks beautiful. So far I'm a little let down by the hinge. It seems it isn't sprint loaded, and just does its own thing. If you hold it upside down , it detaches. I hope it is just a defect in my, else this will be very annoying.
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Tell us more

Has anybody confirmed led notification lights on the device? Can you confirm or deny if nobody else has?

Hitorii said:
I need to open it now!!
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Duh! You need to open it and post lots of info.

Can you confirm if it's quad-band GSM and dual-band UMTS? Thanks!

keyl10 said:
Has anybody confirmed led notification lights on the device? Can you confirm or deny if nobody else has?
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I can confirm the silver around the trackpad*** IS A NOTIFICATION LED. Currently only seeing WHITE for a text. Will post a ghetto pic

We need an unboxing video from you

Try installing Gmail Notifier and testing out different colours with the trackpad light setting http://www.appbrain.com/app/gmail-notifier/com.jonasl.gmailnotifier2
It would be sweet if the notification light was RGB

Editing first post to include video!

Hitorii said:
Editing first post to include video!
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Would you mind checking if it has an RGB light with the app I linked to above?

bcpk said:
Would you mind checking if it has an RGB light with the app I linked to above?
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Unfortunately I can't get anything other than white, even with that app, Sorry bro.

Darn, oh well, it's still a neat surprise.

is there a tricolor led in the speaker grill?

PolishDude said:
is there a tricolor led in the speaker grill?
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Not that I'm immediately aware of. I'll look into it though.

Wow, really impressed with those scores. Appreciate you taking the time to upload vids for us and answer our questions btw! Some people dont realize that you arent obligated in any way to do that for us..but I for one thank you for your time.
...I guess being a phone geek like us, you know how it feels. We need our info !
That being said, how does the keyboard feel? I heard it isnt as raised as some like. Is it easy to press keys still? I like being able to touch type. I used to be so good at it I could stare my teacher/friend/date in the face and theyd never know that I was secretly text messaging like crazy. Never had any typos either

Yellowfrizbee said:
Wow, really impressed with those scores. Appreciate you taking the time to upload vids for us and answer our questions btw! Some people dont realize that you arent obligated in any way to do that for us..but I for one thank you for your time.
...I guess being a phone geek like us, you know how it feels. We need our info !
That being said, how does the keyboard feel? I heard it isnt as raised as some like. Is it easy to press keys still? I like being able to touch type. I used to be so good at it I could stare my teacher/friend/date in the face and theyd never know that I was secretly text messaging like crazy. Never had any typos either
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Oh I know the feeling.
They keyboard is ... Good. I sold my N1 for an Epic, and the epic has a nice 5 row-er.
The keyboard on the G2 has a "rough"ish texture to it. However it has beautiful tactile feedback and is enjoyable for sure.

Apologies for the duplicate post but could you tell us about the GSM/UMTS bands the g2 supports? I've been reading conflicting reports on it.

[pics] SGS3 Specs Revealed from Samsung mole.

Someone on reddit has a friend who works in a 'high level' position at Samsung and snapped a shot of the new SGS III.
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Here's the thread:
Here's the spec's his friend has confirmed so far...
* A 4.7 inch screen that nearly takes up the whole phone, but some bezel space was needed for the camera, , speakers, mic, and so cases would fit on it. He said it WILL be HD and have a ceramic "micro arc oxidation" back.
* Quad core exynos (spelling?) 4412.
* The screen is Super Amoled Plus with HD.
* The camera is a 12 megapixel with flash.
* 2 gigs of ram.
*8 millimeters thick, and no bump this time around, just "smooth".
*2250 milla-amp/hour battery, but no wireless charging.
The thread is new so he will be updating it as he gets more info from his friend.
As always, it's best to be skeptical of new information, but, if this info is true all I have to say is HOLY FUARK!

Looks like an s2 with a sticker on the bottom.
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Sigh.... There really wasn't any need to start another crappy rumour thread on something which has already been mentioned in the other SGS3 thread.
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That's running AOSP...
#justsayin

My best guess would be specs similar to the HTC ONE X.
1.5ghz quad core (samsung may clock it slightly higher)
1gb ram, i dont see why it would go to 1.5gb or 2gb as this seems like overkill to me & not needed, ive never been close to using 1gb on my SGS2.
4.7-4.8 inch 720p screen
Overclocked Mali gpu, which would be disappointing as alot of us do that anyway.
8mp, 2mp - can't see that changing, i see no reason too
7mm thick.
Even lighter than SGS2
Ceramic back.
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Isn't the back button on the wrong side too?

aosp if they do it this cant go wrong

"...it will possibly have two optional launchers, ICS with touchwiz overlay and vanilla ICS"
From the reddit thread.

All I care about is more MP in the camera....do this & I'm sold
If I helped you, please press the Thanks button

I hope it has no touchwiz. I hate touchwiz.
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marcadam said:
Sigh.... There really wasn't any need to start another crappy rumour thread on something which has already been mentioned in the other SGS3 thread.
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This
pulser_g2 said:
That's running AOSP...
#justsayin
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And this.
Not to mention it looks oh so fake.

Looks crap to me
I'ld prefer this design:

pulser_g2 said:
That's running AOSP...
#justsayin
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I lol'd at this. XD
promethiumx said:
Looks crap to me
I'ld prefer this design:
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Same. I like this better.

ronj1986 said:
All I care about is more MP in the camera....do this & I'm sold
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That well known measure of the quality of a camera?
If it has moar gigapixels it must be better!

I hope the screen has better quality.
Sent from my ulekan sambel

Better quality than what ?

the specs are AWESOME !!!

I hope it looks like the one on OP with no physical home key. If it has a physical home key, I'm going to buy an HTC. It's 2012, you're making a touchscreen device, enough with physical keys.

u can get hold of sgs3 and take a dead pic ? looks fake to me

aydc said:
I hope it looks like the one on OP with no physical home key. If it has a physical home key, I'm going to buy an HTC. It's 2012, you're making a touchscreen device, enough with physical keys.
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So you are going from a phone with 2 capacitive buttons and 1 physical button to a phone with 3 capacitive buttons...

Samsung Galaxy S III - All Updates

On 23 April, Samsung begun a countdown for the next galaxy with an anagram.
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Yesterday, the countdown finally stopped and a teaser for the upcoming galaxy was posted.
SUMMARY OF VIDEO ACCORDING TO ME----
The video begins in the wilderness showing a distant city, all lit up in the night. The camera then zooms into outer space along with text that reads ‘Where a galaxy fits perfectly into your hand’. This is a subtle hint that the phone won’t be as massive as the Galaxy Note or possibly, the Galaxy Nexus. I have a feeling Samsung may just stick to the 4.3-inch screen but with a much higher resolution. This makes perfect sense and I hope they do that.
The camera then pans out across different galaxies along with another line, ‘Your view of the world grows even wider’. This could hint at the aspect ratio of the new phone. Any Other Guess! Anyone.
Then, it goes deeper into the universe and text appears, "AS YOU GAIN THE POWER TO EXPLORE IT FREELY & SWIFTLY', this time i'm cluelss.
Here comes the funniest part, the iSheeps, which shows a herd of sheep and the line, ‘…everyone else’.
The video ends with the Samsung logo and those very same blobs of metallic paint we saw in the invite. This definitely hints to the type of material used in the chassis of the S III or if not, at least the colours it will be available in. Sadly, at this moment, we don’t have any real clue about the phone itself and looking at how Samsung is hyping their next-gen Galaxy phone, I really doubt those leaked pictures are the real deal.
It appears as if Samsung is trying to throw us off the track here into thinking that the GT-I9300 is indeed the S III, which it isn’t (at least, that’s what we hope). Only a few days are left for Samsung’s Mobile Unpacked 2012 event which will take place on May 3, so see you then.

So we let us suprise. Wow !!
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This may be our first real picture:

I still hope there will be more than one device revealed on May 3rd.
Three stones on the invitation card: one small, one medium, one large.
Could be a phone, a phablet (note) and a tablet

kennethpenn said:
This may be our first real picture:
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IT's a fake.
See: http://www.galaxys3blog.net/2012/04/first-real-picture-of-samsungs-galaxy.html

globalgpj said:
IT's a fake.
See: http://www.galaxys3blog.net/2012/04/first-real-picture-of-samsungs-galaxy.html
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Aww that's too bad. Very convincing Photoshop!

kennethpenn said:
Aww that's too bad. Very convincing Photoshop!
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and the funny part is the capacitive buttons are lit up even before the phone is turned on, new technology to waste battery

he´s using BLN and has a notification ....... ;D

http://www.techstuffs4u.com/samsung-galaxy-s3-release-date/
They're saying possible June / July release
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I voted "don't know" it depends on a number of factors, it will have to beat the SGSII in every department for it to outsell it, price too will be a factor, many countries are in deep recession and many people cannot afford the luxury of shelling out big money on a smartphone so i hope Samsung don't vastly overcharge, €599 is far too much this is the figure that was given on the Amazon German website

BLN
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he´s using BLN and has a notification ....... ;D
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Bro Im using samsung galaxy s3 i9300 how do i enable bln control from play store app?

Screen blemish/burn - Take a look!

Hi all,
Recently purchased an International S3 on a Vodafone UK contract.
I was surfing the internet last night and noticed a rather odd mark had appeared on the screen.
Think I might have to send it back as the mark will not disappear and is very noticable on a white background.
It also shows up on all the Red, Green and Blue screen tests in the service menu.
What do you think? The mark is on the bottom left edge!
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Go back to store and change your device..
This is definitely a screen problem.

Agreed, insist on new not repair

Yeah, demand for exhange!
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ausdim said:
Go back to store and change your device..
This is definitely a screen problem.
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I agree

Hi guys,
Sent this back to Samsung today. Got to be without the phone for a good 15 days sigh!
The company I got the phone with only offer 7 day return policy Great!!
Will be interesting to see if I get the same device back or if they replace it.
Paul

Its not as bad as it looks likes on the Pic.
The photo was taken with an iPhone 4 and the camera of the iPhone 4 has a lens which makes the center of the pic blueish.
Your screen looks a bit purple but every SAMSUNG GALAXY SIII has this.
I see no reason to return your phone.

But does anyone have an idea what that is? It doesn't look like screen burn...what could cause that?

jonstatt said:
But does anyone have an idea what that is? It doesn't look like screen burn...what could cause that?
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It's called Super Amoled, Learn to life with it babe.

Aerys said:
Its not as bad as it looks likes on the Pic.
The photo was taken with an iPhone 4 and the camera of the iPhone 4 has a lens which makes the center of the pic blueish.
Your screen looks a bit purple but every SAMSUNG GALAXY SIII has this.
I see no reason to return your phone.
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Aerys, Are you not seeing the same mark as I am?
I have no issue with the overall colour of the screen. However, I do have a problem with the horrible piss stained mark that has appeared on the bottom left of the screen!!

Excellent!! Got my phone back today after 8 days without it.
Samsung have apparently repaired it, however I cannot check because they did not send my battery back with the phone!
Nice one Samsung, very proffesional!
To top it off they said a new battery will be sent and should be there on mon/tue next week.
Great! Another week without my phone.
Knew I should of got the iPhone...

I've had my phone a little over a month now and I've never experienced that. I also heard that the led fatigue issue wasn't so dangerous on the S3 as it was on the Galaxy Nexus and previous sAMOLED screen devices.

i had some similiar screen problems so i changed my s3 three times and all of them had the same problem with the screen so i got my money back and now i am wating on the Note 2

Woaa.. u should go to the store and claim warranty

xkruz said:
Woaa.. u should go to the store and claim warranty
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Would of done if they did not offer a measly 7 day return policy