Is it just me, or would this be a very useful thing to have?
The double arrow on the bottom right lets you switch between 4:3 and 16:9 display.
my only complain is, it doesn't have zoom setting. sometimes i preferoriginal size becausse it's more clear, even smaller display size
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I am not sure if the camera is suppose to zoom, but when i am in camera mode with the camera setting I cant zoom in or out. It stays at 1.0x. when i click on the up or down arrow it just beeps.
when in another camera mode i can zoom.
anybody have this problem?
mine zoomed the first time i tried, but not it just beeps like yours.
It uses a digital zoom, so make sure your resolution is not set to 2MP or you will not be able to zoom. Anything under should be fine
yeah that did the trick...lowering the resolution.
Just so you know, lowering the resolution and zooming doesn't gain you anything over using 2MP mode. Digital zoom is basically just cropping, so when you're on a lower res, it lets you zoom to the 2MP level, and just crops it.
anyone notice than when setting wallpaper images scaled perfectly to the screen's native resolution, they get a bit fuzzier compared to the view in the gallery????
Here's an example, download this image.....
oops, can't submit links yet. Look for the starry night image at 1080X1920 resolution on google image search. It's a good example.
This is image looks pops really nicely when viewed in the gallery, amazing details and contrast. When set as a wallpaper though, a lot of the sharpness is gone. This happens independently of the screen settings. The same effect happens either with touchwiz or nova launcher, same happens when set with quick pic or stock gallery app. Same effect obviously with different 1080p images besides the one given in the link.
Anyone have any ideas about what's happening here? Kind of a shame cause the display is pretty awesome......We need a fix..
I am running a verizon s4, stock unrooted. I haven't not seen this issue reported as far as I know....
orangelight99 said:
anyone notice than when setting wallpaper images scaled perfectly to the screen's native resolution, they get a bit fuzzier compared to the view in the gallery????
Here's an example, download this image.....
oops, can't submit links yet. Look for the starry night image at 1080X1920 resolution on google image search. It's a good example.
This is image looks pops really nicely when viewed in the gallery, amazing details and contrast. When set as a wallpaper though, a lot of the sharpness is gone. This happens independently of the screen settings. The same effect happens either with touchwiz or nova launcher, same happens when set with quick pic or stock gallery app. Same effect obviously with different 1080p images besides the one given in the link.
Anyone have any ideas about what's happening here? Kind of a shame cause the display is pretty awesome......We need a fix..
I am running a verizon s4, stock unrooted. I haven't not seen this issue reported as far as I know....
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I have a full HD wallpaper and I viewed it full screen in the gallery and then hit home button to revert to homescreen and I can't notice a change at all. Every pixel is identical to that of the gallery image.
When I hit the home button the only changes are my icons appearing on the background (obviously). but colour, contrast, sharpness etc all stay the same.
I haven't tried with you stary night picture you mentioned though.
Maybe that image just isn't full HD or the pixels are slightly wrong.
Have you opened that same file in Photoshop and double checked?
Or are you just taking Googles word for it beings the right res?
yea, the photo is 1080X1920. I double checked. So are the others I tried.
the effect is definitely not drastic but it is there and I tried a few images. I think the problem is in the loss of fine details most obviously seen in
highres textures or intricate wispy patterns. I've spent many a hour working with high res type images and when these types of jpegs are set as a wallpaper, it's like the images have been run through a couple degrees of a blur filter.
I would think quite a few users would notice though they may not be able to articulate exactly what's going on....it is less stunning imo.....
Me too. The wallpaper seems less clear. Used a 1920x1200 wallpaper.
You have to use an image that is 1920 high and 1080 wide, most 1080p images are 1920 wide and 1080 high instead. So whats happening is when you set the wallpaper, the wallpaper setter has to scale and stretch the image to fit the hight of the screen.
These phones are in portrait mode most of the time remember, where as most images on the web are in landscape wide screen.
I download all my wallpapers using Zedge app. Use Quickpic app to set as wallpaper. No fuzzy issue, the wallpaper looks sharp and crisp.
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yes, the images I am using are in portrait mode, they are not resizing. try using the a highly detailed image and toggle between the gallery view and the homescreen. maybe i am seeing things but i am pretty friggin sure I can't be the only one noticing this.
Try to turn off the automatic display calibation. This option change level of saturation and other display setting depending the app you are running.
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yes, the images I am using are in portrait mode, they are not resizing. try using the a highly detailed image and toggle between the gallery view and the homescreen. maybe i am seeing things but i am pretty friggin sure I can't be the only one noticing this.
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I have always wondered if android lowered the quality of an image when setting it as wallpaper for some pragmatic reason? But have never been able to figure it out.
This has been an issue on every Android device ive ever had - its obviously something at OS level. I use an app called 'Simple Image Wallpaper' it allows you to set an image at 100% quality as it works as a Live Wallpaper. Enjoy!
Use this.
thanks be to the previous 2 posters. I will check out those apps and see if they helped any....
Just want to confirm this issue. Having the same problem.
Looks super sharp and clear in Gallery, becomes blurry when set as Wallpaper.
Resolution is definitely 1080x1920 (W x H)
Issue here as well.
Our LCD resolution is 1920x1080. Wallpaper must be 1920x1920 in order to get a 1 to 1 mapping of wallpaper pixels to screen pixels. This is because our displays switch from landscape to portrait when we turn the phone and so wallpapers are displayed as a 1080x1920 cropping or a 1920x1080 cropping of a 1920x1920 resolution image. If you supply a 1080x1920 image as a wallpaper and the phone needs to display it across 1920x1080 LCD pixels, then it will crop out a 1080x1080 square, use that as a wallpaper, stretching 1080 image pixels across 1920 lcd pixels. This may sound strange, but it really does make sense as a solution to solve the problem of how to display wallpaper when the screen can be rotated. Ever notice that the stock ROM wallpapers are square, 1920x1920?
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Our LCD resolution is 1920x1080. Wallpaper must be 1920x1920 in order to get a 1 to 1 mapping of wallpaper pixels to screen pixels. This is because our displays switch from landscape to portrait when we turn the phone and so wallpapers are displayed as a 1080x1920 cropping or a 1920x1080 cropping of a 1920x1920 resolution image. If you supply a 1080x1920 image as a wallpaper and the phone needs to display it across 1920x1080 LCD pixels, then it will crop out a 1080x1080 square, use that as a wallpaper, stretching 1080 image pixels across 1920 lcd pixels. This may sound strange, but it really does make sense as a solution to solve the problem of how to display wallpaper when the screen can be rotated. Ever notice that the stock ROM wallpapers are square, 1920x1920?
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This makes perfect sense. Do u have any good sources for 1920x1920 size wallpaper? Much Thanks :good:
interfacelift.com/wallpaper/
Is one of my favorites for very hi-res photos. You could just google wallpaper.
You will need to use a photo cropping tool (like paint or photoshop or gimp) to crop or resample to desired size.
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Is it possible somehow to get the floating button back? The pinch to zoom doesnt work on all aspect ratio media.
I saw that the crop button from samsung is called smartfittingservice and its a sistem app from sammy.
How can we get it to work back?
Yeah, the crop button worked for all aspect ratios regular and wide but the new pinch to zoom works only with regular aspect ratios otherwise it leaves two long black bars on the top and bottom of S8 which is annoying. I hope we get the zoom button back.
Yeah , no one else saw this, this is a big dissapointment, can we samehow get it back, those who are on oreo beta, please make a feedback to a sammy developer, we nees that crop button back....we cannot go full immersive anymore on all media with variat aspect formats.
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Yeah , no one else saw this, this is a big dissapointment, can we samehow get it back, those who are on oreo beta, please make a feedback to a sammy developer, we nees that crop button back....we cannot go full immersive anymore on all media with variat aspect formats.
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Am on 7.0 with new YouTube app there is only pinch to zoom now.. Floating button is no more.
Hello everyone, I just bought an LG G6, I am an avid Clash Royale player, but for some reason it scales in the Top of the phone, but in the bottom it shows a black bar, which is annoying, anyone else can confirm they have the same issue?
Thanks,
Dont judge, just help,
Thanks
not all games are supported
As mentioned, not all games are supported, most of us probably got used to the fact our phones have (still) "unusal" aspect ratio so most fullscreen apps will show black bars either on the top and bottom or on the sides.
However sometimes you can force changing aspect ratio of the app. When swiping during immersive mode - proper way of naming "full screen" - and revealing status bar or navbar, a blueish-greenish (I'm a guy, colors are not my forte) button with arrows will appear. Pressing it and selecting the option you want, forces the app to be launcher with other aspect ratio, usually resulting in cropped content...
But some games do support it kinda properly, for example Dungeon Defense.
There are even some games that support full immersive mode, but not that much right now. 18:9 will surely be a "future" standard aspect ratio so the range of apps fully supporting it will increase soon.
Galaxy S8 users are scr3wed more, 18,5:9 aspect ratio makes these bars even bigger!
I've turned off video stabilization.
When I record a video from the photo mode (ultra wide) by long pressing the shutter button, it seems to record in a wider field of view with a resolution of 1920 x 1440.
When I head into video mode and try any resolution, it's not as wide.
Any reason behind this? Anyway that I can get this field of view by default in video instead of going through photo mode shortcut?
Thanks
Welll .. in video mode it is croping in the center for 4k resolution (about 8MP of 12MP of the sensor) and for 16:9 aspect ratio.
When you keep your finger on the shutter in photo mode, it uses the entire senzor downscaled to FHD+ resolution with 4:3 aspect ratio.
(16:9 -> 1920:1080)
(4:3 -> 1920:1440)
This is how also camera makers are "cheating" sometimes as well ...
For example, Canon's 4k has the same issue .. it is having a crop, compared with FullHD.
You can try the following tests on your device:
1. Put it in exactly the same place for all the tests.
2. Switch in settings to FullHD resolution for back cameras
3. Do a :
- photo in ultrawide
- keep on shutter button in photo mode in ultra wide
- go to video ultrawide (FHD) and record a video
4. Do the same, but in 4k for back video
5. Compare the videos, and you will see the crop in 4k, but not that big in FullHD.
All 3 video from step 3 will have the same width of the frame .. only the video done in video mode will be missing some parts on the lower and top side, as it is cropped to 16:9.
4k video from step 4 will be cropped as it is doing a real 4k readout in the center of the sensor.
I hope this helps you.
rhadoo_ds said:
Welll .. in video mode it is croping in the center for 4k resolution (about 8MP of 12MP of the sensor) and for 16:9 aspect ratio.
When you keep your finger on the shutter in photo mode, it uses the entire senzor downscaled to FHD+ resolution with 4:3 aspect ratio.
(16:9 -> 1920:1080)
(4:3 -> 1920:1440)
This is how also camera makers are "cheating" sometimes as well ...
For example, Canon's 4k has the same issue .. it is having a crop, compared with FullHD.
You can try the following tests on your device:
1. Put it in exactly the same place for all the tests.
2. Switch in settings to FullHD resolution for back cameras
3. Do a :
- photo in ultrawide
- keep on shutter button in photo mode in ultra wide
- go to video ultrawide (FHD) and record a video
4. Do the same, but in 4k for back video
5. Compare the videos, and you will see the crop in 4k, but not that big in FullHD.
All 3 video from step 3 will have the same width of the frame .. only the video done in video mode will be missing some parts on the lower and top side, as it is cropped to 16:9.
4k video from step 4 will be cropped as it is doing a real 4k readout in the center of the sensor.
I hope this helps you.
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Yes! Sure helps and makes sense. Thank you for a simple and detailed explanation.