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Now, I have the Tab and I couldn't help but notice the default camera program only lets you take pics with the front facing camera and not record video with it. So I was wondering if their was like an app for this or some tinkering with the software and what that could be done to get this working?
I think you can do that with the Qik video chat program, but I haven't really tinkered around with it
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I think you can do that with the Qik video chat program, but I haven't really tinkered around with it
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Trust me I've tried. Every time I hit record it freezes up. I mean first a green screen then complete freeze.
Ya, I actually tried right after posting that's exactly what happened to me. Bahh Humbug.
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Ya, I actually tried right after posting that's exactly what happened to me. Bahh Humbug.
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Yea, it sucks. I mean I don't understand. I mean in theory the Tab's FFC should be able to record video, but this is not the case at all.
I tried the Qik app and it is working for me for front-facing recording. I had the T-Mo version when I first got my Tab that sometimes froze, but went to the Qik site and got an update that worked much better. Haven't had any problems with it yet.
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I tried the Qik app and it is working for me for front-facing recording. I had the T-Mo version when I first got my Tab that sometimes froze, but went to the Qik site and got an update that worked much better. Haven't had any problems with it yet.
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What update?
Theres alot of chatter on this. This is the deal breaker for some of us so please post if there is a solution at all on any version of froyo. Some say the camera blur is on all the leaks and the final EB13. Is that true?
I just tested it...
My camera was extremely unusable just now. But yesterday, I was able to record a basketball game perfectly indoors.
This was not present in dk28.
Dk28 actually had great lowlight useability... I recorded a few videos out in the park around midnight without flash and they were easily viewable. Flash was just a plus.
But now seeing this problem I might actually go back to dk28...I realllllly don't want to, but ima need the camera to work in low light...
I thought it was just recording laggy, but the playback was exactly the same
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I wonder if anybodys tried it with the OC kernel...it could possibly make up for the lag that is present. I don't think there will be a solution here on xda anyone soon, IMHO. This all seems to be a camera driver issue as I believe samsung changed the inherent behavior of the camera.
but this is all speculation of course
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You know... I thought it was just me aswell. I reflashed the samsung tool again. After a full boot up, launched camera. It was actually better but not eclair better, then I did the prl update and profile update, reboot and now its it worse! This is actualy good news. Meaning that its just a software bug.
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I wonder if anybodys tried it with the OC kernel...it could possibly make up for the lag that is present. I don't think there will be a solution here on xda anyone soon, IMHO. This all seems to be a camera driver issue as I believe samsung changed the inherent behavior of the camera.
but this is all speculation of course
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oh yeah. I used 1.2 genocide. No help, just as blurry.
inconsistent
The camera on the Epic has been inconsistent even before upgrading to Android 2.2. Sometimes the images rival a good point-n-shoot but only when there is plenty of light. The fact that the camera sticks out and collects smudges just from holding the phone does not help.
I have had better luck playing with the ISO and other settings. Even just leaving the camera in Macro seems to produce better results.
Is there a better camera app?
I wonder if anyone's had any luck installing the eclair camera app?
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I switched back to 2.1 because of it using odin. 2.2 saves video in mp4 format, 2.1 saves video in 3gp. That may have something to do with it.
Is there a way to change it t 3gp? I don't think a lot of texting 0hones can handle mp4 lol
And has anyon tried a 3rd party camera app?
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Is there a way to change it t 3gp? I don't think a lot of texting 0hones can handle mp4 lol
And has anyon tried a 3rd party camera app?
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I don't think a 3rd party app will make a difference as far as quality. The drivers are the issue.
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I switched back to 2.1 because of it using odin. 2.2 saves video in mp4 format, 2.1 saves video in 3gp. That may have something to do with it.
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It is NOT a 3GP issue. I am running DK28 Quantum ROM and there are NO camera issues at all. I'm not going to EB13 until there is a fix for this.
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I switched back to 2.1 because of it using odin. 2.2 saves video in mp4 format, 2.1 saves video in 3gp. That may have something to do with it.
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I dont think do. Maybe the outcome of the video should be effected but not the live feed on the screen. I haven't tried the apk from eclair, but I have tried the dk28 on eclair. It FC.
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It is NOT a 3GP issue. I am running DK28 Quantum ROM and there are NO camera issues at all. I'm not going to EB13 until there is a fix for this.
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ill try that rom in about 3 hours. I need to see if its true since aloe of people have said that this camera blue is on ALL froyos.
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ill try that rom in about 3 hours. I need to see if its true since aloe of people have said that this camera blue is on ALL froyos.
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You may have to take into account that a couple of these dk28 roms have some pretty nice enhancements and tweaks that might make the issue seem less severe.
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mattallica76 said:
You may have to take into account that a couple of these dk28 roms have some pretty nice enhancements and tweaks that might make the issue seem less severe.
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I was running the stock DK28 rom downloaded from Google when it was first leaked and I had zero problems with the camera.
I own a pretty dimly lit store, and I took several videos in there with the phone that I posted to YouTube showing off our products, with DK28. Now with EB13, the camera is useless in the same store with the same light.
This was not a problem with DK28. It's not Froyo. It's EB13 that's the problem.
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I'm not going to EB13 until there is a fix for this.
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Considering it took them 6 months to crank out this mess, you could be waiting an eternity for something better.
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Considering it took them 6 months to crank out this mess, you could be waiting an eternity for something better.
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thats my fear aswell. But sprint and samsung just pulled the update from their sites. So that means they do know of these issues anf realize it has to be pulled and fixed. But comparing eclair to froyo camera performance is night and day. Pretty much useless at low light. I need low light. But I will never buy htc just because they update faster. Htc has their own awful hardware problens like under performing gpu and cpu.
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thats my fear aswell. But sprint and samsung just pulled the update from their sites. So that means they do know of these issues anf realize it has to be pulled and fixed. But comparing eclair to froyo camera performance is night and day. Pretty much useless at low light. I need low light. But I will never buy htc just because they update faster. Htc has their own awful hardware problens like under performing gpu and cpu.
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Hopefully enough people alert them to the camera and graphics issues. I think right now they are only worried about peoples sd card data being randomly deleted.
Just got off phone with advanced tech support for sprint talking to them about the updates, and i said you know why im calling she said yes, I said why am i calling she said because of the low light issue and the update, I said exactly. she said and I quote " samsung is aware of the issue and the solution they have said will fix it is to do a master reset"
I for one find this irrittating as a solution. im not doing it just cuz my camera cant see low light
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Just got off phone with advanced tech support for sprint talking to them about the updates, and i said you know why im calling she said yes, I said why am i calling she said because of the low light issue and the update, I said exactly. she said and I quote " samsung is aware of the issue and the solution they have said will fix it is to do a master reset"
I for one find this irrittating as a solution. im not doing it just cuz my camera cant see low light
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how u do a master reset? U mean the 768 dial code? Or odin flash?
Hi,
Since going to Sense gingerbread ROMs, my camera has been horrible in low light pictures. It seems like the flash is firing just a little bit too early. By the time the shutter opens, the flash has pretty much done its thing, and the picture comes out very dark. I have tried every single combination of Sense GB ROM and kernel that is currently available, and I get the same result with every single one. I have also tried all of the cameras available in the Market. I get the same poor results with every single one of them. The only way that I can get a decent low light picture is to flash back to a Froyo ROM, or over to an AOSP ROM. The pictures taken in any Froyo or AOSP ROM come out good and bright in all conditions. I think that there must be some sort of incompatibility with Gingerbread ROMs and the camera in my phone.
But of course just like every other thing with these phones, not everyone is having problems. But there are quite a few people that are. I've been trying to work out whether it is some sort of software issue, or hardware. We all know that there are four different hardware versions on the Evo. And from what I can determine, there are two different types of cameras in use. I started a little survey in one of the ROM threads in development. But I thought that I'd move it up here so that more people could see it and participate. I am hoping that if you know for sure that you are having the dark low light photos problem or if you know for sure that you're not having the problem that you could post information in this thread about the ROM you're running, your hardware version, the camera that you have in your phone, and whether you're having the problem or not. To determine the camera in use, do the following:
Using root explorer navigate to sys/ you will see android_camera and android_camera2. Android_camera is the rear camera. Go into that folder, hold over sensor until you see the options menu. Scroll down to View As Text and that opens the file with Camera brand and model number. Post that information to the thread, along with the other information requested above. I'll start:
ROM: Classic 0.0.4
Hardware: 0003
Camera: samsung S5K3HIGX 8M
I do have the issue
Thank you to anyone that responds to this.
To my understanding its software. Gb causes flash to work improperly causing overexposure dark pics etc...
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To my understanding its software. Gb causes flash to work improperly causing overexposure dark pics etc...
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Right. Not everyone on GB has the problem though. I am trying to find something that everyone with the problem has in common. It's not the camera itself. Maybe it's the camera and hardware combination. That's what I'm hoping to determine with this thread.
Tried everything you have tried above with no good results. Sprint store is a waste of time don't bother. I hope ICS makes things better.
Classic rom 0.0.4
Hw 0003
Omnivision 0v8810 8m
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Tried everything you have tried above with no good results. Sprint store is a waste of time don't bother. I hope ICS makes things better.
Classic rom 0.0.4
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Probably true, but I think that I'll give my Sprint store a try anyway. Who knows. They might be able to come up with something. Just wish I had more info to give them going in. You and I both have the same issues, but different cameras. The only similarity is the HW 0003.
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Probably true, but I think that I'll give my Sprint store a try anyway. Who knows. They might be able to come up with something. Just wish I had more info to give them going in. You and I both have the same issues, but different cameras. The only similarity is the HW 0003.
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I took it to two stores, one said my flash was going bad they replaced it so they say, but that wasn't it. Another store said my camera was loose they fixed that but still the same problem. This one rep was pissing me off because he was taking pictures in the bright ass store telling me my camera was fine when i clearly told him it happen at night or in low light places. And i told him to duplicate the problem he will need to go in a dark room or somewhere low lit but clearly they didn't do it. But you may have a different experience, good luck to you. please post what happens at your store.thx. Oh, also i wanted to tell them so badly about asop and froyo roms working but couldn't.
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I took it to two stores, one said my flash was going bad they replaced it so they say, but that wasn't it. Another store said my camera was loose they fixed that but still the same problem. This one rep was pissing me off because he was taking pictures in the bright ass store telling me my camera was fine when i clearly told him it happen at night or in low light places. And i told him to duplicate the problem he will need to go in a dark room or somewhere low lit but clearly they didn't do it. But you may have a different experience, good luck to you. please post what happens at your store.thx. Oh, also i wanted to tell them so badly about asop and froyo roms working but couldn't.
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I plan on telling them about it working well on Froyo. I restored my nandroid from right after I rooted and took a few pictures. Then I went back to Classic and took the same pictures. The difference is huge. But yea, cannot mention AOSP at all.
Also, I'm not unrooting my phone. I installed the latest stock GB ROM. Hopefully they won't dig too deeply into that. I've had really good luck with this non-corporate Sprint store down the road. Hopefully my luck will continue today. Though I'm not exactly sure what I expect to get out of it. I mean I really don't think that the problem is fixable on the phone. But I'll feel better once I've exhausted all possible options.
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I took it to two stores, one said my flash was going bad they replaced it so they say, but that wasn't it. Another store said my camera was loose they fixed that but still the same problem. This one rep was pissing me off because he was taking pictures in the bright ass store telling me my camera was fine when i clearly told him it happen at night or in low light places. And i told him to duplicate the problem he will need to go in a dark room or somewhere low lit but clearly they didn't do it. But you may have a different experience, good luck to you. please post what happens at your store.thx. Oh, also i wanted to tell them so badly about asop and froyo roms working but couldn't.
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Sounds like he was trying to avoid addressing your problem by making it look like a non problem. I'm guessing possibly in front of other people so it looked like you were just wining. If they can't replicate it, it must not be happening right?
That is exactly what went down in the store, exactly!
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The Sprint store guy admitted that he could see the issue. He had an older Evo around with Froyo on it and he compared and sure enough, there was a big difference. He said that the only thing he could really do would be to order a replacement, but that the replacement might have the same problem or some other problem. So at least he was honest with me.
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How about posting your hardware, camera, and ROM...
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Multiple threads on this topic, but posting here since this is the most recent.
First, the basics:
Evo 4G rooted
still running standard Sprint Rom (basic tweaks, nothing serious)
Camera Zoom FX 3.2.2
Yesterday I realized that I'm having this issue as well... pictures are certainly coming out darker than before. This isn't the first time it's occurred, but up until now didn't realize it was reoccurring thing. It's further exaggerated when shooting from a lower light area towards a brighter area (example: from inside a car of something outside). No big shock there.
I installed Camera Zoom a few months ago in hopes of increasing the quality of pics (over the stock camera app). Overall, it was very successful. However, for the most part I take pics indoors or under a decent amount of overhead/ambient light. Thus far, no problems. But it seems that the increase in pic quality with Camera Zoom has also brought an increase in darkness to these pics in certain situations. Not so good.
Will try to find an answer.
Anyone got it working?
I know it's there, cause when i look at the installed app list with anttek app manager it is shown on the list. but anyone got it working?
Dunno, maybe try ripping the xoom's settings.apk & running it on your tf... probably won't work, but u can try
Transformer doesn't have Face unlock feature. Camera quality + no flash + night = ****ty moment.
PatrikSelin said:
Transformer doesn't have Face unlock feature. Camera quality + no flash + night = ****ty moment.
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It has a backup code
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Come one... the camera quality should be good enough to be able to do it...
This is one of the features why I was so excited for ICS, why did they break it out? :S
What on Earth does 'no flash' have to do with it ???? its the FRONT camera that gets used !!
I have Face Unlock on my Nexus but to be honest it stayed enabled a day or so as a novelty but is now an unused feature.
Face unlock will be available for Revolver
I've never seen a frontcam flash XD
But my Galaxy will probably get it soon
But my front doesn't work at all anymore? :S
The camera app presents a black screen, and when I try to click on something after thet, it crashes...
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I've never seen a frontcam flash XD
But my Galaxy will probably get it soon
But my front doesn't work at all anymore? :S
The camera app presents a black screen, and when I try to click on something after thet, it crashes...
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Front camera working for me .... did you flash via CWM ? and if so did you then flash the full ICS (minus recovery) OVER THE TOP ?
That seems to clear up a lot of small issues .....
It seems to be the only issue I have so far, everythign else works like a charm...
I just used the update feature in the tab itself...
Edit: The front cam does work when I switch to it in the Ustream app... so I guess it will work in Skype to... I never use it in the camera app anyway
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What on Earth does 'no flash' have to do with it ???? its the FRONT camera that gets used !!
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The lack of flash is a problem when it is night or you're in the dark.
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The lack of flash is a problem when it is night or you're in the dark.
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lol..... really ??
no what i meant is that there arent many (any?) phones/tablets with a flash on the Front camera so its not an issue with the TF and face unlock ....
like i say though - face unlock on my Nexus is pretty much unused.
Faceunlock is one of the few new options in Android which is actually noticeable. ASUS sucks just like the others.
and @PatrikSelin
****ty moment is when you mother's doing poop, if don't want to use FU you JUST don't have to! And you're an idiot, 'cause neither phone has flash at front <facepalm>.
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And you're an idiot, 'cause neither phone has flash at front <facepalm>.
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How many times have I said "phones has flash at front"? None. Face recognition in the dark works like a car with square wheels (hint: It just doesn't work).
Not sure if you guys have experienced this before as I didn't see any thread discussing it.
But this happened to me 3 times, after using the camera in low light and moving to gallery to preview the picture, Nexus 4 halts and reboots.
Not sure if this is related, but I can also hear the lens moving.
This happened on stock Rom and Kernel
And yesterday it happened again on Franco Kernel r34 and CM10
Attached is the kernel log, any recommendation?
Thanks,
Dani
danillll said:
Not sure if you guys have experienced this before as I didn't see any thread discussing it.
But this happened to me 3 times, after using the camera in low light and moving to gallery to preview the picture, Nexus 4 halts and reboots.
Not sure if this is related, but I can also hear the lens moving.
This happened on stock Rom and Kernel
And yesterday it happened again on Franco Kernel r34 and CM10
Attached is the kernel log, any recommendation?
Thanks,
Dani
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what?! lens moving? really moving or just creaking a bit?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2099859
I had the same thing happen to me, see thread above.
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realfelix said:
what?! lens moving? really moving or just creaking a bit?
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Sorry, it was more like shutter sound or focus , creaking is a good description as well
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2099859
I had the same thing happen to me, see thread above.
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Good to know I'm not the only one.
Did you capture the kernel log? I am intrested to see if the stack trace/exception are the same.
I hope it's not a hardware issue.
unfortunately no (i have no idea how you do that) but after some thinking im gonna assume it is software related
i mean it was just like you described moving between gallery and camera back and forth suddenly the device got stuck and had to rebooted i mean if it was hardware related why didnt it reboot or turn off immediately
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unfortunately no (i have no idea how you do that) but after some thinking im gonna assume it is software related
i mean it was just like you described moving between gallery and camera back and forth suddenly the device got stuck and had to rebooted i mean if it was hardware related why didnt it reboot or turn off immediately
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I found another two people running into the exact same issue, their kernel crash log is identical to mine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36126425&postcount=4064
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35788305&postcount=2448
this should have been happening more frequent but not everyone is reporting it, or maybe we are the lucky ones...
danillll said:
I found another two people running into the exact same issue, their kernel crash log is identical to mine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36126425&postcount=4064
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35788305&postcount=2448
this should have been happening more frequent but not everyone is reporting it, or maybe we are the lucky ones...
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Hey I sent to you a PM, maybe try updated kernel r61 on franco runs very well. :fingers-crossed: