Well, I'd like to know what is going to happen with us?
I know at least we got gingerbread working but without photo camera.
We need someone who help us, I have spent some days trying to match some files from froyo to make camera work, but no success
Is there anyone out there with the solution?
HEY!
Read. I'm trying.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277968
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Read. I'm trying.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277968
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Yes I read it, lets hope motorola send you another bravo.
I thought that you were going to be without your bravo alredy, but I see you can get another one.
So man, tell about your progress with it. Did you get something while you got the phone?
I was desperate because there is another version of android running and we cant still get the camera working for gingerbread.
Gingerbread for me is one of the most important updates. Lets see what ICS got for us.
i dont think we should look at ics much actually i pretty happy with just having ginger bread on this device. Our main concern should be getting the stock camera to work. dont get me wrong fast burst is a quick fix but sometimes the app freezes up on me.
slowcurve said:
i dont think we should look at ics much actually i pretty happy with just having ginger bread on this device. Our main concern should be getting the stock camera to work. dont get me wrong fast burst is a quick fix but sometimes the app freezes up on me.
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You are not wrong, fast burst is a quick fix, but I think it it isnt.
If we had at least an app to take photos at 3mpx it would be really awsome.
I remember that when CM7 was being adapted to cliq XT, there were some apps that worked.
Still we need someone that knows code or something cause i would love to have the 3mp camera back
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slowcurve said:
Still we need someone that knows code or something cause i would love to have the 3mp camera back
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We are all waiting for it man.
I would like to do it, but its difficult.
To use my word of the day, yes, this is being "uber" difficult to do. Anyone that want's to see where my phone progress is at can check out FedEx's website with this tracking number. 795366278313 . At the time that I posted this it had just left Bend, OR. on it's way to Texas.
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I forgot to mention, I almost had the camera working. It previewed, it clicked, it saved to the gallery! But exit the camera and it was gone. GONE! Just poof into nothing! I swear. I took like 20 pics almost at the same time, like 1 or 2 mins apart! Saw them all in my gallery in the camera, exited and went to the phones gallery and nothing! I searched all over the file system of the phone and nothing! No trace of anything. Getting close I think.
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To use my word of the day, yes, this is being "uber" difficult to do. Anyone that want's to see where my phone progress is at can check out FedEx's website with this tracking number. 795366278313 . At the time that I posted this it had just left Bend, OR. on it's way to Texas.
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So that this means that you are receiving your phone again? working?
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I forgot to mention, I almost had the camera working. It previewed, it clicked, it saved to the gallery! But exit the camera and it was gone. GONE! Just poof into nothing! I swear. I took like 20 pics almost at the same time, like 1 or 2 mins apart! Saw them all in my gallery in the camera, exited and went to the phones gallery and nothing! I searched all over the file system of the phone and nothing! No trace of anything. Getting close I think.
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Using defy camera app with gingerblur, Im able to take photos, a file is saved, but it has nothing on it. You can see file in gallery, but no image.
I made a logcat sometime ago, and I saw something like we are working with a jordan (defy) library which needs to be changed.
Hmmm so what happens if we replace the library?
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Hmmm so what happens if we replace the library?
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We have been matching some libs long time ago, but no success!
Junkyardjames87 said:
To use my word of the day, yes, this is being "uber" difficult to do. Anyone that want's to see where my phone progress is at can check out FedEx's website with this tracking number. 795366278313 . At the time that I posted this it had just left Bend, OR. on it's way to Texas.
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I forgot to mention, I almost had the camera working. It previewed, it clicked, it saved to the gallery! But exit the camera and it was gone. GONE! Just poof into nothing! I swear. I took like 20 pics almost at the same time, like 1 or 2 mins apart! Saw them all in my gallery in the camera, exited and went to the phones gallery and nothing! I searched all over the file system of the phone and nothing! No trace of anything. Getting close I think.
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That sounds great! So what changes exactly did you make to get this close?
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That sounds great! So what changes exactly did you make to get this close?
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I have been doing somethings with walter79, trying to make camera works and trying to port some other MS2ginger (gingerblur) to bravo!
But still nothing, defy has more libs camera files, because there are two versions of the camera for defy (green and red lens) so its not easy, I really hope we get it soon.
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I have been doing somethings with walter79, trying to make camera works and trying to port some other MS2ginger (gingerblur) to bravo!
But still nothing, defy has more libs camera files, because there are two versions of the camera for defy (green and red lens) so its not easy, I really hope we get it soon.
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Me too!
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Me too!
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I've been thinking that maybe should try porting some rom directly from MILESTONE 2, I dont know if M2 have the same problems with different lens colors, but if not it should be easier to get camera working matching some libs.
@BravoMotorola Is there any rom that you can port some rom?
That maybe must be what we need!!!
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I've been thinking that maybe should try porting some rom directly from MILESTONE 2, I dont know if M2 have the same problems with different lens colors, but if not it should be easier to get camera working matching some libs.
@BravoMotorola Is there any rom that you can port some rom?
That maybe must be what we need!!!
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I don't think it has to do with lens differences. If it had to do with that then I don't think the camera would even show a picture.
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I don't think it has to do with lens differences. If it had to do with that then I don't think the camera would even show a picture.
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I say that because of the files and libs it uses, sometimes you can see some roms which has 720p recording for green lens and not red.
I mean, there are many files in the defy roms to match with the camera depending on the lens colors, maybe in the M2 roms there arent such files and it can be easier to match libs and get camera working.
Just saying, I'll try to port some M2 rom to my bravo and if it works I'll try to match some libs.
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I say that because of the files and libs it uses, sometimes you can see some roms which has 720p recording for green lens and not red.
I mean, there are many files in the defy roms to match with the camera depending on the lens colors, maybe in the M2 roms there arent such files and it can be easier to match libs and get camera working.
Just saying, I'll try to port some M2 rom to my bravo and if it works I'll try to match some libs.
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Yeah maybe. Well lets try it out.
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That sounds great! So what changes exactly did you make to get this close?
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Well truth be told I was removing alot of the Libs from CM and replacing them with the stock libs on the Bravo. Was doing the same with the permissions and I think the com and another folder. Need to take note's . My phone is in Texas now getting looked at by Motorola. New tracking number now. 1102783078. This is the one to see where it's at on repair at Motorola it's self. Life update, sold acouple of my old phones and bought a computer desk. Wife happy that she get's her dining room table back, pissed because she lost a corner of the dining room. I say good trade off.
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@BravoMotorola
Is it possible for you to get me the Bravo Stock Rom in another format besides...... CRAP! ALL MY FILES ARE DELETED! Back to 1. NEVERMIND! First smart thing i've done in awhile. BACKUPS! Saved everything on 3 CD-Rom's. OK. Back. @BravoMotorola Now as I was saying, Stock Bravo rom in an update.zip format would be great if it's possible. Pretty pretty please! My computer can now look at differences in file folders and make changes to one based on the other. A little faster than me copying and pasting everything.
Another odd thought occured to me. What if we took the entire lib from the bravo and placed it into the CM7? Not combine the two but just take out the CM7 and replace it? I need my phone back now. Ebay another one? Hmm.... Somebody else try in the meantime please and report findings here. Oh Oh try and google some program that will explore the root system of our phone on a computer. Kinda like back in the day there was P2K editor for all of our really old phones (Like all of my Razrs). I don't think P2K works for the bravo, too new of a phone system? I've been back to "school" on ModMyMoto.com for my other phones and there's a Bravo section on it but never really looked into it since I don't have my Bravo at the moment. Pot of coffee on now diving in.
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Is it just me or the Aria does have camera with the slowest capture speed out there? I'm using Liberated Aria right now but please let me know if you're using another ROM and you got better luck.
Here's my steps to reproduce this issue:
1. Open the camera app
2. Aim for an object
3. Tap the optical joystick to lock focus
4. Press optical joystick firmly to capture (the screen will "freeze" for a split second, it looks absolutely beautiful, focused & perfect, i don't expect more than this)
5. Then it the "screen freeze" is gone, pretty much Aria says "oh here's the actual picture saved to memory, that one you saw, yeah the pretty still image i showed you a split second before this, i just threw it away since i felt like it. but here's a bigger resolution ultra blurry image you've always wanted"
This happens mostly indoors (of course with sufficient lighting), when I'm outdoors I also have the same experience though not as severe.
I found that reducing brightness helped very very little.
is there any other trick I can do to get a better picture out of my camera. At least I want to get what I see on the screen when the focus is locked.
The camera app in the cm6/7 Roms works beautifully. Takes very nice pics and is fairly quick to do so. I'm fairly certain you can take that camera apk and push it to liberated (if its even a different app)
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Try taking off auto focus
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yeah, i never had any camera issues running cm7 on my aria.
I was having the same problem. Rebooting temporaryly fix it. In my opinion, gallery and camera 2.2 is too much for the aria to handle.
Not having camera problems with cm7 (knock on wood) but gallery still slow and don't find all pics consistently
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martiantakeover said:
I was having the same problem. Rebooting temporaryly fix it. In my opinion, gallery and camera 2.2 is too much for the aria to handle.
Not having camera problems with cm7 (knock on wood) but gallery still slow and don't find all pics consistently
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There's a fix for the slow gallery. There is a file on your sd card you can delete and it forces the gallery to rebuild. The first load is slow but after that its pretty quick. I can't remember the file but I di remember the fix was in the cm6 thread. I use quick pic as my default viewer though because it loads almost instantly.
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Quickpic is the best!!!!!
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Quickpic is the best!!!!!
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+1 for Quickpic. It's waaaaaaaaay quicker than any other gallery app I've seen. I think it should be bundled as default in the ROMS over gallery.
woodbane said:
+1 for Quickpic. It's waaaaaaaaay quicker than any other gallery app I've seen. I think it should be bundled as default in the ROMS over gallery.
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3d gallery works fine for me? very very snappy
the file that callmearia is talking about is /android/data/com.cooliris.media
just delete that folder and it will force it to recache thumbnails
However, I must agree with the OP, the camera app in FR008 is laggy as hell while the camera in CM6/7 is much more responsive. I've tried to get this camera into the FR008 build to no avail - even removing the HTCcamera apk from the ROM and adding the one from CM6 and then flashing the ROM - won't work.
Is there any way to get this version in to FR008 as I much prefer it??
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However, I must agree with the OP, the camera app in FR008 is laggy as hell while the camera in CM6/7 is much more responsive. I've tried to get this camera into the FR008 build to no avail - even removing the HTCcamera apk from the ROM and adding the one from CM6 and then flashing the ROM - won't work.
Is there any way to get this version in to FR008 as I much prefer it??
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By doesn't work do you mean it just force closes when you try to open it? Or it wont install at all?
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By doesn't work do you mean it just force closes when you try to open it? Or it wont install at all?
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If I remove the HTCmail.apk from the ROM zip file and replace it with the camera.apk from CM6 or 7 then the ROM will install properly and you can see the camera app in the app drawer but it either won't launch or force closes.
I'm wondering if there is another file I'm missing or that I need to remove?
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If I remove the HTCmail.apk from the ROM zip file and replace it with the camera.apk from CM6 or 7 then the ROM will install properly and you can see the camera app in the app drawer but it either won't launch or force closes.
I'm wondering if there is another file I'm missing or that I need to remove?
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you can try not deleting the stock sense camera and installing them side by side. Or you can try renaming the cm7 camera to whatever the Sense camera apk is called and then using adb to push the renamed cm7 camera.apk to the phone and it will replace the stock camera.apk. I could probably be a lot more help if I actually had a Sense rom installed...
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you can try not deleting the stock sense camera and installing them side by side. Or you can try renaming the cm7 camera to whatever the Sense camera apk is called and then using adb to push the renamed cm7 camera.apk to the phone and it will replace the stock camera.apk. I could probably be a lot more help if I actually had a Sense rom installed...
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Nope, tried it and tried it, no worky! LOL. I appreciate the help though. It's just do weird. I can get every other file that I drag and drop in to the ROM to work fine but not the camera! Weird but I suspect it has something to do with the Sense ROM, certain apps are maybe more deeply integrated than we know?
A couple things that might help here.
1. I noticed my camera started taking really hazy pics and was having a hard time focusing. I popped the back cover off and removed the two top screws. After I pulled off the top inner cover I had full access to the camera lens. What appeared to be clean lens while the cover was on was not. It had a nice layer of dust/lint on it. I cleaned the lens up and now the camera is back to normal.
2. Yesterday I installed the miui camera apk I found over in the android developement section. It not only takes pics faster than the stock camera it focuses much much faster and takes very clear pics. I'm making it my full time camera now. For anyone who wants to try it, it has to be flashed in recovery or pushed via adb. It wont install with the apk manager. Also you can install it side by side with the stock camera.
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CallMeAria said:
A couple things that might help here.
1. I noticed my camera started taking really hazy pics and was having a hard time focusing. I popped the back cover off and removed the two top screws. After I pulled off the top inner cover I had full access to the camera lens. What appeared to be clean lens while the cover was on was not. It had a nice layer of dust/lint on it. I cleaned the lens up and now the camera is back to normal.
2. Yesterday I installed the miui camera apk I found over in the android developement section. It not only takes pics faster than the stock camera it focuses much much faster and takes very clear pics. I'm making it my full time camera now. For anyone who wants to try it, it has to be flashed in recovery or pushed via adb. It wont install with the apk manager. Also you can install it side by side with the stock camera.
Sent from my cm7 Aria.
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Any chance you could post a link please? I'm searching for miui camera but not turning up anything....
Yea I can almost say for sure that the camera starts acting funny when the lens gets coated in dust. Every couple of days I hit it with a clean dry q-tip and "spin" it in the lens hole. Works like a charm!
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Any chance you could post a link please? I'm searching for miui camera but not turning up anything....
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Here ya go. I havent tried flashing this actually .zip yet. I extracted the .apk from it and pushed it via adb, but i see no reason you couldnt just flash this from recovery.
+1 for qtip works wonders
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Here ya go. I havent tried flashing this actually .zip yet. I extracted the .apk from it and pushed it via adb, but i see no reason you couldnt just flash this from recovery.
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Muchas gracias amigo! I haven't tried it yet but thanks for the quick reply!
Close . thank for ceazar and all XDA mem
Might as well try it. I do appreciate you sharing. Downloading now.
What does "- Camera : Fix bug on Front camera change" mean. Is there a front camera?
have not seen anywhere that we had one.
blackwolf13 said:
What does "- Camera : Fix bug on Front camera change" mean. Is there a front camera?
have not seen anywhere that we had one.
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No , our Captivate don't have front cam , but in stock continuum 3.1.1 use the camera.apk version have front camera option , when u touch this icon , it 'll change your cam resolution ....... u must reset all camera setting to fix it .
In this rom , i mod another camera.apk version , don't have front camera icon
tmhung said:
No , our Captivate don't have front cam , but in stock continuum 3.1.1 use the camera.apk version have front camera option , when u touch this icon , it 'll change your cam resolution ....... u must reset all camera setting to fix it .
In this rom , i mod another camera.apk version , don't have front camera icon
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thank you for the info
sorry for sending a message first,didnt think to post it here but i think i like this version a little better,but can i change the transparent app drawer back to black? i really like the black background
So what is this his Rom with some apk's swapped out? Did you ask him? I'm not tryin to start nothin just asking.
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So what is this his Rom with some apk's swapped out? Did you ask him? I'm not tryin to start nothin just asking.
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Agreed.
Sent from space!
di11igaf said:
So what is this his Rom with some apk's swapped out? Did you ask him? I'm not tryin to start nothin just asking.
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This sort of issue can be dealt with in private messages. Ultimately it is an issue between tmhung and Cezar and really none of our business. The best construction we should put on this is that tmhung made his mods after consulting with Cezar; especially if you are "not tryin to start nothin."
Transparent app drawer is looking nice. This thread is actually making TouchWiz Launcher seem somewhat slick
I really like the themed version of continuum but was a bit reluctant to try it out because some people had battery issues. Since you claim with the mod it has good battery, is there any way to put the mod on the themed version?
likiud said:
I really like the themed version of continuum but was a bit reluctant to try it out because some people had battery issues. Since you claim with the mod it has good battery, is there any way to put the mod on the themed version?
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With my experience with Continuum, it has had the best battery life of the roms I have tried. Cognition 3.04, 4.1, CM7, Fire Fly, and Paragon. While I didn't do any timed tests, I did run each rom for multiple days, and mentally noted how things went.
I have stuck with Continuum for the two weeks(A long time for me), and just been changing kernels/radios to keep satisfied! Been great on battery life, I highly suggest flashing 3.1.1, or waiting until the update to get JS7...
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So what is this his Rom with some apk's swapped out? Did you ask him? I'm not tryin to start nothin just asking.
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Thank for that . But in my mod , i didn't change anything name or rom name , i don't have donate link , i think i shared my mod for all of you for use . SOrry about this
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With my experience with Continuum, it has had the best battery life of the roms I have tried. Cognition 3.04, 4.1, CM7, Fire Fly, and Paragon. While I didn't do any timed tests, I did run each rom for multiple days, and mentally noted how things went.
I have stuck with Continuum for the two weeks(A long time for me), and just been changing kernels/radios to keep satisfied! Been great on battery life, I highly suggest flashing 3.1.1, or waiting until the update to get JS7...
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It seems battery life is a hit or miss in all the roms. It seems icezar is coming up with JS7 from what I read in the thread. Hopefully that will solve the battery issues the "other users" were having. I'm waiting on that too.
Your work and your sharing is appreciated, but why release this as a ROM? Why not just release a CM zip with just the files you've added or changed? Or, provide files and instructions on how to fix the issues you've fixed? That would be easier and more convenient for all involved I would think. Imagine if we all released ROMs of every little tweak we ever made of every ROM we installed to help the community; everyone would have good intentions, but it would be a mess.
Keep up the good work man
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ok i had my X8 about a month ago and since then i tried every ROM that's out there literally. Recently i settled to froyobread for about 10 days and now floyo 0.25
my problem in both is the cam after taking a few shots, the camera screen black out or the cam button dies on me and i really hate it
i take a lot of pictures and i just hate it when the prefect shot gets lost because of a stupid glitch. i can give away EdgeGlow if there is a ROM that has a fully working cam with no bugs.
the reason for the thread is to ask u X8 users instead of going all over the ROMs again ( i still have them all ) to see the stable cam, Could anyone tell me what's the best ROM to take pictures with?? and please don't tell me to go back to Eclair (2.1)
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ok just to make everyone aware, the problem is persistent even in market cam apps, i tried all the above apps. i guess it's the hardest if not impossible to operate the cam blindly just by guessing parameters in custom roms; gingerbread now is a live example.
anyway i would never back to eclair so i'll have to deal with that bug for now.
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have u try minicm? i think it has a camera fix
ahmedz_1991 said:
ok i had my X8 about a month ago and since then i tried every ROM that's out there literally. Recently i settled to froyobread for about 10 days and now floyo 0.25
my problem in both is the cam after taking a few shots, the camera screen black out or the cam button dies on me and i really hate it
i take a lot of pictures and i just hate it when the prefect shot gets lost because of a stupid glitch. i can give away EdgeGlow if there is a ROM that has a fully working cam with no bugs.
the reason for the thread is to ask u X8 users instead of going all over the ROMs again ( i still have them all ) to see the stable cam, Could anyone tell me what's the best ROM to take pictures with?? and please don't tell me to go back to Eclair (2.1)
thank u all
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Hmm.. camera works perfectly for me...
Dare-Devil Inside said:
Hmm.. camera works perfectly for me...
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did u try taking like 5 pics in succession ??
for me it blacks out but after resarting the cam app it works and the same happens again
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did u try taking like 5 pics in succession ??
for me it blacks out but after resarting the cam app it works and the same happens again
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More than 5, whole album actually... when my girlfriend and I are bored xD
kuyagaol said:
have u try minicm? i think it has a camera fix
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like i said i tried all the ROMs but then i wasn't testing all the things but i remember ditching minicm because the power gadget looked like it lacked some colors or scaled up. i guess it's because of the screen size difference between X8 and X10 mini. however i remember the beautiful animations especially for boxes popping up.
just plz confirm that i can take like 10 shots in succession (say with 1 sec delay) without the cam bugging on me
Forget the stock camera apps and use Camera Illusion.
It´s better, doesn´t have errors and has great effects, like negative and that stuff.
I do experienced the same thing..
try other alternative. I'm using Camera Advance Lite, it works perfect.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mnapps.cameraadvancelite
This is the same thing which happens with me. I tried using alternative camera apps like vignette but still the same problem.
After some shots, the camera just blacks out and you cannot take any pics after that until a reboot is made.
codfreak said:
Forget the stock camera apps and use Camera Illusion.
It´s better, doesn´t have errors and has great effects, like negative and that stuff.
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try other alternative. I'm using Camera Advance Lite, it works perfect.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mnapps.cameraadvancelite
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thank u both i will try both apps now
vineet8137 said:
This is the same thing which happens with me. I tried using alternative camera apps like vignette but still the same problem.
After some shots, the camera just blacks out and you cannot take any pics after that until a reboot is made.
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anyway i have to try, i can't just give away my 3.2 MP cam
i'm having the very same problem after few shots is taken the camera just blacks out and the cam app needs to be restarted to make the camera work again and this problem was in every single custom rom i ever tried including the minicm and the froyobread i'm surprised that some of you actually DOESN'T experience this problem......
ok just to make everyone aware, the problem is persistent even in market cam apps, i tried all the above apps. i guess it's the hardest if not impossible to operate the cam blindly just by guessing parameters in custom roms; gingerbread now is a live example.
anyway i would never back to eclair so i'll have to deal with that bug for now.
ahmedz_1991 said:
ok just to make everyone aware, the problem is persistent even in market cam apps, i tried all the above apps. i guess it's the hardest if not impossible to operate the cam blindly just by guessing parameters in custom roms; gingerbread now is a live example.
anyway i would never back to eclair so i'll have to deal with that bug for now.
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i think this bug is not camera app related maybe it's a bug in the camera library....
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i think this bug is not camera app related maybe it's a bug in the camera library....
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if it's camera library problem, anyone able to figure out what's wrong?
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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ndstrctbl said:
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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rialsi6 said:
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.
usmaak said:
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.
Hello, I have been following the development of CM9 for a while now. Almost all roms can not get the camera working. I read there is a change in the framework and that is why it is now hard for older phones. But what has changed to stop the camera? Is the camera a hard device to get drivers for? Any clarity would be amazing just so I can understand the issue. Many thanks
It's only a matter of time I think before they get it sorted.
I just tried my first ICS based rom yesterday on my SGS2 and it is almost perfect, really good.
Camera works, but no video function (for me anyway!)
Exciting times.
I agree with thomss79. "Only a matter of time". Also the drivers are important. Looking through the threads on here, some drivers, and or source code, has been released for the Atrix from Nvidia and Moto. Not sure if that will help ICS, camera (and kernel) tho. Anyway, the devs on here should sort it out before too long. Thought i would be stuck on Froyo ( 2.2.2 ) forever. Unlocked and tried nearly all roms now, including early ICS
I heard drivers were an issue for CM9. I'll wait A LOT before installing ICS anyway, CM7 took a long time to get to this (awesome) point, and I will NOT switch to a less functional ROM just because it looks prettier. I'm extremely happy with CM7 for the time being.
I understand that the camera is not working on CM9 build....and that's ok for now but is there a reason why my gallery is not working?
I can't seem to view mms messages or downloaded pics
ramier said:
I understand that the camera is not working on CM9 build....and that's ok for now but is there a reason why my gallery is not working?
I can't seem to view mms messages or downloaded pics
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Try using quickpic.
When i was on my captivate camera (video and image) worked great on CM9.
Sucks that i'm using a nokia dumbphone atm.
They've had their hands full.. in due time we will have a 100% functioning rom.
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JaronBang said:
They've had their hands full.. in due time we will have a 100% functioning rom.
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I hope so.
Kayen said:
Try using quickpic.
When i was on my captivate camera (video and image) worked great on CM9.
Sucks that i'm using a nokia dumbphone atm.
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thanks for the tip. quickpic works great. have access to my pics
Regarding why, as far as I know it's due to camera API changes in ICS. This causes troubles for the way cameras work earlier, and requires new driver. Again I'm not completely sure, this is just something I picked up in other threads. On a side note, the camera is mostly working in turl's new builds (and jokersax's) over at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445052 as I'm sure you're aware . Hope that clears some confusion!
Issues when downgrading
Though I was just fiddling around with CM9 and Ice cream sandwich, when I downgraded back to 2.3.4(stock), the camera app refused to work. Camera app just crashes. Is there any permanent change that CM9 does to the device interface that may be causing this.
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Shouldn't be anything permanent. How did you revert to stock?
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Running CM9 with camera & video camera
I am running CM9 Turl's V8 and have installed camera 360 which runs great. found that in Turls CM9 thread. And people are using video illusion for video recorder. Problem solved
LeonIrv said:
I heard drivers were an issue for CM9. I'll wait A LOT before installing ICS anyway, CM7 took a long time to get to this (awesome) point, and I will NOT switch to a less functional ROM just because it looks prettier. I'm extremely happy with CM7 for the time being.
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You really just dont know what you're missing. The camera DOES work...to everyone saying it doesnt...well, thats just not 100% true. There are significant problems, some lag and delays, but it IS functional.
Using a camera app usually cures all the problems tho.
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Though I was just fiddling around with CM9 and Ice cream sandwich, when I downgraded back to 2.3.4(stock), the camera app refused to work. Camera app just crashes. Is there any permanent change that CM9 does to the device interface that may be causing this.
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I'd suggest formatting /system and then do a regular data wipe then reinstall and see if that works.
+1, camera is working, running cm9 as my daily
Reverting breaks camera
ehvio said:
Shouldn't be anything permanent. How did you revert to stock?
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I'd suggest formatting /system and then do a regular data wipe then reinstall and see if that works.
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I flash the stock rom using fastboot, i.e. fastboot flash system system.img, so I'm assuming that would format the /system directory. Im still a noob at this so any advice would be much appreciated. Also, the camera does not work in the new cm9 beta, so I am assuming there is some sort of firmware issue with the camera.
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I would definitely try reflashing, cause the camera is working for me on Jokersax's latest build.
front camera
Also, the front camera works when I use camera 360, so it seems to be a device driver/ firmware issue. Anyone else having similar problems?