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FFC mod back camera sucks?

So i bought and installed a FFC, (bought 2, installed both). the font was blurry but i fixed the focus. But the back camera is really bad compared to my old one. i even switched back to be sure. ive only tested at night indoors because its nighttime now, but the FFC version has lots of awful lines running up and down the screen when i look through the viewfinder, whereas the vibrant version is crystal clear. when i take a picture it comes out much better than what i see in the viewfinder but still a bit of the lines. anyone else have this issue? im running bionix1.8 i tested both cams on that and only the ffc version has this issue...

Are you serious? This is the first time anyone has EVER complained about this! Alert the media...stop the presses...call you Senator...and WAKE UP THE PRESIDENT!!!!

post some picture so we can see

Dude, so you spent say about $60 for two replacement cameras, pried your phone apart, drilled a hole, and subjected your screen to disolving fluids but couldn't be bothered to read the whole thread?

no drilling involved.

someone delete this thread. read the ffc thread, as its a well known side effect. still waiting on the rom dev's to get theres so they can really tweak and make the ffc work to its fullest

All I have to day is I sure am glad I didn't do the mod. In all the excitement almost nobody mentions this problem. I know I never saw it mentioned, and I read several walkthroughs explaining the mods and how to do it.
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Please DON'T delete this post. Why would we have to read the whole thread for such vital information. That thread is ginormous.

Dude, the ffc is much lower resolution than the rear camera, if you replace your rear camera (which is what it sounds like you did) it's a massive downgrade.
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anomalous3 said:
Dude, the ffc is much lower resolution than the rear camera, if you replace your rear camera (which is what it sounds like) it's a massive downgrade.
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....wow....
He is saying the rear camera sucks after completing the ffc mod. Ha ha
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ok, you guys are being too hasty.
First you guys jumped and bought cameras before support was even added.
Now, you guys are QQ'ing because it's not working right, eventhough you all now the devs don' have cameras yet.
Just be patient and wait for the devs to get their hands on cameras.
crying and ****ing on a forum are not going to resolve your problem.
The warehouse is not going to accept returns.
So you might as well keep using your original camera until proper support is added for the FFC.
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http://www.globaldirectparts.com/OEM-Samsung-i9000-Camera-Flex-Cable-p/smsng6087125.htm

dude it is suppose to add a ffc to the phone not replace a back camera with a front you should still have a 5mp back cam
the part even said so
Main camera: 5MP
Front Facing Camera: 0.3MP
i there is a problem then it could be a bad batch of cameras or a conflict in the phone,
am haven't done this yet because i don't want to scratch the glass (maybe some one will come out with a replacement part) i want mine to look as oem as possible

scrizz said:
ok, you guys are being too hasty.
First you guys jumped and bought cameras before support was even added.
Now, you guys are QQ'ing because it's not working right, eventhough you all now the devs don' have cameras yet.
Just be patient and wait for the devs to get their hands on cameras.
crying and ****ing on a forum are not going to resolve your problem.
The warehouse is not going to accept returns.
So you might as well keep using your original camera until proper support is added for the FFC.
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http://www.globaldirectparts.com/OEM-Samsung-i9000-Camera-Flex-Cable-p/smsng6087125.htm
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Do any devs even have cams on the way? I might have an extra one....

warwolfx0 said:
dude it is suppose to add a ffc to the phone not replace a back camera with a front you should still have a 5mp back cam
the part even said so
Main camera: 5MP
Front Facing Camera: 0.3MP
i there is a problem then it could be a bad batch of cameras or a conflict in the phone,
am haven't done this yet because i don't want to scratch the glass (maybe some one will come out with a replacement part) i want mine to look as oem as possible
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I can 100% assure you ALL the cameras where extensively tested prior to shipping. I have been in contact with the CEO of Global for 2 weeks now. The issue with the quality of the pictures is believed to be in the kernal. the i9000 kernal differs greatly from the vibrant kernal. The devs are working on it and as soon as they have a solution im sure everyone will know! just be patient.

Yeah I read a good ten pages of threads and 2 hardware guides and a software guide and watched a hardware video all without a single mention of this.
After all your flaming I did dig a bit deeper and found it, but this is something that should be in caps at the top of every thread.....
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scrizz said:
Just be patient and wait for the devs to get their hands on cameras.
crying and ****ing on a forum are not going to resolve your problem.
The warehouse is not going to accept returns.
So you might as well keep using your original camera until proper support is added for the FFC.
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http://www.globaldirectparts.com/OEM-Samsung-i9000-Camera-Flex-Cable-p/smsng6087125.htm
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Just be patient and wait for the devs to get their hands on cameras.

This is Why I want a portable cam
This is Why I want a portable cam that could be plugged into the phone and use it as a FFC or as a portable camera head so I can look inside walls and take pictures with the phone as the capture device (would be awesome for my work). Then i could use it as a FFC and not be bothered with trying to redesign a phone and installing a junkie little .3 meg camera

To put so that people will understand,
THIS MOD IS IN ALPHA, NOT BETA, NOT RELEASED, USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! FURTHERMORE THE HARDWARE IS SOLID, THE SOFTWARE NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED AND APP DEVS HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MOD BEFORE YOU WILL SEE A REAL USE. SO IF YOU DONT HAVE MONEY TO BURN RIGHT NOW DONT BUY THE DAMN CAMERAS AND STOP *****ING!
Im sick of all the whining in this damn forum, meh, gps, meh. Meh, froyo, meh. Meh, battery life, meh. If this is your first android phone then dammit get used to it, and if its not you know initial dwvelopment is slow unless its htc. So please, PLEASEm stop whining and help somebody or just ****ing shut up.
Whew, I feel better.
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Why? No one told you to be the first to get it. You moved too fast, next time let someone who doesnt mind being the guinea pig test it first
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I usually hate the people that yell at the dumber people and use all caps......but what you said actually had me laughing out loud. No so much the first paragraph, but the second. And since this thread is actually pretty useless, I dont mind polluting it with this paragraph of nothing. thanks for the laugh at least.
orells said:
To put so that people will understand,
THIS MOD IS IN ALPHA, NOT BETA, NOT RELEASED, USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! FURTHERMORE THE HARDWARE IS SOLID, THE SOFTWARE NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED AND APP DEVS HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MOD BEFORE YOU WILL SEE A REAL USE. SO IF YOU DONT HAVE MONEY TO BURN RIGHT NOW DONT BUY THE DAMN CAMERAS AND STOP *****ING!
Im sick of all the whining in this damn forum, meh, gps, meh. Meh, froyo, meh. Meh, battery life, meh. If this is your first android phone then dammit get used to it, and if its not you know initial dwvelopment is slow unless its htc. So please, PLEASEm stop whining and help somebody or just ****ing shut up.
Whew, I feel better.
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"Fingerprint" screen unlock?!

What with MIUI making lock screens customizable, and the EVO gods somehow automatically knowing what every thread is about without reading them....
How cool, would a lock screen that looked like a "theatrical" biometric scanner, wherein the user need touch and hold where the "scanner" is for a few seconds for the phone to unlock.
Anyone else have any neat lock screen ideas?

Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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Yea, but I don't think I can say those here.

Thats already been done on the iphone. In fact there is a few apps like that.

Pretty sure these already exist... maybe this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hezapps.finger_security_scanner

A real fingerprint scanner lockscreen would be too freaky, speaking from a security standpoint. I'm sure the government will issue phones like that some time in the near-future, to safeguard us all from 'terrorism'.
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I don't think the OP was talking about a real fingerprint reader. The Evo's screen isn't capable of capturing that anyway. The idea of an unlock screen that looks like a fingerprint reader does sound kind of cool, although if it worked by just holding your finger in one spot while it "scans," it might be too easy to unlock it by mistake.

thegregbradley said:
Pretty sure these already exist... maybe this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hezapps.finger_security_scanner
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Yeah I thats the one I thought of. That's like exactly what he's talking about. It pretends to read your fingerprint to unlock your phone. It's kinda cool, but loses its novelty.

decayer177 said:
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock&feature=search_result
only works as a ''lockscreen'' if you use a replacement launcher like adw, LPP, etc and choose the launcher as a locked app.
works fairly well after several training photos are taken in all sorts of settings and light, but is just too slow for my tastes... although i am excited too see how much better it gets, as it could be a serious consideration after further development

that's awesome! Thanks for the link! Totally what I was thinking. Face recognition by the camera would be cool too, although my front face camera got spooky 6+ months ago, so I don't know if that would ever work...

decayer177 said:
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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This would be very cool. Just improve on the facial lock that comes with the camera and we be good to go.

[req] super secure lockscreen?!

Is there a way to develope a lockscreen that can only be unlocked by one person(owner) by means of facial recognition? (front facing cam) Or by thumb recognition (screen scanner?) This would make it super secure and you wouldnt have to hide your unlock pattern like most of the secure lockscreens we have avaliable nowadays. I know CM7 has a pretty nice one with the invisible dots I think, But Im not running that rom, Maybe that lockscreen can get ported?
Just a thought, Im sure this could be a huge success if perfected! Thoughts?
Oh and P.S. This is an awesome website, My thanks go out to all contributing members!!!!

You could use this...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inoxapps.finger_security_bw

Touchwiz has invisible dots too...
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Neckberg said:
You could use this...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inoxapps.finger_security_bw
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lol, that app is awful...
Please note that Finger print Security Scanner is for entertainment purposes and does not actually scan your fingerprint. This is a prank application to have fun with your friends.
Also, NOTE that pressing the home button will unlock the phone, this has been done intentionally to ensure that even if you have forgotten the Key to unlocking the phone you do not land up in trouble.
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You could use Visidon but I think it only locks apps. I found it didn't work too well with different lighting.

Just thought I'd put it out here... I'm all for safe and secure phone... I for one used the 3x3 pattern lock for the longest time. Untill one day I had a medical emergency and was unresponsive.... EMS crews tried to get into my phone to call someone to find out if i was allergic to anything... Needless to say they didn't get into my phone.
Lucky I was ok 5 min later.....
Moral of the story its nice to have a secure lock but can be problematic if a emergency arises.
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Galaxy Nexus
can hope that sprint gets this phone in a few months - it has facial unlock.

svfreddy said:
Is there a way to develope a lockscreen that can only be unlocked by one person(owner) by means of facial recognition? (front facing cam) Or by thumb recognition (screen scanner?) This would make it super secure and you wouldnt have to hide your unlock pattern like most of the secure lockscreens we have avaliable nowadays. I know CM7 has a pretty nice one with the invisible dots I think, But Im not running that rom, Maybe that lockscreen can get ported?
Just a thought, Im sure this could be a huge success if perfected! Thoughts?
Oh and P.S. This is an awesome website, My thanks go out to all contributing members!!!!
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Facial Recognition is iffy on CM9 Builds atm. The Epic's future life is now in the hands of getting it official to Cynanogenmod. Once it becomes official, CM9 would be what lies ahead, hopefully by then, our brother and sister Galaxy S phones will have Facial Recognition worked out and maybe we'll be able to fork that source over to the Epic.
Finger Scan won't ever work without the proper hardware. Even with costly proprietary software, it wouldn't be feasible. As for locks, I currently use a combination of the 10 lockmod and a pin number as my password. It seems to be the most effective method of keeping my phone safe. I can rest assured that nobody will guess my pin, whilst still having the ease of unlocking it with a few numbers.
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I just leave my phone unlocked. I like to encourage those around me to see my nudes. My boss says I'm a sexual harrasment suit waiting to happen.
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austin420 said:
I just leave my phone unlocked. I like to encourage those around me to see my nudes. My boss says I'm a sexual harrasment suit waiting to happen.
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As wrong as that is it's quite funny lol.
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thanks for the insight

1. The capacitive touch screens in our phones aren't designed to recognize fingerprints. Besides, finger print readers can be easily fooled by laser toner and a picture of your finger print, as MythBusters showed.
2. Face recognition can be fooled using a photo of you.
The face recognition is mostly a gimmick, it's not meant to be a security feature as much as a balance of ease-of-use / security. It offers some security while making it vastly easier to unlock your phone, not involving hands.
The most secure is a long password/code.

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1. The capacitive touch screens in our phones aren't designed to recognize fingerprints. Besides, finger print readers can be easily fooled by laser toner and a picture of your finger print, as MythBusters showed.
2. Face recognition can be fooled using a photo of you.
The face recognition is mostly a gimmick, it's not meant to be a security feature as much as a balance of ease-of-use / security. It offers some security while making it vastly easier to unlock your phone, not involving hands.
The most secure is a long password/code.
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+1 to this! Biometrics are hard to get right. If they are too restrictive, you can't even unlock your own device. Some of the better systems involve long pins (8+, preferably 10+) and a number display board that randomizes each time. That keeps greasy fingerprints on the screen from disclosing anything and people will have a hard time guessing or watching you type your pin.

I'm just curious as to what some of you guys store on your phones that warrants such high level security? It's gotta be more than some nudes. Nuclear reactor plans, bomb schematics, presidential schedules...?
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I'm just curious as to what some of you guys store on your phones that warrants such high level security? It's gotta be more than some nudes. Nuclear reactor plans, bomb schematics, presidential schedules...?
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Right? I mean, I understand if they're CIA material but this is a little ridiculous lol. I don't think I need a long pass on my Epic. I highly doubt anyone is going to try and use brute force to figure out my pass. Not that it isn't possible, but there's just no gain.
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Super secure = super pain in the ...
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TNTRMSKD said:
I'm just curious as to what some of you guys store on your phones that warrants such high level security? It's gotta be more than some nudes. Nuclear reactor plans, bomb schematics, presidential schedules...?
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Who cares? If someone wants a secure phone, that is their agenda. Android is built as an open system so people can configure their phone how they see fit. Unfortunately there aren't many secure lockscreens that can't be fooled, other than the swipe pattern and pin key.
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Well, how about this? Is it possible to have a lockscreen that reads only gestures? And you can make a gesture that unlocks the phone, seemingly endless possibilities for an unlock, but very simple, as it can be any gesture you please.

xxjvu(2.3.6)-face unlock is not from ice cream sandwich

yes u read it right, the face unlock feature in xxjvu(2.3.6) is not from android 4.0.3 ice cream sandwich. its made by samsung themselves or samsung got that made from some other company.
the face unlock in ice cream sandwich is made by an australian company named pittpatt and that face recognition system basically is better when phones have better quality front facing camera as it recognises eyes, nose, mouth(lips), spects if u wear them, skin colour tone, face size, beard, moustasch.
while as far as i have noticed this facial recognition is not the one from ics as it basically takes pic of u and mainly recognises position of eyes and other features of face. this is better for low end front facing cameras and is basically not an asset for phones having great front facing cameras like samsung galaxy s 2.
so what is samsung upto here, creating there own facial recognition and using it in sgs3 instead of ics face unlock?? samsung is going really mysterious these days.

Thanks for the info!
The question is why they didn't released it before than ICS then!
Maybe in the Eclair days...

BHuvan goyal said:
yes u read it right, the face unlock feature in xxjvu(2.3.6) is not from android 4.0.3 ice cream sandwich. its made by samsung themselves or samsung got that made from some other company.
the face unlock in ice cream sandwich is made by an australian company named pittpatt and that face recognition system basically is better when phones have better quality front facing camera as it recognises eyes, nose, mouth(lips), spects if u wear them, skin colour tone, face size, beard, moustasch.
while as far as i have noticed this facial recognition is not the one from ics as it basically takes pic of u and mainly recognises position of eyes and other features of face. this is better for low end front facing cameras and is basically not an asset for phones having great front facing cameras like samsung galaxy s 2.
so what is samsung upto here, creating there own facial recognition and using it in sgs3 instead of ics face unlock?? samsung is going really mysterious these days.
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The galaxy s2 already had this feature in it but it was disabled in the code and before ICS.

Faryaab said:
The galaxy s2 already had this feature in it but it was disabled in the code and before ICS.
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I dont have a sgs2 so I dont know about this, new information. I am really wondering what is samsung upto , challenging GOOGLE??? Well they should know that they are good for producing os like bada only.
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I tried the jvu face unlock and it worked pretty well and fast. but when i swivelled my chair in my room such that half my face was slightly dark (due to limited light, mainly from window), it could not recognise it. So I can't see it as being very practical (light isn't always perfect and from above/in front).

oswade said:
I tried the jvu face unlock and it worked pretty well and fast. but when i swivelled my chair in my room such that half my face was slightly dark (due to limited light, mainly from window), it could not recognise it. So I can't see it as being very practical (light isn't always perfect and from above/in front).
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Ics face unlock has a feature for improving facial recognition after u once record ur face. It mainly asks u to re do procedure in different lighting conditions, with or without spects , with or without beard or moustasch. Thats better for high end front facing cameras. But This aint so bad as well.

BHuvan goyal said:
Ics face unlock has a feature for improving facial recognition after u once record ur face. It mainly asks u to re do procedure in different lighting conditions, with or without spects , with or without beard or moustasch. Thats better for high end front facing cameras. But This aint so bad as well.
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Maybe is not that bad but i have a feeling that unlock the phone to everyone

siberian tiger said:
Maybe is not that bad but i have a feeling that unlock the phone to everyone
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This is obviously way faster than ics face unlock on my sgs . and I guess it will be faster on a sgs2. But ics one is more precise.

Doing this is harder and needs more work then releasing an aosp. Samsung won me again. With jvu everything is amazing. I can.play the mysterious dungeon defenders greatly here. Battery is great. Wifi always on. Sync too.
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BHuvan goyal said:
This is obviously way faster than ics face unlock on my sgs . and I guess it will be faster on a sgs2. But ics one is more precise.
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Yes that looks instant and better.
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burakgon said:
Yes that looks instant and better.
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Can this be ported to other samsung devices. I found the correct lib and correct app. But what about recognition system files??

Face unlock sometimes works, sometimes doesn't work. Overall, pretty gimmicky but it'll be fun for a few days
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Doing this is harder and needs more work then releasing an aosp. Samsung won me again. With jvu everything is amazing. I can.play the mysterious dungeon defenders greatly here. Battery is great. Wifi always on. Sync too.
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Are you on stock ROM and kernel odexed? or deodexed?

"Samsung acts in mysterious ways"

face unlock
Before ICS face unlock feature, and JVU value pack, i have been using VISIDON face unlock application, which works well. It can be also be used to unlock any desired application.

Face Unlock

I'm not on the official OTA bc I'm on the NS4G, but am I the only person that can only get face lock to work 1/27th of the time? I have tried time after time to make better captures of my face and done the face lock improvement countless times, and I have no beard. I almost look retarded how still and perfect I sit with my phone at direct eye level with my face. Its really upsetting :\ I have tried multiple ROMs and the same result with all of them. I always get 'Sorry, don't recognize you' or 'Couldn't find a face' and it makes me wanna smash it, because this was my most anticipated and exciting feature of ICS. Any suggestions or is anyone in my boat?

Same here. Seems like the time taken for the camera to adjust to the light is too long for FaceUnlock to recognize a face. Sad really.

I have tried Face Unlock on Peter Alfonso's ROM and though not perfect it was surprisingly good. It would work 7 out of 10 times.
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Try the app "visidon" its free off market and I was using it on gingerbread flawlessly way before ics came out.
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I installed face unlock on my stock ICS and it only works from time to time. I think that if someone changed the recognition time (so that the camera has more time to adjust), it might work better. But then again, it sometimes fails to recognize me even in environments where light isn't a problem (i.e. outside).
I think that, with the Nexus S, face unlock is more of a hit & miss thing. Sometimes, for example it gets it right 18/20.

Works ok when
outside but inside good luck
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Try the app "visidon" its free off market and I was using it on gingerbread flawlessly way before ics came out.
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+1 Visidon
Iv'e been using Visidon since before ICS and it works great.

Google was not including Face Unlock on the official releases of ICS for the Nexus S because the resolution of the front facing camera is not strong enough for Face Unlock to work satisfactorily in their eyes.
Having used it on a few different ROMs now, I'm tending to agree with them.

The stock ICS face unlock works fine for me. FYI, you have to make sure you take multiple training shots in different lighting conditions if you want it to be reliable.
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When I first installed Pete Alfonso's ROM from a full wipe, I had Face Unlock. Then when I restored apps and data from Titanium, it's gone. I also have the Screen Lock options for None and Slide grayed out with "Disabled by administrator, encryption policy, or credential storage". Any idea what app or setting would cause that?

Logomotph said:
I installed face unlock on my stock ICS and it only works from time to time. I think that if someone changed the recognition time (so that the camera has more time to adjust), it might work better. But then again, it sometimes fails to recognize me even in environments where light isn't a problem (i.e. outside).
I think that, with the Nexus S, face unlock is more of a hit & miss thing. Sometimes, for example it gets it right 18/20.
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LOL the recognition time I think may be what screws me. The time is soooo long already on here, much longer and my arm would lose circulation. It is hard for me to hold the phone in the exact same position for very long. And thank you to the rest of you, I will try Visidon.