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Now zoom on Nexus S

I have my Nexus S from US (I am from Belgium ) and its look OK , nothing spectacular .
I have main problem with camera , now zoom!!!!
Its totally surprised me , top end and now zoom , but even if I try to install zoom application from the store it is not working at all , now reaction .
Is this normal ? or I have wrong phone ?
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iels2003 said:
I have my Nexus S from US (I am from Belgium ) and its look OK , nothing spectacular .
I have main problem with camera , now zoom!!!!
Its totally surprised me , top end and now zoom , but even if I try to install zoom application from the store it is not working at all , now reaction .
Is this normal ? or I have wrong phone ?
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are you saying that there is no zoom on the camera?
It isnt a big deal it is just digital zoom and not optical

You sure there s no zoom? You try pinch to zoom on screen?
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scottspa74 said:
You sure there s no zoom? You try pinch to zoom on screen?
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No zoom.
CONFIRMED that trying to pinch-to-zoom has no affect.

Leave it to samsung. Go get a nexus 1
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scottspa74 said:
Leave it to samsung. Go get a nexus 1
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it has nothing to do with Sammy, its a google thing, The zoom in the N1 was just Digital zoom, meaning that it just zoomed in on the image

zachthemaster said:
No zoom.
CONFIRMED that trying to pinch-to-zoom has no affect.
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But really, who wants ****ty digital zoom anyway. If you wanted a nice camera on your phone, you should have bought a Nokia NSeries or something man. TO OP: Don't let that be a deal-breaker for you... I'm sure there will be custom ROMs around in given time that supports zoom and 720p video recording. Hope this helps.

Digital zoom on a fixed lens = crappy pixelated pics

I know the gingerbread roms for evo have zoom. But theyre custom. Thought it was in gingerbread though
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scottspa74 said:
I know the gingerbread roms for evo have zoom. But theyre custom. Thought it was in gingerbread though
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Not sure if stock android even supports phones with optical zoom

Yeah, I'm sure it's all digital
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There's an old Chinese proverb:
Man who requires digital zoom,
is an ignoramus.

Zoom with your feet.

bcpk said:
Zoom with your feet.
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very clever

Waky said:
very clever
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very clever to bump a three to four month old thread

zephiK said:
very clever to bump a three to four month old thread
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Same to u
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xdahd2 said:
Same to u
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Same to me
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I have the Galaxy S and just upgraded to CM7 nightly's which gives me a similar cam to the Nexus S. I've confirmed with a friend, and there's no zoom on his Nexus S.
I was surprised to find out, that there is no Zoom on the camera any more, as the Galaxy S (stock samsung) camera application supported zoom via the Volume Buttons.
For those saying "oh it's just digital and not optical zoom" is irrelevant. It allows me to take my crappy pixelated photo with out having to crop later before sending. The quality on the camera is sh!t anyways.
I'd personally like optical zoom and it seems like a standard reasonable feature these days.

j0rd said:
I have the Galaxy S and just upgraded to CM7 nightly's which gives me a similar cam to the Nexus S. I've confirmed with a friend, and there's no zoom on his Nexus S.
I was surprised to find out, that there is no Zoom on the camera any more, as the Galaxy S (stock samsung) camera application supported zoom via the Volume Buttons.
For those saying "oh it's just digital and not optical zoom" is irrelevant. It allows me to take my crappy pixelated photo with out having to crop later before sending. The quality on the camera is sh!t anyways.
I'd personally like optical zoom and it seems like a standard reasonable feature these days.
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You have to understand that the Nexus S is meant to be a developer phone so it lacks certain features that can be later added by the developers in the XDA forums.
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Developer phone or not it still cost the same as the galaxy s yet they didn't add alot of stuff shouldn't the phone be cheaper guess not more I think about this its just dumb Google is really droppin the ball. No tv-out no 720p recording no sdcard no zoom no codecs only thing that's better is the form factor and updates from Google I guess but that's the price I pay for lord Google to give updates rant off I guess
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Am I Crazy ?

When i first got my Nexus 7 it had an icon for the Camera and when it updated to 4.2.1 it disappeared .......so this is a dumb question
where is it and how do i use my camera ? or i can only use it on apps that need the camera?

download nexus 7 camera launcher from market. works perfect.
i don't know why they removed it in the update.
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First question, are you crazy? Probably, yes...
As for the camera issue, they probably removed it because you don't use it to take pictures and it would likely only be used with apps like Skype or whatever. However, as the other guy said, the Nexus 7 camera app from the play store works perfectly. I think there is also a 4.2 camera app APK floating around these forums somewhere too.

*puts down random dismembered limb*
Nope you are just as sane as the rest of us.

So wait, people really take pictures with this thing? Isn't that like, very awkward? Pressing a button on a screen that isn't even facing you and all..

Thanks found it works great ! you guys rock

ynrozturk said:
So wait, people really take pictures with this thing? Isn't that like, very awkward? Pressing a button on a screen that isn't even facing you and all..
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How do you know the camera won't be facing him? Lol.
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I prefer the ICS camera, it seems to work better
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraics

Icebluemale30 said:
When i first got my Nexus 7 it had an icon for the Camera and when it updated to 4.2.1 it disappeared .......so this is a dumb question
where is it and how do i use my camera ? or i can only use it on apps that need the camera?
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I've never got a camera app on my nexus. so, er, guess I‘m not interested with my own face, xD

Best Camera app?

Can someone recommend me a really good camera app which I can use instead of the stock app? I have used Camera Zoom but that somehow cuts my photos from the corners when the front cam is used.
I am primarily looking for a camera app with a timer...which it seems isn't included in our stock camera.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance to anyone who replies.
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Those who help noobs go to heaven. True story.

I quite like Snap Camera.
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If you want full control of camera parameters, I recommend Camera FV-5.

I use Shot Control, because it has full exposure controls:
- Multiple Touch Focus/Meter regions on ICS (on supported devices with Android 4.0)
- Direct access to exposure control and zoom
- One tap access to ISO, White Balance, Scene Modes, Focus Modes, and Flash Mode Settings (based on device abilities)
- Custom mapping for hardware buttons (like volume down for focus, volume up for shutter)
- Pre-focus function
It's built for photographers who know how to manipulate DSLRs.
I don't think it has a timer, though, but the Dev is super responsive so I'm sure if you requested it, he'd add it.

ProCapture Pro has it all.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.cameraZoom&feature=search_result try this great app with loads of features

Yeah go with abdullahs recommendation camera zoom fix is great. You can always just try all of them and see which one you like best
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Abdullah1997 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slide.cameraZoom&feature=search_result try this great app with loads of features
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abdel12345 said:
Yeah go with abdullahs recommendation camera zoom fix is great. You can always just try all of them and see which one you like best
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Just check out the first post man. Thanks for the help and all, but been having problems with Camera Zoom FX
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Those who help noobs go to heaven. True story.

CyanogenMod's modified stock camera is pretty nice with HDR and other stuff

SacGuru said:
Just check out the first post man. Thanks for the help and all, but been having problems with Camera Zoom FX
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Whoops didn't see that lol. But I use it and its one of the best ones. But sorry didn't fully read the post I just looked at the title
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Del

I am using Shot Control. If you are looking for an app that takes perfect shots with just one click, this may not be for you.

I'm telling you all, try ProCapture. Best camera app available.
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[Q] my defy plus camera become blurry

i successfully rooted my defy plus......
and install CM 10.... all works fine but my camera quality become low.....now it takes pictures like VGA camera.....
please help me.
what i have to do now??
thanks in advance
(sorry for poor english)

sudhakarsidhhu said:
i successfully rooted my defy plus......
and install CM 10.... all works fine but my camera quality become low.....now it takes pictures like VGA camera.....
please help me.
what i have to do now??
thanks in advance
(sorry for poor english)
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This is a well known problem with Defy after CM9. It is due to the locked bootloader and old camera libs.
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no im not using CM9.
hotdog125 said:
This is a well known problem with Defy after CM9. It is due to the locked bootloader and old camera libs.
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today only i rooted my mobile and install CM10
before that mobile was untouched.....

sudhakarsidhhu said:
today only i rooted my mobile and install CM10
before that mobile was untouched.....
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The camera problem exists for CM9 and above. The camera quality will be best in gingerbread based ROMs.
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then please guide me to rollback my defy plus CM10 to gingerbread rom??
hotdog125 said:
The camera problem exists for CM9 and above. The camera quality will be best in gingerbread based ROMs.
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thanks in advance!!:victory::victory:

sudhakarsidhhu said:
thanks in advance!!:victory::victory:
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One more thing. Video recording, too, has noticeable decrease in quality along with decrease in frame rate. But it's quite okay to use. A 720p patch is also available for stock GB based ROMs and lately in CM10 and above too, but the quality is the best in GB ROMs.
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if any app is quite better to take good pictures in CM10
hotdog125 said:
One more thing. Video recording, too, has noticeable decrease in quality along with decrease in frame rate. But it's quite okay to use. A 720p patch is also available for stock GB based ROMs and lately in CM10 and above too, but the quality is the best in GB ROMs.
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i used default camera and pics art camera but dosent satisfy me....
suggest any other camera apps?

sudhakarsidhhu said:
i used default camera and pics art camera but dosent satisfy me....
suggest any other camera apps?
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Try Camera JB/ICS or lgCamera. You get them free on the play store.
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Google camera just updated...

And HDR+ is much faster.
Great update

Totally agree! Love it!

Yeah it seems like they fixed the HDR crashing
EDIT: Nope. It still crashes.
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Ryjabo said:
Yeah it seems like they fixed the HDR crashing
EDIT: Nope. It still crashes.
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I've never had it crash. I use it exclusively. Have you sent a crash log to google?

I feel like it only crashes on chroma, never had an issue on other roms.

It crashed a lot on chroma for me, too. No problems on stock.
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Manual exposure setting was removed.

blaze0303 said:
I feel like it only crashes on chroma, never had an issue on other roms.
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anrkee said:
It crashed a lot on chroma for me, too. No problems on stock.
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Works just fine for me on Chroma.

Works fine I'm Chroma for me every time too.
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It works fine for me as well on Chroma....
If you read the update it says faster capture but not in HRD+ mode.
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v8dreaming said:
Manual exposure setting was removed.
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They have it in android m, don't know why they removed it now.
Working great in asoip

bp328i said:
If you read the update it says faster capture but not in HRD+ mode.
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If you read the update fully, it says:
Nexus 6 Android 5.1 Lollipop only: Faster capture and shot-to-shot speeds in non-HDR+ mode
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Nexus 6 and Nexus 5 only: Faster HDR+
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As I said in post 1, HDR+ is much faster

Have never crashed on my phone either.

i dont know how you guys having crash issues and i am using chroma never had a problem with that google camara i cought some rolling pictures ( like cars in the highway) and when i check them lookz like it stoped but still working like a charm tho

It usually crashed for me when I'd take a bunch of pictures in a row. I'm glad it works for the rest of you. Chroma is a great ROM.

It definitely crash when you take pics in HDR mode in quick succession.
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androiduser2011 said:
It definitely crash when you take pics in HDR mode in quick succession.
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Yes but not for everyone.

danarama said:
Yes but not for everyone.
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May be some of us got some faulty hardware.
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androiduser2011 said:
May be some of us got some faulty hardware.
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Google Camera crashed in HDR+ mode on 3 different clean Builds of Chroma, and benzo
moved to AOSIP rc8 and it no longer crashes.

deathshead said:
Google Camera crashed in HDR+ mode on 3 different clean Builds of Chroma, and benzo
moved to AOSIP rc8 and it no longer crashes.
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Yes it does seem to be ROM dependent. No HDR+ FC's on LightROM or pure stock either. So the camera app can't really be blamed. Kind of reminds me of the Google Play Services FC problem that plagued some ROMs for a couple of weeks but never happened on stock.