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Camera alternative

So I am using CM7, and while I may switch to other AOSP roms, I likely will never go back to TW. However, I do miss the TW camera greatly. It is one thing Samsung did 'right.' I know that camera cannot be ported to AOSP, but I have yet to find a camera app that can emulate its panoramic feature, that I CAN use on AOSP roms. Does anyone know of an app that might fill that gap?

Look through the android apps and games section, do a search for "Sony panorama beta" and see if you can find it. It is nothing other than a camera app that does panoramas, no other features, but it works great.
If you want a good camera app in general either switch to miui or find a miui camera ported to other roms. It's by far the best camera app in my opinion, no panorama but everything world great.
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Yeah I already have the miui camera on CM7. I just found the app you suggested, and it does not install for me. It does not appear to be supported for our device however.

Where\how do I get the MIUI camera for CM7?

I use camera zoom fx. Love it.
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dividebyzero said:
I use camera zoom fx. Love it.
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Does this have a panorama feature? I don't just mean a wide angle shot, but panorama like the stock touchwiz camera has?

solido888 said:
Yeah I already have the miui camera on CM7. I just found the app you suggested, and it does not install for me. It does not appear to be supported for our device however.
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Odd, I installed it back on cm and it worked, since then I have gone to miui and it restored from titanium fine. I used it last week to get some cool wide angle shots of times square.
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sageDieu said:
Odd, I installed it back on cm and it worked, since then I have gone to miui and it restored from titanium fine. I used it last week to get some cool wide angle shots of times square.
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You are talking about this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134048&highlight=sony+panorama+beta
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I tried using the panorama-fix-z_signed as well as the zip for the i9000 and couldnt get the apk to install either time, perhaps you can shed some light for me?

solido888 said:
You are talking about this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134048&highlight=sony+panorama+beta
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I tried using the panorama-fix-z_signed as well as the zip for the i9000 and couldnt get the apk to install either time, perhaps you can shed some light for me?
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If you haven't already, you might try using ApkInstaller, which is downloadable from the market. That worked for me when installing the MIUI camera.
Edited to add that I just followed the link and installed the Sony Panoramic Beta and when I used ApkInstaller to install the version for non-rooted phones, it worked great.

eibbed0001 said:
If you haven't already, you might try using ApkInstaller, which is downloadable from the market. That worked for me when installing the MIUI camera.
Edited to add that I just followed the link and installed the Sony Panoramic Beta and when I used ApkInstaller to install the version for non-rooted phones, it worked great.
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I was able to install the version for non rooted phones successfully, and it seems to be working flawlessly so far. I did not have to use APK installer at all, and I am rooted, so not sure why I had to use non-rooted version, but /shrug. Thanks!

Does Sony Panoramic Beta have that annoying limit on how long a video should be?

Touchwiz MEMO and TASKMANAGER app for ICS!

I personally LOVE the memo app from Touchwiz, it is the single greatest thing on Touchwiz for me, the music app isn't that bad either but I saw this on Doc's ROM and was curious if it would work on other ICS roms, and to my surprise some of the apps did, so here it is, i just put it into a .zip so thank him for making it compatible etc etc.
*THIS WAS TESTED ON AOKP BUILD 27*
Instructions *these are also on the .zip*
Put these .APK's on your phone's SD Card
then use something like ROOT EXPLORER or any other file manager which will allow you
to go into System/App
Move/Copy The APK's into system/app
BE SURE TO SET THE PERMISSIONS AS THE OTHER APPS IN THE FOLDER ARE
permission: rw-r--r--
REBOOT, and find the app in your drawer and see it work
Developer who got this to work; Vibranturk Developer of Doc's Master ICS
The TW LAUNCHER,CALCULATOR from the ROM was not found working, so i didn't include it.
Download: http://www.box.com/s/am2i2lup924i8icf59gp
PM me if the link goes down as its being uploaded on my personal BOX account.
Mirror (MediaFire): http://www.mediafire.com/?t84r9btq3t1817x
UPDATE:
NEW SGS3 Task Manager has been ported (not by me)
found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770190

Wow, good job man.
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Taskmanager? In the thread you spoke about memo and the music player. Maybe I missed it.
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iwillkillyou said:
Taskmanager? In the thread you spoke about memo and the music player. Maybe I missed it.
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I was just saying I like the music player and memo.
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xriderx66 said:
I personally LOVE the memo app from Touchwiz, it is the single greatest thing on Touchwiz for me, the music app isn't that bad either but I saw this on Doc's ROM and was curious if it would work on other ICS roms, and to my surprise some of the apps did, so here it is, i just put it into a .zip so thank him for making it compatible etc etc.
*THIS WAS TESTED ON AOKP BUILD 27*
Instructions *these are also on the .zip*
Put these .APK's on your phone's SD Card
then use something like ROOT EXPLORER or any other file manager which will allow you
to go into System/App
Move/Copy The APK's into system/app
BE SURE TO SET THE PERMISSIONS AS THE OTHER APPS IN THE FOLDER ARE
permission: rw-r--r--
REBOOT, and find the app in your drawer and see it work
Developer who got this to work; Vibranturk Developer of Doc's Master ICS
The TW LAUNCHER,CALCULATOR from the ROM was not found working, so i didn't include it.
Download: http://www.box.com/s/am2i2lup924i8icf59gp
PM me if the link goes down as its being uploaded on my personal BOX account.
Mirror (MediaFire): http://www.mediafire.com/?t84r9btq3t1817x
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Is this the S-Memo or just Memo ?

thechints said:
Is this the S-Memo or just Memo ?
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The original touchwiz MEMO app, not the one with Galaxy Note or anything.

what do you suggest is the easiest way to put Samsung taskmanager on long press home button ?
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This may be off topic but in terms of TouchWiz apps, I would love to see the camera app ported...Been running ICS and before that CM7 and other custom non-TouchWiz roms for so long but I have always had qualms about the stock camera app with these custom and AOKP roms... The TouchWiz camera app implements panorama and other modes flawlessly but AOKP Android roms have always had flaky camera apps... Even with my Nexus One running stock gingerbread the camera app left a lot to be desired.. It is understandable that on my Vibrant the AOKP ICS camera app is sketchy but I hope Google gets on paar to some of these Android over lays (TouchWiz and Sense) in terms of camera app polish with Jellybean.. *end rant*
I will stay waiting on a TouchWiz camera app port for ICS, although it seems hopeless due to framework incompatibility..

Just putting my 2 cent.
Hi,
Thanks for porting these apps.
They work fine on my GNex LTE.
Just wanted to add that both these apps. work fine just like any other apk files.
I mean just installing them like any other apk works.
Putting them in system/apps will install them on reboot but there isn't any need for that, at least now on my phone.
Hope this helps

Thanks
Thanks so much, working flawless.
I just never got used to any other memo app after changing to custom ROM.

Can we a get a Task Manager widget please?

I have a problem with memo app. When i create new memo and save it, they dont in top,they in bottom?????? I have to slide down to bottom to see new memo

landark said:
I have a problem with memo app. When i create new memo and save it, they dont in top,they in bottom?????? I have to slide down to bottom to see new memo
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Someone help me!

landark said:
I have a problem with memo app. When i create new memo and save it, they dont in top,they in bottom?????? I have to slide down to bottom to see new memo
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landark said:
Someone help me!
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Sorry for the late reply. I did not make this app, I'm just sharing it. I'm not sure if any bug fixes can be done to this since its just a port from the Touchwiz Framework.
Also, PM'ing me 4 times with the same message isn't going to help.
If you really want an app like this memo, maybe you should try a MIUI ROM, they have a really good and even better notes app.

Working great on my GS2 CM9!! thx

Thanks, good work

Check out the NEW SGS3 Task Manager ported (not by me)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770190
Updated OP.

xriderx66 said:
Check out the NEW SGS3 Task Manager ported (not by me)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770190
Updated OP.
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Confirmed working on Vibrant running 7/4 Gummy nightly and SGS2 running AOKP Milestone 6. Thanks.

Great work. Could you port the Task Manager to Jelly Bean, since it doesn`t seem to work on it, would be really great
Edit: It works on Jelly Bean also, I just had to install it as a normal apk and not copy it to system\apps

Scarface1991 said:
Great work. Could you port the Task Manager to Jelly Bean, since it doesn`t seem to work on it, would be really great
Edit: It works on Jelly Bean also, I just had to install it as a normal apk and not copy it to system\apps
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Thanks for the confirmation.
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best full screen camera app

Hi there.
after trying a rom from RSK , I then hade liked CM10.1 rom, but was disappointed that the camera app was nowhere near as good.
so I was wondering if anybody could tell me the best full screen camera app??

I'm using "Camera ICS" from Google play. Works fine with the CM 10.1 roms.

UooU said:
I'm using "Camera ICS" from Google play. Works fine with the CM 10.1 roms.
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had been using ICS, but decided to pay for Camera zoom fx, even better than ICS i found .
many thanks

htc_desire_luke said:
had been using ICS, but decided to pay for Camera zoom fx, even better than ICS i found .
many thanks
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Sandvold's ICS has a very nice camera, nice contrast and saturation values. I downloaded his ROM, then extracted the camera app and replaced it wid VJ's CM10 camera. Works fine for me. you've got to replace the whole gallery app.

alicarbovader said:
Sandvold's ICS has a very nice camera, nice contrast and saturation values. I downloaded his ROM, then extracted the camera app and replaced it wid VJ's CM10 camera. Works fine for me. you've got to replace the whole gallery app.
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Do you have a link to the Sandvold's ICS ROM? I'm very happy with the VJ's CM10.1 (v1.0) ROM beside the stock camera app.
Thanks in advance!

Blikjebier said:
Do you have a link to the Sandvold's ICS ROM? I'm very happy with the VJ's CM10.1 (v1.0) ROM beside the stock camera app.
Thanks in advance!
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same here. im using VJ's CM10.1, everything ok besides the camera, so a good and free camera would be great.

Cymera (it also has great editing tools).

Blikjebier said:
Do you have a link to the Sandvold's ICS ROM? I'm very happy with the VJ's CM10.1 (v1.0) ROM beside the stock camera app.
Thanks in advance!
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Here it is.... This is not by me, all credit goes to sandvold and whoever helped him in making that rom...

I use Camera zoom fx, if you still need it...

Will it work on CM 7.2?
And if so, can I just paste it with root ecplorer or do I have to unpack the Roman and flash it?
Thank you in advance!
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Moto-X Camera APK

For anyone sick of the camera lag or HDR being finicky,ive been using the Moto-X Camera APK that I originally came across when I had my S4 (worked perfect on that phone). Tried it on my N5 and works great so far, been using for the last 24 hours without issue.
Link --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44009561
-Vodka

vodka7 said:
For anyone sick of the camera lag or HDR being finicky,ive been using the Moto-X Camera APK that I originally came across when I had my S4 (worked perfect on that phone). Tried it on my N5 and works great so far, been using for the last 24 hours without issue.
Link --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44009561
-Vodka
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The link in the thread doesn't work (File doesn't exist).

freexx89 said:
The link in the thread doesn't work (File doesn't exist).
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http://d-h.st/Yvc
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Link works. How is the moto x camera apk better than ours? Difficult to notice advantages/disadvantages

-Take a picture with one and then other, you'll see the difference!
-Launches faster

Thnx. It has a really nice app interface...
But so far I get a FC when using Panorama. I also can't activate HDR more or the Slo mode? hmmm

-Take a picture with one and then other, you'll see the difference!
-Launches faster
-Better image stabilization

Galactic2 said:
Thnx. It has a really nice app interface...
But so far I get a FC when using Panorama. I also can't activate HDR more or the Slo mode? hmmm
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I don't think HDR works if you use the Moto X camera app on the N5. It will take a picture but it isn't doing HDR
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impulse101 said:
I don't think HDR works if you use the Moto X camera app on the N5. It will take a picture but it isn't doing HDR
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Sorry guys :-/ Thought HDR was working for me after I clicked it but didnt realize it wasnt selecting. I think ill continue to use this over the stock app though, maybe one of the dev's will see if we cant get HDR working? Ive tried installing the update to this as well (think it came from the t-mobile version) to no avail..

Have a lot of trouble installing it, every time I do it says app not installed, and I have allowed unknown sources and turned off verify apps

Jarvis4 said:
Have a lot of trouble installing it, every time I do it says app not installed, and I have allowed unknown sources and turned off verify apps
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this.. I am running ART. Do you need to put this is the system/app folder or something?

agalvin13 said:
this.. I am running ART. Do you need to put this is the system/app folder or something?
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Same. Not installed even after putting in system/app folder and deleting stock camera. Also on ART
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the camera apk is most likely deodexed, which means not compatible with ART. try disabling art.

ethantarheels123 said:
the camera apk is most likely deodexed, which means not compatible with ART. try disabling art.
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I ran into this problem today with the cover lockscreen beta and it would not run on ART, it would install but crash every time it tried to run. So far these are the only two apps that I have had trouble with using ART

ethantarheels123 said:
the camera apk is most likely deodexed, which means not compatible with ART. try disabling art.
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switched back to dalvik and it worked fine. thanks

Downloaded the 3.1.5 version that was posted on Google Play and it gives me an error while attempting to install it, maybe the app that was posted here was modified to make it work with other devices?

Im using Dalvik and still getting the App Not Installed error.
Do i need to Root?

What's art?

On Dalvik and rooted.
All good except for the 'Slo' and HDR feature not working.

Works GREAT !!!!!!!
THNK$

Camera issues. Please help

Hey I'm currently having a problem with camera apps which are lagging/freezing my phone up. The only way to make them work correctly is to covert the app to a system app. Anyone know why this is happening? I have tried a few ROMs which are asop kk, not tried a stock ROM .
EDIT: tested a stock rom and camera and play store cameras are fine. Anyone know why i'm having problems with ASOP roms?

Which camera apps did you used?
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stalli0nUK said:
Hey I'm currently having a problem with camera apps which are lagging/freezing my phone up. The only way to make them work correctly is to covert the app to a system app. Anyone know why this is happening? I have tried a few ROMs which are asop kk, not tried a stock ROM .
EDIT: tested a stock rom and camera and play store cameras are fine. Anyone know why i'm having problems with ASOP roms?
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You should mention what phone you have, I9500 of I9505 etc.

maxsam4 said:
Which camera apps did you used?
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jeffrey268 said:
You should mention what phone you have, I9500 of I9505 etc.
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Sorry I have a I9505, and tested first *whistle camera selfie* (this froze instantly) then, camera zoom fx and a better camera. the stock camera2 worked fine. roms used C-RoM asop, cDroid simple. and slimKAT.

stalli0nUK said:
Sorry I have a I9505, and tested first *whistle camera selfie* (this froze instantly) then, camera zoom fx and a better camera. the stock camera2 worked fine. roms used C-RoM asop, cDroid simple. and slimKAT.
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If you want ALL the camera working as you should expect avoid aosp roms or similar.
I am also waiting for a working CM rom but I daily need my camera working at my finger, so I stay with 4.3 ROMS.

Cheers all, bit of a shame really. But guess I'll have to use stock roms then. Wish TW has asop Lockscreen and blurred to see wallpaper
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