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Photos Disappearing!!!!

UGH my photos that I take with the camera are disappearing! I'm not sure how to replicate it but it might be either when I mount the usb or restart the phone.
Is this a known issue? Is anyone else having this problem? This almost renders the camera useless
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also, this isn't just a gallery issue because when I check the DCIM folder with Astro file manager the photos are still missing
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I had this problem too. Lost all my family videos and some pics, its very anoying bug... there is thread on google android somewhere, I posted here somewhere in this forum and the same content there. I think that maybe some instalation, but is just my opinion, embased in nothing.

I had several pictures I took disappear a few weeks ago. This was (obviously) while still on 2.3.2. No idea what the cause was, but I agree, they're not anywhere on the sdcard to be found. Very scary.
To be fair, I don't recall which of the three camera apps I use (stock, camera360, vignette) I took them with. I think it was vignette (and yes, I checked its folder). Are you using the stock camera or a 3rd party one?
For the time being, important pictures are being immediately uploaded/shared to my Picasa account.

Continue reporting and starring: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13419

distortedloop said:
I had several pictures I took disappear a few weeks ago. This was (obviously) while still on 2.3.2. No idea what the cause was, but I agree, they're not anywhere on the sdcard to be found. Very scary.
To be fair, I don't recall which of the three camera apps I use (stock, camera360, vignette) I took them with. I think it was vignette (and yes, I checked its folder). Are you using the stock camera or a 3rd party one?
For the time being, important pictures are being immediately uploaded/shared to my Picasa account.
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Stock camera on 2.3.2 , I discovered like about 5 days before OTA hit me on last monday...

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Continue reporting and starring: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=13419
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done that, thx

In my case, my missing pics always reappear after rebooting. Funny thing is my previously deleted pics magically reappear in my Gallery (in a pixelated fashion) whenever my new pics go missing.

thank you for link. hope it gets fixed soon
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if anyone else is having this problem please support by starring and reporting via the link above
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Vine for Android here! Bug on CM?

Hey guys,
I am the Android engineer responsible for the video playback and recording components on the Vine for Android app. We noticed that there is a bug on a rooted 4.2.2 ROM (mostly S2, prob CM related) that it did not implement one of the camera method (specifically, onPreviewFrame, the data returns null when using image buffering) that we are relying on to work properly. Just want to let you guys know what the problem is.
Best,
Edison Wang
Vine Labs (Twitter Inc.)

I'm on CM10.1 (4.2.2) on my Nexus S and I still have the "Initializing" problem after the update.

@op you do know about the open source camera s2 use ,you can look into that
Replicant guys made it
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Recording worked when I was on stock 4.1.2 rom, but it force closes upon recording when I'm on cm10.1. Is there an easy fix for this?

wzsddtc2 said:
Hey guys,
I am the Android engineer responsible for the video playback and recording components on the Vine for Android app. We noticed that there is a bug on a rooted 4.2.2 ROM (mostly S2, prob CM related) that it did not implement one of the camera method (specifically, onPreviewFrame, the data returns null when using image buffering) that we are relying on to work properly. Just want to let you guys know what the problem is.
Best,
Edison Wang
Vine Labs (Twitter Inc.)
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Any news on this bug fix?

Vine crash
I'm on latest update of Vine.
It still crashes less than a second after recording. I keep on sending crash reports hoping they can fix it.
I am running X-treme JB rom v9 with Dorimanx kernal. Android 4.2.2.
Best ROM I've ever used. Everything else works great but I just want Vine to work!

wzsddtc2 said:
Hey guys,
I am the Android engineer responsible for the video playback and recording components on the Vine for Android app. We noticed that there is a bug on a rooted 4.2.2 ROM (mostly S2, prob CM related) that it did not implement one of the camera method (specifically, onPreviewFrame, the data returns null when using image buffering) that we are relying on to work properly. Just want to let you guys know what the problem is.
Best,
Edison Wang
Vine Labs (Twitter Inc.)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43063033&postcount=24753
Cheers!
Enviado desde mi GT-I9100

new update
vine has updated.
they say its the biggest update yet for android and has new shooting options ansd camera options etc.
might be worth trying again with a 4.2.2 rom to see if it works.
i am sticking with neatrom for the min (4.1.2) as it works with instagram and vine. once both aps work with 4.2.2 aosp and aokp based roms i will go back. i miss halo and pie

hetster said:
vine has updated.
they say its the biggest update yet for android and has new shooting options ansd camera options etc.
might be worth trying again with a 4.2.2 rom to see if it works.
i am sticking with neatrom for the min (4.1.2) as it works with instagram and vine. once both aps work with 4.2.2 aosp and aokp based roms i will go back. i miss halo and pie
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Thanks for the info. Just updated and it still crashes. Unlike last time it would be half a second, now it's instant.
However! Using the front facing camera works! Progress?

jkne said:
Thanks for the info. Just updated and it still crashes. Unlike last time it would be half a second, now it's instant.
However! Using the front facing camera works! Progress?
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i think its going to be a long wait. most aosp roms are based on CM. the problem is CM use a hacked rear camera with higher resolution. aps are created using normal android firmware so dont take into account the new hacked camera. unfortunately i think the makers of vine will see modified firmware user base as quite small so not bother to change their app and CM is unlikely to undo a better camera for the sake of 2 aps (same bug is in instagram video for the very same reason as vine)
neatrom works with them all as they are based on original samsung firmware but i prefer aosp roms but till the bugs for these 2 aps are sorted i'll have to stick to neatrom as 80% of what i do on my phone is instagram or vine related. oh well
full explanation from dorimax here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43063033&postcount=24753

WTFFF
wzsddtc2 said:
hey guys,
i am the android engineer responsible for the video playback and recording components on the vine for android app. We noticed that there is a bug on a rooted 4.2.2 rom (mostly s2, prob cm related) that it did not implement one of the camera method (specifically, onpreviewframe, the data returns null when using image buffering) that we are relying on to work properly. Just want to let you guys know what the problem is.
Best,
edison wang
vine labs (twitter inc.)
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how can you not fix this? We are waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bombsofgold said:
how can you not fix this? We are waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I wish either Vine or CM and X-treme could come up with some kind of workaround.
I am missing a lot of moments that a standard photograph cannot capture and a video is too cumbersome.
I'm having to use my girlfriends iPhone when I have perfectly good Android hardware in my pocket!
By the time I have the iPhone in my hand and unlocked the precious 6 second moment is gone, FOR EVER.
Come on Vine! Can't you enable a compatibility mode or anything? :crying:

X-treme Rom v10 will be ready soon by the looks of things. Looking forward to it!
Does anyone know if this will fix the problem? (cannot currently write on all threads as I haven't enough posts)

@wzsddtc2
Nasty bug. Vine seems to be the only app on cm 10.2 that does not work..
with the latest update they outright claim your device is not supported. (It worked perfectly on Official 4.1.2 roms)
is this going to be fixed?

chuckiler said:
@wzsddtc2
Nasty bug. Vine seems to be the only app on cm 10.2 that does not work..
with the latest update they outright claim your device is not supported. (It worked perfectly on Official 4.1.2 roms)
is this going to be fixed?
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That's be cause we are probably the only app that uses that special method that Samsung broke.
The same bug happens on S4's front facing camera driver, but Samsung has provided a workaround for that (we post-process the images).
On Cyangenmod, the problem is they don't even pass back a bad frame, it just passes back nothing, so we can't apply any workarounds there.

hetster said:
i think its going to be a long wait. most aosp roms are based on CM. the problem is CM use a hacked rear camera with higher resolution. aps are created using normal android firmware so dont take into account the new hacked camera. unfortunately i think the makers of vine will see modified firmware user base as quite small so not bother to change their app and CM is unlikely to undo a better camera for the sake of 2 aps (same bug is in instagram video for the very same reason as vine)
neatrom works with them all as they are based on original samsung firmware but i prefer aosp roms but till the bugs for these 2 aps are sorted i'll have to stick to neatrom as 80% of what i do on my phone is instagram or vine related. oh well
full explanation from dorimax here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43063033&postcount=24753
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That's not true. We saw the log from CM's bug tracker, it is entirely on their side and they just won't admit it.
Apps will request 640x480 preview size, but CM will report it succeeded but record at 720x480, which is a higher resolution.
We use onPreviewFrame() to get video frames and expect 640x480 frames, but CM will give frames at 720x480.
Because we give buffer frames at the smaller size, CM will treat them as invalid buffers and then just drop the frames.
Totally insane.

I'm using a t0ltetmo with the newest Carbon Nightly and Vine recording doesn't work.
Do you guys have a list of custom ROMs that is compatible with your app?
This is a bit annoying.

Hi there, Vine still doesn't work
Did you give up ?
(Sorry wrong thread)

orangeraf said:
Hi there, Vine still doesn't work
Did you give up ?
(Sorry wrong thread)
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Yeah I gave up. I got an S4, running AOSB and everything is working well.
The S2 is a backup phone now.

ok so apparently no one fixed this issue.. i tried a bunch of cm based roms and different versions of android and ive found problems with video upload to instagram (upload bar just stuck at middle and wont go on), vine app wont work (it just tells me that im using custom rom and there's a problem with camera), upload videos to twitter also stuck.. so it seems to me that the problem is with CM kernel and video format.
still cant believe that no one addressed this issue over 2 years now, im stunned

VR Panorama Mode

I had a Gnex, where I would take panorama pics and it was AWESOME. It stitched them together so well, that I had little to no complaints with it. However my LG G2- its awful. I tried taking a 360 bubble picture, and it was terri-bad. I don't understand how it can be so bad, if the stock android has a great feature, how they can make it WORSE on another phone.
Is there a way to get the version that Android has built in to work, and lose this crap that LG tried to do? I assume i'll have to root, and drop a rom on there... but I was trying to avoid that. However- I might over this one issue.

caecusscius said:
I had a Gnex, where I would take panorama pics and it was AWESOME. It stitched them together so well, that I had little to no complaints with it. However my LG G2- its awful. I tried taking a 360 bubble picture, and it was terri-bad. I don't understand how it can be so bad, if the stock android has a great feature, how they can make it WORSE on another phone.
Is there a way to get the version that Android has built in to work, and lose this crap that LG tried to do? I assume i'll have to root, and drop a rom on there... but I was trying to avoid that. However- I might over this one issue.
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One of the things i think is really bad too. Photosphere was phenomenal on my GNex, on the G2, its almost unusable. Sad bc I love the camera otherwise.

If you're rooted you can install the apk from the Google Edition phones. Works fine for me.

Works fine 4 me
Don't why you're complaining,on my G2 everything works fine.
To make the bubble sphere just take all the photoframes that the phone points out. The real picture will come at the end after "Processing". There it will reprocess all of the frames taken and arrange them propperly.
I'm surpriesed that you haven't seen this until now. Is realy awesome.
But I have 1 question :
How can we publish on facebook these pictures so that the others can see the bubble sphere?
If not facebook.. any other websait?and we can share the link in facebook?

Grid Wall Spin
I have an LG D959 flex. In VR Panorama mode I can't get the "grid wall" to stop spinning. When I hit the shutter a number 3 pops up and nothing else happens. The wall keeps rotating though. Am I missing a setting?

5.1.1 Update

Just received my update this morning. Installed after backup of some files. Still don't know what to expect. Hoping for even just a better battery life. ?

Idk that I can no longer revert to an older version.

So far I'm quite satisfied with the battery. I've been playing a lot too, phone not getting too hot than it used to.

Faster photo viewing in camera app. It is almost instant compared to the delayed one before. I did a side by side comparison. Try it.
There is a new "Greenify-ish" feature under Battery Settings. Try it.
You can remove the S-Finder and Quick Connect buttons if you like.
Raw photos is about 30mb.
App switching key is a tad faster.
Exposure shortcut thing in camera app works great and is actually quite sensitive to the focused point.
File Manager still drops frame rate. Damn it. >.>
That's kind of everything I have observed so far.

apollag said:
Just received my update this morning. Installed after backup of some files. Still don't know what to expect. Hoping for even just a better battery life.
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On which PH carrier are you subscribed to? And were you rooted before updating?

cloud5 said:
On which PH carrier are you subscribed to? And were you rooted before updating?
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Globe telco. No mine's not rooted. It's fully stock.

Graffiti Exploit said:
Faster photo viewing in camera app. It is almost instant compared to the delayed one before. I did a side by side comparison. Try it.
There is a new "Greenify-ish" feature under Battery Settings. Try it.
You can remove the S-Finder and Quick Connect buttons if you like.
Raw photos is about 30mb.
App switching key is a tad faster.
Exposure shortcut thing in camera app works great and is actually quite sensitive to the focused point.
File Manager still drops frame rate. Damn it. >.>
That's kind of everything I have observed so far.
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which app you use to make raw photos ??

I used Manual Camera Compatibility Test and it shows all green but red on RAW support.
Any idea?

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GCam 7, so I stumbled upon a thing SNAPDRAGON verified

This is the GCAM from Pixel 4/4XL/4a ?
Well on my crusades of random youtube videos tonight custom of the pawn of video talking about g cam 7 and Astro photography. I don't know if anyone else would be interested in a newer g cam APK but I found one of the newest Google camera that works on our devices. My only suggestion to get rid of some green tint this to go into settings and change your viewfinder to the one beginning with YUV. Link posted to save y'all the trouble of going through the pop up process.
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
Download the first one. 7.2.010 it's by Xenius9
Also in advanced settings is where to turn on Astro photography. All modes seem to work, what I've listed is tweaks I've done. Hopefully I've helped someone upgrade their GCam because Lord knows I love to stay in top of things with what's probably the best camera app on Android ??? cheers. Any questions you have let's work it out together and he'll each other folks.

Update: I've discovered that this set up actually gives me the best images. No discoloration blotches or anything. They've all come out crisp, great toned and all.

This only works on pixel devices...what about rooted android(samsung) handsets!?

KingVekxin said:
Update: I've discovered that this set up actually gives me the best images. No discoloration blotches or anything. They've all come out crisp, great toned and all.
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Sorry, where you find that settings?

birdMan6279 said:
This only works on pixel devices...what about rooted android(samsung) handsets!?
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My device isn't rooted, I have a stock note 9 on AT&T.

emmanueldmc said:
Sorry, where you find that settings?
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Settings then tweaks

Doesn't work on Exynos note 9 running Android 10. Immediately force closes

Myxter99 said:
Doesn't work on Exynos note 9 running Android 10. Immediately force closes
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Well I did say I've only done it on a snapdragon since that's what I have.

After a bunch of tests I find that the stock camera is much better than this port. I don't see the need for the scam with this phone. But it does work well so I guess there's that

TokedUp said:
After a bunch of tests I find that the stock camera is much better than this port. I don't see the need for the scam with this phone. But it does work well so I guess there's that
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To each their own I suppose. I get better portraits with GCam than I ever have on my stock can honestly.

Thanks for this!

thanks you for this.. its perfectly working with my samsung a70

TokedUp said:
After a bunch of tests I find that the stock camera is much better than this port. I don't see the need for the scam with this phone. But it does work well so I guess there's that
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portrait mode comes out better on gcam

KingVekxin said:
Update: I've discovered that this set up actually gives me the best images. No discoloration blotches or anything. They've all come out crisp, great toned and all.
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do you have any astrphotography sample shots ? i was looking forward to exchange my pixel 3 for a note 9 but the camera was holding me back. If there is a working gcam with astro i might actually pull the trigger on the note 9

Sergiozz96 said:
do you have any astrphotography sample shots ? i was looking forward to exchange my pixel 3 for a note 9 but the camera was holding me back. If there is a working gcam with astro i might actually pull the trigger on the note 9
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I do but they aren't very good. Even with the stay home order there's still a time of light pollution but it does work if u have the right location for it

Latest Urnyx05 version works great.. but astrophotograhy isnt working
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v1.7-fix.apk
Can someone else try it?

I'm using the one above and noticed every night shot is ungodly noisy. I don't remember older versions being this bad so it's probably a setting I'm missing or something, but it's unusable and I saw ISOs of 5000+.

Ludeape said:
Latest Urnyx05 version works great.. but astrophotograhy isnt working
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v1.7-fix.apk
Can someone else try it?
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Im using this version also (N9600). I have tested a couple gcam versions and this seems to be the best one yet.
16:9 is not working (not a big deal for me)
Astrophotography takes a regular Night Sight picture. (i really hope they fix this since I LOVE this feature)

Sergiozz96 said:
Im using this version also (N9600). I have tested a couple gcam versions and this seems to be the best one yet.
16:9 is not working (not a big deal for me)
Astrophotography takes a regular Night Sight picture. (i really hope they fix this since I LOVE this feature)
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Have there been any updates since this post?

I went here to track what updates have appeared: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-urnyx05/#apk1625
Downloaded this release which was published on June 20 2020 https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/GCam_7.3.018_Urnyx05-v2.0.apk
It seems to work just fine. I have some use cases where I've been missing my Pixel .
One thing I do find annoying about this gcam is that motion photos are on by default, both versions I've installed have been in that mode and I had to disable it.