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Universal-Front Cam

Hi folks, i am usin' O2 XDA Exec(Universal WM5), my network doesn't support Video Calls, so the front camera ain't of any damn use at all.
Can anyone expert here tell me, if there is any application(i really doubt), which can make it work as a normal front camera.
Or if someone of you can make such program
Complimentary beer from my side promised, lol
I wuz searchin' thru google and archives here, as well, not of much use.
Comments appreciated..
Adieu.

Try AtekSoft's apps. You can use front facing camera as a web cam in Web Camera Plus. Do not know about Cool Camera program, but I think you should be able to use the front facing camera the same way as the main camera with it.

KarhU said:
Try AtekSoft's apps. You can use front facing camera as a web cam in Web Camera Plus. Do not know about Cool Camera program, but I think you should be able to use the front facing camera the same way as the main camera with it.
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yeah, when i wuz searchin' for this, i found some results referrin' to Coolcam, in the archive of xda-developers itself. I downloaded it, but it seemed more like Add-on features for the main camera.
But i am gonna install it now, thanks for your prompt reply
Adieu..

rohitsharman said:
yeah, when i wuz searchin' for this, i found some results referrin' to Coolcam, in the archive of xda-developers itself. I downloaded it, but it seemed more like Add-on features for the main camera.
But i am gonna install it now, thanks for your prompt reply
Adieu..
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Merci
Let me know if it works, I have never tried CoolCamera before, and if it works I will finally have use for the front facing camera on my Hermes.

Oh man, that's what i wanted. However, it prompts unregistered version, is it gonna expire in few days ?

rohitsharman said:
Oh man, that's what i wanted. However, it prompts unregistered version, is it gonna expire in few days ?
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Most probably yes as it is a commercial app.

KarhU said:
Most probably yes as it is a commercial app.
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And you know what, while goin' thru forums, i just found out that the option to switch over to front camera feature is there in Universal, built-in already. When you click on Camera, there is a toggle button, for front camera(though the features of one built-in s**ks in comparison to cool camera).
I never paid heed to it, i thought that toggle button is to switch over to low-resolution mode or somethin' like that. Oh man, i feel like a total fool now hahaha
Never mind, your beers, as promised must have reached.
Check your paypal account and lemme know. Take care.
Adieu..

Merci bien!
Thank you very much for your donation Rohit!
Sometimes we can not see things we have just under our noses, anyway I am glad you have it sorted out There is no such a switch on Hermes (Hermes has Macro switch instead) so I think I will give CoolCamera a go.
Have a nice day,
KarhU

yeah pal, you should try it. The website says:
Restrictions of unregistered version:
Maximum video recording time and Interval Photo time is 5 seconds.
so for video, you gotta use the default application, but you can use this application for capturin' images, interval photo time of 5 seconds, would hardly matter for you, i think.
Enjoy..

KarhU said:
Merci bien!
Thank you very much for your donation Rohit!
Sometimes we can not see things we have just under our noses, anyway I am glad you have it sorted out There is no such a switch on Hermes (Hermes has Macro switch instead) so I think I will give CoolCamera a go.
Have a nice day,
KarhU
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Front camera on Hermes using Coolcamera is sideways.. a little bug that never got fixed. Changing any settings in CoolCamera won't do anything either.

Motorola Bravo Camera working?

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

Junkyardjames87 said:
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.

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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So that this means that you are receiving your phone again? working?
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Junkyardjames87 said:
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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slowcurve said:
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?

BravoMotorola said:
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.

josuearisty said:
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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BravoMotorola said:
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!!!

josuearisty said:
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.

BravoMotorola said:
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.

josuearisty said:
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.

BravoMotorola said:
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.

[MOD] Torch boost! Full LED power when using your Z1 as a light source!

Hello guise,
This time I'll share with you something that @RyokoN found out. Please thank him here. I just made proper changes to the file he mentioned.
Someday I was killed by my friend N5 torch. It was so bright. Now I decided that I want my torch to be actually useful, just like his torch is. (we were trying to see details in a dark place to fix the window).
It may break your LED if you leave it on for some time. I'm not responsible for any damage. It actually made my back around the LED a bit warm after a few seconds in the extreme version!
Please be aware that it's not safe to test it on devices that are older than Xperia Z as LED's may vary hardware-side.
Anyway, enjoy
Extreme version - just torch
Medium version - just torch
Medium version - torch, camera, flash, notification LED <------------ RECOMMENDED!
Extreme version - torch, camera, flash, notification LED
Revert to stock Z1 torch
It's based on Z1 .108 firmware (4.4.4), but it WILL work on 4.3 roms. Can't say about older android versions - you tell me!
Please test and let me know how it went
It's significantly brighter now. At first it barely gave any light and now it's even brighter then the light in my room on a small distance, lol.
Confirmed working on:
Z 4.4.4
ZR
Z1 Compact
Z1s
Z1 4.3 4.4
Z2 4.4
Z3 4.4

That's what I'm talking about! FINALLY a flashlight that I can use! It works great!

Wow! Tks to your mod, I'm finally throw my flashlight out in the garbage because now it's brighter that that old flashlight.....

Have you checked if the led can endure the increased amount of current?
i dont want my led to be damaged permanently because of this

hasn4179 said:
Have you checked if the led can endure the increased amount of current?
i dont want my led to be damaged permanently because of this
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I didn't, but it's using the same current like the flash in camera. It shouldn't harm your device if you won't use it for a long time like 15 minutes - just a guess.
As always, use it in your own risk.

Ok.. that's awesome!!!! It's amazing, even if you turn torch on when taking a photo it's brighter that flash itself.. I'm wondering
If there is any chance to boost flash at the same level with camera to get better pictures..
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Horayken said:
Ok.. that's awesome!!!! It's amazing, even if you turn torch on when taking a photo it's brighter that flash itself.. I'm wondering
If there is any chance to boost flash at the same level with camera to get better pictures..
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Lol, I actually thought that I set it at the same level as the flash.

Lol XD
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olokos said:
I didn't, but it's using the same current like the flash in camera. It shouldn't harm your device if you won't use it for a long time like 15 minutes - just a guess.
As always, use it in your own risk.
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1 of the disadvantages of glass+metal: it heats up pretty quickly,

OMG
DANG this is bright, confirmed working for Xperia Z1S I actually kind of blinded myself without even looking at the led directly

If it can increase power of flash in camera, its great. ?

Hi
Great work
This file also found in other devices like sp, Go, z and others
Can i use this for Them?
What parameters did you Change?
Thanks

samadipoor2 said:
Hi
Great work
This file also found in other devices like sp, Go, z and others
Can i use this for Them?
What parameters did you Change?
Thanks
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It's risky using it for a device with potentially different hardware, could burn out the torch

tomascus said:
It's risky using it for a device with potentially different hardware, could burn out the torch
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Yeah, you are right
But how i can make this mode for other devices?
Which parameters should i change?

samadipoor2 said:
Yeah, you are right
But how i can make this mode for other devices?
Which parameters should i change?
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The one that changes current
if_torch_vr

tomascus said:
The one that changes current
if_torch_vr
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Thanks
BUT
Just this one?
Nothing else?

samadipoor2 said:
Thanks
BUT
Just this one?
Nothing else?
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I believe so, just be very careful.

What about notificatin light can you make one for that?

Ok... Wow... This is crazy I thought its impossible.. Bravo.. Im with iHackers 4.1 and it works.
Problem is that its stronger now than the actual camera flash....
Please make a new version where the cam flash will be as strong.. Pleeeease

beniamin24 said:
What about notificatin light can you make one for that?
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Nope, since notification light works for a really long time and it's too risky.
babyboy3265 said:
Ok... Wow... This is crazy I thought its impossible.. Bravo.. Im with iHackers 4.1 and it works.
Problem is that its stronger now than the actual camera flash....
Please make a new version where the cam flash will be as strong.. Pleeeease
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I will ☺

Camera questions

Hey guys,
I'm intending to buy a new moto x pure for a relatively cheap price in my country and I've been reading about poor camera so can anyone tell me is it true??
Also I've been reading about the absence of camera2 api and the unability to install manual camera apps is it true??? And wasn't there any update to fix it???and is there anyway to enable it without having to root the phone??
And finally which 3rd party camera apps do you prefer?? And does google camera work fine and are its pictures better than stock app or worse???
Thx in advance

any answers please????

borchaniz said:
any answers please????
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Google Camera is no longer available, it has been pulled from the Play Store... When it was there, it worked fine.
Personally, I use Camera ZOOM FX... not that it is much better than anything else, but I bought it years ago on sale for 25¢, it works quite well, and I am familiar with it. It has a multitude of adjustments, although it is not using the Camera2 API.
The Manual Camera Compatibility app fails on all items it checks, the phone does not support the Camera2 API and unless Moto adds support in Nougat, we likely won't get.
This is not to say that the Moto X doesn't take good pictures... personally I think the picture quality is excellent for a smartphone, far better than most of the other phones in the family except my son's S7 Edge (which has a fantastic camera). The only real drawbacks in my opinion are the stock camera app (which is bad, wish we had the new Moto Camera app, it is much better) and the lack of OIS.

acejavelin said:
Google Camera is no longer available, it has been pulled from the Play Store... When it was there, it worked fine.
Personally, I use Camera ZOOM FX... not that it is much better than anything else, but I bought it years ago on sale for 25¢, it works quite well, and I am familiar with it. It has a multitude of adjustments, although it is not using the Camera2 API.
The Manual Camera Compatibility app fails on all items it checks, the phone does not support the Camera2 API and unless Moto adds support in Nougat, we likely won't get.
This is not to say that the Moto X doesn't take good pictures... personally I think the picture quality is excellent for a smartphone, far better than most of the other phones in the family except my son's S7 Edge (which has a fantastic camera). The only real drawbacks in my opinion are the stock camera app (which is bad, wish we had the new Moto Camera app, it is much better) and the lack of OIS.
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Thx a lot;
Actually that's the point I really don't like the camera app that is there in the moto x!!! it really sucks But if You install the google app apk will it work??
(I mean like from here http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/camera/camera-3-2-045-release/)

borchaniz said:
Thx a lot;
Actually that's the point I really don't like the camera app that is there in the moto x!!! it really sucks But if You install the google app apk will it work??
(I mean like from here http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/camera/camera-3-2-045-release/)
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Sorry... I will not install an app that requires me to enable Unknown Sources right now. Perhaps someone else can test it for you.
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acejavelin said:
Sorry... I will not install an app that requires me to enable Unknown Sources right now. Perhaps someone else can test it for you.
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OK Thx anyway I'm so grateful

borchaniz said:
Thx a lot;
Actually that's the point I really don't like the camera app that is there in the moto x!!! it really sucks But if You install the google app apk will it work??
(I mean like from here http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/camera/camera-3-2-045-release/)
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I've tried Google Camera on my Style but it faces crashes at times. I've installed HTC camera (new) and it works good. Pictures are really sharp.

You can download the stock moto camera from the play store which I feel works really well and takes great pictures.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.camera
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Cdub1976 said:
You can download the stock moto camera from the play store which I feel works really well and takes great pictures.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.camera
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Umm... that is the app that is included with the phone, it is not good. The new "4th generation" phone Moto camera app is quite good but unfortunately it isn't usable on a stock device.

acejavelin said:
Umm... that is the app that is included with the phone, it is not good. The new "4th generation" phone Moto camera app is quite good but unfortunately it isn't usable on a stock device.
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Sorry hadn't had my coffee and I had been reading the development forum right before. Head wasn't on straight.
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acejavelin said:
Umm... that is the app that is included with the phone, it is not good. The new "4th generation" phone Moto camera app is quite good but unfortunately it isn't usable on a stock device.
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you can find the apk of the new Moto Camera on XDA

urimevs509 said:
you can find the apk of the new Moto Camera on XDA
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If you mean the G4 Apps thread in the Themes/Apps section that just goes to another link where you can download flashables and APKs, the APK doesn't work... Says something like "Your device is not supported" and exits.
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acejavelin said:
If you mean the G4 Apps thread in the Themes/Apps section that just goes to another link where you can download flashables and APKs, the APK doesn't work... Says something like "Your device is not supported" and exits.
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This version fixes that problem
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzN_CG03Ba9WYzJuTjFJRUUwSHM/view?pref=2&pli=1

data365 said:
This version fixes that problem
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzN_CG03Ba9WYzJuTjFJRUUwSHM/view?pref=2&pli=1
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No offense, but do you have a reference of where this file came from? I really don't like to install random APKs...

acejavelin said:
No offense, but do you have a reference of where this file came from? I really don't like to install random APKs...
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I totally understand you concern, I downloaded the original apk from this post and than modified the file myself to enable professional mode and the debug menu.
i have yet to find a way to download apk directly from the play store but i keep looking from time to time.

data365 said:
I totally understand you concern, I downloaded the original apk from this post and than modified the file myself to enable professional mode and the debug menu.
i have yet to find a way to download apk directly from the play store but i keep looking from time to time.
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How do you find professional mode in your apk? Is that the options in debug?

aer0zer0 said:
How do you find professional mode in your apk? Is that the options in debug?
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You should find a new professional mode option in the camera mode menu found in the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
If you don't see the option it means that the ro.product.device setting in your build.prop file is not been set to one of the valid device names that will enable professional mode in this modified version of the app.
The list of device name that will enable professional mode in this version of the app are: athene, griffin, addison, clark, osprey, luk, kinzie and otus
From the 5 professional mode settings I discovered that the "Shutter speed" setting does not appear to work the on stock android 6.0.1 and somebody else reported that the "ISO" setting does not appear to work on android 6.0.0, "Manual focus", "White balance" and "Exposure" all appear to work as expected.

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borchaniz said:
Hey guys,
I'm intending to buy a new moto x pure for a relatively cheap price in my country and I've been reading about poor camera so can anyone tell me is true.
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I used the mod from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/general/cameramod-t3420739
and the FreeDcam app and my MXP is happily shooting manual/raw. defcomg even created a flat field correction file for the cam sensor. This little camera is producing images that rival those of my Canon 7D.

So I bought a moto x pure few days ago but I've been really busy moving to a new home in the city where I will attend university;
Thx for your help,
About the new phone I like the performance, camera is great but not as great as you would expect a 21mpx camera to be I mean it's sharp but details are Kind of blurry if you zoom in so much and dynamic range is unsatisfactory completed to my brother's Nexus 5x camera!
Best thing about it is the front panel! Front facing camera, screen and speakers (they're so damn loud)
Camera app isn't as bad as I thought but still not so good!
It just needs getting used to coming from my Nexus 5, Google camera was way more comfortable and makes a lot more sense! The only Google camera app that worked for me is the old one I Mean the one from KitKat times! Still a nice alternative with a slightly better color reproduction!
So if you find a way to make camera 2 api work or any better camera app please let me know

data365 said:
I totally understand you concern, I downloaded the original apk from this post and than modified the file myself to enable professional mode and the debug menu.
i have yet to find a way to download apk directly from the play store but i keep looking from time to time.
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BTW ISO and Shutter speed do not work, changing them won't affect the picture however white balance and manual focus work great!

[W.I.P] Samsung Camera App for the OnePlus 3T

I've read a lot about this phone lacking a good camera. I own a S6 and an S7, so I dumped the camera app from my Samsung phone as well as the frameworks required for the camera app to work.
I'm not sure if this will work because I don't have a OnePlus 3T phone on hand (I am planning on getting one though), so this hasn't been tested. These files are stock files and unmodified. From what I've read as long as the frameworks are available, the APK files should function, so if anyone would like to test these out and report back to let me know how it works I would appreciate it.
Recommendations:
Just to cover all bases, I do recommend everyone to make a backup of their system. This archive won't make any changes to your system outside of installing the stock samsung camera app, but I don't want to be responsible for any issues if something stops working for you.
I don't foresee anything causing any trouble because if this doesn't work, you can just uninstall it like any other app and remove the *jar files and everything should be fine.
Here are the steps:
1. Extract the archive file. (you should see a readme.txt, SamsungCamera4.apk, and a system folder)
2. Install the "SamsungCamera4.apk" file like any other app (Don't open it up yet after you install it)
3. In the system\framework folder of this archive, you will see a bunch of *.jar files. You need to move those into the .\system\framework folder on your phone. (These are required libraries for the APK to work properly)
You can do this using an app like "Root Browser", but you NEED to be rooted for this to work.
4. After you copy the jar files over, reboot your phone.
5. (Optional) When your phone powers back on, try and clear the cache for your camera app.
6. Try and run the Samsung Camera app on your phone.
I hope this will work out on this phone, because I would really like to see a better camera option for such a great phone!
Let me know what you find!

Extracted the apk and doesn't install.

Do you get any errors? If so, what is the error?

m0d hipp¥ said:
Do you get any errors? If so, what is the error?
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I installed it as a system app because it can't be installed normally (package appears to be corrupted) and installed all frameworks with rw-r-r.
When I open the app, it flashes black for half a second and then closes

Dang, okay. Let me look into this and see what I can do. When you tried installing it as a regular app, did it say it's not compatible or anything came up?

m0d hipp¥ said:
Dang, okay. Let me look into this and see what I can do. When you tried installing it as a regular app, did it say it's not compatible or anything came up?
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I would like to be optimistic but if it was possible someone would have done it ages ago. You should be able to port from one Samsung to another as the frameworks are similar but you would need to build it from the source (i.e. build the app yourself from scratch) to have it working on Oneplus 3t and the source code is not open I believe.
You would have better chances at tweaking stock camera than porting Samsung's

Yeah, I might need to look into it a bit further. I was being optimistic and hopeful. I mean, I get that the hardware is specific to the device, but I don't see why a camera like Samsung's camera app couldn't be ported for all Android devices. After all Android is built off the same base platform.
Thanks for at least giving it a try. I think I will go and order my OnePlus 3T when I get home from work, then I'll be able to do more trial and error on my own as well!
Thanks for the attempts guys!

m0d hipp¥ said:
Yeah, I might need to look into it a bit further. I was being optimistic and hopeful. I mean, I get that the hardware is specific to the device, but I don't see why a camera like Samsung's camera app couldn't be ported for all Android devices. After all Android is built off the same base platform.
Thanks for at least giving it a try. I think I will go and order my OnePlus 3T when I get home from work, then I'll be able to do more trial and error on my own as well!
Thanks for the attempts guys!
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Good luck in testing this once you get your phone but I doubt that you'll be able to port Samsung camera to Oneplus 3t. I think better idea would be working on the stock camera and improving the algorithms and post processing there.
If you get stuck and need experts view on your ideas or help with the code ask the greatest camera developer defcomg for help as he with his expertise will be able to assist you where possible

Thanks! I was actually looking at some other apps in the playstore that are considered "high def camera" apps. I know that a lot of the quality in pictures is based on the hardware itself, however I also know that the software is what drives the hardware to work the way it works. I mean, granted the specs of the camera might not be the same as Samsung's, but a 16mp camera should be pretty darn good quality nonetheless.
Has anyone played around with any of the other camera apps?
I know someone here tried the stock android\google camera. What about one of these?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snap
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riseupgames.proshot2
I realize some of these are paid apps, and I'll look into it once my phone comes in as well. I definitely think there is opportunity for some optimization to make the camera a little better based off everyone's feedback about it.

This is a good initiative to improve the software side of the camera. I know sultanxda has his own hals in his ROMs but I find stock oxygen ROM to have better images and videos with less distortion.

All the luck for your attempt. If you're able to tidy up the algorithms ,it's gonna improve the camera for sure.

Crossing fingers.
That being said, what camera hal version is the sammy cam? But even if it´s the same, I belive you have to build a wrapper to shim the sammy function calls to the qcom camera hal... Good luck!
Propably logs (logcat and dmesg) from the crashing camera app would be usefull.

Bah, unfortunately it seems like I got ahead of myself. I did a little bit more looking into this, and it looks like the SamsungCamera app is actually using a custom SDK, so it doesn't follow the same practice your other universal apps use. Apparently SamsungCamera uses some more low-level technique that doesn't utilize HAL.

Hey Guy's
Have you tried Google Camera? You can get this on apkmirror.
Cheers

Right, it's like I suggested in one of my previous posts. There seem to be a few high def camera apps available across all android platforms which might be a great alternative. I'm not sure, but it's worth a look and test.

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Hey Guy's
Have you tried Google Camera? You can get this on apkmirror.
Cheers
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I tried Google camera and it crashes every time I open the app.. Any insight?

jdavis7882 said:
I tried Google camera and it crashes every time I open the app.. Any insight?
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Use the link from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...oogle-camera-4-2-035-141213305-t3531566/page1
Last post I think. First one doesn't work.

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Use the link from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...oogle-camera-4-2-035-141213305-t3531566/page1
Last post I think. First one doesn't work.
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Same result

NoLunchBox_ said:
Use the link from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...oogle-camera-4-2-035-141213305-t3531566/page1
Last post I think. First one doesn't work.
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Having tried numerous Google camera versions unfortunately none of them give us the same controls (no HDR+, burst mode which no one uses ) that would give to Nexus line users as this is limited to just Google phones. If HDR+ worked on Oneplus 3T it would give the results that Pixel users get and since Samsung camera app is no-go as expected I think working on Google camera app to unlock HDR+ that Google/Pixel phones get would probably be the only solution to improve the results on OP3T.

@m0d hipp¥ can you port or arrange samsung Gallery app for Oneplus 3T???
It will be a great help bro