Hello, i want to install cyanogenmod but from what i read, camer app sux, so i want to install the samsung stock apk, i haven´t flashed CM, (still have touchwiz) how do you extract an apk from the current rom to install it on another rom ???
the touchwiz camera will not work on aosp-based roms as there are framework variations. the 4.3 camera is working superbly for me. cheers.
The cyan camera is great IMO, only issue I've noticed on some aosp ROM's is the HDR being too dark. Easily fixed by just unchoosing and rechoosing the HDR option. I like the focusing a lot more than the stock camera.
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Br4nd3n said:
The cyan camera is great IMO, only issue I've noticed on some aosp ROM's is the HDR being too dark. Easily fixed by just unchoosing and rechoosing the HDR option. I like the focusing a lot more than the stock camera.
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thnx already tried it, camera takes too long to open and i didnt find any modes like the samsung stock (panorama - moving picture .. etc )
probably i´ll wait
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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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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?
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
I'm running the latest version of ParanoidAndroid, and noticed that there is a lot of noise in a lot of the photos that I take.
I am thinking it might have to do with the sharpness of the image. Is there a way to reduce sharpness in ICS?
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Anyone??
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I don't think there is any good fixes for the ICS camera as we are still missing kernel 3.0.
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Kernel 3.0 won't solve this necessarily on sense 4.0 ROMs though
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I'm running IceColdSandwich and the camera quality is just as good as CM and even better than stock ROM. The over-sharpening algorithm in stock ROM camera used to introduce a lot of artifacts in photos and they didn't look so good. ParanoidAndroid's base is existz's aospX ROM, and the camera works fine in that too, so it shouldn't be any different for you. There's currently no option in ICS cameras to adjust sharpness. Try running the camera in tablet mode, is there a setting then?
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Is it possible that using camera.apk from IceColdSandwich or CM would improve photo quality on Revolutionhd rom? I'm getting blurred photos almost everytime
have u tried uCam.apk ?
very good camera app.
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not yet. but I will try for sure.. Thanks ayham-dj
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Is it possible that using camera.apk from IceColdSandwich or CM would improve photo quality on Revolutionhd rom? I'm getting blurred photos almost everytime
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That wouldn't work. Revolution HD is a Sense ROM and the Sense framework is different from AOSP. So CM, AOKP and MIUI cameras won't work. Try using another app though as suggested above. I have Camera Zoom FX which works great.
Using uCam already. Great app. Phoyos are good enough, much better than stock cam app.
I used Camera Zoom FX before. Quality was the same as original
Hey All,
Since rooting my SGS2 and installing ICS Roms I find the Camera App is total S**t !
I use the camera loads both still and video.
The stock SGS2 Camera app was awesome !!!!! But the ICS one is rubbish !
I have searched everywhere and stock camera app is not available for custom roms or as an apk file.
So I am trying to find a developer to port the SGS2 Stock Camera App so it will work on all custom roms so we can all use it.
Failing that port it to Root Box Rom by Bajee11 as that's the Rom I use.
If anyone is skilled enough then let me know and we can discuss it further. It has to be totally bug free and working though.
I want this to happen so no time wasters please.
Feel free to leave comments regarding your camera experience on ICS.
Also don't recommend any apps as I wasted money on them all.
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I think it's impossible if you want it go back to stock rom
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Nah I don't think it would be imposable, just a lot of hard work either porting it from GB or starting from scratch. But either way something has to be done cause the ics camera is just crap!
I dont understand your topic. You're talking about a stock camera app. Flash any SAMSUNG based custom or stock ICS Rom and you will have a great camera... If you are using a CM or AOSP based ICS rom, like Rootbox, your camera might be worse. Because you have a Samsung device with Samsung camera, but a not samsung firmware... Or am I thinking wrong here, lolllzzz. Seems like common sense to me...
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Nah I don't think it would be imposable, just a lot of hard work either porting it from GB or starting from scratch. But either way something has to be done cause the ics camera is just crap!
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That's right it is bad but only the cm team can add features to it but no one will port the camera app its not so easy
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I am fully aware that it will be hard but if someone can port the other Samsung apps over then porting this will be possible. It will just take a little hard work and time for someone who has the knowledge about these kind of things (I don't)
Hopefully sooner or later a developer with the skill will answer the call
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It may not be impossible, but you have to understand that the stock Samsung camera app requires the touchwiz framework and system libraries, these files are completely incompatible with the AOSP framework and libraries, also the libraries in question are closed source when distributed by Samsung so any attempt to port or write from scratch would be a complete shot in the dark and while I'm sure there are devas out there who agree with you, with all the issues Samsung creates for AOSP devs a mostly working camera is much further down the list than other projects.
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This is something I've been looking for since I been using CM as well... 6 months now... really sucks to have such a great firmware with such a bad camera... more importantly the reduced camera settings is what makes matter worse...
For eg if you want to make a video with CM Cramera on lowest resolution, a 1 min video is like 40mb... can't even email something like that... while stock allowed 3gp and VGA resolution cams so you can take random small unimp videos to send... like on whatsapp with a 12mb limit you can only make like 5-10 second videos...
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Get UCAM pro. Try it. Seriously great.
The question should be about other third party camera apps available on the play store. Is there any app that comes close to the stock samsung app in the terms discussed above?
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As OP states no point in recommending any PS Apps. I have seriously tried them all and wasted loads of money on inferior camera apps.
There is nothing that comes close to Samsung camera application.
Also I have ucam and it's crap. How you can compare that app to the SGS2 Camera I don't know.
Which is a shame. (
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I agree with op here...the camera of this phone is very good and that's y I hate when it goes to waste on custom ROMs...Samsung ROM is very very ugly but utilizes camera quality to the fullest and has WiFi direct and FM but aosp and aokp ROMs r beautiful but camera sucks and no WiFi direct..spirit FM is the alternative at least
When will the perfect ROM come
Hell I would even buy the ROM like any play store product if it has aosp with Samsung like cam and WiFi direct and FM
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Why don't you use stock ROM with custom theme then?
I'm using Neat ROM and you can flash a custom theme over it (Jkay, vertemus, ...)
There's a lite version in case you don't want all stock Samsung apps.
Not what I am trying to achieve here.
Really want it so the camera application can be shared to all who want it.
Thanks for the idea though.
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Why don't you use stock ROM with custom theme then?
I'm using Neat ROM and you can flash a custom theme over it (Jkay, vertemus, ...)
There's a lite version in case you don't want all stock Samsung apps.
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I'm using that too but it has limitations like the theme is close to aosp but not in full...plus some colours r not very good...some notifications r pure white etc such things...plus changing DPI which is possible in aosp and aokp disrupts the UI in Sammy ROM with aosp theme on it
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Try using Ucam from play store it has most of the features of the stock camera and it also ugly like it
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i miss my stock camera....,could we like port the stock camera...Ive read some threads with instructions to detouchwiz an stock app,but that's gonna be a pain in the [email protected]#$ then again its worth it i guess.
Me too. I love Root Box but stock camera is really good.
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So I just tried ucam and I must say I'm quite impressed by the picture quality... not as good as stock but definitely better than CM...
Problems with it tho are that it keeps trying to autofocus which I find a little annoying...
Secondly and more importantly... its not allowing to take videos in less than 620*480... which was the problem to begin with... I'm starting to think this is a main CM limitation rather than any application...
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The stock camera has the advantage that Samsung can make calls directly to the hardware - fast and efficient. Because the stock camera only runs on Samsung devices.
When we talk about AOSP, now we are talking about generic Android. Google rewrote it for all devices with a general framework - it works on HTC. Now, the hardware cannot be directly addressed. Much more complicated programming - simpler in a way, but harder in others.
Then along comes AOKP. Those guys want to take Google out of the deal entirely, so they again rewrite everything and add another layer of abstraction. And when you think that NOBODY on the AOKP team owns an S2 and they don't even list it as a supported device. It is no surprise that the a large percentage of the features of the S2 are no longer available. For the life of me, I can't understand why putting up Superman wallpaper is better than having a decent camera, long battery life, FM radio, Bluetooth connectivity, etc.....
Any chances of us getting the stock camera that came with this phone working on CM or AOSP?
The stock camera app makes the camera work better, IMO. The AOSP camera just seems bad in comparison.
I agree!
I would love to see the stock camera and stock music player from the Color ROM be extracted for use on AOSP/AOKP/CM.
Could this be done? Anyone? Please?
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thanks for the info
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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