HTC always has to screw up something, the image bilinear filering is now disabled when viewing images fitted to screen, equally the filtering quality is reduced when zooming in, im sure they did it to increase speed
but really it makes browsing/viewing photos and pictures horrible, the gallery was one of the best things in my DHD
is there anyway to restore the foyo htc gallery? titanium isnt allowing it
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It would allow it when u root your phone (what you haven't done... thats how it seems).
When u want to root your phone u can install Visionary from the market and root your phone for a short moment.
Then u will need a backup of your 2.2 galery or a froyo rom that included sense.
When u have the rom (.zip) the HTCAlbum.apk will be located in \system\app of the zip file.
After extracting the apk u need an explorer that will ask for root previliges (i use rootexplorer but thats a pay app) and u have to copy the .apk to \system\app after u mounted read and write acces.
After that reboot unroot and u should have a the 2.2 galery on your phone.
Hope I could help
EDIT: i should read everything and do not write when i'm drunk....
but except from the first part with rooting it is possible that may way is still working
i was unable to replace the gallery app. even through recovery it disappears
the problem is there, yesterday i made sure of it by comparing it with a froyo running DHD, the froyo gallery did not have this problem
when you have a photo or an image, that is landscape oriented and you view it in portrait, the image rendering looks all messed up, jagged edges all around even if you zoom it, very apparent if you take a picture of a text and view it against its original orientation, if you view it in landscape its good quality
likewise, if you take a portait and view it in landscape it looks bad too
it ruins the whole gallery photo browsing experience, which was the best on the DHD, HTC will always do this, break something when they are supposed to be fixing....
i've attached photos of the issue i hope it shows
its been working perfectly for me....
Hi,
I found a quick solution for our green tinted pictures =/ as known this issue cannot be solved be roms due the problem comes from the camera's drivers and that sucks!
So my solution and it takes so little time 5 secs each pictures is simple download the "Photo Enhancer" in HTC apps in Marketplace, and transform our pictures to "twilight mode" for me works since I upload my pictures from phone to facebook for example and really almost all these pictures are turned to a normal colours no more zombies and annoying pictures!! its my way of getting rid of this FU*** problem
Hope it helps to someone .....
Check out the example
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Problem is it only works wel wid sum pictures... at least for me only wid pictures in areas wid no light. otherwise if ther was sum light already and flash was also used, it makes the pictures luk really weird..
I can't believe I am the only one having this problem, as I am now onto my second S4, and this new one also has the same problem, and my friend's S4, on a different Network, also does exactly the same...
The issue is, if I shoot a photo on my new Galaxy S4 in full 13Mp resolution, this produces an actual image on my device, that is 4128 x 3096 in resolution, with a File size of around 4.7MB As soon as I share it to Facebook however, either by clicking the Android Share link on the image and choosing "Facebook" as the destination, OR by using the Facebook App direct then choosing an image to upload, then I end up with a problem...
The image that actually arrives on Facebook, is heavily compressed with noise, and is resized down to just 1032 x 774 resolution, and a tiny file size of 178 KB (instead of the 4.7 MB masterpiece it actually was).
It does this with EVERY image I shoot - 100% of the time. And worse, is I mix things up a little, if I first REDUCE the resolution of my camera BEFORE taking a shot, if I drop it down to 8MP and take a photo, then despite the image now being a SMALLER photo, the image that arrives at Facebook is then BIGGER than those shot at 13MP, arriving at 1632 x 1224 instead.
Go figure...
But I suspect it's a bug in Facebook. However, given that my guess is that it affects 100% of S4 users, 100% of the time, I can't believe there are not thousands of discussions and debates about this issue... I can't find ANY discussion, for an issue that is there for ALL users, ALL of the time...
Please note also - whilst I am aware that there were high quality image upload issues on the S4 with Instagram too, this has been fixed in part, through an Instagram update. In my case, the photos that are resized down when uploaded to Facebook, are nevertheless perfectly correct and of the true size and quality when uploaded to any other Android Share location, or Social Networking Site, such as Google+ etc. It is only when sent to Facebook that the images are instead massively compressed, degraded, and down-sized.
So can anyone tell me - is this a known issue, for which the cause has been identified..? Or were none of you aware of this yourselves? If so, can you test it, as it's repeatable 100% here, on various S4's on various networks...
Take a photo on the phone in FULL RESOLUTION. Uploaded it to Facebook using the android sharing function on the S4. Then go to Facebook on a desktop PC and locate the photo you just added. Choose the option to download it to your PC, and save it. Examine the downloaded image, and identify if it is a true 13Mp image, or if for you too, the image has been uploaded at just 1032 x 774
And if that is the case, I'm amazed much more has not been made of this issue. I got the S4 because it has such an amazing camera, and I love uploading photos. Alas, as it stands, the device is useless, as it uploads my images to Facebook at a resolution and quality, lower than that of my first ever 1.2MP standalone Digital Camera of 1998...
Comments or ideas anyone?
Shadamehr said:
I can't believe I am the only one having this problem, as I am now onto my second S4, and this new one also has the same problem, and my friend's S4, on a different Network, also does exactly the same...
The issue is, if I shoot a photo on my new Galaxy S4 in full 13Mp resolution, this produces an actual image on my device, that is 4128 x 3096 in resolution, with a File size of around 4.7MB As soon as I share it to Facebook however, either by clicking the Android Share link on the image and choosing "Facebook" as the destination, OR by using the Facebook App direct then choosing an image to upload, then I end up with a problem...
The image that actually arrives on Facebook, is heavily compressed with noise, and is resized down to just 1032 x 774 resolution, and a tiny file size of 178 KB (instead of the 4.7 MB masterpiece it actually was).
It does this with EVERY image I shoot - 100% of the time. And worse, is I mix things up a little, if I first REDUCE the resolution of my camera BEFORE taking a shot, if I drop it down to 8MP and take a photo, then despite the image now being a SMALLER photo, the image that arrives at Facebook is then BIGGER than those shot at 13MP, arriving at 1632 x 1224 instead.
Go figure...
But I suspect it's a bug in Facebook. However, given that my guess is that it affects 100% of S4 users, 100% of the time, I can't believe there are not thousands of discussions and debates about this issue... I can't find ANY discussion, for an issue that is there for ALL users, ALL of the time...
Please note also - whilst I am aware that there were high quality image upload issues on the S4 with Instagram too, this has been fixed in part, through an Instagram update. In my case, the photos that are resized down when uploaded to Facebook, are nevertheless perfectly correct and of the true size and quality when uploaded to any other Android Share location, or Social Networking Site, such as Google+ etc. It is only when sent to Facebook that the images are instead massively compressed, degraded, and down-sized.
So can anyone tell me - is this a known issue, for which the cause has been identified..? Or were none of you aware of this yourselves? If so, can you test it, as it's repeatable 100% here, on various S4's on various networks...
Take a photo on the phone in FULL RESOLUTION. Uploaded it to Facebook using the android sharing function on the S4. Then go to Facebook on a desktop PC and locate the photo you just added. Choose the option to download it to your PC, and save it. Examine the downloaded image, and identify if it is a true 13Mp image, or if for you too, the image has been uploaded at just 1032 x 774
And if that is the case, I'm amazed much more has not been made of this issue. I got the S4 because it has such an amazing camera, and I love uploading photos. Alas, as it stands, the device is useless, as it uploads my images to Facebook at a resolution and quality, lower than that of my first ever 1.2MP standalone Digital Camera of 1998...
Comments or ideas anyone?
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I asked the same question in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2256054
Haven't really gotten an answer yet. For now, i use an image resizer app, resize it to the dimensions of 3789 x 2131 .. and then upload to facebook... that ensures the maximum size gets uploaded to facebook. There doesnt seem to be a workaround for this until facebook updates the way its app uploads photos.
I noticed the exact same thing when going from an HTC One S to the S4 and I posted on another thread asking the same question. It's driving me crazy. Pretty sure it's the FB app and not the S4.
I was searching for a different matter regarding the fact that the Facebook app forces you to upload the pictures using a square shape instead of the original photo shape. I recently switched from iOS to Android and found myself with this annoying feature. iOS-version of FB app allows you to upload pictures without having to crop them into a square. Weird. --> Don't ask me how, but this is fixed now. No more square-shaped pictures.
Then again, I tried to by-pass this issue by uploading the picture through the mobile-version of the site/web app and found myself with this pop-up from Chrome.
"Unable to complete previous operation due low memory". Found this thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101893 ) but the solution given is not exactly what I'm looking for. I wish to know why is this message popping up and what am I supposed to do.
Going back to the subject... I experienced the same thing when I uploaded a picture to my timeline (no cropping issue there). Resize is done in a way that messes up the whole picture with the compression.
I'm assuming they've built an algorithm that resizes the pictures to prevent people from uploading +4MB files, data usage... I don't know.
Is there any solution to any of my issues? thank you!
If it matters --> Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) - No SD card.
Also my problem with my octa s4.
I wonder why my friend's samsung duos mobile uploads are fullsized, while my s4's uploads are pixelated and so low quality.
For now I'm using Nokia 808 Pureview for my mobile upload but android do have vast application choices for editing photos before upload so I'm really annoyed by this.
Sorry to resurrect this but I'm having the same problem and couldn't find a fix
fransarj said:
Sorry to resurrect this but I'm having the same problem and couldn't find a fix
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Maybe it's just Facebook doing the automatic downsizing.
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Maybe it's just Facebook doing the automatic downsizing.
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You're not having this problem?
If I use the mobile browser to upload, or a 3rd party app, it uploads in high resolution.
fransarj said:
You're not having this problem?
If I use the mobile browser to upload, or a 3rd party app, it uploads in high resolution.
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I don't know, my pictures seem fine when using the Facebook app.
Oh man I never noticed this till today!
I'm using a Note 3 and it downsides the pictures to 1000*xxx... what? That's like a 4x downsize... why???
Is there any fix (except uploading pix from the PC?)
its 2015 and the problem still exists! i think i'm movin to g+
So I posted this over on Reddit, but then realised that here is probably a better place for more tech users.
I needed to root my OP5 and went through the process.
Now after I've got everything up and running, all my apps installed, and Backups restored - I've noticed something very bad and annoying.
If I use the stock app to take a photo it will take the picture and show it in the gallery preview. But as soon as I try to view that photo using the gallery preview shortcut, or the gallery app, the photo instantly turns completely green.
All other apps take photos fine.
Using stock app Photos work on:
Depth Mode
Normal Mode with HDR Active
Photos are fully green with:
HDR Off
HDR Auto
HQ Mode
Anyone else experienced this?
I really dont want to have to wipe again because it takes over an hour to set up all my accounts and 2 factor auth stuffs...
Just after I wrote this someone on reddit said they had something similar with OP3 - They had to re-flash because of a corrupted build.prop. I rooted to change a bunch of stuff, including editing the build.prop.
I did a little digging and found that if you change the permissions of build.prop then it works.
Changed them to:
Owner - read, write, execute
Group - read
Other - read
Will leave this thread as a reference to others in case anyone else comes across this issue.
Hello friends!, i need help with the whatsapp camera, i would like to get better pictures and im wondering if some of you know what to edit with root in the whatsapp files so i can use all the mpx from camera. I tried this link https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/tutorial-increase-resolution-quality-t3203208 but im still getting 800kb images sent in whatsapp so i would like a larger size photos and if it can be 4:3 instead of 16:9 cause i used a rom but i dont remember which one that had whatsapp camera with 4:3. Thanks for your time !
zodiak43 said:
Hello friends!, i need help with the whatsapp camera, i would like to get better pictures and im wondering if some of you know what to edit with root in the whatsapp files so i can use all the mpx from camera. I tried this link https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/tutorial-increase-resolution-quality-t3203208 but im still getting 800kb images sent in whatsapp so i would like a larger size photos and if it can be 4:3 instead of 16:9 cause i used a rom but i dont remember which one that had whatsapp camera with 4:3. Thanks for your time !
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I never used whatsapp camera, because less focusing and features.
For whatsapp, i use one xposed module "Kmod FWA" , which has feature of sharing images as same as they were taken. (I shared 5MB image taken from stock camera, on other side it became 7MB but resolutions were same.)
Kmod FWA, it also has many features for modification to WhatsApp, just give it try.:good:
Before installing Xposed and Modules, take backup.