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Improve camera performance ?

Hello, when using the camera, taking pictures of video, i feel that it is a bit sluggish, like when you move the camera around the fps seems to be very low, is this possible to improve/fix in someway?

tone the brightness down to about -1.5 or -2 and also bear in mind that it is going to be sluggish when its dark. Also, check out the how to imrpove graphics performance thread sticky in ROM developement and download the new .cab to improve all-round performance.

[Q] What discourages me from buying

Hello,
I again consider the purchase of a cell phone LG G2. transition from Samsung Galaxy Mega 3.6
I would definitely have bought the version of 32GB but that would discourage me :
- The buttons on the display - that could be resolved only by root, and then she would hide the buttons , but it's not without root ?
- I think that decreases the display backlighting from maximum brightness to half when running the most demanding 3D game ( this is a protective function due to overheating ) , someone noticed that decrease brightness display of the LG G2 , I ask especially demanding gamers ?
- Quality of the speakers and even headphones while calls pry is not much, probably no bass and the sound is too distorted ? You could listen to ?
So these are things that would deter me from buying
The Galaxy Mega is not bad , pretty rad I play the game a ton on the Large 6.3 screen is great, but has only HD and LG G2 full HD, so would those games could look more daintily it would be quite a different experience from that edge , otherwise , although Mega Dual Core , 1,500 megabytes of RAM and adreno305 but the performances there is , make it without lag all games except Gangstar Vegas. But in the future it is impractical with Galaxy Mega , in the summer with shorts . So what do you think I should go to te LG G2 ? Thank you.

wietter said:
Hello,
I again consider the purchase of a cell phone LG G2. transition from Samsung Galaxy Mega 3.6
I would definitely have bought the version of 32GB but that would discourage me :
- The buttons on the display - that could be resolved only by root, and then she would hide the buttons , but it's not without root ?
- I think that decreases the display backlighting from maximum brightness to half when running the most demanding 3D game ( this is a protective function due to overheating ) , someone noticed that decrease brightness display of the LG G2 , I ask especially demanding gamers ?
- Quality of the speakers and even headphones while calls pry is not much, probably no bass and the sound is too distorted ? You could listen to ?
So these are things that would deter me from buying
The Galaxy Mega is not bad , pretty rad I play the game a ton on the Large 6.3 screen is great, but has only HD and LG G2 full HD, so would those games could look more daintily it would be quite a different experience from that edge , otherwise , although Mega Dual Core , 1,500 megabytes of RAM and adreno305 but the performances there is , make it without lag all games except Gangstar Vegas. But in the future it is impractical with Galaxy Mega , in the summer with shorts . So what do you think I should go to te LG G2 ? Thank you.
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You cannot remove/hidethe on-screen buttons without root.
The G2's screen is already very bright, I never have it at 100% and I do actually use a screen filter most of the time. The phone DOES get hot when playing demanding games, and if that is your main goal, then I wouldn't recommend it.
Quality of speakers is average, but if you have some really good headphones the sound is amazing. This phone can play .flac music.

On screen keys are being hidden by most full screen applications (ie photo galleries, video players, etc). Android guidelines are pushing for this.
Additionally, there is a possibility we will see in the next official update the functionality of hiding the keys per application via a settings menu. There are a few roms that have this feature already.

Huawei Mate 8 [3 days] Mini Review (+ Nova Launcher)

Hi there,
You can call me Eme, and I am here to share my knowledge as a tech-oriented engineer. I am humbled to be one of the first to own a Mate 8 (UAE) after a long wait from Hong Kong.
My findings are reflected on day to day performance (work + daily activities). So far what I found:
- Packaging looks gorgeous.
- The fast-charge takes a while since its a 4000mA.
- Colors are vibrant.
- Blacks are average, not as good as LG V10/iP6s+.
- Battery lasted to the second day with 35% (with extensive use like gaming, downloading, youtube, camera test).
- Speakers sound crisp, rich and loud without distortion. Louder than iPhone 6s & Samsung Note 5 (bass is much deeper).
- As for Huawei's new headset, you will notice an improved sound on DTS mode. There is no information whether or not a dedicated DAC is inside the Mate 8 (like V10/Note5). The sound is crispy clear and rich in highs, mids and lows. You can increase the functionality by activating "Smart headset control" feature to have total of 9 commands executed with just 3 buttons (volume up, volume down and mute).
- Headset design is copied from Apple's. It doubles as a radio antenna (keep it).
- The aluminum unibody is rigid.
- Antennas are excellent and signal reception is always full bars 4G (there is a signal boost feature which can increase signal intake). Haven't tested that one yet since I am in the city.
- Not on the thick-heavy side like iPhone 6s Plus.
- Lock button is clicky, just like Mx Cherry Red keyboards. Likable.
- SECURITY screams out of it. Whether it is from Marshmallow 6.0 or Huawei EMUI 4.0. The device is restricting every single bit going in or out.
- 1.93 GB is available out of 4 GB RAM as observed. After deleting Huawei bloatware RAM went up to 2.4GB.
- The Camera takes sharp photos during daylight. I have yet to test night shoots (Super Night mode).
- Camera app features: Panorama, Super Night, HDR, Professional, All-focus, Watermark, Online Translation, Slow-mo, Object Recognition, Audio note and Document readjustment.
- Launchers like Nova run smooth and fluid.
- Gaming performance, minor games with high graphics might find screen tearing & inverted colors. It may be good for average games (or top games with medium settings).
- There is a data transfer speed monitor besides the battery indicator on top (very handy).
Super Night mode:
From what I noticed so far is that you need a stand or hold the phone steadily to wait for 23 seconds in order for "Super Night" to process both high and low ISO shots then combine them into a picture. In my opinion this is not what users are looking for in a big gathering or a date. More photos will be posted later on.
Gaming:
"Kritika" example: Notice the top is Medium settings. Bottom is High settings.
http://i.imgur.com/AtzpGHY.jpg
Picture samples:
Check out the gallery at https://emerald.smugmug.com

Wow that game performance doesn't sound great at all. Almost unusable.

Have you set it to performance mode for gaming? GPU is ~85% of the power of S810 but only on a 1080p screen here. Emulators running fine for me here, just installing Dead Effect 2 to see how it goes. If you have performance mode on then I'd suspect it's more a matter of poor optimisation for the SoC, which unfortunately is not likely to improve a whole lot given the number of Kirin 950 devices will be small.
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Also, you need to give Play Store internal storage permission to download those large games, until I did that I had same issue as you with large game installs appearing to cause the Play Store to crash.
ADDIT: Tried Dead Trigger 2 on max settings and seems fine. Riptide GP2 also fine, although won't allow the highest shader setting (crashes), maxed apart from that.
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kopkiwi said:
Wow that game performance doesn't sound great at all. Almost unusable.
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See my post, I think their testing may have been affected by not allowing max performance mode.

NZtechfreak said:
Have you set it to performance mode for gaming? GPU is ~85% of the power of S810 but only on a 1080p screen here. Emulators running fine for me here, just installing Dead Effect 2 to see how it goes. If you have performance mode on then I'd suspect it's more a matter of poor optimisation for the SoC, which unfortunately is not likely to improve a whole lot given the number of Kirin 950 devices will be small.
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Also, you need to give Play Store internal storage permission to download those large games, until I did that I had same issue as you with large game installs appearing to cause the Play Store to crash.
ADDIT: Tried Dead Trigger 2 on max settings and seems fine.
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See my post, I think their testing may have been affected by not allowing max performance mode.
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The phone is gorgeous, it is my daily driver as of now
Performance mode is on when I have done the testing.. Screen tearing and stuttering are still there (Kritika on high graphics). Probably due to the fact that it is a Mali-T880 MP4 (less), not MP8 like Samsung's.
I will post a screenshot after I finish my 10 post limit restriction.

Emerald Core said:
The phone is gorgeous, it is my daily driver as of now
Performance mode is on when I have done the testing.. Screen tearing and stuttering are still there (Kritika on high graphics). Probably due to it is a T4 not 8 like Samsung's.
I will post a screenshot after I finish my 10 post limit restriction.
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Might be that one game, just tested Asphalt 8 in addition to the above and no issues on max settings. Also, doubt it's 4 cores vs 8, given the difference in screen res here.

NZtechfreak said:
Might be that one game, just tested Asphalt 8 in addition to the above and no issues on max settings.
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Some games worked fine and some didn't. All the games I tested ran smoothly in Note 5's old gpu Mali-T760MP8 on high graphics. Performance mode didn't help the in gpu department.

Emerald Core said:
Some games worked fine and some didn't. All the games I tested ran smoothly in Note 5's old gpu Mali-T760MP8 on high graphics. Performance mode didn't help the in gpu department.
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Just installed Kritika and played all the intro levels, no issues here.
Some games working well and not others points to lack of optimisation for the SoC, rather than indicators of the GPU performance I think. Kritika had to redownload the game assets when I left and restarted, which didn't seem like an indicator of a high quality piece of software to me (that and the game is utter freemium trash).

OP is correct tho in saying that the upcoming S7 will have the same gpu but actually with 12 core (T880-MP12) instead of the mate 8's MP4. fine by me though, i dont really game on my phones [emoji14] thats what i use my high performance laptop for
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

jbmc83 said:
OP is correct tho in saying that the upcoming S7 will have the same gpu but actually with 12 core (T880-MP12) instead of the mate 8's MP4. fine by me though, i dont really game on my phones [emoji14] thats what i use my high performance laptop for
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Of course, never said otherwise. It'll significantly outperform this for graphics. For native resolution workloads the difference will be far less pronounced.

very true! at perfect scaling and all other things being equal, the MP12 will be performing at 300% of the MP4 at identical resolution. considering a 2K screen will have 78% more pixels than a 1080p screen, the real world performance will be more like:
300% / 1.78 = 169%, thus "only" 69% faster than the mate 8
in any case, the mate 8 gpu will be almost twice as fast as the current setup in my nexus 5
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Yeah, in absolute terms faster than my Note 4, in relative terms taking into account native resolution quite a bit faster.

NZtechfreak said:
Just installed Kritika and played all the intro levels, no issues here.
Some games working well and not others points to lack of optimisation for the SoC, rather than indicators of the GPU performance I think. Kritika had to redownload the game assets when I left and restarted, which didn't seem like an indicator of a high quality piece of software to me (that and the game is utter freemium trash).
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I was talking about overall experience not initial impression. You won't notice that because I have played the game for a while and my character has high level armor which started tearing and changed color from dark grey to pink.. Let me upload the image to show my findings later.

where is the test photos for the camera ? we are all eager to see how it performs ?
the mega pixels says nothing.
What I expect is mediocre camera that will not handle evening photos very well like most, and it will have a lot of shadows if the light conditions is not ideal.
This is what I expect.. Nexus 6P did prove this and they killed the megapixel race... since manufactures understand now it is not about megapixels.
Appel have told us that since stone age.

blackinfinity said:
where is the test photos for the camera ? we are all eager to see how it performs ?
the mega pixels says nothing.
What I expect is mediocre camera that will not handle evening photos very well like most, and it will have a lot of shadows if the light conditions is not ideal.
This is what I expect.. Nexus 6P did prove this and they killed the megapixel race... since manufactures understand now it is not about megapixels.
Appel have told us that since stone age.
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I am still limited to 10-post-new-user policy, so no links allowed for now. Give it an hour before I post. I have the photos ready no worries.

Emerald Core said:
I am still limited to 10-post-new-user policy, so no links allowed for now. Give it an hour before I post. I have the photos ready no worries.
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The picture on top is set on Medium Graphics. Bottom is High Graphics.
http://i.imgur.com/AtzpGHY.jpg

Emerald Core said:
The picture on top is set on Medium Graphics. Bottom is High Graphics.
http://i.imgur.com/AtzpGHY.jpg
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This is not intended to show the true power of this device. It is basically tap and shoot. There is a Super Night mode I have yet to test. More photos incoming.

Thanks for pics, not yet shot a low with mine yet. I have a steady hand, so for static night images I would use a low ISO for reduced noise and compensate with a slower shutter speed in super night mode, but good to see point n shoot performance. Will post some of my own examples later.
Regards some games "crashing the Play Store" - you might want to update that for readers with the solution I posted later.
I still think you're still making far too much of an issue with a single game. I know you haven't tested as many other higher-end games as I have as you hadn't worked out how to install them, please post some more feedback when you have tried some of those much larger installs.

Regarding the photos in your first post.
The photos seem noisey even in daylight shots.. .
Did you install the latest firmware update which did improve the camera ?

NZtechfreak said:
Thanks for pics, not yet shot a low with mine yet. I have a steady hand, so for static night images I would use a low ISO for reduced noise and compensate with a slower shutter speed in super night mode, but good to see point n shoot performance. Will post some of my own examples later.
Regards some games "crashing the Play Store" - you might want to update that for readers with the solution I posted later.
I still think you're still making far too much of an issue with a single game. I know you haven't tested as many other higher-end games as I have as you hadn't worked out how to install them, please post some more feedback when you have tried some of those much larger installs.
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I shouldn't be making an issue if the graphics wasn't behaving that way. If in this mid-tier game graphics can't be handled then there is probably plenty other games that will show same behaviour or even worse. It has to be tested further.
As for crashing. Thanks for reminding, It will be updated soon.

blackinfinity said:
Regarding the photos in your first post.
The photos seem noisey even in daylight shots.. .
Did you install the latest firmware update which did improve the camera ?
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Yes it has been updated to the latest before performing any test.

Pubg mobile

hello guys
I want to ask you a question about Pubg mobile
I play the game on S7 edge
Why don't I see the trees on the ground when I'm on the plane? I watch a youtuber who has iphone 8 plus and I noticed that the trees are shown when he's flying
Is there any problem in my phone so I can't see the trees?

The problem is that you're asking this in the wrong subforum here. Better post this in your device specific QnA forum or the relevant section to your topic from next time,ok?
But I'll answer anyway - the difference is due to the different settings. Most likely the iphone8+ had hdr settings so that shows a higher level of detail VS (my guess is )that yours being on Balanced or lower.

I play PUBG Mobile everyday with my friends and one of them has the iPhone 8 Plus. The details on his phone are much higher, the standard graphic setting for his phone are HD, but he can play using HDR option too. His phone is just newer, also features a more powerful GPU and CPU. That's why he probably see more details and stuff while parachuting.
I am rooted and running Norma Rom with MoroKernel 4.6 (the best version in my opinion). I play PUBGM using PUB Gfx+ Tool which allows you to manually change many graphic options. I am able to run PUBGM at HD and HDR too at 1600x900 resolution with shadow settings at minimum level tho. It stays stable at around 30-35 fps, but after a while the phone starts heating like hell so obviously the frame rate drops.
That being said, try to play using PUB Gfx+ Tool. You will notice a considerable increase in your game perfomance.

I don't think that when HDR is allowed then you can see the trees while parachuting because the note8 hightest settings are like the s7 edge HD with High fps ... HDR is not opened option .. however on note8 you can see the trees
about gfx tool, I use it since a long time on smooth extreme and the performance is amazing .. there is no log

What is the problem with this LG G6 game lag?

Hi all,
Just swapped my Huawei nova 3i for a Korean version LG g6 with quad dac.
Went home and updated the software, ran the benchmark, all looks good.
Downloaded my fav. Game Mobile legends and this phone just lags too much. It doesn't matter if I use high low fps or high low resolution, it just simply lags. I hVe tried all the developer options settings but still it lags....
I believe it has something to do with the software as the benchmark comes out just fine... Any ideas what can I do?

Ok this is what I have noticed,
During game, if I click the minimize button (square) and then click again on the game, the fps becomes super fast..... It last for a few mins and then again lags... And I have to do this process again.....
I think it's something to do with the ram management

You can disable game management app with ADB

You'll need to enable 4x msaa in order to get those stable frame rates in qhd+ or fhd+ res with high frame rates. If you reboot your device then you'll need to redo this in order to get those fps stable. ML:BB must have the high graphics & high quality display settings switched on.
P.S. Battery life will take a hit so play in fhd+ and turn off hq display. Set fps on all possible parameters to high, i.e., game settings of phone and in-game settings.
The phone will charge but rather at a snail's pace, if u play while charging. I have done that for hours and I still get about 5 hrs of SoT on normal usage from full charge.
Launch attack!
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If that doesn't help, then set the DPI to 417 and try. I run pubg with 444 DPI and 4x msaa. HD graphics, qhd+ res , high fps and anti-aliasing enabled from the game's settings. It runs smooth till 144 ms ping. Beyond which I experience frame drops.
One full charge, with 4G+ and Bluetooth enabled, lasts somewhere between 1:20-1:50 (hrs:mins) depending on ambient room temperature and handling.
ML:BB might be able to use the HDR capabilities of the phone with the high quality display settings turned on.
This is purely based on my observation of the game online and I might be incorrect.

Silver Wx said:
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Hi can you please explain how can I do this? I have the Korean LG g6 no root. And will it make any difference?

theketansenapati said:
You'll need to enable 4x msaa in order to get those stable frame rates in qhd+ or fhd+ res with high frame rates. If you reboot your device then you'll need to redo this in order to get those fps stable. ML:BB must have the high graphics & high quality display settings switched on.
P.S. Battery life will take a hit so play in fhd+ and turn off hq display. Set fps on all possible parameters to high, i.e., game settings of phone and in-game settings.
The phone will charge but rather at a snail's pace, if u play while charging. I have done that for hours and I still get about 5 hrs of SoT on normal usage from full charge.
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If that doesn't help, then set the DPI to 417 and try. I run pubg with 444 DPI and 4x msaa. HD graphics, qhd+ res , high fps and anti-aliasing enabled from the game's settings. It runs smooth till 144 ms ping. Beyond which I experience frame drops.
One full charge, with 4G+ and Bluetooth enabled, lasts somewhere between 1:20-1:50 (hrs:mins) depending on ambient room temperature and handling.
ML:BB might be able to use the HDR capabilities of the phone with the high quality display settings turned on.
This is purely based on my observation of the game online and I might be incorrect.
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Hi,
I have already tried doing this but there is no difference for me. The only big difference is when I minimize the game and then click on it again. It gives a massive boost in fps for few mins then I have to do it again.

Szekan1983 said:
Hi,
I have already tried doing this but there is no difference for me. The only big difference is when I minimize the game and then click on it again. It gives a massive boost in fps for few mins then I have to do it again.
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If you see no improvements from changing the DPI settings between 240 & 720, then I doubt there's anything else that you can do other than take matters into your own hands.

theketansenapati said:
If you see no improvements from changing the DPI settings between 240 & 720, then I doubt there's anything else that you can do other than take matters into your own hands.
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I have set it to 320. That's the lowest if will accept. But still no difference. The only thing works is minimize the game and click it again time after time... It's so annoying man. Also noticed that by with the highest resolution and highest settings, the game still runs smooth if I keep minimizing it which makes me believe the hardware is well capable but its some software bs which is screwing with it

Szekan1983 said:
I have set it to 320. That's the lowest if will accept. But still no difference. The only thing works is minimize the game and click it again time after time... It's so annoying man. Also noticed that by with the highest resolution and highest settings, the game still runs smooth if I keep minimizing it which makes me believe the hardware is well capable but its some software bs which is screwing with it
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After you receive a software update, try factory resetting the device, then setting the DPI to something between 540-570 with 4X MSAA. You will have to enable the latter every time you reboot your phone or deep clean the apps.
It worked for me. Hope it helps you too.
Cheers.
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To see how 320 DPI differs from 560 DPI, just restart the phone and try to notice the loading and execution of the boot animation with just these two DPI values. I noticed that the boot animation is the smoothest around 555 DPI, while 320-450 has stuttering effect on the boot animation. I'll need to diligently test the values for optimum performance and battery life.

Are you in oreo?, try putting nougat on it.

Marcos OC said:
Are you in oreo?, try putting nougat on it.
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This is what I am thinking as well.. But I am not sure how to do it as this is the Korean version with quad dac. G600l

for pubg increased grapchics according to net speed