Camera Nightshot mode - G1 Android Development

Saw this in the debugger tonight when launching the Camera app.
Code:
11-25 23:57:59.732: VERBOSE/QualcommCameraHardware(32): initCameraParameters: set parm: CAMERA_PARM_NIGHTSHOT_MODE, 0
Anyone have any ideas and/or documentation regarding this? I would love to experiment with turning the feature on, but I'm rather clueless when it comes to Java programming

look at the git repo... I will look also but many of the features we are asking for are already built in they just need final tweaks.

I've seen all sorts of fun and interesting features while reading through the source. Automatic image upload, YouTube upload (video recording?), All sorts of camera settings for doing effects. (Monochrome, solarize, etc), RAW recording, etc.
I hope someone is able to write some sort of camera app that harnesses some of this power that's available... And gives us the ability to adjust shutter speed and increase the gain in software.

ultimind said:
I've seen all sorts of fun and interesting features while reading through the source. Automatic image upload, YouTube upload (video recording?), All sorts of camera settings for doing effects. (Monochrome, solarize, etc), RAW recording, etc.
I hope someone is able to write some sort of camera app that harnesses some of this power that's available... And gives us the ability to adjust shutter speed and increase the gain in software.
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You know there was word that Google had put those features in but pulled them out at the last minute because it wasn't working properly. I am sure we can get it working if someone was willing to try.

cool stuff. play with it and tell us what it does.
but, and im no photographer or anything, but i would assume that night shot mode would make the shutter speed even slower to capture more light, which is the opposite of what we really want for this camera.

It could be that it is in a nightshot mode and that is why it is blurry... not to mention does anyone know why Sony cameras are the best? It is the software that knows how to automatically take pictures that aren't blurred.

typically if nightshot_mode=0 by default then it is not in nightshot mode. perhaps the current camera software changes that variable i dont know.

d0nkey said:
typically if nightshot_mode=0 by default then it is not in nightshot mode. perhaps the current camera software changes that variable i dont know.
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true... I don't think it is in the real nightshot mode but rather something with a long delay. This is why most images are blurry and some are ok.

Yeah, the dim light camera is abysmal. I keep hoping that there'll be a camera upgrade soon
When RC29 came I noticed the camera worked like 5 times better. I was even able to snap pics of the kids on the swings and they came out clear, when RC30 came it was back to blurriness as usual.
Now either I'm trippin about the improvement I noticed with RC29 or there's something in that version that sped up the focus.
My RC29 was the install from SD version.
the RC30 is the factory OTA from Google.

2JRo said:
Yeah, the dim light camera is abysmal. I keep hoping that there'll be a camera upgrade soon
When RC29 came I noticed the camera worked like 5 times better. I was even able to snap pics of the kids on the swings and they came out clear, when RC30 came it was back to blurriness as usual.
Now either I'm trippin about the improvement I noticed with RC29 or there's something in that version that sped up the focus.
My RC29 was the install from SD version.
the RC30 is the factory OTA from Google.
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lol... didnt even notice the difference in camera quality after getting rc30

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Grey-ish camera issues on Asus P535

Hi all.
My P535 is giving me a headache. When trying to take a picture in a not-so-well lit room, I'm getting grey stripes at the bottom of the image (always just the bottom) and pretty often some grey "overlay" over the whole image. Daylight images are just fine, artificial lights sometimes create poor-quality images. The latter is a common with the low-res digicams as far as I know.
PPC ws shipped with WM6 and didn't have issues with the camera. I later switched over to some 6.1Roms. There were some from PDA-Viet I found to be well fitting - don't remember versions or names, sry - and finally stayed with the Rom by vivi (I think it was something with AKU). While that Rom testing I noticed the first camera issues with vivi's release having the least issues of them all.
I later switched back to the original WM6 from the Asus Website for other reasons and am now facing the cam-problems mentioned above.
Is there some way to fix this via registry, hack or patch? Boardsearch results weren't really conclusive on this since almost none related. I'd prefer not to have to install another Rom since it took me quite some time to get my current setup straight and runnin'.
I'd appreciate any kind of help with this. It's nothing too urgent, but drivin me nuts
I'll append some sample images later.
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http://saved.im/mtixndu4etlw/img092.html
http://saved.im/mtixndu5exrp/img081.html
http://saved.im/mtixndywy3ey/img082.html
http://saved.im/mtixndyydmtp/img086.html
no idea any1?
last bump on that. still hope there is some kind of fix or sth to make it a bit better at least, although i still couldn't find something myself.
I had same thing with default rom now using custom 6.1 and these lines and "half-images" disapeared i dont know it but i guess it can be something with pagepool because picture size is maxed to 400kb now i take 800kb pictures without glitches.

[Q] Camera Swap on rooted TF101

Hi - NaN (not a noob) to software and hacking but new to this device.
I have a rooted TF101 and wonder if anyone's hacked the device so that the front camera becomes the rear and the rear camera becomes the front.
Really just curious before I go ahead and brick my device. I'm thinking about mv /dev/ov5640 and /dev/tegra_camera but that sounds far too easy (and dangerous)...
Why would You be interested in swapping the cameras anyways? Seems to be a biit pointless to me as every app ive used with cameras it had support to use front or back.
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I agree
kenshin1388 said:
Why would You be interested in swapping the cameras anyways? Seems to be a biit pointless to me as every app ive used with cameras it had support to use front or back.
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I agree to this, there is no point to make the change.
Well for starters Opera 12, which includes support for getUserMedia() WebRTC extensions uses the first webcam it comes across, the rear. If I wanted to even make a mock up of a video call I would need the front camera (granted this is only good for the lab, not production).
But really I was trying to understand how the underlying media device capability works. If you simply exchange using mv /dev/mi1040 (the front camera device) and /dev/ov5640 (back camera) then it goofs the images to any app that uses cameras.
There must therefore be other layer(s) determining device capabilities, codecs, etc.
There's a file /etc/nvcamera.conf but that only seems to affect the main camera app. I swapped 1 and 0 and front and back tags, although admittedly haven't yet swapped the device ID whilst leaving the front/back tags the same.
And there's a whopping /etc/media_profiles.xml defining all the camera capabilities.
Do I need a reason? Isn't anyone even just curious doing something to push the device and learn more about the platform???
There was a point where Yahoo IM would use the back camera (when it was avaiable native to the TF). There was a member "droidx" he modified some files and got the front camera working with it. You're better off looking at modifying files as oppose to rewiring cameras.
More info here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087769
How to swap the cameras so Opera 12 uses front camera for getUserMedia()
Ok, here's how I did it.
Essentially you only need to swap the tags 'front' and 'back' in the file /etc/nvcamera.conf
The change is permanent across reboots, but messes the orientation/mirror image of the cameras, so the rear camera becomes a mirror image, not the front. This messes all portrait shots as the camera pic becomes upside down.
Device needs to be rooted.
Need to make /system directory read/write:
# mount -o rw,remount /system
# vi /etc/nvcamera.conf# format, cameraName=device,direction,orientation,type
This is the file before mods
# type can be 'stereo' for stereo capable, 'mono' for not stereo capable,
# 'usb' to enable searching for a usb device and where to put it in the list
# if found. Lines must be shorter then 256 characters
version=1
camera0=/dev/ov5640,back,0,mono
#camera1=/dev/ov5650,back,0,mono // 2nd camera for stereo once supported
camera1=/dev/mi1040,front,0,mono
#camera4=/dev/ov5650,back,0,stereo // virtual stereo device once supported
Change this line:
camera0=/dev/ov5640,back,0,mono
to:
camera0=/dev/ov5640,front,0,mono
And this line:
camera1=/dev/mi1040,front,0,mono
to:
camera1=/dev/mi1040,back,0,mono
Save and it works.
Please remove :/
No keep it, that's a good thing to have available to see or as a project. I love to learn things like this.
Thing O Doom said:
No keep it, that's a good thing to have available to see or as a project. I love to learn things like this.
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I second doom. It's about pushing the limits of the device.
Good on ya for doing this.
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I also agree. as some may not understand the reasoning, obviously oblonsky has a reason for doing this, just because everyone doesnt understand or agree with him is no reason to cut him off and remove his post... anything anyone learns or attempts to learn about android or the transformers code will progress understanding of the platform and the device. I vote let it stay and continue your endeavor fellow androidian.....
Yes, thanks guys. I'm already wondering now whether it may be possible to add new cameras, or disable cameras - do more useful stuff than swap cameras. Also I took the time to post the answer to my own question just in case it was useful to anyone else - so it would seem odd to want to remove the information that just *might* be useful to others at some point.
will this work on nougat......if not how to do it on nougat
Here is a reason to make the front camera the default camera: After getting in a terrible rain, my main camera on the back is not working anymore.
When starting a camera apps, it just quits with kind of a "connection to camera no possible" message.
Here's another reason to make the front camera as the default
I have a phone that's about 5 years old. It's been through heavy and rough usage. Hence, the connection between the motherboard and camera module are fried.
Now, when I have to login into WhatsApp Web or the WhatsApp App for Windows, I cannot because it needs a QR code scanned - which triggers the back camera.
So, I'm going to go ahead and try this, kudos!
Thanks for posting!
This was useful. Thanks. Please keep experimenting for no reasons.
SHUR1KEN said:
I have a phone that's about 5 years old. It's been through heavy and rough usage. Hence, the connection between the motherboard and camera module are fried.
Now, when I have to login into WhatsApp Web or the WhatsApp App for Windows, I cannot because it needs a QR code scanned - which triggers the back camera.
So, I'm going to go ahead and try this, kudos!
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Uhm did it work?
Unfortunately, no, it didn't. Apparently, WhatsApp has gotten rid of the gate that used to allow for the "exploit" to happen before. I have heard of users doing it 2 years ago.
Anyway, what I had to do in my case was, I had to maintain pressure at the point on the camera module where it connects to the motherboard, while navigating to WhatsApp Web and scanning the QR code, all without even the most minute of movements. Otherwise the phone would fail to detect the camera module all over again, demanding me to repeat the whole thing again + a manual camera driver reset from my ROM settings.
Tried it like 20+ times. Succeeded in 1/20 of them... **** was tough, bro.
I finally managed to do this on my Redmi Note 5. This is probably applicable to most other devices as well.
Remount the system partition as writable:
Code:
$ su -c mount -o rw,remount /system
Edit /system/vendor/etc/camera/camera_config.xml and swap all
Code:
<Position>BACK</Position>
to
Code:
<Position>FRONT</Position>
and vice versa.
Reboot.
Do you think this will still work?
If I unroot after modifying the file, will the change persist?
Many thanks for your excellent work.
TheSnowpup said:
Do you think this will still work?
If I unroot after modifying the file, will the change persist?
Many thanks for your excellent work.
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It still works for me at least. I think it will persist after unrooting, but I don't know how rooting works under the hood right now, so this may be incorrect.
If you try it, please report back your results!

SOLVED: I just want working continuous auto focusing video recording.

]Okay, now I understand this phone simply have this problem where the camera constantly tries to refocus during video recording and it affect all OnePlus, this is my third OnePlus.
For some reason the Cyanogen Rom and roms based on it lack some drivers that allows continuous autofocusing to work correctly while video recording. Depends on what camera apps you use, the autofocusing will either not work, or it will continuously tries to re-focus nonstop. ColorOS however does have this function working correctly.
Solution: Use ColorOS + CameraNext or Google Camera.
If it matters that much to you then find the bug report on Jira and up vote it, that's the only real effective way to have an impact. You're not likely to find a fix at the ROM level.
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See post 1.
eksasol said:
]Okay, now I understand this phone simply have this problem where the camera constantly tries to refocus during video recording and it affect all OnePlus, this is my third OnePlus.
For some reason the Cyanogen Rom and roms based on it lack some drivers that allows continuous autofocusing to work correctly while video recording. Depends on what camera apps you use, the autofocusing will either not work, or it will continuously tries to re-focus nonstop. ColorOS however does have this function working correctly.
Solution: Use ColorOS + CameraNext or Google Camera.
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Thanks for posting a solution. This problem is driving me crazy enough to sell my phone since I often need to use it to take short videos at work, and it is so embarrassing to have to show the videos to others that I have taken to also carrying around a small point-and-shoot, and this is not acceptable. I have tried many roms and many camera apps, but all of them have the video refocus issue.
However, I don't see Color OS in XDA. Is there a rom thread for it? I will try anything to salvage this phone since I love it except for this problem.
phoneturf said:
Thanks for posting a solution. This problem is driving me crazy enough to sell my phone since I often need to use it to take short videos at work, and it is so embarrassing to have to show the videos to others that I have taken to also carrying around a small point-and-shoot, and this is not acceptable. I have tried many roms and many camera apps, but all of them have the video refocus issue.
However, I don't see Color OS in XDA. Is there a rom thread for it? I will try anything to salvage this phone since I love it except for this problem.
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You'll find several builds of ColorOS in our General section.
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This also appears to be a fix
I flashed the v20 mod for the app at http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/app-cameranext-modded-t2999275 and it does not continually autofocus. I saw no need to flash the "click fix" since it is does not click when using it. I am on KK Slim.
phoneturf said:
Thanks for posting a solution. This problem is driving me crazy enough to sell my phone since I often need to use it to take short videos at work, and it is so embarrassing to have to show the videos to others that I have taken to also carrying around a small point-and-shoot, and this is not acceptable. I have tried many roms and many camera apps, but all of them have the video refocus issue.
However, I don't see Color OS in XDA. Is there a rom thread for it? I will try anything to salvage this phone since I love it except for this problem.
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The official ColorOS firmware for some reason I could not get to boot on my phone, but you have to use the official version if you want working OTA updates. And it lack Gapps so you have to manually install it.
You could use other custom version like this one which is what I'm using, it's flashable using TWRP. http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/rom-4-4-2-coloros-2-0-36beta-t2955853
The official OppoCamera.apk still do not record with continuous focusing, but the CameraNext.apk and Google Camera does.

Defocus Pro [Free on Play Store] - Bokeh, Portrait for Android

Defocus Pro Camera is an out-focusing Defocus(bokeh) camera app.
- Main features
1. Realtime Focus engine developed
2. Depth-of-field focusing depth of high-end digital camera
3. Manual out focusing depth (sensitivity) adjustment bar in 10 level
4. Close and Long distance Capturing support
5. Portratit Mode support at Front and Rear Camera
(Capturing Person Mode)
6. HDR Mode supported
7. Portrait Mode(Auto Focusing) and Touch Focus Mode support
8. In gallery depth change option added
9. Face and Object detection algorithm applied
10. Main source and core logic is coded by Kotlin instead of JAVA
11. Video bokeh(Defocus) feature supported (experimental)
- Recommended Specification
Above RAM 4GB, CPU is Snapdragon 8XX or equivalant CPU
- Minimum Specification
Above RAM 3GB, CPU is Snapdragon 6XX or equivalant CPU
One Store and Play Store free. [Defocus Pro]
The main target is the entry-level terminal, up to the older terminal.
Promotion Video :
Please do not open any more threads for this app.
Simply update this thread when there's a new version.
Your other threads have been deleted.
thx for guide. I didn't know the rule. sorry for that.
Version updated to 1.7.0
Version update to Ver.1.8.0
Version update to Ver.1.9.0
Version updated to Ver.1.13.0 (Depth improved with keeping natural blur applying)
Version updated to Ver.1.14.0 (Depth improved with keeping natural blur applying)
Version updated to Ver.1.15.0
- Depth improved
- Anti-aliasing removal improved
Version updated to Ver.1.16.0
<Update issue>
- Depth improved
- Distance detect system added
Makes very dark images even in daylight
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Ver 1.18 blurs everything even the subject of shooting.
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Why is there no 1.18 version?
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The author ignores this thread making already 1.28 version (still buggy) Delete this thread, why did you make it?!
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The author ignores this thread making already 1.28 version (still buggy) Delete this thread, why did you make it?!
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I had not visited to xda forum for long time cuz develop this app for improving uncomfortable options and increase depth and out of focus distance. So sorry for that.:crying:
Now 2.19.4 standard and pro version is in playstore and apkpure.com(standard only).
I'm sorry I have not posted sooner, I have been out of town. Thank you again for the opportunity to test this camera with you.
Phones: LG G6 LG-LS993 (Sprint) Android Oreo 8.0, Everything Stock, Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900P (Unlocked - Formerly Sprint), Rooted Android 7.1.2 AOKP Mod ROM
I haven't been able to much with it on the Note 3, except to say that it works. I'm currently dealing with an SD Card issue.
LG G6: I am on version 2.20.4 (237) of the app. Google Play does not give me the option to update. It also does not show up on my list of installed apps on the Play website. If you I go to the app page on Play, it does show it as installed, but only gives the options of "Open" or "Uninstall".
First let me say, the zoom is incredible. Wow it will really get up close. The amount of background blur you can get is almost unreal, or you can get very little. Very versatile in that.
First Image, 3 items are almost touching. Second, they are about 3 inches apart. Third, about 10 inches apart. Fourth is to show you how much you can change the depth of field back...about 12 inches apart.
There have been crashes, for example any time I run the Logic setting above 35 it crashes on the LG G6 but not on the Note 3, but they are few and far between. I've purposefully left my LG almost maxed out on space just to see how far I can push it. With less that 2gb of space on the phone, 166 User Apps installed, running Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger at the same time, it still performs almost all of the time.
Focus is a bit tricky for me. I'll click on what I want to focus, sometimes it will move right to that focus point, sometimes i have to press several times or hold my finger in place for a second before it moves to that point...once in awhile it never does.
The only other issue I am having I believe are more an issue of not knowing how to use all of the functions, and not much being in the settings menu. I've tried all of the various "Image Save Resolution" settings (and there are a lot) but it will never save a file larger than 960 x 720, and I think that is why I'm having a "fuzziness" issue. Its hard to explain, but I am attaching a few images to demonstrate. It's almost like it's tried to denoise the image, but the settings are off, if that makes sense. And like I said, it may come from the "save" issue I'm having.
Other than that, I've truly enjoyed trying to learn the camera. A bit of a tutorial on how to run the settings would go a long way in helping me really get some better photos so you can tweak anything that needs fixing. In the future, I would like to see maybe a manual focus slider to go along with the focus depth slider, auto rotation, and maybe RAW image added to the save format. All of the images I'm posting are unedited, they were ran through photoshop simply to rotate them the correct way since the app doesn't (or I haven't found how) and then uploaded straight to Imgur - which I'm still learning to use, please forgive me. Also, I have a photoshoot scheduled this weekend, so I will be taking a few extra lenses with me so I can get some shots for side by side comparison with the big cameras. I'll be using Canon 5dMKII full frame with various "L" and regular lenses.
Sorry for update fail.
I think your google account has some problem.
So I have set app price as 1 dollar in temporary as special event. Do save the chance for you.
Now 3.10.1 pro version shows up amazing depth of defocusing.
CrimsonSymphony said:
I'm sorry I have not posted sooner, I have been out of town. Thank you again for the opportunity to test this camera with you.
Phones: LG G6 LG-LS993 (Sprint) Android Oreo 8.0, Everything Stock, Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900P (Unlocked - Formerly Sprint), Rooted Android 7.1.2 AOKP Mod ROM
I haven't been able to much with it on the Note 3, except to say that it works. I'm currently dealing with an SD Card issue.
LG G6: I am on version 2.20.4 (237) of the app. Google Play does not give me the option to update. It also does not show up on my list of installed apps on the Play website. If you I go to the app page on Play, it does show it as installed, but only gives the options of "Open" or "Uninstall".
First let me say, the zoom is incredible. Wow it will really get up close. The amount of background blur you can get is almost unreal, or you can get very little. Very versatile in that.
First Image, 3 items are almost touching. Second, they are about 3 inches apart. Third, about 10 inches apart. Fourth is to show you how much you can change the depth of field back...about 12 inches apart.
There have been crashes, for example any time I run the Logic setting above 35 it crashes on the LG G6 but not on the Note 3, but they are few and far between. I've purposefully left my LG almost maxed out on space just to see how far I can push it. With less that 2gb of space on the phone, 166 User Apps installed, running Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger at the same time, it still performs almost all of the time.
Focus is a bit tricky for me. I'll click on what I want to focus, sometimes it will move right to that focus point, sometimes i have to press several times or hold my finger in place for a second before it moves to that point...once in awhile it never does.
The only other issue I am having I believe are more an issue of not knowing how to use all of the functions, and not much being in the settings menu. I've tried all of the various "Image Save Resolution" settings (and there are a lot) but it will never save a file larger than 960 x 720, and I think that is why I'm having a "fuzziness" issue. Its hard to explain, but I am attaching a few images to demonstrate. It's almost like it's tried to denoise the image, but the settings are off, if that makes sense. And like I said, it may come from the "save" issue I'm having.
Other than that, I've truly enjoyed trying to learn the camera. A bit of a tutorial on how to run the settings would go a long way in helping me really get some better photos so you can tweak anything that needs fixing. In the future, I would like to see maybe a manual focus slider to go along with the focus depth slider, auto rotation, and maybe RAW image added to the save format. All of the images I'm posting are unedited, they were ran through photoshop simply to rotate them the correct way since the app doesn't (or I haven't found how) and then uploaded straight to Imgur - which I'm still learning to use, please forgive me. Also, I have a photoshoot scheduled this weekend, so I will be taking a few extra lenses with me so I can get some shots for side by side comparison with the big cameras. I'll be using Canon 5dMKII full frame with various "L" and regular lenses.
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choijuho78 said:
Sorry for update fail.
I think your google account has some problem.
So I have set app price as 1 dollar in temporary as special event. Do save the chance for you.
Now 3.10.1 pro version shows up amazing depth of defocusing.
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Well, whatever was going on is fixed. I went ahead and uninstalled, paid the dollar and did a fresh install of it and now everything shows up in Play as it should. It immediately updated to .1 early early this morning when I did it, and has now updated to .2 Thank you for all your help in that. Just in time for my weekend photoshoot in the city.
Thanks. I hope you will capture great pictures.
Just reply to me if you have trouble with app. I will fix and update soon.
CrimsonSymphony said:
Well, whatever was going on is fixed. I went ahead and uninstalled, paid the dollar and did a fresh install of it and now everything shows up in Play as it should. It immediately updated to .1 early early this morning when I did it, and has now updated to .2 Thank you for all your help in that. Just in time for my weekend photoshoot in the city.
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Just wanted to let you know, my LG G6 died on me. Waiting on my new phone to get here - Samsung Galaxy Note 9. It should be here sometime this coming week.
choijuho78 said:
Thanks. I hope you will capture great pictures.
Just reply to me if you have trouble with app. I will fix and update soon.
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Question Portrait mode processing takes decades

Hi Guys,
Hope you all doing well.
So, I purchased an unlocked Pixel 7 Pro and got it delivered yesterday.
All seems good except camera which is very, very disappointing so far (obviously, the phone has the latest updates)
For example, no matter what picture I take in portrait mode, it takes 1-1.5 minutes (!!) to process it to add the blur which is insane as my 2 years old Notes 10 Ultra processes blur in 1-2 seconds. How is this even possible?
Do you guys have the same issue with portrait mode? I want to make sure its not my phone.
Also, I was reading that it is possible to add a blur to unprocessed picture from Google Photos but that option is simply missing from the menu no matter what picture I open.
For instance, Samsung Gallery app does add blur to all these unprocessed pictures so its not the picture itself. Google Photos simply doesn't have that option, its missing.
Google Photos also doesn't have any option to unblur a picture as its also missing. The was apparently one of the "perks" of Pixel 7 Pro but that option is not even there.
Do you guys also experience all this?
If the portrait mode processing is faster for you, can any of you kindly extract your camera and google photo apk and post it here? I will install these instead. Thanks a lot!
Try a factory reset. mine takes 4 seconds tops
Didn't help.
I didn't mention that I am using GrapheneOS.
Tried to flash stock Google image - and Portrait mode processing worked as expected.
I pulled out the original Photo and Google Camera apks from stock Google image, then installed Graphene again and installed these - same results.
It seems there are some additional libraries in stock image that are responsible for processing and they need to be installed in Graphene to make it work as expected? I couldn't identify any though - there was one called Pixel Camera Services that I also installed but still no joy.
VirtualWaver said:
Didn't help.
I didn't mention that I am using GrapheneOS.
Tried to flash stock Google image - and Portrait mode processing worked as expected.
I pulled out the original Photo and Google Camera apks from stock Google image, then installed Graphene again and installed these - same results.
It seems there are some additional libraries in stock image that are responsible for processing and they need to be installed in Graphene to make it work as expected? I couldn't identify any though - there was one called Pixel Camera Services that I also installed but still no joy.
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So you are running a ROM, and or modded your phone and wonder why things don't work? SMH
VirtualWaver said:
Didn't help.
I didn't mention that I am using GrapheneOS.
Tried to flash stock Google image - and Portrait mode processing worked as expected.
I pulled out the original Photo and Google Camera apks from stock Google image, then installed Graphene again and installed these - same results.
It seems there are some additional libraries in stock image that are responsible for processing and they need to be installed in Graphene to make it work as expected? I couldn't identify any though - there was one called Pixel Camera Services that I also installed but still no joy.
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Good luck with that. Graphene is a poor choice for people who want to use Google anything.
jaseman said:
So you are running a ROM, and or modded your phone and wonder why things don't work? SMH
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jaseman said:
So you are running a ROM, and or modded your phone and wonder why things don't work? SMH
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GrapheneOS is an OS not a mod, and Google Camera works on it for a few years now - it only requires GSF to run. There are many people on XDA who are using GrapheneOS on Pixel phones so its not a unique thing. I was hoping someone who is on it can advise if they experience the same issues.
VirtualWaver said:
GrapheneOS is an OS not a mod, and Google Camera works on it for a few years now - it only requires GSF to run. There are many people on XDA who are using GrapheneOS on Pixel phones so its not a unique thing. I was hoping someone who is on it can advise if they experience the same issues.
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Graphene is a hugely modded OS with everything Google stripped from it. It is normal and expected for things to not work exactly the same as stock.
EtherealRemnant said:
Good luck with that. Graphene is a poor choice for people who want to use Google anything.
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I agree, its a way out of Google so yes. I don't use any other Google aps so don't really need them. Such a shame the Cam is not working as expected - I might try GCAM instead.
VirtualWaver said:
I agree, its a way out of Google so yes. I don't use any other Google aps so don't really need them. Such a shame the Cam is not working as expected - I might try GCAM instead.
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So then it looks like I was correct in my assumption...according to other respondents? You are running a heavily modded OS with Google stripped out of it. Of course you will have all sorts of negative issues. lol
VirtualWaver said:
Hi Guys,
Hope you all doing well.
So, I purchased an unlocked Pixel 7 Pro and got it delivered yesterday.
All seems good except camera which is very, very disappointing so far (obviously, the phone has the latest updates)
For example, no matter what picture I take in portrait mode, it takes 1-1.5 minutes (!!) to process it to add the blur which is insane as my 2 years old Notes 10 Ultra processes blur in 1-2 seconds. How is this even possible?
Do you guys have the same issue with portrait mode? I want to make sure its not my phone.
Also, I was reading that it is possible to add a blur to unprocessed picture from Google Photos but that option is simply missing from the menu no matter what picture I open.
For instance, Samsung Gallery app does add blur to all these unprocessed pictures so its not the picture itself. Google Photos simply doesn't have that option, its missing.
Google Photos also doesn't have any option to unblur a picture as its also missing. The was apparently one of the "perks" of Pixel 7 Pro but that option is not even there.
Do you guys also experience all this?
If the portrait mode processing is faster for you, can any of you kindly extract your camera and google photo apk and post it here? I will install these instead. Thanks a lot!
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You should have mentioned first that you're NOT on the STOCK ROM before getting all "disappointed" about your phone.
ekin_strops said:
You should have mentioned first that you're NOT on the STOCK ROM before getting all "disappointed" about your phone.
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Honestly, this topic is not about comparing phones - I own both and providing my feedback. Even with stock ROM, Pixel cannot match the capabilities of 2 years old Notes 20 Ultra - for example, Note 20 Ultra has real-time video background blur with different effects whilst Pixel's Cinematic mode doesn't offer many background effects and works much worse. Note 20 Ultra's portrait mode has much more different real-time effects, etc. But as I said this topic is not about comparing but trying to resolve a problem, so its pointless to write comments like this.
I took this one of my daughter just to see and mine did not have that problem. It processed quick quickly
VirtualWaver said:
Honestly, this topic is not about comparing phones - I own both and providing my feedback. Even with stock ROM, Pixel cannot match the capabilities of 2 years old Notes 20 Ultra - for example, Note 20 Ultra has real-time video background blur with different effects whilst Pixel's Cinematic mode doesn't offer many background effects and works much worse. Note 20 Ultra's portrait mode has much more different real-time effects, etc. But as I said this topic is not about comparing but trying to resolve a problem, so its pointless to write comments like this.
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It's pointless to write something is broken, and then ask people if theirs is broken too, while ignoring completely the fact that you're on a CUSTOM ROM while people are clearly saying "It's working" fine, yes, on stock ROM.
I'm not trying to argue now, but it's important to mention such stuff so people can actually "help" in a more "accurate" way instead of just writing "it works fine for me", while they're not using the same ROM as you do.
Peace
jaseman said:
So then it looks like I was correct in my assumption...according to other respondents? You are running a heavily modded OS with Google stripped out of it. Of course you will have all sorts of negative issues. lol
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Please do your research before posting - Google Camera does work on GrapheneOS with Google Services installed.
If you know anything about the issue, then please respond.
If not, its pointless making comments like this and flooding the thread - let other people who are running Graphene to read and share their experience.
VirtualWaver said:
Please do your research before posting - Google Camera does work on GrapheneOS with Google Services installed.
If you know anything about the issue, then please respond.
If not, its pointless making comments like this and flooding the thread - let other people who are running Graphene to read and share their experience.
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The issue you're having is not there in the stock ROM, something you didn't mention in your thread.
But I'll walk away because you're clearly ignoring the fact that you didn't mention here a KEY factor, because it's definitely the issue of your CUSTOM ROM and not stock ROM. So, don't get angry when you get responses like this.
jaseman said:
So you are running a ROM, and or modded your phone and wonder why things don't work? SMH
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Literally.
VirtualWaver said:
Didn't help.
I didn't mention that I am using GrapheneOS.
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It's cuz you're running graphene os

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