[Q] Replace the camera with higher resolution one - Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]

Hi. Today I'm asking you something that doen't even seem realistic for me I'm an undergrad. Electrical Enginnering student and I like playing with electronic hardware. I made some projects with CMOS cameras and Arduino. Although I know Java and a little about Android programming, I don't know the inside of the Android ROM (Kernel etc.). Now, here is my question:
Is it possible to replace my 3.15 MP camera with 8 MP camera?
Hardware can be done, but what about software, will it be too hard to change the software for 8 MP? I'm asking just because of curiosity, and hope somebody will help me It will be very exciting to me to try it
Thanks

I can't tell you how much trouble I've seen with cameras... for any rom I've used on HTC phones, it seems to be the last thing working on any development ROM. Even when they do get it working, it's much longer until the full resolution is supported.
When the HTC hero was ported to 2.1, it seemed like eons before damage got the camera working; and a lot of talented devs had already spent a lot of time working on it.
Now for the EVO, with HW003/4 changing cameras/screens in the middle of the game, it's given the cyanogen mod team one hell of job to do.
Personally, I'd stay the hell away from it. The kernel support for the camera looks like too much work...

This is not a good news Thank you so much for warning me.

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[ROM] Roufianos V6 720p 30FPS |Full Of Speed|

Hello again after 1 month...
I have lost from here, because as allready know my Desire Has been Fu**ed up iin testing of a rom who will Record Videos @720p With 30fps...
Now working 1 month on this Project with the help from a new friend (HTC HELLAS Technician) and with the help from my old friend Mr Lazaros (some here maybee know him) we make this true...
I want to thanks ACE HELLAS (HTC in Greece) who give me a New Desire (replacement of my burned desire) and also give me a marketing purpose (DEMO DEVICE) Htc desire to make all of my tests on this device.
Also i want to thanks all this guys who give me donates for this project
Now on the Project...
The good News:
The video recorder Shoot Videos @ 30 fps
I have modify a lot of HTC Drivers (wifi works like gigabit wired network... Require Draft n access point)
All of the Installed Programs is Updatable
IF YOU HAVE THE PREVIEWS Roufianos ROM YOU DONT NEED TO MAKE WIPE
The Rom is Ready for production (i will delay it 5-6 days to make sure that will work ok, and will not do the same to the Demo device )
The Bad News:
If you record Videos more than ~3Minutes you feel the desire hotness*
To work with the best results @30fps you need to have a good MicroSD (+8x)
Here is the Sample Video of my New Rom:
http://pameplateia.com/video/73K5W4D79936/Roufianos-V6-720p-Sample
*to resolve the hotness problem, you have to "slow" the brightness of the screen, this problem dont exists to HTC DESIRE With the News screens SLCD (sony Screens), i have test it t my new desire....
Stay tuned
lol but...what exactly you have modified?build prop? librarys? xml decoding?
Can't exits risk to burn out desire like your last amoled desire?
And, if you don't have source of 2.2 sense, how do you modify drivers?
omg! that video is sooo smooth! nice!
NeoPhyTe.x360 said:
lol but...what exactly you have modified?build prop? librarys? xml decoding?
Can't exits risk to burn out desire like your last amoled desire?
And, if you don't have source of 2.2 sense, how do you modify drivers?
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The Drivers its not 100% modified, its has been taked from other HTC Android Device who is 100% compatible with desire and works much more faster... if you want more details about this, i will send you later PM with this, because i dont choose it this by myself... Its 100% safe to use the rom, and for this reasson i will keep it unreleased for 5-6 days.
A friend told me that in the next HTC OTA Update (FROYO 2.2) will replace the drivers, because he have built it from the scratch for the Desire...
Also, for all this who want to Change the old screen of desire:
YOU CANOT Change it, because you have to change AND THE MAINBOARD of desire...
i preffer the Old AMOLED from samsung because it is better in sunny enviroment and im working all day outside...
tron13 said:
The Drivers its not 100% modified, its has been taked from other HTC Android Device who is 100% compatible with desire and works much more faster... if you want more details about this, i will send you later PM with this, because i dont choose it this by myself... Its 100% safe to use the rom, and for this reasson i will keep it unreleased for 5-6 days.
A friend told me that in the next HTC OTA Update (FROYO 2.2) will replace the drivers, because he have built it from the scratch for the Desire...
Also, for all this who want to Change the old screen of desire:
YOU CANOT Change it, because you have to change AND THE MAINBOARD of desire...
i preffer the Old AMOLED from samsung because it is better in sunny enviroment and im working all day outside...
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Aham ok, tell me what you know by MP. I was changing new decoding librarys of the new otas to my rom, only camera and encoding librarys, but not much good results, only a little.
NeoPhyTe.x360 said:
Aham ok, tell me what you know by MP. I was changing new decoding librarys of the new otas to my rom, only camera and encoding librarys, but not much good results, only a little.
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I will share all of my sources with you and with all other users
Good Work, Have you changed the audio codec?
This sounds so wonderfull!
But is this really 720p? the video has bad resolution...... maybe it's the video player.....video is smooth but resolution don't look well
does that mean better 3d also??
toosif said:
This sounds so wonderfull!
But is this really 720p? the video has bad resolution...... maybe it's the video player.....video is smooth but resolution don't look well
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Click on the HD Button at the right of the Player
tron13 said:
Click on the HD Button at the right of the Player
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yeah my bad didn't see the button first time.....
GREAT JOB my friend with the development!
Oh yeah, great job !
Wait & See
WOWSERS !!!!! very nice indeed!
did you also change audio codec?
thc ahead!
dkm
So when will we actually see the rom here?
inkredi said:
So when will we actually see the rom here?
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+1
This hype better be worth it
And you prefer amoled to slcd because you're outside loads? Swear I saw a test on Gizmodo or Engadget and amoled didn't stand a chance against slcd.
Sent from my HTC Desire
tron13 said:
Hello again after 1 month...
I have lost from here, because as allready know my Desire Has been Fu**ed up iin testing of a rom who will Record Videos @720p With 30fps...
Now working 1 month on this Project with the help from a new friend (HTC HELLAS Technician) and with the help from my old friend Mr Lazaros (some here maybee know him) we make this true...
I want to thanks ACE HELLAS (HTC in Greece) who give me a New Desire (replacement of my burned desire) and also give me a marketing purpose (DEMO DEVICE) Htc desire to make all of my tests on this device.
Also i want to thanks all this guys who give me donates for this project
Now on the Project...
The good News:
The video recorder Shoot Videos @ 30 fps
I have modify a lot of HTC Drivers (wifi works like gigabit wired network... Require Draft n access point)
All of the Installed Programs is Updatable
IF YOU HAVE THE PREVIEWS Roufianos ROM YOU DONT NEED TO MAKE WIPE
The Rom is Ready for production (i will delay it 5-6 days to make sure that will work ok, and will not do the same to the Demo device )
The Bad News:
If you record Videos more than ~3Minutes you feel the desire hotness*
To work with the best results @30fps you need to have a good MicroSD (+8x)
Here is the Sample Video of my New Rom:
http://pameplateia.com/video/73K5W4D79936/Roufianos-V6-720p-Sample
*to resolve the hotness problem, you have to "slow" the brightness of the screen, this problem dont exists to HTC DESIRE With the News screens SLCD (sony Screens), i have test it t my new desire....
Stay tuned
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Hi tron,
but this is the video sample that you have recorded 1 months ago with OLD ROM... I remember it, 17 sec... what's up?
Thank you neighbor,also for improved the 720p and wifi drivers
video is good as a bolt
So when can we expect these improvements?
Great News ~!
Will you also update the rom will lastest flash 10.1 , cifs .... etc ~
This looks mighty nice, looking forward to this being mainstream in all desire roms.
I hope you will be releasing the driver source, and not just pushing out another sense rom.
Now all we need is to plug a decent microphone into the micro usb slot, since the audio quality is rubbish on any videos I have taken

[Q] [N00b] Nokia N8 with android why not?

Hey,
Why is there no android version for the N8?
Could anyone create it? There is enough animo for it.
If i read some forums I see that some people want it. Why not?
Also it has the best mobile camera in the world.
If someone can run android on it it would be the best device ever. (I think)
I could find an answer on this forum. But I think this is already changed.
(That there isn't enough animo for it. But there is!)
I'm also a newb in this world. But I like android and the compatibility that the most devices already have with it.
Kevin
I dont know if its that simple. I dont rly know if the android suitable for N8, anyway would be nice to have it (even though that i have HD2, which i think that is much better than N8.) If its possible, my friends will have android too! xD
indeed!
I think an android developer must buy an n8.. that he can see it's a wonderfull device.
And then create android for it.
Not all phones are like hd2, where you can have different os
Sent from HTC HD2 with Android
Not all people wants a HD2
you are not alone my friend!
I too wish the N8 had Android.
It is a much better device than the HD2, screen size isn't everything.
coldest~~~ said:
Not all phones are like hd2, where you can have different os
Sent from HTC HD2 with Android
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anything is possible, it just takes time.
and in the HD2's favor, it had hardware that was common across different platforms.
plus a big userbase
Isnt the N8 nokia soft based on Debian? couldn't drivers be ported my friend has this device and yes the camera is amazing on it
I thougt it was only meego and maemo wich is debian based?
i was thinking to get a nokia n8 untill ive found out that nokia had very low quality development for that new symbian version, and that they moved torwards windows mobile... i never liked windows mobile and since they were not going for android i said whats the point, on paper the nokia n8 is amazing, but it has some problems aswell, for example the cpu is only 625mhz, while its arguably enough to run android, im not entirely sure it has all the instruction sets compatible with it, emulation is out of the question too, the android code would have to be natively changed to work for it, and then there had to be the matter of games, they also had to be coded properly for that specific gpu,cpu and sound chip, accelerometer and so on.
So thats why ppl dont usually port phones to android, its a mess to code and most of the drivers they have to code them from scratch.
TheWarKeeper said:
i was thinking to get a nokia n8 untill ive found out that nokia had very low quality development for that new symbian version, and that they moved torwards windows mobile... i never liked windows mobile and since they were not going for android i said whats the point, on paper the nokia n8 is amazing, but it has some problems aswell, for example the cpu is only 625mhz, while its arguably enough to run android, im not entirely sure it has all the instruction sets compatible with it, emulation is out of the question too, the android code would have to be natively changed to work for it, and then there had to be the matter of games, they also had to be coded properly for that specific gpu,cpu and sound chip, accelerometer and so on.
So thats why ppl dont usually port phones to android, its a mess to code and most of the drivers they have to code them from scratch.
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The CPU is official build for 750mhz. So it can run faster.. Also i heard that the new version of android (3.0?) has hardware acceleration for the UI. So the GPU can be used for it.
cpu for android need nore juice and ram.
battery life will be hunger for more to join android.
nokia seem battery effective device.low power consumption
under18 said:
cpu for android need nore juice and ram.
battery life will be hunger for more to join android.
nokia seem battery effective device.low power consumption
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Why?
The HTC ChaCha and Salsa has a 600 mhz processor... And still Android runs on it.
Indeed the ram is littlebit low 256 mb...
Chacha is 800Mhz, 512 of ram..
yeah i wish that someone would find a way to port android to n8 i recently got one and dont like symbian os, any way i'll keep on searching if no luck, guess i have to get an android phone
Edit: forgot to say i had a sony ericsson x8 which had 600 Mhz processor and 256mb ram and i was even able to run android 4.0 on it dunno why n8 would not run on this device
The question is why port android to N8? The N8 is a wonderful device as is. If you have an N8 you probably bought it for it's camera prowess. Bonus: you get a very long battery life (compared to droids). Now if you want to port android on it then it will become power hungry and will be full of glitches since it has poor dev support. Also, you wouldn't want a slow droid. 600mhz for a droid is quite slow, and as stated, the RAM is low. You're better off buying an affordable Galaxy Y. Believe me it's quite fast, if you can live with it's low res screen.
Cheers,
Cezar
kevinwalter said:
Hey,
Why is there no android version for the N8?
Could anyone create it? There is enough animo for it.
If i read some forums I see that some people want it. Why not?
Also it has the best mobile camera in the world.
If someone can run android on it it would be the best device ever. (I think)
I could find an answer on this forum. But I think this is already changed.
(That there isn't enough animo for it. But there is!)
I'm also a newb in this world. But I like android and the compatibility that the most devices already have with it.
Kevin
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it's not possible to port Android or any other OS to symbian phones because of locked bootloaders by Nokia
Nokia n9 is running meego OS which is with unlocked bootloaders and that's why this phone can have dual boot or just one OS like Android 4.x.x ICS
I want it too
I have an Nokia N8 too and i would love to run android on it.
So if there is any way to install android on it....
I also have nokia n8, it was really a great phone,hi quality build, superb. And I fine with symbian^3 but what bothering me was that the nokia apps store is getting useless. I need BBM and can't find any.

the new Camera Modes from Omega/Eternity for 1st Gen Devices

Did someone managed to get the new HTC Camera Modes to work on 1st Generation Devices or can someone explain why not or help me develop a solution ?
I would like to know how to get the Camera Enhancements o my Mozart too!
If you tell me what the new modes are, I can tell you if I have them. The Camera Enhancement is installed on my trophy and is working aswell
Ludacris said:
If you tell me what the new modes are, I can tell you if I have them. The Camera Enhancement is installed on my trophy and is working aswell
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I suppose he's talking about burst and panoramic modes which can be found in the camera settings of both HTC Radar and Titan.
If anyone could figure out a way to get the burst ad panoramic modes, I would greatly appreciate it.
Sent from my HD7 T9292 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
I think the camera modes are driver controlled but how do we crack the camera enhancment app to do that is someone a app developer? and could help me a little bit to bring it to 1gen HTC's or the other manufaturers Devices?
has anyone been successful in getting the 2nd gen HTC devices' (Radar/Omega and Eternity/Titan) camera settings working on 1st gen (HD7/Mozart)?
Moved to WP7 Q&A
No questions in the development section please.
Take it easy
O_G
well its no question but more a important discussion were noone seems to care about...
truth is, now with mango almost at tango we still did not have one improovement, even worse..
most of the new applications HTC made, are NOT COMPATIBLE with 1st Gen devises, even OLD APPS like the COMPASS are NOT COMPATIBLE anymore..
WTF!!! and i mean.. WHAT THE FRECKIN FRUC
im seriously mad about this!
if we hadnt had ripped their apps and cracked them,
we couldnt even use them anymore...
those lazy profit orientated leeches
like the mozart couldnt make those cam shots
they just dont programm the driver and
dont give us access to do it ourself...
even worse then apple... damn...
webwalk® said:
well its no question but more a important discussion were noone seems to care about...
truth is, now with mango almost at tango we still did not have one improovement, even worse..
most of the new applications HTC made, are NOT COMPATIBLE with 1st Gen devises, even OLD APPS like the COMPASS are NOT COMPATIBLE anymore..
WTF!!! and i mean.. WHAT THE FRECKIN FRUC
im seriously mad about this!
if we hadnt had ripped their apps and cracked them,
we couldnt even use them anymore...
those lazy profit orientated leeches
like the mozart couldnt make those cam shots
they just dont programm the driver and
dont give us access to do it ourself...
even worse then apple... damn...
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I agree with you that was my reason to change my trophy to a desire hd and now im lucky ^^
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
BUMP
If chefs coking ROMs for first gen devices with camera settings from device second gen (and this happens) maybe anybody have xap file with these camera settings (from second gen of course)? If yes it could give to the forum. I do not think about modes panoramic or series but other like: white balance, brightness, etc. I need this file for my friend. THX

Android on Bookeen-Cybook Odyssey (eBook Reader)?

Hello everyone, I know this is a long shot but: is anyone interested in porting Android to this excellent eBook Reader?
Device description is here: http://www.bookeen.com/en/cybook/odyssey
It is basically a Nook Touch Simple/Sony PRS T1 like device that features a very fast e-Ink display (amazingly fast for an e-Ink) and should support some tablet like use (browsing the web, reading a RSS feed) quite well. You can see here and here what HSIS (High Speed Ink System) can do.
Stock version is using a Linux 2.6.31 based OS (doesn't specify what flavor)
From the little I know the main problems with porting a Android whould be:
- possible locked bootloader on the Cybook Odyssey -> no way to know without the device
- supported chipset -> an ARM A8 based chipset is listed
- display drivers -> maybe those from regular pearl e-Ink can be used?
- wi-fi drivers -> again, depends on the chipset
I'm out of my league (php, web stuff) here but I plan to buy the device next month if there's hope for it
Ideas?
Hi!
I would point out, before getting your hopes up on the porting, the fact that you asked just one day after the launch of the device, makes one think that you're thoughts are audaciously early. So unless some xda-developers are Bokeen insiders and, ahem, unbound by their job to work on this matter, either waiting or is the thing to do. Or, ahem, , learning how to port?
The chances I see for this port to happen are small (but than again still possible). Perhaps we could see if the linux running it might offer more flexibility and run apps directly (?). Porting would would have it's obvious advantages ... an Android with it's screen technology superior to any current eInk readers, except the Mirasol powered ones perhaps (those are limited to Korea for now) would we awesome.
csioucs said:
Hi!
I would point out, before getting your hopes up on the porting, the fact that you asked just one day after the launch of the device, makes one think that you're thoughts are audaciously early. So unless some xda-developers are Bokeen insiders and, ahem, unbound by their job to work on this matter, either waiting or is the thing to do. Or, ahem, , learning how to port?
The chances I see for this port to happen are small (but than again still possible). Perhaps we could see if the linux running it might offer more flexibility and run apps directly (?). Porting would would have it's obvious advantages ... an Android with it's screen technology superior to any current eInk readers, except the Mirasol powered ones perhaps (those are limited to Korea for now) would we awesome.
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Is there any news on debugging and or development possibilities on that platform? I have seen the gpl'ed linux source released at bookeen's site.
I have yet not found any pictures of a disassembled device and do not know if customized firmware updates are possible.
Would very much appreciate any news on that topic!
NonsenseInc said:
Is there any news on debugging and or development possibilities on that platform? I have seen the gpl'ed linux source released at bookeen's site.
I have yet not found any pictures of a disassembled device and do not know if customized firmware updates are possible.
Would very much appreciate any news on that topic!
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I would also be interested in customized firmware for cybook odyssey. thanks
Any news on this anybody?
Anyone still watching this? I'd like to try to do it, but it's over my head, skill wise...
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
thirstythirsty said:
Anyone still watching this? I'd like to try to do it, but it's over my head, skill wise...
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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I know that internally some version of android ran on the device, but it's really not worth to do this. Android is absolutely not suited for such device and screen.
To install personalised linux/software, first crack the update format, then the device will be open to you...

[REQUEST][9.0][Pixel Experience for Polaris]

Hey there fellow Polaris users!
As the development is pretty slow or nearly not existent for this device, I wanted to know, if there´s any devs out there that can make a working Android Pie Pixel Experience rom for our device?
I and I guess many others would be willing to donate for the effort. I`m using the Pie GSI for now that works pretty good, but there are some issues that need to be fixed.
bluetooth hands free - no sound from the cars speakers so it´s pretty much useless
Camera - I use the BSG Mod by now and many features are working fine and the picture quality is decent, but there´s no 4k video and no slow motion video. I can live without this for now, but if the device supports it, it would sure be nice if it would work
some more minor flaws that we could work out in the process of making this really happen
Would be really nice to see this happening. The base is already there so maybe this device specific issues can be adressed fairly easy. I´m no dev by the way, otherwise I´d do it myself. But I´m ready to support you in any way possible. Even if its with some money for a pizza and some cold drinks!
All the best
*Kleinholzinferno*
PE rom
Could you tell me how to find PE rom for Polaris,Please!
You can access slowmotion with Manual Camera DSLR app
Just use the PE GSI Rom with latest global dev baserom ? Bluetooth can be fixed if you change the config xml and there are no other bugs ?

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