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[Q] Rasbenjelly Camera sucks I want a better rom and app

Hello I am running Rasbeanjelly Build date Dec 3 2012 19:47 PST
It been a good Rom But I hate the Camera app Built into the OS
The Replacement Programs on the web I have found are Awful
My Friend has Galaxy X2 and his Camera app is stock and great .
The Pinch to zoon works great
is there a better rom or App that would be good for me..

Onknight said:
Hello I am running Rasbeanjelly Build date Dec 3 2012 19:47 PST
It been a good Rom But I hate the Camera app Built into the OS
The Replacement Programs on the web I have found are Awful
My Friend has Galaxy X2 and his Camera app is stock and great .
The Pinch to zoon works great
is there a better rom or App that would be good for me..
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Zoom is pointless when you have a fixed lens such as on the Nexus S. It's a digital zoom, thus meaning you are simply cropping a part of the image. Doesn't give you better quality than manually cropping the picture after shooting it.
Have you tried lgCamera? It's one of the crowds favorite.

polobunny said:
Zoom is pointless when you have a fixed lens such as on the Nexus S. It's a digital zoom, thus meaning you are simply cropping a part of the image. Doesn't give you better quality than manually cropping the picture after shooting it.
Have you tried lgCamera? It's one of the crowds favorite.
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lgCamera is by far the best.

jimmychen6190 said:
lgCamera is by far the best.
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Yes nice app but I could not get Pinch to zoom I wanted

Onknight said:
Yes nice app but I could not get Pinch to zoom I wanted
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You realize that the Nexus S does NOT have a lens that can physically zoom in? All you are doing with the "pinch-to-zoom" is digitally zooming in, reducing overall quality in the process. If you really want zoom features with your camera, get a different phone (or get a camera!)...

Been waiting to get a New Nexus 4 but there still sold out

[Q] CM11 - kitkat 4.4.2 Camera

Hey,
ive been running cyanogenmod 11 nightlies and its been a good experience so far, fast and hardly any bugs. the only problem i have is the stock camera. its not even close to the quality of sense roms. it has trouble focusing and the quality is just subpar. Is there any fixes or mods to help improve quality or is it just one of the drawbacks of running stock android?

xPhrosty said:
Hey,
ive been running cyanogenmod 11 nightlies and its been a good experience so far, fast and hardly any bugs. the only problem i have is the stock camera. its not even close to the quality of sense roms. it has trouble focusing and the quality is just subpar. Is there any fixes or mods to help improve quality or is it just one of the drawbacks of running stock android?
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hey
The thing is sense camera can't be ported to aosp.

bilal_liberty said:
hey
The thing is sense camera can't be ported to aosp.
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I understand that sense camera can't be used on aosp ROMs, but is there any way to improve the camera quality of aosp ROMs, such as cm11?

Well from what I noticed, the image does not look sharp in the camera app, but after I went into gallery and zoomed in, it loads and looks a lot better. I'm not really disappointed with it.
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Snap Camera HDR is built from the same 4.4 source, but has many enhancements and performance improvements. It's significantly faster and has a better burst mode. Worth the $2, and you can even install a trial version.

came searterp
el_smurfo said:
Snap Camera HDR is built from the same 4.4 source, but has many enhancements and performance improvements. It's significantly faster and has a better burst mode. Worth the $2, and you can even install a trial version.
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thanks for the suggestion. how would you compare the quality of the stock camera with that of snap camera hdr?

xPhrosty said:
thanks for the suggestion. how would you compare the quality of the stock camera with that of snap camera hdr?
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I would also say to go with a paid camera app. I've heard good things about procapture but too cheap to buy it myself yet. Currently I'm use Camera MX. I installed it while I was still running sense and I had the opportunity to compare the two head to head. I'd say the sense one was definitely better but only ever so slightly. Certainly now that I compare Camera MX to the stock one on 4.4, it is like night and day. Camera MX is waaay better.
Finally, I should mention that some camera app makers are starting to tune their apps to the flagship phones (eg. HTC One, S4). That doesn't really help us, but it's something to consider when making your next purchase. Things like the camera really need to be tuned to the hardware to get the best performance.

fonnae said:
I would also say to go with a paid camera app. I've heard good things about procapture but too cheap to buy it myself yet. Currently I'm use Camera MX. I installed it while I was still running sense and I had the opportunity to compare the two head to head. I'd say the sense one was definitely better but only ever so slightly. Certainly now that I compare Camera MX to the stock one on 4.4, it is like night and day. Camera MX is waaay better.
Finally, I should mention that some camera app makers are starting to tune their apps to the flagship phones (eg. HTC One, S4). That doesn't really help us, but it's something to consider when making your next purchase. Things like the camera really need to be tuned to the hardware to get the best performance.
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Thanks for the suggestion, ill definitely give camera mx a try,

Hi,
I run on CM11 and I think the stock CM11 cam is ok.
But I have a problem when the cam needs the flashight in dark environments. The Cam doesn't use the flashlight to focus the image. Only when the image is being recorded, the flashlight is used. That's why I have bad, fuzzy results if the pictures were taken in the dark.
I have also tried another camera apps like the Camera MX but there is the same problem.
Are there others who have the same problem or can it be solved by the settings?
THX

Camera is getting better on 4.4.
No HDR, but decent.
Bad in 4.4 si sound. No Beats Audio...
Camera is not the same in 4.4.2 roms. Some have more options, some ar thin in facilities.

just switched to cm11 from an older sense rom. Big feature I'm missing in the camera is the ability to take pictures while recording. This feature is supposed to be included on the camera now, but I can't seem to figure out how to make it work. Am I missing something?
I have the latest version 2.2.024.

Camera on 4.4.4 Deviant Xone is Good.
I think its about the same like sense camera.
Thank you, $droyd$

I use the app camera zoom fx, because I don't like the Cm camera app.
Camera zoom fx is much better.

Hi,
i`m current using 4.4.4 since update on 4.4.2 the camera can not zoom. I can zoom on the screen but the picture isn´t zoomed.
That ist with both apps (cm11 app and google camera).
Is there any solution?

Mine works.
I guess it's from youre rom.

Now i use MIUI Germany 4.3.2.8 Android 4.1.1
Camera have HD option. Foto not so good.
Picture is way better with Deviant Xone camera.
I have tried the software with HD camera, or "professional HD camera". Description is fantastic.
Soft, NO!

4k recording on Lollipop

Hey all, I haven't heard much about camera specs in all the excitement about Lollipop and now PA on the G3, I am on CM12 now and loving it but I miss having 4k recording on the camera... Any way to bring this back? Maybe a camera app port? [emoji1]

That is the only reason I went back to a stock based ROM. Love my camera.

I know this is something we can do... We have some great developers here... WINK WINK!... That is the only only thing it is missing. I'm going to try some build.prop edits to see if it will work, but I doubt it.

scorpiopantera said:
That is the only reason I went back to a stock based ROM. Love my camera.
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Agreed, CloudyG3 is great. It's my go to ROM unless I'm on CM12, I had to flash back today because I'm having WiFi issues on CM.

Aosp ROMs always have bad cameras they use googles **** camera
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antiparadigm said:
I know this is something we can do... We have some great developers here... WINK WINK!... That is the only only thing it is missing. I'm going to try some build.prop edits to see if it will work, but I doubt it.
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I have had many phones...Nexus, Touchwiz, Sense, and now the G3...it cannot be done.

But the ability to record 4k is in the hardware, right? If it were strictly a software up conversion then yes it would be an issue, but if it is native to the camera hardware it seems like the camera app would just need to have the support for that feature of the sensor...

I sorta think its silly to record in 4k without even having a 4k TV to play it against. I honestly can't justify it, so I'll stick with the pros of having cm12 instead. Fwiw the Google camera isn't all that bad really. If I need pro photos, that's what my Sony nex is for.
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But we do all own a phone that plays 4k... And if you down sample to 1080p it retains a lot of sharpness and clarity not possible from strait 1080p recording.

antiparadigm said:
But we do all own a phone that plays 4k... And if you down sample to 1080p it retains a lot of sharpness and clarity not possible from strait 1080p recording.
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This is the thing right here. I want to be able to record in 4k so that I can downsample/crop/frame a 1080p edit of that footage with amazing clarity and control.
I desperately want to be able to do this on AOSP on the G3, but the going, thus far, is slow.

Recently YouTube brought back 4k playback. Check out the GoPro channel. Sweet stuff. They need an LG G3 channel...

I don't think the quality in stock vs Google camera can ever be matched sadly.

xamadeix said:
I don't think the quality in stock vs Google camera can ever be matched sadly.
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Which camera do you think is better? I'm confused.

scorpiopantera said:
Which camera do you think is better? I'm confused.
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Stock camera is ages ahead of the CM Camera (Googles), there is just no comparison, once you look at the photos on a big screen you notice the lower quality on the Google camera photos., also with CM you will loose:
Laser Focus, 4K video recording and Slow Motion

If your recording in 4k only to convert to 1080 because it looks better it's because your editing software isn't doing it's job. I've tried it both ways and get the same results. And yes unless you're filming for a professional job that will use cinema standards or own a 4k TV recording in 4k just takes up too much space for no reason. I also recommend waiting quite a few years before attempting to get a useless UHD TV.

Question GCam for Xperia 5 III?

Ive always wanted to try GCam and see if its all the hype it says it is.
Is there a modded version out for the Xperia 5 III? Thanks

None of previous Xperia (for the last 3 generations at least) flagship smartphone had working Gcam. Suggest this one will be no different.

bruh how is that even possible

I've been playing with one on my 5 ii, and the results are pretty good. Not as great as I expected, but that doesn't surprise me. The Sony hardware is not optimized to work with the software, and you could probably tweak the algorithms to make it work better with the Sony hardware. But, I don't have time to tweak the hundreds of settings in the GCAM mods to see what works best.

Where you have:
BSG: MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix
Download MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix by BSG.
www.celsoazevedo.com
It's not close to perfect, but it works on all 3 rear cameras.
Night mode doesn't work very well because Sony only exposes expores up to 1s for external apps, and the GCam crashes when tries to use more than 1s to capture more light.

XiCO FiR3 said:
Where you have:
BSG: MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix
Download MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix by BSG.
www.celsoazevedo.com
It's not close to perfect, but it works on all 3 rear cameras.
Night mode doesn't work very well because Sony only exposes expores up to 1s for external apps, and the GCam crashes when tries to use more than 1s to capture more light.
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Posting a random link from a site that noone knows about is kind of sketchy.
Does the guy have some kind of XDA profile?

riahc3 said:
Posting a random link from a site that noone knows about is kind of sketchy.
Does the guy have some kind of XDA profile?
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Sorry, for that.
This site is a place where most of GCam mods are posted, for multiple devices and from multiple Devs, instead of even sketchier telegram groups.
The link in question I posted is from bsg19071979 here on XDA.
You can check is work https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/app-mod-google-camera-by-b-s-g.4201665/
Unfortunately, the version I posted is the only version I found that works on my Xperia 5 III.

and can u see any difference vs the original Xperia Camera Software
and which version u using.?
Download:​
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_snap.apk (org.codeaurora.snapcam) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_MGC.apk (com.android.mgc) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ENG.apk (com.google.android.GoogleCameraEng) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ruler.apk (com.samsung.android.ruler) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_scan3d.apk (com.samsung.android.scan3d) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_qcamera3.apk (org.codeaurora.qcamera3) #

DanielMode said:
and can u see any difference vs the original Xperia Camera Software
and which version u using.?
Download:​
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_snap.apk (org.codeaurora.snapcam) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_MGC.apk (com.android.mgc) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ENG.apk (com.google.android.GoogleCameraEng) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ruler.apk (com.samsung.android.ruler) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_scan3d.apk (com.samsung.android.scan3d) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_qcamera3.apk (org.codeaurora.qcamera3) #
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The biggest difference I can see, is in low light scenes, the google camera takes much better photos, and removes almost all the noise without losing to much detail.
In cases that the Xperia Camera clips the background, the Gcam resolves some detail in the clouds for example.
Overall I don't recommend it.
- Auto focus is it or miss.
- Touch to focus freezes the viewport.
- Video recording doesn't work.
- Selfie camera doesn't work because Sony uses a cheap Samsung sensor.
- Night mode doesn't work properly because Sony doesn't expose all the camera API properties.
- Out of the box the photos are a bit under saturated.
The diferent versions don't make any diffence in the case of the Xperia 5 III, that I know off.
Im my hold phone I needed a camera with a specific name to allow the google camera to access all the camera features in original ROM. More or less what sony does with the creator' color profile for specific apps.

and again.... which version u using....therea6 different.!
i tried the first 3 from the list and i don't like there results at all.!

DanielMode said:
and again.... which version u using....therea6 different.!
i tried the first 3 from the list and i don't like there results at all.!
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I'm using rev X of the one ending in MGC. It runs okay. A little sluggish, but I don't have crashes. I did find a profile on the web and loaded it. GCAM on the Xperia cameras is a tool, but not a perfect one. I've learned from experimentation what areas it does well and what times it doesn't. I find it hard to say if it's better or worse than the stock app because it is situation dependent. If you're looking for something that you can replace the stock app with, your expectations will not be met. However, if you're looking for an app that does better in many low light situations where you have to shoot handheld, then it will give you capability you don't have with the stock app.

Yakkosmurf said:
I'm using rev X of the one ending in MGC. It runs okay. A little sluggish, but I don't have crashes. I did find a profile on the web and loaded it. GCAM on the Xperia cameras is a tool, but not a perfect one. I've learned from experimentation what areas it does well and what times it doesn't. I find it hard to say if it's better or worse than the stock app because it is situation dependent. If you're looking for something that you can replace the stock app with, your expectations will not be met. However, if you're looking for an app that does better in many low light situations where you have to shoot handheld, then it will give you capability you don't have with the stock app.
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Im wondering why people search gcam for 5 iii, latest 5 iii stock camera take picture way better than my pixel 5. I love the result from my 5 iii photo.
Current devices 5 iii, android 12

riahc3 said:
Ive always wanted to try GCam and see if its all the hype it says it is.
Is there a modded version out for the Xperia 5 III? Thanks
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dude, you have an xperia 5 III with many powered features and excellent great results in the camera (photo and video modes), why want you try gcam...???!!!! i don't understand !!!

mrsyamsul said:
Im wondering why people search gcam for 5 iii, latest 5 iii stock camera take picture way better than my pixel 5. I love the result from my 5 iii photo.
Current devices 5 iii, android 12
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Disagree with X 5 III taking better photos than Pixel 5. I wish it was true so then it would be no need in Gcam. X 5 III takes good enough photos in perfect light conditions only. That's just my experience (with X 1 III though).

WarVic[NZ] said:
Disagree with X 5 III taking better photos than Pixel 5. I wish it was true so then it would be no need in Gcam. X 5 III takes good enough photos in perfect light conditions only. That's just my experience (with X 1 III though).
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Is you use lates android 12 and latest March photography pro, even night mod on my 5 iii capture faster than my pixel 6. I don't have 1 iii so i can't make comparison. I only have 5 iii, pixel 5 and pixel 6.

mrsyamsul said:
Is you use lates android 12 and latest March photography pro, even night mod on my 5 iii capture faster than my pixel 6. I don't have 1 iii so i can't make comparison. I only have 5 iii, pixel 5 and pixel 6.
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I don't like the quality output straight out of camera. Photos come out underexposed, out of focus, lack of clarity and lack of HDR too often.

WarVic[NZ] said:
I don't like the quality output straight out of camera. Photos come out underexposed, out of focus, lack of clarity and lack of HDR too often.
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Ohh I'm sorry to hear that.none that happen to my Xperia 5 III devices. You may want to get new phone and forget about your 1 III already.

mrsyamsul said:
Ohh I'm sorry to hear that.none that happen to my Xperia 5 III devices. You may want to get new phone and forget about your 1 III already.
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This is exactly what I did! I 'm really happy that I was able to get rid of that overpriced, overhyped device. Certainly it is not worth even $800 to my opinion. Just because of underwhelming camera performance alone.

I currently have a Pixel 4a and an Xperia 5 iii. The difference in low light scenes is astonishingly in the Pixel's favor. During the day I really like the Xperia's colors and having multiple zoom levels is great too. But in poor light the $349 Pixel cleans the Xperia's clock. Sure, with a tripod and a static scene I could get a better result on the 5 iii perhaps but in most situations it's not close. Google has bottled smoke or something.

Question Can we play higher resolution videos on this device

Can someone please help clarify if the Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G(Indian variant) supports playing videos of higher resolution in YouTube or natively using VLC/MX player.
I read in one XDA thread and an YouTube video that it does not.
So wanted to know if using MIUI EU Rom or some alternate ways if this is achievable.
Note: Currently I am planning to buy this device for mostly daily usage like web surfing, watching YouTube/downloaded videos, streaming games from desktop etc. Else I would wait for Redmi K50i.

This device cannot play anything above 1080p. As long as whatever content is at that or below you'll be fine. If its above it or even HDR you cannot. Its one of the main criticisms I have of this thing.

KHSH01 said:
This device cannot play anything above 1080p. As long as whatever content is at that or below you'll be fine. If its above it or even HDR you cannot. Its one of the main criticisms I have of this thing.
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Thank you for the clarification ,then I will wait for Redmi K or 12 series and see if things are better.