[Q] contact pic are lower in quality than the original - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey
The thing is like that
i take a picture with my Nexus s (using AOKP milstone 4)
the picture is high quality no jpeg Artifacts took in the day light so there is no noise
i was happy with the picture so i wanted to put it as a contact picture
but when i get a call and saw the pic presenting in the incoming call screen
it was lower quality with jpeg Artifacts,
how can it be solved ?
its a phone and the contact and all phone realeted stuff should always look at best

Hi,
Any cropped picture with be distorted when expanded.
What worked for me was this:
My normal camera has 14 Mega pixels and when it is cropped and expanded it looks better than the stock 5 Mega pixel camera.
So if u want a better quality picture for ur contact then crop the picture on ur computer to what u want to show on ur contact so when its time to select the contact picture u can select the entire photo in ur gallery that u just cropped on ur computer.
It takes a little time but it works.
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G

vidaljs said:
Hi,
Any cropped picture with be distorted when expanded.
What worked for me was this:
My normal camera has 14 Mega pixels and when it is cropped and expanded it looks better than the stock 5 Mega pixel camera.
So if u want a better quality picture for ur contact then crop the picture on ur computer to what u want to show on ur contact so when its time to select the contact picture u can select the entire photo in ur gallery that u just cropped on ur computer.
It takes a little time but it works.
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G
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Thanks and what is the resolution for the contact image ? what should it be ?

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Camera Result Variation

The Result is highly comparable when adjusting/playing with settings(Contrast,saturation, bright..etc.) of the camera & gives huge difference in the picture.
I've attached samples as examples.
Pic 1 is over Uni's factory settings with DayLight(ON)
Pic 2 is over Uni's adjusted/changed settings with DayLight(ON)
Pic 3 is over Uni's settings as of Pic 2, but with Contrast +3 with DayLight(ON)
I'm still testing on different settings trying to get the best result possible.
I request other users also to TEST & Post their pics according to their settings, & we'll see who HAS THE BEST PIC, in what Setting?
I realize that HTC camera isn't as clever as that of Sony Ericsson or Sharp ones. I choose EXEC because of its WM6.1 superiority. It doesn't mean that EXEC's camera is useless. I took some night photos with it and really like what it produced. The camera is slow so its effect to the traffic lights in the photos(Car's and motrobike's lights) is very amazing.

[Q] What size HD wallpaper should you use for one screen?

Just wondering what size wallpaper I should use if going with a 1 screen homepage.
It has to be 2160 wide by 1920 tall even if you have a single page on your Home screen. The content you want to actually see (if you intend to keep just a single page) needs to be left justified meaning it's on the left-most 1080 pixels (half of the 2180 total). Kinda weird but apparently Kit Kat works that way...
br0adband said:
It has to be 2160 wide by 1920 tall even if you have a single page on your Home screen. The content you want to actually see (if you intend to keep just a single page) needs to be left justified meaning it's on the left-most 1080 pixels (half of the 2180 total). Kinda weird but apparently Kit Kat works that way...
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Or you could just go somewhere like interfacelift.com, find a wallpaper you like, select the resolution as 1080x1920, save it to your phone, open it in the Gallery, and set it as your wallpaper from there, which allows you to pan/zoom the photo and pick exactly what part of the picture you want to use as the background.
elementaldragon said:
Or you could just go somewhere like interfacelift.com, find a wallpaper you like, select the resolution as 1080x1920, save it to your phone, open it in the Gallery, and set it as your wallpaper from there, which allows you to pan/zoom the photo and pick exactly what part of the picture you want to use as the background.
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Just to confirm this is correct. I cropped the stock Wallpaper to 1080x1920 and did as explained above. The crop tool lets you select the whole image so you get what you want on the homescreen,
I am downloading 1080x1920 pics and then cropping them in portrait mode (for 1 homescreen) like you guys said but many of the pics are losing there sharpness in the process and no longer look hd cause I am basically zooming so much.
Can someone just tell me what size one homescreen page is?
Hand76 said:
I am downloading 1080x1920 pics and then cropping them in portrait mode (for 1 homescreen) like you guys said but many of the pics are losing there sharpness in the process and no longer look hd cause I am basically zooming so much.
Can someone just tell me what size one homescreen page is?
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its absolutely necessary to have 2160x1920 wallpapers when using stock way of applying wallpapers. you can use image 2 wallpaper to make it so you can use 1920x1080 vertical wallpapers though. The way android does wallpapers is ridiculous.

[3.0+] Multi Camera - App clone yourself in one picture

Multi Camera is free app allow you take many separate pictures with model in many the pictures and Auto Stitch many the pictures to make it look like you have a twin or more, you all are pictured together, helps anyone take clone photos of themselves with multi style. Lets you take Clone Photos to impress your friends, to amaze your friends with your awesome photography skills
Note: Please don't move your cam after take the first photo to improve the quality.
Feature:
- Support twin camera, three camera,..
- Support take photo by front or back camera
- Flashlight
- Use self timer to avoid shake your camera
- Open and share picture to your friend
- Providing you step by step instructions on how to take clone pictures.
Link download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vn.bkandroid.apps.multicamera
I think you should consider a better icon and better screenshots. Probably a demo video. This is what the users see first. This is how you get them to like the app before they even install it. Good luck
Cool idea!
But you should lock the white balance / exposure settings after the first picture, so you don`t see these "scars" between the different shots.
Nice, will check it out
GwBo said:
I think you should consider a better icon and better screenshots. Probably a demo video. This is what the users see first. This is how you get them to like the app before they even install it. Good luck
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Thank you very much
DaPhinc said:
Cool idea!
But you should lock the white balance / exposure settings after the first picture, so you don`t see these "scars" between the different shots.
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Thank you for your suggest, I will improve it and update in soon time
Hi eveyone, I updated new version 1.0.1. With this version, you can lock white and exposure balance for the heightest quality
If you installed my app, please for me your suggest to improve it. thank

Redmi note 7 pro true camera performance pushed to the limits

As seen in review Redmi note 7 pro comes with camera2api enabled out of the box.
So technically we can get full manual support like
Shutter speed of 30 sec,iso,manual white balance,manual focus and most importantly RAW and DNG support. It does have the the camera hardware and processor to handle this things.
Can you all test apps like Camera -fv,Open camera or Bacon camera to see the device performance:
1:Low light
2:Light trail
3very important and the main reason of this post)
Astrophotography or Milkyway shots
Main task take photo at night pointing at the sky with stars around and take a shoot with this setting
Iso( lowest setting possible)+30 sec or more shutter speed+focus infinity( save the image in JPG and DNG)
AND PLS UPLOAD THE RESULT
???
Nuclear 1234 said:
As seen in review Redmi note 7 pro comes with camera2api enabled out of the box.
So technically we can get full manual support like
Shutter speed of 30 sec,iso,manual white balance,manual focus and most importantly RAW and DNG support. It does have the the camera hardware and processor to handle this things.
Can you all test apps like Camera -fv,Open camera or Bacon camera to see the device performance:
1:Low light
2:Light trail
3very important and the main reason of this post)
Astrophotography or Milkyway shots
Main task take photo at night pointing at the sky with stars around and take a shoot with this setting
Iso( lowest setting possible)+30 sec or more shutter speed+focus infinity( save the image in JPG and DNG)
AND PLS UPLOAD THE RESULT
???
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Bro i think miui cam is best till date bcoz there is no support for 48mp in other camera application
http // i65.tinypic.com/m7chh4 dot png
Attempt to capture the moon on note 7 pro. Good results.
Iso100, 1/125, f 1.179, what should I do next
7shivam1 said:
http // i65.tinypic.com/m7chh4 dot png
Attempt to capture the moon on note 7 pro. Good results.
Iso100, 1/125, f 1.179, what should I do next
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Can you please send some other pictures ?
HrutvikJagtap said:
Can you please send some other pictures ?
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https // drive.google dot com/folderview?id=11AuzQQJThKCFWXVOA8ZnqGMTLSaDQ94H
There are not many here. But a good comparison of the night mode and the moon photo on 48mp. :good:
7shivam1 said:
https // drive.google dot com/folderview?id=11AuzQQJThKCFWXVOA8ZnqGMTLSaDQ94H
There are not many here. But a good comparison of the night mode and the moon photo on 48mp. :good:
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Thanks buddy
HrutvikJagtap said:
Thanks buddy
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Welcome bro, and I added 18 more photos to the album. Dude the camera blows!!! This the most expensive phone I have purchased in my life and I could not be more happy.
In one particular photo on 48 mp, supersampling went wrong and the photo has color bands or spots.
Nuclear 1234 said:
As seen in review Redmi note 7 pro comes with camera2api enabled out of the box.
So technically we can get full manual support like
Shutter speed of 30 sec,iso,manual white balance,manual focus and most importantly RAW and DNG support. It does have the the camera hardware and processor to handle this things.
Can you all test apps like Camera -fv,Open camera or Bacon camera to see the device performance:
1:Low light
2:Light trail
3very important and the main reason of this post)
Astrophotography or Milkyway shots
Main task take photo at night pointing at the sky with stars around and take a shoot with this setting
Iso( lowest setting possible)+30 sec or more shutter speed+focus infinity( save the image in JPG and DNG)
AND PLS UPLOAD THE RESULT
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HrutvikJagtap said:
Thanks buddy
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Well can't access the folder pls upload the image or share the link
Can u use a tripod or use headphone so that the camera doesn't move
Then go to pro mode and select this setting for stars picture
Point the camera to the sky make sure stars are visible to u
Focus (infinity)+ISO(100-400)+Shutter speed(30 sec)+ white balance auto
THEN TAKE THE PHOTO
NEXT SETTING
Focus (infinity)+ISO(1600-3200)+Shutter speed(30sec)+white balance auto
Now try camerafv 5 or bacon camera it doesn't matter if those app doesn't support the 48 no resulution and take photo with above mentioned setting just take photo in DNG(RAW) formats.
(you can google that and get some idea how will it look or what to expect)
Nuclear 1234 said:
Can u use a tripod or use headphone so that the camera doesn't move
Then go to pro mode and select this setting for stars picture
Point the camera to the sky make sure stars are visible to u
Focus (infinity)+ISO(100-400)+Shutter speed(30 sec)+ white balance auto
THEN TAKE THE PHOTO
NEXT SETTING
Focus (infinity)+ISO(1600-3200)+Shutter speed(30sec)+white balance auto
Now try camerafv 5 or bacon camera it doesn't matter if those app doesn't support the 48 no resulution and take photo with above mentioned setting just take photo in DNG(RAW) formats.
(you can google that and get some idea how will it look or what to expect)
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I don't have a tripod but I'll try out what you said. And this camera really captures even the smallest of the details. If you download and zoom in some of these building photos you can even see sunlight reflecting into spaces in the societies parking area. Even the farthest objects can be looked at closed with good details. Very surprised.
https //drive.google dot com/folderview?id=11AuzQQJThKCFWXVOA8ZnqGMTLSaDQ94H
Link sharing is on, this link should work.
Ok
Can u try something like this
kishangupta009 said:
Bro i think miui cam is best till date bcoz there is no support for 48mp in other camera application
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There is 48MP support in Open Camera.
Amazing performance
Nuclear 1234 said:
Can u try something like this
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Here you go buddy.
It wasn't very dark location and Milky way wasn't up , but you can se the big dipper.
ISO 1600 , Shutter 16s . I tried shutter speed of 32s but stars were trailing at that so used 16s.
I used stock camera on purpose because I wanted to see without any special efforts how is the quality.
And I can say I am impressed.
Straight out of camera image. No modifications whatsoever.
will try milky way in upcoming months.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1Y9hXN9sC8EbiSTTN8oZo2-vhIQ5vYgX7
Amazing!
Nilesh Jaybhaye said:
Here you go buddy.
It wasn't very dark location and Milky way wasn't up , but you can se the big dipper.
ISO 1600 , Shutter 16s . I tried shutter speed of 32s but stars were trailing at that so used 16s.
I used stock camera on purpose because I wanted to see without any special efforts how is the quality.
And I can say I am impressed.
Straight out of camera image. No modifications whatsoever.
will try milky way in upcoming months.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1Y9hXN9sC8EbiSTTN8oZo2-vhIQ5vYgX7
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This is absolutely insane! The potential of this camera is just amazing!
Nilesh Jaybhaye said:
Here you go buddy.
It wasn't very dark location and Milky way wasn't up , but you can se the big dipper.
ISO 1600 , Shutter 16s . I tried shutter speed of 32s but stars were trailing at that so used 16s.
I used stock camera on purpose because I wanted to see without any special efforts how is the quality.
And I can say I am impressed.
Straight out of camera image. No modifications whatsoever.
will try milky way in upcoming months.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1Y9hXN9sC8EbiSTTN8oZo2-vhIQ5vYgX7
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The stock camera reduces sharpness on human subjects and boosts color to look pleasing to the eye even with beautify, AI mode turned off. So it's better to try some other camera for true experience.
If you want a proper stock, download Gcam and capture picture in RAW format.
A word of caution, the RAW images will look dull because no processing has been done on the images and they will be very large in size. Use Lightroom (Pc and Android Both) to fit it according to your need.
Added one more picture
ni6hant said:
The stock camera reduces sharpness on human subjects and boosts color to look pleasing to the eye even with beautify, AI mode turned off. So it's better to try some other camera for true experience.
If you want a proper stock, download Gcam and capture picture in RAW format.
A word of caution, the RAW images will look dull because no processing has been done on the images and they will be very large in size. Use Lightroom (Pc and Android Both) to fit it according to your need.
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Yes , Built in camera does alter images .
For milky way will surely try RAW and Lightroom on PC.
btw added one more long exposure in same folder.
Long Exposure of Modi's plane taking off after a local rally.
Nilesh Jaybhaye said:
Here you go buddy.
It wasn't very dark location and Milky way wasn't up , but you can se the big dipper.
ISO 1600 , Shutter 16s . I tried shutter speed of 32s but stars were trailing at that so used 16s.
I used stock camera on purpose because I wanted to see without any special efforts how is the quality.
And I can say I am impressed.
Straight out of camera image. No modifications whatsoever.
will try milky way in upcoming months.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1Y9hXN9sC8EbiSTTN8oZo2-vhIQ5vYgX7
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The photos are awesome!
Can you share the exact camera settings used & whether you used the usual point and shoot mode or used pro mode?
If so the iso and shutter etc settings to get such perfect shots?
Also, were these captured on 48mp mode or default mode.?
Some issues:
My phone is just a week old while I have no issues with anything, whats bothering me is rear/main camera capturing daylight images with a yellow tint.
If I shoot anything indoors using an artificial light like cfl or led bulbs the shots come perfect and real in colors or textures and lighting.
Also, again the Red color seems isnt captured to the perfection. It is either captured as pink or orange.
I hope these are software issues or if the camera lens parses the light more in yellow.
Any expert to comment on this.
Very nice photos by phone
i want to capture Andromeda galaxy in phone how i can?
Shot on Redmi - PRO Photography
55 new items added to shared album
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Sample photos - original resolution - All Lenses + RAW

Hi All
I'm away the mo, but here are some samples I've taken so far. I've posted these up as it's hard to find original res pics. There are tons of reviews with reduced size images which is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
I'm looking for a good scene so I can take the same shot with every lens so we can do more detailed comparisons, but this is a starter:
edit: imgur worked fine at first, but now it's reduced the resolution of the files! I've uploaded them to mega.nz here:
https://mega.nz/#F!EZMxxQbJ!lAIm7Z4JIda3wN62LmSW7w
The above link contains all the images, so don't bother with the imgur links below.
At mega.nz, right-click on an image you want and choose download to get the file in full resolution. Don't bother with Preview as this is low res.
I'm not too impressed with the ultrawide image as if you zoom in to a face, the image is very soft as far as looking out of focus. For Macro shots, I found it best to go into camera settings and turn on Focus & Shoot. If you don't it's hard to get the macro camera to focus just where you want it.
The 108MP image looks quite good and you can zoom in a long way.
As soon as I see a good shot, I'll take that photo with all lenses and do some night shots.
Cheers
Steve
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How do I download the photos in full resolution?
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The imgur links above have been deleted, just go to the 1st post and get the images from mega.nz
Cheers
Steve
Next up is a comparison between Open Camera and the stock cam, including RAW files where possible. There's a readme file uploaded.
https://mega.nz/#F!hZUkFKgJ!8P0msMZIag0drQstokvVTA
Good shots Steve
Cheers I ran outside in between rain storms
I've been doing some comparisons between crops of @TF1920's current version of opencam mods and the stock cam. The reference is the brickwork on the end of a house in the middle of the picture. The comparisons have been uploaded to mega.nz with the link below. All of the comparison images file names begin with the word Comparison and each pair of images are annotated with Opencam or note10 and the lens used.
There is also a comparison of stock camera 27mp images in jpeg and DNG format.
https://mega.nz/#F!hZUkFKgJ!8P0msMZIag0drQstokvVTA
So, here's the results:
Compare_OC_Note10_2xTele_12mp
Note 10 crop has much more detail than opencam. I tried sharpening the opencam image, but it didn't help. In my view the note10 image is over-sharpened.
Compare_OC_Note10_5xTele_8mp
The Note10 image has more detail than the opencam image. Not a great deal, but sharper.
Compare_OC_Note10_U_Wide
These images seem to me, to be identical.
Compare_OC_Note10_WIDE_108mp
There's quite a difference between these 2 images. Note10 seems to have a lot more detail. I tried sharpening the opencam image but it didn't help. Hmm....
Compare_Note10_Wide_jpeg_dng_27mp
I found this interesting. The RAW image was much softer than the jpeg so no surprises there. However, the grass and stones looked like grass and stones in the RAW image. In the jpeg, they had suffered from over sharpening and had clear 'oil painting' effect. This gives me hope that I can use a RAW file and produce an image that is a better compromise than the over sharpened jpegs spat out by most manufacturers.
Raw Files
It's worth noting that although the RAW files uploaded to mega.nz look very washed out with a green tint, if you view them in irfanview they look much better.
Cheers
Steve
Good Job Steve, at 108Mpx try OpenCam with manual focus and compare with stock, seems to improve a lot the detail even gets better than stock, but it is tricky to use since you need to zoom in first at 10X focus and revert to no zoom
One mode I'm really interested in is 12MP on the 108MP camera, if possible this would be 9-to-1 pixel binning (the same mode that Samsung is planning in the S11) and maybe provide great low-light performance. Another poster tells me that 12MP is not available on the main cam in the Xiaomi app, but is available on Open Camera.
Could someone test this? The results might be impressive
revthanki said:
One mode I'm really interested in is 12MP on the 108MP camera, if possible this would be 9-to-1 pixel binning (the same mode that Samsung is planning in the S11) and maybe provide great low-light performance. Another poster tells me that 12MP is not available on the main cam in the Xiaomi app, but is available on Open Camera.
Could someone test this? The results might be impressive
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Yes I have the modded opencam @TF1920 has developed. If you check out this page:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-note-10/help/camera2-api-t4011239/page4
He's posted up a screenshot of all of the available resolutions in open camera and a couple are very close to 12MP. Over the next couple of days, I'll take a shot of each resolution and maybe you could feed back your results?
Happy Xmas all.....
Steve
Correction, the screen shot I mentioned is not the full range of resolutions in @TF1920's opencam. It's quite a long list so I tried to do a screen capture with scroll but it finishes before the end of the page. I've taken a number of screenshots of the opencam Wide resolutions and glued them all together for your viewing pleasure. It's attached to this post.
Also up are 4 shots taken outside my front door this morning at around 7am. In the UK, it's pretty dark and it's worth noting that to my eye, the sky was black and I could just make out the tree opposite so the results are very sensitive. jpeg quality was set to 100%.
The files are here:
https://mega.nz/#F!0Bsi2CKI!54RSNIlwDDEtoag7JQpYcw
I must say I can't see any difference in sensitivity between the 108MP and 12ish MP photos. Maybe they are just crops?
I also checked the ISO range in opencam by setting to different resolutions and manually setting the ISO. The result was the same for all resolutions I tried, offering a maximum ISO of 3200.
Cheers
Steve did you try manual focus instead of auto?
Hi no I didn't but I'll try again tomorrow at 7am and post the results up
Hi @TF1920 I got up late today as my wife forced me to drink whiskey last night
I was thinking - was your comment about the night shots or the daytime comparison shots I took? I can repeat either or both no problem.
Cheers
picitup said:
Hi @TF1920 I got up late today as my wife forced me to drink whiskey last night
I was thinking - was your comment about the night shots or the daytime comparison shots I took? I can repeat either or both no problem.
Cheers
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To any of them, I noticed that autofocus is not working very well some times, with manual focus I always get much better results (first zoom in max > set focus > zoom out all) then shot.

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