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I just bought the N5 32GB version, but I thought it would be possible to have the S4's camera app on this device since it has more functions than the n5's stock camera app. I woukd also be interesting to have the dual camera function in order to take two pics simultaneously (front and back camera). Playstore don't offer much, or are not comparable with the s4 camera. May you tell me where to download it or if there is a special version for ours n5?
Thanks.
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Probably won't since Samsung has an entire set of weird proprietary drivers.
Fluidification said:
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Probably won't since Samsung has an entire set of weird proprietary drivers.
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May you suggest me a valid alternative then? Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549631
The-Droidster said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549631
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Won't work, uses Samsung's proprietary framework. Some alternatives you can look at include Focal in the play store, and a few developers here are working on an LG G2 port and a Lenovo port. I can't believe how bad the stock camera has gotten which each android update. Google keeps removing settings and customization options. Why in the world do they think the end user only wants to change one setting at a time? I really dislike how the settings close as soon as you make one change.
davids1991 said:
May you suggest me a valid alternative then? Thanks!
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I don't have an alternative unfortunately. The stock camera app may not have too many features, but it serves all my purposes well.
Snap Camera seems fine, but it doesn't have as much features as S4, unfortunately.
In s3 never Achieved the port. Here I see impossible.
Sorry for my bad english.
Jeshuuu said:
In s3 never Achieved the port. Here I see impossible.
Sorry for my bad english.
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I think that in this forum, members are very capable of doing it. I will wait for them
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You could try the LG Camera. (Simply google it)
androidfreakzz said:
You could try the LG Camera. (Simply google it)
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Love LG Camera
I came across this in the Opo forum. The Dev says it shouldnt be to hard to port to the Nexus 5. Just wondering if anyone wants to give it a go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56210279
Jacob030 said:
I came across this in the Opo forum. The Dev says it shouldnt be to hard to port to the Nexus 5. Just wondering if anyone wants to give it a go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56210279
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This would be nice, but if I recall correctly there was legal issues with changing the low power core used for the pedometer, for other things.
TheROMGuy said:
This would be nice, but if I recall correctly there was legal issues with changing the low power core used for the pedometer, for other things.
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I didn't even think we had a low power core.
rootSU said:
I didn't even think we had a low power core.
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I'm not entirely for sure but I'm pretty sure I read somewhere on here that we had a low power core, and that someone had accessed it to use always listening but would have gotten in legal trouble if he had distributed it.
TheROMGuy said:
I'm not entirely for sure but I'm pretty sure I read somewhere on here that we had a low power core, and that someone had accessed it to use always listening but would have gotten in legal trouble if he had distributed it.
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Interesting...
Because that too would help with Doubletap 2 wake...
rootSU said:
Interesting...
Because that too would help with Doubletap 2 wake...
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Yea, but of course, the legality of it is questioned.
rootSU said:
Interesting...
Because that too would help with Doubletap 2 wake...
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Wouldn't help for wake gestures at all.
Lethargy said:
800 is just as capable as the 801. Low-power core is just used for a hardware pedometer instead of "always listening", as well as legal issues if you were to enable it without permission.
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Lethargy said:
The low-powered core is only good for things that usually require wakelocks (i.e. always listening, music playing, hardware pedometer). Screen-off gestures are done at kernel level and does NOT require a wakelock, so the low-powered core is completely useless in that regard.
Only factor determining if screen-off gestures drains or not is how power is provided to the panel. If it's possible to power the digitizer on separately, then it uses less battery. If you have to power the entire panel on, it'll use more. Either way, it's the exact same thing and not really done much differently across all devices; just make sure the digitizer is powered in any way and wake the device (or whatever) on specific gestures.
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Lethargy said:
Wouldn't help for wake gestures at all.
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Gah I hate being wrong. Whats worse is I actually knew that once too!
But, would there be any legal issues if it was a feature ported from another phone.......
the nexus 5 low power core was defaulted to count steps instead of being a low power core. i dont think that it can be the low power core as we would like it to be. but i guess with lots of work, it could be possible?
simms22 said:
the nexus 5 low power core was defaulted to count steps instead of being a low power core. i dont think that it can be the low power core as we would like it to be. but i guess with lots of work, it could be possible?
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It is possible just not entirely legal.
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But, would there be any legal issues if it was a feature ported from another phone.......
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Its still using the same low-powered core. Unless you want to somehow rip it out of a OnePlus One and hack it into a Nexus 5 (i.e. pretty much impossible and hardly a good idea)
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the nexus 5 low power core was defaulted to count steps instead of being a low power core. i dont think that it can be the low power core as we would like it to be. but i guess with lots of work, it could be possible?
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It's still a low powered core (and the same one as any other device with the Snapdragon 800 SoC), just being used for a different purpose.
I don't know what it would take to reprogram it/use it for other purposes, but its been done before and there was a proof-of-concept, method not released because of the legal ramifications. If there isn't a way around it/loophole, or a legal way to do it, then you'll have to wait a few years until the Nexus 5 becomes an old legacy device that nobody cares about lol
rootSU said:
Gah I hate being wrong. Whats worse is I actually knew that once too!
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This is like the third time it's been explained to me and I still can't get it right. Don't feel bad. xD
if its a legal issue, then its something that someone would be able to do to legally to their own phone, just wont be able to distribute it. something like posting instructions how to do it would be legal, just distributing the finished mod could be illegal. but i dont see where legality would come into affect on this.
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if its a legal issue, then its something that someone would be able to do to legally to their own phone, just wont be able to distribute it. something like posting instructions how to do it would be legal, just distributing the finished mod could be illegal. but i dont see where legality would come into affect on this.
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All sorts of strange laws about. Way back when, when i was a blackberry owner, it was against forum rules (crackberry) to discuss or give instructions for rebranding as apparently that was "illegal" in the US.
Im not sure if this is possible or a way to make it but i am wondering if its possible to make this work? I know there are apps to do this but i fell there is something you can mod to allow this. If so i can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyone have a idea of how this is done? If not whats the best app for this? Openmic?
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Im not sure if this is possible or a way to make it but i am wondering if its possible to make this work? I know there are apps to do this but i fell there is something you can mod to allow this. If so i can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyone have a idea of how this is done? If not whats the best app for this? Openmic?
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Google doesn't provide the option, so no.
It would be extremely silly on the Nexus 5 anyways, since it would be in a 24/7 wakelock.
Lethargy said:
Google doesn't provide the option, so no.
It would be extremely silly on the Nexus 5 anyways, since it would be in a 24/7 wakelock.
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Not unless someone can activly access the voice core but thats based on patent laws and licensing
super-6-1 said:
Not unless someone can activly access the voice core but thats based on patent laws and licensing
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The low-powered core is also used by a hardware pedometer.
It won't happen until a legal loophole is found, or until the Nexus 5 becomes an old legacy device that nobody cares about in a couple years.
Hello all. I've got my Ultra on 22nd of February by pre-order in Kyiv, Ukraine (SEK variant, official reseller) and for a few weeks it was almost okay. But for the last 4-5 weeks I'm experiencing really weird sound issues with only specific games, but not all of them. Also all non-game apps are not affected. The issue sounds like the speaker is broken after hours of usage on highest volume (is like cracking). I've seen reports about similar issue but all over the system and it was fixable by reinserting sim card tray, but this doesn't help in my case. To give you an example of the issue - here are two videos which I've taken recently (the issue persists to this very moment): YouTube 1 and Yotube 2. Maybe someone can help me to finally get rid of it? The list of affected games (which I've found) is below:
Beatstar
Ingress
Rocket League: Sideswipe
Genshin Impact
Need for Speed: No limits
Microsoft Solitaire Collection
Thank you!
does clearing app cache and or restarting help? does the crackling occur on bluetooth too
raul6 said:
does clearing app cache and or restarting help? does the crackling occur on bluetooth too
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No, clearing app's cache/data or even reinstalling it doesn't help and the issue is not present in wireless (BT) headphones.
Try diagnostic with Samsung member app
raul6 said:
Try diagnostic with Samsung member app
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Tried that too before submitting ticket to Samsung support and it shows that everything's fine. Also Samsung support told me that these issues are not under their competency and they must be fixed by apps developers only. However, those games which I've mentioned are working just fine on other devices (including those which I've tested them on personally).
Yes it crossed my mind that it could be some incompatibility issue. Not much you can do
raul6 said:
Yes it crossed my mind that it could be some incompatibility issue. Not much you can do
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I'm just wondering how's it possible to be broken only on this device... Maybe some app can cause it...?
I've read elsewhere that opening/closing sim slot helps (and possibly turning off Dolby/Atmos)? At least for awhile.
I don't think it is broken as it only affects some games as you said. Which I interpret that there could be some incompatibility between game and hardware. It should be looked by both Samsung and game dev but .....
also, it is not just your device, there are reports of it happening on other S22s too
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I've read elsewhere that opening/closing sim slot helps (and possibly turning off Dolby/Atmos)? At least for awhile.
I don't think it is broken as it only affects some games as you said. Which I interpret that there could be some incompatibility between game and hardware. It should be looked by both Samsung and game dev but .....
also, it is not just your device, there are reports of it happening on other S22s too
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As for those workarounds - yes, they are not helping, unfortunately. And about other reports on S22 series - I haven't seen any about some specific apps, only general ones where people tell that their phones sounds like that overall, even when they're just out of the box.
I'm a bit disappointed that such premium flagship device struggles with tasks this simple(
kingracer said:
I'm a bit disappointed that such premium flagship device struggles with tasks this simple(
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Indeed, it could have been done much better
Hey there,
I've been using my Realme 5 Pro with an ungoogled custom ROM for a while now, and I felt safe until I saw a video from The Linux Experiment (Videolink is with timestamp):
In the video, he mentions that he no longer wants to use a Chinese phone because China might force the manufacturer to install spyware. I know that The Linux Experiment is very skilled, but in this case I am not sure if he is a little bit paranoid. ^^
My questions are:
1. Is it possible for Chinese companies to spy on a phone with an open bootloader, custom ROM, and custom recovery?
2.1 I have already read that backdoors on the hardware side might be possible. Is this true?
2.2 How high is the risk of this happening?
2.3 What Information can they get with a backdoor on the hardware side?
3. How concerned should I be, because getting a phone without chinese influence is very hard?
Thanks for your help.
PS: I don't want political discussions. Just the technical view on my concerns, which are my personal opinion.
Metzger100 said:
Hey there,
I've been using my Realme 5 Pro with an ungoogled custom ROM for a while now, and I felt safe until I saw a video from The Linux Experiment (Videolink is with timestamp):
In the video, he mentions that he no longer wants to use a Chinese phone because China might force the manufacturer to install spyware. I know that The Linux Experiment is very skilled, but in this case I am not sure if he is a little bit paranoid. ^^
My questions are:
1. Is it possible for Chinese companies to spy on a phone with an open bootloader, custom ROM, and custom recovery?
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Yes.
Metzger100 said:
2.1 I have already read that backdoors on the hardware side might be possible. Is this true?
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Yes.
Metzger100 said:
2.2 How high is the risk of this happening?
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With the CCP, sky high.
Metzger100 said:
2.3 What Information can they get with a backdoor on the hardware side?
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Whatever they want, 100% control.
Metzger100 said:
3. How concerned should I be, because getting a phone without chinese influence is very hard?
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Don't know... it's a crap shoot.
Metzger100 said:
Thanks for your help.
PS: I don't want political discussions. Just the technical view on my concerns, which are my personal opinion.
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blackhawk said:
With the CCP, sky high.
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2.2 How high is the risk of this happening?
Is it really worth the effort? wouldn't a Hardwarebackdoor mean, that you only get machine language which has to be processed and sorted?
For a very important device like the phone of a president or minister that might be a practical solution but how much work is it to do that for a massive amount of people?
Thanks for your answer!