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Panoramic photos?

Is there a way to take panoramic pictures on the htc hero?
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alexnaoumi said:
Is there a way to take panoramic pictures on the htc hero?
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thought about this a while back and found 1 camera app that does up to 3 shots but it looked horrible..cant remember the name.. if there is another one, i would like to know as im still interested in this

bk718 said:
thought about this a while back and found 1 camera app that does up to 3 shots but it looked horrible..cant remember the name.. if there is another one, i would like to know as im still interested in this
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I wonder if you are talking about Andropan...I downloaded it last night and tried it out today and did not like it at all :-(

dsMA said:
I wonder if you are talking about Andropan...I downloaded it last night and tried it out today and did not like it at all :-(
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Yeah, I also tried andropan once, man, it was UGLY.
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yep.. thats the name of it.. i remember seeing some BS samsung or LG phone that came with this feature stock and it looked good, so its hard to believe that someone hasn't made a good working panoramic picture taking device...

Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help

The Epic's camera app has panorama built in. Im on the Evo myself but my family uses the hero. Glad I lurked on this thread, hopefully the Epic's camera app can be ported over sometime

try vignette. is the best camera.

big-baloo said:
Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help
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1.Starting the application into a black screen is a bit - distasteful and not user friendly. Add the buttons that you have when pressing menu here.
2. The Plumb and Level indicators are a bit hard to get right, you should probably think about over laying a set of arrows to tell the user how they need to move to get level and plumb.
3. Typical camera uses the trackball to snap the picture instead of menu or a screen tap (at least on our heros) This would make it more fluid.
4. Not sure how you are storing/retrieving GEO information, but its wrong...at least for me it is
5. Just in my office - it seemed like one picture would have a different light saturation than another frame in the picture.
6. Your stitching of the pictures seems like it has a VERY low error tolerance, and you might try looking at other ways of matching and stitching pieces together so they are seamless.
7. After you have one panorama, instead of showing it at the beginning, have a gallery button, this way they can come into a screen of buttons and actually navigate with out having to use hard keys.
The above was meant to be constructive - please don't take offense, I think you have a good starting point with the app. If you need help with any of it let me know, I have a pretty decent Java/Android background, just no time to make my own apps.

151jcolon said:
try vignette. is the best camera.
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I tried the demo version but I didn't see An option for panoramic pictures.plus I wanna wait till that black screen thing is fixed.
I'm asking about this cam cuz its on my bros epic and I'm kinda jealous, lol
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big-baloo said:
Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help
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I didn't understand the difference between the two different options for creating a panoramic pic (I don't remember what they were called, manage and auto I think)
I also didn't understand the point of levels
Also it would be nice when the stitching occurs if the app looked for overlap and then removed the overlapping parts of the pic.
Another suggestion would be that when you take a pic that is part of the panoramic shot that you leave it on screen and then overlay the camera view over it so you can better line up and tell where the next shot should be.

151jcolon said:
try vignette. is the best camera.
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alexnaoumi said:
I tried the demo version but I didn't see An option for panoramic pictures.
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i feel like an idiot.. i've had vignette (paid version) on my phone for months now and never noticed the panorama cam... gonna try it out in the daylight tomorrow to see how well it works..

[Q] 4.2 camera crash on AOKP M1

My Fellow android enthusiasts
Firstly, I would like to apologize in advance, as I have already asked this question in the 4.2 GAPPS section. re-posting it here since it is device specific (or may be). I am less than 2 hours into the forum so please excuse teething mistakes
I am stuck and need your help. I am running a rooted (of course!) VZW GS3 16 GB. I am on AOKP JB-milestone 1 ROM, Kernel 3.0.48. Android version 4.1.2.
Now I love the new camera and gallery. I have grabbed and flashed multiple versions of the same (android police, droidlife, the whole GAPPS 4.2 package... and multiple more).
In every version I have tried, I have had the same issue.. everything works (video, panaroma, stills during video, photoshpere viewer, gallery effects etc..) however, the most BASIC function, the one of taking still pictures DOES NOT WORK!!!.
The moment I take a still picture, the camera and the gallery crash, and I have to reboot to get them working (as previously) again. I have tried and tried and tried, multiple versions, complete rebuild, everything, no effect. I am at my wit's end, and seek the asistance of your prodigious intellectual faculties to help me put of this jam...
On a side note, I have not yet figured out a way of changing the storage location to external memory card in this new camera.. cant find the setting...
Please help me out friends..

tusharmalhotra said:
My Fellow android enthusiasts
Firstly, I would like to apologize in advance, as I have already asked this question in the 4.2 GAPPS section. re-posting it here since it is device specific (or may be). I am less than 2 hours into the forum so please excuse teething mistakes
I am stuck and need your help. I am running a rooted (of course!) VZW GS3 16 GB. I am on AOKP JB-milestone 1 ROM, Kernel 3.0.48. Android version 4.1.2.
Now I love the new camera and gallery. I have grabbed and flashed multiple versions of the same (android police, droidlife, the whole GAPPS 4.2 package... and multiple more).
In every version I have tried, I have had the same issue.. everything works (video, panaroma, stills during video, photoshpere viewer, gallery effects etc..) however, the most BASIC function, the one of taking still pictures DOES NOT WORK!!!.
The moment I take a still picture, the camera and the gallery crash, and I have to reboot to get them working (as previously) again. I have tried and tried and tried, multiple versions, complete rebuild, everything, no effect. I am at my wit's end, and seek the asistance of your prodigious intellectual faculties to help me put of this jam...
On a side note, I have not yet figured out a way of changing the storage location to external memory card in this new camera.. cant find the setting...
Please help me out friends..
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Its a known bug on at least AOSP roms on the galaxy S3 that taking regular pictures without first touching the screen to focus causes the camera to flash. Also i believe using the camera flash causes issues as well. You just need to touch to focus first.

THANK YOU!!!!
Neverendingxsin said:
Its a known bug on at least AOSP roms on the galaxy S3 that taking regular pictures without first touching the screen to focus causes the camera to flash. Also i believe using the camera flash causes issues as well. You just need to touch to focus first.
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Thanks MaN... You saved me.. SUPER COOL.. working for me now.. Thanks again.. many thanks... and did i say THANKS!!!!

tusharmalhotra said:
Thanks MaN... You saved me.. SUPER COOL.. working for me now.. Thanks again.. many thanks... and did i say THANKS!!!!
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You're welcome just glad i could help you out!

I'm having the exact same problem on the GSIII for AT&T, just to clarify after some guess and check. You have to hit the shutter button immediately after tapping the screen to focus. If you wait till after it achieves focus to hit the shutter button, it'll still lock up. You might want to have a standby camera app in case you want other people to take a photo for you and don't want to explain the bug in your camera app.
Thanks for posting the problem in such detail. Google took me straight here. And cheers for answering so quickly!
Neverendingxsin said:
Its a known bug on at least AOSP roms on the galaxy S3 that taking regular pictures without first touching the screen to focus causes the camera to flash. Also i believe using the camera flash causes issues as well. You just need to touch to focus first.
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THANKS matt6800 - that solution works. Kinda sux though! So is there any fix yet?

Another wrinkle to this:
EDIT: not a new wrinkle! Discovered that my photos were in fact saved at the beginning of my gallery, not lost

adamt19 said:
Another wrinkle to this:
If you take a bunch of pictures using the workaround (touching the screen first) and then forget to do so on the next picture, the gallery app (camera) will freeze AND if you reboot (to regain access to the camera) you will lose all the pictures you took since the last restart.
This burned me badly with a bunch of vacation photos, which I seem to have lost forever due to an incomplete understanding of the consequences of this bug.
So hopefully this prevents others from realizing it before its too late.
Its more than a force-close!
-AT (mobile)
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That's a ***** of a bug. I had no clue it was that bad, I stayed away from it when I found out if I forgot to touch the screen I would have to reboot cause I knew I would inevitably forget to touch it. I wish there was a fix for this. It'd be nice to use the new camera.
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shangrila500 said:
That's a ***** of a bug. I had no clue it was that bad, I stayed away from it when I found out if I forgot to touch the screen I would have to reboot cause I knew I would inevitably forget to touch it. I wish there was a fix for this. It'd be nice to use the new camera.
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Please see my edited post! I was wrong
-AT (mobile)

I assume they'll fix it soon.

Another work around..when taking photo, hold down the shutter button for longer..then no crash
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zappoo said:
Another work around..when taking photo, hold down the shutter button for longer..then no crash
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tried holding until the focus turned green, then let go, and it still crashed

for those who really want the 4.2 camera, and are VZW, try these two TW ROMs (i know, they are not AOSP, but at the moment, these are the only two with working, unglitchy 4.2 cameras):
rally rom, has working 4.2 camera and other 4.2 gapps. This is a stripped down (432MBs) ROM, quick, and smooth.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025739
SYNERGY ROM: this one also has both cameras and galleries, so you can pick and choose which one works the best for your situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792499
SYNERGY was just recently updated and the dev team is really good about answering questions.
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Thanks a lot, Matt. that solution also worked for me!!!
I'm so happy that i could revive my camera app now!!
Thank you again!!

Galaxy S6 Video Focus issue

Hello lovely XDA forum.
So my big problem is when I'm recording a video my camera doesn't focus perfektly.. Watch this 2 videos than you will know what i mean. "Sorry i cant post the 2 video links because new here in this forum" It's just focusing when I manually focus it but it's always blurry when it try to autofocus. And yes I also try to reset my phone and this also doesn't work and I also go to the samsung store and all what they did was a software update and they really told me they will change the camera.. I hope someone can help me with this problem..

ObitoUchiha said:
Hello lovely XDA forum.
So my big problem is when I'm recording a video my camera doesn't focus perfektly.. Watch this 2 videos than you will know what i mean. "Sorry i cant post the 2 video links because new here in this forum" It's just focusing when I manually focus it but it's always blurry when it try to autofocus. And yes I also try to reset my phone and this also doesn't work and I also go to the samsung store and all what they did was a software update and they really told me they will change the camera.. I hope someone can help me with this problem..
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If they offered you to change the camera, DO IT ASAP! these camera issues once started will keep on incrementing day by day. So, either get your phone replaced or get your cam module changed! Cheers :good:

ultraquantum said:
If they offered you to change the camera, DO IT ASAP! these camera issues once started will keep on incrementing day by day. So, either get your phone replaced or get your cam module changed! Cheers :good:
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I will go again to the samsung store and I really hope they don't say anything about software!..

front camera blurry

my front camera is taking blurry pictures this is happening from few weeks i considered taking it to service center but maybe you people can help
blurry pictures as in if i take a selfie,the face appears washed out or very cartoonish type if i zoom in it gets distorted and its lacking details its not taking as sharp pictures as it use to take before although rear camera is working fine... please help

I have a similar problem with my front camera. Pictures taken are really ugly, the look like they have a beauty effect on it, or some blur. I thought this is normal...

It is normal. MAYBE rooting can undo the beauty effect, but on stock, beauty effect set to 0 is not really 0
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GZA1337 said:
I have a similar problem with my front camera. Pictures taken are really ugly, the look like they have a beauty effect on it, or some blur. I thought this is normal...
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pokr777 said:
It is normal. MAYBE rooting can undo the beauty effect, but on stock, beauty effect set to 0 is not really 0
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my friends galaxy s6's front camera takes good pictures(as sharp and crisp as mine use to take before this problem p.s his s6 is new mine is quite old) and yes pictures taken are kind off ugly same as the guy said above "with some beauty effect on it or some blur" might be beauty effect i really dont know but beauty is set to 0 also this problem started like 3-4weeks back it was working fine before
and are you sure rooting will help? or service center it is?

ben_cool said:
my friends galaxy s6's front camera takes good pictures(as sharp and crisp as mine use to take before this problem p.s his s6 is new mine is quite old) and yes pictures taken are kind off ugly same as the guy said above "with some beauty effect on it or some blur" might be beauty effect i really dont know but beauty is set to 0 also this problem started like 3-4weeks back it was working fine before
and are you sure rooting will help? or service center it is?
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So you say your friends phone does not have this beauty effect??? maybe it is firmware related. I am on 5.0.2. This sounds like a software issue...
I don't use the front camera anymore because the result is terrible.
Are there any others with good pictures made with front camera?

GZA1337 said:
So you say your friends phone does not have this beauty effect??? maybe it is firmware related. I am on 5.0.2. This sounds like a software issue...
I don't use the front camera anymore because the result is terrible.
Are there any others with good pictures made with front camera?
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yes his s6 takes better pictures! without the beauty effect unless ofcourse he turns it on and no i dont have any other friends who own a s6 but i just watched many reviews on youtube and it seems this is a problem with our s6 only
and i guess it is firmware related but im on latest firmare of 5.1.1(G920IDVU3DOK9) for my region
maybe it is hardware issue? lens problem?

ben_cool said:
yes his s6 takes better pictures! without the beauty effect unless ofcourse he turns it on and no i dont have any other friends who own a s6 but i just watched many reviews on youtube and it seems this is a problem with our s6 only
and i guess it is firmware related but im on latest firmare of 5.1.1(G920IDVU3DOK9) for my region
maybe it is hardware issue? lens problem?
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I just searched the internet for a solution but did not find anything. Someone said it can be fixed with root but not how...

GZA1337 said:
I just searched the internet for a solution but did not find anything. Someone said it can be fixed with root but not how...
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well you can root the phone and install some other custom room like xtrestolite and check if the camera started working like before do inform me if it does
ill take it to service center soon hopefully they can fix it
and yes nothing on internet

ben_cool said:
well you can root the phone and install some other custom room like xtrestolite and check if the camera started working like before do inform me if it does
ill take it to service center soon hopefully they can fix it
and yes nothing on internet
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ok, let us know what the service center says...
I will not update to a custom rom... My phone works fine except the blur...

ben_cool said:
well you can root the phone and install some other custom room like xtrestolite and check if the camera started working like before do inform me if it does
ill take it to service center soon hopefully they can fix it
and yes nothing on internet
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i would love to hear from the center too since i have the same beauty shiit.. keep us updated please

Mohanadmohamedd said:
i would love to hear from the center too since i have the same beauty shiit.. keep us updated please
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I'm also experiencing the same problem.
Any help?

Photos bug

Hi everybody !
Just bought my pixel 3 today and I take some photos tonight ! Urrgghhh I have some green point in line on every photos and every mode !
I don't no if it's software or hardware. Is anybody with the same problem?

No, I don't see anything like that with mine. Looks like a hardware problem to me.

CSX321 said:
No, I don't see anything like that with mine. Looks like a hardware problem to me.
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Ok. Thanks for your answer. I think I go back to the store for an exchange.
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