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[Q] Photophere Upload Problems

So ive noticed this problem. Over the course of running several different roms, (mainly AOSP based) i notice that while the photosphere feature works brilliantly on my one x; it refuses to upload the file to G+ in P-sphere format. It will upload fine, but it is never in the format that G+ recognizes as "photosphere." Instead i get a low res and wonky looking panorama... and no option to view it as a photosphere. I have tried uploading the pics both directly from the gallery, and from the G+ app.
Its like it is trying to convert the P-sphere into a jpeg or something. Has anyone else experienced this problem, or know of any fixes or workarounds?

[Q] Rear camera won't initialize (front = OK) -- any patient helpers out there?

Hello,
I am having problems with a second-hand skyrocket and the rear (main) camera. The guy who sold it to me told me he did something to it (software-wise) that broke the rear camera and it won't initialize or display/take pictures from it. I have downloaded a few different camera apps that would try to initialize or start the rear camera to no affect, but skype, google hangouts, and rear camera only apps work fine.
I have tried going from stock 2.3.6, stock 4.0.4, stock 4.1.2, and most recently both CM 10.1.3 and 10.2 nightly on it to no avail. Most recently on the CM roms, when I open the camera app, it opens (like all other camera apps will, with a black screen), but it says "unfortunately Gallery has stopped" where with the stock roms it will say the Camera has stopped.
I noticed a thread with a possibly similar theme here, but since that thread is a few months old, I'm referencing that one and starting a new one.
Additionally, I found a .zip file with individual camera firmware (or software updates) out there, at least 25 in fact in a 5.83mb zip with the following instructions
- Extract the .bin file to the internal sd card
- type *#34971539# into the dialer
- select "phone to cam FW write"
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But no matter the firmware I tried to flash, and flash back to the SDEH0D (or back to any of the others), that didn't seem to help. I didn't try all 25, but I did choose about 7 ones staggered from that list.
Any other thoughts or comments, tests or experiments? I'd really appreciate any direction

I'm not an expert on the issue that you're having, But I have encountered a Gallery force-close when starting up the camera. In some of the newer ROM's available today, the camera and gallery are linked. Meaning you can swipe either left or right while inside the camera app and go into your gallery. Anyway, Seems to me that it goes a bit beyond just a software fix. Could be that the camera itself is broken. The only reason I say that is because you say that you've tried several different ROM's and some supposed software fixes, but it's still not working. I would say that if you can, try and find a proper fix that you can either flash in recovery or push to your phone using ADB. I'll do some digging of my own and see what I can come up with.

Galaxy s3 CM10.2 + Hangouts 2.0 gifs not working

Hello, I am currently running CM 10.2.0-RC1-d2vzm on my verizon galaxy s3 and I love it. It is even better now that hangouts 2.0 came out and it is supporting group message since I am in school and I use this option a lot. The only issue i am having is that gifs are not working. When someone sends me a gif it appears as a still picture. However, I tried sending myself a gif and as the sender I can see the gif image moving but as the receiver (remember i sent it to myself) the gif comes out as a still picture. If anyone has any idea of how to fix this problem it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
(p.s. i would love this problem to be fixed b/c i can't stand hearing my friends tell me that their iphones are better just b/c their gifs work. Yeah right!)

Am I the only one having this problem?

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it looks like I am the only one having this issue.

It probably is a known problem. We can't expect eeeverything to work yet when the apk is made for 4.4. Maybe they added some stuff to the android framework in 4.4 that would allow gif messaging in hangouts. We will see when CyanogenMod rolls out CM11!
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thank you. that i s good to know. Now the waiting starts haha

So I stopped by a cellphone store and tried sending gifs to the hangouts to the store cellphones that were on display. They were all running android 4.2 or later versions. I sent gifs to the store's cells and all the gifs worked like a charm. Do you think that the reason why the gifs are not working on my cell that's running cm 10.2.0 is bc it is rooted. It seems a lot of people are having this problem ( http://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/hangouts/7GcV9emmjiI ). Has anyone figured out what is going on and how to fix it? Thank you for all the help.

Can anyone confirm that they are having this problem too?

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FWIW, I'm on Gummy (4.4) and can see/receive gifs in Hangouts. It's possible the rendering in 4.3 does not allow gifs in apps like Hangouts, but does in 4.4.
Try flashing a 4.4 rom and let us know if you still have the issue.

Okay I flashed CM 11 M2 and the same problem still exist when I send a gif the recipient sees a still picture. I tried sending a gift for myself and the same thing happens; As the sender I can see the gif moving but when the picture gets to me I can only see a still image.

Anyone else having this problem with their GSIII and cyanogenmod rom with gifs not working?

Anyone?

I guess I am the only one having this problem.

Anyone?

I took a chance with a Omni rom based on android 4.4 and the same problem existed with that rom. Do you think that it has something to do with the Verizon Wireless service?

Okay, I tried using CM11 M2, Omni based on 4.4, and Gummy based on 4.4. All three had the same issue. Do you think it has something to do with the Verizon Network.
beepea206 said:
FWIW, I'm on Gummy (4.4) and can see/receive gifs in Hangouts. It's possible the rendering in 4.3 does not allow gifs in apps like Hangouts, but does in 4.4.
Try flashing a 4.4 rom and let us know if you still have the issue.
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I think it's the roms. Gifs work in Hangouts, but don't in any other SMS app I've tried.

You stated that you had gifs working on gummy rom. Do you know what you did to get it working?
beepea206 said:
I think it's the roms. Gifs work in Hangouts, but don't in any other SMS app I've tried.
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Do you think that gifs will be working when an officially 4.4 stable Rom comes out for the Verizon GS3. Gifs not working on the Verizon gs3 has been an annoying problem for a long time and I am wondering if it is a lost cause.

[Q]Please, help with horrible video playback - CM10.2.1

Hi, since CM10.1 I am unable to play any video smoothly even YouTube and those recorded by the cell camera. The image quality is horrible, looks like there is no bilinear filtering applied just a horrible "nearest neighbor" algorithm, and any video player aren't able to play with hardware acceleration since with it enabled or not the performance and image quality is the same. I would post some pics, but I can't because of less than 10 posts rule .
How to troubleshot this? Any idea of a possible cause? Any help/tip will be appreciated
I tried reverting back to CM10.0 Stable to see if the problem still happens there, but for some reason the android keyboard keeps crashing and I can't even type my wifi password or the google credentials to download youtube to test it. The phone is running CM 10.2.1 stock kernel just did a full wipe and clean install too.

S.A.Dude said:
Hi, since CM10.1 I am unable to play any video smoothly even YouTube and those recorded by the cell camera. The image quality is horrible, looks like there is no bilinear filtering applied just a horrible "nearest neighbor" algorithm, and any video player aren't able to play with hardware acceleration since with it enabled or not the performance and image quality is the same. I would post some pics, but I can't because of less than 10 posts rule .
How to troubleshot this? Any idea of a possible cause? Any help/tip will be appreciated
I tried reverting back to CM10.0 Stable to see if the problem still happens there, but for some reason the android keyboard keeps crashing and I can't even type my wifi password or the google credentials to download youtube to test it. The phone is running CM 10.2.1 stock kernel just did a full wipe and clean install too.
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Can you try some non-CM ROM and verify if this isn't a hardware issue?

smit.sanghavi said:
Can you try some non-CM ROM and verify if this isn't a hardware issue?
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Thanks, tried the stock rom and it worked there, then I installed CM10.0 to see if it would work again and it is!

S.A.Dude said:
Thanks, tried the stock rom and it worked there, then I installed CM10.0 to see if it would work again and it is!
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Don't know what went wrong but it's good that it's fixed... :highfive:
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Instagram problem: can't upload stories recorded with instagram

Hello xda-users,
here the problem: I got a Galaxy S7 Exynos version for almost 2 years and with Instagram I always was back with the updates. For example, when the gif update was rolled-out, I haven't had it for something like 3 month. When I finally got the gifs, I wasn't be able to upload insta-stories if I add a gif to the stories (was it a pics or a video).
Then months passed and, other than this problem, I got a new one: now I can upload only pics in isnta stories, without anything in them.
Examples:
- if I try to upload a video, after pressing to "add to my stories" it try to upload it but, when I check the uploading status clicking on my stories feed, it gaves me a black screen with the word "uploading...";
- same problem if I try to upload a boomerang;
- same problem if I try to upload a pic with a tag/gif/anything.
And it seems to keep using batteries since, after a while, the samsung UI said that an app (instagram) is using to much battery. So I have to kill the app and to delete cache/data from the setting menu to stop instagram doing things.
I tried the following:
- fullwipe with stock rom: problem persists;
- installing a custom AOSP rom (LineageOS): problem solved;
- installing different Samsung rom: problem persists;
- installing previous instagram apk version on Samsung rom: problem persists;
At first I thought it was the preinstalled instagram version on the stock rom, but then I find out that the problem is with instagram and the Samsung rom.
Is anybody there that can give me some hint/adviste on how to try to resolve the problem?
EDIT: If you are asking yourself why I won't keep the AOSP rom (I'm a lover of AOSP rom), the problem is that the camera (driver? app?) is really bad on LineageOS...

JuliusNox said:
Hello xda-users,
here the problem: I got a Galaxy S7 Exynos version for almost 2 years and with Instagram I always was back with the updates. For example, when the gif update was rolled-out, I haven't had it for something like 3 month. When I finally got the gifs, I wasn't be able to upload insta-stories if I add a gif to the stories (was it a pics or a video).
Then months passed and, other than this problem, I got a new one: now I can upload only pics in isnta stories, without anything in them.
Examples:
- if I try to upload a video, after pressing to "add to my stories" it try to upload it but, when I check the uploading status clicking on my stories feed, it gaves me a black screen with the word "uploading...";
- same problem if I try to upload a boomerang;
- same problem if I try to upload a pic with a tag/gif/anything.
And it seems to keep using batteries since, after a while, the samsung UI said that an app (instagram) is using to much battery. So I have to kill the app and to delete cache/data from the setting menu to stop instagram doing things.
I tried the following:
- fullwipe with stock rom: problem persists;
- installing a custom AOSP rom (LineageOS): problem solved;
- installing different Samsung rom: problem persists;
- installing previous instagram apk version on Samsung rom: problem persists;
At first I thought it was the preinstalled instagram version on the stock rom, but then I find out that the problem is with instagram and the Samsung rom.
Is anybody there that can give me some hint/adviste on how to try to resolve the problem?
EDIT: If you are asking yourself why I won't keep the AOSP rom (I'm a lover of AOSP rom), the problem is that the camera (driver? app?) is really bad on LineageOS...
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Wrong section

same problem here
I think the problem is in the custom ROM. When I install the original, it works.