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Google Camera! Finally out!

Google Camera App - Released to the Public on April 16th.
I tested it with CM11 on Note 2 and works like the champ with only a issues.
Have you faced any issues with this camera yet?
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Google Camera snaps quick and easy photos and videos, and has creative picture modes like Photo Sphere, Lens Blur and Panorama.
Features
• Photo Spheres for immersive 360º views
• Lens Blur mode for SLR-like photos with shallow depth of field
• Panorama mode with high resolution
• 100% viewfinder for getting the maximum resolution from the sensor (no dropped pixels)
• Updated UI that gets out of your way and is centered on an extra large capture button
• Works on phones and tablets running Android 4.4+ KitKat
Download Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera

Is it only me or the Camera UI is really ugly/simple/Looks like First Android Camera APK made by kid?

Xperia-Ray said:
Is it only me or the Camera UI is really ugly/simple/Looks like First Android Camera APK made by kid?
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Actually I completely agree with you. It is fairly childish but honestly Note 2 on CM11 this app works better than the currently alternative. Hence my excitement

Missing options
i do have an issue, there's no panorama, and no photo sphere, even tho i have this options on my cm11 camera

Apparently Google is leaning towards "dumbing things down" by removing the more complex capabilities in some of their native apps by making them so simplistic as to literally become "point and shoot," especially with respect to this particular camera app. But when you think about it, the overwhelming majority of smartphone owners want just that: a device that works, that's simple to use, and doesn't require a huge set of menu options to just "point and shoot" and get good/useful results so, I suppose it's a winner in that manner for sure.
Tried it a few times, doesn't seem particularly special or useful over some other camera apps like Focal or others. Doesn't seem to do HDR natively and there's no option to enable it so that relegates this app to "ok, I tried it and then I uninstalled it" status for me.

For me its not better than LG G2 modded cam app.

The issue with me is that the CM11 Camera app gets stuck too often hence this is a great alternative

It is good, the only problem for me is when the flash is on and I tap to focus and than to take a picture theres a lag of about 5 seconds. Anyone have this problem? Also no HDR mod, and my camera have that option.

I'm having FC on settings option, on carbon kitkat in Samsung i9070.
love the lens blur mode. Any more cam apps that have this option?

I like it.

Yes the settings option does FC the app but honestly at this current moment, its better than the default camera app.

actually, the only setting i would change is 16:9 ratio, nothing else.
if some1 knows a shortcut for this...?

Good to know, may need to try this out, with custom roms i found a few the camera app always frooze or crashed

jazzh said:
actually, the only setting i would change is 16:9 ratio, nothing else.
if some1 knows a shortcut for this...?
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I've tried to change the settings thru the preferences files saved in \\data\data\com.googleCamera\shared_prefs\, but I couldn't change the resolution to the max, only the grid, flash, etc.
I want to change the "photosphere" and the "lens blur" to max resolution.
Any Idea?

let me try
Going to download it now and give a try in my grand i9082

I'll be trying it out on my Galaxy S2 with PACROM 4.4.2

Someone minds uploading it somewhere and sharing the link, I can find it on play store but it says its not available in my country I find that weird as its just a camara application...
Thanks in advance...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app

:laugh:

Really loving the recommendations to turn the phone sideways when recording video, to push people away from filming the horrors of portrait video.

tested in my droid x. somehow force close when i hit the setup menu.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Moto apps on GPE?

I'm running GPE 5.0.1, is there anyway to sideload the Motorola Camera and Gallery apps? Tried the simple sideload apk, obviously doesn't work, maybe some missing libs.
I like GPE and no moto care, moto id crap but I really like the camera and the gallery. :_
Help.

ianx47 said:
I'm running GPE 5.0.1, is there anyway to sideload the Motorola Camera and Gallery apps? Tried the simple sideload apk, obviously doesn't work, maybe some missing libs.
I like GPE and no moto care, moto id crap but I really like the camera and the gallery. :_
Help.
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I remembered someone tried hard before to get moto camera. But failed. Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644340
Maybe try another app and you will find your new favs, right?
Btw, is there FM radio in GPE 5.0.1? I ask it because there was no FM radio in KK and I missed it a lot

Calvin Gross said:
I remembered someone tried hard before to get moto camera. But failed. Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644340
Maybe try another app and you will find your new favs, right?
Btw, is there FM radio in GPE 5.0.1? I ask it because there was no FM radio in KK and I missed it a lot
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I actually don't really dislike the Google Camera. My problem is mainly that I don't like Photos Google+ App (I disable it) so now I'm using Quickpic, but when you swipe left from the Google Camera it uses it's own weird built-in gallery unless you tap edit.
Also, no FM radio on 5.0.1, however I didn't use it even once

ianx47 said:
I actually don't really dislike the Google Camera. My problem is mainly that I don't like Photos Google+ App (I disable it) so now I'm using Quickpic, but when you swipe left from the Google Camera it uses it's own weird built-in gallery unless you tap edit.
Also, no FM radio on 5.0.1, however I didn't use it even once
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I'm still the guy who use FM radio, old fashion guy hen ╮(╯_╰)╭
Quickpic is great. And for camera, I choose Open Camera. It is customizable and the photo preview app can be configured.

Waiting for Moto Camera too, I miss HDR and slow-mo was a cool feature.

You could flash this zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...llery-apps-t2965282/post57456853#post57456853 . Tested myself and everything works just fine. HDR and Slow-mo aren´t there, though.

matiasrey said:
You could flash this zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...llery-apps-t2965282/post57456853#post57456853 . Tested myself and everything works just fine. HDR and Slow-mo aren´t there, though.
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Without those features it doesn't worth it. There is probably some missing library.
We need someone in stock Lollipop (non-GPE) rooted to bring the Camera apk and the needed libraries.

[Q] Alternatives for stock apps?

Hi
I have been messing around with custom roms for a few weeks now, I am liking the CM12 nightly builds but always find myself going back to the stock roms due to the missing of some of the stock apps...
Would anyone be kind enough to give me some good / close alternatives for apps like:
Camera app
Album app (can't stand stock photos app)
Email app (don't like gmail)
The email app is not really a bit one as I already know of many good alternatives in the play store, as for the camera / album apps I don't know of any good alternatives

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jakari said:
Hi
I have been messing around with custom roms for a few weeks now, I am liking the CM12 nightly builds but always find myself going back to the stock roms due to the missing of some of the stock apps...
Would anyone be kind enough to give me some good / close alternatives for apps like:
Camera app
Album app (can't stand stock photos app)
Email app (don't like gmail)
The email app is not really a bit one as I already know of many good alternatives in the play store, as for the camera / album apps I don't know of any good alternatives
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for Album and Camera
thr s no apps like these they r special
for example AR effect of Xperia Camera and lots of smooth/nice feature on album
so if u need them just back to stock rom...
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They don't have to be exactly the same, just something that can do the same job, The stock android camera app is just awful

Why don't you try Manual Camera and Cyanogen Gallery?
Both available on Play Store.
Btw, Manual Camera is only for Lollipop.

Those are perfect thanks for the help

[ROM] [UNOFFICIAL] LeTV X600 Ultimate AOSP ROM - multilanguage

LeTV X600 Ultimate AOSP ROM
Based on AOSP 5.0.2 LRX22G by 飞狼 (see credits below)​
Screenshots
Features
Android 5.0.2 Lollipop
Very lightweight - only stock Apps!
About 2,1GB FREE RAM!
Lollipop Launcher
Camera working
Photo
Video
Slow Motion Video
Picture in Picture
Live Photo Mode
Panorama Mode
Multi-Angle View
Face recognition & beauty
Many Settings :good: I recommend to change to 4:3 with 13mpx resolution.
No major bugs or crashes - all important things are working well
ANT(+)
Notification LED in blue, cyan, magenta, red, white, green and yellow
GApps optional, ultralight Edition does not contain any Google Services
Multilanguage
Camera, Gallery and App Permission Management are english/chinese only - Why?
App Permission Management is not available in multilanguage afaik
Base ROM uses a special camera app which is integrated into the gallery. It's the only stock camera app, where all features like HDR and Panorama are working. I didn't find a multilanguage version of it yet
...
Changelog
1.0.5
Fixed PrintSpooler - Printing is now working properly
Improved adaptive brightness - more accurate but still very direct
Removed GoogleTTS for still making problems sometimes
1.0.4
Fixed Bug #4 by simply replacing picoTTS by GoogleTTS
Deleted unecessary "recovery-from-boot.p.bak" file
1.0.3
Fixed Bug #3 by changing PhoneWindowManager class in android.policy.jar
Changed default DPI to 420
1.0.2
Fixed Bug #2 by replacing the "DefaultContainerService"
1.0.1
Replaced Messenger with newest Google Messenger - multilanguage
1.0.0
Removed Apps
ANTPlusDemo
ANTPlusPluginsSampler
Bluetooth Manager
QuickSetSDK
added Lollipop Launcher
Replaced most of the stock apps with multilanguage stock apps
Replaced and edited framework-res.apk
Edited model name
Edited build number
Known bugs
Bug #1 - "Backup and Restore" App does not work, it asks for SD-Card (also in base rom)
Bug #2 - Entering the Apps Settings brings up the error message "Package Access Helper has stopped" repeatly (also in base rom) :victory:
Bug #3 - "PhoneWindowManager.mBroadcastwakelock"http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...-x600-ultimate-aosp-rom-t3217135#post63134548
Bug #4 - PicoTTS is randomly crashing
Please report bugs to me if you find some
Not supported (yet)
IR remote
mute switch
I would be very grateful if anybody could provide help or suggestions for getting this to work! :fingers-crossed:
Plans for future releases
Fix bugs
Complete multilanguage
Edit shutdown menu, add reboot and recovery option
Add missing features
Install Instructions
Proceed as usual. If you have a AOSP ROM installed you don't need to wipe data. Wiping cache, dalvik and system should be enough. If you have any other ROM(eui,miui,..) installed you need to wipe data, cache, dalvik and system.
I will add detailed instructions soon...
Download
Editions
ultralight Edition 1.0.5
Google Drive
Addons
GApps - contains Play Services, Calendar Sync and Play Store
Google Drive
Super su (root)
Google Drive
Xposed (requires root)
Google Drive
MUTE-Switch Activation
Google Drive
Credits and Sources
Base ROM by 飞狼
multilanguage stock apks and framework-res files by Xancin/MDSTEAM
Have a look on the general LeTV 1 (X600) Thread for more info about the device :highfive:​EDIT: 16.10.2021
Apparently Google has deactivated all shared links to Google Drive. Since I'm frequently getting share requests, I have now updated all the links. I almost forgot about this project and I'm amazed that people are still using it. Thank you!

RESERVED

hello ,
nice work
just a question does the mute button work?
are you using the stock camera app of letv?

Nice work. How is the battery life compared to eui?

ShizukoZ said:
hello ,
nice work
just a question does the mute button work?
are you using the stock camera app of letv?
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Thank you
The mute button doesn't work and I think it will never, because nobody except of letv knows exactly how they implemented this and even if it would be quite hard to port because there is just no such button designated in pure android.
The rom uses a different camera app than stock, I don't even know from which device or rom it's ported but it supports most of the stuff the stock rom supports(or even more?). The stock camera app is not installable on aosp (yet).
deli_gt said:
Nice work. How is the battery life compared to eui?
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My phone is running for 12h now and it still shows me 18h left. In my first impression I'd say it's better than eui but it's definetly at least as good.

Hey guys,
Unfortunately I found a bug. Something is causing a "PhoneWindowManager.mBroadcastWakeLock" which completely prevents the phone from going into deep sleep .
EDIT:I found the reason. This bug happens if you use the volume rocker(VOL+/VOL-) but ONLY when the screen is turned off. I also have good news, I know which file I have to edit. It will take some time to get used to the java source code because it contains thousands of lines. A temporarily fix would be to only allow to adjust volume when the screen is on.
To avoid that it drains your battery so much, please regularly check WakeLockDetector. If you reboot the phone the wakelock is gone.

Same happens in the AOSP rom posted in the main LeTV thread - yet to install yours

Phreaky said:
Same happens in the AOSP rom posted in the main LeTV thread - yet to install yours
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I know, I was wondering about this wakelock before but I could not find the reason or if it is even related to the rom It also happens in the mdsteam rom for Note 2. I know how to fix it now but I don't have time anymore to compile and pack everything together. I think it's ready on Wednesday if everything goes well...

I like AOSP rom very much. It goes ok for me!

Congrats on the great development!
For me, slow-mo video and the "mute" switch were two important things when buying the phone, so I won't install your ROM right now.
I'm a bit confused by your original post - you talk about a stock camera app, but later you say it is not the original one by letv. So is it the original one with support for all the camera features or not? cheers

Any ideas for rooting?

Root is simply! You go into recovery. Then, you flash update-su.zip beta 2.49 over recovery.

fishku said:
Congrats on the great development!
For me, slow-mo video and the "mute" switch were two important things when buying the phone, so I won't install your ROM right now.
I'm a bit confused by your original post - you talk about a stock camera app, but later you say it is not the original one by letv. So is it the original one with support for all the camera features or not? cheers
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Sorry for confusing but I meant stock aosp camera app not eui It does support all features of the eui app afaik, also Slo-Mo. I think i had the same one on my THL 5000...
It has following modes:
Photo
Video
Slow Motion Video
Picture in Picture
Live Photo Mode
Panorama Mode
Multi-Angle View

Gerrit, how's the GPS on this ROM? The same as the spanish AOSP or EUI?

Different is a little! Camera goes well! I flashed this rom two days and i am pleasant with it!

Can anyone comment how is the wifi signal strenght?

Thank you guys for the praise
Version 1.0.3final is now ready. It fixes the wakelock bug and I've tested it over one day now and it seems to run pretty well, no more wakelocks at all, also no crashes. I decided to only make an ultralight Edition from now on, so everybody can combine the addons as he likes.
I will provide gps and wifi test shortly.

Gerrit507 said:
Thank you guys for the praise
Version 1.0.3final is now ready
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Great job!
Some notes:
/recovery-from-boot.p.bak - do we need it?
LED is white when charging, red is better
I wonder if IrDa port and remote control app work
tap on "Menu" shows APP_SWITCH instead MENU (/system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl)
adb devices doesn't list the device even with USB debugging enabled. Actually, the same was in EUI, but I hoped it will work
can you extend the reboot menu?

PicoTts always is forced close! Phone numer of sms is divided into 2 parts, sent and received.

Mantiscorp said:
Great job!
Some notes:
/recovery-from-boot.p.bak - do we need it?
LED is white when charging, red is better
I wonder if IrDa port and remote control app work
tap on "Menu" shows APP_SWITCH instead MENU (/system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl)
adb devices doesn't list the device even with USB debugging enabled. Actually, the same was in EUI, but I hoped it will work
can you extend the reboot menu?
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1. I don't think so, but is has only about 700kb, so I didn't really cared about it so far
2. Actually the LED is changing the color while loading regarding to the battery level
3. No it doesn't I will add this to the main post
4. I don't know what you exactly mean. Pressing the circle button shortly will enter the menu and long will enter recent apps. What I want to add is that a long press will enter the Google App. The generic file you posted is just about adding linux key codes to different names. The actual event which happens when you press a button usually is written down in java code.
5. I know. I also have trouble with adb and the letv. I think we have to blame mediatek.
6. Yes I will.
bahuy2003 said:
PicoTts always is forced close! Phone numer of sms is divided into 2 parts, sent and received.
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I fixed the picotts issue already, it will come in the next version
Regarding the sms app I can only repeat what I wrote in the other thread about he dialer app. I don't make these apps, they come from aosp/google, if there is something wrong blame them. The main idea behind my rom is to provide a most lightweight and pure android experience as possible. For example one guy uses nova, the other hola and some use apex. The same goes for sms or dialer. I don't want to load this rom full of unecessary stuff you'll never use, feel free to install what ever you like. I don't have this issue btw. The way how you saved your contacts(e.g. with or without country code) might be the problem. The Messenger is the most recent version from google -> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging&hl=de

Custom ROM options preserving LG Framework for LG Cam App + Video Recording UHD 64Mbp

Hello,
So after experimenting with a few roms, Lineage 15.1 in particular, and after researching this forum, I have come to realize that there is very minimal options available for those looking to preserve the video recording capability of the original LG app - this is an important must have feature for me, since the features are not replicated anywhere else.
Is there any custom ROM available that has this feature? Or is it just the stock rooted ROMs that have this? How about any modified stock ROM that maintains the camera apps, either on Nougat or Oreo?
Thank you.

jaggyjagz said:
Hello,
So after experimenting with a few roms, Lineage 15.1 in particular, and after researching this forum, I have come to realize that there is very minimal options available for those looking to preserve the video recording capability of the original LG app - this is an important must have feature for me, since the features are not replicated anywhere else.
Is there any custom ROM available that has this feature? Or is it just the stock rooted ROMs that have this? How about any modified stock ROM that maintains the camera apps, either on Nougat or Oreo?
Thank you.
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This should posted in Q&A and not here
Sent from my LG-H910 using XDA Labs

cstark27's GCam mods are the closest you'll probably get. You get nowhere near the manual control over the camera as you do on stock, but thank LG and their proprietary this-and-that for that one.
His mods are quite good though, and I've used them personally to get some pretty damn nice pictures myself.

We can do it but we need to decompile both frameworks stock LG and Lineage Os and make a framework that can Help us run LG base apps also to not break lineage apps.....It is possible and requires much time something that most of devs of V20 dont have

jaggyjagz said:
Hello,
So after experimenting with a few roms, Lineage 15.1 in particular, and after researching this forum, I have come to realize that there is very minimal options available for those looking to preserve the video recording capability of the original LG app - this is an important must have feature for me, since the features are not replicated anywhere else.
Is there any custom ROM available that has this feature? Or is it just the stock rooted ROMs that have this? How about any modified stock ROM that maintains the camera apps, either on Nougat or Oreo?
Thank you.
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Hello, I had same problem as you when switched to RR-OS ROM before I found a HedgeCam2 app.
This app can record LOG-profile videos with full manual controls, manual bitrate, framerate, resulotion settings and has nice software stabilization. Also on v20 it switches between wide and normal cameras no problem. In comparison to stock LG camera app my only complain about HedgeCam2 is that sound quality is not that good. But video quality itself is even better due to ton of controls. You can even set noise reduction levels and sharpening.
Hedgecam2 is based on OpenCamera, it's free, open source, no ads. Try it!

Tried it, weak. UHD files at so called 70mbps are actually only recorded at 1080p in resultant file. App removed.