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[Q] Camera Questions

Hi everybody, I have recieved my N5 2 weeks ago and Im loving it. The only problem I have is with the camera. Lets face it, the camera app is not so great and Im curious if there is a good replecement for it. I have a samsung galaxy s2 from almost 3 years ago with 8 megapixels and it takes much better pictures therefore I know it is the camera app, not the camera itself. Yes, Ive tried some camera apps from the play store but none of which I tried really work great. I am more curious in ports from the lg g2 or galaxy s2-4 if possible? What are the best alternatives or what is possible? Thanks.

powerplayer28 said:
Hi everybody, I have recieved my N5 2 weeks ago and Im loving it. The only problem I have is with the camera. Lets face it, the camera app is not so great and Im curious if there is a good replecement for it. I have a samsung galaxy s2 from almost 3 years ago with 8 megapixels and it takes much better pictures therefore I know it is the camera app, not the camera itself. Yes, Ive tried some camera apps from the play store but none of which I tried really work great. I am more curious in ports from the lg g2 or galaxy s2-4 if possible? What are the best alternatives or what is possible? Thanks.
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did you get the 4.4.2 update yet? made the camera much better. Zoom Fx is also a camera ap that has always done right by me

mb3030 said:
did you get the 4.4.2 update yet? made the camera much better. Zoom Fx is also a camera ap that has always done right by me
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Yes I did . My only problem is that I want to take fast action shots without blur and that isnt going so well........

mb3030 said:
did you get the 4.4.2 update yet? made the camera much better. Zoom Fx is also a camera ap that has always done right by me
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I will try Zoom FX and see how that works

the camera app is fine, no issues with it and taking fast and motion shots. maybe its something you need to learn?
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Were there any special settings you used?

powerplayer28 said:
Were there any special settings you used?
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ill adjust exposure occasionally, but rarely change anything. but i do not rely on autofocus, ever. i touch to focus where i want it focused. just pressing the button and getting a general focus is satisfactory, i like making sure what i want gets focused on.

Camera suddenly missing

Hey guys, i have a problem. 2 days ago my camera suddenly dissappeart out of my app drawer. Its still listed under all apps and active apps in the settings but anywhere else its gone.
In the morning i took a photo and in the evening it was gone. Funny to me is that when I open whatsapp and want to take a photo it shows me the front cam but no back cam. I even installed other camera apps such as camera360 and so on. Only frontcam is working. There isnt even a FC or such, its just gone.
I am running stock (it was rooted but i flashed the full stock img trying to fix it)
If the question comes up, i did not delete or deactivate it nor was an update installed. I even tried other roms but no cam. Factory Reset etc nothing seems to work.
Rom full stock 5.0.1.
Yesterday i called LG support as I didnt buy it from Google directly but the guy on the phone was no big help, he was more confused than I am right now.
In conclusion its like someone took my phone appart and while reassemble he forgot to put in the cam ---just for clarification, this didnt happen!!!
Has anyone a tip or suggestion what I can do?

What happens if you try to download Google camera from the play store?

Nothing, in Playstore it shows installed so in the Apps. But in the drawer its still missing and in whatsapp only frontcam is available

PLEEZEFRAGME said:
Nothing, in Playstore it shows installed so in the Apps. But in the drawer its still missing and in whatsapp only frontcam is available
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What happens if you open from the play store?

Nothing, only option is to uninstall...
I quess I have to RMA.
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PLEEZEFRAGME said:
Nothing, only option is to uninstall...
I quess I have to RMA.
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Why would you rma it when you can flash the factory image and get it back as a worst case.
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jd1639 said:
Why would you rma it when you can flash the factory image and get it back as a worst case.
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If you would have read the opening post you should know i flashed the stock img, tried 5 different roms...nothing.
BUT, i have a little update. theres a 4k camera here on xda LCamera is the name, this one is working. At least its now.

are you currently on lollipop?

yes, Stock 5.0.1 (Latest)
As mentioned before the LCamera is working but no other Cam app

Have you enabled nu player in developer options?

yes, ̶ ̶̶b̶̶u̶̶t̶ i disabled it..̶ ̶̶d̶̶i̶̶d̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶ ̶̶r̶̶e̶̶s̶̶t̶̶a̶̶r̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶o̶̶f̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶h̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶p̶̶h̶̶o̶̶n̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶n̶̶d̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶t̶̶i̶̶l̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶t̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶m̶̶i̶̶s̶̶s̶̶i̶̶n̶̶g̶
Thank you its working now. seems the NU-Player was the problem. But i did not change anything before it was gone...

Lol. Good good! I had never enabled it myself but remember people writing about it when the dev preview was released! Glad all is working again then! Your phone isn't broken. Lol

Still it seems funny that the NU Player has something to do with the camera.

Yup. Lol. Who knows why. It's been a bug since the preview which Google seem to not care about

Well...Phone was to LG RMA, almost every little thing was repaired (new case, new display, new speaker and vibration) but cam is still or better again missing.
It worked for the first two days after the. RMA but then it went missing again.
The RMA document states that it was repaired or better the flex cable of the cam was repaired.
Any ideas?

LG V20 security defeated but voice...

Hopefully LG patches this OTA asap!
https://youtu.be/qICcnSrclO0

I just confirmed this does work and bypass the security on my AT&T variant
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Lotusmaster said:
Hopefully LG patches this OTA asap!
https://youtu.be/qICcnSrclO0
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As long as you don't select the option to allow Google to unlock your phone with your voice, this isn't an issue, nor is it's LG's problem.
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Thanks for that. Maybe LG should hire you as calling them they said there was no fix and I don't remember ever turning that option on.... Going to have to test if someone elses voice can unlock it.
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As long as you don't select the option to allow Google to unlock your phone with your voice, this isn't an issue, nor is it's LG's problem.
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Unheard said:
As long as you don't select the option to allow Google to unlock your phone with your voice, this isn't an issue, nor is it's LG's problem.
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Exactly. This is a google issue.

This thread is so misleading, and so is the video. This can be done on all phones with the Google app on it. The setting has been there for a while. OP should at least make an edit to topic/post and/or switch the video into a PSA of sorts. Advice people on how the setting works and to give best practices like training their voice.

arn82 said:
This thread is so misleading, and so is the video. This can be done on all phones with the Google app on it. The setting has been there for a while. OP should at least make an edit to topic/post and/or switch the video into a PSA of sorts. Advice people on how the setting works and to give best practices like training their voice.
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no doubt, trust zones keep my phone unlocked when at my home. keeps it unlock when it detects it is still on my person and hasn't changed hands, and many other trusted things you can set. turn these off and I bet he has a harder time unlocking

lol a joke.. without trusted voice my phone tells me it cannot be completed while device is locked..
ppl just never learn lol not a bypass at all

So if there's any confusion, it only works with what Google detects as your voice. I tested with multiple family members, and only one got it.
But he's my identical twin and our voices are almost the same.
Can someone else try having their SO or a buddy try to get in? Pretty sure they won't.

Bixby Voice Official Release

I contacted samsung today to see if see when the Bixby voice beta was going to be released. With no definitive answers I did hear it should be out today, June 21st. The Official release as confirmed by Samsung is to be by the end of this month, June. I was even told a specific date of June 28th. I know a lot of people do not like Bixby and the button and we already have Google Assistant and whatever, but from everything I have seen, Bixby voice is supposed to do the most and be the best. I do believe that it should be out by then. If you dont believe me, call Samsung Support or contact then via text chat. All give the same answer. Here is a screen shot of my chat I had.
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EDIT: Bixby voice early access has started to roll out to the 10,000 people that have signed up. This is a server side update so don't expect any APKs. No emails have gone out explaining it. It just showed up in Bixby Home. From my time using it so far it actually seems really good. It has been getting better as I use it. It is, in my opinion, better than Siri. Expect the official US English release very soon. The english release is ONLY FOR THE US!!! Do not expect this in any other country yet. They are trying quickly to get this rolled out to as many countries with as many languages as possible.

I actually have the bixby voice icon on bixby today. I have not tested it yet but it was definitely not there yesterday.

Bixby voice beta is activated for me as of like an hour ago. Check out the app and hit the voice icon.
Tbh I'm not sure I'll use it ever/much as these voice things are a bit too much of a novelty for me, but it does seem to work quite well so far (although I'm in a relatively quiet office).

It's up! It's fairly polished for a beta

I'm going to whip up a quick app to bypass Bixby Voice and launch Google voice search instead (can't launch Assistant from third-party apps without root, sorry). Anyone with Bixby Voice want to test for me? Message me on hangouts at [email protected].

Check the "Device Assistance App" settings under Default Apps.

mar11974 said:
Check the "Device Assistance App" settings under Default Apps.
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not there. They left it open for google assistant

To be honest, I was sceptical about bixby, but the bixby screen turned out more useful to me than Google Assistant, so I'm keeping it for now.
After seeing first reviews of bixby voice the fact Samsung has full system access to the phone makes a huge difference in what it can do. It looks rather useful.
Only problem: not here in Germany :crying: it'd be great if Samsung allowed other countries with the caviat that it's English only. I'd be fine with that... If any other release is anything to go by, we'll get it in 3 years when we've all moved on to new phones.

Where would be located in sorry for asking such a noon question but I just came back to android from Apple

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Where would be located in sorry for asking such a noon question but I just came back to android from Apple
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you need to wait for the official release. It is officially out unless you signed up for the beta. If you signed up for the beta you can sign open Bixby home and click the Bixby icon next to the Bixby vision icon.

Its pretty unusable at the moment in my experience - you have to word your phrases pretty exactly, and it's recognition takes at least twice as long as that of google. I've no doubt it will get better, but I even remember my Moto X being more functional and quicker to recognize my commands.

New Bixby Updates in US Today

Ok as ppl might know they are getting updates for a fully working Bixby. Question is... If I am in France or U.K for that.. and I of course speak 'Merican' English , Is it possbile to install this update via apk. Or for that matter can I flash a US varient in Odin and get this update. If so on that, if I do flash a US csc will my sim card still be fully functional?

And it still does nothing more then it did a moth ago for me. I got the updates today. It loaded a whole crap ton of new bixby apps. I press the button, and... I get the same set of cards, with no voice options at all. In settings, Nothing about voice either. I cleared data for bixby, and it setup again, but nothing new at all that way either.

Not interested in Bixby one little bit. Have disabled all of it with Package Disabler Pro.

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And it still does nothing more then it did a moth ago for me. I got the updates today. It loaded a whole crap ton of new bixby apps. I press the button, and... I get the same set of cards, with no voice options at all. In settings, Nothing about voice either. I cleared data for bixby, and it setup again, but nothing new at all that way either.
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I have done the same and I got nothing either.
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I read some where that these are all the updates needed for bixby but we need to wait for Samsung to turn Bixby on, on the server side.
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Works for me.
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Try this
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...nswers/Bixby-voice-update/td-p/119173/page/27

I have a exynos version in the US but I can get the download packages any help?
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heard a tonne of people having problem with it, as well as few who used it, say its awesome.

The new update, or rather the second new update (I got one on the 18th, then another on the 19th) makes Bixby voice work. It does what it's supposed to, and it seems very fine tuned and fast.
It's a little embarassing it took so long, but it actually works now, and does have some innovation thrown in, like the dedicated button, and the difference between short and long press. It's been so long on Android that I've had a Siri-like voice assistant, I've forgotten when to use it....
But the thing I find myself always doing, is pressing the darn home button and saying "set a time for X-number of minutes". And it swirls, and does nothing. But Bixby immediately set the timer and gave me experience points.
So far, I'm happy..... is anybody else with me?

Its not quite as polished as "ok google" but the foundation for a great assistant has been laid. Especially turning on your phone without touching it, having it open and read mail.

Don't want it, won't use it....

How can others outside of US get it??