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Today was a day of bad news. I just read this article and apparently the Lollipop update does not bring the new camera API to the Xperia Z1/2/3 series. I could cry!
Now I was wondering, since Custom ROMs can alter so much for a device, whether they can enable the camera API even though Sony doesn't. It would be awesome if there's a developer who could manage to do this - if at all possible of course. I was planning on making a video of these potential new camera controls, but I was surprised to see that Sony just didn't allow the API to be used (I don't know the technical details so correct me if I'm wrong about the actual phrasing there).
Do you have any thoughts on this? Are you a developer, and do you have any experience with this or similar APIs? I for one have no idea if it can be made to work with the Xperia Z1/2/3's camera at all. I'd love to know! :highfive:
Hermantje said:
Today was a day of bad news. I just read this article and apparently the Lollipop update does not bring the new camera API to the Xperia Z1/2/3 series. I could cry!
Now I was wondering, since Custom ROMs can alter so much for a device, whether they can enable the camera API even though Sony doesn't. It would be awesome if there's a developer who could manage to do this - if at all possible of course. I was planning on making a video of these potential new camera controls, but I was surprised to see that Sony just didn't allow the API to be used (I don't know the technical details so correct me if I'm wrong about the actual phrasing there).
Do you have any thoughts on this? Are you a developer, and do you have any experience with this or similar APIs? I for one have no idea if it can be made to work with the Xperia Z1/2/3's camera at all. I'd love to know! :highfive:
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I'm not entirely impressed with the camera either, and can't believe we have waited this long for Sony to release the lollipop update, which not only doesn't improve the camera, but its also just 5.0.. i thought the whole delay in the lollipop update was due to the initial quirks in the 5.0 build meaning they would roll out 5.1?
At this point in the game with the competition you cannot be releasing flagships marketed as the worlds best camera which is actually very mediocre. I'm truly disappointed in Sony and will likely not be holding on to my Z3 for much longer.
As it stands, have you tried the 20mp SuperiorAuto xposed module? I have seen quite a significant improvement, if you can live with the occasional crashes...
Hi guys,
As stated above question, does Sony Xperia Z3 / Sony's flagship phones has dual video recording or dual video call feature?
LG & Samsung flagships have this feature, does Sony has this?
Please don't hate my question, I've already searched for threads or posts but no results found.
Thanks & best regards.
icesilver18 said:
Hi guys,
As stated above question, does Sony Xperia Z3 / Sony's flagship phones has dual video recording or dual video call feature?
LG & Samsung flagships have this feature, does Sony has this?
Please don't hate my question, I've already searched for threads or posts but no results found.
Thanks & best regards.
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Yes it does have dual video recording and yes you can take dual pictures.
But i dont understand this "dual video call"
electrash said:
Yes it does have dual video recording and yes you can take dual pictures.
But i dont understand this "dual video call"
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Wow, that's a relief! :angel:
I really want that feature, able to capture yourself and others at the same time.
Dual video call means when using skype, your contact may able to see your face and rear camera at the same time.
Thanks for clarifying! Thanks +1 given :good:
icesilver18 said:
Wow, that's a relief! :angel:
I really want that feature, able to capture yourself and others at the same time.
Dual video call means when using skype, your contact may able to see your face and rear camera at the same time.
Thanks for clarifying! Thanks +1 given :good:
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Well honestly i think this phone dosent support dual video recording.
Anyway i am glad to help you
electrash said:
Well honestly i think this phone dosent support dual video recording.
Anyway i am glad to help you
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I thought it had that feature.
Do you have any game crashing issues with Sony Xperia Z3?
I'm planning to buy Z3, and Sony Smartphones tended to crash more often on games even in online gaming, is that true?
Will you recommend Z3 for gaming?
icesilver18 said:
I thought it had that feature.
Do you have any game crashing issues with Sony Xperia Z3?
I'm planning to buy Z3, and Sony Smartphones tended to crash more often on games even in online gaming, is that true?
Will you recommend Z3 for gaming?
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As i am always honest.
I dont know, because i am casual gamer (temple run, duet, or some sort of puzzle gamer) i dont have time nor will to play massive 3D games on phone, especially online.
But i can assure you i never had problems playing games on my older Xperias which include (Xperia Z1, Xperia S, Xperia Arc/s, Xperia Neo)
So my honest opininion this word "tends" to crash more is not suintable on whole Xperia Lines, its suintable to individuals who mods their phone a lot.
On stock Sony Rom, i forgot how "force close" popup looks like, i never had it on Z3 nor Z1.
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As i am always honest.
I dont know, because i am casual gamer (temple run, duet, or some sort of puzzle gamer) i dont have time nor will to play massive 3D games on phone, especially online.
But i can assure you i never had problems playing games on my older Xperias which include (Xperia Z1, Xperia S, Xperia Arc/s, Xperia Neo)
So my honest opininion this word "tends" to crash more is not suintable on whole Xperia Lines, its suintable to individuals who mods their phone a lot.
On stock Sony Rom, i forgot how "force close" popup looks like, i never had it on Z3 nor Z1.
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Sounds good, coz I'm a heavy gamer.
On my previous Samsung Galaxy Phones, I always root my phone to be able to use apps like Lucky Patcher, Gameguardian, modded Apk's with OBB,
Freedom, in short, I install these apps for hacking games & to install apps that requires root like greenify, seeder, etc etc.
I rooted my phone but still using my stock rom, I never installed a custom rom.
My question, is it ok to root Xperia Z series? You said problems arise for those people who mod their phone, but all I want is just to root the phone. :fingers-crossed:
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Sounds good, coz I'm a heavy gamer.
On my previous Samsung Galaxy Phones, I always root my phone to be able to use apps like Lucky Patcher, Gameguardian, modded Apk's with OBB,
Freedom, in short, I install these apps for hacking games & to install apps that requires root like greenify, seeder, etc etc.
I rooted my phone but still using my stock rom, I never installed a custom rom.
My question, is it ok to root Xperia Z series? You said problems arise for those people who mod their phone, but all I want is just to root the phone. :fingers-crossed:
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It is ok to root it, but for example greenify is useless because you have stamina and ultra stamina, if you combine them, they could make problems. So there is no point of this app, for seeder i dont know what is it.
Its simply like this, take every phone on this world, if it is stock it will work as company intended, take it and modify it, there is a chance to make it unstable.
I were like you before in days of (Xperia Neo, Arc, S) then when i bought Z1 i modified and then went back to Stock. And i found out stock works the best.
electrash said:
It is ok to root it, but for example greenify is useless because you have stamina and ultra stamina, if you combine them, they could make problems. So there is no point of this app, for seeder i dont know what is it.
Its simply like this, take every phone on this world, if it is stock it will work as company intended, take it and modify it, there is a chance to make it unstable.
I were like you before in days of (Xperia Neo, Arc, S) then when i bought Z1 i modified and then went back to Stock. And i found out stock works the best.
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Greenify it' s not useless, it is not the same thing with Stamina.
hi guys,
i just purchased a dual sim sony Z5, model #E6683, its a chinese variant. everything is fine except for the camera interface, its not like how its suppoosed to be, there is no manual mode options or anything that sort which the Z5 should carry, if any of you can share the proper camera APK and guide me how to install it without rooting, that would be great help.
thanx a million
Screenshot what you have so. We can see
Sent from my Xperia z5 by Tapatalk
This is known. All Z5s and Z5 Duals are shipping currently with Camera 1.0 App. They have yet to update to their newest app (which they demo'd at the release). They expect it to roll out sometime in Nov 2015, if not with the android 6.0 marshmallow update.
Dev them please port Gcam for Xperia 1 cause Sony have no night and potrait mode Don't work but Xperia 1 can Access to RAW file I think Dev can you for this plassssss:highfive:
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Dev them please port Gcam for Xperia 1 cause Sony have no night and potrait mode Don't work but Xperia 1 can Access to RAW file I think Dev can you for this plassssss:highfive:
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Sony has a portrait Mode, it is not called portrait
They also offer great dark shots, so night site is superfluous.
charlatan01 said:
They also offer great dark shots, so night site is superfluous.
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Right!
charlatan01 said:
They also offer great dark shots, so night site is superfluous.
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Yes, Xperi 1 Has improved but Can't fight with Other brand .
I Think sony look like a children in nursery and Other brand like a Profestional , Doctor and Teacher for sony, You know I am SONY fanboy 12 Year I use from Sony ericsson between now Xperia I see Improved but too much Xperia lerning like a turtle.
We want Gcam.:crying:
marko68 said:
Sony has a portrait Mode, it is not called portrait
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Then portrait Mode is so bad .
oomwaa12038 said:
Yes, Xperi 1 Has improved but Can't fight with Other brand .
I Think sony look like a children in nursery and Other brand like a Profestional , Doctor and Teacher for sony, You know I am SONY fanboy 12 Year I use from Sony ericsson between now Xperia I see Improved but too much Xperia lerning like a turtle.
We want Gcam.:crying:
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I can tell you before X1 my last phone was the Oneplus 7 Pro and the GCam on this phone wss a miracle.
Camera pics they almost always lose in comparison..
But 1 year ago, on Vivo Nex S Gcam was an awful experience in terms of WB and color fidelity... All depends on the producer
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I can tell you before X1 my last phone was the Oneplus 7 Pro and the GCam on this phone wss a miracle.
Camera pics they almost always lose in comparison..
But 1 year ago, on Vivo Nex S Gcam was an awful experience in terms of WB and color fidelity... All depends on the producer
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YAAASSS !! I agree on you maybe i think quit sony fanboy .
because sony doesn't listen to fanboy. This year I am very tire cheer up Sony
I pre order Xperia 1 from taiwan because Sony don't sell my country cause I love sony too much but sony don't love fanboy .
If sony Xperia1 can't use Gcam mod before Pixel4 Opening
I think Xperia1 my last phone like you .
I agree a GCAM port would make the world of difference when it comes to night performance! I just compared it to the OnePlus. The results were quite shocking.
I Don't know all the fuss about Gcam. Night mode are Always so unatural… But since phone can't grasp anything usually, it's an ok solution. But the Xperia1 is really good to take photo "as you see". I took some photo in very dark place and it turned dark yes, but the same darkness I had in front of my eyes, and that's great I think.
Anyway, a matter of taste I think, but it's somewhat sad when a phone has really good low light abilities, and people are like "if no gcam port this phone is dead"...
Hi, do you know anything about a working apk for Xperia 1! ?? Thank you.
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Hi, do you know anything about a working apk for Xperia 1! ?? Thank you.
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No
Ive always wanted to try GCam and see if its all the hype it says it is.
Is there a modded version out for the Xperia 5 III? Thanks
None of previous Xperia (for the last 3 generations at least) flagship smartphone had working Gcam. Suggest this one will be no different.
bruh how is that even possible
I've been playing with one on my 5 ii, and the results are pretty good. Not as great as I expected, but that doesn't surprise me. The Sony hardware is not optimized to work with the software, and you could probably tweak the algorithms to make it work better with the Sony hardware. But, I don't have time to tweak the hundreds of settings in the GCAM mods to see what works best.
Where you have:
BSG: MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix
Download MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix by BSG.
www.celsoazevedo.com
It's not close to perfect, but it works on all 3 rear cameras.
Night mode doesn't work very well because Sony only exposes expores up to 1s for external apps, and the GCam crashes when tries to use more than 1s to capture more light.
XiCO FiR3 said:
Where you have:
BSG: MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix
Download MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1zfix by BSG.
www.celsoazevedo.com
It's not close to perfect, but it works on all 3 rear cameras.
Night mode doesn't work very well because Sony only exposes expores up to 1s for external apps, and the GCam crashes when tries to use more than 1s to capture more light.
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Posting a random link from a site that noone knows about is kind of sketchy.
Does the guy have some kind of XDA profile?
riahc3 said:
Posting a random link from a site that noone knows about is kind of sketchy.
Does the guy have some kind of XDA profile?
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Sorry, for that.
This site is a place where most of GCam mods are posted, for multiple devices and from multiple Devs, instead of even sketchier telegram groups.
The link in question I posted is from bsg19071979 here on XDA.
You can check is work https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/app-mod-google-camera-by-b-s-g.4201665/
Unfortunately, the version I posted is the only version I found that works on my Xperia 5 III.
and can u see any difference vs the original Xperia Camera Software
and which version u using.?
Download:
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_snap.apk (org.codeaurora.snapcam) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_MGC.apk (com.android.mgc) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ENG.apk (com.google.android.GoogleCameraEng) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ruler.apk (com.samsung.android.ruler) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_scan3d.apk (com.samsung.android.scan3d) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_qcamera3.apk (org.codeaurora.qcamera3) #
DanielMode said:
and can u see any difference vs the original Xperia Camera Software
and which version u using.?
Download:
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_snap.apk (org.codeaurora.snapcam) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_MGC.apk (com.android.mgc) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ENG.apk (com.google.android.GoogleCameraEng) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_ruler.apk (com.samsung.android.ruler) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_scan3d.apk (com.samsung.android.scan3d) #
MGC_8.1.101_A9_GV1w_qcamera3.apk (org.codeaurora.qcamera3) #
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The biggest difference I can see, is in low light scenes, the google camera takes much better photos, and removes almost all the noise without losing to much detail.
In cases that the Xperia Camera clips the background, the Gcam resolves some detail in the clouds for example.
Overall I don't recommend it.
- Auto focus is it or miss.
- Touch to focus freezes the viewport.
- Video recording doesn't work.
- Selfie camera doesn't work because Sony uses a cheap Samsung sensor.
- Night mode doesn't work properly because Sony doesn't expose all the camera API properties.
- Out of the box the photos are a bit under saturated.
The diferent versions don't make any diffence in the case of the Xperia 5 III, that I know off.
Im my hold phone I needed a camera with a specific name to allow the google camera to access all the camera features in original ROM. More or less what sony does with the creator' color profile for specific apps.
and again.... which version u using....therea6 different.!
i tried the first 3 from the list and i don't like there results at all.!
DanielMode said:
and again.... which version u using....therea6 different.!
i tried the first 3 from the list and i don't like there results at all.!
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I'm using rev X of the one ending in MGC. It runs okay. A little sluggish, but I don't have crashes. I did find a profile on the web and loaded it. GCAM on the Xperia cameras is a tool, but not a perfect one. I've learned from experimentation what areas it does well and what times it doesn't. I find it hard to say if it's better or worse than the stock app because it is situation dependent. If you're looking for something that you can replace the stock app with, your expectations will not be met. However, if you're looking for an app that does better in many low light situations where you have to shoot handheld, then it will give you capability you don't have with the stock app.
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I'm using rev X of the one ending in MGC. It runs okay. A little sluggish, but I don't have crashes. I did find a profile on the web and loaded it. GCAM on the Xperia cameras is a tool, but not a perfect one. I've learned from experimentation what areas it does well and what times it doesn't. I find it hard to say if it's better or worse than the stock app because it is situation dependent. If you're looking for something that you can replace the stock app with, your expectations will not be met. However, if you're looking for an app that does better in many low light situations where you have to shoot handheld, then it will give you capability you don't have with the stock app.
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Im wondering why people search gcam for 5 iii, latest 5 iii stock camera take picture way better than my pixel 5. I love the result from my 5 iii photo.
Current devices 5 iii, android 12
riahc3 said:
Ive always wanted to try GCam and see if its all the hype it says it is.
Is there a modded version out for the Xperia 5 III? Thanks
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dude, you have an xperia 5 III with many powered features and excellent great results in the camera (photo and video modes), why want you try gcam...???!!!! i don't understand !!!
mrsyamsul said:
Im wondering why people search gcam for 5 iii, latest 5 iii stock camera take picture way better than my pixel 5. I love the result from my 5 iii photo.
Current devices 5 iii, android 12
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Disagree with X 5 III taking better photos than Pixel 5. I wish it was true so then it would be no need in Gcam. X 5 III takes good enough photos in perfect light conditions only. That's just my experience (with X 1 III though).
WarVic[NZ] said:
Disagree with X 5 III taking better photos than Pixel 5. I wish it was true so then it would be no need in Gcam. X 5 III takes good enough photos in perfect light conditions only. That's just my experience (with X 1 III though).
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Is you use lates android 12 and latest March photography pro, even night mod on my 5 iii capture faster than my pixel 6. I don't have 1 iii so i can't make comparison. I only have 5 iii, pixel 5 and pixel 6.
mrsyamsul said:
Is you use lates android 12 and latest March photography pro, even night mod on my 5 iii capture faster than my pixel 6. I don't have 1 iii so i can't make comparison. I only have 5 iii, pixel 5 and pixel 6.
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I don't like the quality output straight out of camera. Photos come out underexposed, out of focus, lack of clarity and lack of HDR too often.
WarVic[NZ] said:
I don't like the quality output straight out of camera. Photos come out underexposed, out of focus, lack of clarity and lack of HDR too often.
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Ohh I'm sorry to hear that.none that happen to my Xperia 5 III devices. You may want to get new phone and forget about your 1 III already.
mrsyamsul said:
Ohh I'm sorry to hear that.none that happen to my Xperia 5 III devices. You may want to get new phone and forget about your 1 III already.
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This is exactly what I did! I 'm really happy that I was able to get rid of that overpriced, overhyped device. Certainly it is not worth even $800 to my opinion. Just because of underwhelming camera performance alone.
I currently have a Pixel 4a and an Xperia 5 iii. The difference in low light scenes is astonishingly in the Pixel's favor. During the day I really like the Xperia's colors and having multiple zoom levels is great too. But in poor light the $349 Pixel cleans the Xperia's clock. Sure, with a tripod and a static scene I could get a better result on the 5 iii perhaps but in most situations it's not close. Google has bottled smoke or something.