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[Droid 2 Global General] AmCupSailor:
Thanks to all who have replied thus far. Your responses have painted a clearer picture for me of what is necessary to capture 720p video in general, and why it's not currently possible to do so with the Droid 2 Global.

Asphynx:

This makes sense, and I'm glad you brought this issue to light. I'd be extremely interested to know if the Milestone 2 does in fact capture video in this manner, rather than native 720p! If that is in fact the case, I'd be happy to just keep capturing in 720x480 with my D2G, and then upscale in post. (I'd imagine the superior power of a desktop's cpu, coupled with the correct video-editing software, could do a damn-sight better job of upscaling the video than a phone anyway.)

Neurotica:

I realize all too well that the D2G is an oft looked-over phone on the developing scene. And it's an outright shame. It's such a powerful, flexible phone; and when running the Fission 2.4.3 ROM, I find it hard to believe there's a better phone available on the market currently--to serve my needs at least.

I implore the talented developers of this forum to unlock the potential of the Droid 2 Global's hardware (if it does indeed exist) to allow video capture at 720p, using the Milestone 2 as a reference. You'd make a very happy man out of me indeed, and as it would seem, many others.

Thanks to all again for their time attending to my questions.

-Benjamin
[Droid 2 Global General] mib_asd:
It would be great if someone could make D2G work on CDMA and GSM network simultaneously as MOTOROLA XT800+ can (only for Chinese market).

I am looking for its radio to try it on my D2G

any ideas from your side guys?
[Droid 2 Global General] theimpaler747:
Moved to General.
[Droid 2 Global General] helizus:
Originally Posted by Iff

Turns out 720p recording is even simpler than I thought. Assuming you're using Motorola's camera app and not the stock one, all you have to do is open /system/build.prop and find this line near the bottom:

ro.media.capture.maxres=5m

Change it to

ro.media.capture.maxres=8m

Then reboot your phone. After that, go to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications, find the Camera app in the All tab, force stop it if it's running and Clear Data and 720p video ready for you.
[Droid 2 Global General] Neurotica:
It can't be as simple as that. There is a lot more involved than just editing the build prop.

• Sent from my HD-II running HyperDroid GBX-12
[Droid 2 Global General] AmCupSailor:
Thank you very much helizus for your contribution towards solving this issue. However, I can confirm that although editing the "build.prop" as described will alter the Camera app to include menu settings that allow the selection of a option to film in "High Definition (720p)," the application will in fact crash once the Record button is pressed with the aforementioned HD setting selected. Neurotica was right to be doubtful.

Surely altering software in attempts to make use of hardware that doesn't exist is not the answer to this issue--

It may not make sense to tell a Droid 2 Global that it has the 8-megapixel camera of a Droid X in an attempt to trick it into filming in 720p, but let's be clear in understanding, that is not to say the D2G's 5-megapixel camera isn't sufficient to do the job. After all, the Milestone 2 makes do with its 5-megapixel camera.

THERE MUST BE A WAY TO FILM @720p WITH MY D2G!

...my enthusiasm to find an answer is getting the better of me. Apologies.

This answer becomes all the more frustratingly absent now that I actually have a menu on my phone depicting its elusive ability to capture video in HD.

-Benjamin
[Droid 2 Global General] helizus:
Here is the video recorded by D2G on Liberty. mediafire.com/file/dirwzhsti51r3ey/VID_20110416_162801.mp4
[Droid 2 Global General] themanwithaplan:
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[Droid 2 Global General] hgrimberg:
So the reason why it worked for helizus is maybe because he is running Liberty in his D2G?
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
It is not nice to hijack others threads, but let me answer your question: no, you cannot run D2 Gingerbread on your Droid 2 global (A956).
[Droid 2 Global General] havocdante:
actually it is pretty simple just install Liberty 2.0.1 and then the romer you can find it at droidforums.net look it up around when you have those 2 things installed you dont have to touch the build.prop because you should be able to record 720p
[Droid 2 Global General] Asphyx:
I think you are all missing the point regarding 720.

You can easily create a 720P file in any device but unless you are capturing it in that native resolution all you are actually doing is taking a low res capture and scaling it into a higher res format with none of the actual resolution of the 720P standard.

It's like up-converting an SD 16X9 video into 1080P. Sure the file shows as a 1080P file but the resolution is still Standard Def with some sides cut off and the pixels that was once one now shown as 4!

You are mixing up file format with actual resolution.

If you take a picture that has only 345,600 Pixels of resolution you can convert it to a file that displays with 921,600 Pixels of resolution but those extra pixels do not actually make the picture better! Just uses 2.6 pixels per original piece of data!

It's basically data and you can't create data that doesn't really exist.

32 is the same number in 32 Bit as it is in 64 bit. Converting it to 64 bit doesn't make it any more precise than it was as a 32 Bit integer.

It similar with what this boot.prop trick is doing.

Yes it saves a file that says it is 720P. But it;s nothing more than the standard resolution you had before in a 720 display format. It ddn't add resolution it merely doubled the same bad resolution you started with.

Look at it next to a TRUE 720P Native capture and you will see the difference.
[Droid 2 Global General] Neurotica:
More like libs, drivers and source which obviously no one is bothered to look into because the D2G isn't a device with a lot of hype. Upscaling isn't the solution. that would be equal to saying that optical and digital zoom are the same.

The hardware is capable, no doubt but there aren't many developers out there looking into making the best for this phone, and Verizon is most likely not going to be pushing updates at a crazy pace.

• Sent from my HD-II running HyperDroid GBX-12
[Droid 2 Global General] Asphyx:
Right those that have gotten it to work has changed the software.

Can you confirm that the camera sensor in both the Milestone2 and D2G is a 720P native CMOS?

Until someone has showed me some specs that say the CMOS on the camera is a 720P Resolution all you guys are doing is converting via software and saving a lower res capture into higher resolution.

I would love to be able to show you a comparison of what REAL 720P capture looks like compared to what the Milestone2 and D2G files your tweaks are giving you.

I work in broadcast and even half of what you see on TV is not full uncompressed HD.

A true 702P capture is at full res a 650Mbs stream. Are your 720P streaming at that rate?

What you are getting is a compressed format not full 720P

Most stations feeds captured programming back to the station at 40Mbps. Thats not full 720P either!

It's compressed.

Until someone shows me specs that say the sensor in the camera is a true 720P capture CMOS your not getting true 720P

And if you saw what it looks like compared to a true 720P uncompressed capture you would know it immediatly.
[Droid 2 Global General] Neurotica:
Asphyx had a point but then again, his comparison isn't exactly valid. The sensor used on phones abs the ones used on regular cameras are not the same. There are a lot of differences. Software plays a major role on phones. Even phones that natively record 1080 for that matter will never equate a true HD recorder.

Compare two pictures taken at 8MP in broad day light, one from a phone and one from a camera, and you will see the difference.

• Sent from my HD-II running HyperDroid GBX-12
[Droid 2 Global General] Asphyx:
Yes they would since it is a marketing item. Just as Sony plasters a big 1080P on the box for their DVD players. It isn't really 1080P resolution is it SD 16:9 SCALED to fit a 1080P Screen without bars on the top (Letterbox).

The reason they are different is the fact that the technology is not fine enough to actually resolve the full resolution at the scales of a phone camera. There are plenty of video cameras out there that claim to record 720P but it is usually not captured on a true HD sensor what it uses is a lesser sensor that sees a square picture, cuts off the top and bottom to make it look anamorphic and then saves it into a 720P data stream based off of a much lesser resolution.

It take a larger focal length than is possible in most consumer video camers (the handhelds) and phone to make the picture large enough to be resolved at full 720 res.

Much larger than the less than a dime space in a typical phone.

To give you a real example of what is actually happening, Get yourself a 640X480 72 DPI picture and scale to 1290X720 at 300 DPI and look at what happens to it. It looks Pixelated because the computer is forced to GUESTIMATE what those extra pixels should look like and because the actual shape of the pixels has changed. From Rectangular to Square.

So yes you wind up with a file that looks and says it is 720P but it really is nothing more than an upconverted file that will display as if it is a 720P video albeit in a much lower and pixelated way than what a real 720P video would look like.

The pixels in a non HD sensor are 1.333 times as wide as they are tall. Rectangular (Similar to 72DPI pic).

Pixels in HD are Square! (Similar to 300DPI pic)

When converted it tries to break up those rectangular parts into horizontal pixels but is forced to add and double the vertical to compensate and create the extra res needed.

This is the main reason why a 720P file that was not natively captured does not look as good as one that does get captured natively!

It's not really a big deal as far as this hack is concerned.

If all your intending to do is save a file in 720P format so it fills a 720P screen when displayed then call it a successful hack.

I only pointed this out because there are many companies now trying to use these higher resolutions as a marketing ploy without truly giving you the feature they claim they have.

Now I can't speak to the Milestone 2 hardware since I don't have one but if I had to make a bet I would bet it does not natively capture 720P just has the software to scale and save that file in 720P format.

It would be no different than scaling a 5MP camera picture to 8MP sizes. Just because it looks like an 8MP file doesn't mean it actually has 8MP of resolution.

When talking about resolution sometimes walking and talking like a duck doesn't actually make a duck!

Especially where digitial manipulation is concerned.
[Droid X General] scott4nola:
My gallery on my Droid X suddenly started force closing as soon as I try to open it. It did this once before for a few days and then just started working again on its own. It tries to open and then just closes. I tried restoring it through Titanium but that hasn't worked. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Or what is causing it? Other gallery apps from the Market work fine so I don't think it is the SD card.
[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
Try fixing permissions.
[Droid X General] Jmoney47:
Try using the 3d gallery instead
[Droid X General] scott4nola:
How do I fix permissions? Yes I have been using other gallery apps but I was used to the stock gallery.
[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
Open up ROM manager and theres "Fix Permission" listed. Just click it and it will fix permissions. When it finishes a prompt will appear to reboot your phone.
[Droid X General] scott4nola:
I did the permission fix with ROM manager and that didn't work. Any more ideas?
[Droid X General] debuf007:
Have you tried a factory reset? Just make sure you have your gmail and when the phone reboots put in your gmail and everything you had before will come back. I know a lot of times when stuff quits working you have a bad app download too. But try the factory reset first.
[Droid X General] skennelly:
In your file explorer open the dcim folder. Check for any odd files (data) and delete them. Go to settings>apps and find gallery. Open here, clear data and cache & force close. Exit and reopen gallery from app drawer.

Sent from my DROID X in Western Illinois
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TehxAwesumxDan:
Please Help :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
FAQ One problem

Backup data and Factory Reset Phone .

jje
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moktarino:
I've tried a few live streaming radio apps, both 3g and wifi, and everything keeps popping after 2sec. Pre-recorded stuff works fine, but "live" streaming audio sounds like the buffer isn't big enough.

Anyone else with poor performance in this area, or maybe even a fix?

Thanks!
[LG Optimus 2x] Serious_Beans:
Is it a good idea? I'm tempted to sell off my Nexus and get the G2x the 15th when it comes out.

Discuss?

(If this is the wrong section, my bad, I'll gladly ask a mod to move it or delete it)
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
I also have a mytouch4g. I am going to keep my Nexus S because it is too good of a phone to sell in my opinion :) but I'm definitely selling the mytouch and getting the g2x.

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] pkilla:
The g2x looks very good but just cause it has a duel core

Doesn't make it better then the nexus s the ns will always get the first updates

over any phone on android plus the 1ghz hummingbird is a beast ..... I do

Like the g2x tv out options but when comes to speed the nexus s is just so fast I don't see how

they can make it any faster if I was u I would keep the nexus
[LG Optimus 2x] dinan:
512mb ram =(
[LG Optimus 2x] dario3040:
Both have 512 mb of ram, but honestly you don't need more.

I really hate people that think more ram = more speed.

You probably think that 100 gb of ram would make a beast phone.

Anyways: Buying he G2x is plain stupid, android is not optimized to take advantage of dualcores, and the gpu is also weaker than the SGX 540.

The phone itself is kind of hard to hold, when I tried it in the store, it was just bad.

The sound is worse, the screen is worse, it lags more, there are no developers on any of the Tegra 2 devices (almost), its just a bad move to do that.

Stick with faster updates and a better phone in speed, stability, screen, sound, and other stuff.

The G2x is a great phone, but all its problems or disadvantages outweigh the positives.

Please do your self a favor and stop wasting your time thinking about this.
[LG Optimus 2x] brian6685:
A lot of people really like the lg Optimus 2x. I also think I'm gonna get the g2x anyways because I like new gadgets. Paulobrien is one of the major android developers in my opinion, and he is using the 2x. Not trying to argue with you, just my reasons for wanting to get it, although I am not going to sell my nexus. I'm sure teamdouche will have someone with the g2x too, I think I saw koush or kmobs tweet about how they are gonna get it, I forgot which one of them

Nexus S
[LG Optimus 2x] nomisunrider:
There are already many ROM options for the LG O2X. I don't see why the T-mobile G2X will not work with these.
[LG Optimus 2x] SupaDupaFly24:
Honestly I/O is right around the corner!!! I would wait to see what google has up its sleeves before I jump ship to the G2X. Its not all about hardware guys, the Nexus S is still one of the top of the line phones!!!
[LG Optimus 2x] AllGamer:
i'm jumping ship as soon as i get the Tmobile USA version :D

the SNS is not getting nearly as much attention from DEV & Coders as the N1 did
[LG Optimus 2x] ptscon:
I'm sorry, but where are people getting this information from?

Everything on android uses threading or else the UI would be unusable. Threads are delegated to the available cores, more cores equals better performance.

You can have UI thread doing it's own thing and in the background have another thread calling sqlite, fetching a bitmap, crunching some numbers or whatever.

See that nice and smooth Flash video playing and your browser still being able to do other things ..threading.

You may not notice it on light applications, but anything that does heavier work will benefit from multiple cores.
[LG Optimus 2x] bbm21:
why is this in the galaxy s II section.... lol
[LG Optimus 2x] JupiterDroid:
Lets make that NO dev atention;)

JD
[LG Optimus 2x] Serious_Beans:
I don't know lmao, I posted it in the General Section of the Nexus S and it got moved? O_o
[LG Optimus 2x] Serious_Beans:
Are you sure the Tegra 2 GPU is weaker than the SGX540? I lag on my Nexus S playing need for speed :/.

The screen is worse, I would miss the Super Amoled, maybe it's best to wait for the Galaxy S 2 :D and skip the G2X all together
[LG Optimus 2x] brandenk0:
The G2x does look nice but I've been spoiled to much with the super amoleddisplay on my vibrant so I'll stick with the SGS2.
[LG Optimus 2x] demo23019:
This thread wasn't even move to right section

anyways release date announced

none contract $499

Im waiting for galaxy S2 hopefully the none tegra version has SGX543
[LG Optimus 2x] LoveisPeace2012:
Nope, will have a Mali 400 quad core gpu
[LG Optimus 2x] LoveisPeace2012:
Its quite sad too because it's a very very capable phone
[LG Optimus 2x] jivemaster:
To welcome yourself back to the random reboot days? Jk

Hopefully due to completely different software, hopefully the g2x has none of the 2z issues.
[LG Optimus 2x] Serious_Beans:
Yeah, it's a great phone, but the screen :/, after using SAMOLED I can't go back to LCD.
[LG Optimus 2x] sl8125:
What's the real world difference?
[LG Optimus 2x] Falastine:
Ik have also the sgs amoled screen and this one is way better it is not just normal lcd you have to see it
[LG Optimus 2x] jtroye32:
It's the retina display with a bit lower resolution from what I read. (lg makes the retina display)
[LG Optimus 2x] ParanoidDK:
I had the SGS and have compaired the O2x's screen with the SGS and the EU S-LCD of the SNS and yes black is better on the SGS but the colors on the LG's TFT-IPS panel is so much better then the SGS...

I dont feel i got a worse screen on the O2x then i did on the SGS... :)
[LG Optimus 2x] Mr. Spontaneous:
Coming from a normal AMOLED screen, I won't mind the IPS LCD at all. In fact, thusfar, my only concerns have been with the lack of a notification light, and the ability to root/flash the T-Mobile variant.
[LG Optimus 2x] Piter1225:
Yep, also like the screen of O2X, great and vivid colors!
[LG Optimus 2x] Serious_Beans:
So from what I'm hearing the colors are really vibrant, it's just the blacks that aren't as deep? I think I can live with that, but idk maybe holding off for the SG2 would be better, but then again I have an obsession with getting the latest phone lol, plus I get bored of my phones :/. Hmmm decisions decisions.
[LG Optimus 2x] freakonaleash:
i had sgs and despite updates it has some lag.

lg2x is very powerful more more than sgs(that i think is similar to nexus s in hardware) and with cooked roms is a beast!!!

also my experience with linux distro's tells me that nvidia & linux is the winning combination......
[LG Optimus 2x] Lootes:
Heard some people mention the lack of development. Cyanogen tweeted today that the G2x will be his next phone. CM7 won't be far behind.
[LG Optimus 2x] peacekeeper05:
lack of development for g2x?

the phone hasn't been out yet.

yeah, i read cyanogen's tweet.

that's really great news if he will support g2x.
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] felipemadox:
This is the oficial Google Music app ripped from Nexus S and tested on HD2.

The app has the new google music online settings working and its multilingual :D
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] jorisvdende:
Thanks, but I think this one is the same as posted earlier: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1024546 ?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CC268:
I use a lot of widgets from Sense UI and also use the Market widget, the Youtube Widget, Facebook Widget, and Beautiful Widgets....my question is what is the impact of widgets on battery life, is it better to not use them at all, or limit them, etc??
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KitsuneKnight:
Widgets that are basically just buttons, that won't do anything until you click them will have a negligable impact on battery life. Widgets that display information, though, will often update themselves in the background, which requires the CPU to spend more time awake, as well as 3G/WiFi to be active more often.

Having less widgets that fetch data will improve battery life a large amount... even better if they just use Push instead of polling (requires Froyo), although 'none' is still the most battery effective.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elarson006:
No expert here, but I have consistently noticed worse battery life with widgets that require data, facebook especially. Other widgets don't seem to make a difference, though one would think that since a widget uses cpu resources you'd end up using more battery, but that just seems logical right?

But yes, for me, facebook widget did drain my battery much faster than a non-data requiring widget.

EDIT: kitsune beat me to it.. and said it more elegantly ;p
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CC268:
I have superclean right now how do i setup the push instead of polling? I have ultimate juice and I am pretty sure I have it setup so my apps are able to get data every 2 hours for a max of 30 seconds so that helps
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xjestersdeadx:
A lot of the widgets have a setting (well some do) like the built in Touchwiz "Feeds and Updates" where you can tell it NOT to update or refresh automatically. The same goes for things like Beautiful Widgets, that has a weather forecast thingy built in. Turn off the auto refresh. Turn off the weather based on GPS. This will stop it from using your resources automatically, and you can just ask for a refresh when you need it.

I know some weather apps (can't remember if it was accuweather or weather channel, don't give you this choice).

I haven't found my gmail to be a big drain, but turn off MOST widgets that auto refresh. You can also adjust some of them based on time, like get an update every 2 hours instead of every hour.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axe-08:
I am trying to change to a modded rosie posted in the ultra blakk thread. I heard you have to flash the blank one first then the modded one. Is that correct? Because when I did it i lost the bottom bar all together.

Sorry for the noob question but i appreciate the help here.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zacharias.maladroit:
Hi guys,

I'm getting the following errors when trying to compile the kernel with highly optimized thumb compiler options (and deactivating optimization for size):

I tried to fix it but my kernel foo (or coding foo in general) is pretty weak

the source of the kernel is available at github

the driver resides in drivers/net/wireless/bcm4329

could anyone please take a look at it ?

the kernel-source is from CM7 and 2.6.35.7 based

Many many thanks in advance ! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zacharias.maladroit:
why got this moved into "General" section ? :(

this is clearly development material
[Galaxy S I9000 General] GadgetSam:
I came across your post because I was seeing a similar compiling error for a Xoom with bcm4329/dhd_linux.c, specifically the "array subscript is below array bounds" in dhd_open().

That specific error is caused by a failure to check the return value from dhd_net2idx for the flag value DHD_BAD_IF before the variable is used as an array subscript. DHD_BAD_IF is -1, and this compilation error exists to ensure that the return code from dhd_net2idx is checked.

I'm not sure what the ideal solution is, but looking through the rest of that file there are other checks for that value that I used as a template to fix the dhd_open() function as well.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LeeDroid:
Came across your post when searching for similar errors, though I would keep it open to give you the solution...

https://github.com/LeeDroid-/Ace-2.6.35/commit/bae5569103406c74fe0b35aa906a243ed56eb853 ;)