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[Galaxy S II General] tazer4:
Guys so I flashed that firmware SIEG03 and it fixes stuttering on the problem module and also the side effect of disabling torch, but I wanted to return to my original firmware but when I try to flash my old dumped firmware it gives me Invalid version error.

Anyway around this? I was hoping I could just re-flash the firmware as needed for when I need to do video recording and when I want to have the use of the torch function.

Edit - Actually every firmware I try to flash now even SIEG03 it says Invalid version, Phone FW Ver is TBEC28.
[Galaxy S II General] ixon2001:
I've found an easy fix to this problem, basically trade it in and get a Galaxy S3, no more low light stutter.:laugh::good:

Joking aside, i doubt now this problem ever gonna be sorted by Samsung, lg camera was the only solution for me when i had one of the S2's with the frame rate problem.

I'm glad to say though the Galaxy S3 suffer from none of this, on both ZD & GD camera firmware's that this phone has currently, plus you now get the option to use either auto focus or manual focus when recording video.
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Trading it for an sgs3 would mean more money to spend and this would encourage samsung continuing thia kind of "customare care"
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
Does anyone know where the firmware file is on Galaxy S3? I'm cant seem to find it, i've made a dump and it's not in etc/firmware

I did a search as well with 10 different keywords...still no luck :(
[Galaxy S II General] andreivibefm:
I found *here* a firmware for camera and I'm ok with this. The only minus : on video recording the flash not work , but on picture mode flash is ok and it is focus well.
[Galaxy S II General] Shahrokh.KING:
oh my god! really?! no stuttering? the flashlight in other apps works? if it's true.. yey!

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the flashlight isnt working my friend! neither focusing nor flashnight, its just like SIEG03 no flash and no stuttering, u cant shoot a photo in night with it, ****
[Galaxy S II General] nickem:
Hi guys,

Recently my camera stopped working at all, I've tryied to update the firmware, but it won't let me, the update just stops.

Currently the version is:

cam FW ver : SCEE09

Phone FW ver : TBEC28

I've tried few different roms, but nothing changes. It just blackscreens when launched and crashes after a minute or so.
[Galaxy S II General] andreivibefm:
try other version of firmware. see attached !

I suggest you to use SIEG03 for better results or go back to stock SCEF02

I told that on video recording the flash not working.. just in picture mode.

autofocus is fine on my side..
[Galaxy S II General] _Sofos_:
lgCamera New beta v.6 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27934882

Works 100% with S2/Cm9/Stock etc.

Focus Mode -> best imo Continuous Video. Play around with the rest of the settings and you will be amazed by the result. At least scef02 users.
[Galaxy S II General] Disfected:
Yeah, I love the app a lot for video recording. Just wished the ISO not changing on the fly was fixed.
[Galaxy S II General] re-2007:
same problem ......stuttering in low light 20-25 ftp !!!!

thanksss

scef02 stock rom ICS 4.0.3
[Galaxy S II General] kazantip1288:
post your settings please here. thanks
[Galaxy S II General] _Sofos_:
Check the image below, even tho 60fps don't seem to make any difference (you can change it to 30fps) remember to have focus mode on Continuous Video and tick the autofocus before capturing option as well.

" And remember, when nothing goes right.. go left.. "
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
These settings are a nonsense. And if you tap on the screen during recording, autofocus will be disabled.
[Galaxy S II General] Galactus:
If you tap on the screen to autofocus BEFORE you start your recording you will get 30fps. I've been doing this for over 2 months now.....

Just stick to 20MB - Set the audio bitrate to whatever you want.
[Galaxy S II General] Vihru:
what changes after update? :)
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
FALSE. The camera can record @ 30fps only on ideal light conditions. Under slightly low light the fps goes down to 24-25fps. In addition to this, in low light conditions, manual focus is near useless becouse you must tap and retap the screen to get a focus. The result is an earth beating out of focus video.

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Nothing for the scf02 module: it continues to work as a charm.
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Instead of waiting ~1.5 year for fix try to send it to the service. You would've already been in the worst case after 3-4 repairs.... and yet they would've changed to OMEF01.
[Galaxy S II General] _Sofos_:
Hahaha sad but true. I'm going for the third one on monday.. If they don't get me the right one this time i'll just give up.

Well lgcamera app does the job nicely so far and i'm quite satisfied so..

" And remember, when nothing goes right.. go left.. "
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Is the candle worth the price? This would mean to stay without the phone for a period of 2/3 weeks per repair... Three to four total months of repair time, during wich the phone loses it's value. Not mentioning i would be forced to get a replacement phone in some way.. Samsung way is well defined :(

Some time ago i bought a sapphire 5870 vapor-x for my gaming pc. The product eas not working well, having freezes and reboot. With the help of sapphire technicians i found that it was a firmware problem. They sent to me a modified firmware that i uploaded to the card and it's still rocking in my pc, oc'ed and stable. A premium product with a premium customare care.

The worst error for a customer? Returning to a restaurant were you got a bad stomachache.
[Galaxy S II General] Galactus:
When I can actually be bothered I'll post a 1080p clip recording using lgcamera that runs at 29/30fps with autofocus and auto exposure working fine. And yes I do have the SCEF02 camera module
[Galaxy S II General] _Sofos_:
Erhmm it depends. I mean, i've send it twice so far and both times i had it back in 2-3 days (with the old module in a pack ofc just to be sure that they changed it).

But anyway i got kinda bored with all this camera/firmware/module/samsung issue i think i'll just let it go.

" And remember, when nothing goes right.. go left.. "
[Galaxy S II General] bbk:
I've got these version :

Cam FW ver :OMEF01

Phone FW ver : TBEC28
[Galaxy S II General] _Sofos_:
It's a good module, a nice camera!

Now shoo shoo, get away from here b4 scef02 zombies come for you :-P

" And remember, when nothing goes right.. go left.. "
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Well it rather is. There will be no any Samsung's fix for that. Anything you can do is replace for correct module - I was without phone about 2 months (45-50 days IIRC). The last repair was under threat of law and was fixed within 3-4 days instead of 2 weeks.

When I was without phone it really hurted me - but now I can fully use it. OMEF01 is that what I asked for and it pleases me a lot.

There is your choice. Being in pain some time and get OMEF01 or just getting annoyed by low FPS, shutters, red spot...

If you have money to spend - try other phone :) I thought about same before. Now I don't :)
[Galaxy S II General] match_stick:
This is what I'm getting! Anyone else got this???
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Two months without phone and a lawier to obtain a good camera mode? Seems like a class action is needed..
[Galaxy S II General] perevales:
All my video camera problems went away when I downloaded from market lgcamera app. Stock camera was always ruining my videos because the auto focus issue.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] perevales:
Hi. Same module and same solution. This app works great. Thanks you all to show this solution, I was really upset with the bad quality of videos.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] a67q:
I am really fed up with this ''excellent camera'' phone. If I knew for such issues I would never buy it.

Besides autofocus problem and ''pink spot'', from few days ago I have another ''spot'' which you can see in attachment. It looks like a dust particle is on the lens, and it shows regularly in stock camera, ICS camera and lgcamera, which tells me that is probably a hardware failure? If I am wrong please correct me. If I zoom while filming the spot also zoomes itself, it is so annoying and it's clearly visible against one colour background, like on the photo.

Can anybody teach me what to try? I have scef02 tbec28 fw when I check. So can I try some other firmware, even though I think it wouldn't help :(

Tnx
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Small glass or lens are dirty.

Whatever you would do now on your own will break your warranty (in case you corrupt something...).

If you know what to do you can try clean it yourself... but it is not advised........ strongly not.

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Dreams. There seem to be large amount of users with bad cameras but overall not too many of them want to do anything.

Quite many of them will think that is as should be.

Time is ticking... I don't know what plans regarding your phone are but the more time you put service matter aside, the more painful it will be to live with it.

But if you plan to buy new one soon.... it is really no point to send it to the service - right I agree then.
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Neither do I know... I had such thing when received phone from the service.... Probably service man made it dirty.

But in your case I really do not know how it could happen.

I saw full HD quality movie on youtube where guy was replacing camera module. I do not have an address now but tomorrow will try to find it. It is quite easy.... let's say:P
[Galaxy S II General] Pako7:
it not "inside".. but "on" lens
[Galaxy S II General] someonet1k:
I'm with the OMEF01 module but I still have to recommend that app as it has an awful lot of options (just be careful not to overdo it as it crashes :D) and the results are excellent. Easily my primary video recording app. It says it can take pictures while recording but I guess that's phone-related as I can't see that option on my SII.
[Galaxy S II General] DrSlump76:
Ok, please let us see your results.

...well? When will you show your low light 1080p videos @30fps?
[Galaxy S II General] a67q:
lol,

can you imagine i tried many times to wipe the lens but no results.
[Galaxy S II General] Pako7:
Well, then, is only the case of dust on the sensor, to correct this problem you can not afford .. change the entire camera module
[Galaxy S II General] denonsky:
LG Camera 6.4b7
[Galaxy S II General] a67q:
msg deleted.
[Galaxy S II General] sandres19:
It's not working for me
[Galaxy S II General] sameerg:
My Cam ver is SCEE09 and phone software version is TBEC28 and it doesn't focus in macro mode.

I checked 2 other s2 with cam ver is SBEF02 and phone software version is TBEC28 and they were able to focus in macro.

Is there a way i can fix my phone please ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Galactus:
Just tried out LGCamera 6.4 Beta 8. Video recording doesn't stutter at all and is super fluid when recording at 720p (FPS doesn't drop below 29.16999 in all the videos I took). When recording at 1080p all my videos recorded at 29.00111 FPS or higher UNLESS I deliberately shook the phone (to mimic me running). Then the FPS dropped to 24, but never dropped any lower. 720p recordings maintained 29 FPS even when shaking the phone. Hopefully this will end all the complaints about video stuttering etc for those that still have the problem. Download link below

Edit: New Update (LGCamera 6.4 Beta 9) is out. Haven't tried it yet though. Link below is still for the previous beta (Beta 8) since he is the developer and has yet to post the beta 9 links on his homepage

http://rubberbigpepper.com/sites/all/modules/pubdlcnt/pubdlcnt.php?file=http://rubberbigpepper.com/sites/default/files/download/apk/lgCamera_6.4b8.apk&nid=175
[Galaxy S II General] Shahrokh.KING:
dont be happy my friend, thats because it wont focus at all! and you wont feel stutter! god... kill me now kill me!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Galactus:
Mine focuses fine lol. If it didn't focus I'd realize before posting this up
[Galaxy S II General] AbstractCat:
in the market lg camera pro is still on 6.3 version...where you find that beta??
[Galaxy S II General] Galactus:
Read my post........
[Galaxy S II General] Shahrokh.KING:
u have autofocus on hd videos everytime u record a video? and u'r using 6.4 beta?! and ur on scef02?!!
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
AF in lgCamera doesn't work at all - compared to the stock recorder ^^
[Galaxy S II General] Galactus:
My phone must be on crack then. Auto focus and exposure work fine on my videos now.
[Galaxy S II General] iDemonz:
Thanks for finding this!
[Galaxy S II General] bartekaki:
can you upload the sample movie with no stuttering and working AF and AE on SCEF02 ?
[Galaxy S II General] riquerique:
My cam fw is SBEF02 :p:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] joaonds:
My cam have a red spot.

Update, fix this ?
[Galaxy S II General] joromano:
Hi Dramatik Beats:

you have turned on a light of hope to the ones that have SCEF02 module.

Can you please confirm if you were testing beta 8 under ICS 4.0.3 or other rom?

In addition, could you please include your video settings?

I would also like to know if you got a grainy video at 1920 with this beta version, because with GB 2.3.6 lgcamera also avoids sttutering at 1920X1080 resolution, but the video was so grainy that it is better to use 1080X720 resolution instead.

Thanks and lot, my friend!

Jorge
[Galaxy S II General] iovaniorgovan:
So am I in the right place if I look for a camera app for SGS2 which can use the power or volume buttons as shutter buttons and still looks like the original camera app which I like very much?

Please don't be mean. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Perhaps your phone is on it :P

Here: lgCamera beta 9 - on the last seconds I used touch to focus :)

[YOUTUBE]UNIeHugUdQs&hd=1[/YOUTUBE]

Now default camcorder:

[YOUTUBE]UmKUilXQqSA&hd=1[/YOUTUBE]

Btw - is it me or in default recorder there is better sound quality?
[Galaxy S II General] joromano:
You are right about the sound quality.

I tested stock camcorder and lg camera in a Fear Factory concert (loud enough) and the sound is better in stock camera. However stuttering from SCEF02 module ruined my footage.

By the way, are using stock ICS 4.0.3 and you don't have the SCEF02 module, right?

The way you can perform the "touch to focus" function is pretty amazing and fast !

Regards,

Jorge
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Yeah I use stock 4.03 LPG and have OMEF01 module.

I use lgCamera as primary camcorder mostly because of Scene mod and touch to focus capability. I like birate too. However sound is not so good as I wish it was.
[Galaxy S II General] joromano:
Mmm.. I see.

I am still on GB 2.3.6 so I think that the "touch to focus" function while you are recording is only available on ICS 4.0.3. Is that correct?

Anyway, I have this #"$&% SCEF02 module so I'll never get the same quality as you.

Thanks.

Jorge
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Yes ICS enables touch to focus but only in 3rd apps - in default camcorder not :(

I like it, it is one of the most powerful features in ICS and lgCamera :)

it is nice to make movies of spiders where you can focus on it directly ^^
[Galaxy S II General] joromano:
According to what you are telling me, I think that it's time for me to move to ICS.

The thing is that I read in some forums that ICS 4.0.3 has some bugs and only 4.0.4 is much better, so I planned to wait till that version for my S2 because my phone is pretty fast right now.

However if I want to get this "touch to focus" feature it seems that I need to update to ICS.

By the way, I never had the chance to congratulate you for the excellent review that you have in your signature's link.

I am always sending it to an engineer in Samsung Korea almost once a week since May to explain him the problem that SCEF02 module has (I know that he worked in the programming of the firmwares).

Your notes and examples are great but so far I've got no replies from this guy, and to be honest I don't think I get them.

THANKS !

Jorge
[Galaxy S II General] Galactus:
I will do one tonight :good:

1080p never looked that great to me in the first place because of the zoom in so I just stick to 720p. I did test 1080p just to see if it would stutter which it didn't. But the whole zoom in thing is not for me.

Only things I've changed are:

Focus Mode: Continuous Video

Video Encoder: H.264

Video File Format: MP4

Video Bitrate: 20Mbit

Audio Bitrate 204800

Stereo Mode Enabled

Rom: Resurrection Remix 2.6 (ICS 4.0.4 AOKP)

Don't know of any that look like the original camera app, haven't used to many camera apps but you can pick shutter buttons with lgcamera

Edit: After looking at the old videos I made and some new ones it looks like the focus mode is FIXED rather than auto focusing when using continuous video mode. Auto Exposure works FINE and things at a certain distance auto focus to a CERTAIN DEGREE like people and big objects etc. Logos on items and writing on speakers and boxes however are NOTICEABLY blurrier though. Touch to focus also doesn't work when using continuous video (you get the red box). Apologize to anyone who got their hopes up. To sum it up, continuous video focus mode looks pretty good for 720p recordings. The horrible stuttering is gone and the fps stays at 29 all the time. Auto exposure also works properly. We do however lose proper Auto Focus on our camera. I will upload the test video I did earlier and you will see that the writing on my speakers is readable but nothing compared to when proper auto focus kicks in. I'm sure Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast will be able to correct me on some of the mistakes I've made regarding focus modes etc if there are any.

Video 1 - 1080p Stutter Test

[YOUTUBE]FwqRJxel_qs[/YOUTUBE]

Video 2 - Room Test 720p

[YOUTUBE]yhPwn7NVdWc[/YOUTUBE]

Video 3 - Room Test 1080p

[YOUTUBE]8cHYdhgS2FI[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Well, I use 4.0.3. LPG and I don't see problems at all except fact battery will be drained more. Touch to focus is really great feature which I couldn't live without. Finally *I decide* what should be focused, what not.

I'd move if I were you to 4.0.3, because 4.0.4 can be later... much later knowing Samsung.

Thanks, there are some typos which revealed after gaining more info by the thime but most things are correct.

And you will not get response from them :)

I found my sound problem compared to the default camcorder. I should have checked "camera (if available) option in aduio settings in lgCamera. OMG

Here to compare:

Default camcorder:

[YOUTUBE]chY3o9Hjpxg&hd=1[/YOUTUBE]

lgCamera - Audio - Camera (if available): 48000Khz/320000 bits

[YOUTUBE]YANObMY-zhc&hd=1[/YOUTUBE]

lgCamera - Audio - Microphone: 48000Khz/320000 bits

[YOUTUBE]SJWoWDFSCr4&hd=1[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II General] MeX_DK:
4.0.4 is out for the galaxy S2. Only in European version tho and it has a few issues. But it's out
[Galaxy S II General] AbstractCat:
I think that the developer should focus and to strengthen only the part video of the application. For the photos there are a lot of other alternatives.

Btw...someone can post the best configuration for video rec??
[Galaxy S II General] iovaniorgovan:
I accidentally came across this topic. Before this, I wasn't aware of this issue.

I didn't noticed the focus issue because I filmed mostly landscapes. I only noticed the stutter at 1080p, annoying.

I made a test for my self, here in 1280x720 http://youtu.be/FbDfqfT6ehU. I avoid 1080p because us the zoom and stutter thing.

Focus is working, but slowly, like 10 seconds slow. I don't see stutter in 720p, unlike in 1080p. I used the default camera app.

I have few questions maybe you know answering:

1.I have Cam FW Ver: SBEF02, not SCEF02 that you guys mention being the bad one in this topic. Is there any difference betweek SBEF02 and SCEF02?

2.So you guys are only talking here about focus problem with the SGS2 video camera, not foto camera, correct?

3.is there a way to get rid of the zoom thing in 1920x1080?

4.what is the recommended way the get rid of the stutter in 1920x1080 mode without replacing camera hardware?

5.Sound is great with the default cam recorder. Do you know if SGS2 is using both microphones to record sound to make a stereo effect?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] briko78:
Hey there...

I have the SCEF02 after the update... Does anybody know, why there are different versions?? I'm confused :-S

Good night,

Briko
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
hm, i will try tomorrow. I have taken about 100 pics so far and havent noticed it, so I guess even if I have it, the cases where I might notice it are very rare :)

with the new firmware still does prety good pictures and videos. I just wish samsung released some changelogs :mad:

:)))

EDIT: yep, i got the pink spot, but it's very faded pink :) if u turn "auto brightness" ON it will almost disappear :)
[Galaxy S II General] bsb1:
Even with the updated camera firmware i'm still having problem with the video recording.. it keeps auto focusing every few seconds and it gets quite blur sometimes.
[Galaxy S II General] xakarix84:
so the phone can macro focus less than 10cm now? if yes sgs2 here i'm coming~
[Galaxy S II General] JuniorGG:
I know I should wait and test it more deeply before saying it, anyway, after yesterday's update of the camera firmware it looks like the pink spot has disappeared on mine. I will double check this evening at home with the same light conditions as last time I noticed it.

Anyway, haven't read the full thread, but what's wrong about the clicks of the camera? Aren't these normal?

My camera FW: OCEF02

My Phone FW: OCED11
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
Just updated and on KE7 firmware

Before:

Cam FW ver: OCEE09

Phone FW ver: OCED11

After:

Cam FW ver: OCEF02

Phone FW ver: OCED11

Pink spot is a bit less obvious, but still there.
[Galaxy S II General] omersak:
EDIT: sorry guys, slow day.

Before:

Cam FW Ver: SCEE07

Phone FW Ver: TBEC28

After:

Cam FW ver: SCEF02

Phone FW ver: TBEC28

Thanks a lot Tinderbox, you're a star. The OP should be updated with that post.

Regards
[Galaxy S II General] ase3000:
I used Samsung Apps to download the latest camera update "SCEF02". I can see some improvements in macro shoot and using the flash. :).

The pink spot effect is still there but barely noticeable.
[Galaxy S II General] omersak:
F04 after F02, eh? Defo the latest version. Any differences? and we can has apk? :)

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Can't say i paid attention to gallery when i first bought the phone, but right now after updating to the latest cam firmware i just noticed gallery doesn't support auto-rotation. If i browse pics with another app screen rotates asap, so it's not a sensor issue. Does gallery support auto-rotation or not ?
[Galaxy S II General] hmm1967:
Gallery supports auto rotation.

Pull down the notification bar and check if you have it activated.

H.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
True, it was deactivated somehow, using ES Image Viewer i could rotate pics even with auto-rotate off, that's why i didn't bother to check the notification bar, silly me :o
[Galaxy S II General] _JKay_:
How do you upgrade cam firmware ? I launched Samsung Apps but I only see some apps and games?
[Galaxy S II General] omersak:
It usually pops up on its own when you open Samsung Apps. If it doesn't, you can check if its in categories > utilities. If not then the update hasn't been pushed out to your region yet. In this case you have the option of installing the update manually (at your own risk), thanks to Tinderbox:

Good luck