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[XPERIA X8 Android Development] GreatApo:
It will work on v13 too but i am not sure if the build.prop is the same (there may be some tweaks in v14)... if i were you i would install it... you can make a back up of system/bin/built.prop first.

It seems to work (not huge difference). zdzihu has a clear name as far as i know...
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] kevinlogix:
I have tested this on my Dx.v005,

It's fully working!!

All photos are tracing really clearly.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] zephiel:
I can't find any difference, but the bootanimation of GDX v014 looks more sparkly than without this "Bravia-SoCalled".
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] karun11:
I don't think this works on videos. Only photos. Even the X10 version doesn't support videos yet.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Godra:
I think its just a placebo effect...
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] kakho55:
+1 。

no any effect.....

only 740by files...

Dont be shy ur THANKS BUTTON!!!

kakho55@xda
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Asycid:
Need Two Screens for proof, please

Someone please do a screenshot with and without this "engine". The two screenshots must be on the same screen. Then, in Photoshop we can easily merge the two images for differences.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DeFcOn:
we don't need screenshot! we need real photo of phones screen! BE dont change the photos quality!
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] skyboyextreme:
maybe the op can do this for us....thanks :)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] angel08:
I do not appear on the option in / SCREEN / DISPLAY SETTINGS despite installing the module ... I have the rom giNgerdx 14 . THANKS
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Godra:
He said that he WILL TRY to implement that
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] AChep:
I saw original files (from new mini pro) and size - 748b
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] vixkes:
no work.. :(
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] edxmon:
Ok, thank you. No Bravia Engine for me :/
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Asycid:
Ok, so there is the merged picture of the flower.

Some description:

You can only see the differences of the two image, what is not too much, but if you switch between the two original images back and forth, you can see more.

So these are the colors that differs on the two image (see at attachment). I uploaded an enhanced image too (to see the differs better).
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] chuchito1987:
Hey greatApo,

These are the lines on build.prop that enables and shows the option on settings for xloud and bravia mods on X10:

ro.service.swiqi.supported=true

persist.service.swiqi.enable=1

ro.semc.xloud.supported=true

#media

media.stagefright.enable-player=true

media.stagefright.enable-meta=true

media.stagefright.enable-scan=true

media.stagefright.enable-http=true

media.stagefright.enable-rtsp=true

Maybe it can help.....cheers
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] payat7:
can u make it work for froyobread v023b?just asking.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] kkido:
my bro, it is so cool. how to do for testing ? After installing & Before installing .

i have been installed, but i don't know it how to view.

:)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] RodrigoOgasawara:
You should see te diference in gallery photos,for me make diference,but little,its hard to see if its Works (But Works),i think when the option enable/disale is done it would be easy!

Sorry for my bad english!
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DerEineDa:
I would also say that this one is fake and zdzihu just wants to troll the noobs.

The two files provided are extremely small and the last few bytes of them just contain the alphabet from (from A to O).

But what I wonder the most: If this would be real, how should the system know how to load the files? You just put them into the /system/etc/-folder, but you don't load them in any startup-script or something like that. So the system must already know about these files by itself, meaning the firmware already had the Bravia-Engine at the time of its release (or at least preparations for it). But even if this would be the case, there are surely no such preparations in our CM-based custom roms, like GingerDX.

So I say this is a good joke by zdzihu.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] GreatApo:
You are right!!!

On the other hand,

I have a twin brother and we both own the same phone (x8). I have install in both phones GingerDX v14 and i load in the gallery the same picture (the 2 black pictures you see at the first post). One phone has the Bravia Engine and one no. The pictures in each screen are different in specific places!

To add sth to your theory, i think both "be_movie" and "be_photo" are the same file! (or notepad++ is crazy)

Do you think zdzihu is making a psychological test to everyone?

Also, take a look at one of his reply: (here)(about xLoud, but i think xLoud is working)

Sb asks: Anything new about Xloud if we can use it with this ROM? tried to flash ( xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1201729 ) but dosnt work.

And his answer is:

xLoud will not be officially supported, because:

- it's not a part of Cyanogenmod

- it may cause damage to the loudspeaker

- it's only a software hack that can be achieved via 3rd party apps aswell
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DerEineDa:
No, "be_movie" and "be_photo" are not exactly the same. Compare them with a hex editor (there is a hex-plugin and a compare-plugin for notepad++) and you will see some little differences.

I didn't test both xloud nor bravia engine, but looking at the files, I also think xloud is real.

Edit: I just installed your plugin and double-checked if it installed correctly. Before I flashed the file I made some screenshots while displaying photos in the gallery-app, and then I made the same screenshots after flashing. As expected, the screenshots are exactly the same. (But I don't know if the effects of the Bravia Engine can be seen in screenshots anyway, but I think they should.)

Thinking it further: It is known that the bravia engine only works with photos and movies. So I think the bravia engine has to be supported by the gallery-app and the movie-player. I guess Sony Ericsson uses it's own apps on the supported phones, not the standard android apps. But this is just my own theory. Next week I will get an Xperia Neo, so I can check for myself.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] mimorqleko:
HAAAAAAAAAAHA!! you f#ck'n kiddin' me? I can't tell the difference!

Thanks for the port and for sharing the app (I do appreciate it), but this app proved is the most pure marketing bs app i've seen so far.

F$ck $ony!

XD
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Eyama:
I allready make bravia engine option in setting for GingerDx v14(mini pro) so if some dev who is working on that need apk i will send it to him;)

And driferenc betwen bravia on and off are realy small.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] GreatApo:
I can't sent you pm... I have manage to edit the "res" folder but i do not know how to edit the smali files... can you guild me? Not only to make the settings.apk but to learn....
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] zhuhang:
how to uninstall bravia?
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Eyama:
well I do not know much about smali. i use settings.apk from x10 device with bravia tab and compare it with GDX settings and it is working. (i just use copy paste) ;)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] ilarisk:
edit built.prop
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Eyama:
Ok guys i made Settings.apk for GingerDX v14 with Bravia engine (in display) and xLoud (in sound) tab but i think it should work on any CM7. i cant test it for your device beacuse i have mini pro and it is working on my device ;) so test it and give me feedback.

PS: backup your original Settings.apk. copy it to system/app via root explorer and set perms or push it via ADB ;)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] like.no.other87:
Thanks!

Working or not, now i can show of to my friends 2 great features....
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Nikkopt:
I haven't tried it but this isn't necessarily true. You can take a printscreen of your computer screen, save it, change the colors, contrast, brightness on your monitor (or even on your graphics card settings) and printscreen again. You will see that the images are the same.

I don't know how the engine works, but in photo editing software (and even windows itself) you have something called color profiles. Because every screen is different, color profiles are used for ex, to see photos in the way they were really taken by the camera, not how your screen is showing them, and also for previewing how they are going to appear on paper if you print them. They just affect the picture properties (contrast, etc, etc) in real time, so you can see them that way, they don't alter the image file itself.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] chewdaniel:
correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't the Bravia engine just a DISPLAY level filter over the image/video? as Nikkopt put it, it's like adjusting the colours/contrast/brightness settings on your monitor...
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] ithunter:
well this improve little then we nomenclature as bravia engine :D
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] chuan1311:
can you make engine bravia for video aswell??because i hate the cameras in 2.3 or 2.2...i like the clear audio in video or best quality:))
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] josip-k:
guys i have to dissapoint you.

THIS IS FAKE!look at the poctures.they are COMPLETELY SAME!x8 cant have bravia engine.its HARDVARE!

this is one of the famous zdzihu's pranks.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Superuser.Angga:
No, It's not prank it's real it's about rendering the colors not Hardware

Here,How it's work:

1.You see pictures/Videos

2.then be_photo/be_movie will improve contrast,colors

3.it will show to x8 screen

4.done

5.It's Not FAKE
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Dude its not fake. What you think a recognized dev (zidzihu) would do something like that. Shame on you. A troll is what you are. I am from the x10 forum and I have this on my x10i and can see it make colours more vibrant and takes glare out of them. The reason it looks the same to you is because it only works with stock gallery not the web or anything else. Download both pics or one then turn on bravia and look in gallery then turn off then look again. Then come back and say its a fake.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] chewdaniel:
once again i'll explain, in easier words this time...

It's only used when you are looking at it ON THE PHONE ITSELF.

It's a display-level enhancement. It doesn't change the image properties.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Hmm, will this vibrant work on other hvga? It does install, it does boot.... Even few posts above, the settings works (except profiles)... So... How do i know whether it works?
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DerEineDa:
If this would be completely true, then please explain to me why it can only be used on images and movies (on the officially supported phones - I don't believe it works with the X8). If it would be a display-level enhancement, it must have been implemented at driver-level. This means it should easily work for the whole system.

Did anyone read the thread by zdzihu? It has "troll" written all over it. He must be laughing his ass off.

EDIT: Also, there are tons of screenshots on the internet proving that the effects of the Bravia Engine can indeed be seen on screenshots (taken from the officially supported phones by Sony Ericsson). And I will prove this by myself as soon as I get my Neo next week.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Seriously. You guys make me sick. This was originally ported with a ROM from TripNRaver and then we had the official x10 2.3.3 realease and z made it work on the x10. I am not saying it works fully but it works slightly and all it is a few lib files and build.prop tweaks and bam it makes a difference. I can see it clearly on my x10 unless you are calling me a liar but all it does is make the pictures a bit sharper and colour a bit more vibrant. Its not like we are on about Exmor R or something coz yes that is hardware related but Bravia Engine is literally just some files and tweaks. Everyone in that thread thought it was him trolling but why do that to get banned or an infraction is it really worth it. The reason they thought it was a joke is because another dev said he was making his next ROM with 50% Dual Core in it which is what started it all off.

This works alright but maybe your crappy phone don't show it. Sell it and get an x10 and see for yourself.

Next you will say that xloud is fake. When you can clearly hear its not. Or that the fps uncap is just a trick to make apps think its uncapped.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Are you in the right place? LG and X8 are completely different phones.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Nikkopt:
Gsmarena made a little review about it, and as you can see they had to take photos of the screen to show the difference.

Link: http://blog.gsmarena.com/heres-what-sony-ericsson-mobile-bravia-engine-really-does-review/

To those who say it's hardware related, do you need special hardware on your computer to change the contrast/brightness/etc on photoshop for ex?

Edit: If you think about it, any image viewer/gallery could have options to smart tweak contrast/brightness/sharpness before the program renders the image, if the dev wanted it. This takes almost no processing time for the cpu, even for a 3000x3000 photo, since the the program only needs to render the part of the image you are currently viewing, and that's always your display resolution (320x480 in our case).

But again, i have no idea if this works or not on the X8, i haven't tested it, i'm only saying it can be done.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Yes i am... I know why is my forum... But is it possible? :rolleyes: Same res, same color... (Correct if im wrong...) And also some se apps are working... PLEASE I WANT IT BADLY! I WILL PRESS UR BUTTON AS MUCH IF ITS WORKING...
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
What for the LG. I can't say I will look into it but it would be the lib files working with that phone. For the x8. I can guarantee it works. I don't know what all the fuss is about. People saying its hardware related. Here's an idea. If you don't think it will work. Download chainfire3d from the market and install the plugins. Proof its not hardware related. If you can install nvidea drivers then why not this. Ggggeeeeeezzzzzz
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Good find thank you. Hopefully this clears things up a bit. And at the atheist's. Shame on you lot for doubting one of the greatest devs in the xperia family on giving us fake work. I hate people who treat our heart of XDA the devs like crap. People like you haters are causing the devs to leave. No wonder there isn't as many now. This forum is falling apart because of noobs and disrespectful people to our devs
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] chewdaniel:
hmm... based on the MBE Review at GSM Arena (i saw it when it first appeared so it isn't new to me, which suggests what i said was true)

i rest my case. do your homework before you diss others :)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] josip-k:
im not a troll,and zdzihu has made pranks like that.many devs said its fake.so please.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DerEineDa:
I already said I think that it's the real thing.

Saying that the image itself isn't changed says NOTHING about the fact if it can been seen on screenshots or not. True, they took photos of the screen to show that effect, but the blog entry way posted on July using a pre-release Xperia Ray. I don't think they were able or even allowed to root their device to take screenshots. But I could show you a bunch of reviews where they indeed used screenshots to show the difference.

While it's true that zdzihu is an excellent developer and he has my highest respect, it's also true that zdzihu likes to make these kind of pranks. It wouldn't be his first.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] kingsize623:
but x8 and htc sensation are the same!
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Thats my girlfriends phone. Look now. X10 which is pretty much the same. Just bigger
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] rafcamora91:
okay i installed today dx's GingerDX (at first time) used before latest version of Froyobread, and tryed to update all of these new upatades lika xloud and bravia engine, and don't get anything at option's for sound and display to check or uncheck these option's! what is the problem?
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] szaberto:
the problem is that you are an idiot and can't read...
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] damnkids:
how about in GDX v015????

still not work?
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Chainfire is working on my phone... So any possibilities?? Come on... X8 and Lg optimus one has the same colored display, dont tell me it wont work... Please...
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] chewdaniel:
if u read the 1st post and actually downloaded the zip and viewed its contents you will see that the build.prop file is a modified one from GDX 014... so to answer your question, remove the build.prop file from the download and edit the one in your phone instead.

and find the differences yourself :D
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] rafcamora91:
**** yourself!
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] chewdaniel:
...................

learn to read :)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Dude. Its not the Res that counts. Its the libs and tweaks to get it to work. Also not to mention the build.prop command to activate. Swiqi or something it is called. Something stupid like that. The only thing I can suggest is I make a zip for you but I need your build.prop. pm me or add it here and I will sort it out for you to test
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Sent a Pm'd
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] tharaka:
This is a Joke at best, to me.

There is NO WAY that such a complex image processing engine can be complied to a outfile which measures in bytes!

and I just went over to the x10 section and the guy who posted this has become the talk of the century. wake up guys!

and of course it works with no crashes since there's nothing in there. anyone can compile a program that adds 2+3 and stays silent. I think this is such a module. :confused::confused:
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] GreatApo:
I have 2 X8 phones, and there is a different between the same image in the same ROM... any chance to explane this?
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] doixanh:
Can you put then side by side, put at 80% brightness, and then use a camera to take photo of them so we can see three difference.

It will be more objective.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] tharaka:
Please do. But doxi, I dont think the camera can capture it though.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Get a very bright picture and compare... I will get some comparism in 3 days time as my fren has w8...
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Ok then download the one from the x10 forum and look inside that one too. And you will see the files that make it work. I dont know what is in this one and wont till I'm back home.

Also the person who sent me a pm to do the mods. It will be tonight. You know what I mean
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Me? So how is it going?
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Its going all good so far. Been working on other stuff as well so it will be another got hour or two.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Hmm, ok good work!
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] GreatApo:
I tried... first, i do not have camera :P (since i use my phone)... i tried to take a photo using the PC camera but the difference was not visible, you could only see that the objects were phones... that's why i took 2 screen shots (in the first post) but the better quality cant be seen from PC.

On the other hand, the changes are so small that some times i think it is fake or useless...
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Nikkopt:
GreatApo:

You have to take into account that your 2 X8's can have screens manufactured in different time periods or even be from different companies, making you see different color reproductions. Are you sure they weren't always like that?

Like i said, i haven't tested it myself nor i know how it works, but i do find hard to believe that those tiny files are the engine that enhances the images/videos.. Maybe it's something already built in gingerbread and the files are only changing values, it seems odd toh.

I'm on stock right now but i'll change to gdx tommorow and take pictures to compare.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Right guys. You will only see this on your phone. The taking some pictures and putting them on my computer buisness is crap. It will not work. It does not actually change the picture it changes the screen but only when stock gallery and video player are used. I don't know what the x8 is like so I can't say it will work with but i am getting an x8 to start development in it for you guys and if this has not been resolved by then i will look into further for you guys.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] BinaryXeroMedia:
Hi dude sorry I didn't get the file to you but when I was testing it on my mates phone it kept FC the gallery. The second part of the test soft bricked his phone. The phone is OK though. I have got it working again. I am looking into it now but also am doing some. Other work on our x10's porting the camera3d.apk from the arc. I promise I will do my. Best.

Thanks.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] LG_fuad92:
I'm stuck now. I can't get the access to settings.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
No problem, will wait for ur brilliant port... :)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Nikkopt:
Sorry for the delay..

These are not print screens, they were taken with a camera..

Phone: GDX v14 / Brightness: Fixed value (aprox 70%) / Using stock gallery

Camera: FULL-MANUAL (focus/AE/etc) F/5.6 - 1.6sec exposure (edit: i meant 1/6) - ISO 100 - 55mm focal length.

The same for all photos.

Difference: none whatsoever ;)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Ur face? Btw, is kinda the same... Nothing difference... But to other devices which i tested... Hmmmm, maybe i should keep my mouth shut and also BlackWatch... Waiting for ur work patiently! ;)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Nikkopt:
No, it's an actress.. i'm a guy ;)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] DaXmax:
Whoops sorry... :)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] GreatApo:
Finally, i do not know what to say... maybe it's just a bunch of useless files that makes us see the world from an other angle :P (and the images)

Whatever it is... i have it installed in my X8... :P
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Nikkopt:
You cannot call "proof" to the images you have on the first post. You didn't have to edit them to show the differences because they are clearly visible on the original ones, the one on the left has more contrast.. but anyone can fake that :) it was the purpose of zdzihu's thread, to troll everyone :P
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] molimo:
I did all steps that mentioned, but nothing. How can I see that it's active or No????

1-copy Be_Photo/Movie to system/etc ant set permission, 2-Add lines at bottom of my build.prop in "system" and "system/etc", 3-Load them in emulator.

I have GDX v017+Stock kernel.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Nikkopt:
This module doesn't work.. it doesn't work because it's fake, it was made as a joke ;)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] josip-k:
Yeah,there is no such thing as bravia engine for x8,or x10 or such.bravia engine is hardware.i tried to explain it before,but you guys trolled me.and i said,its zdzihu,and look at his avatar.its a troll ;)
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Cacobronx:
did you test by you own that Bravia Engine that you can tell that dont work?

dont tell somethink if you are not try. i have same phone like my friend, we are compare one same picture on his phone without Bravia Engine and on mine with Bravia Engine and i see difference, picture is little better than on his phone, colors and sharpnes is better than on his phone.. so dont tell anythink if you are not try that..
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] josip-k:
Yes i tried it. No difference.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Cacobronx:
i think that you are blind if you dont see.. but its ok.. :D
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] josip-k:
Bravia is hardware for crist's sake