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[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
Download picsay pro also, it can be used to touch them up before you post on facebok
[Motorola Atrix 2] Gadgetz:
Is it better than Adobe Photoshop Express?
[Motorola Atrix 2] mariol66:
Not bashing the camera at all here I was just getting opinions from others about the picture quality from a supposed 8mp camera
[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
The A2 has a ton of potential but there's too much time after you press the photo. Press the button and it takes so long the pics blurred from movement. The oem cam app is lame and it doesn't do good at night. I used cam zoom and it does torch mode for night. Also during the day colors were washed out even in indirect sun light. I really like the camera but the SGS II oem camera app destroys it. The pics regardless of the light are sharp, clean, and overall great. I did however really love the HD recording. Did some really good recordings with zero complaints.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Gadgetz:
You do realize that picture quality has very little to do with the megapixel rating (size of the picture the camera can take), right?
[Motorola Atrix 2] fire159:
please tell me more about camera quality !?

i have atrix 4g and i want buy atrix 2 is it good change or no !??!
[Motorola Atrix 2] mariol66:
Yeah I do realize but in most cases higher MP do result in a better picture. 8mp cameras usually shoot better than a 5mp. But the quality issue probably is because of shutter lag
[Motorola Atrix 2] Gadgetz:
No, no, no, you got it all wrong. The megapixel rating just tells you how large of a picture the camera can take, the sensor is what determines the quality of said picture. Read this article to get a better understanding.

www.geek.com/digital-camera-buyers-guide/megapixels/
[Motorola Atrix 2] mariol66:
Thanks ill read that after work. I'm a computer guy not a camera lol what do you think could be the problem with quality on the A2. I tried camera zoom fx it seems to take a better picture
[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
The atrix 2 Motorola forums said they were looking into the faulty oem app. It may just need some software tweaking. The atrix takes very sharp pictures so there isn't a problem with the hardware
[Motorola Atrix 2] Gadgetz:
Not too sure but I too get better pics on Camera Zoom FX, so it seems to confirm the hardware is not the issue.
[Motorola Atrix 2] ghettopops:
Hey Cheet. How you compare web browsing pix quality between Sam and Mot?
[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
Web browsing pic quality almost the same. I do need to zoom a bit more now than A2 , god bless its qhd, however web browsing on the SGS 2 is butter smooth. a2 did pretty good with miren browser, I dumped the stock browser quick. I can feel the difference immediately. The iPhone 4s web browsing is super buttery smooth and crystal clear.
[Motorola Atrix 2] katamari201:
Oh great not this dumb argument again. The Atrix 2 ain't perfect. It's fine to point out its flaws. This is an enthusiast site after all. The camera is important, maybe not to you but to many others. I don't have the Atrix 2 in south Texas to test drive because ATT has 4G LTE here and won't place it in their stores. Of course, I had known about the less than high-end camera, but the overall package swayed me to buy it anyway. Doesn't mean I can't complain about the camera. If it is software based, moto might release an update, or in this case, I'm learning a third party cam app takes better pics. I think that's some progress.
[Motorola Atrix 2] JRW 28:
Really?

How bout instead of complaining about the phones camera, help the members out that aren't happy with it by telling them about the apps that can IMPROVE it and go to the MOTO support forums and let the dev know about the problems.

Don't turn these forums south the way the ATRIX forums have or we won't get help from anyone ......
[Motorola Atrix 2] jeremyshaw:
Don't tell others to do what you haven't done. Just saying.
[Motorola Atrix 2] h078:
I had atrix 2 for a day (before ATRIX2 forum started on XDA) and i really liked look and feel of the phone. Camera on the other end was total disappointment. I took probably 100 shots that day and not single one came ok. All were blurry and unusable. Good camera is one of the most important features for me on the phone - I had since summer 2010 following phones: Samsung Captivate, Samsung Focus, HTC Inspire and Nokia N8 and EACH AND EVERY ONE of those phones was taking better pics than ATRIX2. I am by far not perfectionist that would criticize "purple fringing on screen edges" but picture ought to be sharp.

I took Atrix back and took SGS2. ... But i really liked ATRIX better...

(I tried focusing and refocusing via screen taps and hardware button and I tied to shoot th pic using on screen and hardware buttons - nothing yielded good picture)

Now do we know is there going to be any software update by Motorola to fix camera issue? ... I can still get SGS2 back and take atrix again and I would do it in the heartbeat if I knew camera software and performance would improve.

Help me out with my dilemma here ... Back to ATrix2 or keep SGS2...Like Atrix better overall but not camera...
[Motorola Atrix 2] lilhaiti:
If you really like the Atrix, you could try other camera software, I have gotten pretty good shot using Camera Zoom FX. I don't know how they compare to SGS2 shots but they are definitely pretty descent for a camera phone. I would have definitely tried different software before trying a new phone.
[Motorola Atrix 2] fire159:
hey guys i realy in plan to buy atrix 2

now i have atrix4g

is camera in atrix 2 much beter than atrix1 or no !?

camera is important for i ?

please help
[Motorola Atrix 2] palmor:
I'm going to try the suggestion of Camera Zoom FX to see how it does. From not a huge sample size I say the biggest problem with the camera/software is that it seems to apply way to much noise reduction (even when not needed) leaving photos that loose detail and sharpness. I'd much rather have more detail at the expense of noise then the other way around (I can remove noise better then any pre-defined setting :) )

The good news if my theory is correct it should be completely software driven. I just don't know if other camera apps can bypass the internal jpg engine and use their own or not.. or if there are any photo apps out there that would go through that trouble.

John
[Motorola Atrix 2] lilhaiti:
I think the problem with the stock app is that it operates the shutter too slow, and then it tries to fix the blurry image after the fact which introduces the noise.
[Motorola Atrix 2] katamari201:
No idea if its possible. But HTC phones have it worst since they denoise even more aggressively and oversharpen to 11, oversaturate to 11 as well, but that's just how I see their pictures. Kind of the reason that swayed me towards the Atrix 2 instead of the Amaze. But the Amaze took better pictures to begin with, just the software kind of messes everything up. Maybe someone who follows HTC development can answer the question if its possible. Can smartphones even do RAW images? I've only heard of Nokias doing that.
[Motorola Atrix 2] palmor:
RAW would be nice but just a non intrusive jpg engine would be OK with me.
[Motorola Atrix 2] h078:
as matter of fact sgs2 has much faster autofocus less compression and less shutter lag
[Motorola Atrix 2] nickyb03:
Night photos

Taking photos at nights is horrible just horrible the light is weak and I dont see any big difference using czfx
[Motorola Atrix 2] TheAdlaBerlin:
pics on the a2 ate ok. however does not come close to my former phone, sony satio, with real xenon flash, but good enough though.
[Motorola Atrix 2] extide:
Well duh any camera with a sensor thats barely 1/8" square is going to suck in the dark. Pull out a DSLR with a fast lens if you want to shoot at night.

IMHO the pics on here are reasonably sharp but a bit grainy (noisy). I use Camera Zoom FX, and overall I think the camera is just fine for a phone. It's better than any other phone-camera I have had before (not that I have owned many high end devices though).
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
All of you please keep in mind that this is a PHONE. Much of the opinion stated here is very subjective, one person thinks the quality is horrible, the next thinks it's great. If you are comparing it even to your point and shoot you still may be disappointed as the sensor, even if 8MP, is only about 1/8 of the size. This means especially in low light situations the picture will come out blurry and noisy, largely due to the lack of a real flash.
[Motorola Atrix 2] big ach:
Although I very much like the UI on the stock camera... The picture quality was not coming out good at all...

Every now and then the focus would get it right, but for the most part it flat out did not work well... I tried tapping, and the whole drag to focus, and waiting til the box turns green, but the auto focus feature in the stock camera app is very disappointing.

So, I went ahead and bought Camera Zoom FX... and although the UI in my opinion is not as good as the stock app... my pictures come out right EVERY SINGLE TIME, the auto focus on Camera Zoom FX is much much much better in my opinion than that of the stock app.

Camera Zoom FX is now MY Camera app of choice!

One thing that does bug me about Camera Zoom FX (although this is not a deal breaker) is that if you have the 'Auto-Save' feature selected, you can't send the picture out to a text or E-mail directly from the preview, you have to exit the camera app then go into your picture gallery and send it from there, (or you can just turn off 'Auto-Save'), really dunno why that is? Any ideas?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Sillk04:
I have never understood why people want there phones to replace there cameras. Camera's on phones are a nice options, but if I want scenic shots or really clear pic, I will pull out my camera.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Yeah I totally agree. Now I can remember, why is that I have a DSLR with 15MP, again... Oh yeah, it is so that I can take some GREAT pictures.... LOL.
[Motorola Atrix 2] cryhavok13:
Aww I miss my d50 now thanks jim
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
Agreed people keep on complaining about their phone camera, it's not even gonna replace a point and shoot never mind a DSLR. they sensor on these phone are fricken tiny as hell, just because it's 8MP DOESNT mean its as good as you 8MP point and shoot!
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Nope even My Nikon L100 with 10MP is a million times better than this phones tiny little lens and shutter.... and I won't even mention the difference from my DSLR....
[Motorola Atrix 2] extide:
Yeah there 2 main issues with cellphone cameras:

TINY sensor

Cheap/crappy optics

Point & Shoot is going to be a bit better in both areas, and a DSLR is going to be anywhere from a lot better to wayy wayy wayy better, lol.
[Motorola Atrix 2] htcman724:
well guys i can tell you this with the new update coming out it seems the camera does take better pics.
[Motorola Atrix 2] big ach:
Just installed the update, camera is better, but not by much, I'm still sticking to camera zoom fx

Sent from my Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 with Verizon 4G LTE
[Motorola Atrix 2] big ach:
I want to add, I actually just switched my setting from auto to steady shot on the stock app and its actually working pretty good right now..... Dunno maybe I spoke too soon, will keep testing it!

Sent from my Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 with Verizon 4G LTE
[Motorola Atrix 2] Deliberate:
How did u do that?
[Motorola Atrix 2] big ach:
Do what?

Sent from my Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 with Verizon 4G LTE
[Motorola Atrix 2] Zoide_:
I think he meant: How did you change it from Auto to Steady Shot mode?
[Motorola Atrix 2] big ach:
Open camera app

Hit the settings button to pull out that little strip

Going from left to right click on the third icon

Choose the bottom icon that looks like a hand, thats the steady shot option

Hope that helps buddy

Sent from my Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 with Verizon 4G LTE
[Motorola Atrix 2] big ach:
Well, I'm confused, after looking through the Atrix 2 user guide, it seems that setting I just gave you has to do with scene lighting, dunno why its called steady shot, I guess its referring to steady lighting?

Sent from my Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 with Verizon 4G LTE
[Motorola Atrix 2] jpumford:
I think the camera quality was greatly improved with the 2.3.6 update
[Motorola Atrix 2] DJ_Headshot:
Its about the convenience of only having to carry one mobile device that easily fits in your pocket. Not to many people carry a camrea with them all the time but most people always carry there phone outside there house so having a high quality camera on there phone to take pictures or video at any given moment is a plus. I can't see how anyone can argue better optics in phones is a negative or do you want to go back to crappy 1.3 MP cameras? That being said I'm happy with the ATRIX 2 camera quality won't replace a dedicated camera but good enough for me.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Deliberate:
Why does everyone keep saying that? I swear I can't see a difference...
[Motorola Atrix 2] iredline5:
After the update the pics still look the same for me.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amfirbek92:
Hello there..i'm using xperia arc (4.0.2.A.0.42) with unlocked bootloader (doomkernel v13) i just want to convert my system file to ext4..

can you help me plz?

thank you
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
this is x10 section not the arc section
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ynkamat:
Ask here Xperia Arc Q&A forum
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] fards:
I keep reading about People seeing lagging and sluggish performance, I'm curious, have you got system power saving enabled?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Techvir:
Not here but i dont see much lag...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] debernardis:
No lag here at all

Ernesto de Bernardis

N900 - Galaxy Tab 7"
[Motorola Photon 4G] Nickdroid86:
I obviously don't have 4g in my house, I turn on hotspot and the phone says the xbox us connected, but the xbox won't connect to live.. Any help? Phones not rooted I'm using the built in hotspot, is that extra charge?
[Motorola Photon 4G] xxxgeooegxxx:
Yeah if you are stock not rooted you need to pay for it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Nickdroid86:
Geez, so I guess they shouldn't call my plan"everything unlimited" is there a way to tether using wireless n?
[General Questions and Answers] Godmyster:
I just put up the Revolution HD rom, and before that i did a backup with CWM to my Micro SD 2Gb card so after i had the rom i went to restore my backup and it does not appear, am i doing something wrong? would appreciate the help alot

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] killall:
A little bit more detail would help you get a reply, ie phone, cwm xxxxxx?

What exactly does CWM say when you try to restore?
[General Questions and Answers] Godmyster:
Ok i got the retore up, what i did was put the phone on download mode and plugged into the PC so now i can copy and past on the phones memory, i was able to copy from the SD card to the phone and worked though i realized it put my phone to the original rom hehe so what i did was install Revolution Rom on top of the stock, so everything ok now.

What i did notice was my SGS2 battery is going down really fast in about 3hours just texting it lost about 25% im guessing that is not normal, im using Revolution 2.0 + Siyah DK 2.1 at the moment is this normal or should i have done the wipe and reset to factory settings? just wondering what i can do here, becauase i changed it for these amayzing options and the battery should actually last longer..
[General Questions and Answers] killall:
There is an app called BetterBatteryStats. You can find it on xda or you can get a donate version on the market. Run it for a day and check wakelocks. It will identify any rogue apps draining your battery
[General Questions and Answers] Godmyster:
How does it work exactly, i just turn it on? i can find anything so i can start a run or check for anything that is draining my batery.
[LG Optimus Black] cdrugo:
Hi,

I heve installed CM7 version 11-12-13-14 and camera works well but camera 360, qrdroid and colorfinder dont work.

With firmware nova 4 qrdroid works but not camera 360.

I tried nova 4 and 5 (both version) ...any suggest?

Bye
[LG Optimus Black] officialreloaded:
With cm, try knzo kernel. It is working here on my side.

As for Nova, I was on v8, and it had worked well on that too. :)

Edit/Add : it seems moderator ma'am got another thread management to do. :D
[LG Optimus Black] cdrugo:
Sorry where is the knzo kernel for cm7 ?could you give me right link please? i dont want brick my phone

thanks
[LG Optimus Black] officialreloaded:
Visit here for knzo's kernel, that is, Nova kernel : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1276645
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldfield16:
Was wondering how possible it would be to port an animation between portrait/landscape mode similar to what's on honeycomb. The rom on my brother's Motorola atrix has it, but I have yet to find a way to port it after researching/tinkering.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oldfield16:
Bump.. No takers?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ianford10:
Ok so I think the Smart Action app is pretty cool so let's post our Triggers & Actions here :)

One of mine here:

Trigger:

Wi Fi Connection: mine

Action:

Mobile Data = Disable

Ringer Volume = 6%

Brightness = 0%

Post yours :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pOOBAH1973:
Thanks for the idea going by WiFi (or Bluetooth) connection. I was using local, which isn't too accurate.

using it to turn off GPS and mobile data at home and at work now.

Will use it to turn off WiFi and turn on mobile data when connecting to the car's bluetooth to listen to some MotoCast music streamed from my home server.;)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ianford10:
This is the reason for this post, can be useful and we can share the battery saving tips here.

Glad you found Wi Fi tip a good one :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] thoffland:
I'm waiting for my RAZR to arrive, but I use Tasker on my current phone and these are some of my settings... not sure if they will translate to Smart Actions or not yet.

turn on GPS when Google Maps or Navigation is on - turn off when closed

will have it turn from 3g to 4g when surfing the net (hopefully)

launch pandora when blutooth headset is connected

turn off wifi when connected to car blutooth - turn on wifi and turn off bt when disconnected from car (plus some brightness and volume settings)

Auto respond to texts while I'm connected to car bt that I'll respond later

And as was mentioned when I'm at work I have it turn off syncing and data when connected to wifi at work.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
Ok, so had a bit of a read and play with Smart Actions. A few ommisions or design choices that to me, make a few basic things difficult to accomplish..

1) When at home switch WiFi on, GPS off, Bluetooth off, 3G radio off

2) When leaving/away from home, switch WiFi Off, 3G radio on etc.

Quite a simple requirement but not sure how it can be accomplished with the current design restrictions. Due to location based triggers only working off WiFi (not even Cell tower coarse location), it means that you can't use a combination of GPS and WiFi to fire triggers and turn each other off as and when for example

e.g. At home with WiFi on.. leave home, go out of WiFi range so turn GPS on.. arrive at destination (e.g. work) which is determined by GPS at this point, so turn that off on "arrival" and fire up WiFi. To do this, I think you would need a "NOT" feature that could be applied to triggers.. Of course, if you have a regular routine this can be more easily accomplished with Time based triggers, but not everyone keeps a schedule..

On a side note, given that when you enable and make a valid WiFi connection on a phone, any data traffic uses that connection as it superceeds any 3/4G connection.. am I right in thinking that the 3/4G radio is still enabled even if its not doing any data transfers in this case?

As you can only determine location via WiFi at the moment, it means that has to be on all the time (not ideal, but better than GPS being on all the time no?)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] akula11:
I'm confused???

So if you turn off the 3G radio at home, doesn't that prevent you from receiving calls? Or text?

Thanks,

Razr John
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
Just data over 3/4G. Calls and SMS are unaffected.

On a different note, small update on the stability of Smart Actions (for me).. after a reboot, one of my Smart Actions that was only due to start on Tuesdays and Thursdays was running.. my "Default" action and my "Home" action which should have been running, weren't.. had to disable the Tues/Thurs Smart Action before the others would restart and then I could re-enable it (after which point it went back to "ready" not active)

Might be worth keeping any eye on those..
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stevessvt:
I use juice defender to toggle wifi on for one minute automatically every time I unlock the phone. That way if I am home, smart actions picks this up and registers me home. If I'm not home juice defender turns it back off a minute later.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] djamloops:
Another major omission, is the absence of a dock trigger. So that when I get in my car, I can disable wi-fi, enable bluetooth, enable gps. I don't use Bluetooth outside of the car so I don't need it on otherwise.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ianford10:
You could set the trigger to charging > usb

But then would enable all your requirements when connected to pc, unless of course you set another trigger to connected to wifi disable bluetooth
[Motorola Droid RAZR] djamloops:
That would be fine if the car charger recognized as USB. But its not like the capability isn't there. Motorola's car finder app triggers based on whether the phone is inserted or removed from the dock.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ianford10:
Yes but if its in the dock wont it be classed as usb rather than a wall charger?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] djamloops:
No sir. Its still wall charger. It only registers usb if its plugged into something that requests usb functionality like mass storage or sync.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ianford10:
Ok so set the trigger as charging > charger, enable all the things you want.

Then another new rule with 2 triggers, wifi > yours, charging > any, disable bluetooth and whatever else

These are just ideas, sure I read also that the rule created first will win in a conflict so might be worth creating the rule with 2 triggers first.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Golgo:
Can you set triggers when launching applications?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jms_uk:
Yep, though I've found quite a few freebie apps that do the just that one feature.. Should work nicely in conjunction with the existing smart actions

for example "Wifi Auto Toggle"

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.andappfun.android.wifiautotoggle&feature=also_installed#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwNCwiY29tLmFuZGFwcGZ1bi5hbmRyb2lkLndpZmlhdXRvdG9nZ2xlIl0.

Also, the Timeframe based triggers are DEFINITELY buggy... I had a timeframe set for Tues & Thurs only (0700 - 1800).. yet this morning (Friday) they kicked in. Checked my phone datetime and its definitely got the correct date set. I know its only v1.0 of the app for want of a better phrase, but with a few fixes AND Cell Tower based location for WiFi toggling built in, it could be really cool!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] OracleBlue:
Trigger on Calendar Events

Hi - My current phone is dying a slow death and I'm looking at this phone to replace it later today or tomorrow. What I'd like to know about Smart Actions is this:

Can I set a trigger based on a calendar event? In other words, when I show to be in a meeting or busy, can I set the wifi off and the ringer off? As an example, that would be a basic event.

Thanks
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ianford10:
The answer is no, the app is not that granular at present although I do see them adding more and more options to it in the future :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] davinci27:
I agree. It's pretty stupid I can't trigger and event based on if it's in the desktop dock or the car dock. And no triggering when something is charging is not the same. I only need bluetooth when I'm in my car not when I'm at my desk. I don't need wifi in the car dock but do need it at my desk, etc, etc, etc.