[Desire HD Android Development] porcino:
I wrote "Dont be silly", the OP replied as below, so where is the truth?

I looked inside of all his packages including the universal zip. They all do the same: copy two binary files be_movie and be_photo into /system/etc/ directory, change their owner to root, their permissions to execute and modify /system/build.prop to enable the service named "swiqi".

What I don't understand are the following:

(a) how the service "swiqi" can be enabled if it is not included into the custom ROM with a custom kernel?

(b) why the permissions are set to execute for the non-executable files sitting in the location for non-executable files?

(c) how the two binary files of 740 bytes each can contain an "engine" rather than just a set of parameters for the video card?

A similar patch, but with more content, exists for Samsung phones, where it triggeres the dynamic contrast mode.

May I ask anyone who reported this patch working provide a bit more information on their platform and benchmarks, please? Out of respect, i do not doubt your honesty. Is it possible to see the effect you observed in the screen shots when displaying the gallery?

Kindest regards and looking forward to your reply.

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Apparently someone has answered my earlier questions - IT DOES NOT WORK!

It is the person who apparently posted the patch, then properly tried it and arrived to the appropriate conclusion. He also explains why this magic does not happen. Please see the link below.

http://ykkfive.blogspot.com/2011/12/is-sony-bravia-engine-really-working.html#.TyJ9vEBl-po

For the sake of search engines I copy the text from the above link here:

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10 December, 2011

is Sony Bravia Engine really working with SGS2 and other Android devices?

UPDATE: good news some good news for Sony Bravia Engine and Samsung Galaxy S2

UPDATE2: it now works with stock gallery IT WORKS!! Sony Bravia Engine and Samsung Galaxy S2 with stock Gallery3D

UPDATE3: more screenshots here SGS2 Gallery3D with Sony Bravia Engine previews

UPDATE4: a demo is available SGS2 Gallery Sony Bravia Engine demo

i started to doubt about the Bravia stuff after i posted it days ago, i asked myself some questions:

- how can the engine work with the properties in prop file alone?

- without any library files or apps, what makes the engine to load the be_movie and be_photo file?

- if this trick really works, then the engine should be known by the Android system in advance or being part of it. does it?

unfortunately, it looks like we were all misled by the brand name - Sony, we believed their technologies in display units are better ... i must admit that i was one of them

I searched for the Sony Bravia Engine thing and found that we need at least two more lib files to start the engine: libswiqibmpcnv.so and libiwiOmxUtil.so, which should be come with Android devices made by Sony

moreover, it is likely that, without an proper application, these lib files wont be loaded into our Android system

as a result, it means that, the Bravia Engine was not working with our SGS2 before, at least for now

please accept my sincere apologies

PS if you followed my installation steps, it is safe to remove the files with the instructions stated in my previous post and it should not do any harm to your system

Posted by five ykk at 23:44

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