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[HTC Rezound] marclile:
Very well written post. Thank you. I think everyone, including people who shoot with a DSLR like myself, can benefit from some of the tips that you brought up.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
So I might as well give up on that for this phone until it's put back into the market then huh?
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
One of the best options using Vignette is you can shoot the pic using either the search or the volume buttons.

~John
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
ok here is the odd thing about vignette AND 360.... last I checked, the FREE versions of both apps were still in the market, but the PAY versions were not....

Both can still be found elsewhere in their full versions.
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
Thanks for taking the time for typing this out.

Edit: Does Vignette not take as high resolution pictures as the stock camera software? To above post the pay version is in the market.

Hmm nvm seems the picture I took with Vignette is 3264x2448 vs 3264x1840 from stock.
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
in vignette, how can get full screen 16:9 shots by going into the "frames" drop down. By default it does full resolution 4:3 shots
[HTC Rezound] Tenchi4U:
Also, when possible, use some type of stabilization - a table top, lean against a wall, use timer and hold breath, whatevs. Movement is the enemy of sharpness. As for fast moving subjects, since the shutter speed seems to be static, your stuck trying your luck with flash and hoping for the best. Usually 1/500 is the minimum to capture motion without blur, I don't know what it is on this phone as it uses an electronic shutter

As for the "flash", do not use for subjects or scenes (e.g. landscapes) that are far away. It is pointless beyond the effective range of the flash (which varies based on ambient light) and can throw off the "cameras" metering. If your subject is backlit (lots of light behind them), turn your flash on (and hope its enough).

ISO - use the lowest setting possible to get the shot. ISO is the sensor's sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive to light it is (meaning you can take photos in a darker settings) BUT the more digital noise your photo will have. Or go the lazy way and let the camera figure it out for you (auto). I suppose on a sensor this small, it doesn't matter too much.

"The best camera is the one you have with you."
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
On the subject of stillness... I agree, any help you can find should be taken advantage of. For one, I ALWAYS hold the phone with both hands when taking photos. And yes, if there is anything I can lean or rest on, I use it.

My wife purchased a cell phone tripod off Amazon, but the mount is too small for the Rez... I looked at a few and they all seem sized for the iPhone and nothing larger...
[HTC Rezound] mylasthope:
Thank you for the write up. Just got Vignette, is the scene change to steadyshot the only change you would make? Cheers!
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
I do take 98% of my pics using steadyshot :) also, I turn the exposure and saturation down one notch. Leave sharpness all the way down. I turn the jpeg setting to "fine" from "super fine", which drops the file size of one 8 MP photo from 4-5 MB down to 1-2, with no discernible drop in picture quality on my laptop screen. I use some of the effects and frames sometimes. I tend to usw center weighted light metering vs average but it depends what you're shooting.
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
Updated the first post with some tips on disabling review duration to take shots rapidly.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
bast, do you think it's worth it to get that camera FX 10 cent app today? have you tried it?
[HTC Rezound] couchmonkey:
did you even read your question? is it worth it to get a 10 cent app.

i think this might be the end of the internet.
[HTC Rezound] bozidar0:
Very well written, thanks!
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
argh no flaming please.... I worked hard on this post and don't want to see it go to crap.

yes I tried camera fx and I was not impresses, uninstalled it five mins later. It is very limited on options compared to stock or vignette. There are no adjustments for exposure, sharpness, saturation, etc. No tap to focus. It is not an app for people who want to maximize the camera potential. Stick with stock, vignette, or to a lesser extent, camera 360.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
You're a moron, that's all.

Bast, thanks for answering. Clearly the app isn't WORTH MY TIME, a concept couchmonkey clearly couldn't understand.
[HTC Rezound] Corki2:
Bast, thank you for taking the time to write this up. It's an excellent resource for people who are camera illiterate such as myself. It makes it easier to understand all the bells and whistles on this great camera. :)
[HTC Rezound] dlamprey:
Does this correct color issues with video and what about call quality?

Thanks for the great post about taking photos with the Rez. I was ready to upgrade to the Rez a few weeks ago, but decided to wait until I saw the Nexus. After being completely disappointed with the Nex, I am back to considering the Rez, but have a couple of concerns based on my research. The first is the quality of photos and videos, most notably the cool / bluish colors. Here is a video that seems to confirm this issue:

[Please search for "Video Test: Galaxy Nexus vs iPhone 4S vs Galaxy S II vs HTC Rezound" on YouTube, as I can't post URLs since I am a nooby]

Would your tips about adjustments and using an app adequately address this issue in your opinion / experience - for both photos and videos?

The only other issue that I have concern with is call quality. Since above all, the primary purpose for the device is a phone, I am concerned considering how many reviewers have cited this problem. What has your experience been in that regard?

Thanks in advance for your response.
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
I think you should search other posts or start a new thread about this topic. This is such a great resource about the camera, it would be sad if it turned into a call quality thread now.
[HTC Rezound] dlamprey:
Keeping on topic

Point taken feralicious. Please disregard my inquiry related to call quality. I would appreciate responses in regards to the cool/bluish colors of photos and video taken by the Rez.
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
any tinting of photos is going to be related to white balance. for instance, the rez has a very bad habit of casting and orangeish tint and over saturating indoor photos lit by incanndescent light, if you leave white balance on auto. having the white balance set to incandescent or fluorescent when you are not under that type of lighting, conversely, can cause a bluish or purplish tint.

using the appropriate white balance is key. I do not notice any bluish tint if I take an outdoor, daylight photo with the auto white balance setting. Bear in mind, the LED flash can also cast a light bluish tint on subjects. That is the fault of the flash, not the camera or settings.

Oh, and call quality has been fantastic for me :)
[HTC Rezound] SamXp:
Great post. I've had some good success with getting color/exposure right, but noise is still a problem. Even outdoors. I turned down sharpness to -2 and that definitely helped!
[HTC Rezound] txkorm:
Thank you for the time and effort you put into that breakdown!

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
[HTC Rezound] tcpsyn:
This is one of the best written forum posts I have ever read on any subject. Thanks.
[HTC Rezound] designerfx:
great post about camera quality.

I don't like messing with exposure in advance - I find that the "cinnamon" effect which can be applied post-photo in the stock camera app works great, and that the special cameras (camerafx) have some great post-processing filters as well.

stock photo is amazing, and in the dark with the flash is flawless - better than even a great point and shoot camera. post processing will easily fix overexposure or under, and that's about the only thing this camera has a hard time with.
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
designerfx - post processing can usually fix exposure BUT.... the problem with the Rezound (or most camera phones really) is the very narrow dynamic range and the way overexposed, bright colored subjects will become blown out, which is difficult-to-impossible to recover with post processing.

With this phone, setting a lower exposure is the way to go as it will be far more likely that you'll be able to fix a too-dark picture in Photoshop or whatever.
[HTC Rezound] jmorton10:
No amount of post processing will fix a really overexposed image, once the highlights are blown out totally they are gone period.

An underexposed image is easily fixed in Photoshop however (ctrl L for the levels settings)

I'm a professional photographer and I can tell you it is ALWAYS better to underexpose an image than to blow it out (I don't care what camera you're using)

~John
[HTC Rezound] Sheldor1967:
I'm more of an amateur, but I have to say that has been my experience as well.
[HTC Rezound] gustav30:
This guide has been really helpful on my HTC Amaze. Same camera...Doing some tests with just changing the saturation to -1 and its like night and day.

Thanks for the write-up:).
[HTC Rezound] ae1990:
Love my camera after I joined the world of instagram and saw some of the photos posted by the newest iPhone I'm pleased with my camera especially after flashing the HD camera mod. Your tips helped very much. This is an excellent write up thank you bast:)
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
haha yeah, the filters in instagram ruin pictures so badly though.
[HTC Rezound] paulbarwick:
Another Thank You

As others have said, this is an extremely useful and well written guide. Thank you so much for the taking the time to putting it together for us.
[HTC Rezound] Afro Samurai:
Thanks for the write up, I'll try some of the techniques and see if I see a difference.
[HTC Rezound] aznjosh:
Thanks so much saved me lots of testing time
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Dude... Thanks so much!!!!!!

Before your guide:

After your guide:

The picture comes out looking like the real thing!
[HTC Rezound] Nupraptor:
The only thing I don't like about the Rezound's camera is the flash. It is just way, way too powerful. I have yet to find a situation where it doesn't completely blow out the subject.

Thanks for the write up. Lots of useful tips.
[HTC Rezound] graymonkey44:
Now you just gotta dust off that keyboard!;)
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
School. Not mine. :D

I hate those keyboards. Just takes too much work to type.

Now, Apple Bluetooth keyboard, that's a great keyboard.
[HTC Rezound] youngpettyboi:
Took this pic using ur guide... Warning shots my mother-in-law took to show me what would happen if I ever crossed her daughter the wrong way. I'm scared lol.
[HTC Rezound] ae1990:
Haha true I only use the lux and tilt shift features I use pixlermatic or picsay to edit my photos on my ics nook tablet before publishing them
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
pft, hipster.

logitech SOLAR bluetooth keyboard here all the way, goin GREEN *****! (now who's the hipster :(

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ics on the nook tab? what? i just rooted my moms nad threw CM 7 on there..it's not bad, but i still get random force closes of the status bar...is ICS the cm9 alpha? seems buggy still
[HTC Rezound] Watercycle:
I thought lowering the exposure would be nonsense based on how the phone displayed it, but the second I moved it (without exposure decrease) to the computer the shots became visibly over exposed :eek:
[HTC Rezound] rsage:
These tips are great and helped me to overcome most of the annoyances with the Rez camera. One problem I'm having which I can't figure out though - it's similar to something discussed in the OP but not quite the same.

I'm using the method from the OP where auto-focus is off and I'm tapping to focus. The Rez exposure metering is SO sensitive to bright areas in the frame, and doesn't seem to always set exposure by the focus point. I was trying to take some shots over the weekend, outside at a park, where 95% of the frame was in the shade (including everything in the center of the frame, including the focal point). The other 5% of the frame (upper-right corner of the frame in my case) was brightly lit by sunlight. The problem is the Rez camera seems to be setting exposure by some kind of averaging over the entire frame, because even if there's a sliver of the frame that's brightly lit, exposure is lowered and everything else (including what I'm focusing on) is extremely dark.

If I temporary move the camera so that any bright areas are out of the frame, exposure returns to normal, but when I move the camera back, the frame is underexposed again. I also tried re-tapping to focus on my subject in the center, which was not well-lit, which didn't work as long as the sunlight was anywhere in the frame. If I tap to focus on another dark area that's at the opposite side of the frame (lower-left corner in my case), the exposure seemed to get better, but then my subject is out-of-focus.

It seems to me the metering is something like focus-weighted (if there is such a thing), where the metering puts more emphasis on the focal point than the rest of the frame, but still averages in the lighting from the rest of the frame. Really wish the Rez camera had metering modes.

Unfortunately it's not always possible to completely remove the brightly lit area from the frame. I run into this problem as well when taking indoor shots in natural light if there's a window anywhere close to the frame. No matter what I tap to focus on, the rest of the frame is under-exposed due to the window.

For those using the Vignette camera, I'm wondering if that app handles these kinds of exposure problems better...
[HTC Rezound] b5fan:
Have you tried the HDR mode? I use it all the time for shaded subjects and it works great. Just need a steady hand.
[HTC Rezound] bast525:
your best option in these circumstances is to manually adjust the exposure. you can try hdr mode as well but I've never really gotten good results with it.
[HTC Rezound] Yensid eno:
I also came to the Rezound from the original Incredible and after two weeks of terrible camera shots, I went back to my Incredible. The fantastic shots just with the factory settings on the DInc spoiled me. But I will try your tips to see if I can switch back. Thank you for explaining all of this!
[HTC Rezound] Sheldor1967:
Oh yeah! Give these hints a shot. I loved the incredible but the shots I take with the Rezound are so much better...

S-Off Rocks! Who knows what Rom I'm on today!
[HTC Rezound] etracyirl:
Also.....get the fast burst app, its nice you'll never miss a shot.
[HTC Rezound] dplane:
Little late to the game to respond to the OP but I must say it definitely has helped. The Rez does indeed have the tendency to oversharpen/over-saturate its pics with stock settings and this helped to alleviate a lot of that.

I have always been most impressed with the macro shots coming out of this thing tho..even though the flash is pretty bright the camera does a good job of controlling over-exposure and highlights at close range.
[HTC Rezound] gfrrt:
Thank for this post. Just Changing the recommended settings given in this post made a world of difference. This with the 4.5 camera mod, I'm enjoying my rezound camera again.
[General Questions and Answers] dmeadows013:
Alright guys I've looked everywhere and can't figure out a fix for this. I have a Macbook running 10.7 Lion, and an HTC Rezound. A couple weeks ago, my ADB was working flawlessly. Now, however, it doesn't seem to recognize my devices. I have used ADB devices on both my Temp Rooted HTC Rezound, and my S-Off HTC Incredible. It shows the list of devices attached, but there are no devices listed. I have tried reinstalling the SDK, and I do have USB Debugging mode on. If there is any fix, it would be great to know so that I could have an easier time building my roms.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] agent205:
usb driver installed correctly?
[General Questions and Answers] dmeadows013:
No USB drivers for Mac :D

By the way, I love your avatar :D

I'm seeing them Friday at HP Pavilion
[General Questions and Answers] agent205:
i don't know man, maybe the andro begins to hate the i-things

lol :p

you mean the android7fold ? :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clamor of Souls:
Hello, I've been using the Linux Installer App (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.galoula.LinuxInstall) to install Debian on my G1. And have booted directly into the loop. (http://android.galoula.com/en/LinuxInstall_v_1.0/#Native)

But now I have the problem that the buttons "/" and "-" do not work. How do I get the keys on the hardware keyboard to work?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Suzook1:
When I first got my note, the Android OS was listing about 50% usage in the battery consumption. in the last two weeks I have seen that spike from 50% to 70% then 80% and now today almost 91%

I have many of the apps I never use frozen with Titanium and I am very diligent in killing anything that remains when not in use.

The phone is rooted but I have yet to go to a new kernel or new rom. KK1 is my current Kernel and I am on 2.6.35.7

any ideas
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mfractal:
Do you mind trying to disable auto sync under Settings/Accounts and Sync? If that doesn't help try do disable background sync too. I suspect the problem lies there.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Braxos:
If you don't charge the phone and then the first think you do is to play a game or a movie then this is normal. I charged my yesterday 100% I did unplugged it and did go to bed at morning, 6 hours later, battery was at 80-85% with wifi on. I did go to work with the bus 1 hour way exact and was watching Dr.house s1e04 after that 10 min of music on speakers and I check battery the os had 71% with 9+ hours out of charger.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Suzook1:
not sure what that has to do with Android os usage being so hi. I have turned off sync, makes no difference. Pegged at 91%
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] anonymous572:
I had the same problem in the first firmware. After flashing this kernel the problem has gone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Suzook1:
thank you. I assume if I have CF and rooted, I can simply drop that 1.4 file into drop box and use CWM to flash safely?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] anonymous572:
No, you need Odin or MobileOdin for this.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Suzook1:
well I jumped the gun and did it with CWM. All seems good? indicated its updated. OS use is now in the 30% !!!!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supamike88:
My wife is having her phone replaced and they offered her to choose from the Sidekick 4G or the G2X. She chose the G2X. How does it compare to the Mytouch 4G?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
Well hardware wise the G2x is better than the MT4G in every aspect except for the lower RAM, but that's not a problem as the G2x doesn't run Sense ROM's.

Only disadvantages I can think of from the G2x compared to the MT4G is that MIUI isn't as stable on the G2x. Also, if your wife enjoys Sense then that'd be a problem of course as only HTC phones can run Sense.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 78triton:
g2x is my fave still right next to the galaxy s 2
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] platypuss94:
in no way shape or form does the g2x compair to the mt4g. i have had all three of those phones (current mt4g) and i still regret the day i traded my first mt4g. trust me with how bad lg is for support and how many issues the g2x has it is not a good phone at all. no support whatsoever. yes it is fast but it has so many fc's its not worth it. if your wife wants a phone that she can OC and get a high quadrant standard than yes go with the g2x but i can assure you it will never live up to an htc.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supamike88:
Maybe I can call and whine that my wife has gotten too used to sense. What do you guys recommend? Sensation or MT4GS?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimbernator:
Completely opinion. I like the G2x more than the MT4g because it has better hardware, a nicer screen, and I think it feels much better. It does have quite a few issues so OP don't be surprised if you need to exchange it a couple times but eventually it should work fine. I've already done my rant on HTC devices so I don't really want to type it all out, just stick with the g2x and you'll be fine.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikklethepickle:
That's pretty much been my exact experience. The G2X screen is quite a bit nicer, and it does feel a bit snappier overall, but the MT4G is no slouch, and a better phone overall; it's much, much, much more reliable than the G2X.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monte666:
I have both phones I prefer my g2x the screen on the mytouch bothers me kind of washy color and running games side by side no comparison. And try a couple roms I have had the same g2x since April
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] platypuss94:
Everyone that is complaining about the mt4g screen please go look up on you tube mt4g screen compairson. I personally have had one of the crappy screens and my current mt4g with the sony superior screen and it is much nicer than the old one. I can see it from every angel and the glare is greatly reduced.

Not trying to cause fights here, just want to make everyone aware of the difference.

Also I would much rather have single core with 750 mbs of ram rather than dual core with 512.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] platypuss94:
And op you will have problems with the g2x and since this phone is for your wife, I doubt your or her will want to deal with these issues. I can assure you, it will need to be sent back at least once so if you do go with it, expect for your wife to be phoneless for at least a few weeks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
I had to go through 5 MT4G's to finally get the good screen and good eMMC. But then of course after time button started to get creaky and the touch screen started to have that infamous lag that a lot are having.

Traded it for a G2x and am still on the 1st G2x and absolutely no problems.

I loved the MT4G and always will, if you get a perfect one you'll be happy with it.

I know the G2x has had it's problems, but it seems as if the newer batch has been good to most people.

But if you take a perfect MT4G vs a perfect G2x, then I think it's little to no contest. G2x has better hardware from processor, screen, and all the way down to the speaker quality especially paired with a voodoo sound kernel.

And, the extra RAM on the MT4G is only useful if you run Sense. Other than that 512mb's on the G2x is plenty enough for running CM7 and such.

Again, I love and have owned both phones. I just like the G2x a little bit more. But to each his own.
[Gen9 Android Development] letama:
Hi All,

I'd need someone to test ICS touchscreen drivers for 80G9. I patched them "blindly" as I don't have a 80, it would be nice if some could test them and confirm that patches are working.

If someone is up to it, here is how to test:

Install my ics build.

unzip the attached file to a directory

boot ics.

get list of loaded modules, please report what is written there to this thread.

adb shell lsmod

push kernel module:

adb push cypress-tma340.ko /lib/modules
adb push tr16c0-i2c.ko /lib/modules

reboot:

adb shell reboot_into sde

Test touch screen and report here if it works.

Thanks!

LeTama
[Gen9 Android Development] a1Pha:
lsmod:

Module Size Used by Not tainted
btwilink 2696 0 - Live 0xbf027000
hso 25266 0 - Live 0xbf01a000
usbserial 24035 0 - Live 0xbf00e000
tr16c0_i2c 3860 0 - Live 0xbf008000
cypress_tma340 11232 0 - Live 0xbf000000

works great :)

any chance for a git repo with your work?

i also tried to compile ICS on my own but couldnt get around the crashing servicemanager.
[Gen9 Android Development] letama:
So it works for you? Great news! I'll update my build then...

Both modules are loaded, do you know which one is in use ?

Regarding repo, well, I'm far from having a structured build. It's currently a mix of stock firmware+ics for panda with few patches for surface flinger and wifi+binaries for 3D from TI Gingerbread :)

I can give you the few diffs I have if you want...