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[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] polarbearmc:
hi everyone,

this is my first post in the mytouch 4g slide forum. i had a g2 since the day after it came out and it died on me this weekend and apparently t-mobile isn't sending them out as replacements anymore and gave me a mytouch 4g slide instead. still trying to get used to all the senseified aspects, but so far i really liked it. can't complain about being bumped up to a dual core. and i like the keyboard better.

anyway, this post is about the camera. ever since this phone came out i've heard nothing but reviews and marketing about how its the best camera ever on a phone and how it can replace your point and shoot and how awesome it is. now don't get me wrong, this camera is crazy fast. when i push the shutter, it takes the picture, no lag at all, and that's pretty amazing. but picture quality on this thing (unless of course i'm doing something wrong) is pretty terrible. i'd go as far as to say it's not as good as my g2. if i hold the camera 10000% still, it's pretty nice but still grainy. this is with or without flash. at its best i've gotten a pic that is comparable to my g2's camera (which didn't get any any high marks when it came out).

so i'm wondering, could i be doing something wrong? is there a setting i'm not seeing? it defaulted to 8mp, which it's still on, but that shouldn't even affect picture quality anyway. i'm getting blurry and/or grainy pics. so far i've only taken pics indoors with just regular lighting, some with flash and some without. if you need i can post some examples later. would love to get some feedback here on what i might be doing wrong.

thanks everyone.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yellowjacket1981:
My camera takes gorgeous photos almost all the time, so that is pretty strange. Are you sure you are in the right mode? Put it on the automatic mode, and try taking some pics. One time I left the camera in night mode, and forgot to turn it back. All my photos were coming out grainy and blurry, until I realized that it was in night mode. I switched it back to automatic, and all was well.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yellowjacket1981:
Macro mode is my favorite. There is a thread at Androidforums.com where people have posted pictures taken with this phone. When I get time I will post some of my pics.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] polarbearmc:
wow thanks! yea looks like i have plenty of reading to do. i haven't even had the thing a full 24 hours yet, so i'm sure i'll figure out how to make the most of it. i didn't REALLY expect it to replace a real camera (figured that was all marketing speak), but i just expect pics at least as good as my g2, and so far i haven't seen any as good as what i got with that. and it would be nice to have a camera that takes pics as nice as the iPh... not gonna say it, i don't want to get booted out of here haha. but yea. i'll report back after a week or so and let you guys know how i'm doing. loving the dual core. you can really tell the difference in getting in and out of apps.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yellowjacket1981:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/239266-2/android_camera_shootout_13_phones_put_to_the_test.html

This link shows our camera was the best Android camera.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/242063/iphone_4s_review_atandt_a_solid_update.html

This link shows that it is better than the Iphone camera.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] polarbearmc:
wow that's crazy. yea like i said, i'm gonna have to give it a week, mess with it, try the different camera modes out. but in auto in my first 24hours the pics definitely weren't as good as my g2 and DEFINITELY not as good as pics i've seen off an iphone4... so that's crazy. can't wait to see what this thing can do once i really get the hang of it. must just need to get off of auto.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yellowjacket1981:
Here are some pics I took with the camera on the doubleshot.

As you can see, it takes great pics pretty regularly.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] asidrave:
those are some great pics yellowjacket...you got a good eye.

the 4th pic from the bottom or 3rd from the top is now my current wallpaper
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] polarbearmc:
wow yellowjacket. those are great.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yellowjacket1981:
Thanks, I guess you can tell I like using the macro setting lol.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Those are some nice pictures - thank you for sharing them. You have a good camera eye, and also managed to illustrate a good measure of the range of capture of the device.

Seeing is believing, so it's one thing to explain it, but you said more with those pictures then I did in response to the OP's question.

That mountain shot right above the grasshopper - I drove most of the way across the country, maybe around a decade ago and had a 2MP digital camera with me. I remembered being in Colorado and just trying to take in the mountains - it's not like what we have back east with the Appalachians, but again, seeing is believing and I just wanted to see what the difference was people were always saying.

I remember trying to capture it on the camera, but when all was said and done the tech just wasn't ready for that yet. I decided on the spot right then that digital cameras were going to destroy film for casual use. I tallied up how much it would have cost me in film from the store to do what I did, and came in well over $1000 if I couldn't download the camera to my laptop whenever I wanted.

Took me back when I saw it - I got a lot of perspective in the most literal sense on that trip and it was fun to recall a tech epiphany. Thanks!

Well, if you didn't bring it up you wouldn't be starting to gether information about which one is better and why. Mentioning it got a pointer from someone else on the board towards information to address that so it was worth saying.

I'd rather see someone with a device in their hand that does what they want, whatever that ends up being, and the more you know about them the more likely you get what you need, instead of what someone else thinks you need.

Obviously if you wanted to learn more about that one specifically there are other places to go for that, but information comparing the doubleshot to something else belongs floating around here.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] leoilios:
The other day I was using my friends iphone 4. (Not the 4s)

I was taking a picture of a stack of red plastic party cups across the room with both phones, while the phones were held against the arm of the couch I was sitting on.

The stack was actually showing up blurry on the mt4gs(not countable)

On the iphone 4 the stack was sharper, and I was actually able to count how many were there.

I would say the iphone 4 had sharper photos at this 20-25 foot range, however my phone was able to capture the real color of the room. It matched exactly what I saw with my naked eye and the iphones colors were way off.

I dunno if I should blame the software used for focusing our camera, or if the iphones 5mp camera is actually better for sharpness.

One tip I would tell you is to disable widescreen mode, it will give you a higher resolution than 8mp wide.

Also, yes. Macro mode is pro.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] leoilios:
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Here's some of my pictures, my parrot is in macro mode, and the fake beach scene is auto mode, 5 feet away, with flash on.

I used that photo for my brothers wedding shower invitation
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] polarbearmc:
just started snapping a few shots with widescreen turned off and macro turned on (even though i'm shooting a mix of close and far shots) and its already making a world of difference. i think that widescreen thing is the real culprit. gonna try it on auto without widescreen next to see if i'm right. but yea i think in making your pics widescreen its definitely reducing the clarity and sharpness of the shots. the first few shots i've taken with widescreen off are really nice. i'll probably post some pics later.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
Hi

I flashed CM7 nighty 116 but when i switch to video camera then the camera app freezes

I did was

1.Full wipe

2.Wipe cache

3.Wipe dalvik cache

4.Install zip and gapps

5.Reboot

Did same for miui downloaded from miuiandroid.com but video camera freezes...

Any solution?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neboy:
I would suggest you to use the CAMERA ZOOM FX APP, because it's known that CM's cameras and MIUI are not Quality at least not as the stock rom cameras,and the reason is that Samsung does not give the code for the camera,as far as I know.

When I was usinging CM7, CAMERA ZOOM results were better.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
Thats not what i mean

I mean my video cam is not working on cm7 and miui

All the details are written up...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
Y U NO ANSWER ME?!?!?

Forever Alone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Probably because of that attitude.

If I had to guess the cause, an image or video on your device causing it to crash.

Also there are threads for CyanogenMod questions (and answers) and MIUI have their own forums.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
Sorry don't know if i offended someone:confused:

I know this might be because of my bad English...

Ok thanks for the tip(limited to 8 per day,will hit tomorrow)

I m not a fan of miui but i asked because i get the same issue on both...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revan427:
Hey there XDA! :)

I have been flashing multiple roms and etc from XDA for the last 2 years, but I never needed to ask any questions. Today, I flashed Virtuous Quattro and my camera isn't working and I can't seem to find any info about this in the ROM-thread and I'm not allowed to post there yet.

The rom looks awesome, everything works, except the camera.. Though it should work, I think I'm not having the right kernel for it, but I can't find which kernel is good for it.

Does anyone now how to fix this? or is this kernel-related? My kernel is: 2.6.35-14-MDJ-AOSP-v5-gef05671 -dirty mdj@mdj #6

Thanks peeps. :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djolebih:
The latest kernel always comes with the build so it's not that. In case you haven't noticed all ICS based ROMs have camera issues. The camera on RC3 works, not great, but it's ok for bow. You should wipe properly and read more
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Revan427:
I think it's my camera-user-data conflicting. I'll try.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youngd24:
I had posted a partially working camera on Lords ICS rom and I would post here for ya but I am not near my computer. The camera still has glitches but it doesn't open with a black screen anymore.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misalasa:
I have been flashing multiple roms on my DHD too and I have sold all the different issues till now - after flashing Virtuous Quattro my camera isn't working (opens with a black screen); also, I can't load any of the HD videos (even on awesome Dice player).
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrsada:
May be this will help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1474981
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sashank:
Virtuous Quattro and all ICS ROMs at present have issues with the camera and HD video playback. It's because the devs don't have official ICS camera drivers from HTC to work with, which makes it really difficult.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misalasa:
Thanks to chrsada and sashank
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] logwinner:
There is a new post in the developments section for a fix of the camera for RC3, check it out
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supernovice:
Credits to youngd24

Virtuous Quattro RC3 has a camera bug of the black

screen until first first snap. Here's the fix.

Steps :

1) Get Root explorer, then go to system/app

and make a backup of the old camera (just in case).

2) Replace the old Camera.apk with the attached Camera.apk below.

3) Edit the permissions. Check Read for all and Write only for

Owner.

4) Exit and Reboot.

i refer to the post by kkrazzyyguy

the poor thing that when i used es file explore , i chose category to system application, i saw nothing !

so my question is

can i copy his attachment and paste over? i worry will be getting prb after..:confused:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaturvedi007:
Yes just paste it over, it works fine after that
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Master-and-blaster:
Just a quick question?

Why isn't the camera working?

OK I know it might sound like a stupid question but what I'm trying to get is what's behind the problem and how far off are the devs?

Missing drivers, incompatible code...what?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crack00r:
i hope there will be some more working camera at RC4
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IHTFP12:
Check out Angel Cam. Its free from the Market and has no artifact or glitches at all. Also, if you only need it for basic recording, videocam illusion (also free in the market) works to replace the camcorder.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] essexdroid:
I'm also getting the black screen when using the camera, but luckily I have camera zoom fx which works fine. Loving the rom though by the way.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mnlmnv:
Hello all,

I use the asus transformer prime to record HD video at my friend wedding, and the the sound quality is really bad.

It looks like the prime didn't normalize the sound while recording.

Does anyone notice this?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rsjyns:
not trying to be a downer, but what kind of sound quality did you expect? You'd need an outboard sound recording device to get any sort of decent sound quality at all. a Zoom h1 may be your best bet
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I recorded videos around Christmas time and it picked up sounds very well.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mnlmnv:
I am not expecting any like HD sound, but at least It should normalize the sound wave.

I recorded at the same place with my iPhone 4, and the sound is normalized so that I didn't get red zone sound. Video sounds on iPhone 4 is way better on the Prime in my experience. Please test and share your inputs
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Johnotronz:
This happens to me as well. I took a video of just one person talking into the camera, and the audio playback sounded very poor. When filming again on an iPhone 4, the sound was fine. That's reasonable, though; a phone should have a decent microphone.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] nos2k5:
There's a new Humble Bundle out. Now with Android support!

Everything about Humble Bundle was already explained here.

But what i want to know is, if anyone has tried the new Humble Bundle for Android on the HP TouchPad CM9 yet?

very excited about your experience
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] rohan32:
I'm not sure about the version in the bundle, but the one from the market for World of Goo and Edge work for me. SO I assume it would work using the Humble Bundle Version as well.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] DGibFen:
I can confirm on CM9 (0.6) that:

World of Goo works, but the status bar remains.

Osmos (Tablet) works, and hides the status bar.

Anomaly HD works, but retains the status bar.

Edge EX froze the tablet.

Size:

Anomaly HD - 143 MB

Edge (Both Original and EX) - 23 MB

Osmos (Tablet) - 16 MB

World of Goo - 45 MB
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] nos2k5:
@rohan32 & DGibFen

thx for your replies :)

bought it now and will test it too
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Jubmasterflex:
Actually I downloaded the APKs manually and transferred them to my TP. I've managed to get NONE of them to properly install. I'm running CM7, latest build.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] nos2k5:
installed all of them in the meanwhile :D

working:

World of Goo

Anomaly

Osmos

not working: :mad:

Edge - getting only green screen

Edge EX - same as above

HP TouchPad BrickedRom CM9Kang
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] numanair:
All of them work well on my stock install of CM9 alpha .6. If I have the option to hide the combo bar, then it will hide it while playing Osmos, but it will shift the graphics down and leave an empty space at the top. The touch registration doesn't shift with the image when this happens. Oh well, I'm glad that these work as I installed CM9 just to use these on my TP.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] thekillingtree:
there's this thread about it, perhaps it can be merged: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1475654

i got all of the games to install fine with no issues. running CM9 A0.6.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] nos2k5:
Good News for everyone experiencing a green screen on Edge!
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] insert_name_here:
Can't install!

Running CM9a6 on my touchpad. I can't install the games, though.

When I download them and click on them in Downloads, it simply says "Cannot Open File".

When I try to install via the CLI (in Terminal Emulator or ConnectBot pointed locally) via pm install <filename>.apk, it says "[1] + Stopped (signal) pm install <filename>"

This has occurred with Edge, World of Goo and Osmos. The files downloaded properly (the md5 hashes match).

Any ideas? I'm running a pretty stock version of CM9a6...

---------- Post added at 06:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:30 AM ----------

Okay.

I still don't know why it didn't install from Downloads or why it failed from the command line (with su).

But, what I do know is: I was able to install it from Astro File Manager.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joekay:
Hello my dear XDA community.

It has been brought to my attention that , the ***ing problem about Ad-hoc networks, and Eduroam still isn't working, atleast with the Runnymede. All you get is the classic "authenticating" and then the Wifi loops around and around again.

Im currently running 5.1.1 (latest) Runnymedes, and i see in the changelogs that he is tampering with the Ad-Hoc...

Ive been searching around, and not founding any satisfying solution, so i ask here...

Can someone tell me how to get Eduroam working? without fiddling to much with my phone?!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tibow:
Hi everyone,

This problem bugs me for a while now as it seems I'm not able to download any attachments while using gmail app.

It seems to start d/l'ing but it stops usually at 16 or 17% then it won't donwload anymore and after couple minutes it says download of the attachment failed.

The only exception where the gmail app succeed is when I'm connected to a wireless network.

Any settings I'm missing ?

I'm using ICS 4.0.2, I9250XXKL1 baseband, MDC ROM ir10
[Galaxy S II General] Xarpios:
Just found this over at GSM arena, not sure if its already been posted, couldnt find any and if so, moderators, feel free to delete this thread.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_and_galaxy_note_to_get_ics_in_march-news-3752.php
[Galaxy S II General] Vepo:
Can't wait
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
The initial excitement has well and truly worn off for me i dunno why but i got it into my head we would have it before xmas and im like meh at this stage, obviously ill flash it but probably about a month or two later the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be released and undoubtedly that will come loaded with ICS so that is the only other phone ill get asides from this, i haven't even flashed another ROM in about 7 weeks a record since i came on here, not even fussed anymore to be honest the phone is running fine as it is and unless something pretty remarkable appears before ICS i doubt i will.
[Galaxy S II General] HJ nan:
Cant wait ladies and gents! Just hope samsung sneaks in an option to disable f ing touch wiz
[Galaxy S II General] Suarez7:
Have to agree with you fella. Not bothered here anymore either

Sent from my ICS blood mode S2
[Galaxy S II General] IamJAX:
Android 4.0 was officially launched at Ice Cream Sandwich release event on 19 October 2011.The source code for Android 4.0 became available on 14 November 2011.

Isn't it pathetic that Samsung cant release ICS update even for its flagship phone 'Galaxy S2' even after 3.5 months after the official ICS release? With the Android release cycle being 6 to 8 Months, 3.5 to 4 months is a long time for update release.
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
am I the only one that cant really see that many pro's to ics?? I flashed a few roms with ICS already and its not much different from gingerbread. Having the newest software is nice, but samsung really did a wonderfull job gingerbread.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
+1, except that I never had any initial excitement really. Froyo to Gingerbread - while welcome - wasn't earth-shattering in terms of new functions etc, and I can't see GB to ICS titillating me immensely either. Very little I don't like about Gingerbread.

Been on the same ROM for 9 weeks, a new PB (have flashed updates though).

I'll just wait patiently for the SGS3 - Samsung would have to bork it quite spectacularly for me not to buy it.
[Galaxy S II General] steelzzz:
Looking forward to trying this out, but not expecting the world to change.

Agree with the touch wiz comment.
[Galaxy S II General] donalgodon:
Isn't it there already as a two step process?:

1. Install another launcher.

2. Select it as the default.
[Galaxy S II General] chargen2:
Seriously?
[Galaxy S II General] cipry189:
shouldn't a leak arrive earlier? I mean maybe that release date is for kies, progress on the leaks has been quite good, or is it just wishful thinking :(
[Galaxy S II General] dorian95:
It's really pathetic for Sammy's, they're doing it so slow.

We all know that it will be just "Touchwized android 4.0", so why there is such delay in progress?

I would wait without single shout, if

they release it with tw5.0, but, probably, tw5.0 is saved for GS3
[Galaxy S II General] stewart30:
I have flashed a few ics roms and there is nothing about it that really blows me away. I really dont know what all the hype is about. I would say that MIUI is without a doubt the best rom out there.
[Galaxy S II General] HJ nan:
you dont understand. I meant for samsung to keep the default launcher as well as touchwiz.
[Galaxy S II General] raistlintower:
i'm running ics westcrip's ressurection on my phone and it is a big step up from gingerbread ... give it a whurl ..you might like it...
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
Interested to see how they implement samsung stuff on top of ICS.

Touchwiz 5 anyone? LOL
[Galaxy S II General] punshkin:
Are you living on the moon? There are already tons of ics leaks for the sgs2 with TouchWiz. It looks 90% like gingerbread... And is tw4 not 5
[Galaxy S II General] mwatson:
Yeah totally agree. If you haven't flashed miui you don't know what your missing. Google should make it the standard.
[Galaxy S II General] DirkTeur Velserbroncx:
Not everybody likes what an other does

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Thanks :)

3. Why delete if it's frozen? I'f I ever need more storage I sure know where the "Delete" button is to find in Titanium Pro :D

BTW what about Busybox, Superuser and all that stuff? Will it be wiped as well?
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
It's because the ICS upgrade will wipe your system partition, so all frozen system apps will be deleted. Data might stay intact as the ROM will probably import apps.

Busybox, superuser.apk and su usually reside on the system partition, so they will most likely be wiped as mentionned.

And you're welcome!
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
If the update is OTA you may well need to make room by deleting stuff as per the ICS faqs its a big download .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Delete from where? Installed apps?

I currently have:

Memory (400 free), Internal SD (3180 free), External SD (17000 free)
[Galaxy S II General] albsat:
I hope Samsung release the update with Australian time zone. :)