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[HTC One X] Try4Ce:
The Cam on the One X is certainly not the best among the tested Devices.

I had the SGS2 before I switched to the One X, but to be honest, I am more pleased with the One X Camera than with the Galaxy S2 Camera.

The SGS2 Cam takes better photos in bright daylight. Its a "great weather" camera, because it needs some time to focus and shoot. Only in good light conditions it outperforms the One X Camera noticably and only if you got a few seconds to spare to take a shot.

With the One X on the other hand, its actually made for quick snapshots while you're on the go. It works quite well, and if you take some time, it even produces some great quality photos. You just need to adjust focus settings and quality settings. In bad day conditions or light conditions, it easily outperforms the SGS2 Camera, hands down. I was able to shoot some impressive indoor photos whereas the Galaxy S2 would've had a hard time.

The N8 still seems unbeaten, true. But its chunky. Thats the downside of a good camera phone, like katamari201 said, its all about physics here. I dont like the N8 in general, and if I was out to take some serious shots, I would grab my digital camera instead of my Smartphone.

Quality-Wise and even maybe Color-Wise, the One X Camera isnt the best of the best - But it still fits perfectly my needs for things "On the go". Its a good balance of being mobile and take some good shots. Macro shots with the One X Cam are still impressive, and detail sharpness even beat the photos I took with other Smartphone Cameras.

But to be honest here: I certainly, and honestly think, that the quality of photos and recorded videos will improve later on. As far as I understand, the photos are currently compressed pretty badly. You take a photo in RAW, then it's being sent to the PureView Chipset where its compressed and processed. HTC stated that with the next Update, Camera Quality and Performance is meant to improve.

With kernel sources I am pretty sure quality can be significantly improved as well, maybe even as far as getting RAW output files. Other phones already got patches from the community to dramatically improve photo and video recording quality, I think its also possible with the One X Camera, as the Hardware isnt bad at all.

I am completely okay with the One X Camera. I dont need a fancy pants cam in a smartphone to outperform my digital camera. A Smartphone is not meant for high quality photographs, its made for awesome mobility and performance.
[HTC One X] WhiteHartMart:
Regardless we all have different eyes so what one sees the next won't - not defending the One X as I'm always changing phones anyway but still think PA coverage has been negative - some of the comments they make in their YouTube videos are laughable.
[HTC One X] Goku80:
Phone just got launched. If you want a camera that is going to take picture perfect shots then go for an actual camera and not take pictures on your phone. second. updates i am sure will come thick and fast. and once the development starts picking up and kernels start dropping i am pretty sure that will shall see a lot of improvements.

i still say the camera on my galaxy s2 outperforms the HTC one but there are more features to the phone than just the camera. But phonearena are known not to like HTC phones so i would not worry about what they say....90% of reviews out there are praising this phone as the king of android. until the next one that comes out that is..but anyway regarding pictures it is down to choice really. if this performs well for you then great. if not then maybe exchange it.

but most important phone just got launched so maybe in the future with future software updates maybe we shall see an improvement to the camera app..i still say it takes great pics and videos though
[HTC One X] Rouz.:
Im coming from a Galaxy Nexus, and it literally has the WORST camera ever build on a phone ... My nokia 6303 takes better pictures
[HTC One X] Try4Ce:
Well, I personally think that there is a image processor running over the taken photos on the Galaxy Nexus to brighten things up.

I can do the same with Photoshop on my One X captures. Auto Brightness and Auto Contrasts already do alot of things.

IMO, the One X Photos do look more natural, even the ones I shot with my Galaxy S2 mainly looked a little oversaturated / overbright (but not too much, Quality still is great!) compared to what I saw when I shot the image (the real world motive).
[HTC One X] dimo1:
Another review here:

ht tp://bit.ly/HTp9Su

BTWm I don't trust PArena.:rolleyes:
[HTC One X] Nos0x:
I have to say that the camera quality isn't as good as I thought it would be from the reviews and when compared with my iPhone 4 the images seem much more grainy/noisy. The One X lens is great though, very bright indoors, much brighter than the iPhone lens and the camera app is much better than the iPhone camera app.
[HTC One X] Try4Ce:
As already stated by multible users and even HTC themselves, PureView is compressing the RAW captures of the camera pretty bad, maybe because of filesize and speed of photo saving (NOT capturing since the cam already captures images in RAW format). That's the cause of the "grain" in our photographs, tho its not as bad as some ppl say it is.

nVidia / HTC stated also, that the next firmware upgrade is supposed to improve both image quality and camera performance.

I sure hope that HTC keeps their word and they really improve those 2 mentioned points. Remember: With a rooted phone and kernel sources almost every phone got increased photo/video recording quality due some devs always figured out how to increase bitrates and reduce compression levels.

Latest example for me was the Galaxy S2: Video Recording bitrate was awful with stock Gingerbread ROM and recorded sound in videos was @ 96kbit with Mono. A patched camera application increased video bitrate, as well as audio bitrate from 96kbit mono to 128kbit stereo. It was really noticeable.
[HTC One X] Vcolassi:
Most of you guys seemed pretty happy with the One X camera which is a breath of fresh air. Plus im not a photographer so I can't distinguish small differences in photos. And like someone stated most of the photos I take I usually edit it with one sort of software on my phone or tablet. :D
[HTC One X] Born Twitchy:
Could you do the same test after the software update?

HTC says this will improve the camera and I know how a software update improved the camera on the SGS2 a lot!
[HTC One X] otarinz:
Both the SGSII and Iphone 4 use very aggressive noise reduction - you can see even in the phone arena samples that blocks of color become solid and a bit smeared. BUT, they are less noisy. They are also both very saturated. Personally, I prefer the more natural look of the One X.

Also looks like they left the sharpening on for the One X - can't emphasize enough, sharpening -2 at all times for capture! Then if you want to sharpen afterwards, do so in the gallery app or photoshop app, not when you take the original photo.

Check out this comparison (which I'm sure has been posted here)

reviews.cnet.com/2300-6448_7-10011800.html

One X seems to hold its own very well against the iphone4, and CNET admits so. It's easy for some people to consider the ultra saturated, glossy, very noise-reduced photos from the 4S and SGSII as "best", but they look unnatural to me.

This said, I DO wish the One X had less noise in the blurry regions. The f2 lens gives is very nice bokeh (blurriness outside of the area of focus), but the bokeh regions have some noise, especially if you don't reduce sharpening.
[HTC One X] djolebih:
Phonearena is on Apples payroll so this doesn't bother me at all. Out of all the reviews out there, theirs is the only one claiming One X sucks badly in everything.
[HTC One X] V@no:
Yeah, after seeing 8 out of 10 with zero cons for LG Nitro HD, I don't trust that website a single bit anymore. Bias and whoever pays them more gets better results.
[HTC One X] hamdir:
look from what i've seen so far (im still not carrying a unit myself, only tried the ones i tested for my friends)

the One X camera gives outstanding easy results, this is the biggest feature, just pull out and take a photo

complaints from phone arena like pics are under exposed is silly since you can adjust it with the menu

also complaints about details is a little non sense, since you can reduce processing by sharpness -2

so yes if i have to complaint, i would say three issues, first that we can't completely disable the ImageSense processing even at sharpness -2 lots of stuff still going on, low light images are looking bad @ 1:1 crops and noise at out of focus areas

otherwise the photos especially in daylight are outstanding and most important the risk of blurred photos is little thanks to the brisk shutter speed, motion blur is the biggest area people complained out about in my Desire HD camera guide

1:1 quality is cleaner on my Desire HD since i can still turn off all the digtial processing, something we can't do on the One X

so so 1080p video is also not acceptable...

things do improve with software updates, lots of stuff were improved on the Desire HD camera, like fixing stuttering 720p and much better low light performance

they also adjusted the sharpness processing algorithm and color correction, which i honestly didn't like, i preferred the original 1:1 quality with the original froyo software

speaking of updates both the Desire HD and Sensation almost doubled in performance and speed since their launch firmware, both my Sensation and Desire HD are running @ brisk locked 60fps now :D further improved with some root efforts like supercharger ;)

The Desire HD in particular have gone through a complete transformation throughout its life time, starting with froyo+sense 2.1 > a complete overhaul with a much improved version of Sense 3.0+GB which was a lot better than the original Sense 3.0 on Sensation and finally an upcoming Sense 3.6+ICS

OTA is the keyword here, one thing for Sure HTC never let leave their fleet forgotten
[HTC One X] nevillejb75:
I just got my self a one-x and I can't believe that for a second.the one-x is the quickest and clearest camera I seen on a phone to date.I've personally tested it against N8 and 4s,taking pics of my kids moving on skateboards a one-x was the only one that didn't come out blurred.beside the fact that every YouTube vid I've seen,the one-x comes out on top appart from some phones having dedicated camera buttons,they were quicker from having the phone locked,to taking a picture.
[HTC One X] Try4Ce:
Thanks for the tip with sharpness -2, it really improved micro contrast / details on macro shots. They seem cleaner and less ... hmm.. washed out, or maybe even sharpened out, which made details look a little unnatural
[HTC One X] Spl4tt:
guys, srsly, look at those test shots: http://www.engadget.com/photos/htc-one-x-sample-shots/#4932906

who still thinks the camera sucks?

especially those nightshots are stunning. it looks like the device can see through the darkness Oo

i really never expected a phone to be able to see so much in the night
[HTC One X] r0cafella:
Slightly off topic my apologies but Hamdir when are you getting your One x?

And when we will see your guides :)
[HTC One X] hamdir:
lol yeah sharpness -2 is like a a biblical verse since the days of HTC Diamond lol
[HTC One X] QWIKSTRIKE:
Agreed.....Ray was way too bias to believe his review. They are the only sites to give such a review....,not to mention every thing ended with iPhone this iPhone that. Ray definitely let his bias for iPhone cloud his review.
[HTC One X] Prodigy:
I think you guys should have tested the xperia S camera as well, resolution is up to par with the N8 but taking photos at night are absolutely stunning and most photos take a bit over one second to capture. It wouldn't suprise me that it'd be the best contender here, and no I'm not a fanboy I'm just addressing facts from various reviews.
[HTC One X] maxseemo:
This comparison is biased.

Providing the mentioned images and not just a post of 1 to 5 using bold text would hold more weight.

I recall seen a test comparison from some German dudes and the iphone4s didn't look too impressive in video as the OP says.

Look:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_15S-VnRqTg

Apart from some saturation the One X did a better job.

edit: OK i saw the images on phone arenas website but to hell with them now. They have been added to the host file!!
[HTC One X] Born Twitchy:
Not German, Dutch :)
[HTC One X] sebsal:
I don't know about this review but from personal experience the camera on the One X is the best phone camera i've ever used.

The quality and speed of taking shots is fantastic. I think it's marginally better than iPhone 4s quality
[HTC One X] shea-bird:
Phone Arena is junk for reviews...when it is widely known that the Galaxy Nexus camera is one of the worst, and they pit it against the One X, AND reward it the winner, you know something completely bogus is going on...

Many many reviews claim the camera is one of the best available...if not the best...few updates and knowledge of the features and it will produce some amazing shots
[HTC One X] Spl4tt:
absolutely true.

my sis has a GNex and the camere is never as good as the HOX'

but somethings weird. the picture is extremely sharp and full of details before i make the photo.

then i snapp, and look at the photo, it just isn't as crisp anymore Oo where did those details go? Oo
[HTC One X] townay:
Just sharing here.

Comparison between HTC One X, Sony Xperia S, LG Prada 3.0, Galaxy Nexus

Not sure what language is used. I am only guessing its Italian.

http://www.androidworld.it/2012/04/...one-x-vs-lg-prada-3-0-vs-sony-xperia-s-81888/
[HTC One X] wintermute000:
anyone know way to increase vibrate intensity? its pretty low and I never even notice it
[HTC One X] Baldilocks:
*bump* I would like to know as well. Soft keys are pretty useless when you don't even know if you've touched them or not. Vibration really needs to be increased.
[HTC One X] mixxy:
bump +1. I would also like to know this, and have been searching without any luck so far.
[HTC One X] Radiognome:
I do agree, the Sensation had great vibration, when playing games like 'Fruit Slice' the vibration really added to the game play, when you hit a bomb!
[HTC One X] tommmtom:
hmmm, mines the opposite. swap? :p
[HTC One X] mmx6688:
I have the same problem the first day i got my X. The vibration is very weak when in vibration mode. In coming sms is only very 2 short vibration can not get notice compare with my HD2. Anyway can change some figure to increase it?

I have one App run on it and when it vibrate it pretty strong, so must some place can adjust.

Thanks for anyone can help

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] Chartist:
I agree. It is pretty ineffective for incoming sms.
[HTC One X] Hereisphilly:
Mine really suffers from incredibly weak vibration when the capacitive buttons are pressed, sometimes it doesn't even vibrate, only making a faint sound.

But when a call is incoming, it's strong again, anyone have any ideas? Hardware fault?
[HTC One X] mmx6688:
Finally I have some temporarily solution to share with you all to solve the weak vibration issue for One X.

I did not find a way to change system value in some files and even find this way it may not useful for the One X which is not rooted.

So I tried different APPs in goolge play store, and here is the most 3 top APPs(all are free) I think can change vibration pattern:

1. Vibrate tools -

it is very small APP and it is simple. You can easily create your new vibration pattern just by tapping different times to control each time how long it will vibrate and how many times it vibrate also between each vibrate the waiting time. The pattern created can be assigned as default SMS vibrate setting. You do not need to change any setting in system. One thing you shall be aware that even this APP shall run itself every time you reboot phone, but I found it did not run automatically. So if you do reboot you may need to run it once. This APP may not increase the intensity but by prolong the vibrate time for each and make 4,5 vibrate in a sequence is far more better than default 2 short vibrates in One X. This is the one I use now.

2- SMS Popup

It is a very good APP. You can adjust the vibrate pattern in its setting menu freely(by put different figures). And it do much more things for you to enhance the SMS notification, like repeatable notice, wake up screen and so on. It is very good SMS application some of you may find its usage not only just to change vibrate pattern.

Use SMS Popup you need to turn off the system SMS notification, otherwise you receive 2 times notification.

I did not use it after some testing, since I found from time to time the APP in memory will be killed and not running any more. So you will not get any vibration for incoming SMS since you have already turn off the system level notification as well. I do not know is it only my phone problem or it is not compatible with One X .

3- Ringo: Ringtones & Text Tones

This is a good and complex APP as well. It can adjust the vibrate pattern using its pre-defined 5 levels.(you can not create your own pattern like another 2 APP above). But it has different other usage for notification.

You can play with it to see how it is suitable or not. I do not use it since I want a simple tool not eat memory too much and also I do not like its 5 level pattern.

Hope all this will help your guy. And feel free to try in Google play shop to find others which may good and share with us. I tried another 5-6 APPs but not as good as the above 3 ones.
[HTC One X] Baldilocks:
The weak vibration was only a soft key issue in my case. Vibration was strong during all other areas except when you used to soft key buttons. One of the few reasons I went back to the GS II.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] reaper540:
I'm wanting to know how easy it if I wanted to go from vzw to say at&t or sprint. What all has to be done and what Roms are compatible with doing such. I'm using mikrunny v1.01 right now. Is that a good Rom to use if I wanted to switch carriers or is there a better one out there. I know roms are basically a trial and error kind of thing and it comes down to personal preference.

Sent Mikrunny'd Inc2 Superphone
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] knipp21:
Killing kittens is bad. There is a STICKIED thread about this for GSM users...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1404997
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] daniETingles:
Mikrunny isn't gsm compatible, and all ics roms as of now HAVE gsm but very buggy gsm at that. But yes please refer to the thread above it'll help you loads!
[Android Apps and Games] comm2k:
Due to some problems with the internet I can't download the latest Adobe Reader (10.2) directly from Google Market err Play. It has some nice annotation tools I'd like to use. Can anyone upload the apk (it is free)?

Thanks in advance :)
[Android Apps and Games] moheysaleh:
http://depositfiles.com/files/dhn91nofe
[Android Apps and Games] comm2k:
Thanks a million :)
[Android Apps and Games] batharoy:
You can also download from the Adobe site.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blubberor:
Hi there,

I got my Desire Z replaced on warranty in december 2011.

Now it starts having issues (again) with the keyboard. Some buttons are hard to push especially "e" and "r".

Another problem is even more important. The loudspeaker seems to have a loose contact. I remember there was a common problem at the very beginning of desire Z and that you only have to move some contacts a bit. Does anyone find or knows something on that? I do not find the thread...

The sound cracks - is sometimes there - sometites not. After a factory reset everything is the same...

Best and thanks for your help,

Blubberor
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blubberor:
*push* nobody has an idea? Just ordered a new buzzer...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
Send it back in for warranty, if you open it up to fix your problems and you can't your warranty is voided
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blubberor:
after one year no warranty left - even if you get a brandnew phone on warranty after 11months. :/
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKTone:
Here I am following this guild http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD, but I am not going any further than 1. since I don't know anything about temp root. I have rooted the g1 only so far. Please help.

Why is it considered temporary? What disables it? What happens when it is disabled? Can it be made permanent without this Visionary thing that has a high potential to brick your phone?

Thanks in advance.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KyraOfFire:
HTC phone has a feature that reverts any system change after reboot. So, for example, if you root you phone, it will unroots itself upon boot.

Temp root does just that: root your phone, do stuffs that you want, then after you reboot you will loose root.

Permanent root: you will have to turn off the security feature aforementioned first, which is called S-ON. After achieving S-OFF, you can now install any ROM, makes any system change you want (root, for example) then it will stay. Normally people will install a pre-rooted ROM, thus achieve permanent root.

To have S-OFF please follow this guide which you already found:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/HTC_Visio..._Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29_using_gfree_v0.7

After achieving S-OFF, you can install any ROM that you want, as aforesaid, and have permanent root.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l337m45732:
Temp root is a way to gain temporary root access to your phone's files. I would not recommend trying to gain permanant root via visionary. It is highly capable of bricking your phone. Gain temp root, downgrade your phone to stock 2.1, and then you can permanantly root using adb. From there you can install custom roms and what have you. Here is a link to the permanant root guide. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833965 . Good luck.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UKTone:
Great thanks guys for the quick replies. I'm going to follow those steps... not sure if they tell how to/when to load the custom rom. Do they?

If they don't I'll come back. Thanks again guys, giving thanks to both of you. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nipqer:
Woah that guide is ancient.

Use this one http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2 its up to date.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l337m45732:
After you have rooted, you can go to most rom threads and they tell you how to install. Youll go to recovery and wipe data, cache, and dalvik. Then install zip from sd card. Then you will select the zip for the rom you put on your sd. Simple as that.
[HTC Sensation] Pazens:
Hello,

a few weeks ago a Update to Adnroid4 was availible for my HTC Sensation.

I downloaded ot and wanted to install it, but after it shutted down, a warning triangle with an blue android appeared.

In this status i cant do anything and there`s no progress for hours!

What`s the matter?

Thanks for your help.
[HTC Sensation] computerslayer:
Read this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1392759

Different phone, and same issue. Before doing anything, but can you tell us if you are S-ON or S-OFF?
[HTC Sensation] Pazens:
I'm sorry could you explain what you mean with S-off/on?
[HTC Sensation] Keupie:
Never mind, your probably S-ON..
[HTC Sensation] Pazens:
So... Is there anybody who can help me?
[HTC Sensation] Stephen:
Have you installed any custom roms on your phone? Is it as you got from the shop?
[HTC Sensation] Pazens:
I rooted it a few weeks ago, but i resetted it last week completely to go the update work... But i have still the Same issue... So its nearly like you get it in a Shop.
[HTC Sensation] Pazens:
Does nobody have a solution ?
[HTC Sensation] theodore80:
You will have to install an original HTC RUU before getting the official update. Otherwise you can use any custom ROM instead.
[HTC Sensation] Bassquale:
Yeah, just try a custom like ARHD. I think it run smoother, perhaps ur problems dissapear.