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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GalaxyNexusPH:
Google updated the Maps app can't upload photo sphere anymore

It seems the map app was updated. I can't upload photo sphere anymore with gallery share > maps. I can still upload it via G+ but I wish they have the map auto update soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fpbasilio:
Is there a way to upload in 3d? Viewable by others on their PCs perhaps? Or on mobile phones? How?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] viskon:
3d can be viewed in the mobile and pc Chrome browser if uploaded to G+.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rockhwd:
you can do it by mobile chrome browser in desktop mode as well.:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thomstrack:
Move the phone with calm and stability. Try to keep the same "level", it greatly decreases the likelihood of distortions in the final result.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] inorde:
- Don't try indoors it wont work, objects are too close and the lighting varies a lot. Perhaps with a standard that keeps the lens at the exact same position but turns it around like the one described before?

- Keep the same level

- Make sure you move slow when a dot is approaching.

- Prevent any moving objects from being photographed
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] giovanni645:
You can only upload to maps if you have taken atleast 360degrees worth of pictures. At least that's what I think. So if it's say only from left to right and not behind, you can't upload to maps.

Can anyone corroborate this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flanimal:
If you want the best results, then you want the centre of your lens to be in the same position in space for each picture.

This means rotating your phone through the axis of the lens, which is at the top of the camera.

The further things are away, the less significant this becomes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] noelmg:
Affirm, have been trying for two days to do one with 180 degree rotation left to right and no maps option. Just tried a 360 degree one (and up and down too), and it gave me the option to upload to Maps and has gone straight through.

Not sure how long it takes to get to Google Maps though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] odysseus84:
Wrong thread... sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krige:
So basically we need to rotate the phone around the center of its lens (located near the top of the phone) not around the center of the phone, nor around our body.

What about vertical shoots vs horizontal ones? And what about vertical panning first and horizontal panning after, or viceversa? Which method is the best in your opinion?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3.2:
Just complete the sphere.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krige:
You can do that in several ways: keeping the phone horizontal or vertical, panning horizontally first or vertically first. One of these ways should be optimal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] !!11oneone:
I've had some shots recently where the phone thought I'd completed the sphere and the pictures lined up, or I'd done a 200 degree panorama, but when it rendered one end (or the middle of the sphere) had been cropped off.

Anyone else? Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
I've used it a few times around Greenwich and Canary Wharf. Results vary, you always seem to get one or two pictures that align badly. I think this is partly due to the lag on my Nexus when taking the shots.

I've tried doing the full 360 on one horizontal plain first, then filling in the above and below. Also tried doing all 3 shots at each azimuth then moving on.... which I think works slightly better. The key is to rotate the phone around a single axis, not move yourself with the phone in your hands.

Anyway, here is a small album with shots, I think the Naval College at Greenwich is the best one.

https://plus.google.com/photos/115448426065990423376/albums/5814791938998108945
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] markzip:
Using Photosphere to add to fill in Google Street View

I've used Sphere to add Street Views to Google Maps where their car has not been able to drive.

Landscape mode and moved very slowly about my own axis. Have not tried it on a tripod yet.

In order to get it onto Google Maps I turn on the public sharing and all the GPS and geolocation settings.

Here are three (3) examples

--

The picture at:

https://plus.google.com/photos/114763983382557397764/albums/5821865615559963025/5821865619732071314

shows up on Google Maps Street View at

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=11+O...3&panoid=hjPm7z-St9AAAAAAAAAYqg&cbp=12,0,,0,0

--

The picture at:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/...lbums/5821865615559963025/5825207929508342706

shows up on Google Maps Street View at:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=tod'...oid=fCteARCN0_kAAAAAAABVxQ&cbp=12,180.53,,0,0

(note that at least two people in this shot are cut in half by the stitching)

--

The picture at:

https://plus.google.com/photos/114763983382557397764/albums/5821865615559963025/5825202573270445922

shows up on Google Maps Street View at:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=tod'...=xuZLBiHd7WoAAAAAAABVkg&cbp=12,111.07,,0,1.58

(note the spindly branches separated from the tree and added to the beach!)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flanimal:
Bingo! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mohsen dabour:
If only we could stop the automatic shooting and revert it to manual one ... it wolud be perfectly flawless
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m3nster:
I tried shooting with the phone mounted on a phone holder for my car, it was difficult with turning the phone, but the shots came out great!

It's all about keeping the phone on the exact same level, than your photo sphere looks great!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Arstoien:
From my experience, holding the phone vertical gives better results when panning horizontally later. Having more photos on the horizon makes the transition feel less like "5 photos stitched together". Try it and compare the results.

Also I don't think it matters for the stitching algorithm if you make one horizontal, then shot above, then shot below, then continue horizontal, compared to making a 360° at one level, then completing the upper/lower levels. But making one circle (first example) produces less deviation from the lens' initial position compared to 3 circles or more.

That's why I'm holding the phone vertical and go:

Left middle, Left up, Left down → Centre middle, Centre up, Centre down → Right middle... and so on.

The tip for starting from one end instead of the middle is actually a good one, thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jcampos:
The only advice I can give is: make it really slow, and take as much pictures as it lets you... it works if you have enough patience
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DaanJordaan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2077598:laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TorontoR:
Mine turn out perfect almost every time. Best advise has been to imagine the camera lens to be a pivot point and completely stationary spatially and rotate your body up around and underneath. To accomplish this I have found it best to keep at eye level, this way you can easily take pics below, and above as well.

A few examples:

https://plus.google.com/photos/102911218942494637529/albums/5831124623807955969/5831124630610698050?utm_source=chrome_ntp_icon&utm_medium=chrome_app&utm_campaign=chrome
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] otaconc:
Its a interesting feature but a barely use it. What i experienced is that pictures of nature were great with photosphere. I think thats because the sluttery in these kind of pictures are less visible, therefore better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] electrons:
Use a simple mono-pod

I us a simple $3 1/2 inch wooden dowel. I keep it behind my car seat. This allows me to get near perfect results by keeping the phone in the same spot and staying behind the lens. Very easy to use, and very easy to carry places. I have carried it around, and nobody looks twice at it, as if it were a cane.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
All you need to make great photosphere:

-Very good lightning (artifical can do, but not the best, the sun rocks)

-Steady hand and patience, it takes time to get good photosphere

-Tend to keep the camera of your phone in same point all the time, when you turn to make sphere, don't turn phone around, turn yourself around the phone, and rotate same phone in 360 degrees :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Thyrack:
Tip

Hello,

just a little tip for those who don't know it. When doing your photosphere you can "undo" your shots by pressing "Back". The only shot of the sphere that you cannot undo is the first one.

+++
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] username8611:
For anyone wondering, the only way I was able to get rid of the black holes on the top and bottom is to keep the phone vertical. Horizontal shots always leave me with black holes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krige:
Actually, vertical shots leave me with black holes too, all the times. Must be something else you do to get rid of them.

---------- Post added at 11:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:33 AM ----------

Does anybody know the best place where we can report bugs for the photosphere?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Arstoien:
Try this: stand in a comfortable and stable position and mark a spot on the floor where the tip of your left foot is. Try to hold the camera lens above that spot. Now without moving your arms sideways, rotate your whole body around that spot on the ground. Move your hands only up and down.

That helps me get a better stiching.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] klobkelosh:
So, I stumbled across a q&a thread here on xda for a bloke with a gps problem, and someone recommended an app called gps control sirf star iv. It's on the play store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fatdroid.android.gpscontrols2ad

Turns out that it works well for improving gps location and nav in general BUT it also seems to fix the wonky gyro sensor! Photo sphere is much better on gnex with static navigation enabled! Not exactly sure why it works, but it seems to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krige:
Thanks for the advice! I installed the app but both the enable and disable static navigation buttons are grayed out; the only enabled button is the "Restore GPS driver" one. I am using CyanogenMod 10.1 with Android 4.2.2.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjwxhl0lfo9wofw/2013-02-27 12.50.28.png

What's the problem with the gyro sensor exactly? I had some photospheres which turned out to be incomplete or have some black spots even though I am sure I completed all the shots. Is that caused by that problem with the gyro sensor?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] puldag:
after few tries

https://plus.google.com/photos/110911190448471935708/albums/5844378792386222817/5844378805323441298 :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] klobkelosh:
I'm also on cm10.1, latest nightly for Toro. Not sure why mine works any yours doesn't. I know Toro had had some gps issues of late, and I downgraded the gps drivers to ics because they work better.

Anyway, what's wrong with gyro is that it tends to wander all by itself and makes it hard to photo sphere since the camera relies on gyro to complete the panorama. I assume that the gps and gyro are on the same chip since this seems to affect gyro and gps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] silfa718:
Thanks for the tips!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] boeckers3000:
What I like to do is put a stick in the ground as a place marker. I keep the phone there at all times, I always move clockwise start with the upper middle ring first, and keep the phone chin height. This makes perfect spheres
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] John Nayler:
I product iclyck tripod mount for smart phones for this purpose

Hi there. for a number of years now I have produced my iclyck photosphere mount ... and the latest edition is the first time I have allowed to Android phones with center positioned cameras.

You will find the web site if you search for the name or photosphere tripod mount.

I welcome your investigations and make them available for shipping worldwide - I only make about 20 at a time and will refine them more in future, if you have feedback.

All the best
[HTC One V] tonyryan:
Does anyone know, is there any chance to add lock animation "old tv" like in cm9?
[HTC One V] maxwen:
not with a reasonable amount of effort. I have just looked into it :)
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
u mean the CRT animation? yea 1cebox told he will implement as soon as he gets a stable CM10 BASE
[HTC One V] maxwen:
well it not so easy since code is very different. But when I get bored I will do it :)
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
Haha.....I tried to mod but when I recompile the framework-res.apk it shows a error man .

Sent from my One V
[HTC One V] maxwen:
Kanging

config_animateScreenLights=false

Should make at least screen-off animation work :)

But I would prefer a solution like in CM9 where this can be configured

in the settings :)
[HTC One V] cybervibin:
No m I can't recompile the app...idk y it say app not found in directory :banghead::banghead::banghead:

Sent from my One V
[HD2 General] syconetgeek:
Hi Friends,

I have HTC HD2 phone which hang up on boot and sometimes on startup I have not seen its menu from long time :crying:

Can you guys please help. I have tried hard reboot etc.

Can installation of Android on it will solve the issue. Please guide me simplest method to install android.
[HD2 General] gargdada:
Are you using Windows 6.5?
[HD2 General] syconetgeek:
Yes Windows 6.5. Now it is also having issue while connecting After connection it is automatically disconnected.
[HD2 General] gargdada:
Issues or not.. cant say if u having a hardware issue.. but YOU SHOULD update it to Android.. Android experience on HD2 is far better then Windows Mobile 6.5.... Though in case of Hardware error, sometimes installing android might not be able to solve the same.

Wait for some DEV to reply here.. or i would suggest give android a shot.. no harm in doing that.. hopefully your problem will be resolved.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] RRK VIT:
Hi friends when i was searching for playing ps games for our mobile i found a application named FPse and then download the BIOS for it and follow some steps and enjoy your favourite games with this i haven't verified check it out
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] shree_tejas:
It's a known app bro... If you are not sure.... Ask about it in the Q&A section :)

:)

Sent via Rajnikanth
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] emjimadhu:
o_O o_O ? ? XD XD XD
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] shree_tejas:
what? Don't tell me you never heard about it...

:)

Sent via Rajnikanth
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] XdaNoob98:
Haha sounds funny for an European :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] black posse:
i just got my galaxy s3

i tried to enter CWM with the button combo Volume Up + Home + Power

but nuthing happens..

what seems to be the problem?

HELP!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arsaw:
You need to turn off the device and then HOLD those buttons.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Just Got ???

Does that mean you are trying to get ti stock recovery .

Or have you rooted and installed CWM .

BASICS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1927113

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyclosporine:
You must be rooted and have CWM flash to acces its recovery menu
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] black posse:
thanks for the replies guys.. seems like i was tricked.. its not a orginal galaxy s3..

when i fully reset the phone its in a different langauge look like chines.. and there is no option to select language have to select language from manualy from the settings..

and it has a application called QQSecurity which is in Chinese.. and i cannot get rid of the application.. and there are some more chinese applications too..

can anyone tell me how i can root this? i have tried with odin the phone dosnt detect.. i can go to CMW mode after turning off the mobile.

please can someone help me to remove these apps and root this

thanks alot for the support.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] afarnedi:
Hi all! is there any mod to the original multitasking capable of exending this option to all the applications and not just to the few one that come with stock rom?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] lsherif:
You are posting in the wrong section , this is General not Q&A. :mad:

With a little search you can find an answer to your question - Here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1985240 :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] afarnedi:
ooops...sorry for both mistakes...it won't happen again :angel:

if any admin wants to move to right section I appreciate
[Nexus 10 General] MentaLrz:
(UK) Received mine today, anyone else get theirs? (Wales).
[Nexus 10 General] dipzb90:
me too! ordered 8.23
[Nexus 10 General] Jezwick:
TNT turned up at exactly the same time the wife popped up the local, I've been told I can pick it up from the depot at 9am tomorrow..

At least the depot is over the road from work I suppose..
[Nexus 10 General] jayfenney:
Ordered at 8:58 as an afterthought because the Nexus 4 sold out even quicker (I'd always intended on getting the N10 as well, I know it's not exactly an alternative to the N4 lol) Went out late this morning but luckily there's always someone in at my house. Got home about 1ish and there it was.
[Nexus 10 General] Vertron:
What do you think so far? Any light bleed on any of your devices?
[Nexus 10 General] MentaLrz:
Great tablet, ain't been it too much yet but the new Gmail is handy, camera is surprisingly good and it's a comfortable tablet e
[Nexus 10 General] MindlessLeadership:
My one came through 10 minutes ago, the back looks much better in person.
[Nexus 10 General] MentaLrz:
Agreed, it's much nicer than the pictures let on
[Nexus 10 General] Vertron:
Tell us about the screen. The reviews said that the colours are muted. Any truth to this? Or did they over exaggerate?
[Nexus 10 General] GTabJosh:
How fast is browsing? How about apps more dependent on stored data, like Currents or other apps that make you wait while they "load"? Oh, one more thing -- can someone check the dalvik.vm.heapsize and the vm.swappiness for me please? Thank you :)
[Nexus 10 General] psp888:
Mine has arrived! UK, ordered 16gb 8:55am. It is such a nice device! Screen is amazing!
[Nexus 10 General] MentaLrz:
can't really comment since this is my first tablet but the colours are quite nice , i wouldnt say exaggerated but could be considered a vibrant mellow, if that makes sense.

stock browser is chrome which is speedy but i'll more than likely switch it up. Apps load quickly too although the ram usage is rather high. Idles over 1gb but it maybe due to my two user configuration.
[Nexus 10 General] plaktoets:
I understood the entire package weighs almost 3000 grams! What is in it that makes it so heavy? The device it self weigs only 603 grams..what's the other 2,5 kilos??

Can somebody please comfirm to me how much the entire parcel weighs in grams? (as you have received it by mail including the shipping box)

I need to know this for a shipping price quote.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 10 General] Oli2k:
674 grams. Got mine as well :) looks amazing
[Nexus 10 General] MentaLrz:
no idea, the box is small and only has the charger inside it and a tiny manual.
[Nexus 10 General] dilwaala:
Wow looks like a bunch of you already got it. I'm still waiting for a shipping confirmation. Nothing yet
[Nexus 10 General] MentaLrz:
What time did you order?
[Nexus 10 General] dilwaala:
8:37am
[Nexus 10 General] James-NC:
Happy for you guys.:good:

Now if one of you will just look under display in the settings and tell us once and for all if there is an option there for "wireless display" please? The uncertainty of whether it was getting miracast or not has kept me from pushing the "buy it now " button.;)
[Nexus 10 General] bigbamboo5:
Just checked and no 'wireless display' option. Sorry!
[Nexus 10 General] The-Kevster:
Quite a few people (me included) got our TNT tracking numbers tonight and are wondering when they started working for you guys?

Mine still shows unknown and others are still showing previous deliveries.

Hopefully tomorrow most of us will have what we ordered on Tuesday! Woop Woop!
[Nexus 10 General] tttttt6:
Thanks for starting this thread.

Yes I would like to know if TNT delivers Next business day compare to U.S which seems like 2 days...

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 10 General] bamboosensei:
I got my tracking email and number around 11.30pm last night. When I checked it this morning, it said that the parcel was out for delivery from 9 to 6pm so I practically stayed home all day as no-one else would be in. Never came in the end even though I checked it multiple times: their reasoning cited 'time constraints' so it should come tomorrow hopefully.
[Nexus 10 General] The-Kevster:
Hopefully that's a bit of a one off. I guess the driver ran out of time or your local area was short of drivers today. Better luck tomorrow!
[Nexus 10 General] MentaLrz:
TNT is next day so you all get it the following day so make sure your home in a few hours ;)
[Nexus 10 General] Lumsdoni:
Check with the TNT app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oneshoe.tntexpress

Swype'd at pace from my Galaxy S2
[Nexus 10 General] cosimoss:
Mine arrived yesterday at lunchtime.
[Nexus 10 General] dilwaala:
Ordered mine at 8:37am. Received tracking on the 15th and out for delivery today via TNT.

For those having problems tracking, search by Customer Reference number, not Consignment Number.
[Nexus 10 General] dilwaala:
Received mine around 45mins ago!
[HTC Wildfire S] TSC Yoda:
Hello together.

I´m in a little Dilemma:

I have two versions of Sense 3.5-Rom.

The first is EQDKP 5.2, here is sense complete installed, all works fine, but...german isn´t complete.

I understand that this Rom isn´t made from te EU, so no problem

Furthermore the Clock is modded, so it hat a blue line round the clock-fields

At the other hand is the actual Chucky-Rom, here all is in german,

but...Sense isn´t complete (HTC Hub and the HTC Music-App, Peep and Teeter are missing, some Widgets are also absent).

Is there a possibility to include missing parts in both of the Rom´s?

I´m no modder, but i can learn to do so, can anybody please help???

Best regards

Markus
[HTC Wildfire S] sukhjit321:
Yes, take out the apps (.apk) you need from the installation zip of the ROM(system/app) which has all the files and then copy them into the other ROM. and install it. You can also push the files into the ROM if it's already installed and even copy them using a root file explorer.

After copying just reboot the phone. And you are done. :)
[HTC Wildfire S] TSC Yoda:
Hey, dude, thx a lot for your reply!:good:

I would, but which files do i need ie for HTC Hub to copy??

Greetings

Markus
[HTC Wildfire S] sukhjit321:
Start with files which are named htc there and copy all of them. Except the ones you think you dont need. BTW htc hub is I guess named "HtcHubSyncProvider.apk" and also copy htc location apks too.
[HTC Wildfire S] TSC Yoda:
Okay Guys, i have it.

The following files are needed:

HtcDirect.apk

HtcDirectDownloadsProvider.apk

HtcHubSyncProvider.apk

The other two files were not necessary, they were same ones in both Rom´s.

I copied the files to /system/app, changed their permissions to rw/r/r and rebooted the system.

Now HTC Hub is functional :)

Also the HtcMusic.apk was copied and it works great!

Many thanks to you, sukhjit321, you made my dilemma disappear!!!!:laugh::good:

Best regards

Markus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
There are some reports that flashing the full factory image of 4.2 makes the GNex experience faster and smoother than updating with the OTA file. Others disagree, but I'd like to try.

How do I go from OTA 4.2 to full factory install without losing any data or settings?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ch4nd4n:
You could use titanium backup or other equivalent backup measures to get your settings back after flashing ROM. Or, do you mean without using any sort of backup tool? I suppose that is not possible.

- Ck
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
I was worried about Titanium Backup because this post said it had problems under 4.2 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1993792 , but now there's a reply with a suggested fix.

Are we sure it works properly under 4.2?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
Huh, if you're talking about /data/media/ aka /sdcard/, don't flash userdata.img when flashing factory images through fastboot.

Sent from my i9250