yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naujoks:
Thanks for the replies!

On top of the above problem I also noticed a distinct out of focus area (top left corner in my case) in shots taken at a wide distance.

I can't say I every detected either of these problems on my old iPhone 5. Maybe Apple's camera is simply better and the algorithms even things out more.

I'm currently having the Z1 and the Galaxy Note 3 at home and try to decide which one to keep, and it's proving very difficult. Both phones have their distinct positive and negative sides.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demoniality:
the bottom right side of my pictures are blurred. gsmarena had a similar issue with their test unit.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naujoks:
Today I conducted some more tests with both Z1 and GN 3.

At 100 ISO the Z1 showed considerable noise and much less in focus than the GN3, in good light.

At first I thought that the Z1 camera complaints might be not so visible to the untrained eye and that the average user such as myself wouldn't notice anything amiss, but the differences in direct comparison are really striking.

There are many things I like about the Z1, and its design is far superior to the GN 3, but knowing that there are virtually no conditions under which the Z1 would be able to take good pictures is a deal break for me, so the Z1 will go up on eBay. Hopefully better luck in 6 months with the Z's next iteration.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *R2D2*:
I think Sonys decision not to kill all detail with heavy noise-reduction was a good (although unexpecting when looking at their cameras which usually use quite heavy NR). Chroma-Noise is very well under control up to the highest sensitivities and the luminance-noise is very fine grained and not objectionable at all. Unfortunately thats not true for ISO 1600+, where NR gets so high everything becomes a blurry mess. Of course these sensitivities are hardly usable for 1/2,3"-Sensors, regardless of the strength of the NR

Finally you can always use some additional NR in PP, but you never can bring back detail that has already been destroyed by heavy processing.

Also contrast (at least in manual) mode is quite low (at least for a consumer-device), which leads to surprisingly good DR, unlike the blocked shadows (which also hide noise) you get on most phones (and most compact-cameras as well). Again increasing contrast in PP is not a problem, unlike the other way around.

I just hope this won´t change with future Firmware-updates.

Of course there will be less in focus as well, a bigger sensor + larger aperture means less DOF and therefore less in focus.

This can also become a problem at close focus-ranges, because the focus-plane is in reality not flat, instead it is somewhat spherical shaped. At close focus-distances therefore soft corners can become a problem.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guybrush2099:
I've taken pictures of a sea horizon...

They get the strange distortion too :(

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I'm completely agree

High detail is better than a very little bit of noise

I think the only thing I would like to see in next firmware is a stronger sharpness algorithm. XZ with Honami Camera driver produces sharper pictures (obviously they get more grain and pixelled than XZ1 when zooming in because of sensor, lens and mpx)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naujoks:
An interesting and well informed reply, however, in my test shots we were not just talking about "a bit" of noise, but a considerable amount, and the picture was noticeably less sharp than the GN 3 picture I took, with its 13MP camera. So if there are any advantages to be had on the Sony, I can't see them. And while I theoretically could tinker with improving the pics in Photoshop I don't think I would have had the patience to do this with every little picture I take.

So, out of the box, the Samsung produces the better pictures, with less hassle for me, and I don't need to have specialist knowledge in photography or Photoshop in order to get a good result, and that's what tipped the scale for me.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawnhalu:
hi sorry but i cant understand what whitelines the OP is talking.

i upload a picture, can tell me if mine have any problem?

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hi sorry but i cant understand what whitelines the OP is talking.

i upload a picture, can tell me if mine have any problem?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naujoks:
I was talking about CROOKED lines, not white lines.

And yes, you have them too.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *R2D2*:
Look at the somewhat waved appearance of the tab bar.

But what worries me more in your picture is the softness on the right side, that is obvious even at this rather small image-size. It may be a result of not holding the camera parallel to the screen (the softer bottom definitely is), but if you always get a soft right side, your camera-lens might be misaligned.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawnhalu:
haha i cant see the softness u stating. i try take afew more picture head on and let u see. thanks :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawnhalu:
actually i cant see the crooked line where is it?

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photo retake for u, can u help me have a look of the softness and the crooked line?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *R2D2*:
First picture again shows severe softness on the right side, just look how hard it is to read the text.

Corner-sharpness isn´t the greatest with this camera, which is to be expected considering the relatively large sensor with a relatively small lens, but this shouldn´t extend that far into the picture.

Your camera seams to be especially strange, as the corners are actually sharper, the small text of the clock in the bottom right corner for example is much easier to read then the text in the center right side, which is very unusual. Normally the corners are the softest, but as you use 16:9, which crops the extreme corners, there shouldn´t be much of a problem at all.

There is nothing to notice on the rest of the pictures.

I don´t really know what´s going on there, the strange sharpness-pattern could be a result of the rather unusual distortion and the correction for it, but then left and right side should be identical. A misaligned lens/sensor should show worse corners (top right corner is quite good as well).

If the camera had some image-stabilization I would say, that maybe the moving sensor/lens-element moved to an area of the lens which isn´t optically as good, but as this camera doesn´t have any stabilization this isn´t possible.

One guess would be that there is some dirt on one side of your lens, or the covering-glass, or maybe some scratches.

Another guess would be that the camera chose one of the multi-shot-modes. Sonys cameras usually are quite good discovering softer parts of the image and multiple instances of the same objects their multi-shot-modes, but of course the algorithm isn´t fool-proof, so their might be a chance that software combined a softer image in the final picture on the right side, while not using this soft image on the left side.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawnhalu:
oh that's a long one haha. but i seem to be able to understand now. thanks mate!!
[About XDA developers] Phoenix:
Dear All,

I have found many users who want to learn graphic designing,

but they dont find proper place at XDA and creating threads with their own name

and creating thier team who is not having that much designing knowledge.

Everytime Moderator close those threads and ask them to join GFX bandits Team

or any other team who is active in Designing.

but due to lack of knowledge they dont get entry in those teams

So, Today i am creating this thread for providing help to those users

who want to learn about designing and Photoshop.

Note: Request solution for knowledge only

i will not accept any kind of request for Signature, Avatar, Logo or banner here

for That you can Request at our Signature Hub

Now i will request some of GFX Team members to join in here and provide knowledge to user for designing

[MENTION=4672723]DD-Ripper[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4621609]lokeshsaini94[/MENTION]

[MENTION=2165315]stopa46[/MENTION]

[MENTION=2143731]edisile[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4839695]tchsvy[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4782105]bulletproof136[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4976737]amogh420[/MENTION]

it is TEAM GFX's Gift to XDA users on its Birthday

Team :

mehul_crazybond (Me)

Other will be added as soon as they confirm to contribute here
[About XDA developers] Phoenix:
Reserved for Future
[About XDA developers] SlackingVeteran:
GFX Bandits at its best. nice to see new thread for learning graphic designing..
[About XDA developers] Clowntowndevs:
Yeye, GFX Bandits ♥♥

⊙facebook.com/clowntowndevs⊙ ♥Please like Us♥
[About XDA developers] lokeshsaini94:
Don't want to ruin this but we already have similar thread...

1. here is a guide for creating signature

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43007165

2. GFX Bandits Resources thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42599671
[About XDA developers] GFXfre@k:
+1 :good:
[About XDA developers] ssojyeti2:
don't really see either of those threads as being that similar...however this one is ;)

that was the og thread...needs to be revived <----------------------------------/
[About XDA developers] lokeshsaini94:
That one is kind of different... those i have posted have resources and basics of signature making but the one you post refers icon making...
[About XDA developers] ssojyeti2:
no...its graphic tricks in general, hence the thread name :)
[About XDA developers] Phoenix:
Guys let me make it clear

This thread is not just for creating , helping or advising for sign, banner , avatar or logo

Here i want to clear again that

Here i will provide tutorials and guides for photoshop like softwares

Not resources or not templates

I will help people in learning photoshop etc

Templates , tricks n tips and resources are for those who already know how to use photoshop

But new people dont know

So i will help them to get familiar with photoshop n in other softs and work

Hope it will clear ur mind
[About XDA developers] lokeshsaini94:
But the content is clearly about icons...

Using photoshop? http://bit.ly/1f86pCv

If you want to do it's your choice... But believe not many people want to learn it(the hard way)... they will eventually ask gfx bandits to do all the stuff(easy way)...
[About XDA developers] ssojyeti2:
The tutorials pooley posts are, but if you check further pages it's a general info thread for gfx
[About XDA developers] Phoenix:
I think you are right but i feel there are some users who really want to learn.

So i am keeping this thread open and will try to help those who actually want to learn,

Not any other kind of request will be accepted here like for sign banner etc

Hope you all will support

And eventually if we will feel that not much people is interested in learning then we can close the thread anytime
[About XDA developers] lokeshsaini94:
Ohh... okay maybe... didn't saw other posts... thanks...

I will help if anyone ask for help here or anywhere else...
[About XDA developers] Phoenix:
No one is interested in learning??
[About XDA developers] Conan Edogawa:
Me
[About XDA developers] Phoenix:
Great let me know what you want to learn in photoshop
[About XDA developers] Clowntowndevs:
I am.

⊙facebook.com/clowntowndevs⊙ ♥Please like Us♥
[About XDA developers] Phoenix:
tell me what you want to know regarding Photoshop
[About XDA developers] Conan Edogawa:
1-Make Icon Pack

2-Make Template for Banner

3-How to be a good themed ;)
[About XDA developers] ssojyeti2:
Ummm honestly its not that easy you're not going to find a good tutorial on making icon packs. However there are many on making individual icons...check out chchcheckitsclan on YouTube he has a bunch of great tutorials. Try watching them, things will start making sense Photoshop wise
[About XDA developers] Clowntowndevs:
Exactly these things :P

⊙facebook.com/clowntowndevs⊙ ♥Please like Us♥
[Google Chromecast] W.PC:
The specs on the high end Bay Trail Atom CPUs look pretty good. I think there is enough processing power to support live HD streaming from Chrome to Chromecast.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahildeswal:
Hi guys,

So i liked the feather pebble default wallpaper but lately i installed a couple of hd wallpapers based apps n since then the images dont scale the way they used to...

Removed those apps rebooted but still problem persists...wats the fix??? Anyone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnie2012:
Hi all

obviously I have the Samsung galaxy s4 I9505. I have not changed it in any way, I have NOT rooted it or anything.

now my question is: Is their a Jellybean 4.3 firmware UK (BTU) I can install on my mobile now, as I dont want to wait until Samsung send it over OTA or Kies.

it has the be the final version what ever you call it, so its stable.

but with me doing so, I dont want it to change the phone in any way. I mean I dont want it to change the warranty or anything like that.

so I want it to be like its just upgraded form kies or OTA

hope somebody can help me,
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dean-xXx:
There is no 4.3 yet.

Just a leaked/unfinished version which works very very good.

Just wait few more days... Samsung will start rolling out the official 4.3 sometime this month.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joomlad:
no as of yet 4.3 hasnt been released. there is however a leaked test build
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eden66:
JB 4.3 still doesn't come out for Galaxy s4, but for I9505 there is a Leaked

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2250824

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/10/01...oid-4-3-test-firmware-for-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DummyPLUG:
In short, if you don't want to void or change anything, then kies/ota is the only way to get update
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
Hello Everyone,

I know this probably isn't the best place to post this question. I'm limited to not posting in the dev section.

I'm going to post my question and hope someone can help anyway.

I have an HTC One (M7) that seemed to have reception problems. I always thought I just needed to flash a new radio. So I went ahead and S-OFF'd my phone as well as Super CID. I then flashed a new radio & my reception problem seemed to go away. (or so i thought).

I then went ahead and turned my AT&T One into a Google Edition.

I have noticed that my reception problems never really went away. (When I am at home I have full bars. The conversation starts out fine, but about 10 seconds in, the person at the other end can no longer hear me.)

I now suspect this is a problem with the antenna & I have to get my phone back to stock so that I can hopefully switch out for a new one.

I'm just wondering which step I should do first. S-On again (I used REVONE to S-OFF) , CID back to AT&T, or switch back from the GE rom?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Dan
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
If I were returning my phone to Stock, this is the process I would use

Change CID to Stock fastboot oem writecid CWS__001

Run the latest RUU for my phone

then use Revone to lock the bootloader and s-on

I think that's the correct order .. if anyone knows different please chime in

Here's a definitive Guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2358738
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
Thanks so much for the response! I appreciate the help. Very informative. I'll read through & hopefully I report back with good news tomorrow morning. :cyclops:
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
Yay! All done!

Thanks so much for the guide! and the help!

-Dan
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
I guess I spoke too soon. After completion, I realized that TWRP was still installed, so I flashed the stock recovery. At this point everything seemed fine, but I noticed that the supersu icon was still there. I also noticed that wifi will no longer turn on. Clearly I've done something wrong.

The first time I had used a nandroid backup to restore to stock, then lock, s-on, remove tampered. That is when I realized TWRP was still installed and SuperSu was still there.

This is when I downloaded an RUU that matched my phone, but it errors saying something like "wrong boot version" (I'm not near my home pc to look)

I tried the process again & somehow SuperSu lost binaries. So I unlocked my bootloader again through HTCDev.com This gave me working SuperSu again. And this is where I am stuck.

I wonder if the GE rom changed something so that this process wont work?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
when you run the RUU did you use the exe or Rom.zip /?

I use the rom.zip and flash in fastboot...
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
I used the ruu. I didn't realize you can access a Rom.zip. how can I try that? Thanks!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
This is the instructions posted by Scotty85

I'm just re-posting it for you
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
Thank you for the help, but still no good. I end up with FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail) after I try to flash the zip.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
change your CID back to 11111111 and try again

Did you change you MID ?

What is the name of the RUU your using ?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
My mid is PN0712000. I think that was always my mid. Don't recall changing it.

My cid is currently CW__001

I've tried: RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular_1.26.502.12.exe

also tried: RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular_US_1.26.502.15_Radio_4A.17.3250.20_10.40.1150.04_release_326691_signed_2.exe

I'm currently S-On (could that be an issue?)

I'm unlocked.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
It worked once I set CID to 11111111 !!

So now I just have to change CID back, reverse S-Off again and change the unlocked and tampered flags?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
Yep that should do it :)
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] demayod:
It did! I'm completely back to stock. I decided to update to the latest RUU that AT&T has released. Just to avoid AT&T wanting me to update to see if it fixes the problem. I know for a fact that it wouldn't fix the problem anyway.

Oddly, my phone told me I was up to date while on the .12 RUU even though I knew the .15 RUU exists. I downloaded the RUU for .15 and it ran fine once I went back to stock after running the .12 rom.zip.

In summary, you saved me from a huge headache! Thanks so much for all the help & kindness.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cranch:
How did you change our CID if you were S-On?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] larrydadz:
Hi guys this might be the wrong platform for this question ...but can anyone pls help me with the stock cidnum for sprint htc one M8..thanks
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
Comments: Sprint

modelid:

cid: SPCS_001
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petarbg1991:
Hello, sorry if the thread is in wrong place, but Im really new here.

So the situation with me - I got Samsung galaxy core duos, i tried to install Chainfire 3d, but now i know it's not working with jellybean 4.1.2. So I managed to install CWM - I made the factory reset, but nothing - the screen is at Galaxy core GT-i8262

I decided to try something with ADB, so I got a folder named platform-tools, I renamed that folder to Android-adb, and I moved it to C:\

When i open that folder in CMD and write "adb" there are options there... but that's it I don't know what to do

So this is my status at the moment - I have download mode working, CWM working (but not helpful) and trying to do something with ADB. Please tell me what should I do... Im almost ready to go and pay money for someone to fix it, but I think I'm near the solution.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prameenson:
Try flashing the stock rom using odin. i think this wil surely solve ur problem. and before dat, format system, and factory reset and clear cache and dalvik cache. this should solve it all...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] columb:
Morning all,

Which SD card I should buy? So many on the market.. At this moment I'm interested in 1gb - but..

many different speeds, many different brands...

And prices.

Oh, and thos new SD ULTRA II- Faster, better?

I'm so confused- please, tell me!

So, guys: WHICH ONE SD CARD for my EXEC should I buy?

Thank you for any recomendations!

Cheers!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] columb:
No one can point me to the right direction?

I don't mind spending a little bit more for better-faster product BUT I don't want to buy something which my EXEC wan't use correctly :)

Thanks in advance

Cheers!

Chris
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Robson:
this is kinda related to another post i replied to.

when i was using a 512 sandisk; the storage indicator said i had 480mb-plus free space...but when i loaded files i found out i could only put in up to 380-plusmb. the same happened to a bud's card; he was using kingston and same problems were there.

i now use 1gig toshiba and panasonic cards; i can store files up to 980-plus. no problems since then...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] columb:
Thanks mate!

One more question- are they fast? Can you watch movies? Are they draining battery quickly?

I'd like to buy FAST SD card, best on the market (top shelve) which also wan't drain my bat. too quicly (as I'm frequent flayer)...

Thanks!

Chris
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Rudegar:
benchsmarks i've seen show that no pda's SD interface can keep up with the fastest card in these cases having a faster card only help when one use it in an usb2 sdcard reader

pocketmechanics have both benchmark tools and other results you can compare yours with
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] sl9:
All SD cards should use about the same battery power, if they vary at all it won't be noticible in the real world.

Personally I'd go for storage over speed, I have an ADATA 2GB 150X card that cost £68.50 delivered (eBay) - this is cheaper than a lot of 1GB cards and fast enough to watch even DVD VOB files (tested on my PC) :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] columb:
Good price for 2GB.

Thank you.

I'm going to ebay right now...

Cheers!

Chris
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] herpi:
Interesting to know is that I did a small and unprofessionel test with Windows Media player and a 60 MB video file on my Jasjar.

Both with the relatively slow 2 GB sandisk and with the Superfast Extrem III 1 GB sandisk the viode has hickups. So I have the impression that a faster SD card won't help you.

Good luck.

Huib
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
I'm using a ByteStor 1GB card with no problems. I've got nothing to compare the speed with, though, and I never watch films on my Exec.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] herpi:
You are right. The screen is too small anyway. But as a test it is nice.

huib
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] asci:
I am using a RIDATA 2GB PRO 150X with no probs!

Bye
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] columb:
Nop mate ;)

I'm a frequent flyer on short distances (like 1,5-2 hours) so ALMOST 10kg with my 15.4" with AMD64 laptop just to watch one part of A-TEAM ;) or Friends seems to be stuipid idea. And 'coz I'm rather poor person I'm flying in eco class so my laptop is just TOO BIG for this tiny space beetwen seats (tested on RyanAir (IMHO worst line ever), WizzAir, EasyJet, Lot, Eurolot (hmm, ATR=no free space beetwen seats), FlyBe, BA, and my favorite airline LUFTHANSA - always same thing, my laptop is too big).

I've found that EXEC is ALMOST perfect replacment fo my laptop in this matter! Is slow, is wth windows- but I can kill some time on the airplain plaing games OR watch movies.

Hmm, and ofcourse I can put some MP3 on it :)

Regards!

Chris
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] SiliconS:
I'd certainly use my Exec for video & movies if I found a reliable way of encoding films for the machine. Would be perfect for my bored wife on long car journeys... ;)