yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 General] louis.b:
To say that I'm disappointed in this camera is an understatement. True taking photos in daylight is very good but people take a lot of photos indoors and at night and probably selfies too. When taking photos in those conditions or with the front facing camera, images are fuzzy/ blurred and just look washed out. I tried a few selfies and my face looks like someone has put a ton of powder on it.
[G2 General] jntdroid:
The S4 takes the best shots of faces with a flash, hands down - it rarely, and I mean rarely, washes out skin tones, leaves things very balanced, and eye color and little details like that really stay crisp and pop. The G2 has a tendency to wash out skin tones, like pretty much every other camera that excels in low-light, thanks to the larger sensor, pixels, whatever.

The 5S is close to the S4 with its dual led's, but the 5S really over-warms things. It looks nice in photos with faces, but isn't as accurate, and still isn't as crisp and "croppable" as the S4 is due to the lower megapixels.

And the S4 does VERY good in low-light shots when it automatically switches to night-mode - which it does accurately about 80-90% of the time. But honestly, especially if people are involved, I'll take the S4's flash shots over any other phone's shots in low-light any day. Low light shots, in general, all suck because of the processing involved - some just suck less than others... if that makes sense. The term "low light" also has a pretty wide definition spectrum, so sometimes it's hard to judge and compare.
[G2 General] jayochs:
that's partly the beauty filter. hit that icon and set it to 0. stock is like halfway and idk why anyone would actually use that crap.
[G2 General] aznmode:
Totally agree. S4 is even more detailed than my note 3. Because of this images have more dimension to it too not just being able to see lines or patterns.
[G2 General] yamensaleh:
Today I saw the nokia lumia 1020, man that camera is amazing. But only the camera nothing else.
[G2 General] hurja:
Just saw a video sample (fullhd@60fps indoor footage) from my friends new Note 3 and it made me wonder if it wasn't too big after all. Meh.
[G2 General] louis.b:
I've always the normal mode. Anyway I tried setting the scale down to 0 in the beauty mode and it's still the same.

Also can anyone please explain to my why does it take so long to focus and snap a pic compared to my iphone 5 with supposedly last year specs? Not even trolling just a genuine amusement.
[G2 General] solemnservant:
coming from a galaxy s2, i also was pissed about the blurred shot and slow autofocus. Normal mode seemed to be the only thing that worked decent. I gave up on it for now though. I will play around with time catch shot later to test it out but most of the modes don't help the phone out. I can't remember who in this thread recommended it but Snap Camera HDR fixes the phone IMO.

Downloaded today and was amazed I could turn off the continuous autofocusing and change the time it takes to focus on an item. It takes great photos too without even using the HDR feature. It seems to default the brightness at -2 for this phone which is perfect. i tested in lowlight room with yellow lighting and the picture came out clear and sharp. Speaking of sharpness, they have it as a feature to change at your will as well as saturation if you like the galaxy vivid photos. I HIGHLY recommended to my fellow G2'ers. Here is a link to the trial version. Note that you have to turn data off when using the trial version for some reason.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snaptrial
[G2 General] jayochs:
off topic, but i just noticed a huge scratch on my camera glass. sigh. thought that seemed to only be an issue with the att and other gsm variants. oh well.
[G2 General] solemnservant:
I didnt hear about this. i thought the lens was sapphire, right?
[G2 General] dagrim1:
You only have to disable data if you want to use it right away in trial mode, otherwise theres a counter of I believe 15 seconds before you can use it.
[G2 General] Ckamc:
Anyone have any comments about the HDR mode with the camera?

I am surprised no one has mentioned Camera Zoom Fx, I been sticking with it when I started getting a lot of noise in my pictures with my rooted S3 ASOP roms. Figured I toss that app out there for testing. Does great with the night shots but the flash does stay on very long with it.
[G2 General] G1_enthusiast:
did u flash the fix? the fix works wonder....

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I want them....to model for me of course lol
[G2 General] G1_enthusiast:
my XZ and LG G2, I like the G2 noise handling way better but it loses SOME detail to the XZ...point is, good for a Point and shoot.

left is G2 and Right is XZ

Superior auto and intell auto in not so favorable light.
[G2 General] EVOme:
What fix? Link?
[G2 General] jayochs:
yeah the lens is sapphire and it scratches really easily. so much for them being unique and using a different glass.. i've never in my life had a scratch on a cell phone camera lens before this phone, and all of the other phones I had have such bigger surface areas.. like the gs4 and it's huge lens.. or the rezound.. dna.. incredible.. ridiculous lol

also here's a Super low light shot this morning. did pretty good in intelligent auto mode.
[G2 General] G1_enthusiast:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2471900
[G2 General] aznmode:
That's really odd. Sapphire is supposed to be scratched resistance but more breakable. At least when it comes to watches. I don't remember but was there a clear plastic protector on the lens originally? Maybe that's what got scratched?
[G2 General] jayochs:
nope. no plastic on the verizon one. google search G2 scratched camera lens, there's tons of threads all over android central and whatnot about it. it's a bad problem and everybody's is scratching pretty much.
[G2 General] G1_enthusiast:
question is...does it affect the image? if not then why worried?
[G2 General] somemadcaaant:
Sapphire lens is to take clearer photos in general than your standard glass or very standard plastic on most other devices including S4. They all claim scratch resistance not scratch proof.
[G2 General] jayochs:
nope it doesn't. I'm not worried because I read into lens scratches and basically they mean nothing. just incredibly annoying that this phone is babied and it's the first phone I've ever owned in like 10 years with a scratched camera lens.

anyway, I've come to this realization for the g2 camera (sorry but it's a copy and paste from a PM i sent)

we need to turn noise reduction to a minimum, or off, on the g2 to get pictures to look good. I've done some tests, and when you're at a very low iso in a dark room with flash on, it over exposes, i guess it keeps the shutter open longer with flash to get more light since it's a low iso.. thing is, at that low iso, noise reduction is practically off. things are sharp, but a bit noisy.. however to me it looks much better. at iso 400, noise reduction begins to kick in and you see the awful soft blurriness coming about.

in general, low iso takes a better picture obviously, but it also seems like noise reduction is almost non existent at those isos. maybe we can somehow apply that to iso 400 and above.

same goes for video too.. seems like there's noise reduction all over the video, even if a low exposure, because things are so much softer and blurier than on the s4
[G2 General] Tyie101:
I just came over from the s4. The only non blurry Sammy phone I owned was my s2. This phone along with s2 and HTC evo are the only phones that don't take blurry pics. As far as low light pics go, I have no issues in intelligent mode. Camera bug I am not so as far as over exposure and stuff to the layman I don't see any issues. If it bothers you that much I hear there is a nice Nokia camera phone out there.
[G2 General] G1_enthusiast:
I thought the noise reduction did a great job compare to my Xperia Z. take a look at my previous post, the pictures were a lot cleaner.
[G2 General] Billy Madison:
Anyone tried snapcamera? Maybe it give better indoor shots?
[Nokia Lumia 820] jorgemariom:
I came from Android and have some questions, unlocked it is the same than unbranded?

I bought and unlocked At&T Lumia 820, I still depends of AT&T updates?

thanks.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] darkmash:
Hi there I read this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=

And I think we can have rtf's that will enable fastboot and enable fastboot, please can anyone help bu sending me the 3 wotan back up files please and thanks
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] ill_oMen:
Hello, I've been with XDA Developers since before I got my XDAii. You've helped me with every problem faced so far, and I would love it if you could try help me with this one. please.

I've Downloaded some version of SynCE (which is supposed to be the Linux version of ActiveSync) but I need to compile it with the ./ command. My only problem is SuSE doesn't have a ./ command and the Packages I've downloaded are useless. Does anyone know where I can get SunCE so it will (Atleast) install under SuSE.. If it is not possible Novell is getting an email :twisted:

Thankyou in advance.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Aresito:
./ ???? I think you should read better the instructions... there's no ./ command in Linux (Nor SuSE, nor Debian, Nor everyone) dot slash in Linux refers to actual directory. It's: In windows (MS-DOS command line) you can run any command simply typing it's name and intro because actual path is a path that windows recognize.

For security issues Linux doesn't include actual path in its execution paths so when you want to run some command in actual directory you should write, before the command you want to run, the dot slash in order to say Linux where to find the command you want to run.

After all this, I think you forgot to type the instruction to compile the SynCE so better try to read better the README's or INSTALL's.txt and type the command after ./ And wait to call Novel... specially if your smiley indicates that it's going to be a flaming mail :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] imablackhat:
I'm a linux user and have been for over 5 years now, and ./ is to run a application after you chmodded it properly so the user can run it. SynCE is compatible with any linux because any linux is modable to install any application even though it says it might not be able too! Linux is all editable, all the files, etc. You can get anything running, I sure have.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siravac:
Dear everyone,

I'm quite a newbie to Android phones and may I ask you guys for some questions?

I really love the design of Sony Xperia and I hope to get one, but I've read that the problems about sony's 'camera software' make their photos not as good as they should be. (Specifically, I'm interested in Xperia M reviewed in gsmarena.com)

So, does that means if I use third party camera software, such as Camera360 etc., I won't have to face the problems right?

For example, some say photos taken by 5-MP samsung galaxy core native camera are better than photos taken by 5-MP sony xperia M native camera. But photos taken by 5-MP samsung galaxy core camera360 are as same as photos taken by 5-MP sony xperia M camera360.

Did I undertand right?

P.S. Sorry for my bad English
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick1402:
hello ,

i dont know if something like this has been posted before but couldn't find anything so made a topic .

i was wondering if it's possible to lock/secure cwm and download mode with a password or pin or something to make it pretty much impossible to flash another rom if my phone was stolen
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultramag69:
Don't ask that, Samsung might be watching and use yet another ****ty method to stop us playing with our toys....

No, there is no way....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick1402:
i dont mean locking recovery so you cant flash anything just secure it with a pin or something like on your homescreen
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rl421403:
Nope, there is no way....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] big greg:
Phone is originally att and I unlocked it by flashing 4.1.1. I hardly ever get service in my work building. And service switches from e to 4g way to much. And I miss calls all.the time. Like ill have service but phone will not ring. What can I do to fix this. I love the phone but its impossible to use for original purpose
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sweetboy02125:
You sure you have signal service with any ATT phone at your work place?.

At my work place i had to switch to Plane mode because it was no to 1 bar service which can't make/receive any phone calls and it happened to all ATT coworkers phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] big greg:
Yes im on tmobile. But my nexus 4 would have excellent service here. Not really good data. But phone reception yes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] joedeuce:
Did you flash the AWS mod (I believe thats what its called). It should allow your phone to use another radio band used by tmobile.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] big greg:
No I was looking at that. I didn't kno if i should upgrade to 4.1.2 first or not
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bajanman:
You know you can upgrade your modem to see if your reception will improve? As it should with a newer modem release...

Modem info HERE: :thumbup:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2102380
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moodloid:
Hi Guys, I was wondering which ROM has the highest benchmark scores?

Or maybe some specific ROM with different Kernel or whatever.

Post your scores and give us your opinions :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gil81:
You might get an avg...but all ROMs run different on each device...not all boards are equal..
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moodloid:
P4
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gil81:
Well I can't even chime in....p4 WiFi....but if you're want to know what I get the best scores with..its 4.2 ROMs...Even though, the 4.3 ROM I'm running now is much faster feeling... I think it has to do with the write spread to sdcard . It test goofy ...and if I'm honest. Its a little slower installing on 4.3. But the ROM itself is much faster.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eushaun99:
Benchmarks don't mean anything. If the ROM feels good, then its good.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John Kester:
My actual experience of any ROM is the benchmark score that I appreciate! For me, 4.3 leaves 4.x.2 way behind in the shade. It does not matter to me what score any benchmark app churns out!

Cheers.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eushaun99:
Your words confuse me. :eek:

First, you said that benchmark scores matter right? Then you said benchmarks doesn't matter? Sorry, my Malaysian English sucks. :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John Kester:
Simply put: my benchmark score is my experience of the ROM. If the ROM is fast, smooth and stable like the 4.3 ROMs I have experienced, then I score the ROM high:D For me it does not matter if an app scores the ROM low. I have therefore scored 4.3 very high. Whether an app scores 4.3 low or not means nothing to me. I DO THE BENCHMARK SCORING FOR MYSELF. Compared to 4.x.2, my benchmark for 4.3 is definitely higher. I am sure you get my drift now.:p

Cheers.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eushaun99:
Oh I get it now. So basically you have a benchmark software in your head. :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John Kester:
You bet I have!:D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rootet:
+1
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kai_:
Hi,

I am eagerly anticipating a black Note 3. I'm now looking for a bluetooth headset to go with it - does anyone have any recommendations? Obviously I'd like it to be as compatible as possible without too much fiddling around to get things working together. Is NFC pairing wishful thinking? Do any current bluetooth headsets allow for voice commands when in use?

Any suggestions/recommendations would be welcome!

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlueChris:
I received before 2 days the Sony sbh-52 and I can say is great service, it's not tiny but it compensates this with the ability to answer calls with its speaker without the earphones. I mainly was searching for something with fm radio and stuck with it. Also it has NFC and can do a lot of extra info in its oled screen like missing calls, messages, emails even I get viber messages in it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gentillo:
Im use Harman Kardon BT. Superior sound. It's not cheap, but worth it. Best BT headstet i ever had.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kai_:
Are there any features that don't work or are not compatible I'm any way with the note 3? This sounds like exactly what I'm after!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fade2black101:
Jaybird BlueBuds X are basically the best "earphone" bluetooth headsets around. Not cheap but wonderful to use with great battery life and sound quality given the tiny size. Also can use them when out and about as they're not massive noticablr headphones covering your whole head.

The remote also works with android and it can be used for calls.
[Verizon LG G2] sefnap:
Hi guys, if you're seldom confused about whether it's night or morning, you might like this mod! It removes the AM/PM text from the statusbar clock when it's in 12-hour format. 24-hour clock folks obviously have no AM/PM indicator anyway, so you need not mess with this.

This mod alters framework-res.apk, which means it conflicts with burningmembers' small navbar mod. I really like the small navbar, so I've packed up a few different versions of this clock mod.

StatusBarClockNo-AM-PM.zip doesn't mess with the size of the nav bar, just removes the AM/PM text.

StatusBarClockNo-AM-PM-med-navbar_v0.2.zip comes with the medium sized navbar.

StatusBarClockNo-AM-PM-tiny-navbar.zip comes with the tiny navbar.

To revert, you can use the revert zip in burningmembers' thread.

AT&T

If you've got an AT&T device, please check out this AT&T thread.

Technical details:

For interested devs, this was a pretty simple one. The statusbar clock uses the value of the "twelve_hour_time_format" string resource in framework-res as the format string for a SimpleDateFormat. The default is "h:mm a". I just did a global search and replace to change all instances of "h:mm a" to "h:mm" (without the quotes). You have to do a global replace (i.e., "Replace all in files" in notepad++), so that you get all the various localizations. After recompiling, be sure to copy over the AndroidManifest.xml and META-INF from the original apk into the modified apk, or you'll get boot loops.
[Verizon LG G2] BriVG:
Just flashed this - with medium nav bar- and still have am-pm...
[Verizon LG G2] sefnap:
Aw man, I must have done something wrong when packaging it... I'll see if I can figure it out real quick and fix it.
[Verizon LG G2] sefnap:
Sorry about that. I fixed it and edited the OP to link to it. Got lost in the shuffle, I guess.
[Verizon LG G2] BriVG:
There we go! Excellent work :)
[Verizon LG G2] burkett375:
can you help with modding the status bar to look like AOSP? I've got the decompiling/recompiling thing down, but not sure what xmls to edit or how.

Thanks!

Edit: I didn't read your complete post....
[Verizon LG G2] Lesser Version:
Great mod. I am on clean rom and not trying to do too much in the way of mods. This is a good one. That status bar is way to cluttered. Just flashed and it worked fine. Thanks!! :good:
[Verizon LG G2] noll5326:
Nice. I just moved the clock to the right on mine so the AM/PM appears off screen. This is probably better.
[Verizon LG G2] Ray3rd:
Of course if you put your clock in military time (24 hour) , there is no AM/PM . :D
[Verizon LG G2] friguy3:
Simple and all I wanted, but anyway to get rid of that pesky e911/location icon? Not sure anybody wants that there!
[Verizon LG G2] bjc112:
Any chance this works on D801
[Verizon LG G2] litobirdy:
I have Verizon G2. rooted... The hide am/pm with Tiny nav bar zip is not working.Trying with CWM and it gets an error that it can't install. please Don't tell me the that hide am/pm with Tiny Zip is only for TWRP? But the hide am/pm with no nav bar edit is only for both? that would suck.....Because If i do the hide am/pm with no nav bar edit zip in CWM, that works.. Please help. I need this combo to work.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vzw_note2:
Which SPen is the best replacement for the VZW GN2 in marble white? And where could I could I get it?

Amazon has good deals but some very bad and some very good reviews on the s pen. Makes it kind of ify to order one from there.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] halaletarian:
Yeh I need mine replaced aswell its sort of getting black on the tip
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kodochax:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Samsung...0976648126?pt=US_Styluses&hash=item2326e8d3be

,

Just ordered mines in black from this guy ordered a new back cover aswell all seems good. Pen looks genuine to me here is the white.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Samsung...1132611910?pt=US_Styluses&hash=item2a2c585146
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gerg004:
Anybody think Verizon will be kind enough to include a pair of Sammy headphones with our Note 3's? Unlike the empty spot in our Note 2 boxes, I would appreciate a new pair with the in line mic, like the other carriers get.

I know a lot of people have aftermarket ear buds etc. But personally I've been using the pair I got 2 years ago with the Galaxy Nexus. Honestly they've performed as well as any aftermarket headphones I've owned for listening to music. And they're especially convenient while driving (no blue tooth in my truck).

Anyway I was more than disappointed they weren't included with the Note 2. Looks like Sprint got them but ATT didn't. Anybody expecting them to be included? Or know yes or no if we'll get them?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 92slammer:
according to "whats in the box" on the site no they will not have headphones..which is stupid..the s4 did
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperTongue:
According to the Q&A section on the Verizon page for the Note 3, it will:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...-note-3-white?checkedId=oneOrTwoYearPrice7193

Click Q&A, search for "headphones" and you'll see a question about it. A Samsung rep replied saying:

Hi Joey. Thanks so much for reaching out. Yes, headphones will be included upon purchase of the Note 3.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions. We're here and happy to help.

Thank you,

Samsung Support
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gerg004:
Here's hoping you're right. Kinda feel like we get ripped off when other carriers and other phones have them. Then VzW finds another way to shaft us, so they have a better chance at making a sale on beats...my opinion anyway.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keynith:
If Verizon does remove them what do they do with all the headphones?! I watched the unboxing for a gnote 3 and it had headphones, but that was t mobile.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billf2b:
I hope this Samsung rep knows what he/she's talking about,but under the Tab "In the Box" on this Verizon web page there are no headphones listed. I'll bet Verizon's not including them.:(
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneandroidnut:
i'll bet verizon leaves them out too
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrlaigle:
Why give them to all the employees ofcourse...

I kid, I kid

But really the S4 came with them I do not see why there would not by any with the Note 3 when all the other carriers have them.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gerg004:
I hear ya. But the Note 2 didn't have them and the other carriers did. Really bogus if you ask me. Especially considering they come from Samsung and note VzW.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Banggugyangu:
What I use. >.>
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keynith:
Yeah I'm just wondering what they do with 100k + headphones