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[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
Updated with night shots, ALL IN 8MP. Manual HANDHELD TWILIGHT (H.T) vs Superior Auto (S.A) .......Superior Auto(S.A) vs Manual(M)

2 sets of LOSSLESS DIGITAL ZOOMED photos-(WOW! ITS AMAZING).SONY's Digital zoom is on par with optical ones!!! LOOK AT THE BANANAS!!! ENJOY!!!

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[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
more night shots coming :D:D
[Xperia Z1 General] DAddYE:
Honestly I'm starting to think that the 16:9 vs 3:4 is a myth. I took different shots but I'm totally unable to see a real difference between 16:9 and 4:3 (other than the size).
[Xperia Z1 General] TheCraig:
I'm not to disappointed with the night shot capability with the camera as night shots are much better than 95% of Android cameras out there anyway.
[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
There is a difference in VISUAL, not QUALITY between 16:9 vs 4:3 ..... 16:9 is just a zoomed in version of 4:3 , so pictures taken by 4:3 will look "sharper".

Go try it out and you will see the diff, especially during low lights. I personally only use 16:9 when i am using the picture taken as wallpaper on my pc.
[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
night scene mode test

Lets see which scene mode is best for night photography!!

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[Xperia Z1 General] SEXperiaX1:
[MENTION=4283059]finoqq84[/MENTION]

Really nice effort of you there but would it be possible for you to provide links in full size?

Unless you like the trail effect of cars, there is no point using night scene in that kind of environment. Hand held twilight looks better.
[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
Although i am in xda for a long time, i dont know how to upload links to image.. Haha.. Sorry
[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
SUPER CRAZY NIGHT PHOTO!!! Latest G.2.257 firmware!!

look at the improvements!! Picture take with Manual night scene. U need really stable hands.
[Xperia Z1 General] shaunwu:
That's Chinatown Singapore. You got the firmware update already?!
[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
i downloaded the firmware manually & flash through flashtool. Generic LTE. Singapore Update not out yet.
[Xperia Z1 General] shaunwu:
must back up TA right before you flash if not DRM gone? mine is the generic firmware not tied to any telco... got mine from dealer...
[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
Uncheck wipe data & cache if you dont want to delete your apps and data and press ok.

Flashing using flash tool does not lose DRM. Unlocking bootloader would.
[Xperia Z1 General] shaunwu:
Xie Xie Ni!!! I go flash now!
[Xperia Z1 General] karrouma:
can't change ficus, the camera app close why??
[Xperia Z1 General] cheesebanana:
I happened to do this test on my way to work this morning with the non updated firmware that rolled out earlier today apparently.

Shocking results on auto compared to manual with night scene set
[Xperia Z1 General] finoqq84:
Its awful, turn off the flash & clean the lens, flash only make things worst.
[Xperia Z1 General] Sheon849:
Thats pretty damn ****ing good for night time shots for a Camera phone that is amazing this thread is starting to make me more intersted in buying this phone now I think ill take some shots outside with my 5S and compare them to yours
[Xperia Z1 General] miki_69:
What's the longest exposure time you can get in manual mode?

Cheers,

Miki
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
I managed to get 0.77 seconds of exposure time in this pic. Open & copy the image to your pc & check the properties for exif data. Image was only resized to fit here.

P.S - I don't quite remember the settings but I think it was manual mode (8 mp) with night scene.
[Xperia Z1 General] saiyan2005:
wow nice pic you have there!!! I tink they need to fixed the flash
[Xperia Z1 General] Beards:
Android by default restrict shots to a max of 1 second.

What was the true colour of the outside lighting?

If it were wrong I would have changed the WB to suit the conditions present at the time of the shot.
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
Actually the shot was taken in very low light with the street lamps (yellowish) as only light source. I'd say you are correct in suggesting manual WB but I tried that too & this one had more light, albeit incorrect WB. Here is another one (shot at that very time & day) using manual WB (tungsten), ISO (400), metering (average), focus (multipoint) and EV (+2) at 20mp. Thanks for the tip though!

P.S - These photographs were clicked while on .534 fw, will try them again with the new fw (.257) when I receive my new replacement Z1.
[Xperia Z1 General] Gitaroo:
can someone tell me whats the trick is taking pic in extreme low light in 20MP mode, I tried many thing and can't get a good result.
[Xperia Z1 General] Beards:
A 20MP shot only allows up to ISO800. Of real low light you will need a greater degree of ISO.

Therefore change to 8MP which will allow you a much lower ISO value and then alter your ISO accordingly.

Also, if you have a hint of light you could also try changing the EV to +1 or greater.
[Xperia Z1 General] Gitaroo:
isnt higher iso mean more noise? Noise is the problem I have with extreme low light.
[Xperia Z1 General] Beards:
I thought light was your issue.

Yes, increasing the ISO will create noise but allow a greater level of light.

The sensor on the phone is nothing like the size found on a dedicated DSLR. As such you are going to have to accept certain trade offs.
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
1st shot : ~0.8s, ISO 200

2n shot : 0.125s, ISO 400

Double ISO, double sensitivty. its like taking a 0.25s shot with ISO 200

EV+2 is 2 stops so four times as bright or it should be. Meaning an almost 1s shutter at ISO 200.

That the second image turns out darker than the first indicates something is a amiss. One would expect the second photo to be little brighter than the first instead of being noticeably darker.

The first shot as metered as center-weighted whereas the second one is on average. Does average metering in this instance result in a darker shot ? Conversely would a spot meter on darker areas of the picture have yielded a brighter shot..

You mentioned using night mode to get a long shutter time, i was wondering whether the fireworks scn mode results in an even longer one than night mode. To get a good shot and the first one is quite good might require some stabilising. Did you take this shot in hand or resting the Z1 someplace ?
[Xperia Z1 General] Dpk1:
Yes, that's what amazes me. The first is very bright even at ISO 200, whereas I couldn't get anywhere near that kind of light at any ISO upto 800 with center / average metering in manual mode (20 mp). Maybe it's because of metering as you say but I didn't try spot metering. And all these were taken with steady hands (supported by rooftop border wall) using the physical camera shutter key. Will try out the fireworks mode too next time.
[Xperia Z1 General] One Twelve:
Yeah, rest your hands on something with those kinds of shutter speeds. There is a rule of thumb to avoid blur. Z1 lens is 28mm in conventional terms. Its a wide angle. That means a shutter speed that is lower than or close to 1/28 will necessarily be susceptible to hand shake and consequently be less clear or blurred. Another point is instead of using the physical camera shutter button, try the onscreen one or further still use the self-timer. Best is to use a tripod of some sort. A cheap car mount if you could anchor it somewhere would be best. Taking it yet further, if you have another smartphone, find some s/w to mirror the Z1 screen onto it and click the Z1 shutter button from the second phone with the Z1 on a tripod, zero shake = sharpest pictures with long shutter exposure.

The idea with spot is if you tap on a darker area it increases overall exposure, tap on a brighter area it reduces it. This is one way to deal with backlighting but you're using it here to boost exposure.

Thing is spot metering on as dark a scene as you have is going to be tricky as these cameras require contrast to get focus. So you will have to find some sort of contrast squinting into that viewfinder that is relatively less dark than other areas. It will be difficult. We don't have manual focus with Z1 nor a way to force focus to infinity. Touch to focus is another way to get a steady shot, so you would spot to get focus and when you lift your finger the shot gets taken. You used muti-point focus if i'm not mistaken.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] afhstingray:
I loved that app on my blue angel....it was STUNNNING

anybody know?

cheers
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Carnivor:
great minds.....

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=31918

.... failure tho :(
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] afhstingray:
so any ideas on alternatives lol??
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Carnivor:
TCPMP has an eq in it, not messed, i only use that for vids really
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] afhstingray:
the bass with the dsp_en was so good. how do i get a similar effect? how come people dont write apps like that lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] d12unk13astard:
Hey so I was reading around here and on playstore about some problems people were having restoring their backups on 4.3. Looks like its actually an easy fix and all you need to do is go to settings (in tibu) /preferences and change backup location to your sd.

Thats where I've always placed my tibu folder anyways (the reason I also own a 64gb sd) guess its just a small fix users need to do themselves. I've always needed to do this anyways unless I flashed that script in recovery that turns your sdcard into the internal storage and vice versa so that all app data goes to externalsd and not use up precious internal space. People that have tibu with no external sdcard support do need that update from tibu for sure tho!

Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] wing_addict_usa:
Dont forget tb fixer
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonalsplusrocks:
i own samsung galaxy s plus gti9001 and currently using jb 4.2.2

kernel version--- 3.4.52-cyanogenmod-g442cb6e

rootbox version-- rootbox JB-ariesve-unofficial-20130711

My problem is google play and any other google service is not working on my phone.

i had downloaded 88mb file from goomanger and installed it but then too they are not working

PLEASE HELP ME GUYES......
[Micromax A110] Prince Radhain:
Hi!!!!! guys I just want to know that is there any custom ROM based on 4.2 with out a bug because I have used Mackay V3 and Mega Rom both of them having some bugs.So any one can suggest me a bug less rom , please!!!
[Micromax A110] tejasjani55:
Use stock rom and just tweak it,it is far better than using any costom rom

hit thanks if I helped you
[Micromax A110] md.abidahmed:
Try the suvi ROM v15 ..awesome performance..no bugs whatsoever..beautiful interface, smooth and excellent battery..

Or if u want to try 4.2.1 ROM then try Rayne ROM..
[Micromax A110] vaibhavnriitm:
Which bug u have found in Mackey V3...because it is bugless now
[Micromax A110] hector19899:
why

why after 10 posts i cant post on development thread?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xperiauser1221:
App features and original thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2318311

Found this app ...really amazing

I am just sharing the app

try and enjoy
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chocklety Boyee:
Screen blinking problem.....plz help me to solve this issue
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chocklety Boyee:
This app is fuc** perfect for xperia ion..screen blinking solved after I enabled soft Keys.Now am able to change the colourof statusbar and ui background..Even i can make my statusbat transparent and reduce size of soft keys..awsome app just loved it...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] pierre80:
Nothing happened on xperia SL
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CONdemmedNORmal:
Need to reboot after making the changes
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] gothraven666:
nice share bro, working fine her xD
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yUlekk:
Solution for blinking screen was in jjwongjj's thread about transparent statusbar, but I can't find it anymore
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chocklety Boyee:
I got the solution...enable the navigation bar via pimp my rom..screen blinking will be gone....
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] NewBieSS:
Wow, thanks for info :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yUlekk:
There was a way to fix blinking without enabling navbar, it was something about changing hw layers in build prop
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Chocklety Boyee:
X icon themer is not working for me...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xperiauser1221:
what did u do ....clear data then do not enable anything u don't know dont play with build prop it will mess up the rom....

& This app makes temporary adjustments to build prop...

i do not experience screen blinking ....

btw Do not enable fast scroll of notification bar
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yUlekk:
Are you using navbar?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xperiauser1221:
No nav bar on my xperiasl as it slows the ui
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kbcurtis:
Great app!

But I got screen blinking, too. Any solution to fix it?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] xperiauser1221:
credits to jjwrongjj
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Coollerz:
Same problem
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evil804:
hello XDA. I am looking into using a Note 2 as a media player for a car install, and was hoping some of you may be able to help me with a question ive been researching unsuccessfully. I am interested in the Note 2 since it has the quality wolfson DAC, and love the roms developed here to maximize its potential. Are there any models/carriers where the DAC is not the wolfson? i have choices of a t mobile and a verizon note 2, but wanted to make sure i did not inadvertently purchase a device with an inferior DAC, as samsung is known to use different DACs for different variants of the same device. is one better than the other/ or do all the note 2 have the same wolfson DAC?

thanks a lot. i appreciate the time.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtkknj:
So, everything was inadvertently formatted from my HTC One Tmobile. Sdcard, roms, everything!

I have TWRP installed as recovery but no OS to boot into.

What are my options at this point?

Phone was rooted of course, unlocked via HTC developer method and S-ON.

Was selling this phone this afternoon of course.

Ideas?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
Boot in twrp -> Advance -> Sideload.

From pc, you have to put the rom you want flash into your adb/fastboot folder, open a cmd/terminal and use the command:

adb sideload name_of_rom.zip
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtkknj:
Duh!

Thank you!!!!

Had a buyer for this device and was formatting and accidently formatted internals without backup.

Working great now!

CJ
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guich:
:good:

This is the best method, but there are other metods :)

And this is simple!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noone606:
help have managed to do the same thing but get error message

error: insufficient permissions for device

how can i get a rom onto the sd card?

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All good managed to adb push to the sdcard using windows but kept getting errors using linux?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmystere68:
Hello,i have a lot of HD games which i would like to play on my nexus 7 8gb....i dont have enough memory.I want to know if there is any method to mount the game data folder from usbdrive to internal memory on android 4.2.2. This used to work fine on 4.1.2.

I have tried foldermount and this method: http://mymindsmap.wordpress.com/201...-4-2-2-how-to-run-games-from-external-sdcard/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
Hello guys, Viper here from the ace forums ;). I'm a huge fan of Google's Nexus line up & was planning to get a Nexus anytime soon.

I was very excited about the Nexus 5 but the recent manual leaks disappointed me. I thought we'd get a 13MP camera & a powerful battery. But I'm dissappointed from what I've heard. The answer might be quite obvious as many people might say, wait for the Nexus 5 but I still wanna hear your thoughts as this well might be my last purchase for a long time. Awaiting your answers. Thanks to all !
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VR6slammage:
The N4 is a very capable phone, and will get OTA support for a while. If you don't want to wait or shell out extra dough, I see no reason to wait for the N5 unless you really want the new technology.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HKSpeed:
I'd wait until the price for the N5 is announced. See if the price difference is worth the upgraded specs.

also depends on what features are more important to you. I would be happy with a 8MP camera. My Galaxy S4 has a 13MP, but I shoot at 8MP mode since the file size is smaller and faster to upload/send. For me a 1080 resolution screen is more important.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el.matrix:
nexus 4 units

Hi, With the "Nexus 5 Hype" app at GooglePlay, you can get information about the last units of Nexus 4. Good luck. For me the Nexus 4 is better
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
Okay guys, for now I'll wait till I get to know the price of N5. Then on if I ain't happy with it, I'm pretty sure that the N4 prices would go down then. Will decide then as to which to buy.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manpildo:
The next Nexus will be announced soon enough. Wait until it becomes official and you can educate yourself more thoroughly with some hands-on reviews. Why base an opinion on a bunch of rumours? Why trust a big money buy on a bunch of unreliable leaks? Don't rush it, it's a matter of weeks now.

For example even if it's gonna be a 8MP camera, what makes you think it's gonna be accompanied by **** hardware? Do you prefer size over quality? The megapixel rally is a marketing scheme, nothing more nothing less. And what makes you think it's gonna have a bad battery? The rumoured number? The iphone 5 has a 1440 mAh battery, and I don't think you can say iphones suck at battery life. It's mostly about optimization.

On the other hand it could be a total failure, but you don't know yet, you're assuming. Some people are already trashing the phone, saying they're disappointed and that it's a failure and so on and so forth... get a grip, guys.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venomous Viper 119:
I've bought a nexus 5 nine months ago, that is in December 2013. I'm must say, this an awesome phone. Very happy with my phone. Thanks to all again.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] combat goofwing:
And love the phone but kind find how to get rid of 3 dot menu in gesture settings
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Are you running 4.2.2 at the moment? If so, go to Settings>Display, gestures & buttons and change the 'Home' button setting to act as menu
[General Questions and Answers] radostorm:
My Tablet Storage Options 7 stop working after logo Android. I looking for any custom rom but not finding! The Tablet is with Realtech WiFi adapter and have Recovery.
[Networking] rubbermedic:
The title says it all really. I have a SPVM1000 and am selling it to someone in India. I don't want them to be let down and am curious to know if it will work in India....Does anyone know?

Thanks in advance
[Networking] Rudegar:
if india use GSM 900/1800/1900 it will work just like any other triband phone

if india have UMTS them it's even better
[Networking] rubbermedic:
thanks for the info.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinedoc:
Anyone else have proximity sensor issues on the G2? Ever since I got it, it's been very wonky, even when it was purely stock. The worst problem is often when I take the phone away from my ear it doesn't turn back on, and then it seems that the knock on sensor stops working, and I have to hit the power button. Sometimes when I put the phone to my ear when getting a call the phone goes to sleep and the call gets cut off.

I do have it set to automatically answer the phone when I raise it to my face, so maybe that's an issue. I'll disable that and see if it helps.

Anyone else? I'm kind of bummed as I use my phone as a phone first and having something like the proximity sensor work is absolutely crucial in my phone use.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darkestred:
I've noticed that everything works well with this. Surprisingly so. On the s3 i would always get the black screen issue when pulling away from my ear. Ringtone even lowers as i pick it up. I could never get that to work on my s3. Not that, that matters.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csmith8507:
Yes, but not all the time. When it does happen, i can't get the screen to come back on at all until after the call ends. It doesn't do it on every call but when it does it's really bad.

I'm running tge Verzion Clean Rom right now but it did it on the unrooted stock too.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] chiquicar:
Hi,

I'm on Viper 4G. I have a problem were I can't use Hulu because of the ad blocking. I know how to disable this feature by going to Viper control.

I only want to disable it just and only for Hulu. Is there a way to achieve this?
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] skoins:
Hi

I am considering updating my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 currently running 4.04, but I am usure about which version to chose. I prefet stock roms. And I can see that they either offer 4.1.2 or 4.2.2.

4.1.2 is fastest/best? From what I can read 4.2.2 makes it very slow
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] mrcreativity:
Try them all. You won't know till you've tried then yourself .

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Make sure you do a hard reset after every flash .
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] jeffjohan:
4.2.2 is terrible. Do not upgarde to it. Everything is very laggy and slow - I am evem having random reboots from time to time.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] openmatrix:
I recommend 4.1.x , coz it's best
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] jz_train:
If you must stay stock, I would stick to 4.1.x.

As for me I would prefer a CM rom, just to get rid of the crapware and the speed improvements.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] tonyt3rry:
Cm ROM is actually really stable I'm on 4.3
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] Skazzy3:
4.1.1. 4.1.2 and 4.2.2 are slower and buggy.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] radu_brd00:
My tab 2 came with 4.0.3 and it was laggy as hell but after i updated to the official 4.2.2 for france ( the only official 4.2.2 on sammobile ) it's much more stable and fluent ....
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] katsika:
i have cm 10.1.3 (4.2.2 android version) and im totally satisfied by its performance. My 3110 is way faster than in stock 4.1.2 due to all these preloaded useless apps that i dont need them. I havent found any drawback compared to stock 4.1.2
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] T3ER:
4.3 only if you don't want stock. Its fastest custom rom. But from stocks 4.1.2.
[Galaxy Tab 2 General] lokesh.3440:
All these ROMs sucks,,,,I am on slimbean 4.3.1,,this is pretty much fast,,,
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rafael Cadina:
Hi guys,

I'm a proud owner of a HTC One M7 International Unlocked U.S and so far I coudn't upgrade it to Android 4.2 via OTA (it's still running the stock 4.1). How can I proceed in order to get it running version 4.2? Is it possible to update it to Android 4.2 via USB? Is root needed in order to do that? Thank you very much.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
What software build are you on at the moment?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rafael Cadina:
EddyOS,

The software number is 1.36.599.1 and Android Version 4.1.2
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Going by this thread (which I found by searching, something you should become familiar with ;) ) there seem to be other on the same build saying there are things missing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43272550

Should point you in the right direction