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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jluster:
That's a real issue of viewpoint. In and by itself the Z1 camera isn't "bad" and the 245 firmware update fixed many issues, such as the purple fringing and the oversharpening. It doesn't however, bring the camera into "amazing" land.

Sony's much-touted DxOMark scores aren't all that cut out. While video pulls the device in second place, after the Nokia 808 and before the iPhone 5s, if you look at images alone it's 6th place, after Nokia, iPhone, and the Samsung Galaxy S4. In terms of clarity, if you neglect autofocus, the iPhone 5, non-S, beats it as well.

That's still great for a phone camera, it's just sad that the much hyped November model, running on excellent hardware, gets beat by the June model from Samsung. If you do a lot of video in good light and shoot only manual then you have a decent camera phone. If you want to go out and replace your point and shoot with this thing on a field trip or vacation, there are six or seven older phones that beat the Z1 in picture quality.

Now, I believe that 99% of those issues are software issues. Technically Sony's approach is sound. The BIONZ processor is one of the best IP on the market in this bracket, the Exmor RS backlit sensor used in the Z1 is also used in the iPhone 5s and RX100, and a powerhouse. So that stuff is there. The mini G-lens has great spatial properties and is one of the best when it comes to luminance. What doesn't seem to work so well is all in the software portion of the equation.

I am not giving up on Sony. I have great hardware, I hope firm- and software will catch up.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheCraig:
Software is something they will change, even though Sony have a bad track record in Software you should have seen the Xperia S, I had it for a few days before I had a refund, software was unbearable with the random reboots. There getting better every time.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wis3m0nkey:
I was not very happy with camera until last week but I received latest update and I can't be happier
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timaustin2000:
I'm still amazed that these threads are popping up. It's like I'm using a completely different product from the rest of you, I swear.

Sure, low-light images can be a little noisy and grainy but guess what; so are ones from my point-and-shoot - there are very few stand-alone cameras in this bracket (around the £150 mark) that are entirely noise free in low light. The noise is far from "terrible" especially with the most recent firmware, and the up-side to it all is that I'm able to take picture in far lower lighting than I've even been able to on a phone before.

Here's the thing: Superior Auto, though now very much improved, still uses an ISO that borders on the insane. In low light, just put the phone on manual (I'd recommend 4:3) and snap away. Less noise and very detailed results. Indeed, the latest firmware means that both 20mp and 8mp manual shots are very respectable in low light.

I was walking around the National Railway Museum in York yesterday, taking pictures with both the QX10 and the Z1 - in many instances, the Z1 was sharper or, at least, just as sharp. And the lighting was poor.

I also did a side-by-side with my old C905 the other day. Until this point, I would've (still) put it up against any smartphone camera on the market (to me, it was Sony's last "great" camera phone). The Z1's 8mp shots were consistently better, with the exception of the Zenon Flash shot.

In response to the OP, however; the G-lens is highly convex. This results in some barreling in the corners of the image and means that the centre will always be ever-so-slightly sharper than the rest of the image (the effect is small, however). Nothing can be done about this - many point and shoot cameras and DSLR's are the same. I've had quite outstanding results from mine.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krimskram:
Sounds like your camera might be better than mine. Maybe what we should to is to compare shots where everyone takes a photo of the same item? I cannot think of anything easier an more available perfectly lit surface than a computer or notepad screen completley white on max luminance.

Anyway, even though my camera has some obvious distortion, it is nothing more or less than what is revealed in the numerous reviews. However - some morons have posted, what seems to be, og DSLR photos on the xperia blog an some other places claiming it to be produced with a Z1. I guess some people live to annoy other people.

Regarding the last awesome cameraphone from Sony I will give xperia S my vote. It did get a lot of pepper but it shined after several updates, and after I realized there was a prefabric screenprotector that were scratched, not my screen. Not using 2 screen protectors did help. The camera on X S excelled i macro shots and were great allround. For most users sony HOWEVER decided to kill the phone with the last update making it slow and less responsive. It lost the premium feel. An obvious sales trix. Sony replied to my question about the slow XS that "It is to be expected as your phone is too slow to effextuvley handle our new update". Well well.

Xperia S had a troublesome birth and death. For most of the time it shined. I hope this is what we are experiencing with the Z1.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timaustin2000:
I had an Xperia S and, yes, it did take very detailed shots. It's white balance wasn't always the best, however, and it was fairly terrible in poor lighting. I high contrast shots, though, the C905 would give better results - I did quite a bit of testing between the two :)

For examples of my work with the Z1, please look here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16762205@N04/sets/72157635983420745/
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danw_oz:
Yeah, that is really annoying thing with Sony, they obviously haven't learnt anything from Xperia Z launch, release substandard firmware in the final release to public that everyone uses to review, therefore gets reviews that are not as good as they could have been, which will loose them sales. If they want to reach their goal of Number 2 Android selling phone. They have to wake up, trawl through the main forums, and review sites and make sure the phone they release is top notch, and make tiny tweaks later on.

Really why can't Sony get their sensor to work as well as Apple? Surely they should be able to get the most out of their sensors than anyone else?

The only substandard part of the hardware that I have noticed moving to Sony is the accelerometer and GPS accuracy, the rest has been robust and fixed with firmware updates.

If you want to get the best from the camera, you must run in manual mode. Because the software makes some pretty bad decisions a lot of the time.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodfire1004:
Nice shots! I've been scratching my head though with one of the shots you had, the one of the food / burger stall.

It seemed REALLY sharp and detailed so I looked in the exif data and saw it was ISO 64 / 100! Shutter speed was just a mere 1/8s so I'm wondering how did that happen with that particular low-light scenario? :confused:

The other pictures I can relate to :)

Here are a couple shots I took (though not as good as yours I am thinking)

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6YHwWcrqzNhbEtLUGFKNmk1SVU&usp=sharing

All taken in Manual Mode too (plant / garden shots are taken in 153 firmware)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timaustin2000:
The burger stall image was actually taken with Superior Auto (I know!). It decided to throw the phone into "Spotlight" shooting mode and that was the result. A very good result.

By the way, I really like your Garden party image. Well exposed, nicely detailed. :)

I completely agree with the comments, above, about Sony missing a trick by releasing hardware with incomplete software. There was a very distinct feeling of the camera firmware being unfinished on release. It is now firing on all cylinders but the review damage has been done.

You can see the difference when you look at GSM Arena's initial review of the phone and their following camera comparisons, post update. One is "disappointed", the others are full of praise.

And Sony have no-one to blame but themselves, for that.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krimskram:
So, basically everyone so far think it is a software issue.

I took some afternoon shots driving in 80 . The camera performs - now- without noise and got a crisp picture at what must be a really low shutterspeed. WTF?!

A situation Im never likøey to ever use the camera in again. Sigh, at drive by shooting it excels.

At indoor shots, it is agamble. Even with thenew firmware. It i proves markedly by manual exposure.

A total conclusion: it would be interrestimg having raw file possibilties. The camera is markedly better after the firmware update, and having the features in the camera button I am very pleased, however, where Im likley to use the camera most , indoors, it really needs an overhaul. I dont aleays have the time to enter manual mode! It is annoying that it defaults to full auto. Let me diecide!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krimskram:
Any other opinions

So, any other opinions?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timaustin2000:
One: you can set your camera to launch in Manual from the launcher dock without having to re-set it. Just add a "shortcut" to your homescreen, select camera and select manual. Pop that in the docked section at the bottom of the screen and you'll always have quick access to it.

Just a shame they don't give you the option to launch camera in manual by long-pressing the camera button.

Oh, and to the fella above who says that there are "6 other models" from earlier in the year that will beat the XZ1 in good light? With respect, I'm going to disagree: There's no way that an S4, One or G2 can beat the Z1 in good light - and I'm not sure I could point to any other Android that does. (note: the iPhone 5 isn't as good but the 5s comes darned close,... in good light. Thought it over-saturates light a *****).

The S4 over-saturates, the G2 has even worse post-processing than Sony (it's artifact central on a G2 - FAR too much artificial sharpening) and the One? Well, it's the One, isn't it? Yuck. And the Z1 has better detail and dynamic range than all of the above in good light - it has been remarked on numerous times in a good many reviews.

The only place it really falls down is exposure - sometimes it blows out light objects if left to it's own devices. But you have an exposure toggle to fix that so problem solved.

In all honesty, I don't think I've ever been as happy with a phone camera. In any light.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toyosup88:
I noticed that there is a faint square around the menu capacitive button. I can only see it if there is a finger smudge or you breathe hot air and it and make it foggy. If its clean you don't see it a all...anyone else see this? is it a sensor of some sort?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexxxmackie:
Looked and look. Dont see it. But notice when it lights up theres a square aura around it. You could be seeing that is the right conditions or angle.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmike6453:
If a square can't be seen with the screen clean, does it really exist?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toyosup88:
The first pic is when it wiped clean with a cloth. The other two are with finger smudges on them.

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samzebian:
I can't tell, but maybe thats because I have a screen protector on mine?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] vijay555:
Isn't it bold to show which is the default entry you activate when you call that contact etc?

Pressing right on the dpad when in contact view would cycle the associated "bold" number I think.

Or am I confused?

V
[HTC One X] mqazimi:
Hi guys,

I've got a strange issue with my touch screen after updated to 4.2, sense 5, fully stock. My touch is too sensitive, and when i want to scroll down to see something or read any of the links, it in fact it clicks or open the link.

It is damn too sensitive, do you know if there is a way to adjust the sensivity of the screen?

I,m on stock 4.2 rooted, but even before I rooted it had same sensivity.

In the previus jb 4.1 I did nit had such sensivity.

Any help is appriciated.

Regards,
[HTC One X] 5teve:
Same issue here also. Extreme sensitivity which makes browsing and using the phone quite awkward.Things improved by unticking the 3 finger gestures in settings, but still pretty sensitive.

Steve
[HTC One X] mqazimi:
I see this kind of bug, because it is causing a lot of problems to work with phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naqikhan:
Hello,

Yesterday I bought Samsung S4 Korean Clone by Media Tek and experiencing several issues with the rest and I decided to go with Factory Reset.

After Factory Reset it stopped displaying Samsung Logo at boot and shut down. I was doing research online and installed different tools on it and all were pointed out that handset should be rooted.

I saw another tutorial to root with MtkDroidTools_v248 and after the successful root of my handset I restarted it and phone gone blank.

I tried to do another factory reset by holding volume up+power+home button but no luck.

I don't have any backup.

Anyone can help?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobzQuinn:
My Help :)

You should try this one. #*#94#*# Then it will Reboot with the logo :) Hope this works for you :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djderek:
Hi I tried that and all my phone says is no sim detected???

I would really appreciate your help

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] is0l4ted:
I have backup of the same Just Find a CWM recovery for your MT6572 Chipset by searching forum, And Restoring my Backup via. CWM. It will work. Tell me if you want that Backup I will upload as sson as I get your reply. Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amd_futuh:
You are awesome, solved mine.How possible to know these codes?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] los3rkid91:
sorry for asking stupid question...i just want to know the truth...samsung s4 with mediatek isit clone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cr4z33:
Lol OF COURSE it is!

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ (GT-I9506)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navy.chief091505:
S4Clone

Can the clone be used with U.S. Carriers?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkcobain:
PLZ help me

I have a Galaxy S4 clone by Mediatek,it's MT6572 S00 I had a problem on it & after I recovered it stopped working,so I start a long journey look for a backup or a Rom & everyone I tried I got a different prob like:

some made it black nothing work at all & others made 1/2 the screen work & the other 1/2 yellow or multicolor...& it's like that since a long time & I really start to lost hope :'( so Please any help or backup files?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lim Wee Huat:
MTKs are a waste of time. If you like Android development and stuff, skip MTKs and get a more reliable brand.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] is0l4ted:
Well mate, I am off MTK, abondened MTK happily everafter, so I could provide you the backup files as I get on to my desk back, but the real problem is lib files about in your clone S4 as it depends on Display IC number used in and according to it you have the firmware must contain that Display IC firmware, so you have to tear down the phone and let know the display IC number, but still it is a no go.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cannondaleV2000:
i remember with my old nexus one we could resize the partitions and take some space from system and give it to data and cache to system or data etc and im wondering since i have around 250mb free on my system at all times could i give that to data and possibly take away 200mb from cache and give it to data? because cache is not really used now so we dont need the 290mb that they have alocated to it 50mb would be enough. since we have true s-off and enghboot it should be possible without bricking. im just not 100% sure how to go about it on this device
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XperiaZFUn:
this is what i got in *#*#info#*#*

my APN is Correct but H+ don't work
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Delido:
Hi,

have someone tried carbon Rom on i9305 with custom kernel agni? I dont want a Problem with efs. I have a backup, but dont want to play it back.

With stock kernel i have wifi problems

Regards

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 4
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] JHoggAMLH:
cant get adb to recognize my ONE, fastboot works just fine. in 51-android.rules i have SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" , dont remember ever having this much troulble getting it to work on ubuntu
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] antony.ps:
To install adb and fastboot, I used webupd8 ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] LinuxScouser:
I'm having a similar issue. I've always had a bit of a funny issue trying to get adb to work consistently but considering I don't do it often, that is probably why. As for the repository. The 13.10 repository hasn't been updated yet with the android-tools-fastboot and adb. I'm not sure when or if they'll be updated but they're not available for now. I did a clean install of 13.10 so I lost everything I installed before then. Trying to remember how to set it up again is a pain :P
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] andromodgod:
ADB IS THERE IS 13.10 Repositry

Hey Dude I Just Installed ubuntu 13.10 and did apt-get update and then inputed these commands ''sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot" works just fine
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] LinuxScouser:
Yep, I've done that. And fastboot works perfectly, but adb won't.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] jboyer0000:
adb is working fine for me:)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Northgate:
All of them don't work for me on adb devices emptiness.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] tdhite:
Your udev rules are correct, right?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] djvita:
here you go

The program 'adb' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:

sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb
[Sony Xperia ZL] lopan24:
Hello,

Xperia ZL

4.2.2

C6506

FW 10.3.A.0.423

Unrooted

On the Bell Canada network

I recently installed BBM and am having issues with automatic image resizing. I am not sure if the cause is android or xperia, but I was hoping to find a solution either way. Whenever I try and send an image over BBM, in this case a .gif, it is automatically resized to a much smaller version. In the case of gif files it renders them tiny static images of the first frame. Just like the auto image resizing works for sms/mms, but those limits are not needed or wanted by me for BBM.

I am certain it is not the gif itself as I have transferred it to a friends phone via Bluetooth and sent it to my own phone as well as another friends phone over BBM. When sent from my friends phone the image is sent full size and the gif works perfectly.

What is causing this automatic image resize and how do I disable it?

I have attached an image of the problem. The source file is 1.92MB, but the sent file is only 9.13KB.

Thanks for your time.
[Sony Xperia ZL] rwill80:
I'm no expert, but I believe this is a BBM related issue. I think BBM just sends small sized pics automatically.
[Off-topic] majidjaxn:
Hello everybody, majid here. Long time stalker since the HTC touch android port days, yet not much of a poster. Now normally i do my research for as long as it takes but it has been about 3 months now with no type of luck.

What I'm looking for is a little out of the ordinary for these forums here but this community really knows its stuff so i came to you in my time of need. But enough on the formalities let me get to my [miniscule] dilemma.

Now i bought this in dash flip out monitor and i like it a lot. Big 8.3" screen and all the nice bells and whistles i could ask for. Except for the ugly os. It's a very low definition watered down iOS lookalike. And is incredibly ugly to me. I'm looking (and hoping and praying) that somebody here has this particular unit and conjured up a nicer looking ui.

My device is the power acoustik ptid-8310 NRB and is not exactly the most common unit and i know it is a long shot but hey, it doesn't hurt to ask does it?

Thank you in advance!
[Off-topic] theadamt:
any luck?

Hey there, I see it's been a year since this post. I'm actually looking at getting a Power Acoustik in dash unit, but I had the same concerns as you. I'm sure something could be done to really maximize the potential of this unit. Have you had any luck finding a developer who's willing to work on it or any luck improving the unit yourself?

I know there's tons of development on Pioneer's App radio units, but when these Power Acoustik & Soundstream units are half the price with a bigger screen and some of them better displays it really seems a shame they aren't being looked at.
[Off-topic] majidjaxn:
Sorry for the late response, I actually forgot I even asked this!

But unfortunately no, I haven't had any luck as far as finding a developer that would know anything in this subject. And if you're still looking at power acoustik units I'd keep in mind that newer mobile phones are not supported as far as Bluetooth pairing is concerned. The newest device I have that is still supported by the unit is a nexus 4 so I'm assuming any android running 4.2 and lower is still okay which is upsetting since I have a g2 running lollipop ?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krimskram:
I think this is the big question. Never have I been so fuzzy about choosing a phone. I have got hold of LG G2 (which got warm, produces antutu scores of louzy 20 000, has aggressive noise reduction on photos and a screen that did not survive a 20 cm droptest after 24 hours - now in repair) and currently a 48 hour old Z1 that produces a little less noize after the last update, but eats away battery when capturing photos and occasionally gets so warm that it shuts down the camera app. Crikey! These new devices. I was actually seriously considering requesting my old xperia S back!

After googling for 12 hours I could not find answers to the following, so I sent the questions to Sony and are waiting for an answer:

1. Is it a sensor\hardware or a software issue that produces this amount of grain and noize, particulary in the 50% peripheral part of the picture?

Without uploading any picture: the computer screen matrix is evenly lit and "perfect". A macro shot before the update showed marked noize in the periphery. It still does after the latest update, but it is far from as good. This makes me inclined to say that the lenses (under macro shots at least) has peripheral distortion.

2. Some rumour say that different batches of phones are of different quality. Needless to say: this has been the case on some previous massproduced gadgeds, and different fabrics might have different production quality. I have read that low quality items often are sold slightly cheaper on Ebay. So; anyone got some more "evidence" to prove such a suspicion for Z1? If so: what batches should we try to avoid?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer285:
To be honest, i think you should avoid Sony completely and do all of us a favour, if you are not prepared to read or search threads then you are not worthy of Sony or any other products. 'Pensky Material' you are not!

At the very least use the built in spell checker!