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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] jkossowsky:
Sprite Backup works for a restore after a ROM upgrade

I have used Sprite Backup 5.x to do a restore after a ROM upgrade and everything worked great with the exception of my Messaging settings.

The basic process is/was simple. Run a full backup on your data, including the registry and store to your MiniSD card as and EXE - sprite gives you the option to do this.

Before you do the upgrade, you need to go to the Sprite web site and download a file called "GetUpgradeData2005.exe" and put it on the Storage Card (miniSD)

After the ROM upgrade, run GetUpgradeData2005.exe and it will put a file on your device. I think that it puts it on the device, in main memory, so you need to move it to your Storage Card.

Go to the backup file that you want to restore from. As the backup file is an exe, you do not need to reinstall Sprite before doing this.

In the restore options, there is a checkbox for Device Upgrade. Check this. Then run restore. The restore process will ask you for this file that was created by the GetUpgradeData2005.exe. Select it and then the restore run.

The device will reboot once or twice (cant remember) and walla! You have the new ROM but with all your apps and stuff back.

Some caveats/warnings:

1) Don’t backup your storage card data for this backup/restore

2) After the restore, non of my pop3 and imap email accounts were recreated in Messaging – however, when I tried to recreate the accounts manually, using the same POP name for each account, it told me that the name was already in use. SO clearly, the data for the account was in the registry somewhere, but just did not restore 100%.

Being lazy, I just created the accounts with a different POP3 name and that’s it. I am sure that if I looked I would have found the settings in the registry, deleted them, and then recreated the accounts- but the name was not that important.

It should be noted that every night I downloaded all the mail from these accounts into my desktop Outlook, so that on a day to day basis, there were no messages stored in these accounts on the device, thus I don’t think there was any space taken up by not deleting the accounts from the registry – but I am not sure of this.

On the plus side, all my SMS messages were restored.

Hope this helps
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] -V-O-Y-A-G-E-R-:
Tonight I've decided to upgrade ROM to a newer version (i-Mate 2.16.9.1 -> O2 2.21.4.101) and I did a system backup with Sprite Backup. When I restored it back to Wizard I god a message that the restoration went successfully, but with some errors.

In log I saw many lines like:

Warning :Error creating value Default
Warning :Error creating value ThreadingModel
Warning :Error creating value ConnectsToPin
Warning :Error creating value Merit

Should I be "worried" for the system stability? So far nothing strange happened..but I haven't started all the programs installed.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] php111:
Hi, I never own any Nexus before, but I am tempted to own a Nexus 7 from Verizon Wireless even its on backorder but that doesn't matter, I could wait. I think I seen its 6/23. Please correct me if I am wrong. I have to look again. I currently have the Galaxy S3 SCH-i535 and I am not eligible to upgrade yet but I might anyway. But my questions are, if I buy the Nexus 7 could it be rooted and could the bootloader be unlocked? I am looking for a short answer of yes or no. Thank you!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisbo4:
Yes
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] php111:
Thank you!
[One (M8) General] billybobjones:
Post pictures taken with your M8.

Kindly PM me with the link/poster information and I will feature your gallery/photos below this post

HTC M8 Camera Collective by Hamdir

M8 Samples

Hamdir

Rick Takagi

RSK01

Colby Brown Photography

TETJK

Engadget Gallery

Gavinfabl

UgXvibe

Jose Jacas

Soulreaver99

MrFuZZy92
[One (M8) General] Rippley05:
The pictures are poor. You're gonna have some good, some bad, but overall the camera is poor. Especially when zooming at all.

The camera app itself is snappy and it'll focus fast, but this ultra pixel with 4mp just isn't gonna get it. There is 2 year old technology cranking out better, more consistent pictures.
[One (M8) General] ratchetjaw:
Do you have one? Or speculation? Just wondering
[One (M8) General] fr0st420:
He's been bashing the M8 all day. Camera is decent just not enough megapixels for his liking.
[One (M8) General] matt95:
Tell me that the photos from Engadget are fake! :(

They look horrible
[One (M8) General] Jaa-Yoo:
Ive seen a couple short hands on reviews that say the M8 pics are no better than the M7. The only thing the M8 has going for it in the camera department is speed and that new refocusing feature....which one reviewer said doesnt really work that well. Hmmm
[One (M8) General] slide83:
They were over-compressed and they've reposted the originals at http://www.flickr.com/photos/phonewisdom/sets/72157642913906483/
[One (M8) General] Frankie1588:
Call me crazy, but I think those look perfectly fine?:eek:
[One (M8) General] matt95:
Now they look good! I got scared at first, now here's the answer :)
[One (M8) General] jtc276:
Yeah, um, those Flickr photos look more than acceptable for me. I don't need the best camera if I'm getting the best screen, audio quality, and experience that the M8 will surely offer as the M7 did. The camera is literally secondary (or, well, further than that) than all of those areas and, even then, it's not really bad at all.
[One (M8) General] Div033:
NO.

NOT ENOUGH MEGAPIXELS.

/s

In all seriousness, when it comes down to cutting costs on a smartphone design, camera would be the first thing on my list too. Would you rather it be made of cheap plastic, not have front facing speakers or have a smaller battery?

I'd take superior hardware/build over a great camera any day. I know we want it all, but it seems like we just can't have it all. At least not til the M9.
[One (M8) General] JCorona:
I'm sold. I'm no Pro Photographer but those pics look near perfect to me.
[One (M8) General] blestsol:
IMAG0065 that night time pic...looks really really really bad. but for the most part its not bad. Matter of fact all the night time ones are really bad towards the end .
[One (M8) General] rotchcrocket04:
In complete and utter seriousness guys (not being a fanboy either) I was MORE than pleased with the camera on the M7. That was my primary concern that I debated over for months before getting the M7 - giving up my iPhone 5 which took awesome pics was a difficult choice. Hands down, I'm more than excited to get back to Android (had to go back to my iPhone 5 due to selling my M7). The true wide angle 16:9 is so awesome and the pics were great. Overall, I felt like I was able to regularly capture more accurate color representations with the M7. Low light was pretty great too.

I will say, there were a few times where I was left wishing I could crop to a larger size and retain image quality. However, for me personally, it wasn't a big enough issue for me to ditch the phone, as I don't need to do that often enough. If you're someone who is perpetually cropping, this probably isn't going to work for you.

Also, I used to have an album of pics I took on my phone to show people when they'd play with it. I received soooo many compliments on the pics I took and more people saying "This phone has such an amazing camera" never knowing it was only 1/2 the MP's as their phones.

I understand and agree with the major drawbacks of it, however, as an overall quick shooter to the ability to take your time and change settings to get an optimal pic, it blew me away quite a few times. That's more than I could ever say about my iPhone.

Addition: there was a thread I saw with M7 vs. M8 photos and the colors looked quite a bit better and more crisp on the M8. I'm excited to see what I can do with it.
[One (M8) General] itsxiao:
although the MP is disappointing, the strengths of the phone outweigh a blunder such as that I think. It's not like the camera is crap, it's just average for current times. We just had higher expectations as we should have especially compared to last year's. I would say the camera is "adequate"
[One (M8) General] fernando sor:
I have the phone actually. Not just making assumptions and the camera isn't bad. The software is awesome.
[One (M8) General] Hardcore73:
I want to see how the slow motion video is. I love that and use it all the time to record my son's sports.
[One (M8) General] billybobjones:
Thanks! Much better indeed. These are more than acceptable for my use.
[One (M8) General] bigballa:
The MKBHD first impression video of the camera shows off it's strengths and weaknesses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSlt_2X8sPw
[One (M8) General] Crazypinoy9:
im not sure about anyone else but i really dont take many pics at night or in low light. so the camera is fine for me. i will have it on thursday so i'll find out how well it works for me soon :)
[One (M8) General] Shan89:
Ty for doing the shots , the AE/AF lock focus is very strange it looks like you locked the focus on the most dark spot like the focus was locked on the bottom of the pic instead of the sky.

The AE/AF lock should look exactly like the 2nd pic very clear sky and dark bottom then switch to HDR would keep the sky as it is but brighten up the bottom and end result = perfect pic with perfect exposures.

I hate to ask but is it possible that you accidentally locked the focus on the bottom instead the sky ? Or perhaps accidentally touched the bottom while switching to HDR mode or after chosing the HDR mode.

The trick with AE/AF is this to be precise ( sorry for nit picking mate just trying to figure out why the pic is overblown instead of being perfect as it should be )

So the trick goes like this:

Open the cam point at what you wanna shoot in this case the fence / sky / bottom so the focus should be somewhere a little bit above from the fence then lock it there so the sky looks like on the 2nd pic ( perfectly visible with all the clouds ) after that 3dots and choose the HDR mode without touching anything else so the focus stays locked along with the iso and exposure , after that you take the shot , the end result should be = sky 95% the same as how it was when you locked the focus, the bottom brightened up and in overall pretty much perfect picture + none phone can get these 2 right aside from m7 and m8.

I'm gonna ask you if you could please test one more time this time please do exactly as how i wrote above ( sorry for bugging you , feel free to tell me to **** off lol )

EDIT:

If it's kinda dark now outside then nvm this maybe another time when you feel like testing :P oh and no need to upload full sized shots taptalk will do the job since i need to see will exposures stay right instead of overblown. Don't care for the quality ATM :P

Edit:

Here's what AE/AF should do.

(quoute from my older post)

[MENTION=918378]Basil3[/MENTION]

As you can see every 1st pic did correct the sky but bottom is too dark while every HDR shot overblown the sky and every 3rd pic has perfect sky + perfect bottom , this is the result of AE/AF + HDR but it's very important to lock the focus on the right spot which should be somewhere between the sky and bottom ( basically the sky or bright spot should look exactly the same as with auto mode then lock it and use HDR switch to take a shot to correct the bottom )
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
[MENTION=918378]Basil3[/MENTION] my mistake did you try to lock into the dark area instead or i think shan knows better about this

[MENTION=4914682]Shan89[/MENTION] for god sake hide your large posts
[One (M8) General] Shan89:
Woops :P sorry i'll keep in mind for the next time lol.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
M8 camera samples by Rick Tagaki

a lot more incredible M8 Samples here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rt425/sets/72157642908546733/

Official info about this camera:

HTC One M8 Camera page
[One (M8) General] vegetaleb:
Indeed! These photos are very nice :good:
[One (M8) General] tekkneke:
Not gonna read through 11 pages to see if someone provided this link, but the pictures at the bottom of this review are phenomenal. The ONLY real issue with the M8 is the lack of resolution (which is only a problem if you need to zoom and crop). You can edit any of your photos and add color if you think they are too dull. The great thing is that if the dullness is your chief complaint, you should be happy that it is a software issue that can be adjusted in future updates.

Anyways, here is the link:

http://www.colbybrownphotography.com/gear-review-a-photographers-take-on-the-htc-one-m8-2014/
[One (M8) General] Stephen:
Moderator warning,

I have deleted several posts. Remember forum rules. Trolling is not allowed. Keep posts on topic please.

Ghost
[One (M8) General] mushages:
pictures posted by hamir are superb, whats the setup? let people who are b*tching about the camera see them or see an eye doctor.
[One (M8) General] ratchetjaw:
Pics are fine except when trying to zoom or crop. Bottom line camera is okay. Not the best could and should have been better.
[One (M8) General] mushages:
Yup I know I used the same camera as m7 on my butterfly S. Bottom line better colors, funky duo camera and no more red/purple tint [emoji106] more pixels is a must for zooming HTC didn't think of that while changing the manufacturer of the lens?.... In the end I'm still happy because I can take pictures that can impress people taking the same pictures with higher MP cameras..
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
[MENTION=1999353]mushages[/MENTION] it's not as simple as changing manufacturer the UP sensor is wide but not deep any high MP sensor will have to be deep, which will either cause a change of lens location in the design or a camera hump
[One (M8) General] mushages:
I know its not easy that's why they sticked wit 4uP and focused on enhancing it instead of presenting it as before I'm happy with it as long as it doesn't bring the purple tint back.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
Here is the answer about tint according to HTC Elevate
[One (M8) General] fr0st420:
Snows melting!

My daughter took a selfie with my dog lol
[One (M8) General] dondavis007:
http://phandroid.com/2014/03/28/htc...lg-g-pro-2-vs-sony-xperia-z2-camera-face-off/

Sent from a mobile Gadget...
[One (M8) General] Frankie1588:
That puppy is adorable!
[One (M8) General] Basil3:
This picture demonstrates how uFocus still needs fine tuning. I have focussed on the object at the front, yet for some reason there's an area still in focus at the back where the red containers are.
[One (M8) General] globalgpj:
Yes, this has been shown as one of the areas that needs to be improved by a very good review that I posted in one of these threads earlier.

It may be in the algorithms used that has to be improved.
[One (M8) General] colinmc8:
Just started to read through the thread. Have these comparisons been posted?

http://www.androidheadlines.com/201...axy-s5-lg-g-pro-2-xperia-z2-go-head-head.html
[One (M8) General] globalgpj:
Thanks for sharing this.

I really want to see a lot more indoor low light images on this thread from the M8.

Please users, post away.

Thanks in advance.
[One (M8) General] itzsnookums:
One X
[One (M8) General] iggdawg:
Pretty sure it's glass with a coating on it, and the coating is what scratches. HTC has done this in the past. The One X+ was a good example. When it got too scratchy I just used a damp paper towel with a super tiny amount of toothpaste and ground the coating off. voila! perfectly clean/clear glass underneath. I suspect it's the same thing on this device.
[One (M8) General] -juanito-:
UFocus

Snapseed

Cropped
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
I will do some more when free. ;)
[One (M8) General] Seraz007:
I know this has been asked many times but how bad is the GPE/AOSP camera really? Couldn't find any comparison anywhere :|
[One (M8) General] HtcOneJon:
Haven't got any comparisons to show you but I went straight back to sense once i'd tried the AOSP and GPE camera's. Buggy AOSP aside, the google camera just isn't up to scratch and i'd say the quality of the pictures is around 30% worse on the GPE / AOSP. The usability of the camera apps is night and day. HTC camera wipes the floor with the google camera for features. In my opinion.
[One (M8) General] ajai_dev:
Pics M8 "Auto & Manual"
[One (M8) General] tryfound:
Low-light shots. My friend took some on his N4 and they were almost pitch black.
[One (M8) General] tryfound:
That's a beautiful shot, I love the way the light shows the detail on the door. I would never guess this was taken on a phone, especially not one with an apparently 'sub-par' camera
[One (M8) General] Darknites:
Its ok and does the job but have found that Google camera to work better but is missing most of the fancy stuff most people don't even use.

Here some pics on AOSP and some was done with Google's way of doing blur.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwwLNEh92yU-ZkNfX28xdGVrS0E&usp=sharing
[One (M8) General] jamiee6610:
Thanks,personally i come to the conclusion unless it says Apple or Samsung it will always be considered inferior?
[One (M8) General] RSK01:
My exact same thoughts. The texture on the door is unbelievable.

Jamiee : Was the edit done on snap speed too?
[One (M8) General] jamiee6610:
It was snapseed yes I use pixlar a lot as well.

The photo if downloaded has the data about the shot, I think it was a HDR shot and then messed with it?
[One (M8) General] arses:
HTC ULTIM8®
[One (M8) General] Seraz007:
How about the front facing camera? :) It is decent on AOSP?
[One (M8) General] Darknites:
This was the first time using it lol but did better than expected since I couldn't set focus. Click on it for better version of it.
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] Callliope:
They are edited with some program ?
[One (M8) General] rizevnarastek:
The One with glasses only has uFocus applied and it's cropped, the second edited in Snapseed, some selective edit on the hat and vintage filter without texture.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] Callliope:
I think i will download snspseed cuz it s an interesting app
[One (M8) General] meleelord:
Anyone find the mod from Jishnu makes the photos look too bright? I've gone back to stock now.
[One (M8) General] RotaryXperiment7:
I've never noticed.I always thought even stock made it too bright. So I take them at exposure -1
[One (M8) General] doc_fx:
What is the average size of a photo taken outdoors? Because i have found a link on flickr where photos are around 3 to 4 mb in size and are quite zoomable. I checked the details but it says manyfacturer htc and doesnt state the camera model. Can anyone on the thread link me to a flickr or any other account where i can download and see the full size images?
[One (M8) General] dannejanne:
Starry sky...

Sent from my One M8
[One (M8) General] WarCow:
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[One (M8) General] xsidex:
Well this one turned out pretty good :D

[/url]IMAG0267 Click to watch it fullscreen it looks that much better that way
[One (M8) General] redpoint73:
I'm seeing everywhere from 2 to 3.7 MB for my outdoor pics, with the majority probably falling in the upper 2 (2.5 to 3) MB range.
[One (M8) General] itzsnookums:
Awesome pic
[One (M8) General] MarkGiardini:
I can't get my pics to turn out anywhere near as good as half the fellas on here...annoyed!
[One (M8) General] starbase64:
Hi,

manuel mode is much better ;)

auto mode = high iso and low exposure time

manuel mode = low iso and high exposure time

result is clearer and much sharper

attached is a little test from last night 11pm, ISO400, ISO800 & ISO1600

regards

starbase64
[One (M8) General] mwatson:
How did you get the stars to appear in the trees!?
[One (M8) General] dannejanne:
Yedi mind trick! No but I took a picture of the water surface and it's reflection. The "stars" you see are particles on the water surface.

Sent from my One M8
[One (M8) General] itzsnookums:
Figured it was something like that, still very cool pic
[One (M8) General] harihacker:
Mine Edited with Snapseed..

Mine Edited with Snapseed..
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
Let having some Japanese food. :)
[One (M8) General] PcFish:
How'd you manage to keep your hands so still? lol
[One (M8) General] just lou:
I was expecting my pictures to be pretty mediocre after ready all the "professional" reviews on the net, but I've been pleasantly surprised. My results are very good. I think a lot of people fell for "megapixel hype".
[One (M8) General] Jooosty:
I went from a M8 to a M7

Don't ask me why

But I'm happy with the results on the M7 4.1MP camera as well.
[One (M8) General] :
Only picked mine up yesterday, but also not too disappointed with the camera at all. Also came from the mighty M7. The loss of optical image stabilization was not as damning as expected. It's perfectly adequate for my needs. Especially liking the speed at which I can launch the camera with volume keys and take a (well focused) shot in about 2 seconds. Very handy when you have a 2 year old who does random stuff with no warning.

So far very pleased with it.
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
4.7"...

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sams...4.7-inch-display-apparently-confirmed_id58554
[One (M8) General] Jooosty:
That's a nice size
[One (M8) General] chobits:
What in the world is that delicious looking food !

At first I thought it's French

Then again it's Japanese hahaha :good:
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
Yep, that is delicious, my all time favor from that shop. If you visit Malaysia, just step in any Kinshahi Japanese Restaurant. :)
[One (M8) General] alexblajan:
The camera works relative ok for me. The uFocus has some problems but I have high hope for the Sense camera.

This is a photo made by me, I took a picture of my dog and then edited it with uFocus and a filter.

Also I posted a picture with no filter, no feature. Just auto mode.
[One (M8) General] Callliope:
what program for editing you used and what filter?
[One (M8) General] alexblajan:
As I rembemer I used uFocus and then the filter "Windmere".

The normal HTC Gallery App.
[One (M8) General] Darknites:
Why would you do that? Lol
[One (M8) General] Jooosty:
I sold my M8 to try the Oneplus.

My father really liked the Oneplus so I gave I traded with him. He has a G2.

I didn't like the G2 so I sold it and bought a brand new M7

I was fearing for the purple tint issue but so far its okay.

The M7 is such an awesome phone. I like it more than the M8.
[One (M8) General] petalyaa:
After apply some filters, this is the result.
[One (M8) General] Darknites:
Lol that's a lot of phones in a short time.
[One (M8) General] BookOfRick:
Trip to McDonald's.
[One (M8) General] Andrewtst:
Surprising! What make you more like M7? I don't see any part M7 better than any phone you own before.
[One (M8) General] chobits:
I just got my htc today

This is my shot
[One (M8) General] Kevin336:
Is it possible to take pictures like this? I saw it anywhere in a Spot.

Gesendet von meinem HTC One S mit Tapatalk 2
[One (M8) General] hamdir:
some camera feedback from the 4.4.3 new sense base

camera I don't see any improvements to standard functions, its still best to rely on auto focus, ufocus mask still silly, however there is a a clear improvement to HDR, with auto focus it no longer burns the highlight as much as before and closer to our focus lock trick

No new effects or filters