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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] diceroller:
Hi guys. Nooby question. Does the last version v8 20mp include all other mods like 4k etc. or i have to flash every version one by one to have all mods?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Nope v8 contains everything :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] diceroller:
One more question:)

I'm on odexed 157 and when copying and overwriting services jar and odex phone restart and stuck in bootloop. Had to flash firmware again. Am i doing something wrong? I'm copying using ES file manager.

Excuse my English.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] cashflow67:
As far as I know .157 base is not supported. I tried to flash thousand times and I did everything but it stuck at bootloop. Developer said that it will work at v9
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] diceroller:
So we have to wait then. Thanks for letting me know.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Sorry I only said it works because a few people have reported it works completely fine but then there are some people who cannot get it to work at all.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Dadovvv:
U get bootloop bcs in download link is services.jar and services.odex for .108 firmware and should works only on .108

Insted u can use serajr xperia xposed to patch original services.jar on .157 firmware odexed and folow next step u can see on OP for odex user.

- Delete the following from System/App;

CameraAddonPermission.odex

CameraCommonPermission.odex

SomcCameraFaceRegistration.odex

SomcCameraWidget.odex

- Delete the following from System/Priv-App

CameraCommon.odex

SemcCameraUI.odex

-Flash my camera mod.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] cashflow67:
No matter. I tried thousand times man. I flashed this camera mod on d1striker's Rom, ST rom and Advanced v.1.0.1 with .157 serajr servies.jar mod but it failed. But nothing happens. it works only on .108 roms. I even tried at .133 and it is still buggy at .133. We have to wait V9 :(
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Dadovvv:
I dont know about camera mod, bcs im using odex.108 firmware and cam mod is working for me, im talking about bootloop caused by services.jar
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
That's only to be used if your Rom is odexed, also is in the testing phase
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Dadovvv:
Yes i know bcs its my link for services.odex and tutorial also in your OP for odex user ;)

And it works on .108 odexed rom for sure.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] 3m2vinatohr04:
Hi Chocolatetrain thanks for this mod. The images captured were all vibrant and stunning.

However, the time it takes for the camera to load is much longer than it used to before (more like 10secs, previously just 2seconds)

Also there is a huge delay when switching between the front camera and the back camera.

Any idea on how do improve the loading times?

I'm on .108 stock rooted rom which is deodexed.

Thank you :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Thank you ;) Sorry about that, all you can do is clear the data for all the apps and services I listed in the original post I'm afraid.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] kkyoiori2001:
Is this 8th Edition work for 4.3 stock 14.2.A.1.136?

Thank you.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] ymwca:
hi @chocolatetrain

I just wanted to mod the 100% jpeg quality for the camera in firmware .157, so i tried to decompile the SemcCameraUI.apk

but do u remember in which smali should i make the change? i tried the yuvexifjpegconvertor.smali, but it turned out that the image file size is still very small (i changed the value from 0x5d to 0x64, is it correct??)

P.S. i have also made changes to media_profiles.xml
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] minchern:
Hi.

I installed the v8 20MP mod

But whenever i open the Manual Mode the Superior Mode

It always pop out camera has stopped or camera not available

The problem doesn't exist in any other mode except manual superior timeshift and 4k

Any help?

Im running on 4.4.4 stock rom rooted .157...

I installed the xposed kk, wipe cache and dalvic cache and still it pop out this problem to me...
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Yes if you've done everything correctly, that's all you have to do ;)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] ymwca:
oh but it doesn't work for me..........only one smali has to be changed?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
There is hardly any true 100% jpg mod on Sony devices I believe(at least on Z1 ~ Z3 series), must be locked somethings in kernel or /system. This mod is based on Z2 camera.apk I guess and the picture is more clear and file size will also result in larger. So, it looks better than Z1 stock but still far away from 100% JPG.

When you look at Samsung theirs mod cam at 100% JPG size, it is really huge like 2~3 times of us. In my experiences, the actual jpg compression rate in this mod is around 75 ~ 80%. Another reason is Sony focus is bad, the image tends to softer and blur, hence easier to compress and smaller in size when compared to like Samsung.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] ymwca:
when i use this mod, the file size is significantly larger, maybe ~1MB larger, and i do feel that the quality is better (maybe placebo effect XD)

but since the camera from .157 is faster, so i wanted to mod it myself.....

but it turned out that the file size from my own mod is exactly the same as those from un-modded ones, so i just would like to know if i hv done it correctly :p

what i hv done is changing the "ImageEncoding quality" and "ImageDecoding memCap" in media_profiles.xml,

for smali, i tried to make changes in "MediaSavingConstants$JpegQuality", "Yuv2ExifJpegConvertor", but still no luck....
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
This one is based on Z2 camera.apk(not sure new or old ver) and quality is really better. Z1 stock cam is only like 65~70% jpg rate based on the file size and horrible but I think mostly is the camera.apk quality bad and hence file size real small, not must be related with JPG compression rate. Z3 apk will provide even more better quality photo but we have no developer have time now, it seems they all gone to other phones to busying with and I'm afraid the entire development is almost stopped. So, I'm already thinking to upgrade my Z1c to Z3c or Galaxy Alpha or even Galaxy S6 around April.

There is never easy to mod Sony jpg since day one(so their cam is always suck), there must be many things need to change in kernel and /system too, not just simply modify the camera.apk itself. So, you see almost no XDA camera mod expert to work on Sony phone about this while there are tons of 100% jpg on HTC, Samsung, LG.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] ymwca:
Thanks for your detailed information, i'm also thinking of upgrading to s6 if the camera is good, and based on the performance of note 4 it should be promising
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
The softness is due to the large aperture compared to other phones, it looks professional in most cases. The size is probably due to the jpeg compression table which I think is kernel and .lib related, way out of my depth, I've heard it's very hard to change the compression table on a Sony device and that's why nobody has done it. There actually isn't that many artifacts compared to camera mods from Samsung etc so I don't really mind it.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
There are also other aspects to the camera mod which increase quality which I added too :P
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
Both large aperture and wide angle will result in softy image but it isn't the case on Z1. I've got an almost three years old of HTC One S(8M Pixel) which is also f/2.0 aperture and true 28mm wide lens but the image got much less artifacts because of 100% JPG mod and also very sharp because of even better focus accurate rate and speed over my Z1c. But when my Z1c got the right focus or during at low light, the image is better than One S.

Samsung usually applied too much sharpness(until Note4) on image and makes the image got some artifacts but that's not raise from JPG compression.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
It's actually 50/50 we will have to wait detailed review come up because Note4 get used Sony IMX240 16MP with OIS while S6 will switch to Samsung ISOCell 20MP plus OIS.

At this time, we don't know if 2nd gen of ISOCell could beat IMX240 but 1st gen of ISOCell on S5/Alpha really loss to IMX240 especially in low light though 1st gen already better than Z1/Z2 camera and not worse to or slightly better than Z3 level. The Note4 camera is superb, it is safe to say that it is a great improvement in android camera history and finally have one try to getting close to Nokia 808/1020 in terms of quality.

I actually prefer Note4 or S6 but they are very expensive and may excess my budget, I will try my best to buy Note4/S6. But if I really don't have that money, I will get Z3c or Alpha they are around the same price in HK so I'm stuck and don't know to pick which one.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AK2H:
I think the links in the first page are not working.

I want to download the mod v8 for 20MP.

Can you please fix it?

Sent from my SXZ1C
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Geoning:
Everything is ok with the link. :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Sometimes it depends on the way you download it, try using a laptop and if that doesn't work, use your phone or a different browser on either :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] LaosPerson:
Interesting, Xposed framework itself seems to slow down the camera functionality, using the patched services.jar http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z1/general/superuser-mod-collection-request-files-t2859248 after i uninstalled xposed it works a lot faster, darn i liked xposed too D:
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Xposed generally slows your phone down, you can disable resource hooks if you want, then it'll still be fast lol
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] LaosPerson:
It only slowed down my camera, my phone was otherwise snappy lol
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] brianzelda:
NICE

works great thanks a lot, btw does this fix the overheat issue?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Oh that's weird lol
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
There isn't any reported overheating issues except for one person months ago so yeah :P
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] LaosPerson:
I know, I was like, really? I didn't even have an xposed modules that did anything with the camera
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] minchern:
Can someone send me the stock camera apps to flash over this mod please?

I cannot open my camera anymore and I forgot backup

Can anyone please send me the stock camera to revert the change please?

I'm on stock rom 14.4.A.0.157 kitkat 4.4.4
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] olegbraga:
Hello. I have ODEX and Kitkat 4.4 (.108). I try follow instruction, but after deleting service and reboot i have bootloop. How I can fix it? Sorry for my English
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Don't delete, you clear the data, so just reflash your ROM.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] 300g:
V9

Hello friends xda , when we have new version of camera V9 ? thank you very much for your work !!
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
Since the 5.0 delayed to at least April or even May, we really need V9 .... lol
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Wiltron:
Hey [MENTION=5096146]Chocolaterain[/MENTION]

Any chance you can incorporate into the stock camera app, the ability to use headset button (stock sony headset is fine) to capture picture or start/stop video?

There's an app on the PS that allows this, Vignette, but currently all other apps that I've tried don't let it happen.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] NexusGTS:
if you are unhappy with the software for sony camera (the sensor can do more) sign this and maybe sony will do something

https://www.change.org/p/sony-mobile-fix-the-camera-software-sony
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] scope98:
Does this work on the .157 firmware odex?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Most likely not, some people report that it does work though, delete the odex files for the things that are being flashed though to ensure it works
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] scope98:
and what if i deodex this rom? Is the .157 firmware gonna make any problems or do i have to flash the older one?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] ajikangb:
SteadyShot working??

Hey i just would like to know if SteadyShot will still work when using 4K video resolution? Also is there a date for the release of the new v9 version yet? Im kinda waiting till that happens so i can apply this mod in my Z1 Compact!
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Wiltron:
I am on Stock 157, Rooted and Deodexed, and v8 20MP works fine without issue.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Never use old versions, deodexed is the most compatible if you read the Op
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] dstrikersZ1:
Hey dude, when you release your camera version ???
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] minchern:
Hey I am on stock 157 rooted stock rom but I am unable to launch the camera... It says camera has stopped... Any help??
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] cashflow67:
How did you flash it? After I flash my phone opens, after 5 seconds it reboots every time. I cant use the phone
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Could somebody please provide me with the STOCK .157 camera apks? The apks you need to send me are identical to the ones in v8 and they follow the same file/folder structure. They need to be from a stock firmware, no custom ROMs, and from a deodexed rom, so anyone who has flashed an FTF and deodexed, that would be perfect, I can't find them myself and I don't have time to flash an FTF because of MultiROM :P I think I can make v9 soon, since Lollipop is delayed :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] ymwca:
I only have a z1 compact, would it help?

you only need the apks, not the lib, framework,...etc.?

Edit:

i just found this, is it ok??

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z1/development/deodex-14-4-0-157-patch-t3003481

it contains a deodexed system zip
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Nope, sorry, I need a zip of a clean deodexed file system, anyway, I may just have to use Venkat Karmeshe's Rom as a base :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
http://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/development/rom-d550314-4-0-157latest-t2957307

Z1c .157 camera.apk should be exactly same with Z1. This rom is stock deodexed( totaly stock based and I have not replaced anything related to stock camera) in case if you real can't find one.

Yes, it seems even Z3/Z2 delayed to March and I'm afraid we will receive it only on May now because Sony just cut off many staffs in mobile department and I think they don't have enough programmers. I'm planning to get Galaxy S6 sometimes around April, wish I see your V9 before I got S6 but I'm not sure if I will real like S6 and Samsung, maybe I will switch back to Z4c later if S6 is suck.

But isn't V9 based on Z3 camera? why would you need a Z1 camera? And I recommend to increase the inactivity timeout, not cut it off to half time. The current idle timeout limit is 2mins on V8 which is already not a long time enough, it is ridiculous to has only 1min screen time and the camera will out. The Iphone stock camera got 5mins. Sometimes we will just need to launch the camera and wait for a shot.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
I don't trust the Z3 camera project, it has been abandoned. I also will increase inactivity timeout, I don't know why I made it half :P cheers
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] dstrikersZ1:
WTF !!!
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] sq1pl:
[MENTION=5191347]Chocolatetrain[/MENTION] what about new version??
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Exams soon :(, I've started, but can only do a little bit on the weekends, when I actually have a free weekend :(
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Horayken:
Hi guys.. As a solution until choco release v9 you can use 20mp mod from xposed and replace media profiles and media codecs from v8. I did this on dstiker kai rom and the picture is greatly improved. Pictures now have less compression but are much more heavier. Hope it helps. I'm on .157 and it's working. Less noise
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
Is that possible to mod 20MP in Manual scene mode? It's limited to 8MP and the 20MP mod only works for SA mode.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Not to my knowledge, however, I'll try again next time I attempt to make v9
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
When will you have time again? I may not have money upgrade to S6 next month until May wish I see your V9 available before I get S6. :laugh:
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
I barely have any time, next holiday is my next bit of 'free' time, so I'll do it then(2 weeks away)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Alvian_P:
low light mode in superior auto not work for me
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] paul_evc7:
Recovery

How can I load my previous recovery? Because that recovery doesn't have many options...
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AK2H:
Dear Chocolatetrain ...

Will you make a new MOD when the Lollipop update come out for Z1 Compact?

Thanks for your great efforts ;)

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
We don't even have a single bit of information regarding z1/z1c lollipop atm, I guess we got delayed to mid-year. After that, devs will first work on 4K mod and Chocolatetrain will do v10 when 4K is ready, it will be a long long future probably around Sep/Oct.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Sony did say or tip around May ish I think, so still a few months away.

Edit: Oh, look; http://www.xperiablog.net/2015/03/2...ompact/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] omegastarr:
Actually we have info for quite a while now it will be out next monday :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
oh yup, good news Lollipop finally arrive to z1/z1c, but still need to wait for the 4K port project to finish before you work on v10, it will take 2 ~ 3 months I guess.

---------- Post added at 10:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:26 PM ----------

Next Monday? I think it got certified today?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] omegastarr:
Please look:

link to sony blog
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] broadsword2425:
Download broken sir :crying:
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AK2H:
Try using the web browser in Desktop Mod ... it should work with that ;)

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] broadsword2425:
works :D

thanku man! i had already tried it via my phone using chrome(DESKTOP MODE) but never worked , but then you said and i tried it with my laptop and it works. thanku , pressed it too ;)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Going to put this in the OP since I get asked this too often ?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Ashray_Vk:
is the v9 released or is the next release going to be v9 ? :o
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Red-code:
Could you tweak camera for ub
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] ymwca:
The next release is going to be v9
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
I wish v9 out first(I will stick with KitKat for a long time bcoz I need 4K mod) but since z1 lollipop is coming real fast now, I think Chocolatetrain might cancel the v9 and make v10.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] albertobom:
How about make version one? [emoji1]
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
No, ill make v9 even though lollipop will be out since some people will use older firmware based roms, don't worry though ill still make v10 ?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
yup, I think you can do v9 first and after they ported 4K to lollipop then start to work on v10. After 5.1 out(probably will need to port from Z2/Z3) and consider to make v11(lol)....
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Yeah haha
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Atntpt:
[MENTION=5191347]Chocolatetrain[/MENTION] do you still intent to make a z2 version ? :D
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Yeah, after I update the Z1 edition haha! Remind me to if you notice v9/10 is released because I may forget
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] martin091:
Half-Life 3 will be released before V9 ?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
I'm sorry, I have exams ?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Ashray_Vk:
Hey, is it also possible to make HDR and other effects that work using 8mp manual to work with 20mp manual too?

Sorry if this is a noobish question though
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AK2H:
I don't think so.

Because the timeshift video and 4k recording are existed in newer smartphones and the developers ported these mods from them.

The HDR and other effects on 20MP are not exist in the newer smartphones and the developers can't make these mods by themselves.

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
I tried once but it didn't work, maybe I'll try again
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] albertobom:
How about making camera start always in manual mode?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Ashray_Vk:
hoping to see new versions as the lollipop update is out :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Spencer_D:
After installing this mod pictures become a bit pink in low light. it's because of the file "product.dat"
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Jonfensu:
I am waiting for L version. If you could fix the lag in view finder you will be the best ?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Sword_Muse:
+1 !
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AK2H:
Here's a new method for Lollipop without Xposed and flashable via recovery!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60157009

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Ashray_Vk:
Maybe with the help of this, we can get 20mp HDR too?

http://xdaforums.com/z3-compact/themes-apps/mod-xperia-camera-unlocked-t3071161
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Spencer_D:
Look at the last post there by me.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Me and him will combine our work after my exams, which is in 3 weeks, so wait patiently.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AK2H:
[MENTION=5191347]Chocolatetrain[/MENTION] can you please port background defocus ?

I want it badly :rolleyes:

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Flor27:
Why ? It's already working and avalable in Playstore.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AK2H:
I'm sorry I didn't know that because play store is banned in my country Syria :(

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] giannism13:
Hello, what is the difference between this mod and cybershot ?

Dont they offer similar features?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Mine offers more features and is based off of newer firmwares :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
Hey, I already got S6 and my z1c is still here. But I'm also considering to get a z3c to play with S6 mixed and decide which one I real love. :D
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] ymwca:
how about LG G4? i can't decide between s6 or g4, or stick with my z1c for some more time..........