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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] iZoal:
I have flashed the Camera Mod v7 8MP and now camera isn't working
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Didgesteve:
I would love to try this mod, but it seems very random if it works or not.

Perhaps if people write a little bit more about that setup they have? ie: what rom, what firmware

Then we might be able to build a better picture of why some installs fail.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] BingO_BongO:
differs from version 7 8MP version 7 20mp? (google translater)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] jimbou:
Yes,what is the difference between those two v7 ?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] sskillerr:
On 1 page is info lol :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] jimbou:
I cannot seem to find the answer to my question in page 1...

Can you please advise which of those v7 to flash and why?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] hottomato:
It's personal choice whether you want the higher res in sa mode.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] BingO_BongO:
do not know much English, so ask!
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] NerdiX:
oFF [MENTION=4545020]BingO_BongO[/MENTION] After editing, your post is much better...

My Eng is also bad, but not the couse of profanity...

/oFF
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
It does work, certain people don't understand whether if its suitable for them to flash it, there's no problems for me and a lot of other people but certain people have problems because they flash over other mods and don't follow instructions, so they don't get it working, if you don't like it anyway, restore a nandroid
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
The differences between the two v7's is purely the SA resolutions, nothing else.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] iZoal:
How can i undo this zip file because it's not working with me and a camera isn't working too
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Re-flash rom zip or restore a nandroid.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] sskillerr:
I install v6 and have error so i flash v1.3 wipe cache dalvik and app cache and all ok works :) i dont flash rom :) flash only a mod :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] m0urazz:
i don't know but , i did all of those and my camera app always force close , when i try to open it ? :S any help or upload the SemcCameraUI.apk from the prv-app
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Geoning:
Download this package and copy the SemcCameraUI.apk

You will have access to every deodex, stock app

http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z1/development/deodex-14-4-0-108-deodex-patch-variants-t2827772
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] m0urazz:
Thanks dude already fixed :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] BingO_BongO:
Put both files, the difference is not seen, left version 7 with 20mp
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] CM17X:
OMG OMG OMG It is finally working for me! Sadly I had to deodex my rom (I was avoiding it for no clear reasons).

Camera open fast; I have to test the quality photo tomorrow at day. The timeshift video is working like a charm, even the sound.

The only thing bugging me is the shooter sound. How to replace it?

For all those with problems, you have to do this. Keep in mind that I was never able to use this till today.

1 - Install your ROM. You don't need a fresh install, just a rom running.

Deodex, totally needed. If you're lucky, you woul be able to use this with your odexed Rom, if not, deodex it.

2 - follow the instructions in OP for the camera usage (this is when your rom is a fresh install)

3 - Clear cache/data of Camera, Cameras, Camera common, Camera Extension and Video in you find it.

4 - Download v7 SA 8mp or 20mp, what you wish, and place it on your phone.

5 - Reboot into recovery and flash the zip you just download.

6 - While cache and dalvik and reboot.

Now jump and hover in middle air.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] tomascus:
Camera sounds located at system/media/audio/camera

Alternatively, you can edit path to camera sounds in apk.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] LaosPerson:
Do we need to have kitkat for this? I want to test this on my xperia z1s
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] tomascus:
then test it.

take a backup first just in case.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] CM17X:
Sorry but is not clear, at least for me.

I want to change the camera sound, but how to replace it?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Haha good job, also look in the op for the original sounds :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Do a backup and try v7 then if not try the one that is based off the z2 camera which is v5? I think
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] CM17X:
Dang, I need to check, have no idea how to change it, but I will.

Thanks!
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] tomascus:
replace it like you would normally replace it, the shutter sounds are: fastcapture_launch_and_capture_done.wav, shutter_done.wav, timeshift_shutter.wav. Then set permissions to rw-r-r . The files are located at system/media/audio/camera/sound1.

Simple enough? :good:
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Sorry I meant OP lol
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Or you could flash the stock sounds zip from the 1st post that I made ;)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AndroidInsanity:
Really random question guys that I want to know.

Since this is based off the Z2 in a way, does that mean image quality on my Z1C in theory mean that it takes images as good as the Z2?

By the way, I did everything instructed but still occasionally get freezes and black screen, any advice??
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] omegahanggara:
Can anyone help me to mirror v7 8mp to another site? I have problem with dev host...
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] supermanman123:
is the HDR mode only available in 8mp mode? may someone please enlightened why? And is it just me, the HDR mode in this camera isn't that great. Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
1. it's for 4.4.4

2. need a deodexed rom

3. remember to clean all camera settings before flash

4. remember to do wipe cache and dalvik cache wipe

This is still not the final ver because 444 on Z2 is not out. OP will do update again when Z2 got 444. In general, Z2 is more optimized to the quality but we are on a mix now because Z2 no 444 libs offered.

The 444 plus V7 does improved the focus slightly, white balance, exposure value and tuned up a little bit saturation and contrast. However, it has pros and cons. The denoise is more heavy now while it is good for photo in general but a hurt for video recording to preserve the already not enough details, I've found both 1080P and 4K video got degraded quality because of this reason. I'm a video lover and actually considering to down to 442, I hope it will be better on z2 444. I think my Sony SmartWatch 2 is also running better on 442 at this moment.

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The HDR is only 8MP and yup it is not great and not much different.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.hdr_plus

Use this one ... HDR Camera+ the result is much better but the recent ver 2.39 seems bugged on color. You should try to find the old ver 2.1x and it got perfect color. I think Google Camera may also done a good job on HDR.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] diabolus81:
is there a posibility to enable hdr in higher resolutnion such as 15MP ! ? :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
The Sony HDR is very rubbish........... although little better than the ever rubbish HTC HDR. Better to use HDR Camera+ or Google Camera to take HDR.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Luke_dD:
My camera has become very slow with this mod, and sometimes I get ''Camera not available'' error :(
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Nope, not even close if im honest.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Clear the data for everything in the op and com.sonymobile.cameracommon.. Or something along those lines, i had to use titanium backup for that end bit though.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] omegahanggara:
"Camera not available" error means you need superuser mod. Install Xposed Installer, and Serajr Xperia KK. Activate superuser mod, clear camera app, reboot. Now you're good to go...
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
It also happens when you use it for a while and the data and cache get clogged, i'm assuming he has already activated the superuser mod.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] omegahanggara:
Any chance to prevent this happened?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Luke_dD:
Super User mod is activated of course ;)

I also cleared the caches for the camera apps but it didn't solve the problem.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AndroidInsanity:
Thanks for the explanation. And yes I followed all the instructions.:) still does it although its not as often as it once was.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Nope, sorry. Anyway it doesn't take long to clear the data for the things in the op.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
Sony said the hardware is exactly same. Z2 camera got faster speed(it should be s801 faster) and main different is better noise control. It has little better quality because the internal jpeg compression rate slightly lower. After used mod cam, the quality is near but I think Z2 kernel is still better optimized for camera.

http://www.ringhk.com/report2.php?id=8338

http://www.dcfever.com/news/readnews.php?id=10108

http://www.eprice.com.hk/mobile/talk/4551/170031/1/

http://unwire.hk/2014/03/08/xperia-z1-vs-z2-photo/mobile-phone/

Many guys like to use Sony in HK, you are not hard to meet Sony users on street and many HK reviews did the comparison between Z1 and Z2 camera.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
I know but the differences in colour reproduction are massive, especially at night.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Ill try.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] diabolus81:
THX !! :) :good:
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] mneu777:
Thanks, grate mod!

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] tracer123:
can you make version with stock wideo birate?

now 2 minutes wideo had 800 mb (1080@30fps) and 700 mb with 720p@30fps.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] tomascus:
edit system/etc/media_profiles.xml with a text editor, then change bitrate values for back facing camera.

stock 1080p was like 17.5 Mbps and 720p was 12 mbps
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Yeah but you still have to change values in semccameraui back to stock to have the original file sizes just to let you know. ;)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] aigaming:
Well 2mins and 700mb is hugeeee,something is not good in there and video in preview looks little delayed;) Photo mode is grest though and video should be no more theb 30mbit max;)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] nikc0069:
Does anyone know how to enable 15mp and 20mp in Google Camera? (little off topic sorry) . It works fine with this mod flashed on a stock based rom but doesn't when I switch to aosp. Guessing there is a media property to edit?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] celeritykid:
install Google Camera on your phone.

Open Google Camera.

Swipe from left to right side of your screen,

Then you'll see a Setting icon on your lower right of your screen, click on it.

the first option is Resolution & Quality. click on it, and change to your desired resolution
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
You should seriously think about it because you need to know the H.264 encoder in z1/z1c is extremely poor quality we don't know why Sony is so suck this time, even much worse than my old Xperia S. The 40Mbit looks like only doing 20Mbit on my HTC One S and Xperia S.....actually still even slightly worse than.

Just go get a 32GB or 64GB microSD card and format it to exFat(supports file larger than 4GB) if you don't have enough space. This phone actually supports 128GB though the spec only said 64GB but we have got only slow card on 128GB, 32/64GB card got speedy model and z1/z1c controller supports up to 40MB read/write on sd.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
That's what I've done. ;)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
hi Chocolatetrain .... can you teach me how to put the 4K recording icon out to the app drawer or put it on desktop? I remember your v3(not exactly sure which ver) got it but no more again on recent V7. But sadly I want this thing.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] aigaming:
It's not problem with card, i got fast 32gb one but it's a waste(like images of 10mb which don't look like better then 3mb ones);)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Sorry i'm not sure, that's to do with the libraries from the 4K port which I don't know how to port, go to the original 4k port thread and flash an older version and manually replace the apk's?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
Like I said it many times here, 20MP mode is easy out of focus shame on Sony so 10MB isn't better than 3MB from 8MP mode but that is just Sony's fault.

And we are talking about video, that is another story. The H.264 encoder on z1/z1c is bad quality, 40Mbit is still a piece of crap in my opinion, I wonder anyone would like to live with 30Mbit. Is that worth to save just a little bit money for the sdcard and HDD space? They are very cheap now but your memory in the video would never return. Plus I would like to add that, 1080P is still very important on z1/z1c until z3/z3c comes out(if they fix the camera overheat) though we got 4K now but it will get overheat easy any long video is not suitable for 4K and still rely on 1080P so the quality is important.

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I've just tested ... it's the V2 ver and yup it is a fail port but how can you put the 4K video and Timeshift video icon to the app drawer? Can you share me some ideas? I know the 4K and Timeshift video never work in v2 but I want to know how to put them out as an individual icon.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
I haven't got any ideas since I don't know how to work with .so files. Ask the original porters.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
I will take a look at v2 myself why you can do it...lol.... The original mod doesn't got the 4k/timeshift icon in app drawer, I just tested v1.1, v1.2 and v1.3.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] nikc0069:
Cheers but I only get the standard options (8mp etc). I guess what I'm asking is can whatever was changed in this mod be applied in aosp or cm to make the higher resolution available?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] CM17X:
Yes, it got everything. I use to have that but then I switch to this one.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] celeritykid:
oh really? sorry then. Maybe in my device I got 20.7MP on Google Camera because I installed this mod. or possibly try to update Google Camera via Google play?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] omegahanggara:
I just wondering, why 8 mp can focus better than 20 mp. Is this hardware limitations, or just a bad code from Sony?

And, one more thing. Can you tweak the saturation of any taken image, so it can be more colorful. I compared Z1 Camera with my brother's iPhone, and I can say that iPhone has better saturation than Z1.

Edit:

Addition:

Can you make other resolutions for TimeShift Video, like 720 and 540? 1200 is huge, recording 3 minutes video, and now I have 1 GB file.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] *alifo*:
who can port it for Z Ultra?

I can't wait

sorry for my bad English :(
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] jontr:
Any chances for update, so it works with 4.4.4? (.108)

I've installed it on .108 and it's more-less working ok, but I can't get to camera options, and the Manual mode doesn't work.

I'm happy with it now, but would be nice to have it fully working on latest firmware :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] aigaming:
It is working on 108,clear camera app;)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] supermanman123:
I tried both the 8mp and the mod resolution. To me the focus seem the same to me
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] punkt:
sometimes whitebalance seems to work not accurate. pictures in SA seem to have too much blue. any chance to change this by myself?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] tomascus:
Use manual mode and set white balance yourself.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] jontr:
that's the thing - I did it already, and it's still showing "Unfortunately, Camera has stopped" when I try to launch it in Manual mode.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] astroxchan:
I wonder if this will work on the z1s T-Mobile. Because we are on kitkat root and deodex now. Anyone know?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Well you're supposed to use the 'timeshift video' app and after recording, select the bits you want in 45 fps and save it, that's how it worked for me otherwise you can't do it from the usual camera app. :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] kantk20111:
Ok, I will try!

Anyway...here's a quick comparison between stock 8MP SA and modded 15MP SA.

Test shots in kinda low light. I took 3 pictures each in 8MP mode and 15MP mode and chose the sharpest one of each to compare.

Overall 15mp is slightly better. Slightly less noise and better detail! One thing I noticed though is both 8mp and 15mp files were about 2.2MB, so were being compressed equally. I'm not sure if that's supposed to happen or not.

Test shots:

8MP: http://i.imgur.com/aNshCxm.jpg

15MP:http://i.imgur.com/plm2c8P.jpg
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] John.D..:
Check please in 16:9 mode for low-light auto obtained normal pictures? Compression no? Not in terms of quality, a sense format

Z1 Compact
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] xperiaz2:
wow

very nice dude ;)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] danw_oz:
Looks good to me, the 15MP shot has less overall noise (especially Colour noise), so the jpg compression will be able to work more efficiently
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] AndroPlus:
[EDIT]

Sorry, false post...
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] kantk20111:
I think I found a bug. I can't get any audio from videos. It works in Snapchat but does not work in Sony camera and google camera isn't even allowing me to record.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] kubook:
I have a little problem. the video camera gives error and stop working.

:crying::crying::crying:
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] 1jkan:
Me too
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] pop.lover:
me too
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Sorry guys, i dont understand, i haven't had any issues with this modification, try clearing the data for all the camera related apps that you have installed, maybe excluding 3rd party and clear dalvik cache and cache then reboot maybe?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] kantk20111:
Can confirm that clearing cache/data of Camera+video app in settings fixes sound problem.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Great! :good:
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Wiltron:
There was some talk I read a while back (Z2 wasn't out yet, only "announced", if that helps the time frame).

Downsampling the 15MP shot to an 8MP shot of much higher quality and no compression, to give a superior 8MP quality shot.

What's the word, programming nerd, on that? is it even possible?

Thanks :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] pop.lover:
Sorry I did but still gives me error and stop working ....Please how to install this MOD I just copy the file in SDcard and flashable zip
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Yeah, just flash the zip.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] 1jkan:
I did but still gives me error and stop working camera video 4K
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
4k isn't meant to work with this zip, i just forgot to remove the apk as it was based off of the Z2 camera port by xperiaz2.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] pop.lover:
I have tried many times it still gives me " unfortunately , Camera has Stopped "
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] 1jkan:
In my work camera. Only 4K video camera is not working. Is that supposed to be?

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Aaah! Ok!:good::laugh:
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] albertobom:
Make a bajo and try it. But should work OK.

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] luxmen:
Help me ;)

Hi all,

Nice mod !

But i've problem.

When i'm in 4K mode, i go back and select again 4K mode, Camera App crash and say "Video stop working" :crying: need help to resolve that

Whithout that all work perfectely :) :D

---> on Z1 C 4.4.4 rooted /deodexed
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] baha76_s:
Yes, I confirm this glitch.

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] astroxchan:
Confirm working on Sony xperia z1s. You may want to update the title now. Thank you
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Luke_dD:
While filming, the camera keeps refocussing.. Does anybody else noticed this?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] astroxchan:
Hmm it does auto refocus when I move the phone from one position to the next. Although the distance is the same. Well it's fine when recording from a farther distance. But anything within a few ft. Auto focus. I wonder if that's the faster focus mod within this mod
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] alesolbe:
I think the same.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] thiagomed:
in .108 I'm still getting "Camera has stopped". Already clean all caches, from all apps listed here but still with this error. Somebody can help me?
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] RaZoR No1:
I have exactly the same issue...
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] 3m2vinatohr04:
I am currently in .757

Which version should I install?

Thanks
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] mneu777:
Me too!

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[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] CM17X:
Windows 3.1…

Kidding, the latest one. Preferible on a deodexed rom.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] katom jutsu:
i used im amg rom

but now im miui v5 locked bootloader 757 but not works 4k and timeshift video

why is same base firmiware
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Luke_dD:
I think I found a bug :)

I just made an 221MB big photo.. here a screenshot
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
How hahaha? And sorry for the lack of support, I was on holiday :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
You have to get the superuser mod installed
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Clear the data for the things I said, also com.sonymobile.camercommon and open the 4K and use it, it should be fine. I've also never had this problem.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
That's not because of this mod lool, that's how Sony made it.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
No, it isn't
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Timeshift is 720p, and no sorry, that's beyond my abilities, maybe ask in the original thread for timeshift.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Thanks :)
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Luke_dD:
I really don't know how haha, I'm on holiday now and I was taking a lot of pictures from the nature to make an panorama on my pc. After copying the pictures to my pc, I saw the huge file size.. :p
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] TheEndHK:
Chocolatetrain ... Z2 is going to roll out a new update on 4.4.2 "again", still no 4.4.4 on Z2 in this month. Probably need wait to Sep but z1/z1c will receive .133 update soon, not sure if any change with camera.
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Gjole86:
just flashed this v7 8mp on 4.4.4 on my z1c

camera app is force closing all the time,

cleared dalvik and data for all 5 camera parts.

strange, its working if i start it up via the camera button, SA mode works also 4k and 120fps. manual mode is force closing
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
I might just have to wait for the Z3 to be released because that'l probably have it before the Z2 :P
[Xperia Z1 Themes and Apps] Chocolatetrain:
Some users have reported this, I don't know a fix because I don't have the device, but that's weird, the two devices are very similar, this shouldn't happen, have you maybe tried uninstalling any mods that might conflict or uninstalling xposed then clearing the data for the things in the op?