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[G3 Android Development] caddermeran:
I got it working. I force stopped and cleared cache/data from xcam app and xcam settings app. Thanks
[G3 Android Development] wiwid.colgate:
Save to internal or sdcard?
[G3 Android Development] Marusaia:
Got it to work now.

Save in SD and internal works now...

i have done nothing...

Strange but happy now.
[G3 Android Development] caddermeran:
Yeah everything works great now
[G3 Android Development] jimmyboggust:
Hi everyone - any advice on the best settings? This takes the most beautiful photos in daylight, and great photos inside in low light if the subject is very still.. Trouble is my children never stay still, and so when I try and take a photo indoors, they are always blurry.. I have tried adjusting the shutter speed, but if anyone has any "best settings" recommendations, that would be great. Currently have all defaults on in the settings app, just noise reduction turned off.
[G3 Android Development] wiwid.colgate:
Weird. Mine few a hour ago was fine. Now brooken again saving to sdcard.

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Edit:

Work again saved to sdcard after turn off raw image
[G3 Android Development] Hgneto:
Working with new cloudy?

Sent from my LG-D855
[G3 Android Development] pod0087:
Any chance that the open image button could use viewer of choice (e.g. quickpic) instead of stock?
[G3 Android Development] shelt:
This app is just great!!! Thanks for all the work on it. I reverted to Jasmine (stock based) and installed XCam and settings. The DNGs are pretty pliable in Lightroom. Much better results than jpg. You saved me from buying a G4 (unless my normal obsession with the latest and greatest overwhelms me).
[G3 Android Development] draskome:
Working with Cloudy G3 2.3, and no issues at all :)

Sent from my LG-D855
[G3 Android Development] KyriaZ:
Guys do I need to change any settings in scam settings app for "best pictures" or keep it as it is?if anyone want to suggests something i will really appriciate!
[G3 Android Development] jedbartlet:
I'm on stock, unrooted Lollipop and can't root due to other app's paranoia over rooted devices so I can't use the SD Fix per the first posts.

My understanding is that Lollipop re-introduced the ability for apps to write to the external SD Card again. The app needs an extra permission and it needs to ask the user to select a folder on the SD Card which the app can have access to. Certainly when I installed ES File Explorer it popped up a file requester and all I needed to do was select the SD Card and it was granted access to the whole card.

Is it possible for XCam to have this added please or is there something which prevents it working?

Great work and many thanks xdabbeb.
[G3 Android Development] brainmaster:
Thanks [MENTION=2941286]xdabbeb[/MENTION] for the great app - I've also bought the Settings app.

Have one problem, but I can't say if it comes from the XCam or the stock 20P ROM.

When I take pictures in the Portrait mode and look them in the G3 Gallery app - they're rotated correctly. But if I share them (WhatsApp or Mail), they're 90° - shown in the Landscape mode.

Can you help me on this?

Did someone had problem like this?

Greetings

BM
[G3 Android Development] xdabbeb:
General note for those with sdcard issues...Hopefully you've already read the OP which explains the changes Google made starting with KitKat (yes, continued with LP) and have reverted this change manually or by using the app. I'm sure you've already seen that LP has also brought with it a number of additional permissions issues that often require formatting data again, running a restorecon, etc. Please do some searching and read up on those issues/solutions as they have nothing to do with XCam and will effect any 3rd-party app that uses the sdcard in the same way a camera does.

Yes, the settings app does allow for the dynamic selection of all possible audio sources, but it doesn't currently support the G4. I can't say whether or not I'll be getting a G4 myself and adding support, but I haven't ruled it out either. I'm honestly still very happy with my G2.

There really aren't any combination of "best settings" as what works for one situation/frame won't work for others. My suggestion would be to read up on some basic photography terms and then do some experimenting with the controls under various lighting/scene conditions. For general purpose automatic shooting, I leave it in IA mode with noise reduction off. For anything more serious I use Normal with raw on and lock the iso at 100. For faster-moving subjects in low light, try Sports mode as it speeds up the minimum shutter value as far as our G2/G3 drivers will allow for.

I have mine using quickpic without any problems. Try resetting the defaults on the Gallery app and hit the thumbnail in XCam again...this time selecting quickpic as your default.

See above.

When LP was first announced I read up on this and it didn't look like a viable option as it could possibly be prompting the user for a location constantly...ok for a file manager, but not for a camera. I understand the hesitation to root, but there certainly are benefits (like this). You could always make the change and unroot as well. I wish Google hadn't broken all of this in the first place, but they've been on an anti-external storage crusade for a while now.

If they're fine in the gallery (or other gallery apps), then it's possible WhatsApp/Mail are ignoring the exif orientation info. If you want to email me an original photo I can verify that it's still intact.
[G3 Android Development] jedbartlet:
Thanks for the reply. As far as I can tell it's a one-off request for the location - certainly ES File Explorer has only asked the once and its write access over the card has remained.
[G3 Android Development] troopii:
That with l and ex sd is not correct. You can get acess to ex sd without user interaction. You can get a fileobject to write on it with the new manager. But that will break raw/dng saving because libtiff needs a path and cant use the permission from that file object.

I realy dont understand why google added it this way. I can unplugg it from phone and plug it to my pc and have fullaccess. So security reason is gone with that lol

Just my 50cent

Greets
[G3 Android Development] fr3d0x:
Great cam for cloudyg3 2.3, it only needs material design theme XD...
[G3 Android Development] pradeepjoshua:
touch to capture feature will be nice:)
[G3 Android Development] Ryano89:
If you are using the beta... That feature us already included and works fine.
[G3 Android Development] pradeepjoshua:
where to get the beta
[G3 Android Development] pod0087:
Hmm I don't have the gallery installed whatsoever (removed apk) and it doesn't offer the option up. Might try reinstalling the gallery app then.

Edit: Yep, that worked.
[G3 Android Development] xdabbeb:
Hey dude...Unless something has changed, I think the only two ways to get access to external sd w/o user interaction are 1) make the platform.xml modification that we already know of (in OP), or 2) use the new LP getExternalMediaDirs() method. Though it requires root, using the former is still the best solution as if you use the latter, all of your photos will get deleted if you uninstall the app. The third option that I think the poster was referencing involves sending a specific intent to be handled by a DocumentsProvider and requires user interaction.

Regardless, I agree...none of it makes any sense :) Google just hates external storage.

EDIT: You're right about libtiff (and therefore dng conversion) being broken as well. Again...too bad Google went this route.

It's already there. Just download the appropriate version from the OP. No beta required.

Yeah, there were/are still leftovers from LG that looked for the stock gallery app. It doesn't hurt anything (or consume battery/resources) to leave it installed, but I just went through now and removed all remaining references to it for the next release.
[G3 Android Development] jedbartlet:
I believe so - this article seems to describe it.

Agreed - you'd think they'd hang on to something that differentiates Android from iOS but...
[G3 Android Development] speedingcheetah:
Great app!

Any idea how to get this app to launch instead of the default camera app for the volume down shortcut key when screen is off feature of the G3?

Edit: Nevermind...re-read OP.....derp....modify framework.....argg..
[G3 Android Development] injectx:
G3 Tweakbox
[G3 Android Development] tksalarzai:
Problem using xcam

Manual Focus not working, ISO not working < shutter speed also doesnt work. i think just taking a simple image is possible with the xcam now. ?

LG G3 D855 INTERNATIONAL VERSION

CLOUDY G3 ROM
[G3 Android Development] ehmjay:
MF is broken since lollipop update and it's LG's fault not the dev's. ISO is working fine as well as shutter speed (the one from the settings app)
[G3 Android Development] speedingcheetah:
For the setting app....I have noticed that the bitrate for UHD video does not work. Videos recorded still at at 40 regardless of settings.

Also, for image settings....sharpness doesn't seem to do anything either....the Contrast works that i can confirm, but I can't tell any differance between a pic taken with sharpness set to lowest setting or highest.
[G3 Android Development] Hgneto:
Hey guys, just an opinion... I really think you should improve the icon design..
[G3 Android Development] maximusmullivan:
Hey guys. I think the icon should stay the same. It doesn't need improved

Sent from my Nexus 7 2013
[G3 Android Development] Hgneto:
Why you quoted me? I have my opinion, you have yours.
[G3 Android Development] pidjong:
Im on stock D855 V20H. I've tried to use the raw output, why does output tends to be out of focus wherein while shooting it's perfectly focused on the lcd.
[G3 Android Development] maximusmullivan:
Yep, you should have posted that in the Q&A thread, not here.

Sent from my VS985 4G
[G3 Android Development] Hgneto:
Didn't know there was a Q&A if this thread. Sorry.
[G3 Android Development] Bokee88:
Since i can't find that q&a thread being mention, i'll just post my problem here:

D855 user, on Lolipop. Camera works perfectly but when i switch to video the app force closes. I've tried searching this thread but haven't found a solution, sorry if this is a repost or smth.

Also, i've tried reinstalling, cleaning data&cache, nothing helps. Thanks in advance.
[G3 Android Development] maximusmullivan:
http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/help/qa-xcam-lg-v5-1-2-t2910595 Judging from your prior posts about your camera issues in the G4 project thread, you might have screwed up something in your rom with all the changes you've been making.

Sent from my Nexus 7 2013
[G3 Android Development] Bokee88:
Ah ok, yeah that's also a possibility. I might have to hard reset after all. Thanks!
[G3 Android Development] rczrider:
I've noticed the same. I'm happy to support the dev by purchasing the extra settings (and I have), but they don't really seem to do anything.
[G3 Android Development] speedingcheetah:
Actually, the dev responded to me on the Google+ beta test form for this app.

If you disable the "Noise reduction" setting in the xcam settings app, due to the way the firmware of the camera works, this disables ALL the post-processing of images ....including the image settings like contrast and sharpness. I had that disabled, once I enabled that setting, the sharpness now work and I can indeed see a difference in photos taken with different settings.

As far as the UHD bitrate control, dev said that the phones firmware has to support it....and i guess my G3 on LP does not support bitrate adjustment....blaaa..
[G3 Android Development] Jilke:
I dont have G3 yet, but its on the way so I will ask, is this camera purely manual or is there automatic mode? Thanks
[G3 Android Development] xdabbeb:
Both of these have been answered before here as well, but I just added notes to the settings user guide (2nd post) for those who didn't find it by searching.

For the bitrate adjustment, that's not what I said at all, actually. Please read the info in the 2nd post. No app can override the max set in your firmware's media_profiles.xml. If you change the max there, the app can use it.

Yes, just use the IA mode and it will be the same as the stock G3 cam app
[G3 Android Development] Jilke:
Thanks. I will get the paid version for sure :)
[G3 Android Development] speedingcheetah:
I did use the forum search several times and it said no results..

Sorry if I misunderstood your post.

Anyway...I ran a file search on my phone..did not find that .xml file. Not a big deal to me though.
[G3 Android Development] xdabbeb:
No problem...and the file is there:

/system/etc/media_profiles.xml
[G3 Android Development] speedingcheetah:
Is there a difference between IA mode and Normal mode?

I seem to get varying quality pictures from either mode....can't really tell if one is "better" than the other.
[G3 Android Development] sanogueralorenzo:
Noise reduction doing miracles in XCam while on stock camera I get much more noise. Changing XCam settings I didn't notice any changes.

I've read LG closed some possibilities in Lollipop (not xdabbeb fault, of course), is it worth it to go to Kitkat Cloudy and use an old XCam app? I'm very concerned about the photos I can take with my smartphone thats why I'm planning to get a z3 compact with the manual mode.
[G3 Android Development] SickBeast:
Does disabling the 15 minute limit on 4k videos have any negative consequences? It comes up with a warning. Have any of you tried it?
[G3 Android Development] gimmeluck2:
is it a bug?

photo- Normal mode- i only change iso level (for example iso1600 where its not needed normally, just to have a faster photo by accepting more noise) BUT - it takes still in in Auto iSO without noise.,

btw, i only can understand this from the photo quality, because in this setting, the metadata not works also.
[G3 Android Development] vojkan22:
Turn off auto night mode in settings app and you will have exif. Also setting ISO manually on G3 is kind of bugged, basically you have to divide it by 2. So for example setting ISO manually to 800 is actually ISO 400. That goes to all camera apps, not just for xcam.
[G3 Android Development] troopii:
Sorry for offtopic

That sound interessting. Where do you take that knownledge?

What i can tell about is that for the imx135 the analog iso is max 800 everything above is digital.

Each analog iso has a shutterspeed range. For iso100 max shutter is 1/11.for iso400 max shutter is 1sec. Iso800 0.8 sec. The cam api itself trys always to use fastest possible shutterspeed.
[G3 Android Development] vojkan22:
from experimenting. I noticed that exifs and overall brightness of images didn't match when I was using auto and manul ISO in the same scene. You can try it too. Easiest way to reproduce it is to go around some poorly lit enviroment (but not completely dark), and wait for the auto mod to take photo with ISO 400 (shutter would probably be between 1/10 and 1/15). Then repeat that exact same scene with manual ISO, first with 400, then with 800. you will see that manual 800 will have the same exif and overall exposure as the photo made in auto mod. manual 400 will probably have longer SS (1/9) but still darker image. auto night mode should be turned off in settings app, and you should be using normal mode in xcam.

you can also reproduce it in daylight, auto ISO (50) and manual 100 will have ~ same shutter speed and image brightness.

after I figured all of this, I compared photos with samples made with another phone (S5), to determine which one is right, manul or auto.
[G3 Android Development] sexyyoyi:
Hi I have a LG G3 Cat 6 F460L

I got the XCam Smart Setting for its raw capability.

But XCam always hang with shooting screen black out AFTER the 2nd shoot.

Is there a fix?

I tried going to both apps to clear all data and reopen them with raw serting, problem continues.

Thanks.
[G3 Android Development] stewie-droid:
Any recommended settings for xcam settings app contrast and sharpness for best picture

Are you guys adjusting exposure to plus a bit as indoor pics some are darker then usual?
[G3 Android Development] SickBeast:
I have found that setting the contrast to 7 is very nice.
[G3 Android Development] stewie-droid:
Thank you. I will give that a shot. What about sharpness?

I have currently contrast 6 and sharpness 14
[G3 Android Development] SickBeast:
I have not figured out the sharpness yet. I leave it at stock.
[G3 Android Development] jpzzle:
They ignore because they don't know. I'm going thru the same thing. Max 6 shots and it's frozen
[G3 Android Development] stewie-droid:
Ok thanks brother. Update me or thread if you don't mind with your findings. I will try your 7.
[G3 Android Development] SickBeast:
Sure thing no problem. My initial findings are that the sharpness looks better enabled. I have not played with the intensity yet.
[G3 Android Development] stewie-droid:
Mate i have joined beta community and there is lots of ppl there posting pics with their settings.

I saw some very awesome pics with following settings so i will be trying those out soon.

People commented that those settings look best actually in all modes. Pics looked gorgeous

Mode HDR or auto inteli for best DSLR quality following settings:

Quality 100%

Contrast 7 mainly for most, some choose 6

Sharpness 18

Noise reduction: OFF
[G3 Android Development] eyeLUVAndroid:
Awesome, purchased the Setting App from Play Store and now unlocked the power of G3 Camera.

Thanks for good work.
[G3 Android Development] speedingcheetah:
Is there going to be a version of this app for the G4? I was about to get the G4 (better camera and screen) until I discovered and tested this app.....pics are great on my G3 now!.....but I do eventually want to upgrade my phone.
[G3 Android Development] vutruonghainam:
Hi, I open app, manual focus mode: I can't adjust focus, and my screen is small, my device: g3 cat 6, hope you fix it, thank you very much
[G3 Android Development] sexyyoyi:
Even at 6 shots is pretty said, but way better than mine.

Wish this developer would give some sort of response and fix the issue.

I seebthe developer respond to low star rating in Play Store, dont want to resort to that since I just want to get this thing to work.
[G3 Android Development] alessa:
hello .

you could add an option to adjust the HDR effect in xcam setting?
[G3 Android Development] xdabbeb:
I can't make any promises. If I ever end up getting one myself I will for certain, but I have no immediate plans to.

The preview shrink is due to you running at a different dpi. You can just use the App Settings xposed module to force XCam to be at the stock dpi for your phone. LG killed manual focus on the G3 LP fw update. They removed a lot of functionality, honestly. Supposedly they left it working in at least one G3 variant, but I haven't confirmed it firsthand. If that's the case, a G3 dev could conceivably figure it out and create a custom driver for you.

Being impatient, demanding, or threatening feedback extortion (esp for a donation app) isn't going to make anyone want to help you out. Given your threat, I tend to believe you're the one with the Cat 6 that already did leave a bad rating before using the support email in the app. Again, not going to help your cause. You only posted this a few days ago and (believe it or not), I have a life outside of XDA. You have a different model phone. It sounds like LG broke raw in your LP fw update as they did for the G2 and GPro2. This is obviously not in my control. If you want updates on progress with figuring out a new way around their changes, join the beta group, and you'll be the first to see.

Unfortunately, the driver doesn't allow for this.
[G3 Android Development] Bobby Tables:
Works on G Stylo

I haven't done an exhaustive test, but so far, it's working nicely on my rooted G Stylo (T-Mobile version, LG-H631) running the manually-applied 5.1.1 update (don't take the OTA directly since it will lock your bootloader!). I found that I needed SDFix so it could write to SD. So much for Lollipop improving SD card access!

It's definitely a nice change of pace from the Stylo's horribly-nerfed stock camera app. I wound up trying this because 5.1.1 nerfed it even worse; on rooted 5.0.1, a single change to /system/etc/camera_config.xml enabled manual mode, but 5.1.1 did something that made the manual controls stop working even when "enabled." While I didn't find any direct manual controls for shutter speed or aperture in XCam, the variety of modes available makes up for that.
[G3 Android Development] stewie-droid:
Will this app eventually make it to LG G4? I think this app is great comparing to stock cam. Now for me stock cam sucks. JMHO.
[G3 Android Development] maximusmullivan:
Answer is two posts behind yours

Sent from my Nexus 7 2013
[G3 Android Development] k-mil:
Doesn't work on Android 5.1.1 SOKP LG G3.
[G3 Android Development] maximusmullivan:
Correct, it's for stock based LG roms only, not AOSP roms.

Sent from my Nexus 7 2013
[G3 Android Development] k-mil:
Ok. Sorry. My mistake - I forgot.

:(
[G3 Android Development] Bobby Tables:
Some G Stylo notes (5.1.1/rooted)

No doubt due to LG playing silly buggers with their camera drivers, the Shot & Clear, VR Panorama, Dual Camera, and Time Catch Shot modes don't work and cause XCam to force close, requiring you to clear the app data before you can restart it.
[G3 Android Development] athraugh:
I meet one issue about XCam LG Layout.

I try to clear data of XCam LG in application manager but is no change.

On the Image of attachment, the capture key of XCAM LG is under navigation Bar.

I can't touch capture key on the lower screen edge and I always firstly touch HOME bottom of android .

I can't touch menu key of XCAM LG on the upper screen edge because it is almost hidden.

By the way ,I don't see this issue on Xdabbeb's VS980 3.1.1 until I upgrading to 3.1.2.

Image of My XCAM Layout is show attachment.

How can I do?

Vsrsion: Xdabbeb's VS980 3.1.2
[G3 Android Development] maximusmullivan:
Have you been changing your dpi or flashing nav bar mods? Could be it

Sent from my VS985 4G
[G3 Android Development] tonydd:
:thumbup:
[G3 Android Development] athraugh:
Thank your reply.

It is issue of dpi and solve this issue by changing it to default.
[G3 Android Development] stewie-droid:
Hi guys. Can someone post bitrate values for bitrate control in xcam settings that are upped from default settings that are optimal for G3 hardware.

I'm not an expert at this so i would like to try someone elses values or maybe there are few people that worked for them well. I would greatly appreciate the feedback. Thank you in advance :)
[G3 Android Development] maximusmullivan:
Good deal

Sent from my VS985 4G
[G3 Android Development] pradeepjoshua:
manual focus not working ?
[G3 Android Development] misiu99:
I think it is not possible on G3.
[G3 Android Development] pradeepjoshua:
on kitkat it worked afaik
[G3 Android Development] alessa:
hello

I would like to know what are the parameters in lg setting to take picture of moving cars or sport, I try the sport mode, but its does not change. So I would like to know what to do in shutter control.
[G3 Android Development] maximusmullivan:
Check back a couple pages, xdabebb discussed manual focus on LP.

Sent from my VS985 4G
[G3 Android Development] alessa:
:confused:
[G3 Android Development] arebokert:
With shutter speed on highest it should work.
[G3 Android Development] alessa:
ok thank you, but the screen is very dark, this is normal?
[G3 Android Development] arebokert:
Yes this is normal. The higher the shutter speed the less light is allowed in to the sensor due to the shutter opening and closing so fast. This is for example why you need extremely bright lights when shooting slow motion footage.
[G3 Android Development] alessa:
ok thank you so impossible to take moving car in the evening ... ok. you advise me how to put in a xcam setting? 20?
[G3 Android Development] Upstreammiami:
So many request God damnnnn
[G3 Android Development] ehmjay:
focus beep sound is on the settings app. go and get that from the playstore
[G3 Android Development] MarimoMusicHead:
Welcome to the G3 community, where we have no roms, and love to rough up anyone doing any sort of development. :D