yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Other SmartWatches] lessstatic:
Good evening - I'm a long time lurker at XDA and have gleaned a lot of useful information from this site, so thanks for that.

I have a client who is looking to build prototype for a device containing only one app, for a very young market, which will be the only app runnable on the device (think a smartwatch tamagotchi) - the priorities are that there's bluetooth, wifi and an accelerometer fully accessible to the app, and that the watch be relatively cheap. Now, while I've been a developer and sysadmin for a number of years, this is my first Android or wearable project, so I wanted to see if anyone had any useful tips on approaches to take, and devices to try for this prototype. (Also, I know the idea of locking down a device like this might be an anathema to people posting here. See this as an academic exercise in what's possible.)

As far as the approach goes, it seems to me I have a few options:

- Get a watch already running Android Wear, develop the app using Google's APIs and see if I can the modify the OS to boot into a single app.

- Get a (probably cheaper) watch which I can then flash with a ROM built by someone else, but will still allow me to access the accelerometer, then lock this down

- As above, but build my own ROM, containing only my app.

As far as devices go, we've had a look at some £20 Chinese wonders with MediaTek MT2502 chips, but I couldn't see how I'd get into them to flash a new ROM and I could't find anyone here using the same model. I've been looking at the MOTOACTV, which I see has many fans, but am also quite happy to consider other (particularly cheaper) alternatives, as long as I'll be able to develop something for them, get to the accelerometer and eventually send data to a server.

Sorry for the long post. Any advice?
[Galaxy Camera General] cantenna:
Galaxy Camera all variants have stagefright exploit, no patch in sight. If you are planning on buying a galaxy camera be sure to use this to negotiate the price down.
[Galaxy Camera General] ZenSmoothe:
I wonder what other stagefright vulnerability they will find next.
[Galaxy Camera General] cantenna:
Who knows but Samsung needs to better support this camera, it was only released in March 2014 @ half a grand and its still on jelly bean? and you cant have well documented how to perform stagefright exploit tutorials floating around the net for anyone to use and not release a patch... But it appears you can? :) Ill be choosing my manufacturers more wisely

In the future.
[Galaxy Camera General] cantenna:
Warning, do not buy galaxy camera! Has a big stagefright vulnerability with no fix coming in sight.
[Xiaomi Mi 4i] homecanibal:
Since i have Mi4i, i have wifi problems.

This is wifi speed in speedtest.

Signal is excellent as you can see, and i have ridiculous download and upload speeds...

If i'm using Mi4i as Hotspot, wifi works great, with no problems, everything working as normal, having >10mbps speeds (download and upload).

I have to update apps via Pcsuite, and this is stupid and ridiculous now a days. I can't open a webpage in chrome...

i've reported this error, but i think this is a driver/kernel problem...
[Nexus 6  General] SFG:
What is everyone using these days besides Google Camera? Is there anything new on the horizon to look out for?
[Nexus 6  General] Bwyan Benton:
Google camera & manual camera. Gets the job completely done. No need for anything else.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] SFG:
I'll check out manual camera. Do you just use it for specialty shots?
[Nexus 6  General] mexiken:
I'm also looking for something other than Google Camera. The S6 and G4 take great fotos and the software really softens and "beautifies" shots. Is there any app that is similar????
[Nexus 6  General] Bwyan Benton:
I do yes, and for the RAW .DNG files.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] thachoosenstar:
Camera fv-5 is my main shooter, does it all. Only use google camera for videos
[Nexus 6  General] SFG:
I see that Google Camera v3 is to be released with M. Is it currently available in the M previews?
[Nexus 6  General] Locoman_:
Look up the HTC camera in the nexus 6 forums (somewhere). It's a great camera!

.
[Nexus 6  General] SFG:
From what I read, the only advantage is video recording.
[Nexus 6  General] buckmarble:
Check out Snap Camera in the play store. Its my go to.
[Nexus 6  General] bigjack216:
I use the built in cameramx app in vectus onetouch romView attachment 3476024View attachment 3476025
[Nexus 6  General] SFG:
The reviews on this app are loaded with low ratings. I didn't see any from a Nexus 6 customer however. The app never shuts down on you?
[Nexus 6  General] SFG:
Is it the same one thats in the playstore from Appic Labs?
[Nexus 6  General] USMC retired:
camera

Pro Capture, but it isn't free, pics are sharp
[Nexus 6  General] bigjack216:
Yes that's the one it has more features than most other cameras I've tried and it also takes pretty nice pics. my secondary camera is always manual camera though can't go wrong with that.
[Nexus 6  General] buckmarble:
I use the paid version. Not sure which reviews you read. Its never shut down on me on my n6. It wasn't that great on my m7 or m8 but great on my n6.
[Nexus 6  General] LittleRedDot:
Open Camera for me. I had trouble linking all others to my Google gallery when I his the stock camera, but open camera sends it to the right place and drive has no issues doing its auto backup. This is how life was supposed to work.
[Nexus 6  General] tthaz777:
Z Camera

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jb.zcamera&hl=en
[Nexus 6  General] Barracuda1807:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riseupgames.proshot2

Proshot is the best so far, its a lot like manual camera (full hardware control and .raw images) but has more features and does video as well. Well worth the purchase.
[Nexus 6  General] galupo:
I second proshot and the dev has been quick to answer questions and fix bugs.
[Nexus 6  General] Peylix:
Proshot for sure.

Has everything INCLUDING manual focus on video. No more hyperactive ADD auto focus! Yay!
[Nexus 6  General] aSeven:
+1 for "Manual Camera"
[Nexus 6  General] umpireflux:
The interface is a bit hard to get used to - how long did it take you to familiarize yourself with it?
[Nexus 6  General] Peylix:
Not long actually. I'll agree that is is a step away from what you're used to. But it's fluid enough to get memory down on it. Took me only a few days.

This is just me though. Everyone is different.
[Nexus 6  General] Supracer:
I reckon the snapdragon camera is the far better camera app IMO... Check it out and see

Sent from my Unicorn Powered Shamu
[Nexus 6  General] umpireflux:
Is there any official source to download it from? (Assuming Qualcomm has a camera app??)
[Nexus 6  General] buckmarble:
Link to it?
[Nexus 6  General] Supracer:
http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/themes-apps/flashable-snapdragon-camera-v2-t3189688

Sent from my Unicorn Powered Shamu
[Nexus 6  General] Shefczenko:
I was using Manual Camera until now and I must say that ProShot is THE camera app I was looking for. Worth every penny. Thank you very much sir. :)
[Nexus 6  General] :
Nobody mentioned camera fv-5... Isn't it good in your opinion?

Nexus 6 64gb - CyanogenMod 12.1 (Android 5.1.1) [MENTION=3705640]520[/MENTION] dpi

LG G watch R
[Nexus 6  General] TheCelt:
Anyone able to get this to work? I keep getting a FC no matter what I try....
[Nexus 6  General] SFG:
I tried. Flashed it in TWRP but it doesn't show up in my apps list.

I checked out Proshot that was recommended by a few and it looks promising. I need to take it out and test it out to get my final opinion on it.
[Nexus 6  General] Pecata:
Does anyone know if Google will finally fix the annoying autofocus issue we have when recording videos with the new version of the camera app? I am seriously hoping they will-that's the only complaint I have with the current app-the pics it takes a actually pretty good.
[Nexus 6  General] jolly_roger_hook:
I love a better camera you can tell the difference looking at pic from it an other apps side by side how much better pics it takes

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatal

Same settings for both same distance and everything

Why they look so different I couldn't tell you

A better camera

Proshot
[Nexus 6  General] photolarry:
I'm great fan of "A Better Camera" and even paid the two dollars for full features. Well worth it. You can control almost anything manually and being a photographer that means a lot to me. Here is the link:

A Better Camera
[Nexus 6  General] BluntSmokeTrauma:
Google camera works for me.
[Nexus 6  General] shamelin73:
I like the stock camera in 6.0 b I also use a better camera.
[Nexus 6  General] WatskeBart:
The best if you ask me :)

[IMG="Camera FV-5"]http://1000apks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/camera-fv-5-1-06-android.jpg[/IMG]​

Source:

Website

Google Play
[Nexus 6  General] joeyddr:
http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/themes-apps/camera-3-0-nexus-5x-t3226936

maybe someone can get that working for us
[Nexus 6  General] LittleRedDot:
I was staunch on open camera until you guys turned me on to proshot, this is a far superior app
[Nexus 6  General] SFG:
Yes I agree. Takes a short while to figure out how to fully use but I'm loving the app so far.
[Nexus 6  General] Tenhi:
Is there any camera app where shutter speed can be set lower than .6s? I tried few but it seems that all of those have same limitation when it comes to shutter speed...
[Nexus 6  General] mixicali:
Search in google: (Moto X style Camera Port V1.zip). Everything works. install from recovery and enjoy
[Nexus 6  General] tornido067:
WOW nice one ! thanks bro !
[Nexus 6  General] :
OR use this one, no need for root or recovery and its the latest moto camera:

http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/themes-apps/app-camera-galery-t3216944
[Nexus 6  General] MunkinDrunky:
I would just like to share a quick test I performed with 3 cameras to see each response time.

I used the google camera(stock marshmallow mra58r), HTC M9 camera (its here in the apps- first page), and Hydrogen OS camera (http://xdaforums.com/oneplus-one/themes-apps/hydrogen-os-camera-oneplus-1-op2-t3241423).

I really was curious how fast the google camera responds compared to any other camera. The time it takes to open app, and take a picture. I used a stopwatch for the tests and started the timer as soon as I hit the app for the camera and stopped the timer as soon as the pictured was taken (usually indicated by screen flash or whatever each app uses).

Test 1 was a three shot test (not burst shot-just took three successive shots). Each camera I tested 6 times(3 shots each time).

Google: avg time 4.88 sec

HTC: avg time 6.82 sec

Oxygen OS: avg time 5.49 sec

Observations:

i)The google camera focuses the first time and afterwards doesn't really readjust focus unless significant movement is made in between shots. This would seem to be why the times are so quick for subsequent shots. However, this is why there is alway at least one blurry, terrible pic of the three.

ii)The HTC camera refocuses after each shot and all three pictures have good to great quality.

iii)The Oxygen OS camera seems to take the better road (perhaps just less bloaty app), it refocuses each time and somewhat faster. The picture quality is not noticeably different from the HTC pics, all three are good-great.

Test 2 was a single shot test. Each camera was tested 9 times (dunno why- just chose 9)

Google: avg time 3.22 sec

HTC: avg time 3.25 sec

Oxygen OS: 2.36 sec

Observations:

i) Not all pictures turned out great here on the google camera. Only 6/9 were usable and good and not terribly blurry. Quite consistent (not enough tests to be statistically, but hey this was a quick thing I did) with Test 1 results, because ⅓ pics were bad.

ii) The HTC camera did comparably well in time, but the focusing was much better as all 9 pics were good.

iii)Oxygen OS camera was the fastest of the three and still managed to give great quality pics (just as good as all the good ones from the other two camera apps).

Final note: Basically it seems with our shutter speed its pretty hard to get under 2 seconds to get that first shot and have it be good. I’ve noticed that if I'm doing anything with lots of motion, like if I’m out climbing then someone takes a picture of me with my phone; most of the shots are unusuable. At least the oxygen app is the snappiest and I will now start to use that as my default camera app.

P.S. will try other cameras in the future too. I didn't post pics because I thought for the quickness of these tests it would be a pain to upload all of them.
[Nexus 6  General] Tenhi:
Manual camera is the App of the week on Play store, if someone wants to grab it for 0.10 €/$...
[Nexus 6  General] tornido067:
nice testing bro :D i prefer htc camera app .
[Nexus 6  General] MunkinDrunky:
thanks, i always used to use the stock app but it is kinda lacking. HTC has great features but I felt was a little laggy compared to both the stock and oxygen os apps. the lagginess is in the responsiveness of the ui, pressing the buttons and accessing all the settings and features. i dunno why thats been my experience..
[Nexus 6  General] t1.8matt:
Do you know if these files provided in this thread are able to be used with our phone in conjunction with the Moto Camera?

http://xdaforums.com/moto-g/themes-apps/moto-camera-slowmo-t3231608
[Nexus 6  General] :
not sure, never tried it but honestly why you would even want and older version of an app installed at the same time with the newer one?
[Nexus 6  General] t1.8matt:
I wasn't paying attention to the versions but it doesn't matter, I uninstalled the camera because the app viewfinder was rotating itself and there's no way to adjust.
[Nexus 6  General] slider112:
I'm not seeing this :( wonder if it's only overseas?
[Nexus 6  General] Tenhi:
It could be. I am still seeing this offer here in Germany.
[Nexus 6  General] ralph78:
Not in ireland. €2.69 here.

Shamu by TT
[Nexus 6  General] jbeezley:
Google cam 3.1
[Nexus 6  General] mtalbert63:
The new google camera seems to be all that I need. I understand people need other features and want different things, but for a point and shoot. The new google camera works good enough for me.
[Nexus 6  General] magisterludi:
I have 2 kids, powered by 125cc 2 strokes. Anyways, they're always on the move And just cant seem to put the brakes on when Dad wants to snap a pic. In the pursuit of successfully capturing all those "OOOGrab the camera!!" moments, I have been testing camera apps for some time. I admit --I've not had a "structured" method for deciding which app is statistically "the best," however, after using many camera apps (I've tried all mentioned in this tread and quite a few others) I've found that manual camera and proshot are my "go-to" cameras if i have my N6 on me.

I tend to use manual camera when i need a picture taken now. right now. I have manual camera assigned to the camera unlock on lockscreen. It opens fast, tap focuses fast and writes fast, thus i am able to take another pic fast. Its great. The wheel for adjusting exposure/iso is very convenient once you get acclimated to it. The pictures are fantastic.

I tend to use ProShot when I know Im going to be taking pictures. The camera functions/image properties/etc aren't as easily manipulated as in ManualCamera. However, when you can take time to set up your shot, I don't think there is a cam app out there that can match the clear, precise, color correct images ProShot can spit out. ProShot evokes the infamous "You took that from your cellphone?!?"

Just my 2 cents. Oh and thanks Google for the softboot when using Google Camera to try to take a pic of my littlest ones first steps....and again trying to capture his face the first time he ate a sour patch kid. ah well.
[Nexus 6  General] bigsnack:
Slightly off topic, but I thought maybe someone can assist me here. My LG G2 on a debloated rom opened the camera app almost instantaneously. But, with any camera app(even the default google one) It takes 3-4 seconds just for the view finder to come up so I can take a picture. Is this a software thing or a hardware thing?

That said I do like a better camera and the holiday pricing I paid for it makes it even better. Is there any camera app with slow-mo support?
[Nexus 6  General] Cinner:
If image quality is most important then you only have two options really: HDR+ using the stock camera, or RAW using a third party camera. Because no matter which camera you use, if you are using JPEG compression every camera app will give you the same image processing with a lot of compression and lacklustre detail. I tried several apps from camera fv5 to manual camera and open camera, and when you compare the images at 100%, they basically look identical to the images coming out of the stock android camera. Unless you use hdr+, which offers relatively superb compression and detail. Shooting in raw is even better but not nearly as convenient of course.
[Nexus 6  General] enigmatik33:
Just got my Nexus 6 a few weeks ago to replace my old Samsung Note 2, got it rooted and loving it but missing a few features from the Note 2 camera, especially the blue, green, and red/yellow point shooting options. Tried nearly all the mentioned cameras but non have this option, closest I've seen is in Camera MX where you can adjust a slider to single out a colour but it takes time and the Samsung was quicker. Anyone seen an app with this option?
[Nexus 6  General] FedericoUY:
Hi. Had purchased some time ago the snap camera app. After seeing some people give a good rating to proshot, I gave it a try. After trying some pics at light day, I decided to purchase that app. Well, both snap camera and google stock takes almost same pics at daylight but the thing is, at night with little to no light (parties), proshot is a COMPLETE DISASTER, just a waste of time. Flash lights like 4 times, pics get saved with blurry focus, etc. Proshot is good only with light, and even in this scenario, it will fail sometimes and give no pictures (all white or with errors). I've tried all apps here mentioned, and besides g stock camera, theres no chance to get a better app than snap camera for low light pictures. Hope it helps. Cheers.
[Nexus 6  General] carl1961:
Magnifying Glass

I use this at work when I need very close up pictures of parts tag, ex.. motor tags stuff i need to order

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.IdanS.magnifyingglassflashlight
[Nexus 6  General] chico_droid:
I use "A Better Camera" it's $3.99 on the playstore for pro version but the pro version is free on Amazon underground.
[Nexus 6  General] FedericoUY:
Hi..

Try it at low light scenarios and share, for me, it did not focus correctly when focusing on flash light...
[Nexus 6  General] Fuse8499:
No complaints here. The UI is great. I think it takes better photos than Google Camera and it was free dropped down from $8. Thanks for pointing that out!
[Nexus 6  General] chico_droid:
Which device are you using? What megapixel is your camera?
[Nexus 6  General] chico_droid:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7eBSSVhTdSzRDltY3lFUWs3SHc/view?usp=docslist_api
[Nexus 6  General] FedericoUY:
Nexus 6?
[Nexus 6  General] chico_droid:
Yes this was taken on my nexus 6 with low light. You might try switching to single shot and make sure the flash is on.
[Nexus 6  General] dryfy:
I like Open Camera, it's open source and ad free, and takes great pictures.
[Nexus 6  General] :
yesterday i came across an app called "Cameringo" on playstore and the pro version has slow-mow! aside from bunch of great effects the quality on medium light (which o tested) is slightly better than stock which is amazing. already bought the pro version and im very happy about it.
[Nexus 6  General] tdetroit:
Yup, Cameringo is pretty badass. I've had it for a year or so when I still had my Note3. Cameringo, CameraMX, and Manual Camera are my Go-To Cams.
[Nexus 6  General] bigsnack:
I'm hearing good things about the camera in the latest Huawei Emotion devices. It might be interesting to try?
[Nexus 6  General] :
is there any port/apk to test it?
[Nexus 6  General] bigsnack:
I was looking for a port the other day, but could not locate it. I thought maybe people here may know where I can find it.
[Nexus 6  General] mexiken:
The S6 and G4 have software that really softens and "beautifies" shots. Is there any app that is similar that works for the N6????
[Nexus 6  General] Meowington Cat:
I use OnePlus camera for quick shots its in the themes/apps section of the forum its one of the quickest loading and has a snappy burst fire. Z Camera and Line Camera both have good editing software, a bunch of filters, good looking interfaces, and Line Camera has snapchat-like live augmentation, all of these features are the most important things for me.

If you're not a photographer and you just like to take dumb pictures of you and your friends I recommend one of those two and OnePlus for quick snaps using your power doubletap feature. I use OnePlus and Line Camera myself, since Line has manual exposure which I'm a fan of.
[Nexus 6  General] Locoman_:
A Better Camera is my favorite.
[G4 General] Boosted_01 R:
Just received. Does this have the touch screen sensitivity fix as well ? No mention about the screen (see attached pic), but mentions battery improvements though :)
[G4 General] mousetamer:
What country and carrier? I just installed 10h from Rogers in Canada and it definitely fixed the touchscreen issues I was having.
[G4 General] Boosted_01 R:
Same ^^^...... Good to know, installing right now :)
[G4 General] GibMcFragger:
It did. It works like a champ. The first thing I did after i flashed it was root it, lol.
[G4 General] itskapil:
[MENTION=3369804]GibMcFragger[/MENTION], THE Low Effort root works? Pls explain a little. Or your device's bootloader is unlocked?
[G4 General] GibMcFragger:
Yep. You don't need an unlocked bootloader because you aren't using an exploit. You just backup your system image, inject the root files into it (the backup that's not on your phone), then flash the rooted backup via ADB. You can flash full KDZ or system images in download mode with a locked bootloader.
[G4 General] AvivEliyahu:
Got it as well in Israel (h815L) , cant see any difference than F version we had before.. probably under the hood stuff
[G4 General] Boosted_01 R:
Battery improvements had definitely worked... I would normally use about 8% battery in about 8 hours of zero use.... Now I used 1% in about 8 hours of zero use..... At the very least, standby performance has improved
[G4 General] elcom:
Same here H815L in Israel. Got it this morning.

Nothing different. feels smooth, probably just placebo.
[G4 General] boywithabeard:
How do you inject the root? I've used this method but only with pre-rooted IMGs. Otherwise, I noticed an improvement in responsivness and unlesss I am wrong, increased call volume/clarity.
[G4 General] GibMcFragger:
You need Ubuntu to do it, but it is easy. The steps are in the root thread.
[G4 General] Ramsey:
I've been using it for a few days also on a Rogers G4. I didn't have major touch issues but it is more responsive now. Battery is better but there is way more throttling when gaming now. It starts to throttle and lags a lot to limit heat when gaming. However, the phone itself is smoother and they fixed some things. I like that they added a notification volume control that is separate from ringtone and they moved the slow motion to Mode in the camera app.
[G4 General] boywithabeard:
Try disabling the Game Optimizer option in Battery Settings, probably some throttling setting. Mine is enabled by default. I did notice a lot of heat coming from this phone. Had it for about 2 days prior to update, haven't felt any heat since.
[G4 General] Ramsey:
I had it disabled when the throttling happened :(.

What I read it does is that it reduces graphical quality a bit to give more battery life.
[G4 General] oile:
Can you upload me system/etc/thermal-engine-8992.conf?

It contains the thermal engine temps and actions so that I can compare it and mod it
[G4 General] mufaa:
I have a H818p - any idea when this update will hit that model?
[G4 General] david08:
Hey bro

I installed this update and my battery runs out faster in my H815L :(

I hope LG will fix this soon..