yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nzzane:
Could be that the firmware is damaged.. maybe try reflash your firmware - if that doesn't work it will probably just be the screen is screwing up
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chamelleon:
Replace this capacitor or just make jumper on it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] schultz915:
Has anyone noticed that if you use the ES File Explorer app you can access all the files that you would be able to access if you had root access. I wonder if anyone has looked into that to try to find a root method.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] TechNyne66:
You can't modify them, an exploit has to be found in the bootloader code to bypass the lock to root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] schultz915:
I am able to open them and modify them. I haven't saved any of the modifications for fear of the unknown results
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] TechNyne66:
Saving will result in an unknown error due to the lack of root. Will not work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] schultz915:
By

Is there a way to use this minimal access to developers a root?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] timmy10shoes:
By no means, it has nothing to do with an exploit to achieve root. It's like any root app ..........it only works if your rooted. The root partition and /system are not read protected. So pretty much any non rooted file app can read those partitions. They cannot however read /data, /cache, /sbin, etc. We all wish it was that simple.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] srepoleve1:
I really like the stock feel of Android, just curious if there are any ROMs for the x2 that are close to Cyanogenmod?

Thanks.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] E--Man:
See A.J's custom Kang VIP ROMs in the development section which are widely used by the X2 community

---------- Post added at 09:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:45 AM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3215851
[Huawei MediaPad X2] srepoleve1:
Yea thanks I've tried that, any ROMs without EMUI?
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
Nope, not on anything with a Kirin processor.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] Djiban:
I thought you made this one especially for AOSP lovers:

http://xdaforums.com/mediapad-x2/development/rom-simply-google-t3286154
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
Yep. Emui is as close as we're gonna get to CM. CM is usually buggy anyways. It still is on my Nexus 6P. AOSP based is much better but we won't see that either on the X2. If the phone has a Kirin processor then forget about seeing any AOSP or CM based roms.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] Djiban:
Ok, so Cm and AOSP lovers should switch to Mediapad M2 7.0 and it's snapdragon :)

I'll re-read the simply google romthread , I did post the link above, I guess I misunderstood...
[Huawei MediaPad X2] ajsmsg78:
It's emui with the look and feel of CM. Still emui though.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] CROrION:
Xiaomi redmi note 3 (pro) doesn't have the greatest sensor out there, but it is capable of making good shots, so let's share them.

Here are few of mine:

IMG_20160718_133908_HDR by Ivan Horvat, on Flickr

IMG_20160718_120920_HDR by Ivan Horvat, on Flickr

IMG_20160721_094203_HDR by Ivan Horvat, on Flickr

IMG_20160720_175325_HDR by Ivan Horvat, on Flickr

IMG_20160719_092532_HDR by Ivan Horvat, on Flickr

IMG_20160718_115626_HDR by Ivan Horvat, on Flickr

IMG_20160720_200242_HDR by Ivan Horvat, on Flickr

IMG_20160721_102414_HDR by Ivan Horvat, on Flickr
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tyaginator:
I think u got the best sensor ?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] vinay001:
Samples Redmi Note 3 pro
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] chada77:
Some of you may have seen this in the RN3 Forum, but it seems its method also works on the Mi 5 with the side effect of having the front camera flipped.

Those of you with keen photography skills may find it useful to see if you can get better pictures with apps supporting Camera2.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] abyssq:
Wow! Thanks for the useful information.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] defcomg:
Offtopic could you attach libmmcamera_imx298.so from /system/vendor/lib I would like to try and enable 60fps recording
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] kylemd:
Works for me with aforementioned front camera flipped on latest ResurrectionRemix.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lenks:
Did someone find a fix for the front camera?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] 1myxomatosis1:
No updates here??:( I'm really interested about implementing Camera2 API for Mi5. I had it in NExus 5 and it was great improvement.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] baszu:
What will we get by enabling this on Mi5?

Is Mi5 stock camera getter better picture? Can someone explain or post sample image?

Actually, I have tried but can't see different.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] luigi0824:
Lets hope someone can find a fix on the upside down front camera
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] 1myxomatosis1:
Is that an only issue? upside down front camera? Camera2 API is working fine on a relevant camera app (e.g. A Better Camera)?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] luigi0824:
the stock camera crashes on miui 7 but not on 8 and the front camera is upside down on miui 8 not on 7
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] leledumbo:
Works fine for me, manual camera test shows everything is supported. Also I don't get any upside down problem. MIUI EU 8.0.10.0. MIUI camera's manual mode is actually enough for most conditions. Long exposure for sure works great though I've only tested max 4s at ISO 100. I really need an object for taking 32s exposure.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] luigi0824:
did you check your front cam to see if its upside down? what rom are you using?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] leledumbo:
I don't just check, I use it, often. I'm on MIUI 8.0.10.0.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] luigi0824:
is it china rom or global rom?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] leledumbo:
EU (therefore China)
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] luigi0824:
where did you downloaded it?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] leledumbo:
https://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/miui-weekly-rom-releases.103/
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] IgorEisberg:
Found a fix for the front camera being flipped: You need to edit "/system/etc/camera/msm8996_camera.xml".

There are 4 entries: 2 for the back camera (CameraId 0) and 2 for the front camera (CameraId 2).

We'll edit only the 2 for the front camera: We'll change the "MountAngle" from 360 (which means "Defined by kernel") to 270. Don't touch any entries for CameraId 0!

Save and reboot your device.

EDIT: Attached a flashable ZIP for Mi 5 (Pro) devices.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] kylemd:
Flashed, can confirm it works on my device. Latest weekly CM13 build.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] gevaudan:
Flashed and I also can confirm it works with latest Resurrection Rom
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] luigi0824:
I can only see are 6.x.x roms? where is it specifically?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] leledumbo:
The topic is always named against developer ROM (<year least significant digit><month digits><date digits>), but inside there are always links to stable ROMs as well. Get in, find MIUI 8, then find the corresponding device and ROM version.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] delhipeoplecool:
thanks this method works in my miui 8 beta rom
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] minhmeopro:
it works, thank you!
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] boc11:
Did someone tried this on China Dev rom? Is it working?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] shaneel1491:
What is the longest exposure time you can get with or without this?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] boc11:
It is 32s without it, i dont think this mode affect this so must be the same.

But did someone try this on china dev without problems?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] strangeFace:
Do third party camera apps make better low-light photos than stock app after enabling Camera2? Or maybe raw is available?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] _nahman:
This works only when camera2.api disabled in camera app, when i enable this in apps such as Snap Camera HDR, Open Camera camera become flipped again. Any thoughts?

ROM: cm-13.0-20161001-UNOFFICIAL-gemini
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ejatamer:
did the a better camera works fine with u?

it keeps stopped working once i try to get in to the general setting:confused:
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] boc11:
open camera works fine
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] _nahman:
Did you enable camera2api in settings?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] baszu:
Yes, raw availabe
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] boc11:
Yes, open camera works fine. Camera fv-5 says raw not supported?

Guys what raw editor are you using?

I want something ligh and fast like snapseed but it don`t have noise reduction. Lightroom works slow and too much settings. WHat to use, i need only color correction, detail/sharpness and light noise filter
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] defcomg:
Hmmm strange raw files are different sizes raw files are always the same size
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] strangeFace:
Could you please post some low light photo (e.g. dimly lit room) as two JPEGs - one from stock camera app and one made from RAW (little compression) ?

TIA
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] baszu:
see attachment. Personally, I still prefer stock picture.

Some raw files cannot be opened, I assume it is either "camera2 api" or "manual camera app" not fully working hence getting broken file sometimes. Need to close app and re-open to get proper raw file. The open-able is always 31.08 MB.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] strangeFace:
First, thank you very much for your help.

Second, RAW file is a little out of focus. You can tell by looking at the writing on the sink at 100% zoom - it's completely illegible in the RAW file. So we can't compare sharpness. But as far as the noise goes it appears to me, that after little denoising overall look is more pleasant (see attachment).

What I'm trying to say is if we had camera app that applies good quality denoising on the fly, results could have been better than with stock app.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] giardux91:
Hi, I've flashed the zip but only the stock camera has the front camera that works right. If I use an alternative app (360, manual camera, footej), the front camera is flipped. I've the last cm13 installed.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] baszu:
That's interesting. I've tried 3 different camera apps. Which one do you think the best?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] strangeFace:
I'm afraid I don't have smartphone that allows RAW shooting, so I can't check this.

The only one that I know that declares noise reduction is ProCapture, but they do this combining two photos in dedicated mode, which is not what I'm looking for.

Now that we know the difference between the RAW and jpg for MI 5 it would be nice to compare those formats for 1+3.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] 1myxomatosis1:
In my opinion - a poor testing object and focus point to judge anything..

What apps did you use (1,2,3)?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] baszu:
1. Light Room

2. MIUI Camera

3. Manual Camera
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] 1myxomatosis1:
nr 2 seems to be the best for my eyes.

Have you noticed, after enabling CAmera2, AF slowing down in MIUI Camera? I did.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ext23:
Front camera flip fix seems to be not working on CM 10/10. It was working on 10/8. Anybody got any suggestions?

EDIT: Turns out you don't need to flash the flip fix at all on this build. I flashed it out of habit. Manually edited the file back to 360 and rebooted, and the orientation was correct. Obviously you still need to do the build.prop tweak, though.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] dadme:
Just flash from TWRP Camera_2API_addon.zip for build.prop weak, then Mi5_Camera2Fix.zip for rotate front camera, with 180 degree.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ext23:
On CM 10/10, orientation is fixed in ProShot, but still upside down in Instagram and other apps. After flashing the .zip, the opposite happens: upside down in ProShot, normal in all my other apps.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] chiragkrishna:
there is nothing we can do about the flip guys,... here & here

unless the concerned app devs change some code i think,...
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] tndb:
Any actual comparison (before and after) using regular Camera api vs api2? Best would be to test on both a miui rom and a cm rom but I guess there is minimal (if any) benefit using api2 other than getting the raw option
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] vibranze:
I've enabled Camera2 API and use OpenCamera, there's a big delay from pressing the capture button till the photo is taken. Is this normal? Default camera doesn't have the same issue.

Thank you.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] chiragkrishna:
its working with "A Better Camera",... could capture raw images and edit them in Photoshop,...

i am on CM 10/10

if it helps its 90%Off (₹10) in India,...
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] leledumbo:
I can confirm that. It gets like that once the parameters are manually adjusted, no idea why. MIUI camera's manual mode works with expected speed.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Valentinus_ru:
hello guys!

this is right path, enabe Camera2API and front camera work good:

drive.google.com/open?id=0B3tKJaHR34ILZ1dPZmdTNUNZV2M
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ext23:
This actually worked for me, thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] 1myxomatosis1:
I got rid of that, as camera focus speed is worst in my opinion both for stock camera app and alternatives (e.g. a better camera or others) :/
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ext23:
Yeah actually enabling Camera2 on these phones seems to create more problems than it solves. Flash and photos in low light were unusable, Google Camera was crashing, plus the flipped front camera thing...

Anybody been able to fix these various issues?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] @bsourav:
Changing the build.prop only trick the apps think that Camera2 API is used. This creates a problem when the camera apps try to find certain libs or method and they cannot find it since it is not there, causes the problems.

There are basically 3 support modes for camera2 API that ships with all the versions of Android starting with Lollipop 5.0

Full - Supports all the functionality of camera2 API

Selected - Supports most/some of the functionality of camera2 API

Legacy - Supports older functionality of Legacy API

Now to fully support camera2 API, the drivers should include HAL 3.2 or above for camera. But in our case Xiaomi must be using its legacy drivers for camera which do not include HAL 3.2 or above, as changing a code base will present new set of problems for Xiaomi so it is understandable.

To implement camera2 API, the drivers/blobs that has been used from Xiaomi must be modified to include camera HAL 3.2 and above from Qualcomm, which is extensive work to say the least and can be done on ROM level once CM becomes stable enough and new features can be implemented.

So long story short, these hacks can only bring legacy support for camera2 API which will have its problems. But once it gets implemented in the ROM itself, we can have a fully functional camera2 API with all its goodies. :):):good:
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] defcomg:
Possible workaround is to patch the framework android/hardware/Camera.smali by redirecting all request from Camera.open to Camera.openLegacy alternative an xposed module might do the trick
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] @bsourav:
The issue is we may want to use the full functionality and manual control of camera that camera2 provides. Using camera2 in legacy mode will present a set of problems with third party camera apps.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] defcomg:
Sorry I was not clear in the post by openLegacy I meant using stock Camera with full function as if camera 2 was not activated .

The Camera Hal has 2 APIs one Named Qcamera2 and the other Qcamera3

Qcamera2 has the id 256 Qcamera 3 has id 786 or 756 can't remember the exact number now.

By Default all Qualcomm devices after SD600 use Qcamera2 this is what the miui camera uses basically Camera 1 api

Qcamera 3 is what activates camera 2 api it is Camera 2.

When Android Loads up and the camera hal loads it checks for the build.prop flag posted in this thread if it finds it and has value of 1 it sends a command with hal Id 786 effectively disabling qcamera 2.

When Qcamera 3 loads camera 2 is enabled so is camera 1 however camera 1 in qcamera 3 runs in a sort of emulated mode where it only has basic function like color effect exposure compensation white balance etc .

That's why functions such as HDR fail because they are part of qcamera 2.

Now there is a solution for this before I get to that I will explain how the camera is opened

App > Framework Java > Camera Client Lib > Hal Lib.

App executes Camera.open > inside Framework Java Android.Hardware.Camera Class is a method called open this invokes a native method which invokes camera client > Camera Client then also invokes the open method > then the hal starts up the camera . that's the normal way for camera 1.

Inside qcamera2 there is an alternate method called openLegacy what this allow is for qcamera2 to be called directly even with camera 3 active so when using the normal way of camera.open it uses qcamera3 when using camera.openLegacy it defaults back to qcamera2 for that session.

My proposal was yo redirect all camera.open request in the framework to camera.openLegacy so its system wide alternatively is to patch miui Camera .

I hope that makes sense
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] @bsourav:
This was really informative :D:D
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thibest:
Nice!!!!!! Works for me!! thanks!! :) :) :)
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] IgorEisberg:
If I remember correctly the Camera HAL API Version 3.0 value is 0x300 which is hex for 768 (while for HAL1 it's 0x100 which is 256).
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] MavBoss86:
And if we try to port the camera driver and settings from the one plus 3? I think it is the same of the Mi5... What do you think?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] darios81:
Then I give you more information:

- Android version 5 should not have CAMERA2API already integrated for all devices? (HAL3.2). So I read the guide for Android.

- Enabling the APIs (on CM13), apps have problems with the manual controls and you lose certain features HDR type.

- The only ones that work well and emulate as APP STOCK manual controls are FRREDCAM and BACON ROOM. I doubt whether MI5 has enabled commands in legacy mode also stock app.

The it is not a clear issue. If there are APIs should work all the third-party app. You can understand why? Among other things I would point out that while all the third party apps have the live view of what you change, the miui no camera.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] daniell007:
[MENTION=1879618]IgorEisberg[/MENTION], thanks for the fix! I suppose this is for the front cam. Any idea how to fix 4G video calls? Is this fix supposed to fix the flipping of front cam during 4G Video calls as well?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] IgorEisberg:
Eh I don't know, never checked. I don't use 4G Video calls.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] lillo9546:
After editing buildprop brop all' is working good

But frontale camera Its upside down. How ti fix?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] made-in-tirol:
read 2 posts above yours!
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] siskad:
I enabled the camera2 API on my Mi5 with a flahable file. I use xiaomi.eu devoloper rom. (MIUI9) If I update the rom to the next xiaomi.eu devoloper, the camera2 API stay enabled?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] matt33tt:
Don't work raw capture with "A better camera" for mi.

xiaomi.eu developer , mi5, MIUI 9

Enviado desde mi MI 5 mediante Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] NGM89:
Obviusly i can't enable it without root, correct?
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ianhughes74:
Yes brother, because with root you can have access on Root storage in some file manager app. So you can edit the build.prop file.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] fvhdota:
how to edit this

hi [MENTION=1879618]IgorEisberg[/MENTION] , i'd like to ask something, how do i find and try to edit the .xml file? thanks a lot :)
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] IgorEisberg:
Your question is vague. You find it with any root browser.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] bubimir13:
Use an text editor like this or basically any xml editor...
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] somu1795:
I think this 4G video call can also be fixed through fiddling with these HAL or APIs , I tried to add com.android.phone to HAL1 packagelist, but no luck ,I have very limited knowledge, if someone can look on this it'll be helpful.

Log shows:

Qcamera <HAL><ERROR> lock_acq: 363: failed to acquire lock
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ne0t:
Flash Mi5_Camera2_fix via TWRP to enable Camera2 api, Mi5 only, no root needed.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] lexi81:
EDIT: deleted post.

sorry didnt read whole thread
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] renek74:
Don´t work with Android Oreo on Mi5. Camera App crashed. We need another solution. Can you check please.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] alone_in_dark:
Follow this:

https://xdaforums.com/mi-5/themes/app-google-camera-portrait-t3777614
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] IgorEisberg:
I'm on latest Mi 5 Oreo ROM 8.5.10 (Xiaomi.eu) and I don't have any crashes. From a fresh reset I used a terminal:

setprop persist.camera.HAL3.enabled 1

Manually edited the "msm8996_camera.xml" file like described, and finally rebooted.

Works like a charm, passes the "Manual Camera Compatibility" and the stock Camera app works, both back camera and front camera.
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] brown dick:
Captured picture Rotation and color problem

But Im still suffering from an another problem. When i use portrait mode to take selfie it burst with green color :confused: like incredible hulk :( and all those picture are captured upside down ... how can i solve this problem?? :confused::confused:

Thanks in advance... :fingers-crossed: :good:
[Xiaomi Mi 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jack21397:
I Manually edited the "msm8996_camera.xml" file with - build prop editor - app and now any camera app (stock camera, gcam, camera ZOOM FX) doesn't work! I tryed to fix it editing 360 as the original file, but without results because I still have camera crashes every time.

MI5 64gb MIUI 10.2.2.0 Global Stabile
[HTC Tornado] bipinsen:
Phone details: T-Mobile SDA with EA's WM6 ROM

I have been trying to find a weather plugin that will work with my home screen. I came across Fizzweather that seemed to be the ticket. And at first install, it seems perfect. Nice graphics, great UI, and good options. But then I noticed that when the program is downloading data, it locks up the phone. The first time I had installed the program to my SD card, and I couldn't even reboot the phone. It would always stay stuck in the second splash screen. Ok.. Reflash the phone. Next time I installed it to main memory. Same locking up. But this time I was able to reboot, and then uninstall. Does anyone have any experience running this on Tornadoes with WM6? Why is it locking up?

And then, does anyone have any suggestions for good and stable plugins for weather?

Thanks!!!
[HTC Tornado] moalesipufos:
Try this free program:

http://www.sharemobile.ro/file.php?id=46926
[HTC Tornado] Lemark:
You may try Elecont weather as an alternative to Fizzweather. It has nice animations that Fizzweather doesn't have. you can get it here: www.elecont.com
[HTC Tornado] smyrali:
this is great program (can update through gprs-proxy) but don't have plug in for today screen....