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[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 96carboard:
Good luck with that. Truly given the way the entire world is being run right now, its pretty clear that the vast majority of people *ARE* idiots. And that is putting it mildly. So best way to make money is to sell to the majority, who are stupid enough to trust government -- those people clearly can't think for themselves.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] San Diego:
yes, return your pro and get the 6. be happier.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MacGuy2006:
It's worse on video. I took a supposedly 4x video of my dog and it looks terrible. Pixelated, oversharpened and unusable.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Morgrain:
Do you have 4k60fps enabled?

For some odd reason, Google only allows the dedicated sensors to kick in if you use 30fps, since both the ultrawide and Tele module do not support 4k60fps.

So if you zoom in whilst having 4k60fps enabled, it will always be a digital zoom.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 86rickard:
This is one of the most annoying features. The 4x lense can focus as reasonably close range but the "ai" deciding to either crop and main lense or switch to the periscope is crap.

You can trick it by switching to 4x and focusing on a distant object and back again and hope it's just within range.

People ask why use it so close, but the 4x can really aid in composing a shot without the wide distortions.

Another issue is if you adjust anything like HDR or temperature on the main lense and switch focal length to other options it doesn't switch to the actual lense you want anymore!!
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 96carboard:
You can't use the telephoto sensor for video. Only the other two.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MacGuy2006:
In my book, that's an idiotic "feature" and is in fact a bug.

It makes zooming in day-to-day use unusable in most common cases.

When I zoomed to 4x and took a video, the result (1080) was not usable. It's a joke.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 86rickard:
I think the conclusion here is the entire camera system really needs work. The hardware is better but the software is letting it down. Jerky transitions, bugs and a processing algorithm left over from the lower quality sensor days that actually over works the 50mp images.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] EeZeEpEe:
No, you can. I just tested it by setting it to 4x, making sure I'm focused on something far enough, and blocking the telephoto lens does block the picture.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Gnaius:
Just discussing this elsewhere, with regard to the MWP GCam mod. This is a *serious* improvement over the stock app; the one thing they could do to make it perfect is give you control over when the periscope kicks in. If anyone here knows the people working on this, please mention this. The mod is here, btw — you really should try it! The version you want is 8.3.252-V1c_MWP:

MWP GCam APKs - Google Camera Port

Modified Google Camera app by MWP.

www.celsoazevedo.com
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 96carboard:
That may not actually be an option. The hal only presents one logical camera on that side of the phone and transparently switches between the sensors based on the level of zoom requested, and an assortment of other data.

I haven't looked into what the hal looks like, is it open source? If it is, presumably it could be modified to present 3 or 4 logical cameras (I.e. 3 individual + 1 combined).
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MacGuy2006:
How is it an improvement?

Testing zoom, it still uses the main lens on 1x, 2x ad 4x. Just like the stock camera does.

This is another reason to dislike this phone and to recommend against buying it.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Gnaius:
It's a huge improvement in the performance of the main lens at 1x: it entirely gets rid of the over-processing. It seems to be better with the ultrawide as well (although I haven't tested that sensor much). No, it's no improvement with regard to the zoom; in fact, today's results lead me to believe that it's not doing enough to reduce chroma noise on the telephoto sensor.

But it's worth trying it. And I sure wouldn't give up on this phone: it's still miles better than most of the competition. The stock over-sharpening and noise reduction remain subtle relative to, say, the iPhone 13 Pro.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 96carboard:
Does the camera application even do any image processing? From what I can tell, image processing is either done at the hal level (before the camera application) or the viewer level (postprocessing, after the camera application.)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Gnaius:
Yes, the camera app seems to be where the sharpening and noise reduction happen, as well as the adjustment of levels. Take a look at the mod, where you have control over aspects of the app's functionality. You can access a "Lib Patcher", and change these parameters yourself: sharpening, chroma and luminance noise reduction, contrast, etc. (Btw, I tried that briefly, without great results, but I didn't put any time into it. The default settings with the main sensor are about right.)

This is a good explanation of the customizations possible with the Lib Patcher:

Photography on Android: Modified GCam Settings Explained + My own curves!

Google is awe- I mean sucks right? Why not unlock these by default 😉 So we are probably all familiar with the google camera right? Well its an exceptionally powerful piece of software if you can tweak its values. You may not know this but there is an entire page dedicated to GCam ports. I...

forum.level1techs.com
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] 86rickard:
What's sad in a way is processing the RAW files can create some really nice, natural, higher resolution images.

I think the current setup is a legacy of Pixels past. The Sensors are worthy of much better processing instead of the hyper boosted effect Google is going down.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Gnaius:
Yes, no question that you can get much better results out of the RAW files, especially on the periscope lens. And that remains a possibility, of course: shoot RAW! But this "hyper boosted effect" can't be blamed on Google: as I say, they're way less guilty of it than most. The fact is that this is what the market has been taught to value, often by ignorant reviewers.

If you want to compare what kind of processing various phones apply, head over to GSMArena's Photo Compare Tool, where you can pixel-peep at 100%. You'll find few phones that apply less sharpening and noise reduction than the Pixel 6. In fact, only one that I've discovered.

Here, for example, is a comparison of how the stock apps process photos on the S21 Ultra, the Pixel 6, and the iPhone 13 Pro Max. You'll see that the Pixel sharpens the least of the three, and smears way less detail through noise processing than the iPhone does. The S21 Ultra preserves detail well at low light, but introduces serious sharpening halos. Of the three, Pixel has by far the most judicious approach. The only phone I've found that sharpens less is the Vivo X70 Pro+ (which you have to scale to 12MP on this page to compare), but it also seems to yield less detailed images; it would be interesting to see what they look like sharpened in post.

UPDATE: The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra sharpens a bit less as well, and is a credible performer all around. It does however smear more detail than the Pixel 6: the noise processing is a touch too aggressive.

UPDATE 2: After spending a week with the phone, I'm beginning to wonder about the GSMArena's test sample. I'm finding it impossible to produce jpegs with this little sharpening and noise reduction; theirs look almost like processed RAW files. Has Google been messing around with the sharpening algorithm since these tests were done?

Photo compare Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G vs. Google Pixel 6 vs. Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max - GSMArena.com

www.gsmarena.com
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] benjmiester:
Ok.... But the danger of letting people decide which type of zoom to use manually would be _________? Because as I'm seeing things, it surely can't be any worse than leaving it up to internal decision making that isn't disclosed to anyone using the phone. Not to mention it isn't displayed to them during use either. Said idiots have no idea what it's using either way already. So letting them chose could only lead to at worst equal (basically random at this point) or at best better results with it being able to be toggled on when actually intended to be used. Hardly anyone shoots in 4k @ 30 fps and in order to use most of the other camera selling points, one has to drop down to 1080p. Letting them know that disables the telephoto might help weigh their decision to do so.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Gnaius:
Okay, I posted this image in the mod thread, but it's appropriate here too. This is what you can get out of a RAW file, using the 4x zoom when the periscope (19mm) lens kicks in. It's *really* good: the lens is sharp, and the quality of the noise on the sensor is excellent; much like natural film grain. I processed this via Lightroom and Silver Efex Pro, and it's the first time I've really worked with a Pixel 6 Pro RAW file; results will be better, I expect, when I've figured out the camera's characteristics (and even better from the main sensor).

Now we just have to figure out how to get the Google people (or the mod people) to give us control over which lens we're using. For now, however, you can easily see when the periscope goes up, as it were: the image jerks slightly. And it's generally easy to get this to happen, as others have pointed out — just focus first on something far away.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MacGuy2006:
A good image, although it is harder to tell in BW.

For me, it's easy to tell the 4x lens not just by the jerkiness, but also by the quite significant change in white balance from the main lens -- this is a far cry from the consistency on the iPhone 13 Pro, and Google should have paid attention to it and fixed it prior to releasing the phone.
[Honor 8X Questions & Answers] babasatt:
I have honor 8x jsn-l21. My problem with the phone is some 4g LTE band are not working, I used database editor apk I even changed to 4g only but showing no service so please what is the solution? Thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] arnisv:
I`ve been trying to translate somthing ,but dint work for me.

has anybody been working with the mui files?

the swedish language drives me crazy !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rbeta03:
Hello, I'm looking for a suitable custom rom for Samsung Galaxy Avant, could you recommend me any custom rom for this model?
[General Questions and Answers] evilzombie96:
Hello everybody, im not sure if im 100% in the right forum topic, but i've been facing problems with my phone and adaway. (using Samsung S21 Ultra)

when i installed Adaway, ive been getting an error code whenever i try entering an Ad search on google chrome (and across all browsers), and the error is "You connection is not private" "NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID and im unable to advance as an "unsafe site". And it happened with my spotify password reset, but there was an advance unsafe site option and then as I proceed I get an adaway sign.

So I thought of uninstalling adaway from magisk and the whole phone, and when i do i get another error saying "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED"

I'm unable to find a solution to it, ive added the links to "allowed links" and it still wont go through.

Is there any way to fix this? because im afraid ill end up in an emergency situation and unable to reset a password like my spotify.

Thank you in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
@evilzombie96 Did you already check if a similar issue and hopefully a solution have been reported in the Adaway thread?

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-root-nonroot-official-adaway-v5-9-0.2190753/
[General Questions and Answers] evilzombie96:
@Oswald Boelcke unforunately I couldnt find any thread about it, so im kinda in a rut
[General Questions and Answers] raym_11:
Hello. 2 years ago bought a android headunit from aliexpress. Later on, noticed a bug - sound from bluetooth is quieter than from the radio. Tried factory reset, different equalizers, nothing helped. Then I tried to flash it with newer version, hoping that it will help, now it doesn't turn on, the screen is always black :D I can't boot in to recovery menu by pressing reset button and then pressing on it one more time, I was able to access it through settings. Maybe there is a chance to somehow make it alive?View attachment 5465873
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ttsadaf:
i have imate jas jam,and recently i upgrade it with wm6.1 bcos the phone was very slow,but know the phone is ok but there is a problem in viewing videos,that are very slow its not playing properly,song is ok but visualisation is not smoothly playing,and the format of video is *.wmv,and i tried *.3gpp,*.avi also,can anybody help me plz.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ultramag69:
Use a different player. If you're using wm player it can be a pain in the neck, I use core player but there are free players out there.

Try this one - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=380387

Its the freeware version of Core...

Cheers...:D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ttsadaf:
hi,

thanx for giving the thread link but when i download on my phone it is not working,please give me another,waiting for ur reply , thanx
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ultramag69:
Try this - http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=88539&d=1211902452

Its an earlier version but should work...:D
[Huawei Developers] regressist:
Hi all,

I am looking for a Terminal emulator working properly for the media pad but

Terminal Emulator for Android - Apps on Google Play

Access Android's built-in Linux command line shell. Unleash your inner geek!

play.google.com

according to the playstore is not compatible with my device (with android 9).

Can someone tell me if there is any other available?

Thanks in advance

S.
[Huawei Developers] Chief_Mike:
Try Termux

[Termux | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/ )

Google playstore policy is making it difficult for apps targeted for less than Android 10
[Huawei Developers] regressist:
Thanks for your reply. Done, I try to take advantage of your expertise. Maybe you can give me the right suggestion.

I want to run a program written by me named 4 (for some heavy math computations, no input, just output to a file, the only thing I need is CPU) but when I run Termux on a Huawei MediaPad M5 I get always permission denied. I managed to find the file blindly in /storage/emulated/0/4.

On two phones without being root I copied it in the home dir of the terminal app and made chmod and run it. Very easy

But here even cp is refused because permission denied. Is there any way to do this also here without being root?

Thanks in advance
[Huawei Developers] Chief_Mike:
best to ask any questions on reddit.com r/Termux

😀👍 great community
[Huawei Developers] regressist:
Thanks, I will try
[ASUS ROG Phone 3 Questions & Answers] scudzilla:
Either via Android or TWRP, the latest firmware downloaded from asus site fails to install. Anyone else experiencing this?

Currently on 17.0823.2009.99

Tried 18.0410.2108.158 and 18.0410.2109.172 so far, both failed. Using TWRP, I enable Zip signature verification and they both failed the check.

Edit: So I updated TWRP and zip signature passed. I was able to install the latest update, installed TWRP to other slot, rebooted and installed magisk. But now, when booting, it's stuck on ROG Logo with a loading bar that just keeps loading. Is this bad? Or does it just take a very long time to boot after update?
[ASUS ROG Phone 3 Questions & Answers] vlad3r08:
Also curios about this. I have the Asus Rog Phone 3 Strix Edition on Android 10 Firmware WW_17.0822.2005.11 and trying to update with file UL-ASUS-I003_1-ASUS-18.0.410.2109.172-1.1.5-user.zip but i get Update Failed pretty quick after hitting the OK on update found.

My phone has some freezes that annoy me and this is the reason I would opt for an update also the OTA updates never arrived from what I can recall.

PS: I see on Asus website that they have an unlock tool as well as an APK file, do I need that in anyway ?
[General Questions and Answers] tusharbhai:
can suggest YouTube alternative
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Here is the list of the popular alternatives to YouTube:

Vimeo

DailyMotion

DTube

Twitch

Internet Archives Video Section

Metacafe

*****ute

Utreon

Vevo

9GAG TV
[General Questions and Answers] Psycho-A:
If you mean "alternative client" for YouTube, then NewPipe is the best.
[General Questions and Answers] James_Watson:
I would like to add one more, TikTok.
[General Questions and Answers] Austinredstoner:
U can use streamable that's another alternative to YouTube
[General Questions and Answers] regressist:
Hi all,

I am trying to execute a file named 4 on a tablet Toshiba AT-100 (Android 4.4 not rooted) within Terminal, file has to be moved in the home of the Terminal app but does not cp or mv. Note I have done this without a glitch on various phones NOT rooted, I do not understand why not on the Toshiba AT-100. The file is in /sdcard

>ls /sdcard/4 and the file 4 is there

>ls -al

-rwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 95550 2021-11-21 17:00 4

>cd [I move to the dir /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/app_HOME (this should allow to change the execution rights without being root)]

>cp /sdcard/4 .

/system/bin/sh: cp: not found

[************************is it unable to find the command cp or what?]

>mv /sdcard/4 .

failed on '/sdcard/4' - Cross-device link

>cd /sdcard

>./4

/system/bin/sh: ./4: cannot execute - Permission denied

Is anybody able to understand? Maybe Terminal emulator is not working properly, is there any other terminal for Android 4?

Thanks in advance to whomever will explain
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dariop:
My Diamond is arriving soon, so I thought about the chances it has some of the defects mentioned here. Did your first diamond go back to your seller? and your second?

Some Moderator can add the option: It had no issues (PLEASE)

I forgot to add that one!!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Riel:
And what information do we get out of this poll?

'off all defective diamonds, all diamonds were defective'?

Useless topic. BTW, mine is fine.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dariop:
I forgot to put the option "It is ok!" and I dont know how to add it, or remove the poll!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Hind1:
What about the Canadian version :O

Just a thought.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] monobogdan:
Hi everyone! A long time ago i've heard that it's not possible to port older android version on newer kernel, however it seems strange, since major kernel version stay the same(3.x). I've tried myself sometime ago(i have some exp in porting firmwares, but i've ported custom ROM of same version) but got bootloop(from 6.0 to 4.2). Have anyone got some success in porting older android version?
[Android Apps and Games] greatpakhtoon:
Fast Fb video downloader is a video downloader for Facebook that is used to download videos from Facebook into a phone gallery. It allows you to browse for a particular video and download videos in many formats.

Just think about how many times we liked facebook videos on different Fb groups, facebook pages, or sometimes videos uploaded by our friends and by social media influencers, we want to save those videos on our device and watch them again and again but it’s impossible to download those videos without any good downloader apps. Fast facebook video downloader will help you to save videos on your smartphone with high-quality. Browse videos on facebook according to your interest and copy the url in app to download your favorite video in no time.

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[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] WinterRU:
Hi guys. Here on the Russian-language website 4PDA, one person threw a link to a program from github on python. This program is for MTK devices. And there is a bootloader unlock function. In general, I downloaded this program, launched it, and according to the guide of the author of the program, I was able to UNLOCK the BOOTLOADER! Just in case, before that, I turned on the function in the developer settings that allows you to unlock the bootloader. Phone model TA1105, android 9. Link to the program https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient . A screenshot of the unlocked bootloader is attached. How to unlock the bootloader and how to install the program is given by the author on github. Nickname of the person who threw the link: DreaM WanteD. (translated using Yandex Translator)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] Arik365:
Hi

I bought a Galaxy Note 20 Ultra device in the store Want to make a root device, do I have anything to worry about? securing? Applications? Updates? Camera quality?

Tank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Questions & Answers] dantbt:
yes....i root my device and some game not work, security folder not work and more .....my advice, do not root. Have a nice day !
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] twisted-pixel:
Hi,

is there any app available that alows me to schedule a number of operations on my phone?

for example, I can set peak hours for push email on my phone, however this only allows for a single period. When I'm at work, I have my phone on silent as the constant beeping as emails are recieved would be annoying, but then this does mean that I might miss phone calls as I'm not always looking at my phone and don't see it light up. So having two periods of "push" activity would be useful.

Or, how about switching Push off if my phone is on silent. That way when I'm at work and am receiving emails on my PC, the TP isn't using the battery by also receiving emails?

anything like that out there that would let me set almost limitless options? switching other things on/off when the phone profile changes? or scheduling things to happen at more then 1 point in the day?

thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ardsar:
have a look at phone alarm (www.pocketmax.net). Allows you to schedule profile changes depending on time, location etc. Can also enable/disable push mail settings, wifi, bluetooth, sound volumes, ring tones, notifications etc for each profile.

You could have it setup so that whilst you are at work, push mail is deactivated, ringtones etc set to a mid level and a standard ring. When leaving work, push mail is enabled together with a change in the ring tone and volumes.

I think it allows you to set up 10 different profiles which can be switched manually, time based, or using location data (cell data or gps). It has a 15 day trial, so have a play andsee if it does what you want.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] testinguser:
^^ looks similar to CommMgrPro but I don't think either will work if you're not on a GSM network. Any location based profile changer for CDMA phones? I guess I should really make a seperate thread for this.