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[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] BeefDev:
Hello, sorry if I say something dumb, this is my first time using this forum. Around 2 weeks ago I rooted my S21 using Odin & magisk. Everything worked fine, today I uninstalled magisk using the uninstall button and did a factory reset. I still had the red warning when booting so I wanted to flash the default firmware back. I tried using the one I had saved from rooting (before patch) but odin kept failing (complete (write) fail or smt). I then downloaded stock firmware (its correct checked) from sammobile (when rooting I used samloader, but I now used this). I got my phones og cable, cause the other one was not working. I flashed, but it stopped on super.img about 60% done, I waited half an hour but it didnt move, so I closed odin and unplugged, then big surprise BRICKED!!!. I searched around here and found that the lightning port could be causing this, however I dont have a usb to usbc cable and before ordering one I wanted to ask (since it worked before) if there could be something else im doing wrong. I will be more than happy to answer any question (please try to explain them to me though as I am a bit of a noob). Thanks a lot to anyone who answers. (After trying the older files it now gets stuck on setup connection).
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] chris.berks:
Sorry, I know this has probably already been asked but there's so many threads and customisers I can't keep up.

Can anyone tell me what the best customiser would be for simply changing things like clock transparency/format and slider designs?

Thanks

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Blazeitup123:
manila customizer
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] chris.berks:
Thanks, is that the one at the top of the page?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] uniqueboy:
Manila Editor + PaintshopPro, It is fun, try it! :)

Or Artweaver or GIMP, which are free paintshop type softwares.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] hefman:
If you want to create your own themes and graphics, do as uniqueboy suggests. However, if you are just looking to change the look of manila, using other people's shared work, use Manila Customizer, just as BlazeItUp says. It's very user friendly.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] chris.berks:
Thanks, I'm just looking to make my diamond look better. I'm quite useless at making things myself.

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
It's the lense. If more than other copies, it's a bad copy. This happens.

Some corner blurring is typical and acceptable. Blurring near the center especially and as it you go outward are far less acceptable.

Every lense has a blur chart that varies by degrees throughout it's image. Even the best primes have blur; this is an exception lense that goes for over $5G! It's blur chart is near perfect.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheNewLegend:
I know its the lens, I want to know if everyone has it to this level or maybe its just my phone.

Look at the difference with the oneplus, I don't think its acceptable.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
You need to compare the same lense/cam model. Go to a store and try a demo or two.

Return it if not satisfied.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheNewLegend:
Okay maybe I'll try that. A friend of mine has a s21 ultra, they share the same sensor, maybe I should compare with his phone?

BTW is that the quote of Joey from friends ?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Remember there's more than one cam... Friends? Never watched it.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] beserker15:
They might be the same sensor but the S22U has a wider main lens than the S21U. Wide lenses are much more prone to distortion and softer corners. Definitely hoping future models go back to being less wide.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
For wide angle use the save option to automatically apply correction. This is for primarily image distortion though.

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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] brachiopod:
Interesting. My camera app does not have the ultra wide correction option. The other two options are under "picture format". My old Note 20 did have that option.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Wonder if it just automatically does it now?

That screenshot is from my N10+ running on Pie... meh, I don't like rude surprises
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ssglackey:
Both photos (on the link on the end) are in 108 mode, 2nd taken seconds after the first, so conditions are the same.

On the 1st photo I have just pressed shutter button and that's it.

On the 2nd button I have taped with finger onto the TV tower on the right to lock focus/exposure and then pressed shutter button.

Results are interesting. As you can see on the 1st photo, trees are detailed and sharp, in focus, while the TV tower is blurry, without details.

But on the 2nd picture, you can see the TV tower (or windows on the buildings) has details, even it is in the corner where sharpness is lower then in the center.

I don't understand this behavior, since there shouldn't be any difference in focus because of the distance from the subjects. In normal 12Mp mode everything is sharp and in focus across the image.

I don't have explanation for this behavior, since the size of the sensor, focal length and distance from the subject shouldn't have any impact on that. It looks something is broken in the image processing pipeline.

Samsung issues - Google Drive

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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheNewLegend:
Thanks for the samples, I tried to focus on the corners too and some how it got sharper however the center of the image got worse even though everything should be in focus.

In 12mp mode it just boost the sharpness with processing. that's why everything is sharp.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ssglackey:
Yes, you can have sharp center or the corners, but not both. But why?

I don't think in 12mp mode it is just boosting the sharpness, if it is out of focus, it can't be fixed by sharpening.

It may help if you submit a bug report directly from the phone via the member app as I did (still waiting for reply from Samsung) - more reports, more attention.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheNewLegend:
I already did that too
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ssglackey:
I have the Exynos version, wondering if it is also affecting SD...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheNewLegend:
Mine is sd so it is..
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Because of the blur pattern and dof.

All lens have it and you can't have all points in focus at once especially with a fast lense. They always have a shallow depth of field. Even stopped down only objects at the same distance can be perfectly focus and there's always some blur even than.

You can't stop down these smartphone cams, one of their limitations; you're stuck with a wide open lense.

Multi element (typically 7 elements or greater) lens can correct for it to a greater extent but you see the blur chart example I posted. That's one of the best primes available, all $6G's of that beast.

It's not just the blur pattern that the optic engineers need to address. Different colors have different wavelengths so they want to focus at different lengths. There are many tradeoffs. With only a small number of elements in a very small space the options are limited. Price is another consideration.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ssglackey:
But in the standard 12Mpix mode everything far enough is sharp and in focus, using the same lens, only in 108Mpix mode you see this issue. Your statement is valid, but with tiny sensors in smartphones all distant object must be equally in focus. I can't achieve such blur for distant object with Full frame mirrorless (35mm f1.8) and that is another league.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] steveroysston:
The shaky shot in S22 and steady shot in Oneplus, clean the lens and try without shaking the device, or maybe as you said it could be a defective phone!
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheNewLegend:
After a comparison with s21 ultra there was a slight difference in sharpness, however I don't know why but the colors were much better with the s21.

I'll compare them again later.

Just like glackey said, even with my FF camera both of the subjects will be in focus, I don't think that DOF is the issue here.

Both of the phones were steady and the lens was clean.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ZXR:
As we know, some blur compromises are normal and vary from device to device, from S22u to S22u (I do not like them either). To understand your comparison example, it would help to see the whole picture (small is ok). Then we would be able to understand the size of the affected area and the severety.

Two possible explanations:

1: The lens ist not perfect. What might be infinite focus of one area could be closer or "farer" of other areas.

2: The lens is not perfect and the optical image stabilisation shifts the lens always from side to side. Every shot is a bit different.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ssglackey:
But why there is no issue with the focus in 12Mpix mode? Same lens, same sensor...

Even if I take picture of a showcase in the shop where everything is in the same distance from the lens, I have that issue.

One is just simple snap (out of focus edges, sharp center), the other is with focus on the "MY WAY" parfume.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ZXR:
The focus distance is different (more far) in the less sharp "My Way" picture, it has the more sharp "Boss" inside the shop, it is like blackhawk said, also related to DOF. A small movement of the lens can lead to this effect.

Also the situation is different, you see more reflections on the window, so it was not reproducable.

To figure out those effects, conditions need to be really identical and then several tries need to be done and compared.

Finally, in 12 MP mode most of those effects will be less obvious due to heavy image processing.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheNewLegend:
update: comparison with s21 ultra, this is a crop of the image -

left is s21, right is s22.

Look at that big difference, something is definitely flawed with the s22 ultra camera.

I compared the raw files too and the s21 is significantly sharper overall and not just at the corners. I might return the s22.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ZXR:
Which of the 4 lenses is it? How big is the affected area (I already asked for a small variant of the whole picture)?

Are all corners affected in the same way or only downside left?

Is it reproducible in every shot?

Check the other 3 lenses, is the S21 always better? Getting good lenses is a random game. So if you return for a new one, maybe the next one has issues with another lens.

I know this game for "real" camera lenses and if this is important for you, you need find a shop that lets you try several specimens and chose the one with less compromises, perfect ones do not exist.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
The 108mp sensor itself has dof then a 12mp sensor. Making the plane of focus even more narrow.

For lens with apertures, subject in focus in the foreground and the background gets the blur effect is the classic technique. The L70-200 f/2.8 excels at this, wide open, that's it's sweet spot. Outstanding flare control. It can grab seeming impossible shots with ease.

The L70-200 shot into the setting sun. Setup took less then a few seconds. A smartphone could never grab this shot...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ssglackey:
The s22 has 108Mpix sensor that is able to shoot in unbinded 108Mpix mode or standard 12Mpix binded mode, but the sensor is the same.

Everything far enough must be equally in focus. There is no way that object 100m away is in focus and object 300+ meters is out of focus.

Such is possible with fast lenses on FF camera, not with smartphone.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ZXR:
Identical sensor size and identical optical geometry can have different DoF. The relevant/visible CoC (circle of confusion) changes, if you change the number of pixels (-> their size).

In the "My Way" example it is not about hundrets of meters it is about few meters (and changed conditions).
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] iamnotkurtcobain:
The main camera of the S22 is wider than the camera of the S21 or other phones. So corners are softer. Like on the Ultrawide camera.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
A 108mp and a 12mp sensor will have different depths of field, binding doesn't change this. It's an optical property related to the physical size of the individual pixel/pixel lense... I believe.

Regardless a 108mp sensor is far too many pixels for optimum images.

Word, bokeh.

Not blur... smartphones -try- to create bokeh digitally... a cheap shot.

It's an optical effect that the lense iris as well as multiple optical elements help to create. The look to spend G's for... smartphones don't got it.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] TheNewLegend:
So I found out what was causing this issue with 108mp mode - the detail enhancer.

When it is on the center of the image is a little bit sharper but the corners are very soft, when it is turned off everything is sharp (probably due to stronger sharpening in the image processing)

So the problem is not due to DOF.

Although the sharpness in the raw photos is still not that great..
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Apparently the sharpness is dialed up way too high. Yeah, Sammy that gets it🤣

Others have complained of this... glad you found a fix👍

Raws should be sharpen post processing if at all.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] brachiopod:
When I tested the Detail enhancer, it appeared that the way it works is not to enhance detail as the name suggests, but to "smooth" the areas around the "detail" making it stand out more to your eye when you are looking at the whole photo. When you zoom in on the photo you can see the problems. I took a bunch of comparison pictures, and in none of them was there any more detail with the enhancer turned on, just more smoothing. You can prove it yourself, get some paper with writing on it and get it at a distance where the writing is barely visible in the photo. Then take shots with the "enhancer" turned on and off. When you zoom in on the shot, you will see no more detail on the writing with the "enhancer" turned on; the text is not more readable, but you will see a lot more smoothing around the writing. In fact the detail enhancer destroys detail.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Monipeev:
Please, tell me where exactly is this option Detail enhancer?

I will try for myself.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ZXR:
If you activate the 108 MP mode, the symbol is visible on the right bottom of the screen.

It is worth a try, but in the end it is just image processing and it will not really improve effects caused by lens imperfections, it will just make it more or less visible a bit.

E.g. the examples ssglackey showed have a DoF issue (I hope it is ok that I re-used them below). In addition, temporary or permanently decentered lenses can cause so many strange effects...

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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] BuPL:
IceUniverse had the same problem. He got a replacement phone that didnt have this issue. I think you should ask Samsung for a replacement phone since your unity may be a defective one

(He says that some unities that were fabricated in march had this issue, so he got an unity fabricated in June that had no corner softness issue at all.)

You can look for his twitter account @UniverseIce
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] jamesbilluk:
Hi all

Just wondering what the best way of using the S pen on a photo? I have a screenshot in my gallery that I wouid like to annotate

James
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3] jamesbilluk:
All sorted now..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] mesiu21:
hallo,

The phone has no warranty so I really am asking for help.

Note has completely random signal problems, shows full bars and lte icon all the time, but mobile internet is down and sometimes also call signal. Wi-fi always works fine.

What is weird - sometimes everything works flawlessly, I can't find a dependency. (of course in my house in the same place, on my other A21s there are never signal problems - and I tested my sim cards on other phones as well).

When I bought this phone, I flashed Android 12 via ODIN. I choose right CSC for my region XEO (Poland) which is different than stock AUT. My baseband is n975fxxu7hvb9 -

which appear in firmwares from Switzerland -AUT. Does the wrong csc or baseband causing this problems? I attached screeneschts form phone.

Pls. hep guys local phone carrier said that this is motherboard problem and fix will be very expensive...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] mesiu21:
i tried to rollback to android 11 with stock phone carrier OPV. Still the same... Its common to this phones to have a signal problems? Or I realy need to swap my moterboard?
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] dean_1405:
Hello.

First of all - sorry for poor English :)

I'm from Poland and I've recently bought brand new Huawei P30 Pro (not from official store).

I was trying to get update from EMUI 9.1.0.156 to latest version, but my phone couldn't find one.

I went to Huawei site and asked on a chat for help. I've got information, that phone i bought is from german distribution and this may cause problems with update.

Is there any way to update my phone?

Clearing cache and update data didn't solved my problem, erecovery and Hisuite too.

Thanks for your help.
[XPERIA X1 General] Micke401:
About to sell mine X1 after four weeks,6500 sek and this device really sucks..

It´s not all about wm itself but the device..

It´s buggy,not very advanced in features and dead slow for a start..

Reception,camera and end user experiance is a joke compared to a rather basic nokia these day..

Like the size and looks though but that´s it..

My nokia e90 is far more advanced then this and that device is 18 months old..

So what is it,please tell me?
[XPERIA X1 General] vinokirk:
GASP....BLASPHEMER **points at Micke401**!!!!

Its all personal opinion really. For me, coming from the LG Viewty its like going into the future. I made the official decision to sacrafice the 5MP camera for a QWERTY keyboard. There are also more 3rd party apps than you could download in a life time!
[XPERIA X1 General] toxical:
i understand you somehow, i have the device for 2 days and by now i have nothing but trouble with it.

I already have a hardware defect and alot of software/stability issues with WM.

the screensize and resolution is cool, other than that i dont really see why this has been hyped so much all the time...it does the basic stuff but once you try some third party software all you get is alot of problems.

After all the camera is average, video playback is average, no emulator works right, browsing is average, panels are crap slow, most of the third party software i have tested (TouchFlo3d, Slide2Unlock, Batty) cause freezes and other weird behavior...

well maybe its just my phone but in the last 2 days i rebooted the device (which takes AGES) for about 30-40 times and did 2 hard resets.
[XPERIA X1 General] vinokirk:
Another thing I love about this phone is this forum! All of the problems ive had (not many i must say) Have all been sorted out on here. No other phone ive had has had this much end user dedication!
[XPERIA X1 General] jackleung:
Isn't that fair if you install beta/ known for not working / software for other hardare (e.g. Touch HD) stuff (TouchFlo3d, Slide2Unlock) on the machine and you complaints about it's stability?

For me, nokia (e.g. N95) is great for it's multimedia capacity (excellent camera and stereo speaker). But even it's built-in GPS software crash the phone so often and it's just a piece of ****. Not to mention that they can't provide any touchsceen device until the up coming 5800
[XPERIA X1 General] toxical:
Nokia isnt any better...

its just that on my Ipod touch everything just works...but i know that the iphone/ipod all have the same hardware and OS, so its quite easy to get stability going and Apple is reviewing all apps before release.
[XPERIA X1 General] jackleung:
That's true. But it also limit and put a big burden on what developers can do "officially". Based on the Apple's SDK, multi-tasking and real-time navigation are not going to happen to 3rd party software and that's suck. And many other killer apps (Skype, Internet sharing) on other platform won't be happen as well. (Well, at least "officially).

WM is no where perfect but it gets most of our jobs done. :)
[XPERIA X1 General] SCtud:
The fresh out of the box windows mobile device is a HORRIBLE experience. There's no ifs and or buts. Even the HTC devices with touch-flow are nowhere near the user friendliness of an iphone.

The difference between this and the ultra user-friendly iphone devices is that you can customize it to do whatever you want - which takes a ridiculous amount of patience and research to get to that point.

I can't use the iphone any longer because the e-mail system is horrid and everything is locked. The iphone will destroy the xperia in terms of multimedia capabilities. All depends on what you need in a device.
[XPERIA X1 General] QuadWord:
my experience is exactly the opposite:

i was a bit disappointed because of the slow panels but after installing the "sbp mobile shell" this issue was fixed. i dont use the panels anymore because my personal "usage-profile" fits perfectly with the features of the "spb mobile shell".

additionally i installed following tools to complete the things i need:

- skype

- divxplayer

- gpstoday

- mobipoket

- flash_lite (for flash-sites in opera)

- blackstone keyboard (replaces the popup keyboard)

- blackstone volume control (replacec the volume control)

- total commander (to establish a LAN to my workstation)

- SRS WOW HD for better Sound

- advanced config tool to tweak some options

i have done a few softresets after installing some tools. i have never done a hardreset and my phone works _really_ stable.

the only issue i had was with google maps and gps because of a missconfiguration of my connection settings (my fault).

so far the x1 is the best smartphone i ever had (after nokias and older se-smartphones).

also: this forum helps alot !

- quadword
[XPERIA X1 General] Sony Ericsson Indonesia:
dunno man... i've had the x1 for a few days and i swear i've had the thing get stuck on me at least 10 times a day.. pressed the reset button under the battery cover god knows how many times.. i dont blame se for this its just windows mobile thats messed up imho.. i've moved back to the iphone for my primary phone i just use the x1 for typing while im driving..
[XPERIA X1 General] vinokirk:
I disagree, ive had winmmo devices (with or without phone capabilities) since windows ce first came out, and ive always found its to be a worthwile o/s. Granted the Iphone interface is amazing especially with its dual touch capability. But i wouldnt (IMO) say the winmo experiance is horrible
[XPERIA X1 General] Insaneboy:
I'll take WinMo over multitouch any day.

WinMo gives me all the basic things i need BUT it can actually handle real games like Warcraft 2, Age of Empires, Syberia and so on (sure they're old, but they're my favorite) compared to the acclerometer arcade games of the iPhone...
[XPERIA X1 General] XavierGr:
Windows Mobile is meant for configurability, the sweetness of doing anything you like with your device and tons of 3rd party programs(probably the most than any other mobile platform).

Saying that X1 is crap, is like saying HTC Diamon, Touch Pro and Touch HD are crap too. This is quite silly of course because they have almost the same hardware and OS, and those HTC devices (at least the 2) have done a great job for many users.

X1 is good for its big screen (resolution), hardware keyboard and the standard connectors (audio and USB jack which current HTC devices lack), the rest of the features are already present on other mobile devices, nothing really new.

Summing it up, comparing the iPhone OS and Windows Mobile is like OSX vs Windows. Some users like the shiny clean interface, while others like to get the job done and be able to control their hardware with tons of programs. Some people don't like to mess with the device but others are dying to do so.