yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] IsHacker:
It's obviously possible. A lot of phones have native linux ported to them, even desktop linux like Ubuntu. Unfortunately your phones aren't one of them, so you need to wait/request someone to compile it for you. Also you maybe surprised to know that you can even run Windows! There's a thing called Renegade Project, but it only supports recent snapdragon based phones. The oldest device to support it is Mi mix 2s (snapdragon 845) and the oldest processor is snapdragon 720g (redmi note 9 pro).
[General Questions and Answers] SheffSamsung:
I want to make it by myself. I think I'm not too stupid for this. I mean, is there any project that allows me to build the system
[General Questions and Answers] yeswap:
PostmarketOS, a mobile Linux distro based on Alpine Linux has a guide for porting it to new devices. I have no experience doing this but I thought you might find it helpful.

Porting to a new device - postmarketOS Wiki

wiki.postmarketos.org
[General Questions and Answers] SheffSamsung:
Thank you. I believe there will be no problem with installing smth
[General Questions and Answers] yeswap:
You're welcome.
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Since Android is built based on the Linux kernel, you can easily install Linux on Android devices. You may use LinuxDeploy app. This application is open source software for quick and easy installation of a Linux OS on your Android device, e.g. Ubuntu Touch.
[General Questions and Answers] runs:
install termux then install ubuntu
[General Questions and Answers] IsHacker:
He wants to run linux natively instead of android as the phones' OS, not in a chroot container.
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
You don't have to correct me: if it were necessary, it would be OP's business, not yours.

BTW:

I strongly believe you never successfullly replaced a phone's Android OS by a Linux distro at your own. We all know it's not a straightforward process and is generally not recommended for most users. It requires technical expertise, familiarity with Linux systems, and the willingness to experiment with your device.
[General Questions and Answers] IsHacker:
I DID install linux. I have a Redmi 9A, and I installed droidian on it. I also installed Ubuntu on the Xiaomi pad 5, though I don't own that tablet myself. I actually AM really experienced at linux and android (maybe not as much as you), and I keep experimenting with electronics EVERY DAY. I literally bricked android phones countless times (and of course, fixed MOST of them myself) while doing these "experiments".
[General Questions and Answers] SheffSamsung:
He said right

I want native Linux instead of Android, i collected a list of some projects

1. postmarketOS - A highly customizable and community-driven project that supports a wide range of devices and encourages user contributions and custom builds.

2. Droidian - A Debian-based mobile Linux distribution that leverages Halium for hardware support and allows users to build for various devices.

3. Sailfish OS - While it has some proprietary components, Sailfish OS allows for community ports and has documentation to support building for additional devices.
[General Questions and Answers] SheffSamsung:
Can i build Ubuntu Touch for not officially supported phone? I dont see any guide
[General Questions and Answers] IsHacker:
I found this:

Introduction to porting - UBports documentation

Although I have only a little experience in doing it.
[General Questions and Answers] SheffSamsung:
Very nice, thank you!

Probably soon i will try to port Droidian firstly for Galaxy A14 (4G series)
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
(y) I regret having misjudged your experiences.
[General Questions and Answers] OmiGujjar:
Running native Linux with good performance on your devices might be challenging due to hardware limitations. However, you can try **PostmarketOS** or **Ubuntu Touch**, which are tailored for mobile devices. The **Galaxy A14 4G (Exynos 850)** might offer the best performance among your devices. Check for device-specific support and community guides for installation.
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
IMO the most accurate Linux for ARM devices is

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[General Questions and Answers] SheffSamsung:
It needs BIOS things or something like that

Like Windows 10 on mobile do

But who tf will write this from zero for Exynos 850? it is very very hard

That is popular only for some Snapdragon 8xx series, because there is some laptops with 8xx snap and BIOS
[General Questions and Answers] cd23:
Running linux natively on smartphones is not easy, you will need the full kernel sources, which almost all qc devices have, while mediatek and other soc manufacturers only provide partial. You also need to know that you *theoretically* can port the android drivers to linux, on mainline linux being much harder since they are heavily patched downstream linux. And UEFI is easier for linux, you dont need ACPI, unlike windows.
[General Questions and Answers] SheffSamsung:
Is there any guides about that?
[General Questions and Answers] cd23:
Join the postmarketos telegram and woa-msmnile renegade project telegrams etc. there are some people to help you there
[General Questions and Answers] SheffSamsung:
ok, thx. This is very interesting

So with this thing it will be possible to boot Arch Linux?
[General Questions and Answers] cd23:
keep in mind arch is mainline linux, so you will need mainline drivers for it to be usable, not downstream, ask the people over at postmarketOS
[General Questions and Answers] kingpeppermint:
No matter how talented developer you might be, you have to realise your up against many talented developers working for Google, Samsung and many others. There have been similar projects and they all fail on the software support and hardware/software optimalisation side compared to andriod, which in turn leads to a device that drains battery faster than playing an intensive game on a modern andriod phone.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
Hey now.

Got back from my vacation very disappointed to find that my Raphael took very low-res panorama shots. I remembered someone figured out how to crank up the panorama resolution for the Kaiser with a registry tweak so I tracked it down and tested it on my Raphael and it works, pumps out 4506x1536 (6.92mp) versus 1408x480 (0.67mp). Not the best lighting for a flattering example, but look at this.

I couldn't find it in either DiamondTweak or AdvancedConfig or a Raphael forum so I figured that that makes it worthy of a thread, definitely moreso if some of you could post other nice registry tweaks that ought to belong in AdvancedConfig/DiamondTweak but aren't in there yet.

HKLM/Software/HTC/Camera/P3

Adjust MainCamCaptSize to 1024 and MainCamSupportCaptSize to 1744.

Be advised that the images weigh around a megabyte though the delay in taking each third of the picture is relatively tolerable. In case you don't like doing things manually, I made a cab for this on Fmstrat's Registry Changer website, which by the way I would characterize as extraordinarly badass. Though most of the samples on that page are already in AdvancedConfig, you can use the site to make cabs out of your registry modifications ... and post them here.

So fire up your favorite registry editor (like the one attached) and make the changes or try the cab which may work then reboot the phone, start the camera, switch your way to panorama and, if you're in the mood, post here advising if it worked or not. If you're paranoid, write down the original registry settings for those two entries or export the P3 section before you mess with it.

Love, Doug
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] whitesox311:
awesome! is the panoramic shot a default camera function on the fuze? If so, that is sweet.

thanks for the site, btw....helped me a lot in getting my fuze up and running
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] twe90kid:
so do we need to change the reg after installing the cab? i'm a bit confused.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
@whitesox311

No you have to switch to the panorama mode by tapping the screen and switching to whatever looks like a panorama icon (the same place you switch to sport mode, video etc). And you are most welcome for the site! Glad you're getting more out of your phone than what AT&T left you with.

@twe90kid

No, it's either/or; the cab makes (or should make) those registry adjustments for you or you can do it yourself with a registry editor. Do one or the other then reboot.

I'm not sure if this cab can be installed with CABviaActiveSync and if someone could confirm that either way I'd appreciate it.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Giannis86:
i just tried those settings and i got an error saying that there was not enough memory to launch it..

this was just after a soft reset and i only had 32% mem used

:S
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
Hmm. Did you get the error when trying to start the camera, switch to the panorama mode or when snapping the shutter? And what rom are you using? Anybody else having problems with this?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] twe90kid:
hmm i can't really tell the difference.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] scotchua:
I made the changes manually, but it works great, thanks for the info
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] AllTheWay:
Same here. Works on HD and the Fuze.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] scotchua:
If we can verify that it works on several devices, perhaps the OP would consider keeping a list in the first post of the compatible devices.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Kraize:
Is it possible to make it more than 7megapixel for the HD? Since it has a higher res camera.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] AllTheWay:
The first picture is from the HTC Fuze. Second one from HTC Touch HD.

Both are 4506 x 1536, but the HTC Fuze pictures is 96dip. For some reason I had the Touch HD camera touch focus disabled. The dpi on the HD pic is only 72dpi. Don't really know if you can get a accurate comparison between the two. All other settings were exactly the same.

Not sure but I bet it can be done. What would I change the value to for higher then 7mp?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Giannis86:
the problem appeared when i switched to panorama view. after i set it back to original values it worked again

i am using the stock 1.90.401.1 rom for the touch pro

just for the record, burst and sport mode moded for max res work properly
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] pandaboyy:
So all I have to do is change the Reg for these?

HKLM/Software/HTC/Camera/P3

Adjust MainCamCaptSize to 1024 and MainCamSupportCaptSize to 1744 ??

My MainCamCaptSize is originally at 64

and MainCamSupportCaptSize is originally at 80

Such big change?

btw, why is there 2 cabs?

and also, what kind of job are you doing with 4 monitors? :p
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] borce_razor:
Work really good. Thx d0ugie. ANd one question, what's that pc screens on your desk :D ?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
@pandaboyy: Yeah, I know that's weird double digit to quadruple digit numbers but I went ahead and did it and it worked (after a reset). Two cabs because the first one should do the changes automatically but I only tested it after I had made the changes manually so I am not certain that the cab will work. The second cab is a simple registry editor if you would prefer to do it manually.

That's my desk at home; at work I only have two at work :(. I have a bizarrely generous friend who likes to give me nice stuff from time to time like 24" monitors including four sweet EIZO screens (Japanese), the middle two with the other two at work, along with almost all of my computing equipment. The two on the side were Chistmas presents a year ago. For my job, I'm kind of the go-to guy at a maritime shipping company for help with computers and phones, server administration and web design. Everyone else at my office has a single 17" screen but they don't know how good life is on the other side so in this case maybe ignorance is bliss. But if I were the CEO and had cash (neither are true), I would buy people second screens as it really increases productivity. And the electric bill.

At home or at work I've usually got at least four web browsers running with maybe a dozen tabs each, Dreamweaver over here, GIMP over there, email over here, a couple ssh terminals to my servers up there and down there, a Citrix-like terminal to my office machines here, FTP and explorer windows scattered about, activesync file explorer window -- it adds up, you get the idea; it would such to have to minimize and maximize all this **** with one monitor, even a large monitor. Oh, and of course I need space for, uhh, entertainment. ;)

@borce_razor: You're most welcome! Glad to help. Regarding the screens, see above. A Samsung on the left ($430), two EIZO FlexScan screens (the Cadillac of monitors) in the middle ($????) and an Acer on the right ($350), all 24 inches, 1920x1200 each, 7680x1200 (9.2mp) combined. What can I say, I'm a lucky guy and I highly recommend you find similar luck as you get so much more done with this kind of setup.

Doug
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
30 Rock

Now that we're all sharing our 7mp panorama shots, here's one I just took.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] borce_razor:
crazy hahah :D:D:D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] WildAce786:
Hey d0ugie,

long time no chat :D.

Just wanted to know if this registry edit would make a difference to the regular Camera's quality, and if not, do you know of any which can make a difference to it?

As far as I can tell, since it's possible to bump the quality of panorama shots by such a degree, then it should be possible for the standard camera mode as well.

Thanks for the sweet find bro.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Bizybone:
Nice find, here is my photo, I got a horizontal defect about 3/4 the way down, must be something on my end.

Edit: Wait the tweak didn't get applied to that pic...but its a nice pic none the less :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
WildAce my man how's it hanging.

Hmm. No I don't think there would be a simple registry adjustment like this to dramatically improve the phone's normal camera mode and its pixel limitations are limited to the sensors, the hardware, otherwise why would they dumb it down? They either dumbed this down as an oversight or because they figured why would anyone want 7mp or maybe it's a file size issue or it takes longer for the thing to process the shot -- I don't know, but your camera's basically as good as it's gonna get (my guess) though people here do figure out ways to trick the LED to show you a higher framerate but nothing like what I think you're describing.

The reason you're getting more than twice as many megapixels now on panorama versus the regular camera is because the panorama sequence which includes taking three pictures and partially overlapping and stitching them together so cumulatively you wind up with 2.3x the megapixels or whatever.

Then again we had the video driver saga with the Kaiser so who knows, maybe there are potential improvements to the camera, I just don't know of any. You can however do this same thing for burst and sport mode but that can be accomplished with either AdvancedConfig or DiamondTweak or both.

Doug
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] WildAce786:
Darn, my hope was that HTC made an oversight to the entire camera rather than it being a stitching issue brought about by the Panorama mode itself.

In any case, thanks for the tweak. I'll most likely post up a pic when I get back home.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] partyandbs:
could u change the regular mode to 7MP?? or would it be bad to do that??
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] xboxhaxorz:
If our camera is 3mp how are all getting higher mp shots? Is it just larger photos, not necessarily higher mp shots?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
@partyandbs

Umm stop listening to Biggie and look right above your post for the answer.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] partyandbs:
LOL @ listening to biggie, i did a quick reply from the first page so i didnt read everything
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] WildAce786:
Well, some good news and some bad news.

Good news: the tweak basically works; the image size has substantially increased.

OLD:

NEW:

The bad news:

This error came up before the Panorama mode started up. However, once I clicked "quit", I was back in Panorama mode. After this, I tested out my standard Camera (which still worked) and then Panorama once again (which worked).
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] AllTheWay:
What value did you use for 9.2mp. I thought it was 7mp?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
I misspoke, 6.92 not 9.2.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Sergio PC:
Kick ass.

thanks:)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] :
Wow, really great tweak. One more thing to love about this phone!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] pandaboyy:
I'm confused...

how can a 3.2 megapixel camera turned into a 7 Megapixel?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] scotchua:
it takes 3 pictures and splices them together
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] wanwarlock:
works on my TP. thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Radimus:
yep... works fine.

took 713k panorama. the stitching isn't that great, but that might have been the poor lighting at the time.

I'll post one later from the daylight hours :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] pkshr:
Good posting d0ugie. Keep it up bro.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Giannis86:
i kept on thinking about the reason for this not working on my touch pro..

and i think i know the reason..

i have done a tweak to allow up to 6images to be sticked together instead of 3..

i suppose it takes too much memory with that kind of resolution for so many shotsi will try and see if it works for 5 or 4
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] sherwindjan:
could somebody tell me the default values of Adjust MainCamCaptSize and MainCamSupportCaptSize for the touch hd?

...I forgot!:)

thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] mike4411:
MainCamCaptSize

MainCamSupportCaptSize

Sorry I thought you were asking for the default value for the Pro
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] pandaboyy:
Isn't that the default for Touch Pro?

He's asking for Touch HD
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] mike4411:
Oh yeah! my fault, thanks for correcting me!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] X2D:
How big are the files? Can you share your tweak or give us some insight on what we should be changing / looking at?

Thanks in advance!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] CorruptedSanity:
Works on Touch HD!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Giannis86:
its quite simple actually...

select panorama mode

->settings->advanced-->4/5-->Stich count

you can change that from 3 up to 6

i had it at 6..the good thing is that whenever you think you had enough you can stop. So lets say you have taken 3/6 pictures you can stop making it just like a 3 picture mode..

the problem is that it uses more memory and with this higher resolution trick it will only work with 3images...i tested it myself and at 3 it works fine but when you set it at 4 or more i get a memory error
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
press

Wow I've been getting a lot of media attention!

http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=2238

http://www.pocketpc.ch/news/47891-7mpx-panoramabilder-mit-htc-touch-diamond-pro-hd.html (translate)

http://www.fuzemobility.com/?p=1500

http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2009/01...ic-pictures-on-htc-diamond-and-touch-pro.html

http://pockethacks.com/htc-diamond-7-megapixel-panorama-hack/

http://www.hdblog.it/mobile/htc/200...mond-touch-pro-ed-il-touch-hd-da-7-megapixel/ (translate)

http://www.nonsolotelefonia.com/index.php?showtopic=51610 (translate)

http://www.solopalmari.com/smf/index.php?topic=26724.0 (translate)

But one more time I have to really make it crystal clear that I did

not

hack away for days and discover this registry setting. I am not a registry hacker. I don't know who did. All I did was remember finding it on a Kaiser forum, I got myself an AT&T Fuze several months later, I searched for a similar panorama hack for this phone, couldn't find it, tracked down the Kaiser tweak somewhere (but the person who posted it did not discover it either, just reposted whatever someone else posted), I did the same registry tweak on my Fuze, it worked, I copied and pasted the registry change, made the cab and started this thread, others subsequently confirmed that it worked on the HD and Diamond and bam everybody's giving me credit most of which I do not deserve.

Whoever you are who originally figured this out for whichever HTC phone, please tell me so I can edit the first post and advise these blogs accordingly.

My girlfriend is a little creeped out that thousands of people all over the world are looking at a corner of our apartment. :)

Doug
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] mcspikesky:
but

Okay fair enough you can take bigger pictures but this is a reason why Canon cameras are better than Nikon. When you take a larger picture with the same power of image processing you get higher noise, theoretically you could take a 10mp picture but you would have so much noise the picture would have far worse quality, i doubt i'll try it out but nice idea.

P.S. Nikon camers use a less powerful image processing chip for the same size pictures (on high end cameras 20mp+) while Canon use very powerful chips. (Nerd alert)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] thx1200:
Overlay tweak

Just figured another way to tweak panorama pictures.

HKLM\Software\HTC\Camera\Captparam\OverlayRatio controls the amount that the "edge" of each part of the panorama overlays. The default value is 40 (assume 40%?). I find 60-75 makes it easier to match up the edges and provides a smoother transition from one part of the snapshot to the next, but that might just be me. It might be that different subjects would benefit from different ratios. I couldn't find a setting to match this registry setting in the camera app... If there's an easier way, I'd love to know of it!

Also curious... You can change the amount of pictures to "stitch" together up to 6 in the settings. How many megapixels is six? lol. I tried a 6 shot panoramic of my bedroom. Pretty cool!

EDIT: I take that back... Stitching together 6 shots doesn't work! You can see the final result in low-res in the camera app, so it takes all the shots, but it doesn't save the actual file! It's not in the album and I can't find it anywhere in the file system. Also if you try to email a 6-shot from the camera app, it says "file not found."

EDIT 2: Stitching together 5 images works fine. Not sure why 6 doesn't work. You can even stop short of 6 total (hit the stop button at image number 2, for example) and it won't save.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Giannis86:
as i mentioned above the high res only works with up to 3 images...

6stiches works properly on my TP so there might be something wrong on your settings
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] thx1200:
I'm getting hi-res with five - no problem. I don't get the out of memory error. I didn't really have anything running, so I guess it had plenty of memory. However, why would it take the shots and not save the file? Can it not save a certain large size file? Also, with the tweak enabled, even if I manually set 640x480, it won't save 6. So that doesn't make sense at all if there's a file size limit. The camera app is definitely finnicky.

Oh well, Hi-res five stitches is pretty bad ass on its own!

And back to my original point, adjusting the overlay helps with smoother transitions. :-)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Giannis86:
can you check how much memory you have before running the camera application?

mine was just after a soft reset with 32% at use..(with TF3D enabled by the way)

even like this 4 stiches gave a memory error
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DonDie:
Maybe this is a stupid question but "why do this?". It's much faster to resize the 3MP panorama to ∞MP on a computer!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] d0ugie:
You're joking, right? Seriously I don't know if you're joking.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] DonDie:
Nvm I had in my mind that it made the cam take "7mp" shots but its 2,3mp x 3 :rolleyes: