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[XPERIA X10 Android Development] neomira:
Thanx for your feedback. I think you may have misunderstood me though. I understand that the drivers, classes, etc have changed since 2.1. My idea is to emulate the old kernel , api's and camera app from 2.1 onto 2.2 or 2.3. Basically writing an x10 2.1 rom emulator, which will only emulate 2.1 camera. It wouldnt emulate the entire 2.1 system.

Think of a neogeo emulator...you load in the neogeo bios and you load in the game rom. Hey presto, u have a neogeo on your mobile...well not really...just emulated..

In the idea i have of emulating the camera from 2.1:

Your bios rom = 2.1 kernel, camera api and x10 camera driver..

Your game rom = camera app from 2.1.....

However, when u would run the app everything would be built into it and u wouldnt have to specify anything. It would load up looking just like the camera app....

Kinda like Wine on linux but only intended for the camera....to save on resources.

Just an idea....

I dont know what would be easier or quicker - to emulate the camera from 2.1 or to rewrite the drive on 2.2/2.3....however, you may need to rewrite it 2.4, 2.5, etc....as api's are always changing. An emulated camera wouldnt need to be rewritten with each new android release. We will always have to wait for someone to rewrite drivers if not emulated.

What do you think? Just an idea....
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] xtrmshadow:
I Understand your idea mate,and im not saying its impossible, it might aswell be very possible and really apreciate your intention ,who knows ^^

But it doesnt sound like it would work for me,cause if its a hardware the base OS doesnt recognize,i doubt the emulated camera would work,cause when the emulation requests to contact the hardware to the base OS,it would just recieve a "unknown/incorrect request".Cause remember,emulations cannot direct-access the hardware,it first has to pass through the base OS.And thats why to emulate a machine as simple as the 33MHz PS1/PSX , you need at least 500MHz CPU to even try to run it,cause it cannot go to the CPU and simply do the chores.

Thats my point of view tho.

Respect
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] xtrmshadow:
Ah now that you mentioned Wine on Linux.

What happens when you try to play a 3D accelerated game on Wine that tries to access the Graphics Card and you havent installed the graphics card drivers on Linux?It would just fail cause the base OS , Linux doesnt understand what the Emulator is telling it.

EDIT: Also dont know if you know Compiz-fusion for linux (or Beryl),its a Window Manager that gives you alot of effects and stuff on windows and many things(search beryl on youtube) but if you dont have a graphics driver installed ,it would just say "Hardware Graphics Card not detected,it cannot continue" so obviously you cant use VMWare to create a virtual machine and emulate the drivers on that VM cause for it,it wouldnt even exist as "Unknown" ,it wouldnt even exist at all.

Hope that helps you understand it more.

Respect
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] neomira:
hmmm you may be right. what about virtual pc though? that is probably a better example. you can actually use hardware....for example, i could get a soundcard working properly on windows xp so i installed windows 98 via virtual pc....bingo, it worked....i could keep making music without buying another $1800 soundcard for ages.

therefore, have an app called "x10cam" which is emulates the 2.1 rom just like virtual pc....when you click on it, it would load emulate 2.1, but a completely cut down version with no apps, just the camera app and maybe even go straight into the camera app. on exit of the camera app, it quits the emulation and goes back to your 2.2/2.3 rom or home screen.

i dont know....sounds like it may work but might take some time...however, it may benefit in the long run though as the cam driver wont have to be rewritten each time of a new android release.

thanks for your replies too. i do appreciate it. someone may read this posts and come up with an alternate idea which would work
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] neomira:
Thanks for mentioning Beryl, i actually wasnt aware of Beryl until you mentioned it. Much appreciated. :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] xtrmshadow:
Well,creating a VM (Virtual Machine = Virtual PC) might be able to make it work if the developer of the base ROM can at least make the OS Recognize the camera and access it (eventhought no image cause of the 2.1+ incompability),yes that might be possible . But still gotta write at least some basic drivers for the Cam.Lets say for exemple Z's 2.2 might perfectly be able to do what you've said cause the OS has 100% access to the camera,but cannot camcord cause of the base OS but the emulated one might aswell.

Yes that is a good idea as long as at least basic drivers are written.

And about you beeing able to Virtual PC that sound card,means that the base OS could already access it but it just didnt know how (Its like when you go on "Device Manager" and you see your device in "other" and it says the name it just cannot correctly interact with it cause of limitations)

Eventhought a Virtual Machine on our 280Mb of RAM wouldnt go too smooth but yes its a very good possibility.

Respect mate
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] hemo1001:
sounds like a good idea and it will work in HD with the nice SE user interface .... it may take a long time to boot into camera app.... but still better than switching between roms for camera....
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] neomira:
Yes, you are right. The only issue I can see is that a VM for just the camera functions would have to be a VERY VERY cut down version of 2.1 due to the 280mb of RAM. Otherwise it would be so slow.

Thanks xtrmshadow for the positive feedback. Maybe somebody might use this thread as an idea for something.

:)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] neomira:
thanks hemo1001. much appreciated feedback.

that is my thought exactly, to prevent having to switch roms entirely just for the cam. also, if you think about a completely cutdown VM of 2.1 to access the cam, i dont think it would be cut down to only run what is necessary for the camera to function. I think it would be a better alternative than switching roms.

:)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] xtrmshadow:
Agreed ^^ , Making a VM program for Android would be fairly easy as there are loads for Linux (VMWare,VirtualBox + more) and a very core version of 2.1 with only the necesary things for the task(No launcher,drivers for anything but camera,no apps etc).

Also i agree hemo1001 ,well said mate haha.

Hopefully someone that is very experienced with Android (Im only experienced on C++ and Hardware ><) takes a look into this and thinks about it ^^

Respect.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] neomira:
I hope so too mate. It would be great.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] svtfmook:
the client on a vm depends on the hardware and drivers from the host. you can't emulate hardware on a client that doesn't work on a host.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] hemo1001:
At least we can emulate it in 2.2 freex10
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] SuperUserMovado:
Using New Drivers

The cameras for the new sony models are different. But maybe there is a chance that

we can modify their libraries and use them on our phones.

I am not familiar with the camera libraries so I don't know how hard it is to modify the new libs in the xperia arc to match our hardware but it should be possible right?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] chigz:
i have read the complete discussion..phew...amazing amazing u guyz are u ll gave me a triggering pulse which straight away took me o my Embedded System Lectures from College..!!! Jokes apart i think the logic of Emulator is a better option as of now..atleast get a working camera..lets hope..all our experts are actually working hard hope for teh break through very soon..m not good with programming and stuff..so unfortunately i cannot even think but the whole logic behind Emulators was actually cleared after 2 yrs since i finished my Engineering in IT..lol..great stuff guyz..Proud to be on XDA since 5 yrs now :D sorry for going off topic.. :P
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] okokur:
camera - email.apk

hello,

i think since two month ago, if i write this or not ...

now, it's looking good for this information, but i dont know,

if this could help the camera-problem.

i'm working as an admin in a firma with some developers.

during android V1.6 - V2.1 we could sync exchange-server with no "device-limitation" by given all 5 minutes a device-code in.

since android V2.2 the email.apk changed very hard ... now we have to give all 5 minutes a device-code in. but the devices are not devices from the firma, so we dont sync anymore. but the info-lost is sometimes very critical.

one of our developers making an email.apk or find an email.apk with no exchange-securitas. the result was that barcodescanner and all other aps with camera inside dosnt work. although the camera.apk :-)

now there is an email.apk outside with NO-EXCHANGE-Securitas and NO-Camera-PROBLEM.

i am glad to use the email.apk since 2 ore 3 weeks without any problems and securitas.

i dont belive that is only a driver/lib-problem because i used a htc leo and have the probs (and solution) that i above describes.

what i mean is, that could not only a driver-problem ... that could be a securitas-problem like ... "if you manipulate email than your cam doesnt work!"

i hope this is not for 1000% to trash and my bad english will automaticly changed to good-english by a developer with bad-english too (bad + bad = good :-)

okokur
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Astral07:
okokur, i didn't understand a thing you wrote but it was a very interesting read! i hope someone woth more knowledge picks it up.

this is a great thread guys, love your outside of the box thinking, brilliant!

sorry for going OT, best of luck, peace
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] MrHassell:
Cool! :-) The app works on Froyo & Gingerbread.. problem is in the drivers for the camera and kernel, which are being prioritized in jerpelea's gb build..

Imagine if something similar to virtualization took place at boot time?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
Now included in my unity theme, available here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12057423

Hey guys, just starting some to theme some system apps for an upcoming project of mine (unityMOD, basically trying to bring some unity, in this case dark blacks, to the OS to match the hardware etc) and I thought some people might like to see my Camera.apk theme.

I always found the weird grey and black speckled background weird, so I changed it to black and changed a few buttons, outlines etc. I think it looks quite nice personally, so I thought I'd just share it :)

Installation has been tried, and works perfectly, via adb push:

adb push Camera.apk /system/app/Camera.apk

OK, here's the update.zip's. I have tested the CM7Camera.zip (I use CM7 obviously) but haven't had time to test the other one, so if anyone could just let me know how it goes, that would be appreciated.

Place the required .zip file (CM7 or Stock/Axura) on your SD Card storage

Boot into CWM Recovery

Use volume buttons to select 'install zip from sdcard' and power to select

Use volume and power to select 'choose zip from sdcard'

Find the .zip file you placed earlier

Using volume and power, select 'Yes - Install xxx.zip'

Reboot, and you're done!

Downloads

[CM7]

Camera.apk

CM7Camera.zip

[Stock/Axura/MoDaCo - thanks Master]

CameraGoogle.apk

StockAxuraCameraGoogle.zip

Master™ has made a white version of this, available here

Notes

[CM7 Based ROMs] If you are having troubles actually seeing the changes after successfully applying Camera.apk, make sure you are using the System theme in Theme Chooser.

[General] If you are having issues, check and see if you are using the correct download version. Stock ROMs and Axura use CameraGoogle.apk and CM7 (possibly others?) use Camera.apk. I will try and make this irrelevant in my update.zip, but for now just take note.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Xandlinger:
I'm using Axura 1.1.2.0 and the camera app just FC's.

Probably because of the ROM.

I'll try tomorrow sometime when I load up CM7 or something.

Looks fantastic, though!

I love simple black on this phone. It is absolutely gorgeous.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
Thanks for the Axura mention, I haven't personally used it, so I don't know what Master has changed for it. Has he themed Camera.apk at all?

Thanks for that though, I also love the blacks on it! I just absolutely hated that grey speckled stuff!

Hope you get to use it soon somehow :p
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Xandlinger:
I do not believe that he has skinned it, but I could be wrong. I hate the stock camera app so I have only ever opened it once since launch, haha.

Much prefer Camera 360 or Vignette.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Gilg@mesh:
THANKS! looks very nice, CM should theme the camera.apk like this :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Master™:
Yes, I did :o

P.s OP.. Looks great.

The attached one works on Axura
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] brmayhem:
Thank you. It looks great!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
Can I just delete the camera.apk and move this into it's place with root explorer?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
I've never tried it personally, but you could test it for me if you want (:

If that doesn't work though don't worry, I have a copy of stock camera to restore if you need.

I can't see why not though, ill see if it works with root enabled ES in a minute.

Edit: ES doesn't seem to like performing operations from /system even with the root option, so just as a test, copy your current Camera.apk to somewhere safe, then delete the one in /system/app. If it lets you, then you should be right to just move my themed Camera.apk in its place.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
No, it didn't work for me :(

I copied the stock camera app and moved it into my SD card. Then I deleted it and moved the themed camera app into it's place and rebooted. It wasn't appearing anywhere so I went back into it and tried to install it but it kept saying "application not installed" so idk what I can do now :(

I really want this modded camera app too! I can't adb push it either, I'm having a lot of problems installing the sdk and drivers :(
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
If you have CWM recovery, I will try to make an update.zip which you can use. I'm just having a few issues with creating them right now, but I should have one by the end of today (my time :p it's only 7:30am for me).

That said, if anyone else wants to help by creating an update.zip, PM me and I'll add it to the OP. :D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
A zip that I could flash would be awesome! If I could help, I would haha
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jerrycycle:
use root explorer to install apk

1. get the XXX.apk to sdcard

2. open root explorer

3. find the XXX.apk you are wanting to install

4. long press the XXX.apk file and choose copy options (you will see the paste and cancel boxes at bottom of screen)

5. back out to system/app/XXX.apk and paste file

6. long press XXX.apk and change permissions.

These should be checked: (1)User/read, (2)Group/read, (3)Others/read and (4)User/Write

If you get this WARNING. You cannot paste here because the file is read-only. this is ok. Look to the top of screen and you will see line like this. 124.24 used, 379.70mb free r/o [Mount R/W]. Tap the [Mount R/W] colored box so it shows [Mount R/O]. Now try the the paste and the change permission process. When done reboot.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
Which ones should be checked off?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jerrycycle:
To keep it simple. Check the permission of another app in the system/app files. The permissions are all the same.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
That didn't work for me either unfortunately :(
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jerrycycle:
I used root explorer daily when I was flashing nightly builds and this is the way I install boot animations and framework.apk etc. It may be missing one step in the install precess.

I edited my post earlier for in hope the permissions checks are clearer to the readers.

I don't flash gapps anymore when on cm rom. I install the themed market, I like this, and go from there. I am confident in the process.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
I followed every step and the camera remains the same as before:(
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] jerrycycle:
@SubyWill

I use a camera apk that is totally blacked out. I just installed the op's camera apk. It installed. This one and the camera button, picture viewer and video images all have a greyed ring around them.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] chris6278:
Can u please make it to where we can flash it?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] irishrally:
You have to select the "System" theme in Theme Chooser to see the changes.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
I always use the System theme, so it didn't occur to me. I'll update the OP today as I have a free day :D

An update.zip should also be coming, and also a CameraGoogle.apk if it would help people on stock or Axura roms.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] SubyWill:
OHHHHHHHH.

I'm running the Honeybread theme. No wonder I couldn't see any changes at all.

I can't wait for the zip to be released :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
Working on it now ;)

I'll also update the OP to include the theme chooser stuff as well.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
The update.zip's are all done, OP updated to include them. Let me know how they go, especially StockAxuraCameraGoogle.zip as I haven't tested it personally (CM7 here).

I am going to work on a universal update.zip next, so you won't even have to worry about the different versions.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] belair56:
Works on MoDoCo R13

Used the StockAxuraCameraGoogle.zip. On R13 and it works fine. thank you
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
Sweet, thankyou for that. I'll add MoDaCo to the OP then. Enjoy :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] irishrally:
Is there anyway to make this work with non-system themes?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] CB620:
works great. i like the look. thanks alot.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
I'll look into it but currently I'm not sure. I've never really used the tmobile theme engine before or know how it works.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] co0kie:
Same here.

Installed from zip in recovery and remained the same. : \
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zirra:
I'm lovin' it, looks great. This is how Google should have made the camera app look like stock.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
Are you using the system theme in theme Chooser (CM7 roms) ?

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] V1cmlb:
Workd perfect looks way better than stock thanx
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
No problems, I guess I wasn't alone when I thought stock didn't look nice :p

Enjoy!

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] hutzdani:
Love it running black and white themes on stock 2.3.3 this camera blends in lovely with my layout.

Thanks guys :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] V1cmlb:
First did it to my nexus s now my g2 both workd perfect
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] alturismo:
Works here fine. NS stock netarchy 130

Thanks alot, looks as supposed now :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
Glad things are working out well for all sorts of different set ups around :D

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] themacro:
Bumping a bit of an old thread, but adb pushed black CameraGoogle.apk onto 2.3.4 stock with the Jame Bond Sabai Dee kernel and, man, it looks so much better.

edit: If only there were a working black/dark Mms.apk for 2.3.4 stock...
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] tsunami1609:
Thanks! This looks great, especially with the samoled screen. I don't get why Google insisted on using these random grey colors. I think they're finally catching on now though. The grey style on the camera and widgets up through gingerbread is nowhere to be seen in honeycomb.

Anyways, great work.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Deroculus:
Thank you. It looks great!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] king23adrianc:
CameraGoogle.apk link is broken!!
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] derekwilkinson:
Just to make sure, will this work on the Nexus S 4G?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Jonathon Grigg:
I will check the links later when I get home.

As for the NS4G, I imagine it will work fine, I don't think the camera is any different.

Sent from my Nexus S
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twisted_image:
WHEN I M PRESS THE DIAL BOTTON (PHONE) ICON IT DOSENT WORK

BUT WHEN I M DIALING FROM CONTACT ITS WORKING

SOMEBODY CAN HELP?

THANKS :confused:
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadin:
do u trying instal dialer cab skin on your divice.. or some program that not compatible with ur device...??

just back up ur phone like contact,message, and file.. that hard reset the divice.. than the dial botton will work again...
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twisted_image:
Mm tnx so how i do a hard reset?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadin:
to hard reset ur x1:

turn of the x1, pull the batery and replace again. than press the power botton, when the device shake/vibrate press right and left soft keys together.. than apear "to reset your phone press R" slide ur X1 then press the letter "R" in hardware keyboard, wait for 2 until 3 second than press the "space" hardware botton, the X1 will reboot by it self and just wait until the process reset by the phone was finish...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Poppinaclip:
I was just wondering if someone could maby port this awesome WP7 theme that is over on the i9000 forums?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=910918

I love the way everything looks on it. So simple and organized.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] treyvaporizer:
That's a sexy theme! Hope it can be ported as well.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Poppinaclip:
I don't mind trying to port it if someone can link me to a tutorial on how to do it. As long as it doesn't require any kind of programming than I'm willing to try it.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] riskaa:
I saw this and thought you might be interested. It is some $ though, but the reviews look good:

Oh...i can't post a link. Search Android Market for Androidseven.pro
[Optimus One, P500, V General] cppit:
Hi, is it possible to change the default folder where the LG save the pictures you make? I want to safe my pictures in the Dropbox folder.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] VRVRVR:
Sorry for my english.

I live in Czech republic.

I have a problem with my LG Optimus One (Czech, original LG firmware, not the T-Mobile or Vodafone ROM).

Mobile working normally, but when charging or connect to PC (sound connections and instant disconnection in Window 7), problem begins.

When a restart the phone, he immediately enters to the Emergency mode!!!:eek:

I put the battery (1 hour or more) and then pull the Volume Down + Home + Power, phone starts up normally and everything is fine ... what i the problem?

Thanks for any help
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ashupulse:
okay , u can try dis !

u can switch off the debugging mode in the phone while connecting the phone to usb(for charging only )...

application>development>usbdebugging(off)..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] IronFritz:
Hi all,

I'm looking for a solution that disable the automatic screen lock present on boot for the device ZT-180-2 (the Epad version with Android 2.2).

I've looked at some apps and some solutions without success.

The target is avoid to unlock manually everytime the tablet is switched on.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks in advance
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] chubby65:
found a couple of usefull apps in the market for freeing up space in internal phone memory if your phone is rooted aCCleaner which is free and not enough space which is 61p using both of these has given back over 30mb memory:)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] neoazrael:
if you use s2e ,you can transfer apps,private apps,download and dalvik caches to sd card so you will have a lot of space in internal memory of ur phone.just an advise...
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] chubby65:
cheers will try that too:)