CM7 Gingerbread camera - Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is it normal in this mod for the camera to take pics like im using a camera from the 60/70s? in the settings i have it set to 5mp but the pics come out like crap.

People have reported problems with the gingerbread camera, not sure if it's NORMAL though.

Yeah it takes pretty bad pictures they're all washed out and have absolutely no contrast or depth.
Use sleek camera from the market. It'll give good decent pictures again.
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Cool thanks, ill check it out
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Thoughtlesskyle just posted a flashable zip for the miui camera that works great. Check the themes and apps board.
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BLURRY CONTACT PICS! (On Stock/CM6, but NOT Evil's Senseā€¦)

I've always hated the over compression of the contact pics on the phone that Stock/Cm6 both grab. Looks fine in the thumb, but when I call someone its annoying. I used EviL's sense for a few days but went back to CM for the battery life and a but of stability, but while I was over there, I fell in love with the clean large contact pics (and FB statuses on them).
Any way to at least increase the resolution?
Sense's people widget is by far the best out there
A good sub would be syncmypix app
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Trying not to use external apps!
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Specifically, a mod, or a setting somewhere?
i'd love to have one as well =)

Bionic Camera

This bionic camera in my opinion is terrible. I have done the research...tried multiple third party apps and I can't find something to get clear photos or to where I can tap a specific spot on screen to focus on that specific spot... Any help is appreciated.
Dx camera link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2HY6PFL9
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Try HDR Camera +
I tried it out and it force closes the gallery every time I take a picture.
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Instead of tapping, you can drag the square in the middle to the area you want it to focus on.
Have you tried Camera Advance? Here is the market link https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mnapps.cameraadvancelite&feature=search_result There is also a paid versions too. Hope this helps
I tried it out, found out camera 360 has a touch to focus option, seems to be doing good, I miss the HTC camera lol..
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dotson817 said:
I tried it out, found out camera 360 has a touch to focus option, seems to be doing good, I miss the HTC camera lol..
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Can you clarify for me how the "touch to focus" feature differs from the method I mentioned with dragging the square? I've heard a lot of complaints about not being able to "touch to focus" but I figured it was the same.
Same thing but instead of dragging a square you just tap the screen in the area you want it to focus on
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I have tried most camera apps on the market. With the newly released flickr app comes with a camera. This thing is pretty solid. slow but still solid. I prefer this over the blur camera. Mind you it has less option than most camera apps, however they can only improve with later versions.
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What's the deal with camera360 only showing half screen? Is there a setting I'm missing that makes it full screen or so I have to buy the full version?
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Full version does the same thing to me its not made for qHD is my guess maybe im wrong tho
Hey...figured it out. Download spare parts from the market. Uncheck the "comparability mode" box and that fixes it.
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admorris said:
Hey...figured it out. Download spare parts from the market. Uncheck the "comparability mode" box and that fixes it.
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Yeah I found this out too from another thread forgot to update on here my bad
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admorris said:
Hey...figured it out. Download spare parts from the market. Uncheck the "comparability mode" box and that fixes it.
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SWEET had this already but didn't know it was ticked, this is awesome much better, but yeah this app is great for our camera, i seem to get great photos and fast focusing
Sooo, I've been very disappointed with the camera like most of u... That is until I realized a really awesome feature that dramatically improves quality & speed:
==> hold down the shutter button until u are ready to snap a picture and it will instantly take the pic with great quality. This is a trick I stole from my days of taking pictures with a point & shoot camera!
Hope this helps - I've even tested this in the dark and it works perfect on Auto.
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allareconnected said:
Sooo, I've been very disappointed with the camera like most of u... That is until I realized a really awesome feature that dramatically improves quality & speed:
==> hold down the shutter button until u are ready to snap a picture and it will instantly take the pic with great quality. This is a trick I stole from my days of taking pictures with a point & shoot camera!
Hope this helps - I've even tested this in the dark and it works perfect on Auto.
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This does work well, what I have been doing lately
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Tip from Moto forum
24. Oct 2, 2011 4:41 PM (in response to scottay)
Re: Camera! Please fix it!
I have some GOOD news about the stock camera, after fussing with it for more than a few hours (and after uninstalling my Vignette app)...
Try this (but don't expect it to take rapid-fire photos - it's stilll a phone camera). The results for me were pretty good, relative to what I was getting before.
In the stock camera options:
Check - store on SD card (not internal storage)
Mode: Choose the "hand" - steady
Move the brightness slider SLIGHTLY to the right (brighter)
Use autoflash only when you definitely want flash. Otherwise, turn it off when there's enough light. The flash tends to wash out colors.
AND most important - I had to learn the hard way - aim at your subject and wait until the white corner square turns into a full square - and then turns green. Most already know you can move the square with your finger to the part of the photo you want the rest of the photo based on. When the box is green, though, the camera has focused and adjusted the exposure to what you are aiming at. THEN, click the photo.
This takes more time than it should, but at least it works. Experiment with other modes besides "auto," which seems to deliver less than mediocre.
I got some pretty impressive results from this combination. Much better, at the least, than my first attempts.
Message was edited by: Arelunde to correct typos
Thought I'd copy and post, helped me.
I found this link and fixed my BIONIC camera complaints. The difference in speed is awesome.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285320
About to test thanks!
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Wow very nice camera, crystal clear and blazing fast
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Camera quality fix!!!

I simply couldnt stand how poor the picture quality was on my new bionic, so i started exploring ways to make them batter. And im happy to report, I did! I got an application from the market called camera zoom fx, and i promise you, the picture quality is like day and night, so it IS NOT, a hardware issue, its definitely a software issue. you can even change the location it saves the pics to so they save to the camera roll in your gallery just like the stock blur camera app, and you can set it as your default camera. below i have to example pictures i took under low lighting with the flash on. See for yourselves, but since this application has now been rought to everyones attention, i hope we dont have to hear about how ****ty our camera is in all the threads anymore... this is proof the camera isnt bad, the software it uses is... If you have any questions on how to setup the app or anything else, post here or PM me...
A $5 fix
But yes, this is a good app, and definitely proves that it isn't a hardware limitation.
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Found it a little cheaper over on Mobility Market.
I ponied up the 5 bux. Well worth it.
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I like Camera 360 alot, its what I've been using to shoot.
I use the HDR(Heavy) feature alot, make stuff look, better.
Is really worth I mean I found version 2.5 for free in internet and really not too good for the $5 but maybe im wrong since latest version is 3.1.4
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denpad2010 said:
Is really worth I mean I found version 2.5 for free in internet and really not too good for the $5 but maybe im wrong since latest version is 3.1.4
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I found a 3.0.2v on the internet and it was not as good as the stock 1 on the bionic, it was infact worse, so for me i will be using the stock cam app from the bionic, but thanks for sharing
I find that the AOSP camera takes pictures 150% better that the blur based one... this is why I am going to include that as the default camera app in Liberty
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MIUI camera works quite well if you're rooted...very fast focus and great pics.
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kejar31 said:
I find that the AOSP camera takes pictures 150% better that the blur based one... this is why I am going to include that as the default camera app in Liberty
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any ETA on liberty?? cant wait for it!! and to the users saying it isnt worth it, yet your using old versions.... HAS IT EVER OCCURED THAT THE REASON NEW VERSIONS ARE PUT OUT IS CAUSE THEYRE BETTER THEN THE OLD ONES??? IF YOU WANT THE NEW ONE BUT DONT WANNA PONY UP THE 5 BUCKS USE 4SHARD AND FIND THE RIGHT VERSION!!!
kejar31 said:
I find that the AOSP camera takes pictures 150% better that the blur based one... this is why I am going to include that as the default camera app in Liberty
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...But does the AOSP camera do 1080p video in H264 format like the stock one?
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...But does the AOSP camera do 1080p video in H264 format like the stock one?
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i dont know about aosp, but i know that i couldnt find any 3rd party camcorder apps, and the videos on the stock app look just as horrible as the pics when watching them on the phone, but when theyre hooked up to the tv via hdmi they look really great... audio is a lil too sensitive though, if theres a light breeze it sounds like your in the middle of a frickin tornado.. lol
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i dont know about aosp, but i know that i couldnt find any 3rd party camcorder apps, and the videos on the stock app look just as horrible as the pics when watching them on the phone, but when theyre hooked up to the tv via hdmi they look really great... audio is a lil too sensitive though, if theres a light breeze it sounds like your in the middle of a frickin tornado.. lol
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That's kind of why I'm afraid of touching any camera but the blur one...because often times the camcorder doesn't make use of the noise canceling mics, doesn't do HD quality, and doesn't work with the FFC.
So the camcorder doesn't work on this all, either? Wish I would have known this before the refund period ended
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So the camcorder doesn't work on this all, either? Wish I would have known this before the refund period ended
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It works.
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With camera zoom fx I can't video record when I click video take me to the stock camera app
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Camera360 just blows this stock camera away.
I was in a dark room and got 100% focus on items that the stock camera couldn't and wouldn't touch.
Not very stable but I'd rather have great pictures instead of blurry **** quality. I don't have a doubt that the Bionic will gain some attention of the developer and they'll be able to fix the camera sometimes FC..
I spent the first two weeks on trying to get this camera to take a decent picture in low light and the results were never that great. Took one photo with Camera360 and it was a night and day difference.
denpad2010 said:
With camera zoom fx I can't video record when I click video take me to the stock camera app
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thats cause its not a video recorder, its only a camera, so yes, when u click it, its gonna direct you to the stock app.
I purchased this a long time ago, and I'm glad that I'm finally using it.
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thats cause its not a video recorder, its only a camera, so yes, when u click it, its gonna direct you to the stock app.
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That's ok since really stock video recorder os not too bad just want o know and make sure om doing right thanks
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FIXED Camera taking stills and videos inverted?

I have posted in my Rom thread and in my camera mod thread....
I do not know the cause of this but everything was working fine til I wanted to take photos this weekend on my vacation I didn't add anything different but flash from Dark Raiders 1.5.3 to 1.5.4
Please if anybody could help it would be very much appreciated!
Nothing on my camera as far as in app settings are selected differently. No water damage ... But I do use Tesla Flashlight quite often... I drop my phone hardly ever and its covered by a commuter....
I'm hoping I didn't melt something using Tesla Flashlight
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Reflashed 1.5.4 Dark raider I'm good to go
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Thank you for taking the time to post your solution!

Best camera app for DHD on ICS

Hello all.
Did somebody came up yet with a better solution than Camera Zoom FX (can be paid)?
It could be nice to have something like FX, but with touch to focus, sharpness options and some video recorder (as a seperate app) which could do 720p (?)
PS. Is it just me, or is there barely any difference compared HTC 5 and 8 mpx cameras?
I mean, look at these http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire-review-468p9.php
try these
am using UCam ultra which is working fine with more light spaces. where as in less light you will be seeing blurred or some dark pixels...
you can go for multi lens camera also. its different and funny
Thanks, will look at it.
Miui gb camera. You'll have to trouble shoot to get it working properly, but after that picture clarity is on par with HTC sense's camera.
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Also Camera 360 is not bad either. A lot of options and good (I think) quality.
Still, in low light the pictures are quite bad, but I think that is a problem of the phone, not the camera app (I have tried several, the same result).
I use camera pro app. Works flawless
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Camera
I thing best camera app. - stock! But alternative - lgcamera.
In my opinion the "UCam-App" is the best
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For some reasons, for all of apps above, there are glitches issue.
Ucam seems awesome, clean interface, useful features. Too bad it doensn't work, it restart right after I taken picture of it.
I think it's a kernel issue if Ucam is force closing.'Cause the app "use" the stock camera to take pictures. And if you're stock camera is buggy, a 3rd app wouldn't work. Tell me if i'm wrong
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hadobac said:
For some reasons, for all of apps above, there are glitches issue.
Ucam seems awesome, clean interface, useful features. Too bad it doensn't work, it restart right after I taken picture of it.
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I get Ucam v2.3 force close only on Lord's IceCold. But works very good with Ucam v1.6.
JellyBean MIUI ROM ported for DHD has properly working touch to focus function with what seems to be the stock AOSP camera... It's a shame tho this ROM has many visual bugs, and using any other app that uses camera (instagram, barcode scanners..) is almost impossible as they give huge artifacts...
The question is, is it possible to somehow port camera used in MIUI JB ROM to AOSP ROMS and not f&^* up qcode scanners?
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I get Ucam v2.3 force close only on Lord's IceCold. But works very good with Ucam v1.6.
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Using Ucam 1.1.6 on Lords ICS 8.6.1., works like a charm.
Can you upload it please?
hotfile mirror takes for ever to download (limit reached).
Uhm it's like in the first google search result for ucam 1.1.6. ....
Uhm... I'am surprised i missed that
Been digging to deep i suppose ;D
I'm using Camera Zoom FX for about a year, haven't found the better one with at least the same speed.
I really enjoy using camera360
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+1 for Ucam
ICS cam+
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