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I LOVE my touch now

I just thought I'd mention this even though its a little off topic, but I love my Touch now with 2.2 on it. It does absolutely everything I ever wanted a phone to do, the app market is full of awesome and useful apps, super stable, and my god, the battery life is out of this world. I only wish it had a glass capacitive screen to be a little more scratch resistant and finger friendly. I'd never get rid of it when my contract is up next March if it had that.
I wanted to give a shout out to all the devs and dedicated testers to put the Vogue back on the cutting edge.

Which Release are you running? is DZO or Incubus?

nickel911 said:
Which Release are you running? is DZO or Incubus?
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Incubus RLS9. But not for any good reason really. It was just the last 2.2 I installed and called it perfect at that point. I've probably flashed my phone 30 times so I needed to find something that worked and stick with it before I wore out the NAND.

I'm considering buying a cheap used Touch to try this out instead of the phone I am using now on Sprint. How well does Android work on the Touch? Are there any downsides or things that don't work? What's the battery life like?
Thanks!

Combiner said:
I'm considering buying a cheap used Touch to try this out instead of the phone I am using now on Sprint. How well does Android work on the Touch? Are there any downsides or things that don't work? What's the battery life like?
Thanks!
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You should try it.
Everything works except for camcorder. Battery lasts a full day easily.
What's your current phone?

believe it or not I am running 2.1 because it allows me to send mms on sprint. RLS3 allowed me to but something changed in the other builds and I cant mms anymore.

acegolfer said:
You should try it.
Everything works except for camcorder. Battery lasts a full day easily.
What's your current phone?
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Just keep in mind the screen is small and text input without the stylus can be annoying in portrait mode sometimes. But other than that, ace has it right. Everything works cept camcorder though I never used that myself so I don't care.

smojica said:
believe it or not I am running 2.1 because it allows me to send mms on sprint. RLS3 allowed me to but something changed in the other builds and I cant mms anymore.
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yea Incubus posted an RIL that had the old APNs settings so it didnt disappear i was able to send mms with it like that. if i get a chance i will upload it if not i know there was a thread about it a little while back

I'm running the themed release10 with the new NBH file and I LOVE it. Other than the GPS (verizon issue...) it's perfect. I am very grateful that people are spending the time to make this phone so much better!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude don't give up. The gps on vzw is fixable. Have you tried the fix listed in the faq thread. Worked for me. Sry for the punctuation my touch pro kbd isn't working all the way in xdandroid.
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benutne said:
Incubus RLS9. But not for any good reason really. It was just the last 2.2 I installed and called it perfect at that point. I've probably flashed my phone 30 times so I needed to find something that worked and stick with it before I wore out the NAND.
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i would like to encourage you to try all that are out there before you make a decision on what you use-
good luck and welcome to the club

Combiner said:
I'm considering buying a cheap used Touch to try this out instead of the phone I am using now on Sprint. How well does Android work on the Touch? Are there any downsides or things that don't work? What's the battery life like?
Thanks!
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there is one for sale here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724434
good luck

acegolfer said:
You should try it.
Everything works except for camcorder. Battery lasts a full day easily.
What's your current phone?
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I am currently using a Palm Treo 755p so I am completely new to this. In terms of functionality, what is the difference between running it from the SD card and doing the NAND method. The SD install seemed pretty straightforward and the NAND version seemed more complicated. I am pretty tech savvy but have never installed a new OS on a mobile phone before. Can anyone provide a link to a simple straightforward instructions for installing via NAND? Also, which release should I be installing? I see people talking about more than one.
Thanks so much for your help!

Awesome. I'm getting a used touch [$50 ftw] for Froyo on it. Thanks a lot to everyone who posted.
Just a small thing, does SMS work as it should? I'm pretty much intending to make the Touch my No.1 phone, and SMS is a major factor. So, all apps work, including Wi-Fi? Impossible.

The touch does not have wifi capabilities , but SMS works great!
Sent from my European Vogue using XDA App

Dassin4 said:
The touch does not have wifi capabilities , but SMS works great!
Sent from my European Vogue using XDA App
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Touch? The Touch [Vogue] does have Wi-Fi capabilities, the Touch Dual doesn't if you're thinking about that.

TheRealCod3r said:
Touch? The Touch [Vogue] does have Wi-Fi capabilities, the Touch Dual doesn't if you're thinking about that.
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wrong... vogue does not. kaiser does

piperthedj said:
i would like to encourage you to try all that are out there before you make a decision on what you use-
good luck and welcome to the club
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Yeah, I've been testing Vogue roms for quite some time now. 2.2 is easily the best on the vogue. The improvements made to the OS made the whole thing faster and more efficient. Battery life is through the roof comparatively as is speed.

TheRealCod3r said:
Awesome. I'm getting a used touch [$50 ftw] for Froyo on it. Thanks a lot to everyone who posted.
Just a small thing, does SMS work as it should? I'm pretty much intending to make the Touch my No.1 phone, and SMS is a major factor. So, all apps work, including Wi-Fi? Impossible.
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works fine here.

incubus26jc said:
wrong... vogue does not. kaiser does
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HTC Touch/Vogue > gsmarena.com/htc_touch-1999.php

Skype video from Thunderbolt on Atrix (request)

Thunderbolt's version of Skype WITH VIDEO is now available.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/11/download-skype-with-video-on-android/
It won't directly install for some reason (some how locked to the Thunderbolt?)
Would be real nice on the Atrix. Wish I could help more, but I'm just a dummy.
Thank you all very much. I bow to all your great feats.

eatkabab said:
Thunderbolt's version of Skype WITH VIDEO is now available.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/11/download-skype-with-video-on-android/
It won't directly install for some reason (some how locked to the Thunderbolt?)
Would be real nice on the Atrix. Wish I could help more, but I'm just a dummy.
Thank you all very much. I bow to all your great feats.
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This is an app, not a development thread. It should go in the Themes and Apps section.

^ disagree its a request for some DEV help on getting this to work on atrix. i'd really like for this to work on the atrix. been dying for skype video since last year.

^^^ Requests belong in Q&A or General - not Development...

http://gititbit.ch/sKa1
here is a direct link to the apk

dasmoover said:
http://gititbit.ch/sKa1
here is a direct link to the apk
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cant install for some reason.
anyone else tried?

i couldnt get it to install either. Anyone pls explain how to get this to work

eatkabab said:
Thunderbolt's version of Skype WITH VIDEO is now available.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/11/download-skype-with-video-on-android/
It won't directly install for some reason (some how locked to the Thunderbolt?)
Would be real nice on the Atrix. Wish I could help more, but I'm just a dummy.
Thank you all very much. I bow to all your great feats.
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i took a quick look... it appears that it would not be an easy & quick fix / rebuild i dont think, the entire program is written to use and be depended on <uses-library android:name="com.htc.device" />... before taking on this project id wait out as skype said that att was suppose to get releases of its video call first so id think we cant be to far behind

For anyone interested, here is the deodexed apk decoded and built with apk-tool.
Note: This cannot be installed yet.
http://dev.gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/android/apk/dev/com.skypevideodeodex.apk

ekerbuddyeker said:
i couldnt get it to install either. Anyone pls explain how to get this to work
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it doesn't work because it was not made for this phone. even if it did install, it wouldn't work with our camera because moto uses its own camera driver since froyo doesn't have one (gingerbread will). htc uses its own FFC driver as well.

dLo GSR said:
it doesn't work because it was not made for this phone. even if it did install, it wouldn't work with our camera because moto uses its own camera driver since froyo doesn't have one (gingerbread will). htc uses its own FFC driver as well.
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So sounds like it works on all HTC phone?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App

dLo GSR said:
it doesn't work because it was not made for this phone. even if it did install, it wouldn't work with our camera because moto uses its own camera driver since froyo doesn't have one (gingerbread will). htc uses its own FFC driver as well.
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?? so how does yahoo video chat, fring, and other video call apks work on several devices? obviously it wasnt made for the phone, thats why the thread was posted] to modify it and get it to work.

b15love said:
?? so how does yahoo video chat, fring, and other video call apks work on several devices? obviously it wasnt made for the phone, thats why the thread was posted] to modify it and get it to work.
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Because they contain drivers for all the phones they know of with FFCs I would bet.

Could it be that because att doesn't have 4g yet, Skype is holding out?
I apologize If I posted this in the wrong forum. It seemed logical for me to put it here...

zerocool79346 said:
Because they contain drivers for all the phones they know of with FFCs I would bet.
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Probably right. Here is Motorola's API:
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/library/motorola-front-facing-camera-api/

It is so frustrating that using the same system (android) and also having a front camera but we cannot use the same app (skype with video).

yup but that was specifically develpoed for the thunderbolt, I assume if it does get officially launched with it, it will be a matter of time before that spreads to being on other devices (much like when they launched skype in the first place on android) the key question is will they fix the sound issues that moto's config gives these voip programs.

ytwytw said:
So sounds like it works on all HTC phone?
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I'm guessing no, but for reasons other than the camera driver.
b15love said:
?? so how does yahoo video chat, fring, and other video call apks work on several devices? obviously it wasnt made for the phone, thats why the thread was posted] to modify it and get it to work.
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as I learned in the (otherwise useless) motorola atrix dev conference, the FFC driver for the atrix is written BY motorola. Android 2.2 does NOT have a standard FFC driver and so every phone that has an FFC and is running 2.1 or 2.2 is using their own FFC driver. That is why Tango and Qik did not work for the Atrix immediately when it was released, and Qik had to release an Atrix-only version of the app.
When gingerbread comes across all devices, it will have a standard FFC driver. But until then, every company running 2.2 uses their own and that is why these aren't compatible apps.

eatkabab said:
Could it be that because att doesn't have 4g yet, Skype is holding out?
I apologize If I posted this in the wrong forum. It seemed logical for me to put it here...
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More than likely, it's because AT&T didn't want Skype to release it yet.. the carriers have a surprising amount of influence on app developers. Think of how the Inspire and Atrix still don't have HSUPA enabled whereas the iPhone 4 has had it since its release. My guess is they don't want to overload their already fragile network

r34p3rex said:
More than likely, it's because AT&T didn't want Skype to release it yet.. the carriers have a surprising amount of influence on app developers. Think of how the Inspire and Atrix still don't have HSUPA enabled whereas the iPhone 4 has had it since its release. My guess is they don't want to overload their already fragile network
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I know and people like me who have a bell atrix thats not even on bell have to suffer.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

[Q] Droid 3 CM7

Okay, so I just started using CM7, Hashcodes'. & Everything is PERFECT.
Except the camera isn't even being recognized.
Ive read a few posts about this, and it seems common, but they were quite old. Any help would be nice to fix this problem. Hints, other apps, but default camera and Vignette isn't reading my camera.
Thanks in advance for any help.

SageTheLion said:
Okay, so I just started using CM7, Hashcodes'. & Everything is PERFECT.
Except the camera isn't even being recognized.
Ive read a few posts about this, and it seems common, but they were quite old. Any help would be nice to fix this problem. Hints, other apps, but default camera and Vignette isn't reading my camera.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Certain cameras will work with CM7... just not stock app. I can't remember the exact name of the one people are using, but there is one.

I use Camera Zoom FX. It was $0.10 the other day for the holidays. It works fine however video recording still doesn't work.

Hashcode is developing full time for CM9 right now, so I wouldn't expect to see a functioning stock camera until the ICS one works on CM9.

You might want to try Camera 360. But in not on cm7.
Sent from my DROID3 using XDA App

Androidsims said:
Hashcode is developing full time for CM9 right now, so I wouldn't expect to see a functioning stock camera until the ICS one works on CM9.
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What he said

[Official] [CWM] [4.2.2] [Stable] Cyanogenmod Android 4.2.2 Stable version out now :D

Hello Every one
Our fav dev CWM just released stable version of Andriod 4.2.2 for our Optimus 4x HD
Click Here to Download the ROM

cjogloc123 said:
Hello Every one
Our fav dev CWM just released stable version of Andriod 4.2.2 for our Optimus 4x HD
Click Here to Download the ROM
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I flashed it .. Its perfect!

no major bugs on it? everything works? thanks!

moly82 said:
no major bugs on it? everything works? thanks!
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its stable everything works no bugs till now

cjogloc123 said:
Hello Every one
Our fav dev CWM just released stable version of Andriod 4.2.2 for our Optimus 4x HD
Click Here to Download the ROM
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Does it include gapp?
Sent from my LG-P880

laogiacodai said:
Does it include gapp?
Sent from my LG-P880
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Does any CM rom include gapps??? -> NOOOO, they don't include any gapps what-so-ever you have to flash it yourself

hey guys, does the spirit fm app working fine with stable? its the only thing preventing me from runing out from stock fw. can someone pls test it?
any other minor bugs?

radio
Hi, is it the FM Radio working now?
thanks

Is it possible to port photosphere app for CM? (If it works properly)

pianosorcerer said:
So everything from photo sphere , google now and all other features work fine ?? Thanks
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For the few days that I use on the release version(a few RC and nightly version too) and it is also my opinion on our P880
Photo sphere..r u meaning that you can take photo like a sphere? As I know stock CM10.1 does not have it(let me know if it does)......it still provide Panoramic (360 degree) photo... But I will flash and use the stock 4.1 photo apps instead, because only the stock one can make HDR really works and I feel that the picture quality is better.
Google Now....It works.
other functions...
MHL
As I previously said.. if you need MHL output.... sorry CM10.1 is never your choice.. coz' they officially said they won't improve the vertical problem while Nvidia didn't provide api for it.
Force 4x MSAA..
I have read some post said Tegra 3 chip does not support it .... so it won't work too
Gallery link to Google+ or Picasa (let me know if I am wrong too)
As I remember the stock 4.1.1 gallery can link to them, but it will not show it on CM10.1's gallery
No Stock Chinese IME (I am a chinese, maybe it is not a problem for most of you guys)
Well I can understand this, because it is the same as Nexus 4....but you can install an apps for it.
Except you need MHL.. it is really a great ROM...better control, UI and better response than the stock. I have never use benchmark to test any device while the actual feeling is mean more than this. Also, as we all know, the more apps we install the less performance it has.
For your reference (from Stock to CM10.1)
Battery life.... I can tell, it is almost the same. At the very 1st time I truly wipe off all my apps and use CM10.1... CM make a real difference.. but once I have all the stupid apps running now.. it is just the same.
Smoothness... Honestly it did improve!!! Even I have 100 or more apps installed...I still feel it has a lot better response than the stock.
Heat problem... Improve a little bit, but still the system go wrong (slower or restart) in poor condition(ie. hot weather)
For myself CM10.1 release works perfect except MHL for this phone. 4x HD has some hardware issue, but it is still a great phone for its price tag in HK.
Hope it helps and Thanks,
Mike

ekosbravo said:
Hi, is it the FM Radio working now?
thanks
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As I know, it works.
Sent from my LG-P880

What about manual network selection? Does it work?

I have installed it today, and seems to be very good.

domenk said:
What about manual network selection? Does it work?
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Are you meaning that you can manually select mobile networks? If that is the case, it works.
For the FM radio problem, i have no idea. I don't know y my release version of CM10.1, doesn't come with any FM Radio app. But i do remember some previous nightly or RC versions has it and it was working. I seldom use FM, so it is also not an issue for me.
Mike.

How about charging issue?
My device sometimes stop charging at 92%, 96%, 97%.
After unplug charger, the charging resume to 100%.
Sometimes charging goes to 100%.
Totally random.

gtdaniel said:
How about charging issue?
My device sometimes stop charging at 92%, 96%, 97%.
After unplug charger, the charging resume to 100%.
Sometimes charging goes to 100%.
Totally random.
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maybe faulty battery. the device measures the mv of the battery and calculates how many percent are left.

ekosbravo said:
Hi, is it the FM Radio working now?
thanks
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I've tried 1106 (light) and 1206 (free) and 1106 is much better because you have more options.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1059296
You just have to select p880 and it Works and I found por sound, anyway it's available.
It would be nice if someone could port the radio from the original ROM that I remember much better
Vinndimon said:
Is it possible to port photosphere app for CM? (If it works properly)
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here is the link of the thread with instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2342210
:highfive:

New stable
Anyone with the new CM10.1 stable?
So what your opinion? Do you feel significant improvements?
BR

ekimkam said:
For the few days that I use on the release version(a few RC and nightly version too) and it is also my opinion on our P880
Photo sphere..r u meaning that you can take photo like a sphere? As I know stock CM10.1 does not have it(let me know if it does)......it still provide Panoramic (360 degree) photo... But I will flash and use the stock 4.1 photo apps instead, because only the stock one can make HDR really works and I feel that the picture quality is better.
Google Now....It works.
other functions...
MHL
As I previously said.. if you need MHL output.... sorry CM10.1 is never your choice.. coz' they officially said they won't improve the vertical problem while Nvidia didn't provide api for it.
Force 4x MSAA..
I have read some post said Tegra 3 chip does not support it .... so it won't work too
Gallery link to Google+ or Picasa (let me know if I am wrong too)
As I remember the stock 4.1.1 gallery can link to them, but it will not show it on CM10.1's gallery
No Stock Chinese IME (I am a chinese, maybe it is not a problem for most of you guys)
Well I can understand this, because it is the same as Nexus 4....but you can install an apps for it.
Except you need MHL.. it is really a great ROM...better control, UI and better response than the stock. I have never use benchmark to test any device while the actual feeling is mean more than this. Also, as we all know, the more apps we install the less performance it has.
For your reference (from Stock to CM10.1)
Battery life.... I can tell, it is almost the same. At the very 1st time I truly wipe off all my apps and use CM10.1... CM make a real difference.. but once I have all the stupid apps running now.. it is just the same.
Smoothness... Honestly it did improve!!! Even I have 100 or more apps installed...I still feel it has a lot better response than the stock.
Heat problem... Improve a little bit, but still the system go wrong (slower or restart) in poor condition(ie. hot weather)
For myself CM10.1 release works perfect except MHL for this phone. 4x HD has some hardware issue, but it is still a great phone for its price tag in HK.
Hope it helps and Thanks,
Mike
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Could you tell me how to get and flash the 4.1 stock photo app ?
Thanks

lapocompris said:
Could you tell me how to get and flash the 4.1 stock photo app ?
Thanks
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Sorry for my late reply. I am busy these days, so I didn't come to the forum for a while.. But if you do some research on this forum you should found the answer too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41670017
This will add an extra stock camera apps to your phone.
Hope it helps.
Mike

Camera issues

Good morning all, picked up this phone to test for my sons. I did root\debloat using the DirtyCow method. I wanted to use a better camera app so I installed the Google camera app which for me worked better. I uninstalled the native app. That broke ALL camera functions. Now no camera app works. Has anyone had this issue?

edwill44 said:
Good morning all, picked up this phone to test for my sons. I did root\debloat using the DirtyCow method. I wanted to use a better camera app so I installed the Google camera app which for me worked better. I uninstalled the native app. That broke ALL camera functions. Now no camera app works. Has anyone had this issue?
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In a sort of kind of way.
In such that cm builds do not have a work in camera, and they do not have the stock app
Ooh can this be a breakthrough on the problem

mrmazak said:
In a sort of kind of way.
In such that cm builds do not have a work in camera, and they do not have the stock app
Ooh can this be a breakthrough on the problem
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This means that there are hooks between the camera and the OS that haven't been discovered yet. Earlier CM builds had this issue for other phones too. I'm not a developer but I know a little about code. I'll grab a Logcat to see if something jumps out at me.

edwill44 said:
This means that there are hooks between the camera and the OS that haven't been discovered yet. Earlier CM builds had this issue for other phones too. I'm not a developer but I know a little about code. I'll grab a Logcat to see if something jumps out at me.
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I just tried to create same condition. By installing open camera and renaming myoscamera.apk to myoscamera.spk_
But the result was open camera still worked.
So what did you remove when you did it.?

mrmazak said:
I just tried to create same condition. By installing open camera and renaming myoscamera.apk to myoscamera.spk_
But the result was open camera still worked.
So what did you remove when you did it.?
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As far as I know just the stock camera app. I used Titanium Backup too do it.

edwill44 said:
As far as I know just the stock camera app. I used Titanium Backup too do it.
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It is not supposed to be an issue with the app being used, and rather the libs for the camera. But I will continue to try things out in this direction. Hopefully will find some hidden lib being called by the stock app and not by other apps.

mrmazak said:
It is not supposed to be an issue with the app being used, and rather the libs for the camera. But I will continue to try things out in this direction. Hopefully will find some hidden lib being called by the stock app and not by other apps.
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Ok all camera apps that I've installed created the same entries.

edwill44 said:
Ok all camera apps that I've installed created the same entries.
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I am far from expert, I don't notice a connection to camera with these logcat entries.
I assume you did not make copy / backup before removing stock camera.
I think this recovery package should restore your camera.
It is files from v17 and v8.3 stock, you never said what version you were on. I can put up version for whichever one you have, since these should only work on v17 and v8.3

mrmazak said:
I am far from expert, I don't notice a connection to camera with these logcat entries.
I assume you did not make copy / backup before removing stock camera.
I think this recovery package should restore your camera.
It is files from v17 and v8.3 stock, you never said what version you were on. I can put up version for whichever one you have, since these should only work on v17 and v8.3
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Apologies, I forgot that part. It's been a while since I've been here.

edwill44 said:
Apologies, I forgot that part. It's been a while since I've been here.
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as long as you are not mistaken and you didn't also remove some other files. this is supposed to reinstall the stock camera app
if this doesn't fix it you should reinstall the OS

mrmazak said:
as long as you are not mistaken and you didn't also remove some other files. this is supposed to reinstall the stock camera app
if this doesn't fix it you should reinstall the OS
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Unfortunately, installing the 6.6 zip didn't work for me. I tried to restore stock but I get am error when restoring 'system'. I'm just going to buy another and grab the image from it.

edwill44 said:
Unfortunately, installing the 6.6 zip didn't work for me. I tried to restore stock but I get am error when restoring 'system'. I'm just going to buy another and grab the image from it.
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There is images on the forum already, but if you would rather get a second d phone , your choice.

mrmazak said:
There is images on the forum already, but if you would rather get a second d phone , your choice.
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I was looking for them before I opened this topic. I am buying this phone for my sons so I was getting then anyway. I eventually want to learn to build roms and the plan is to start with this one.

edwill44 said:
Good morning all, picked up this phone to test for my sons. I did root\debloat using the DirtyCow method. I wanted to use a better camera app so I installed the Google camera app which for me worked better. I uninstalled the native app. That broke ALL camera functions. Now no camera app works. Has anyone had this issue?
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Ok quick update: I did flash back to stock and the camera works fine now. I didn't remember how poor the camera quality is I still use some 8mp cameras but IMO this is bad.

edwill44 said:
I was looking for them before I opened this topic. I am buying this phone for my sons so I was getting then anyway. I eventually want to learn to build roms and the plan is to start with this one.
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Sadly you picked the wrong phone for learning development on, you need to choose another phone.
Blu has decided to lock this phone down, so future users won't even be able to root let alone flash custom firmware.
Even if Blu didn't the development is dead on this device anyway. This phone using Sony camera which no one has been able to get to work on custom ROMs.
One can port to another ROM provided that donor phone also uses Sony camera.
This is 100% the wrong phone to try and learn to develop on.
Best phones for beginners are Nexus and Samsung, simply cause more developer's have these phones, so they have the time to teach.
Phone with few developers are not meant for beginners to learn from, the less developers a device has the less time anyone has to teach.
As far as I know I am the only developer on my current device, it's a good phone, but I don't have to time to teach beginners, that's why I recommended Samsung or Nexus.
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vampirefo said:
Sadly you picked the wrong phone for learning development on, you need to choose another phone.
Blu has decided to lock this phone down, so future users won't even be able to root let alone flash custom firmware.
Even if Blu didn't the development is dead on this device anyway. This phone using Sony camera which no one has been able to get to work on custom ROMs.
One can port to another ROM provided that donor phone also uses Sony camera.
This is 100% the wrong to try and learn to develop on.
Best phones for beginners are Nexus and Samsung, simply cause more developer's have these phones, so they have the time to teach.
Phone with few developers are not meant for beginners to learn from, the less developers a device has the less time anyone has to teach.
As far as I know I am the only developer on my current device, it's a good phone, but I don't have to time to teach beginners, that's why I recommended Samsung or Nexus.
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Actually, I have plenty of time to learn. The fact that this device has been difficult to work with is the challenge I want. I absolutely don't like Samsung and everybody works with Nexus. If I fail then so be it. At least I'll learn what not to do.

edwill44 said:
Actually, I have plenty of time to learn. The fact that this device has been difficult to work with is the challenge I want. I absolutely don't like Samsung and everybody works with Nexus. If I fail then so be it. At least I'll learn what not to do.
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Good luck then, if you have one of the locked preloaders you will learn very soon what not to do.
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