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[Q] Camera blurry after 2.2 ROM (serendipity 6.3)

HI All,
I realize there are some other threads on this topic but not for captivate running 2.2...
I just installed the new Serendipity rom (6.3) which i'm pretty sure uses the 'hacked stock camera' with power button mod.
Unfortunately, the camera images are all noticeably blurry! no matter how still i hold it. Also, the exposure is often way off.
The old camera app from 2.1 worked great. Really nice sharp, good exposure.
What happened to the 2.2 camera, and is it possible to fix, or revert back to 2.1 camera app??
I'm a bit new to this so sorry if noob question. I did check the other threads and nothing was similar/answered.
Thanks in advance.

Having the sane problem myself. Almost as if the camera is only taking 2 or even 3MP quality shots.
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are you guys tapping on the screen to focus the picture? and wipe the lens on the back?

yes.
yes, i've carefully wiped screen and focused as precisely as possible.

Download SGS Tools,v4.7.3 its the one you need. Under upgrade stock apps, select GizmoDroids camera. See if that helps out any.
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thanks for this info!
I installed the GizmoDroids camera and it seems like a slight improvement. it also seems much faster to load. have yet to test the video. Still, some bothersome issues with the GD camera app... the exposure compensation is 'greyed out'? Here's a big problem: the sharpness and contrast settings don't 'stick'. They are reset every time app is run. This is huge problem to me because i find that +1 contrast and sharpness really improves image, but i cant have to set it every time i run the app...
also, i've tried out camera360 and it looks much better too. i'm wondering if the blurriness in the stock camera has to do with the autofocus being 'off', or the compression method has changed.

Is this a problem with Serendipity only, or have you experienced out with other roms?
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I noticed this too; but the image quality is fine when transferred to another device such as a computer...

You guys might want to post this in the Serendipity Q&A mikey and chance are usually pretty quick to reply, maybe you should try and re-flash
I have been on Serendipity since 5.8 and have not had any issues with the camera or anything else- ROM runs perfectly for me of course as with most things on the captivate may just be device specific.... But a re-flash has helped others with issues so it might be worth a try
BTW I have not installed any camera apps either and camera is fine

My camera works great!!
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ive never used serendipity and find my camera sucks, looks good on phone. looks like shat on pc. focus yeah. blah blah... what camera doesnt auto focus now days tho?
i did however at one time upgrade the firmware from samsung apps ON THE FIRST DAY... never tested before...

Do you have anti-shake turned on?
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tcdoe said:
the exposure compensation is 'greyed out'? .
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Only if anti-shake and/or auto-contrast are enabled.
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Low picture quality with aosp!

Hi all,
I've got a problem:
When im taking photos with my rooted incredible s runnning aosp rom (CM7, MIUI all versions, icsbeta) the quality is very bad and the focus is very laggy, there is also alot of overexposure. Theres also alot grain in darker pictures.
When im installing sense based roms (tried 3) then the quality and focus/exposure is good again.
for some pictures you can pm me and you will get them asop, cant post pictures yet.
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How can we fix this?
GR!

kayhesse said:
Hi all,
I've got a problem:
When im taking photos with my rooted incredible s runnning aosp rom (CM7, MIUI all versions, icsbeta) the quality is very bad and the focus is very laggy, there is also alot of overexposure. Theres also alot grain in darker pictures.
When im installing sense based roms (tried 3) then the quality and focus/exposure is good again.
for some pictures you can pm me and you will get them asop, cant post pictures yet.
//imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/img24012012122850root.jpg/
//imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/img24012012122850root.jpg/
How can we fix this?
GR!
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This is a issue on all aosp roms because they don't have HTC camera drivers. However there is a aosp ics rom called virtuous quattro 4.0.3 that doesn't have camera lag however its not fully working.

God damn it I love this question.

Thats really the biggest weak point of aosp.
The roms are just great!, i like miui alot!
But the downside is the cam,
I've not seen this question somewere else, is it that only the ins suffers the most?
Other cam apps wont bother.
I just want best of both worlds together.
The cam of htc rulezz and interface and possibilities of miui rulezz.
(With MIUI i get 3200quadrant
and 3750 antutu oc stable on 1.5)

All HTC phones run crap camera rez without sense

My CM7 seems decent quality with no lag?
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium

kayhesse said:
I just want best of both worlds together.
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Oh is that all Try a sense rom with a no-sense script.

Use sense rom,no driver issue..or jz buy a dslr lol
Sent from my HTC Incredible S with Beats Audio

Question about note camera please assist .

As you people know SGS2 has junkey camera module (which i haved) SCE which when recording have shutter lag and recording lag when focus ...
Quick video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV1Uh5Mjcdo
It can be reproduced @ night situations .
My questions is IS THIS PRESENT ON NOTE ?
Also to note not all sgs2 have this problem just those with SCE camera module ...
And this was major thing that made me sell my sgs2 , now im thinking to buy note ... And i fear again if i get this ****ty module again it would piss me off alot .
Thank you on answers and your time

ICS improves the camera. It makes it so much faster. If there is a problem like that in GB (not saying it has as I never faced any). It should be taken care of with an ICS rom
Sent from GNOTE - The Indisputable Beast of Android World

You are recording in a dark place with low iso/high exposure value/ slow shutter speed/ high aperture value.
Increase iso may help
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

No no no you all do not understand i guess note doesent have problem . Its much deeper **** that that trust me

donmarkon said:
No no no you all do not understand i guess note doesent have problem . Its much deeper **** that that trust me
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I am at the moment on nightly, and i have ben checking, no lags here.... also on gingerbread found no problems... you should try MIUI, maybe that would help, never experienced any problems with that, and i guess most smooth rom available.. (my opinion ) the Gingerbread version that is....
Good luck..

Just tell me does Note have this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443658
Simple

donmarkon said:
Just tell me does Note have this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443658
Simple
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Great Snakes! I think SGS II sure has this problem but I reckon SG-Note does not have this problem. I came across a video on youtube where this guy has compared the videos of both SGS II and SG Note, side by side. And man, SGS II literally loses its focus all the dam time. Whereas SG Note doesn't.
I will post it in night as youtubing is prohibited in my office premises.

[Q] Front camera on slim bean

Hey !
So I've been using slim bean on my p880 for a while (I like it, it's clean, simple, and doesnt eat much battery/hour). There's only one thing I dislike about it : The front facing camera is dark as hell - it really sucks in environments with low light levels and with movement. But I remember that when I used the stock rom, in the beginning , the camera used to have much better performance in places with low light levels, even though there was still some trouble dealing with pictures requiring focusing moving objects.
Anyway, I wanted to know if this problem was only with this rom or with all major cm roms out there for p880 , and if there's some sort of fix for this. I love this rom and my gf likes playing on it and taking pictures with it, and they sometimes totally suck due to this. Help ?

nmbbf said:
Hey !
So I've been using slim bean on my p880 for a while (I like it, it's clean, simple, and doesnt eat much battery/hour). There's only one thing I dislike about it : The front facing camera is dark as hell - it really sucks in environments with low light levels and with movement. But I remember that when I used the stock rom, in the beginning , the camera used to have much better performance in places with low light levels, even though there was still some trouble dealing with pictures requiring focusing moving objects.
Anyway, I wanted to know if this problem was only with this rom or with all major cm roms out there for p880 , and if there's some sort of fix for this. I love this rom and my gf likes playing on it and taking pictures with it, and they sometimes totally suck due to this. Help ?
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try flashing iodaks ported stock camera and see how it behaves

Flying_Bear said:
try flashing iodaks ported stock camera and see how it behaves
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front camera is green with that one i think
if you're talking about: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2288917

Slim is on grouper blobs then? If so, afaik mowt camera apps will also give green screen on frontal cam preview. Google camera and aosp camera are the only ones that will give normal preview on frontal as well

S5 CM13 (AOKP) Camera Samples - See Link Included

Good evening all,
I see a lot of posts about people wanting to use the stock Samsung camera on AOSP/AOKP/CM roms. We know this can't be done and it's unfortunate.
Whilst the experience with the camera is generally better on TW ROMS due to the ability of using the stock Camera, you can get some very, very good results using the correct applications in CM based ROMs too. I have attached a shared folder on my Google Photos application to showcase this.
These were all taken using either Camera MX or Open Camera. HDR enabled for most (if not all) of them and very few of them have been edited in any way (besides the obvious Vignette one with my nephew and 3 dogs, and the other one of my puppy and his big brother). Let me know your thoughts and if anyone wants any tips on using their camera, let me know. You can get some INCREDIBLE examples using the camera in your pocket, remember that.
Fact ; I use my S5 as my camera for taking my photography shots for the adverts I produce and not once has anyone noticed they're from a phone. I do use an iPhone 6S for the videography because it's in an entirely different league, but photography still comes from the S5.
Link ; https://goo.gl/photos/xpnHFBjSW5r6FUNN9
Cheers
Pete

Some of them look pretty good, but the colour is very washed out, and there are dark shadows around the edges of a few too
Can't beat the stock TW Samsung camera

*Detection* said:
Some of them look pretty good, but the colour is very washed out, and there are dark shadows around the edges of a few too
Can't beat the stock TW Samsung camera
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Oh I completely agree, just wanted to shine some positive light on what's usually a very negative point from a user feedback point of view!

Yea they're not bad, but I use the camera on the S5 a lot, and tried custom ROMs in the past, the camera always brought me back to stock