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[THINK TANK] Porting TouchWiz camera to CM7

Hello,
this thread is made for a possibility to port it over to the CM7 or MIUI ROMs.
You have to admit that it is way better and if you don't you're on crack.
Anyways I keep getting the invalid package.
Any thoughts?

Probably wont happen because there needs to be touchwiz frameworks, and cm7 and miui are stock.
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Alanrocks15 said:
Hello,
this thread is made for a possibility to port it over to the CM7 or MIUI ROMs.
You have to admit that it is way better and if you don't you're on crack.
Anyways I keep getting the invalid package.
Any thoughts?
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There is NO way to do this without Touchjizz. So to make this work we would need Touch-whizz framework. If we reverted to Touch-whizz framework CM7\MIUI would no longer AOSP, it would be just another Samsung based rom. We need to focus on implementing some of the TW features and improve the UI on the existing MIUIcamera.apk. Just mt 2 cents......could be totally wrong........but heres a start to your thread!

Alanrocks15 said:
Hello,
this thread is made for a possibility to port it over to the CM7 or MIUI ROMs.
You have to admit that it is way better and if you don't you're on crack.
Anyways I keep getting the invalid package.
Any thoughts?
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Thats one of the reasons i left Miui besides Battery Life...
The camera just plain sucked, the options were either if you want flash or not which we don't have and auto focus was ****ed up.

How did the MIUI camera work on TouchWiz
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Alanrocks15 said:
How did the MIUI camera work on TouchWiz
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Probably because its just a app that uses your camera and shows a preview of what you just took a picture of, so its like any other app on the market that uses camera...
whereas the TouchWiz is directly implemented into Samsung Phone's and Miui/CM7 devs can try and make their own camera's better, but they can't put TouchWiz in there, because then the whole point of being AOSP is gone.

xriderx66 said:
Thats one of the reasons i left Miui besides Battery Life...
The camera just plain sucked, the options were either if you want flash or not which we don't have and auto focus was ****ed up.
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Dont know when you left MIUI but the camera is improving slowly now....theyve added some effects settings and res settings.....anti-shake...delay snap, burst,screen shutter ,reference line....but yeah it still sucks, but ''could'' be just as good. Its also got quality settings for video (high, med,low) (30m) but dont know what quality it actually measures up to.

I can see it now...having a virtual box to run a camera! lol. "Samsung Camera Emulator" lol!

Yea but the thing I hate about the Video cam is how it records it like an iphone with portrait mode and the 2 sides black
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Alanrocks15 said:
Yea but the thing I hate about the Video cam is how it records it like an iphone with portrait mode and the 2 sides black
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Well, Miui is meant to be a iPhone-similar look on a Android phone, so that'd be the best look

Oh what rom are you on
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Camera update

Do you think the camera drivers or software will get updated???? or is the problem more with the hardware/sensor??? I am using Camera360 app and can get around most of the lighting issues but I was just wondering if there would be something official maybe.

A lot of people have been complaining about the camera, so I don't think an update would be unlikely.
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%appdata% said:
A lot of people have been complaining about the camera, so I don't think an update would be unlikely.
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Has anyone tried any of the non-stock camera software? Does it make a difference?

Answered my own question... at least I tested it, the answer is up to you.
Attached below are 2 photos as nearly identical as I could make them. One with ZoomFX and the other with the stock software.
I think that the ZoomFX one is better... now all I have to do is see if I can figure out how to get the ZoomFX one to be widescreen.

Zeus rom or CM10

I know that there are many experienced people her like Nooby, huexxx.. (that i know, maybe there are others too..)
I wanted to ask there are many users that have experienced both of them, in your opinion which one is better for normal use. Plus what is comparison between them
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Crap55 said:
I know that there are many experienced people her like Nooby, huexxx.. (that i know, maybe there are others too..)
I wanted to ask there are many users that have experienced both of them, in your opinion which one is better for normal use. Plus what is comparison between them
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Let's say experianced noob ^^ well for a basic user, you can in fact use both... more battery, stock stability and compatibility are on zeus side. About more features and feeling cool and wanting the latest, take CM10 But you really should at least try both or even more. It took me really long to decide and in fact i am still changing quite often, to check out new features and development. Just install one, set it up to your needs, try/test it, back it up, flash another one, try it and decide whats best for you. You should also try ICS repack. If sms works fine for you, it should be one of the best daily drivers available till now (at least I liked pretty much, but sms doesnt work for me...) so have fun
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Thats what i was asking, u always help me
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N00BY0815 said:
Let's say experianced noob ^^ well for a basic user, you can in fact use both... more battery, stock stability and compatibility are on zeus side. About more features and feeling cool and wanting the latest, take CM10 But you really should at least try both or even more. It took me really long to decide and in fact i am still changing quite often, to check out new features and development. Just install one, set it up to your needs, try/test it, back it up, flash another one, try it and decide whats best for you. You should also try ICS repack. If sms works fine for you, it should be one of the best daily drivers available till now (at least I liked pretty much, but sms doesnt work for me...) so have fun
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Hey N00BY,
You are such amazing . Thanks dude for helping people. (I already pressed Thanks button)
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I used zeus for performance and stability.. now im using cm10 for the looks and new feeling

I've already tried both and I can honestly said that Zeus is my fav. CM10 is still very buggy...

I used Zeus untill Aokp ics was released and now i'm on Aokp jb and i have tried cm10 to.
If you want stability use Zeus.
If you want to be up to date use cm10

well said by nooby and romwiz
zeus is more stable and cm10 is still a little buggy
i personally stopped using zeus since a week and am pretty happy with miui and cm10
if you don't game much, go cm10
if you game, go zeus and it has the same looks

I have tried both of them.
personally, i think Zeus is more suitable for me. It has a better performance and stability.
However, if u want to try the new functions, just go for cm10...
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I think ZEUS is for daily use (6.4 or 7.03) and all ICS, CM10 or whatever, you'll have to make some compromise in using your phone (no gps or no video, not being able to install the apps you want...).

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to change the notification bar's function shortcuts in zeus, like in cm??
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It's possible. Use the quick panel icon in the application drawer.
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I alawys find nooby helping a lot big thnks to him n god bless his rom n him to
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Everyone in 4.4 using ART. Conclusion?

I feel like the device is much snappier. I heard battery is supposed to be better with it as well but I can't confirm. The xda app was never the best , now it is almost fluid o.o. or at least noticeably better. What do you have to say ?
i was told to add this:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1qbko3/art_broken_apps/
edit: I would like to add that the apps i notice this most is for instance, when i use hangouts and i'd right ALOOOOOOOT with someone and then scroll up at a fast rate, it would stutter. Now, this stutter is nearly gone.
XDA - xda app is one of the most noticeable, stutter has been reduced by such a large margin that you'd have to try it yourself to believe it.
G+ would have the occasional hickup when scrolling through news posts. Next stop would be the play store, it used to stutter a lot as well, now it's become a lot better. Just for the hell of it i compared it to my sister's note 2 and the difference is there.
I doubt this is a placebo effect, i'm even considering to make a video as proof with dalvik on and off for the hell of it.
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I figured people will ask this question soon enough, so I'll just ask it now..
Does WhatsApp work?

No WhatsApp does not work. It is stated and asked on other threads.
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MameTozhio said:
I figured people will ask this question soon enough, so I'll just ask it now..
Does WhatsApp work?
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can't install

I tested it, system processes were failing, reverted back to 4.3... I tested the unofficial build from Paranoid Android then....
By the way, factory image for Nexus 4 is out, anyone tried it already? Any thoughts? Including ART?
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Please do not go off topic
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I'm using it.....a Lil snappier but noticeable... But a increase in battery life so far...everything seems so buttery... Hard to tell
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Oops wrong.

Albert62 said:
It sucks.
The Nexus doesn't even get the Nexus's 5 launcher. I don't see much difference. I'd call it 4.3.2
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someone posted this, i only have the link sadly so i can't give credits, thanks regardless.
https://mega.co.nz/#!EBIBFKpB!FoxEijz50FrcoBlSQXJG3wznJvpkqzbp936w1jk4J14
Paste that into your system lib/app and install the launcher app in the folder and voila: you've got it all.
krjadejesus said:
I tested it, system processes were failing, reverted back to 4.3... I tested the unofficial build from Paranoid Android then....
By the way, factory image for Nexus 4 is out, anyone tried it already? Any thoughts? Including ART?
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Well, it's kind of obvious, if you want the best experience for now you're going to want to go with the official 4.4, since the developers need their time to work their magic.
I have no crashes, i'm using ART so far cause i could care less about what's app. I'll report in about battery life observations once i've at least had this thing running for a whole day.

Feels really smooth so far; don't use any apps that crash(thankfully) on ART. Hard to tell with the battery as I came off a custom kernel that was picked for low power usage. Like with any new firmware, it usually takes a few days of my phone running before I can really judge things. Got to give all the apps running a little time to muck things up to get a solid feel for real world performance; but I'm hopeful from what the past few hours performance/battery wise.

Ignasiuz said:
Please do not go off topic
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please stop going off topic, seriously
most apps feel smoother using ART, a few actually feels slower. but overall, things are a tad bit quicker. that said, ART still has some issues, and can feel buggy at times.

Ignasiuz said:
No WhatsApp does not work. It is stated and asked on other threads.
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I know that. I was just asking before other people did. Because it has been said in other threads as you've said, yet people still ask.
Anyway I really like ART. Better memory management it seems to have when using it, and feels snappier

simms22 said:
please stop going off topic, seriously
most apps feel smoother using ART, a few actually feels slower. but overall, things are a tad bit quicker. that said, ART still has some issues, and can feel buggy at times.
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Buggy? Were do you feel the bugs?
I'm not saying it is not buggy, I just want to know before I switch
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Just switched to art on today's stock KitKat after running art on nexus 5 port for a week. No stability issues and have 165 apps installed with no bugs. Battery life is improved by approximately 15% and performance is much quicker
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It's not worth the hassle in my opinion. I couldn't notice any tangible difference, performance-wise. I tried it on SlimKat, though. I may probably give it a second try now on stock but the whole idea of having non-working apps like Whatsapp and TiBu just takes the appealing away for now.

Could this just an elaborate hoax to test the placebo effect of Android optimization? I don't understand the true potential if it.
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Ignasiuz said:
Buggy? Were do you feel the bugs?
I'm not saying it is not buggy, I just want to know before I switch
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it just seems that with time, there develops slowdowns. like a far majority of the time i press the recents button and they pop open fast. but occasionally, it takes its time. like a few seconds. i only get that when using ART. im not knocking it, because i do enjoy playing with it. im just giving my experience

sorry for OT but whatsapp is working fine in the facory image,am i missing something?

gm007 said:
sorry for OT but whatsapp is working fine in the facory image,am i missing something?
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Did you switch to ART?

PoisonWolf said:
Did you switch to ART?
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sorry no my bad

KitKat

I have a question. I have been reading about kitkat apps. It seems that particularly the web browser is pretty crap. Can anyone verify these comments? I don't know that it will be an issue, but I was curious if anyone here has any personal experience. If it's bad, I'll stay with 4.2.2 . Thanks.
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Proud2banoob said:
I have a question. I have been reading about kitkat apps. It seems that particularly the web browser is pretty crap. Can anyone verify these comments? I don't know that it will be an issue, but I was curious if anyone here has any personal experience. If it's bad, I'll stay with 4.2.2 . Thanks.
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The launcher is just OK, it's really Google Now's version of a launcher with it built in. I found it be a little slow and very little customization. Fine for the masses who don't know any different (which are the majority of users, sadly). Nova destroys it all day long.
Far as KitKat goes, it all depends on the ROM and the device. Some ROMs are way behind and some are way ahead. I hate to say it but if CM11and SlimKat were all I had to choose from, I'd probably go back to 4.2. Yes CM is the foundation of all ROMs so I'm grateful it's around, but for KitKat they still have a long way to go, at least for S2. Same for SlimKat. Just too many issues. The unofficial ROMs are kicking major butt though. For the Exhibit, I'd stick with 4.2 for now although to be fair I haven't tried the newest KitKat ROMs available here lately. @jfbs is working hard to get you guys a stable 4.4 though!

ArtfulDodger said:
The launcher is just OK, it's really Google Now's version of a launcher with it built in. I found it be a little slow and very little customization. Fine for the masses who don't know any different (which are the majority of users, sadly). Nova destroys it all day long.
Far as KitKat goes, it all depends on the ROM and the device. Some ROMs are way behind and some are way ahead. I hate to say it but if CM11and SlimKat were all I had to choose from, I'd probably go back to 4.2. Yes CM is the foundation of all ROMs so I'm grateful it's around, but for KitKat they still have a long way to go, at least for S2. Same for SlimKat. Just too many issues. The unofficial ROMs are kicking major butt though. For the Exhibit, I'd stick with 4.2 for now although to be fair I haven't tried the newest KitKat ROMs available here lately. @jfbs is working hard to get you guys a stable 4.4 though!
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I can easily install Nova again. It's the launcher I use now and I love it. Thanks for the advice. I am looking forward to @jfbs' rom. I was just eager to try kitkat because it was supposedly designed to work on phones like ours, where ram is at a premium. Initial reviews did say it ran much lighter, but I am not sure if it really makes a difference.
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Proud2banoob said:
I can easily install Nova again. It's the launcher I use now and I love it. Thanks for the advice. I am looking forward to @jfbs' rom. I was just eager to try kitkat because it was supposedly designed to work on phones like ours, where ram is at a premium. Initial reviews did say it ran much lighter, but I am not sure if it really makes a difference.
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Ultimately there is one truism I have found, functionality and speed are mainly hardware dependent. You can have the best ROM ever made in history but if the device doesn't have the hardware to back it up, it's useless. I booted the Exhibit for the first time in almost two weeks the other day and it was so much painfully slower than what I have now it isn't even funny. It reminded me how thankful I need to be that I have something else to be honest. A good KitKat ROM may help this device, IDK.

Yeah, the browser on Slimkat is all slow and FC's, even when you try to use a different browser than stock. With the other 4.4 ROMs we have I think you can just use a different browser if the stock has FC issues.
I stay using 4.2, since I can OC higher than 1012MHz and can swap the sd's.

FC stands for force close? Thanks for the advice. I will stay with 4.2 for now. I will see what @jfbs comes up with.
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Proud2banoob said:
FC stands for force close? Thanks for the advice. I will stay with 4.2 for now. I will see what @jfbs comes up with.
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yeah, well thats what I think it means xD.

On CM 11 opera browser works exceptionally well, Chrome was very slow to me.
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Dvarl said:
On CM 11 opera browser works exceptionally well, Chrome was very slow to me.
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Opera was always faster for me as well and also works well when getting Edge and not 3or4g.
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