I wonder, will it ever be possible to use the front camera as a webcam on Apps like paltalk, or in tinychat, or any type of video chats? Does anybody know if it's possible or even likely to happen or not? Just a question from me too somebody much smarter than me. By the way, I tried it on various video chat rooms and no go.
Thanks to anyone who answers,
Knotrkr
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Well you have a SGT, why not load up the software and give it a try. Then report back what the results were.
Hello,
With Linux, I feel free of any limits so I imagine some crazy things to do.
I think we can link (ln -s) the driver file of back camera in place of front camera to fake the system and applications.
Why? That will allow us (as I expect) make 3G video calls and join hangouts in Google+ and maybe unlock phone by face in CM9.
What is your opinion? Is this possible or not? Why?
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I think it's logically able to do. And maybe already available somewhere else (I've heard somewhere about video call using rear camera, but not really interested).
It's possible because it's actually same camera with (usually) different quality.
but it won't be comfortable using rare camera as front camera as we can't see who's we're talking to or they won't be able to see us.
or, when unlocking the phone, we can't see actually where the camera shots. is it right on our face or not. will be a little bit tricky to use.
but if you can do it, I think a lot of people will like it.
lonestrider said:
I think it's logically able to do. And maybe already available somewhere else (I've heard somewhere about video call using rear camera, but not really interested).
It's possible because it's actually same camera with (usually) different quality.
but it won't be comfortable using rare camera as front camera as we can't see who's we're talking to or they won't be able to see us.
or, when unlocking the phone, we can't see actually where the camera shots. is it right on our face or not. will be a little bit tricky to use.
but if you can do it, I think a lot of people will like it.
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Most of video calls for rear camera depends on the Internet like Yahoo Messenger and Fring. But no native 3G calls.
In video calls we can do what we did with Nokia 6630 (As I remember) by standing up in front a mirror.
In face unlock you will face some difficults in the start but you will be used to do this easily after (it's a trick anyway that you can be proud of using it in Android in front of your friends )
We need an expert developer to help us defining the exact files to be linked.. and where?
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1. Got the HTC One from AT&T yesterday. Though I don't take too many pics with my phone, but i still wanted a phone which could take atleast half decent pics. And with HTC One, I'm terribly disappointed with the pics. My old iPhone 4 had much much muchhh better picture quality than One!
I'm surprised how this camera is compared to Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5 when iPhone 4 takes better pics than this!
I donno if I'm missing some setting, as of now I'm using the cam with all default settings (Scene mode-Normal, etc).
2. Coming from an iPhone, another most important "loss in quality" feature is mail/gmail app! I'm shocked to see how ultra crappy gmail app is on android! I can't believe that Google was not able to build a half decent mail app for android.
I was trying the Mail app of HTC and when I configured my mail as Gmail, it din't send me the push notifications. When I tried to configure as Microsoft Exchange, it kept giving me some "Please try again later" error. Also, the mails were only displaying text and no images (despite selecting 'Maximum Size' in receive mail settings), kinda reminded me of my 10 year old Sony Ericsson phone which used to display mails without any images.
3. Why can't i take pics using volume keys?!
After almost 2 days of usage, these are some of the MAJOR quirks and I hope can be solved.
I actually looked at your two other posts on XDA and I don't *think* you're trolling. I think you just don't like how some of your first few pictures came out. And some other stuff. You know, coming from iOS to Android is going to take some adjustment generally- instead of rushing to XDA to post a thread about 'I'm overwhelmed with how much this sucks' maybe just take one thing at a time.
Anyway, as for the camera, a) be specific with what you don't like [ie maybe it's just you] and b) did you check software version [ie maybe it's just the software]. Everyone seems to think the camera got better with version 1.29 . If you've already got that, not sure what to tell you. If everything's functioning as intended and you still hate it, return it. Life is too short to hate your phone.
RockstarSR said:
1. Got the HTC One from AT&T yesterday. Though I don't take too many pics with my phone, but i still wanted a phone which could take atleast half decent pics. And with HTC One, I'm terribly disappointed with the pics. My old iPhone 4 had much much muchhh better picture quality than One!
I'm surprised how this camera is compared to Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5 when iPhone 4 takes better pics than this!
I donno if I'm missing some setting, as of now I'm using the cam with all default settings (Scene mode-Normal, etc).
2. Coming from an iPhone, another most important "loss in quality" feature is mail/gmail app! I'm shocked to see how ultra crappy gmail app is on android! I can't believe that Google was not able to build a half decent mail app for android.
I was trying the Mail app of HTC and when I configured my mail as Gmail, it din't send me the push notifications. When I tried to configure as Microsoft Exchange, it kept giving me some "Please try again later" error. Also, the mails were only displaying text and no images (despite selecting 'Maximum Size' in receive mail settings), kinda reminded me of my 10 year old Sony Ericsson phone which used to display mails without any images.
3. Why can't i take pics using volume keys?!
After almost 2 days of usage, these are some of the MAJOR quirks and I hope can be solved.
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Re. #2:
You can download the gmail app from the play store if you don't like the built in htc mail app...
I find that the HTC mail app out classes the mail app for iOS by a long shot. I hated the mail app. On iOS. I never liked the Gmail app on either platform though.
Also you have to be joking about the iPhone 4 having better picture quality. I've done many test shots between the two and the iPhone 4 produces so much noise it's insane, sucks in low light, and even didn't get as much detail as say photos. Don't know how you are even getting remotely close results with the iPhone 4.
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Look you have a steep learning curve to go! Not all the best apps are loaded on the phone. There are tons of camera apps to make contrast better and brightness. Best to question how to improve your phone experience. Not complaints! Android is about your freedom of choices not the most user friendly experience.
Same post at Android Central.....?!?!?
Maybe I gave him too much credit..
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what software version do you have? 1.29 was supposed to bring camera improvements
All such posts should always have accompanying pictures as proof ... generally when you switch from smaller to bigger phone, hands will shake during picture taking
Anyone hear about that feature rockchip is putting out? I was looking through the nexus 7 thread and saw someone mention it. Basicly its identical to the Samsung version but works in a different way that allows every app to work as long as the app was built properly. Kinda hoping that comes around to every android device since we all have high resolution and PPI screens. Here's the thread I got the info from which features a YouTube video demonstrating it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375316
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On of the first things I got my HTC One M8 was download the Google Camera APK. I like it much better than the HTC camera. It's quicker and simpler to use. I am wondering if the google camera knows how to take advantage of the M8 Dual Cameras though. anyone know? I would switch back to the HTC app to take full advantage of my phones hardware.
tetracw said:
On of the first things I got my HTC One M8 was download the Google Camera APK. I like it much better than the HTC camera. It's quicker and simpler to use. I am wondering if the google camera knows how to take advantage of the M8 Dual Cameras though. anyone know? I would switch back to the HTC app to take full advantage of my phones hardware.
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One way to tell would be to take a pic in google and then go see if you can "Process it" with the DUO functions.
I doubt it will work. But it's possible.
mswlogo said:
One way to tell would be to take a pic in google and then go see if you can "Process it" with the DUO functions.
I doubt it will work. But it's possible.
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You cannot add any of the HTC effects that use the extra lense to a photo that's taken with the Google Camera app, so I imagine right now, it doesn't take advantage of the extra lense. Google Camera does have a new feature to blur the background, where you take the pic and then slowly move the camera up. I think their effect looks much better than the u-focus HTC effect, and Google Camera blur effect is adjustable for how much blur you want.
However I'm the opposite as you. I like the HTC camera interface better but like the blurring feature in Google Camera.