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[Q] Recommend Camera Replacement app?

Hi guys
I've regularly switched between CM and Sense as I try to find a set up I'm happiest with, the thing that keeps pushing me back to Sense is the camera app. I've just flashed the CM7 Nightly and I'm going to stick with it, my question to you is "Do you use a replacement camera app and if so, which one and why?"
Many thanks
Matt

ive used CM to, and switched back to sense ui for the same reason as you did... i stick with sense though... feels better for me
Dont know any good Camera app...

Vignette. It's basically hipstamatic for Android.
Just google it or look at some streams on flickr, you will not be dissappointed.

Camera 360 is awesome, even the free version although I think I might actually buy the paid version soon.
Also try FxCamera, worth it just for the Toy Camera mode. My favourite photos taken with my old Hero were with this. It's not a serious replacement for the stock camera app though, more of fun app like Vignette.
I also have CameraPro but I wouldn't recommend that a it's not much better than stock and used to f/c too much.
I couldn't live with a non-Sense ROM. For all HTC have got wrong they've got so much more right when it comes to the look and feel of the UI. I'm a sucker for the settings widgets too

Dear munkimatt,
I recommend " Lg camera " application. It can both take photos and record videos. Also there are plenty of settings improve the quality. you can download it directly from the Market. hope this helps.
Kind Regards,

i need sense camera app, gallery app, music and mail app to stick with CM
vigniette is the best replacement so far but i've tested it and i can confirm it doesn't produce as good results as the stock camera app
PROTOCHIP where can i find this LG camera?

One App To Rule Them All - Pics

I take a lot of pics, and videos. I've got a 2 yr old and another child on the way, so my snap shots and videos are going to increase. I like to share this media with family across the country. But I dislike using two or more apps to do it.
I don't like the stock Android ICS gallery and although I do like the older 3D gallery, I dislike the lack of any real options. ie I want to be able to specify which folders it looks at.
Picasa is a great "picture sharing" platform but doesn't have the ability to upload/share video (as far as I could tell), nor is there a stand alone app for it....you need the stock gallery to view your photos.
QuickPic is pretty sweet, but lacks the ability to syn with Picasa. And, also is doesn't have its own upload ability. You need to upload to Picasa, Photobucket or the likes.
Photobucket has pretty great upload / sharing abilities but doesn't really function as a gallery.
Sooooooo considering how great the camera function is becoming in our phones, can't we just have one darn app to handle all of this?? Maybe I'm missing out on something, but I think we're still coming up short in this department.

That's kinda of alot to ask for, but we never know what the future holds.

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That's kinda of alot to ask for, but we never know what the future holds.
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You're bringing me down bro I hope its in the future. The hardware on smart phones is progressing in leaps and bounds. I needs an everything app

Does Facebook app show everything in a narrow center column?

Ever since v1.9.3 or 1.9.4 (can't remember), the Facebook app shows everything in a narrow column down the center of the screen, and photos are cropped so you only see the left side. There are a few bad reviews on the Play store that mention this issue. I posted a thread in the general section about this, but someone replied he doesn't have the issue with another tablet. I wonder if it's an issue with touchwiz and facebook. I had the issue before and after the ICS update. I've tried clearing data, as we as uninstalling and reinstalling. Only thing I haven't tried is backing up to a side-loaded older version.

U can only see the full pictures without cropping in the portrait view just force close facebook app and open it again in the portrait position
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zeema said:
U can only see the full pictures without cropping in the portrait view just force close facebook app and open it again in the portrait position
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I'll give that a shot. It used to work in landscape, where pictures would take the entire width. I'm trying to figure out if it's an issue with just the tab 8.9, any samsung tabs, or all android tablets. Comments in my other thread would make it seem that it's not a problem on all android tablets. It's like the code to size the pictures uses the full width, then some other code that formats the columns, just uses some max width, which ends up cropping photos. In addition to that, the Facebook app on the Gtab also doesn't show the new timeline with cover photo, where the same facebook app version on my phone does.

Use the browser
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Use the browser
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Notifications.
Also, you're reply doesn't help me narrow down if the problem is the app itself, or an issue with the app only on the 8.9.

zeema said:
U can only see the full pictures without cropping in the portrait view just force close facebook app and open it again in the portrait position
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The pictures are still cropped when I do this, just seemingly by not as much (since the slim center column is closer to the width of the screen in portrait.

Here's the email I sent to FB on Jul 13
Just updated to 1.9.7 on my Galaxy Tab 8.9. The center column and cropped picture issue is still here. Please fix this soon. It worked just fine several versions ago, I think somewhere around 1.9.0 or so.
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I have tried every version from 1.8.3 up till the latest, and they all have the problem. So, that means one of these things are the cause:
1. The Tab 8.9 has issues with Facebook (not likely at all, since the problem showed up after an update to Facebook)
2. The FB app has issues with TouchWiz tablets (plausible perhaps, but also not likely. only have an 8.9, so can't verify)
3. The FB app had some server side change, since all the older versions that used to work just fine, show the same problem (most likely to me)
But, I don't have any other tablet to test with, and from my other thread, people didn't seem to indicate that they had the problem.
I really hope the rumored Android app rewrite fixes this sorry excuse for an app.
I guess for the time being, I'll leave it on for the notifications, and just use the web page till then. Not ideal. SMH

Any other good app for FB ?

I have the same problem on my Xoom and I believe it is the same on all Android tablets. Very annoying.
If it was same on ipad it would have been fixed the same day.
PS Android version on tablets doesn't make any difference HC, ICS, JB I tried them all Fb has the same issue on all of them.
oryan_dunn said:
Here's the email I sent to FB on Jul 13
I have tried every version from 1.8.3 up till the latest, and they all have the problem. So, that means one of these things are the cause:
1. The Tab 8.9 has issues with Facebook (not likely at all, since the problem showed up after an update to Facebook)
2. The FB app has issues with TouchWiz tablets (plausible perhaps, but also not likely. only have an 8.9, so can't verify)
3. The FB app had some server side change, since all the older versions that used to work just fine, show the same problem (most likely to me)
But, I don't have any other tablet to test with, and from my other thread, people didn't seem to indicate that they had the problem.
I really hope the rumored Android app rewrite fixes this sorry excuse for an app.
I guess for the time being, I'll leave it on for the notifications, and just use the web page till then. Not ideal. SMH
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zoum79 said:
I have the same problem on my Xoom and I believe it is the same on all Android tablets. Very annoying.
If it was same on ipad it would have been fixed the same day.
PS Android version on tablets doesn't make any difference HC, ICS, JB I tried them all Fb has the same issue on all of them.
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Thanks for the input. Really hard to believe FB doesn't have the funds available to buy a single Android tablet to test their app on. What's more puzzling is that it probably is just a wrapper for the web page. I dont' understand why the same version on my ICS phone shows the timeline/coverphoto page for someone, but on my ICS tablet, it shows some watered down page and only in a center column.

And, in my experience, on tablet its impossible to switch from wall view to info view, so you can't lookup phone numbers , email, etc

Not only that but photos are cropped when shared in a group or on a wall. So annoying.
It does this on the 10.1 Tab as well. I was disappointed to discover it does this also on my new 8.9 LTE . SO ANnoyed....and disappointed really.

Looks like the 2.0 update for Facebook has finally fixed this issue.

Google+ Photos as Gallery Replacement Sucks

how the hell can you "select all" photos from this app? as it stands, if i take 50 photos, i need to go through one by one and select them to send them somewhere or move them? this is absurd.

I agree. Try piktures from the play store. That's a good gallery app
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indianajonze said:
how the hell can you "select all" photos from this app? as it stands, if i take 50 photos, i need to go through one by one and select them to send them somewhere or move them? this is absurd.
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This is probably the one thing that made me say WTF. I'm going with cyanogenmod gallery from the play store.

Use quickpic it's like the stock gallery from KitKat

This is the thing that bugs me about Android. They got rid of perfectly good standalone apps and want to tie everything in with their services.
I don't want Play Music -- I want to go right to my songs and playlist with one click.
I don't want Photos App -- for the same reasons above.
I don't want Email to be bundled in with Gmail.
It's getting to the point where soon I will have to replace all of the built in apps with apps that simply work better.

QuickPic is defatenaly the way to go.. nice find!

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This is the thing that bugs me about Android. They got rid of perfectly good standalone apps and want to tie everything in with their services.
I don't want Play Music -- I want to go right to my songs and playlist with one click.
I don't want Photos App -- for the same reasons above.
I don't want Email to be bundled in with Gmail.
It's getting to the point where soon I will have to replace all of the built in apps with apps that simply work better.
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they took away the beautiful ASOP browser and replace with their stinking chrome.
bloody google decision.

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they took away the beautiful ASOP browser and replace with their stinking chrome.
bloody google decision.
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Yep. Gallery, Messaging, Music Player and Browser are areas where OEM's like LG and Samsung, etc.., def have a major advantage over Google's Android decision and design team.

I just tap and hold on the first picture, then tap all the other pics I want to move. Then hit the share button

Quickpic is what I use. Cm gallery isn't half bad though

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I just tap and hold on the first picture, then tap all the other pics I want to move. Then hit the share button
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which is fine for 2-3 pics. but for 78? not so much. its a terrible design choice, especially when batch select was available in the stock gallery app

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Use quickpic it's like the stock gallery from KitKat
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quickpic is a great find for sure.

If you use the light theme with Quickpic, it pretty much looks like a built in Android app anyway. Even has the latest material design.

I actually like the G+ pictures app and was using it before I got my N6.

I have to say that I am also extremely disappointed with Google's photo gallery app. It sucks indeed. I am coming from the LG G3 and their gallery app was awesome. The layout was wonderfully displayed and user friendly. Not to mention all of the great features it offered, such as add albums, move photos and videos around and also to hide and then lock selected albums. If we could get that on the Nexus 6, that would truly be an epic win for us all.

Use Motorola Gallery (bundled with Motorola Camera), available in this forum or in the Moto G section.

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Use Motorola Gallery (bundled with Motorola Camera), available in this forum or in the Moto G section.
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Doesn't allow photo manipulation. (Moving, etc..)
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indianajonze said:
how the hell can you "select all" photos from this app? as it stands, if i take 50 photos, i need to go through one by one and select them to send them somewhere or move them? this is absurd.
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stop crying about this. did you even google for the gallery apk? it is in the nexus 6, in any aosp build. it works on the nexus 6 just fine. all you had to do is google for the apk and install it, instead of crying about it. btw, here is the gallery apk, just install it like any other app http://goo.gl/cfB8ak

+1 for quickpic here
Google Photos blows

simms22 said:
stop crying about this. did you even google for the gallery apk? it is in the nexus 6, in any aosp build. it works on the nexus 6 just fine. all you had to do is google for the apk and install it, instead of crying about it. btw, here is the gallery apk, just install it like any other app http://goo.gl/cfB8ak
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i mean i was complaining about the new stock app. you're suggesting something that's not the stock app. i did lots of googling and am well versed in the alternatives i've found and what was suggested here. does not change the fact that the stock app sucks. not really crying either. i find your hostility odd...
anyway, i've been using quickpic. it's pretty outstanding

Casting my phone or tablet photos in 2015

I used to use Google Plus all the time, but less in the past year. It seems like about once a year Google pushes an update that dramatically changes the interface, and all of a sudden I no longer know how to use the app anymore.
They removed the Photos feature from G+ a month or so ago, and I really didn't think much about it... Until today when I went to cast some photos I shot at an event earlier in the day.
No photos tab in Google Plus? OK. Ill do it from the Photos app. Except the Photos app can't cast! Wtf?
Seriously? Did they really do that? Am I being forced to install a second photos app just so I can cast my photos?
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"Pathetic" workaround https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromecast/8G7YDl-Fo1s;context-place=forum/chromecast. Go to the forums and complain. Of course, no mention of Google+ which isn't such a new app. On the other hand, I was impressed that screen casting worked in my limited testing.
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Good thread. Thanks.
I did make a post there. Weird not many people posting in the thread. Is it not that common to want to look at your photos on your big screen TV?
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