Hello forum. I have a Sony Xperia Z3 compact now, and I have a few questions. (I use 4.4.4 kitkat, don't ask me why )) I have reasons.)
1. I updated camera extensions, such as "AR effect, Background Defocus" and they showed up among the apps. Their icons wasn't visible but after update, they appeared. How can I hide them again?
2. Is there any way of changing sound settings? For example when I used a dumb phone not a smart one, If I used it in silent mode, it wouldn't play any sounds loudly, it asked at first, like "the phone is in the silent mode, would you like to play sounds?" but Z3 compact doesn't ask such a question, which is really bad.
3. What are the optimal camera settings for manual mode? I was excited because it is 20.1 MP but my canon 8MP camera takes photos twice better.
4. Is it possible to change fonts?
5. Is is possible to get root access by flashing rooted firmware?
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Hi guys, my camera always opens in superior auto mode (which is reallllly horrible) and I have to manually set it to manual every time... Is there any way to set default? Also is there any way to access the various scene modes in 20mpixel mode? I'm on the 257 firmware
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codral said:
Hi guys, my camera always opens in superior auto mode (which is reallllly horrible) and I have to manually set it to manual every time... Is there any way to set default? Also is there any way to access the various scene modes in 20mpixel mode? I'm on the 257 firmware
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Nope, if you launch the camera from the apps (or icon on home screen) it'll start in manual mode and that's it (and no, there's no way around it yet, and no nobody knows if sony will add it in future firmwares)
Darn, I was really liking the hard camera button on the side because you could actually use it as a point and shoot camera, quickly... Guess I'll hope for a custom rom or an app which allows for some customisation of this... Or a fix for superior auto, yech.
Hey XDA lovers!
There's this minor annoyance that I'm facing. And with minor, I mean a First-World-Problem BIG annoyance.
You see, I never use the Superior Auto mode of the Xperia Z1. Instead I love shooting at Manual mode with ISO around 50 to 200. Superior Auto always cranks the ISO up to infinity, it seems. The fastest way for me to get to Manual Mode now, is through a shortcut I placed on my homescreen. So to shoot, I have to unlock the device, possibly press the home button, wait and click on the shortcut. The other option is to use the camera quick launch, press the button in the lower right corner before it freezes (happens too often) and then click Manual. Both are equally tiring, considering you can already launch the camera with one press of the shutter button!
So I'm asking the experienced modders on XDA: is there a way to redirect the quick launch shortcut to open the Manual Mode of the camera? Obviously this should require root, which isn't a problem. Is this idea even possible?
Thanks in advance for thinking with me! :cyclops:
(and while we're at it, is it even possible to place the ISO setting in the hotbar so it's just one click away instead of having to dig through the menu? Hmm, I suppose not)
I haven't found a way to do this yet. Manual mode possibly can't be launched with quick launch, but the 8MP can be modified to 15MP or 20MP in Superior Auto mode, with Xposed module called "20MP Superior Auto". In Xposed Installer, go to Downloads, and search this module. But to make it work, you have to enable it in Xposed Installer, select an appropriate option in "20MP Superior Auto" , and after restart, you have to check and uncheck an option in the superior auto setting (any option), and then the mod will work! I've got Xperia Z1C and it works, I tested (even with the 4k and 120FPS also).
Hope it helps !
Hi,
I have the Z3 compact a while now and I have already rooted the phone (unlocked bootloader) and have flashed the rEctifY Rom.
Everything is fine, but I hate the “local adaptive contrast” function while I'm surfing. On many sites, which are not white, the screen becomes little darker in chrome when the adressbar disappears.
When I scroll up and the adressbar is shown, the screen becomes brighter immediately.
I already tried to uninstall many many things like "screen optimization 1.0" and so on. Nothing work. I think, it is a kernel thing.
You can see it on a site like "derstandard.at/web". Just scroll up and down to push the adressbar away and back. It is like the dynamic contrast function from my monitor. But I can turn off it there.
This function is also described here (I cannot post links):
Please use "tinyurl dot com" with this: "p34zuuc"
"A new “local adaptive contrast” algorithm has been introduced to the Xperia Z3."
Maybe somebody can help. And sorry for my bad english
Solution
I found a solution finally!
This problem is not present, when you flash Cyanogenmod 12.
The sound quality is also better now.
I looked for an another phone already. Now I can keep my Z3C
Just wanted you to know
Can someone mod the camera apk to include an auto mode for super slow-mo,similar to the S9's implementation,or is it impossible
EDIT: Decided to inc a video showing what I mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MvkBcpl3R4
don't know if it can be modded, but I think with Sony we are far away from such things with our camera. updated to pie and you cannot even change the photo quality.
I opened tickets on the realme website but I'd like to give an overview here as well:
Problems I encountered (EU version):
1. Settings reset
I often notice the camera taking videos with 30fps only. When I adjust the settings to 60fps, after a while it seems to revert back to 30
Developer settings, e.g. turning off the transition animations also reset (without rebooting the device!) after about a day
At last, the dark mode under 'realme labs' also reverts back after a short while. That's so frustrating!
2. Cloned apps
When using the app Cloner, the cloned app doesn't show up under different launchers, e.g. lawnchair
3. Apps in background / RAM
I have 12GB of RAM, it should be more than enough to hold most of the apps I'm using... However, when switching apps it happens far too often that my apps restart from scratch. Is there no intelligent background app management for people with lots of RAM?
4. Dual WiFi mode
Seems to be available on the CN rom only? No option for me under settings / WiFi
5. Screen recorder
The build in screen recorder doesn't capture software audio
6. Turning the phone, eg. Horizontal mode is often not recognized
Did other people here encounter these problems as well? Did you find a solution?
SonnyBF said:
I opened tickets on the realme website but I'd like to give an overview here as well:
Problems I encountered (EU version):
1. Settings reset
I often notice the camera taking videos with 30fps only. When I adjust the settings to 60fps, after a while it seems to revert back to 30
Developer settings, e.g. turning off the transition animations also reset (without rebooting the device!) after about a day
At last, the dark mode under 'realme labs' also reverts back after a short while. That's so frustrating!
2. Cloned apps
When using the app Cloner, the cloned app doesn't show up under different launchers, e.g. lawnchair
3. Apps in background / RAM
I have 12GB of RAM, it should be more than enough to hold most of the apps I'm using... However, when switching apps it happens far too often that my apps restart from scratch. Is there no intelligent background app management for people with lots of RAM?
4. Dual WiFi mode
Seems to be available on the CN rom only? No option for me under settings / WiFi
5. Screen recorder
The build in screen recorder doesn't capture software audio
6. Turning the phone, eg. Horizontal mode is often not recognized
Did other people here encounter these problems as well? Did you find a solution?
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1. Same with the camera, I noticed that it resets after a while, I set 4K/60 and i come back later on 1080p/30. Hope this bug will be fixed with the next realmeOS.
Haven't tried changing animation speed, but other developer options as debugging and forced resize stay selected for me. Dark mode too, have it enabled since day 1 and it never deactivated, there may be some problems with your rom.
2. Haven't used cloned apps, if that's the case it's a bug they need to fix
3. It depends on the apps, I agree that having more ram available it should keep as much as it can in memory, but it's a common thing in Chinese ROMs that they'll close out heavy apps. I still don't think of this as too much of a problem, if you really need some apps open you can simply "lock" them in multitasking.
4. Yup, no dual WiFi for me on EU device, guess we are cut out.
5. It's one of the feature coming in RealmeOS along with recording with front camera during screen recording.
6. Never had any rotation problem
For sound at screen recorder go settings->system apps (only option from microphone though)