The lens is held by a ring which had 3 tabs
I just pushed one of the tabs hard and the ring came out leaving the lens free
...next step it to modify to increase the ipd.
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Hi,
I just thought I’d start a thread for hidden tips. As I’m sure there are many things people are not yet aware of that the phone can do.
Here’s mine for the HTC Album. When zooming in using an clockwise circle, the size of the circle drawn dictates the amount you zoom in. A large circle covering half the screen will only zoom a small amount to the area encompassed within the circle.
However, a small circle covering a tiny section of the screen will give you a far greater zoom into the section just circled.
Give it a go...
imranbashir_uk said:
Hi,
I just thought I’d start a thread for hidden tips. As I’m sure there are many things people are not yet aware of that the phone can do.
Here’s mine for the HTC Album. When zooming in using an clockwise circle, the size of the circle drawn dictates the amount you zoom in. A large circle covering half the screen will only zoom a small amount to the area encompassed within the circle.
However, a small circle covering a tiny section of the screen will give you a far greater zoom into the section just circled.
Give it a go...
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Have you seen this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=398265
No need for a new thread, sorry to say that.
Probably not a hidden featuere, but was new for me:
When the phone rings and you turn it around onto the display, it mutes the ring. Very useful in meetings to quickly turn off the phone.
SamLowrie111 said:
Probably not a hidden featuere, but was new for me:
When the phone rings and you turn it around onto the display, it mutes the ring. Very useful in meetings to quickly turn off the phone.
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LOL
In the weather tab, tap on the left and right side of the 'weather' text to cycle true all the weather pictures...
Not a big secret
Seems that the camera app has some sort of bug, in decent light the right (espectially towards the top) side of photos are completely blurred compared to the top, bottom and left edges. its not a hardware issue but software related, I tried Google Camera which helps a bit, but the one than completely sorts out the issue is an app called Open Camera, not the most modern of UI's and maybe a bit clunky but its sorts out the blurriness completely. So, if IQ is important use this app. I'm not sure Motorolla will ever sort this out (its evident on Lollipop and Marshmallow, but not sure if its on all models, I'm using the XT1097).
Take a landscape type shot of foliage (trees/garden etc) with all 3 apps then compare.
see these examples (crops from the top right corner at 100%) the left side crop is from Open Camera and the right side from the motorola camera app.
I tried to see which camera is which by covering them and the telephoto doesn't seem to be active.
Once in a while in zoomed mode it'll blink to my finger but it's usually using the regular camera. Is this normal or some algorithm?
wing_addict_usa said:
I tried to see which camera is which by covering them and the telephoto doesn't seem to be active.
Once in a while in zoomed mode it'll blink to my finger but it's usually using the regular camera. Is this normal or some algorithm?
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Zooming in doesn't activate the Telephoto Lens.
Open the Camera, along the right edge (vertical) or top edge (horizontal) there are 3 yellow icons with trees on them;
One seems close up -(telephoto lens button).
Middle one seems slightly farther away -(normal range shots).
One has a grouping of trees -(wide angle lens)
Pressing these activates the lens you want.
To test them all, along the right or bottom edge you'll see labels for Google Lens, Portrait, Triple Shot and AI CAM ... hit the Triple Shot and take a picture holding the camera still till all three lenses have taken a picture ... then check that picture and you'll see all three shots played out as a mini movie ... all three will be your validation that all lenses are working.
If that doesn't happen as outlined ... take the phone back to the store and exchange for one that's not broken.
If there isn't enough light, it won't use the telephoto lens. Instead it uses the main lens with a bigger aperture, and digital zoom to 2X. I hate that and would rather have direct control. Try the test in a bright environment.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre3 using Forums
I'm considering picking one of these up (refurb) and I've never had a phone with notch or with cameras in the screen area. Front camera has been in the bezel area right above the screen. It looks like the two front cameras on this device are essentially embedded into the screen. Does that mean there is less display areas for notification icons or does the device allow for two rows of notification icons + time/battery display up top?
jazee said:
I'm considering picking one of these up (refurb) and I've never had a phone with notch or with cameras in the screen area. Front camera has been in the bezel area right above the screen. It looks like the two front cameras on this device are essentially embedded into the screen. Does that mean there is less display areas for notification icons or does the device allow for two rows of notification icons + time/battery display up top?
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It may seen that it would be e problem, i've owned mine for about 4 months bow and its not an issue. The notification bar is thin but still very readable. If you want to customize the notification panel further for space, you'll be able to download (GoodLock and NiceLock depending on your region) to help with that.
S105G said:
It may seen that it would be e problem, i've owned mine for about 4 months bow and its not an issue. The notification bar is thin but still very readable. If you want to customize the notification panel further for space, you'll be able to download (GoodLock and NiceLock depending on your region) to help with that.
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I took a peak at the descriptions of those apps and screen shots and can GoodLock actually modify the top notification status bar on top? I didn't think any app could control the look of that? Those apps seems to have quite a bit of overlap with built-in functions of latest Android 10 + One UI 2.x ? Still might give them a whirl.
SO I've had my S10 5G for about a week now. Right away, I tried the virtual bezel setting that basically black out the top of the screen next to the cameras. I didn't like the look. On my LG V30 the camera was in the bezel and the bezel was very thin so the screen display still appeared to take up most of the glass. With this setting on the Samsung, it's too heavy handed, blacks out a little too much height off the top of the screen so it looks odd with a very tall black bezel on top.
So far, I don't think the reduced space has caused my notification icon bar up top to get overloaded. What I ended up doing though was selecting a wallpaper that the top right corner is dark or almost black. It effectively "hides the cameras" while utilizing the full screen. Of course with apps open that aren't black on top, you see the large camera cutout but it's not really that distracting/terrible looking.
I like that Samsung got a little smarter on the S20 and has a very small single camera cutout in the middle of the screen now. Looks MUCH better. But still, it's only looks. Some may prefer having the dual front cameras, which I think is a nice trade off to having the larger camera cutout on the side instead of the a small single camera in the middle.
Hi, my phone has a bigger punch hole than other phones I saw in YouTube, and only when I change the position of the phone from vertical to horizontal, the hole becomes small for a moment, but it returns to the same size as before. Even in the movie player, it is not small. I changed the region of the phone, but the hole did not change
Is there a way to make this hole look small everywhere?
Is it the same for you or not?
update: I want it to be like photo 2, but it is always like photo 1
SMMMiri said:
Hi, my phone has a bigger punch hole than other phones I saw in YouTube, and only when I change the position of the phone from vertical to horizontal, the hole becomes small for a moment, but it returns to the same size as before. Even in the movie player, it is not small. I changed the region of the phone, but the hole did not change
Is there a way to make this hole look small everywhere?
Is it the same for you or not?
update: I want it to be like photo 2, but it is always like photo 1
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Strange issue
I understood the solution
You have to go into the camera app, then change the mode from 4: 3 to full screen, then the hole will be small
change camera permissions and change it to use when the app is in use , change mode to full screen on camera settings and disable MIUI optimizations