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guyz when i take photos with my sp 8 MP the photos looks like minus 8 MP not 8
reallly we should do something about this we have paid for 8 mp camera not a potato camera !!
pm: i used pro capture and many other applications but the shots arenot even near to any samsung 8 mp phone while the video recording isnot that bad
Known issue. Some say hardware some say software. I believe that this is a software matter. You need to turn off superior and go to normal. I also installed the stock ICS app (search XDA or go to Google Play).
For me the main issue is yellow inside the picture when i take one at night with flash on.. But like i said i believe this is a software issue
if its a software problem then its a disaster and if its a hardware problem then its a ****en disaster .. how come
yea btw i noticed that yellow dominance on the photo but u can solve it using procapture but the over all quality still sux
Well it is not a disaster since a software bug can be patched and a hardware bug needs to be replaced or fixed by a service centre
Outdoor pictures seems ok for me if I am not using the superior auto mode. However yellowish pictures during the night sucks. Seems like the white balance in the software is messed up. Just change the white balance mode to incandescent during night.
Well day time shots look fairly nice in my opinion. During the indoor,moderate light and low light conditions there is a lot of noise and video is exceptionally bad. Im not really sure as to what the problem is, the Sony Exmor sensor is supposed to be really good tech, so im hoping its a software bug. Or it could be that the mobile version of the exmor sensor used in the XSP just isint a good lowlight performer. Your guess is as good as mine
Btw if you guys are rooted with CWM then i suggest u take a look at this mod.After flashing this my camera performed slightly better.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2435374
I think it'll be hardware tbh, surely If it was software somebody would've created a fix?
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I think it'll be hardware tbh, surely If it was software somebody would've created a fix?
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ye u r 90% correct as if it would have been software sm1 or other would hav fixed it
but till date bo1
so its clear that its pathetic camera hardware from sony
sanket_naik08 said:
ye u r 90% correct as if it would have been software sm1 or other would hav fixed it
but till date bo1
so its clear that its pathetic camera hardware from sony
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It's not easy to make a fix for camera ! It would probably need rewriting of some libraries and require a lot of skills. It's not very likely that we have someone who can do that in or XSP community. Plus the camera libraries are probably not open source so it will be even more difficult.
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It's not easy to make a fix for camera ! It would probably need rewriting of some libraries and require a lot of skills. It's not very likely that we have someone who can do that in or XSP community. Plus the camera libraries are probably not open source so it will be even more difficult.
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I agree, we cant be quick to blame the hardware. Camera libs are sony's proprietary software so i dont think theres much we can do atm(hack ,modify etc). In time im sure sony will release a fix, quite possibly in the upcoming 4.3 update.
Cheers
Still dont believe its a software issue.
What makes everybody think Sony will solve it via update?
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Still dont believe its a software issue.
What makes everybody think Sony will solve it via update?
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I never said Sony will fix it. I said it is complicated to fix. Hopefully Sony or another developer will do it but it is not very likely. We shouldn't stop to hope anyway!
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CM camera works way faster than Sony's.
(I'm running an unreleased,non official CM10.1 on my C5303)
I know, there are always problems with the cam in 4.4.2 - unfortunely.
But meanwhile I need a full working cam, so which custom-roms are highly recommend?
Thanx in advance.
PS: I'm well aware that I have to install a version lower than 4.4.2
I have 6 different cameras that work great on rooted 4.4.2 but it is still locked AT&T I-537 so not a complete custom ROM
Including: Stock Android camera, S4 GPe camera, Cymera, Focal and Google Camera. All are free. What doesn't work on yours?
Often the pictures are very overexposed. I can see it in the cam-modus. If I restart the camapp, it is normal exposed.
rumms said:
I know, there are always problems with the cam in 4.4.2 - unfortunely.
But meanwhile I need a full working cam, so which custom-roms are highly recommend?
Thanx in advance.
PS: I'm well aware that I have to install a version lower than 4.4.2
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Would be glad to hear answer to this. Or is it just that every custom ROM (4.4.2) has this problem?
I'm really waiting forward to have KitKat in my S4 Active (nordic countries), as now I can't use for example Polar's sport applications with my official 4.2.*
You can't expect too much from this camera. It will do decent pics, but not more. Which is just fine by my standards.
Stock 4.2.2 camera works best overall, both with photos and videos. For other ROMs (4.3 and 4.4), photos are ok, but the video side has always been poor, regardless of the app or ROM used. Especially the sound volume, which is way too low, really frustrating.
Maybe things will improve with official 4.4.2 and hopefully ROM developers will manage to catch up with Touchwiz when it comes to the camera.
It shouldn't be long now.
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You can't expect too much from this camera. It will do decent pics, but not more. Which is just fine by my standards.
Stock 4.2.2 camera works best overall, both with photos and videos. For other ROMs (4.3 and 4.4), photos are ok, but the video side has always been poor, regardless of the app or ROM used. Especially the sound volume, which is way too low, really frustrating.
Maybe things will improve with official 4.4.2 and hopefully ROM developers will manage to catch up with Touchwiz when it comes to the camera.
It shouldn't be long now.
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I'm now testing unofficial CM11 for SGS4A. I agree - doing decent pics would be just fine, IF camera wouldn't freeze after changing the settings Well, waiting...
koutsa said:
I'm now testing unofficial CM11 for SGS4A. I agree - doing decent pics would be just fine, IF camera wouldn't freeze after changing the settings Well, waiting...
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I use @spegelius's CM11 build from 03.05 and it's all I need. The only freeze/crash events occur when trying to shoot the first pic after switching to and from HDR. After that it works smooth, although HDR is not really important to me. The other thing is the first film you try to record when switching from 1080p to 720p, which comes out unviewable. I couldn't find any other flaw with the rest of the functions.
The 03.05 is the build you need, if you don't use it already.
The downlink is right here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzJzDM42pkRvdDR0ZE00UERGU1E&usp=sharing
hi , i have android 4.3 on my Sony V and the only problem is the drain battery fast and i think it`s a problem that never solved by rom
anyway , i see on many site that different versions of 4.4 kitkat comes for Sony V and it`s a good news that i can have last the android version on my phone
but if you upgrade to this do you see any specific option or optimization on this rom ? i mean is there any real benefits to take a time and risk for upgrade ?
something like optimize core or less space or more free ram ??
and there are different versions of 4.4 Rom for Sony V , like AOKP or cyanogenmod and ...
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=tsubasa
which one is better and have less bugs ?
is this a right time for update or it`s soon and i must wait for fixing android 4.4 bugs ?
Arioman said:
hi , i have android 4.3 on my Sony V and the only problem is the drain battery fast and i think it`s a problem that never solved by rom
anyway , i see on many site that different versions of 4.4 kitkat comes for Sony V and it`s a good news that i can have last the android version on my phone
but if you upgrade to this do you see any specific option or optimization on this rom ? i mean is there any real benefits to take a time and risk for upgrade ?
something like optimize core or less space or more free ram ??
and there are different versions of 4.4 Rom for Sony V , like AOKP or cyanogenmod and ...
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=tsubasa
which one is better and have less bugs ?
is this a right time for update or it`s soon and i must wait for fixing android 4.4 bugs ?
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Well...any custom kk rom will perform like 5 times faster than any stock version of rom for our device, but the battery life and camera quality will be worse. You won't have multitasking problems and apps closing in background like on stock roms but you might get reboots or some other problems with most of the roms. I decided to go back to stock 4.1.2 because the battery on our phone sucks so I'd rather get an hour of screen on time more than better performance. So it's up to you to try out and decide what you prefer.
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well thanks for share your experience my friend
i think i choose speed and performance of android Vs battery and Camera
cause now with a clash of clans and some app like line , whatsup , viber my phone is really slow
but still there is one Question : which Kitkat for Sony V have better performance and less bugs ? anyone test them ?
Arioman said:
well thanks for share your experience my friend
i think i choose speed and performance of android Vs battery and Camera
cause now with a clash of clans and some app like line , whatsup , viber my phone is really slow
but still there is one Question : which Kitkat for Sony V have better performance and less bugs ? anyone test them ?
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Most of them are pretty much the same, some just offer more features than others basically. Unofficial LiquidSmooth Rom worked best for me and was most stable but most people prefer Carbon or NeoWave. You just have to read through the topics to see what other people are saying or try them out yourself. I just wish I had done a backup before unlocking bootloader and flashing the first custom rom because now I don't have those DRM keys and my camera quality sucks even though I'm on stock 4.1.2 now. I know that Xperia Z's camera gets f***d up after unlocking bootloader but it seems it affected my Xperia V too. :S
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Most of them are pretty much the same, some just offer more features than others basically. Unofficial LiquidSmooth Rom worked best for me and was most stable but most people prefer Carbon or NeoWave. You just have to read through the topics to see what other people are saying or try them out yourself. I just wish I had done a backup before unlocking bootloader and flashing the first custom rom because now I don't have those DRM keys and my camera quality sucks even though I'm on stock 4.1.2 now. I know that Xperia Z's camera gets f***d up after unlocking bootloader but it seems it affected my Xperia V too. :S
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thanks , but it sounds weird !!
is unlocking bootloader affect on quality of camera ??! why these two different options must related together ?
even with third party camera recording apps ?
Arioman said:
thanks , but it sounds weird !!
is unlocking bootloader affect on quality of camera ??! why these two different options must related together ?
even with third party camera recording apps ?
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It might be just my imagination xD Maybe the camera is normal but seems bad to me at the moment, I haven't really tried it outdoors yet. I attached some pics here and you tell me if it's normal (like on your phone) or bad.
Btw...does your camera keep focusing even when you're not holding the capture button? Because mine does and I don't remember if it did before
I couldn't attach 4 pictures in one post so I divided it in two
Well your pics seems nice to me if take by Sony V
anyway now you mentioned i remember that one time i take a photo with my Huawei G650 dad phone and the quality of this pics is very better than my Sony V 12 Mega Pixel
after that i leave my phone camera and use small Digital camera at all .
i have always different phone of Sony , and the quality of Camera never satisfied me , they just give them more Mega pixel or resolution but the quality of picture never be like a real camera
only thing i love is FUll HD video recording that have a nice quality
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Well your pics seems nice to me if take by Sony V
anyway now you mentioned i remember that one time i take a photo with my Huawei G650 dad phone and the quality of this pics is very better than my Sony V 12 Mega Pixel
after that i leave my phone camera and use small Digital camera at all .
i have always different phone of Sony , and the quality of Camera never satisfied me , they just give them more Mega pixel or resolution but the quality of picture never be like a real camera
only thing i love is FUll HD video recording that have a nice quality
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And what about that auto focusing all the time? Does it happen on your device too (when you're not holding the shutter button)?
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And what about that auto focusing all the time? Does it happen on your device too (when you're not holding the shutter button)?
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well i have a bad feeling about auto focusing too , yes it happened sometimes and also focus on wrong object or area , at end i decide to use camera of phone only when i don't have my digital camera with myself and i don't use it for a long time
Edit 1:So as the tittle said, i was thinking of reverting back to 4.4...When i bought the phone , it was already on 5.0.2 and now i'm on 6.0.1 (.291 version)...As far as i'm concerned, no improvements have been done on camera from 5.0.2 to 6.0.1 (also, I face a bug and the last 1-2 seconds of the videos i record are frozen, and no, it's not my sd card's problem as i tried storing at my phone's storage)
The question is: Is stock camera on 4.4 better than 6.0.1?
Edit2 : I flashed 4.4 on my phone. Yes, the bug is real on 6.0.1...camera on 4.4 is almost 2 or 3 times better than 6.0.1.
Auto focus on 4.4 camera while video recording is just amazing guys...
Edit3: Flashed 6.0.1 again. The bug i described on Edit 1 dissapeared(!)
As for the video recording, on 4.4 autofocus worked automatically and really, really fast! When I'm on 6.0.1 I MUST use the camera button so as to make it work fast just like 4.4 did automatically. Hope this helps other users!
Yes 4.4 is absolutely better. I wrote thread in general section, my reasons why 4.4 is better.
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Yes 4.4 is absolutely better! In every aspects.
i switched back also...loving this phone again...everything works 10x better... i'm on .77 build of kitkat ..the final one i believe
duke_dreadmoore said:
Yes 4.4 is absolutely better. I wrote thread in general section, my reasons why 4.4 is better.
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Yes 4.4 is absolutely better! In every aspects.
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Camera and video shooting at 4.4 was 10 times better than on 6.0.1. BUT i detected certain bugs (snapchat lagging, i guess it's not well optimized for 'old' android versions)
But video shooting is REALLY bad at 6.0.1 guys...is there any way to use 4.4 camera app on 6.0.1? Autofocus needs almost 15 seconds to change focus and i still haven't found how to touch focus on Sony devices while video shooting! I would really appreciate some help on these things!
Fictional Reality said:
i switched back also...loving this phone again...everything works 10x better... i'm on .77 build of kitkat ..the final one i believe
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Sound on speakers is better at 6.0.1 but i think sound at headphones work better on 4.4....
I'm so confused....if only i could use Sony's 4.4 Camera app on 6.0.1! That would be great!
Can someone post a link to flashable zip with root and recovery of .77 build?
There is 1 link on the forum but from MEGA and I can't fully download it :/ Some others mirrors maybe?
kwstas 13 said:
Camera and video shooting at 4.4 was 10 times better than on 6.0.1. BUT i detected certain bugs (snapchat lagging, i guess it's not well optimized for 'old' android versions)
But video shooting is REALLY bad at 6.0.1 guys...is there any way to use 4.4 camera app on 6.0.1? Autofocus needs almost 15 seconds to change focus and i still haven't found how to touch focus on Sony devices while video shooting! I would really appreciate some help on these things!
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Ever heard of Cyberian camera? I am on latest 6.0.1 and have flashed that camera mod, and I can tell you pictures and video are a blast,
low light photography at its best, and also hdr for 4k, and lots of improvements, you just need root and latest version of sony rom (.291)
Here is link to mentioned mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony-themes-apps/mod-cyberian-camera-t3267271
HANNNI said:
Can someone post a link to flashable zip with root and recovery of .77 build?
There is 1 link on the forum but from MEGA and I can't fully download it :/ Some others mirrors maybe?
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You'll need to ftf back to 4.4 if you are on 5.1 or 6.1....then you can flash recovery and then flash whatever you want...use flashtool to ftf back to stock on 4.4
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Ever heard of Cyberian camera? I am on latest 6.0.1 and have flashed that camera mod, and I can tell you pictures and video are a blast,
low light photography at its best, and also hdr for 4k, and lots of improvements, you just need root and latest version of sony rom (.291)
Here is link to mentioned mod: http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony-themes-apps/mod-cyberian-camera-t3267271
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Ahh damn! I just flashed 4.4 again... Again 10 times better photos and 5x faster autofocus on video than 6.0.1!
Thanks for your time lad!
Edit: Is 120fps REAL?! I'd really want to see a video from you and one photo outdoors late night without lights if possible! If that is easy for you then I'd be really happy!
kwstas 13 said:
Ahh damn! I just flashed 4.4 again... Again 10 times better photos and 5x faster autofocus on video than 6.0.1!
Thanks for your time lad!
Edit: Is 120fps REAL?! I'd really want to see a video from you and one photo outdoors late night without lights if possible! If that is easy for you then I'd be really happy!
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Here, i have 1 120fps video and 1 pitch dark garden photo, and last 1 late night room picture: https://1drv.ms/a/s!AmQ4iMj5YT9k7Qs9-0-l130qDys3
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Here, i have 1 120fps video and 1 pitch dark garden photo, and last 1 late night room picture: https://1drv.ms/a/s!AmQ4iMj5YT9k7Qs9-0-l130qDys3
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Pretty cool photo for low light! The video quality on 120fps ain't that good i think, do you? It's the same quality like timeshift video!
Thanks for your time once again.
kwstas 13 said:
Pretty cool photo for low light! The video quality on 120fps ain't that good i think, do you? It's the same quality like timeshift video!
Thanks for your time once again.
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my bad, that was timeshift video from before cyberian
you need to count in that this is reduced quality due to automatic downgrade when uploading to onedrive
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my bad, that was timeshift video from before cyberian
you need to count in that this is reduced quality due to automatic downgrade when uploading to onedrive
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Sure, the photos were still very good...But i feel like i've started loving 4.4. Music on headphones is reallt,really better!
kwstas 13 said:
Sure, the photos were still very good...But i feel like i've started loving 4.4. Music on headphones is reallt,really better!
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I am using this for sound: http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...dmod-project-desire-feel-dream-sound-t3130504
Makes it sound million times better.
Do you perhaps have rooted version of 4.4? After all your talk I am eager to try it out
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I am using this for sound: http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...dmod-project-desire-feel-dream-sound-t3130504
Makes it sound million times better.
Do you perhaps have rooted version of 4.4? After all your talk I am eager to try it out
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I haven't rooted 4.4, i don't like rooting and experimenting wirh it since everything rolls just perfect.You should really give a try, specially for the camera... Video recording focuses 10 times (for real 10 times) faster than 6.0.1 (both stock unrooted without mods), and camera quality is really better!
Also, booting takes about 18 seconds only on 4.4...
If you're using Snapchat, it will lag ( i'm not using heavily, only once a day, so it's not a problem for me), but i'm not using Facebook so I don't know whether it lags or not, but i guess it will work flawlessly. Be sure to keep a nandroid backup before checking 4.4 out!
Let me know if you have any other questions I can answer before you jump on 4.4.
For me the best ROM has been the Concept ROM. It has built-in Doze, nearly as stock as AOSP, battery life is great and it is really stable, fast. Less apps, better ROM. KitKat is great in performance but as it doesn't have Doze, it gives me less battery life cause I don't like to use Stamina mode whatsoever. I love KitKat too, but I hate KitKat's notification panel and settings icons. Concept provides you the most modern looking and one of the most stable and lightweight ROMs out there. As for the camera I use Cyberian Camera, despite it is not optimized for Concept, it is stable and better than the stock. Concept uses stock framework (same as 6.0.1) and haven't had any issues with it, also low-light processing is great!
TL; DR : Try Concept too!
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For me the best ROM has been the Concept ROM. It has built-in Doze, nearly as stock as AOSP, battery life is great and it is really stable, fast. Less apps, better ROM. KitKat is great in performance but as it doesn't have Doze, it gives me less battery life cause I don't like to use Stamina mode whatsoever. I love KitKat too, but I hate KitKat's notification panel and settings icons. Concept provides you the most modern looking and one of the most stable and lightweight ROMs out there. As for the camera I use Cyberian Camera, despite it is not optimized for Concept, it is stable and better than the stock. Concept uses stock framework (same as 6.0.1) and haven't had any issues with it, also low-light processing is great!
TL; DR : Try Concept too!
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I would, but like I said i don't like to root and install recovery, since i'm still on warranty (will be until December 2017) and since stock roms work perfect for me (except video recording on 6.0.1. .291). Thanks for your reply though.
Edit: I just saw that this ROM does need only ftf file, is this rom the one you're talking about? ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/sonys-android-concept-marshmallow-t3229536)
kwstas 13 said:
I would, but like I said i don't like to root and install recovery, since i'm still on warranty (will be until December 2017) and since stock roms work perfect for me (except video recording on 6.0.1. .291). Thanks for your reply though.
Edit: I just saw that this ROM does need only ftf file, is this rom the one you're talking about? ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/sonys-android-concept-marshmallow-t3229536)
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Yes, it is the one I'm talking about! You can find the latest (still you'll need to update it) FTF here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/list-stock-firmwares-d5803-d5833-t2906706
You'll need to update it a lot if you download from the link you added.
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Yes, it is the one I'm talking about! You can find the latest (still you'll need to update it) FTF here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/list-stock-firmwares-d5803-d5833-t2906706
You'll need to update it a lot if you download from the link you added.
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Update it OTA?
kwstas 13 said:
I haven't rooted 4.4, i don't like rooting and experimenting wirh it since everything rolls just perfect.You should really give a try, specially for the camera... Video recording focuses 10 times (for real 10 times) faster than 6.0.1 (both stock unrooted without mods), and camera quality is really better!
Also, booting takes about 18 seconds only on 4.4...
If you're using Snapchat, it will lag ( i'm not using heavily, only once a day, so it's not a problem for me), but i'm not using Facebook so I don't know whether it lags or not, but i guess it will work flawlessly. Be sure to keep a nandroid backup before checking 4.4 out!
Let me know if you have any other questions I can answer before you jump on 4.4.
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I tried 4.4, for the first two days i was clean as it gets, but the battery lasted only 3.5h of sot, camera on the other hand was just okej, colours were a bit washed out (comparing to cyberian on MM), and view finder was laggy (cyberian has smooth viewfinder-best thing for me). I also tried video recording, and it was also not that special, focusing speed was the same as it was on cyberian. So after rooting and finally deleting all the bloatware (can't stand it) I realized 4.4 was not for me. So I restored my latest backup of MM and I can tell you I'm glad i tried 4.4 because it made me appreciate MM and my cyberian camera. Btw I am on MxRom fyi.
Just wanted to say this, enjoy and cheers
Guys i am from india and bought this few days back
Its snappy nice body built but camera quality is bad
Is there another app thay i can use instead of stock camera or are there particular settings in camera app like auto exposure or contrast or sharpness thati should change plz do tell
No root just wanna improve picture quality of camera here
Is it possible?
It's only you, this device's camera is the best at this price tag... Try to flash latest fastboot image again, maybe it solves your problem
"Camera quality is bad" ??
I'd suggest looking at the many various reviews of this device. Almost all of them rave about the camera and have sample pictures (which are outstanding).
What makes you think the quality is bad?
The camera of this phone is the one thing that is far better than the price. Must be something wrong with your unit. The quality is good. Very good.
I'm not satisfied with stock camera also, try this two camera apps.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/themes/asus-pixelmaster-camera-nokia-camera-t3852650
sharingan said:
Guys i am from india and bought this few days back
Its snappy nice body built but camera quality is bad
Is there another app thay i can use instead of stock camera or are there particular settings in camera app like auto exposure or contrast or sharpness thati should change plz do tell
No root just wanna improve picture quality of camera here
Is it possible?
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I think you can use gcam mod for mi a2, try it and tell us.
aexlez said:
I think you can use gcam mod for mi a2, try it and tell us.
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That requires root ?
sharingan said:
That requires root ?
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I don't know because I don't use it.
balazs312 said:
It's only you, this device's camera is the best at this price tag... Try to flash latest fastboot image again, maybe it solves your problem
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Do yu use 6gb variant and it not what are all yr camera setting in stock app ( like contrast sharpness and all )