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Video exposure and focus lock?

Is this possible via the stock camera app at all or I need to look into Filmick (or other 3rd party apps) for such features? Auto focus and auto exposure adjusting constantly when shooting changing scenery/lighting can be a real PITA. Cheers

You can use the pro mode to focus manually and get a fix exposure.

gm007 said:
You can use the pro mode to focus manually and get a fix exposure.
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Aaargh... I had thought of that so I had looked in Pro mode but didn't see any relevant video settings (or so I thought). Now when someone tells you it's there it somehow extends your awareness and voila, there's a camera icon on the top right corner that, wow, switches to Pro mode for video
Thanks man!

Is this camera icon shows up when you are in the pro mode? Or where? I can't see it.

wojtas104 said:
Is this camera icon shows up when you are in the pro mode? Or where? I can't see it.
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haha, glad I was not the only one to whom it wasn't so evident!
Enter Pro mode, to the right you see the normal "Photo shoot" button, above it there is a camera icon, hit it and the button changes to "Rec" button and you are in Pro Video mode.

Haha, I found it, thanks man

mclisme said:
Aaargh... I had thought of that so I had looked in Pro mode but didn't see any relevant video settings (or so I thought). Now when someone tells you it's there it somehow extends your awareness and voila, there's a camera icon on the top right corner that, wow, switches to Pro mode for video
Thanks man!
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But how do I change the focus while shooting video? I can use a slider to focus but not during shooting.

moolash said:
But how do I change the focus while shooting video? I can use a slider to focus but not during shooting.
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Just tap on screen where you want focus
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krixoff said:
Just tap on screen where you want focus
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That one I know but I thought you can use the focus slider to have nice effects.

Hi! You can do that. open camera>Settings>Enable the object tracking option.

Trying to identify camera mode

When launching the camera app in LOS, there's a strange icon on the screen, I can neither recognize nor find its purpose. It's the third symbol from the right at the top of the screen. It looks like something inside a circle, surrounded by some stars. If tapped, a slider appears on the screen, with a setting from "low" to "high", but I simply can't find out what it does.
What is this slider and this camera mode supposed to do?

Provide a screenshot, please.

Here you are. It's the symbol in the middle, and it's blue, because it's active. The slider belongs to this symbol, when deactivating this mode, the slider disappears.

Still no ideas, anyone?

dvdram said:
Still no ideas, anyone?
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I just want night sight working on g cam for nexus 6 running on pixel dust PIE

dvdram said:
Here you are. It's the symbol in the middle, and it's blue, because it's active. The slider belongs to this symbol, when deactivating this mode, the slider disappears.
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This is probably the Beautification mode, for auto beautify peoples face in photos.

otaku_reyad said:
This is probably the Beautification mode, for auto beautify peoples face in photos.
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Thank you! That makes sense, but I will have to test it yet.

Full Screen Netflix?

Hi All,
on Netflix, the videos are cut to avoid the punch holes.
is there a wayto zoom in and see the videos full screen, like with the iPhone notch??

yes, in settings -> full screen apps

actupsp said:
yes, in settings -> full screen apps
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You rock. Can't believe I missed that. Thanks....

wide view mode trigger

https://blog.tmyt.jp/entry/2019/12/13/225204
This works on all apps
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.refy.android.g8x.widemode

This is seriously very impressive. Nice work, only issue is it breaks the navigation bar and won't come back regardless if changing between gestures or normal navbar. Only fix is a reboot.

It does crash frequently inside an app.

kalinskym said:
It does crash frequently inside an app.
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Could you provide some information of your device?
* Android Version
* ro.product.vendor.device
* Files inside `/system/framework`

tmyt said:
Could you provide some information of your device?
* Android Version
* ro.product.vendor.device
* Files inside `/system/framework`
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hi, are you the developer of this awesome wide mode enabler?
If so, is it possible to enable dual screen working when folded completely (360 deg) same as lg g8X. i guess screen turns off when the magnetic latch (hall sensor) detected.
Also, possible to turn on dualscreen, switch/swap between screens, through tasker integration? disabling on-screen buttons

shameemindia said:
hi, are you the developer of this awesome wide mode enabler?
If so, is it possible to enable dual screen working when folded completely (360 deg) same as lg g8X. i guess screen turns off when the magnetic latch (hall sensor) detected.
Also, possible to turn on dualscreen, switch/swap between screens, through tasker integration? disabling on-screen buttons
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Yes, thank you using!
- May not possibe to enable dual screen while 360 deg. Framework checks cover state internally, ignore power on message when cover fully opened.
- Turn On or Off dualscreen through tasker integration is possible.
- Switch or Swap screen can use only activities from same package if non privileged apps. Could not possible Switch/Swap from Tasker integration.

tmyt said:
Yes, thank you using!
- May not possibe to enable dual screen while 360 deg. Framework checks cover state internally, ignore power on message when cover fully opened.
- Turn On or Off dualscreen through tasker integration is possible.
- Switch or Swap screen can use only activities from same package if non privileged apps. Could not possible Switch/Swap from Tasker integration.
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Is it optimized for dual notch in wideview?

This app is wonderful! It works for my LG v50, but I have one problem, the wide mode screen is smaller than my phone's screen, leaving black borders. Is there any way to fix this?

Sorry I mean when it crashes in app its due to say keyboard opening, or clicking on a link. I don't think it's to do with the app, just which LG allows you to modify. Like, without root do you think its possible to have widemode on all time even when switching between apps or will we have to always open a widemode using the toggle. It be awesome if you could remap the activity to a button such as Google assistant button or include in floating menu LG has. Or swipes up from navigation bar.

harysviewty said:
Is it optimized for dual notch in wideview?
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What mean the 'optimized' that are you expecting?

tmyt said:
What mean the 'optimized' that are you expecting?
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The system is aware that there are two notch on each half of the top bar

Cpamazing said:
This app is wonderful! It works for my LG v50, but I have one problem, the wide mode screen is smaller than my phone's screen, leaving black borders. Is there any way to fix this?
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Half full half empty glass problem. At least you still got this update

Poor design

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Poor design
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That's not what I meant. The app itself doesn't fully fit either the dual screen or the main screen, it's smaller than both. It leaves borders around the bottom of the dual screen and the right of the main screen, as if the app is too small to fit the display. Perhaps Android 10 will fix some of these issues.

Does anyone have the APK for this? I'm wanting to try it on the Asus ROG Phone II second screen attachment just to see if it might work, and can't find the apk anywhere, or get it to download.

Gc13psj said:
Does anyone have the APK for this? I'm wanting to try it on the Asus ROG Phone II second screen attachment just to see if it might work, and can't find the apk anywhere, or get it to download.
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No you cannot. Asus uses different developer kit for twindock. LG & Asus apps aren't cross compatible to each other. Asus dual screen games also didn't work the same on LG
And this app uses LG's own implementation (which is very new, not yet published in public for developers)

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No you cannot. Asus uses different developer kit for twindock. LG & Asus apps aren't cross compatible to each other. Asus dual screen games also didn't work the same on LG
And this app uses LG's own implementation (which is very new, not yet published in public for developers)
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That completely makes sense, but a shame. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly

Doesnt work on v50 pie. Just crashes.

snaske65 said:
Doesnt work on v50 pie. Just crashes.
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I observed this problem from crash report, v50 pie has not API same as g8x.
I need system image of v50 pie to resolve this crash.

tmyt said:
I observed this problem from crash report, v50 pie has not API same as g8x.
I need system image of v50 pie to resolve this crash.
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Even newer updated v50 with wideview mode?

Question Rear display

In the leaked videos, the user was able to show the homescreen with icons on the rear display. Was that any early MIUI version option only?

In the current firmware, it's not possible... Laybe later?
Anyway, I don't see myself using an app on it, it's really small for that, + it'd require UI changes from the devs...

furious.builder said:
In the current firmware, it's not possible... Laybe later?
Anyway, I don't see myself using an app on it, it's really small for that, + it'd require UI changes from the devs...
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I would like to use it to answer with speaker or decline calls. Also use it for quick responses to text.

I have noticed I can skip songs on the Spotify playlist when it's playing by accidentally touching the rear display
( I haven't found anything useful to do with it yet tbh and I hope they improve the functionality of it )

Ohh nice! As of now it's pretty early, I'm sure they'll add those little things during updates

xreactx said:
In the leaked videos, the user was able to show the homescreen with icons on the rear display. Was that any early MIUI version option only?
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I haven't found any way to enable that home screen in rear panel but I haven't been trying either tbh
I don't think I'm getting the red notification light on the rear display either like it shows in the Xiaomi presentation vids but maybe I just need to enable it somehow
I usually don't set my phone's with the screen facing downwards on tables anyway so it's got limited usefulness to me anyway whether it works or not

speedtripler said:
I haven't found any way to enable that home screen in rear panel but I haven't been trying either tbh
I don't think I'm getting the red notification light on the rear display either like it shows in the Xiaomi presentation vids but maybe I just need to enable it somehow
I usually don't set my phone's with the screen facing downwards on tables anyway so it's got limited usefulness to me anyway whether it works or not
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The latest update to the 'Rear Display' app breaks the red notification indicator as far as I can tell.
But to enable it/change appearance
go to settings>special features>rear display.

dj_aj said:
The latest update to the 'Rear Display' app breaks the red notification indicator as far as I can tell.
But to enable it/change appearance
go to settings>special features>rear display.
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I'm on the EU 12.5.3 and I like it but I think I have no red light flashing on the back screen for notifications although it is enabled in the settings...
One of the issues is the rear screen can only stay on for 30 seconds max which maybe why people think the notification is not working properly ( because you would have to double tap to see it even if it is working properly)
And who likes to set their phone face down anyway? These screens are fragile and very expensive !

Honestly think they just had a screenshot of their home screen and made it the image I never actually seen anyone able to use the mini screen

Yeah they haven't ironed the kinks out pertaining to the rear display.
Out of the box, I had the red led indicator show up although it would be there even when I had no notifications.
I like it as a novelty feature but they really need to address the functionality bit.