I have been using Galaxy note 8 for more than one year on stock Rom, pictures were bright and clear, but I have observed that their quality is inferior while using custom Roms, tried many custom Roms but couldn't get stock results. Even Samsung Camera app doesn't perform so well on custom Roms compared to the stock firmware. Is it normal?
Its always like that. Samsung , like others, optimizes its software to work the best with its hardware - hence the quality in the pictures is better on stock roms. Although , you can use stock customizable roms like Exy or Deluxe Rom , which have stock camera apps.
Many will argue though , that gcam app is better in some scenes and when using HDR+ but..
drmilosh said:
Its always like that. Samsung , like others, optimizes its software to work the best with its hardware - hence the quality in the pictures is better on stock roms. Although , you can use stock customizable roms like Exy or Deluxe Rom , which have stock camera apps.
Many will argue though , that gcam app is better in some scenes and when using HDR+ but..
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That is correct as 3rd Party OS developers do not have access to the Camera Optimization Settings used by device OEMs on their devices.
While some 3rd party camera apps maybe able to replicate the visual quality of pics of the OEMs. They are not 100% the same results.
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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...
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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...
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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
I have a pretty simple question . How does camera performance differ from the normal touchwiz ROM apposed to an aosp ROM. I know there is some processing that is done on the os side when pictures are taken.
So basically is the camera worse on a aosp ROM compared to a touchwiz ROM
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I have a pretty simple question . How does camera performance differ from the normal touchwiz ROM apposed to an aosp ROM. I know there is some processing that is done on the os side when pictures are taken.
So basically is the camera worse on a aosp ROM compared to a touchwiz ROM
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As far quality, no but certain features like filters, camera modes, etc that's tied into samsung stock camera aren't present in AOSP.
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I have a pretty simple question . How does camera performance differ from the normal touchwiz ROM apposed to an aosp ROM. I know there is some processing that is done on the os side when pictures are taken.
So basically is the camera worse on a aosp ROM compared to a touchwiz ROM
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I've tested the camera on both FireKat (TouchWiz) and CM12 Remix ROMs and I can say I was pleased with both, BUT. CM12 does not really support other features, like in-camera filters and photo mods (animated picture, sound photo etc). What I also noticed, now, please correct me if I'm wrong, but CM12 does not support other camera apps other than Google Camera and the AOSP stock Camera (which are almost the same thing). Could have been a troubly version of the rom, but I could not get the FV-5 to work, nor the camera inside Facebook Messenger (for sending photos really quick).
Otherwise, the photos look pretty much the same if made with the default filter, but you can always use apps to edit them, I got like 6 of them. I can recommend Google Snapseed, it's free and powerful. Njoy!
Oh, yeah, you also lose the voice control for the camera (the "Shoot!" or "Cheese!" voice triggering). But, damn, man, CM12 is snappy as hell..
On one TW ROM the camera wasn't as good as stock. Not sure what the deal was. I'm using the app called better camera on the CMRemix ROM. It has the features like the stock camera. As far as quality it seems just as good.
Flashed resurrection remix and installed the Google camera app. I think it may not be as good as the Oneplus camera app. I'd like to install it if possible.
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Here is a link to the ported OOS camera app. I have used it with custom roms (7.1.1). It is not exactly identical to the stock camera but it is close. When it comes to quality, nothing beats the stock OOS cam on the stock rom/stock-based roms.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/themes/port-oxygenos-stock-camera-cm-t3451721
Shoot. Is it really that much better on stock OOS? I had the phone for a very short period of time before rooting and custom ROM.
Maybe I ought to go back. Most of the features in RR I'm not using. And a better camera is always more welcome.
Did you flash this dirty? Really need to reset?
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For nougat, you can simply install the apk files like any regular app. I am not a photography expert or anything. I am just a regular point-n-shoot guy but I feel that the camera in stock OOS is definitely better. If you don't want to be on stock then you can try FreedomOS. It is basically the stock rom but with more features and some customization.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/development/rom-freedomos-1-0-t3538726
I am using FreedomOS with ElementalX kernel and it gives great performance and battery life besides other benefits of stock.
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Shoot. Is it really that much better on stock OOS? I had the phone for a very short period of time before rooting and custom ROM.
Maybe I ought to go back. Most of the features in RR I'm not using. And a better camera is always more welcome.
Did you flash this dirty? Really need to reset?
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I think it's MILES better on stock versus something like CM/Lineage/RR. For one, the video cameras stutter a ton. You also lose 60fps video. The photos are honestly comparable, but the unusable video absolutely kills it. Furthermore, the camera works much better in 3rd party apps like Snapchat/Instagram. I don't really mind OxygenOS honestly. It's close enough to AOSP IMO, and once I got a blacked out Substratum theme on it, 99% of the UI is exactly how I had it on CM previously anyway.
Hello Community! Greetings from Bangladesh.
There has been lots of buzz regarding Oneplus 3 Camera. For a great device like One Plus 3, Camera performance is one of the thing that many users dont like. I meant to say, since the device uses a decent sensor, a well developed camera app could have boosted the camera performance more. To me the camera performance is not that bad, but still it could have been much better. We saw Dev like SultanXDA can do magic and can really push a device's full potential to the maximum.
I was hoping if someone could have drawn the attention of one plus developers to make the camera app a bit more rich. I mean OOS camera doesnt really have that many options. We have manual mode, but its not complete, there is some limitation. I m not talking about some fancy filters here. If we look at Camera option of Sultan's CM 13, it has way more customization option than Stock OOS. Since Oneplus has not yet been friendly regarding camera Blob's and stuffs it has become pretty tough for the developers to implement something for the custom roms. Its been long, but except for Sultan's CM 13 camera performance in other custom roms are yet pretty much disappointing. We have Stock OOS camera port for custom rom, but it has some limitations.
So what i m asking here is One Plus Dev team should focus on their camera app. For example- Nubia Devices a great camera app which can make use of the sensor pretty well. Similarly Lenovo SnapIt camera has lots of customization too.
I m welcoming discussion from user community here regarding this matter. Please comment about the features that you want to have in Stock OOS camera app. Thus we can let OOS dev team know about our demand.
Thanks.
Hey guys... So, I just installed the GSI of Bootleggers Rom... The rom is great, very smooth and snappy, much better than stock plus it has a lot of features. The only problem, and arguably the biggest one, is that the stock Camera App doesn't use the second camera so there's no Live Bokeh mode. Is there a way to install all the libs and stuff to get the app to work properly?
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Hey guys... So, I just installed the GSI of Bootleggers Rom... The rom is great, very smooth and snappy, much better than stock plus it has a lot of features. The only problem, and arguably the biggest one, is that the stock Camera App doesn't use the second camera so there's no Live Bokeh mode. Is there a way to install all the libs and stuff to get the app to work properly?
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I don't think we can. Without any Camera HAL source we can't do that. I think so. May be i am wrong