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I found this on a French site, by changing the registry you get an extra camera mode that adds current position in the EXIF part of the file!
You need to edit the key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\P9 change from 0 to 1 (P9 is the Geocoding profile).
No need to soft reset, just go into the camera and set to Geocode mode (see capture)
The files get stored in My Documents/POI (maybe so they appear in Tom Tom?).
Anybody know of cool ways to use this feature? Flickr? Googlemaps?
Sorry if this has been covered already!
Oh hell yes.....
Madhadder said:
Oh hell yes.....
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You mean it HAS been covered? could not find anything thru search....
I could never get it to work, it says the GPS is searching, but when I look at the photos I cant find any GPS coordinate data.
Anyone else actually try it?
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I think Madhadder meant "oh hell yes I can't believe its so easy to add this feature you just made my week".
I'd like to say:
Oh hell yes!
GuardianZX9 said:
I could never get it to work, it says the GPS is searching, but when I look at the photos I cant find any GPS coordinate data.
Anyone else actually try it?
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I think the data is included in the file itself in a special zone that holds info on model of camera etc.
There are some applications that "place" the pictures on maps, I do not know much about this but want to find out! The ideal would be to place them on googlemaps...
techntrek said:
I think Madhadder meant "oh hell yes I can't believe its so easy to add this feature you just made my week".
I'd like to say:
Oh hell yes!
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Good but as much as I would love to take credit for this find, it is in fact from this site : http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=85924&whichpage=3#641517
8th post down.
edeplano said:
I found this on a French site, by changing the registry you get an extra camera mode that adds current position in the EXIF part of the file!
You need to edit the key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera\P9 change from 0 to 1 (P9 is the Geocoding profile).
No need to soft reset, just go into the camera and set to Geocode mode (see capture)
The files get stored in My Documents/POI (maybe so they appear in Tom Tom?).
Anybody know of cool ways to use this feature? Flickr? Googlemaps?
Sorry if this has been covered already!
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there are so many line items under that folder. Could you be more specific?
thanks..
I assume that the GPS must be turned on to give the correct position prior to taking the picture, am I right?
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ahmadfarid said:
there are so many line items under that folder. Could you be more specific?
thanks..
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P1-P9 are profiles for different camera modes. You'll notice that the "Enable" key is 0 in Profile 9. Change it to 1 and you should be good.
Also found this info on GPS passion, and was going to share, but never found the time....
I did the hack on my Ameo last weekend, and played around with it a little. It is ofcourse quite an amazing feature, and it does impress people that sees it, but given the quality of the camera in the Ameo, I'm not sure how usefull it will turn out to be, I would be a little embarassed to upload any Ameopics to Google at least.
Here is what I've found out sofar, if someone finds that useful.
When you start Camera, you get a new option when you choose your Photomode, called GPS. - This starts up the GPS automatically, and once it gets a fix you are ready to shoot.
The pics you then take are stored in /my documents/my Poi - which is created.
These pics will then have the GPS position included in the Exif data.
Haven't yet found a PPC software that is capable of reading these data, but if you read them with your ordinary pc, you can input them into google Maps (on PPC for instance) and it will take you there.
Picassa will read the data, and you can input them manually into your mapsoftware (the format is: xx yy' zz'' aa bb' cc'') but I would recommend "Panorado Flyer 1.2" which is a great free and small application. It gives you some new options in the context menu, so you just right-click your Gpspicture and choose "show location in Google Maps" - and it opens up Google Earth and takes you there.
There was some discussion on the precission of the GPS Data, actually on this very site I'm pretty sure, maybe the kaiser section(?) , someone noticed the last 2 decimals recorded for latitude and longitude allways were the same, so the precision was less than 100 meters, but the good news is this is not the case with our Athenas, they are very accurate!
I don't think I'm allowed to distribute Panorado Flyer here, but here is the link for you to download it yourself.
Hopefully someone will make a similar app. for PPC, which would make this feature so much more useful.
Here is a link to the free version: http://www.photo-freeware.net/panorado-flyer.php
And here is the commercial and probably more functional version (did not try it, but there is a demo): http://www.panorado.com/en/index.htm
I went to a birthdayparty this week and took a GPSpic inside an apartment on the 7. floor to demonstrate to all how brilliant the Ameo is, got a fix and shot a pic. The pic stinks, but if you want to try Pandora, you should be able to rightclick it and fly over here, even if I downscaled it....
And I just tried myself, and the GPS data did not survive the upload so it does not work, sorry.
Here is a shot of what Panorado rteads for that pic:
works well here
Actually you can use this format directly into Google earth, which is simpler I think:
55,685278 12,584445
Ok Midget, on my setup the GPS data was lost when I d'loaded my own pic from the post.
Also had to try it out on my old uni with an external GPS, but it doesn't have the P9 option, could that be because of the old HTC Camera version (3,00 build 21424) or must it have an internal GPS?
Anyone got the newer Camera version (like the one from the Ameo WM6 - 4.01 build 27598)?
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P1-P9 are profiles for different camera modes. You'll notice that the "Enable" key is 0 in Profile 9. Change it to 1 and you should be good.
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oh!..ok..i'll try it right away..
thanks
The new mode came right up when I made the registry change. Can someone confirm where the data is stored? Seems there are 2 places mentioned here.
That's freakin awesome! Possibly rates as my top feature of the moment! Good Hack!
And @ techntrek - it goes into my \microdrive\my documents\my poi\
Ace!
I have using panorado software but the error for several pictures on same place (1 square meter) is very large, some hundreds of meters...
beginner said:
I have using panorado software but the error for several pictures on same place (1 square meter) is very large, some hundreds of meters...
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That is what you will also get when you use googlemap. It can be hundreds of meters off.
I read recently that US goverment wants to decrease the accuracy of GPS. I wonder if it is the result of this project that I noticed that the inaccuracy has been magnified lately.
So, now that my plants are...uhh...under a different type of light, I find myself dealing with TONS of flicker in the cam. Does anyone know a stock cam app or application that has the option to change the Hz? This will help IMMENSELY with combating it. This flicker sucks and really kills some good plant shots.
Also, just to clarify, Im NOT asking for warez. If theres an app I need to buy from the market, thats fine.
Most folks probably aren't aware of this, but by default, location tagging is enabled in the camera. So, depending on your location settings, the exact location of where the picture was taken gets embedded in the exif data of the image. This is not a problem unless you share your pics on public forums/facebook, etc.
If you want this sort of functionality, do nothing. If you don't, disable the location tagging in the camera app under settings.
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Most folks probably aren't aware of this, but by default, location tagging is enabled in the camera. So, depending on your location settings, the exact location of where the picture was taken gets embedded in the exif data of the image. This is not a problem unless you share your pics on public forums/facebook, etc.
If you want this sort of functionality, do nothing. If you don't, disable the location tagging in the camera app under settings.
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funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
lazydazed said:
funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
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Well yes, but it's never been on by default (in the camera) and that message is generic, and not exactly intended for the camera.
Check Me Out On The Google Play Store!!!
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G LTE, On The Now Network From Sprint!
Another warning is that by default the pictures are set to only 6 megapixels. When you enable widescreen it simply crops down an 8mp picture to the resolution of a 6mp one
I've been using quickpic as my default viewer. Looking through the options, there are none to do anything with exif data when sharing. I've been in contact with the author to hopefully add a setting to preferences.
Something along the lines of
Strip gps exif data when sharing
* always
* never
* prompt
This would be the ideal solution. I'd probably leave mine on prompt since I only really share to dropbox. But still, any pic that is shared publicly should probably have gps data removed.
Obscuracam strips all of the exif data by default when you use it to take pictures. Not sure if when open already taken pictures and strip them, kinda seems like that when I opened one and then saved it, it asked me if I wanted to keep the original.
Just go into settings and turn it off if you don't want GPS tagging. Really simple solution!
SteelH said:
Just go into settings and turn it off if you don't want GPS tagging. Really simple solution!
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This!
Sent from my EVO using xda premium
While it is true you can disable this feature, the point of this thread was to inform folks that it's on by default.
Please refer to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691756
lazydazed said:
funny thing is the screen protector our phones come with out of the box states this exactly... but oh so many dont read..
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best buy mobile removed mine for me, so I never read it...
Hi all.
I have a galaxy s3 mini running cm11. It does not support exposure lock ( isAutoExposureLockSupported returns false). Is there any way to enable exposure lock and also white balance lock as it seems to be a software limitation. I have searched around and cannot find where the file that contains these parameters about exposure, focus, white balance, etc. Could I change the isAutoExposureLockSupported=true to achieve exposure lock. The camera also seems to not support many focus modes which have been common to all lower end phones I have owned, and also exposure lock was supported on these too. Has anyone any idea of how to do this?
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I don't do much beyond taking a few random pics of nice scenery or my pets (yea, I'm lame, but they're cute, so what? ) , but from reading a bit, seems like you might just have to use another camera app that might have that feature. Probably not going to be as good as a stock camera set up that has it built in, but you gotta work with what you have... Maybe something like this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45806383
Has an exposure settings option that might do what you are looking for. There are some others, but many of them are very device specific, and not likely something that just spoofing the build.prop would help with. This is mainly due to so many different cameras/camera drivers to get working with generic camera apps that don't have access to the proprietary drivers from the manufacturers. If your phone stock doesn't have this feature, then probably going to be very hard to maybe not enable, but to get it to work like you would hope or expect.
es0tericcha0s said:
I don't do much beyond taking a few random pics of nice scenery or my pets (yea, I'm lame, but they're cute, so what? ) , but from reading a bit, seems like you might just have to use another camera app that might have that feature. Probably not going to be as good as a stock camera set up that has it built in, but you gotta work with what you have... Maybe something like this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45806383
Has an exposure settings option that might do what you are looking for. There are some others, but many of them are very device specific, and not likely something that just spoofing the build.prop would help with. This is mainly due to so many different cameras/camera drivers to get working with generic camera apps that don't have access to the proprietary drivers from the manufacturers. If your phone stock doesn't have this feature, then probably going to be very hard to maybe not enable, but to get it to work like you would hope or expect.
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Thanks but its not the app that I need, I have a few in mind (camera fv-5, cinema fv-5, etc) but its the fact that the phone doesnt support autoexposurelock even though the app has it implemented (therefore I cannot use it). I was wondering could I change some code around to enable the phone to support it?
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Thanks but its not the app that I need, I have a few in mind (camera fv-5, cinema fv-5, etc) but its the fact that the phone doesnt support autoexposurelock even though the app has it implemented (therefore I cannot use it). I was wondering could I change some code around to enable the phone to support it?
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Does the phone support it while on the stock TW rom? If so, there might be a way, but if not, then probably out of luck.
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Does the phone support it while on the stock TW rom? If so, there might be a way, but if not, then probably out of luck.
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I dont think so, although I have never used the stock rom but on any rom for it I have used it hasnt been supported.
Heya, chaps
So, the idea of this thread is to share information on the apps you have found to work best with your RAZR HD's. Or something like that Share your favourite apps with a short description what it does and why you consider it to be good at it Mentioning apps you found to be incompatible with our apps, even if they said they were, or the ones that just don't work as advertised is welcome, too.
When you do list your apps of choice, please mention which ROM you're using, too! There are many differences between various ROMs and Android versions, so it's only natural that some apps don't bridge the differences well.
This post will possibly turn into an index of recommended applications, if the thread gets enough attention
Cheers!
Let me start, I suppose. Although, at the moment, I really don't use many (except the AOSP ones) at all
gStrings Free Tuner - I play the bass and having a phone as a decent tuner comes in rather handy at many occasions and I've found this app to be pretty accurate, as well. The author has since made a fancier version called "Waves" but I've remained faithful to this one.
CM Next Camera - this has been my favourite camera app ever since I first installed it while I was on CM11 with my R HD. The UI is simplistic, yet absolutely perfectly intuitive for me - you set all your modes up and just flick through them with up and down swipes, while video recording starts as soon as you hit the dedicated in-app button. No need to switch to video camera mode first, as in many other apps, and no need to go into any menus if you, say, want to capture that beautiful scenery before you in HDR mode. But, ever since CM12 came along, it just doesn't seem to work as well, at least not for me. It often does a shot off-focus and the exposure and colour balance just aren't as good as they should be. I've searched and found newer versions of the apk, but it didn't help. I'm looking for an alternative now... Might switch to Camera Zoom FX, because that has given me great shots whenever I used it, but I'm open for other suggestions! I don't expect an DSLR-like pictures, don't get me wrong, but there's clearly something amiss here.
K-9 Mail - I've tried all of the fancy e-mail clients, but I always come back to K-9. It's just feels the most robust of all and it does everything I need. I don't mind if I need to tap the screen once or twice more than I would with a different e-mail client.
QuickOffice Pro - version 5.5.209 - this is an app I got from my old Defy and just continued installing it on the R HD. I've tried switching to different, newer versions and apps and I just don't find them as good. This works very fast, isn't bloated with a fancy UI, and has been able to open everything else any other office app can as of now. Is there a worthy replacement?
Did you try A Better Camera? One downsize for me is saving data to SD card is under development for Android 5.
niksy+ said:
Let me start, I suppose. Although, at the moment, I really don't use many (except the AOSP ones) at all
gStrings Free Tuner - I play the bass and having a phone as a decent tuner comes in rather handy at many occasions and I've found this app to be pretty accurate, as well. The author has since made a fancier version called "Waves" but I've remained faithful to this one.
CM Next Camera - this has been my favourite camera app ever since I first installed it while I was on CM11 with my R HD. The UI is simplistic, yet absolutely perfectly intuitive for me - you set all your modes up and just flick through them with up and down swipes, while video recording starts as soon as you hit the dedicated in-app button. No need to switch to video camera mode first, as in many other apps, and no need to go into any menus if you, say, want to capture that beautiful scenery before you in HDR mode. But, ever since CM12 came along, it just doesn't seem to work as well, at least not for me. It often does a shot off-focus and the exposure and colour balance just aren't as good as they should be. I've searched and found newer versions of the apk, but it didn't help. I'm looking for an alternative now... Might switch to Camera Zoom FX, because that has given me great shots whenever I used it, but I'm open for other suggestions! I don't expect an DSLR-like pictures, don't get me wrong, but there's clearly something amiss here.
K-9 Mail - I've tried all of the fancy e-mail clients, but I always come back to K-9. It's just feels the most robust of all and it does everything I need. I don't mind if I need to tap the screen once or twice more than I would with a different e-mail client.
QuickOffice Pro - version 5.5.209 - this is an app I got from my old Defy and just continued installing it on the R HD. I've tried switching to different, newer versions and apps and I just don't find them as good. This works very fast, isn't bloated with a fancy UI, and has been able to open everything else any other office app can as of now. Is there a worthy replacement?
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forserg said:
Did you try A Better Camera? One downsize for me is saving data to SD card is under development for Android 5.
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Will do Been using Camera Zoom FX (Pro) for a few days and it keeps asking me to comment and rate it on the Play store every 3-4 shots, it's awful. The video interface is bad, as well, you need to switch modes, then start recording, then it asks you whether you want to save it after pressing the stop button... Nearly lost my recording when I used it. Photography wise - it keeps trying to focus (and set other parameters) in the dark without firing flash for assistance so I get photos that are at least "burnt" by flash or blurry, along with that. Dang