I've tried all the current offerings of ROMs, and now ended up back with Stock ROM, just rooted. The reason is, I didn't like the inferior camera apk all the ROMS seem to use, the stock ROMs camera APK takes better pictures. Any reason why ROMs don't/can't use the stock camera APK? If they can, how is everyone installing it, because I've tried and it won't work with ROMs for some reason. This is the only thing holding me back from using ROMs again as I like them better that the factory ROM.
RZJZA80 said:
I've tried all the current offerings of ROMs, and now ended up back with Stock ROM, just rooted. The reason is, I didn't like the inferior camera apk all the ROMS seem to use, the stock ROMs camera APK takes better pictures. Any reason why ROMs don't/can't use the stock camera APK? If they can, how is everyone installing it, because I've tried and it won't work with ROMs for some reason. This is the only thing holding me back from using ROMs again as I like them better that the factory ROM.
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I think HQ Camera is taking better pics than Stock one.But anyway,you always can grab stock camera & push it to your rom & set the permissions.That's all
The HQ camera is always pixilated and blurry for me. So how do you set permissions on the camera apk? When I tried installing it before, it installed but the app and camera icon disappeared.
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I tried pushing the stock camera to the Energy ROM, and again the camera disappeared completely, it didn't work. I don't know what else to do here, I want to use a ROM, but I want the stock camera because I think it takes better pictures by far. Nobody else has done this or experienced this??
You should get something like ES File Explorer (should have came with Energy Rom) or Root Explorer (paid app on the PlayStore) so you can browse through your system/app files. But when you push the stock camera app you will also need to change the media_profiles.xml file as well. I actually think you can just replace the media_profiles.xml file only and get the same result.
I attached the stock Camera.apk (its deodexed) and the stock media_profiles.xml... The apk goes to /system/app and the xml goes to /system/etc and the permissions should be set to rw-r--r--
CameraTMO.apk
media_profiles.xml
I have both of those apps and I'll try it this evening, and post my results....thanks!
It worked perfectly! Thank you very much for the help and hosting the files, much appreciated.
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he bros is there anyway to get stock 2.1 cam on my cm6/cm7? it it is possible can u show me the way to do it? thanx in advance
or which 3rd party cam app might be the best if its not possible?
I´m also in the trials of this.
I have the original APP but have not found out what I´m doing wrong yet.
It´s installed and all but I just get FC when trying to anything else then taking an actual picture.
As for third party APP´s I use Vignette which has nice features and pretty reliable.
Here is what I found since my last post.
So it seems a nogo..
it's possible to use the stock camera in cm6 nd cm7
the stock 2.1 camera can be used with cm6/cm7. am using it for AGES!!!!!....see the attached url for the stock working camera app....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1149275
use root explorer to copy the file to /system/app and set the permissions as "644". but the camera is only for still photos. for camcorder, it'll FC.
for camcorder, use LGCAMPRO 5.95 for "continuous autofocus" video.just set the focus mode as "semi-continuous"....
Exactly. Not working them;-)
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do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295390
at least download his camera mod v8, unzip everything in the system app goes in the corresponding folder in the system of your phone... make sure to change all premissions to rw-r--r--, i just did it and its amazing!
Are you saying I can install this version of the Amaze Camera in any rom??
This was stopping me to use the beastMod by xboarder...I can (hardly) do without Sense...but I like the sense camera (my mistake..the Sense camera is on beastMod)!!
Especially I am interested in the NO-jpg compression...did you see improvement over the stock one??
I would post some before and after picture..in case I can do it on my quicksense, I will make a comparison.
It should work on both my roms
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I just need to change the files which manages the compression..I believe the compression on the Amaze can be largely reduced, increasing a lot the camera quality of the pictures.
I will make some tests.
So....what is this all about? I'm not a tech head really. cheers.
How can I install this?? I was trying to copy it but with Es File Explorer it says Failed to change permissions..
Phone is running Quicksense 1.3 rooted...and in Es explorer root options is enabled
Ok..I figure it out!!
Then..I made some tests...even if I can't post the pictures here (I don't know how to do it..I tried but I failed )
The compression is lower with the camera but not so much lower. At least from what I was expecting. Anyway the pictures appear more clearly in some cases, but in other I still prefer the standard one. Even the Auto-enance feature sometime works good..sometimes doesn.t.
Nice the possibility to select bitrate on the video! I will test the video as well.
I am trying to understand this correctly.
This mod is pretty much the same software we have on the amaze, but with a few tweaks?
on the tmobile ones yes its the exact same
telus/wind no
Hi there. Recently I transferred from KA10.2 to the latest build of CM9. I really like what I've seen so far as the phone feels eons faster than it was on even the modded but stock ics. However I really do miss the unique aesthetic features that Sony provided. These included apps such as the films app, the Sony widgets, the camera app (even though I found an alternative that's better, it'd still be nice to have that), maybe even the contacts app, messaging etc. I've tried extracting the apk from stock roms and installing them on my phone but they'd just say not installed and that's it. I figured that there's more to the apps than just the apk.
Could someone with more knowledge about how these apps work please tell me how to port these apps onto cm9? I'm juggling between speed/performance and eye candy, right now I'm sticking with performance but it'd be great to have the best of both worlds. Thanks
Try to copy the apps directly to /system/app, and then changing the permissions to 755
Thank
I have looked into this a little and unfortunately most of the Sony apps depend on the framework which is obviously not present in CM9. I got notes to work by simply restoring the titanium backup but I've not managed to get calendar or messaging (the other two I'd like) working
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Hi there. Recently I transferred from KA10.2 to the latest build of CM9. I really like what I've seen so far as the phone feels eons faster than it was on even the modded but stock ics. However I really do miss the unique aesthetic features that Sony provided. These included apps such as the films app, the Sony widgets, the camera app (even though I found an alternative that's better, it'd still be nice to have that), maybe even the contacts app, messaging etc. I've tried extracting the apk from stock roms and installing them on my phone but they'd just say not installed and that's it. I figured that there's more to the apps than just the apk.
Could someone with more knowledge about how these apps work please tell me how to port these apps onto cm9? I'm juggling between speed/performance and eye candy, right now I'm sticking with performance but it'd be great to have the best of both worlds. Thanks
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you can download ka sspeed rom and use the app files in it.. although most of the apps dont work but i found out what does
ALBUM works but without online photos... take it from the ka zip file and install it like any apk file
Calendar works but a bit buggy when syncing.. it doesnt install so u have to replace the calendar app in the system/apk and change permissions (make a backup just in case)
Infinite view works (copy the apk to system and change permissions)
Notes work as was said before
Hi guys,
I have used CM9 for a long long time on my SGS1 and the battery was amazing.
When I got my i9300 some months ago, i tried CM9 as soon as it was made available.
Soon I returned to a Samsung based ROM for one reason: the camera application.
Now I know that a project was started to bring some of the functionality to AOSP based roms here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746611
Still the HDR functionality is missing and to be honest I simply would like the Samsung camera to work on CM10.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Samsung's camera needs the Touchwiz framework to operate, since all these apps and system modifications are heavily interdependant and cannot be individually moved around.
There should be enough other camera applications in Play Store, are there really NONE you like?
Should be able to port it if you want to take the time. Just make sure you have updated things to work with! How to port!
i am not sure if you noticed that while on CM10, the pictures and video playback quality is not as good as the stock gallery and stock player.
The pictures and videos seemed to have more noise on them.
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There should be enough other camera applications in Play Store, are there really NONE you like?
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Have you used the Samsung camera with that phone? It is amazing, and no pixel fuzz, and HDR and panorama, etc etc. It really is the best camera app.
If you really want it, I've made a package including the latest Samsung JB Camera app and the TouchWiz framework. It's not tested but uses the same principle as the Samsung Apps for CM10, so it might work. As always, backup first, then flash the zip with CMW. You can get it here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c7g9v8pup1x7r8j. Let me know if it works.
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If you really want it, I've made a package including the latest Samsung JB Camera app and the TouchWiz framework. It's not tested but uses the same principle as the Samsung Apps for CM10, so it might work. As always, backup first, then flash the zip with CMW. You can get it here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c7g9v8pup1x7r8j. Let me know if it works.
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I flashed it and nothing happened. I don't see any camera app after the installation
I flashed it and with the new framework it say Optimizing apps.. so I take it, my install is goofy now with TW crap and it seems to be running with twice as much current..
Anyways no camera install, if I add the apk it just wont install, and not sure if it is because of CM10 mmqualcommcamera as kernel process..
But Samsung apps works.
Article from DroidLife with link to download the new stock camera app from the Google GS4 and HTC One.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/06/27/download-new-stock-camera-app-from-google-play-edition-phones/
Hope it plays well with our phone...
Digil said:
Article from DroidLife with link to download the new stock camera app from the Google GS4 and HTC One.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/06/27/download-new-stock-camera-app-from-google-play-edition-phones/
Hope it plays well with our phone...
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I already tried it... and it works well on LG stock 4.1.2 also. including Photosphere.
Edit: We don't have HDR mode. (on 4.1.2)
Failed to install for me on 6/23 Rootbox.
Works perfectly on slick jb. Photosphere worked pretty well too.
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Failed to install for me on 6/23 Rootbox.
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Workaround to get to install on Rootbox:
-browse to /system/app with a file browser
-find Gallery2.apk. Rename Gallery2.apk to Gallery2.apk.bak
-exit file browser
-install new camera app as you normally would (sideload)
Optional if you want your old camera and the new one (I did, cause there's more options in the RootBox camera, and it can save to external - the new one can't)
-go back in your file browser, and rename the Gallery2.apk.bak to Gallery2.apk. (it will be at the bottom of the list now due to the .bak extension)
you will now have 2 cameras in your app drawer.
This worked for me (i already had 2 cameras installed by using ponyexpress' sphere fix) and the new camera overwrote pony's sphere camera.
Edit: getting gallery fc when trying to save pics with new cam. Clearing app data didn't seem to solve this. Still messing around trying to get it to work right.
Edit 2: At work, so can't spend too much time with it. If I already have GalleryGoogle.apk installed (from ponyexpress' prior sphere fix) it will install itself as a system app, overwriting pony's fixed sphere camera. If I rename GalleryGoogle.apk to GalleryGoogle.apk.bak before I install, it will install as a user app (presumably because there is no GalleryGoogle.apk in /system/app to overwrite??).
In both cases, the gallery will force close immediately after taking the first photo with the camera. I can re-open the camera app, and take one more shot, then get another gallery force close. The photos I'm taking are being saved, and are viewable in the gallery. Clearing app data for GalleryGoogle.apk in either case does not fix the force close. Also, once I clear app data the UI in the new camera gets mangled - it appears that all the functions still work and are in their proper places, but the icons representing many of them are either wrong or absent. Not sure what to make of this. If installed as a system app, uninstalling updates then reinstalling results in screwed up UI from the get-go.
I've pretty much reached the extent of my troubleshooting knowledge on this - if anyone has any other suggestions, I'll give them a shot. A full wipe may be helpful, but I'm not in a position to do that until after the weekend at the earliest - and I'm not convinced it will change anything. FWIW, I'm on houstonn's RootBox 6/28a build using his included kernel, Banks 4.2.2. multi-dpi gapps, houstonn's ATT NFC fix and as previously stated, pony's sphere camera flashable fix.
How is the quality on root box? Any better or worse?
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How is the quality on root box? Any better or worse?
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I'm certainly not the best person to be comparing quality of camera apps to each other - but it looks about the same, or maybe slightly poorer than the included RootBox camera. This is with minimal testing and a very un-critical eye.