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I noticed today that when I turn the camera on, there is no display / preview of what so ever on the screen, only the usual camera icons and buttons with a black screen. It still takes pictures, but unless you view through the file explorer later, there is no way to check what is in the picture. This is probably cause by a system setting or registry change. But I don't really want to hardware reset the phone. Could someone tell me how to change this back to normal please?
Problem fixed. Thanks!
Did you install the nadavi fix? Sometimes, that fix causes that to happen and you have to download another fix in that thread (if you can't find it, i'll upload it for you).
I've not experienced this problem but then I've not tried other than official HTC firmware/radios. Reading up in the first (sticky) thread points to this being commonly associated with an incompatible radio for your firmware.
kareem9nba said:
Did you install the nadavi fix? Sometimes, that fix causes that to happen and you have to download another fix in that thread (if you can't find it, i'll upload it for you).
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Hi! I had a look at the installed program list. I have indeed installed HTC Camera Fix. After removing the fix, the camera now works fine. Thank you very much!
I had extended the compass sample in the SDK to include the gyroscope. However, as I do not have a Nexus S, I was not able to try it at all.
Would anyone please check that the attached apk works properly in the nexus S for me.
It is a very simple application which does not read/write anything to the phone (just listens to sensors and plots a cube to the screen according to your orientation).
The compass part works properly (i checked it on my phone). I wonder whether it works or not when you toggle to gyroscope by clicking the toggle button on the screen.
I do appreciate any help.
who has balls to test this?
I sure dont
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This guy below me does
retigi said:
I had extended the compass sample in the SDK to include the gyroscope. However, as I do not have a Nexus S, I was not able to try it at all.
Would anyone please check that the attached apk works properly in the nexus S for me.
It is a very simple application which does not read/write anything to the phone (just listens to sensors and plots a cube to the screen according to your orientation).
The compass part works properly (i checked it on my phone). I wonder whether it works or not when you toggle to gyroscope by clicking the toggle button on the screen.
I do appreciate any help.
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Installs and gyro works fine while in landscape/portrait
But if you switch portait to landscape or landscape to portrait, it resets to the accelerometer.
I never realized how twitchy our accelerometer was. The gyroscope is amazing stable in comparison.
Thank you my friend.
You can't imagine how grateful I am.
Thank you very much.
PS: Thanks to your note, I realized that I forgot to disable the orientation in the manifest. (I had disabled it from the settings in my phone. That is why, I could not notice that).
Why does your app want to access Storage and Phone calls?
Also, do you mind trying to test the rotation vector sensor? I tried to do so, but it seems to lock up and turn into NaNs...
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Thank you my friend.
You can't imagine how grateful I am.
Thank you very much.
PS: Thanks to your note, I realized that I forgot to disable the orientation in the manifest. (I had disabled it from the settings in my phone. That is why, I could not notice that).
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Sure thing, let me know if I can be of any further help to ya.
I found this video today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQz7EOHAwE
I would like to know what these guys are using to test the gyro on the NS.. Actually I am not sure this app is actually testing the app or the compass / accelorometer.
any ideas?
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I had extended the compass sample in the SDK to include the gyroscope. However, as I do not have a Nexus S, I was not able to try it at all.
Would anyone please check that the attached apk works properly in the nexus S for me.
It is a very simple application which does not read/write anything to the phone (just listens to sensors and plots a cube to the screen according to your orientation).
The compass part works properly (i checked it on my phone). I wonder whether it works or not when you toggle to gyroscope by clicking the toggle button on the screen.
I do appreciate any help.
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Works fine here. When changing the orientation. It resets back to ac c + compass.
Gyro so much smoother
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as everyone mentioned, its working well on Nexus S!
the gyro working is very fluid! if possible, can you please share the source code? i am mostly interested in how you filtered (low pass filter, kalman filter,etc?) the gyro data and how you mapped the gyro reading to the rotation of the cube? did you use the raw gyro data, or any of the other android function like getRotationMatrix(), get AngleChange(), etc.?
https://market.android.com/details?id=obg1.PhotafPro
I wanted to notify the Xoom community that I'm working with the author of this application using a unique method of actually making a video clip of what I'm doing with my Xoom so that he can actually watch and see how the device is reacting to his application.
Our results so far in 2 exchanges of e-mail have been to put it simply, outstanding.
First the product worked but with a few minor glitches, and I think that very soon he will update the market with something that is much more "Xoom Friendly".
The primary reason for me to post this thread is not just to let people know "hey there's a cool panorama app out there" but also to let you guys know that if you have an app or something that is not working just right on your Xoom you might be suprised by what a simple polite e-mail request gets you. If you're willing to put out the extra effort, you may even get faster than expected turn around
I purchased Photaf 3D Panorama to use on my Xoom last night. I really like the panorama pictures but for some reason I am forced to take the pictures manually. In “auto mode Photaf takes the first picture than after that I just get the right and left arrows and the second picture is never taken. If I run it in manual mode and just take a picture everytime the box around the thumbnail image turns green it works with no problems.
This is a cool app. I am surprise there is not more people interested in this.
Really cool, now that it have the ThunderBolt I missed that feature from the Fascinated. Thanks
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I purchased Photaf 3D Panorama to use on my Xoom last night. I really like the panorama pictures but for some reason I am forced to take the pictures manually. In “auto mode Photaf takes the first picture than after that I just get the right and left arrows and the second picture is never taken. If I run it in manual mode and just take a picture everytime the box around the thumbnail image turns green it works with no problems.
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I suspect that has to do with the dev tinkering with it to get it to work. Since I have an open dialog with him I will mention this.
OK we have everything working well in landscape but the dev is having a hard time with portrait I think it has to do with the compass while in portrait. Any developers have input on that?
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Thanks for notifying the developer cwizardtx. I updated to the new version in the market today (2.6.3) but I am still having problems with the “Auto” mode. Before the red/green box at the bottom moved as I rotated the device allowing me to take pictures manually but since the update the box no longer moves correctly. The “Box” stays around the first picture then makes huge jumps, no longer moving in sync as I turn the Xoom. If anyone knows if a good screen shot / screen video taking program I will be happy to share my issue if it will help.
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Thanks for notifying the developer cwizardtx. I updated to the new version in the market today (2.6.3) but I am still having problems with the “Auto” mode. Before the red/green box at the bottom moved as I rotated the device allowing me to take pictures manually but since the update the box no longer moves correctly. The “Box” stays around the first picture then makes huge jumps, no longer moving in sync as I turn the Xoom. If anyone knows if a good screen shot / screen video taking program I will be happy to share my issue if it will help.
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I'm seeing the same issue
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I have used this app just a little bit, but I am impressed. Even more impressed that the developer is reaching out to the user base. Kudos!
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Thanks for notifying the developer cwizardtx. I updated to the new version in the market today (2.6.3) but I am still having problems with the “Auto” mode. Before the red/green box at the bottom moved as I rotated the device allowing me to take pictures manually but since the update the box no longer moves correctly. The “Box” stays around the first picture then makes huge jumps, no longer moving in sync as I turn the Xoom. If anyone knows if a good screen shot / screen video taking program I will be happy to share my issue if it will help.
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I have a version that may correct that issue but I think he may have already released it. Could you check that you are using version 2.6.4 for me?
Additionally: The only thing that functions "properly" is landscape mode. If you try to shoot anything in portrait mode you need to use manual mode for shooting only because the first shot never fires. We have been working back and forth on it and he feels like it has something to do with the accelerometer in the Tegra 2 chipset and is doing some research on it.
So to recap:
v2.6.4: - Landscape shooting should be working properly but portrait is only manual (and the auto-align preview box does not work at all in portrait, you have to wing it).
That all said - ALL functions work 100% properly on my Nexus One, so this is definately a device issue but we are working on it!
PS: I say "we" very loosely because I have no access to any source code or anything like that, I am simply making videos and screenshots and emailing him back and forth with testing and stuff as he sends me builds.
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I'm seeing the same issue
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I suspect that all of us will have identical issues and successes if we're using the same version
If anyone happens to know any of the particulars in regards to handling landscape and portrait on the Xoom feel free to chime in.
I have the current market version 2.6.3
I have installed this on my evo also, works great on it.
I've subscribed to this thread, please post when he's got all the kinks worked out and it's XOOM optimized. I will definitely buy it then
v2.6.5 is released
What I see:
- Bigger buttons on the Xoom
- Automatic shooting in landscape is corrected
- Automatic shooting in portrait is not working properly and needs to be done manually
v2.6.5 is released
What I see:
- Bigger buttons on the Xoom
- Automatic shooting in landscape is corrected
- Automatic shooting in portrait is not working properly and needs to be done manually
Tried this again today after the updates, wow, this is a nice app! Very easy to use. Auto mode works great! I am impressed.
Cool, I wish I knew more about coding and how the accelerometer worked to help the guy out.
Same here; did the update today and everything working good now. Thanks for your help Cwizardtx
The developer of Photaf 3D Panorama emailed me today, he finally got his hands on a honeycomb tablet (an Asus but if it fixes the app I dont care) and finally squashed the last really annoying bug: Automatic picture taking in portrait mode. Works like a champ now, compass orientation is fixed and the app rocks
First things first, I'd like to wish you all hello, as this is my first post here and to XDA in general.
That being said, after getting much out of XDA over the years I figured I would try to give something back while experimenting with android!
I give you..
Droid 3 Custom Sensors Module
This enables/fixes our proximity sensor on hashcode's awesome kexec kernel so the phone screen blanks during calls!
The issue is with the sensors.solana.so proprietary library that comes with our phones from motorola.
So I compiled for us a new sensors.solana.so to use which is compatible with Kexec kernels.
Note: This library only controls accerometer sensor, light/prox sensor and orientation/magnet sensor so theoretically it should work the same, just with proximity working. But without more use I can't be sure.
Also in theory this should work for any flavor of Kexec releases, but I can only confirm cm10 currently...
Update[12/13/12]:
-Akm module is now working (Magnetic Field sensor / compass)
-Why is this useful?
Google maps should work better in terms of orientation
Compass apps should work now, along with any others that use rotation vector
-This required a driver edit to get it pointing in the right direction, so v2 includes newest hashcode kernel with the edit. i sent the code to hashcode, so hopefully if he incorporates these changes then this will no longer be needed.
Installation:
1. Download Custom-SolanaModule-v2[Kexec].zip
2. Install it like any other zip in ss3
Removal:
2. Download Stock-SolanaModule [Kexec].zip
2. Install it like any other zip in ss3
More Notes:
Attached also is the source code I used. I cannot claim writing most of it, as its more of a collaboration of various files that I found online for our sensors with a couple various tweaks.
Edit[12/13/2012] For anyone looking to implement this, just unzip v2 source code into root directory of your repo, files should go where needed.
Obviously a big shoutout/thanks to Hashcode/dhacker/jonpry and everyone else that got our D3's to the place they are now. This is just one more step in the right direction hopefully.
Thanks dudeeeee!! Someone should pm this to hash! It's great!
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Confirmed. Good work.
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Nice, one step closer.
Who twittered Hash?
I tweetered.
Thank you Jarveson!
I'll get this into new builds w/ a credit to you for getting this together.
Sweet! Good to hear that it works for you guys also! Ill try to see if I can get magnet and orientation working when I get some more free time.
Also, Thanks Hash! I forgot to say that it would be awesome if you were able to incorporate this in your new builds, it was really late/early when I typed that up initially
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Sweet! Good to hear that it works for you guys also! Ill try to see if I can get magnet and orientation working when I get some more free time.
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Orientation is already working not sure about magnet
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Orientation is already working not sure about magnet
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Is the magnet the way the dock is detected? If so, it's working. Both my car and home dock are detected that the appropriate app (CarHome Ultra or Bedside) are launched.
hm, I dont believe orientation and magnetometer sensors work, at least not fully, here's why
If you download for example android sensor toolbox or elixir 2 you can go to sensors and see that magnetometer isn't reporting anything, which orientation relies on, which the rotation vector relies on. Unless i completely screwed up my test build ive been using :/
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Is the magnet the way the dock is detected? If so, it's working. Both my car and home dock are detected that the appropriate app (CarHome Ultra or Bedside) are launched.
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Thats actually really interesting, but it might be that there is a separate magnet relay/switch used for docks
I almost have them working, issue currently is getting the compass to flop its yaw values, some reason magnetmeter x and y is swapped. Fairly certain its going to require a kernel/driver patch
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hm, I dont believe orientation and magnetometer sensors work, at least not fully, here's why
If you download for example android sensor toolbox or elixir 2 you can go to sensors and see that magnetometer isn't reporting anything, which orientation relies on, which the rotation vector relies on. Unless i completely screwed up my test build ive been using :/
Thats actually really interesting, but it might be that there is a separate magnet relay/switch used for docks
I almost have them working, issue currently is getting the compass to flop its yaw values, some reason magnetmeter x and y is swapped. Fairly certain its going to require a kernel/driver patch
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Well, when I tick auto-rotation it works for me on CM10. But yeah the magnet might be broken.
I do want to add that the qwerty landscape/portrait mode is buggy. When I open my keyboard sometimes it's still in portrait mode.
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Well, when I tick auto-rotation it works for me on CM10. But yeah the magnet might be broken.
I do want to add that the qwerty landscape/portrait mode is buggy. When I open my keyboard sometimes it's still in portrait mode.
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Oh yes, that mode uses the acceleration sensor, which shows how tilted the phone is. Think of orientation sensor more of a compass.
I dont think ive experienced the issue you are talking about, I know some apps dont flip when you open the keyboard, but thats the app. Any specific times it does it ?
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Oh yes, that mode uses the acceleration sensor, which shows how tilted the phone is. Think of orientation sensor more of a compass.
I dont think ive experienced the issue you are talking about, I know some apps dont flip when you open the keyboard, but thats the app. Any specific times it does it ?
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Ye sometimes when I wake the screen it's in landscape. Or other way around when I open the keyboard it doesn't wake. If I then press a key it wakes but is still in portrait.
Btw, I also need to reapply auto brightness occasionally because it doesn't stick to my custom light sensor settings. But that might be some bug because the sensor itself works fine
Oh, thanks for the work btw. Only camera "sensor" left now
Ok, i can see the magnet works now in GPS toolbox, thanks!
I should've mentioned that I'm not using auto-rotate - so the problem I described is probably not related to these sensors.
It seems that sometimes, it doesn't recoqnize that the QWERTY keyboard got closed or got opened, and therefore it sticks the either landscape or portrait.
This doesn't happen in GB, so it's not a hardware fault on the slide mechanism.
What is libsensors? and do I need to install libsensors to use your custom proximity sensor?
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What is libsensors? and do I need to install libsensors to use your custom proximity sensor?
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Libsensors in a nutshell is basically a translation library that takes readings from some various sensors on your phone and translates it into android events.
Any recent cm10/cm10.1 build should have all this built in at this point so manually installing this isnt needed anymore
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Libsensors in a nutshell is basically a translation library that takes readings from some various sensors on your phone and translates it into android events.
Any recent cm10/cm10.1 build should have all this built in at this point so manually installing this isnt needed anymore
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Thanks for the information. But I think yesterday or day before yesterday hash himself said that he will include all these addition in his next build( If I read carefully).
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Thanks for the information. But I think yesterday or day before yesterday hash himself said that he will include all these addition in his next build( If I read carefully).
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Coming after the 1/23 nightlies or do we know when?
Well actually i think nxt build well include this.
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I'm having an issue with my Nexus 6 Front Camera inverting while in certain 3rd party Apps. Works well with the Stock Android Camera App but when I download certain 3rd party apps the picture is upside down. Even while using Google Hangouts video call and other video messaging apps the camera is inverted. It's not limited to just camera apps when I use anything with attach a photo/take a photo the camera is upside down any way of fixing this.
Same issue here.....
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defyiant said:
I'm having an issue with my Nexus 6 Front Camera inverting while in certain 3rd party Apps. Works well with the Stock Android Camera App but when I download certain 3rd party apps the picture is upside down. Even while using Google Hangouts video call and other video messaging apps the camera is inverted. It's not limited to just camera apps when I use anything with attach a photo/take a photo the camera is upside down any way of fixing this.
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Same issue here.....
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Same here. I use a 3rd party app called Battlecam and it uses front and rear camera's. The rear cam is just fine but the front facing cam is upside down everytime. I have a Nexus 7 with android 5.0 and it works fine on that device. I'm thinking this is nexus 6 strictly.
Anyone else?
Same here.
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I've been having the same problem. It only happens for me on two apps so far, when I turn off my phone Lookout will take a pic and it's upside down and yesterday I downloaded A Better Camera, when I open it's front facing camera it's upside down as well.
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I've been having the same problem. It only happens for me on two apps so far, when I turn off my phone Lookout will take a pic and it's upside down and yesterday I downloaded A Better Camera, when I open it's front facing camera it's upside down as well.
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I got my Nexus 6 a couple days ago, and have noticed that on Snapchat and Hangouts the front-facing camera shows upside down. On Snapchat, it even utilizes the accelerometer to ensure that no matter the rotation, my face is always hanging down from the sky. Very annoying.
Anyone figure this out? I plan on factory resetting my phone later today and starting from scratch to see if it's a problem incorporating settings from my old phone.
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I got my Nexus 6 a couple days ago, and have noticed that on Snapchat and Hangouts the front-facing camera shows upside down. On Snapchat, it even utilizes the accelerometer to ensure that no matter the rotation, my face is always hanging down from the sky. Very annoying.
Anyone figure this out? I plan on factory resetting my phone later today and starting from scratch to see if it's a problem incorporating settings from my old phone.
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Hey please let us know if performing a factory reset did anything to fix the problem because like you I'm annoyed with having my front camera face upside down. All apps should work properly front camera or not this is disappointing because this is a new device and this should not be happening.
defyiant said:
Hey please let us know if performing a factory reset did anything to fix the problem because like you I'm annoyed with having my front camera face upside down. All apps should work properly front camera or not this is disappointing because this is a new device and this should not be happening.
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These type of issues usually occur with new devices running the new OS - aka 'initial bugs'
El Goog will get these sorted out (make sure you put in a bug report)
defyiant said:
Hey please let us know if performing a factory reset did anything to fix the problem because like you I'm annoyed with having my front camera face upside down. All apps should work properly front camera or not this is disappointing because this is a new device and this should not be happening.
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Factory reset fixed the issues I mentioned in my post. I suspect they were caused by importing data/settings from my previous device, which had a different version of the OS.
I'm having this issue, and I didn't import any settings from a previous phone. Is this a software or hardware problem?
Same issue
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These type of issues usually occur with new devices running the new OS - aka 'initial bugs'
El Goog will get these sorted out (make sure you put in a bug report)
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I am also facing this issue. Can someone tell me how I can send a bug report to google??
https://code.google.com/p/android/
The site has lately been overrun by spammers (read more here), but they clean that crap up fairly quickly
Nexus 6 portrait orientation is 270 instead of 90
The developers of these apps assume that the orientation for portrait mode is 90 degrees. From some reason on Nexus 6 it should be 270 degrees. Developers of camera apps should follow the code example at: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html#setDisplayOrientation(int)
Yup, for the most part - it isn't your phone, its the app in question.
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Yup, for the most part - it isn't your phone, its the app in question.
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I use an app called Open Camera, and have no issues.
I "fixed" this problem by uninstalling the updates on my Google Camera app. I guess something in one of the updates inverts the pics taken. At least, this was the "solution" on my Nexus 6. I re-installed the latest update to the camera and the problem came back.