Camera app in Serendipity 5.7 - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Everything seems to work except the exposure settings. It is only enabled in video camera mode. Anyone have this?

Get 3 more posts here and say this in the serendipity thread in the Development forum. Or maybe youll get lucky and have mikey see this, he reads here sometimes.

yup just the more posts haha
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I just tested mine in a dark room with the computer screen, and it lightens to pick up the room light and darkens to capture the computer screen - all this with serendipity 5.7 (or else I wouldn't be posting).
So it isn't the ROM, for me. I haven't done anything with the camera except flash the video camera fix app - that was just supposed to fix the auto focus on video. It works now. Maybe it worked before too.

Soccer_Dad said:
I just tested mine in a dark room with the computer screen, and it lightens to pick up the room light and darkens to capture the computer screen - all this with serendipity 5.7 (or else I wouldn't be posting).
So it isn't the ROM, for me. I haven't done anything with the camera except flash the video camera fix app - that was just supposed to fix the auto focus on video. It works now. Maybe it worked before too.
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Tell me if you can select the exposure icon (+/-) below the timer on the left in camera mode because I can't select it.

chraz13 said:
Tell me if you can select the exposure icon (+/-) below the timer on the left in camera mode because I can't select it.
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Works in both.

chraz13 said:
Everything seems to work except the exposure settings. It is only enabled in video camera mode. Anyone have this?
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I'm having the same thing hadn't noticed though... i think it's a wonky setting somewhere.

See if you have anti shake on... if it is it removes the exposure settings.

jlt220 said:
See if you have anti shake on... if it is it removes the exposure settings.
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You sir are corrrrect lol Thanks

Problem is after you uncheck the option that disabled the feature that the -/+ does not come back as it stays greyed out.

upNsmokeAllDay said:
Problem is after you uncheck the option that disabled the feature that the -/+ does not come back as it stays greyed out.
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Not true.
FYI, auto contrast also kills it.
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I see it is now fixed in the new version. Nice work!

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Poor focusing in the dark?

We all know how rubbish the photos captured with the HTC One in the dark are (in terms of focusing)- the photos appear fuzzy and blurry. This is because, unlike other phones, for some odd reason, there is no "light-assisted" focus.
Does anyone know of a way to modify the camera app or any other way to force light assisted focus when taking photos in the dark?
arsi123 said:
We all know how rubbish the photos captured with the HTC One in the dark are (in terms of focusing)- the photos appear fuzzy and blurry. This is because, unlike other phones, for some odd reason, there is no "light-assisted" focus.
Does anyone know of a way to modify the camera app or any other way to force light assisted focus when taking photos in the dark?
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if you install Venom rom you can turn on the flashlight from the dropdown and then go to camera and take a picture, works for me...let me know if it works for you.
itzsnookums said:
if you install Venom rom you can turn on the flashlight from the dropdown and then go to camera and take a picture, works for me...let me know if it works for you.
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I'd much rather prefer to stick with my current ROM (RGUI) to be honest. Isn't there any other way?
Thanks for your response though.
Is there not an option in RGUI to put a flashlight toggle in the EQS? That would have the same effect.
postfatal said:
Is there not an option in RGUI to put a flashlight toggle in the EQS? That would have the same effect.
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I can't seem to find such an option?
EDIT: Camera doesn't open with the flashlight turned on.
I'm confused as to how the camera is poor at focusing on the dark when the sensor inherently picks up more light? When I was doing some tests for another thread on low light issues I was always able to focus quite easily in the middle of the night because the sensor let's you see a lot of features in the frame to focus on (more than other camera phones I've used at least). I know that you're not the only one bringing up this matter but I'm genuinely confused about how this is an issue for people. Have you changed camera settings or are you using a different ROM?
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Camera not focusing in Pro Mode

When I go into "Pro" mode in the camera nothing wants to focus. In the other modes it is just fine.
Am I missing something?
dtaylorr said:
When I go into "Pro" mode in the camera nothing wants to focus. In the other modes it is just fine.
Am I missing something?
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You have to manually focus. Click on "Manual" (on the right side) with an icon of a flower and mountain.
LGmarly said:
You have to manually focus. Click on "Manual" (on the right side) with an icon of a flower and mountain.
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Thanks, it works.

Wide Aperture mode not working properly

so this worked fine for the first few days- the bit where you get to tap on areas you want the focus to be on (and blur everything else)
usually the aperture circle appears and then you can slide up and down to adjust the f-stop to widen the area that gets blurred.
all of a sudden, the circle no longer sticks so I'm unable to adjust the aperture.
things I've tried but to no avail:
clearing Gallery app data
clearing camera app data
reboot
turn off and then turn on
anyone have this issue please feel free to chime in and find a solution together
Do you have this issue only in the aperture mode or also in the regular camera mode? Meaning do you get the brightness slider wenn tapping for focus in regular camera mode?
Working fine for me Btw.
clouds5 said:
Do you have this issue only in the aperture mode or also in the regular camera mode? Meaning do you get the brightness slider wenn tapping for focus in regular camera mode?
Working fine for me Btw.
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damit you're right... cam brightness slider as well! this sucks....
yellowchilli said:
damit you're right... cam brightness slider as well! this sucks....
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Hm can't find any setting that would affect that. There is a "restore default" button in the camera settings, have you tried that?
I guess the only other thing I can come up with at this time is a full factory reset
clouds5 said:
Hm can't find any setting that would affect that. There is a "restore default" button in the camera settings, have you tried that?
I guess the only other thing I can come up with at this time is a full factory reset
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hmm nah I've already deleted data for both cam and gallery apps.. that should work better than reset defaults. it's strange, as though both sliders are the same thing across both apps.
yellowchilli said:
so this worked fine for the first few days- the bit where you get to tap on areas you want the focus to be on (and blur everything else)
usually the aperture circle appears and then you can slide up and down to adjust the f-stop to widen the area that gets blurred.
all of a sudden, the circle no longer sticks so I'm unable to adjust the aperture.
things I've tried but to no avail:
clearing Gallery app data
clearing camera app data
reboot
turn off and then turn on
anyone have this issue please feel free to chime in and find a solution together
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OK so I worked backwards.. quite painfully.. on all the changes I made over the past few days and I worked out what was causing the issue.
It was a problem that I created for myself really.. but one that was totally unexpected and I'm sure is a bug.
I changed all UI animation to None in developer settings to get around quicker and it was the Window Animation that did it. changed it back to .5x and both the camera brightness slider as well as the aperture slider returned.
strange but true.
anyway, SOLVED.
Thanks for posting the solution. Haven't got my P9 yet but I usually turn off Window Animation as well. I can see how they are related but it really shouldn't affect the camera app functionality. Definitely a bug imo.
yellowchilli said:
OK so I worked backwards.. quite painfully.. on all the changes I made over the past few days and I worked out what was causing the issue.
It was a problem that I created for myself really.. but one that was totally unexpected and I'm sure is a bug.
I changed all UI animation to None in developer settings to get around quicker and it was the Window Animation that did it. changed it back to .5x and both the camera brightness slider as well as the aperture slider returned.
strange but true.
anyway, SOLVED.
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Hi man,
I tried to do it, but it doesn't work for me. I also had all the UI animations deactivated, and even though I turned them on individually, and simultaneously, nothing happened. The thing is that I do have aperture slider and the camera brightness one, but when i take the shot on wide aperture mode, and open the gallery the wide aperture icon doesn't appear.
Thanks anyway.
manug89 said:
Hi man,
I tried to do it, but it doesn't work for me. I also had all the UI animations deactivated, and even though I turned them on individually, and simultaneously, nothing happened. The thing is that I do have aperture slider and the camera brightness one, but when i take the shot on wide aperture mode, and open the gallery the wide aperture icon doesn't appear.
Thanks anyway.
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my p20 lite has the same prooblem as you mentioned , did u find any solution?
manug89 said:
Hi man,
I tried to do it, but it doesn't work for me. I also had all the UI animations deactivated, and even though I turned them on individually, and simultaneously, nothing happened. The thing is that I do have aperture slider and the camera brightness one, but when i take the shot on wide aperture mode, and open the gallery the wide aperture icon doesn't appear.
Thanks anyway.
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maybe try rebooting street changing the animation settings?
:/
yellowchilli said:
maybe try rebooting street changing the animation settings?
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What do you mean with "rebooting street", could you please explain me? Thanks in advance..
manug89 said:
What do you mean with "rebooting street", could you please explain me? Thanks in advance..
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sorry.. it was a typo from my phone. I meant reboot your phone after changing the animation settings. see if that helps
yellowchilli said:
sorry.. it was a typo from my phone. I meant reboot your phone after changing the animation settings. see if that helps
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I think my problem is not related with the animations and UI tweaks that we can turn off from the developer settings (because i have the sliders working properly). The thing is that... is like the WAM (wide aperture mode) is there on the camera, you can use it, but it really doesn't take any effect on the photo....like a preview mode...nothing else.... I know is weird. But if I go to the gallery, and open the photo that I supposelly took with the WAM, the little icon to change the value is not there. It is a normal photo.

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.

Gcam work perfectly for Pie

Oreo: Gcam5.1 , Gcam6.1
Stock Pie/AOSP rom: Gcam6.2 Arnova, trCamera7.2, Burial 7.3, Wichaya, Nikita 7.4
Try and find one best for you.
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Recommended
Gcam7.2: trCamera
Gcam7.3: Wichaya, Burial
Gcam7.4: Nikita
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Telegram group
: t.me/Lgcam
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Join telegram to get recently up to date version and configs.
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Download
Google drive:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1QF4t9DTV7E915mMXAntM86t0Tx2v-j6J
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Configs location:
Gcam7.0+: /Gcam/Configs7/
trCamera: /trCamera/XMLConfigs/
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How to import xml file:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/settings09/
Enable AUX for custom ROM (need edit Build.prop): https://imgur.com/gallery/zKWNAGl
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Bugs
+ Gcam6.1 have front camera green tint issue.
+ Gcam6.2.030_Arnova
-Configs need import two times
-Resolution of main cam changes to 13mp when changing back from wide angle
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I'm not developer or modder, i'm just configs tester.
All of these works thanks to owner modder and developer.
Ratanavv said:
This is Gcam 6.2 version, it works flawless, no issues anymore (green tint front cam fixed, Night sight in very low light issue fixed, more)
Link for Download:
www(dot)celsoazevedo(dot)com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog666/
Need some change settings to make app work flawless:
1. Enable Advanced mode in About settings
2.Change Main and Back camera to Pixel 3 XL
3. go to HDR+ control > Fix device session.
-RAW format = RAW10
-Image format = YUV_420_888
-enable "Use Restart"
Link: imgur(dot)com/gallery/KV5JC0W
*For Ultra wide angle*
Just enable "AUX button" in setting , then in viewfinder you will see a new button on the bottom right.
Note: *enable "Light Tail Switch" can fix Ultra wide len in Night sight. But it will make your photo blurry because of not steady while taking photos, this option need to use tripod. You also can leave it enable in setting then just turn off toggle on the viewfinder . (Recommended turn it off)
Everything is working fine now
Because i'm new member in XDA so i can't post with link, sorry for inconvenient.
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Here you go....
Link - https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.2.2beta2.190907.0540.apk
I've tried this and now this is my main camera app that i use. No issues so far
Camera is not taking photos with hdr disabled and/or with flash enabled. Flowless? No but much better.
I can't use video recording. lens does not turn on. Is there a solution?
Edvin73 said:
Camera is not taking photos with hdr disabled and/or with flash enabled. Flowless? No but much better.
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Yes, Agreed. Not Flowless at all. For all that issues i haven't tested before posting.
karizma4yazar said:
I can't use video recording. lens does not turn on. Is there a solution?
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Mine work fine, wide/ultra can take video recording as normal, even Time Lapse and Slow motion also work.
But video only can take at 30fr even change to 60fr.
I can't use video too! There's some solution?
EDIT: I swiped cache and dalvik and video recording is working.
Edvin73 said:
Camera is not taking photos with hdr disabled and/or with flash enabled. Flowless? No but much better.
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try the latest beta, it works for me on pie v30q with the settings described above..
here's the link f(dot)celsoazevedo(dot)com/file/cfiles/gcm1/Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.2.2beta2.190910.1840.apk
Finally! Thank you so much, man. I had to sell my phone tomorrow (because of bad google camera support) and changed my mind. No jokes
TheVanyo4eg said:
Finally! Thank you so much, man. I had to sell my phone tomorrow (because of bad google camera support) and changed my mind. No jokes
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Nice
alfadel said:
try the latest beta, it works for me on pie v30q with the settings described above..
here's the link f(dot)celsoazevedo(dot)com/file/cfiles/gcm1/Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.2.2beta2.190910.1840.apk
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Link you can just click on:
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.2.2beta2.190910.1840.apk
For some reason, I don't see "enable AUX button" in setting. Can anyone help?
zrzhu said:
For some reason, I don't see "enable AUX button" in setting. Can anyone help?
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Well, it should appear in one of the main sections after you enable the advanced options (in the About menu option). If you've done that and still can't find the option... It's weird.
Jilano34 said:
Well, it should appear in one of the main sections after you enable the advanced options (in the About menu option). If you've done that and still can't find the option... It's weird.
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I did. i was able to make changes in "HDR+ control" section.
I just wish my H932 had Pie. Looking forward to trying this out once I finally get it.
This config file work for this version?
stradfred said:
This config file work for this version?
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Yep... It works fine.
zrzhu said:
For some reason, I don't see "enable AUX button" in setting. Can anyone help?
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go to build prop, and try to find this "vendor.camera.aux.packagelist", then add com.google.android.GoogleCamera. and the aux button thing will show up
ArgaAAL said:
go to build prop, and try to find this "vendor.camera.aux.packagelist", then add com.google.android.GoogleCamera. and the aux button thing will show up
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It still doesn't work. This is what I have:
Code:
vendor.camera.aux.packagelist=com.dual.GCam,com.Wide.GCam,com.Tele.GCam,org.codeaurora.snapcam,com.android.camera,com.google.android.GoogleCamera
Probably because I have LiquidRemix rom?

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