ICS Camera fix 8MP/6MP [v0.10]

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Hi everybody,

I've been going around the forum for a few months now without posting anything.

But Today I made my first beta fix for the Camera on ICS.

What works?:

* 8MP
* 6MP
* Others seems OK

It's using the native Jpeg encoding, so the images won't be 6Mega but will be compressed

Unlike the patch from z + J GB lib, the photo is taken each time.

How did I this?

I took the sources from Sony, and removed all the specific parts, face recognition, scenes and so on.
Used missing defines from Zte blade Ics repository.

I'm now testing with FXP CM9.1 and the default camera App

I'm running a FXP-kernel 140 or 139 but they are nearly the same.
I'm mostly using App Camera Zoom for taking picture (because it bought it when it was the one app that worked with htc wildfire ICS camera ) but the default app also takes pictures.

Binaries

Download zip file and apply using ClockWork Recovery

See next post for download links.


Sources

https://github.com/skritchz/android_device_semc_es209ra

The code is pretty a mess with #if and #endif to remove SEMC specific code, I'll clear it up later.

I'll be working on improving the code, but I only get one hour a day to work on this, so it might take some time.

If you find any bug please report, I'll try to fix them as soon as I possible.


Thanks to:

J for the existing camera lib which help me to understand the Sony sources
rapmv78 for the cameraHal.cpp
To the ZTE Blade team I found some missing defines.
Championswimmer for his great How To
DoomLord for his kernel generation script
Vasishta Reddy for his roms
Z for the hw_config.sh patch
THeLogic and kingstonxl for the feedback. Wouldn't be that good without them.

ICS Camera fix [beta 1] 8MP/6MP and so on

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Binaries
http://www.wuala.com/scritch/Android

Now two version of roms. One with hw_config.sh (for CM9.1 users) and one without.

For people using CM9.1 by ME, don't flash hw_config.sh version, the fix is already included.

ChangeLog


[B]v0.10[/B>
* Add exposure compensation

v0.9
* Add zoom

v0.8

* Fix freeze issue.
* QR Code working (Check if there's no side effect on the lib)
* Iso Speed fixed.
* Update LOGGING with Semc one, for easier file comparison

v0.7-sceneTest
* Changed values for the scene, after kingstonxl feedback.
* Added ExifInfo (somme might not be correct yet. Working on it)
* Rotation now stored in exif, so pictures are now in the correct direction

V0.6-testScene
* Changed value for AutoFocus. Test if it is better. Macro should still be working.
* Added Scene mode. Check Scene mode value.

V0.5-unstable
* Changing quality now works
* White balance works
* Filter works
* Macro should now be working

V0.4-unstable

2 libs now, one with hw_config.sh and one without. For CM9.1 please use the standard one.
For other roms with old Camera fix, please use the -no_hw_config.zip file

* Added working autofocus.

Caution on my phone the default App is having issue when leaving app and reopening App. Please report Rom + Kernel if you get an issue.
Use ICS Camera + instead. (Or CameraZoom)


V0.3
* Ported Flash from J GB library (Torch + On + Off)
* Activated AutoFocus from Qualcomm (Doesn't seem to work)

V0.2

Z isn't required anymore.
* Added hw_config.sh script from Z file
* Fixed Crash when changing resolution

ICS Camera fix [beta 1] 8MP/6MP and so on

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TODO

* Scenes (Done partially)
* Use the Sony Flash module instead of J patch
* CamRecorder
* Anti Banding (Not done)

ICS Camera fix [beta 1] 8MP/6MP and so on

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Bugs:

* Zoom is lost when focusing and not taking the picture.
* bar code not working only QR code
* Thumbnail issue depending on the picture resolution.
* Exif info not correctly set, some apps are happy with it but some aren't
* -8 Exposure compensation leads to FC.

thanks..that worked.
nice job

scritch007, welcome to the X10 community, and thank you for working on the camera. We really really need to get the camera fixed in ICS.

Originally Posted by scritch007

Hi everybody,

I've been going around the forum for a few months now without posting anything.

But Today I made my first beta fix for the Camera on ICS.

What works?:

* 8MP
* 6MP
* Others?? didn't test it

8mp, 6mp, 2.1mp and vga works on fxp142-cm9. thanks scritch007.

great news for all in X10 comunity....!!! thanks.!

any hope to get the camcorder working as well?

Originally Posted by sdzbwxp

any hope to get the camcorder working as well?

Small steps for now small steps

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