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[Q]issue with camera in 4.1 and 4.2

This happened with SuperGalaxy and now with cnote74's CM10.1. With flash on auto it seems most of the time flash is out of sync with shutter, when shutter goes off the flash is almost over.
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When flash is set to on the shutter and flash work as should. Dont know if it's just me or if its has happened to others, it does this on both roms. Could this just be a limitation of my phone to sync all the actions,or issue in kernal. Actions in both roms: Tap to take picture, first flash goes off, screen turns green??, second flash goes off, seems to be a lag(flash set to auto), shutter goes off, and pic comes out as shown above. This happens in SuperGalaxy( 57 and 58 kernal) and CM10.1(59 kernel--minuse green line in 5mp). Will attempt to get a logcat and post later, going to sleep now.

Doesn't happen for me. It looks like the right half of your picture is illuminated, while the left isn't. Since these devices use a rolling shutter, that makes sense. Did you somehow force a long exposure time perhaps?

That's a nice looking cat. Got any more pics?

Checked settings they are at default. On average, I take 6 pictures 4 come out good- 1 with shadow like above picture- 1 missed the flash, flash on auto. It happens more often when taking pictures portrait style compared to landscape. Also when holding in portrait, I get a green overlay when taking picture, don't get this green overlay when holding in landscape. ????? Could my camera be on its way out.
Sent from Angelina dressed in CM10.1 by cnote74

I think maybe the problem could be with the custom settings that those roms have for the screen rendering.. I would go into the app settings menu (from the system settings app) and wipe the data for the camera.. Once you do that make sure you have the default setup inside the camera app settings.. Check in the cm settings and be sure there isn't any of the screen rendering settings enabled for changing the hue of the screen tint.. Also,, do you use the development menu in settings??.. If so,, check out the force gpu rendering and the disable hardware overlays options and see if they have anything to do with it.. Troubleshoot the problem is the best I can figure..
Sent from the Bottom of My Ice Cold Lump of Coal..

Well have gone through the settings and still continues to do this with flash on auto, only when the flash goes off. If the flash is not needed the picture comes out good. Thinking now this just might be my phone struggling to sometimes sync the double flash and shutter in jelly bean. Started when first went to SuperGalaxy(4.1), and continues in CM10.1. This did not happen when using asopX or venom, might drop back to see if it continues in ICS.
Sent from Angelina dressed in CM10.1 by cnote74

[TIP] Enable Hidden Reading Mode in OnePlus 3/3T

Hi everyone!
I've found that the OnePlus 5's "Reading Mode", which has been exclusive to the OP5 from the start, has been integrated in the latest OOS 5.0 Update for the OnePlus 3/3T but is still hidden, as expected so that this can remain an exclusive to the OP5/5T
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Here's how to access the hidden settings:-
I used Nova Launcher Prime for doing this.
1. Add a Nova Launcher Activity by going into widgets.
2. Scroll down to Settings & then find "Reading Mode" & select that.
Now by clicking on that created Activity, you can access the hidden Reading Mode settings

Reserved
Screenshots added in OP!

This is great! And OnePlus said that this feature won't make it to OP3/3T via a SW update because of hardware shortcomings. I'm not sure why would they do this..

Shan8397 said:
This is great! And OnePlus said that this feature won't make it to OP3/3T via a SW update because of hardware shortcomings. I'm not sure why would they do this..
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Yes they did I believe they added this mode by mistake in the OOS build for the 3/3T. I wish the new 5T's Face Unlock implementation also arrives for our 3/3T

DarkSJ1998 said:
Hi everyone!
I've found that the OnePlus 5's "Reading Mode....
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Thanks!! Awesome work. :good::good:

This doesn't really work as it should.
We lack a hardware sensor, RGB ambient light sensor.
So what we get is basically Night mode with the Monochromatic profile.
The real deal should adapt the color of the display to the color temperature of the surroundings.
This was already possible to achieve without this entry, by enabling both the features I mentioned.
But congrats on the find. :good:
OOS ROMs are getting as stuffed as a turkey on Thanksgiving.

Thats a great find bro. Thanks for sharing

Didn't work for me.
Whenever I switch in reading mode. It goes grey for 1 second and then back to normal! Any solution?

suyashgulati said:
Didn't work for me.
Whenever I switch in reading mode. It goes grey for 1 second and then back to normal! Any solution?
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It's fine for me :/
Sent from my #FlagshipKiller3T using Tapatalk

Not able to find reading mode in 3T.
Hey I'm not able to find reading mode for my 3T.
I've Nova prime still not able to find option of reading mode in Nova Activity Settings.
Need help...

SIM Toolkit app showing up unwanted on MIUI 9 (v9.5.2.0)

After unlocking the bootloader and installing MIUI 9 STABLE on my Mi Note 2 from xiaomi.eu , after a few weeks an icon to access the SIM Toolkit has shown in my app drawer, I have no need for it so I'm wondering if there is any way of getting rid of the icon / shortcut to it, I know it can't be completely removed as it's necessary for the phone to function properly, any help is appreciated, thanks!
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Revolted5 said:
After unlocking the bootloader and installing MIUI 9 STABLE on my Mi Note 2 from xiaomi.eu , after a few weeks an icon to access the SIM Toolkit has shown in my app drawer, I have no need for it so I'm wondering if there is any way of getting rid of the icon / shortcut to it, I know it can't be completely removed as it's necessary for the phone to function properly, any help is appreciated, thanks!
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Same here. I'm very pleased with my new Mi Note 2 global ROM (6G RAM, 128G storage) and the MIUI 9.5 in general. Just a couple tiny little minor things annoy a little bit like this one, the SIM Toolkit icon jumps to its 'regular' place on the home screen(s) with every reboot. Also, Still didn't find a complete satisfying MIUI dark theme, the official one isn't complete IMO as well.

roucor said:
Same here. I'm very pleased with my new Mi Note 2 global ROM (6G RAM, 128G storage) and the MIUI 9.5 in general. Just a couple tiny little minor things annoy a little bit like this one, the SIM Toolkit icon jumps to its 'regular' place on the home screen(s) with every reboot. Also, Still didn't find a complete satisfying MIUI dark theme, the official one isn't complete IMO as well.
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Sorry for the late reply, this part of the forum was giving me error 404 for a while, glad to know it's not just me with this issue, weirdly enough I have 3 more of these phones, belonging to family members and the exact same ROM yet the SIM Toolkit didn't show up for them after rebooting, as for the theme I use Paper World, it's a Dynamic / Animated theme I guess? There's a few things that text is black in grey boxes but it isn't much of a deal, unfortunately the official Black theme from Xiaomi is somewhat broken, sometimes if very lucky after restarting it gets applied correctly, aside these I've yet to find any other good ones, if you can't download themes, etc, it may be due to having the MI App installed and doing updates to the apps, cleaning the Themes app cache returns it to factory and the Themes, wallpapers become available again, Xiaomi updated most apps so they don't work out of China due to privacy policy issues, as for the SIM Toolkit showing up in the apps we may have to wait for the MIUI 10 which is Beta stage, I will give it a shot when it's Stable!

how to ignore the notch???

Is there anyway to let the app ignore the notch
I know there is an option call essential notch settings in Oreo
xD

close your eyes and repeat after me:
"there is no notch"
"there is no notch"
"there is no notch"

What notch?
After no more than a few weeks I'd completely forgotten it existed.

avd said:
close your eyes and repeat after me:
"there is no notch"
"there is no notch"
"there is no notch"
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You know what, the Chinese video app ignore the notch and create a black bar that have the same size as the notification bar....
So... There's two black bar on the left side of the screen
XD
(Long time haven't open XDA)
(It's so hard to speak English!（｀Δ´）！)

There was an option in Oreo but it seems to be gone in Pie.
But yeah, for now keep chanting "there is no notch"...

Just look away...

Notch settings came a few updates into 8.1 so I expect the same with 9.

autosurgeon said:
Notch settings came a few updates into 8.1 so I expect the same with 9.
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I was expecting the same until Essential responded...
"Thanks for reaching out! Android Pie changed the way all apps interact with the space around the notch, and introduced standardized methods for app developers to support full screen mode. This should drive app developers to update their apps with native full screen options, without the need for custom notch settings.
For our first Android Pie release, we are using Google's standard implementation of the notch space. We will continue to monitor adoption of Pie's full-screen capabilities and evaluate whether it makes sense to customize and re-develop our own notch settings.
Hope that helps answer your question. Have a great day!"

Dear Mr.Rubin
Please bring back Essential Notch Setting.
My fav game cannot full screen now [emoji24][emoji24]
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Adb shell wm overscan 0,-143,0,0
This will remover the notification bar. If you can get xposed working on pie or have a great gestures module you can loose the nav bar as well.
Adb shell wm overscan 0,-143,0,-150
Its a thing of beauty.
Ps I wrote this before I realized the only app that seems to he able to use this space is youtube..

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Dear Mr.Rubin
Please bring back Essential Notch Setting.
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Pie sucks nuts without it.
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Agreed. I'm seriously considering rolling back to Oreo. What is the point of having screen real estate you can fully use.

Here is hope. Just realized youtube vanced has full working immersion. Shouldn't be long before a magisk module shows up to the rescue.

Essential stated today in their Reddit AMA that notch support will be back however, it'll take a little while due to some code rewrite thus it won't make it into the next security update.

Strange theme bug in Samsung Message

Hello
Since I bought the Note 9 I have a theme bug in the message app, the themes that try to change the messages bubbles don't do it anymore.
And the result is quite dirty: I get messages written white on white !
Do someone have the same issue or am I alone ?
This is what it should look like:
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This is what I get:
I contacted Samsung but they don't seem to knoz what I should do

Do you use night mode? It break themes.. Or maybe substratum?

hansolo35 said:
Hello
Since I bought the Note 9 I have a theme bug in the message app, the themes that try to change the messages bubbles don't do it anymore.
And the result is quite dirty: I get messages written white on white !
Do someone have the same issue or am I alone ?
This is what it should look like:
This is what I get:
I contacted Samsung but they don't seem to knoz what I should do
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jordiz86 said:
Do you use night mode? It break themes.. Or maybe substratum?
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You can't use night mode with themes on. They cancel out each other now.
What android version are you on? If you're on Pie but you're installing a theme and the homescreen screenshot in the store shows the clock widget at the Top of the screen, then that theme isn't updated for Pie as yet and will cause issues with theming.

I am still on Oreo 8.1 and frankly I don't think I will upgrade to Pie, I saw it and OneUi on my wife's S9, it is very elegant and round but all is black or white, no more colors
In fact I had the Note 8 before and it worked properly, when the Note 9 went out, I thought it would be better, with more battery, enhanced audio and so on, but basics like the themes do not work, and I am starting to regret the change.
Besides all the apps have been upgraded to their current version under Oreo

hansolo35 said:
I am still on Oreo 8.1 and frankly I don't think I will upgrade to Pie, I saw it and OneUi on my wife's S9, it is very elegant and round but all is black or white, no more colors
In fact I had the Note 8 before and it worked properly, when the Note 9 went out, I thought it would be better, with more battery, enhanced audio and so on, but basics like the themes do not work, and I am starting to regret the change.
Besides all the apps have been upgraded to their current version under Oreo
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It depends on theme you use. I have themes on Pie with colours everywhere.

I tried Pie and went back to Oreo. Many dark themes, even those updated for Pie had elements that didn't work properly (white text on white backgrounds, misaligned bubble menus). Perhaps they'll improve over time.
For now, Oreo works great and many of the Pie enhancements are available through Good Lock.

And ironically, this upgrade has shown up on my phone yesterday.
Trouble is I really want to stay on Oreo
But now there is a notification about the upgrade that is bugging me and I can't get rid of it. I seached google for a solution but apparently without rooting the phone no one found a way to stop it.

It can be stopped by using an ADB command to uninstall the Software Update app.

hansolo35 said:
And ironically, this upgrade has shown up on my phone yesterday.
Trouble is I really want to stay on Oreo
But now there is a notification about the upgrade that is bugging me and I can't get rid of it. I seached google for a solution but apparently without rooting the phone no one found a way to stop it.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/help/stopping-pie-update-t3913865
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/help/downgrade-to-android-oreo-t3890956
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/how-to/to-oreo-time-forever-t3910344

Thanks a lot for these links, the first one did wonders to help me git rid of the daily installation proposal
As for the notification, I*now use NCleaner