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Meet Focal, the New Camera App For CyanogenMod

Posted by Unknown on from the cool-new-stuff dept.

A few days ago, the CyanogenMod teamed teased a new project named Nemesis, a series of planned improvements to the user interface. An anonymous reader writes with news of the first part: a new camera application designed to replace the neglected stock Android camera app. From the article: "As cameras and camera software becomes an increasingly important part of our mobile experience, a great photography experience on your smartphone can make all the difference. The CyanogenMod project has decided to take smartphone photography a lot more seriously with the release of Focal, and all new camera app for CM users everywhere." Android Police also has an early look with screenshots. The menu system in particular looks a lot nicer to use than the current cumbersome interface to white balance/exposure/scene settings. Focal should be merged into nightly releases soon.

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  1. i like cyanogenmod..but... by wbr1 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I own 4 smartphones of various age. None are officially supported. They all have unofficial ports in various stages, but guess what? It's the camera that is normally broken due to no drivers from the manufacturer. This is a deal breaker for me as I use my camera for work daily.

    I wish it were otherwise.

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    1. Re:i like cyanogenmod..but... by h4rr4r · · Score: 4, Informative

      Sounds like you made some pretty poor choices.
      Here is a list of devices with that sort of stuff available:
      https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/drivers

      Buying devices without drivers available is voting with your dollars for this to continue. If you want it to stop you have to take some responsibility.

    2. Re:i like cyanogenmod..but... by h4rr4r · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This hardware does not support OSS, if you wanted OSS you should have bought hardware that supported it.

      By what magic is OSS going to work when drivers are missing and there is no released documentation?

  2. Re:DMCA takedown by Crudely_Indecent · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You might change your tune after experiencing a vendor modified version of Android followed by a Cyanogenmod pure version of Android on the same phone. The difference is night and day. Sure, the vendors add a few snazzy UI features - but nothing that actually enhances the phone. In fact, most vendor versions suffer glitches and slowdowns that are maddening to someone who knows they shouldn't be there.

    Since installing Cyanogenmod the first time, I now shop for phones that are capable of running it. The first thing I do with my new phones is install CM because I'm used to the speed and consistency of the interface.

    On top of that, CM stays close to the current Android release - whereas vendors are usually far behind, some never updating at all.

    My wife and I have the same phone (GS3) and she doesn't want me to make any modifications to her phone. I get better battery life and have fewer problems with CM than she has with the vendor version her phone shipped with. On top of that, the vendor version doesn't allow tethering to be turned on unless we pay extra on our plan - my CM version has no such restriction.

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