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    Samsung S23 camera - RAW is so restricted (PRO mode only?)

    I got a reply from the ProShot dev. Samsung do not provide an API for the x3 camera, which delivers RAW. Otherwise, they have the best app.
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    Samsung S23 camera - RAW is so restricted (PRO mode only?)

    I did actually find the auto exposure options in the factory camera app, in the PRO mode. Not sure they work correctly, or usefully. But better than nothing. Now I need to sort out why the PRO mode gets auto cancelled after a while.
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    Samsung S23 camera - RAW is so restricted (PRO mode only?)

    That is a ChatGPT reply.
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    Samsung S23 camera - RAW is so restricted (PRO mode only?)

    It seems RAW is enabled only in their "PRO" mode, but that has no auto exposure so each time needs to be tweaked. This is really dumb and hard to believe it was intended. 3rd party apps I could find do not support the three cameras it has. For example Open Camera (which I used for years on the...
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    How to save PRO/RAW mode in Samsung S10e camera app?

    There is a lot of stuff on google about this but as usual none of it works. It refers to an option like "save settings" in the camera app, but there is no such option. Maybe Samsung removed it recently? If it really has been removed, what is the least crippled 3rd party camera app for the...
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    Can one replace Odin root with Magisk root?

    I have an Odin rooted S7 and obviously most banking etc apps don't work on it. The Magisk route offers the ability to hide the root from specified apps. I tried to install Magisk. It is a 2 part thing. The 2nd part installs but the 1st part says something about boot sector is incompatible and...
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    Any top-end phone which can do RAW from any camera?

    The S10 range can do it from the main camera but not from the wide angle one, for example. I am looking for a significant upgrade from my S7, whose 12MP RAW images are actually very good. I also need the camera app to come up in a mode where all pics are RAW, with no extra selection. On the...
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    Samsung S10: Can one create a shortcut to the camera which starts it in Pro mode?

    This is possible on my S7. You set up the required config and there is a menu option to create a shortcut. Basically I need to shoot RAW every time I start the camera, without selecting Pro mode manually. Many thanks for any tips.
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    Nokia 9 - should I wait for v2?

    You can pre-order it on their website. It says 1st April 2019 for first shipments. The Q is whether it is likely to be usable. Normally I would not buy v1.000 of anything. The reviews suggest it is really good, but with some rough edges. It runs Android One - is this really android v10 or...
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    Can one conceal ROOT from a specific app?

    I have a T705 (4.4.2) rooted with the usual Odin process, done about 3 years ago. I have an app (not google pay; this is a specialised one) which detects root and shuts down. Is there a utility which can conceal a root from a specified app? I don't want to unroot and re-root the device with...
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    Please help a blind person with voice control

    Hi All, I am trying to set up a tablet (Samsung S7 9.7) to be used by a person with very poor eyesight. The objective is not to ask where the nearest MacDonalds is, but to make it dial a Skype or Whatsapp call. Unfortunately, the voice command functionality seems to be basically useless...
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    Never ending hassle with appshop payments refused

    This is all over the internet, with thousands of android users tearing their hair out, and most getting no solutions. I have just bought an S9 as a present for my GF, set it all up (had an S7 etc for years so know android pretty well, albeit all my stuff is rooted) but 1) cannot get paypal to...
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    Best email app which does POP3

    Hello All, Currently I use Maildroid on my S7, and K-9 Email on a T705 tablet. Both work OK but both have little issues. Maildroid falls over with attachments over a few MB, and K-9 doesn't really work well on a phone screen. I do need POP, not IMAP or gmail :) Many thanks for any tips. Peter
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    Some questions on the S9 camera

    Hi All, Currently I have the S7. I am looking at buying an S9 and wonder if the camera app has solved some of the issues which the S7 app has: 1) Can it be configured so it shoots raw and jpeg concurrently, and the setting is saved, and you get it every time you start the app with the shortcut...
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    Where has Manage Backups in Drive disappeared to?

    Samsung S7, android 6.0.1, UK version. I am trying to find where one can configure which apps get their data backed up to google drive. The internet is full of tutorials but they usually refer to some out of date or carrier specific version of android so the menus differ. Under Drive / top...
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    Is rooting Samsung S7 (v6 OS) reliable now?

    I have read the various hacking sites but there is nothing conclusive regarding the occassional trashed phones which reportedly happened with the most recent Samsung patches. The last of these arrived maybe 6 months ago and after that one just gets the v7 nag every day... I know I will lose the...
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    Latest on rooting S7 with v6 android?

    I have read the various hacking sites but there is nothing conclusive regarding the occassional trashed phones which reportedly happened with the most recent Samsung patches. The last of these arrived maybe 6 months ago and after that one just gets the v7 nag every day... I know I will lose the...
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    Mysterious photo transfer from one phone to another

    I have an S7 (v6) and S6 (v5). The S6 is a backup, with a PAYG SIM card which incidentally has no data support. Both have wifi enabled. The S6 is turned off most of the time. Both are configured as identically as I can achieve. I have just turned on the S6 and astonishingly found photos...
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    Help Does any Android phone recognise a USB-connected camera?

    Via an OTG cable, most seem to recognise flash sticks. But nothing recognises my Pentax K1 or any other Pentax. Yet the camera should be just a standard USB block device...
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    Today's OTA update disables viewing of notifications with lock screen on

    I used to be able to swipe down from the top to see what notifications were active but now I have to swipe away the lock screen first. Is this a configuration item somewhere? I realise it is debatable both ways whether you should have this... On a related point, is there any way to disable...
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    Disabling camera click sound, rooting, etc

    This option appears to be missing on my S7, and most others around the world. I know in the rooted version you can just hack the camera click sound file and that's it - done that on a few devices. But I don't want to risk rooting mine right now. Especially as Samsung are pushing out OS OTA...
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    Latest OS update fixes the RAW camera mode

    This OTA update appeared a few days ago. I noticed that the camera app, if you select Pro mode and make a shortcut for it, it now remembers the RAW mode. Also the raw files are improved. Previously they were really poor quality. I have just loaded one into Lightroom 6.5 and it looks pretty...
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    Help Why is cloning an android phone so difficult when IOS is so easy?

    I had an S6 for a year, then got the S7. The S6 was rooted so a "clone" to another rooted phone is possible via Titanium Backup + Nova Desktop backup (and restore using these two). A lot of data (a few GB) but it does work. But I didn't root the S7, partly to collect all the Samsung OS...
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    S7 intermittent fault - how can they "repair" it?

    I bought mine in May 2016. It started to crash, seemingly right after the last OTA OS update. I removed various apps one by one and eventually did a factory reset and it was still crashing. It normally reboots but sometimes it just hangs. At one point it hung and the hard reset would not wake it...
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    How to get around the SD card path using the volume serial number

    This is all over the internet... With android v6, all file paths use the volume S/N e.g. storage/3367-44fd/DCIM/etcetc where 3367-44fd is the volume S/N of the SD card. If you change the SD card, all the config is lost. If like most people you kept your pics and movies on it, you have to...
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