Note that rooting your Android phone will void its warranty. In computing, firmware is a specific class of computer software that provides the low-level control for a device’s specific hardware. Firmware, such as the BIOS of a personal computer, may contain basic functions of a device, and may provide hardware abstraction services to higher-level software such as operating systems. For less complex devices, firmware may act as the device’s complete operating system, performing all control, monitoring and data manipulation functions. Typical examples of devices containing firmware are embedded systems (running embedded software), home and personal-use appliances, computers, and computer peripherals. Aside from the official ROMs, there’s an entire community built around custom ROMs. Sometimes a dedicated fan will create a ROM alone, but oftentimes they’re made by small teams.

• Back up your MTK Android firmware is a very important aspect of the whole process and it is worth mentioning here.
• As soon the Google releases some updates, most of the stock Android devices quickly receive these updates.
• Most Motorola phones come with My UX, which is the company’s proprietary Android skin.
• Then when the user takes a picture, it uses some of these old frames to create the final picture.
• Ideally, most of the applications available out there are usable on any Android phone but this is not the case with this camera application.
• In such cases, you don’t have to flash the GApps file separately.

In addition to searching firmware for your device and region, the tool has a number of other features. If you have an encrypted firmware that you have downloaded from somewhere else, you cannot flash it with Odin. Samsung Firmware Downloader has the option to decrypt these files. You simply select the decrypt option, select the encrypted file and the tool will do the rest. Samsung Firmware Downloader, as the very original name implies, is another tool for downloading Samsung firmware files, developed by Zachary Wander. It is based on Samloader, a command-line program with the same functionality. Samsung Firmware Downloader is essentially the graphical version of that particular tool.

• Installing ROM on the Android device is as same as installing an operating system on a computer device.
• Old phones and many low end devices either don’t support this API or are sold with it disabled.
• When you launch the app, you’ll be asked if you want to create a backup.
• If you ask me which is the best Samsung Galaxy Smartphone series, when considering the price and performance I will say it’s the “A” series.
• Lens blur is older and works with objects too, but it has worse edge detection and sometimes it blurs what shouldn’t be blurred.

Sometimes it’s called HDR Quality, HDR Frames, HDR Speed, etc. Some versions come with multiple settings for this option. Some might work on your phone, while others won’t do anything. To see the difference, take two pictures – one with this setting enabled and another with it disabled – and compare the results. Depending on the GCam version you’re using, you might have to disable other AWB settings in order for it to work. Some versions of this port come with these two features.

Check this page where I talk about a setting credit and some 3rd party apps that will allow you to save pictures taken with GCam’s Portrait Mode in the main /DCIM/Camera folder. Usually this is caused by GCam using an incompatible “model” for your camera. This adjusts the under exposure (if auto exposure is enabled). Set HDR+ underexposure multiplier to 50% and compare it with “normal” photos. Some users use it on 0%, but you need to test and see which value is better for your phone. Hexagon DSP is an image processor available on some SoCs (processors) and improves processing performance while using less battery. Leaving it ON usually improves speed, but doesn’t work on all phones.