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Author Does firmware have an effect on cam quality other than the driver?
amnher
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Posted: 2009-04-14 10:17
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All of us know that cam driver takes control of the quality and functions of our camera driver. But does firmware also affects that?

In acoustic I can confirm that in w810i :
R4EA031+modded acoustic behaves differently with R4DB005+modded acoustic since mega bass in R4EA031 is gone at max volume while R4DB005 retains mega bass.

Is this the same case with camera quality?

Lets say
w810i R4DB005+Sarmad 6.0 vs. w810i R4EA031+Sarmad 6.0 vs. w810i R4EK001+Sarmad 6.0

Will they behave differently?
Raiderski
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Posted: 2009-04-14 10:46
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if quality is 100% then firmware has 90% while camera driver only 10%
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Posted: 2009-04-14 13:12
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On 2009-04-14 10:46:32, Raiderski wrote:
if quality is 100% then firmware has 90% while camera driver only 10%



Thanks for the reply.

I see your a former k750i user. Does FW R1CA, R1DB, R1BC for w800i/k750i all same cam driver have different picture outcome? is that what you mean?
amnher
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Posted: 2009-04-16 02:23
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Anyone else
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Posted: 2009-04-16 03:39
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On 2009-04-14 13:12:35, amnher wrote:

On 2009-04-14 10:46:32, Raiderski wrote:
if quality is 100% then firmware has 90% while camera driver only 10%



Thanks for the reply.

I see your a former k750i user. Does FW R1CA, R1DB, R1BC for w800i/k750i all same cam driver have different picture outcome? is that what you mean?


That's right, even its mod camdriver are have different settings in cid36 (an old one) and cid49. In cid49 you didn't have zoom function...
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Posted: 2009-04-16 09:01
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amnher
that's right. most important things are in firmware, driver is not that much important
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Posted: 2009-04-16 09:07
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Can we conclude that its possible that

R4DB005 + super driver 6.7.2 will be different with R4EA031 + super driver 6.7.2????
Raiderski
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Posted: 2009-04-16 10:50
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yes but it's better to say 'can be' instead of 'will be'
we don't know what exactly are changes between these two firmware versions. SE don't post changelogs with firmware updates, so we don't know if there was any change in camera software, we can guess only
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Posted: 2009-04-16 10:59
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I see its trial and error of flashing from one firmware to another then post some screenshot but its qute hard as quality is affected also by circumstances
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Posted: 2009-04-16 12:31
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Which firmware is best for K810i to take picture? My friend's K800i with K810i R8BA024 firmware can take better picture than my K810i!
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Posted: 2009-04-16 13:08
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You sure? Meaning that proves something that firmwares have effect on quality of pictures
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Posted: 2009-04-16 14:22
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But my K810i also use R8BA024 firmware, both use the same camdriver!!
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Posted: 2009-04-16 15:06
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@raider
so, that's the reason why do you still using R1KG001 in your phone mate?
how about R8bf003?
Raiderski
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Posted: 2009-04-16 20:38
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not really I have no problems with R1KG, so I stuck with it and R8BF will be my next some day when I look at pics from R8BA I don't see much differences, actually I don't see any. I guess SE did not changed anything in the camera software
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Posted: 2009-04-17 07:13
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I see. I heard that it happens also to w610i vs. k550i@w610i
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