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How to Change the Filename Prefix (DSC) of Camera Photos
I have a android mobile with 5 MP camera. I use the default camera app to capture photos.
All the pictures captured by camera has DSC prefix in their name - DSC_XXXX.
I want to remove DSC prefix and ...
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Camera - Using the flash to illuminate in camera mode?
On my HTC One-X the Camera app can take videos or photos. When recording video you can turn the flash on to provide some illumination.
Is there a way of doing this while in the camera mode when ...
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How to disable autofocus and set focus to infinity?
I almost never take any close up pictures with my Galaxy Nexus (and when I do, it'd be more convenient to manually switch into some kind of macro mode).
How do I stop the auto-focus from trying all ...
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FFMpeg stream to FFServer from Back Camera
I'm looking for a way to stream my camera video from my Android phone to an FFServer, like I would with FFMpeg from the command line in Linux:
ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 ...
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How to change camera default save location?
When I was using the camera of my Sony Xperia S, the following message popped up.
So how do you change the default save location of your camera (as highlighted with red underline)?
Note: Yes, my ...
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How to Use Camera in ICS to store images on internal memory?
The SD card slot on my HTC Dezire Z is broken and a replacement is not available. How can I use my camera without an SD Card? I am using ICS.
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Can I use the internal storage in the Wildfire S to store music and photos?
I have a Wildfire S for a couple of weeks while my actual phone is off for repair. I can't use the camera or anything like that because it just says "Insert SD Card". If I look at the storage I can ...
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Configure Android to save pictures/video to SDCard?
The camera settings only save it to the phone or the internal virtual SD card. I have installed a 32 bit hispeed SD card. How can you force it to save in the external SD card?
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How to store data on internal memory on LG Optimus 4X HD
After first use of LG optimus 4x HD I set storing of photo and video files on a SD card. Now I want this files to be saved back on internal memory.But I can't find where I did this setting. Please ...
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Is there any adb shell command to focus camera?
I would like to record some movie on my desk but camera doesn't focus so I would like to force my phone to camera focus. Is it possible?
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Camera app crashing on Nexus i9250 Android 4.2.1
I just bought a i9250 Nexus, and the system proposed to upgrade to newer version 4.2.1 (it is not a rooted phone. It is an unblocked UK phone)
I played with the new phone and after a couple of days I ...
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Broken Camera - Galaxy S3
The acrylic cover to the camera cracked open while in my pocket, now the camera is degrading. Is it possible to replace the camera on a Galaxy S3?
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Is there any way to re-render a photosphere?
I took a photosphere earlier today, and went to the gallery to wait for it to render. While it was rendering, I switched from landscape to portrait and the gallery app crashed. I'm now left with the ...
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Does camera clarity vary with to the app?
I own an old HTC Wildfire A333. I recently switched it back to the HTC Sense ROM and I saw that the quality of pictures taken with the default HTC camera app seem better. Not slightly. Quite a ...
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Record video and send it to server
I want to record a video, and stream it directly to the server while recording (i.e. the video should be saved on the server, not necessarily locally on the Android device). How can this be ...
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Is continuous focus a 4.0-only feature?
The http://www.android.com/about/ice-cream-sandwich/ page details that Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" introduced two interesting features for Camera: “continuous focus” and “zero ...
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Can the Android Jelly Bean camera app be set to take pictures as they appear on screen?
After my most recent Android update, the camera app has changed the way pictures are framed. While they used to be taken as they appear on the screen, they are now stored with "extra space", i.e., as ...
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Why the music player stop playing music when taking photo?
May I know what is the reason why Android phone's music player will stop playing music when I switch to camera mode?
I find it logical if the music player stop playing music when taking a movie but ...
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Activity Camera (in application Camera) is not responding
I am having a strange issue with my Camera app. When I open the application, I received the following message:
Activity Camera (in application Camera) is not responding
after about 5 seconds. ...
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How to use Sony Xperia Z's burst mode programatically?
I'm trying to trigger the Xperia Z camera in burst mode based on an event and I'm not sure what the best approach is.
So far I've tried this:
Installed Tasker and setup a Take Photo Action but ...
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Video recording bug fix for CM9 ICS?
I have a Galaxy Mini(GT-S 5570). I recently upgraded it from Gingerbread 2.3.6 to ICS(CM9). Now everything is working fine except for the video recording. The camera takes pictures without any issues ...
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Restart camera service
I have a smartphone which the camera doesn't work very well with CyanogenMod.
Sometimes (and very often), after taking some picture the camera stops working until I restart the phone.
When I try ...
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Is there any camera application that can save photos on internal storage?
So my sd card reader is broke, and my only possibility of ever taking photos again is to use the internal memory.
My HTC Desire HD phone is rooted, with android 4.1 i think
The default camera ...
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My Camera on my android tablet isn't letting me take any pictures. help?
The camera on my Android tablet doesn't let me take any pictures. It says Insert an SD card before using the camera.
I didnt need an SD card before. I put an SD card in and it still says the same ...
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How can I connect an external bluetooth camera to non-camera droid tab?
I have the Nook HD+ and am extremely happy with it. It doesn't have a camera though (and that's not really a problem either. It's almost perfect every other way :)
I have always wondered if it's even ...
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I need to know how to disable the “add filter” feature on my camera
...when I upload a photo to a text message on my Galaxy S III. I think it may be a feature of my messaging app (Go SMS), but I have scoured the settings in camera and Go SMS and can't find anything. ...
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Camera Icon disappeared and camera screen blank
2 tablet and it has been fine, noticed that the screen capture Icon has disappeared I click the camera app, all the controls etc appear but the screen is blank, both on camera and movie, I have tried ...
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Geo Location in picture name
I'd like to have the city name where the picture was taken in the name of the file.
ex:Montreal-20120325-00001.jpeg
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Clock alarm doesn't turn off off, and camera zoom doesn't work on Android 4.1.2
I have a Nexus S, running Android 4.1.2.
Just noticed today that I couldn't shut off the alarm by pressing the volume keys or the power button. Usually, when the alarm goes off, the phone displays 3 ...
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Note 2 Camera display is over saturated
I have a problem with Note 2's camera where the display is boosting the saturation, and there is no way for me to evaluate the actual colours of the FINAL image.
I usually shoot with a DSLR and when ...
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“Cannot connect to camera” and cannot switch to camcorder problems
I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my HTC G2.
I have not been able to use the camcorder function in a very long time. Sometimes it will switch to the camcorder function but then after 1 second, the camera ...
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Always crashing Camera app in Galaxy Nexus JB 4.2.1
I experience crashes on the camera app everytime I launch it (I'm on a Galaxy Nexus under Android 4.2.1), and also when launching the camera through other apps (camera 360, barcode scanner, etc.).
Is ...
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Set Android camera exposure setting
Recently i bought a tablet(a lower end one) and its actually pretty good for the money i have spent and runs on Android ICS, the only problem i see is with the camera exposure setting.
The Front ...
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Use my volume keys as zoom in and out on ICS camera?
On the stock ICS camera, I want to know how to make it so that pressing the volume up and down keys zoom in and out the camera? It worked before on my phone's original firmware (ST17i) but after ...
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Weird bug on camera, pictures won't save, record not working
I'm having a weird problem on my milestone 2; Wenever I take a picture, it won't save properly, instead, all I can see is a gray icon with a montain. When I try to record a video it shows a deformed ...
