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How do I disable the 'click' sound on the camera app?
When I take a picture it makes a 'click' sound. As this is default behavior, I would like to turn it off. Is there a setting to do so; or if I find+delete the sound file, will there be repercussions?
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5answers
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My Samsung Galaxy S front-facing camera doesn't work in camera app, Gtalk or Skype — How can I use it?
One of the reasons I brought my Samsung Galaxy S was because it has a front facing camera.
However I have found since buying it:
Camera app can't use it
Gtalk doesn't support video calling on ...
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4answers
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Is there a way to see the device's screen *live* on PC, through ADB?
I am a vlogger and after getting HTC Desire HD, found out its camera was all I ever needed. However, I usually have to see myself while recording video, to control my facial expressions, and with a ...
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4answers
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What's the best Android device for photography? [closed]
I'm looking for an Android phone, and my primary concern is that it be good for photography. I've got a "real camera", and for a dSLR I've got a relatively compact setup. But, y'know, sometimes one is ...
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3answers
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How can I make my photos automatically geo-tagged?
Is there a way I can make photos taken by Camera be automatically and reliably geo-tagged, so that the location is recognised when I upload them to Flickr?
I have 'GPS' enabled in the camera, but it ...
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1answer
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What are the technical specs of cameras in Android devices?
Marketing materials for camera-equipped phones tend to focus on megapixels, flash, and video capability. As anyone with a little experience with digital photography knows, these are not, actually, the ...
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1answer
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How can I save photos that I take with my Android's camera in a lossless format?
How can I save the images captured with my Android's camera in RAW or TIFF format? Are there any apps, ROM/kernel Modifications or other methods that will allow me to accomplish this?
Technically I ...
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3answers
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Is it possible to use the camera without unlocking first?
Is it possible with Android phones (like with iOS 5) to take photos directly from the lock screen without unlocking first?
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7answers
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Can I turn my Android device into a webcam?
If so, how? Could it be implemented via a USB, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection?
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3answers
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Why is the HDR button missing?
This article mentions a new HDR camera mode that's available in Android 4.2:
but my Galaxy Nexus doesn't show that option:
Why not?
9
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0answers
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How to use an android phone as a wireless webcam? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I turn my Android device into a webcam?
Is it possible? It is possible with nokia symbian phone using an Motvik's app wwigo. I am wondering whether a similar app ...
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1answer
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Can I manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the ...
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5answers
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Auto focus not working on Galaxy Nexus
I seem to have lost the auto focus capability on my Nexus. The phone is stock, only one update done (so it's XWKL2). I don't use the camera much, but I think I had auto focus when I first started ...
8
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3answers
1k views
Barcode Scanning with a low res camera (3.2mp)
I have two phones, one has a 3.2mp camera, the other has an 8mp camera. I downloaded the 'Barcode Scanner' app on both phones, it works on the 8mp phone but the 3.2mp phone doesnt pick up any barcodes ...
8
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1answer
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How do I take very long exposure photos?
I would like to take some long exposure photos using my Android phone (Moto DROID v1 running Android 2.2.2) of the night sky. I experimented with the settings for the default camera app, and I found ...
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0answers
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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 ...
7
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4answers
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In camera apps, is “zoom” a digital zoom, or an optical zoom?
In some camera apps (native camera app in 2.2, Camera 360), "zoom" zooms in on the image -- filling the entire screen with a closer-in view of what you're shooting. In at least one app (Vignette [see ...
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3answers
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With the Android 4.2 camera app, how can I tell if I have a GPS lock?
My Galaxy Nexus has just been updated to v4.2 of Jellybean, Google seem to have totally changed the camera app in this update and there's a few functions that I just can't find.
As I'm travelling a ...
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2answers
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Instagram creates a new “Camera” folder, how do I deal with it?
I'm on Android 2.3.4, Xperia Active. And I have downloaded and installed Instagram.
Normally when I take pictures on the stock Camera app, my photos gets sent to sdcard/DCIM/100ANDRO. However, when I ...
7
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1answer
440 views
Use android phone with broken screen as WiFi camera
The screen of my android phone is broken and since I couldn't find a replacement screen I thought of using the phone as wifi camera. I've installed IP cam and use the android.screencast to control and ...
7
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2answers
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Not enough time for GPS lock for geo-tagging when taking a photo
I turned on geo-tagging for photos, but the problem is that the GPS locking procedure seems to only start when I open the camera app - but it takes minutes for it to lock on a location and by that ...
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3answers
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How can I take a photo when battery <20%?
How can I take photo when battery level is less than 20%? My Samsung Galaxy S always says "battery low" and then closes the camera application when I try to. Is there a way to get around this? Or is ...
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1answer
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Can I disable the camera sound in the new ICS camera app (in silent mode)?
Android got a brand new camera app with ICS. The old camera app from previous android versions didn't play a sound when the phone is in silent mode, the new one does. Obviously this can be somewhat ...
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5answers
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How do I turn off the shutter sound for the Android camera? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I disable the 'click' sound on the camera app?
If the phone isn't in silent mode, taking a picture using the stock camera application always plays a ...
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1answer
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How to enable a PIN but allow quick access to camera?
In Android 4.1, when you set the lock screen security to "slide", you can quickly access the camera by sliding left.
Is there a way to get a similar sliding mechanism, but at the same time require a ...
6
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1answer
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How to get the camera's auto white balance to work on a Nexus 4
I've been taking pictures with a Nexus 4 for a few days now, and noticed that the colors are off on many pictures. Finally today, I decided to do a Nexus 4 vs. iPhone comparison, with the same scenes, ...
6
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1answer
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Screen-casting/screen-capturing the camera view (appears black)
For demoing an Augmented Reality app, I would like to do a screencast of the Android device's screen (HTC Desire S).
The open source project androidscreencast works fine, except for the camera view. ...
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2answers
994 views
Add me feature of Galaxy S
There is an interesting feature in the camera of Galaxy S phones, called Add me. Using this one can take photo of a person sitting in two postures in the same frame. (A normal photo is taken, the ...
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5answers
908 views
Can I disable geotagging and delete prior geotag information in photos?
My phone is a rooted Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) running a 2.2.1-based ROM. Another question touched on this, but I want to do 2 things
Be able to take pictures that are not geotagged. According ...
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3answers
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How can I change the naming convention of the stock camera/gallery app?
I just switched from a Droid1 to an HTC Evo 3d, and despite all the positives, one negative is sticking under my nail. On the Motorola Droid, the camera/gallery (I am not sure who is responsible for ...
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3answers
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Samsung Galaxy S Camera problem
When taking pictures with the Samsung Galaxy S's camera I get a rather large red spot in from the center of the image outwards. I've uploaded an image showing this.
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3answers
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Does Samsung Galaxy S keep GPS location in camera taken photo metadata?
Does anyone know if Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000's camera taken photos keep information about GPS location from when they were taken?
Thank you
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1answer
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How do I get back to the regular camera?
I hit something by accident and now whenever I use the camera app it's using the front facing camera evey time.
How do I switch it back?
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2answers
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Is Samsung Galaxy S II rear camera Gorilla Glass too?
is Samsung Galaxy S II rear camera Gorilla Glass too?
It sticks out a little above the case, so I would like to know if it's durable enough not to need to buy special case which, obviously, makes the ...
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5answers
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Gallery Latency
If I take some photos, and then go to the Gallery app, those photos do not always appear immediately. I've tried causing the Gallery to refresh, but the images simply do not appear for quite ...
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2answers
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How to improve camera shooting responsiveness?
Is there a camera application (or other solution) that has quick response time between button press and taking the picture?
On HTC Hero, the delay from button press to shutter is painfully long - ...
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2answers
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Why my photos end up half dark?
Sometimes my motorola milestone camera goes crazy and starts out to take photos half dark.
I noticed that it only happens when flash is on. Also, I've seem this happening when the battery is low ...
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3answers
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Is there an ICS ROM for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 that has camera support?
I'm keen to upgrade my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Android 4, ICS. My Tab is already rooted and running 3.2.
However, it seems most ICS ROMs, for some reason, don't support the camera, which is a deal ...
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1answer
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How to specify where my camera saves photos to
I have a Samsung S5830 phone which has Android on it.
When I look at:
Task Manager -> Summary
It appears that my, small, sim card is being filled up with data whilst, my larger, External SD card ...
5
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1answer
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Camera app that records EXIF
Is there a camera app that records EXIF information? In particular, I would need the following:
GPSLatitude
GPSLongitude
GPSImgDirection
SubjectDistance
I've checked that all these fields can be ...
5
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1answer
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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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2answers
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Auto-Enhance Multiple Photos In Gallery?
Is there a way to auto-enhance multiple selected photos without picking one by one which supposedly takes more time since it returns me to start of photos list and I have to navigate and find last ...
4
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1answer
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number in the top right corner of the camera app? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What does the blue 0 mean in the top right hand corner of my camera?
What is the number shown in the top right corner of the camera app that comes installed with Android ...
4
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1answer
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Protector for camera lens window on HTC Desire Z? (protect from scratches)
Given that this phone provides no protection against scratches on the window for the camera lens, unlike for example, the Nokia N82 (great cameraphone which I also own), are there any adhesive ...
4
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1answer
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Selecting 720p format on Nexus 7
I have rooted, unlocked and modded my Nexus 7 with the 720p camera mod. If I go to system/etc/media_profiles.xml, it shows the 720p format.
The only problem is, that when I film with the default ...
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1answer
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Crashing video camera in CyanogenMod 7.2
I just updated CyanogenMod 7 to 7.2 on my Nexus One. Now when I go to camera → photo mode it works well, but if I switch to video mode it just crashes.
I tried to find an answer on the ...
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2answers
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Droid RAZR MAXX encryption downgrades max camera resolution
After submitting my DROID RAZR MAXX to the whims of my company's OLA for getting access to work mail, calendar, and contacts, it was encrypted, including the storage. Encryption notified me, before ...
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Jurisdictions where camera shutter sound is mandated by law [closed]
I found some claims that it is illegal to disable the shutter sound on phone cameras in some countries. However, I found few reliable references on the matter. Do you know of any laws in your part of ...
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1answer
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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 ...
4
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0answers
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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 ...
