So, what is the lock button suppose to do in camera mode? It would make sense for it to prevent you from accidentally pressing one of the touch-sensitive buttons, but it also prevents you from touching the screen and taking a snapshot. I can see it being useful for camcorder mode but that feature isnt used as much as the camera.
Yea I know its useless for taking pictures. But I do actually use for a camcorder, I went to puyallup fair and went on a ride and was taking a video of my friend and to prevent from exidentaly stopping the recording I just lock the screen......there are a couple of things that are useless on the vibrant like it will not let you listens music/view videos, if your battery is below 15%... Just pisses Me off.
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there are a couple of things that are useless on the vibrant like it will not let you listens music/view videos, if your battery is below 15%... Just pisses Me off.
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Oh, that pisses me off to!! I could shoot the guy who signed off on that "feature". So many times I wanted to take a picture but it wouldnt let me because of low battery. ITS MY PHONE, let ME be the one who decides how to drain what battery I have left.
Yeah,cosine that. If i want to run down my battery that should be the users decision.
Vibrant vibrating nicely now,Kthx!
this happened to me the other day, while driving i was at a stop light and was going to take a pic of a ferrari next to me, but the damn camera got locked somehow, and i couldnt figure out how to unlock it, i ended up having to pull the battery....lol needless to say i missed the pic of the ferrari
Yep... I totally agree with that.
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Looks like HTC improved some things with the camera but my major complaint is still there. Even with every possible enhancement and option (including image review) turned off, there is still a 0.5 to 1.0 second lag when taking a picture in bright lighting even after everything is already focused with a half press of the shutter. I think it is improved a little, but still a far cry from what it should be. C'mon HTC: if a weak iPhone can take a picture instantly, surely you can do better than this!
Mike
I don't seem to have this shutter lag. The phone snaps the picture pretty instantly after I press the button.
Yeah, I'd say do a full wipe & reflash. 0 shutter lag here. I can't even get the image to speed blur while in motion.
This is with the latest 2.3.4 update.
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Yeah, I'd say do a full wipe & reflash. 0 shutter lag here. I can't even get the image to speed blur while in motion.
This is with the latest 2.3.4 update.
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Are you using the dedicated camera/shutter button? Autofocus is the only thing "auto" that I have enabled. Are you rooted with revolutionary?
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Are you using the dedicated camera/shutter button? Autofocus is the only thing "auto" that I have enabled. Are you rooted with revolutionary?
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For my fastest shots, I use the onscreen button, the camera button has a delay. Auto focus is off.
Yes, rooted with Revolutionary & using Haus' Stock Deodexed 2.08.651.2.
Just updated my wife's phone via the OTA. Hers has never been rooted and will likely never be rooted so I just took the OTA. Her's is exactly like mine. There's at least a half second delay on every shot. I've tried the dedicated camera button and the on screen button. Regardless of the settings or the button pressed, the camera doesn't take the picture until about a half second after you press the button.
Edit: I've never seen one of these phones not have horrendous shutter lag so if you think you have close to no lag, could you please post a short video showing this? I simply can't believe it until I see it.
Mike
I don't have another camera sorry. Sold it back when I had my EVO 4G.
I'm surprised you have this problem.
Try turning up the Exposure & ISO to 800 as well. This also speeds up the shutter on cameras. Will it be instant, I'm not sure but it'll definitely be faster.
Let me know if that works.
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On a side note regarding the camera, what happened to the shutter sound on/off option? Now it's on by default and hitting menu in the camera app doesn't show it, am I crazy or is it gone?
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I don't have another camera sorry. Sold it back when I had my EVO 4G.
I'm surprised you have this problem.
Try turning up the Exposure & ISO to 800 as well. This also speeds up the shutter on cameras. Will it be instant, I'm not sure but it'll definitely be faster.
Let me know if that works.
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Nothing changes it. Already tried ISO 800, shooting in direct sunlight, and every other trick I could think of. Minimum shutter lag is about a half second. Only thing I can figure is that some people call a half second "instant". It's far from it. Went to the Rays game tonight. Indoor lighting was bright as daylight: no flash needed. All pics were good at least and not blurry due to the fast shutter. But between my rooted Evo 3D and my wife's totally stock one, we missed almost every shot even when taking casual shots. And when you hand someone the camera to take a group shot, they press the shutter halfway to focus and then press the button the rest of the way and it NEVER works. Everyone always starts putting the camera down and the actual picture is taken after their hands are dropping because they've already pressed the button and nothing happened until a half second later. Again, this is with all auto stuff turned off, flash off, auto focus off, etc. Unless you are taking a picture of a rock or something else that isn't ever going to move, this camera is totally useless.
Mike
Have you tried wiping the SD card? Or used something other than the stock one?
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On a side note regarding the camera, what happened to the shutter sound on/off option? Now it's on by default and hitting menu in the camera app doesn't show it, am I crazy or is it gone?
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You're right, mine is forever silent. Since I had it off.
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Have you tried wiping the SD card? Or used something other than the stock one?
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No wipey wipey, but... my wife and I both use a SanDisk 32MB and my friend and his wife use the stock SD card. No difference. Half second delay on every shot, occasionally longer. I wouldn't think the SD card or it's speed would come into play for actually taking the shot: only afterward in storing it.
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The camera on my galaxy note seems is very slow at taking pictures especially when I use flash. the problem is that after the flash goes off it takes couple of second for the shutter to take place and for the picture to save. I tried saving the pics on the phone or the sd card but it makes no difference. I also tried to disable the power setting and even reset the camera settings but no luck. I never had this issue on my old infuse. Any suggestions?
I also find the camera to be freakishly slow.
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I turned off blink detection and the Google+ auto upload, seemed to speed it up a bit.
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I turned off blink detection and the Google+ auto upload, seemed to speed it up a bit.
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I haven't tried to turn off google + yet but it seems to me like the problem has to do with the flash because it takes pictures faster without the flash. I was just panicking that I had a defective phone since my google searches haven't turned up any results about the camera being slow for other users.
I am very surprised that the camera has this issue at all since my old infuse did not have that problem. Also my phone lags sometimes after i unlock the screen which is a problem that other people seem to have.
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Where do u turn off Google +?
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Where do u turn off Google +?
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In the settings of google+ there is an option for instant upload
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In the settings of google+ there is an option for instant upload
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I agree. I also turned off blink detection and the Google+ auto upload and it seemed to speed it up a bit. I am thinking the camera lag seems more evident on this phone because of the visual effect of the shutter. On other phones the frame just freezes then it saves without a shutter effect. I wish there was a way to turn that off
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Thanks I thought it was my new 32gb sd card.
ICS camera+ is much fastee
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This is one big issue with the note.
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
I had the same issue with the camera taking forever. I did a factory reset and the issue resolved. takes less than a second now with flash.
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ICS camera+ is much fastee
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I concur...this is the only camera app I use and it has proven its worth. Not to mention it has a burst mode that really speeds things up.
Another for Camera Ics +. Just can't seem to get away from it. I use it on both my razrs and now my note
Much better than the stock Samsung camera by far.
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I got ICS Camera+ also, but one thing was a back-breaker for me: video is taken as 3gp? WTeff is with that?
i think the issue is the shutter "effect" as someone mentioned. if you take a picture, as soon as the image freezes on screen, that's the shot that was taken. try it... i put a cup in front of me and click the button, and before the camera did the shutter closing effect, i moved the cup. the picture that was taken was at the right time. it just sucks if you are trying to get a couple of shots together... waiting for that silly animation...
also Camera ICS works on the stock ROM, but doesnt let you touch a point on the screen to focus... which is really nice about the stock camera app, if you ask me.
I use Fast Burst camera app. Takes a picture in a split second. No waiting.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tLnNwcml0ZWZpc2guZmFzdGJ1cnN0Y2FtZXJhbGl0ZSJd
Try checking if anti-shake is on. It'll do that
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I've been using my sgs3 with smart stay enabled and noticed it doesn't seem to be sensing me looking at it.. I wear glasses.. and I'm wondering if this is a limitation ?
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I also wear glasses and i find it works fine for me. Remember it doesnt work in low lights.
I Just tested it and it's not working without glasses on either. I see the 'eye' in the notification bar flash after 15 seconds, then it dims the screen, then again 5 seconds later and then screen switches off.
I've had smart stay enabled since day 0 and the phones had a few power cycles/reboots.
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Doesn't work for me with my glasses on or off. Must be my face!
doesn't work for me either. not smart
maybe the galaxy just doesn't like your faces?
maybe that's what samsung meant with it being smart. hehe
seriously i have read somewhere it is the face it is tracking not just the eyes.
It even worked when my Dogs were looking at at a few times, and it's annoying because often I put phone off to the side not looking at it and still stays on and wasting battery.
I'm sorry, I didn't realise Samsung required users to look like dogs for this feature to work.
I'm thinking of flashing a custom Rom anyhow.. be interesting to see f it works on another Rom.
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I'm sorry, I didn't realise Samsung required users to look like dogs for this feature to work.
I'm thinking of flashing a custom Rom anyhow.. be interesting to see f it works on another Rom.
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Well I do look a bit Ruff.
I just got my Galaxy. Seem to have the same issue, it's not working. Well I think there will be a software update soon enough.
If I consciously blink every so often I'm able to keep the screen on, but if I don't move or blink it turns off - at least that's how it seems to me.
Can't really get it working consistently yet.
I've had my phone since launch and it dimms but never turns off. I wear both glasses and contact lenses.
If the front camera is.nt pointed towards your face it may turn off however which is annoying sonetimes
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Hi,
I got smart stay working!
I opened the camera, switched to front facing and positioned the camera so that my face was in the centre of the screen and taking up about 50% of the area.
Now when switching to home screen the little eye kept popping up and going away and the screen stayed on!
Paul
I noticed it works flawless. I have it set too 30 seconds.
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Great
I find it very useful and works great, I don't wear glasses and I'v only had it two days but does as expected, I can look at it for 10 minutes and it won't turn off, if i point it away from me it turns off after my timeout.
I found if I closed my eyes and squinted one eye a tiny bit open it still didn't turn off though, but it's not like I'm playing hide and seek with it.
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I found if I closed my eyes and squinted one eye a tiny bit open it still didn't turn off though, but it's not like I'm playing hide and seek with it.
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Ha, that sounds like something I would do!
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I found if I closed my eyes and squinted one eye a tiny bit open it still didn't turn off though, but it's not like I'm playing hide and seek with it.
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Doesn't work for me
when i watch the screen, the screen didn't turn off, -> ok, this is work
but then i closed my eyes about 2 minutes, then when I opened my eyes, the screen didn't turn off
It works for me. I don't wear glasses though.
Correction, it has problems in landscape mode.
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I find it is a mixed bag. It rarely turns off when I am looking at it. But on lots of apps the screen dims meaning I have to touch the screen anyway. This rather defeats the point if you ask me!
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I was very excited by the Smart Stay feature of SGSIII but after a few days, experience, my opinion is that it does not work. I set the timeout to 15 sec. The eye flashes in the notification bar but most of the time screen is turned off. I tried staring directly at the front camera. Tried various positions too but no result. And all this is done in a normal lit room. Then I tried removing my specs and then it seems to work. Since I can't do much without them, so no fixed observation. Can anybody help?
do you wear glasses?
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do you wear glasses?
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Mine works even with glasses on
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Mine works even with glasses on
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Any particular setting? Or particular angle at which you keep your phone? Mine for sure does not work. The eye flashes but then the screen is also turned off.
I have the same issue too. Does anyone know the issue and how to overcome it? Thanks
I get mixed results with it. It works under ideal conditions but I had to extend the dim period to use it in everyday use.
The icon appears to show that the phone is checking for a face and not confirming it saw one. I see it flash even when looking from an angle where I'm definitely out of the camera frame.
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do you wear glasses?
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Me and a friend we bought s3 and both of us having an issue with smart stay !It works after you open the device for the 15-30 minutes and after that nothing,after the eye appears the screen goes off!We are not wearing glasses!!So any idea what cause that?A possible bug of it?Or any future update will fix it?
you guys running on XXfl2 or whatever it is?
smart stay works really well for me, never has an issue, even at acute angles
It never works for me.
Then again... I'm way to ugly for my phone to stay with me.
Smartphone's R getting to smart I guess.
Works great for me too...
Samsung already stated they are working on improving the feature as it is not yet capable of handling some light conditions, and most glasses.
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Works fine for me with glasses, as long as the phone's front camera is pointing right at me.
The flashing eye means its searching for a face; the only indication that it has recognised you is that the screen doesn't turn off.
Same issue!
Yup, facing the same problem. Keep staring at the screen for hours for the damn thing to work. But it just wont. I have tried with my glasses off. Got the same result. The eye appears on the screen twice. The first time it dims the screen, the second time it shuts it off. I have tried different angles, but have finally resigned to my fate, unless XDA/Sammy figure it out!
not working for me 2
I am not wearing any glasses but it simply dont wok tried to change the angels but no luck ... hope it need improvement. This was the main reason to purchase the s3 but....
Mine works quite well, feels like its abit of a battery drain though.
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For anyone having issues this might be worth a shout.
http://www.redmondpie.com/iseeyou-b...-older-devices-running-android-2.3-or-higher/
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It needs to be a nice distance from your face to pick up your eyes, light is an issue too.
Its a nice feature that has some obvious issues on a 1.X MP camera.
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For anyone having issues this might be worth a shout.
http://www.redmondpie.com/iseeyou-b...-older-devices-running-android-2.3-or-higher/
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Samsung patented this feature so i guess the app dev is in a bit of danger unless he is not really rich.
Other apps wont be as good either, as smart stay was made with this hardware in mind (namely the camera). Others will have to bend and shape to fit multiple cameras, making detection algorithms not as strong.
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right now im testing screen control, which is free in teh app store (on stock ICS)
it works but works when it wants to really. it might be for earlier android versions.
but im looking for a simple app that recognizes motion on my preferred sensitivity to turn the screen on.
im so tired of pressing the power button on these phones. it irritates the piss out of me now.
i just wanna pick my phone up and screen come on. i dont even care if the screen comes on when i dont want it to..
Try this one here
Or go with the paid version here
I havent tried either of them yet but they look promising.
I used this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grandmaster.awesomeonoffultimate&hl=en
It worked really well but eventually the extra battery use wasn't worth it.
What if the folds from ur pockets turn the screen on? I see no point though in screen on with motion detection it's cool to show off but I think its just a of waste time. Thing you could tell us the plans for this?
Using phone as a media server and don't wish to get up to turn screen on so u just wave ur hand from a distance? That sounds pretty useful lol
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I completely agree.. seems like a frivolous app to me.
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What if the folds from ur pockets turn the screen on? I see no point though in screen on with motion detection it's cool to show off but I think its just a of waste time. Thing you could tell us the plans for this?
Using phone as a media server and don't wish to get up to turn screen on so u just wave ur hand from a distance? That sounds pretty useful lol
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AndrasLOHF said:
I used this one:
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It worked really well but eventually the extra battery use wasn't worth it.
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This.