Hi, really sorry if this is a stupid question but how do you switch cameras on this device. I can't seem to find a way to switch to the rear camera?
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When you open the camera app you should have a menu bar at the right hand side. The very small icon at the top is the one you want. Tap it and you have the option to switch cameras, along with a load of other options.
Thanks for your reply. I know this sounds bonkers but I have opened the camera app, and tried every possible setting, just can't switch to the rear camera. There is not even an option to switch?? Is there anyway you can easily post a screen shot?
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Afraid I'm unable to post screenshots yet.
Have you tried a reset?
Yes, I have tried resetting. I have also downloaded a barcode app and that defaults to the front camera without and option / reference to the rear. This is really strange and frustrating.
Could it mean the rear camera is faulty and not being recognised?
I suppose it is possible but I am not knowledgeable enough to say . Have you tried another camera app?
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OK, got enough posts now to post screenshots...hope I've done it correctly.
http://db.tt/ia5jc5y
http://db.tt/0nOEYPN
Hi, thank you very much for taking the time to post the screenshot.
I think mine must be faulty as i do have the menu, but not the 'switch to main camera' option!!
I guess the software is not detecting the camera for some reason!
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Does anyone know of an app that will Use the HD2 camera, and possibly the led flash, to display a live magnified image on screen? Essentially turning the HD2 into a magnifying glass (possibly with light)?
Ive got a friend who is partially sighted and often uses a magnifying glass with a built in 'torch' light, to read print/text while out and about.... having an app that would do the same thing could prove very handy at times.
Anyone know of such a thing? Everytime I try searching I just get apps that magnify whatever is on the screen and cant magnify a live image from the camera.
Thanks in advance.
iam sorry for asking, but could using the zoom feature of camera with flash on...doesnot serve the purpose ?
Thanks for the suggestion... However I had already thought of this... The main problem being that my flash will not light until I take a picture.
Previously my flash would stay lit during preview if the flash ON option was selected.... but this is no longer the case (possibly since flashing to EnergyRom).
Plus having a dedicated app would be more convenient.
Cheers for the suggestion though :thumbup:
thesweeney said:
Thanks for the suggestion... However I had already thought of this... The main problem being that my flash will not light until I take a picture.
Previously my flash would stay lit during preview if the flash ON option was selected.... but this is no longer the case (possibly since flashing to EnergyRom).
Plus having a dedicated app would be more convenient.
Cheers for the suggestion though :thumbup:
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Put it in video mode and you can force the flash on or use torch button and leave it running when you start the camera up.
yes, you can use the torch application and keep it on while you use your camera
The LED turns off if the Torch app (Flashlight) is not the active application.
You can do what optiknervz suggested which is use the Video mode and then turn on the flash, unless of course you want a still photograph of whatever it is that you are trying to zoom into.
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The LED turns off if the Torch app (Flashlight) is not the active application.
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yea cos flashlight is no match for torch button.
yes ..use the torch button, not the flashlight app..........i can use my torch even by clicking my quicklink and it stays on even while i use any other app and only gets switched off once i disable it by pressing the quicklink again.
Loving my EVO LTE so far. Quick question on the camera button. I need to press my button very hard to get it to snap a picture. Is anyone else having this issue? Just wondering if it is a defect or if they are all like this. Thanks.
its a 2-button button. a 'soft press' (to the first resistance point) triggers focus, a 'hard press' (all the way down, past the first resistance point) takes the pic. its by design.
a 'long press' (holding down the camera button for 3 sec) will bring up the camera app if you are doing anything else, and a 'long press' while in the camera app will rapid-fire capture pics as long as you are holding it down.
Does everyone's camera make noise when snapping photos? I have no noise, and I have trouble knowing if my camera is rapid-firing or not.
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won't make noise if phone is in silent mode
ride4mud said:
Loving my EVO LTE so far. Quick question on the camera button. I need to press my button very hard to get it to snap a picture. Is anyone else having this issue? Just wondering if it is a defect or if they are all like this. Thanks.
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Yours may be like mine, in that it seems like the button is not installed correctly. Mine has a distinguishable first stage, but I sort of need to mash it in to get to the second stage. I thought it was odd, but I knew it wasn't right when I tried out my wife's EVO LTE and hers has 2 clear, distinct stages, with no mashing in needed.
Mine is having rebooting issues anyway, so I'm hoping that my next EVO has the correct camera button press too.
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won't make noise if phone is in silent mode
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I always have things on vibrate, but that's not considered silent mode I wouldn't think. Where can I change a setting that would make the camera make noise while my ring is set to vibrate?
nope. probably hidden. htc seems to have forgotten why Android better than iPhone and trying to dumb ics down to ios levels. options, apps,a ton of stuff is hidden or removed from this phone. try minimalistic text and look for camera settings or basic interface. I'll check around when home later
Isn't Minimalistic Text a clock widget app? I don't understand how this relates to the camera setting. What am I missing?
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no, it lets you make shortcuts and icons and widgets for anything possible on your phone. can see if it has any hidden camera settings menu built in anywhere
sorry, no camera settings. I did find a mirror app hidden though. I'll start a new thread about it
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Isn't Minimalistic Text a clock widget app? I don't understand how this relates to the camera setting. What am I missing?
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Its far, far from just a clock widget app. Its in my top 5 must download after flashing a new rom app.
I agree. I'd never heard of it til someone pointed me towards it to unhide polaris,(which you can do with es file explorer, another in my top 5) and I must say, its in my top 5 now too. so much you can do with this.
in fact, how do you use it for a clock widget?
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I agree. I'd never heard of it til someone pointed me towards it to unhide polaris,(which you can do with es file explorer, another in my top 5) and I must say, its in my top 5 now too. so much you can do with this.
in fact, how do you use it for a clock widget?
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Haha unless I'm thinking of the wrong app, I used it to show the time, date, location, and my battery temperature on my home screen on my EVO 4G.
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Thanks. Based on everyone's input I am going to ask for a replacement phone. I really have to mash down the button to get a picture.
I can't find a thread for this for the S3, how do I disable the damn camera shutter noise?
Also - the screenshots, anyone know how to make it how it used to be with the home and power buttons?
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I can't find a thread for this for the S3, how do I disable the damn camera shutter noise?
Also - the screenshots, anyone know how to make it how it used to be with the home and power buttons?
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Yes there's a thread floating around, I can't remember exactly where it is. But use root explorer and edit the shutter.ogg file iirc
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Anyone else?, this little puppy had been out a few weeks now!
Wasn't this made not changeable *atleast within the default app* because of something that happened in Europe. About no spy camera shots or something.. They wanted the noise so you couldn't take hidden pictures. Or something along those lines..
So if thats for Europe chances are they will include the option to disable it in the US varient right?
Screenshot works for me just like the s2 did. Home + power. They need yo be pressed at exactly the same time and held for a second or two.
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Screenshot works for me just like the s2 did. Home + power. They need yo be pressed at exactly the same time and held for a second or two.
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I've tried /dozens/ of times - it simply doesn't work for me.
To disable the shutter noise you need to delete the audio files, which requires root access.
Is there a way without deleting the files? Just replacing the apk so I can have an option of sound out not sound?
you can use pretty much any of the other hundreds of camera apps in the market. most of them will correspond to the volume setting of your ringtone so if you set the system sound to silent they will have no shutter sound.
my least favourite thing in the whole world is shuttersound, except in burst modes.
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so satisfying.
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my least favourite thing in the whole world is shuttersound, except in burst modes.
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so satisfying.
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Lol u madde me smile
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I've tried /dozens/ of times - it simply doesn't work for me.
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thats beacuse in s3 you have to hold both buttons one or two seconds.
you can do it too by dragging the side of your hand through the screen from left to right
The sad part is that because of a few people that deteriate the gene pool, we have to put up with that damnable shutter sound.
Thing is, if we replace the camera with another one on the market, which one would be better - the built in one or the market one? Does the built in camera app make those great shots or the hardware?
Open Root Explorer - Navigate to /system/media/audio/ui
Mount R/W
Rename shutter.ogg to shutter.ogg.bak or just delete it.
To undo, just rename it back
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emk2z said:
Lol u madde me smile
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My friend is a pro photographer and whenever we go to parties together he always hands me his camera (nutter like, handing a drunk sound guy a 5 grand camera setup) for the night and i make things like this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNUYO6NlvJ0
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To mute camera just mute the phone with your volume buttons.
Screen shot still works with Power and home button just push and hold them for a couple of seconds.
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Screenshot works for me just like the s2 did. Home + power. They need yo be pressed at exactly the same time and held for a second or two.
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Thats why it wasnt working for me, I was just pressing them together..i didnt hold them down for the 1 second. Thanx for that hahaha I kept trying over and over and didnt know why it wasnt working
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To mute camera just mute the phone with your volume buttons.
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This solution is quite widespread online but many people say it doesn't work for them.
I can confirm it's working for me - 16GB, pebble blue, Vodafone, UK - but it seems different markets can't stop the shutter sound this way.
Is there really no way to disable it without root
You want part 2 of this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722136
Hi guys, i`ve installed the CM 9 last week and this is working fine, but wen i take a picture my camera doeseng get automatically focus, i have to touch the screen on the place i wat to focus before taking pictures....is there any configuration where i can put my automatic focus back?
This is important to me because i use my camere alot, and touching the screen is a little annoying.
Other problem is the panoramic camera that doesen`t work, i have the image on my screen, but when i start taking the picture it says I`m very fast, and then whe i get slow my picture is very, very short.
I would be very thankfull about some help.
have a nice day guys.
someone?
thiagoaguilera90 said:
Hi guys, i`ve installed the CM 9 last week and this is working fine, but wen i take a picture my camera doeseng get automatically focus, i have to touch the screen on the place i wat to focus before taking pictures....is there any configuration where i can put my automatic focus back?
This is important to me because i use my camere alot, and touching the screen is a little annoying.
Other problem is the panoramic camera that doesen`t work, i have the image on my screen, but when i start taking the picture it says I`m very fast, and then whe i get slow my picture is very, very short.
I would be very thankfull about some help.
have a nice day guys.
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Hey guys, i read today that the problem with the panoramic camera is commum and the developers steel doesent fixed this feature, but about the automatic focous i steel doesnt find anything about...i just want to know if there are any configuration on the phone to soalve this problem.
Add camera ics from the play store. It might solve your problem.
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texbuck said:
Add camera ics from the play store. It might solve your problem.
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Thanks man, it aworked for me, but i still have one problem, now i have the focus on my screen when i press the camera buton (just half) but it looks up for the focus but the simbol doesnt get green, it just gets green when i touch the screen.
is there any configuration for this?
I didnt find anything about this on the forum.....
Can something like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266208 be made for us, eg hold the volume key in standby mode and launch the camera app, either with a mod like the above or an app?
Home2shortcut...?
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Home2shortcut...?
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Wakes phone from standby mode? Have you used it?
+1, waiting for the screen to turn on and then open the camera usually results in a lost photo op. :|
And in the hurry, I tend to open everything on the homescreen but the camera
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+1, waiting for the screen to turn on and then open the camera usually results in a lost photo op. :|
And in the hurry, I tend to open everything on the homescreen but the camera
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Exactly. Well a camera shortcut on lockscreen helps a lot but what I'm asking is a lot faster and guarantees you ll catch that critical moment Hope someone helps on that.
Jonous said:
Exactly. Well a camera shortcut on lockscreen helps a lot but what I'm asking is a lot faster and guarantees you ll catch that critical moment Hope someone helps on that.
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Even if it could be set up to just take a photo on say holding down volume, without opening up the camera app.
You wouldn't have time to frame the shots anyway.
There are a few apps which take photos by just tapping an icon, without opening up anything or a viewfinder.
Maybe mapping this to a hardware button? Would make taking a photo faster, saving on the second or 2 it takes to open the app.