I'm sorry if there is another thread/post about this, but I searched and couldn't find one. With the new update, 2.08.651.2, I noticed that you can now take screenshots without having to root your phone.
This can be done by holding down the power button and pressing the home button.
The screen flashes, the phone vibrates (from pressing the home button) and it gives you a message telling you the screenshot was saved to camera shots. In your camera shots album, it will show the screenshot. The screenshot is an OK quality JPG.
All I got was a black pic, I also have my resolution set at 190 dpi, so that may have borked it. I use drocap anyway.
yousefak said:
I'm sorry if there is another thread/post about this, but I searched and couldn't find one. With the new update, 2.08.651.2, I noticed that you can now take screenshots without having to root your phone.
This can be done by holding down the power button and pressing the home button.
The screen flashes, the phone vibrates (from pressing the home button) and it gives you a message telling you the screenshot was saved to camera shots. In your camera shots album, it will show the screenshot. The screenshot is a pretty high quality JPG.
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you mean like on an iphone or ipad? hold power and home?
A.Priori said:
you mean like on an iphone or ipad? hold power and home?
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Yep. Just like you would on an iPhone/iPad. Just hold down the power button and click home. When you release the power button, it will tell you the screenshot was successfully taken, but it still takes the screenshot right when you press home.
There is an app called no root screenshot it on the market but its really annoying because you have to plug your phone into your computer every time you reboot
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Yup works over here .. Non Rooted.. It didnt do this until the new update yesterday..
It wasn't until reading this thread and trying out the power-home combo that I realized my evo came with 2.3.4 right out of the box! LOL.... I'll stop hitting 'check now' like a maniac!
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vanisleguy1976 said:
It wasn't until reading this thread and trying out the power-home combo that I realized my evo came with 2.3.4 right out of the box! LOL.... I'll stop hitting 'check now' like a maniac!
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Haha, you could have also checked what version of Android you were running in 'About Phone'.
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Haha, you could have also checked what version of Android you were running in 'About Phone'.
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Shoulda, coulda, woulda... But I naively assumed that all evo's came loaded with the prior version!
I feel like such a noob! LOL... Lesson learned B-)
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Here's a small .zip file that will remap your search button to open Camera.apk
Flash the .zip in recovery. There is also a .zip to revert to stock as well. Enjoy!
Sweet, thanks. That's gonna make life a lot easier!
From a rooted I-500 with XDA
Works perfectly
Its working most of the time but sometimes the camera comes up but its just a black screen and sometimes it says Camera failed. All in all it works most of the time. Nice work!
great find thatdudebutch! I see that the concept behind it is pretty flexible, have you tried running any other programs with the softkeys?
alnova1 said:
Its working most of the time but sometimes the camera comes up but its just a black screen and sometimes it says Camera failed. All in all it works most of the time. Nice work!
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Yeah I just tried it about twenty times in a row and no blank screen. Wonder what the deal is? Camera in fact opens quicker remapped to search IMO.
thatdudebutch said:
Yeah I just tried it about twenty times in a row and no blank screen. Wonder what the deal is? Camera in fact opens quicker remapped to search IMO.
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I don't get blank screen but sometimes it hangs at the camera screen and will eventually say Camera Failed
yeaah i get that black screen and camera fail
too,it works but sometimes it goes to that
Works every time for me with Camera 360 installed as the default camera. GREAT WORK!!!!!
kingsnap said:
Works every time for me with Camera 360 installed as the default camera. GREAT WORK!!!!!
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glad your liking it man!
Awesome work. Works just like you advertised, and no problems for the 5 mins I waa messing with it. :thumbsup:
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thanks for this, i remapped it to menu. easier to reach.
andmer said:
thanks for this, i remapped it to menu. easier to reach.
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what do you use for menu now lol
thatdudebutch said:
what do you use for menu now lol
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Lolol
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i swapped search and menu buttons.
andmer said:
i swapped search and menu buttons.
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I get the camera failed error/black screen about every other time I start hit search, kind of causes a momentary phone freeze. Thanks for your work on this though, its an awesome idea.
wizang said:
I get the camera failed error/black screen about every other time I start hit search, kind of causes a momentary phone freeze. Thanks for your work on this though, its an awesome idea.
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its weird man, ive been pressing it all day and it loads every time, sorry maybe if you got a second some time you can connect phone to adb and run a logcat while hitting the button so we can see what the problem is
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its weird man, ive been pressing it all day and it loads every time, sorry maybe if you got a second some time you can connect phone to adb and run a logcat while hitting the button so we can see what the problem is
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Same, mine works like a charm. No lockups or blackscreens at all
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andmer said:
thanks for this, i remapped it to menu. easier to reach.
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Any chance you could post the edited file you used? Cause i regualrly use my search button-i dont like having a search widget on my home screen when there's a button for it...
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hi there, i found a method on the web about taking screenshots.it was saying only works for galaxy s with android 2.2 but i tried it and succeeded on my galaxy ace with villain rom.
as i said, no app or root is needed.
like i said i tried it with villain rom.and it worked as a charm.who have kpe or 2.2 please post if it works or not!
Method :
in the screen you want to take screenshot ( homescreens, menu's, or game screens, etc ) press and hold the back button in the riht corner.while holding it, press menu key once.and a notification will say the screenshot is taken.that is all.
your screenshots will be saved automatically in a folder screenshots.
the most awesome is no need for any app or root!
i cant post the proofs because i havent 8 posts yet
holding right button (touch) and clicking the middle button works for me on both ace and g3...
Screenshots from Ace (2.2.1 not rooted)
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
hmmm.. may be for pic quality... who knows whats cooking in minds of gadget freaks.. ;p
qeqeqwqw said:
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
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It is Samsung speciality... you can find ScreenCaptureService.apk in the system/app from Samsung...
Works nice on stock KPE
S5830 Galaxy Ace - Tapatalk
qeqeqwqw said:
i wonder if it is a default android feature or not
if so, why everybody is trying difficult methods or apps?
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Because not always does the method work, when the app you are taking screenshot of might return back to previous screen while pressing the Back button. Also other screenshot methods let you capture just by shaking the phone, so no key presses required and helps in better timing.
nish7x said:
Because not always does the method work, when the app you are taking screenshot of might return back to previous screen while pressing the Back button. Also other screenshot methods let you capture just by shaking the phone, so no key presses required and helps in better timing.
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fair enough
did not work on 2.3.4
lipanz said:
did not work on 2.3.4
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Try Home+Power for 2.3.4
works on stock 2.3.3, great... but one problem though, when we want to capture a certain screen and press the back button to capture, it goes back to the previous screen... I guess its only for capturing homescreens then
Back plus home key, works for me.
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EmoBoiix3 said:
Try Home+Power for 2.3.4
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OMG!! Thanks a whole bunch dude!!
Thats cool. Knew you could do it but never realised how. Gods know how many times I've done screenshots by accident. And now I know
Does work on 2.3.4. but gotta be careful it doesn't jump to Homescreen!
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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.
wlpywd said:
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
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?
wizzbang3 said:
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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sxi200 said:
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.
CHIKCHIKCHIKCHIKCHIKCHIKCHIKCHIKCHIK
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
Source
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.
sxi200 said:
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
ozcr said:
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
This thread is dedicated to tips and tricks in the new Jelly Bean 4.1 update! This is meant for everybody to give a few out... This is mine(since its different from ICS)
Hold down the Volume down and power down button for 2 seconds for a screenshot.
Another one we all know is, tap on the android version a bunch of times for a Jelly Bean to pop up...
Pinch out home screen and icons dissapear.
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jtragna said:
This thread is dedicated to tips and tricks in the new Jelly Bean 4.1 update! This is meant for everybody to give a few out... This is mine(since its different from ICS)
Hold down the Volume down and power down button for 2 seconds for a screenshot.
Another one we all know is, tap on the android version a bunch of times for a Jelly Bean to pop up...
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Dude, that JellyBean easter egg... BEST EVER! hahaha
Swapping internal with external (root required)
Thanks to Mateo1111 post, this is his script for swapping external and internal, The script works good, but it needs a little touch up, it make an infinite (at least for me it did) swap of external and internal, you will see what i mean if you try it.
Mateo's post is the third on that page,
p.s. go thank him
Download any tether widget/app and when you turn it on it will turn on the stock tether app and you can use all of the stock features without having the tethering plan.
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Go thank kevev, for this awesome work
Not sure if it was like this before, but you can pinch zoom to resize the font in the messaging app.
long press on any notification, it will show app info
With the jelly bean easter egg if you long press the jelly bean that pops up a bunch will appear and move around. Just figured that out messing around
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jgc86 said:
With the jelly bean easter egg if you long press the jelly bean that pops up a bunch will appear and move around. Just figured that out messing around
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You can also move and flick around the jelly beans on that screen!
I wonder what would happen if you managed to flick them all off the screen...
I think I tried that and more appeared. either that or nothing happens. either way, great time waster.
jtragna said:
This thread is dedicated to tips and tricks in the new Jelly Bean 4.1 update! This is meant for everybody to give a few out... This is mine(since its different from ICS)
Hold down the Volume down and power down button for 2 seconds for a screenshot.
Another one we all know is, tap on the android version a bunch of times for a Jelly Bean to pop up...
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I can't seem to get the screenshot thing to work, is there a setting or an app that I need to download?
You can hold volume up & volume down at the same time to bring up quick memo. It will screen shot this way.
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I can't seem to get the screenshot thing to work, is there a setting or an app that I need to download?
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I don't think so, but the Volume button way should also work like what he said, or what I find easier is pulling down notifications and just pressing QuickMemo...
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rbraswell8 said:
I can't seem to get the screenshot thing to work, is there a setting or an app that I need to download?
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hold volume down and power until it says screenshot captured, i just did this last night
apparently my edit wasn't saved. I figured it out.
Anyone figure out if it's possible to replace Q-Slide apps with those that we want? I know there's a mod for hiding Q-Slide all together, but can't find anything about replacing apps :fingers-crossed:
Hello Friends,
Here is a hidden feature of our L9:
When camera or camcorder is on, then pressing vol up or down buttons it captures snap or start/stop capturing video.
One more additional feature I found was, while taking a picture with cam, if you keep pressing vol up or down buttons for long time, it will take continues shots until you keep pressing button
I think no buddy knows that before, even i also known that before today:victory::victory:
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Hello Friends,
Here is a hidden feature of our L9:
When camera or camcorder is on, then pressing vol up or down buttons it captures snap or start/stop capturing video.
One more additional feature I found was, while taking a picture with cam, if you keep pressing vol up or down buttons for long time, it will take continues shots until you keep pressing button
I think no buddy knows that before, even i also known that before today:victory::victory:
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I think, it was in ics.
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