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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
thatdudebutch said:
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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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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Ive been searching for this for a while, i would like to be able to use the volume up button for my shutter in the default camera app. I saw some threads about this but either it wasnt compatible with my phone or it didn't work. Does anyone know of a mod that will do this for the AT&T S2? Thanks
To my knowledge they are working on it for our phone; however, this is a question and should be placed in the Q&A section in the future.
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Ive been searching for this for a while, i would like to be able to use the volume up button for my shutter in the default camera app. I saw some threads about this but either it wasnt compatible with my phone or it didn't work. Does anyone know of a mod that will do this for the AT&T S2? Thanks
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1) you have the same name and middle initial as me!
2) wrong section.
3) I'm sure its being worked on
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It's easy, but I'm not sure if I like it. I like using the volume buttons to zoom in and out. I was able to make long pressing the power button take pictures, but it also pops up the extended power menu lol. Hopefully I can figure out how to get a short power button press to take pictures instead of turning off the screen. It's a lot trickier on this phone than it was on the original galaxy s and infuse.
gtg465x said:
It's easy, but I'm not sure if I like it. I like using the volume buttons to zoom in and out. I was able to make long pressing the power button take pictures, but it also pops up the extended power menu lol. Hopefully I can figure out how to get a short power button press to take pictures instead of turning off the screen. It's a lot trickier on this phone than it was on the original galaxy s and infuse.
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Looking forward to you getting the power button mod to work. That's definitely a feature I've been waiting for.
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It's easy, but I'm not sure if I like it. I like using the volume buttons to zoom in and out. I was able to make long pressing the power button take pictures, but it also pops up the extended power menu lol. Hopefully I can figure out how to get a short power button press to take pictures instead of turning off the screen. It's a lot trickier on this phone than it was on the original galaxy s and infuse.
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im excited! i hope you can get it to work! would you add to the unnamed?
ayoteddy can you bump this to the QandA
I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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Yeah, was more worried about zooming with the volume buttons while recording 720p video. It would be a pain to record everything in 1080 and then run it through video editing software to do the zooming.
Guess I could do the volume button hack for photos only and leave it as zoom control for video recording.
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Yeah, was more worried about zooming with the volume buttons while recording 720p video. It would be a pain to record everything in 1080 and then run it through video editing software to do the zooming.
Guess I could do the volume button hack for photos only and leave it as zoom control for video recording.
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I didn't think about the video recording part. BUT! I just gave it whirl and surprisingly enough, the volume keys don't start the recording and still function as zoom buttons. So it looks like the video recording part is untouched.
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I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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PERFECT just what i wanted, your the best!!
tysj said:
I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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Awesome mod. I've been missing a physical camera button for awhile now! Pretty awesome thus far, however, I always get a force close on the camera app after I restart my phone. Anyone else encounter this and or find a solution other than reinstalling the app to make it work?
Thanks!
sopdogg said:
Awesome mod. I've been missing a physical camera button for awhile now! Pretty awesome thus far, however, I always get a force close on the camera app after I restart my phone. Anyone else encounter this and or find a solution other than reinstalling the app to make it work?
Thanks!
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No force closes for me on Serendipity 8.1
tysj said:
I've been using the volume up mod that I found from the i9100 forums for about a week. Used it quite a bit on my visit to Alcatraz over the weekend. It has tap to take direct picture or hold to focus and release to take a picture.The digital zoom is useless to me as all it does is just blow up a cropped imaged anyways. I'll attach it in case anyone wants to try (and as always, back up the old Camera.apk). Just push/copy to system/app
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sopdogg said:
Awesome mod. I've been missing a physical camera button for awhile now! Pretty awesome thus far, however, I always get a force close on the camera app after I restart my phone. Anyone else encounter this and or find a solution other than reinstalling the app to make it work?
Thanks!
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no force close on unnamed 1.10 for me....
Reboot camera mod fix!
sopdogg said:
Awesome mod. I've been missing a physical camera button for awhile now! Pretty awesome thus far, however, I always get a force close on the camera app after I restart my phone. Anyone else encounter this and or find a solution other than reinstalling the app to make it work?
Thanks!
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Same thing was happening to me but I fixed it! In root explorer go to system/app/camera.odex and rename the camera.odex to camera.odex.Bak
then reboot and it should be GTG!!!
Forgot: May have to reinstall the modded camera.apk after too as well.
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Same thing was happening to me but I fixed it! In root explorer go to system/app/camera.odex and rename the camera.odex to camera.odex.Bak
then reboot and it should be GTG!!!
Forgot: May have to reinstall the modded camera.apk after too as well.
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an alternative is the new unnamed Rom has this feature built in, just a fyi
iteam said:
Same thing was happening to me but I fixed it! In root explorer go to system/app/camera.odex and rename the camera.odex to camera.odex.Bak
then reboot and it should be GTG!!!
Forgot: May have to reinstall the modded camera.apk after too as well.
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Just tried it out. Working well for me so far. Hoping for no FCs in the near future!
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an alternative is the new unnamed Rom has this feature built in, just a fyi
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I've got the zip file downloaded but haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. Stock is running real well for me and really haven't seen a feature that is a must have in a custom rom yet. Shoot, with Entropy's DD and stock rom, my phone is still blazing. Just to test things out, I've gotten a 5034 on quadrant so things are working awesome.
If this were my X10, I would be a flash whore because that thing needs optimization just like a crack head needs his next hit.
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Just tried it out. Working well for me so far. Hoping for no FCs in the near future!
I've got the zip file downloaded but haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. Stock is running real well for me and really haven't seen a feature that is a must have in a custom rom yet. Shoot, with Entropy's DD and stock rom, my phone is still blazing. Just to test things out, I've gotten a 5034 on quadrant so things are working awesome.
If this were my X10, I would be a flash whore because that thing needs optimization just like a crack head needs his next hit.
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just back up your current ROM, and flash... if you dont like it just restore
Works on ICS?
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Works on ICS?
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No. see the dates on this thread? ICS was a dream back then.
Some ICS builds have options for power button shutter/vol zoom.
Hi I noticed that some galaxy devices have the ability to screen capture just by pressing buttons. I was wondering if you could do this with the US 5.0 version? The stock rom comes with a screen capture program with it but I still find no way to do it. does anyone know how?
I know the US 5.0 version does not do it. "Screen Capture Shortcut" work fine.
That is what I use! ha but it's weird it has the system app. Why would they put it in if you cant lol? Oh well, thanks though
What system app? I don't see one on my 5.0.
I could be mistaking it or could be something else but it shows as com.sec. android.app.screencapture
On several occasions, I some how triggered the screenshot, but unfortunately I still cannot figure out what I did to take the screenshot. So the feature is probably functional.
For now, I use the screenshot app on the market.
See I knew there was a way of it was there hmm have to figure it. try all possible combinations!
I found this post in the captivate forum talking about it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475988
The information seems to be correct. I took a look at the code and might spend some time implementing an notification area button that does screen capture.
Try screenshot ux trial... It is really good! You can crop and edit.
Just figured it out how to do it on my way home. This is how I trigger the screen capture on YP-G70 (international)
1. Press and hold home button using your left thumb.
2. Then press and hold back button using your right thumb.
3. Release both thumbs.
4. This is the hard part. Do step 1 to 3 in less than half second. It doesn't work if you do it too fast or too slow.
If it works, it will save the screenshot under the folder "ScreenCapture" in your internal SD card.
I don't blame you if you cannot reproduce it. It requires a fast finger .
It works also on the Galaxy Player 4.0, but i don't know, where it saves the pics.
Edit: The location where it saves the pics is: /sdcard/ScreenCapture
I've tried this several times with several different timings on my ROM and it does not appear to work. This could be because of the ROM, it doesn't work on U.S., or it's another key combo. If anyone gets this to work on U.S. 5.0 please let us know...
I am agree with you. I have a Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 (spain), and with quick fingers using home button and back button, you get a screencapture
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Just figured it out how to do it on my way home. This is how I trigger the screen capture on YP-G70 (international)
1. Press and hold home button using your left thumb.
2. Then press and hold back button using your right thumb.
3. Release both thumbs.
4. This is the hard part. Do step 1 to 3 in less than half second. It doesn't work if you do it too fast or too slow.
If it works, it will save the screenshot under the folder "ScreenCapture" in your internal SD card.
I don't blame you if you cannot reproduce it. It requires a fast finger .
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Works for me though a bit tricky. Thanks!
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It works! Great stuff, thank you!
I updated my AT&T Galaxy S II I-777 last night and everything seems to be working great except for a delay in haptic feedback and general action when pressing the Home button. Anybody else having this issue with the new update, or have any idea why this may be? Possible fixes? Thanks.
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I updated my AT&T Galaxy S II I-777 last night and everything seems to be working great except for a delay in haptic feedback and general action when pressing the Home button. Anybody else having this issue with the new update, or have any idea why this may be? Possible fixes? Thanks.
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You have not really provided enough info for people to help you.
You need to provide:
What ROM are you loading.
How you loaded it.
What Version.
etc.
Also I would suggest searching the forums and putting this in the proper thread
for the ROM you are loading (you will get much better help that way).
But dude she said....she updated her sgs2 last night....so wouldnt u assume she meant the new upgrade? And as far as haptic feedback home, yes there is a slight delay.
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I'm a dude. I updated from stock 2.3.6 to stock 4.0.3 via Kies, manually by clicking (tools), (update and restore firware) entering the model number and the serial number putting g the phone in download mode and updating. Every other button is immediately responsive like they all were before the update. Only the home button takes about a half second to respond and to feel the haptic feedback.
Quickly double press home button. Does it open voice assistant or something? If yes, it has the same problem as 2.3.4 stock rom.
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I'm a dude. I updated from stock 2.3.6 to stock 4.0.3 via Kies, manually by clicking (tools), (update and restore firware) entering the model number and the serial number putting g the phone in download mode and updating. Every other button is immediately responsive like they all were before the update. Only the home button takes about a half second to respond and to feel the haptic feedback.
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Thank you for the further info.
I am not experiencing what you describe, but I also
updated via the standard update method in Kies.
My phone is a bit snappier over all. The only real item that is slower is the
transition from the home screen to the applications menu and back again.
I'd like to invite you over to This thread, a few of us are running it and someone there may have a better answer.
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Thank you for the further info.
My phone is a bit snappier over all. The only real item that is slower is the
transition from the home screen to the applications menu and back again.
I'd like to invite you over to This thread, a few of us are running it and someone there may have a better answer.
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I also used the standard method of Kies coming from rooted KH7 and process went fine...I am using Apex launcher for more of an ICS look and when disabling the "fly-in" animation the home button response is instant.