I used to have a BB curve that also had a camera LED but it worked like a flash when I hit the button to take the picture the LED would automatically flash to take the pic..it's annoying that on my Fuze I have to manually turn on/off the led light..I was wondering if there's some software or a patch that will make the camera LED behave in this manner?
no. cannot.
it's trying to replace sun light with a match
a led is many times weaker then a real flash
which would temp blind you if it was on all the time
and you looked into it
where a led is more like whats your computer, tv, dvdplayer or the likes
got just a bit stronger but not more then 80 lumen
where a real flash can have about 5000 lumen
so sure one can program the led "flash" to turn on and close like a real
flash does but it would give no effect
euklid said:
I used to have a BB curve that also had a camera LED but it worked like a flash when I hit the button to take the picture the LED would automatically flash to take the pic..it's annoying that on my Fuze I have to manually turn on/off the led light..I was wondering if there's some software or a patch that will make the camera LED behave in this manner?
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euklid, I am with you. My nokia use to do that. It is a horrible design and pain to have to turn the light on each time to use it. It is the same type of light set up in my nokia as on the fuze, just that nokia knew how to use it properly. It is funny with all the mods available for the Fuze, I would have thought that would have been the first thing somebody changed. And, I thought I was the only person this aggrevated the sh!t out of.....
Rudegar said:
it's trying to replace sun light with a match
a led is many times weaker then a real flash
which would temp blind you if it was on all the time
and you looked into it
where a led is more like whats your computer, tv, dvdplayer or the likes
got just a bit stronger but not more then 80 lumen
where a real flash can have about 5000 lumen
so sure one can program the led "flash" to turn on and close like a real
flash does but it would give no effect
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I don't want it as bright as a real flash of course..but the Blackberry curve has an LED also and it works well as a "flash"..the brightness of the LED the Fuze has now when u take the picture is fine for most cases, I've tested taking a few pics in a dark room and they come out decent..my point is that why is there no auto setting..so the LED goes from OFF to its max brightness as soon as you press the button to take the picture and then shut off automatically after pic is taken..a feature that the BB curve and some other phones have..I wish someone would make a mod to the camera software to do this..couldn't you use the Fuze's light sensor to determine if a flash is needed or not..
I suppose it would be possible but don't really see how one could do it with the existing software without having the source-code people would have to trail and error using a sex editor
one thing is to use a hex editor to alter stuff already in the code but to add new stuff like tieing the led to the capture itself not sure how much work it would be to change the cam app sounds like a great deal
about using the light sensor then sure but could be misleading as
the light sensor is facing the opposite direction
Any news on this? Has anyone tried to write a patch or program? Any reg hacks? I'm desperate!
No use for it.
As said before by one of us....
A real camera have better sync when taking a shot and opening flash.
Think. Our phones have a delay that is not controlled and varies depending on the auto focus and light condition, that is why they set it to be on before taking the shot.
Maybe we will see a complete PPC from HTC soon, today already exist the technology to have more than 5 MP camera with a decent flash, maybe the TouchPro 3 will have it, that is why I will stick with my Fuze unless I have to forcefully buy a new device like the TP2 in order to deduct it from my Taxes. Lets see.
Hi:
Since it is not possible for the light to flash automatically, is there any way to set it to always on (while in camera mode of course), so it does not have to be turned on each time I use the camera (I pretty much use it while out with friends in the evening, so it's pretty much always dark)?
Thanks!
Problem with that.
cincy1020 said:
Hi:
Since it is not possible for the light to flash automatically, is there any way to set it to always on (while in camera mode of course), so it does not have to be turned on each time I use the camera (I pretty much use it while out with friends in the evening, so it's pretty much always dark)?
Thanks!
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As far as I know.... the reason that is not set to always on is because you may damage the LED if you keep it on for a long time or X-period of time, but there is an application(hTorch) that lets you use the LED as a Flashlight, I already try to have both the camera and hTorch open at the same time and the camera failed to open. Any way when you use hTorch for too long the light start flickering.
udgn said:
As far as I know.... the reason that is not set to always on is because you may damage the LED if you keep it on for a long time or X-period of time, but there is an application(hTorch) that lets you use the LED as a Flashlight, I already try to have both the camera and hTorch open at the same time and the camera failed to open. Any way when you use hTorch for too long the light start flickering.
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Oh, I think I did not explain myself correctly. I don't want the light ALWAYS on. And, I do use Htorch for when I need a flashlight. What I guess I should have said is in camera mode, there is a setting to turn on the light. Is there a way for this to be activated every time the camera is opened? Not as a flash per say, just as the default setting for the light?
Thanks!
Hi,
I've been searching the world, the interwebs and on this forum... but nothing seems to come close to what i actually (need) want for my HTC Hero, Since i find myself blind at night it can be challenging to avoid obstacles at night and i have to either turn on the light or use my phone with a "hey look! my phone is a flashlight / tourch" app that uses my screen by turning it bright white (witch hurts my eyes, wakes my GF and drains my battery).
One night i realized that my indicator led (at that time green) was enough light to successfully navigate the dark bedroom at night, without waking my partner... but allas it only showed up when it was done charging and still plugged into the adapter / computer, unfortunately many a usb cable do not reach beyond 1 meter. and i was again forced to use the "hey look! my phone is a flashlight / tourch" app witch got me into a lot of trouble again...
of course i tried the look my phone is a flashlight white screen apps but they tend drain the battery real quick and anoy my partner.
in short... i'm looking for an flashlight app that uses my indicator led instead of my screen or the non-existent camera flash LED.
can anyone here point me in the right direction or make an app like this one
I would be very grateful
Cheers
R.
I am unsure if you can control a hardware LED. I will look into it.
thx that would be awesome, thanks in advance
So yeah, screen flashlight apps let you control the brightness, and the one I used long ago, also lets you control the size of the area, color, etc....
that might be so but the screen flashlight is imho anoying and i would prefer to use the green LED
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I think you can only control it when you are rooted and it is very device dependent how this is done. But yes it can be done... Basically it comes down to finding the right files in the /sys directory that are controlling the led(-s) and output something to it (usually a 1 or 255) to switch it on. (Maybe this is some info that other developers can use).
Hi all,
I've this idea. Can we turn the flash light (LED) on, during photo /video shooting?
The camera is hardly focus on the object, as the low light condition. All the photos I took were blur.
Situation 1, The current camera is:
1. Turn on the flashing mode. No LED light turn on.
2. Focus and snap photo.
3. Flashing light. (LED turn on)
4. The photo still blur, as the camera cannot focus the object at all before that.
Situation 2, If we can:
1. Turn on the LED light. Soft or Bright light (maybe in two modes?)
2. The object should be focused and snap it.
3. Light turn off.
4. Saving nice great photo.
Actually I used to have a Sony Ericsson K750, it worked perfectly as described in situation 2. Hope you guys get what I meant here.
Just wonder how do we change these? I am new to this Android.
I would love to learn how to program it.
I have read some of the troubles in Nexus S LED flash. Most of the people returned their phone and got it replaced. For my phone, I cannot do the same. Below are the details of my trouble with the LED flash.
Before, my LED flash works fine but after installing an app from Play store, an app called Tiny Flashlifht + LED by Nikolay Ananiev.
Since then my flash comes and goes. When I use it while taking a pictures, when the camera focuses on the target, the LED lights but then when taking the shot, it doesn't.
Then I tried to install another after deleting the app. An app called Brightest LED Flashlight by Surpax Technology Inc. I tried to use it but my LED only lights up a little. Like a tiny dot of light on its LED bulb. It flickers but not very bright.
So, is this hardware or a software issue. When my LED flashes while taking pictures, it is very bright though.
is it technically/physically/electronically possible that the LED camera Flash on the back on the Android phones be run at lower brightness intensity by software? - I mean as I understand it the 'flash' is not a xenon flash, its just an ordinary light emitting diode (LED) but just a very high brightness LED - but all the same like any other LED it should technically therefore support different brightness settings (even if only down to 10% of its full brightness) should it not? maybe by the software applying different lower voltages to the LED in the particular app?
The reason I ask is that I prefer to use flash call alert apps and these tend to use the rear camera flash (some use front screen display as well but I prefer to divert the alert to flash the camera flash light instead of the screen) so in all of these flash alert (for ringing/missed call/ unread SMS) that I have ever tried from Google Play not one of them has ever featured a way to lower the brightness of the LED Flash to a lower percentage of brightness - is this because there is no way technically to lower the brightness of the camera LED and that there is only 2 operational modes of Totally off or Totally on, full brightness of the LED state only or have app developers not realised that it would be a useful feature of their app? - I have my mobile phone in my shirt pocket most of the time, its a large 5.5" phone and the LED flash sits above the pocket and when the flash alert call goes off the LED flash 'blinds' the person standing across me because it flashes at full 100% brightness!
So does any technical person on XDA know if its technically possible to adjust the brightness of a rear camera flash LED? - or has anyone seen a flash alert app on Google Play where one of the features is that you can lower the brightness intensity of the flash? Thanks.
Yes
I have seen flashlight apps that allow the user to reduce the intensity of the flash LED. In fact, I used one for a while. But I'm not sure if this capability has been put into any notification apps. It also might depend on your phones hardware. My old phone was able to get that flashlight app from Google Play, but because it customizes the appstore to your phone's compatibilities, an app might not show up for you because of your phone's hardware's limitations. I'll keep my eye out for such an app though.