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Camera Vs. Picture time...

Hey xda techies,
Here's my problem; I'm not sure if it's because of WM6 or the MDA Wizard / 8125, but it takes a long time when I take pictures. What I mean is when I press the button to take the picture, there is a delay between that and taking the actual picture. Most of the time, it's a miss because the person or the actual picture I was trying to take moved!
If anyone has a configuration or a tweak to fix this, or even another picture taking program - I would really appreciate it!
Phil

Plus...
Oh and I just remembered...
Also the flash of the camera comes on pretty early. It barely gives that extra hint of glow that it's already gone. The way it is now, it's a waste of flash. Anyone know how to fix this?
Phil

my solution
this is pretty much what i did. took off my casing and drilled a hole through the flash spot. its soooooo bright now!!! it can easily light up an entire scene at least 4 to 5 feet away!!!! its an extremely bright light. people get blinded by it now up close
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Holed up!
Yo Taz,
Now I wonder how the hell did you ever figure that one out! It's not everyday someone decides to just drill a hole throught their pda!!
Seriously, thanks for the heads up... What about the time delay between the button and the actual cam taking the picture??? Any info on that?
Man, the things we do to find efficient solutions...! You crackl me up!
Phil

hahaha. thanks. i wasnt sure if i should do it or not but i didnt really mind. i hated the flash being so dim it was frusterating at times. now i dont have to worry!! about the flash time i realized that the best solution was to use the Batterystatus overclock to about 247mhz and not have anything else running at all. also turn off the shutter sound and turn off the picture preview that happens after you shoot. makes things a bit quicker. my camera is really quick with pictures now. i save to my 2gb storage card!!
hope that helps. let me know how it works for you.

find the coolCam application. I had it in one ROM many months ago and it was a FAR more efficient camera app then the one that is being installed from every other app. not sure why it faded so quickly but it was a very lite version that ran very fast!

Dis someelse test it? Is it OK with all devices? Can someone send the pictures? Maybe even with before and after pictures?
THX

Okay....
Alright guys,
I downloaded Coolcam and installed it. Works pretty well and somewhat better than the cam with wm6 / 8125.
My problem is, I tried to change the program to start when I press the side cam button on the pda! It didn't figure in any of the lists! I currently have it on program files, but I just can't get to it!
Anyone has an idea, please let me know.
Phil

[Home Replacement] Slide Screen

I've been waiting for this one check it out
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Paid:
Free:

I like the concept. I like that you are able to quickly get an overview of messages, calendar, calls and you can adjust was you like it. It would be better if it had facebook, twitter intergration as part of all the other info panels also.
The only issue here I see is that the whole notion of android is the widgets...which I like. I'll keep it on for awhile to test it out. Maybe it will grow on me.

It's basically windows mobile homescreen.

I agree with archboy, great concept, but still missing some customization features. The ability to move an item from the top half to the bottom half is needed. This would be great if it could also be used as a fullscreen widget, so that I could still use the rest of my screens.

I wish this was a lock screen.

IMO, this information oriented approach instead of the action/application oriented approach is much better in terms of productivity.
The only drawback of this application? I cannot access to some widgets/actions and I do really want to be able to do things like enable wireless, 3g, change brightness... without the pain of going through the setup menus.
A good solution to this problem would be a light weight home screen app which could be launched from slide screen and load the the 4 or 5 widgets I need. I've tried aHomeMini but it forcecloses, any suggestions?
@iVisionX01: yeah, having it as a lock screen is also great but, again, I won't need the full featured home app.

iVisionX01 said:
I wish this was a lock screen.
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2nd that
Tried it for a couple of hours, but missing customizability and getting settings too far out of reach made me uninstall quickly.

I wish it was a widget!

Try QuickDesk or PowerStrip with this, working great for me, very pleasing to the eye..

wow i cant believe i missed this home screen
should be perfect with QuickDesk and PowerStrip

i dont get it??? Whats it suppose to do??

It's a shame FroYo won't let you change default launcher programatically any more (you have to do it through the settings). I would love to have had Tasker set this is default when I was at work, then LauncherPro the rest of the time

[HOW-TO] Getting rid of sense lock screen

Hey guys
I didn't make this but stumbled across it and I know its something other people have been looking for.
This will remove the sprint lock screen and give you the lock that slides to the right (vanilla lock).
http://geekfor.me/evo/21/vanilla-lock-fix-for-evo/
They are only guaranteed to work with Fresh Evo 0.1d but I can confirm that it works perfect with DamageContorl 3.1.2
There are several options on the page but I selected option #3 since I use beautiful widgets for my clock.
If anyone knows how to make it a non-transparent background, let me know!
Installation goes as follows (how I did it)
save zip to sd card
boot to recovery
load zip file
done
thanks to flipz and anyone else involved in this fix/project!

It works on Calkulin's too... it does screw up your power options screen (as stated on the site) and it has a transparent background (I personally was not a fan... looks too cluttered). Other than that... works fine.

Drybonz said:
It works on Calkulin's too... it does screw up your power options screen (as stated on the site) and it has a transparent background (I personally was not a fan... looks too cluttered). Other than that... works fine.
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I am using it on Calkins but there is a black digital clock that shows up that I don't like and want to get rid of
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Looks like that. If anyone Knows how to fix let me know please!

Using BuglessBeatv0.3
Tried #1, it works terrible.
Instead of left to right, it's up and down.. but it SHOWS UP and if it's left to right.
Trying #2 right now.
Same results.
Trying #3 now.
Going down in order, lol.
Same results again.
Does not work well with Pete's BuglessBeast.

I just use "no lock" in the market.
Screen shuts off, but now, the volume button wakes it (I hate the power button). Goes to whichever screen it was on, when screen powered off.
No lock is free.

i use the security unlock code and its annoying to have to unlock it and then enter code. is there a way to get the lock screen to go away totally and only have the unclock code?

milkit said:
i use the security unlock code and its annoying to have to unlock it and then enter code. is there a way to get the lock screen to go away totally and only have the unclock code?
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This is what I, ultimately, would like as well. This is how it worked on my Droid, and I really liked that. Unfortunately, I haven't found any methods to get this to work on the Evo yet.

[APP][2.2+][UPDATE] Toggle flashlight

So i could not find an app that would do exactly what this one does...
Turn on the flashlight LED immediately upon execution of the app... Instead, every app on the market has the user open it up, then press a button to toggle the flashlight.
My app will IMMEDIATELY turn on your flash light LED then shut off the screen.
Its main purpose is to have as a lockscreen shortcut.
Install instructions:
1. Download APK
2. Place apk onto your SD card
3. Using ANY file explorer app
4. Locate downloaded apk and tap on it to initialize the install process.
5. Install and run the app once to set it up.
Permissions:
Hardware Controls [Allow app to access camera LED]
Also need to enable device administrator to allow device lock
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THANKS XDA FOR PROVIDING US WITH SUCH A GREAT WEBSITE AND RESOURCE!!

UPDATE 12/10/12 10:36 EST
-Fixed force close issue due to me being retarded....

I've searched a lot for an app like this, the past days and I've also developed one myself, which just today I've managed to finish it(have some problems though).
I will try your app, maybe is better than mine(I'm new in programming).
EDIT:
Just tried, flashlight turns itself off about 10-20 seconds after screen is off(sometimes less), at least on my device.
I'd have this problem with my app too. Do you run it as service?

This is a very useful app my friend. It's so annoying on aosp rom's hitting the power button, pulling down the notification bar, engaging the torch, and cycling all over again. This saves steps and works quite well so far.
I'll report back as I use it more over the next few days.
Using it on a sgs3 running Eclipse rom.

Just so you people know, theres actually a widget you can place on your homescreen, just long press on the screen, go to widgets...then look for Assistive Light....put in on one of your homescreens...press it, walla...LED light on back of phone lights up!!! No need to download any apk.
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That's not what this is for. This is instant lockscreen on/off. This is a smart app. Obviously there are home screen options other than this.....

choyt2011 said:
Just so you people know, theres actually a widget you can place on your homescreen, just long press on the screen, go to widgets...then look for Assistive Light....put in on one of your homescreens...press it, walla...LED light on back of phone lights up!!! No need to download any apk.
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OK now do that on your lockscreen
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Here you go. Instant on / off. No fumbling around with with pull downs, opening apps, etc. Just boom.... It works

annoyingduck said:
Here you go. Instant on / off. No fumbling around with with pull downs, opening apps, etc. Just boom.... It works
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Ok thats creepy.. thats EXACTLY where i have my shortcut located at..

nice job keep working on it

thanks for the useful app!

Lag/stutter

Anyone experiencing a slight lag when hitting the home button to exit the current app you're in and the animations lags a little and also when you swipe up on the home screen to get to the app drawer I get a little lag.

Maybe, barely perceptible and only time to time.

Maybe a couple of dropped frames, but it has improved a lot in the latest update, the one that brought easier color correction for the display. I realize that some will see it as an issue, but the effect zooming back to the icon where it opened from when resuming to the home screen is enough for me lol, I'm not that OCD

Anything I can clear or check?

It's gonna happen. Try clearing cache by hitting restart and holding power, Bixby button and volume up until you see the blue android screen. Doing this after every new update release is recommended.

You can set the animations differently in developer options. Some people like to bump the times up. It feels "smoother" that way. I have mine turned completely off

Kil4Thril said:
You can set the animations differently in developer options. Some people like to bump the times up. It feels "smoother" that way. I have mine turned completely off
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Thanks, I didn't know about this. I wasn't particularly bothered before but this intrigued me so I had a look. I've changed my animation values from x1 to x0.5 and it does appear to feel even snappier, although it was no slouch beforehand. Cheers mate.

xeathpk said:
Thanks, I didn't know about this. I wasn't particularly bothered before but this intrigued me so I had a look. I've changed my animation values from x1 to x0.5 and it does appear to feel even snappier, although it was no slouch beforehand. Cheers mate.
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Make sure you don't change the window animation.
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Galaxy S8+ Black

AFAIK there are some wallpaper manager changes in Samsung source. Regarding the wallpaper zoom when you click recents. This may affect the animation of kicking back to home.

Try changing screen resolution then changing it back to what you had it on (FHD to QHD etc) My device smooths out significant. Not sure how this makes sense but it works. Try it!