Broking the camera... - HTC Sensation

Hello all,
Some some weird reason (you don't want to know why ) I need to shut down the front camera of my phone.
It's just the front camera and it only needs to be at the camera app, but if it lets working everywhere there's no problem.
I just want to know if there is some file that I can delete or apk to be edited so the camera stops working.
The only way I can recall now is using bruce's CM10 earlier builds when the front camera wasn't working, but that way I'll loose other things.
Hope someone can help me.
Thank you!!
With the best regards,
Mama_mia

Bumping...
Can anyone point me to the camera module so I can delete it and the camera stops working....
It may look weird, but the thing is that I can loose a free second hand Sensation if I cannot disable its camera.
A guy told me that he would give me his phone because the front camera was broken, but the ruu solved it.
Tomorrow I will be with him, and I don't want him to see that the camera works, or he may want the phone to him.
So I thought if I disable the front camera on camera app, won't want his phone back...
Thank you

Ok, I'll be the one. This is just weird....
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mama_mia said:
Can anyone point me to the camera module so I can delete it and the camera stops working....
It may look weird, but the thing is that I can loose a free second hand Sensation if I cannot disable its camera.
A guy told me that he would give me his phone because the front camera was broken, but the ruu solved it.
Tomorrow I will be with him, and I don't want him to see that the camera works, or he may want the phone to him.
So I thought if I disable the front camera on camera app, won't want his phone back...
Thank you
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OK...... if you only need to confuse him for a day then just flash the old Bruce roms and then simply don't tell him??? Even if you could mangle the kernel module it would be fixed with every new rom And update you use..... but agreed this is a very weird idea
Tapped out from my sexy nexus 7

Yes, I agree with you, it's weird, but it's the only way to win a free Sensation...
I thought about using Bruce's old builds, but the problem is that I don't know when I will need the camera not working, it may be today, tomorrow, I don't know. And I would like to use the phone without the bugs from old builds, like wakelocks and so on...
It's not a problem if I need to remove modules every time I update rom, I just need to know where they are...

How about just a super tiny piece of black tape and stick it on the sensor. Really tiny, cut to precision, and could be applied with case off?
So when he flips to the front camera it will just be a black picture?
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gustav30 said:
How about just a super tiny piece of black tape and stick it on the sensor. Really tiny, cut to precision, and could be applied with case off?
So when he flips to the front camera it will just be a black picture?
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That's a good idea nice thinking
tapped out from my sexy sensation XE

gustav30 said:
How about just a super tiny piece of black tape and stick it on the sensor. Really tiny, cut to precision, and could be applied with case off?
So when he flips to the front camera it will just be a black picture?
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It worked, but I did not needed to show him that it doesn't work, he assumed that.
Looks like the guy didn't bother to buy a new phone(Galaxy S3, buah...I dont like Samsung).
Thank you!!

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Panoramic photos?

Is there a way to take panoramic pictures on the htc hero?
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alexnaoumi said:
Is there a way to take panoramic pictures on the htc hero?
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thought about this a while back and found 1 camera app that does up to 3 shots but it looked horrible..cant remember the name.. if there is another one, i would like to know as im still interested in this
bk718 said:
thought about this a while back and found 1 camera app that does up to 3 shots but it looked horrible..cant remember the name.. if there is another one, i would like to know as im still interested in this
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I wonder if you are talking about Andropan...I downloaded it last night and tried it out today and did not like it at all :-(
dsMA said:
I wonder if you are talking about Andropan...I downloaded it last night and tried it out today and did not like it at all :-(
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Yeah, I also tried andropan once, man, it was UGLY.
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yep.. thats the name of it.. i remember seeing some BS samsung or LG phone that came with this feature stock and it looked good, so its hard to believe that someone hasn't made a good working panoramic picture taking device...
Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help
The Epic's camera app has panorama built in. Im on the Evo myself but my family uses the hero. Glad I lurked on this thread, hopefully the Epic's camera app can be ported over sometime
try vignette. is the best camera.
big-baloo said:
Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help
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1.Starting the application into a black screen is a bit - distasteful and not user friendly. Add the buttons that you have when pressing menu here.
2. The Plumb and Level indicators are a bit hard to get right, you should probably think about over laying a set of arrows to tell the user how they need to move to get level and plumb.
3. Typical camera uses the trackball to snap the picture instead of menu or a screen tap (at least on our heros) This would make it more fluid.
4. Not sure how you are storing/retrieving GEO information, but its wrong...at least for me it is
5. Just in my office - it seemed like one picture would have a different light saturation than another frame in the picture.
6. Your stitching of the pictures seems like it has a VERY low error tolerance, and you might try looking at other ways of matching and stitching pieces together so they are seamless.
7. After you have one panorama, instead of showing it at the beginning, have a gallery button, this way they can come into a screen of buttons and actually navigate with out having to use hard keys.
The above was meant to be constructive - please don't take offense, I think you have a good starting point with the app. If you need help with any of it let me know, I have a pretty decent Java/Android background, just no time to make my own apps.
151jcolon said:
try vignette. is the best camera.
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I tried the demo version but I didn't see An option for panoramic pictures.plus I wanna wait till that black screen thing is fixed.
I'm asking about this cam cuz its on my bros epic and I'm kinda jealous, lol
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big-baloo said:
Hi,
I'm the developper of Andropan.
Can you tell me what is UGLY in my application?
So I can make it better and better
Which device do you use?
Thanks for your help
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I didn't understand the difference between the two different options for creating a panoramic pic (I don't remember what they were called, manage and auto I think)
I also didn't understand the point of levels
Also it would be nice when the stitching occurs if the app looked for overlap and then removed the overlapping parts of the pic.
Another suggestion would be that when you take a pic that is part of the panoramic shot that you leave it on screen and then overlay the camera view over it so you can better line up and tell where the next shot should be.
151jcolon said:
try vignette. is the best camera.
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alexnaoumi said:
I tried the demo version but I didn't see An option for panoramic pictures.
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i feel like an idiot.. i've had vignette (paid version) on my phone for months now and never noticed the panorama cam... gonna try it out in the daylight tomorrow to see how well it works..

LG Cam not in GB V21e

LG Cam is not in GB. ... i am working on a port with help from some Devs
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yeah man thats sucks the first thing i did its to see if i have the lg cam on gb but its not there
Wait, is there no camera at all or is it just that the LG camera app is not there? This may make me think twice about installing the update.
Beggars1923 said:
Wait, is there no camera at all or is it just that the LG camera app is not there? This may make me think twice about installing the update.
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The LG camera isn't there. Stock gingerbread is though.
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i got it just do a factory reset and the camera will appear there its sucks the i lost all my apps and cant restore with titanium backup cause isn't rooted. is there a way we can root same way as we did with froyo?
Maybe the app was causing issues
gypsy214 said:
i got it just do a factory reset and the camera will appear there its sucks the i lost all my apps and cant restore with titanium backup cause isn't rooted. is there a way we can root same way as we did with froyo?
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I registered just to ask this question, but do you mean that if I updated with the new Gingerbread update and did a factory reset then the LG Camera would be there?
DroidNaN said:
I registered just to ask this question, but do you mean that if I updated with the new Gingerbread update and did a factory reset then the LG Camera would be there?
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No there is NO LG Camera app. Even after you do factory reset.
If some one would make a backup of the camera app and then post the apk that would be great
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It really frosts my rear when I go to the T-mobile website and I see they are showing the new Mytouch 4g Slide with the "most advanced camera on any smartphone." And here I am with arguably the worst camera available on any smartphone (the AOSP GB camera, not the LG froyo camera).
I'm going to keep my fingers crossed and hope that they have something in the works to provide us with the proper camera some point in the not-too-far future.
Get camera 360 from the market
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I am waiting for the jury on this, is there a way to keep the phone LG photo app.....or put it back....after doing the GB update.
One guy said it comes back after a hard reset after the update....but others say that is a no go.
I want to avoid buying an app for the camera function, which I will need to do if its going to be just the stock Android.
Seems LG could release an update to replace it....no?
Right now the consensus seems to be if you do the GB update you lose the LG camera app, and it does not come back by doing hard resets.
TIA
I actulice and I still see the camera application.
Yes, you lose the LG camera application; that doesn't mean that there is no camera application. It's just not the one that came stock with the phone, and it's not as nice. For example, there's no "switch camera" button -- you can only take photos and videos with the rear-facing camera, not the front-facing camera.
I'm not a very big user of the camera, so I imagine this one will probably be sufficient for my needs until the final update comes out.
tombaker1 said:
I am waiting for the jury on this, is there a way to keep the phone LG photo app.....or put it back....after doing the GB update.
One guy said it comes back after a hard reset after the update....but others say that is a no go.
I want to avoid buying an app for the camera function, which I will need to do if its going to be just the stock Android.
Seems LG could release an update to replace it....no?
Right now the consensus seems to be if you do the GB update you lose the LG camera app, and it does not come back by doing hard resets.
TIA
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I wouldn't count on LG releasing an update for that. They didn't even ever release an update to fix the small email signature bug, so I doubt they'll get around to a whole camera app.
The only good thing that comes out of this is the stock Android camera does 128K audio vs. the 64K audio of the LG camera. Oh, and we can finally keep the geolocation turned on instead of needing to manually turn it on every time. Same maximum qualities otherwise, but almost no control over anything else and the zoom is not controlled with the volume controls.
if you dont like it and if it's possible please phandroid back to what you were using before. we finally get SOMETHING, proof of LIFE on this thing so please...quit your *****ing all will be well. lg does seem to intend to right their wrong.
I will be avoiding threads with titles such as this one like the plague because although I was one to be disgruntled too over this phone I at least can recognize progress when I see it
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wmm said:
For example, there's no "switch camera" button -- you can only take photos and videos with the rear-facing camera, not the front-facing camera.
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Oops, my bad; that mountain icon in the lower left is the "switch camera" button. That graphic just didn't communicate to me at all; I assumed it was the control for "focus mode" or some such. Sorry for the noise.
anyone know how to make the gb camera screen lighter? mine is so dark. I do love the update and I have had no problems what so ever. But the dark camera screen.
See if this works, no guarantees:
http://www.mediafire.com/?p9aiay5zofq5c1m
deanp0219 said:
See if this works, no guarantees:
http://www.mediafire.com/?p9aiay5zofq5c1m
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I will give it a try.
Correction: It did not work. Thanks for trying.

[Q] Proximity and light sensor not working.

I`ve been looking everywhere to find a solution but didn`t found one. To be more precise, both sensors (proximity and light) work occasionally,sometimes they work just fine and then suddenly stop working.
I`m using Andro Sensor to check the sensors and there is "Waiting for event" message for both light and proximity.
I don`t think it`s a hardware problem as they were working when bought the phone and they still work occasionally.My phone is rooted and i`m on latest ARHD now with Sebastian kernel.Maybe someone knows how to fix this as it`s very annoying (automatic brightness and capacitive backlights not working because of this as well).Any help would be much appreciated.
You mean like this?
Lol same issue here.
I contacted htc and they wanted me to send it in for repair. But they said it may be due to water dammage. (I never gave my phone near water and the sticker under the battery is still white.) The rep told ne if it is due to water damage it may be expensive to fix. What I'm gonna do is just pay the 130$ deductable to my insurance company and get a new one.
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Ndokami said:
You mean like this?
Lol same issue here.
I contacted htc and they wanted me to send it in for repair. But they said it may be due to water dammage. (I never gave my phone near water and the sticker under the battery is still white.) The rep told ne if it is due to water damage it may be expensive to fix. What I'm gonna do is just pay the 130$ deductable to my insurance company and get a new one.
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Any other ideas? I will not pay a single pence again for something which i paid once!
dzhoshkun said:
Any other ideas? I will not pay a single pence again for something which i paid once!
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Haven't thought of any solutions yet but every now and then it will fix its self. But fails soon after.
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do your capacitive buttons light up as well ? or is it just the sensor thats the problem ??.
DANOFDANGER said:
do your capacitive buttons light up as well ? or is it just the sensor thats the problem ??.
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They light up only if i`m forcing them with LeeDroid Twekas mod or when the sensors work again.But when the light sensor is not working they will light.
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.But when the light sensor is not working they will light.
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...will NOT light.sorry
Yep why i ask is because it happens to me also exact same problem, i had a temp work around with ICS 3.6 roms with putting tinfoil or something under the shell and covering the sensor, this would present a low light signal to the sensor and some how enable the capacitive lights but still ****s the sensor and or proximity.
Sometimes it will work depending on the boot, it will either work on boot or not never changes while the rom is running.
Now i must try the leedroid tweeks as i can stand my capacitives not working but yes must be a widespread problem if people are having the exact same issues.
found it, bummer its for 3.6 only.
I have the exact same problem as you described, but since 6 months. It really sucks to pay 430€ (~650$) for a device which isn't working as it should. I don't want to send my phone to repair and wait for it 3 weeks. So I have to cope with it.
That's a plus for the S3 to be my next phone.
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It`s very frustrating as it`s an known HTC issues and no one can do anything about it.To send it back and wait forever it`s ridiculous.
Thats why i refrained from sending it myself, i need a phone cant expect us to wait and wait for a repair. Should be a straight swap for being a known issue.
kiwiwiwi said:
I have the exact same problem as you described, but since 6 months. It really sucks to pay 430€ (~650$) for a device which isn't working as it should. I don't want to send my phone to repair and wait for it 3 weeks. So I have to cope with it.
That's a plus for the S3 to be my next phone.
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Sadly this is my thought as well. And I was a huge htc fan. I used to boast how good the phone is / was but now it starting to feel more of a burden.
My issues
1. Proximity / ambient light sensor doesn't work properly anymore.
2. Usb stopped working? Wtf still charges though
3. Design flaws. (Ok this used to be one of the phones biggest assets. But going through 3 back covers because the stupid volume buttons keep breaking is crazy.)
4. The tinny sound when you are recording video.
5. The blutooth stacks don't allow connection with the ps3 or Wii controllers.
Hate to turn this into a rant.... :banghead:
dzhoshkun said:
It`s very frustrating as it`s an known HTC issues and no one can do anything about it.To send it back and wait forever it`s ridiculous.
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Why I'm going with the insurance way rather than htc. Those MFs told me that I have to pay for both shipping and recieving, plus is if there is any sort of damage outside of what they cover its gonna cost me starting around 85$ or something like that. Than it may take a few days to get it back to me.
While I can just pay like $140 and have a new phone in like 2 days.
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what are you claiming it as, accidental damage etc ??. With my insurance company i would have to get proof of the damage via a qualified technician and get a certificate from him.
DANOFDANGER said:
what are you claiming it as, accidental damage etc ??. With my insurance company i would have to get proof of the damage via a qualified technician and get a certificate from him.
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My insurance company is asurion and I filed my claim online. I think I clicked malfunction or accidental damage don't really remember did the filing a couple days ago. All I have to do is send that to old phone, and they will send me a new one.
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Same problem here to,
Tried everything,and yes it depends on boot.
Try to do factory reset in TOTAL dark.
It worked till next boot...
I think i maybe got it after Sebastian kernel ?
Still puzzeling....
And same problem here with ARHD 6.5.3 XE...
Maybe later I'll try super wipe and different kernel (I got sebastian's currently).
EDIT:
In AndroSensor I got "waiting for event" instead of "failed to start". Someone knows what it means?
regards,
Pawel
I have good news for all of you experiencing problems with light and proximity sensors.I just flashed ARHD 6.5.4 ROM from mike1986
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
with faux123 kernel instead of SebastianFM kernel and everything is working just fine so far!
Flash faux123 kernel and give it a try and report here please.
PS: also hit "Thanks" button if this helped as i don`t have any yet!
dzhoshkun said:
I have good news for all of you experiencing problems with light and proximity sensors.I just flashed ARHD 6.5.4 ROM from mike1986
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
with faux123 kernel instead of SebastianFM kernel and everything is working just fine so far!
Flash faux123 kernel and give it a try and report here please.
PS: also hit "Thanks" button if this helped as i don`t have any yet!
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Trying right now.
Will report tomorrow.
Thanks !
stillbeer said:
Trying right now.
Will report tomorrow.
Thanks !
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No,not working....
It did for a couple of hours.
..............
stillbeer said:
No,not working....
It did for a couple of hours.
..............
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Same here.Very disappointing as at seems there is no solution for this issue.

[Q] Camera turning itself on

Hi
I love my Sensation, but I do have one small problem. Whenever I use it I seem to catch the camera with my thumb and have to turn off the camera before I use the phone. I realise I could just move the camera button, but then I would just get the same issue with another app.
Has no-one else had this? It happens both with stock ROM and ARHD (currently using 6.6.5)
Not to be rude, but it doesn't sound like a "phone" issue...
To answer your question, no I do not have that problem.
Well, I beg to differ, but it is a phone issue, as that portion of the screen appears to be over-sensitive. I thought other people may have had the same problem and the fact that they haven't would seem to indicate that it could be a fault with my phone, which is what I was trying to establish.
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Well, I beg to differ, but it is a phone issue, as that portion of the screen appears to be over-sensitive. I thought other people may have had the same problem and the fact that they haven't would seem to indicate that it could be a fault with my phone, which is what I was trying to establish.
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Interesting choice of words there.
Overly sensitive?? You happen to touch the icon for the camera app, it opens, and you're surprised?
My goal here is to help, but...
Sorry, I'm speechless.
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GROGG88 said:
Overly sensitive?? You happen to touch the icon for the camera app, it opens, and you're surprised?
My goal here is to help, but...
Sorry, I'm speechless.
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Really? Your goal appears to be condescension. I am not an idiot, I have owned other smartphones, even other HTCs, but even my palm on the side of the screen opens the camera. I am not even directly touching the icon.
Please don't bother replying to this, as it is not helpful, but IS very annoying.
Have you tried just kind of training yourself not to touch it? I believe that is the first and potentially last step to solving this problem.
Took phone back to shop, they agreed that the screen was faulty and it has now been fixed so that the problem no longer occurs.
Still, thanks for your help folks

Disable Nexus 5 front camera

Hello
I am wondering if there is a possibility to disable the front camera of my nexus 5 for privacy reasons. I don't need it anyway.
Of course, I could glue something onto it, but that just looks stupid and I think there must be a way to disable the camera for the system, which can be fixed if I need to. I guess the best way would be to remove the drivers for it, but I don't know which one it is.
Does anyone has any idea how to achieve this? Deleting the camera.apk would not work because I still want to be able to use the camera at the back.
Thank you already and cheers.
Just use a black marker pen and put a dot.. If you ever want to use the camera, use alcohol to wipe it off.
Privacy? You believe someone could hack your phone and watch you?
Yeah.... Not going to happen. Relax. ?
KJ said:
Privacy? You believe someone could hack your phone and watch you?
Yeah.... Not going to happen. Relax. ?
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Who knows.. may be the govt was spying on us the whole time and this camera-daemon bug was a cover up? :silly::angel:
LCD has good viewing angle. Tilt phone back. You can still see sexy video but camera cannot see your excited face
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rootSU said:
LCD has good viewing angle. Tilt phone back. You can still see sexy video but camera cannot see your excited face
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This is the best possible answer for this question.

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