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[MOD] Take photos with the R button - Now on the market!

After reading a thread on here before about this is (which i cannot find again) I decided to get to work to make this work, and after a little bit of poking about i managed to get it to work!
The app is now on the market! either search for "xperia play camera" or you use this link https://market.android.com/details?id=seb.camera.mod&feature=search_result.
The instructions are now obsolete but im keeping them there for completeness.
Installation Insturctions
1. Backup the original camera application with a root application manager e.g. titanium backup
2. Then delete the original camera app
3. Reboot your phone
4. Install the .apk from below
If you have a previous version installed you do not need to delete the old one or reboot just install as you would any other app
Version history
v5 - fixed remaining issues this is the final version as of time of writing please report any issues.
v4 - fixed video mode and added non root version
v3 - pictures now taken on release of R1 and menu position fixed
v2 - Decreased menu size by about 40% and fixed minor graphical glitches with menus
v1 - Original release, has VERY large menus
Hope you guys like it!

Removed my old camera app with titanium backup, tried to install this one, got a message saying 'application not installed'.

Clyzm said:
Removed my old camera app with titanium backup, tried to install this one, got a message saying 'application not installed'.
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That's odd that's the issue i was getting before i removed the camera app fully, make sure you have unknown sources enabled and i used antek app manager to remove it so manbe give that a go. Ill look into it.

I will defo be trying this!!

Clyzm said:
Removed my old camera app with titanium backup, tried to install this one, got a message saying 'application not installed'.
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Same thing happened to me. Just reboot your phone after you remove the app and the install should work, worked for me

Zoop57 said:
After reading a thread on here before about this is (which i cannot find again) I decided to get to work to make this work, and after a little bit of poking about i managed to get it to work!
Currently the shutter button on the screen remains highlighted until you tap the screen, not a big issue but its one I didn't have time to resolve, maybe later.
To install the app (.apk attached) you need to remove the one that came with the phone and then install this one, I would recommend backing up the original first too.
Hope you guys like it!
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Did you update app without telling us? I dont get the highlighted shutter button after I take a pic. Also the menu options are huge! Anyway to fix that?

emann56 said:
Did you update app without telling us? I dont get the highlighted shutter button after I take a pic. Also the menu options are huge! Anyway to fix that?
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Oh god yeah I didnt notice that I basicly downloaded the latest source code for the camera app from the android git and edited the code involving shutter buttons, when I get a chance ill have a look why the fonts so big. Xxx
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emann56 said:
Same thing happened to me. Just reboot your phone after you remove the app and the install should work, worked for me
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Yep, this worked perfectly. Thanks!
Sent from my R800a using XDA App

Thanks! Good job!!!

Cheers mate working fine. Backed up org. camera apk, then deleted it with titanium, rebooted and installed modded version without any issues
Regards Dousan...

Works like a charm ! thanks

Now going to update the original post with v2 that fixes the graphical glitches with the on screen hud. The pop-up menus have been decreased in size but still remain larger than the insanely small ones the original menu had. This version can be installed over the top of v1 like a normal app with no fuss.

good job !!
but how can i move libs to system files?

Great app! Works like a charm. Thanks for the great work.
My suggestion: I don't know what everyone thinks about this, but would it be possible to make it so that the app only focuses pressing down but doesn't take the actual photo until you release your finger (it would kind of mirror the shutter button on the screen).
Some advantages that would come from this would be being able to focus and then reframe, as well as timing shots better.

Thx bud works so much better now...I really disliked touching the screen to take pic.

liaoip said:
Would it be possible to make it so that the app only focuses pressing down but doesn't take the actual photo.
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Agree with this.
Also, r trigger doesn't seem to work in video mode.
Excellent mod though, thumbs up.

I guess its time for v3 that shouldnt be hard to do and I shall try fix the video mode too.
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Sounds good to me with R button pushed=focus and R button released=snap picture
Good work on the app mate, looking forward to a v3
Regards Dousan...

Good job but a few issues...
1. Is it me or so images taken this way seem to be blurrier than when taken with the stock camera app?
2. Why is there a gap between the menu bar, and the portion with the shutter button and the camera mode selector?
3. It seems to me that the menu, when clicked on it, seems as if the options are very blurry?
Nhialor

Also, remove the on screen shutter button.
You see, you help people, do a good job & they expect you to perform miracles!

Is HX Camera-Mod Possible on the Verizon SG3?

This may be a dumb question, but is the HX Camera mod possible on our Verizon SG3's? It looks awesome in the youtube videos.
The link is http://hx-custom-roms.com/galaxy-s3-camera-mod

yea its possible. but unless you are releasing it then you may want to have a mod move this to the q&a's before some troll comes here lol

Anything is possible. Eschelon had it ported and built into synergy but video recording was borked in it.
Oh, and wrong forum.
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I've flashed it before and it does work, but the only reason I wanted it was to be able to use the volume button to take a pic. So I use this now, and it works great http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844740
I wish this would integrated into Synergy.
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Stryker1297 said:
yea its possible. but unless you are releasing it then you may want to have a mod move this to the q&a's before some troll comes here lol
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You rang? Lol
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android94301 said:
This may be a dumb question, but is the HX Camera mod possible on our Verizon SG3's? It looks awesome in the youtube videos.
The link is http://hx-custom-roms.com/galaxy-s3-camera-mod
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General rule of thumb, if your thread title has a "?" or should have one it doesn't belong in Development.

I loved it when we had it. Not a much of a video guy on my phone, but I do like the pics options. Unzipped the .apk but won't let me install, just says installation failed. Any ideas?

Manually put it in system app then reboot

Neverendingxsin said:
Manually put it in system app then reboot
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Yep, figured it out already. Root Explorer/Systems/Apps. Change existing to .bak ( in case I want to go back to it). Copy/paste new .apk to same folder.
Thanks for the response, appreciate the help.

jcool13 said:
Yep, figured it out already. Root Explorer/Systems/Apps. Change existing to .bak ( in case I want to go back to it). Copy/paste new .apk to same folder.
Thanks for the response, appreciate the help.
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Anytime

Thanks!
I'm sorry if asking a question was inappropriate in this forum, but it seems like better answers typically come out of this subforum I put the apk into System/app (after renaming the orig. camera apk to .bak) and it works! I like the options to use the volume buttons to shoot video and pics. The only thing that would be nice is a menu option to kill the camera sound instead of having to delete the files as below:
note: To have the Camera COMPLETE silent you have to delete some system-Audio files from:
\system\media\audio\ui
“shutter.ogg”
“cam_start.ogg”
“cam_stop.ogg”
“Volume_controll.ogg”
Thanks for the help, loving my SG3 even more!!! This is the greatest phone I've ever had by far!

it crashes on the latest beans rom, ive repaired perms and everything.. halps
Crash Message: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wkervcj5gwzr2wz/Screenshot_2012-08-28-12-20-55.png
Build Info: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8nqdz9e9a103x8g/Screenshot_2012-08-28-12-27-58.png

Fix for pixellation?
android94301 said:
I'm sorry if asking a question was inappropriate in this forum, but it seems like better answers typically come out of this subforum I put the apk into System/app (after renaming the orig. camera apk to .bak) and it works! I like the options to use the volume buttons to shoot video and pics. The only thing that would be nice is a menu option to kill the camera sound instead of having to delete the files as below:
note: To have the Camera COMPLETE silent you have to delete some system-Audio files from:
\system\media\audio\ui
“shutter.ogg”
“cam_start.ogg”
“cam_stop.ogg”
“Volume_controll.ogg”
Thanks for the help, loving my SG3 even more!!! This is the greatest phone I've ever had by far!
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Only one glitch, terrible pixellation on video playback. Looks okay while shooting,but is horrible when played back, either on phone or on computer. I went back to the stock camera.apk and there's no pixellation. May have to try the other option listed above. Anyone have a fix for the pixellation?

WHY IS THIS IN DEVELOPMENT!
READ FORUM RULES BEFORE POSTING!
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is was in syn but as you can see it was making video suck so you might get the same bug
Revision 16: Added HX_Camera-Mod
Revision 24: Remove HX_Camera-Mod until we figure out why video sucks

Karl said:
is was in syn but as you can see it was making video suck so you might get the same bug
Revision 16: Added HX_Camera-Mod
Revision 24: Remove HX_Camera-Mod until we figure out why video sucks
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Thanks. I guess I'll wait for it to be fixed.

Is it normal for this to be installed on Hyperdrive rom? I have it installed with no problems.

android94301 said:
This may be a dumb question, but is the HX Camera mod possible on our Verizon SG3's? It looks awesome in the youtube videos.
The link is http://hx-custom-roms.com/galaxy-s3-camera-mod
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sketchy ad-redirect is sketchy.

[APK]Focal - New CM Camera APP

found this apk floating around xda.
can't remember the original OP I snagged it from.
no need to flash.
no need to push.
just install the APK.
http://db.tt/kyofufYl
working for me on touchwiz rom(mf9).
enjoy.
:thumbup:

Still really buggy, for some reason the panorama crashes the app and the last video Ive tried recording showed it was recording but it didnt. SSo be careful if you plan on using this as your daily camera app.

newyorksabre said:
Still really buggy, for some reason the panorama crashes the app and the last video Ive tried recording showed it was recording but it didnt. SSo be careful if you plan on using this as your daily camera app.
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yea its still in testing according to cm..
installing the apk does not replace your current camera though so no worries really..
still fun to check out and mess around with!

gershee said:
yea its still in testing according to cm..
installing the apk does not replace your current camera though so no worries really..
still fun to check out and mess around with!
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Yea its definitely fun to play around with. Dont get me wrong, when the bugs are ironed out this is going to be far superior than the stock camera ui. Im going to make the switch for sure, but as it is right now I thought Id let peeps know that you may not get the video you think your recording when using this.

not working for me! app starts, all options are there, but no picture - no back nor front camera view. help? original post?

This happened to me a few times, but it always FC'd when I tried to exit out and after restarting it worked again.

miki_maus_srb said:
not working for me! app starts, all options are there, but no picture - no back nor front camera view. help? original post?
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try clearing the apps data
:what:

Works for me in pacman alpha cm10.2-android 4.3. Had to clear data first now works perfectly.
It wasn't this apk. Just came in the rom.
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Extremely Buggy
Will be my favorite camera app when it works. All kinds of problems. Sometimes clearing the data works, but the next time I want to use it, I have to clear the data again. But even so, it may or may not work... If you open the picsphere deal, then close it, and try to open it again, it won't open. The settings allow you to change them, but they don't change the image at all (unless the data clearing works...). It also should allow us to save to SD card. I use the version(s) deployed with CM Nightlies. I wish they would give this some love... They may be working on it, however, the change logs don't reflect any updates... Please make this app stable!
Using CM10.2 Nightlies on Sprint Galaxy S 4...

This app is now available in the google play store in beta form. I have to say it's pretty good, not quite ready for prime time but definitely puts the stock camera app to same in many places.
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Only issue on my end is that the pictures are warped. Both cameras seem like they have a fish-eye effect.
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Great beta app! This will be great when completed! I just downloaded the beta from the play store (since it's not included in CM any longer) and it's still super buggy... So, is there any recommended course of action to clear any data that may cause issues for users? I read somewhere to simply clear the data via app settings and reboot, but it didn't help with my in-app settings issue. Basically, I can change the exposure setting, yet the image does not change at all. I also attempt to change the white balance, yet the change never applies to the image. Every once in awhile, the app will mysteriously work, until I close out of that particular instance. Then it reverts to the preformentioned state...

I've been hesitant to make this my default camera because I kept having issues with it and photo sphere is broken. ;/

^ don't dig up old threads. Focal is on the Play Store.
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Camera Dump

Could someone share the stock camera apk
as well as the entire /system/framework/ folder and
/system/lib/hw/camera.msm8xxx.so

defcomg said:
Could someone share the stock camera apk
as well as the entire /system/framework/ folder and
/system/lib/hw/camera.msm8xxx.so
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Why can't you get that from the TWRP backups posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62006681&postcount=3

famewolf said:
Why can't you get that from the TWRP backups posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62006681&postcount=3
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Could you test this apk see if manual exposure time and manual focus manual iso works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63521943&postcount=58

Mine was also broken on stock, works fine until I play with manual stuff.. It could make great night photos just with setting shutter speed to 1/2
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Nikola Jovanovic said:
Mine was also broken on stock, works fine until I play with manual stuff.. It could make great night photos just with setting shutter speed to 1/2
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use the apk from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/general/howto-enable-camera2-manual-camera-t3238748
i think the manual stuff is mostly fixed just let me know what acts crazy so we can fix so far manual control + raw should work

I have problems with camera crashing immediately after I try to select exposure and shutter speed. It worked some time, got broken, worked and broken again. Funny behaviour.
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Nikola Jovanovic said:
I have problems with camera crashing immediately after I try to select exposure and shutter speed. It worked some time, got broken, worked and broken again. Funny behaviour.
sent from Hell
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hmm must have been broken with addition of other device could you create a folder named DEBUG inside /DCIM/FreeDCam it will logcat this behaviour then after running camera look inside freedcam for a text file then share that file.
also check CCT and MF if they are working correct

It was misunderstanding. I was talking about official cam that comes with stock firmware.
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Hello everyone
I installed CM12, but I'd like to port the stock Camera app form Alcatel.
Does someone know how to do this ?
Thanks

Miui pro 7.9.21Beta for Kenzo

All credits goes to Developer. I came accross this post in 4pda.
Miui Pro - nice ROM, a lot of customisation, more than epic ROM, no builtin root, gaaps and Google hdr camera included, beautiful weather app, colorful statusbar icons, nice assistant at the end of the last left screen, like in other ROMS I had to disable permissions to record video, exposed & AGNi compatible, I had some weird in call app layout (everything was moved down, maybe before of xMiui).
Dowload link ; https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0By7hNnXPQmMKM3AyTXl3TTlCM0U?sort=13&direction=a
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I have downloaded and installed it. Excellent ROM and works absolutely smooth. Video recording sometime works and sometime won't. Themes not working and showing can't load resources error. Thanks a lot for sharing this..

sharathons said:
I have downloaded and installed it. Excellent ROM and works absolutely smooth. Video recording sometime works and sometime won't. Themes not working and showing can't load resources error. Thanks a lot for sharing this..
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Thanks, few themes will not load. For me its working
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kins299 said:
Thanks, few themes will not load. For me its working
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Is there any way to make videos work on stock camara...i tried different method but no fix at all ..videos doesnot save..

Can u post some screenshots of home screen?

Going to close this since it's a duplicate. Go here instead if you want to continue the conversation.