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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] soraxd:
grats youve been featured

http://www.talkandroid.com/42457-ha...idForums+(Android+News,+Rumours,+and+Updates)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hige:
Nice mod! Now i can decide by myself if i want to take a picture or not, even lower than 15% :) (stupid samsung feature... )

thank you guys and good luck for you potatoman!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mimicuk:
cannot rename Camera.apk to Camera.apk.bak as its read only?

Is there a way around this please?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hige:
You need to be rooted and try using root explorer and when in the system/apps folder click the button at the top who says mount as R/W (read / write) ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rsaeire:
I must be the only one here who can't install this mod!

I rooted my handset and use Super Manager as my file manager with RO/RW access so I can make changes to files.

I downloaded the hyperX camera mod, renamed the camera apk to camera.apk.bak and copied over the hyperX camera.apk file from my SD card to the system/app folder. Once done, I clicked "Run" which starts the camera but videos recorded that way are still the same quality as before. I also selected "Install" which states:

"Replace Application - This is a system application. Do you still want to replace it? All previous user data will be saved."

My options are "OK" and "Cancel"; so I choose "OK". Then I get the message:

"Do you want to install this application?" and the only option is "Install", which I select. I then receive the message "Application not installed".

When I check the video bitrate and the audio bitrate and sampling rate of videos I record in 1080p it is still the same as before I started this mod. Also, the camera app is not located on the first page of applications anymore, but the last page where all the apps I've installed so far are located; which seems odd since it's not working.

I'd really appreciate some help with this as it's driving me crazy.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Jabbypants:
Your doing it right to a certain point but i renamed the hyperx camera.apk to camera.apk then added it to system/app didn't install it just put it in there all fine here.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mimicuk:
parse error!!

i have renamed the apk to camera.apk after i copied it over but when i try to install it it saysparse error - there is a problem parsing the package?

Could you please help me with this?

Regards mimic
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] OHDUSER:
weird thing...

the sound quality is now 44KHZ/186KBPS but the bitrate video hasnt changed.. and yes im on superfine..

downloaded the hack on 1st june

o.o
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rsaeire:
Thanks for the reply Jabbypants.

The hyperX camera.apk is named, exactly, "Camera.apk" by default, so I didn't bother to rename it as it already had the exact same name as the original camera.apk. Did you rename the original camera.apk to camera.apk.bak like the instructions?

Are your videos recording with an audio sampling rate of 48 kHz and audio bitrate of 192 Kbps?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Jabbypants:
Yeah just recorded a 720p and its recorded in 17999 with audio 192, try a reboot of your phone and try again, I renamed the original camera app then copied the new version over and it worked for me.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] OHDUSER:
weird... still its 15Mbit in vid...

and not even 30 FPS...

the sound is still 188Kbps and 44 KHZ which is great

but why the fps isnt 30? because its indoor? i have led on and light in the room...

also why its 15Mbit? weird because it even got up to 22mbit once (no hacked mod)

o.o

im in superfine qualty yes.. and I did try rebooting and installing again (copying.. not installing) the thing is that the sound changed but bitrate hasnt... why?

o.o thanks in advance and sorry for digging lol
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NoOneCanHelpMe:
I still get low quality after a reboot and have to reinstall :S I hope hyperX could fix this :)))
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rsaeire:
Yeah I tried that but it still won't work. I'll keep messing around and hopefully I can get it working. Thanks again for your help with this. ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] steveman29:
I get this too. It installs ok but after a reboot the sound is back to the original. I hope it will be fixed in the new version.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] =dave=:
same for me :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] (•.•):
@OP

Oh Man, i wish you all the best with the exams, just keep your head up and go straight forward, even in hard times like now, especially then!

@hyperX

I hope you'll take over for a while, you seem to be also pretty skilled ;)

Give us some result of your potential please :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Intratech:
Sorry to hear about the personal issues potatoman. Stay strong and just keep looking forward mate, not backwards. Best of luck in your exams and take all the time you need. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] luke1333:
Won't install on thunderbolt gingerbread! Anybody know why??

Sent from HTC Thunderbolt 4G on Gingeritis IX
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] manuvaidya:
its not installing on my SGS2 with AngeloM's ROM also.... says its not installed.

anyone help me pls... i tried changing all the permissions & backing up the original camera.apk. after all these, its not installing..... where am i going wrong ??? pls help me..
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ICDeadPpl:
You know this is the Samsung Galaxy S2 section of the forum, right?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Major_Sarcasm:
Damn, here's me thinking it would work on my Orange C500. That records in HiDef too.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] luke1333:
Wow thanks I'm a complete idiot thanks

Sent from HTC Thunderbolt 4G on Gingeritis IX
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DaviD202:
Can someone tell me that witch video converter is the best?

I want to convert my recorded .mp4 fullhd video to a fullhd .mkv or 720p or lowwer .avi video.

thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MaTiCeK-:
Would it be possible to add a fixed focus mode (1m to infinity)?

I tried recording dancing and the autofocus just went nuts. The nokia n8 for example records video with a focus of approx. 1m to infinity and I'd love to see something similar for the SGS2. Even iPhone does it better, because you have to manually tap for focus, so one can keep easily keep the subject in focus. The sgs2 on the other hand fails to focus fast enough and the result is blurry video.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MZWiZard:
Thanks for this mod - I use the regular bitrate version with no sound and modded audio. Works beautifully on Angelom v1.2. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rafalense:
Please Potatoman, you should correct something in main thread, as a lot of blogs/web/forums are making echo of this post

Default settings on SGS2 Camera.apk stock is not 16000Hz but 44100Hz, quite good by the way. Bitrate is ok, 64Kbps

64kbps/16khz are default settings for SGS
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] sewe:
This is what i´m getting with SGS2

Audio: AAC 16000Hz mono 60Kbps
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rafalense:
Well, I decompiled a Camera.apk I had from very first 'system' folder posted here weeks ago, and it has those settings. I'm still waiting Potato to send me originals 'Camera.apk' from last ROM versions (to add 'power as shutter button' feature). I will recheck then again
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Deadeye*:
can any one upload more samples please?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] MZWiZard:
Its the default for SGS2 as well. No need to correct anything ;)

EDIT: I do agree though that 192kbit may be over the top. I think a max of 96kbit should do it just fine, as it is just mono. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rafalense:
Sorry then, but that was I saw

Awaiting deodexed stocks 'Camera.apk' ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheMorpheus:
It's a before-after video: http://youtu.be/e9AX1ogbjAA?hd=1
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rafalense:
I checked myself all existing ROMs here, and there are no CWM packages yet, all are still for ODIN only, is it right?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] DJViking:
CWM3 is available through Chainfire's modified kernels.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] fenomeno83:
yes...in aac you can get maximum quality at 96kbps for every channel..so, if you want have a little margin, choose 128kbps
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dyallo:
Afyer i take a photo I want to look at it by tapping the thumbnail picture but then I just get com.sec.android.app.camera Force close. I have tried clearing data cache,dalvik and also replacing camera.apk with the modded one here on xda from potatoman and 3d gallery from market. Still no difference ... last option is to flash stock rom, but I'm not home so i can't.

Any other suggestions?

I'm on angeloms rom atm
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rockky:
Hey could someone please post the stock camera apk?

Really appreciate!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] thecompany:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9605890/Camera.apk
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Flowlance:
I haven't read through this whole thread, but the quality is still 16khz after installing this mod. Any solution to this? The no-sound on silent mode works fine though :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] antoniotdi:
Sorry for my English

for those who have this problem:

Reported bugs-

Some reports of the mod No Longer working after a reboot (bugfix Current status: Trying to replicate)

I do not know if I've done well or done badly, but I have solved this way:

I gave also permissions "other Write" with root explorer to the mod Camera.apk file,

then i deleted Camera.odex in system \ app and then I installed the modded Camera.apk of Potatoman
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Zsolie:
If you restart the phone, will reset to default 16khz.

After restart copy again the modified Camera.apk and install, it will working fine!

I hope somebody will find the solution for this little bug.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] rockky:
Thank you Sire!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Zsolie:
I done this modding, and for now everything is Ok.

Thank you!:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
Thanks for this, two people have said it's working so I put it in the first post. Much appreciated.

Note, I haven't tested this myself, I just try to keep tabs on the thread even though I'm not developing at the moment. If it doesn't work ill take it down.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Flowlance:
Amazing, that worked. thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] 2k10MBC300SPT:
work this magic for Thunderbot..Pweetty Pweassee:)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
Also quick update to the credits- added antoniotdi for the bugfix :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Zsolie:
Somebody can tell me what is this "Camera Odex" doing?

Anyway i deleted it.:(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Bart1981:
Is it really strange to say that the sound of the after movie sounds worse then the before movie??? In the before movie audio looks much clearer if you ask me.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jody2k:
I think the first is the mod and then the old :p after - before movie ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ermacwins:
Still hoping for the power button mod
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jody2k:
I was wondering if it wasn't possible to make a full standalone app for the S2 with some crazy recording posibillities like for example:

Recording video @ the foto camera resolution 3264x 2448 (8MP) with 20 fps or something :p (I know i'm a little exagerating now)

Not possible at all? as it has e dual core cpu maybe i thought it could handle it, so I let my imagination a go

crazy thoughts or not? ;p
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] =dave=:
Yes, you have to be crazy ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ado7980:
I have still one problem. My record is still max 20 Mbit rate in FullHD with SuperFine seatings. Do you know why??? I deleted Camera.odex, set permisions and still nothing... Help me please what I doing bad... I am on stock ROM KE7 whith root
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Zsolie:
Maybe you are in a dark room/ place. The bitrate depends from light sources. Tried out in sunlight, the bitrate will increase.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mntbkr:
This would be awesome if it could be ported to the Nexus S. I lack the knowledge to do such work but I can appreciate the hard work and ingenuity of the developers here. Good work folks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NoOneCanHelpMe:
works like a charm, btw all i did was to Rename the "Camera.odex" to Camera.odex.bak :) no need to delete

Potatoman when you have time you can put that in front as well :) some people may prefer to rename :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Bart1981:
Well according to the title it's just the other way around.... But I assume it must be like that.... I'll send the maker of the movie a pm...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] TheMorpheus:
You're right :D

The videos got messed up when I put it together so is an After-Before video!

http://youtu.be/e9AX1ogbjAA?hd=1
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] piddlpiddl:
I see you two have modded quite a lot. That makes it seem like allowing 8MP per panorama image part might be doable? I think the SGS II has enough power to progress the information.

Any new about hyperX continuing?

Good luck with your exams.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Stitch!:
My thoughts exactly, thats would be brilliant! current panorama function is so limited..

+1
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hrti:
Converting 8mp pictures into one panorama gives the final panorama a resolution of 64 mp. Doing this will require A LOT of hardware power. Even with a state of the art PC this is a huge job requiring lots of horse-power. Don't get you hopes up ;) On the other hand I'm not sure of the current resolution of each of the eight photos stitched together in the panorama, but considering the ease and speed the SGS2 does it, I'm sure there are room for improvement in resolution. But as I said, a full 8MP*8 will require super-powers if you don't want to wait a whole night for the phone to do the job ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
Indeed, it may be possible to up it to like 1mp per shot, but I'm not sure. I'll add it to the list of things to do for when I get back.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] iCEION:
I believe that when the local.prop file is in place. The sound of the shutter depends on the system volume. So if you turn down the system volume in the sound part of the phone settings) then you won't here the camera sounds even if you don't use any kind of rename sound file / camera.apk modification. This is the behavior on my phone both when using stock camera.apk but also when using CameraModSGS2Signed.apk or any of the other modded apk's.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
Whatever works for you man, Mine would play regardless of the volume settings, which is why I found that so helpful and included it... but that was a few firmware revisions ago so I'm not sure if it got changed or not. :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] the warrior:
I just screwed up trying to install this

My file manager I had (I now have root explorer) wouldn't give me permission to rename the original camera.apk so I made a copy of it to sd card then uninstalled the original camera app, then copied over the camera app mod.apk renamed to camera.apk but when i try to install it it just says "application not installed" even when I copy back the original camera.apk file it will not install

So now I have no camera app installed :-(

Any ideas on getting this to install?

Installed vignette but that just crashes back to app drawer on start up

EDIT--

Right managed to get my original camera.apk working by installing the camera firmware update from[URL="http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14191686&postcount=1"[/URL]

Don't know if I dare try the camera mod now ha ha
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] jdmusicman72:
Works on AT&T Captivate running Mosaic III/Talon's Kernel

VERY nicely I might add...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Greenie-UK:
Loving the Mod!

one question, when i use this and i take pictures/video etc it puts all the files into a second "Camera" folder and not the original one pre-Mod, is there any way of merging them because it annoys me although its a minor issue ;)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
Not autonomously no, all I can suggest is to move the old content to the new folder manually since you don't have anything being saved to the old one anymore, just cut and paste them over in USB mode :P

Good to hear about it working on Captivate though, I'll update the first post with that info.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Greenie-UK:
tried that already, No luck unfortunately :( still keeps 2 camera folders.. lame ! haha
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] VAnative21:
Does this work on the original Samsung Galaxy S (Epic 4G)? Just thought I'd asked...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] EgFox:
ok for me on my SGSII KE7 ...thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] audino:
I did the procedere as told and now´the cam app will not open, not your not the original...

Anyway to fix this?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Richdog:
Dude your sig is riciculously (pointlessly) large and takes up way too much room... any chance you can resize it to sensible levels?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
For the galaxy S version use this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=980835

It's what this mod was based on. Enjoy :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] audino:
ive got it erased camera.apk rebbot pasted new file and rebooted agian... now it works but i hate the fact 1080p are zoomed in it looks on the screen like they are blurry
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NoOneCanHelpMe:
you can see here why the 1080p is zoomed http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1085142

hope it would answer questions u might have :):):)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
^this. the zoomed 1080p mode has nothing to do with this mod, it's the same for stock, because it's limited by the hardware (the sensor chip being used),
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NoOneCanHelpMe:
yeah i know, i should have said that in the previous post.

i just thought it might help the folks who doesnt know why 1080p looks zoomed, although it has nothing to do with this mode :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] brandenk0:
Anyone able to get this to work on VillainRom? I've tried replacing the Meta-INF folder to get it to work with VillainRom but it would open and leave me on a black screen.

Sent from my Galaxy S II using VillainRom v1.1
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] justsimple1:
Guys pls solve my camera problem....not able to record video...it says warning...recording failed...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
Nono you misunderstand, I was agreeing with you :P xD
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NoOneCanHelpMe:
:D :p

anyway, i hope when we have 2.3.4 tomorrow, we'll have camera.apk with new features :P better quality of the panorama mode for example :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mguel:
Over saturated audio on videos

Hi!!

I'm having an issue with my vids recorded on lound places (ie concert/disco), where the audio is very over saturated... (on other devices it doesn't happen: milestone, droid2global, or a lumix camera)... and I don't believe it's a matter of increasing the audio bitrate... I imagine it has more to do with normalization or adjusting gain... but not sure.

Someone else experiencing this? would this mod improve this issue (don't think so, but I'm not an expert)? some way to improve this?

Cheers,

Mguel

PS: using KE7
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] LBTaylor1984:
i can't find a explorer that can rename those files, so far my phone have given me the big F u, and i cant go any further. Mod seems good but so far i can't use it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Richdog:
Sigh... Root Explorer on a rooted phone.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] djbarry:
Hey people,

Really an great job made here, and the video quality works awesome... But...

Is there a way to control the microphone (input) sound?!

When someone is talking a bit loud, or when i record some music the noise is really really bad and waaayyy to loud, in other words > its distorted..

I don't even want to try it on an party with loud music, i guess the sound is unusable and horrible then :-(

I need it really, because i'm an dj/producer and i do a lot with filming on party's and so on!

My HTC HD and older Phone(s) has a better quality/control of the sound.. (AGC?)

EDIT:

There is 1 android app who is able to fix the input gain of the microphone while recording, so it is possible...

The app is called "TapeMachine"

XDA, please help!

Would be awesome if this can be fixed.

Thank you!

Barry
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mguel:
@djbarry: as I posted early, I'm having the same problem with audio input being way too loud/over saturated on parties, concerts, etc :(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] djbarry:
Yeah, a lot of people have the same issue...

If its not gonna be fixed, i'm going to get another phone.

This is really unusable for making video's, even with the original sound (original camera.apk) the sound was terrible by some higher volumes then talking people..

As far as i use my camera everyday for making video's, this makes me not happy with an "high end phone"..

Bleg :-(
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Potatoman:
In my experience yes, the mod does appear to handle loud volumes much better than stock, due to the higher sample rate. I can't comment on adjusting gain in the camcorder app (way beyond my capabilities) but there is an app to do so while recording sound on the Android Market - TapeMachine.

Enjoy-
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] djbarry:
Indeed that's true, but Taperecorder is for audio purposes only...

I want to record Video 'with' Audio, and not audio alone :-\

Maybe someone who's good in 'hacking' or patching the mod/firmware of the phone, can send an message to the director of the tapemachine app for the code of the audio gain controller (agc) in the galaxy or another android phone..

I'll have to wait for an good "video app with audio controller" i guess :-)

Thanks anyway potatoman!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] arisgiann:
Hi.

I am using the File Expert and i can't rename and install the apk.

What do i wrong?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] djbarry:
reboot your device or know for sure your camera app isnt online in the background ;-)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] arisgiann:
I've done it but nothing.... :mad:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mguel:
Thanks!! I'll try it then.

Thanks Potatoman!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mguel:
audio comparison: stock vs potatoman vs hiperx

Ok, did some testing with:

Potatoman mod camera from first post in this thread ( http://www.multiupload.com/KHRWLERS4J ) and with hiperX version http://hx-custom-roms.com/wp-content/camera_HX-Mod.zip

with a moderately loud noise: loud music (I did the testing at home so couldn't make it as loud as a party or concert), and recorded a 720p and 1080p vid with stock, potatoman and hiperX

And my impressions after hearing them with a fairly good headphone (bose) is that compared to stock camera, potatoman has even more over saturation (on the treble at least). hiperx 720p I would say it's the same as stock, and 1080p has the treble reduced significantly (comparing it to stock, even more if you compare it to potatoman)... and because of this treble reduction it seems less over saturated overall, but didn't notice much reduction on other frequencies really... not 100% sure though. It's a pity that it's only on 1080p since I use 720p (due to the "narrower field/angle" of the 1080p, not suitable for the "indoor" recordings I do).

I could upload the vids, although I would need some time since each one is around 100 Mb.

On the weekend I will test it with really loud noise and give some feedback.

PS: I think it's interesting to notice the very different audio of 1080 hiperX version to all the others... don't know what was the cause of it since according to his post both HD vids resolutions had the same audio encoding.