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[Verizon Droid Charge] junksecret:
A little help?

Sorry to be such a dorky noooooob but it runs in the family, I think it's genetic.

I odin'ed the latest GB leak, EP4P and it seems to have solved 90% of my complaints about my charge (poop color being the other 10%).

I wanted to install this camera apk and using root explorer I was able to navigate to /system/app/ and I see the camera.apk (I did install the deodexed version) but don't know how to rename it to a bak file. When I click on it in root explorer it seems my options are install/view/cancel.

The whole "root" thing is new to me, so can someone tell me how to rename the file?

Thanks in advance,

Joe
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
No problem; you're on the right track :). Instead of clicking on the file, hold your finger on it until a menu appears. The menu will give you the option of renaming the file. After that it's just a matter of long pressing the Camera.apk that you downloaded, selecting "move", navigating back to /system/app/, and then pasting the file. Let me know if you have any other questions.
[Verizon Droid Charge] junksecret:
OK. got it renamed and left it where it was. It said it was read only so I hit that little mount r/w button which seemed to do the trick. I downloaded the new camera.apk once by photographing the QR code and the my downloading it to my PC and emailing it via gmail as an attachment. Using root explorer I looked in the "attachment" folder and the "download" folder but don't see the new apk either place.

In gmail, there is an "install" button right next to the attachment but wasn't sure if I can click on that?

Thanks again, really appreciate the help.

Joe
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
In Gmail, click the "Install" button next to Camera.apk but then click "Cancel" once the dialog appears. That causes Gmail to download the app to /sdcard/download/ without actually trying to install it. Having done that, you should be able to navigate to /sdcard/download/ in Root Explorer and find the file there.
[Verizon Droid Charge] junksecret:
Cooooooooooooooooooool

Well, that worked PERFECT, thanks so much for the file and the lesson!

Does this make me a "Dev"?...........:)

Thanks again,

Joe
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
Ha ha well you're on your way there. I'm glad it worked out for you :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] kelmar13:
... Didn't mean to respond...
[Verizon Droid Charge] nic411:
you need to press and hold the Camera.apk file and it will bring up a list of options...one of them being Rename
[Verizon Droid Charge] hogowner:
Running Humble 5.0 RC2

worked liked a charm!!!!
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
Working for Humble5.0RC2 with ICS Fugu Tweaks. Thanks.
[Verizon Droid Charge] davidmcw:
Without a hitch. Thanks. TBH 2.3.6, imoseyon 4.0.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ovismos:
Wouldnt it be easier just to remap the buttons?...Make search the power button and the power button the new camera key? Works no matter what, can use the button to stop/start whatever.

Sent from Droid Charge running Dark ChargeTQ with EP3HA Ext4
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
I'm not really sure why that would be easier...I haven't tried surfacing the power key press event yet but theoretically if the camera app does not consume it then the screen should shut off.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ashish8:
Call

Substance, I was trying to take the modifications one step further. The camera app detects if there is a call in progress, if so it doesn't allow the camera app to open. I didn't have any success, hoping you can apply your expertise. I found two methods that look like they return true if the phone is "offhook". They are: checkCameraStartCondition_Call() & IsCalling(). I tried to return false, but I'm very weak in reading and writing smali.

BTW, thank you very much for the modifications thus far.
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
I think that you just want to remove most of the body of IsCalling() in AbstractCameraActivity.smali, i.e.

.method public IsCalling()Z
.registers 1

.prologue
.line 693
const/4 v0, 0x0

return v0
.end method

(return false regardless of the camera state).
[Verizon Droid Charge] sixstrings78:
I was hoping someone could overwrite that also. That would absolutely make this mod perfect! But I appreciate the work that's already done!
[Verizon Droid Charge] R4e:
Does this work on EP4d?
[Verizon Droid Charge] junksecret:
Yes, works like a charm, installed it today.
[Verizon Droid Charge] storm81456:
Yep. I did the camera mod yeserday as well. Works fantastically on EP4D.
[Verizon Droid Charge] R4e:
Tried it, works perfectly!! ;)
[Verizon Droid Charge] trparky:
I've put together a CWM install package ZIP for this. Thanks have been noted in the install script's output.

Tested and it works on EP4D.
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
Cool. Mind if I link to this from the OP?
[Verizon Droid Charge] trparky:
Yeah, but here is a more permanent location for the file.

Camera APK Patch.zip (FTP Link)

MD5: BCCAA3766ED2944B7102B79D6935BEAB

It makes a copy of the original APK file to the same file name with ".bak" at the end for you. It's completely automatic. Run the ZIP package and you're done.

Update: I've uploaded a new version of the ZIP file that contains a mounting command for the /system partition. It should work with RFS-based file systems but I'm not sure about EXT4-based file systems.
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
All right, I updated the OP. Thanks for making this :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] trparky:
UPDATE #2

I've uploaded a new file with (hopefully) a fix to the automatic mounting of /system.
[Verizon Droid Charge] PreceptorJR:
I couldn't get the method in the OP to work, but this .zip through CWM worked great on the EP4D debloated version.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jlh2169:
Couldn't be any easier. Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Thanks for this. Will be using this as a template for the Camera.apk in my ROM then later :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] R4e:
OP - Could you tweak camera to be used while phone call is in use?
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
I have a lot on my plate going into the end of the quarter :( It shouldn't take long, but I probably won't have the chance to do it for a couple weeks, sorry.
[Verizon Droid Charge] KCP100:
Tried the CWM .zip on Humble 5.0 and it did NOT work. It flashed fine, but it was still the default camera app. Getting ready to replace camera.apk with Root Explorer and will post results

EDIT: Worked like a charm when replaced with Root Explorer. Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] trparky:
The only thing I can think of is that /system didn't get mounted properly thus the APK file wasn't written to the system.

I'm going to give up on trying to automatically mount the /system partition in the script and just mention that you must manually mount /system in Mounts and Storage.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
how do I manually mount /system in Mounts and Storage? is that via recovery mode with the volume up, home, & power buttons pressed simultaneously?
[Verizon Droid Charge] mucter:
Yes. Mount it and then flash the zip off the SD card via the same interface.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
nope, no dice.... will try again later.... thanks though
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
still cannot gain r/w access. I even tried the Mount /system (rw / ro) app on the android market.

i'm currently running Humble 5.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] edl415:
Followed the instructions in the first post (used root explorer to paste the new apk into system folder), worked fine for me. Thanks, great mod!

Humble 5.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] muzhik:
awesome, its works great

Posted from HUMBLE 5 using Tapatalk
[Verizon Droid Charge] dac2009:
got this to work which is a cool feature but now ive noticed to black spots on all my pictures. has anyone else had this issue any ideas on what i can do to fix this issue
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
Is your lens dirty? I didn't change anything related to the actual capturing of images.
[Verizon Droid Charge] tombepa:
Works on infinity 1212
[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
It isn't needed on Infinity. Infinity already has this mod, or at least a functionally identical one, baked in.
[Verizon Droid Charge] tombepa:
Ha ha, you know, I didn't even know that! Lol! I just saw this and downloaded and replaced the apk that was in here. Oh well. :)

Anyway, I downloaded fast burst camera from the market so I could get lightning fast shutter speed. I kept getting pissed about blurry kid pics. Seems so far to work great.
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
In call warning has now been disabled--see the OP.
[Verizon Droid Charge] R4e:
Does this mean you can be on the phone and use camera simultaneously?
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
Yes, it does. Since we are able to use CDMA and LTE simultaneously, this enables you to take a picture and email it to someone while still in a call.
[Verizon Droid Charge] R4e:
any future upgrades?
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
I'm not sure. If you have an idea of what else to do, I'm all ears. Keep in mind that some things are not feasible, though, due to the difficulty of making any significant changes to smali code.
[Verizon Droid Charge] dmckean44:
Is it possible to have the camera's default sharpness setting be +2?

The default setting of 0 is blurry. I'm surprised there aren't more complaints about this.
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
That's a good idea. I think I'll investigate defaulting to 720p for video capture too.
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Please don't. The class 2/4 sd cards we got don't support 720p.
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
Are you using a different card than the one that came with your phone? I can see why this would be a problem for slower MicroSD cards.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
I'm still having difficulties (both via CWM and via explorer). I've also got a "CameraFirmware.apk" file in the /system/app directory - do I need to do anything with that?

I keep getting a paste failure notice that there is not enough disk space, yet I've got 91MB free.

again, I'm on Humble 5.0 and mounted the system via the Mount System app...

thanks to anyone that can help - much appreciated!
[Verizon Droid Charge] bvsbutthd101:
All you want to do is take the original camera.apk file in system/apps and rename it to camera.apk.bak then take the one you downloaded and paste it in system/apps directory. Make sure to reboot after you paste the camera.apk file. I'm on humble 5.0 and this works fine for me.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
thanks for the response, but my issue is that I can't even paste the file to the folder, as I'm getting the "paste failure" notice. as you can see from the pics I posted, it is showing r/w. I read someone mentioning pressing the r/w r/o button, but I don't see that - am I using the right app (explorer version 1.0)?

nevermind - figured it out - needed the Root Explorer app, not just the Explorer App.

thanks ya'll!
[Verizon Droid Charge] tintn00:
Has anyone figured out a way to make the sharpness +2 at default? I'm getting tired of manually going into the options settings to make the sharpness +2 every time I use the camera app.
[Verizon Droid Charge] BeefJerky9:
I would like to have this feature added as well. At anything but +2 sharpness, it puts the captured photo through a anti-noise/blur filter. I can do that myself afterwards if needed, but I can't undo what the filter has already done.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
FYI, this also works on Eclipse 2.0 (FP1 with 0504 kernel) and EXT4.
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Since this thread was necroed I was looking at the sharpness thing... If you want a better camera app download ICS camera from the market. It doesn't have the sharpness setting and the pictures look like +2 on the TW camera. Vertical mode also works and the autofocus is also much faster and fails less. Guess it shows Samsung's poor programmers again.

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[Verizon Droid Charge] khalilcr:
Do you mean the one by moblynx?
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
Yes.

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[Verizon Droid Charge] shrike1978:
Thanks for the tip. I LOVE this camera. The ICS gallery app they've published is pretty sweet as well, and fixes the wallpaper issue of the stock FP1 gallery.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
yeah, but does it allow you to use the power button as a shutter? that's the whole idea behind this mod. when looking at the details in the market, I did not see that feature.
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
No but I was just pointing out a solution to the sharpness problem.

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[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
I'll check that out.... I got Camera Zoom FX to solve that, but that really did not solve the sharpness issue. thanks
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
I think I figured out how to set the sharpness on startup via the CameraSettings constructor just now. I'll try it out tomorrow after I finish a project due tonight.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
Thx for the tip on camera ics. Much better than stock and zoom. Coupled with droidwall to block the ads, and this is a great camera.

tappin' that....
[Verizon Droid Charge] stranula:
Just tried out Camera ICS. In settings you can set it for volume buttons to take the picture. Not the same, but sort of?

...Not meant negatively, I read your post before I installed it, and seeing that option gave me a laugh.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jco23:
Awesome, thanks!

tappin' that....
[Verizon Droid Charge] Hindle1225:
runs well. Cool
[Verizon Droid Charge] THEbigSWEEN:
Will be giving this a try tomorrow cause it's past my bedtime :p Thanks for the update!
[Verizon Droid Charge] mrtruckincowboy:
I have like 6 camera apps but heck whats one more
[Verizon Droid Charge] Enlightened_Rogue:
I have a question about remapping the Mod snapshot key from SEARCH to MENU. Instead of double posting I posted the question here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1674801
[Verizon Droid Charge] JihadSquad:
I just noticed that the sharpness setting is not +2 on the video camera. Can this be fixed?

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[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
Does that change much on the video end? And yes, it can be "fixed"

EDIT:

This

should do it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] whiteblazer01:
Any chance of getting a timestamp tweak to the camera app? (I know 3rd party apps have it, but I like the stock app)
[Verizon Droid Charge] dwitherell:
Excuse the ignorance but what does that entail exactly?
[Verizon Droid Charge] whiteblazer01:
Just to show the date and time of when the picture was taken. I've been using Vignette (3rd party camera app), and while it has the timestamp feature, it's very slow to process and I much prefer the Samsung camera app.
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
That sounds like it would be pretty tricky to do without the Java source for the camera app. You're referring to showing the date and time as an overlay in the picture viewer?
[Verizon Droid Charge] whiteblazer01:
Yes, that's exactly what I'm interested in doing. Here's a pic taken from my phoen using the Vignette camera app. Note the time stamp in the lower corner
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
Oh, part of the image itself? I've actually never liked having time stamps on images myself, so I think I have to say no--I can't imagine this being easy to implement based on the resources available. If you really want time stamps on your images, it's probably possible to run a program from your computer to add them based on when the images were taken.
[Verizon Droid Charge] kvswim:
Substance is right-this would be too time consuming to code for something that only a few users would find useful. However, there is EXIF data on every picture (you probably know this already) so you can know when they were taken, and there's probably a program on PC that will do it for you.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Dwama:
mind if i ask if u can share the tutorial to make power button as shutter?

Thanks :D
[Verizon Droid Charge] substanceD:
I think your best bet is to use a diff tool to compare the smali disassembly of the regular camera APK versus the modified one. I used the smali assembler/disassembler located here: http://code.google.com/p/smali/. I can't remember what all was involved but hopefully that will get you started. I might have answered a similar question back farther in the thread, too.
[Verizon Droid Charge] particle33:
Is there an apk version

Is there an apk version of the gingerbreadcamera that installs in the classic way in later android versions and also keeps the defaulta camera app with no conflict ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aniketsharma9865:
In few posts here ppl are complaning about screen...so i just want to check it before buying...can you guys who already bought it tell me what should i look for before buying...is there any test menu where i can test everything like screen signals wifi and all...so that i dont get a faulty screen or unit...i cant wait to get it...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kunalparwani:
Try the Samsung LCD test by opening dialer and input *#0*# to check the screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Strapt:
Ok ... I can't find it anywhere.

How do I get into fastboot/hboot to check s-off and stuff?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rUsTyRuSs:
If i'm not mistaken Fastboot and hboot are HTC phones only. You can check s-off by going into download mode. Their are tutorials on getting into dl mode in the root wiki. I hope this helps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Strapt:
Ahhh that makes sense. I will try and find it ... Is the root wiki in the development section

And download mode .. Is that Odin mode or whatever .... First Samsung smartphone ... Coming from HTC phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bhowanidin:
You must think your in the crappy Amaze forums... Sorry, this is where Hercules resides

Sent from my Juggernaut SGSII or GTab 10.1 now "In Paris"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bbobarino:
Lol thanx needed that laugh
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheJanitor07:
Can anyone give me some advice on loading a new kernel on to my phone? Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bhowanidin:
If downloading from the phone, copy/paste it to the root of your system. Go into recovery, wipe cache & Davlik, flash and reboot.

If downloading from a computer, go into recovery, mounts and storage, mount USB storage. Drop it in the root, unmounted, and wipe caches.followed by flashing the kernel.

Sent from my Juggernaut SGSII or GTab 10.1 now "In Paris"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheJanitor07:
Sorry im a little confused, I downloaded the kernel on my pc, then i put it on my sd card, I then booted my phone in recovery, went to mounts and storage, mount usb storage, but then there where no options after that, all i could do was go back, so im pretty much lost up until that point :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bigtoysrock:
If its on the root of your sd card (not in a folder). Boot into recovery, select wipe cache, then select wipe dalvik, then select flash zip from sd card, select choose zip from sd card, select the kernel your wanting to flash, select yes, then select reboot system. If you have flashed a rom before its pretty much the same, except you only need to wipe cache and dalvik.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheJanitor07:
Thank you! Very well put! Yeah I know how to flash ROMs so i got it now..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
What we need is to get sgs kernel flasher working on Sgs2! We should.all write the Dev for him to update it for us
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] goonx:
Get Faux from sensation over here, he's doing great work for the sensation kernel. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bbobarino:
How do u copy and paste to the root not a noob but always used a pc and my pc needs to get fixed? I have root explorer paid im assuming that is what i am suppose to use but where do i paste it so its on the root? Also does this method work for roms/themes or just kernals ? I am a flashaholic and with all the development last night i am goin in2 with drawls without my pc :-(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bhowanidin:
I actually use Astro :-P I go into downloads, highlight whatever I want to move, actually

push move, hit home (in the app to get to the root of the system) then paste. Voila!

Sent from my Juggernaut SGSII or GTab 10.1 now "In Paris"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bbobarino:
Does this method work for roms? And when u hit home its just get u back to " / " that is the root ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bhowanidin:
Yes, works for ROMs, kernels, tweaks, mods, and themes. Hitting Astro's home will take you to the root of the internal SD, which will be accessed once in recovery to flash.

Sent from my Juggernaut SGSII or GTab 10.1 now "In Paris"
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] poolakkal Suresh:
Hi Mates Here is the Deodex flashable zip for ZCKP9.

Credits to Ganeshbiyer

Just flash it through CWM recovery.

Later you may remove unwanted apps & add google apps & if any other through Root explorer (Once you push through root explorer change the permission to rw-r--r--

Here's the link. Enjoy..

http://www.multiupload.com/M6MPHCGRLJ
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] envyofindia:
Thanks Bro ... Good work ... appreciated! ... Downloading now .... and look forward to the theme you're working on .... Cheers ... Envy
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kumar.gaurav85:
Caller id issue resolved?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] poolakkal Suresh:
Dude, it's only to deodex system apps odex files. Nothing to do with caller id since it's fw related.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Caller id isue is resolved here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19124434&postcount=34

It seems cf root is the problem
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] duChen:
But how can I get the ZCKP9 firmware. Can you share it with me. I want to flash, but not get the firmware.If can, grateful. My emai is chendu135@gmail.com

Thank you very much.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] poolakkal Suresh:
Don't ask very silly questions. pls search for relevant thread before posting any question/s. Anyway here is ur link for ZCKP9

http://www.multiupload.com/QZNQWL253S

Again u may ask what's password, so before it happens here is the password sampro.pl
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] samrozzi:
I just got my e4gt and I thought I saw some phone with it in the messaging app have a custom skin/look. Like a theme for the texting app? I dont see anything like that at all. just curious as if its possible and how?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] soccer9kba:
I use GO SMS PRO currently, and have used HANDCENT in the past. Both have customizable setting that allow you to change just about any part of the app to look exactly how you want it.

Hope that helps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ravizzle:
I use handcent its awesome

Sent from my Galaxy S2
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demo27vol1:
So my sister hasn't updated her OG Evo ever since she rooted it, ( FreshRom 2.2? from about a year ago I believe.) and I was hoping that a native Evo 4g member would recommend me a good stable rom. I was going to do look for a rom myself but people weren't kidding about the massive amount of development the Evo has :eek:. I was thinking of getting her the FEARMEde/Rhyme Sense 3.5 Rom since I am currently running the Hydro Sense 3.5 Rom on the 3D, and its pretty smooth and flashy. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
Mikg 2.59
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
Or sensation xl beta 1 Rom located at the mikmik website
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] samrozzi:
So i have had numerous phones, iphone, evo 3d, photon, evo, epic. alot of the latest and the 2 stock keyboards that come with this phone I hate. I dont like to use swype and the samsung one is just a headache to use, so was wondering if you know of any good (pref. free) keyboard apps. Something simple and quick that works well.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coldblooded79:
AI keyboard is nice https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aitype.android .

sent from my Epic 4g Touch