yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidoso:
I meant that I would like to be able to record a USB UVC webcam on my Android device. I can do it on windows and Linux and can even do it on my Nexus 7 running Ubuntu. It seems that with the simplewebcam app that it would be possible to send the video to other apps or include a recorder function with this app.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbop:
Please let the developer of the simplewebcam app know your thoughts on his blog site (link in a previous post)

He also has the source code available so that anyone can make their own enhancements.

There was also a dual camera app mentioned which would be great for a mobile DVR if it included a recorder function.

Again - please provide the author with some feedback.

Thanks

btw - I wrote the previous post as you had mentioned you couldn't find the model numbers of your cameras. If you get the VID & PID numbers, you can see what models they correspond to on the list I mentioned.

Cheers and have a great holiday!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidoso:
Sorry I misread your pervious message. Here is the info I got on the cameras

SSK = Gsou USB2.0 Camera

0ac8:3420=Venus USB 2.0 Camera (Tevion MD 85872 and Minoru3D) BY Vimicro

CREATIVE = Vimicro USB Camera (Altair)

0ac8:3450=A4Tech PK-333E BY A4Tech

Logitech = Logitech Webcam C260

046D: 081A Not Listed (submitted to the list for addition)

All three work on my devices with simplewebcam.

I agree that the app would be really good is it included a recorder function.

Thanks for the help - Merry Christmas.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clay347:
I just wished that my G.E. web cam worked with it but all I get is a black screen and totally stock NEXUS 7 B.T.W.16gb. Thanks and GOD BLESS YOU GUYS

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbop:
I finally found a cheap usb camera that works with the simplecamera app.

It's marketed by Kross and has a upc of 6-973180-130628.

It says it's an 8MP camera but it is described as a 1.2mp to 8mp (with interpolation) camera.

So it's really a 1.2mp unit - don't care, it works.

Update: It appears the UPC number on the box might be fake as I can't find ANY references to the UPC anywhere on the web.

However, I did find the "Kross" webcam in a number of locations including Here & Here in Canada.

Here's a photo of the box:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hagie:
I found this small webcam on Ebay - It could even be small enough to fit into the case ? Oh maybe integrated into a smartcase.

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120960427267

Anyone know this model and if it works.

Regards

Hagie
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbop:
The issue with this webcam is that it does not mention that it needs no driver.

Its a good price so if you get one and it doesn't work, you don't lose much.

Now that the app has been modified so you no longer need to change permissions on the device in /dev, you can take your tablet to a computer store and try various cameras until you find one that works.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImaDouche:
This is great stuff. Going to buy a Nexus 7 soon and camera soon. Trying to make a backup cam for my Focus ST. Getting video to the tablet was the first problem. Now all I have to figure out is everything else, like making it automatically trigger in reverse for one. Most tasker related car searches use the usb charging to wake the tablet when the car comes on.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br0adband:
Fry's (an electronics reseller here in the US since I know XDA has members from all over the planet) is currently selling an HP HD 720p USB webcam for $5.99, I saw the ad listed yesterday (it's part of their normal weekly sale that starts on Friday morning):

http://www.frys.com/product/6831166

Don't have much info about the camera or the quality, or whether or not it would be functional with the Nexus 7 and OTG either but I'd sure love to know if anyone happens to have one of these. I may go out and get one before the sale ends this Thursday at the close of business, can't hurt to have a webcam around for other purposes I suppose. My current laptop supports one as an option but my particular configuration didn't have one from the factory (Dell Latitude E6400 that I got pretty cheap off craigslist last year).

If I do get one I'll make sure to report my findings here with respect to the Nexus 7.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xustfosorcim:
Yes. Bringing this back to life.

C270. It's on the list of UVC compatible webcams. When I go to ls -l /dev/video0, I get an error. Apparently my supported webcam isn't supported?

Would a different ROM/Kernel help? I'm thinking stickmount might be interfering with this as well. I'm on PA with the stock kernel...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbop:
stickmount shouldnt interfere. ensure you have root priv.

Being on the list of cameras still doesn't 100% guarantee it should work. I have a couple of cameras on the list that don't work. Check dmesg after inserting and removing the camera for any error messages.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Old Guy:
Just downloaded the app and it works great. It recognizes a cheap Chinese USB borescope that I bought on E-Bay. Amazing picture quality.

Here are the id's. USB\Vid_0bda&Pid_5801&Rev_5801&MI_00.:good:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexusRik:
getting unrooted nexus working with usb webcam

I've been following this thread with interest and have a creative webcam I got after reading through the list of cameras known to work.

I don't want to root my nexus but wondering what I need to do to get the simplewebcam app working properly. When I load it up ATM with the camera connected I just get a black screen and the options don't appear either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - trying to do the rear cam thing for my van. I'm a noob to eclipse and android programming.

Many thanks... Rik
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orzem:
USB webcam with native camera app

Hi, I am also very interested in using a USB webcam as second camera device with my nexus 7, and have used simplewebcam, which works flawlessly. Then I found that Steven Archibald edited his /etc/nvcamera.conf and is able to see his webcam with the native camera app. But his mod does not work for me. Then I found that at ragingcomputer dot com that same mod is used to record video with torque pro. But the mod, as I said was not working for my rooted nexus. So I tried to do it without the mod, and I discovered that if I turn off the tablet, plug in the webcam (cheap trust webcam uvc compatible) and turn it back on there are some apps that let me see both cameras: the built-in and the USB. But the native camera app crashes. After a few trials I also found that if I add a second camera configuration (camera id 1) to the file /etc/media_profiles.xml, everything works fine - without changes to nvcamera.conf and I can even record video with audio. The only thing is that the preview is OK if I keep the tablet in portrait position and doesn't rotate if I turn the tablet in landscape position, which would suit me better. Since I do not have any of the skill required to make further progress, I hope somebody will find this useful. If needed, I can post my logs and files. Cheers!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radarrab:
OTG and USB Borescope

Which one did you get and is your N7 unrooted?

I'd posted a question about this very subject in a different forum/website, but the responders didn't think it would work. I want something I can use in the field without having to carry a laptop around (or spend lots). I had originally looked at this one:

"ebay.com/itm/Waterproof-Endoscope-USB-Scope-2-25M-Pipe-Inspection-Camera-Borescope-Len10MM-/321083817360?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ac2163d90"

but there might be similar ones with LEDs, close focus and better resolution that would be better for looking in spider holes and other small burrows.

My N7 is unrooted, and I have this OTG cable:

"ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-Host-Mode-OTG-Cable-Asus-Google-Nexus-Tablet-7-7-NEW-/130866458949"
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leenephi:
Brilliant! The part about adding the camera id 1 to the media_profiles.xml worked. :) Now I just need to find out if the Camera api recognizes it in an app.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] just_another_geek:
Don't need root

I was able to get SimpleWebCam working on my original N7, new 2013 N7 and my S3. None of them are rooted. I posted what I did on droidperception's wordpress page. Mainly, you just need to set the user permission CAMERA in the manifest. It worked with 2 cheap borescope cameras 5 and 10meter, a Logitech c310 and a c920. Both N7's are stock 4.3 and the S3 is Verizon's 4.1.2.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbass408:
How were you or the app able to modify those system files we need to edit as per the blog without root access?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbass408:
Andre helped me and we got version 5 to load but still didn't work on an urooted S3 or Note 10.1..

As it turns the camera is on the list working cameras. The endoscope I bought on amazon through this listing:

"5m USB Waterproof Endoscope Borescope Inspection Camera" (they won't let me post the link... :)

is this camera as per windows device manager:

0bda:5801	Realtek 2SF022 (HP Pavillon DV7 4151SG notebooks)

Just in case that info helps anyone else.

So, it should have worked. Oh well. That would have been cool.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikefletcher85:
Any chance you could elaborate on what you did for the new N7? I have a rooted one on build JSS15J and a logitech c250. I installed the latest apk but just get a black screen. Also when I opened the app I never got prompted for SU access even though I have SuperSU installed. I’m pretty tech savvy but am a android/Linux noon so lamens terms would be nice.

Thanks

-Mike
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dilldoe:
anyone know how to get fullscreen on simplewebcam?

I have a microsoft LifeCam HD 3000 and it's showing like 2/3 of the screen.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simbin:
Got the webcam working on my 2012 Nexus 7 but the app just displays captured video. How do I record video? Do I need special app?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmbraceNext:
I have a camera with the device ID of eb1a:299f

Has anyone gotten that device to work with any of the webcam apps on a Nexus 7 or a Note 3? I see talk of needing to root the device and some say you don't. If gets this to work please let me know. I have tried simplewebcam and I just get a black screen.

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheytanelkebir:
HI all

I have a small "issue". I am trying to develop an app which uses an external camera. the tablet I'm using is:

-Nexus 7 2013

-Android 4.4.2 (rooted)

-UVC USB camera (works fine with dashcam on the tablet).

The camera works on the tablet using dashcam fine, so the V4L2 / UVC / dev/videoX is all working fine.

now what I want to do is to use the camera from within my (normal not NDK) android app... I edited the /etc/media_profiles.xml and added the profiles there for "camera2" (in addition to the pre-existing camera0 and camera1).

But its not being detected... my android app when querying android.hardware.Camera getNumberOfCameras still gets 2 cameras!! and I can't set my camera to "2" (only 0 and 1 - the built in front and back facing cams).

any clues on how to trick android into accepting a "third" camera? Is there any additional setting that I have to modify for android to let my program access the camera?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheytanelkebir:
actually if there is a way we can "enable" and "disable" what cameras the android OS "sees" then it also solves everyone's issues with having to use the simplewebcam / dashcam apps.... since they'd be able to use the built in and all third party camera apps with their webcams!

this would be a great feature and is worth investigating for many people as it opens up useful new functionality and use cases for the android tabs.

from reading the android documentation, I can see that "CameraID" actually has only a 0 or 1 value corresponding to a "front" or "back" camera... so adding extra camera profiles in media_profiles.xml seems redundant?

The best approach to take is to:

1- disable the existing cameras

2- set the USB cameras as cameraId 0 / 1 .

That way compatibility with all android camera apps is maintained since they would find cameras using the simple cameraID tag, and everyone would be able to use their USB camera with all existing camera apps.

Perhaps they would need a separate "media_profiles.xml" file called "media_profiles2.xml" and the "camera toggle" program renames the "built in" media_profiles.xml file, then changes the "USB media_profiles.xml" to media_profiles.xml...

once the user is finished and wants to go back to using the built in cams, the program can swap the media_profiles.xml files back again.

Of course this would need a rooted handset/tablet?

now the question is, how do I go about doing this? I am guessing somewhere within the android system it uses V4L2 and thus /dev/video0 / 1 / 2 to set the CameraId that all android apps access. but where is that? looking on the Android HAL... seems to be the clue

will continue digging :D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeesh1979:
Help needed

Hi I am using Samsung S4 and i need to use my external webcam (chinese made). i tried to play with simplewebcame but it has su permission requirements and root access. can you tell me what exactly u did? i added camera permissions but still black screen. please reply here or preferably send me steps on zeesh1979 at hotmail dot com.

i am working on for last 6 months and getting frustrated now.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawzy92:
Nexus 7 [unrooted] with ebay borescope

hey guys! I just signed up because I have found a way to get the nexus 7 unrooted on 5.1.1 to work with a cheap ebay borescope.

The app i used is called "usbwebcamera" by a serenegiant

I messaged the guy and he said to get it to work all i needed was a self powered usb hub which i just happen to have under my bed. ( OK i technically didn't find the solution but shush im sharing"

so i plugged the baby in and opened the app and guess what guys.... the damn thing works.

this is what the guy sent to me via email it had diffrent methods that may work for others

Hello,

Thank you for contacting.

Actually, I have both Nexus7(2013, Android 5.1.1, not rooted) and snake camera(vid=090c/pid=037c).

I bought the camera on ebay,

The camera work well with my Nexus7(2013), but needs

1) self-powered USB2.0 hub

or

2) OTG Y cable with bus-powered/self-powered USB2.0 hub.

3) OTG cable(not a Y cable) + bus-powered USB hub is also OK but power consumption is big.

But does not work well

1) OTG cable only

2) OTG Y cable (with/without auxiliary power supply)

The camera sometimes works under these cabling(s) but the connection is very unstable even if I use OTG Y cable with auxiliary power supply).

I'm not sure your camera itself is same one, but the camera controller is same as mine(because the vid and pid is same).

So could you try to use USB hub with your OTG cable and camera?

FYI, my apps save connected camera informations into storage.

The location is {primary storage}/Android/data/com.serenegiant.usbwebcamera/files/Descriptors

If my app correctly detect your USB camera, you can see descriptors090c_037c.txt and/or descriptors090c-037c.txt.

If you can't see these files, I assume there are some issue on cabling.

If you use USB hub and the camera still does not work well, could you provide me the file?

with best regards,

saki

i hope this helps you guys
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ltdanno360:
im using the motorola droid turbo on android 5.1 i use a app on the market called UsbWebCameraPro by Serenegiant it Works good NoT rooted on my Microsoft Lifecam HD5000
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IceC00l:
snakecam drivers (PID090C VID 037C)

Hi all,

this is slightly OT but do any of you happen to have PC drivers (win7) for this snakecam (PID 090C VID 037C)? I have one but can't find the drivers and would like to use it on my PC also (though I will definitely try with a USB hub with my S4 Active)

Thanks!

P.S. I managed to locate and patch some other drivers for Silicon Motion Webcams and now it works under Windows 7 64bits (probably also under Windows 8+). The drivers I used as a base that work (but you need to patch the inf file) are here: http://www.driverscape.com/files/netbook/Camera-V5_58_0_4.zip
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnieboy32:
hope this helps

after a very long hour of research on sites, forums, videos etc.. and downloading from GOOGLE PLAY STORE almost a hundred APPS on ENDOSCOPE APP FOR ANDROID, USB O.T.G, USB VIDEO PLAYER etc... for those who are encountering this same problem download this app from GOOGLE PLAY named "DASHCAM" by droidPerception. It's the only app that worked for my J7 SAMSUNG phone. Once you have the app, open it then attach the endoscope, make it the DEFAULT camera when asked. Finally when the app itself is running on the lower right side you will see a selection of resolution button, click it then choose parameters around the middle which is 300x300 or something like that. Then you will be able to play your scope... hope this helps
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riahc3:
Looking to use a USB camera on Android for testing purpose.

Recommendations on what apps to use? Shooting simple pictures and videos.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saberzaid:
hello

i have bought an s3 before one and half month ago , and the serial number start with R31 and end with JP

and on top it says made in korea by samsung

and just yesterday i bought another s3 for my friend , the serial number start with RF1 and end with ZV

and on top it not says made in korea , its only says made by samsung

i just want to know from witch factory each device come from ,and country , etc

and witch one is newer etc ,

thank you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Samsung has many factory's.

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saberzaid:
yes i know that but what i mean is from where each device came , ? from what factory ?

also how about the build quality etc
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You need to ask Samsung that question .

jje
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timcredible:
so i see 4.0.4 is out, and i am only interested in updating and getting new bloatware and losing root if 4.0.4 has the tunnel module tun.ko. does anyone know if that module is in 4.0.4 update? thanks
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lypse:
According to Wikipedia.

Stability improvements

Better camera performance

Smoother screen rotation

Improved phone number recognition
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtskier11:
In 4.0.4 you can disable selective programs/bloat.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miscrap:
How?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] airwickkk:
I *think* you go to settings -> apps -> all -> and find the app/service you want to get rid of (bloat) and press "disable". I *think*. (I'm on cm9 now)
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michael_zz:
After upgrading, you'll easily feel how smooth and fast the tab became, it now works better than ever,

4.0.4 also contains: - improved overall performance.

- a new keyboard.

- lock screen now have shortcuts and news/stock ticker.

- Screen capture key can be edited or deleted.

- allShare play, check here to know what it is.

and sure can be rooted easily ... so if u like samsung stock stuff, this version is the best!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poulsen93:
It was the same on 4.0.3
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frank060272:
I read allot about the 4.0.4 update and how much better it is. I have a dutch tab 2 7 inch but i have 4.0.3 my tab says there is no update. Why is that, is it regional?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrEzkimo:
yes our p3110 have not been offered the update yet, I am a UK user.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjrshark:
anyone know when tap 2 p5100 will get update ?

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Edit : never mind i guess there some countries got it but weird that sammobile didn't show the version , just blank under version
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trekeyus:
Personally my favourite thing in the 4.0.4 update is the ability to disable the screen shot key that was on the verge of driving me nuts.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Plumber_Gr:
I can see (image attached) that they have one for Russia that says 4.0.4

Russia	2012 July	Android 4.0.4	P5100XWBLF3	P5100OXEBLG1

One question, If we flash this with Odin (KIES doen't give it) will the binary counter be triggered?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeustopher:
How do you do this? I'm assuming it is one of the apps that you just disable?

Thanks!

-- Zeustopher
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK007:
settings-display and you can disable the shortcut
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] gentleart:
or ignore it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Naddict:
if it's bloat. why not freeze it? or outright remove it?

What "bloat" are you talking about specifically?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] gentleart:
The junk Verizon put on my phone...navigator, books, movies, etc. If I freeze them, will it effect some other application or function of the phone...sort of like the pop up warns when I tried to disable Navigator?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] gentleart:
Also, I have 2 Backup Assistant Plus applications and 2 S Memos.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Naddict:
Freeze all of it....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Intercrew:
I was wondering if it's possible to change the controls of the headphones that came with the phone? I'm sure all of you are aware that holding the pause button, makes it switch to the next song. Is it possible to make it so that double tap of the pause button will switch songs?

I assume it's likely not possible but if it's possible please feel free to share :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] kthung:
I don't know about you but mine switches on double tap, not on hold.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Intercrew:
Nvm, problem solved. I was using poweramp and didn't change the settings in it for double/tripple tap. Seems to work default double tap for skip song on the galaxy player tho.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Amazingbman:
On the same subject, can you use the volume rocker to long press to different tracks? Thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] metalmenance:
Got my new Evo4glte 2 days ago and

Just wanted to pass along to others that even with the newest updates (applied last night)

I am running software 1.22.651.3 710rd

this root method works just fine

I am now rooted have recovery and superuser

http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-4g-l...tc-evo-4g-lte-unlock-bootloadertwrp-recovery/
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tropicalbrit:
You can unlock the downloader regardless of software version. The issue is achieving S-Off. Two completely different things.

The new OTA prevents our current method of achieving S-Off from working, thus we cannot achieve S-Off with the newest update at this point of time.

What you posted is for an HTC Unlock, which is more restrictive than S-Off.

Sent from my EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sslbaron:
Thank you for this info. I waited to root like a dumb ass, and I have been waiting for something like this so I can now root since I took the OTA update. I didn't think that HTC would be locking this one down so fast. I guess I was very wrong.

Thanks again. I also hit your thanks button for you :)