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[Android Apps and Games] xddsx10:
the author abandoned the project. the letters do not respond, fix bugs won't even for money. it's very sad.

in the latest version 0.9.2, if you turn on the recording, minimize application and turn the phone to horizontal mode, then a strip appears in the middle of the screen and the screen does not respond to pressing.
[Android Apps and Games] Antieco:
He did reply to my email .. it needs to be upgraded to android 10

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[Android Apps and Games] EEngineer:
The above is the poster's one and only post in this forum, and they criticize a valued developer that has been here since 2012. That is sad.

Devs are not required to support their app for the remainder of their life. [MENTION=3161379]jimmod[/MENTION] has provided excellent support and responds to my emails, but like so many apps he has EOL'ed Spy Camera OS after seven years. That's reasonable.
[Android Apps and Games] cyehrwr:
Why I cant find in playstore or fdroid?
[Android Apps and Games] Antieco:
Get it from developers web https://www.spycameraos.com/

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[Android Apps and Games] ooofest:
I've been a Donate user (on Google) for awhile, but accidentally lost a number of things on my device when it tried to auto-clean for space, which made me lose the information it downloaded to enable Donate status. I also lost the SC-OS3 version, it seems.

Decided to Donate via Paypal for the latest version - SC-OS6 - because I wasn't sure how to ever get the Google Play donate status back and while it works OK, the "Black" mode no longer works as before:

- In SC-OS3, you could start Video recording and then click "Black" to place the device in that mode while it continued the recording session.

- In SC-OS6, it seems that "Black" mode is disabled after you turn on Video recording, with only Minimize available. "Black" mode only seems to start Picture recording.

Did this functionality regress or am I missing something, perhaps?
[Android Apps and Games] Nokia.3310:
Sound Problems

When recording video shutter sound can not be silenced, tried everything... MIUI 11 Android 9 though.

Do some of you know how is named the SCOS audio shutter file so I can delete it manually by root?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] kshirow:
Hello,

First a big thanks to [MENTION=3161379]jimmod[/MENTION] for this great development

I did donate at the time i had my Galaxy S3 on google due tu the new feature of securing SD card access starting android 4.4

App is still working on android 10 / color OS 7.1 but one new security feature on android 10 is now locking the app :

h**ps://developer.android.com/about/versions/10/privacy/changes

Apparently if not defined in manifest you get continuous prompts = no way you can by pass apart maybe rooting device and modifying manually the manifest

Again thanks for your great work [MENTION=3161379]jimmod[/MENTION]
[Android Apps and Games] scos:
Can you share how the Android 10 on your phone lock the app?

And can you be more precise about which part of the privacy changes article that you refer?

I tested on a Samsung phone with Android 10 it works fine.

You mentioned modifying the AndroidManifest.xml file, what property that you need to add?

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Some ROMs, depending on model and region, forcing a shutter sound played, and the only way to mute it is by removing the shutter file.

The file usually in /system/media/audio/ui/ folder, you can try to find and rename shutter.ogg file or something similar.

Please note this requires root access.
[Android Apps and Games] odrslump:
There is a new version (10) available at the official web.

Just installed it, but with my Xiaomi Mi Note 10 (Android 9 / MIUI 11), SCOS works but i can't enter at configuration.

Configuration button does nothing. Any workaround?

Also, i would like to purchase the app, but google store link at web doesn't work.

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Just found, i have to give all "other" permissions in MIUI to the app.

Also there is a Paypal Button working in configuration.

Can i ask for all camera mode support? like 108 mpx mode, or wide shots.
[Android Apps and Games] Rushikesh787:
Good job :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Tortuosit:
Hey guys, anyone knowing how I can take a picture via Tasker intent? I've got scos latest, donate version.

Action: com.jwork.spycamera.action.IMAGE_REAR

Target: Broadcast

Nothing happens.
[Android Apps and Games] The_snesh:
Great!
[Android Apps and Games] TopshottaYut:
Hi there I donated to this app how do I restore my purchase
[Android Apps and Games] EEngineer:
I have the purchased version of SCOS. Does anyone know what is the highest version of Android that this will run on? Does it run on Android 10.0?
[Android Apps and Games] Amine hh3:
Hhhhhh jj
[Android Apps and Games] ssurfer2:
I've ran it on 11, appears to be working
[Android Apps and Games] james_lpool:
Just got this app, is there any way to set it so that when you come back to your home screen from the black screen that it doesn't show the video preview and just the options etc?

Is the also any way to set the burst mode to more than 10 out just until you tell it to stop?
[Android Apps and Games] OpenHub:
its not working how know how to run?

com.jwork.spycamera.action.IMAGE_FRONT

com.jwork.spycamera.action.IMAGE_REAR

com.jwork.spycamera.action.BURST_FRONT

com.jwork.spycamera.action.BURST_REAR

am broadcast -a com.jwork.spycamera.action.IMAGE_FRONT
[Android Apps and Games] dimm0k:
what's the latest version of this app?
[Android Apps and Games] OpenHub:
0.11.0
[Android Apps and Games] dimm0k:
thanks! to answer your question, just downloaded and ran. looks to be working fine
[Android Apps and Games] james_lpool:
is this a new version, i did have this installed but it was really old and didn't seem to have had an update for a long time?
[Android Apps and Games] james_lpool:
Is 0.11 new yeah and whats updated in it?
[Android Apps and Games] Kalaskas:
SCOS3 still working fine but i installed the last version and no way of being able to configurate the app , the only option its to close it from the notification.
[Android Apps and Games] grappapapa:
does anyone use SC-OS 6 and got tasker integretion to run? I do have the donation version but I struggle to get the send intent to work.
[Android Apps and Games] james_lpool:
Is this app still being updated at all or is 1113 the last version?
[Android Apps and Games] Shirat0ero:
It says incorrect code when I try to input my activation code after a reinstall
[Android Apps and Games] mclellan83:
Not sure why, but for a while now it gets very blurry pictures even once I clean the screen off. The focus won't seem to get right
[Android Apps and Games] J0nhy:
I have the pro version but it's saying the authentication failed every time, any ideas? Or this app is dead?
[Android Apps and Games] ZG_DEV:
Thanks for the great app !

Note : saved in my bookmarks:)
[Android Apps and Games] nimdak:
purchased the app but my authentication key seems to have stopped working too. emailed the developer a couple days ago.
[Android Apps and Games] kav4:
I have changed my phone and installed SC-OS6 again on my new phone. Do I have to purchase it again or my license is still valid? (same Play Store account)
[Android Apps and Games] Kootee83:
Ah.. yes, I've forgot about this. Milestone 2 doesn't have front camera, and when i press the "Switch" button app crashes with "Error Report: Failed initializing camera. Please try to reboot your phone manually and run the application again". Would be good for it to check is there second camera.

Doesn't work. Maybe it's hardware problem? Tried with different light, and also with pictures.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
You're right, I forgot to add checking on camera availability. Thanks.

Camera implementation in android phones a bit confusing, I cannot just follow android documentation.. Each brand/model can have different behavior..

It's hard to guess unless I have the device to test various flow (even some issues are still hard to solve even I have the device :( )
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
Just wanted to download the beta, but I got this:

Google Drive

The app is currently unreachable.

Try again later or tomorrow :(

EDIT: Still not available, same error. But I can login to Google Drive, so it's a very strange thing (05:12 am CET).
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
It's seems fine.

I just update the file, with the build that will be for version 0.0.9

Still a bit not confident to release the video recording feature though.

Please try to download it again
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
Ok, this was a bug, maybe by a browser extension on Chrome. Chromium, Firefox, Opera and others where ok.

So to Version 0.0.8.8 ... Face detection working on Galaxy Nexus. The preview screen in the middle is not really in the middle, it's closer to the right - maybe because I changed DPI from 320 to 280. But face detection is working.

What should I try else? :)
[Android Apps and Games] namagakumon:
Does this app make a sound when taking pictures? I have a Japanese Android phone and the local laws enforce manufacturers to modify the OS and output sound whenever the camera takes photos. Did you make any efforts to circumvent this requirement? I believe other countries have similar laws as well.
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
For my country's law I can say: "It depends".

But you can make it vibrate if you want to if it takes a picture. Also you can choose resolutions, where it makes definatly a sound, for eg 320x240, 640x480 ...up to... 1280x1024. Also there are resolutions available, which makes no sound, for eg. 128x96, 176x144 ...up to... 1280x720. These resolutions are based on my Galaxy Nexus.
[Android Apps and Games] BatsDroid:
Not compatible with HTC Explorer (A310 pico). :(
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
How about the video recording?

It won't make shutter sound on image resolution that without *(start).

But maximum image resolution marked with *(star) because it can cause shutter sound, although you can try to mute your phone and see.

Are you having an error / crash? can you elaborate more detail.
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
Well. It's recording, but it's recording with 90° clockwise rotation. Looks strange. But at least, recording works a bit :).
[Android Apps and Games] gloover:
I love your app - have tried other, but your one is the best for me.

Ver. 0.8 was working fine om my device (ZTE v970), but since the update to v.0.9, I have a white Pixel shining in "black-sreen-mode" :(

How can I downgrade to v. 0.8?
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Strange, I didn't change how the the black mode works.

The 1 pixel showing it's the preview image (Somehow if I make it invisible the capture stopped), will need to research other solution.

You can try hidden it with uncheck the setting 'Preview on autoshot'

Or if 0.0.9 is not for you, you can install 0.0.8 here : http://bit.ly/SgmbiR

Although 0.0.9 some new features :) it will be a shame to miss it.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Yes, the compatibility issue really make me doesn't have time to fix the rotation.

I also just notice the video recording cause crash on Android 2.2 Froyo, I just release hot fix (0.0.9.1) to the market to quickly solve this.

So for now video recording only run on Android 2.3 and newer
[Android Apps and Games] satan89:
Play store says not compatible with my phone (Xperia tipo rooted stock) running ics, 3.2mp back cam no front cam
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Strange..

Try to download the apk directly here http://bit.ly/YPTXyZ

And let us know if it's running fine ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Aircondition:
You should make it possible to take pictures by pressing volume up/down button.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Yes. A lot of feedback requesting this feature.

Will add it on the next version :)
[Android Apps and Games] mamouton:
Can you remove the notification that pops up every time a picture is taken?
[Android Apps and Games] Flex:
List of features that would make this a killer app (for me at least):

1. take picture, start recording, stop recording with configurable vol up, vol down

2. record/take pictures while in background

3. change name/icon of the app so if someone looks at the phone they won't understand it's a spy cam

Keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] aLeXiNDj:
good work !
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
You can disable it in the setting - uncheck 'info display'

1. A lot of request related with vol up, down for taking picture. Will add it for next release.

2. In progress, still facing some issue to make it as service background though.

3. Currently is 'S-Cam OS', hm.. I understand what you mean.

Thank you for the feedbacks
[Android Apps and Games] acsterf:
Hi, the app is great, I reforce some suggestions:

- Floating not working, can't use the background app (GT-9300 Omega ROM v34);

- Create a low profile mode, with a transparent hot corner or a minimalist shutter button with configurable transparency;

Keep the great work!
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Currently the application is only transparent not really floating, I'm still working on making it a background service.

Low profile mode, nice idea. I'll put that on idea list (https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/44/as-a-user-i-want-to-have-low-profile-mode)
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
I'm working on v0.1.0 release candidate : http://bit.ly/RrGsCH

Still in testing, since I refactor the source code for easier code maintenance, and future development.

Some new features added :

- Option to save images/video to external memory card

- Volume up/down configurable action

- Auto capture delay options up to 10 seconds

- Fix auto focus issue (default disabled to increase capture speed)

- Silent the phone on app start

Testing feedback will be appreciated :)
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Version 0.1.0 uploaded to Google Play :)
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
Will download and try soon, thanks man!
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Please do :) Thank you

A lot of code changes in this release so I will need feedback whether there's issue on specific device.
[Android Apps and Games] vindikleuk:
It's working fine on my Nexus 4, both video and photo taking, thanks. However, if the app makes the screen go black, the software buttons still light up. I'm assuming you have tried making the app work with the screen off?

Edit: oh, that might just as well be the same as having it run "in the background" as you state in your original post.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Yes, I'm still working on the running in the background.

Thank you for the feedback.

I forgot the software button, I think I can set a flag to hide them. Will check on it.
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
All I tested worked on Galaxy Nexus (GSM Maguro) as well as on Galaxy S3 LTE.
[Android Apps and Games] cdcardona:
Works great on xperia ray, nice idea with the "black" option :good:
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Thank you for the feedbacks
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
If you want special tests, send description and I'll touch as I'm told :)

Still, very nice app, still I like it very much for its open source. Thanks for your work, I love it. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] indotulen:
Try thiss to spy all you want :)
[Android Apps and Games] BleedingIris:
Play store says my phone is incompatible with this application. Can any one help or post a link

HTC explorer a310e cyanogen 9(ICS )

SENT FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Will do, thank you. I want to test on HTC Wildfire, seems the user with that device even having problem initialize the camera.

You can try download the apk here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3uFvV-VDIiCSUY5RHNmcGVsRWM

Please give feedback afterward
[Android Apps and Games] BleedingIris:
Thanks.. downloaded and tried...

First off.. the start with black option is great..(also wish for a end with black option as well with no ui,except volume keys... just a idea)

Images were great and workiNG

The experimental video started taking video and I had the video file, but inside was just green and blue lines crossed together along with some parts of my original video...

@dev,

Why did you put this app as non-compatible with my phone on play store? Coz it works perfectly and only very small size.. so why!?
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Actually another user also asking if app start with black mode, no need back to normal UI. Other options can be access via menu button.

Let me think about it :)

Do the front cam video recording also have same behavior?

I'm not sure why google play said your device not compatible, since I didn't mark any device aa not compatible.

It should compatible with all android 2.2 or newer with camera. I'll check into it.
[Android Apps and Games] BleedingIris:
Sorry.. My phone doesn't have a front Cam.

And yes I would really love it no ui-that's what a spy is about-no traces,no eye witness, nothing to prove you've taken a photo or video.:cool::cool:

[MAY BE some strange swiping gesture or a specific combination of volume keys to get you to main ui..again, just a idea]

If you want I could give a log while taking video.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
I also experience same thing(video result line green and blue) on galaxy note II front camera.

The log show nothing wrong, still checking on this.. Possible related with recording parameters (bitrate or format maybe)
[Android Apps and Games] dizzygoldfish:
Can't Access Full Files via Win7

This is a great app - thanks for all your hard work!

I'm having a problem copying the video files off of my phone via USB to my Windows 7 machine. I can see the files via Windows Explorer but they all have very small file sizes (currently 3.03kb for all but one that's 15kb). I can view the files fine on my phone and can grab them from Dropbox once they upload but can't seem to access from my computer. I'm not sure what's causing this - I tried to look into the permissions - they appear to be read/write which I assume is OK. I've apparently lost my root on the last VZW update so can't try to actually edit them. I will work on that and post back if I figure something out.

Any thoughts on what's causing this? I'm using Galaxy Nexus and 4.1.1. Connected as media device with USB debugging enabled. I can view/access other images/videos captured with the stock camera (really any other files) but not these.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
It strange, the videos created by S-Cam should be just like other video files. Is it also small even you record long duration video?

If you check the video file size from phone does it also shown small size like 3kb?

Do you experience same thing with the images?

The video format and bitrate I use is depends on the phone, I using predefined video configuration profile.

I have no problem on my Galaxy Note II though, video file size is big on high quality recording (1mb/second :eek:)
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
I plan to release version 0.1.1 asap

No major feature added.

Big change is on black mode. On black mode now back button will close the app & to go back to normal mode using menu button.

Most of changes are fixes & error handling in various phones.

I'm still testing the RC apk.

Release Candidate APK : http://bit.ly/UFTYQ4
[Android Apps and Games] BleedingIris:
Off topic,

Just out of curiosity, I see many open source free apps for Android and so many unofficial custom roms around..

How do you make money? Do you simply work for nothing? [statement not meant to be rude in any way..]

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[Android Apps and Games] DocUHT:
Hi all

On last RC, on my Galaxy Nexus, both back and home button goes to desktop.

So it's not possible to go out of black screen.

Anyway, thanks for all the work you did
[Android Apps and Games] BleedingIris:
You should click menu button not home...

Come to think of it, all post ics devices don't have that button.. right.. do you have 4 or 3 buttons?

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[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Yes, on RC you need to press menu button to return to normal mode. This idea is to make black mode more hidden (in case someone grab your phone in black mode mostly they will press back)

Thank you for reminding me about the tablets, true they don't have menu button.

Makes me wonder what are other solutions.

What I have in mind is also include other button (like home? or other tablet specific button).

But I also have idea to hide tablet software buttons on black mode (which will also all button).

Another solution is to implement gesture such as pinch-out the screen to back to normal mode.

I not sure term 'pinch-out' is understandable or not though :|

My response might not reflecting other developers.

Even for me the reasons can be different from 1 app to another (my) app.

For this S-Cam OS, I don't expect to get money.

Since I also start working on this for myself (since I cannot find any suitable spy camera app for my phone).

Although on the latest version I add donate button, I don't expecting a lot of user will donate.

For sure incoming donation will make feel my works appreciated, so it's not matter about how much that user donate.

So if you ask if I working on the S-Cam for nothing, it can be a yes or a no.

From money perspective, yes I don't expecting money from this app.

I have a good job, (money will never enough though but) this job feed me well :) so it's ok I don't making money from this.

Then 'why I put effort on this?'

1. I'm happy to know a lot of people love the app.

2. I love coding, at my current job I do more managing, couching and designing. So I love to code in my spare time.

3. I'll be happy if the code can help others as sample or other things. Even it's not a complex code/algorithm (yet) :p
[Android Apps and Games] DocUHT:
Yes, that's true. On my Galaxy Nexus, there is no hard buttons. (Except power and volume).

Only 3 on-screen buttons : Back, Menu & recent apps.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Updating the RC apk (same url http://bit.ly/UFTYQ4)

Fixes:

- Black mode : add Pinch-out zoom screen to go back to normal mode

- Add toast at startup and message box when activating setting start with black mode. To prevent confusion on black mode.

- Switching camera now faster
[Android Apps and Games] BleedingIris:
Thanks for the off topic response.. good to know.. thanks

Touching the four corners of screen is also another option.. just a idea

btw, Can we disable the toast in settings ?(to be more spy for advanced users)

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[Android Apps and Games] Taxman.:
Just a suggestion.

I think that instead of having a "black screen" feature, it would be better to have a customized icon on the desktop (for example, a false "bluetooth" icon) that when pressed automatically takes a photo/video without showing a preview or a black screen. For configurating the action of the "false icon" you coul launch the application from the drawer. I hope i am making myself clear.

I think this would make an even better spy camera.

Anyway, nice work. keep it up!
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Hm.. you right, it should respect the info display setting.

Thank you for the suggestion.

I'm planning to implement this with android widget/shortcut.

Agree with fake icon.

User will able to choose the action and simple configuration for each icon. Example using bluetooth icon for taking single picture from front camera.
[Android Apps and Games] kobesabi:
Is there anyway to start it remotely or via sms/text? Say you lost your phone, track it down, it tracks it down to a 10 story building. It could be anybody, so you want to capture their face or the environment where it is. This would be neat to have.

Also, can you add built-in pin/pw protection on the app?

PS: It seems like a great product...the word S-Cam in the logo sorta resemble the word SCam...and may trigger negative connotation. I would pick something else. Just my recommendation.
[Android Apps and Games] BleedingIris:
Just my opinion... there are lot of security apps that do that including avast, lookout,Android lost.. It would mean to have a website and a server etc..

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