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[Android Apps and Games] A2JHero:
Solution Suggestions

Hi Jimmy, about this topic, i would suggest you a better solution: you can let the UI icon in the notificactiion area but first, it should open the configuration screen not the UI with all the buttons and camera visualization (it can be very delator). Second, you can put an option of password protection for this action, but with the plus of a disguise error screen (like GalleryLock Pro App) just to not make that password lock suspicious for any intruder of the notification.

A recomendation about this situation is to use some sound hack as the SemiSilent App does, i just use that app for register the important numbres i know that can call me at any moment, speccially when im using SCOS. May be you could include some algorithm like this in yor code.

An last suggestion that could be very great, if possible, its the resolution and size of the pics in burst mode, cause dont matters your cell camera, or even the android version or the same device, the result is always a shot in low resolution and 1080p size.

Thanks in name of all the candid photographers, and... we expect something great of your soon new release!!.

AJ.
[Android Apps and Games] Robertino1447:
Dear jimmod,

SCOS v0.4.0 works not correctly on Android 6.0, the menu Setting, Video, Black, Exxit... are disappear.

I hope you will release update version soon, thankyou very much!!!
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Works great on my S7 Edge

Unfortunately there's no official way yet to do 4K video recording. So no guarantee SCOS 4K way is work on all phone models.

Can you record a video of it? Not sure why your phone file manager closed like that. And send me the log via SCOS setting send feedback after trying the custom folder might help understand what happen

Noted about the idea. Password on app launch or unminimize seems essential for SCOS users

SCOS currently silent the sounds, so if other app try to control the sound it can triggered SCOS volume key action.

I can make the option for silenting the sound mode, some new models now can disable shutter without this.

can you send me screenshot, do all the UI disappear?
[Android Apps and Games] marcolisi:
I found out how it was happening . If u delete the folder that your program is pointing to save files, the problem I have , manifests.

It is like the program can not find anymore the saving folder and gets in trouble.

I have another question. Can u pls add soon the option of manual setting the white balance ?
[Android Apps and Games] h110hawk:
Thanks, I tried to post a reply 2 weeks ago when I got my S7 Active but the forums were broken. Works fine on my stock S7 Active.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
ic. Noted.

Cool

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I add FAQ on 1st page, 3rd post, any ideas welcomed.

And I will starting to publish to beta more often. Usually I wait until I want to release a new version, but now I will keep publishing to beta for every 'quite stable' features.

Will be helpful if SCOS XDA user join and let me know if there's issue on the beta update. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] happykwok:
Hi there, i have some questions for this app

I am using the scos2 on my android 5.1.1 phone,

first time when i use this app, everything was just fine, I have added 2 iconsin my page, 1 for pic and 1 for video

When i click the pic icon, my phone will vibrate x 1 time to let me know it start working and when i press the icon again, it will vibrate x 2 times to let me know it stopped.

Meanwhile, the icon for video are just the same as the pic, 1 vibration for start and 2 vibration for stop

However, after an crash of the app, the video mode become different

the video now will have a "beep" sound when it got started instead of vibration

Well, after one night, my phone now is working again...

Do you know what happened? Thanks in advance for your answer!
[Android Apps and Games] Robertino1447:
Dear jimmod,

That is the screenshot when I run SCOS v0.4.0 on Xiaomi MI 4, os miui 7.5 base on Android 6.0: the function menu "Video, Minimize, Exit, Setting..." is disappear.

You just release v0.4.1 but I can't see the new version on Google Play when I use the MI4 miui 7.5. I'll try download the APK v0.4.1 to install.
[Android Apps and Games] mr. chu:
hi...I am SCOS user. I had problem need your help.

My smart phone is HTC Desire 830. The highest video quality of front camera is only

480P but built-in camera app can reach 1080P.

The back camera image capture/video recording and front camera image capture are ok, only front camera video recording has problem.

I had tested all version of SCOS has same problem,please help me thanks~
[Android Apps and Games] trtechguy:
As a donated user, I am going to upgrade from Note 5 to LG G5. Did anyone tried 4k recording with LG G5?

Have a nice day
[Android Apps and Games] danielwoe:
In the picture settings I can set a much higher resolution on my old Sony Z3 Compact than on my new Sony Z5 Compact.

Can anyone confirm this?

What's the reason for this?
[Android Apps and Games] joebongo:
Hi on Xperia X the camera doesn't seem to focus. I've tried changing resolutions and checking or unchecked the auto focus box but it doesn't want to focus on anything in particular.

To check I wasn't imagining it I compared with a picture from the regular camera.

Any ideas anyone? It's pretty much the same camera as the Z series 23mp.
[Android Apps and Games] A2JHero:
Those are great news jim, we'll be waiting for a release with the password protection soon.

About the silentmode, i understand you can try make an option for mute the shutter without using the phone's silent mode, thats great too.

You didn't answer if ther's a way to optimize the images in burst mode, that's an important topic for most of us.

thank you and regards.

AJ
[Android Apps and Games] joebongo:
Update: even when set to highest resolution the photos are coming as 1920x1080 pixels. The app is set to capture on 5504x4128.

If I set the main camera to manual mode, turn off HDR and object tracking then I can take full res pics on auto and there appears to be focus in the pictures.

The snag comes with burst when all pics revert to the lower res without any focus.

Happy to be a tester for any fixes!
[Android Apps and Games] ianmck:
Register as camera app?

Anyone know how to register SC-OS as a camera app? I'm trying to use SC-OS as default camera so I can use shortcut keys to launch, but I cannot figure how. Clearing default camera settings allows me to choose between stock and 3rd party cameras, but it does not list SC-OS as an option. It seems like Marshmallow does not think of SC-OS as a camera app.

Using PureNexus ROM, but noticed same thing with different CM ROM's. Thx
[Android Apps and Games] A2JHero:
you can always use QuickClick without needing to have SCOS as defautl camera app.

I've noted it has its difficulties to work on UI's that mange the volume in continuos mode and not in steps (like MIUI or Marshmallow). Please test it and tell us your experience.

Regards, AJ.
[Android Apps and Games] toazridley:
Great app! been using it for quite awhile now , can't find anything wrong with it , it would be fantastic if there's 1080p 60fps option and the autofocus needs to be tweaked a little , its too jumpy with slight movements it will try to refocus. Am using a Galaxy S7 , if somehow you could apply it's default super fast focusing mechanism into the app that would be super genius!
[Android Apps and Games] ssann:
Buttons keep showing even when they shouldn't

I've been using your app without problems on my android phone until I upgraded it to Marshmallow (6.0.1).

Now I get this problem: the app buttons to the bottom of the screen (black, minimize,...) NEVER go away, not even when I press "minimize" or "black".

If I press minimize, for instance, the buttons stay there but they are not active: the screen behaves as if the buttons were non visible (pressing on one activates whatever stays under it)

In a similar way, pressing "black", the buttons stay there (over a black background) and if I try to press one a picture is taken instead (again, as though the buttons were not visible).

The only way to make the buttons disappear, is to rotate the phone in landscape mode. Returning to portrait though, the app buttons come out again.

Is there a way to prevent this?

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] testando123nada:
Spy Camera pops up messages saying "SpyPhoto_XXXX.jpg taken" every second when used in auto mode. How to disable them? My cell phone is an ASUS Zenfone 2 with Android.
[Android Apps and Games] grimzik:
Mate, just go to MIUI's Settings - Permissions, and allow "Display pop-up window" permission for SC-OS2.
[Android Apps and Games] A2JHero:
Hi jim, another suggestion i'd do is for something happened me the last week, i accidentally erased the .nomedia file in the default folder of SCOS and voulá!!, my pics were visible at the gallery, ouch!!. i didn't noticed that and my wife caught me the last set of pics i couldn't explain. So, for that i think that if you can password protect the app, it would be also possible to encrypt the pics automatically, or at less change the extension for the gallery dont look for them. Another quick suggestion would be to change the default folder for another more hidden (some apps use fake and hidden folder to make a rrot of 3 to 5 folders navigation all with .nomedia files), that's because when the app fails for memory or disk space it autocloses and for one reason it backs to the default folder no matters where you have it customized (i´ve my custom with the root structure told before).

Hope your new release be ready soon, it's a long time without updates here.

Regards, AJ
[Android Apps and Games] tkrave:
I am using rooted Xiaomi MI5 with Android M 6.0.1 based MIUI8 rom. SC-OS v0.4.1 works except for Settings menu. Whenever I click settings, the program crashes. Where is the config file that the settings get save into? I would like to change the settings manually.
[Android Apps and Games] padluke:
Hi, application is super.

However, I have a problem. EXIF data is not stored in the image. (Creation date, ISO, .....)

I think the older version this was not a problem.

P.
[Android Apps and Games] dawgmastah:
hi

With new version, cannot customize save directory anymore, app will crash with black screen.
[Android Apps and Games] freakingprime:
Hello,

This app has been removed from play store, right? I cannot find it anymore.

And Jwork Donate has an updated about supporting SC-OC3. Where can I get SC-OS 3?
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Due to another clash with google policy SCOS publish again as new App.

You can find it here: http://bit.ly/scos3_download_xda

The link was announce only to beta tester and XDA because actually I'm in middle refactoring the code, since the code become bigger it's harder to maintain and I need to make it easier to maintain and test.

SCOS3 currently will be closely monitored for bug (compatibility issue not priority yet though), to make sure it's stable. While adding minor features of course.

But if you have trouble with SCOS3, download link for SCOS2 version is available on page 1.

Previous donate app is compatible with SCOS3 of course, so no need to repurchase.

And last thing I would appreciate if SCOS user can give comment and rating again to help support the app since all previous rating and comment is lost.

Thank you

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Sorry but this issue probably will be solve when I able to migrate current code to new Camera API, which one of the reason why I currently refactoring the code.

I hope to get this asap too

4K recording is not officially supported by Android SDK so actually there's no way to know unless testing it on the device.

Noted, what I can do in future is adding more autofocus selection

Where do you turn off HDR since SCOS didn't support HDR?

I was trying to figure out this issue, it seems happen on several Marshmallow phone. I'm not sure the cause yet.

You can disable display message in setting

With custom folder you can create folder with prefix dot example /sdcard/.scos this will be consider as hidden folder by gallery app without .nomedia file

Noted on your idea

Can you send the log file (in /sdcard/SCOS) to me (jwork.spy.camera.os@gmail.com)

Hm.. will check

Email sending via gmail was blocked by gmail I think, they increase their spam policy. Syncing to cloud probably next possible solution

Hi if you download SCOS3, try to update to the latest one

Please check above link
[Android Apps and Games] A2JHero:
Hi Jim, will we see some of the changes proposed in the last weeks in SCOS3 soon?

we are very expecting about that!.

Regards,

AJ
[Android Apps and Games] pkmscos:
Sir I am a donate version user of SC-OS2 and now installed SC-OS3. In both versions I cannot hear incoming calls' ringtone. So I miss important calls when I am using this app. This is a serious problem with this otherwise very good app.

I can make calls during the use. The visible notifications of incoming calls do appear but we don't keep looking at the screen for those notifications.

I tried "Disable volume button action" from Advanced Settings. But it does not help. Why does the app mute incoming call ringtone?
[Android Apps and Games] A2JHero:
fix for your issue:

Hey pkmscos,

please refer to this solution i gave in the past, another option is to use an aplication named Shouter that can be configured to tell you a call is entering when you have active the SCOS in minimized mode (it will always mute all system sounds), the only disadvantage is that it uses TTS and will read the number or contact name in high volume, so you'll have to handle it.

Regards,

AJ.
[Android Apps and Games] El Porcharo:
Jimmy.... I see a v3 came out lately, please contact me to let me update those new untranslated tags on my Italian localization! ;)

Tapatalked from my Find 7 QHD
[Android Apps and Games] .wojtek:
I just found this application and then realised it's OS so naturally I came here with the same question as above - any chances to publish it to f-droid? @jimmod
[Android Apps and Games] jjbr2:
Is there a similar app on iphone?
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Face detection not working only on front camera? When activated it should capture picture automatically on detecting face(s).

Or rather audio recording, it can be video recording on face detection :)

Is it still crash? Please send another error report, the new version error report will be more complete.
[Android Apps and Games] niabi:
This update is awesome! I still get sound when I shoot the full res photo, but if I put my phone on silence it will not make any sound :)

now a few more feature requests (not as important)

1.- a setting to change the name of the program (instead of Spy Camera, have any name you want)

2.- there is another spy camera in the market that allows you to set a password to run the program, maybe this could be implemented?

3.- a setting to change the extension of .jpg to any extension, this will hide the images even more, lets say you could save them all as .tmp or whatever, if some prying eyes get ahold of your phone, even if they know how to enable hidden media files they still won't show :) then when you want to see them, just rename the file you want, or better yet have an option to do this in batch :P

I love the program and if you give me an address to donate, I will :) well worth it! :D
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Not sure about the program name, but for other two it can be implemented :)

Thank you :good: for the donation offer, but I don't have any plan yet to receive donation for this app. If you want to support the development please give good review & rating at Google Play. And spread words about this application to other android users.

With active users increasing like this will give me encouragement to make the application better. Hopefully this can be one of the most compatible & best spy camera app :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
Well, same thing on the backside camera. It just takes pictures - until I switch off face detection. So there is no detection on the backside as well.

Video recording (with audio) on face detection is also a good idea :)
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
With the version 0.0.8 a lot less error report compared 0.0.7

I hope that's mean most of common crash issues are fixed.

For next version I will more thinking about the UX, how user can easily call the application. I'm thinking minimizing app to status bar so it can be called again from there.

For features I will research more on fully mute the shutter sound (I believe it can be done technically), video recording, and button for switching between front/back camera.

Any suggestions are welcomed ;)
[Android Apps and Games] WaiXan:
I just saw that the statusbar goes missing, maybe it's the reason why a black bar appears.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
What ROM are you currently using?

I've tested on Samsung Galaxy S3 stock ROM and didn't see that issue.

I also think it's related with hiding the statusbar, to make the black screen fullscreen I make the application fullscreen without statusbar.
[Android Apps and Games] CoolApps:
Na, it is not a crash, even the latest of the latest has no fix.
[Android Apps and Games] clownage:
just discovered this app well done, would also like a suggestion for being able to take pics and still be able to do other things on the phone such as sms, internet browse etc :)
[Android Apps and Games] bbeanss:
This app has been pretty useful for me, especially when taking pictures of my ex missus after she's had a fake spray tan and doesn't want to be seen by society ;) The one thing that I would like to see is the pictures being captured quicker? I don't know if that would be something to do with hardware or not though, I tested it on Samsung I9300 and Galaxy Ace

Beans
[Android Apps and Games] naruk:
I think a good option would be a custom background. You could use a screenshot of your reading app for example and pretend you are reading a book ;)
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
:highfive: :D

It's because autofocus is started before capture (if you're camera support it), I think it can be added for setting so if you want it faster but the picture might be out of focus.

Or I will think some pattern to make the autofocus doesn't need run on every picture :rolleyes:

I'm currently testing to move the capture process to background service.

Making user able to do everything else while camera taking picture in background.

So you can use the front camera: show google map or other app to someone while running front camera auto capture.

But since I'm a bit busy this week, the progress is quite slow.. hopefully next week I can do full speed.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
So the front camera is not displaying anything (black) or there's other error?

Previously if I'm not mistaken, on your tablet when using front camera and rotating the device it will crash.
[Android Apps and Games] CoolApps:
Nope, same issue

Its the issue where the front facing camera acts like i'm on portrait when i am not, for the camera of coruse.
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
Good idea to move it to a background service. A button for quick switching back/front camera would be nice. Just to mention, face detection not working on me Galaxy Nexus.

As I told you, keep cool. Better a slowly steady development than a quick shot and nothing afterwards. Hope you know, what I mean. So keep on working on this app, I like it and will keep on testing it :)

Thanks again :)
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
I see, preview image rotation is wrong. Will check into it. Possible same issue on Galaxy Note 10"

Face detection also not working on Galaxy S3 & Galaxy Note 10", somehow it's like detecting a face.

Got it. Thank you for the suggestion :)
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Bump the thread :)

I'm still working on this, although a bit slow lately.

And adding video recording in Android is not as easy as I thought. A lot of compatibility issue.

Anyhow.. I would appreciate you guys testing the video recording feature.

Beta APK : http://bit.ly/ToDcEY
[Android Apps and Games] benkxda:
Hey, we are with you. BTW, you can post a app test request in the App Tester Thread as linked in my signature. Maybe this will wake up sleeping talents - and testers :)

Will test your beta this week. Thanks for keeping on developing :)
[Android Apps and Games] Kootee83:
The video recording works good here (Milestone 2, Android 4.1.3), face recognition doesn't work at all. I've found also small bug: when you zoom preview windown with + to max, and try more, then the - doesn't work first 2 times you press, at 3rd it start to work.
[Android Apps and Games] jimmod:
Thank you for the support ;)

Thank you for the testing & bug info

I assume it's back camera video recording, have you tried the front camera. I still find it error on my Galaxy Note II (scramble video result)

About the face recognition, can you please try this previous release version (0.0.8) http://bit.ly/SgmbiR to see whether the face recognition working.

I suspect there's 2 way to confirm that face detected, and can be device/OS-version dependent :(
[Android Apps and Games] jerryhou85:
I don't think similar app can happen on iPhone...
[Android Apps and Games] jasonteoch:
My scos shutter sound used to be silent but a few days ago, I delete and install and I can hear the shutter sound. Can someone tell me why? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] ozvandroid:
With the last update 0.4.2 , when setting the save folder on external SD card, eventually it losses the path i dont know why, so when try too take a shot it crashes. Configuring again the application to select the folder makes it work again.

But if it crashes while autoshoting the crash message pops up every time it tries the next shot making the phone to freeze, only a phone restart can leave the phone usable again.
[Android Apps and Games] foma24:
Wow cool app, I need this
[Android Apps and Games] jjbr2:
Jim, "Auto Continue recording" works like a charm even in 4K. However, it stops when the memory is full. Android kills the process. Can you modify the app so it doesn't consume 100% of the storage? You have to always let some free space so the operating system doesn't kill the app.

Using pixel XL 128gb and 2gb maximum video file size
[Android Apps and Games] noeldiego:
It worked on Mi 5, but sometimes the volume functions were not working. Burst Shot didn't work either, just took 1 pic.

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[Android Apps and Games] jjbr2:
4k feedback

I was comparing the 4k video quality between the output from the app SCOS and from the stock android camera. I found that they are pretty similar, but it seems that the stock camera is a bit sharper if you look very closely, but has more encoding artifacts. To understand it, I checked the encoder used in each video and they are the following:

SCOS 4k encoder: H.264/AVC (Baseline@L5.1) (1 Ref Frames) 101Mbps

Stock camera 4k: H.264/AVC (High@L5.1) (CABAC/1 Ref Frames) 42Mbps

I assume that the sharper image in the stock camera video is because of the High profile and CABAC, and the greater ammount of artifacts is because of the lower bitrate.

Is it possible to use high profile and CABAC in the 4k videos of SCOS? Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] voodoo_ninja:
Recently upgraded to a Pixel phone, and the app is just not playing nicely. Using autofocus setting causes the camera app to crash requiring a phone reboot. Turning off autofocus causes images to be blurry and look terrible even at highest resolution. All my pictures look low res. I hope something can be done, as I've loved using this app for years and I'd really like to continue doing so, but if I am unable to take a clear picture then there isn't really any point.
[Android Apps and Games] jjbr2:
Another bug on the pixel XL: When you minimize the app, you can still see the preview image, if the preview is in its maximum size.
[Android Apps and Games] A2JHero:
Hi Jim,

it has been a lot of time since your last comment or update here, Are you still active developing the SCOS app?