[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoctorQMM:
It appears the official 2.2 FROYO.UCKB1 build does

not

have the ability to turn off GPS geo-tagging within the camera program as it did in 2.1. I’ve tried a few camera hacks:

• SGS Tools Hacked Camera for Captivate: cool app as it give you the ability to use the power-button to take pics, but not in video mode. Also allows for picture taking in low-battery state, but cannot turn off geo-tagging. Does have ability to store images on internal or external SD.

• Verizon Fascinate “Froyo Camera Mod”: very clean app… works great on Captivate. It gives you the ability to use the power-button to take pics AND functional in video mode as well. Also give you the ability to turn on or off geo-tagging GPS from the camera settings, removes low-battery restriction, and removes “in-call" restrictions. HOWEVER… since this was developed specifically for the Fascinate, does

not

have the ability to select memory card (External SD) storage… by default, it stores on phone storage (Internal SD).

• [EDIT] AT&T Captivate "cameramodv2.1-install.zip". Basically, same functionality as Fascinate camera (i.e., power-button shutter for pictures and video; ability to turn on/off GPS for geo-tagging in camera settings; removes low-battery restrictions; removed "in-call" restrictions; no Flash option (as it does not apply to Captivate). HOWEVER... like the Fascinate camera app, only can store images on internal SD. Eclair Captivate camera had the ability to choose between phone (internal SD) or memory card (external SD).

Questions for Captivate camera developers

:

1)	Does a modified camera.apk currently exist for the Captivate which has:

a. functional power-button for shutter (pictures and camcorder mode)

b. ability to turn on or off GPS geo-tagging from camera app

c. removes low-battery restriction

d. removes “in-call” restriction

e. ability to select Phone (internal SD) or Memory card (external SD) storage for pic/videos

2)	If not, can any Captivate camera developer leverage the code from the Fascinate camera.apk (link below) and add back in the option to store images on external sd (under camera settings… tools (wrench), add option on one of the pages for Storage Location. EDIT: from Post#7 below from "Miami_Son", there is a Captivate camera mod "cameramodv2.1-install.zip"... which does everything EXCEPT ability to store images on external SD. Hoping a camera developer can look at this code and see if 'external SD storage' option code was stripped out.. or just masked... perhaps this is an easy fix.. but not for a n00b like me.

Here’s the link to the Fascinate developers post (reference post# 1 for developer info, posts 66 – 71 for comments as to why he didn’t add external storage functionality)

Fascinate Camera Source:

Here is the source thread where I took it from: Link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=949566

[EDIT] Captivate Camera Source: See Post#7 below from "Miami-Son". Can "cameramodv2.1-install.zip" be modified to put back in the option to store images on phone (internal sd) or memory card (external sd) like Eclair camera apk did.

Optional Reading:

Issues with geo tagging: Link (External Site))

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2010/10/07/gps-on-cell-phone-photos-can-put-you-in-danger/