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Better camera app?

I can not stand the camera app. Its super slow and laggy. I press the button and it just hangs for 5+ seconds then I bring the camera down to look at it and it takes a pic of my feet. Complete BS. Its been the same for 2.2 and 2.3. I've wiped my phone twice and its still slow. My wifes Droid2 is the same way. Just a junk of an app. My HTC phones were fast and responsive.
Is there a replacement camera app for the Droid X?

i've never heard of anyone having your problems. the camera is very good on the droid x.
as for another app, you can try Vignette. thats a popular one.

I'm curious, is there anything you've changed in the slightest way that could effect the camera? I had this problem one time on a leaked build of gingerbread, but has never happened again.
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Camera 360 is pretty good. Lots of options and effects.

Try pushing on screen button, not hard button

razorloves said:
i've never heard of anyone having your problems. the camera is very good on the droid x.
as for another app, you can try Vignette. thats a popular one.
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I think the GB update killed the DX camera. It used to be so much better. The options aren't as good as they were back on froyo. Now it feels like if you want to take a picture at night, you should just forget about it. They come out awful.

Thanks guys, it looks like its the camera hard button thats causing all the problems with lag. If I use the screen everything is fast. Too bad, I liked having a dedicated button

I can't even take a picture during the day, when I open my camera I have to take one pic that is pure white and the second one usually comes out looking like what I was trying to capture. I haven't changed any options. Tried hard button and clicking on the screen w the same results.
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"Fingerprint" screen unlock?!

What with MIUI making lock screens customizable, and the EVO gods somehow automatically knowing what every thread is about without reading them....
How cool, would a lock screen that looked like a "theatrical" biometric scanner, wherein the user need touch and hold where the "scanner" is for a few seconds for the phone to unlock.
Anyone else have any neat lock screen ideas?

Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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Yea, but I don't think I can say those here.

Thats already been done on the iphone. In fact there is a few apps like that.

Pretty sure these already exist... maybe this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hezapps.finger_security_scanner

A real fingerprint scanner lockscreen would be too freaky, speaking from a security standpoint. I'm sure the government will issue phones like that some time in the near-future, to safeguard us all from 'terrorism'.
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I don't think the OP was talking about a real fingerprint reader. The Evo's screen isn't capable of capturing that anyway. The idea of an unlock screen that looks like a fingerprint reader does sound kind of cool, although if it worked by just holding your finger in one spot while it "scans," it might be too easy to unlock it by mistake.

thegregbradley said:
Pretty sure these already exist... maybe this one?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hezapps.finger_security_scanner
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Yeah I thats the one I thought of. That's like exactly what he's talking about. It pretends to read your fingerprint to unlock your phone. It's kinda cool, but loses its novelty.

decayer177 said:
Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock&feature=search_result
only works as a ''lockscreen'' if you use a replacement launcher like adw, LPP, etc and choose the launcher as a locked app.
works fairly well after several training photos are taken in all sorts of settings and light, but is just too slow for my tastes... although i am excited too see how much better it gets, as it could be a serious consideration after further development

that's awesome! Thanks for the link! Totally what I was thinking. Face recognition by the camera would be cool too, although my front face camera got spooky 6+ months ago, so I don't know if that would ever work...

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Unlocked by your face captured on front camera.
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This would be very cool. Just improve on the facial lock that comes with the camera and we be good to go.

face unlock for evo 4g

I have searched alot on xda, android community, Google, and some other sites but have not seen anything about face unlock being ported to the evo. I have seen some post of it being questioned for the 3d but nothing on the 4g. so I was just wondering if y'all had any input, news, or even gossip about as I think the feature would be great.... but obviously don't have my hopes up as jaredthegreat just got to beata stage on his ics and deck is still in alpha. any comments are welcome
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I think this may be what you are looking for...
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I have searched alot on xda, android community, Google, and some other sites but have not seen anything about face unlock being ported to the evo. I have seen some post of it being questioned for the 3d but nothing on the 4g. so I was just wondering if y'all had any input, news, or even gossip about as I think the feature would be great.... but obviously don't have my hopes up as jaredthegreat just got to beata stage on his ics and Jared is still in alpha. any comments are welcome
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I found this awhile back...tried it for a long while...seems really cool!
HERE
If I helped in anyway please hit the "THANKS" button below!

Considering the front camera is still not working on any ICS build that I know of for the Evo4G, I wouldn't think it would be talked about much as one would definitely be important for the other.

This doesn't seem like it would be all that secure. Does it distinguish between your real face or a picture of your face that can be placed in front of the camera?

It scans and maps features on your face.
And to the OP, until the front camera is working in any ICS rom, we wont have it. It cant be ported to a Gingerbread rom.

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sitlet said:
It scans and maps features on your face.
And to the OP, until the front camera is working in any ICS rom, we wont have it. It cant be ported to a Gingerbread rom.
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Facial recognition is nice, but really easy to bypass. Japan tried facial recognition in cigarette vending machines to determine age, and kids just ended up holding up pictures of older people to bypass. Still works on the ICS facelock. Until they incorporate multi angle unlocks, it will be too easy to bypass for my liking.
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Facial recognition will never be truly secure until the photo sensors can map in 3d to differentiate between a 2d and 3d image or until they incorporate a laser scanner that scans the 3d texture of a face along with the photo recognition
We are legion, for we are many.

Well, if you could get the software to recognize a partial sweep (as in turning your head from left to right), then that would be a bit more secure. Or at least have it take 3 screen captures (3/4 right, dead on, and 3/4 left) then it would be a bit more difficult to bypass.
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Yeah its still being worked on by the devs, but it is really nothing more then a party gab, I wouldn't use it, the new ics face unlock could be defeated by a picture, so it really isnt secure...but yeah

Camera app not taking pictures

Hey guys I got my phone the other day and last night I had some issues with the camera. I was at a wedding taking a few pictures and I noticed that after a few pictures the camera would stop taking pictures. It wouldnt freeze but pressing the shutter would have no effect. If I was taking pictures with the flash on auto, then when this would happen the flash would just stay on (as if it were in video mode).
I bought two phones (one for my wife) and she had the exact same problem.
Anyone know what's up?
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uneek14 said:
Hey guys I got my phone the other day and last night I had some issues with the camera. I was at a wedding taking a few pictures and I noticed that after a few pictures the camera would stop taking pictures. It wouldnt freeze but pressing the shutter would have no effect. If I was taking pictures with the flash on auto, then when this would happen the flash would just stay on (as if it were in video mode).
I bought two phones (one for my wife) and she had the exact same problem.
Anyone know what's up?
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Mine did the exact same thing. I was using the camera pretty heavily and all of a sudden it just quit taking pictures. I rebooted and hasn't happened since.

justin0388 said:
Mine did the exact same thing. I was using the camera pretty heavily and all of a sudden it just quit taking pictures. I rebooted and hasn't happened since.
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same exact thing happened here... seemed to happen after a run of a few photos, closing the app (via the recent apps button, swipe to close) helped, but happens again after a while...

Yeah... rebooting or closing the app helped but it still happens. I even did a hard reset.
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My wife is having this same exact issue - its driving her nuts (and me nuts, by proxy).
She's had success fixing the issue by rebooting. What I've noticed is that this seems to happen when the camera app is working really hard to track a face, or a group of faces with the face detection feature.

[Temporary Solution]
This is deffinetly a camera bug!!
We should open a thread in the Android Bug List if there isn't one already.
Problem:
The issue is with focusing in very dark environment.
It happens when the camera can not meter correctly and becomes stuck.
The entire camera app hangs and does not respond to user input.
At this point it's best to kill the camera app by pressing the Recent Apps button (double rectangle)
and swiping the app away. Restarting the app restores functionality.
One temporary solution:
The app only hangs when pressing the blue "Take a snap" button while the focus circle is absent.
To take a picture in the dark without problems first tap the screen to focus on a subject.
When the focus circle turns green it's safe to take the picture.

Yeah. Its a bug. I noticed it when taking more than five pictures.
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same
Same issue....pain in the @SS. SOMEONE HAD TO HAND ME THEIR IPHONE TO TAKE THE PIC. F#CK THAT SH#T!!!!!!!! FIX ASAP!

I just took 7 consecutive pictures on normal and on HDR... =\ mine works fine...
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iGoogleNexus said:
I just took 7 consecutive pictures on normal and on HDR... =\ mine works fine...
#Team MiNCO
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Its not about the number of pictures you take. Try snapping a picture while the camera is in the middle of tapping to focus (before the sensor goes green) that usually does it for me. It's hard to reproduce immediately but I am seeing it happens A LOT when taking pictures.
It's Google issue 40996: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40996

Take pictures with Sensor Proximity...

Hi friend, we all know that our Z haven't camera key...
So I thinking to use sensor Proximity to take pictures and that's help's to take underwater picture.
This is theory and I don't know how much real it is... Because. I'm not developer and it's just idea
Waiting to see your opinions and how much realistic.
Sorry for my English.
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There are ways to map the camera shutter to the hardware buttons of the phone.

DrKrFfXx said:
There are ways to map the camera shutter to the hardware buttons of the phone.
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yes i know this ways i just share my idea..

I don't know if proximity sensor is immune to water, though.

I like the idea, is the only thing I miss from my last phone.
'Wave to snap' sounds good, you'd have to get the sensitivity just right though.
Perhaps ask the creator of cybershot mod. He'd be the best person, who might know what to do.
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created, tested
It is good idea. And I have read this thread and decided to try it out. So I just created simple test app with that function, tried it in water and it works. So app now is very unstable, laggy, because I just spent 30 mins on creating it. If anyone want to try, here is the .apk file. If you are interested in this app, you can suggest functions, design and I'll work on it.
UPDATE: Little bugfix + signed

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AGGevorgyan said:
It is good idea. And I have read this thread and decided to try it out. So I just created simple test app with that function, tried it in water and it works. So app now is very unstable, laggy, because I just spent 30 mins on creating it. If anyone want to try, here is the .apk file. If you are interested in this app, you can suggest functions, design and I'll work on it.
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i cain't install in my z. error app not installed

karrouma said:
i cain't install in my z. error app not installed
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Try again. I uploaded new signed apk file. Make sure that you have enabled "Unknown sources" in Settings > Security
Update: v. 0.0.2 attached

AGGevorgyan said:
Try again. I uploaded new signed apk file. Make sure that you have enabled "Unknown sources" in Settings > Security
Update: v. 0.0.2 attached
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Good work. Now it saves pictures in Album. That's what we neded. I'll test it later in the sea.

tomo100brt said:
Good work. Now it saves pictures in Album. That's what we neded. I'll test it later in the sea.
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Thanks. I think that we also need zoom function and toggles for flash/focus/white balance and resolution selection. But it will be added in future, if app will be popular. Also may be front camera function.
PS. Here is the same 0.0.2 version in google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=am.tir.z.proximitycamera

AGGevorgyan said:
Thanks. I think that we also need zoom function and toggles for flash/focus/white balance and resolution selection. But it will be added in future, if app will be popular. Also may be front camera function.
PS. Here is the same 0.0.2 version in google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=am.tir.z.proximitycamera
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Keeping my eye on this. Might be portal worthy
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It works under sea perfectly. We can take pictures under water without touching and moding keys! Now we need some settings.

I have the current version from the play store and can't even start the app. It immediately force closes.
Is there anything I can do about this other than wait for a newer version?
I'm on 4.2.2 latest firmware with root and locked bootloader.

jakobdz said:
Hi friend, we all know that our Z haven't camera key...
So I thinking to use sensor Proximity to take pictures and that's help's to take underwater picture.
This is theory and I don't know how much real it is... Because. I'm not developer and it's just idea
Waiting to see your opinions and how much realistic.
Sorry for my English.
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Glad someone else thought of this, I had been thinking about this for a long time, and previous phones I had used utilised the proximity sensor to control the music, e.g skip forward and back and pause your music, and various other things

AGGevorgyan said:
It is good idea. And I have read this thread and decided to try it out. So I just created simple test app with that function, tried it in water and it works. So app now is very unstable, laggy, because I just spent 30 mins on creating it. If anyone want to try, here is the .apk file. If you are interested in this app, you can suggest functions, design and I'll work on it.
UPDATE: Little bugfix + signed
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Thank you @AGGevorgyan to give this idea the way to coming up
i confirm that working like magic And certainly under water !!
so if you can add some functions on it to work like real hardware camera key !!!
Hold = focus
Hold then raise = take picture
Hold in Album = return to camera not useful because when you take picture you need to satay in camera
If you like this name to app :Aqua Z just inspiration
you can make thread in Xperia Z Themes and Apps

That's why I love XDA!!! You guys kick ass! For those who still worries about official rom, why worry??? You got XDA!

drsoran2 said:
I have the current version from the play store and can't even start the app. It immediately force closes.
Is there anything I can do about this other than wait for a newer version?
I'm on 4.2.2 latest firmware with root and locked bootloader.
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It does not work on my either same firmware 4.2.2 locked downloader with root and dual recovery..

Thanks for feedback guys
I have the current version from the play store and can't even start the app. It immediately force closes.
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There is some floating bugs causing force close. One of them is related to waking up after sleep when app is running but I don't think, that you talking about that one. So i fixed one bug and hope, that it fixes your case, when you can not start app at all. Please try version 0.0.3 and tell me how it works.
so if you can add some functions on it to work like real hardware camera key !!!
Hold = focus
Hold then raise = take picture
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I don't think that we need this, because I using "CONTINUOUS auto focus" mode during preview, so it focusing every moment until you tap to proximity sensor, after tapping IF it is not focused yet, it focusing and taking picture and IF already focused, then taking picture immediately. So focus on hold will not have effect, because it already tries to focus.
If you like this name to app :Aqua Z just inspiration
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Good suggestion. But I think, that name must be self-descriptive, I mean user must understand what about is this app. But Aqua Z is also not bad. I have few ideas about name, so we can create poll
Aqua Z, Z Proximity Sensor, Z Underwater Camera, Xperia Z Water Photo Camera... You can add more variants.
you can make thread in Xperia Z Themes and Apps
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I'll do it right now
Update: done http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2373505
I have uploaded 0.0.3 bugfixed version to google play, it will be available in ~30 mins. You can wait or download attached .apk