How to remove google camera (and go back to aosp camera)? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
The new google camera app lags terribly on the nexus 4. Does anyone know how I can return to the asop camera app? I tried installing the apk but it just crashed. Any help would be very appreciated.
Thanks!

Are you rooted? If so, use Titanium Backup, ROM Toolbox, or similar app to covert it to a system app, and see if that solves your crashing problems.

I can't convert it to a system app if it doesn't let me install it. I am rooted and I placed the 4.4 camera apk in my system app folder and corrected the permissions, however, it still does not install.
Anyone have a solution?

Just restart the phone

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Cannot install non market app

I have some weird problem
I cannot press button install when trying to installing *any* apk file
video here:
http://db.tt/9bCd6rYL
In settings->security->install apk from unknow sources is checked
help me?
Are you running paranoid. If so you need to disable halo in order to install an app that way
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No
I have rooted phone, stock rom 4.2.2., stock recovery, stock kernel
this was happening to me before but after scrolling down-up through permissions i was able to tap INSTALL button
anyone?
Some apps will cause this, I had it when I had Screen Adjuster running, stopped it and I was able to install.
Specifically, any apps that you've given permission to draw over other apps can potentially cause what you're experiencing. E.g., screen filter and other floating apps.
kien and ohyeahar tnx for help, i solved it by uninstalling twilight
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux&hl=en
avoid this and you will have no problem

[Q] snapchat won't receive or record videos

Since upgrading to 4.3, snapchat has not been able to load videos. it just keeps refreshing at "tap to load" i also noticed that when attempting to record video, the screen freezes until you lift your finger, then snapchat treats it like a picture.. so i cannot record or send videos either.
anyone else encounter this? fyi, i also installed the moto x camera and am using the banks gapps with photosphere add on. this problem is persistent in two different jss 4.3 aosp roms. i tried clearing app data, uninstalling, reinstall, no change.
titanium backup snapchat
im going to bump this issue because i have some thoughts on what might be the issue..
titanium restore.. there was an incompatibility with 4.3 when 4.3 was released. of course i had flashed 4.3 prior to titanium app update and used it to restore snapchat. this is when the no video problem started.
my hypothesis is this.. snapchat needs to store your videos locally on the phone before viewing, then deletes it after viewing. do you think that when titanium restored the app, it restored it with incorrect internal storage mapping? if snapchat can't access internal storage, that would explain why it cant load or record videos.
now, ive uninstalled and reinstalled snapchat before with no luck.. might that be because snapchat leaves bits and pieces of itself in the phone therefore never really has a fresh install?
if this is the case, how can i go about hunting down every last bit of snapchat?
.dan said:
im going to bump this issue because i have some thoughts on what might be the issue..
titanium restore.. there was an incompatibility with 4.3 when 4.3 was released. of course i had flashed 4.3 prior to titanium app update and used it to restore snapchat. this is when the no video problem started.
my hypothesis is this.. snapchat needs to store your videos locally on the phone before viewing, then deletes it after viewing. do you think that when titanium restored the app, it restored it with incorrect internal storage mapping? if snapchat can't access internal storage, that would explain why it cant load or record videos.
now, ive uninstalled and reinstalled snapchat before with no luck.. might that be because snapchat leaves bits and pieces of itself in the phone therefore never really has a fresh install?
if this is the case, how can i go about hunting down every last bit of snapchat?
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I'm able to view videos fine, but I'm having the same problem recording videos. One thing I've noticed, if I flash a new rom [complete wipe] I can record videos fine for a few hours, but after that it starts acting up again [recording, but then only saving the first frame and sending only a picture.]
Also, I should note I'm on a Galaxy S3, noticed this issue on Cyanogenmod [4.2+] and ParanoidAndroid [4.2+], haven't tried stock. I'll reply here if I figure it out, let me know if you have any results too!
iSecks said:
I'm able to view videos fine, but I'm having the same problem recording videos. One thing I've noticed, if I flash a new rom [complete wipe] I can record videos fine for a few hours, but after that it starts acting up again [recording, but then only saving the first frame and sending only a picture.]
Also, I should note I'm on a Galaxy S3, noticed this issue on Cyanogenmod [4.2+] and ParanoidAndroid [4.2+], haven't tried stock. I'll reply here if I figure it out, let me know if you have any results too!
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I did find a solution. I uninstalled Snapchat then went into twrp recovery and deleted the folder associated with it located at data/media/android/data/*snapchat*
Reboot and reinstall Snapchat. That folder will be recreated... Correctly.. With what I believe to be the right permissions.
If you want to try something else first try the app "fix permissions" and run it on Snapchat. Maybe that will fix the permissions of the folder.
Lastly there is a zip you can flash that fixes all permissions on your internal storage to proactively fix this issue for any other app. Search for fix internal storage permissions. The thread should come up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239421
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.dan said:
I did find a solution. I uninstalled Snapchat then went into twrp recovery and deleted the folder associated with it located at data/media/android/data/*snapchat*
Reboot and reinstall Snapchat. That folder will be recreated... Correctly.. With what I believe to be the right permissions.
If you want to try something else first try the app "fix permissions" and run it on Snapchat. Maybe that will fix the permissions of the folder.
Lastly there is a zip you can flash that fixes all permissions on your internal storage to proactively fix this issue for any other app. Search for fix internal storage permissions. The thread should come up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239421
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Thanks. I boot to TWRP 2.6.x, File Manager, use chmod on snapchat folder and subfolders, reboot and the video record works. This was on Supernexus 4.3 on T-Mobile Galaxy S2 T989.
.dan said:
I did find a solution. I uninstalled Snapchat then went into twrp recovery and deleted the folder associated with it located at data/media/android/data/*snapchat*
Reboot and reinstall Snapchat. That folder will be recreated... Correctly.. With what I believe to be the right permissions.
If you want to try something else first try the app "fix permissions" and run it on Snapchat. Maybe that will fix the permissions of the folder.
Lastly there is a zip you can flash that fixes all permissions on your internal storage to proactively fix this issue for any other app. Search for fix internal storage permissions. The thread should come up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239421
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
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when i go into the /data folder it says TWRP stopped working. any ideas?
bchi49 said:
Thanks. I boot to TWRP 2.6.x, File Manager, use chmod on snapchat folder and subfolders, reboot and the video record works. This was on Supernexus 4.3 on T-Mobile Galaxy S2 T989.
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I'm a little slow, what is chmod? I tried finding the snapchat folder to delete after unistall, but could not. I'm flashing a new rom now coincidentally so I'm hoping snapchat will just work after that... otherwise I might try this fix permissions app. I would really like to be able to send video snaps. Seems like it should be an easy enough thing....
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Also having this problem. I installed Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my GS3, used titanium backup. Ended up reverting to my nandroid backup a few hours later, and now my snapchat cannot record videos, look at videos, OR see "My Story" posts (if i click on them, it does a quick load, but doesn't open)
I read through this thread, but cannot figure out how to delete the SnapChat folder in recovery mode. I tried deleting it in the TWRP file manager, and it SAYS it deleted it, but it is still there. Any help please?
same problem
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[Q] Nexus 4 CAMERA DISSAPEARING

So I updated to 4.4 kitkat, after the update the phone was operating normally. Then after a few days the device seemed to be missing the camera. The apk file and gallery apk are still on the phone, its just you cant access the camera through the app tray because it doesnt show up. When I installed a third party camera app the camera would only activate the front facing and not the back camera. After you install third party camera apps if you reboot the device it deletes the app from the app tray. Ive tried flashing random camera and gallery apks and ive tried flashing to stock, ive tried putting a apk in system/apps file and then fixing the permissions. I have no idea how to fix this at this point, Is their any way to completely factory rest this and undo what google has done to it.
Settings > apps > Launcher > clear cache and clear data. Reboot. If the camera is still not showing up. Download and install stock 4.4 camera apk. Check themes and apps section for the apk.
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badboy47 said:
Settings > apps > Launcher > clear cache and clear data. Reboot. If the camera is still not showing up. Download and install stock 4.4 camera apk. Check themes and apps section for the apk.
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Alright ill try that. Google has told me that they have no idea whats wrong and that i should send it in for repair when the camera was working fine before the update. I'm currently using the toolkit for this nexus because adb got tiring.
technet1339 said:
Alright ill try that. Google has told me that they have no idea whats wrong and that i should send it in for repair when the camera was working fine before the update. I'm currently using the toolkit for this nexus because adb got tiring.
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Just tried that and it doesnt work it rejects the install.
Try downloading and installing the apk manually from PA photosphere, just use something like es file explorer to view inside the .zip file and install gallery and camera.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=7994.
goofball2k said:
Try downloading and installing the apk manually from PA photosphere, just use something like es file explorer to view inside the .zip file and install gallery and camera.
I did just that and rebooted it and still no camera or back camera support.
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Does it say that the apps installed successfully after you install using the APK's? You shouldn't need a reboot to use them or see them installed.
Maybe this is why?
badboy47 said:
Settings > apps > Launcher > clear cache and clear data. Reboot. If the camera is still not showing up. Download and install stock 4.4 camera apk. Check themes and apps section for the apk.
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thank you
It could be that your Camera Connector has somehow disconnected itself from your Phones motherboard.
Last month I had the same exact problem as you. After days of rooting, and flashing new roms, I decided to take a look inside my Nexus.
And I found that my problem was that the Camera Connector somehow came loose, so I reconnected it and my camera and the camera application came back.

[Q] Gallery app

Hi guys! I've just updated my gallery app from a downloaded apk file. I thought that the new version have improved UI, new settings.... But nothing what I expected. Furthermore gallery disappeared from the app drawer. Even if I want to open it from camera, it doesn't. I went to application manager, tried to uninstall updates and phone reboots.
If someone has a solution for this, I'll appreciate!
May be a backup of stock gallery all would help!
Thanks!

[Q] Unable to uninstall Wakelock Detector

TL;DR Google Play has only the Open option and no way to uninstall app
After updating my I337M from rooted NI2 Kit Kat to rooted OC4 Lollipop, I was unable to properly run Wakelock Detector. It was stock to stock so I didn't wipe factory settings.
Googled a suggestion to move the APK to /system/priv-app so I did that but still the same result.
Now when I want to try uninstall (so as to re-install) there is no option. Under Manage Apps the app isn't even listed. The APK is still under priv-app and I deleted it... still shows up in app drawer.
D'Oh! What else can I do to uninstall it properly?
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i have the same problem
so ticked off. same here. even paid for the full version because sometimes that fixes issues like this. I can disable or freeze with titanium backup pro but can't uninstall. i think the problems happened after converting to system app. so now I have 2 frozen apps I want off my phone. On top of that the app stopped working after converting to system app. I get an error after the app loads. I emailed the developer and am waiting to hear back.
This days the application App2SD is able correct install Wakelock Detector as private , and it is able to uninstall it if it was installed as private .

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