Android :: Samsung Galaxy Camera Flash-mode And Zoom-supported Oddities
Oct 7, 2010
I've been stunned by how different Samsung's camera behaves compared to the other devices I've tested camera preview stuff with.
Mind you, this is in 2.1 so the SDK 8 Camera.getZoomRatios() and Camera.isZooomSupported() are not available.
Looking at the Camera.getParameters().flatten() result shows that the common "zoom-supported" that I see in HTC, N1, and Mototrolla devices is not there.
Instead there's something called "digi-zoom". I couldnt find any documentation or posts about its usage but a little experimenting revealed it takes numerals 1..10 as string and will zoom accordingly. I have no idea what the ratios would be.
Also, there's some madness with the flash mode on the Galaxy S Epic that I have tested with.
Calls to getSupportedFlashModes() return only auto,on,off. There is no torch supported.
However, if you do params.setFlashMode(Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH) it will turn the LED on!
Sadly, subsequently setting it to FLASH_MODE_OFF or FLASH_MODE_AUTO does not turn the LED off! It's stuck on until Camera.release(), or maybe Camera.stopPreview(), I havent traced into it yet to see which actually turns it off.
I suppose that's why Samsung doesnt return torch in the supported list. I'd prefer not to have to stop and restart the preview to turn it off for this model.
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Aug 31, 2010
If you want to zoom in and zoom out when in camera mode, just use your volume rocker up/down to zoom in and out.
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Aug 20, 2010
Can we zoom when we are in the camera mode of x10 mini. If yes how do i do it?
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Apr 20, 2014
I'm following step by step process to root my gt-s5310 using ODIN 3.07. Started from download mode and connect to the PC is no problem at all. ODIN finished with the GREEN PASS. When I tried to open recovery mode, only android recovery mode is open(but malfunctioning, going no where when I press the home button) that recovery mode also don't has "install zip from sd card" option.
My android version is 4.1.2 . Baseband version S5310DXAME2. Kernel version 3.0.15-1521875 se.infra@SWDA2309#1
Attached is the recovery mode picture
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Oct 7, 2010
I'm trying to use the camera in an Android app using the 1.5 API. I want the camera to flash for every picture. However, when I looked at the API for camera.parameters, the setFlashMode() method is only supported for 2.0 and higher. Yet my Cliq XT, which runs 1.5, has a flash that I can set in the menu - I take this to mean there is a way to do this for the 1.5 API, though I was unable to find it.Does anyone know how to set the flash mode using the 1.5 API?
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Jul 26, 2010
As title. I could not find any - or + sign. Pinch the screen doesn't work either. Anyone knows how to zoom in?
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Dec 1, 2010
I'm trying to download .cbz and .cbr files from hotfile.com and I keep getting the message that these file formats are not supported by the phone. I also downloaded a comics viewer (ACV) and there should be a setting that enables .cbr support, but I can't find it. ACV opens .cbz files by default however. What's going on? Some help would be appreciated.
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Oct 14, 2010
I'm running Launcher Pro and only have one home screen.Earlier my phone was locked and I hit the unlock button and there is no unlock puzzle piece. The capacitive buttons don't work, I can't pull down the menu, but the screen is there.So I reboot.It works fine for a few mins but next time when I unlock all the icons are missing from my home screen except the 5 dock buttons.Capacitive buttons are fine, menus work fine, even the app drawer.I went to task manager and killed Launcher Pro and restarted it and everything was back, but I've never had a lick of trouble with it before and suddenly it starts.The only thing I can think of is that a little while ago I went under preferences and hid several of the apps from my app drawer (many of which are on my home screen) but I wouldn't think that would adversely effect function/stability.I've been running LP for over a week and it's not given me a luck of trouble before this, and then two issues in under an hour? Any ideas?
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Nov 22, 2009
I was curious to download PRO Zoom camera 5x with my samsung moment but not work to click button for shot why I don't understand, you do experience or tell me how or this is not work to match with samsung moment? I like Pro Zoom camera 5x is very nice but won't click button nothing shot why?
http://popcrowd.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/update-to-v1-5-for-pro-zoom-camera-5x-pro-paint-camera/
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Apr 3, 2010
I installed r7 and love it fast.Only question i have is the .Is there an app that can fix this?
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Aug 4, 2010
If you could only choose one of these, which would you have chosen for the Fascinate? (Obviously it would be best to have both).
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Apr 3, 2010
I upgraded to r7 and its amazing fast.Only problem i have w it is the stock camera looses the zoom function.Is there an ap out that might fix this.
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Aug 25, 2010
I put a video on my SD card (flv) and I cant play it. What video formats are supported for watching videos from the SD card?
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Apr 1, 2013
Samsung Galaxy Proclaim/Illusion. I decided I'd root my phone. After that was all said and done, I started up the phone and got a message, "unable to charge non supported battery see user manual." I never had any problems with this new battery, an Acesoft 1800 mAh that I've had for about a 1.5 months. I bought this battery because my old Samsung battery got fried. (I took it out and dropped it into water...)
I just purchased a Samsung battery off of amazon for $10, hoping that it'll come and fix all this.
I wanted better battery life, a faster phone, etc... None of that is useful if I can't charge my battery.
I used this root guide: [URL] .......
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Nov 5, 2013
My Galaxy S3 just started this weird behavior. When I close down the camera app, the flash goes off for about 2 seconds. Very annoying. Is there a way to fix this?
Flash is turned off inside the camera app. I have restarted Android, but no difference.
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Nov 15, 2012
I need a Flash Player to watch flash videos on HTC Explorer and Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830.Which is the best ? Or should I install a browser ?
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Jul 6, 2010
I am trying to use Wi-Fi Adhoc Mode in my application. But I could not find any API or method to set the same. I read a thread in Android Forum and could not come any concrete solution on how to use enable Adhoc mode in Android.I used to use WPA_Supplicant conf file in Linux to enable Adhoc mode.
I would like know if I can enable Wi-Fi Adhoc mode in Android from my application and how to do the same.
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Jun 10, 2010
Anyone else having trouble getting HDMI Out to work? Every TV I plug into and try to play a video on gives me Mode Not Supported or some such. Not sure if it's the TVs or the phone or the cable (bought the Molex one from Arrow).
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Feb 26, 2010
Will 10.1 Flash be supported on the droid? Or is it crappy flash lite.
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Jun 29, 2010
From the Greek guy that recently compared Super Amoled vs Amoled vs Lcd....
He says that the 5mpx camera is excellent in day but in dark places without the flash it is not very good....the 720p is nice but he is not impressed.
Samsung Galaxy S, 5 Megapixel | Techblog
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Jan 27, 2010
I noticed at some point after the upgrade to CL14 (done via sprint) that my flash on the camera isn't working. This could have been happening before the upgrade but i doubt it.
Anyways so the camera doesn't light up the flash. I saw it light up the flash once since I started troubleshooting but thats about it. I switched back and forth between flash on/off a dozen times or so.
Downloaded momentflash. Low and behold i started the app and it worked! Then i tried turning the flash on again and no luck. So i uninstalled, rebooted phone over and over again, no luck. I then did some reading and realized there was a widget. Put that on the desktop and again the FIRST time i ran the widget the flash worked. then it stopped again. I haven't been able to light it up since then.
I haven't been able to do much troubleshooting when it does work, but it doesn't seem hardware related. it stays on until i hit off, but i didn't get a chance to wiggle it around to see if contacts needed cleaing, etc...
Just wondering if anyone had any ideas? I don't think its any apps i have installed as i have pretty standard ones and had those on when it was working ( i believe at least).
i also tried killing all my running apps to see if any were causing conflict, then restarting momentflash and it still wouldn't light it up...
any help would be great, I don't really know what else to try. Looked at the android logs and nothing jumped out as having an issue.
I could probably try hard resetting but don't want to restore the phone again if i don't have to.
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Oct 30, 2010
Have we found a flashlight that uses camera flash yet for Fascinate?
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Oct 31, 2010
First, is there a good reason the captivate does not have a camera flash (aside from the devs thinking the night mode worked 'well enough')?
If not: I strongly suggest we get a huge number of people to say they would be interested in buying a flashlight/camera flash add-on for the phone were someone to develop one. After we get a big enough number, we'll kindly forward it to several companies. I took my phone out last night for halloween, and was quite disappointed with the night quality. I'm sure something like this would be profitable at ~$6, but I would pay $10-15 to cover research costs/etc.
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Dec 1, 2010
My wife and I just got a pair of Fascinates. While mine is working fine, her's is acting up. When taking a picture using the flash, the flash turns blue just as the camera snaps the shot. Does anyone know what causes this?
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Sep 25, 2010
Just bought a Vibrant off of CL. I got it unlocked and it seems to be running well off of AT&T. I had a few questions though.
1) Whenever it is in the sleep/standby mode it will randomly flash on. I won't get any new emails or txt messages but it does stay on for a while until the screen timeout period ends
2) It does display a "Refreshing SIM data" message at the bottomish area every few minutes. Is this normal or is this an AT&T thing...
3) I was able to reset everything from going to the Settings>privacy>factory data reset but the instructions for a hard reset of "turning on the phone while holding down the volume down button" did not work. Has anyone been able to pull this off?
All in all I'm pretty jazzed about the phone. I like the Swype typing a lot as well as the overall speed and app installs. I'm coming from a work iPhone and an old school bar phone that could only call and txt. My wife has a iPhone4 and even though the facetime feature is nice I still don't like the restrictiveness of Apple products.
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Oct 11, 2010
I want to use this phone as a digital camera replacement. However when I turn on tehcamera, the power button turns into a "lock" button. There's no way to turn off the screen. So first I have to hit the home key. Then it takes about 8 seconds for the camera to disable before it returns to the home screen.Only then can I shut the phone using the power key. Then if I want to use the camera,I have to turn on the screen and relaunch the camera app.This feels completely wrong to me and makes it hard to use as a pure digital camera.
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Oct 7, 2010
How do I zoom with my camera on my EPIC 4G. I have searched all the options, all the menus, double tap,
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Sep 17, 2010
So I am curious what the deal is with the, what appears to be a front facing camera on this phone? I just got it today because my Blackberry Storm decided it didnt want to live any longer.
If any of you have any info on what exactly that is if it isnt a camera, or if it is indeed a camera, how do you switch it to front face mode?
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Jun 2, 2010
I've been using FX camera for a few days and really like it so was looking at going a step better with either Vignette or Camera Zoom FX and just wondered what people prefer? Camera zoom Fx is a quid cheaper at the moment but it's only a quid so not really an issue.
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Oct 19, 2009
I've been using FXCamera for a few weeks now it takes great pictures on my phone, with cool effects like fisheye and the warholizer. FxCamera. Just noticed that android slide has released a version of their Camera ZOOM FX application which has 40 photo FX, geotagging and obviously zoom which I can't do at the moment in FXCamera. Camera ZOOM FX. Just wondering if anyone had a chance to look at either of these apps and which they think is best, because I've been hoping for some new effects for a while and the android slide app sounds worth a look.
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