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[Q] Is there an easy way to do screen shot capture in 2.1?

While playing movies, for example, I want to capture the screen as a still picture. Same goes for a piece of info that I see on the webpage, etc.
In the iPhone environment,users could just press the power and home button simultaneously to capture it as a photo.
Is there anything like that on Android?

I only know one way and that requires root , then download app from market "Shootme"

ghost77 said:
I only know one way and that requires root , then download app from market "Shootme"
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Thanks for the info. Do you then assign a hardware button to do the capture? No problem capturing a movie while it is playing?

eaglesteve said:
Thanks for the info. Do you then assign a hardware button to do the capture? No problem capturing a movie while it is playing?
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"Shootme" works by shacking phone left and right , i did not try capturing a movie but it should work it captures everything else on screen, there are more apps in market capable capturing screenshots , they all need root to best of my knowledge.

ghost77 said:
"Shootme" works by shacking phone left and right , i did not try capturing a movie but it should work it captures everything else on screen, there are more apps in market capable capturing screenshots , they all need root to best of my knowledge.
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Shaking is a good way, as long as the orientation is not upset by it I guess.
Having go root the phone is a pity. Does anyone know of a non-root solution?

eaglesteve said:
Having go root the phone is a pity. Does anyone know of a non-root solution?
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I dont have root either and i looked for screenshoot app as well, but i wasnt able to find any..
-TB-

It's due to Android's security settings that root is required to take screenshots.
No other way around it for now.

Read this thread, in the first post there is a link on how to take screenshots through the android SDK:
The screenshot thread

Wow, does it have to be this complicated just to capture screen?
dakine said:
Read this thread, in the first post there is a link on how to take screenshots through the android SDK:
The screenshot thread
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eaglesteve said:
Wow, does it have to be this complicated just to capture screen?
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Just root the phone already it only takes 2 minutes.

Done!
You're a great help dakine. I appreciate this very much.
dakine said:
Just root the phone already it only takes 2 minutes.
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eaglesteve said:
Shaking is a good way, as long as the orientation is not upset by it I guess.
Having go root the phone is a pity. Does anyone know of a non-root solution?
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LOL! it'll funny to see a screen captured all fuzzy because of the shaking

you just enable debugging mode and connect, then use the android SDK

[Q] Screenshot in 2.1
anyone know how to make screenshot on SGS or is there any app that i can dowload coz i dont find it in the market..(only for rooted phone) and i am not thinking to root my phone coz i dont know how and why i muss do that......anyway my sgs is the european version....not us....please show me how or advice why root is so important.....

all screen shots requires root
i use shootme, excellent app

I use screenshot, works well for me.

Just wait for 2.2 if you don't want to root, since it will allow you to take a screenshot with .. I think it was the back-button and home-button.

AllGamer said:
all screen shots requires root
i use shootme, excellent app
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I use this too and it's a real cool app.Just shake the phone and you're done!

Push Last after that push Home for 1 secod (Last still pushed)
When you let the Last button, the screen is registred

Mouaz10 said:
Push Last after that push Home for 1 secod (Last still pushed)
When you let the Last button, the screen is registred
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that only works in 2.2

[Q] Keep the LED on for taking pictures??

Alright, so I can't find the answer to my question anywhere so I am posting here.
Is there anyway to keep the LED light on for taking pictures? I hate how the LED only turns on when the picture is actually being taken because the pictures are always out of focus or over exposed. I would like to either have a way to keep the flashlight running in the background with the camera on or some other kind of mod to do essentially the same thing.
I am on rooted 4.3 with S-off. If you need any more details, let me know!
EDIT: Alright, I found a flashlight app that keeps the flashlight on without being in the app or the screen being on. The problem, however, is that if it is on, the camera app says "Unable to start camera" when I try to open it. Perhaps the stock camera app needs a mod to allow the LED to be on when launched?
MrFrizzy

You could always start videorecording and keep the flash on during the entire recording. Meanwhile you can tap the photo button to take pictures. Delete the videoclip afterwards. Thats the only way I think. Or maybe with an app, but I have no clue which one would suit your needs.

Yorda30 said:
You could always start videorecording and keep the flash on during the entire recording. Meanwhile you can tap the photo button to take pictures. Delete the videoclip afterwards. Thats the only way I think. Or maybe with an app, but I have no clue which one would suit your needs.
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While that would work if I really needed it, the pictures would be 1920x1080 instead of the 4mp. I'm really looking for an app or mod to allow the flashlight to stay on without the app being open.

MrFrizzy said:
While that would work if I really needed it, the pictures would be 1920x1080 instead of the 4mp. I'm really looking for an app or mod to allow the flashlight to stay on without the app being open.
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Camera fv5 does this
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I can't find my raw photos

I have the rear camera set to Save RAW and JPEG files. I also have the camera app set to save to SD card. However, when I take a picture, I only get a JGP. I've looked in the DCIM subdirectories on both the SD card and Internal memory. I only see the JPGs on the SD card.
I've got to just be missing something stupid. Any ideas what that may be?
kbanes

Was about to ask the same question. Where's the raw???

did you switch your camera into Pro mode? I think it won't shoot RAW in Auto or burst mode. Otherwise you'll have 2 pictures next each other, with JPG and DNG extensions.

pete4k said:
did you switch your camera into Pro mode? I think it won't shoot RAW in Auto or burst mode. Otherwise you'll have 2 pictures next each other, with JPG and DNG extensions.
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Shooting in PRO mode did the trick. Thanks.

So, where do I turn on "Pro" mode?
I can't believe that I'm having this much trouble. [HeadSlap]

kbanes said:
I can't believe that I'm having this much trouble. [HeadSlap]
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Open camera. Swipe right.

Thanks, dude
ThaiM said:
Open camera. Swipe right.
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I don't know why that was so hard for me. But I appreciate your help.

Another awesome and useful (for me anyways) tip, when recording VIDEO with the flash on, you can tap centre of screen and drag the flash brightness adjustment up or down to adjust. I've been wanting this feature since my Note 4 and it finally exists.

kbanes said:
I can't believe that I'm having this much trouble. [HeadSlap]
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You can also say "Open camera in Pro mode" with Bixby

Still, where is the RAW copy saved? I can't see it anyhere with "My Files" neither in gallery. Adobe Lightroom shows nothing if I only leave the "RAW" option checked. Yes, of course I have tried in Pro mode and the RAW saving is enabled.
LE : Problem solved. You can't use custom color tone. Only thing is, i didn't get the error when i switched into Pro mode.

Sorry, how can I turn custom color tone off.
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Still, where is the RAW copy saved? I can't see it anyhere with "My Files" neither in gallery. Adobe Lightroom shows nothing if I only leave the "RAW" option checked. Yes, of course I have tried in Pro mode and the RAW saving is enabled.
LE : Problem solved. You can't use custom color tone. Only thing is, i didn't get the error when i switched into Pro mode.
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This has been a really helpful discussion for me, pretty much a neubie, though only realised this when I hadn't tried swiping right in camera in over a year of use!
Could someone be kind enough to share how can I turn custom color tone off. I'm not exactly begging, well actually I am.

Paynefree said:
This has been a really helpful discussion for me, pretty much a neubie, though only realised this when I hadn't tried swiping right in camera in over a year of use!
Could someone be kind enough to share how can I turn custom color tone off. I'm not exactly begging, well actually I am.
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Sorry for the really late reply. I hope you found out by now.
If not, you just have to open the "Tone" tab which is in line with the other settings like ISO, exposure time etc and just reset the setting

hi guy, are you ok with a problem? Can you check saving raw file => switch to camera pro mode => reset filter to Standard mode => take picture (raw,jpg)

working Google Camera app without fastboot

Guys here you can get working Google Camera v 5.3 without fastboot nor root!!
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/MGC_5.3.015_MiMax2_Android-7+_2.apk
General page can be found here
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-bsg/#apk390

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Doesn't work, just a black screen

It used to work for me, try disabling hdr on normal camera

Here you might find some fixes
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/black-camera/

amr soliman said:
It used to work for me, try disabling hdr on normal camera
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Disabling hdr didn't help, still black screen, sure you don't have root?

Vant2239 said:
Disabling hdr didn't help, still black screen, sure you don't have root?
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Yeah I'm sure.btw i too sometimes get a black screenbut I edit a while then go back to the app it starts working properly.

amr soliman said:
Yeah I'm sure.btw i too sometimes get a black screenbut I edit a while then go back to the app it starts working properly.
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What do you mean by "I edit a while"? Do you have access to GCam's settings or what? Thank you

I got the same problem just a black screen

Alocin said:
What do you mean by "I edit a while"? Do you have access to GCam's settings or what? Thank you
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Sorry I meant exit for a while from Gcam without clearing the recent apps

Alocin said:
What do you mean by "I edit a while"? Do you have access to GCam's settings or what? Thank you
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When I get black screen I cannot select anything neither the settings

Alright i made it work as well, if you having the black screen press the home button, open another app (eg WhatsApp) and then go back to the gcam

Vant2239 said:
Alright i made it work as well, if you having the black screen press the home button, open another app (eg WhatsApp) and then go back to the gcam
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I tried everything, but it just crashes. I even tried deleting the app's data.

This helped for me. Try to hold on the app and run one of the function: "Make selfie" or "Record the video" after that camera will work, but sometimes when i launch camera on the common mode, i have a black screen again.

How good is it? Care to share some side-by-side photos? (stock -> google camera)?
Does it enable cameraapi2?
Thanks in advance

hugopg said:
How good is it? Care to share some side-by-side photos? (stock -> google camera)?
Does it enable cameraapi2?
Thanks in advance
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In the other thread there are several comparison pics. I doubt you can get it working without canera2 api which needs root to enable. Without HDR+, whats the point of having gcam?

Benjamin_L said:
In the other thread there are several comparison pics. I doubt you can get it working without canera2 api which needs root to enable. Without HDR+, whats the point of having gcam?
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camera 2 api doesnt need root. just needs an unlocked bootloader. I would be better if we spam tweets to mi to unlock camera 2 api with next update as nokia 6.1 plus has it enabled out of the box.

srgudhka said:
camera 2 api doesnt need root. just needs an unlocked bootloader. I would be better if we spam tweets to mi to unlock camera 2 api with next update as nokia 6.1 plus has it enabled out of the box.
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Would be great to have. Also with a change of the raw image mode to get rid of focus dots as well.

Benjamin_L said:
Would be great to have. Also with a change of the raw image mode to get rid of focus dots as well.
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yeah. i have asked my friend to tweet about this to xiaomi. hopefully they should notice it.
https://twitter.com/ganeshgtp/status/1037996353069232128

Camera question for a moving subject

I am sorry if this has been asked before, but I am struggling on the phone and on the go, and I confess I am having a hard tim multitasking with this one.
For those who know about the Samsung camera, where you used to long press the shutter button and the camera would snap up to 100 photos of a subject whilst in motion, say someone jumping up and down, and you would be able to chose the best one of the entire jumping session...how can I make this with the Huawei camera?
Thank you so much.

hfmartins said:
I am sorry if this has been asked before, but I am struggling on the phone and on the go, and I confess I am having a hard tim multitasking with this one.
For those who know about the Samsung camera, where you used to long press the shutter button and the camera would snap up to 100 photos of a subject whilst in motion, say someone jumping up and down, and you would be able to chose the best one of the entire jumping session...how can I make this with the Huawei camera?
Thank you so much.
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Same with the p20 pro
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How is it the same? When I press it... Once or long press it... Only one photo gets snapped...

It is the same, long pressing the button takes multiple shots in quick succession. Burst shoot is an option in settings but was already enabled on mine. It shows as one shot in the gallery until you open the photo, then they all show up in series

Enable Burst in settings

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Enable Burst in settings
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Yes, I have found out now why I wasn't getting that option before, because my settings were for 40 MP.
and it only works when you have them on 10 MP
Thank you so much!