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[Q] Installing MIUI camera in CM7

I have the MIUI camera installed functionally in CM7 but not in what seems like a very "clean" way. Why did it work one way but not another? Is there is a better, cleaner way to do it? Maybe using ADB?
I first tried placing the apk in the /system/app folder and installing with "root explorer" and it didn't work. Then I placed the apk in the backup folder on my sd card for "root manager" and restored it with "root manager" and it works.
This is a cut and paste from alogcat when trying to install with root explorer:
W/PackageParser( 196): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
W/PackageParser( 196): at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:60)
E/PackageParser( 196): Package com.miui.camera has no certificates at entry classes.dex; ignoring!
What does that mean?

Actually scratch that... I had MIUI camera installed in cm7 rc4 using root manager. In the stable/official cm7 release that trick isn't working boo. Really like that camera!
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you need to rename the apk to 'Camera.apk' then place it in the /system/app folder then change the permissions of the apk once it has been replaced...just press and hold Camera.apk and hit the permissions option in the list..then make sure "read" is checked for user, group and other....should work then...i like the MIUI camera better too,,,hope this helps

I agree, rename to Camera.apk and place in system/app folder. I can confirm working as I just flashed to CM7 a couple of days ago, and also like the MIUI camera app better. It is working fine over here!

Does anyone have a download link to the miui camera? I searched and googled without success.
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snowboarda42 said:
Does anyone have a download link to the miui camera? I searched and googled without success.
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I don't have a link to post it, but I just opened my MIUI zip and extracted it from system/app

I was trying to do this also... smh I'm gonna try again in the near future

Is there somewhere I can read up on the MIUI camera? I bought this phone for the enormous camera and was sorely dissapointed with it's implementation in CM6. It failed me big time during a day at the zoo...so I am back to sense right now.

thebeast614 said:
you need to rename the apk to 'Camera.apk' then place it in the /system/app folder then change the permissions of the apk once it has been replaced...just press and hold Camera.apk and hit the permissions option in the list..then make sure "read" is checked for user, group and other....should work then...i like the MIUI camera better too,,,hope this helps
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Thanks guys for the help! I tried doing as you suggested but it still did not work that way either. Looking at alogcat I see the same error.
However, I just got my new class 10 sd card and so I did a fresh install of CM7 and I was able to rename the MIUI camera apk to just camera and use "root manager" restore to install it and it works!
(In dalvik cache I found the directory classes.dex and in it was a ton of files/certificates. I installed MIUI then coppied the certificate from the dalvik cache, then installed CM7 and pasted the certificate from MIUI in there but I still got the same error in alogcat. It seemed like a good fix theoretically. I'd like to understand why things work like they do if anyone has any explanation I'd like to hear it.
If not I'll just be happy it works!)

snowboarda42 said:
Does anyone have a download link to the miui camera? I searched and googled without success.
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I'm probably way too late to help you, but I saw your post while I was looking for the Miui Camera. Here is the post I finally found with a download link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996867

Signed MIUI Camera.apk

Awesome thanks!
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kaos217 said:
Signed MIUI Camera.apk
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any idea if we could remove compression or enable settings in a menu like stated in the custom rom below?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834439
miui is compressing the pictures pretty heavily it seems.

I followed the above instructions for installing the camera, but now no camera shows up in the app drawer at all. I can see it was replaced in the /system/app folder. but I cannot find it with my other apps. Anybody know hoe to fix this?

[APP] Silent Samsung Camera App [EK02] [12/10/2011]

For some reason, the autofocus beep on the Samsung camera really bugs me.
The audio files for this are inside Camera.apk:
/res/raw/autofocus_ok.ogg
/res/raw/autofocus_error.ogg
/res/raw/cameratimer.ogg
I tried 7zip, MetaMorph, and a few other things to replace these with silent ogg files, but Camera.apk would Force Close.
I ended up just decompiling Camera.apk using apktool version 1.4.1, replacing the ogg files with silent ogg files, recompiling, signing, and then replacing the stock Camera.apk/odex files.
The attached Camera.apk worked for me, with no autofocus beep, and no Force Crashes.
REQUIRES ROOT
MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR EXISTING /system/app/Camera.apk and Camera.odex
IN CASE THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU
Edit: To clear up some of the confusion, I'm going to explain the steps a little more clearly.
First, unzip the attached file as Camera.apk to the root of the sdcard ( /sdcard ).
Using ADB (original files will be backed up to /system/bak) :
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
# mkdir /system/bak
# mv /system/app/Camera.* /system/app/bak/
# cp /sdcard/Camera.apk /system/app/
exit
Or Using Root Explorer (original files will be backed up to /system/bak) :
Code:
Go to /system
- Mount R/W
- Menu - New Folder - Name: bak
Go to /system/app
- Move Camera.apk and Camera.odex to /system/bak
Go to /sdcard
- Copy Camera.apk to /system/app
If you want to change the other camera sounds, they are in:
\system\media\audio\ui
You can just rename, move, or delete (after backing up) them.
The files are:
Cam_Start.ogg
Cam_Stop.ogg
camera_click.ogg
camera_click_short.ogg
Shutter_01.ogg
VideoRecord.ogg
EDIT 2 (12/10/2011): I've added the Camera.apk from EK02 with silent focus sounds. The newer camera version seems to have a few more options in the settings than my first upload.

Awesome, why couldn't you make it an install by .apk save some of us that are waiting to root.

natelw said:
Awesome, why couldn't you make it an install by .apk save some of us that are waiting to root.
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The only way to make it installable to update the existing Camera.apk is to sign this with the Samsung signature. I don't have that.

can I just flash this through cwm?

imacomputa said:
can I just flash this through cwm?
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I'm not quite sure how to make it flashable. I just used ADB in the Android SDK:
adb remount
adb pull /system/app/Camera.apk ./Camera.apk.backup
adb push Camera.apk /system/app

will this install along side the original or replace it?

BLOWNCO said:
will this install along side the original or replace it?
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It replaces the original Camera.apk. That's why you should make a backup of the original first. The only difference is that there is no focus sound. You will still have the shutter sounds in the \system\media\audio\ui directory, but those are easy to change if you need to.
If you really wanted to, I suppose you could recompile it under a different app name, so that you could have both versions.

I just used root explorer instead and replaced the camera app, however its constantly force-closing whenever I go into settings or try to take a video. The focus square in the middle of the camera is all crazy too. It takes photos just fine though. Should I try again using adb instead?

kcbedo said:
For some reason, the autofocus beep on the Samsung camera really bugs me.
The audio files for this are inside Camera.apk:
/res/raw/autofocus_ok.ogg
/res/raw/autofocus_error.ogg
/res/raw/cameratimer.ogg
I tried 7zip, MetaMorph, and a few other things to replace these with silent ogg files, but Camera.apk would Force Close.
I ended up just decompiling Camera.apk using apktool version 1.4.1:
apktool if framework-res.apk
apktool if twframework-res.apk
apktool d Camera.apk
Replacing the ogg files with silent ogg files,
...and then recompiling:
apktool b Camera
Finally, I signed the Camera.apk and pushed it to /system/app.
The attached Camera.apk worked for me, with no autofocus beep, and no Force Crashes.
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MAKE SURE YOU BACK UP YOUR EXISTING /system/app/Camera.apk
IN CASE THIS DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU
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Just tried it and it is working good. Any way to remove the shutter sound also?

crawrj said:
Just tried it and it is working good. Any way to remove the shutter sound also?
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The other camera sounds are in \system\media\audio\ui
You can just rename, move, or delete them.
The files are:
Cam_Start.ogg
Cam_Stop.ogg
camera_click.ogg
camera_click_short.ogg
Shutter_01.ogg
VideoRecord.ogg

imacomputa said:
I just used root explorer instead and replaced the camera app, however its constantly force-closing whenever I go into settings or try to take a video. The focus square in the middle of the camera is all crazy too. It takes photos just fine though. Should I try again using adb instead?
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I'm not quite sure why it would do that. You could try rebooting and clearing Dalvik cache. You are using it on an SPH-D710 with Samsung firmware, right?
I forgot to check video recording, but I went back and it didn't Force Close on me. I'm able to get to Settings okay also.

kcbedo said:
I'm not quite sure why it would do that. You could try rebooting and clearing Dalvik cache. You are using it on an SPH-D710 with Samsung firmware, right?
I forgot to check video recording, but I went back and it didn't Force Close on me. I'm able to get to Settings okay also.
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Yep I am. I'll try it again wiping the dalvik cache and report back. thanks.
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Nope, still not working.
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Okaaaay... so I made a few mistakes here and there, SOMEHOW it's working now. Went into recovery (did the stock kernel + root trick, so I am on stock) but for some reason the stock recovery immediately scanned my sdcard root for apks and started installing them by itself(where the camera.apk of yours was stored). I forgot I needed Clockworkmod, so I went ahead and reflashed cwm and cleared dalvik cache but it didn't work. So next thing I tried was just installing the camera.apk like a normal apk. It didn't work and actually made my phone reboot. I then reinstalled the stock apk like a normal apk, then went back and cleared the dalvik cache again. Finally, I went back into root explorer again and copied over the camera.apk file (yours) and replaced the old one, AND installed it like a normal app. It now works totally flawless with the exception of the video recording still making shutter noises, but still pictures is completely silent. Thanks for all your help!

I tried installing this but didn't have any luck. First when I would browse to your .apk and download it, I'd tap it and get the warning about replacing an existing app. I would say OK, but kept getting "application not installed". So I manually removed /system/app/Camera.apk and retried. This time it let me, but when I would open the app it would force close - i.imgur.com/INl0Z.jpg . I would up restoring the stock Camera.apk and it's ok now. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

OK to get this to work with Root Explorer and have everything working perfectly (No weird autofocus crosshairs) I moved BOTH orginal Camera.apk and Camera.ODEX out of the system/apps folder and onto my memory card for backup purposes.
Then extracted the camera.apk from OPs zip file and moved it into System/Apps and DID NOT install. Just placed it in there and then went and ran the program. I am running perfectly fine. No FCs, and it is completely silent.
I did also go into the sounds folder like OP says and changed the name of all the sounds that you will have to do. But other than that I hope that clears up any confusion on how to get this working by using root explorer.

you cannot install it you have to remove the old version and replace it using adb or root explorer

aiverson23 said:
OK to get this to work with Root Explorer and have everything working perfectly (No weird autofocus crosshairs) I moved BOTH orginal Camera.apk and Camera.ODEX out of the system/apps folder and onto my memory card for backup purposes.
Then extracted the camera.apk from OPs zip file and moved it into System/Apps and DID NOT install. Just placed it in there and then went and ran the program. I am running perfectly fine. No FCs, and it is completely silent.
I did also go into the sounds folder like OP says and changed the name of all the sounds that you will have to do. But other than that I hope that clears up any confusion on how to get this working by using root explorer.
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Confirmed. I had to remove Camera.odex as well and NOT install the .apk, simply replace it. Now I have regular crosshairs and no sounds. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks, I figured out it was the odex file that was screwing me up. Thanks!

Got it working with Root Explorer... I had the issue yesterday with FC and crazy focus bracket things being I didn't remove the Odex file.

Anyone else have problems with the Camera "shortcuts" within the camera app disappearing after the app closes?
WOndering if this is a bug in the Camera app itself. Most settings save but not the shortcuts. The other thing I noticed with the unmodded app was the if you set the camera to black and white, the selection does not survive a reboot. On the original Epic, the selections remained until changed.

Great find. This was driving me crazy. This was the one place I hadn't looked.

Camera fix local.prop not working

Sorry to post this, it seems like it should be such an easy thing.
I'm on a rooted GB.EL29 stock and wanted to silence the camera.
I've done both of the methods below, but I still get a double 'ding' sound when I set the phone to silence and take a pic.
Please help, or at least let me know im not alone.
Methods tried:
1. Rename sound effects in /system/media/audio/ui
Files to rename:
Cam_Start
Cam_Stop
camera_click
camera_click_short
Shutter_01
2. Create local.prop in /data/
File contains ro.camera.sound.forced=0

TheRealJobe said:
Sorry to post this, it seems like it should be such an easy thing.
I'm on a rooted GB.EL29 stock and wanted to silence the camera.
I've done both of the methods below, but I still get a double 'ding' sound when I set the phone to silence and take a pic.
Please help, or at least let me know im not alone.
Methods tried:
1. Rename sound effects in /system/media/audio/ui
Files to rename:
Cam_Start
Cam_Stop
camera_click
camera_click_short
Shutter_01
2. Create local.prop in /data/
File contains ro.camera.sound.forced=0
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Coincidentally, I also have tried the #2 option after researching earlier today how to silence the camera shutter. It did not silence it.
In fact, the first time I deleted the folder and files after it didn't work, I must have deleted the wrong file because I got all kinds of pop ups, force closes, and a boot loop that would end in a power down.
I had to Flash a Nandroid Backup. Luckily I had 2 Nandroid backups, because one of them was bad due to checksums not matching.
I have found answers regarding silencing the shutter, including
ROM's that have this baked in, and there is a camera app, camera fx I believe.
I have the ICS Camera installed from Overstew and ssconceptz. I may ask them regarding this.
Anyway, you're not alone, and ALWAYS have a Nandroid Backup, just in case

delete the media files, then edit the apk and remove the additional hidden media files compiled into the apk.

TheRealJobe said:
Sorry to post this, it seems like it should be such an easy thing.
I'm on a rooted GB.EL29 stock and wanted to silence the camera.
I've done both of the methods below, but I still get a double 'ding' sound when I set the phone to silence and take a pic.
Please help, or at least let me know im not alone.
Methods tried:
1. Rename sound effects in /system/media/audio/ui
Files to rename:
Cam_Start
Cam_Stop
camera_click
camera_click_short
Shutter_01
2. Create local.prop in /data/
File contains ro.camera.sound.forced=0
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download Camera ICS from the market coupled with rom toolbox and block ads and your are good to go... It has an option to silence camera

playya said:
download Camera ICS from the market coupled with rom toolbox and block ads and your are good to go... It has an option to silence camera
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I downloaded the Camera ICS app.
I silenced the camera, but the shutter still click clacks.

remove the camera apk file from any custom Rom in the development section and replace your existing one.

Found a Very Easy Solution!!
Shut up! Camera!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1237466
Just download, and you're good to go.
You can turn it on and off with a touch.
Works Perfectly on my SE4GT!!
No more Shutter click clack!!

[MOD] Really disable camera sounds in ICS

I have tested this to work on LP8, should work on other stock ROMs too.
Step 1.
Rename the camera shutter sounds. You can find these files in /system/media/audio/ui. The files are outlined below. You can either do this in a file explorer that supports root, or through adb. In fact the commands below are the exact commands you need to use after you use adb root and remount the /system as read/write.
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /system/media/audio/ui
mv camera_click.ogg camera_click.ogg.bak
mv Shutter_01.ogg Shutter_01.ogg.bak
mv camera_click_short.ogg camera_click_short.ogg.bak
mv Cam_Start.ogg Cam_Start.ogg.bak
mv Cam_Stop.ogg Cam_Stop.ogg.bak
Step 2.
The above will still leave the camera auto-focus sound. To remove that, replace the Camera.apk in /system/app with the attached file.
It is best to take a backup of the Camera.apk before you replace it by copying it somewhere else.
If you have placed the Camera.apk attached here in a folder called NoSound, then the commands below can be run on adb to do this -
Code:
adb pull /system/app/Camera.apk
adb pull /system/app/Camera.odex
adb push NoSound\Camera.apk /system/app/Camera.apk

works perfectly on lpf

What also works: use Automateit Pro or Tasker:
Make a rule that kicks in when:
camera starts -> disable sound
camera stops -> eable sounds
That kills the focus beep, also the crazy beep beep with the self timer.
As simple as that.
Plus remove all unwanted oggs with root explorer.

A couple of questions...
Can I manage the focus beep by downloading Automatelt or do I need Pro ??
also can post 1 be done on a rooted Gingerbread 2.3.6 phone or only ICS ?

markmessier8888 said:
A couple of questions...
Can I manage the focus beep by downloading Automatelt or do I need Pro ??
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can anyone verfiy that it 100% works?

I have been looking for this, i will try it

Any one tried this on LPS?

it seems to work only on LPF, when i tried on LPG, my camera app was lost.

it shouldn't affect your camera app in any way but I dunno why it happened to you. I removed all the ogg files in the /system/media/audio/ui/ folder except the one for low battery notification since it's the only one I ever need. After that no more focus, shutter or beep sounds.

Working fine on my lpg. the icon itself may have moved location in touchwiz...
The autofocus sound is part of the camera.apk
You can create this yourself with your current camera.apk by copying it to you computer, open in 7zip (or similar) and replacing 2 sound files
To remove sound from the apk, all that is needed is for 2 sound files to be
replaced by empty files (0k in size):
camera.apk\res\raw
autofocus_error.ogg
autofocus_ok.ogg
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I've attached two blank files you can use

Brendo said:
Working fine on my lpg. the icon itself may have moved location in touchwiz...
The autofocus sound is part of the camera.apk
You can create this yourself with your current camera.apk by copying it to you computer, open in 7zip (or similar) and replacing 2 sound files
I've attached two blank files you can use
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THANK YOU!!!
i copied the original camera apk to my computer,
use 7zip to open it, its my first time looking inside an apk file, didnt know 7zip can do that.
i replaced the 2 files with yours, and it worked!!!
simply amazing!!!!
i'm so happy, thanks.

Good to hear
I tried playing around with vrtheme to see if I could create flashable zip, but having not created one before, kept getting errors...
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So I have exactly the same problem in my SGS II phone (JB ROM): after renaming all the sounds in the mentioned directory, the focus sound is still there (although it is silent when phone is silent mode but I want the camera to be always silent).
I tried replacing those two files in SamsungCamera.apk (the camera app in Jelly Bean). After restarting, I launched the camera app and the focus sound was gone. But there is one significant problem: the camera does not focus at all - picture taken is all blurry!
I really have no idea what this could have to do with the sound files!
So I thought that maybe it does not like the ogg files being just 0 B files (which is no proper format for empty ogg file). I made an empty ogg file in Audacity and exported it, it had like 4 kB. I used it to replace the two files in the apk. After replacing it in my phone, the camera does not even start and tells me that Camera app has stopped. Any idea what might have gone wrong?

Need 2.3.4 camera app

Accidentally erased my camera app. All others suck. Can anyone supply a download of the original updated app? Currently running true ancestor 1.6 with doomkernel v14. Seems like a lot of work to go back just for the camera app.
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Go market find camera mod for Xperia play. Stock camera app with L button to focus and R button to capture.
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No need for modded, get 2.3.4 system dump and put apk to your phone.
Thank me then.
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That is not the same. It doesn't support 720p video or continuous focus. All it does is change buttons. Don't get me wrong I wish the stock camera app was set up that way but I'm going quality over convenience. Thanks any ways.
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here this is the camera app..this one is modded by me with black theme..you can use R shoulder button to take pictures and also features 720p mod. place camera.apk to system/app and set permission for it..

Works great, I got the best of both worlds here. Thanks to all you guys for saving my a ton of time , and for the quick response.
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chiujiewei said:
here this is the camera app..this one is modded by me with black theme..you can use R shoulder button to take pictures and also features 720p mod. place camera.apk to system/app and set permission for it..
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I would like to know hoe to move this apk to system/app when I try this I get a message saying cant move file due to system restrictions.

Xperia Player said:
I would like to know hoe to move this apk to system/app when I try this I get a message saying cant move file due to system restrictions.
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File explorer must be capable of mounting system as writable. I use ES File Explorer. Go to ES file explorer, settings, root settings, tick root explorer and mount file system. Then back to explorer, copy / cut the things you wanna move, press favourites on the bar, then / , now you will be in system. Go to system, app, paste in there. Then long press the apk you've pasted, press properties, then change permission to rw-r--r-- done
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jeff7424 said:
File explorer must be capable of mounting system as writable. I use ES File Explorer. Go to ES file explorer, settings, root settings, tick root explorer and mount file system. Then back to explorer, copy / cut the things you wanna move, press favourites on the bar, then / , now you will be in system. Go to system, app, paste in there. Then long press the apk you've pasted, press properties, then change permission to rw-r--r-- done
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This guy right here is awesome, I got one small concern here, after I over wrote my camera.apk my phone automatically rebooted itself, should I go back and change permissions to rw-r--r-- or is it functional the way it is?

You will have to change permission its necessary for almost all system/ apps
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Camera App Not Installing
Hi
I have downloaded the modded camera app from the link.
Im running true ancestor 1.6 with Doomkernel.
Using root explorer it will not allow me to install the app, no error message is given it just stated app not installed.(permissions are set right) the stock camera app is uninstalled due to having the camera mod.
I have installed the Camera Mod from Play Store however i would like to get 720p video. Any solutions.
Regards
Nathan

njbellingham said:
Hi
I have downloaded the modded camera app from the link.
Im running true ancestor 1.6 with Doomkernel.
Using root explorer it will not allow me to install the app, no error message is given it just stated app not installed.(permissions are set right) the stock camera app is uninstalled due to having the camera mod.
I have installed the Camera Mod from Play Store however i would like to get 720p video. Any solutions.
Regards
Nathan
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no you wont be able to install,unisntall the camera mod then you have to push camera.apk to system/app
First get root explorer and then move Camera.apk and go to system/app folder there at the top right hand side there is a R/w and R/o option ,select read/write(R/W) then paste it , it will ask you to repalce the caamera just select yes and replace,then fianally hold camera apk and set the permissions to rw--r--r--