Help me get rid of the 4.2 Camera App - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

I'm on stock 4.2 JB rooted and unlocked bootloader and all.
I hate the 4.2 camera. It's plain lame. I get it that the photosphere thing is nice, but it takes a lot of patience to get a decent pic. So, meh....not a big fan. The controls are OK..convenient settings instead of going thru 5 steps to adjust the exposure etc is good. But what I miss the most is live zoom in option. Its there in the 4.1.2 in video mode. Allows you to zoom in while taking a video. Where's that in the 4.2 camera? Also, I've noticed that the camera has become laggy. Doesn't focus as well as the 4.1.2 app did. I could really take at least 10 pics within 3-4 seconds..all with decent focu...but this thing does take 8-10 photos but all crappy and out of focus. Anyone else face this issue? Anywhoo....the bottom line is I hate the 4.2 camera. To each his own. I love everything else about 4.2. How can I get just the 4.1.2 camera back? I tried to extract it from my nandroids and TiBu ...and install it.....but it force closes on me. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to get the 4.1.2 camera app on 4.2?
Lot of times the ICS camera, JB camera got released on its own and I remember having the ICS camera on my Atrix 4G running GB.
Help me get rid of my 4.2 camera app and get 4.1.2 back.........
Thanks,
vG
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pull the gallery and camera apks from a 4.1.2 rom and push the apks to system/app set permission to rw- r-- r--. (delete the 4.2 camera and gallery before moving the 4.1.2 apks)

zoom is still there in both camera and video format. just pinch out (is there a such a term?) and you can zoom

thephantom said:
zoom is still there in both camera and video format. just pinch out (is there a such a term?) and you can zoom
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You are my favorite person for today. I feel soo dumb for not trying that. Thanks. But I still don't like it for the way it focuses.
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Stock camera.
Maybe Lg Camera.
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Camera FV-5 is very good but does not have video.
Lg camera

photosphere pics on 4.1.2?

i know that i can use the 4.2.1 camera on 4.1.2 but thats not the problem. im currently using the camera/gallery app from a CM10 nightly pulled from my fascinate... reason being, its the only "stock" camera apk i can find that allows me to take pictures in 16:9. I want to try messing around with photosphere but does anyone know of a 4.2.1 camera apk thats modified to allow me to take pictures in 16:9. without having to crop or reformat them?
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i know that i can use the 4.2.1 camera on 4.1.2 but thats not the problem. im currently using the camera/gallery app from a CM10 nightly pulled from my fascinate... reason being, its the only "stock" camera apk i can find that allows me to take pictures in 16:9. I want to try messing around with photosphere but does anyone know of a 4.2.1 camera apk thats modified to allow me to take pictures in 16:9. without having to crop or reformat them?
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In 'Galaxy Nexus Themes and Apps' there is a photosphere for 4.1.2

[REQ] Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Gallery and 4.2.1 Camera

Not your usual request, but could someone make a flashable zip of Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Gallery with 4.2.1 Camera? I think the new gallery and old camera apps are ugly.
afaik the gallery and camera app is the same apk. im not sure if its possible to do it.
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afaik the gallery and camera app is the same apk. im not sure if its possible to do it.
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if I remember then there is ROMs for Galaxy Nexus where is gallery2.apk and camera.apk but the camera from them usually force closes on JB 4.2.
but it would be really nice to have JB 4.1.x and JB 4.2.1 camera on Nexus because on JB 4.2.1 there is no "Silly Faces" and "Video Backgrounds" in the camera
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[Q] Camera sphere for 4.2.2?

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Seems like you are on AOSP based rom. They often has too many bugs .
In theme section there is camera with working photo spare by mike.
Here is link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1966426
Gallery you talking is note 2 gallery. Idk if its in there.

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The 4.2 camera with photosphere is capable of doing it. Our S3 do not have 4.2 yet but there are plenty if camera mods out there from the 4.2 you just have to be rooted to flash it. You can technically run both camera apps on your device. Keep in mind the gallery for the 4.2 camera is directly linked to the camera so if you run both you either only use the 4.2 gallery or use 2 galleries. I'll try to find a link for you.
Here this link should get you the camera.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwpring3rw0asor/camera42_patched_v2.zip
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