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[Q] How do I make the 3D Gallery the default?

First and foremost...yes, I have googled and search the xda forum for an answer.
I am running myn warm twopointtwo and I cannot figure out how to make it load the 3d gallery when I click the last picture I took in the camera? The gallery links to the camera just not the other way around.
I have tried every method I have come across to make it work (including adb/root explorer installs). If I rename Gallery3D.apk to HTCAlbum.apk, I get a force close message when I try to get to the gallery from the camera. Hopefully someone can get me going! The only one that got close was I grabbed the Camera/Gallery apk's from a rom...Baked Snack I think...and it got me there but it was the wrong camera app for the evo and I get this weird issue in some of the gallery3d.apk's where there is like 6 columns between the local and picasa albums...that one did that to me. Please help!

Have you tried going into settings > applications then looking for the HTC album app, and then clicking clear defaults? If the camera passes the call as opening a picture instead of directly launching to the HTC gallery as if both programs are hardcoded together, then it should ask you what program to use to open the picture.

lacrossev said:
Have you tried going into settings > applications then looking for the HTC album app, and then clicking clear defaults? If the camera passes the call as opening a picture instead of directly launching to the HTC gallery as if both programs are hardcoded together, then it should ask you what program to use to open the picture.
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Yes, that was one of the suggestions I had found via Google. I did finally get it working. For anybody else who may have this problem (mine was specific to after I download warm twopointtwo due to included apps in rom), I downloaded http:[slash][slash]files.androidspin.com[slash]files[slash]enomther[slash]ROM[slash]TheOfficial_Nexus1_v2.13.2_update.zip (sorry for the crazy address but apparently new accounts can't post links) I renamed /system/app/HTCAlbum.apk to HTCAlbum.apk.original in case I had a problem, and did the same with HTCCamera.apk. I put the Camera.apk and Gallery3D.apk from the Nexus zip file (system\app\Camera.apk) into the /system/app/ folder on my evo. After a reboot the Gallery showed up but no camera in the app drawer, so I went to /system/app/Camera.apk in root explorer and clicked install. Everything works great! Also if anybody else wanted a landscape compatible car dock app, copy CarHomeGoogle.apk and CarHomeLauncher.apk to your /system/app and voila, landscape Car Home app You will still have Car Panel as well of course.

got this working with the Nexus Camera.apk but I want this to work with the HTCCamera.apk I know Im being selfish but damn it I want to use 8MP lol

[MOD][EDIT][SOLVED][APK]Modified stock Gallery apk without picasa sync.

Edit: APK Added below.
Hi. Im wondering if there is a modified gallery apk floating around. I really hate picasa, with a passion. Even if it isnt the 3D gallery, I dont care. When I remove the gallery and use a third party viewer app, we cant set lock screen wallpapers. Thanks!
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Under Accounts and Sync|Google, uncheck the Sync Picasa Web Albums box and they wont show up in the Gallery.
My fav picture viewing app that I bring with me to every rom I run is QuickPic. Its super small and fast and does everything I want it to, including setting homescreen and lockscreen pics.
Check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hbGVuc3cuUGljRm9sZGVyIl0.
If you're referring to the fact that your email auto checks for new mail every 30 min. you can go into your email settings and set the frequency of checking email to "Never".

Imadroider said:
Under Accounts and Sync|Google, uncheck the Sync Picasa Web Albums box and they wont show up in the Gallery.
My fav picture viewing app that I bring with me to every rom I run is QuickPic. Its super small and fast and does everything I want it to, including setting homescreen and lockscreen pics.
Check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hbGVuc3cuUGljRm9sZGVyIl0.
If you're referring to the fact that your email auto checks for new mail every 30 min. you can go into your email settings and set the frequency of checking email to "Never".
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Remove the stock gallery and you can not set lock screen wallpapers, even with quikpic. Which Ive used on all of my devices. Looking to remove the picasa sync option altogether which you cant do unless you remove the 3d gallery, but then you cant set lock screen wallpapers. Hence the search for a modified stock gallery.
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I've never seen my email app use any inordinate amount of battery life as a result of it running in the background nor have I ever read a post of how someones stock email client is draining batt life. Is that whats happening to you?
And to avoid the issue of setting wallpapers with other apps, just don't remove the stock gallery app and the 3rd party apps you use should set wallpapers just fine. If you don't like the stock app, don't use it. But to remove it altogether sounds like its leading to problems.
Not sure what you mean by remove Picasa sync option altogether. Just uncheck the box and its done, no more syncing, or are you referring to removing the menu enrty/option altogether under Accounts and Sync|Google.
If so I guess I'll go now. It sounds like you want dev help from someone willing to work on code for you. Thats waaay outta my league.

Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for your phone blowing up, freezing, bootlooping, your partner leaving you or your cat dying. Make a nand.
I modified the stock Gallery apk so that I wouldnt have the "Sync Picasa" option under the accounts in "Accounts & Sync".
I really do not like having that option in there, so I solved my problem.
I have attached the Gallery apk to share if anyone else is as picky as I am.
I simply moved it to /system/app, overwriting or deleting the original, then fixed the permissions. I kept the original odex file. Rebooted and all is well.
Extract the zip/rar file and use the apk inside.
I hope some of you find this useful.

tailsthecat3 said:
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for your phone blowing up, freezing, bootlooping, your partner leaving you or your cat dying. Make a nand.
I modified the stock Gallery apk so that I wouldnt have the "Sync Picasa" option under the accounts in "Accounts & Sync".
I really do not like having that option in there, so I solved my problem.
I have attached the Gallery apk to share if anyone else is as picky as I am.
I simply moved it to /system/app, overwriting or deleting the original, then fixed the permissions. I kept the original odex file. Rebooted and all is well.
Extract the zip/rar file and use the apk inside.
I hope some of you find this useful.
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did this...and now i dont have a gallery at all. i always use ES file explorer for system files and never have any issues

Make sure it's named correctly and fix the permissions. I'm on the latest ota, rooted. I use root explorer.
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tailsthecat3 said:
Make sure it's named correctly and fix the permissions. I'm on the latest ota, rooted. I use root explorer.
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permissions also set correctly, still no gallery tho

Success100 said:
permissions also set correctly, still no gallery tho
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You got me. I'm not a dev just a tinkerer. Be certain that it's named correctly, no spaces, perhaps at the beginning of the file name etc.. When you copy it to /system/app it should ask you if you want to overwrite the existing file. That'll tell you it's named correctly. Unless there is something else that you're missing, it should work, as it worked for me. I wish I could do it for you, man. I simply copied the apk from my sd external and pasted it into /system/app, fixed the permissions and rebooted. After the reboot, I confirmed the gallery worked then I cleared cache and dalvik just for the heck of it. Really sorry it's not working for you as easily as it did for me.
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tailsthecat3 said:
You got me. I'm not a dev just a tinkerer. Be certain that it's named correctly, no spaces, perhaps at the beginning of the file name etc.. When you copy it to /system/app it should ask you if you want to overwrite the existing file. That'll tell you it's named correctly. Unless there is something else that you're missing, it should work, as it worked for me. I wish I could do it for you, man. I simply copied the apk from my sd external and pasted it into /system/app, fixed the permissions and rebooted. After the reboot, I confirmed the gallery worked then I cleared cache and dalvik just for the heck of it. Really sorry it's not working for you as easily as it did for me.
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its cool bro..nature of the beast. just gotta figure out how to get my gallery back!

Success100 said:
its cool bro..nature of the beast. just gotta figure out how to get my gallery back!
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Lemme get some tea and bacon and then I'll upload the originals for you. You should try copying the original apk and odex to /system/app to get your gallery back. After that try copying the modified again. Apk only.
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Success100 said:
its cool bro..nature of the beast. just gotta figure out how to get my gallery back!
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Here are the originals. Sorry it took so long.

tailsthecat3 said:
Here are the originals. Sorry it took so long.
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thanks alot bro!!!

Success100 said:
thanks alot bro!!!
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Welcome!
Did you figure it out, get your gallery back?
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Yeah just re flashed ROM. Thanks bro
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Kitkat gallery and newer camera 12mp for CM based roms

I know that many complained about the quality of camera coming with CM based roms. Here are 2 separate apps, which nonetheless work together. Just install them as usual apps. Camera has an option to save to SD, as well as 12mp resolution and many more options.
http://www9.zippyshare.com/v/8510076/file.html
Credit for camera goes to Xperiasblack and Kitkat gallery I just found on the internet.
P.S. Remember, gallery2 is camera, gallery is album/browser
Edit: Make sure you uninstall any Google/Nexus camera and gallery you have, because otherwise the new Gallery will call your existing camera, which will defeat the point..

Thanks for the share!
I am using CM10 for locked BL
I just pushed the camera app to /system and gave the permissions and was then able to start it. It did not show the 12Mpx as an option, but only 8Mpx on my SXS.
BUT it did show the HDR option
I immediatelly tried to take a HDR picture: 3 pictures were made (rater slow but with the HDR- appropriate different brigthness) Then FC.
I tried a couple of times, but didnt get it to work.
By now I have been using the G2 camera app, which is looking similar but definitelly works on stock / CM based roms, Thogether with the 4.3 camera app, which supports the photosphere.

sessions04 said:
Thanks for the share!
I am using CM10 for locked BL
I just pushed the camera app to /system and gave the permissions and was then able to start it. It did not show the 12Mpx as an option, but only 8Mpx on my SXS.
BUT it did show the HDR option
I immediatelly tried to take a HDR picture: 3 pictures were made (rater slow but with the HDR- appropriate different brigthness) Then FC.
I tried a couple of times, but didnt get it to work.
By now I have been using the G2 camera app, which is looking similar but definitelly works on stock / CM based roms, Thogether with the 4.3 camera app, which supports the photosphere.
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Did you uninstall original CM gallery/camera? Because the picture you are getting is not from the camera I posted. See my pictures with multiple options. And you didn't need to push anything to system/apps, these two could be installed as regular apks. There is no reason these apps should sit in your system.
My problem (rather Google's problem) was that although initially Gallery2 (camera) was installed fine, the moment I installed the second app, it would override the camera. So, I could either have camera only or Gallery with old camera. That was until I found these two...
Edit: "It did not show the 12Mpx as an option, but only 8Mpx on my SXS."
Because you did not start the camera app I posted. Your picture shows the other camera that has only 8mpx.

I removed all camera apps from my phone and rebooted, then i installed gallery2.apk. This time installation was successful and i didn't have to push it manually.
It works again, but only with 8mpx as it did before.
I add another screenshot.
It is shown as "Galerie 4.1.0001" on my phone.
There is now no other camera app on my device, so I am really sure to use the one you provided
Maybe the thing is related somehow to my locked bootloader / CM combination?
Thanks again!
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sessions04 said:
I removed all camera apps from my phone and rebooted, then i installed gallery2.apk. This time installation was successful and i didn't have to push it manually.
It works again, but only with 8mpx as it did before.
I add another screenshot.
It is shown as "Galerie 4.1.0001" on my phone.
There is now no other camera app on my device, so I am really sure to use the one you provided
Maybe the thing is related somehow to my locked bootloader / CM combination?
Thanks again!
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My bad. I put the wrong app there. Sorry about this. Should be 2.0.1 version. I have updated the link. Try again.

sessions04 said:
Thanks for the share!
I am using CM10 for locked BL
I just pushed the camera app to /system and gave the permissions and was then able to start it. It did not show the 12Mpx as an option, but only 8Mpx on my SXS.
BUT it did show the HDR option
I immediatelly tried to take a HDR picture: 3 pictures were made (rater slow but with the HDR- appropriate different brigthness) Then FC.
I tried a couple of times, but didnt get it to work.
By now I have been using the G2 camera app, which is looking similar but definitelly works on stock / CM based roms, Thogether with the 4.3 camera app, which supports the photosphere.
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Can yu give me the link of g2 camera app
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@optimumpro thank you very much for clarification and new upload.
This is now exactly the same app as I have been using for long I just don't know where I had it from, I only remember it being related somehow to the G2. So @@NUJ this should answer your question.
The only thing left with this app is, that it doesn't support photosphere functionality.
Do you see any chance to mod photosphere into this app, or to enable 12 MP in the Android 4.3 camera app? The 4.3 camera I'm taking about is btw gallery2.apk version 1.1.40012, I only could find German language links by now for a reference.
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And here is the link to the 8MP camera with working photosphere:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2340858

Photo Editor gives force close..any way to fix it..?

sessions04 said:
I removed all camera apps from my phone and rebooted, then i installed gallery2.apk. This time installation was successful and i didn't have to push it manually.
It works again, but only with 8mpx as it did before.
I add another screenshot.
It is shown as "Galerie 4.1.0001" on my phone.
There is now no other camera app on my device, so I am really sure to use the one you provided
Maybe the thing is related somehow to my locked bootloader / CM combination?
Thanks again!
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hi,
can you provide me the procedure to remove camera app and how to add.
xperia ion
4.4 kitkat.
CM11.

Pushing the files manually to the system is quite easy:
You need a phone explorer with root permissions, like ES File Explorer. Start it and navigate to /system/app
You will find all the system apps there. Search for gallery2.apk and rename it to gallery2.apk.old - just to have it in case it does not work later an you want to change back. Then switch to the place you saved the downloaded gallery2.apk from this thread here. Select it (don't open!) and copy it to /system/app. If it is there, you have to select it there again by longpress, open the properties and edit the permissions: rw-, r--,r--
That's all, the app is now a system app and should be visible in the app drawer.
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sessions04 said:
Pushing the files manually to the system is quite easy:
You need a phone explorer with root permissions, like ES File Explorer. Start it and navigate to /system/app
You will find all the system apps there. Search for gallery2.apk and rename it to gallery2.apk.old - just to have it in case it does not work later an you want to change back. Then switch to the place you saved the downloaded gallery2.apk from this thread here. Select it (don't open!) and copy it to /system/app. If it is there, you have to select it there again by longpress, open the properties and edit the permissions: rw-, r--,r--
That's all, the app is now a system app and should be visible in the app drawer.
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Removed old camera app and installed new one just fine
Only problem now is that the hardware button doesn't launch the app...any idea as to how to fix that?

Same here. Camera hardware cannot be used to launch camera . And there is no shortcut to gallery in camera

ben cherian said:
And there is no shortcut to gallery in camera
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Just swipe the camera screen to the left will open the gallery. That's a pretty cool effect
But I also dont know how to make this camera to be launched by the camera key. Sorry!

Sorry for bringing up old thread.
I can't seem to install the camera (gallery2.apk), i pushed both files to system/app folder after removing the original files.
Gallery is working fine but i don't have the camera icon in my apps drawer. I tried to install the apk file but to no avail as well. I got an error (App not installed. An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed).
Please advice. I;m using CM10 ROM
Edit: Nevermind, got it working already.. had to install the camera first and then followed by pushing gallery into system/app. However like the camera app that comes with CM10, my camera loads very slowly as i start the camera app. Not just the default camera app, other camera apps from playstore, whatsapp camera, instagram camera and even QR code reader loads very slow at startup.. Any idea why and how to fix it? I was hoping this could fix it but too bad it didn't.
Edit 2: I was wrong... it seems like I can only get either one of them in the system/app, not both. It seems that they have conflicting signatures.. Any fixes?

thanks

Upgrade from Nexus 5 to 5X and transfer files

Hello, I recently got a Nexus 5X and am wondering what is the best way to copy all my pictures from my Nexus 5. I've tried dragging them off and pasting them onto the new phone, which does work, but the order gets all screwed up and the time created of each file is not preserved. Is there a way to copy pictures (and perhaps other files) while keeping the original timestamps?

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Hello, I recently got a Nexus 5X and am wondering what is the best way to copy all my pictures from my Nexus 5. I've tried dragging them off and pasting them onto the new phone, which does work, but the order gets all screwed up and the time created of each file is not preserved. Is there a way to copy pictures (and perhaps other files) while keeping the original timestamps?
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unless you use a very wierd camera or gallery app they should stay in order, since the original timestamp is usually included in the files name. for example 'IMG_20160616_103711.jpg' was taken on 16.6.2016 at 10:37:11. so as long as they are sorted by name the files in this case (stock camera) stay in order.

does the stock photos app sort by name? i haven't been able to make that happen, or find that option.. seems just like it's random? maybe i can just delete everything and reimport while in airplane mode or something so there are no interruptions?

leaveone said:
does the stock photos app sort by name? i haven't been able to make that happen, or find that option.. seems just like it's random? maybe i can just delete everything and reimport while in airplane mode or something so there are no interruptions?
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google photos gets instantly deactivated on all of my devices, so i am not sure on that front. it should at the very least be able to sort photos by name or the dateincludet in the images metadata (not the 'last changed' stat) though.

oh ok.. what photo app do you use then? I personally dont like the Google Photos app either, I prefer the old gallery app. Also, thanks for chiming in here!

leaveone said:
oh ok.. what photo app do you use then? I personally dont like the Google Photos app either, I prefer the old gallery app. Also, thanks for chiming in here!
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after quickpic became infested and testing out alternatives like focus, i settled for Piktures which does all the things i want from it, although i had to spend some time in the settings. so far i haven't heard anything negativ either.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures

No gallery on stock, what do you use?

I don't have any decent gallery that came pre installed when I bought my 10. What do you guys recommend?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&hl=en

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&hl=en
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Thanks, anything that let's me modify a picture like circle it... On Hawaii P9 they had a graffiti option.

Im also using QuickPic, but the last version before it was bought by Cheetah Mobile. Dont really like what they did with the SW and couldnt delete pictures on my SD card with the newest version. The old one can. It has the signature check disabled, so you wont get an update for it.

Does anyone have more suggestions

+1 for QuickPic... I don't think you'll see anything else recommended more.

Milamber said:
I don't have any decent gallery that came pre installed when I bought my 10. What do you guys recommend?
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this is the one which i use along with aosp's gallery app...
franco's gallery app ... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.focus&hl=en

I've gotten used to Google Photos. It does the job!

I use HTC Gallery extract from here and install http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/themes/patch-one-patch-missing-sense-apps-t3362787

Cm gallery 1.1, can't find anything i like better
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Piktures: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diune.pictures
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lemaj5 said:
I use HTC Gallery extract fromd here and install http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/themes/patch-one-patch-missing-sense-apps-t3362787
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I extracted the zip and installed the gallery, but when I open it the application crashes.

Milamber said:
I extracted the zip and installed the gallery, but when I open it the application crashes.
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try giving permissions from settings - app- htc gallery - permissions - give permission to storage and the rest

SacredDeviL666 said:
try giving permissions from settings - app- htc gallery - permissions - give permission to storage and the rest
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Thanks all for your advice ++

Yup, Piktures is really awesome. Pretty and clean interface.

liquidus_800 said:
Yup, Piktures is really awesome. Pretty and clean interface.
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This is what I went with.

liquidus_800 said:
Yup, Piktures is really awesome. Pretty and clean interface.
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Double post

I know this is old but I'll just leave my two cents about a Gallery I just found yesterday: F-Stop https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fstop.photo it's a nice and fast Material Design UI, has the most EXIF data I've seen on some galleries out there per photo, doesn't have any ads and has some nice features like protecting some photos or albums with a password, after Piktures (was a bit slow) and Google Photos (didn't let me do something as simple as renaming a photo from the viewer) this is what I used in the end

with me, sony album is the best