install default camera instead of HTC one?

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I love the speed of Cyan's Rom, but I hate the HTC camera. Video is always choppy. I don't think I had this problem with the default camera.

Is it possible to swap the cameras?

Originally Posted by bittermormon

I love the speed of Cyan's Rom, but I hate the HTC camera. Video is always choppy. I don't think I had this problem with the default camera.

Is it possible to swap the cameras?

ADB commands to switch out the .apk's of the camera and camcorder with the "default" camera from another build (most likely JF's because that's all Google)

Originally Posted by lukekirstein

ADB commands to switch out the .apk's of the camera and camcorder with the "default" camera from another build (most likely JF's because that's all Google)

ummm, thanks for the reply, but did you mean to list the ADB commands? have playd a little with this in the past but haven't had any luck, so any help would be appreciated. As for now I think I am going to reformat to ext2 and play with Haykuro's Ion r1 for a day or 2.

if you ALREADY HAVE the camera.apk you want to install...then good. IF NOT, go download JF1.51 and pretty sure it will have the Google version camera.apk...MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS! This is a simple procedure, so please pay attention and do this carefully, Its not my fault if your phone gets bricked. That being said, i have done this more than once and never bricked my phone. THAT being said, I CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU THE SAME RESULTS, SO PLEASE! PLEASE! BACKUP YOUR DEVICE AND YOUR DATA BEFORE ATTEMPTING THIS!

First go into terminal on your device and type:

su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2, /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/app/camera.apk
rm /system/app/HTCAlbum.apk

this removes the HTC versions from your phone. Then just go ahead and push the google version camera.apk. The adb commands are:

adb push /exact/path/to/your/camera.apk /system/app

remember, DO NOT type "/exact/path/to..." replace this line with the path on your computer where you have the camera.apk, for example,

/Desktop/Android/camera.apk is where mine would be...

then thats it. FYI, the HTC version has a separate gallery, the HTCAlbum.apk...THE GOOGLE VERSION DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE .APK FOR THE GALLERY. once you have pushed to google camera.apk you SHOULD have the camera and gallery and all...Good Luck!

-BMFC

Originally Posted by bmfc187

MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE YOU BEGIN!!

Where's the fun in that??

Originally Posted by bmfc187

FYI, the HTC version has a separate gallery, the HTCAlbum.apk...THE GOOGLE VERSION DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE .APK FOR THE GALLERY.

I think that's what threw me off in the first place. Thanks for the help, I think I'll give it a shot after I get sick of Ion.

Originally Posted by bittermormon

Where's the fun in that??

If you mess up sometimes you're screwed

Originally Posted by bmfc187

once you have pushed to google camera.apk you SHOULD have the camera and gallery and all...Good Luck!

-BMFC

Ok so here's the problem I have had in the past, and am still having. I backed up and remover the HTC CAmera and HTCAlbum, but even after I push Camera.apk from JF's ROM, it doesn't show up. No Camera and no Gallery.

Having the same problems. I'd also like to restore the stock camera application, but after replacing the apk and so files from the JF1.51 build (and rebooting), neither Camera nor Gallery appears in the app drawer.

Any thoughts?

rogers dream

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hi!

does anyone know if this procedure will work fine on a Rogers Dream? Should replacing the apk files work okay?

Thanks!
silvrhat

Originally Posted by silvrhat7

hi!

does anyone know if this procedure will work fine on a Rogers Dream? Should replacing the apk files work okay?

Thanks!
silvrhat

Nandroid Backup, do it and if it fails just restore backup. There's no reason it shouldn't.