[Q] Use Camera while on phone?

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Hey all,
So I was on the phone with my bro and wanted to take a picture of something while I was talking to him. So I hit the Home button, got to the main screen, clicked on my Camera icon and it said "Camera not available while using phone". So I did a search on the forums and only found this thread. It made mention of 3rd party apps but is/are there a rom[s] in development that overcome this limitation? If not, what are some recommended apps to use. Honestly, I like all the features in the stock Vibrant camera app and didn't know if any would actually utilize all their options. This isn't a OMG my phone sucks item, it'd just be filed under things that would be nice to have since my old iPhone 3g actually had this capability.

Any recommendations/help are always appreciated.

FxCamera is what I use. I like it.

My old G1 had that capability as well.

I could also use the camera and media players when the battery was almost dead.

HTC seems to understand we aren't children that need to be smacked when we want to do something they don't think we should [Maybe Apple just didn't think of it though].

I remember my last samsung phone started to limit what you could do when the battery was getting low. nice to have 3rd party apps now.

So I tried the FxCamera app. It's not too bad. Any other recommended apps that get around this annoyance?

Originally Posted by ShinyBuddha

So I tried the FxCamera app. It's not too bad. Any other recommended apps that get around this annoyance?

I only use FxCamera just in case I take a pic during a call. I like stock better. You can make a shortcut by long pressing homescreen,choose shortcuts,scroll down till you see FxCamera Quick Launch and choose what effect you want (I always use normal) and thats it. So when you are on a call you only one click away of taking a pic instead going in to the menu and choose what effect you want.