[MOD][XPOSED] Pictures2SD (v1.0.7) - makes Camera/Focal store photos on external SD

DavisNT · Aug 17, 2013

This mod makes Camera and Focal apps to save pictures/videos to external SD card.

Currently this mod may not work on some Android 4.4 ROMs. Support for wider range of Android 4.4 ROMs most likely will be added in future.

Technically it works by attaching to Camera, Focal and some other apps (for full list see below), hooking getExternalStorageDirectory() and getExternalStoragePublicDirectory() Android system methods and making them return path to external SD card (first colon separated part of SECONDARY_STORAGE environment variable). Simply saying - this mod makes Camera and Focal apps to treat external SD card as internal.

Pictures2SD usually doesn't affect Camera applications that have built-in ability to save pictures/videos to external SD card.

This mod requires Xposed framework to be set up and Pictures2SD enabled as Xposed module.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for anything that may happen as a result of using this mod.

I will be glad to hear any reviews (please also provide information on what ROM the mod was tested).

Pictures2SD has been tested on Samsung Galaxy S3 running CM 10.2.0 (actually it was created for CM 10.2 nightlies). If this mod doesn't work on your device/ROM, please follow tips in troubleshooting section to report the issue.

Full list of supported apps (and package names):
* Camera (com.android.gallery3d, com.google.android.gallery3d, com.android.camera2, com.google.android.GoogleCamera)
* Focal (org.cyanogenmod.focal, fr.xplod.focal)
* Snapseed (com.niksoftware.snapseed)
* Instagram (com.instagram.android)
* PixtoCam (com.pixtogram.wear.zicam)

Changelog:
v 1.0.7
* Added support for PixtoCam ("com.pixtogram.wear.zicam").
* Code refactoring.
* Improved APK size (by removing unused v4 Support Library).
* Made open-source.
v 1.0.6
* Added support for Instagram ("com.instagram.android") due to user's request.
v 1.0.5
* Added support for KitKat camera ("com.android.camera2" and "com.google.android.GoogleCamera").
v 1.0.4 (unreleased)
* Added support for Snapseed ("com.niksoftware.snapseed") due to user's request.
v 1.0.3
* Added support for new package name of Focal ("fr.xplod.focal").
v 1.0.2
* Fixed compatibility with ROMs having Camera package name "com.google.android.gallery3d".
v 1.0.1
* Fixed compatibility issues with ROMs having more than one secondary storage.
v 1.0
* Initial release.

Troubleshooting steps:
1. Check whether Camera app of your ROM supports storing pictures on external SD card out of the box (usually this can be enabled under Settings -> More Options -> Storage). If there is such an option, there is no need to use Pictures2SD (except for third party applications).
2. Open Xposed Installer and ensure that Xposed framework is installed and Pictures2SD is enabled as Xposed module. Please note, that after installing Xposed framework or enabling Xposed module it is required to reboot the device.
3. If Pictures2SD still doesn't work, please reproduce the problem, and post in this thread (along with description of the problem) name/model of your device, name of ROM it is running (if possible also link where the ROM was downloaded) and output of the following commands

Code:

su
mount
logcat -d | grep Pictures2SD
echo $SECONDARY_STORAGE

Xposed Module Repository page:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/lv.id.dm.pictures2sd

Download:

kroewe · Aug 17, 2013

Worked for me with 4.2 camera and with focal on my note 2 running slim rom

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I[E · Aug 17, 2013

SGS4 running 8/16 build of CM 10.2 I get the following:

Gallery version 1.1.40012

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DavisNT · Aug 17, 2013

I[E said:
SGS4 running 8/16 build of CM 10.2 I get the following:

Gallery version 1.1.40012

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Can you please execute the following commands after opening camera and post output here (or send me via PM)?

Code:

su
mount
logcat -d | grep Pictures2SD
echo $SECONDARY_STORAGE

I[E · Aug 17, 2013

Code:

127|root@android:/ # logcat -d|grep Pictures2SD
I/Pictures2SD(19291): Loaded camera package com.android.gallery3d
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStoragePublicDirectory("DCIM") will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0/DCIM
[1] + Done (255)           logcat -d |
      Done (127)           grepPictures2SD
root@android:/ # echo $SECONDARY_STORAGE
/storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0

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ruvort · Aug 17, 2013

DavisNT said:
Can you please execute the following commands after opening camera and post output here (or send me via PM)?

Code:

su mount logcat -d | grep Pictures2SD echo $SECONDARY_STORAGE

I have the same issue. Pacman rom sgs3.

Code:

u0_a48@android:/ $ su
u0_a48@android:/ # mount
rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/sys/kernel/debug /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /storage tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=050,gid=1028 0 0
tmpfs /storage/emulated tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=050,gid=1028 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:33 /storage/sdcard1 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/secure tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=700 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
/dev/block/dm-0 /mnt/asec/com.blackout1911.theme.BlackedOutTheme-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noatime 0 0
/dev/block/dm-1 /mnt/asec/com.ryanmkelly.me.flatro-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noatime 0 0
/dev/block/dm-2 /mnt/asec/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noatime 0 0
/dev/block/dm-3 /mnt/asec/com.oasisfeng.greenify.pro-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noatime 0 0
/dev/block/dm-4 /mnt/asec/com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.smplwhite-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noatime 0 0
/dev/block/dm-5 /mnt/asec/biz.bokhorst.xprivacy.pro-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noatime 0 0
/dev/block/dm-6 /mnt/asec/com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp.unlocker-1 ext4 ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noatime 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/obb tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/fuse tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=775,gid=1000 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system ext4 ro,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/efs /efs ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,discard,journal_checksum,journal_async_commit,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache /cache ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/persist /persist ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem /firmware vfat ro,relatime,fmask=0177,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/fuse /mnt/shell/emulated fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/fuse /storage/emulated/0 fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/fuse /storage/emulated/0/Android/obb fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/fuse /storage/emulated/legacy fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
/dev/fuse /storage/emulated/legacy/Android/obb fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
u0_a48@android:/ # logcat -d | grep Pictures2SD
D/Pictures2SD( 4294): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1
u0_a48@android:/ # echo $SECONDARY_STORAGE
/storage/sdcard1
u0_a48@android:/ #

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DavisNT · Aug 18, 2013

New version (with bugfix) released.

I[E said:

Code:

127|root@android:/ # logcat -d|grep Pictures2SD
I/Pictures2SD(19291): Loaded camera package com.android.gallery3d
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStorageDirectory() will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0
D/Pictures2SD(19291): getExternalStoragePublicDirectory("DCIM") will return /storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0/DCIM
[1] + Done (255)           logcat -d |
      Done (127)           grepPictures2SD
root@android:/ # echo $SECONDARY_STORAGE
/storage/sdcard1:/storage/usbdisk0

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This should be fixed in new version (1.0.1).
Could you please test it?

DavisNT · Aug 18, 2013

ruvort said:
I have the same issue. Pacman rom sgs3.

According to output of commands you shouldn't have issue when no sdcard is detected. Can you please post screenshot and ROM download URL?

drivel2787 · Aug 18, 2013

Forced closes on focal and camera

Cm 10.2 based Quantum Rom.

1.1.40012

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I[E · Aug 18, 2013

DavisNT said:
New version (with bugfix) released.

This should be fixed in new version (1.0.1).
Could you please test it?

Both camera and focal are saving to the external SD card.

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seavers11 · Aug 18, 2013

Works for me Note 2 with Slimbean 4.3 beta2

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DavisNT · Aug 18, 2013

drivel2787 said:
Forced closes on focal and camera
Cm 10.2 based Quantum Rom.
1.1.40012
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Can you please send me (or post here as attachment) full logcat (logcat can be easily obtained by SendLog)?

paarkhi · Aug 18, 2013

I[E said:
Both camera and focal are saving to the external SD card.

+1

drivel2787 · Aug 18, 2013

What should the path be? I didn't have exposed framework installed but it is now and I'm not getting the forced closes but I don't think it's saving to external sd

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DavisNT · Aug 18, 2013

drivel2787 said:
What should the path be? I didn't have exposed framework installed but it is now and I'm not getting the forced closes but I don't think it's saving to external sd

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Path of external SD may vary, in many cases it is /storage/sdcard1 (then pictures are saved in /storage/sdcard1/DCIM/Camera). If you didn't have Xposed framework installed then forces closes shouldn't be related to my mod.
If pictures are not saved to external SD, ensure that you have set up Xposed framework and module correctly (there are some claims/reports that SuperSU works better than CM stock Superuser for Xposed framework installations) by clicking Xposed has not been tested with Android SDK version 18, but it seems to be compatible. You can try installing it if you feel adventurous. inside Xposed installer, selecting Pictures2SD in modules tab and rebooting device afterwards.

pitastrudl · Aug 20, 2013

doesn't work on Google edition rom 4.3 for the s4

GT-I9505 Google powered

oldslowdiver · Aug 20, 2013

Hi there. This does not work on my Samsung S III mini, 4.1.2, modded stock, rooted.
Package name: com.google.android.gallery3d-1.apk (version 1.1.40012).

It keeps storing pictures on internal SD. Thank you! :good:

DavisNT said:
This mod makes Camera and Focal apps to save pictures/videos to external SD card.

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I will be glad to hear any reviews (please also provide information on what ROM the mod was tested).

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DavisNT · Aug 20, 2013

pitastrudl said:
doesn't work on Google edition rom 4.3 for the s4

GT-I9505 Google powered

oldslowdiver said:
Hi there. This does not work on my Samsung S III mini, 4.1.2, modded stock, rooted.
Package name: com.google.android.gallery3d-1.apk (version 1.1.40012).

It keeps storing pictures on internal SD. Thank you! :good:

Hi! A question to @oldslowdiver and @pitastrudl - have you installed Xposed framework and enabled Xposed module correctly (see earlier posts in this thread for details)?

oldslowdiver · Aug 20, 2013

Yes, I believe I did it correctly, although I actually noticed only now I got this toast error message as I try to enable your module. What do I do wrong? Thanks.

LuigiBull23 · Aug 20, 2013

Very convenient! Thank you!

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