[MOD][UPDATE 14 MAY] Camera & Mms.apk(ICS XXLPY)/Camera.apk/Mms.apk/Mms.apk sent time

[padlad]

[MOD][UPDATE 14 MAY] Camera & Mms.apk(ICS XXLPY)/Camera.apk/Mms.apk/Mms.apk sent time

Coming from the Galaxy s2 and having these mods on that I thought I would Modify the Mms.apk and Camera.apk for My Note and share

The mod to the Camera.apk: Camera can now be used when power drops below 15%, Autofocus sound is now silent.

The mod to the Mms.apk: No contact limit (its actually now set to 100 instead of 10), typing more than the equivalent of 4 text messages in one message will now not automatically convert to a mms (its actually now set to 100)

The extra Mms.apk (Mms_Smiley.apk) is the same as above but with different smilies, see pic below (don't forget to rename to Mms.apk when copying it over).


Mms2.apk (rename to Mms.apk when downloaded) is the same as above but with the sent time mod (it shows the time it was sent rather than the time it was received)

These should work on all firmwares (as long as they are deodexed and you have root)

To install, root is required, put on internal or external card, go to /system/app and backup camera.apk and mms.apk (in case something goes wrong) and then, simply copy over the two modified apk's then clear messaging and camera data from Menu-Settings-Applications-Manage Applications-All tab (thanks ajay3317 for the reminder), boot into recovery and delete cache and dalvik cache, reboot.

I don't have a massive amount of time to answer questions, so I hope everything goes ok

*Added sheep kka rom Camera.apk for those having force closes, confirmed working by chenax - thanks.

** Added mms.apk from ZCLP5 (ICS), firmware does not need to be deodexed. No contact limit (its actually now set to 100), typing more than the equivalent of 4 text messages in one message will now NOT automatically convert to a mms (its actually now set to 100). Please re-name to Mms.apk once downloaded. Same instructions as above to install.

*** Added mms.apk from ZCLP6 (ICS), one with modified smilies and the limits removed and one with just the limits removed. The firmware does not need to be deodexed. No contact limit (its actually now set to 100), typing more than the equivalent of 4 text messages in one message will now NOT automatically convert to a mms (its actually now set to 100). I have deodexed the Mms.apk, so the modded one will replace BOTH the Mms.apk AND the Mms.odex files. So please backup BOTH of those files prior to using the modded one. Please re-name to Mms.apk once downloaded. Same instructions as above to install.

**** Added mms.apk from XXLPY, LQ etc (ICS), one with modified smilies and the limits removed and one with just the limits removed. The firmware does not need to be deodexed (I think, have not tried). No contact limit (its actually now set to 100), typing more than the equivalent of 4 text messages in one message will now NOT automatically convert to a mms (its actually now set to 100). I have deodexed the Mms.apk, so the modded one will replace BOTH the Mms.apk AND the Mms.odex files. So please backup BOTH of those files prior to using the modded one. Please re-name to Mms.apk once downloaded. Same instructions as above to install.

***** Added Camera.apk from XXLPY, LQ etc (ICS), the autofocus sounds are now silent. To stop the shutter sounds go to /system/media/audio/ui/ and delete the relevant files in there (I think there are 6 of them). Make a backup as explained above and clear the camera data as stated above.

 

[ywk]

Waiting for the Autofocus sound silent mod for a long time. Really appeciated yr work. Thx !

 

[antoniomistretta]

Thank you, padlad!

 

[vessk0]

Can u mod the bitrate of audio/video recording like the Samsung Galaxy S II Camera mod - 1080p - 30Mbit - 48KHz

 

[RavenY2K3]

Awesome stuff dude, thanks!

 

[padlad]

Can u mod the bitrate of audio/video recording like the Samsung Galaxy S II Camera mod - 1080p - 30Mbit - 48KHz

I may have a look next week, unless someone else does it before then. I'm working quite a bit at the moment, so not a lot of free time

 

[Palomu]

i've tried on kka but it doesn't work

 

[padlad]

i've tried on kka but it doesn't work

Both the camera and mms? Do you get force closes?

 

[Oweny]

I get FC on KK9...

 

[padlad]

I get FC on KK9...

Which rom are you using?

 

[ROY10]

Not working for firmware kj6
Force Closed for Camera

 

[GGSunny12]

Force close on kk5 too.

 

[ajay3317]

Try Clearing Data..

For all those above who are getting Force closes..
I am running ON KK3 ROM
It's a usual problem after replacing system apps through root explorer..
Many a times, clearing the data from applications and then restarting phone can solve the problem..
May be you guys can try and tell..
It would be good for you as well as the modder..

 

[GGSunny12]

For all those above who are getting Force closes..
I am running ON KK3 ROM
It's a usual problem after replacing system apps through root explorer..
Many a times, clearing the data from applications and then restarting phone can solve the problem..
May be you guys can try and tell..
It would be good for you as well as the modder..

How to clear data from applications?

 

[zsolti256]

camera works for kka, looking forward to the next bitrate mod

 

[padlad]

How to clear data from applications?

Try, Menu/Settings/Applications/Manage Applications select 'All' scroll down to messaging and also camera, select it and select 'clear data' then reboot.

 

[walda]

Maybe they use stock and not a deodexed Rom.

... tapat*lked

 

[anonymous572]

Thanks for the camera. Works great on KKA deodexed.

 

[crysalis786]

I had a problem with this. I don't know what mistake I had made, but I suspect it is because I did not wipe the camera application data.

This is what occurred:
Using Root Explorer:
I backed up Camera.apk and Mms.apk to Camera.apk.bak and Mms.apk.bak
I then copied the *Camera.apk and Mms.apk to the /system/app directory (* - refers to it being the modded apk file)
I changed the permissions on these to match the permissions of the unmodded apps.

I rebooted the phone into recovery:
I wiped the cache and dalvik cache

I rebooted the phone as normal - took longer time to boot as it had to rebuild the caches.
It managed to boot into the OS as normal however Media Scanner ran three times, and on the third run the phone froze and the phone started heating up.

I tried rebooting twice - same problem occurred.
I tried wiping the caches again and boot into OS - same problem occurred
I tried wiping the caches, fixing permissions and booting into the OS - same problem occured

Then I rebooted into recovery and this time I used adb to delete the Modded APKs and rename the unmodded apks back to their original names and I wiped caches and rebooted the phone. (tried fixing permissions etc and all of the above)

Same problem occurred.

I suspect it may not even be to do with the APKs anymore... but this only started occurring when I attempted this mod. I know there are ways to recover from this situation (reinstall the firmware/restore from back etc) but I am curious as to why this happened.

I am running many MODs on my phone -
FM Kernel - overclocked to 1.6 and undervolted somewhat (maybe this is what is causing it? - though it was working fine before the mod)
Sheep ROM
Mow's Theme
V6 Supercharger
KickAssKernelizer
3GMod
etc...

Any suggestions or thoughts?

My next effort will be to backup the scripts in init.d and remove the originals and see if the phone boots up normally.

UPDATE: SOLVED! Apparently had nothing really to do with this mod; for some reason my internal sdcard couldn't be read properly by the media scanner and this caused the phone to lock up. Fortunately managed to recover everything through ADB.

 

[padlad]

The worst that can happen if you replace the camera and mms apk's is just force closing of the two apps when starting them, which shouldn't happen unless they have not been replaced correctly or your rom is not deodexed.