Oh, and there is definite crackling when anything is played through the speaker on the phone.
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Unless that 'friend' is my wife who is in bed trying to sleep while I'm taking pictures of the dogs doing something cute or stuff that I'm listing on Craigslist. This idea that people who want their camera to be silent are ALL perverts needs to stop. It's also a ridiculous notion to think that people who ARE perverts aren't just going to circumvent the stock camera app for their nefarious uses is naive at best. I'm sick of being made to do something because of a few bad apples.
Stealth cameras and silent cameras are two separate things. Look at the screenies in that market link.
Stealth cameras display a fake screen of email, a website or a notes app rather than a camera screen. Their intended use is clear. The more people that download them, the more that lawmakers and special interest groups get upset.
I hardly think that a crappy stealth camera is what you want when taking non-stalker pictures of your own dogs.
There are very nice silent cameras according to user reviews.
Or because you're rooted, you could sideload the camera I suggested without installing a whole rom, something that you mentioned in the root forum that you don't want to do. (Download rom to pc, unzip, grab from /system/app, and copy over your own. Wipe caches, fix permissions, and enjoy the best camera you'll find on this phone. The dev said that he is ok with sharing.)
I didn't bother looking at any of the links because the discussion was about audible shutter sound not being able to be muted. That's the conversation I'm having.
Is it the stock JB v4.2 camera with Sphere? I would be willing to put the effort forth if it were.
Understand. I was originally trying to separate wheat from chaff on the topic.
Sorry, not sure, I'm back on ICS, but maybe not.
The features controlling compression (stock does too much) and video bitRate (stock does too little) and other image quality settings is my focus (no pun intended).
The proximity sensor issues is the one thing that is bothering me the most. It gets real annoying when I can't end a call especially when leaving a voice message and the only way to end the call is to hold the power button down until the phone turns off. Hope a fix comes soon....real soon.
Uninstall and then reinstall the new HTC sync manager, this worked for me.
I've been sounding off to HTC through their support/contact link at htc.com, and I urge people with feature downgrades to do the same.
I've complained about the update installer not clearing cache, and the new behavior when you plug in to a PC.
Tell them your story politely and request an update to fix this nonsense asap. If you bought the phone today with your problems with it, would you take it back for another brand? Let them know that you believe that this is affecting buying decisions.
They won't fix it if we don't speak up.
Keep the first contact clear and simple, you'll get a case number and a link if you need to add to it.
I'm sure that this feature was most likely brought on by scared corporate attorneys and embraced by r&d as one less thing to do.
Ok if we continue chatting on this but any more and I think we're better off with post moves to a new thread, ok?
Am I the only one with no issues to report? Both my phone and my wife's phone are functioning flawlessly for the last few days since the update. I flashed the rooted ROM and have had none of the issues that others are talking about. I guess we're just lucky.
You should be able to just tap the power button and the screen turns back on
You should be able to just tap the power button and the screen turns back on
No, you shouldn't have to. I'm just saying that poster doesn't have to power the phone down to end a call.
I would encourage those of you experiencing the issue to report it to HTC
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