Changing how photos are numbered when being saved to camera storage

[grandadfatboy]

Galaxy S20+
SM-G986B/DS
Android 13
UI 5.1
Phone unrooted

Hello everyone, I'm looking for your assistance please with an issue that bugs me to death. I have used the search facility, but was unable find the answer I'm looking for.

My question is this: Is it possible to change the file numbering option when saving photos on my phone? My phone saves photo files with a 14 digit number for example, 20221210_123456. I would like to change how photos are saved to a similar system used in my Canon camera, IMG_1234.

I don't know if what I'm asking is even a possibility, but I'm sure someone will know one way or another.

Thanking you in advance for your replies.

 

[Dannydet]

You can rename each photo after the fact using your file explorer app.

 

[Hadron]

Look in the settings of your camera app. If such an option exists, that's where it will be. Though at a quick glance my s21's camera doesn't have that option, so I don't think it's that likely.

Of course the naming system here is informative: that 14 digit number is yyyymmdd_hhmmss, i.e. a date+time stamp for the image. It's also pretty standard for Android: my Pixel 2 would prefix this time stamp with PXL_, while my 2010 HTC Desire would prefix it with IMG_, but using an ISO8601 datestamp in the filename rather than just a shutter release number (most likely what your Canon does) has been a common feature from the early days of Android.

A third party camera app may have other options. Open Camera allows you to choose the format of the date+time stamp, though it still saves images as IMG_date_time rather than IMG_SequenceNumber (you can change the "IMG_" prefix if you prefer). I don't know about others as it's years since I tried other alternative camera apps. Of course a third party app will have other imaging features, but as it's not written for a specific phone's camera hardware it may also not be able to use all of the features of your phone's camera system.