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krink26

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I was just in an ugly situation where a road raged driver exited his car and was coming at me in mine. I had the presence of mind to grab my phone and take as many photos as possible as he approached. But was I able to? NO I was struggling with yet another damn tutorial on how to use the "blur" technology on my camera. I WILL NEVER USE THAT FUNCTIONALITY AND I NEEDED JUST A CAMERA!!!!. Luckily he figured that I was getting photos of him and he turned around and left. This is not the first time this tutorial showed up. I do not want or need any notification or tutorial about enhanced functionality. If I need it I will find it. I want a camera that works the way I want it to without interfering by tutorial - not only is the "enhancement" useless to me, the tutorial made the camera useless to me in a dangerous situation.

How do I prevent any other tutorials ever showing up again? If I miss out on some worthless enhancement, Ill be 100% okay.
 
Does the tutorial come up every time you open the camera app?
Stock camera app I presume?
Is there a box that comes up to "do not show this again" (or something like that) when the tutorial comes up.
What device is it?

btw, glad the incident didn't escalate beyond his getting out of his car, then leaving :o
 
Thanks man. I'm still really upset by the scene and frustrated how a simple piece of technology was made overcomplicated and rendered useless to me.

It a Nexus 5, stock app and no do not show again box. I've gotten partially past it before but it as if it waits 5 days or so and forces you to try to go through the whole thing again. Because it's the most IMPORTANT function of the phone :/

I work in software and understand the play for dominance. But that does not serve the consumer well, or in this case, it is adverse. Not every function, app, update and enhancement needs to be forced in your face, linked to a social media account or alerted to you. There needs/has to be a way to silence all the madness of these companies trying to monetize users from the OS level. Android needs THAT functionality.

Any ideas are appreciated.
 
Hmm, I would agree with you. Why have it come up again? (the tutorial). (rhetorical question;) )

Since I am not familiar with the device, perhaps it would be better served in the Nexus 5 forum? Perhaps others who have the device can chime in. I/we can move this thread there, but if you'd rather have it remain here for a while, that's cool:)
 
Okay, apparently, I've never touched or used any of the settings (Photo Sphere, Panorama, Lens Blur) besides the regular "Camera" setting.

They all, did indeed, bring-up a quick tutorial on first use and I can definitely see how that would be very annoying, especially if you're trying to quickly snap a pic.

I'm guessing that the OP must have touched the left-hand side of the screen where the options / other settings (very briefly) show after the camera app first launches.

I think a "turn off tutorial" setting would be a great idea for the camera app.

You could also probably find an Play Store camera app that you could quickly launch (although possibly not from the lock screen like the native, stock camera app) that doesn't have these pop-up options.

P.S., also glad to hear the incident didn't escalate and that everyone's safe.
 
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Good news! They do NOT seem to return if you've finished them--at least from a reboot...but it certainly could be time-based as the OP mentioned.

Lemme check the app's settings files and see if it's storing a flag in there or something...

Again, BRB :p ;)
 
Thanks Scary!
While I can understand the idea behind the tutorial, I can also understand the frustration for some.
Perhaps, in his case, sorry to say, he may just need to go through the tutorials to keep them from coming back.
Unless your findings indicate otherwise with some sort of flag;)
 
Well, I do see one shared preference that references "tutorial":

root@hammerhead:/data/data/com.google.android.GoogleCamera # grep -i "tutorial" shared_prefs/*

shared_prefs/com.google.android.GoogleCamera_preferences.xml:
<string name="refocus_show_tutorial">0</string>​

I'll keep checking this over the next week or so (remind me if I forget to post back here, 'kay? :)) to see if this switch changes or if the tutorial re-popsup.
 
Oh, and I see some other preferences that might be related, too (not sure):

==> shared_prefs/com.google.android.GoogleCamera_preferences.xml <==
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<map>
<string name="pref_lightcycle_quality_key">hq</string>
<string name="pref_camera_exposure_compensation_key">0</string>
<string name="pref_video_quality_back_key">large</string>
<string name="CachedSupportedPictureSizes_Sizes_Camera0">3264,2448,3200,2400,2592,1944,2048,1536,192
<string name="pref_upgrade_version">6</string>
<string name="photosphere_show_help_overlay">0</string>
<string name="pref_camera_module_last_used_index">0</string>
<string name="pref_should_show_settings_button_cling">0</string>
<string name="CachedSupportedPictureSizes_Build_Camera0">LMY47D</string>
<string name="pref_video_quality_front_key">large</string>
<string name="pref_camera_grid_lines">0</string>
<string name="pref_camera_hdr_key">0</string>
<string name="panorama_upgrade_version">1</string>
<long name="client_first_use_time_millis" value="1419101464854" />
<string name="pref_user_selected_aspect_ratio">1</string>
<string name="refocus_show_tutorial">0</string>
<string name="pref_camera_pano_orientation">pano_horizontal</string>
<string name="camera.startup_module">0</string>
<string name="pref_refocus_quality_key">hq</string>
<string name="pref_camera_picturesize_front_key">1280x960</string>
<string name="pref_camera_recordlocation_key">0</string>
<string name="pref_camera_hdr_plus_key">0</string>
<string name="pref_camera_picturesize_back_key">3264x2448</string>
<string name="CachedSupportedPictureSizes_Sizes_Camera1">1280,960,1280,768,1280,720,1024,768,800,600
<string name="refocus_upgrade_version">1</string>
<string name="CachedSupportedPictureSizes_Build_Camera1">LMY47D</string>
<string name="pref_flash_supported_back_camera">1</string>
</map>
 
awesome, just awesome!
Yet again, you have gone above and beyond to help Scary!
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Depending on what software the OP works with, perhaps your post will make more sense to him than I ;)

Edit: I'm mashing the "like" button so much, the letters have worn off of it :p
 
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