How can I stop my (Samsung) Camera app from closing every 2 minutes?

[ship69]

Hello

How can I stop my (Samsung) Camera app from closing every c. 2 minutes?

Background
I am trying to take videos using a tripod, and I have discovered the "Video Pro" mode, which gives a lot of extra features (including being able to see which microphone(s) are connected and changing it if required).

BUT it keeps kicking me out every c.2 minutes, back to the home screen (I think). This is extremely irritating because each time it kicks me out it forgets what my zoom setting was.

Any suggestions?
Thanks

J

PS I have set the screen not to close for 10 minutes, so that's not the issue.

 

[SpookDroid]

Are you actively recording? If not, the camera app is hard-coded to close in that time and cannot be changed. You can, however, set the 'Settings to Keep' in the camera Settings so that you can return to where you were before it timed out. If it's stopping while recording, I'd make sure you're using a suitable video resolution and that you have enough storage left.

 

[ship69]

Are you actively recording? If not, the camera app is hard-coded to close in that time and cannot be changed. You can, however, set the 'Settings to Keep' in the camera Settings so that you can return to where you were before it timed out. If it's stopping while recording, I'd make sure you're using a suitable video resolution and that you have enough storage left.

No, it is kicking me out in between recording sessions.

It is deeply irritating of "Big Brother" Samsung to have hard-coded this setting, if that's what they've really done.

Either way, I can't find any way to go back to my previous zoom setting that I set within Pro Video mode.

 

[gtt1]

Have you tried a Bixby routine?

If "App opened" Camera
Then "Screen timeout" 10 minutes

 

[SpookDroid]

Problem isn't time-out of the screen; the app itself closes after a hard-coded-and-cannot-be-changed period of inactivity/recording.

 

[ship69]

Problem isn't time-out of the screen; the app itself closes after a hard-coded-and-cannot-be-changed period of inactivity/recording.

A 2-minute timeout may suffice for taking selfies, but as any professional can tell you, when you are trying to shoot some video in any remotely serious way, a 2-minute timeout that resets your zoom is TOTALLY insufficient. [GRRRR!]

Samsung has obviously failed to do user trials with any serious users.

Anyone here know how and where we complain?

 

[mustang7757]

Open the camera app and choose different resolution like FHD to HD to have longer recording time

 

[B. Diddy]

A 2-minute timeout may suffice for taking selfies, but as any professional can tell you, when you are trying to shoot some video in any remotely serious way, a 2-minute timeout that resets your zoom is TOTALLY insufficient. [GRRRR!]

Samsung has obviously failed to do user trials with any serious users.

Anyone here know how and where we complain?

Use the Samsung Members app to give feedback.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Use the Samsung Members app to give feedback.

Or just scream into a pillow... I really do here that it's cathartic lol

 

[darthbiden]

Im having the same problem and made this account to hopefully share a possible solution. Instead of leaving your phone open on tripod set your camera up and close the phone so the timeout doesn't happen. If you set your settings appropriately you can open your phone with the remote and it opens to the camera as you left it. I hope this works.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central, and thanks for the tip!

 

[Torchwood]

Problem isn't time-out of the screen; the app itself closes after a hard-coded-and-cannot-be-changed period of inactivity/recording.

There has to be a way to turn that [language redacted by Mod] off. Maybe by rooting the phone or something?

 

[Village_Idiot]

There has to be a way to turn that [language redacted by Mod] off. Maybe by rooting the phone or something?

In your Camera app

Settings -> Camera Assistant -> Camera Timeout (third from the bottom)

You can set it to:
1 minute
2 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes

 

[Lady Grinning Soul]

I also find this annoying on my S20 FE.

It doesn't seem to have a Camera Timeout setting as mentioned above.

Device interfaces keep getting worse. Stripping away and hiding features and settings.

 

[mustang7757]

I also find this annoying on my S20 FE.

It doesn't seem to have a Camera Timeout setting as mentioned above.

Device interfaces keep getting worse. Stripping away and hiding features and settings.

You try camera assiasnt app from Samsung good Lock in galaxy store?

 

[Lady Grinning Soul]

Hey thanks for the suggestion. When I run Galaxy Store and search for "camera assistant" it turns up nothing by that name, or anything else from Samsung. Mostly a bunch of camera filters.

 

[mustang7757]

Hey thanks for the suggestion. When I run Galaxy Store and search for "camera assistant" it turns up nothing by that name, or anything else from Samsung. Mostly a bunch of camera filters.

You would need to install good Lock first