Use Galaxy S7 camera app with Android Nougat update in S7 and S7 edge

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• I dislike the changes ! Any way to bring back the old settings for editing a photo? Can't fix brightness, colors, red eye, blur face etc. Strong dislike for these changes. Bring back the old edits for photos in gallery.

  • All of these edit options are still available in Gallery app. They are now organized in "Photo editor pro" inside Gallery app.

    In the Gallery app, tap the image, then tap the menu key (3 vertical dots in the top right), tap Open in Photo editor pro. You can find all these options. BTW, the portrait option appears only when there is at least one person in the photo.

• On my S5 there was a drop down for quickly changing aspect ratios and image quality/size. Is there a quick way to change that on the S7/nougat? It's a lot of clicks to switch between them. Too many...

  • No, a lot of quick settings in camera app was removed. You have to tap the settings icon to set these in S7.

• Not "Sports" mode now? And if you can, would you recommend an appropriate 3rd party app? My son plays basketball, and I want to be able to take some good photos.

  • Sports mode is still available. You need download it from Galaxy apps. Open camera app in the phone, swipe to camera mode panel, tap download.

• since nougat update camera crashes. specifically camera has failed and camera has stopped errors. I have done every reset, clear cache, factory reset out there and still nothing. I've turned off permissions for camera to every app except camera and still fails. HELP!

  • Did you try to clear data for camera app? Did you back up the data and try a factory data reset?

    Anyway, if factory data reset cannot solve the issue, then it could be a hardware problem and you have to visit local Samsung service center.

    Also, did you try other camera apps, e.g., Google camera?

• Anyone know what happened to the red eye reduction feature on s7 gallery app? Cannot find it anywhere, all the tutorials mention menu items that are not there.

  • There is no red-eye fix option in the latest gallery app. It was simply removed. Auto adjust is supposed to fix such issues.

• What happened to the moving photos in the gallery does it not take them anymore? Its my favorite feature

  • What exactly do you want to do? You can tap and hold a photo, then select more, and then move them to other albums.

• Where are the other photo effects like posterize and negative? I can't find them in downloadable effects.

  • These effects were removed for unknown reasons (sometimes due to copyright or licensing issues). You have to use photo editor apps to achieve the effects.

• Under Marshmallow, I had three custom pro settings for shooting the night sky and the moon. Where are they?? If they are lost, how do I save those settings again in Nougat or whatever this update is called??

  • What are the missing settings?

    No, you cannot transfer camera app settings from Marshmallow to Nougat because the app use slightly different setting format.

• Since the new galaxy s7 update, when I'm in camera and want to look at pictures ive taken, I'm now getting stored pictures from other albums mingled in with just the camera pictures! It seems to be pulling in everything based on date it was stored - and not just my "camera roll" pictures as I mentioned. I've already tried the clear partition cache, no help...

  • It's a known problem. The shortcut doesn't take you to the album in Gallery app. Instead it takes you to pictures tab, which simply list all pictures chronologically​.

    I heard it will be fixed soon.

• After the update my camera shots now look as if I'm taking pictures underwater. All shots are blurry as if I have lost some resolution, no matter how focused the shot is.

  • Are you in auto mode? You can try to clear cache partition to see whether it helps. You can follow this guide to clear cache partition in S7 it S7 edge https://gadgetguideonline.com/s7/sasmung-galaxy-s7-how-to-guides/how-to-clear-cache-partition-on-galaxy-s7-and-galaxy-s7-edge/

    • Selfie camera is still sharp with awesome resolution. It's just the normal rear camera that lost it's resolution. Same in auto or manual focus mode. Only selfies are crisp and sharp.

      • You may try to clean the lens.

        You can also try to use other camera apps, for example Google camera, to see whether it helps.

        • I'm embarrassed to say you were right. Here's what I mean; I let my daughter tackle my phone issue and she discovered that I never pulled the plastic projective cover off. It just happened to shift after all of these many months! Oh well, let all the world learn from my shame and my daughter's brilliance:)

        • Thank you for sharing the update.

          Actually, it's a design fault. They should mark the protective film.

• Is there a way ti edit the camera settings shortcuts? I use very often the timer and now after the android change it's very difficult to enable/disable it. Also it's very stupid to have the same timer setting for front and back camera.

  • I'm confused as to why I have to use the same timer on both front and rear cameras as well.

    • totally agree, what the hell is wrong with samsung? forcing the same timer for both would be less annoying if we could have a shortcut to turn it on and off but to do both things really ruins to user experience

• I hate the new camera app. Previously, I would make a lot of use of the grayscale effect with the pro mode allowing me to stop up or down to get the brightness to be just right for my shot. Now, not only has the grayscale effect gone, it also does not seem to be possible to use effects in the pro mode.

  Is there anyway I can get a grayscale effect back and use it with the pro mode?

  • Probably no. Maybe third-party camera apps can do it.

• In the previous version there was a quite usefull brigthness bar in the camera app that appeared after focussing on an object. Is there any way to get this back or is it just gone forever?

  Thanks.

  • It is still there. In the preview screen, tap anywhere in the view to get the "brightness". Tap and hold anywhere to get AF/AE lock

• Is there a mode for shooting a portrait ?
  If not, what is the best way to shoot a portrait in the Galaxy S7?

  • You just hold phone in portrait orientation, the camera app should automatically rotate the view even auto screen rotate is off.

    There are no special mode for portrait orientation. Camera modes are mainly for different objects or special purposes. What do you want to achieve? If the default auto mode is not good enough, you can always try pro mode.

    • I mean face-shooting Mode. As there is on the iPhone:

      http://www.imore.com/how-to-use-portrait-mode

      • There is no one-to-one match for this feature. But Samsung has its beauty face option for both front and rear cameras.

• updated my s7 to nougat but now i can not see my pictures stored in the micro sd storage. the micro sd storage device icon and all the picture albums stored in it but all the pictures are greyed out. am i missing something here?

  • You can try to clear cache partition.

• How can I use the self timer of the camera after the update? Thanks in advance

  • The timer setting was moved to camera setting (from the quick settings) in the Android Nougat update.

    You can enable/disable it: opening camera app, tap Settings icon, then among camera settings, you can enable or disable timer. Once the timer is enabled, you can set the delay as 2, 5 or 10 seconds.

    if the timer is enabled, in the preview screen, you can see the icon. B

    Anyway, it is a bit inconvenient because you have to go to camera settings to disable it. It is unclear why Samsung made such a stupid change in Android Nougat change.

    • Is there a way to edit the camera settings shortcuts? I use very often the timer and now after the android change it's very difficult to enable/disable it. Also it's very stupid to have the same timer setting for front and back camera.

      • No, I guess you cannot put the timer to the quick buttons as in Marshmallow and older versions. It's very disturbing that Samsung made such nonsense changes.

        • Is there a way to set different timers for front and rear cameras?

        • No, the Android Nougat update messed up the camera app settings. Timer settings should not be among the permanent settings. The old quick toggle is a better solution.

          But Samsung thinks otherwise.