# What Camera App **URL:** \ **Category:** HomeGauge\ **Tags:** homegauge\ **Created:** [December 7, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870 "2014-12-07T20:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jbuckley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbuckley/32/172460_2.png) [@jbuckley](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbuckley)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/1 "2014-12-07T20:14:44Z")
Need some advice as to what 3rd party camera apps others are using to take pictures with HG companion. I just bought the Galaxy s5 and I can’t get the native camera to a low enough resolution to keep my file data numbers down. I average about 100-130 pics per report I started out using Camera MX and Zoom FX which were both buggy and crashed intermittently. If you’re using the S5 let me know what camera app you’ve had success with. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jshishilla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jshishilla/32/1188_2.png) [@jshishilla](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jshishilla)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/2 "2014-12-07T20:55:44Z")
Camera ICS+ ---
**Author:** ![gfricke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/gfricke/32/193940_2.png) [@gfricke](https://forum.nachi.org/u/gfricke)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/3 "2014-12-08T00:35:15Z")
Google Camera, not the stock Samsung Camera ---
**Author:** ![slacombe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/slacombe/32/186699_2.png) [@slacombe](https://forum.nachi.org/u/slacombe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/4 "2014-12-08T00:37:55Z")
I’ve had similar experiences with those apps as well and have gone back to stock camera apps. How are you transferring reports from phone to desktop? If your utilizing HG services have you looked into increasing data? If your using a cable then who cares on file size. The last thing I want is my phone locking up on an inspection and forcing a hard reboot losing all my unsaved work. Since switching back to stock camera app, this rarely happens. ---
**Author:** ![sstaggs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/sstaggs/32/1777_2.png) [@sstaggs](https://forum.nachi.org/u/sstaggs)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/5 "2014-12-08T00:50:14Z")
> [@jshishilla](#): > > Camera ICS+ I use the same app, .99 cents on the playstore. Worth the money. ---
**Author:** ![jbuckley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbuckley/32/172460_2.png) [@jbuckley](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbuckley)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/6 "2014-12-08T12:08:04Z")
Thanka guys. I’m going to use ICS+ today. BTW, what resolution are you using? ---
**Author:** ![jshishilla](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jshishilla/32/1188_2.png) [@jshishilla](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jshishilla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/7 "2014-12-08T21:59:04Z")
0.9mpix ---
**Author:** ![frotte](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/frotte/32/58483_2.png) [@frotte](https://forum.nachi.org/u/frotte)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/8 "2014-12-08T22:22:08Z")
I use 3.1 mp with the Zoom FX ---
**Author:** ![rbuchanan1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rbuchanan1/32/250972_2.png) [@rbuchanan1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rbuchanan1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/9 "2014-12-09T12:03:15Z")
If you have the option you should set your resolution to one megabyte or the next size down. HG needs around 600k to display the expanding Hi-res image when your customer and agent clicks on them using the web presentation (pdfs are dead images). Anything more than a meg just slows your cloud transfer time down. ---
**Author:** ![frotte](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/frotte/32/58483_2.png) [@frotte](https://forum.nachi.org/u/frotte)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/10 "2014-12-09T13:11:46Z")
> [@rbuchanan1](#): > > If you have the option you should set your resolution to one megabyte or the next size down. HG needs around 600k to display the expanding Hi-res image when your customer and agent clicks on them using the web presentation (pdfs are dead images). Anything more than a meg just slows your cloud transfer time down. Byte or pixel? ---
**Author:** ![rbuchanan1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rbuchanan1/32/250972_2.png) [@rbuchanan1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rbuchanan1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/11 "2014-12-09T14:15:22Z")
> [@frotte](#): > > Byte or pixel? yeah…that one…😃 ---
**Author:** ![frotte](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/frotte/32/58483_2.png) [@frotte](https://forum.nachi.org/u/frotte)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/12 "2014-12-09T14:34:20Z")
I changed it to .9mp wide ---
**Author:** ![rbuchanan1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rbuchanan1/32/250972_2.png) [@rbuchanan1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rbuchanan1)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/13 "2014-12-09T14:36:08Z")
> [@frotte](#): > > I changed it to .9mp wide plenty. Those using video can set their range (whatever it is) down some as well or experiment with that too. ---
**Author:** ![tspargo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/tspargo/32/253654_2.png) [@tspargo](https://forum.nachi.org/u/tspargo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/14 "2014-12-10T02:00:50Z")
I think what is being mentioned, is an alternate camera app is needed as many of the newer Android devices have minimum picture sizes of 3.2 standard or 2.4 wide. the third party camera apps allow you to pick a smaller picture or resolution. ---
**Author:** ![dmaricic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dmaricic/32/185115_2.png) [@dmaricic](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dmaricic)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/15 "2014-12-10T05:23:25Z")
> [@frotte](#): > > I use 3.1 mp with the Zoom FX Be careful with Zoom FX. I used to recommend it highly. Lately they’ve had a few buggy versions which I heard were crashing both HG, HIP and other Android inspection programs. ---
**Author:** ![jdrake1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jdrake1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jdrake1)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/16 "2014-12-11T01:39:14Z")
Just read this thread and it was helpful, thanks everyone ---
**Author:** ![ccurrins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ccurrins/32/225758_2.png) [@ccurrins](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ccurrins)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/17 "2014-12-11T02:20:29Z")
> [@rbuchanan1](#): > > If you have the option you should set your resolution to one megabyte or the next size down. HG needs around 600k to display the expanding Hi-res image when your customer and agent clicks on them using the web presentation (pdfs are dead images). Anything more than a meg just slows your cloud transfer time down. I’m shooting pics set at .7mp and Companion is still telling me two sample photos are 4.65 and 5.79 MB and to consider changing camera settings to smaller resolution. How small do have to set the resolution? You can’t go much lower. ---
**Author:** ![rbuchanan1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/rbuchanan1/32/250972_2.png) [@rbuchanan1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/rbuchanan1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/18 "2014-12-22T02:34:31Z")
> [@ccurrins](#): > > I’m shooting pics set at .7mp and Companion is still telling me two sample photos are 4.65 and 5.79 MB and to consider changing camera settings to smaller resolution. How small do have to set the resolution? You can’t go much lower. .7 is fine. HGC may display the warning whenever a picture did not get sized down properly with your camera which sometimes occurs. ---
**Author:** ![jballard6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jballard6/32/181630_2.png) [@jballard6](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jballard6)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/what-camera-app/91870/19 "2019-07-15T09:16:21Z")
Another option is “Open Camera”. It is a free app that works for Android devices and you can tweak it by percentage. I just use the camera resolution setting of 1440 x 1080, and then keep the image quality to 100%. It is a 1.56 MP file. Not an issue so far with uploads to Homgauge. …The price is right for the app…Free!