#N9Hacks: Zoom While Recording Video (Terminal)

I was reading Ali’s excellent post on his experience with the Lumia 800 (which I agree about entirely) and remembered I haven’t shown you the first hack I placed on my N9. This hack allows you to zoom in and out while recording video. I found it quite annoying to have choose a distance and stay with it until the end. And if I wanted to zoom, I would have to create separate clips.

This hack is surprisingly simple. And can be followed in a few easy steps.

Start by downloading this file and extracting it to /home/user/MyDocs which is also the root folder if you connect your N9 in Mass Storage mode. As usual, terminal commands are in italics.

1. Enable developer mode (Settings>Security>Developer Mode)
2. Open Terminal
3. Gain root access
   devel-su
   password is rootme (unless changed)
4. cp /home/user/MyDocs/camera.conf /etc/camera.conf
5. /sbin/reboot

Phone will now reboot, and when it turns back on, you should have the ability to zoom while you are recording video. If for some reason you want to disable the feature, follow these steps.

1. Enable developer mode (Settings>Security>Developer Mode)
2. Open Terminal
3. Gain root access
   devel-su
   password is rootme (unless changed)
4. rm /etc/camera.conf
5. /sbin/reboot

Let me know if you need help

Michael

Source: TMO

Category: MeeGo, N9 Hacks, Nokia, Nseries