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Eleven guides, written while building an Android camera app and testing on real phones. Every device claim names the handset and the date it was checked, and anything that hasn't been tested says so.
Your phone's light and camera
Why the light goes out, how to keep it on, and what your phone can actually do.
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How to keep the flashlight on while using the camera
Why opening the camera switches the torch off, the video-mode workaround, and what holds the light on for photos.
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A selfie light for video: how to light your face in the dark
Front flash fires only for photos. How to use the screen as a continuous light instead, and how far it reaches.
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Why does my music stop when I record a video?
Audio focus, why camera apps take it, which ones don't, and what your microphone still picks up.
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Why some phones can't use both cameras at once
Front and rear together is a hardware capability, not a setting. Includes where Samsung hides Dual recording.
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What three phones can actually do
Dimming the flashlight, running both cameras, reaching the ultrawide: measured on three handsets, with dates.
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Borescopes and USB cameras
Information pages. InspectCam drives no external camera; these exist because the answers are hard to find.
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Your phone isn't detecting your borescope
Nine causes in the order they actually occur. The cable is usually the answer.
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Does your phone support USB OTG?
Checker apps read a flag, not reality. The two-minute mouse test that proves it, and what a failure means.
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Why your Wi-Fi endoscope keeps disconnecting
Your phone leaves a network with no internet. The setting that stops it, on both platforms.
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Do USB borescopes work with an iPhone?
Apple documents external USB cameras for iPad only. The official source, and what does work on iPhone.
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Borescope specs, decoded
Focal distance, the “1920P” problem and probe diameter: which numbers change what you can see.
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Borescopes tested with Android
The compatibility list. Empty until a scope has actually been tested, and what testing will mean.
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