Vx8100 - Disable front screen in camera mode?

sk8n3rd · 08-25-2005, 03:06 PM

For self-portraits and phone closed the front screen with the camera is dope, but does anyone know how to disable it if you want to?

HipCricket · 08-25-2005, 04:09 PM

I am not sure if you can disable and not sure why you would want to? Have you tried the manual? I am interested in hearing what you find out.

sk8n3rd · 08-25-2005, 05:31 PM

What if you were at an airport and there was a guy with a really funny looking outfit on and you wanted to send a picture of the dude to your buddies for yucks? the funny outfit guy would see himself reflected in the front screen as you took the picture. Ran into that this weekend. Another example: last year on the 4th of July in Newport Beach, there was a girl at a party who was topless except for stars covering certain parts. My buddy snapped a picture of her without making too much of a scene. Those are two scenarios that I can think of right off the bat.

Nothing in the manual at all.

HipCricket · 08-26-2005, 01:19 PM

Those are both great examples. I just took a look at my friends 8100 and scrolled quickly through the menu and didn't see anything. I will keep looking. I love checking out all the cool functions on the 8100.

bossdragon · 08-26-2005, 08:38 PM

I just checked my 8000 and guess what, no front screen preview as the 8100 has.....strike 26 of bad things this phone does. I also checked the new 815; same as my old 8000, no preview on the front.

They (Verizon from I can tell) are messing this perfectly good phone up so bad, it amazes me that people are buying it.

What a shame.....a so anticipated phone (for us LG user's) has been so degraded so Verizon can make a buck, that myself and most of my friends are looking else where for new phones.

Aqbar · 08-26-2005, 10:24 PM

LOL! I need to send a few of those retro 8000's to Saudi Arabia! The camera phones there must make a loud click when you take a picture and there are a number of restrictions as to where you can even take a phone. Sadly for you though that phone is only going to get worse with the next update from what I've been privy to.

I'm certain there is indeed an elementary method of disabling that feature but, I'm not certain I should... it'd be so much more ammusing to hear your story when you snapped a pic of somebody that didn't want to be photographed!

HipCricket · 08-28-2005, 03:57 PM

You could always put a piece of duct tape or a small post it note over the screen, that way no one could see that you are taking a picture of them. What do you think of the phone? Are you happy with the 8100?

sk8n3rd · 08-29-2005, 10:46 AM

I love the 8100. No complaints.

HipCricket · 09-02-2005, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by sk8n3rd

I love the 8100. No complaints.

That is good to hear. I have to go to Verizon to get a new number, because I have a New Orleans area code and cannot receive calls. I am seriously thinking about replacing my 6000 with an 8100 when I go.