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How to permanently disable "live photo" shit on iphone?
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2019 Sep 14, 12:23pm 584 views 5 comments
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Tenpoundbass
2019 Sep 14, 12:32pm
Tenpoundbass
2019 Sep 14, 12:32pm
Get a cheap Android that is not a Flagship model.
I have noticed a Samsung J3 seemingly behaves just like my Galaxy latest S models did.
But they don't have all of the sensory and telemetry features. So it hasn't even once nagged me for not signing into a Google Accont, the Samsung Store or nothing else.
I just use the Android Internet, didn't install a 3rd party browser. It's pretty much stock. I'm able to create a menu icon of any website I want to see in responsive mode.
Since it's a featureless phone, and I keep the location off. I don't notice any odd behaviors, because I'm not using anything they offer.
Get a camera if you want pictures.
I have noticed a Samsung J3 seemingly behaves just like my Galaxy latest S models did.
But they don't have all of the sensory and telemetry features. So it hasn't even once nagged me for not signing into a Google Accont, the Samsung Store or nothing else.
I just use the Android Internet, didn't install a 3rd party browser. It's pretty much stock. I'm able to create a menu icon of any website I want to see in responsive mode.
Since it's a featureless phone, and I keep the location off. I don't notice any odd behaviors, because I'm not using anything they offer.
Get a camera if you want pictures.
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RWSGFY
2019 Sep 14, 12:35pm
RWSGFY
2019 Sep 14, 12:35pm
I think you misunderstood the instructions: for it to keep Live Photo disabled after you switch it off in the camera app itself the switch in the "Settings" must be turned on:
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Patrick
2019 Sep 14, 3:46pm
Patrick
2019 Sep 14, 3:46pm
Iranian_Oil_Burse says
@Iranian_Oil_Burse thanks you seem to be right!
So to keep "Live Photo" OFF, I have to turn the "Live Photo" ON on that screen.
Bad interface imho. It should simply be "Live Photo" with OFF or ON.
I think you misunderstood the instructions: for it to keep Live Photo disabled after you switch it off in the camera app itself the switch in the "Settings" must be turned on:
@Iranian_Oil_Burse thanks you seem to be right!
So to keep "Live Photo" OFF, I have to turn the "Live Photo" ON on that screen.
Bad interface imho. It should simply be "Live Photo" with OFF or ON.
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SunnyvaleCA
2019 Sep 14, 4:41pm
Patrick says
Yes, lots of badness to go around when marketing people make design / engineering decisions.
I also favor Settings > General > Accessibility. From there I set to on: Button Shapes, Reduce Transparency, Increase Contrast, Reduce Motion, On/Off Labels.
Reduce Transparency and Reduce Motion are both of critical importance. Similar settings are available for macOS, too.
Iranian_Oil_Burse saysI think you misunderstood the instructions: for it to keep Live Photo disabled after you switch it off in the camera app itself the switch in the "Settings" must be turned on:
@Iranian_Oil_Burse thanks you seem to be right!
So to keep "Live Photo" OFF, I have to turn the "Live Photo" ON on that screen.
Bad interface imho. It should simply be "Live Photo" with OFF or ON.
Yes, lots of badness to go around when marketing people make design / engineering decisions.
I also favor Settings > General > Accessibility. From there I set to on: Button Shapes, Reduce Transparency, Increase Contrast, Reduce Motion, On/Off Labels.
Reduce Transparency and Reduce Motion are both of critical importance. Similar settings are available for macOS, too.
Settings -> Camera -> Preserve Settings -> toggle Live Photo off
All of those articles are wrong.
Apple forces this on you over and over regardless of that "Preserve Settings". Maybe it remembers to keep "live photo" off when you start the camera once or twice, but they always turn it on again if you just open the Camera app a few times.
What I really want is a Linux phone which won't spy on me and will do what I tell it to.
Advice?