Best Gcam to use? - LG G8X ThinQ Questions & Answers

Coming from a V20, I'm missing the shots I was able to pull from it using the Gcam port. I've tried a few different ones and found one that is decent. Just was seeing if anyone else has a good recommendation or if there is any future work going to be done for this model.
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stevesrjr said:
Coming from a V20, I'm missing the shots I was able to pull from it using the Gcam port. I've tried a few different ones and found one that is decent. Just was seeing if anyone else has a good recommendation or if there is any future work going to be done for this model.
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Did you say something?
https://www.androidnature.com/install-google-camera-on-lg-g8x-thinq-lg-g8x/
Just read it on /R/LGG8X

starshooter10 said:
Did you say something?
https://www.androidnature.com/install-google-camera-on-lg-g8x-thinq-lg-g8x/
Just read it on /R/LGG8X
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I did see this. Was hesitant on using the gcam posted since I wasn't familiar with that site. Also almost all of the ports I've seen are linked back to
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
And that is where I found one that worked decent.
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/GCam-6.2.030_Arnova8G2_Urnyx05-v2.5.apk
Did you go thru the steps on Androidnature? I just don't want to get some hacked version.

stevesrjr said:
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/GCam-6.2.030_Arnova8G2_Urnyx05-v2.5.apk
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For anyone who is interested, this file seems to work best. I tried the two suggested apks from the other post and there are several parts that do not work. The photos apply a heavy red tone to skin and night sight doesn't work either.
On the APK above though everything works. Only issue I have found is the screen doesn't show a preview when using night sight if the lighting is low. Once you take the pic though the results show in the gallery.
For anyone who tinkers, you can adjust enough settings to get what you want out of the app as well. So if you're looking for a good Gcam, this is the one I suggest so far.

stevesrjr said:
For anyone who is interested, this file seems to work best. I tried the two suggested apks from the other post and there are several parts that do not work. The photos apply a heavy red tone to skin and night sight doesn't work either.
On the APK above though everything works. Only issue I have found is the screen doesn't show a preview when using night sight if the lighting is low. Once you take the pic though the results show in the gallery.
For anyone who tinkers, you can adjust enough settings to get what you want out of the app as well. So if you're looking for a good Gcam, this is the one I suggest so far.
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Thank you I will try it!

Hi,
Does anyone know which port can be installed (and is totally usable) for the G8X with astrophotography included?
I'm kind of interested to see how it works and compare it with some manual mode tricks ^^

latest Gcam are avilable here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g8X/how-to/gcam-best-ports-t4180683

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Camera indoors sucks!!!

Compared to my S4 I gave up it's horrible inside. All the images are fuzzy. Makes it so hard to take pics of kids. Trying to get it to focus takes so long and always comes out fuzzy. Enough so, I'll leave this device for the next best thing.
EVOme said:
Compared to my S4 I gave up it's horrible inside. All the images are fuzzy. Makes it so hard to take pics of kids. Trying to get it to focus takes so long and always comes out fuzzy. Enough so, I'll leave this device for the next best thing.
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I've noticed the same thing. Now I need to decide whether to keep it or return it inside the 14 day window. Ugh. I like everything about the phone, except the camera, but being a photography hobbyist, it's fairly important.
Here's a photo from a concert Sunday night. The worst quality I've seen in years.
ciscore said:
I've noticed the same thing. Now I need to decide whether to keep it or return it inside the 14 day window. Ugh. I like everything about the phone, except the camera, but being a photography hobbyist, it's fairly important.
Here's a photo from a concert Sunday night. The worst quality I've seen in years.
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It's the camera app, not the phone. I installed the Super Camera and it's great. The gallery is worse, but you can still use the stock gallery and the other camera app. Hope that helps.
EVOme said:
It's the camera app, not the phone. I installed the Super Camera and it's great. The gallery is worse, but you can still use the stock gallery and the other camera app. Hope that helps.
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do you have a link for that app? I searched and couldn't find it.
ciscore said:
do you have a link for that app? I searched and couldn't find it.
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I installed # 1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427019
Hit the thanks
EVOme said:
It's the camera app, not the phone. I installed the Super Camera and it's great. The gallery is worse, but you can still use the stock gallery and the other camera app. Hope that helps.
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This is true. A software update is needed to fix some of the photo and video quality issues.
The problem is with the too agressive denoise algorithm LG is using.This is why they came out blurry.We do need a dev to off it until Lg offers a better algorithm...Also,NEVER use night mode,its useless...use inteligent auto either its day or night...in pretty much all photos except HDR.
EVOme said:
Compared to my S4 I gave up it's horrible inside. All the images are fuzzy. Makes it so hard to take pics of kids. Trying to get it to focus takes so long and always comes out fuzzy. Enough so, I'll leave this device for the next best thing.
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pull the camera app will have a go at it will try disable all post processing
did some digging into some g2 camera libs the camera is made by http://www.almalence.com in the min give this a try their non oem app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.opencam
defcomg said:
pull the camera app will have a go at it will try disable all post processing
did some digging into some g2 camera libs the camera is made by http://www.almalence.com in the min give this a try their non oem app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.opencam
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Anything I can do to help. Tell me how to get what you need?
defcomg said:
pull the camera app will have a go at it will try disable all post processing
did some digging into some g2 camera libs the camera is made by http://www.almalence.com in the min give this a try their non oem app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.opencam
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Isnt it better if we lower it instead of disabling it all together?Not sure of its possible ofc...Just asking
EVOme said:
Anything I can do to help. Tell me how to get what you need?
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pull camera apk preferably deodexed
woof123 said:
Isnt it better if we lower it instead of disabling it all together?Not sure of its possible ofc...Just asking
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i can do that i do see a denoise off option in the libs according to the libs this sensor is the sony imx 135 same as xperia z how does quality compare to it so we can see the software diff.
Hm my model is the F320s tho...will it be the same for me too?Is it easy to do btw?We dont want to be a burden to you.
I will soon give the link to check it out.
There's always the Focal beta as well https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=focal+camera
woof123 said:
Hm my model is the F320s tho...will it be the same for me too?Is it easy to do btw?We dont want to be a burden to you.Where can we find it?I found one cameratestapp.apk is that it?
EDIT: LGCameraApp.apk This must be it...
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yes that the CameraApp should be same app across all G2 Models
I sent a msg already but ill post it here too.
I would love to have an option to have denoise off daytime,and on at night lol I think its usefull at night,but we will see.
https://db.tt/QbAHziFP
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bose301s said:
There's always the Focal beta as well https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=focal+camera
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OIS doesnt seem to work with focal my friend...this is what i saw at least with every camera app i tried so far.OIS seems to be tied with stock camera apk.
woof123 said:
I sent a msg already but ill post it here too.
https://db.tt/QbAHziFP
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OIS doesnt seem to work with focal my friend...this is what i saw at least with every camera app i tried so far.OIS seems to be tied with stock camera apk.
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got it i will assume it has todo with this libmorpho_image_stab31 it might be called from the official camera app rather than camera.msm lib therefore breaking ois on every othe camera app also if you could attach a logcat with ois + night mode being used
defcomg said:
got it i will assume it has todo with this libmorpho_image_stab31 it might be called from the official camera app rather than camera.msm lib therefore breaking ois on every othe camera app also if you could attach a logcat with ois + night mode being used
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Great!! we all waiting for you now to do it,im kinda exited to try lol
Can people confirm though that using a third party camera app does indeed provide way better quality?
If it's in the camera firmware/drivers from LG then third party apps wouldn't really matter...
I didnt saw a better quality with any so far....especialy in low light shots that we have the bigger problem.
defcomg said:
pull camera apk preferably deodexed
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I just pulled it... Will upload shortly. Mine is odexed though, FYI.

Problem with camera flash

Hello everyone, a question to all owners of SCL-L01. It happened to me yesterday to take pictures with the flash of the camera and came out with a color tending to purple. I immediately thought of a hardware malfunction but with surprise also in that of my work colleague come out like that. It does not seem normal to me, does it happen to you anyway? Attach sample file.
Androfish said:
Hello everyone, a question to all owners of SCL-L01. It happened to me yesterday to take pictures with the flash of the camera and came out with a color tending to purple. I immediately thought of a hardware malfunction but with surprise also in that of my work colleague come out like that. It does not seem normal to me, does it happen to you anyway? Attach sample file.
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Have you tried tweaking color balance ?
WildKnocker said:
Have you tried tweaking color balance ?
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I tried with daylight and already it's better but I do not understand automatically because of this shade? I have an old Samsung terminal that behaves a lot better .. How are your photos?
At the moment I downloaded Footej and set it with daylight and active flash, so when I need the flash I'll take that one. I really do not understand, even my friend's Huawei Y5 device works very well.
Androfish said:
I tried with daylight and already it's better but I do not understand automatically because of this shade? I have an old Samsung terminal that behaves a lot better .. How are your photos?
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My photos are usually fine , but honestly I don't expect much camera performance from a budget phone let alone with a custom ROM.
WildKnocker said:
My photos are usually fine , but honestly I don't expect much camera performance from a budget phone let alone with a custom ROM.
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One moment, I am now the stock rom but I do not speak of quality in herself than to me is fine, but the flash when activated produces this horrendous purple color.
Have you tried to take a picture on a white surface with activated flash and auto-balancing? Would you be so kind to upload it here?
Androfish said:
Have you tried to take a picture on a white surface with activated flash and auto-balancing? Would you be so kind to upload it here?
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Here's a photo , note that I'm using runner85sx' ViperOS ROM
WildKnocker said:
Here's a photo , note that I'm using runner85sx' ViperOS ROM
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Thank you very much you have been very kind! At this point I think my device is faulty. I do not think it depends on the rom, I've tried different but the problem remains.
This is what comes out to me!
Androfish said:
This is what comes out to me!
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It is not a matter of life or death, we would miss it, but the device is still under warranty and I would like to try to solve the problem.
Androfish said:
This is what comes out to me!
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If you got time it would be best if you flashed a ROM and checked if the problem still occurs , if you don't have time the easiest option is to tweak the white balance manually .
how are you with the Viper? If I have time I want to try to install this rom and see if the problem is solved.
Androfish said:
how are you with the Viper? If I have time I want to try to install this rom and see if the problem is solved.
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Pretty good , but the camera is the same as most ROMs here , below average , going to test desalesouche's latest lineage to see if it's any better .
WildKnocker said:
Pretty good , but the camera is the same as most ROMs here , below average , going to test desalesouche's latest lineage to see if it's any better .
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Thanks I could try. A curiosity, try to look at this other screen, there's my problem!
https://img.xda-cdn.com/KZTPxQS6HL3...2048/2307575117752840730%253Faccount_id%253D0
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-y6/development/rom-huawei-y6-t3668939
Androfish said:
Thanks I could try. A curiosity, try to look at this other screen, there's my problem!
https://img.xda-cdn.com/KZTPxQS6HL3...2048/2307575117752840730%253Faccount_id%253D0
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Seems also like a white balance issuse
Androfish said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-y6/development/rom-huawei-y6-t3668939
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Audio recording sounds fine from around 25cm , will try to test it.
Install both the Viper and Lineage yesterday and unfortunately the problem remains! I do not know what to think, if a defect of my device or this model has this strange feature. However, it is safe to have a white balance and when set to automatic does not work well. I downloaded yesterday I said Footej that I will use in flash mode with balancing set to daylight and the camera stock for all other situations. If there is someone else with my same "problem" I would be happy to compare myself with it.

best v30 camera?

Been looking for a camera to replace stock, primarily because of bright mode, which is awesome. Saw night sight on the pixel3, which looks similar. I have gcam, which doesn't have anything close. Haven't been able to find a port of either camera that includes a low light mode like that.
nola mike said:
(Hi, I'm on an custom AOSP ROM, which can't use stock camera.)
(So,) Been looking for a camera to replace stock, primarily because of bright mode, which is awesome. Saw night sight on the pixel3, which looks similar. I have gcam, which doesn't have anything close. Haven't been able to find a port of either camera that includes a low light mode like that.
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I was puzzled at first by your post. Why are you looking for a camera "replacement" if you admit stock camera is awesome? Just continue to use the stock camera with Bright Mode! So, I researched your past posts and see what information was missing... You are on custom AOSP ROM. So, you can't use stock camera.
That's one reason I am still on rooted stock firmware, but with TWRP flashable mods like this one.
Oh yeah, sorry. Actually lineageos ATM. But the pixel night sight renewed my interest in this, and i haven't been able to find a solution. Had given up on a stock camera port, but hoping that the pixel cam is out there or being developed. Also looks like the gcam port I'm using isn't being developed any more, and I went down a rabbit hole trying to find a replacement. Any ideas?
nola mike said:
Oh yeah, sorry. Actually lineageos ATM. But the pixel night sight renewed my interest in this, and i haven't been able to find a solution. Had given up on a stock camera port, but hoping that the pixel cam is out there or being developed. Also looks like the gcam port I'm using isn't being developed any more, and I went down a rabbit hole trying to find a replacement. Any ideas?
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on the last page of this V30 Gcam Port thread they are talking about night sight working...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...google-camera-mod-wide-angle-t3747263/page182
Gagi77 said:
@fu24 I have tried "MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V1a.apk", just working "wide angle".
When it comes to the other part (Night Sight, Google Lens ...) this menu is switched to the normal camera, interesting but when you choose "night sight" or something, it is just the wide-angle camera. I'm using LG G6 Stock Oreo.
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Yes, I know neither of those two people have V30, but it IS the V30 Gcam Port thread.
karkand said:
Viewfinder just working fine with LOS 16.0 on LG V20 with Night Sight
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@fu24 has stepped into @cstark27's shoes and is now releasing ports. Read the last two or three pages of that thread. I'm not sure which version they are talking about.
ChazzMatt said:
on the last page of this V30 Gcam Port thread they are talking about night sight working...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...google-camera-mod-wide-angle-t3747263/page182
Yes, I know neither of those two people have V30, but it IS the V30 Gcam Port thread.
@fu24 has stepped into @cstark27's shoes and is now releasing ports. Read the last two or three pages of that thread. I'm not sure which version they are talking about.
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That was the rabbit hole I was talking about...So many versions without explanation of the differences. However, I tried this one, which is working so far:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/MGC_6.1.021_FINAL_V1_A8.1+.apk
Theres a version V1, V1a, and V1b. Not sure which is the most recent, but all seem to work. Only problem with the night sight is that you can't see what you're taking a picture of--too dark, but the post processing seems to work correctly (unlike bright mode, where you can see what the picture is going to look like). Front cam doesn't support night sight, and I don't know if there's a separate wide angle version. But overall, so far so good. Thanks!
Ah well, that was short lived. Upgraded to a Pie ROM, which seems to have broken the working camera. Tried multiple 6.1.x google cam ports, and none save the image--the resolution of the rear camera doesn't seem to register correctly. Front cams work...

Use GCAM on rooted stock Mi 8 Lite

I am still on stock Oreo, rooted, running MIUI 10.2.2.0 (Android 8.1). I have already modified my build.prop to enable API 2.0. OpenCamera and Manual Camera both seem to function properly, even using RAW mode.
I would like to install GCAM on stock ROM while still deciding which custom ROM to eventually install. My front camera is not working, which I would like to fix, but not a huge deal right now. Where do I get GCAM for my OS and any necessary libs to install? GCAM doesn't show up in a Google Play search so I assume I have to side load it. Where can I find it and what else am I missing here?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8-Lite/themes/mod-cam-raw-fix-gcam-t3879623
Hi,
As far as I know, there s no working GCam apk for Mi8 lite.
I'd love to get it but it s not possible nowadays.
Maybe in the future hopefully.
You can check this topic where all the working mids of GCam for all devices are listed.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-port-hub/?nocache=1
You ok notice that many Xiaomi are listed but not mi8 lite.
Good day
kinho47 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8-Lite/themes/mod-cam-raw-fix-gcam-t3879623
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Thanks man!
nkotin44 said:
Hi,
As far as I know, there s no working GCam apk for Mi8 lite.
I'd love to get it but it s not possible nowadays.
Maybe in the future hopefully.
You can check this topic where all the working mids of GCam for all devices are listed.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-port-hub/?nocache=1
You ok notice that many Xiaomi are listed but not mi8 lite.
Good day
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Wow, what a bummer. However, I think if I install a custom ROM I can get this?
nkotin44 said:
Hi,
As far as I know, there s no working GCam apk for Mi8 lite.
I'd love to get it but it s not possible nowadays.
Maybe in the future hopefully.
You can check this topic where all the working mids of GCam for all devices are listed.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-port-hub/?nocache=1
You ok notice that many Xiaomi are listed but not mi8 lite.
Good day
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Well, you got my curiosity up, so I started trying the different Xiaomi GCAM releases and actually found one that works on the Mi 8 Lite. I can not vouch for how well it will continue to work in the long term, but it does work. I took a few snap shots with different settings, including Night Sight. All works. It is the one for the Pocophone F1 dated March 5 (MGC_6.1.021_XCAMBase_F1_v3.apk). Everything seems to work except for taking 4K video. That gives me only a black screen. Change the setting to 1080P (it defaults to 4K) and video DOES work. Give it a try. Your mileage may vary.
Here is the link to it: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/MGC_6.1.021_XCAMBase_F1_v3.apk
Edit: Now this is VERY weird! After it worked in all modes last night, today it only works in Lens Blur mode. No other mode works now, not even video. WTH? I changed nothing on the phone itself! I think it started not working when I turned the flash on. So if you try this, do NOT turn the flash on and see if it works for you. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Still broken.
lexridge said:
Wow, what a bummer. However, I think if I install a custom ROM I can get this?
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Well I didn't found any that had but it makes long time since I used custom some on my phones so I may have missed something.
I would be glad if you find one
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Wow, what a bummer. However, I think if I install a custom ROM I can get this?
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lexridge said:
Well, you got my curiosity up, so I started trying the different Xiaomi GCAM releases and actually found one that works on the Mi 8 Lite. I can not vouch for how well it will continue to work in the long term, but it does work. I took a few snap shots with different settings, including Night Sight. All works. It is the one for the Pocophone F1 dated March 5 (MGC_6.1.021_XCAMBase_F1_v3.apk). Everything seems to work except for taking 4K video. That gives me only a black screen. Change the setting to 1080P (it defaults to 4K) and video DOES work. Give it a try. Your mileage may vary.
Here is the link to it: https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/MGC_6.1.021_XCAMBase_F1_v3.apk
Edit: Now this is VERY weird! After it worked in all modes last night, today it only works in Lens Blur mode. No other mode works now, not even video. WTH? I changed nothing on the phone itself! I think it started not working when I turned the flash on. So if you try this, do NOT turn the flash on and see if it works for you. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. Still broken.
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Wow that should have take much time to test every single one? I just tried few and has none worked I gave up.. Your test is interesting I guess a developer would find a way making it working... I think one day we love have a fully working app, hopefully. Maybe you should report your experience under the proper thread and it could help the devs making it work for the mi8 lite?
Thanks for the info anyway
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Wow that should have take much time to test every single one? I just tried few and has none worked I gave up.. Your test is interesting I guess a developer would find a way making it working... I think one day we love have a fully working app, hopefully. Maybe you should report your experience under the proper thread and it could help the devs making it work for the mi8 lite?
Thanks for the info anyway
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To be honest, I did not try every single one. I just tried the newest version for each phone. The F1 latest worked so well at first. I just cannot for the life of me figure out why it worked, then stopped working. That just blows my mind!!
Okay thx for telling us. I think I'm gonna share your experience in mi8 game thread maybe one dev will have a look and help us.
That said I notice the community for mi8 was way more larger than our so I'm afraid that as long as mi8 lite will remain less owned that any other major Xiaomi device like pocophone F1 or mi8 it'll be hard to get développer attention.
Just have to hope a dev finally buy one lol...
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Okay thx for telling us. I think I'm gonna share your experience in mi8 game thread maybe one dev will have a look and help us.
That said I notice the community for mi8 was way more larger than our so I'm afraid that as long as mi8 lite will remain less owned that any other major Xiaomi device like pocophone F1 or mi8 it'll be hard to get développer attention.
Just have to hope a dev finally buy one lol...
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That would be GREAT man! A real dev could probably figure this out in very little time. Hopefully so. I will be moving to either the Pixel Experience or Resurrection Remix ROM in the not so distant future. Just dont have time right now to mess with it. New upcoming job, mom in hospital, lots of crap going on to be worried about complications on the phone right now. I cannot have much downtime on it atm unfortunetly. I cannot afford to miss any calls.
Anyway, did you try it yourself?
No I didn't tried yet.
But great news on other thread in mi8 lite forum someone provided a solution.
I paste here the link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8-Lite/themes/gcam-root-t3897547/post79098905#post79098905
nkotin44 said:
No I didn't tried yet.
But great news on other thread in mi8 lite forum someone provided a solution.
I paste here the link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-8-Lite/themes/gcam-root-t3897547/post79098905#post79098905
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I had already enabled the camera2api, which is why it worked for a night. Why it stopped working is the mystery.
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Not work for Android pie
i'm using the LineageOS on mi mi8 lite, anyone knows how to install GCAM on it?
Degani said:
i'm using the LineageOS on mi mi8 lite, anyone knows how to install GCAM on it?
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I am now on the PE ROM, which works quite well, especially now that it does include the current Mi 8 Lite kernel from the Xiaomi source code PIE kernel (also meaning it is no longer firmware specific). Even DT2W works because of this. I have noticed that LineageOS is not getting any updates here anymore. It is already two months behind in Google security updates alone. GCAM works right out of the box with Pixel Experience. If you really need GCAM, give it a try. You can even download GCAM from Google Play with this ROM, as it appears to Google as a real Pixel phone.
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I am now on the PE ROM, which works quite well, especially now that it does include the current Mi 8 Lite kernel from the Xiaomi source code PIE kernel (also meaning it is no longer firmware specific). Even DT2W works because of this. I have noticed that LineageOS is not getting any updates here anymore. It is already two months behind in Google security updates alone. GCAM works right out of the box with Pixel Experience. If you really need GCAM, give it a try. You can even download GCAM from Google Play with this ROM, as it appears to Google as a real Pixel phone.
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Well, gotta say, the one from play store works almost fine. The panorama photos are the problem. They make the app crash. All cameras seems to have an issue. Almost all the apks and the lineage camera does not have a way to make the video work. That was my main problem. Now the video works, but the best think about the 2 lens on back, the panorama pics, don't ?

Question Software Questions about the 23U

My questions may seem dumb but I have never owned a Samsung phone.
I know samsung likes their bloatware and proprietary methods. Can I avoid all the samsung bloat and a samsung account and still use the phone? Are there ROMs that give a stock android experience?
Also what are you guys seeing for SOT? Im coming from a Asus ROG 6 Pro.
Any bugs you guys are experiencing? My 6Pro is so full of bugs that has pushed me to move brands.
You don't need a custom rom, you don't even need to root it, just use universal android debloater gui from github or adb app control to remove all the bloat (both include good instructions and details about what to remove) and going through first time set up you don't need a samsung or google account.
Unless you are using an international version there is no custom ROM option. The 918U and U1 models don't have the option to OEM unlock and flash ROMs.
You can easily umbloat using the mentioned universal android debloater.
Ui downloaded the 5.0 or sth like that and updated, then it all went south.
Stayed with the 5.0 version and it works great.
As for the ROM I put Nova Launcher and it works fine
Not the same but as long as the X3 camera shoots ****ty pictures I'll leave it warranty capable
Rouvster said:
You can easily umbloat using the mentioned universal android debloater.
Ui downloaded the 5.0 or sth like that and updated, then it all went south.
Stayed with the 5.0 version and it works great.
As for the ROM I put Nova Launcher and it works fine
Not the same but as long as the X3 camera shoots ****ty pictures I'll leave it warranty capable
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What's wrong with your x3? Mine's impeccable. Didn't hear about any other complaints whatsoever.
treahuggs said:
My questions may seem dumb but I have never owned a Samsung phone.
I know samsung likes their bloatware and proprietary methods. Can I avoid all the samsung bloat and a samsung account and still use the phone? Are there ROMs that give a stock android experience?
Also what are you guys seeing for SOT? Im coming from a Asus ROG 6 Pro.
Any bugs you guys are experiencing? My 6Pro is so full of bugs that has pushed me to move brands.
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No bugs. Phone is super smooth and battery is amazing. About bloatware you can find everything you need in XDA thread called "Samsung Galaxy One UI - Optimization Guide".
Pungasul said:
What's wrong with your x3? Mine's impeccable. Didn't hear about any other complaints whatsoever.
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Well, I used the "remove noise" or whatsoever option.
But for a X3 zoom I find the quality more than disappointing.
My Vivo X70Pro shots better photos.
Applied goodlock camera assistant, a bit better, and even gcam.
But quality just sucks for such a "high end" model...
Hoping on a FW fix though since with gcam its quite less worse
No issue here with 3x zoom with my S23U camera (B-version, EUX), just stock point&shoot....
Something like this ?
I'll retry with more natural light.
Maybe that's the issue.
Was pretty dark the time I took the picture
Awesome, thanks for the replies. Since there is no custom roms, do we still have unlock and root available? At bare minimum i would like to install AdAway got universal ad blocking.
treahuggs said:
Awesome, thanks for the replies. Since there is no custom roms, do we still have unlock and root available? At bare minimum i would like to install AdAway got universal ad blocking.
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We can unlock and root. Look for the guide in this sub forum. Root will tripped knox tho, so some samsung app won't work. I would suggest using adhell to block ad
Mrxyzl said:
We can unlock and root. Look for the guide in this sub forum. Root will tripped knox tho, so some samsung app won't work. I would suggest using adhell to block ad
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No magisk module or similar to get around this?
My biggest concern is just losing the samsung camera, I hear other cameras apks dont work well with the phone.
Rouvster said:
Well, I used the "remove noise" or whatsoever option.
But for a X3 zoom I find the quality more than disappointing.
My Vivo X70Pro shots better photos.
Applied goodlock camera assistant, a bit better, and even gcam.
But quality just sucks for such a "high end" model...
Hoping on a FW fix though since with gcam its quite less worse
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Please try to activate night mode before switching to x3. Also in low light you need to be VERY still for the sensor and ISP to work its magic.
Moreoever, keep your lenses clean as much as possible.
These 2 photos I just shot now in a very dimly light room.
treahuggs said:
No magisk module or similar to get around this?
My biggest concern is just losing the samsung camera, I hear other cameras apks dont work well with the phone.
You will lose samsung wallet, I think. you should just use adhell for ease
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Pungasul said:
Please try to activate night mode before switching to x3. Also in low light you need to be VERY still for the sensor and ISP to work its magic.
Moreoever, keep your lenses clean as much as possible.
These 2 photos I just shot now in a very dimly light room.
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Thx for the info, I will give it a try.
Just wondering why someone would apply night mode while using light in their living room
But if works like this, this is what it is .
Thanks for the info

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