I'm totally speechless, today i swapped my S20 + for a OP8P, and TBH the camera is better but they where close.
I spent quite a bit of time, and as an avid GCAM user i tried MANY GCAM ports, all where pretty much crap, or not really better than stock, but, BUT! THAN, i found Parrot043 mod. I installed made my usual tweaks, and what i have saw is literally INSANE, this camera mod, literally destroy everything i have ever tried, and believe me i tried hundreds of them in my life.
1. If you have a previous GCAM, open the camera, hold and press on the icon on the homescreen, press app info, clear cache, and data.
2. Uninstall the app, reboot the phone. Than install Parrot 043 link > https://gofile.io/d/BpCWFx - also alternative host - https://easyupload.io/k6t42a
3. Go into the settings of the GCAM, turn on HDR enhanced, into advanced section, into HDR frames, and set 35, enable sabre, just under the HDR enhanced frames option.
4. Restart the camera app, go into darkness, take a photo with your camera app, and than take a photo with the GCAM mod, BE AMAZED.
P.S. Do not touch anything else, maybe turn on H265 for videos, and 4K for the back camera, increase video bitrate to 50mbps + and that's it.
P.P.S. ALWAYS make sure you have HDR enhanced on! it makes taking moving objects harder/blurry, but for low light its EPIC.
And here is camera comparasion of stock, night mode, and GCAM
Stock for scale,
https://i.ibb.co/cQf0BXC/IMG-20200602-040720.jpg
Stock night mode,
https://i.ibb.co/x7xwfN3/IMG-20200602-040433.jpg
GCAM ( personally tweaked)
https://i.ibb.co/2nPycDV/IMG-20200602-040511.jpg
It keeps crashing for me. Is there something I'm missing?
Truant_Luce said:
It keeps crashing for me. Is there something I'm missing?
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1. What phone are you using?
2. Did you follow the steps suggested?
3. Do you have GCAM folder, with some configs installed?
4. Try with sabre off.
dazed1 said:
1. What phone are you using?
2. Did you follow the steps suggested?
3. Do you have GCAM folder, with some configs installed?
4. Try with sabre off.
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OnePlus 8 Pro IN2025 10.5.8 xXx rom currently.
Had gcam installed from xXx, force stopped, cleared data, uninstalled with reflashing rom to remove as system app, then rebooted. Installed the other. Tried clearing data, rebooting again, made the one you recommended a system priv app, but it keeps crashing the moment I open it. I can't even open settings, because it crashes on open.
I have tried modifying the permissions, tried a previous version, still crashes on start. At the time, no other gcam folder.
Truant_Luce said:
OnePlus 8 Pro IN2025 10.5.8 xXx rom currently.
Had gcam installed from xXx, force stopped, cleared data, uninstalled with reflashing rom to remove as system app, then rebooted. Installed the other. Tried clearing data, rebooting again, made the one you recommended a system priv app, but it keeps crashing the moment I open it. I can't even open settings, because it crashes on open.
I have tried modifying the permissions, tried a previous version, still crashes on start. At the time, no other gcam folder.
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Its the sabre i think, you need to somehow turn it off, sometimes older GCAM ports mix with new and bugs happen, its either that, or its the sabre. In order to fix this, IF IT IS THE SABRE, you will need to wipe cache data from recovery or even FORMAT the phone, look at the photos, the upgrade is ENORMOUS, but it depends of how much you need it, i would suggest for someone with the same version as your model/firmware, test the mod to see if its the sabre or not, i had this issue on my Mi Note 10, all GCAM ports looked the same, no improvements, i tried everything only the format make the settings change post installation.
EDIT, it might be even the rom! i just saw you are on custom, sorry buddy.
Always keen to give GCAM a go (not sure why i have such a soft spot for it lol)...
Anyways, thanks for sharing this. Attached are a few samples of me jumping into a store room with the door slightly opened (it's pretty dim inside).
Truant_Luce said:
OnePlus 8 Pro IN2025 10.5.8 xXx rom currently.
Had gcam installed from xXx, force stopped, cleared data, uninstalled with reflashing rom to remove as system app, then rebooted. Installed the other. Tried clearing data, rebooting again, made the one you recommended a system priv app, but it keeps crashing the moment I open it. I can't even open settings, because it crashes on open.
I have tried modifying the permissions, tried a previous version, still crashes on start. At the time, no other gcam folder.
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I can confirm it's related to the xXx rom. Uninstalled completely and the camera installed and worked fine, but when you reinstall the camera breaks.
names said:
I can confirm it's related to the xXx rom. Uninstalled completely and the camera installed and worked fine, but when you reinstall the camera breaks.
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Interesting. I wonder what is causing it to break?
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Interesting. I wonder what is causing it to break?
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I'm curious myself. After confirming, I installed other modded camera apk's and they work correctly.
This thread has me very interested.. @xXx - any chance you could glance at this at some point and see if it warrants inclusion in an xXx magisk rom future update? No pressure, just a thought. Some of the picture samples do indeed appear impressive! Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing this, will look deeper into it (presently on Urnyx GCam port).... Just as an info:
This GCam and many more ports are on Celsozavedos excellent Gcam Port hub !
happiboi said:
Always keen to give GCAM a go (not sure why i have such a soft spot for it lol)...
Anyways, thanks for sharing this. Attached are a few samples of me jumping into a store room with the door slightly opened (it's pretty dim inside).
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The difference is much more apparent when there is less light, but even here the GCAM is superior. Can you post full res photos please? thanks.
s3axel said:
Thanks for sharing this, will look deeper into it (presently on Urnyx GCam port).... Just as an info:
This GCam and many more ports are on Celsozavedos excellent Gcam Port hub !
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Urnyx is also great and stable, but sadly it lacks exposure in low light, (darker photos) and the noise reduction can kill details. Parrot can see where eyes cannot, very good.
OP camera is better in low light than this, and you can't use any of the other cameras, so until they solve that problem for the OP 8 pro I'll be sticking to the stock camera.
You lose more functionality than you gain in picture quality.
xgerryx said:
OP camera is better in low light than this, and you can't use any of the other cameras, so until they solve that problem for the OP 8 pro I'll be sticking to the stock camera.
You lose more functionality than you gain in picture quality.
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Figured out the same. Low light is way to sharp and dark.
xgerryx said:
OP camera is better in low light than this, and you can't use any of the other cameras, so until they solve that problem for the OP 8 pro I'll be sticking to the stock camera.
You lose more functionality than you gain in picture quality.
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Figured out the same. Low light is way to sharp and dark.
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Well on european in2023 op8pro the low light picture quality on this gcam is 10 times better then op stock cam for sure!
And yes you lose ability of other cameras.
But for the moment this gcam is my friend in making low light pictures ?????
Thanks for sharing
dazed1 said:
I'm totally speechless, today i swapped my S20 + for a OP8P, and TBH the camera is better but they where close.
I spent quite a bit of time, and as an avid GCAM user i tried MANY GCAM ports, all where pretty much crap, or not really better than stock, but, BUT! THAN, i found Parrot043 mod. I installed made my usual tweaks, and what i have saw is literally INSANE, this camera mod, literally destroy everything i have ever tried, and believe me i tried hundreds of them in my life.
1. If you have a previous GCAM, open the camera, hold and press on the icon on the homescreen, press app info, clear cache, and data.
2. Uninstall the app, reboot the phone. Than install Parrot 043 link > https://gofile.io/d/BpCWFx - also alternative host - https://easyupload.io/k6t42a
3. Go into the settings of the GCAM, turn on HDR enhanced, into advanced section, into HDR frames, and set 35, enable sabre, just under the HDR enhanced frames option.
4. Restart the camera app, go into darkness, take a photo with your camera app, and than take a photo with the GCAM mod, BE AMAZED.
P.S. Do not touch anything else, maybe turn on H265 for videos, and 4K for the back camera, increase video bitrate to 50mbps + and that's it.
P.P.S. ALWAYS make sure you have HDR enhanced on! it makes taking moving objects harder/blurry, but for low light its EPIC.
And here is camera comparasion of stock, night mode, and GCAM
Stock for scale,
https://i.ibb.co/cQf0BXC/IMG-20200602-040720.jpg
Stock night mode,
https://i.ibb.co/x7xwfN3/IMG-20200602-040433.jpg
GCAM ( personally tweaked)
https://i.ibb.co/2nPycDV/IMG-20200602-040511.jpg
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Hello. But this is good only for the night photo or is good in every situation? What is sabre option? We dont need to choose an xml file? Thanks and i like this tipe of treadh
mhhh i actually tried different google gcams but until now - and since the last update - the stock cam is the best one for me, just in case with a lot of ( direct sun)light (google gcam often blows the sky just into white) and also in dark environments the stock cam is better than the gcam. But i think, gcams and stock cam could be better with updates over time, the software for the sensor has a much higher optimization potential.
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mhhh i actually tried different google gcams but until now - and since the last update - the stock cam is the best one for me, just in case with a lot of ( direct sun)light (google gcam often blows the sky just into white) and also in dark environments the stock cam is better than the gcam. But i think, gcams and stock cam could be better with updates over time, the software for the sensor has a much higher optimization potential.
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This GCAM is different. Havent tested it alot in daylight, but it should win even in daylight. No the stock camera is not even close to being better or equal to GCAM, you can see in the picture, or test by yourself.
vuoshino said:
Hello. But this is good only for the night photo or is good in every situation? What is sabre option? We dont need to choose an xml file? Thanks and i like this tipe of treadh
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No need for XML.
Sabre is a better HDR merge metod, it should offers better details especially in low light. Should be in every situation, test it, you got nothing to lose.
xgerryx said:
OP camera is better in low light than this, and you can't use any of the other cameras, so until they solve that problem for the OP 8 pro I'll be sticking to the stock camera.
You lose more functionality than you gain in picture quality.
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What do you mean better than this, are you claiming that i did something wrong with the stock pictures?
And this camera mod is mostly for low light/night mode, you don't need to use it solo and not having the option to use other cameras, you can use both, you use GCAM for low light, and other cameras as needed.
Try it with the settings suggested, and you will forget that the main camera exist in low light.
s3axel said:
Thanks for sharing this, will look deeper into it (presently on Urnyx GCam port).... Just as an info:
This GCam and many more ports are on Celsozavedos excellent Gcam Port hub !
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This camera destroys Urnyx in low light, its like 2 gen ahead. I tested it last night, took like 3 photos, and deleted Urnyx instantly, its not even close.
dazed1 said:
This GCAM is different. Havent tested it alot in daylight, but it should win even in daylight. No the stock camera is not even close to being better or equal to GCAM, you can see in the picture, or test by yourself.
No need for XML.
Sabre is a better HDR merge metod, it should offers better details especially in low light. Should be in every situation, test it, you got nothing to lose.
What do you mean better than this, are you claiming that i did something wrong with the stock pictures?
And this camera mod is mostly for low light/night mode, you don't need to use it solo and not having the option to use other cameras, you can use both, you use GCAM for low light, and other cameras as needed.
Try it with the settings suggested, and you will forget that the main camera exist in low light.
This camera destroys Urnyx in low light, its like 2 gen ahead. I tested it last night, took like 3 photos, and deleted Urnyx instantly, its not even close.
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Why Do you hype this camera when a lot of people tell something different? I tried the mod already and as I said, the Stock cam is better (for me) also in lowlight. I tested it in a very dark room. Also for daylight shots Stock is a way better, just in the view of sharphness.
So, your hyped gcam mod isn't the mother of all cam apps...
Update: I tested again in another Environment and again, Stock is a lot better. Not sure what's wrong with your Stock cam. Are you running the latest Version? ??Seems there is anything wrong on your side. I for myself can't share your opinion.
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CameraNextMod
[For Cm13 Or CM Based Roms][Didnt Try on Miui]
Hi Guys ,
I decided to share this because I have seen many people want to use the Color OS camera because of its low light performance.
As we all know, we aren't much happy with the Stock Camera. No doubt its stable, but we all expect for more. So here i am presenting CameraNextMod. It is developed by @abhi08638 and now its officially maintained by *PRATHAMESH*. Enjoy the sweetness of Camera Next with extra features.
What I need to flash this??
ANS: ROOTED Redmi Note 3 WITH A CUSTOM RECOVERY INSTALLED.
HOW CAN I FLASH THE ZIP?
JUST REBOOT TO YOUR RECOVERY AND FLASH THE ZIP. NO NEED TO CLEAR ANYTHING.
It gives super Clear images. It also has some other features. .
Please NOTE: Please don't try to directly install as APK.
Changelog:
1) The Focus Ring's Radius is reduced now. So it looks more pleasant to focus.
2) Fixed Storage Issues. (Some users faced it).
3) Added Touch AF/AEC Feature.
4) Added HDR+.
5) Added Auto Exposure Bracketing.
6) Added Option to disable beeping countdown sound.
Coming to Video Sections:
1) I am also trying to add Camera like denoise, saturation and all those **** to Video Section as well.
2) Accordingly, Added White Balance.
3) Added Power Shutter.
4) Fixed Video Duration issues and 24 hours video issue.
5) Now you will be able to record High Speed/Slow Motion.
6) Still Time Lapse is present even if above feature is present.
HTML:
Instructions for Flashing:
1) Download the "APPROPRIATE" CNM zip file according to the icon you love.
2) Reboot to Recovery.
3) Flash the Zip file.
4) Reboot and Have fun.
What works:
EVERYTHING.
What doesn't:
You tell.
Download Link
Special Thanks To *PRATHAMESH*
first, will try and tell
Nice to see this here! Downloading it right now.
This is for Qualcomm or MTK?
hows the camera quality?
Flashed it on kenzo miui 7.3.6 but didn't find any new camera app.
crashing when enable power button shutter and then FC all the time until delete app data
JAlvarezFlores said:
This is for Qualcomm or MTK?
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cheeze.keyk said:
hows the camera quality?
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naveen6252 said:
Flashed it on kenzo miui 7.3.6 but didn't find any new camera app.
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i2k13 said:
crashing when enable power button shutter and then FC all the time until delete app data
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1) This is for Qualcomm but you can flash it on MTK too no problem with that
2)camera quality.. u can check that for urself
3) already mentioned in the thread "it may not work in miui"
Give this a try on Miui :-
Download link for v22
Download link for v10
AutoFix click sound fix
actually im on CM13 not miui
i2k13 said:
actually im on CM13 not miui
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Use another version
provided with the link above
cameranextmod v10 + v22 Force closes... cm13
I just flashed the v7 of this camera and as for now it seems to be a much better camera apk than the snapdragon apk.
I like how many features it has, especially the EIS.
The only bug I've found is that if I enable the "Power button as a shutter" then I have FC all the time (have to wipe it's data then).
Zooming isn't good with this camera as objects become way-to pixelated when zoomed in. Tried to do this same thing with cyanogenmod's default camera and the object was much more clearer and less pix-elated. Plus the use power button as shutter button makes the app crash all the time.
Edit - While focus works nice in both front and back camera, it doesn't show the focus ring in front camera.
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Edit - While focus works nice in both front and back camera, it doesn't show the focus ring in front camera.
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Well, there's no focus mechanism in the camera, so what kind of focus are you expecting? The face detection?
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I just did some low light tests.
Tbh, there's no difference in the noise amount. Both pictures look ****ty + the pictures from this camera are all white, I mean like there's almost no color in the pictures. The stock camera wins in the color reproduction in those conditions easily.
Sent from Note 3, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3.
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Well, there's no focus mechanism in the camera, so what kind of focus are you expecting? The face detection?
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I just did some low light tests.
Tbh, there's no difference in the noise amount. Both pictures look ****ty + the pictures from this camera are all white, I mean like there's almost no color in the pictures. The stock camera wins in the color reproduction in those conditions easily.
Sent from Note 3, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3.
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Just tap on the screen, then the focus starts.
mr.loverlover said:
Well, there's no focus mechanism in the camera, so what kind of focus are you expecting? The face detection?
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I just did some low light tests.
Tbh, there's no difference in the noise amount. Both pictures look ****ty + the pictures from this camera are all white, I mean like there's almost no color in the pictures. The stock camera wins in the color reproduction in those conditions easily.
Sent from Note 3, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3.
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Im taking about touch to focus. It doesn't have touch to focus when using front camera, whereas cyanogenmod's default camera has. don't know about miui default camera.
It takes bright pictures in low light, but It's just too white in normal condition!
Plus,stock camera has better details. Slightly better.
One more thing, there is no 120fps slowmotion for HD resolution. and I don't know if 60fps FHD works or not.
Worse than Snap Camera included in latest CM13 build (balika). The chroma noise reduction is worst...
v22 works on miui. will be glad if you can upload latest updates here
Well this is like dream come true. For video shooting, this is the best camera app for redmi note 3 atleast. It has features like video stablisation, h.265 encoding and the best of all, it is able to save the video to sd card. (I previously tried an apk of camera next from apkmirror and it was not able to dave on sd card) . And for still shotss also, it has denoise feature, which I missed back then in camera next. Thank you so much. Now there is no need to go back to miui any more. You made my day.
Hopefully.
Tested on: RR ROM (not GSI) from https://build.lolios.ml/sirius/
GCam version: Arnova's Advanced 1.5 Download
Config xml file: see attachments Alternative Download
Disclaimer
If you're not using my same setup I can't guarantee the same results, though I think this should apply, for the most part, no matter the ROM you're using. If you're using a GSI I think it should work the same as long as you have flashed the gcam fix zip (or Magisk module).
Introduction
I chose Arnova's mod because it's the most customizable out there. To get it working straight out of the box:
Install GCam
Create directory /sdcard/GCam/Configs if it doesn't exist
Move xml config file to the directory
Long press on the GCam icon and select "Take a video"
Double-tap on empty space below shutter
Choose the xml file from the menu and click restore
Step 4 is necessary because trying to lauch with the defaults options results in a crash, but not in video mode. We're using this as workaround to import the settings in order to fix the crash and configure the camera.
I'll now describe every setting that I chose to edit so that you can understand why I set it up the way it is. Most of these settings are based on personal preference so feel free to experiment for yourself.
Settings
Mod settings - Advanced - FIX - RAW10 in front
Enabled.
Fixes the camera crash on app launch.
Mod settings - Advanced - FIX - Buffer Fix
Enabled.
Fixes viewfinder lag. Doesn't fix it for Night Sight. Also, I remember this wasn't needed when using GSI + gcam fix zip so if you're using a GSI maybe try disabling this and see how it goes.
Autoexposure correction
1/10 sec.
This setting is very important. It controls the balance between noise and blurriness / time it takes to shoot a frame.
Basically, here's what this does. When you take a picture there are a few factors that influence how bright the picture will be. These factors are width of the objective, time the camera spends taking the picture (also known as shutter speed) and the sensor sensitivity (also known as ISO). Unlike regular cameras, the width of the objective is fixed (I believe) so on our phone we're limited to ISO and shutter speed. The longer the shutter speed, the more time the sensor is exposed to light, the brighter the picture. If you're not steady though, longer shutter speeds will result in blurry photos. Increasing ISO, on the other hand, will allow you to keep shutter speed low and have sharp images, but will significantly increase the amount of noise in the picture.
What this setting does is set a limit to how high the shutter speed can get before it will resort to increasing ISO if it needs to. The default settings of Off gave pretty bad results for me - picking 1/50 and 2000+ ISO where 1/10 and 300 ISO did perfectly fine - though feel free to experiment for yourself. Keep in mind the actual time to take the pic will be at most this setting times the HDR+ parameters setting. So if you have the default setting of 9 for HDR+ and 1/10 like I do it will take at most 0.9s to take a picture.
Correction NightSight
1 sec.
Same as Autoexposure Correction but for Night Sight mode. I set this to a very long time but it's totally personal preference so feel free to tweak this. As you may have guessed, I really dislike noisy pictures...
Pixel 3 AWB
Enabled.
See the GCam ports site relative FAQ.
I found it produces warmer colors. It also seems to only work if you use Pixel 3 or Pixel 3XL as models. Feel free to change.
Mod settings - Advanced - Base - Model
Pixel 3 for both cameras.
Tested other models and didn't find any difference except Pixel 3 AWB stopped working except for Pixel 3XL.
Mod settings - Advanced - Noise reduction
Everything disabled.
Trying enabling them but they didn't really seem to work so I left them off.
Mod settings - Advanced - FIX - Using Sabre
Auto.
Sabre FAQ. I left Auto because I have no clue what that's supposed to mean. Tried both On and Off and they worked but I couldn't spot a difference. It supposedly makes pictures better though, so set to On if you'd like.
Mod settings - Advanced - Libs
Stock by Google.
I just left the default because I tried the other ones and found no difference. Try them for yourself if you feel like it.
Mod settings - Advanced - Enable Auto exposure
Disabled.
This is weird one, most of the times it crashed the app right after shooting (didn't store the pics), other times it worked but I saw no difference. Don't think we're missing out on anything.
Photo - Advanced - "Motion" function
Disabled.
Enabling crashes the app, it might work with different models settings / configs (in Mod settings - Advanced - Base) but I didn't bother because I don't really care for it. If you somehow get it to work, please report back. Thanks!
Photo - Advanced - Optical Stabilization (OIS)
Disabled.
MI 8 SE doesn't have OIS. Not much to say.
Video - Advanced - Init SlowMo with
120 FPS.
Setting this to 120 FPS instead of the default 240 FPS allows to use both 1/4 and 1/8 speed for slow motion.
By the way, I believe that while most of this guide should also apply to GSIs, iirc slow-mo is broken on GSI and there's not much you can do about it. Sorry.
I hope to have cleared up the confusion about GCam, I surely was very confused when I first started looking into it and was quite overblown with all the settings.
Let me know if you know about anything that could be added to the guide.
Thank you!
I can't do the "Long press on the GCam icon and select "Take a video" in MIUI
CoizSola said:
I can't do the "Long press on the GCam icon and select "Take a video" in MIUI
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True, it's a limitation of the default MIUI launcher. You can install a third party launcher temporarily and use that. To my knowledge there's no other way around it, unfortunately.
Thanks for this thread. There is something wrong about xml file. I am not able to download it via three different browsers. Could you please upload it anywhere else?
TacoNikky said:
Thanks for this thread. There is something wrong about xml file. I am not able to download it via three different browsers. Could you please upload it anywhere else?
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Updated the OP, thanks for letting me know.
pixel launcher
guglicap said:
True, it's a limitation of the default MIUI launcher. You can install a third party launcher temporarily and use that. To my knowledge there's no other way around it, unfortunately.
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you can install pixel launcher its works
OMG :victory: This is best GCam i've ever used.
Photo quality(lowest noise) and colors are really changed. Thanks for your hard work
TacoNikky said:
OMG :victory: This is best GCam i've ever used.
Photo quality(lowest noise) and colors are really changed. Thanks for your hard work
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Glad to hear that! The reduced noise is just the result of the shutter speed setting, I'm still very doubtful about setting 1/10 as limit, sometimes I feel like it's way too long... Especially because it seems like once you've set it it becomes super aggressive in picking it instead of a more sensible combination like 300 ISO - 1/50 shutter speed.
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Glad to hear that! The reduced noise is just the result of the shutter speed setting, I'm still very doubtful about setting 1/10 as limit, sometimes I feel like it's way too long... Especially because it seems like once you've set it it becomes super aggressive in picking it instead of a more sensible combination like 300 ISO - 1/50 shutter speed.
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Better quality photos are more important than waiting(shutter speed) in my opinion. Colors are sharp and contrast is higher than standart gcam. These settings give really good results. Sharp and clean photos :good:
The app crashes every time I take photos with hdr+ off. And in BSG v2e the shutter speed of hdr+ is so much faster than hdr+ enhanced which is useful if I want to take photos in crowded places
CoizSola said:
The app crashes every time I take photos with hdr+ off. And in BSG v2e the shutter speed of hdr+ is so much faster than hdr+ enhanced which is useful if I want to take photos in crowded places
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True, thanks for the report. I'll try and see if I can find a workaround. Shutter speed gets faster if you set Autoexposure correction to off, but ISO gets a lot higher as a result and produces very noisy pics.
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True, thanks for the report. I'll try and see if I can find a workaround. Shutter speed gets faster if you set Autoexposure correction to off, but ISO gets a lot higher as a result and produces very noisy pics.
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And also, I hope we can use the 20MP front camera. The 5MP limit looks pretty bad.
CoizSola said:
And also, I hope we can use the 20MP front camera. The 5MP limit looks pretty bad.
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That looks like it's a ROM issue since even the stock camera app shoots at 5MP
Thanks friend it's working but there's a lag in night sight's viewfinder.. Can u tell me how to fix it? I've tried a lot of gcam version but nothing works.. I'm using miui 10.3.1.0
Merackball said:
Thanks friend it's working but there's a lag in night sight's viewfinder.. Can u tell me how to fix it? I've tried a lot of gcam version but nothing works.. I'm using miui 10.3.1.0
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Yeah, as far as I know it's not fixable... it only worked after flashing the GCam fix zip but that seems to be causing issues in MIUI so I don't know.
Thx for share ur experience, but i hv issue slow capture for front camera, how fix it ?
Hi guys try bsg's gcam mi9se v0d, it's working for mi8se..
its work flawlesly on official dot-extended 3.3
need to un-check buffer fix
everything work except photobooth
thank you. i now.have.a working gcam
I installed this but nighs mode lags a lot, what can I do?
We finally got a version of 6.1 with the updated libraries and features (Night Sight, etc) that doesn't kill the front camera!
I've been working on this with DefconG and Cstark for a while now, trying to figure out how to fix the noise profile / black levels in the front cam so we aren't stuck with 5.1 (and its arguably inferior image quality and sharpness), and this seems to be the first major breakthrough!
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog924/
It says for Pie, but don't worry. It will install fine on Oreo. You may need to uninstall other 6.1 ports if you are having trouble installing it (on my device it conflicted with a 6.1 Arnova installation).
Front cam and both rear cams are fully supported with HDR+ Enhanced now. Night Sight is also an option. Some new funky feature too like zoom enhancements and other fun things that aren't entirely documented. Use the attached settings XML for the best V20 experience.
Definitely looks sharper, much more config options to fiddle. But after taking more than 2 photos it crashes, both with hdr, hdr enhanced, hdr off and hexagon dsp disabled.
If going for version 6 this looks like the choice.
Thanks for the good work.
Pardon my ignorance, but how do I apply the xml settings?
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I think I got it. Writing steps for others here. Thanks man! You're the hero we need.
1. A quick search led to this: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/settings09/
2. Downloading the xml seemed oddly difficult, so I downloaded it on my laptop and transferred it to my phone. It seems to be working fine
Lebatman said:
Pardon my ignorance, but how do I apply the xml settings?
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Double click the any empty black area near shutter button, it will as for the config. But be sure to copy the xml file to your \gcam\configs directory first.
I'm guessing no 7.0 support?
Night sight seems to be crashing now.. on the main cam especially. Anyone else facing the same?
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I'm guessing no 7.0 support?
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As far as I know, any GCam after 5.1 needs Oreo or higher, and any GCam from 6.2 on needs Pie or higher.
Sadly doesn't work on H990DS Oreo, I have version mismatch maybe because of that.
Have to go back to 5.1
Hello everyone. First off thank you so much for your work and development. I have been playing around with the 6.1 camera and I think I have everything working, but lens blur keeps force closing while processing the image.
I did download the XML file and double tap in the black area next to the shutter button change to the correct config file. But I'm still having the issue with lens blur is there something that I'm missing? Also, is there a way to make it save directly to the SD card? And any way to brighten up lens blur?
Thanks again for the awesome work. It would be really nice to only need one camera!
Onnit vs995 running Alpha Oreo 1.3.1
kaluna00 said:
Hello everyone. First off thank you so much for your work and development. I have been playing around with the 6.1 camera and I think I have everything working, but lens blur keeps force closing while processing the image.
I did download the XML file and double tap in the black area next to the shutter button change to the correct config file. But I'm still having the issue with lens blur is there something that I'm missing? Also, is there a way to make it save directly to the SD card? And any way to brighten up lens blur?
Thanks again for the awesome work. It would be really nice to only need one camera!
Onnit vs995 running Alpha Oreo 1.3.1
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Haven't tried Lens Blur yet, but regarding directly saving to SD card, that's not a feature since no Google Pixel phone has an SD card slot. You'll have to rely on an automatic process to move the files for you via something like Tasker or a specific app that someone made:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-gcam-tool-automatically-photos-t3752115
In Settings I changed both front and back cameras to be 16:9. However if I press the camera switch button then the settings does not stay. It goes like this:
Main Camera (16:9) -> Front Camera (16:9) -> Wide Camera (4:3) -> Front Camera (16:9) -> Main Camera (4:3)
Is it possible to fix this behavior so that switching to the Wide camera doesn't remove my Main camera settings?
Apologize for my ignorant. Does this app need root? What is the xml file for?
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Apologize for my ignorant. Does this app need root? What is the xml file for?
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From my experience:
1. No root required
2. Xml file sets the settings/parameters which are optimal, and also somehow save the app from crashing.
Someone else might be better informed though.
@Dishe
Thanks for your work, really appreciate it
I've noticed that the link goes straight to the Joker version. I've tried latest one: "eldiablo" and it seems to be working fine. Should I stick with the joker version or eldiablo is just fine?
I'm on h990ds with lineage 16
Just installed this on my H990DS. Is there a wide angle option?
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Just installed this on my H990DS. Is there a wide angle option?
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Yes widescreen works fine on h990ds.
itm said:
Just installed this on my H990DS. Is there a wide angle option?
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Yes widescreen works fine on h990ds.
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There's a couple of ways to toggle the cameras which can be set in the settings menu. One is to long-press the front/back toggle button, the other is to alternate each time you go from rear cam to front cam. The long press seems makes more sense on paper, but in reality it then pauses as it resets the app. Toggling to front cam and then back to rear seems to happen faster so you are ready to take a picture sooner. But then it is confusing because taking a selfie and then back to rear you forget which camera you are on now at first. I wish there was a toggle that worked like in the stock LG app, but the quality of Gcam is so good its worth it.
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Just installed this on my H990DS. Is there a wide angle option?
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Yes widescreen works fine on h990ds.
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@Dishe
Thanks for your work, really appreciate it
I've noticed that the link goes straight to the Joker version. I've tried latest one: "eldiablo" and it seems to be working fine. Should I stick with the joker version or eldiablo is just fine?
I'm on h990ds with lineage 16
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I haven't tried it yet- I'm just reporting info as the guys tweaking LG cams are filling me in.
The V20 is my wife's phone, and while I spent a considerable amount of time trying to make it take awesome pictures for her, I haven't tried the latest updates. She doesn't always like me stealing her phone to tinker. Let us know how it goes?
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There's a couple of ways to toggle the cameras which can be set in the settings menu. One is to long-press the front/back toggle button, the other is to alternate each time you go from rear cam to front cam. The long press seems makes more sense on paper, but in reality it then pauses as it resets the app. Toggling to front cam and then back to rear seems to happen faster so you are ready to take a picture sooner. But then it is confusing because taking a selfie and then back to rear you forget which camera you are on now at first. I wish there was a toggle that worked like in the stock LG app, but the quality of Gcam is so good its worth it.
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Quality of this camera is rather impressive, better than the other 6.1 I had. Is it OK to use eldiablo version or should we use joker one? Thanks
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Quality of this camera is rather impressive, better than the other 6.1 I had. Is it OK to use eldiablo version or should we use joker one? Thanks
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Doesn't hurt to try it and let us know!
As this device powered by SD 730 chipset it should support gcam port...
So share gcam mod that supports on our Device
we are waiting
https://mega.nz/file/Er4UTCIR#UFdSrQyVc-7ZVbtIHNTT8pRnOKZib95qikz5FtTEzKM
I found Urnyx05's latest version runs well without issues. As well as Arnova but requires to switch the Mod in order to make the slow motion work.
But switching camera lenses is missing in both versions. Also timelapse does not run of 4k mode in Urnyx05.
Is the picture and movie quality noticeably better then stock camera or Open Camera for example?
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Is the picture and movie quality noticeably better then stock camera or Open Camera for example?
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I noticed a big difference between google camera and the stock camera in terms of landscape views, google camera does a lot better(especially after turning on Lib patcher settings). But for individual objects it seems the stock camera does better in terms of exposure. I think I will depend on google cam just for landscape photos and raw images.
One thing I also found today, when I record with Slow Motion in google cam.. the video will not work.
I haven't found any that adequately support the phone's cameras.
Waiting in vain for astrophotography support with more than 3sec shutter speed.
This device doesn't even have a full PRO camera mode that can adjust shutter speed.
got it on my stock build A71. Photo's are good, but can't do widescreen. Videos are ok, seams quicker on videos, less time "catching up " with what's on the screen . will test outside later, no AR as well , but stable.
we need a port that can use the fullest of the cameras, ex: 64mp, this way we can take raw pictures and have more control
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we need a port that can use the fullest of the cameras, ex: 64mp, this way we can take raw pictures and have more control
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I'm not sure samsung allows full access to the camera for 3rd party apps in the A71. For example I can't get 60 or more fps in any 3rd party app regardless of the resolution, including filmic pro. Only 30 and 24 fps is possible. Real shame...
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I'm not sure samsung allows full access to the camera for 3rd party apps in the A71. For example I can't get 60 or more fps in any 3rd party app regardless of the resolution, including filmic pro. Only 30 and 24 fps is possible. Real shame...
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Yeah I noticed that too, This phone cameras are really good, nothing to complain, just the stock camera app that It's too limited, the phone support camera2api but the stock app doesn't let us tweak our photos in a professional way, there's that "Pro" mode in the app but it's nothing near the real capabilities of Camera2Api with raw photos and so on.
I read in Arnova's article in Google Camera port that there is a module for magisk to enable all the cameras of the phone. Anyone tried it ?
Also I would confirm that there are still issues with the slow motion recorder, the video will be lagging.
I have just checked the last update of Urnyx 7.3.0.018and added the config file of Samsung A71 and it actually works very well! even switching Auxiliary Camera works. But there are two things are still missing:
1-It seems it swithces to the wide camera only (12mp) for both 0.6x and 2x, so 64mp and micro are not added.
2-Slow motion mode still lagging.
I think we should work on making a specific version or configs for A71 which enables the rest of Cameras.
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Using Arnova Gcam, lastest version. I was able to switch the camera lens between 12mp (wide) and 16mp(main). The other lenses keep crashing the app.
This was done by setting ID Camera 0 and ID Camera 2 in the Mod settings. Maybe by the magisc module it may work, yet my phone is not rooted.
Jaime albino said:
Yeah I noticed that too, This phone cameras are really good, nothing to complain, just the stock camera app that It's too limited, the phone support camera2api but the stock app doesn't let us tweak our photos in a professional way, there's that "Pro" mode in the app but it's nothing near the real capabilities of Camera2Api with raw photos and so on.
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We have a new system update that enables some of the pro mode functions. However, when changing the shutter speed the stock camera always fails...
And some changes when doing an astrophotography shot with the gcam before the update there is less than 3 sec shutter speed. Now i can get 14 sec. But the photo still dark and awful.
what is the best gcam for a71
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what is the best gcam for a71
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Urnyx 7.3.0.018and added the config file of Samsung A71
Here link.
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1218/
zeezo9 said:
2-Slow motion mode still lagging.
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What do you consider slow motion, 60 fps or higher?
I think we should work on making a specific version or configs for A71 which enables the rest of Cameras.
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Can you guide on how to do this?
Using Arnova Gcam, lastest version. I was able to switch the camera lens between 12mp (wide) and 16mp(main). The other lenses keep crashing the app.
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Well still, two lenses available is good enough
Maybe by the magisc module it may work, yet my phone is not rooted.
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Do you plan to root?
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What do you consider slow motion, 60 fps or higher?
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There are two options 1/4 and 1/8.. both keep lagging after playing the recorder. in 1/4 it is less lagging though. i am not sure if 1/4 is 60 or 30 fps
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Can you guide on how to do this?
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By editing the options you can export a config file. For example in Arnova's version, there is a mod option which gives you extra optiions that you set and then export a config file, I don't know much but I think for our case we need deeper changes in the port. We might need to edit the port files.
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Well still, two lenses available is good enough
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Yes but that's not enough, I personally aim for 64mp camera and if we are able to take RAW images with that will be a nice thing. We have a good camera in this phone but it is diappointing Samsung did not provide Raw Images option in the new update.
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Do you plan to root?
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For now I have no plans, it is still risky as long as there is little support for the phone in the forum. But I would love to get deeper in helping to improve a better port of GCam for the phone.
Is anyone elses viewfinder laggy? The preview image?
Anyone have input for the "best" Google camera port/mod? I'm using
Arnova's 6.2.030 v2.2: Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.2.190716.1800-Final.apk because it's the newest one I've tried so far that doesn't take green pictures. Looking for other experiences.
I have found that green pictures come out anytime you do not use Google AWB. I tried using Nikita's version of 7.4 and had decent results. Even took pictures using all 3 cams individually which was interesting. Still not great, but definitely better than stock.
Disregard, mine are green as well.
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I have found that green pictures come out anytime you do not use Google AWB. I tried using Nikita's version of 7.4 and had decent results. Even took pictures using all 3 cams individually which was interesting. Still not great, but definitely better than stock.
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Are you meaning using a custom AWB? If so, which one do you use?
I also tried Nkita's 7.4 Gcam mod, and it blows the stock camera out of the water after a bit of tweaking in the settings. I've attached the config that I use, and you can apply it by following this guide. It's not perfect, but it doesn't take green pictures, and it enables the auxiliary cameras.
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I also tried Nkita's 7.4 Gcam mod, and it blows the stock camera out of the water after a bit of tweaking in the settings. I've attached the config that I use, and you can apply it by following this guide. It's not perfect, but it doesn't take green pictures, and it enables the auxiliary cameras.
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Hello lzgmc
Do I need to root the N200 before installing this Nkita's 7.4 Gcam ?
Thanks
AXng said:
Do I need to root the N200 before installing this Nkita's 7.4 Gcam ?
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No, just install the apk and apply the configuration file.
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No, just install the apk and apply the configuration file.
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Thank you!
OK since I have no idea how to install the config file want to help an idiot out? Kind of fell in love with the google camera software on my pixel 3a and would love to have it back.
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OK since I have no idea how to install the config file want to help an idiot out? Kind of fell in love with the google camera software on my pixel 3a and would love to have it back.
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Place the config file at GCam/Configs7 folder, open the GCam, double tap the black space between the shutter and the preview picture, you will see the xml file you just placed.
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I also tried Nkita's 7.4 Gcam mod, and it blows the stock camera out of the water after a bit of tweaking in the settings. I've attached the config that I use, and you can apply it by following this guide. It's not perfect, but it doesn't take green pictures, and it enables the auxiliary cameras.
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@lzgmc, thanks for the xml file; however, it force closes when trying to use the auxiliary cameras, only the double tree one works.
Oneplus nord n200 with the latest GCam_8.1.101_Wichaya_V1.4 still got the GREEN shots. No luck.
I've been using open camera off fdroid and it seems to work much better than stock for what it's worth.
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I have found that green pictures come out anytime you do not use Google AWB. I tried using Nikita's version of 7.4 and had decent results. Even took pictures using all 3 cams individually which was interesting. Still not great, but definitely better than stock.
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I also tried Nkita's 7.4 Gcam mod, and it blows the stock camera out of the water after a bit of tweaking in the settings. I've attached the config that I use, and you can apply it by following this guide. It's not perfect, but it doesn't take green pictures, and it enables the auxiliary cameras.
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From that link:
NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_eng.apk (com.google.android.GoogleCameraEng) #
NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_snap.apk (org.codeaurora.snapcam) #
NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_cam.apk (com.ngcam.camera) #
NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_samsung.apk (com.samsung.android.scan3d) #
Which one of these APKs do I need for the N200?
Also, is this still the "best" camera option for the N200?
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From that link:
NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_eng.apk (com.google.android.GoogleCameraEng) #
NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_snap.apk (org.codeaurora.snapcam) #
NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_cam.apk (com.ngcam.camera) #
NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_samsung.apk (com.samsung.android.scan3d) #
Which one of these APKs do I need for the N200?
Also, is this still the "best" camera option for the N200?
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I used the "snap" variant personally, but I see no reason why the "cam" variant wouldn't work either.
As for which one is the "best" camera option for the N200, I don't know. While NGCam's photos are still far better than the photos from the stock camera in my opinion, and it also supports the macro lens, there's a subtle pink tint in the final photos, and it seems to drain the battery quite a bit. Maybe it's the best camera option right now, but that could change in the future if newer and more optimized cameras for this phone come out.
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I used the "snap" variant personally, but I see no reason why the "cam" variant wouldn't work either.
As for which one is the "best" camera option for the N200, I don't know. While NGCam's photos are still far better than the photos from the stock camera in my opinion, and it also supports the macro lens, there's a subtle pink tint in the final photos, and it seems to drain the battery quite a bit. Maybe it's the best camera option right now, but that could change in the future if newer and more optimized cameras for this phone come out.
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OK, tried the snap variant.
I can't figure out how to apply that config file, but I don't think I have to.
All I did was turn 'Google AWB' on (whatever that is) in the settings, leaving everything else as default, and the colors in my pictures seem spot on.
*edit- figured out the config file thing. I can see the very subtle pink tinge you mentioned (which wasn't there before applying the config, but it didn't let me choose between camera lenses before the config, so...). I see all kinds of color-related things in the config file, but don't actually know what in the config is safe to edit to try fixing it, lol.
Now if this was fine tuning a ReShade setting for a PC game...
We usually need to use the "snap" or "snapcam" package for phones where OnePlus doesn't restrict access to the auxiliary cameras (wide, macro, zoom, etc). It's the second apk on both of download pages for the versions linked above.
GCams with other package names often can only access the main rear / front camera.