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*Potentially Working* Google Camera port

Edit: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962021903579482902
Remember to activate camera2 API before trying the app.
https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?act=search&source=pst&noform=1&username=B-S-G
It appears bsg have release an ARM32 apk of an older version of Google Camera HDR. Should work on the G5Plus. Can't access the link to download though.
anyone able to help?

Focus doesn't seem to work

HDR+ port by defcomk
Here is something that works for me:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4UT4dU4LpjJZFZnbGJ1TXVJN2c/view?usp=sharing
Make sure CAM2 API is enabled.
If you are on stock ROM it can be done by adding this line to build.prop:
Code:
persist.camera.HAL3.enabled=1
If on a custom nougat ROM use this module: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UT4dU4LpjJRWY1dzBBUTdHbm8
If on Oreo custom ROM, cam2 is enabled by default.
To use the camera it follow these steps:
1) Open the app, change video resolution of back camera to 4K (VERY IMPORTANT, else there will be FC)
2) On the camera menu you'll notice it's not focusing, so switch to video mode by swiping left on the screen.
3) In video mode tap on the subject you are shooting to focus on it. ( May need to be tapped more than once, Zooming in with two swipe finger gesture helps to get perfect focus)
4) After you are happy with the focus switch to photo mode by swiping right, this will maintain the focus that was set in video mode, if not repeat step 3.
5) Do NOT press shutter yet. Lock AE/AF before taking shot by long pressing on the finger to form a circle on the screen. (VERY IMPORTANT, else there will be FC)
6) After you have long pressed, take the photo. A circle will be shown which takes 30 shots in one second.
7) Shutter will be grayed out until the photo is processed which happens in the background, you can check progress by taping the thumbnail.
8) You can take as many shots you like with the present focus lock, also repeat the from step 3 for changing focus.
That's it
Thanks to @defcomg for the port and @dhk.-(DhKDc) for the magisk module

Can i try that zip file for Athene(G4+) iam on a custom Rom

Ashokk8 said:
Can i try that zip file for Athene(G4+) iam on a custom Rom
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it will likely not work since you have sd616 device which has a different DSP

Ashokk8 said:
Can i try that zip file for Athene(G4+) iam on a custom Rom
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Exclusive to G5 plus. Sorry

Ot request, Any chance we can shoot RAW on custom roms?

How do I get this working on a Galaxy S7 Edge with snapdragon 820? Isn't it supposed to be compatible? It keeps crashing at launch.
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Briankbl said:
How do I get this working on a Galaxy S7 Edge with snapdragon 820? Isn't it supposed to be compatible? It keeps crashing at launch.
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try this https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-ported/

drunk prophet said:
try this https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-ported/
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Same issue. Right after allowing the four permissions, it crashes.
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Works for me after enabling camera2. Is there anyway to rename the app so I can also have a normal Google camera?

There's an updated app if anyone has a 4pda account
https://4pda.ru/forum/dl/post/11407270/GC_Android-6.0+_arm-arm64_C2API_maxParam.apk

DustArma said:
There's an updated app if anyone has a 4pda account
https://4pda.ru/forum/dl/post/11407270/GC_Android-6.0+_arm-arm64_C2API_maxParam.apk
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Error 404

FabricioGS said:
Error 404
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You need a 4pda account to download from their forums, the 404 error only happens when you are not logged in.

I can't get to register on 4pda, any russian fellow around?

DustArma said:
There's an updated app if anyone has a 4pda account
https://4pda.ru/forum/dl/post/11407270/GC_Android-6.0+_arm-arm64_C2API_maxParam.apk
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I created a 4dpa account by using this guide to solve the captcha and I managed to install the apk. I found out it wasn't working as well as defcomk's port cause it couldn't auto-focus lock the image. The only new thing I saw was it supported raw image capture
If any of you, for some reason want to create an account and try it for yourself, follow this guide to solve the captcha: https://doorsgeek.blogspot.com/2015/08/4pdaru-loginregister-captcha-tutorial.html

sharan.nyn said:
Here is something that works for me:
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Thanks to @defcomg for the port and @dhk.-(DhKDc) for the magisk module
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WOW!! I thought the Google camera HDR+ was all hype. I had HDR+ on my Nexus 5 but apparently that was the old version not using the new API. I thought that took pretty good pictures but this new one on this phone is incredible. Every single thing I tried, every camera mod I could find, on any ROM other than stock, every picture looked over softened and blurry, or super grainy and still kind of blurry. Now it looks better than stock, impressively so. The color balance, focus, and sharpness is top notch. Amazing what a change in software can do to a piece of hardware.
A quick tip for people, the camera opens up with the focus set at infinite so if you take a picture of something 5ft+ away, there's no need to swipe to the video to focus. Just open the camera, long press to hold focus, and snap the picture. The camera also works in 16:9 if that's your thing.
Edit: open camera is finicky for videos, giving me reboots. Use Footej camera for quick non HD photos and videos.
Edit2: After messing around with it a bit more, it's not the just HDR+ that makes the pictures so much better, it's the new camera API. Install and use it with any camera app supporting camera2 API and the photos are much better all around.
Thanks a ton for posting this, both you, and OP.

username8611 said:
WOW!! I thought the Google camera HDR+ was all hype. I had HDR+ on my Nexus 5 but apparently that was the old version not using the new API. I thought that took pretty good pictures but this new one on this phone is incredible. Every single thing I tried, every camera mod I could find, on any ROM other than stock, every picture looked over softened and blurry, or super grainy and still kind of blurry. Now it looks better than stock, impressively so. The color balance, focus, and sharpness is top notch. Amazing what a change in software can do to a piece of hardware.
A quick tip for people, the camera opens up with the focus set at infinite so if you take a picture of something 5ft+ away, there's no need to swipe to the video to focus. Just open the camera, long press to hold focus, and snap the picture. The camera also works in 16:9 if that's your thing.
Edit: open camera is finicky for videos, giving me reboots. Use Footej camera for quick non HD photos and videos.
Edit2: After messing around with it a bit more, it's not the just HDR+ that makes the pictures so much better, it's the new camera API. Install and use it with any camera app supporting camera2 API and the photos are much better all around.
Thanks a ton for posting this, both you, and OP.
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can you post some sample shots? I am really curious

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wow google has some magic algorithm...

Horrible camera on snapchat

Hi guys is there any fix about p20 pro camera in regard with the snapchat, yes, I am aware almost all android phone snapchat screenshots the phone and does not use the phone real camera before sending it to somebody. I have the same problem with s9 plus thought Huawei would be better, my friends iPhone X works perfectly fine as with all phones because when you take a picture from the iPhone It sends the image from the camera not a screenshot

I have also this problem.
We need to wait for an update I guess.

I'm afraid your only option at this point is a pixel 2. Only android phone I know of that can send the proper photo because the app can tap into the visual core

I wondered why the pics looked so bad from snapchat. I never knew it was a screenshot of a photo rather than the proper photo. Hope it gets fixed.

Lasuil said:
I wondered why the pics looked so bad from snapchat. I never knew it was a screenshot of a photo rather than the proper photo. Hope it gets fixed.
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https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/fyi-why-androids-snapchat-app-takes-inferior-photos-0174597/

Nokia 7 Plus, A few Questions

Hi All,
Newbie here so please be gentle with me, love the look of this fourm so thought I would join in!
I purchased the Nokia 7 Plus here in the UK (TA-1055 model) about a week ago and I am very happy with it, I do have a few questions tho...
What does it mean by unlocking the bootloader? what does this do and what can you do once you have done this?
Is it really worth using the google camera app instead of the stock Nokia camera app?
Other tips on getting more battery life (not that I run out, just curious as to what settings you can change)
Also I am not getting the notification dots come up on any apps and the notification dot settings is set to on
Look forward to hearing your wise words!

I have the same model.
Unlocking bootloader is necessary to make root access workable and change ROMs etc. If you don't know what that means then don't bother with it
Yes it's really worth to use Google Camera app for normal photos (not videos). The difference is unbelievable. Use APK and settings from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76834155&postcount=267
Don't know how you can improve battery life (never bother with this, Android does this automatically) and get your notification dots working (notification dots need special permissions if you use another launcher).

therealmarv said:
I have the same model.
Unlocking bootloader is necessary to make root access workable and change ROMs etc. If you don't know what that means then don't bother with it
Yes it's really worth to use Google Camera app for normal photos (not videos). The difference is unbelievable. Use APK and settings from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76834155&postcount=267
Don't know how you can improve battery life (never bother with this, Android does this automatically) and get your notification dots working (notification dots need special permissions if you use another launcher).
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Hi mate,
Thanks for your reply, dont think I will bother with the bootloader stuff as sounds too complicated for me lol.
Ok thats great will try that camera app! and how come dont use it for videos? I have just upgraded to this phone from a Moto G4+ and was seriously considering swapping this for a Moto G6 plus but really want to give this phone a chance! as i do like it!
And as for notification dots I managed to sort that in the special permissions settings by turning on launcher 3!

Video will not work well with Pixel camera because mainly of sound. The Nokia uses a special sound system with several mics called Ozo Sound. So it's best to use it with the Nokia camera itself.

Ok thanks, and is the sound quality noticeable when playing the video back on the phone or on a pc?
And not sure if this is something I can change in settings but the gcam won't zoom in when I want to take a photo is this right?

I think noticeable on both.
There is no good zoom in gcam because there is no Google phone camera with an optical zoom or second lens (so no support for second lens).

therealmarv said:
I think noticeable on both.
There is no good zoom in gcam because there is no Google phone camera with an optical zoom or second lens (so no support for second lens).
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ok so just to confirm zoom is not possible using the gcam?

Camera Problem -> strange-zoomed effect when using it in third-party apps. WHY?

Hi everyone
I looked around for this problem in the forum but apparently I'm the only one to have it.
When I do pics inside third-party app like Telegram or Whatsapp, my p20 pro (stock, rooted) seem to using a camera-zoomed, and not the main sensor that it use when I open the stock camera app.
You can find in attachment the example. One pic is shot with stock camera. Other one is shot inside Telegram.
Same happen with front camera... as you can see in attach.
I think the software switchs from 1 of 3 cameras... but WHY?
There's a way to fix it?

I tried to cover with fingers every camera but not seem it changing with different apps. Really wtf?

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I tried to cover with fingers every camera but not seem it changing with different apps. Really wtf?
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I have this problem too but I never use third party apps to take pictures.

Yep, I've just tried and it zooms in. Holding my hands perfectly still and firing up whatsapp and it's zoomed in slightly more than the stock camera app. Fine for quick shots if needed but 99% of the time I take the pic first then send.
I fired up the Huawei mirror app to see what it does and the front camera on my Galaxy S2 was better! Disabled the app after that!

beko1987 said:
Yep, I've just tried and it zooms in. Holding my hands perfectly still and firing up whatsapp and it's zoomed in slightly more than the stock camera app. Fine for quick shots if needed but 99% of the time I take the pic first then send.
I fired up the Huawei mirror app to see what it does and the front camera on my Galaxy S2 was better! Disabled the app after that!
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Mirror app is first thing I uninstalled, this and other bloat app from Huawei
So it's a common trouble. Hope they can fix in next release but I suppose that's not a bug, in real

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I have this problem too but I never use third party apps to take pictures.
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What do you mean?
You have zoomed camera also in stock camera app?

lorreca said:
What do you mean?
You have zoomed camera also in stock camera app?
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You can zoom the main camera in, but the camera opens on a different zoom level in 3rd party apps. I had mine pointing at my keyboard at work, and with my hands resting on the desk and not moving, with the stock app I could see the space bar, within whatsapp it had the K key at the bottom.
Probably not noticable for 90% of the crap I send pics of in whatsapp (shopping lists to SWMBO when she's forgotten usually) but it's there
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lorreca said:
Mirror app is first thing I uninstalled, this and other bloat app from Huawei
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Not done that yet, trying out the 'experience' after having nexus phones/roms for a while. (What the experience is I'm getting I'm not sure, but it is one!). The main reason I'll de-bloat is to clean the app drawer out tbh!

I've noticed a similar problem with the Microsoft OneDrive app when scanning documents with the camera. Focus is fine at the centre but around the edges it is blurry.

lorreca said:
What do you mean?
You have zoomed camera also in stock camera app?
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In the official camera app I get full zoomed out view as default view. I can then zoom in by choice.
In third party apps, it starts zoomed in.

subhani said:
In the official camera app I get full zoomed out view as default view. I can then zoom in by choice.
In third party apps, it starts zoomed in.
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This is strange. So very time you opening stock camera you have to zoom out for normally view?
If as seem everyone have this problem why nobody is complaining?

lorreca said:
This is strange. So very time you opening stock camera you have to zoom out for normally view?
If as seem everyone have this problem why nobody is complaining?
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No. Mine is at 1x zoom. Not 3x. In the stock camera.
In third party apps like Telegram, it starts at 3x I think or some lower resolution like 5mp.

subhani said:
No. Mine is at 1x zoom. Not 3x. In the stock camera.
In third party apps like Telegram, it starts at 3x I think or some lower resolution like 5mp.
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Oh ok, got it
Same for me. But I cannot zoom out from 3x in thirty party app anyway

lorreca said:
Oh ok, got it
Same for me. But I cannot zoom out from 3x in thirty party app anyway
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So I believe it is a 7mp photo in 16:9.

v40 doesn't use all three cameras - am I the only one experiencing this?

The YouTube link below will demonstrate what I'm describing, but the main camera mode doesn't seem to take advantage of the telephoto lens at all. The only thing I've tried that uses it is the "triple shot" mode, where the zoom shot actually does use the telephoto lens.
https ://youtu .be/ 6uamxcSIPdg (sorry for weird link, created account just for this post and not allowed to post links)
Could somebody else check theirs and see if it behaves the same way? I am using the latest software.

I just tried this on mine (Unlocked V40-V405QA) and all three cameras are working independently and as expected. Left is the Telephoto, Middle is the Wide Angle and Right is the Standard. One thing I don't understand is on your video, you don't have Google Lens as an option across the camera where I have Google Lens, Portrait, Triple Shot and AI CAM.
What model and firmware are you using?

SHosp said:
I just tried this on mine (Unlocked V40-V405QA) and all three cameras are working independently and as expected. Left is the Telephoto, Middle is the Wide Angle and Right is the Standard. One thing I don't understand is on your video, you don't have Google Lens as an option across the camera where I have Google Lens, Portrait, Triple Shot and AI CAM.
What model and firmware are you using?
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Thanks for mentioning Lens; that turned out to be what the issue was. I had disabled Lens as part of debloating (I didn't see myself ever using it), and apparently the camera app has dependencies on it. Once I enable Lens the telephoto lens starts being used correctly. It seems weird the camera would do this.
My model is the same as yours, and I'm on software version V405QA10g.

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Thanks for mentioning Lens; that turned out to be what the issue was. I had disabled Lens as part of debloating (I didn't see myself ever using it), and apparently the camera app has dependencies on it. Once I enable Lens the telephoto lens starts being used correctly. It seems weird the camera would do this.
My model is the same as yours, and I'm on software version V405QA10g.
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Glad you were able to figure it out. Hopefully this will help anybody else who debloats and starts seeing similar issues.

Mines broken and i didn't debloat.
I tried to see which camera is which by covering them and the telephoto doesn't seem to be active.
Once in a while in zoomed mode it'll blink to my finger but it's usually using the regular camera. Is this normal or some algorithm?
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So it's not the lens app for me. The camera seems to only work when it's bright.

Mine works. I did not debloat a lot of system apps

See my post in your other thread.

I'm also experiencing this now that I saw this thread and checked, my app is only using the right 2 cameras, the telephoto is not working...

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I'm also experiencing this now that I saw this thread and checked, my app is only using the right 2 cameras, the telephoto is not working...
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It appears like the two lenses closest to the led flash is the only lenses working on my v40 right now as well on the latest firmware. Any insight into this?

As I understand it from another thread, if there isn't enough light, the camera app switches to the regular lens, which has a biggest aperture (smaller f-stop number) to let more light in, and uses digital zoom. I believe I was able to confirm that behavior on mine, but since then I had lost track of which lense was which.