Develop Bugs

Camera Quality - CM14.1

Hi, I was lurking for a new camera app on xda to make up for the Huawei Camera software which provides a superb quality when taking photos, and I ended up encountering the Snapdragon Camera 2.2 for the Alcatel Idol 3.3.
Acording to the dev the camera apk should work on every ROM based on CM.
Since I'm on CM14.1 I gave it a shot and surprisingly it successfully installed and its working quite well.
The thing is, I can't decide which one is better, Snap Camera or Snapdragon Camera.
I was hoping if you guys could help me
(the first one I used stock snap camera which comes with CM14.1 and the second one I used Snapdragon Camera)
Note - the xda app might compress the photos a little bit, so expect some low quality between them.
Edit - link for the snapdragon camera : https://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/themes-apps/app-snapdragon-camera-v2-2-marshallow-t3402224
Here are some photos :

cool. maybe there's a way to extract he camera apk feom EMUI? its a really good app. and as a bit of advice, some links to the threads for snapdragon camera would be great . i'll test them too. the 2nd pic looks better imo, so i think snapdragon camera is better than the stock cm one. i'm using google camera (preinstalled with stock gapps) and i'll do some photos too when i get home
edit: the snapdragon camera is a bit better. not by much. the google camera app has a pinkish tint and is brighter, whilst the snapdragon camera has more natural colours but it is less bright, as seen in the OP.

plictisit17 said:
cool. maybe there's a way to extract he camera apk feom EMUI? its a really good app. and as a bit of advice, some links to the threads for snapdragon camera would be great . i'll test them too. the 2nd pic looks better imo, so i think snapdragon camera is better than the stock cm one. i'm using google camera (preinstalled with stock gapps) and i'll do some photos too when i get home
edit: the snapdragon camera is a bit better. not by much. the google camera app has a pinkish tint and is brighter, whilst the snapdragon camera has more natural colours but it is less bright, as seen in the OP.
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It is possible to port the apk to CM or whatever ROM you're using, but without the drivers from huawei we can't get the maximum performance from the camera.
I also think that Snapdragon Camera looks a bit better, but Snap camera for me I think it's better to use on dark environments haha.
Edited the post with the link for the snapdragon camera.
Thanks.

I don't have any kind of experience regarding Android extraction of any kind, but if we took libs and camera apk and all the dependencies for it, make it a flashable zip with correct permissions straight to /system, would it work?
It's too bad that we have Nougat running great with mostly no issues (location via wifi is not working, but activating GPS will locate you in 2 seconds, some users also have the echo call bug), and the camera is not optimised properly. I'm pretty sure on stock ROM all other camera apps gave more or less the same performance as the stock one, so i doubt there is a lot to do with the app itself, more with the drivers and libraries (as you have pointed out).

Huawei stock cam app i think its pretty well
it would be great if it could be ported

Google Camera is finally here people ??

Yes you read it correct our long wait is over now. Now we too can enjoy the amazing processing of gcam. Everything works like a charm and there is a significant improvement in the quality. I'm sure this will get better as this is obiously an early build.
And it's not the pixel 2 camera but it's the pixel 3 one!..
Here's what works:
*Portrait mode on both front and back cams(only on humans)
*HDR+, HDR+ enhanced
*Panorama (super glitchy for now)
*And pretty much everything else
*Night mode ( slight improvements only)
*Photo Sphere
Here's what doesn't work:
*Live Google lens
At first the images will look dead.So after you install it you need to increase the saturation. Go to settings , bsg mod settings , saturation and change saturation of front and back cam.
Literally all the credit goes to @xdaakhil for digging this up. If you want to thank someone thank him.
Well my thanks button is down there too ?
Working on :
Honor 9 Lite
Honor 7X
Honor P Smart
Mate 10 Lite
P20 Lite
Honor 6x
keep testing
Edit: video and photos sphere works after changing the default storage to internal. Don't know why it doesn't work with the SD card?
Photo sphere is also very buggy
Photos cannot be clicked without enabling HDR+ or HDR+ enhanced.
There is a pinkish tint on highlights. This can be overcome if you guys focus on the lit(highlights) part by tapping on the viewfinder.
This port can work without root or any modifications.
Stock https://imgur.com/gallery/qvzPuAo
Gcam https://imgur.com/gallery/1bGXR6h

Here's the original thread where you can find the link to the camera:https://forum.xda-developers.com/9-lite/themes/google-pixel-3-camera-port-honor-9-lite-t3858075

Stock cam:
Honor 9 lite stock cam https://imgur.com/gallery/qvzPuAo

Gcam:
Honor 9 lite gcam https://imgur.com/gallery/1bGXR6h

All photos were taken indoors in relatively low lights. So considering that it's pretty cool. Just wish the video gets fixed soon.

It showing " app not installed" what to do?

abhi2912 said:
It showing " app not installed" what to do?
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? Don't know why that happened. Try downloading it again.

To those of you who who don't know why portrait only work on humans:
Gcam doesn't utilise the secondary camera that comes with the device as pixel phones have a single lens setup. The portrait is completely software based. You can check this, cover the secondary lens and click a portrait pic, it'll work!
This is also very useful as we will get good quality blur and edge detection like flagships in our budget phones as the software processing is the same in both apps.
So the camera cannot detect Dept between the subject and background as it only uses one lens.

Hello,
please, tell me, did you find optimal settings of gcam for our phone? Saturation and HDR+? I am testing it but I am not finding the perfect combination yet.

binpe13 said:
Hello,
please, tell me, did you find optimal settings of gcam for our phone? Saturation and HDR+? I am testing it but I am not finding the perfect combination yet.
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Well im also a bit confused about the perfect match.
But this is what I use:
Pixel 3 as the input method in both front and rear cams(for the super res zoom to work)
Saturation, rear cam highlights 2.7 shadow 2.9
Front cam highlights 2.2 shadow 2.6
Tweak around yourself but I couldn't get the cam to take a picture like it is shown in the viewfinder and the skin tones are better in the viewfinder than the final photo ( the details are far better though)

Thank you Fredin. I will test it.

Been lurking for a while, just registered to say thanks, works nicely the difference is pretty big! Panoramic mode is slow and buggy for me but photosphere does the same thing anyway and works well, lastly, is the RAW picture supposed to look really low resolution like it does for me?

It's working on P Smart as well, will be testing more tomorrow.

Isopropil said:
It's working on P Smart as well, will be testing more tomorrow.
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Good to know it works on more devices.

It's good to know that you guys find it useful but it's been digged up by @xdaakhil I don't want to steal his work, I just
posted this with more details about the bugs and a small comparison.
Anyways thanks guys. Keep testing

anontb said:
Been lurking for a while, just registered to say thanks, works nicely the difference is pretty big! Panoramic mode is slow and buggy for me but photosphere does the same thing anyway and works well, lastly, is the RAW picture supposed to look really low resolution like it does for me?
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Yeah the raw shots do look like it's of low quality(don't know why). But since this build wasn't built for us this is really good.
Only if someone ports the camera for Kirin devices.
Anyways good to hear from you.

Is there a way to get slow mo working?
Btw thanks for the awesome work

Kushagra4902 said:
Is there a way to get slow mo working?
Btw thanks for the awesome work
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I'm not sure as slow motion recording requires hardware support which our phones dosent have.
Normally phones (including ours) records in 30 or 60 fps which is good for taking normal videos but not for slow-mo recording. All the apps you see in playstore just slows down the fps and processes them to slow the video down, but this causes quality loss and an artificial feel to it.
So I don't think we will be about to get slow motion working.

Kushagra4902 said:
Is there a way to get slow mo working?
Btw thanks for the awesome work
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its not working on any phone right now.. including op6, poco f1 etc.. its not been fixed yet

Yup, its working on my honor 9 lite like boom but 1 thing I would like to ask is that it supports any image stabilisation or not.

Themes / Apps / Mods Gcam for Xperia 10 III

UPDATE 2022.02.26_GCam 8.1
This 8.1 version of Gcam works very well out of the box (aux cameras, video. Night mode etc etc)
Arnova8G2: Gcam-8.1.101.build-V6.2.211013
Download Gcam-8.1.101.build-V6.2.211013 by Arnova8G2.
www.celsoazevedo.com
The app crashes only in video rallenty mode.
I changed the 7.4 version below with 8.1 above.
Hi guys, I tried a lot of gcams, finally I found one that works well with 99% of features.
https://1-dontsharethislink.celsoazevedo.com/file/filesc/NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_eng.apk
I attach the config file by myself.
Only bug is video recording with aux cameras.
If someone found a better setting or a better combo (gcam+setting), please reply to this post

Does it make the camera better?

yes, really better. With the HDR+ Auto (non advanced), shots are also more quick than stock (that is really slow to be honest). The overall quality is very better, and night mode, potrait mode, astrography etc etc are a considerable plus. This are two shots made during this reply. IMG file is the Gcam, DCIM is Sony (1x cam, no adjustment, all auto).

the right one is with Gcam?

HIXPERIA said:
the right one is with Gcam?
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yes, but this is only an example. In outdoor or dark conditions there is a lot of difference.

alonzimanuel said:
Hi guys, I tried a lot of gcams, finally I found one that works well with 99% of features.
https://1-dontsharethislink.celsoazevedo.com/file/filesc/NGCam_7.4.104-v2.0_eng.apk
I attach the config file by myself.
Only bug is video recording with aux cameras.
If someone found a better setting or a better combo (gcam+setting), please reply to this post
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Video works for me for all 3 cameras. I didn't install the config though, just went to settings -> Advanced -> Auxiliary cameras -> added 3 cameras and assigned appropriate samsung tree icons . After initial crash, it's working fine

bimjunk said:
Video works for me for all 3 cameras. I didn't install the config though, just went to settings -> Advanced -> Auxiliary cameras -> added 3 cameras and assigned appropriate samsung tree icons . After initial crash, it's working fine
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Well! The aux not working in video in original post was because I had the video stabilization on. Talking about photos, have you seen any colour balance difference between the cameras?

alonzimanuel said:
Well! The aux not working in video in original post was because I had the video stabilization on. Talking about photos, have you seen any colour balance difference between the cameras?
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Yes, and focus goes in and out...stock camera focussing is spot on, for now, using the stock

The focus is good for me, better than stock, expecially in LL condition. Try my config disabling video stab.

I'm seriously considering getting this phone. Can anybody post more samples from GCam?

alonzimanuel said:
Hi guys, I tried a lot of gcams, finally I found one that works well with 99% of features.
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Hello, are you able to shot in RAW mode? That is Raw+Jpg?
thanks!

Yes, you can shot in raw+jpeg

I upload the last config file:
-the video stab. Is disabled because video capture with aux freeze the app.
-every gcam 7 feature is working well
-colors are quite different switching cameras, I suppose there's a little settings to do well. But this difference is already present in the stock camera app.

alonzimanuel said:
Yes, you can shot in raw+jpeg
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You are right, it just saves the RAW files in a different folder (Picture\RAW), that's why I wasn't able to see them!
Do you know if it's possible to save them in the same folder of the JPGs?

No I don't know, I just haven't this kind of need yet.

A little bit offtopic because I did not try GCam yet, but my 10iii arrived yesterday and the pictures (same objects, auto-mode, sony app & opencamera) are im comparison to my 4 year old XZ1c smaller in resolution and size (1,4mb vs 5,8mb) and quality almost as bad as the xz1c. Highest resolution I can set is 12MP in the settings. Are there any settings I have overseen? Or do I have to send it back and buy the Zenfone 8 although I loved Xperia phones since years?

holden69 said:
A little bit offtopic because I did not try GCam yet, but my 10iii arrived yesterday and the pictures (same objects, auto-mode, sony app & opencamera) are im comparison to my 4 year old XZ1c smaller in resolution and size (1,4mb vs 5,8mb) and quality almost as bad as the xz1c. Highest resolution I can set is 12MP in the settings. Are there any settings I have overseen? Or do I have to send it back and buy the Zenfone 8 although I loved Xperia phones since years?
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I bought this phone at launch. And I will never change with a zenphone 8. I'm very happy with this phone and every update Sony made has solved a problem. I love it. So to come back on topic try the gcam in this post with the last setting.

alonzimanuel said:
I bought this phone at launch. And I will never change with a zenphone 8. I'm very happy with this phone and every update Sony made has solved a problem. I love it. So to come back on topic try the gcam in this post with the last setting.
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Thanks, I just tried your GCam with the latest xml. Might be the best app for 10iii, shutter is quicker than stock, white balance and colors as well, but still the results are awful for a phone from 2021 if you compare it to the xz1c-pictures attached. I don't get it why Sony builts really good cameras (I'm on Canon, but anyway..) and the ones in their phones are bad. After 11 years Xperia-phones I'll go for the Zenfone now

alonzimanuel said:
I upload the last config file:
-the video stab. Is disabled because video capture with aux freeze the app.
-every gcam 7 feature is working well
-colors are quite different switching cameras, I suppose there's a little settings to do well. But this difference is already present in the stock camera app.
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Thanks a bunch for the all done config, but it was not obvious how to import it.
See https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/settings09/ and follow instructions for GCam 7.x

HI! can I post here the pictures I made with the factory camera, is that all right?

Question Best cam app for this phone?

Hello. As you may know, because of this phone's processor, the GCam app port does not work. Are there any alternatives, or anything you've found to have worked better than the default app, even partially? GCam Go app, or other?
Also, on another note, I've disabled the Samsung gallery app in favor of Google Photos but now the regular Samsung camera app won't preview pictures. Which system app should I reenable with ADB? Thank you.
(I'm all ears to other tips and tricks for this phone as well.)

The GCam that worked for me is PenguinGCam v7.0-hotfix1

For quick photos, the default camera is good. Also if you want to use some of the built-in special features like slowmo, pano, etc.
If you want something more pro, i got manual camera and it works fine; it let's me control the focal distance manually. It also has some cool features aside of the manual mode, like time-lapse (the only good app available to capture time-lapses was LapseIt and, unfortunately, the pro versions is not available anymore due to the last update being years ago so you can't capture in high res). I discovered manual camera a few weeks ago because the pro version was in sale (free).
Link to the free (limited) version:
Manual Camera DSLR (Lite) - Apps on Google Play
Take your mobile photography to the next level!
play.google.com

random-xda-user857284 said:
For quick photos, the default camera is good. Also if you want to use some of the built-in special features like slowmo, pano, etc.
If you want something more pro, i got manual camera and it works fine; it let's me control the focal distance manually. It also has some cool features aside of the manual mode, like time-lapse (the only good app available to capture time-lapses was LapseIt and, unfortunately, the pro versions is not available anymore due to the last update being years ago so you can't capture in high res). I discovered manual camera a few weeks ago because the pro version was in sale (free).
Link to the free (limited) version:
Manual Camera DSLR (Lite) - Apps on Google Play
Take your mobile photography to the next level!
play.google.com
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ProCamX is better afaik

applesucksLmao said:
ProCamX is better afaik
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I just tried it, but I can't get the manual focus to work (it doesn't get affected by the slider at all) so it's not pretty useful as a pro camera for me. I don't know if it's just me or it happens to every A32.
Also, i already have the pro version of manual camera so i'll stick with that one for now. Thanks anyway!

applesucksLmao said:
ProCamX is better afaik
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Does any of those apps offer a good option for low light photography?
GCam GO works ok (it is much better than stock app for that purpose), but I was wondering if there is any other app with similar results for low light compared to the original GCam (which has better results than GCam Go).
Thanks in advance!

callero666 said:
Does any of those apps offer a good option for low light photography?
GCam GO works ok (it is much better than stock app for that purpose), but I was wondering if there is any other app with similar results for low light compared to the original GCam (which has better results than GCam Go).
Thanks in advance!
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you can try this one, it works https://gcambrasil.com.br/hypercam/strike-remix/

applesucksLmao said:
you can try this one, it works https://gcambrasil.com.br/hypercam/strike-remix/
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Thanks for the reply!
It worked much better than any gcam apk I've tried, the image appears on the screen on this one
Do you know the recommended settings or specific xml file I should use?
Unfortunately only the "hypercam" and "video" modes works, Night Sight and Portrait modes just give me a black screen.
Edit: nevermind, I've just tested hypercam on my Nokia 7.2 and the night sight is not the same as the GCam apk, the results are very similar to GCam GO actually. (the Samsung A32 is my wife's new phone, I was trying to install gcam because she was very impressed with the low light pictures I take with my phone using it).
Thanks though! Tmj

General Google Camera (GCam) for Xiaomi 11T

Google Camera config, lib and advice sharing topic for Xiaomi 11T.
Although our device uses Mediatek, it can run Google camera. Viewfinder looks laggy but it has no effect on photo quality.
After a little research, I saw that the MGC_8.7.250_A11_V11 port did not give bad results. But a little fiddling with the settings is necessary because I can't say it's better than miui camera.
Edit: Wyroczen's Redmi Note 8 Pro version GCam_RN8P_Wyroczen_7.3.020_2.0.apk works. I am sharing my own xml for it. You can easily modify it according to your needs.
Good:
I turned down the noise reduction a bit. The increase in detail can be seen in all the photos you take. There is noticeably more detail in 2x zoom photos. You get more details from the shadows.
Bad:
I recommend using Miui camera for HDR-demanding situations (when the contrast of the scene exceeds your camera's dynamic range. In other words, when you have trouble balancing a photo's light). It just gives more appealing results. The front cam crashes sometimes.

erenk16 said:
Google Camera config, lib and advice sharing topic for Xiaomi 11T.
Although our device uses Mediatek, it can run Google camera. Viewfinder looks laggy but it has no effect on photo quality.
After a little research, I saw that the MGC_8.7.250_A11_V11 port did not give bad results. But a little fiddling with the settings is necessary because I can't say it's better than miui camera.
Edit: Wyroczen's Redmi Note 8 Pro version GCam_RN8P_Wyroczen_7.3.020_2.0.apk works. I am sharing my own xml for it. You can easily modify it according to your needs.
Good:
I turned down the noise reduction a bit. The increase in detail can be seen in all the photos you take. There is noticeably more detail in 2x zoom photos. You get more details from the shadows.
Bad:
I recommend using Miui camera for HDR-demanding situations (when the contrast of the scene exceeds your camera's dynamic range. In other words, when you have trouble balancing a photo's light). It just gives more appealing results. The front cam crashes sometimes.
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Hello
Does this work on GSI ROMs? It seems like there is no good Camera App for GSIs. The Camera is important for me so if there is no good Camera I'll go back to Stock ROM. I'd love to have 108mp but a great Camera would be enough. And you didn't attach any of the APK.
Thanks in advance

nabulsi08 said:
Hello
Does this work on GSI ROMs? It seems like there is no good Camera App for GSIs. The Camera is important for me so if there is no good Camera I'll go back to Stock ROM. I'd love to have 108mp but a great Camera would be enough. And you didn't attach any of the APK.
Thanks in advance
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Hi Nabulsi08!
I am using stock rom so idk. But if that doesn't work for gsi, maybe other ports will.
I don't know if I have permission to share any apk or link. But when you search for apk names, you can easily reach them from Celsoazevedo Gcam Hub.
Good luck!

erenk16 said:
Hi Nabulsi08!
I am using stock rom so idk. But if that doesn't work for gsi, maybe other ports will.
I don't know if I have permission to share any apk or link. But when you search for apk names, you can easily reach them from Celsoazevedo Gcam Hub.
Good luck!
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Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately there are so many Versions and I don't know which one to use...

nabulsi08 said:
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately there are so many Versions and I don't know which one to use...
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I see. You might want to try Gcam Go.
Camera Go (GCam Go) Mod
A list of GCam Go, Camera Go modded apk files for devices where the regular GCam doesn't work.
www.celsoazevedo.com

erenk16 said:
I see. You might want to try Gcam Go.
Camera Go (GCam Go) Mod
A list of GCam Go, Camera Go modded apk files for devices where the regular GCam doesn't work.
www.celsoazevedo.com
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Thanks But which one of them (look at the attached picture)

nabulsi08 said:
Thanks But which one of them (look at the attached picture)
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First two seem to be the best ones so far.

erenk16 said:
Google Camera config, lib and advice sharing topic for Xiaomi 11T.
Although our device uses Mediatek, it can run Google camera. Viewfinder looks laggy but it has no effect on photo quality.
After a little research, I saw that the MGC_8.7.250_A11_V11 port did not give bad results. But a little fiddling with the settings is necessary because I can't say it's better than miui camera.
Edit: Wyroczen's Redmi Note 8 Pro version GCam_RN8P_Wyroczen_7.3.020_2.0.apk works. I am sharing my own xml for it. You can easily modify it according to your needs.
Good:
I turned down the noise reduction a bit. The increase in detail can be seen in all the photos you take. There is noticeably more detail in 2x zoom photos. You get more details from the shadows.
Bad:
I recommend using Miui camera for HDR-demanding situations (when the contrast of the scene exceeds your camera's dynamic range. In other words, when you have trouble balancing a photo's light). It just gives more appealing results. The front cam crashes sometimes.
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How do I install your xml (in a GSI ROM)? Is it possible to use 108MP in any way in a GSI ROM?