Google Camera port with HDR+ and V30 - LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion

Google Camera port with HDR+ and V30 - LG V30 Guides, News, & Discussion

Better use this one port
Probably you all may try and find out how to get best shots
Remember to set HDR+ mote to enhanced

Where's the original thread this came from? I'd like to do some more reading up on it.

CHH2 said:
Where's the original thread this came from? I'd like to do some more reading up on it.
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I installed this version as of yesterday. Not sure if the OP's post is newer but this is a good start on info.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-customization-raw-support/

qualitymove13 said:
I installed this version as of yesterday. Not sure if the OP's post is newer but this is a good start on info.
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-customization-raw-support/
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Ok, I've seen that stuff before. So this is still the same line of that port where we have to dig through menus in hopes of finding the magic combo to make HDR stuff work? I had zero luck with that in a previous version. And did you use the same download link?

CHH2 said:
Ok, I've seen that stuff before. So this is still the same line of that port where we have to dig through menus in hopes of finding the magic combo to make HDR stuff work? I had zero luck with that in a previous version. And did you use the same download link?
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I used the download at the bottom of the link I sent you. Seems to be the same port you mention but to be honest, I havent even played with it yet.

Yeah, I'm definitely going to need to find the original link to this from a reputable source. Just tried clicking into the link in the OP from work and the safeguard software that usually comes up yellow/gold for sites that are not allowed came up red. That's a first for me and enough for me to not download from that site.

CHH2 said:
Yeah, I'm definitely going to need to find the original link to this from a reputable source. Just tried clicking into the link in the OP from work and the safeguard software that usually comes up yellow/gold for sites that are not allowed came up red. That's a first for me and enough for me to not download from that site.
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You may fetch it there https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962021903579488245 and then compare bit-by-bit with file uploaded my me, should be identical

Billy Madison said:
You may fetch it there https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=962021903579488245 and then compare bit-by-bit with file uploaded my me, should be identical
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I can tell you a side by side won't happen. That's the first time I've ever seen that severe of a warning pop-up for a site before so I won't be going there. I did load from the this link though and it looks like this still requires some set-up to get HDR working on it. It's dark out now so I won't know until later.

I tried the google camera. However, I find GP camera app sometimes adds more noise but does not over expose as much as LG camera. However, in some cases the LG is better...Guess it just depends on the situation. Here are some sames I took in auto mode using the same focus point (touched area to make sure they both focused on same object). of course the ones with the post it GP on them is the Google Camera app. These are in low light to very low light.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1...?key=SVQ0dTNfY2dfSDBObEJKRE9nMEJCc2RkMG9EY3Fn

ya....i have the same opinions. V30 camera app at times produces better photos, where others Pixel 2 Camera does.
Pixel 2 ZERO SHUTTER LAG is no joke though, and i'm not sure if HDR+ is occuring as since if so the HDR+ is done within a split second with no status.

Is this better or the same as Google camera NX 7.1?

I found this link on reddit and a user there has said to download the newest Arnova port. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

Japultra said:
I found this link on reddit and a user there has said to download the newest Arnova port. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
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with this version i actually am seeing the HDR+ processing post image capture. There are a lot less options available in this version though.

hachiroku said:
with this version i actually am seeing the HDR+ processing post image capture. There are a lot less options available in this version though.
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Me too. Have to play with it a bit more but it looks like the main banner features are working using the suggested settings.

Japultra said:
I found this link on reddit and a user there has said to download the newest Arnova port. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
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I'd been looking for a working recent version for awhile. The other ones I could find were either an older version, or the updated version with all the options, but didn't work. Thank you for this! Going to test in a bit. I know it won't be Pixel 2 quality, but if I could match S8/N8 quality, I'd be super happy.

ok...so last night i was doing a bit of testing with Arnova's 5.1.014_v8.1 (Android 7+): same as BSG's v.4.0, but based on the new GCamera 5.1.x, with settings set as listed below. I do have to say...image quality as well as color reproduction is better than with the V30's camera. the difference is slight, but noticeable when you zoom into hard to focus lock area's. color reproduction is also a touch better. one thing to note though was I did run into a few freeze or hick ups with GCMod 5.1. When I'd press the shutter button, it would grey the screen, or do nothing. Would have to press the shutter button 2-5 times sometimes but it eventually would take the photo. Not always but sometimes this would occur.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74290748&postcount=1016
Settings:
Model: Pixel 2XL (or Nexus 6P if you want more detailed images)
Config camera HDR+: Nexus6 HDR+ Auto Zsl (or Nexus6 HDR+ Auto)
HDR+ parameters: Medium (or higher)
To enable the HDR+ UI button: Settings > Advanced > HDR+ control (img)
The rest (video resolution, camera sounds, etc) is up to you.
Warning: You need to restart the app so the new settings are applied.
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I've tested the front cam with the port at the above settings but LG's own camera comes out better every time. Does anyone have a different experience?

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These settings are for 1+3 which is on 820 snap
The proper for V30 is Settings:
Model: Pixel 2XL
Config camera HDR+: Pixel + Smartburst
HDR+ parameters: Very High
To enable the HDR+ UI button: Settings > Advanced > HDR+ control (img)
And use that port https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74356238&postcount=7

Droid Life today says the V30 Oreo beta is available to a select group of users in Korea. Naturally they cite "speed improvements" and I'm sure the camera software is lumped into that.
http://social.lge.co.kr/newsroom/lg_v30_os_1102/
I'd have to guess that at some point "too soon" in the V30's Nougat development, the team was forced to say "that's good enough -- ship it" and move on to 8.0 (or 8.1 -- fingers crossed) development. No sense in wasting resources perfecting an already out-of-date OS..
It's unfortunate the timing works out the way it does -- surely this results in some of the critiques the phone has received, and those blemishes can't be easily undone, even if they release a *flawless* Oreo in the next couple of months with a fully optimized camera experience.

As usual, simply having this app installed on my device causes a battery drain. Oh well. It works rather well though.
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I found a good camera for CM11 & SlimKat

Camera KK this looks like it was built with CameraNext and has had the best results from any camera app on Fire Phone I have used. Even with flash!
I attached some unaltered shots outdoors and indoors with lights on and off in my server room.
Free has ads and $1.99 to remove them. So try it and let me know any tips you might find.

Still has flash issue in low light. It's going to take more than an app in the store to resolve the issue.

Nice, good find, flash pic quality looks similar to the ones from Snap Camera... I found the post I was thinking about:
mhill1986 said:
Snap Camera:
• Exposure compensation to -2 ev
• ISO manually set to 1600
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And now get that cable management in order! *shudders*
Just kidding... this should be posted in "General", since it's useful information about one of the biggest issues, Magnum_Enforcer to the rescue!

Do I have the power to move it?

distearth said:
Do I have the power to move it?
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No, but I do.

I tried reducing exposure -1 and that did a little but the flash normal was also pretty good. The pic from the op was in a completely dark room so have to see what low light looks like.

distearth said:
I tried reducing exposure -1 and that did a little but the flash normal was also pretty good. The pic from the op was in a completely dark room so have to see what low light looks like.
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Oohhh very nice, that's a very solid result for basically "default settings"! Will download it and take on a "test drive" tomorrow.
Compared to the pics taken with the new Huawei Mate S, why are we even complaining... :laugh:
(...added the quote about the Snap Camera settings in my previous post, SC requires a little more work to yield good results...)

HDR freezes the app... sigh...

... and so will * every other app when using HDR. I don't need it, some people can't live without it (looking at you, russy23 ^^).
Camera KK is a solid alternative to Snap Camera or Camera MX, and easy to use because of the stock Android look & feel.
*almost

Camera Zoom FX
I tried taking HDR pics using Camera Zoom FX and it didn't crash.

I also found a good camera app that works great on the slimcat rom: cymera. Flash works and great filters are integrated. Couldnt find an option for HDR though...

Could someone try Simple Camera, it went free in the amazon app store today. Didn't know if maybe being from the Amz App Store might make a difference in getting a good flash... I'm back on Stock Fire OS right now so I can't try myself...
Thanks,

distearth said:
Could someone try Simple Camera [...] Didn't know if maybe being from the Amz App Store might make a difference in getting a good flash
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Thanks for mentioning (It's free in the US store, in Germany for example, they want 74 cents, hehe)
But sadly, being from the Amzn Store means nothing. A lot of "Devs" (more like "copy paste coder" ^^) publish their apps on multiple portals to make a little more $$$. This app is the exact same version as on Google Play Store.
It's based on OpenCamera, it even creates the "OpenCamera" subfolder in the "DCIM" folder. ^^ Default settings: flash pics are overexposed...
edit: Also tried "Cymera" on the weekend. It's, uhh, very "girly". For people who love filters & gramin' it's a feasible alternative, I'll stick with the "functional" ones, like Camera KK.

Can't you use the camera apk from Fire OS? Or does that require all the Amazon framework, kernel, our HAL stuff?

DePingus said:
Can't you use the camera apk from Fire OS? Or does that require all the Amazon framework, kernel, our HAL stuff?
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Correct, source code for the camera HAL is needed. Highly unlikely that it will be released by Amazon.
Oh wait, we're all getting bootloader unlock codes for Christmas when they put the developer version under our trees.

LOL Camera KK force closes on me. Cymera works though.

Bingo Bronson said:
Thanks for mentioning (It's free in the US store, in Germany for example, they want 74 cents, hehe)
But sadly, being from the Amzn Store means nothing. A lot of "Devs" (more like "copy paste coder" ^^) publish their apps on multiple portals to make a little more $$$. This app is the exact same version as on Google Play Store.
It's based on OpenCamera, it even creates the "OpenCamera" subfolder in the "DCIM" folder. ^^ Default settings: flash pics are overexposed...
edit: Also tried "Cymera" on the weekend. It's, uhh, very "girly". For people who love filters & gramin' it's a feasible alternative, I'll stick with the "functional" ones, like Camera KK.
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How is this compared to snap camera? Anyone tried both?

krackers said:
How is this compared to snap camera? Anyone tried both?
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I bought Snap Camera, it has a good amount of options for people who want to customize their photo settings.
Quality is good, flash pics work too, you can correct the exposure if needed (other apps have this as well, ofc.)
Right now, I'm still using Camera KK (free version), because I just need a simple "shooter", just like the stock android app.

Anyone found a decent camera to take pictures when light is low without using flash? My pictures are always too dark even if I try to change light exposure...

goosele said:
Anyone found a decent camera to take pictures when light is low without using flash? My pictures are always too dark even if I try to change light exposure...
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Camera KK, exposure -1, is the best I got. Tried a bunch.

[APP] Modded Google Camera

After trying many versions from the main thread in op3 forum, I found a version that works best for the nextbit robin. Considering it's running on an 808, decent performance with HDR+ even in low light.
Credits to B-S-G at 4PDA for the mod.
Settings: screenshot
APK: mirror

can't seem to get the decryption key to work.

mlboss said:
can't seem to get the decryption key to work.
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You probably copied it wrong. Blame xda for not allowing links to be posted. Excluding http prefix seems to work around it.

The version from this post seems to work as well on the latest LineageOS. The "Config camera HDR+" setting should be "Nexus6 (Max = High)".

Arktronic said:
The version from this post seems to work as well on the latest LineageOS. The "Config camera HDR+" setting should be "Nexus6 (Max = High)".
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Can the HDR+ parameter actually be set to High though? Several versions I tried could only do Medium. The version I posted came directly from the thread on 4PDA.

Yes, the "High" setting works in that build.

Works great so far on AOSPA. Thanks for sharing.

Does this camera have slow motion? I have been trying to find a camera that offers slow motion for the Nextbit Robin. So far I've been unsuccessful. Currently I am stock, but would be open to flashing something like RR or Lineage if its stable and I dont lose any functionality...i.e.. fingerprint reader and everything else works.

I haven't yet seen a version with working slow motion on the Robin. 60fps works, though.

The latest 5.1.016-based mod from B-S-G seems to work as well, using the "Nexus 6 Hdr+ Auto" setting. Unfortunately, I've had no luck getting any of the 5.1.018 versions working.

Arktronic said:
The latest 5.1.016-based mod from B-S-G seems to work as well, using the "Nexus 6 Hdr+ Auto" setting. Unfortunately, I've had no luck getting any of the 5.1.018 versions working.
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Can you please post a screenshot of your settings page? Thank you.
Any other setting you changed/tried that work well?

The settings I'm currently using are:
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Model: Nexus 6P
Config camera HDR+: Nexus 6 Hdr+ Auto
HDR+ parameters: High
As I understand it, the "Model" selection tweaks certain algorithms that affect the final image, though I haven't seen any definitive explanation for that.
When installing updates to this app, it's often necessary to clear all data for it, or else it may crash.
EDIT: Oh yeah, running latest LOS.

Arktronic said:
The latest 5.1.016-based mod from B-S-G seems to work as well, using the "Nexus 6 Hdr+ Auto" setting. Unfortunately, I've had no luck getting any of the 5.1.018 versions working.
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Settings I was using
Mode : Pixel XL(corr)
HDR+ : Nexus 6 Hdr+ Auto
ROM : OmniROM
This was working fine for about 10-20 photos in 2-3 days. Until one day(yesterday) suddenly while taking a photo it crashed the app after clicking the image (image wasn't saved). And it kept doing it even after relaunching the app. Odd thing was the same thing kept happening on all camera apps. A reboot fixed it for other camera apps but didn't fix it for this app.
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The settings I'm currently using are:
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Model: Nexus 6P
Config camera HDR+: Nexus 6 Hdr+ Auto
HDR+ parameters: High
As I understand it, the "Model" selection tweaks certain algorithms that affect the final image, though I haven't seen any definitive explanation for that.
When installing updates to this app, it's often necessary to clear all data for it, or else it may crash.
EDIT: Oh yeah, running latest LOS.
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After the above happened I cleared the settings before uninstalling and reinstalled this app and used the settings you suggested. Now it doesn't crash but it won't finish the Processing HDR+ thing and never save the image
I have tried changing to various models. I guess I will have to try a few different versions with different settings.
Any suggestion as to how to make the process of finding the right setting & version by trying various versions quick and less time consuming?

Interesting. The crash you described sounds like a hardware or firmware issue. I've not used OmniROM, so I'm not sure what camera APIs they've implemented. I know that there was a period of time when LineageOS had a lot of camera API work done, so that may have affected overall app compatibility. Also, while I hate to suggest this, you might consider doing a factory reset via TWRP, because it sounds like something might have gotten into a bad state since reboots aren't helping.
The best way I've found to play around with the settings isn't particularly great. I pin the app to my home screen for easy access, and do the following:
Launch the Camera app, test it out
Make settings changes
Go back to the main camera screen
Kill the app by hitting the Overview (square) button and swiping it away
Go to step 1
Hope this helps!

I am not sure if its a firmware issue or not because after the reboot other camera apps work properly.
Ha! I guess there is no other good way to test it out.
btw were you able to get burst mode working? I never was able to get it working even when it was working.

I've never seen Burst mode work on the Robin.

I guess for burst mode I will have to go back to my usual camera app.

Anyone got this working on stock?

Nexus 6p would probably be a better choice for the config, it has a 64 bit snapdragon 810. Seems to capture faster than selecting the pixel 2 or nexus 6.
Although I took a comparison HDR shot between open camera (on camera2 API) and this modded camera, open camera had better HDR post processing and didnt take as long to apply the changes. Ill probably keep this modded camera for the panorama though.

Reiyer said:
Anyone got this working on stock?
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The version that Arktronic posted (latest 5.1.016-based mod from B-S-G) works fine for me in stock 7.0 with the settings:
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Model: Nexus 6P
Config camera HDR+: Nexus 6 Hdr+ Auto
HDR+ parameters: High
I have not tried to play with any other settings, nor tried it in stock 7.1.1.