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Question about the whyred dual camera and custom ROMs

Hi everyone,
So I'm thinking about switching from MIUI to a custom ROM, and I was wondering if it is possible to use the second camera with custom ROMs like Lineage or RR (or whatever ROM out there). I don't know much about camera protocols and as far as I know there is no standard one for dual cameras, so I don't know if just installing Xiaomi's camera on a custom ROM will take use of the second camera. (I don't even know if this precise camera app is installable from anything else than MIUI). Also, I've myself not encountered any camera app out there that can take advantage of the whyred dual camera.
Of course I can rely with some AI cameras for lens blur and portrait mode, but I don't know, I just don't like the concept of losing the utility of an hardware piece just because the software can't "afford" it.
Thank you for reading, guys.

Interesting question! And even more important, how is the quality compared to miui?

Have you tested it with open camera??

On your own risk, Flash this zip with magisk:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=746010030569969448
Mi A1 forum: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/themes/oreo-mia1-stock-rom-camera-app-custom-t3758543
It's reported working fine, except HDR. The feature is turned off by default, but don't take a photo with it being on or app will crash until you restart your device
PS. Please dive through the forums for answers, before opening a post.
Edit: can you guarantee, that your stock camera ain't just for show? I mean did you open it up and stick a multimeter to check?
Edit_2: pls don't try...dual camera are actually working, you'll notice a difference once you compare a stock MI camera app with GCam
And don't try sticking up a multimeter up your Mobile

You're Joking Right..
V.Mr.Gamer said:
On your own
can you guarantee, that your stock camera ain't just for show? I mean did you open it up and stick a multimeter to check?
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A Multimeter....
Just For Show...
You MUST be joking.
This Ain't The Doogee Mix Section.. :angel:

RaiderWill said:
A Multimeter....
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You MUST be joking.
This Ain't The Doogee Mix Section.. :angel:
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Hehe, of course I'm Joking...:silly:
BTW, I think I'll need to give an edit to my post...

V.Mr.Gamer said:
On your own risk, Flash this zip with magisk:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=746010030569969448
Mi A1 forum: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/themes/oreo-mia1-stock-rom-camera-app-custom-t3758543
It's reported working fine, except HDR. The feature is turned off by default, but don't take a photo with it being on or app will crash until you restart your device
PS. Please dive through the forums for answers, before opening a post.
Edit: can you guarantee, that your stock camera ain't just for show? I mean did you open it up and stick a multimeter to check?
Edit_2: pls don't try...dual camera are actually working, you'll notice a difference once you compare a stock MI camera app with GCam
And don't try sticking up a multimeter up your Mobile
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The phone in question is RN5 AI Dual camera, NOT Mi A1! Totally different phones. The AI comes with SD636 chipset, the Mi A1 with SD625 chipset. The ROMs are not compatible at all.

taco9 said:
The phone in question is RN5 AI Dual camera, NOT Mi A1! Totally different phones. The AI comes with SD636 chipset, the Mi A1 with SD625 chipset. The ROMs are not compatible at all.
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It is not a rom, he is telling you to flash.
But a Ported Mi A1 Camera app, that works across custom roms.
It will actually allow use of the Redmi Note 5 [WHYRED] dual cameras in manual mode of the app.
Also the AI in the device name, is used incorrectly by some sites. Not the official name or appendage for the device.
Edit: - Last time i checked, no one has ported the MIUI camera from RN5 yet.

mi camera

I used my friend phone(Mi A2),opened camera and found that he has many options in manual mode and 2 for my Lite, so why XIAOMI did that and is our phone doesn't support these options?!

A2 camera hardware is waaaay better. So is the app that comes with it. If you want the same app your friend has, you have to install Magisk and download a module called Xiaomi Mi A2 camera. I guess you'll have to download the camera2API enabler, too.
I have it. However, it doesn't show the "lens" option. But everything else, is there.

adriakus said:
A2 camera hardware is waaaay better. So is the app that comes with it. If you want the same app your friend has, you have to install Magisk and download a module called Xiaomi Mi A2 camera. I guess you'll have to download the camera2API enabler, too.
I have it. However, it doesn't show the "lens" option. But everything else, is there.
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You have magisk? Or you have it by default?

Medo22 said:
You have magisk? Or you have it by default?
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I have magisk

i want to install it but I have a doubt of making problem as I use my phone for daily work

Medo22 said:
i want to install it but I have a doubt of making problem as I use my phone for daily work
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It's pretty easy and straight forward if you follow the steps carefully. You just have to read it carefully, more than one time, and see if you understand every single step you have to do. If you don't, ask before starting. Pay special attention to the numbers (versions and so). Then, once you have all you need and you understand it all, you can go for it. If not, and you don't have any experience tampering with android phones, stay clar until you can be without a phone for a couple days. In my experience, nothing really bad ever happens. But true is that your phone might be useles for a couple days if you mess up in one important step (unlikely). But there is always a solution. Just gotta ask and do some digging and you'll sort it out.

adriakus said:
It's pretty easy and straight forward if you follow the steps carefully. You just have to read it carefully, more than one time, and see if you understand every single step you have to do. If you don't, ask before starting. Pay special attention to the numbers (versions and so). Then, once you have all you need and you understand it all, you can go for it. If not, and you don't have any experience tampering with android phones, stay clar until you can be without a phone for a couple days. In my experience, nothing really bad ever happens. But true is that your phone might be useles for a couple days if you mess up in one important step (unlikely). But there is always a solution. Just gotta ask and do some digging and you'll sort it out.
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Thank you, I have also xperia Z and installed everything in it exposed then magisk and had some problems and solved it, the problem here is that I can't lose it for one day once I have another phone I can try it, thanks again

Any chance the Camera2 API will come included in a future update?

My A2 Lite is arriving today and I'm looking at the great results people are seeing using Google Camera mods, but I'm kind of stumped why we need to go through the whole process of rooting our phone to enable the Camera2 API. Why isn't something like this included? I always just assumed it was part of Android itself. Any chance of it being included at some point in the future?

I really don't think so. Never happened before AFAIK.

adakaya1994 said:
I really don't think so. Never happened before AFAIK.
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Well read the article about the mi2s and mix3 getting it recently in China developer preview along with libraries that fixed camera https://www.xda-developers.com/miui-china-8-11-8-google-camera-mix-2s-mi-8/

rockycocky said:
Well read the article about the mi2s and mix3 getting it recently in China developer preview along with libraries that fixed camera https://www.xda-developers.com/miui-china-8-11-8-google-camera-mix-2s-mi-8/
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They are camre2 api enabled out of the box as far as i know and just having a update about it plus they are flagship phones

push on google
what about push on google? here: issuetracker.google.com/issues/117853983 A1/A2/A2 Lite using Android One ROM and google release this, so it on them to do it, or?

Any Mi A2 Stock Camera w/ Long Exposure for Pie?

Hello, lads.
This is my very first post, so go easy on me.
I've bought, yesterday, a Mi A2 Lite and since then I am looking for some stuff to make me feel more comfortable with it. The Stock ROM is beyond acceptable, and having easy root with Magisk is amazing.
But the camera really bothers me, the stock app is boring and lacks features.
So then, I've start my adventure, looking for anything promising, I found a good Google Camera (6.1/5.1) mod, etc, today I found csabiii's thread (https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2-lite/themes/mi-a2-camera-magisk-module-32sec-long-t3844208) about the Stock Mi A2 Camera, and its amazing features, such as Group Selfies, Multiple HDR modes, etc., but what caught my attention was the "32s Long Exposure", I tried it but it's outdated (Sep. 2018), probably for the early Oreo build, so I started to look for Pie versions but no luck.
I've seen something on Magisk's Repo that could function (MIUICamera v2 for whyred), but after softbricking my phone with Mi A2 Stock v4.5 module, I've given up.
So I came here, to ask you guys if anyone know about a functioning Mi A2 Stock Camera w/ Long Exposure, or a substitute that might do the job.
TL;DR: Any Mi Stock Camera that could/does work with Pie and has its Long Exposure. If not, could be just a normal Play Store app (paid or free), doesn't even has to be 32s exposure, 15 sec might do it.
Thanks in advance.
PS: Does anyone know if those ZommFix 3.1 zip change anything for Mi A2 Lite?

Enable cam2api and use Open Camera with it, plenty of features and options to configure.

Hakkinan said:
Enable cam2api and use Open Camera with it, plenty of features and options to configure.
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Yea, I was considering it. Is there too much quality difference? From GCam to OpenCam

sxvinifp said:
Yea, I was considering it. Is there too much quality difference? From GCam to OpenCam
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Major difference if you know how to set up everything properly. Open Camera only "lacks" that fake bokeh effect.

Hakkinan said:
Major difference if you know how to set up everything properly. Open Camera only "lacks" that fake bokeh effect.
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I've tested it, many features indeed, I'll try to config it for better results. But I'm still looking for something "better".
About the Long Exposure, I've tried the Camera FV-5, but it kinda looks rubbish. Argh! Frustrating, tbqh.

sxvinifp said:
I've tested it, many features indeed, I'll try to config it for better results. But I'm still looking for something "better".
About the Long Exposure, I've tried the Camera FV-5, but it kinda looks rubbish. Argh! Frustrating, tbqh.
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Open Camera is as good as it can get with this device, it doesn't have great sensors to begin with.

I would suggest trying freedcam(after looking for many hours)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=troop.com.freedcam
it has a lot of options

[19/3/19] Working Gcam For Pie!

This thread is aimed to be as simple as possible.
I found 2 apks that worked for me. I created this thread because I'm sick of scrolling through the comments on which one works, and which one doesn't. So, here it is.
*NOTES* All Pixel Gcam mods will have autofocus issues. These don't have any quality degradation from my testings.
1. @fu24 Pixel 2 Gcam v.5.2.025-Final - Everything works. But I recommend to use this only for the front camera.
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/GoogleCamera_5.2.025-Final_fu24-17f.apk
2. @cstark27 Pixel 3 Gcam P3v10.1 - This is the best in terms of focus hunting, when taking pics, don't tap to focus. Let the app hunt for focus until it's clear. If it won't focus on the object, just switch between portrait and normal mode. Sometimes the pic comes out a bit soft. I'd recommend you to take multiple pics and select the clearest one. Thanks to @Sonudbm for mentioning this apk. The front camera still doesn't work.
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/P3v10.1_GoogleCamera_6.1.021.apk
I will update this thread whenever there's a better version(s).
Feel free to leave any comments.
Want tele lens on custom rom? Go to this thread! :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/themes/gcam-telephoto-lens-t3903465
Created : 09/01/2019
Last Updated : 19/03/2019

WhatzIt2Ya said:
I found 2 apks that worked for me. I created this thread because I'm sick of scrolling through the comments on which one works, and which one doesn't. So, here it is.
*NOTES* These apks don't have any autofocus issues, or quality degradation from my testings.
1. @fu24 Pixel 2 Gcam v.5.2.025-Final (Everything works, though I didn't test telephoto lens. Keep in mind this apk doesn't support raw capture.)
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/GoogleCamera_5.2.025-Final_fu24-17f.apk
2. @bulkin043 Pixel 3 Gcam v.6.1.021_2 (everything works, except green hue on front camera. This apk supports raw capture.)
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/bulkin043_GoogleCamera6.1.021_2.apk
Feel free to leave any comments.
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what is raw capture?? is it useful?? which of the 2 apks is better?

I still have autofocus issue on both apps.
Enviat des del meu Mi A1 usant Tapatalk

Xinxeta said:
I still have autofocus issue on both apps.
Enviat des del meu Mi A1 usant Tapatalk
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Maybe this autofocus issue is device dependent. :/

thedemon786 said:
what is raw capture?? is it useful?? which of the 2 apks is better?
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Raw capture gives you vastly more detail than jpeg (or JPG), but with the cost of lower picture quality, it can be fixed by editing the photos. I'd recommend the 1st one, if you don't want all the flashy features. If you night sight mode as well, install the 2nd one along side.

Xinxeta said:
I still have autofocus issue on both apps.
Enviat des del meu Mi A1 usant Tapatalk
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Same here :/

Neither of these updates fix the focus issue with it endlessly refocussing. Does anyone know what the actual issue is with the Mi A1 and Pie? Is a Dev looking into this specifically. This is the only way it'll get fixed. Seems like no one knows it's an issue?

Sorry to say this, but both cameras have focus issues..
Does any one know Whether there is a 9.0 pie custom rom where no focus issue on GCam.
(i won't bother about green tint issue though)

I am still on 8.1 until we get something that works perfectly, do I need to unlock my bootloader and install the Camera 2 API again or that is not necessary?

Sorry to break it to all of you, but I really personally think that this autofocus issue is device dependent. I would recommend you to try random Gcam apks from that site (that's what I did). I think every device would have different apks that works for them.

WhatzIt2Ya said:
Raw capture gives you vastly more detail than jpeg (or JPG), but with the cost of lower picture quality, it can be fixed by editing the photos. I'd recommend the 1st one, if you don't want all the flashy features. If you night sight mode as well, install the 2nd one along side.
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nopes, that's not what RAW is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format

XJeFX said:
nopes, that's not what RAW is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format
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Haters will say it's wrong!

Hello people!!
There is no GCAM Port of pixel 3 (the one with night mode) that fully works on PIE on MI A1. I have tested every recent version of every developer on the page of Celso Azevedo. In almost every version, all things work, except for portrait mode with front camera (green tint present when HDR enable) This is not what we want, because there is a huge difference between portrait with or without HDR.
The only one version that I find that it is working on portrait with HDR is one for pixel 2 (it hasn´t got night mode) from ARNOVA. The version is: gcam-5.1.018-Pixel2Mod-Arnova8G2-v8.3b1.apk. This is my actual camera now.
I hope some developer could accomplish the same but with pixel 3 gcam mod.
Greetings !!!!

V2b_plus3
Gcam works great in the new update

oviseven666 said:
Gcam works great in the new update
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Can you screenshot your settings?

santr33 said:
Can you screenshot your settings?
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Off Course

oviseven666 said:
Off Course
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Thanks, you forgot to scrrenshot bsg settings.

santr33 said:
Thanks, you forgot to scrrenshot bsg settings.
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I do not configure that part, since the last time I did it caused errors

oviseven666 said:
I do not configure that part, since the last time I did it caused errors
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Oh, okay.
Sadly, I still have autofocus issues..

oviseven666 said:
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Wait, you are on latest Pie?