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How likely is it that MI A2 will get the 'GCAM' mod

Hi i'm new here and have a question,
I have been using the MI A1 for nearly a year now and my partner who is not really very technically minded (but more so than me) came to xda and downloaded some kind of 'mod' that put GCAM on my phone apparently without any risk or hacking knowledge and in short I absolutely loved it and went from disliking my A1 to loving the nicely balanced photos it could produce.
Fast forward to today I recieved a MI A2 for my birthday and even though I'm enjoying the bigger screen I am really struggling with the camera app that came on it, I really want to be happy with my new phone and give my MI A1 to my son but atm I don't want to let it go just because of GCAM feature.
So my question is , is it likely that a similar technophobe friendly/risk free method of putting GCAM on my MI A2 will appear in the near future so that my partner can easily put it on for me or am I going to be forever stuck with the MIUI camera.
Does anyone else feel the same about the MIUI camera app, that it just seems a little unbalanced when compared to MI A1 with the GCAM feature added or is it just me being ungrateful?
Thank you for your time

GCam is already available for the Mi A2. Further more, the full MIUI camera app is also available so just let your partner dig the forum up a bit and install it As far as I've seen, the results are great

https://photos.app.goo.gl/nFcRvjmpH2e7tahP7
Taken with gcam in Sopron(Hungary) yesterday.

balazs312 said:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/nFcRvjmpH2e7tahP7
Taken with gcam in Sopron(Hungary) yesterday.
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Very Nice photos, lights and sharpness, however, focus dots present in some of them. Once you seen them, you never can unseen them.

Mi A3 Config File for Parrot's GCam 7.0.x

PMGC_7.0.009_ConfigsVersion_V3
Mi A3 xml config
Source : https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/configs-parrot-01/

I have it, but what does exactly?

papafan said:
I have it, but what does exactly?
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Xml file config this gcam to give best pictures

But how import this config xml file?
Sorry i found it.

Where should i put it ?

Press the links ppl. Don't be lazy

sotmax said:
Press the links ppl. Don't be lazy
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Ya i already have placed it in the gcamconfig folder is there anything else i have to fo ?

Has anyone tried Astrophotography with this or any GCam version? I'm not able to enable it

I think that simply select fron the pop up menu the infinity option in nightsight mode.

zenkhas said:
Has anyone tried Astrophotography with this or any GCam version? I'm not able to enable it
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I think it's not present in this version of gcam

zenkhas said:
Has anyone tried Astrophotography with this or any GCam version? I'm not able to enable it
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Astrophotography isn't that easy to port. A major reason why even Pixel 2 and OG Pixel will not receive this feature is because of hardware limitations. Even if the developers manage to port the feature somehow, it won't give you optimal results. Although the image processing highly depends on the software, but the hardware capability plays a very crucial role as well. For now, I would say, have patience and see how the porting scene rolls out.
I have a Pixel 3 XL (Which is supposed to get the feature) too with the latest official Google Camera 7.2 installed, still no sign of Astrophotography on my end. I am not a developer but have read enough on the topic because I can't purchase the Pixel 4 here in India, so looking out for as many P4 camera features to be available for my Pixel 3. Sadly, Live HDR+ and Dual Exposure controls won't be available for my device too.
Update: cstark27 has released a port of GCam version 7.2 and has managed to enable Astrophotography on the Pixel 2 (of course, the port is universal like always), along with several other changes. It's worth trying the port on the Mi A3 too. Here's the link to the release notes.

DJBhardwaj said:
Astrophotography isn't that easy to port. A major reason why even Pixel 2 and OG Pixel will not receive this feature is because of hardware limitations. Even if the developers manage to port the feature somehow, it won't give you optimal results. Although the image processing highly depends on the software, but the hardware capability plays a very crucial role as well. For now, I would say, have patience and see how the porting scene rolls out.
I have a Pixel 3 XL (Which is supposed to get the feature) too with the latest official Google Camera 7.2 installed, still no sign of Astrophotography on my end. I am not a developer but have read enough on the topic because I can't purchase the Pixel 4 here in India, so looking out for as many P4 camera features to be available for my Pixel 3. Sadly, Live HDR+ and Dual Exposure controls won't be available for my device too.
Update: cstark27 has released a port of GCam version 7.2 and has managed to enable Astrophotography on the Pixel 2 (of course, the port is universal like always), along with several other changes. It's worth trying the port on the Mi A3 too. Here's the link to the release notes.
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When it comes to Google, everything is done by Software. Astrophotography ports are already available for Poco F1, i hope somebody works on them to support A3 too.

zenkhas said:
When it comes to Google, everything is done by Software. Astrophotography ports are already available for Poco F1, i hope somebody works on them to support A3 too.
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Yes, but what I meant was that the results would not be as good as seen on the Pixel 4/Pixel 3/3a due to hardware. And yes, it works. You can even force-enable the Astrophotography feature in GCam.

Which mod has Focus at infinity option?

9T pro Vs 8 pro

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Martin213 said:
Hi guys. I need an advise on wich phone to choose Mi 9T pro or Redmi note 8 pro. I'm not a heavy gamer. For me most important is camera,battery and community support (yes i know about 8 Pro Helio soc). Watched many videos in YouTube and still can't decide which device to choose. Seems both have a good camera's and decent battery life. Help me to choose ?
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My biggest influences was that I didn't want a notch or punch hole and wanted to ensure a decent level of custom ROM support.
It sounds like MTK are looking to be a bit more dev friendly, but personally I would want to see that happen first before considering an MTK device.

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Martin213 said:
What about camera between these two? I prefer better camera over notch/punch hole (i don't like those too) but community support Is most important for a long term usage...
Maybe i have to wait a bit longer and see what will happen with 8 Pro and development.
Thx
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The jury is out, with regards the camera. DXOmark didn't think it was anything special. There is a limit to how many pixels you can cram in such a tiny space and I reckon the Samsung ISOCELL chip had pushed things too far. It will be relying, too much, on post processing to remove the noise. Keeping around the 48MP range of the Sony and of their earlier ISOCELL sensor (so 12MP effective for most shots), with the larger sensor size could have given them a sweet spot.

Is there a way to change the default camera to the 12MP one?

Is it possible to use the low-light camera as the default one so 3rd parties like GCam can work with it?

Just use night view or manual but why you want to do that? More megapixel won't mean better camera just larger image

blazessdd said:
Just use night view or manual but why you want to do that? More megapixel won't mean better camera just larger image
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It actually means brighter photo in low light. The megapixel count might be higher, but it uses pixel binning to give 5 MP output, but a better low light image.
I think the reputed devs owning MI A2 here should develop some patches or modules to use second camera with GCam.
- Mi A1 has got it done with the telephoto lens
- One plus 5 got it with almost similar config as MI A2. Its secondary lens is low light, and uses same pixel binning like MI A2.
All we can do is hope that some dev researches a bit on this and gets this working on our device too. I'm very sure that its possible since GCam has made its way to triple lens switching already.

Question Rear display use

Hi Friends , Have anyone idea about rear display use?.
I can use for it for selfie but nothing else. I want use like front display in rear display
If you have any idea, pls share with me

If you flash the Xiaomi.eu rom (weekly), you can also use it to record video, as well as, for selfies, music controller and notifications.

jim262 said:
If you flash the Xiaomi.eu rom (weekly), you can also use it to record video, as well as, for selfies, music controller and notifications.
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Hi Jim262
Thanks for the reply but my one GLAOBAL EUROPE version 12.5.2.0

kajalkmrctg said:
Hi Jim262
Thanks for the reply but my one GLAOBAL EUROPE version 12.5.2.0
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Cant do much on rear panel with 12.5.2

speedtripler said:
Cant do much on rear panel with 12.5.2
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Is it update to more usefull on next MIUI?

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kajalkmrctg said:
Hi Jim262
Thanks for the reply but my one GLAOBAL EUROPE version 12.5.2.0
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kajalkmrctg said:
Hi Jim262
Thanks for the reply but my one GLAOBAL EUROPE version 12.5.2.0
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Xiaomi has not released that feature yet to their global rom It is currently only available in their beta version of the China rom, which Xiaomi.eu is based on, so it has that feature available now in their weekly rom.

It's not pratical to be used like front display. you can use it to answer/reject calls or change music, but i can tell you the number of times i place the phone on the table facing down by the fingers in my hand
It could be used as a light source(bright white) for close up shots but then again you can do it with flash as well.
I wished they had replaced it for one of these Macro/microscope/nightvision/thermal/blackandwhite camera
and add a mirror that does square so you can see yourself instead of a amoled screen
I would also like to see somethings like on OPPO new continuous zoom lens.
Oppo introduces true continuous zoom lens for smartphones
It should be sharp at every step from 85 to 200mm
www.theverge.com

xwonic said:
It's not pratical to be used like front display. you can use it to answer/reject calls or change music, but i can tell you the number of times i place the phone on the table facing down by the fingers in my hand
It could be used as a light source(bright white) for close up shots but then again you can do it with flash as well.
I wished they had replaced it for one of these Macro/microscope/nightvision/thermal/blackandwhite camera
and add a mirror that does square so you can see yourself instead of a amoled screen
I would also like to see somethings like on OPPO new continuous zoom lens.
Oppo introduces true continuous zoom lens for smartphones
It should be sharp at every step from 85 to 200mm
www.theverge.com
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However, with the Xiaomi.eu weekly rom you can also use it as view finder when making videos and using the rear cameras.

jim262 said:
However, with the Xiaomi.eu weekly rom you can also use it as view finder when making videos and using the rear cameras.
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everywhere except the camera's pro mode which oddly enough doesn't have the rear display support.

GuyWithRootedPhone said:
everywhere except the camera's pro mode which oddly enough doesn't have the rear display support.
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Still in beta, so we can't expect everything at this point. However, the majority don't use pro mode anyways. Just like most people don't shoot in RAW, so the fact that a small minority of users aren't happy, doesn't really matter in the larger scheme of things. Patience grasshopper.

GuyWithRootedPhone said:
everywhere except the camera's pro mode which oddly enough doesn't have the rear display support.
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Xiaomi very slow with rear display functions updates
I need it to work with pro mode
Pro mode is perfect with sharpness option
It gives me amazing quality

rowihel2012 said:
Xiaomi very slow with rear display functions updates
I need it to work with pro mode
Pro mode is perfect with sharpness option
It gives me amazing quality
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Im sorry, there's nothing anyone can do about that. The rear display combination with the rear camera is still in beta and whenever they release it to the general public, no one knows and whether or not it includes pro mode, there is nothing I can do about that, otherwise you can take my advice and download Xiaomi.eu weekly, which is based on the beta China rom to be able to use the rear camera with video features. BTW, who needs pro mode for selfies anyways?

jim262 said:
Im sorry, there's nothing anyone can do about that. The rear display combination with the rear camera is still in beta and whenever they release it to the general public, no one knows and whether or not it includes pro mode, there is nothing I can do about that, otherwise you can take my advice and download Xiaomi.eu weekly, which is based on the beta China rom to be able to use the rear camera with video features. BTW, who needs pro mode for selfies anyways?
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Faces details are soft with auto mode
Pro mode has sharpness control
And has no xiaomi beauty mode that includes with auto
Try it with yourself
Go to pro mode
Increase sharpness
And shot
So faces and indoors photos are way better with pro mode
Colors are accurate too

rowihel2012 said:
Faces details are soft with auto mode
Pro mode has sharpness control
And has no xiaomi beauty mode that includes with auto
Try it with yourself
Go to pro mode
Increase sharpness
And shot
So faces and indoors photos are way better with pro mode
Colors are accurate too
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So...;it's amazing this site is called XDA DEVELOPERS and it used to be a website for developers and hackers to share their work. Now everyone here is just whining and complaining; My icons are missing; My alarms don't work; I'm not getting messages; My wifi isn't working and on and on... Just remember, we are either part of solution or part of the problem.

jim262 said:
So...;it's amazing this site is called XDA DEVELOPERS and it used to be a website for developers and hackers to share their work. Now everyone here is just whining and complaining; My icons are missing; My alarms don't work; I'm not getting messages; My wifi isn't working and on and on... Just remember, we are either part of solution or part of the problem.
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So you are saying if someone has a problem(not knowing if its a bug or a feature) don't come here and try and ask for help to solve it?
This is a community forum that doesn't negate helping others no matter what is your knowledge or what the issue is and not everyone is at your rank of wisdom you know?
....but better then wisdom is patience and tolerance, you either have it or you don't.

jim262 said:
So...;it's amazing this site is called XDA DEVELOPERS and it used to be a website for developers and hackers to share their work. Now everyone here is just whining and complaining; My icons are missing; My alarms don't work; I'm not getting messages; My wifi isn't working and on and on... Just remember, we are either part of solution or part of the problem.
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I think there is more frustration with this particular phone because it was expensive ( by Xiaomi standards) and a lot of people who bought it are inexperienced noobs who want it to work like an iphone 12 pro max but even though the hardware is stacked the software is atrocious
Combine that with the low international sales count compared to the s21u etc and you're not going to have a lot of development going on
If I wasn't able to get the 12/512 for China mainland price I also would have bought another phone
The camera simply isn't as good as it should be and you will notice the 108mp cheaper regular mi 11 camera often takes more detailed pictures ( except zoom or night shots )
, if this camera was actually good they would have used it in the mi mix 4 and the mi 11t pro but looks like even Xiaomi know they dropped the ball here and tried to sell it on spec alone without the necessary software to back it up

kajalkmrctg said:
Hi Jim262
Thanks for the reply but my one GLAOBAL EUROPE version 12.5.2.0
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OK, does that mean you are incapable of flashing another rom? I merely am telling you that there is a possibility, whether you use that possibility or not is your choice. That doesn't require an answer that makes it out like it's an impossibility.

So am i right with MIUI Global 12.5.6.0 i can't get notifications on the rear? In None of the Global Versions?
I'm a little bit confused

BabyHunter said:
So am i right with MIUI Global 12.5.6.0 i can't get notifications on the rear? In None of the Global Versions?
I'm a little bit confused
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You can't no

BigDisplay said:
You can't no
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Yes on notifications, No on your ability to use rear display as viewfinder for rear cameras.