So I got the 2019 version of the p smart and I want yo make the most of the device and on previous phones I've used some version of gcam but with not having kirkn before I'm not sure what will work good, I'm looking for all the features you'd find in the pixel 2 if possible but really I just can't to improve the camera as I feel that's the lacking part of the phone. If as none could help on a working one that would be great and also anything else I could download to get the best possible experience from this phone
I think no chance because build,prop has to be changed and that means root.
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I have a 14 moto x now. Phone is great but really would like the battery life and form factor of the z3c.
1 - there is no clean root right now it seems without tanking certain features like camera. How will the developer support be for this? I really don't want to wait 6 months for android L
2 - any way to get HD voice and volte working on tmous?
km8j said:
I have a 14 moto x now. Phone is great but really would like the battery life and form factor of the z3c.
1 - there is no clean root right now it seems without tanking certain features like camera. How will the developer support be for this? I really don't want to wait 6 months for android L
2 - any way to get HD voice and volte working on tmous?
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1: Root will come 100% No one can say when, but it will come for sure.
2: No idea
Any ideas on #2 or android L
km8j said:
Any ideas on #2 or android L
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Is Android L out yet?
Dsteppa said:
Is Android L out yet?
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:good:
I, for one, couldn't care less about Android L as I bought the phone for what it can do for me now (and that's a lot!).
Happy to see Sony fixing problems within one and the same Android version.
Further, I hardly see any significant difference in functionality all the way from say Android 4.1 till 4.4.4. Ok, granted, OpenGL 3 on Android 4.3 did help.
Only thing I spot is more and more Google bloatware being added as well as restrictions like no more write access to SD card...
SD write access was changed by Google because of security concers. There will be a new approach to this with L, as well es encryption per default, better battery life, the switch to ART as default runtime, camera improvements and so on. Also Sony mentioned they're looking into direct AOSP support, so there's actually a lot of exciting things to look forward to in the (possibly) near future.
Iruwen said:
SD write access was changed by Google because of security concers.
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This has actually been changed by Google for they want to sell their cloud services! Security concerns.... pffff.
No.
Iruwen said:
No.
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bump........
Got a brand new mia2. So far I am pleased with all functions and performance. I have previous experience from system updates on other phones which have messed up important functionality and made my phone more or less useless.
Sooo.. what are the benefits with a update to 9.x? And what issues to expect and which functions will be messed up?
I rather have old sw that works ok than have to replace the whole hw. ☺
Mogwai37652 said:
Got a brand new mia2. So far I am pleased with all functions and performance. I have previous experience from system updates on other phones which have messed up important functionality and made my phone more or less useless.
Sooo.. what are the benefits with a update to 9.x? And what issues to expect and which functions will be messed up?
I rather have old sw that works ok than have to replace the whole hw. ☺
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I had the same feeling i got my phone 6 months back but android 9 gives you a lot of new features and security if you don't update your phone you will miss out on those things specially that's specially what you get when you get a androidone device I'm currently facing few bugs here and there on android 9 and i faced some in android o too and most of them got fixed with updates
Decision is up to you and enjoy your phone :good:
Hi,
I own ZUK Z2 Pro that I have unlocked, flashed with AOSP Extended v4.6 official and rooted many moons ago. I simply can't fault this device or this rom, but one thing - the camera quality is very poor. I know it was poor on official ZUI rom as well, so I had no regrets to move to AOSP Extended, which I am very happy with. And I would continue to use this outdated Nougat rom, but I am about to perform a factory reset, so I thought I could try something newer. However, I read the topics and some new custom roms are somewhat buggy. I can adjust / sacrifice some UI glitches providing the camera gets a quality boost with GCAM mod, which as far as I know is not supported on my old rom.
So the question I wanted to ask is. Are the new custom roms having a better google camera mod to what a stock ZUI app or old custom roms had? Is the gcam worth it? Is there a rom that you could recommend that fits with gcam mod well?
rybaryba33 said:
Hi,
I own ZUK Z2 Pro that I have unlocked, flashed with AOSP Extended v4.6 official and rooted many moons ago. I simply can't fault this device or this rom, but one thing - the camera quality is very poor. I know it was poor on official ZUI rom as well, so I had no regrets to move to AOSP Extended, which I am very happy with. And I would continue to use this outdated Nougat rom, but I am about to perform a factory reset, so I thought I could try something newer. However, I read the topics and some new custom roms are somewhat buggy. I can adjust / sacrifice some UI glitches providing the camera gets a quality boost with GCAM mod, which as far as I know is not supported on my old rom.
So the question I wanted to ask is. Are the new custom roms having a better google camera mod to what a stock ZUI app or old custom roms had? Is the gcam worth it? Is there a rom that you could recommend that fits with gcam mod well?
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Yes, it's really worth it. I recommend updating to android 10 (PixysOS - https://forum.xda-developers.com/zuk-z2-pro/development/pixysos-3-0-4-official-zuk-z2-pro-t4080859).
I installed AEX, although it has good resources, I found serious problems and the above ROM seems to be the best.
You must follow the procedures, updating with original ROM - ZUI 4, and then updating with android 10, in order to use API2Camera.
I'm using this version of GCAM:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1150/
You have to configure it, front camera not to keep the photos with green tones, you can download an xml with the settings.
front camera Nexus6, and rear google pixel xl.
The difference of other cameras for GCAM (with correct configuration), is very great. You will have much better photos and videos.
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Yes, it's really worth it. I recommend updating to android 10 (PixysOS - https://forum.xda-developers.com/zuk-z2-pro/development/pixysos-3-0-4-official-zuk-z2-pro-t4080859).
I installed AEX, although it has good resources, I found serious problems and the above ROM seems to be the best.
You must follow the procedures, updating with original ROM - ZUI 4, and then updating with android 10, in order to use API2Camera.
I'm using this version of GCAM:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1150/
You have to configure it, front camera not to keep the photos with green tones, you can download an xml with the settings.
front camera Nexus6, and rear google pixel xl.
The difference of other cameras for GCAM (with correct configuration), is very great. You will have much better photos and videos.
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Thank you so much for your input. From what I have read about all Android 10 custom roms for ZUK Z2 pro, they all suffer from some bugs and flaws. Whether that is going to improve - only the time will tell, but looking at how old this device already is, we may not see a great improvement.
As you have probably already gathered, I prefer older, more stable roms. Is the GCAM mod so good on Android 9 as well? And is the API2Camera available on Android 9? Thanks
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Thank you so much for your input. From what I have read about all Android 10 custom roms for ZUK Z2 pro, they all suffer from some bugs and flaws. Whether that is going to improve - only the time will tell, but looking at how old this device already is, we may not see a great improvement.
As you have probably already gathered, I prefer older, more stable roms. Is the GCAM mod so good on Android 9 as well? And is the API2Camera available on Android 9? Thanks
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Yes, all ROMs have little problems.
I was running Android 10, and I had a problem with magisk, and I needed to re-install the ROM urgently, as the android 9 files were stored inside the zuk, I ended up going back to the android pie.
I have a lot of activities, as soon as I have some time I will return to android 10, because I thought it was better.
The two ROMs that look best to me are Arrow and PixyOS.
AEX has great features, but it has several problems. I didn't test evolution-X.
GCAM, for me, works best on android 10. But yes, it also works on android 9.
My experience with android 10 (Arrow and PixyOS) were good and I recommend, I think this is better than the ROM with android 9.
In Zuk Z2 pro, between versions 8.1, 9 and 10, in my experience, the best ones are, 8.1 and 10.
As version 10 I can use the latest versions of GCAM, this will be my ROM.
Best version I found:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog1075/
When someone will support this device
To be honest I think the days of Samsung flagships running Android in that form has long gone sadly. The phone would be an absolute beast running closer to stock android.
This is what Google hasn't figured out. Make a phone that does it all and it's a winner..not since the Nexus days has it been that way. Beyond the camera obviously...will it change with the new pixel remains to be seen
Yes that's why I'd like to combine powerful hardware ( samsung ) with lineage os ( smoothness) would be great
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Without any doubt I can say that XZ Premium was my favorite phone, many mods, ports and ROMS. Changed it to OP 7Pro and Im also satisfied with XDA support but it wasnt enough so...
I bought XZ3 Dual 4/64 with A10 and 52.1.A.3.137 firmware. Read all possible topics here and Im totally confused what to do, could you help me out?
I dont really know should I unlock bootloader because I would like to have Sony Camera functions like 4K HDR etc.... but
I cant stand button navigation on stock, I would love to have gestures.
I dont need Sony audio enhancement because I mostly use V4A, what forces me to unlock BL and keep root.
I thought about SailfishOS but I need few android apps like messaging or banking app, cant live without it.
Thought about LineageOS but there are problems with crackling speaker, camera app, gcam not working, and I like sony stock apps but I dont mind using google apps instead, not a fan of lineage apps. Present magisk/hide is apprecatied.
Not a fan of A12- read that camera app is not working with a12, never flashed nor used A12.
No matter what I choose- there are downsides, so what will be the best choice?
Totally sad that XZ3 is not as supported as XZP, I would love to support XZ3 development but Im so underdeveloped that I only use whats given on xda ((
Have a great day!
Hello,
I'm at the same point as you. I'm a previous user of LineageOS on a Galaxy S7. That one had a lot of flaws but was still much, much better than anything that forces gapps on me, even though maybe the S7 version was the worst LineageOS ever. I also used it on S5 and S3. No LineageOS was perfect, but superior over all other ROMs I tried.
The thing that bothers me about the camera is: I can't find information about where the issue is after unlocking. People say it performs worse. But is it a driver thing you can't fix or is it just the Sony camera app? I get no answer here. If it's just the Sony camera app that is decapitated after unlocking, you should just get rid of this peace of crap and replace it with Open Camera. You can then switch to Camera 2 API and disable this awful edge enhancement and actually make good photos. The only downside is that Open Camera doesn't apply proper shutter time for very dark conditions automatically. 4k HDR also seems to work. But remember: I'm still on the original ROM and I don't know if anything will be different after unlocking. I would be thankful if someone could give any information about it.
You should be able to use almost any app on LineageOS. I use FDroid and Aurora as app managers. Some apps check for root or custom ROMs and refuse to work if they find it. I don't use any banking apps on Android. Maybe they do a root check. I can't tell you. You may use the web page of your bank instead. Telegram and Signal both work on LineageOS, I've never tried WhatsApp though.
What's the best option isn't an easy decision for the XZ3. There are always downsides on custom ROMs. The problem is that we can find almost no information on what exactly doesn't work as usual after unlocking, so we can't make our decision. I don't expect to find much help, if I encounter problems after unlocking.
I also spend hours and days trying to get information about all of this and didn't find what I need to know. The crackling speakers problem on LineageOS for example is new to me. Can you give me further information about it or provide a link? Have made any progress since your post here?