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Cyanogenmod Users, tell us about the camera app you are using

We all know z2 has a solid stock camera app. But on cm and cm based rom we cannot use it
So what are you guys using it? Any comparisons of photos taken with different camera apps? And how do photos compare to stock rom? Do share your experience

Im using stock camera app, but Pictures Come a bit too bright for me. Could anyone recommend any good camera app?

It doesn't matter what camera app you use really, as CM (and all AOSP ROM's) use the same camera driver, and Kali used a hack to get it to work using Z1 code (don't know the actual term) so... It will always be substantially poor compared to stock. I know this thread isn't actually a comparison between the two, I'm just stating the facts and eventually I'm sure Kali (or another Dev) will fix it and use proper Z2 cam code. Then, we will have a truly next to flawless AOSP camera and ROM.

I'm just using Google Camera for lack of a better one. It's not great but it gets the job done.

The camera on both stock and CM give the same result. Its only the post processing that the stock app does that changes the result.
For testing, install Google camera on stock and click pictures. Do the same on CM and compare your results.

Uclydde said:
I'm just using Google Camera for lack of a better one. It's not great but it gets the job done.
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Hey hey try out this Camera :laugh: It looks exactly like the stock Nexus 5 camera and it is the best I have tried. :victory:
Tip: The Google Play Store will view it as the Google Camera you are using and will ask for an update , I recommend you not to do it
ENJOY !!! :good: :good: :good:
Please hit "thanks" if I helped you

gallardo5 said:
Im using stock camera app, but Pictures Come a bit too bright for me. Could anyone recommend any good camera app?
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Hey my friend :laugh: try using the camera app I uploaded above

-XperiaMan- said:
Hey my friend :laugh: try using the camera app I uploaded above
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What...exactly is it? How is it different from the normal google camera?

Uclydde said:
What...exactly is it? How is it different from the normal google camera?
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Well I found it different . It has the look of the Nexus 5 camera app
AND it took better pics . Its my opinion . If you don't like it there is no problem my friend

No 4K

Jhon998 said:
No 4K
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Thats why i will stay on stock rom for now...

Nightfire-XX said:
Thats why i will stay on stock rom for now...
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Yeah i too switched back to stock and thinking about this if it would work on CM
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Nightfire-XX said:
Thats why i will stay on stock rom for now...
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Or maybe http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733776

Yeah this problem made me switch back to stock

Hopefully we will see some camera improvements when Android L have been released and CM updated.

Using Google Camera on Carbon. Shots are great!
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Just a quick tip guys, I had issues with low quality photos in CM11, I tried ProCapture app and in good daylight the pictures turn out to be good and as good as stock, in low light you'll have to tweak the settings a bit but you can manage to get pretty decent pics. SO yeah, for the benefits CM11 gives, I can completely live with it by using a third party app

I see that MIUI port has stock XZ2 camera. If so, is there any way to use on CM11 as well? Any tips?
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I have a stock camera (4.4.4) and I am not happy at all with my camera. :/ Most photos are not clear, landscape mode takes bad photos (one part of the photo is good/zoomed, biger part is blur).
I heard some stories about Z2 with good camera and Z2 with bad camera, can thia be true, although it sounds ridicilous.

[email protected] said:
I have a stock camera (4.4.4) and I am not happy at all with my camera. :/ Most photos are not clear, landscape mode takes bad photos (one part of the photo is good/zoomed, biger part is blur).
I heard some stories about Z2 with good camera and Z2 with bad camera, can thia be true, although it sounds ridicilous.
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Agree.. I tried cm11 snapshot m12, All pictures of mine turns out too bright. The front one especially pixalated with weird coloured dots like a 0.5mp camera which I used to have when I had an old Nokia phone. Other than this, cm is a perfect rom.. Hope there are still development on this while with all the hype on lollipop(not sure if the camera code will get better by then)

I recommend the OnePlusOne camera! It's faster, more organized in terms of menus and I think that the image quality is little bit better because of the filters used... :good:

Moto X camera for One+

Hi, if anyone wants to try the Moto x camera for the OnePlus here is the link . I don't know if I can post it here. I did not make this apk , thanks to whoever did. It works very smooth, its very simple and I think the autofocus works much better then stock One Plus camera.
http://d-h.st/Yvc

Could not be installed on my OPO!

Meister_Panse said:
Could not be installed on my OPO!
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I was able to install it without an issue.

Doesn't install on latest Vanir.

I have it installed on stock One Plus

Maybe it can´t be installed when using ART?

Works for me on CM11 nightly, but the pictures look pretty bad. Not surprising, since this is Motorola we are talking about.

Sam_in_PGH said:
Works for me on CM11 nightly, but the pictures look pretty bad. Not surprising, since this is Motorola we are talking about.
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I've found the moto camera to be better than the Opo camera. Or any other smartphone for that matter.

Works great on Nameless! Thanks!

I installed it but there is a problem. You can only take normal pictures. What I mean by that is like... you cant change it to Night View.. or turn HDR on/off... aqua view.. and so forth.. Camera works but the settings are not changeable.

Coloured line??
I also have the "no settings" thing going on and on top of that there is a white/yellow vertical line while i am taking photos.
But i still prefer this camera app over stock camera app.

Simple point and shoot. Does take great pictures though. Nice find!

Anyone have the latest motorola camera apk working on our phones?

any improvements comparing to the stock camera app?

Who in the world would like to want a crappy camera app that can't even focus on subject. Moto x users rooting their devices to remove that app. and we are trying to install it here. Great

Hdr not selected, why?

gnan10 said:
Who in the world would like to want a crappy camera app that can't even focus on subject. Moto x users rooting their devices to remove that app. and we are trying to install it here. Great
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It sucks lol
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[Q] alternative camera app

So based on you're experience which camera app would you suggest? I am kind of shocked to find that the camera app is so slow. My Blackberry Q10 is very quick compared to my Turbo.

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So based on you're experience which camera app would you suggest? I am kind of shocked to find that the camera app is so slow. My Blackberry Q10 is very quick compared to my Turbo.
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I really like the Google camera app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera&hl=en
Unfortunately on the turbo it still does have some lag. Hopefully that will be fixed with future OTA updates.
The main thing I like about Google's app is the option to take photosphere images and panoramas. I know the stock camera app does panoramas but Google's app allows for much higher quality images.
I have taken some really awesome images using this app.

Lenovo Supercamera is great. Adds lots of effects and options, more so than stock camera on S5

Demiurge7 said:
Lenovo Supercamera is great. Adds lots of effects and options, more so than stock camera on S5
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Where do you get it?

makavelisk said:
Where do you get it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665714

Demiurge7 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665714
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Thanks! I tried installing but it wouldn't connect to the camera. Which version did you install to get it to work?

makavelisk said:
Thanks! I tried installing but it wouldn't connect to the camera. Which version did you install to get it to work?
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Latest, 3.6.7 with permissions removed. Definitely works for me. Maybe restart too - sometimes it seems like camera apps can lock another out.

Demiurge7 said:
Latest, 3.6.7 with permissions removed. Definitely works for me. Maybe restart too - sometimes it seems like camera apps can lock another out.
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Ahhhh.... I was going down to the second post and installing the other camera. Nice!! Going to have to play around with it more tomorrow. Thanks again!!!

Thanks to everyone who posted. I actually really like both of those options and will probably use both. Anyone ever try any fisheye lenses?

Demiurge7 said:
Latest, 3.6.7 with permissions removed. Definitely works for me. Maybe restart too - sometimes it seems like camera apps can lock another out.
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Do you see this as well on your install?

Yes, those resolutions are correct for the Turbo camera (even though they say a lower MP).
The 5248x3936 is the same as the full 21mp (Standard) mode, and the 5248 x 2952 is the same as the 15.5mp (Widescreen) mode. Assuming that this is what your asking?

Exactly what i was asking. I figured it was cosmetic. Just wanted to be sure.

I will the first update might have sped up my camera. When I left the store it was slow, as I read about. Next day I searched for updates and got one. My camera is normal now. The only issue I notice is swiping to pictures from the camera, it swipes right away, then the screen "blinks" real fast. Might try a different camera to compare though.
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Maybe I'm crazy but this seems to speed the shutter up a bit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/how-to-unlock-advanced-camera-settings-t2884035
Perhaps more tinkering in the ladybug settings could help, or the ability to reduce mp size further?
Let me know what works for you all!
sent from my droid turbo

Mattish13 said:
Maybe I'm crazy but this seems to speed the shutter up a bit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/how-to-unlock-advanced-camera-settings-t2884035
Perhaps more tinkering in the ladybug settings could help, or the ability to reduce mp size further?
Let me know what works for you all!
sent from my droid turbo
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What settings did u change?

zathus said:
What settings did u change?
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None so far. Interested to hear from those with more time to tinker...
sent from my droid turbo

Mattish13 said:
None so far. Interested to hear from those with more time to tinker...
sent from my droid turbo
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I've tinkered with it but I don't know what I'm looking at. Not a photographer but I'm sure you repost it in general? I have someone who knows what they're looking at toy with it?

-Michael_ said:
Do you see this as well on your install?
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did you manage to install and use properly?

mateusxd said:
did you manage to install and use properly?
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Yep, other than the resolution displaying wrong it worked good too. I ended up installing the moto camera+ and taking a bunch of samples to compare the two, found it to not take any better pics than the moto camera + with the settings unlocked.

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Yep, other than the resolution displaying wrong it worked good too. I ended up installing the moto camera+ and taking a bunch of samples to compare the two, found it to not take any better pics than the moto camera + with the settings unlocked.
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I couldn't open it. i get an error, Lenovo Camera stop working... i tried version 3.67 all three versions.

GCam for S9

So I was looking through all the current GCam builds, by that I mean all those modded ones, and I think I found the best one for Snapdragon phones. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/cstark27_GCam_5.1.018_24_v3.6.apk
The Pixel2Mod one is the best, but requires a device whitelist to work. So, you know, it takes time.
@Arnova8G2 could you please add starqlte, starlte, star2qlte and star2lte
I think those are correct.

The one you posted crashes completely on my S9 Snapdragon. It works on yours? It won't go anywhere past accepting permissions.
The one I have that works is named gcam_5.1.018.177470874.41362666_SG7Exy_V8.2.apk. Looks like it's for an Exynos, but at least it runs.

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The one you posted crashes completely on my S9 Snapdragon. It works on yours? It won't go anywhere past accepting permissions.
The one I have that works is named gcam_5.1.018.177470874.41362666_SG7Exy_V8.2.apk. Looks like it's for an Exynos, but at least it runs.
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Link?

I did a quick spin around looking for Gcam.... man, there are a lot of options! (and opinions)
This thread here has a 'stable' one with HDR+. And an additional one which is the 'best' for portrait.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/pixel-cam-hdr-s8-exynos-nougat-t3729169
The v8.2 one I referred to specifically is from the S7 forums, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/themes/google-camera-portrait-mode-t3736859
I just installed a few but haven't had any opportunity to really test them out much. Phone is not my daily driver (yet?).

I installed one that is working but makes the phone very hot. Uninstalled it with away.

mweinbach said:
So I was looking through all the current GCam builds, by that I mean all those modded ones, and I think I found the best one for Snapdragon phones. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/cstark27_GCam_5.1.018_24_v3.6.apk
The Pixel2Mod one is the best, but requires a device whitelist to work. So, you know, it takes time.
@Arnova8G2 could you please add starqlte, starlte, star2qlte and star2lte
I think those are correct.
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Odd this doesn't work on my S9+. Wonder if the telephoto lens is screwing it up? Is everything working for you including portrait? So far the only thing I see wrong with Samsung's stock app is in low light, it gives off reddish tint.

xterminater07 said:
Odd this doesn't work on my S9+. Wonder if the telephoto lens is screwing it up? Is everything working for you including portrait? So far the only thing I see wrong with Samsung's stock app is in low light, it gives off reddish tint.
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this INSTANT crashes on the S9+. It also crashes my phone. I am not sure why.

So it works on s9 but not s9+ for you too? @mweinbach. Check my gcam thread for s9+... also pm me your google hangouts ID if you have one

Hope someone ports it soon. I loved the GCAM on my note8. Sold it and bought the S9 thinking that the GCAM port would work on this too. Samsung stock camera is nowhere near the colors and the dynamic range of the GCAM.

mweinbach said:
this INSTANT crashes on the S9+. It also crashes my phone. I am not sure why.
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Mem leak. The app is highly alpha.

iamnotkurtcobain said:
Mem leak. The app is highly alpha.
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I don't think its a mem leak as it shouldn't instantly crash both the app and phone

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I don't think its a mem leak as it shouldn't instantly crash both the app and phone
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Did u get my message? The miniuser work but is heavily tinted in various condition, especially day light it goes blue. I was able to fix white balance settings to take great pictures in low ambient lighting.

I will try it

What is the latest Google Camera version that works on this? (Exynos)

I tried lots of ports and different verions, even those that were made explicitly for the Note 9, but i can't seem to be able to take photos with any of them.
It "takes" photos, but all of them just result in a black image, top to bottom.
It doesn't happen with one version in particular, it's consistent on all of them.
The viewfinder works just fine, so do most modes, even HDR+. But it can't take photos at all.

@Myrmeko
Not sure if this camera app has the functions you would like to use, but have you tried the Open Camera app?
Open Camera
www.opencamera.org.uk
I use Open Camera on a Note8 and Galaxy Tab S4 because the Samsung Camera app continuously crashed.

Try this, working for almost all Exynos devices. https://koopahtmaniac.com/getLatest.php

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@Myrmeko
I use Open Camera on a Note8 and Galaxy Tab S4 because the Samsung Camera app continuously crashed.
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Yes, Open Camera is very good, but it doesn't have the features i was looking for.
On my Note 9, Samsung Camera works just fine, but i was only curious to see how Google's Night Mode and HDR+ work.

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Try this, working for almost all Exynos devices. https://koopahtmaniac.com/getLatest.php
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Thanks, i didn't know about this port.

Myrmeko said:
Thanks, i didn't know about this port.
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can you please tell me which port works and with which config , and what about selfies and thanks

FouaD- said:
can you please tell me which port works and with which config , and what about selfies and thanks
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The latest one works just fine, but the photos look pretty bad. Night mode gives that pink vignette that was the problem on the HTC One M7/M8/M9.
I wouldn't recommend using it, tbh. You're better off using the stock camera. Or if you really wanna mod it and you aslo have root, just buy Zero Camera Mod and support one of the developers here. You can tune every Samsung Camera parameter with it.