yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] aer0zer0:
thats excellent news. Does Slo-mo work?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
No, slo-mo auto closed on me. Portrait worked though.

Still looking for the version I downloaded. It was the one they linked from the xda thread on the magisk version if gcam.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
I attached a screenshot of the version I used.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
The thing that made it work for me was.

1. Install the download gcam app.

2. After the app is installed, select your settings.(I selected pixel 2 for the model and pixel 2017 zsl HDR+.

3. Saved settings.

4. Went in to app settings and force app start( I think this step is the key)

5. Launch app

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I think I'm using one of your versions of gcam. Do you have a version of the gcam app that slo-mo will work? Everything else seems to work, which is great because I was considering a op5t and I really didn't want a new phone.

To be honest, I like the frequency of updates essential does for the cam app but it's still not great, esp low light. But because they are new company I want to give them a chance, plus I like the size and build.

We need these smaller companies to keep the prices down. Could imagine how much Samsung and apple would charge us if there weren't these smaller companies???
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] matvey123:
What is the updated link for the Google camera port? I can't seem to find it. (Also I'm running stock rom,)...
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] zzman31:
What do you mean about Point 4?" Went in to app settings and force app start( I think this step is the key)"

How can I do this? If I do the settings that you write, my display will be black!
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
After you save the settings, exit the app then do force quit in the app settings. This is so the setting that you saved will take affect.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] geoff5093:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Genghis1227:
I think officially it is called force stop. Just drag the app icon from the app tray to app info drop target and it should bring you to the app details page to force stop. Any settings changes that I make I use this process too.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] RoccoN4:
Port still not working for me on Beta 3. Get a black screen on most settings. The one setting (Nexus 6p) worked but when I took a pic, hdr processing would get stuck half way.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
Try this version of the gcam app and you can use the pixel 2 settings. Make sure you uninstall current version. When you install this version linked then make sure you force quit. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PX0l6OlMTctsg9LRDe1pTIx_fpYFG5qC/view?usp=drivesdk

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So far, I have had two issues that are minor.

1. Rear facing portrait. It takes the pic but no bokeh affect. Front facing cam portrait works great. I tried all setting none worked for the rear facing camera.

2. no Slo-mo. It's not a feature i would use but in doing due diligence I tested it anyway and it crash the app no matter the setting.

At this point, I have gcam working on oreo beta three. I did not do a side load of the rom, I did an ota from oreo 2(which no version of gcam worked). Since I have it working I don't want to mess with any new installs. This works. I attached the version that works in a previous post. Maybe some of the developers can look at how I installed my gcam on oreo three via ota and see if there is a way for them to adjust the app to work for all of us.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Khaled_Chebat:
I can confirm the following works:

Standard pictures

Portrait pictures

Photo Sphere pictures

Panorama pictures

Video with audio (30fps)

Video with audio (60fps) - Low quality zoomed in view!

And the following does not:

Slow Motion - causes app to force close

The settings I have in place (See screenshots attached):

B-S-G Mod settings

Config camera HRD+

: No HDR+

Model

: Pixel XL(corr)

HDR+ parameters

: High

Photo

Back camera photo resolution

: (4:3) 13.0 megapixels

Front camera photo resolution

: (16:9) 8.3 megapixels

Burst settings

: Auto-generate creations

Advanced

: HDR+ control, HDR+ Front camera, HDR+ control, Portrait mode, Use ZSL, Removing the pinkish/reddish, Show dirty lens warning

Panorama resolution

: Normal

Video

Back camera video resolution

: HD 1080p

Front camera video resolution

: HD 1080P

Video stabilization

: (Enabled)

General

Save location

: (Enabled)

Camera sounds

: (Disabled)

Gestures

: (Enabled)

Volume key action

: Shutter

Double tap to zoom

: (Enabled)

Developer settings

See screenshots

By no means a comprehensive scientific test but so far no issues. Hope this helps!
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] ming3r:
After trying a bunch of the builds the ones that have worked the best for me on Oreo Beta2/3 have been the most recent Scrubber one, Arnova 1.6 (both of these use Nexus 6 mode so no ZSL), but I also had good luck with Arnova Pixelmod where everything works in Pixel2 ZSL but the option for the pink front facing camera is missing in advanced.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] matvey123:
What settings would you suggest for HDR?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] juggaknot77:
Thanks for this, I can confirm it works! Now I don't have to root this damn thing to get the Google camera working properly. Everything works from portrait on both sides and focus.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Genghis1227:
Do you lose the audio after recording a video?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] juggaknot77:
I don't really record anything so I haven't tried it yet. [MENTION=2913153]Genghis1227[/MENTION]
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
When you have HDR+ used that's when you lose sound

Even in auto HDR when the HDR kicks in you will lose sound.

I'd suggest you try to installed the version I attached in a previous thread and then retest
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] hhhh3:
Installed your suggested version, follow the steps, still i can't choose pixel 2017 zsl hdr+, it will be black screen, unless i choose auto. Portrait mode not working also.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] RoccoN4:
Same here.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] juggaknot77:
[MENTION=5285782]RoccoN4[/MENTION] [MENTION=594833]hhhh3[/MENTION] I can confirm it works with his suggested steps

1. Install the download gcam app. Don't open the app, go into settings, go to apps, find the app, hit force stop, clear data and cache.

2. Now go to the gcam the app that is installed, select your settings.(I selected pixel 2 for the model and pixel 2017 zsl HDR+)

3. Saved settings.

4. Now go into settings, find the app and force app start.

5. Launch app and you should be good to go.

I can confirm this works each and every time with his suggested settings. Please report back if this works for you.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] hhhh3:
Wow it works!

I miss the first step, don't open it, just clear data and cache. Then work afterward, thanks very much

And portrait on the front camera also work
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] RoccoN4:
The only way I can get it to work is if Config Camera HDR+ is on No HDR+. Any other one including Pixel 2017 Zsl HDR+ gives me a black screen.

Weird.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mania626:
Can you please send me the link for that specific file?.thanks
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] hhhh3:
But it break the audio..hahaha

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Just few page somebody share it
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] juggaknot77:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PX0l6OlMTctsg9LRDe1pTIx_fpYFG5qC/view?usp=drivesdk

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Don't mess with any of the other settings and you should be good. I have audio with no other issues. I noticed when I started messing with the other settings, I got random reboots, no audio, force closes on other apps. So I left it as per the instructions and everything works as it should.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] hhhh3:
Mind showing your setting?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] juggaknot77:
Here you go, as stated just follow the instructions and you should be good to go.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] juggaknot77:
Don't mess with the HDR+ settings, just follow the instructions and you are good to go...
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] RoccoN4:
So the quality of the photos will be better then the stock camera even tho it is not using HDR?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] hhhh3:
But then no portrait mode? Quality is good, but just the audio problem i can't solve
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] juggaknot77:
I tested it yesterday and compared them to stock and they look better and brighter. I think with the suggested settings it automatically has HDR set when you take a photo even though you don't see the it in the actual camera app., it's weird but I am getting better results.

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My suggestion follow the instructions posted then go into the camera settings app, do exactly as in the picture I posted, try switch the portrait setting on and leave it as is, come out of the app, force close the app and go back to the app and portrait mode should work on both sides.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] chk27:
Hi, lazy question here, but I've read like 40 pages and still didn't find good information because of the soo many version and the oreo beta posts suddently appearing.

Which version is best for 7.1.1 (latest, january patches, build)?

Does it break sound and other things on 7.1.1 too or the issues are oreo beta related?

Thanks!
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] hhhh3:
Still have audio issues after taking one photo.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] ming3r:
[MENTION=4860033]Arnova8G2[/MENTION] feedback on GoogleCamera-Pixel2Mod-Arnova8G2-5.1.018.apk

Previous version worked great other than pink on front camera, this version the camera doesn't start up at all. Camcorder does work.

This is on Oreo Beta 3.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] gqukyo:
Used jugger's settings and works fine for me. The video isn't that good for movement. I don't really take videos with this phone so I'm not sure if it's always been like that lol
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] ming3r:
Today's PixelMod seems to have everything working on my Essential on Beta3. Portrait mode works, front cam works, sound seems to persist even with motion photos on. Thanks [MENTION=4860033]Arnova8G2[/MENTION] !

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75295376&postcount=2887
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] stratus1011:
Was it the force hdr one or the other and does recording video work without audio loss?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] ming3r:
I used the first one.

Just tried video recording, audio still sticks around too. Video on that still seems super zoomed in though (and even moreso on 60fps). I didn't test video initially since I never use that, but a few pages back that still seems tied to the 16:9 + EIS
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mania626:
For me video freezes and have to restart phone to get everything working again.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] WebTowels:
I can confirm this doesn't work =)

Gcam5.1.018 and MGC_5.1.018 both failing on Oreo beta 2 with latest updates.

Also, what's the point of all this is the HDR mode has to be off? I'm finally getting some decent pictures out of the phone, but can't deal with the crashes/audio issues...
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Genghis1227:
Root with magisk and load the module. Everything works.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] WebTowels:
Ugh, root? Module? IDK, fraid this is becoming a bit too much hassle. Also tried MGCB_7.0 with no success. XDA needs a better way to up vote useful posts instead of sifting through 40+ pages.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Genghis1227:
Here is the thread for the magisk module.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3730837

If you are concerned about rooting you might have to either deal with the issues with the GCam app (audio loss) or use the stock camera app.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] WebTowels:
Thanks for the link, but this is proving to take up way too much time and effort to read through all this. I'm on vacation currently, so time to fiddle around with my phone is rather limited. Just noticed a few days ago that the HDR on screwed half the videos I've taken and was breaking my audio, was hoping for an elegant quick fix.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Genghis1227:
Although rooting with magisk is not a quick fix per se...and if you haven't unlocked your bootloader then you'll have to restore. It is the only way at the moment to have everything working as it should. Read through the first post of the other thread, it gives you the info you need depending on your knowledge of Android and adb.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] WebTowels:
Yeah restoring/rooting not an option for me currently or in the near future. The only thing I care about is HDR on the back camera and audio not crapping out, does that combo exist for a basic user like myself? I need an off the shelf solution~
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] aer0zer0:
It does not. You may need to throw your phone away and get a pixel 2....lol
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] WebTowels:
Sadness =(
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] aer0zer0:
In all seriousness, in the magisk port thread, I explain in detail exactly why it is we need root to use the port properly. I mean, if your on nougat, it won't help any anyways. Let me sway you with what you can't do without magisk. In those 3 photos, you see portrait mode, are stickers (the porg on Josh's lap) and Google lens reading the bag (it will also search what it finds automatically). HDR+ on the front and rear is amazing. You have used the stock app enough to know it not enough. Video stabilization works on v10 and v11(all based on cam builds).

Try open camera from play store, that might help some.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] WebTowels:
Looks sweet, no doubt. I definitely want to get it working, hoping to have some time next week to read more about the process involved in getting it working. Currently road tripping, so I'm short on time and heavily reliant on my phone currently.

Appreciate everyone's hard work on this~
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] ming3r:
Just wanted to post two pics taken with the PixelMod camera I mentioned above. One is with front camera, one is with rear and blindly taking the photo.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/YC1EatfrPIzIQgNs1
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] aer0zer0:
You look really unhappy, lol
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Genghis1227:
Looks unhappy maybe, but the pictures look great!
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] ming3r:
Haha yeah after so many builds of some minor parts working I expected nothing, the last pixelmod version only gave black for both front and front cams :good:
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] aer0zer0:
Too bad you don't want everything in the app to work. Lol
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] reverenddak:
I don't know why people bother with this thread, the only solution is on the other thread. and you don't have to read the whole thing, just the first 3 posts. The "quick fix" is to get another phone. folks with patience, that enjoy "hacking" their equipment, can benefit from the open nature of Android. Hacking is not for everyone. That's why boring one-size fits-all **** like Apple exists.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] avd:
Guess you need a pixel 2 for that.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] aer0zer0:
Lol, ftw
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] ming3r:
Not sure if you missed me saying where almost everything I need out of the camera can be had without root / major downsides? I get HDR, portrait on both front and rear, and motion photos

I don't use the stickers so I guess I'm missing that.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] skilli:
Any news to this? I have the the Arnova 1.6 and the same problems. The Funny part is, that till yesterday it was working just fine. Today the the non HDR doesnt work anymore. I have changed nothing in the GCam app.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Murbert:
This one works for me, I haven't noticed any bugs.

Edit: I haven't used video so any bugs from that are undetected. I shared this via my phone so if you can't get the apk reply to this, I will reshare later.

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1XO06vS_kheGjoGfgojXLR4UWIfTvDOvd&export=download
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Dispata:
cstark27's works like a champ. Everything's been working fine for me for the past 3 days. No config or anything. Just install and go.

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/cstark27_GCam_5.1.018_24_TAT_v3.apk
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] RoccoN4:
What do you mean by everything works? Lots of people saying certain ports work perfectly then come back and say oh videos don't work but it's ok I don't use video.

Can you be more specific? Pics in HDR work? Video without losing the mic work? Show motion work?

Thanks
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
I am not rooted at all. I went from Oreo 2 to Oreo 3 it's. I installed one of the gcam mods and i was able to get it to work. When I installed the app. I force quit after I installed, then opened the app saved setting to pixel 2xl and force quit again. When I opened the camera I was able to take hrd+ pics with no issue. I never list sound. Video worked fine. The only issue I found was I was using my web browser and it got all goofy on me. For whatever reason after I got it working I was unable to launch sound from youtube and my video on camera app was acting up. I then force quite the app and rebooted. Once rebooted, everything worked again.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Dispata:
HDR+ and portrait for front and back work. All photo features work. Videos shoot fine. Doesn't crash the phone like other ports do (video lag, lost sound, phone app crashing, random reboots, etc..) until you mentioned slow motion. I never cared about that feature and became a lost memory. I take my word back lol. Upon launching the slow motion, the app force closed and crashed my phone even after rebooting. Had to clear data to bring it back. So yes, slow motion is the only thing that doesn't work for me. I'm stock OB3.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] teostar:
I'm using the version you suggested. And everything works (at least, everything I've tried), even slow motion ( download the "Google camera patch" magisk module)
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] RoccoN4:
So is this the version that requires root?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Mania626:
Best version for non rooted phones so far (essential oreo beta3)
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] RoccoN4:
Ok. This one seems to work great. Only issue is portrait from the main camera takes only regular pic. Portrait from the selfie camera works great.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] ming3r:
Try the PixelMod I mentioned above. Everything worked in that, portrait included.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] RoccoN4:
Don't you have to be rooted? I'm not. However, I think portrait works only if you are taking a picture of person not an object. Going to try this out again
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] kaiser_tytnii:
Confirm working without roots on OB3 without losing sounds. Only slow Mo does not work. Thanks [MENTION=7228877]Dispata[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2712580]cstark27[/MENTION]!!
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] gqukyo:
Doesn't work for me. I'm on beta 3 as well stock. Video doesn't work. Didn't bother checking anything else once that didn't work. Went back to the camera NX version.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
So, I was able to successfully upgrade to Oreo beta three and then successfully install gcam without losing sound or video issues. However, since that time I've had issues and I would lose sound and video would get all screwy. I would reboot and make sure I force quit the app and eventually everything would work again. Tonight the same thing happened but none of my normal steps worked. I thought I lost the gcam. As a last ditch effort I turned in a setting in the app info, under advanced and I turned on "modify system settings. I restarted the app and everything worked again.

Can the people who are still having issues with gcam try this and see if it works for you?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
So, I was able to successfully upgrade to Oreo beta three and then successfully install gcam without losing sound or video issues. However, since that time I've had issues and I would lose sound and video would get all screwy. I would reboot and make sure I force quit the app and eventually everything would work again. Tonight the same thing happened but none of my normal steps worked. I thought I lost the gcam. As a last ditch effort I turned in a setting in the app info, under advanced and I turned on "modify system settings. I restarted the app and everything worked again.

Would this be a true fix for the gcam? It worked instantly when I changed that setting. I'm curious to what you think.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] xterminater07:
Only way to find out if you truely lose sounds is to trigger the microphone after taking a pic in hdr+ or portrait mode. Triggering microphone can be done any ways, easiest is to use facebook messenger
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
But wouldn't using the video in gcam after snapping a pic in HDR+ do the same thing? I did that and I still have sound. I've had sound since I went to Oreo 3 beta and installed the gcam for the magisk gcam mod, no root. I just get issues here and there and today I wasn't able to get it to work UNTIL I changed that setting in the gcam app settings?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] xterminater07:
You can't install gcam magisk mod without being rooted. Did you install just the gcam apk by itself? What version.
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
This is the app version I used and it work now. My buddy who has an essential phone went to beta 3 is now working when he changed that setting. It seems as though that might be the fix.

I think any of the gcam will work now, but I'll wait to hear back from people.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PX0l6OlMTctsg9LRDe1pTIx_fpYFG5qC/view?usp=drivesdk
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] xterminater07:
[MENTION=5447216]aer0zer0[/MENTION], what do you think?
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] aer0zer0:
If he is happy, it's all that matters
[Essential Phone Themes, Apps, and Mods] Jmar72:
I'm curious to know what you think and if it's a real fix without root.

I had my friend install one of the gcam apk and it previously wasn't working for him. He made the change that I suggested and now it works. You previously told me the gcam had issues with permissions or something to that affect. Well would that settimg change allow for the app to work properly?

I know I don't get everything like the ar stickers and slow mo but it does seem to work so far.... Again, I respect your thoughts on this potential fix