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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] luchardi:
Try to use w7 compatibility mode and admin run.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] RyanDre:
Has anyone recieved the Feb update after having this installed? Havent recieved mine yet....
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] h_saroy:
while installing google camera its stuck at locking boot loader what shud i do!!!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] RzuwBuotny:
Everything working on win10 and february build. Now i have better camera quality than stock without root. Good job!

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] HachebeDLC:
Same, any answer?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] dorumanda:
Yes, I did received without any intervention.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] antonioli84:
What is the best Google Camera software for Mi A1? I'm using the one that is in the tool and I'm prety satisfied (but I don't know what version is).
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] aaamirulll:
Whether this works for mi a1 patch desember android N?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fibra Man:
Only in Oreo
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sumon477:
When I install in a1 the prosses was stop in unlocking bootloder . Why?

My windows version is windows 10

And mi Oreo
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] twister26:
What are the reasons for installing Google Camera, besides new functionalities? I'd be interested if the images quality improved just a little bit.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] antonioli84:
It improves a lot specially in low light conditions. Besides the better software of Google you algo enable the EIS in process what is good.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] hoolse01:
Does the tool replace the default Mi camera app with the GCAM app or is it added as a second app, so you're still able to choose the Mi app with daylight for 2x zoom for example?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] luchardi:
Add other app

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] chriselanko:
Works fine with February patch
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] hoolse01:
Tool and installation worked for me too on the February patch level. Great work, thnx!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wei Jiat:
I just receive mine Feb update today.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] wawing_b:
improves the image quality a lot in low light.. and an added feature of Lens Blur or Portrait mode..

if in a situation with lots of lights the stock camera app will do fine

as a second app, it does not interfer with the stock camera app.. YES, for example :cool:

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also I just got my february patch on today (march 15th), and the GCam HDR+ works just fine...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] RyanDre:
Thanks, so did I
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bals:
I am using gcam for the last one month or so. Rec'd. Feb update yesterday, installation was successful without any problem & gcam is working fine.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mbhushanr:
video calling problem

hello....

when using video call only working rear facing camera ...not working front camera although both camera working in whatsapp and FB messenger...on my xiaomi mi a1 after installing google camera

please help !!!!!﻿
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Loco56:
Problem

Can I repeat process with that tool, I am asking that because I did bad thing. I have done "Swipe to allow modifications"., my gcam is working but i cant get OTA update, so i wonder if I can somehow repeat method on my mobile to fix that
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] luchardi:
I think you will need to flash using adb or some mi flash tool the entire oreo IMG files from scratch to ensure a /system untouched.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Loco56:
Can you help me about that?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tawaryeehaw:
somebody please help me,,,

i'm stuck on twrp then i tap keep read only, but the tools keep "locking bootloader" for a long time, so i type reboot bootloader on adb.

and still, my gcam force close indicate that the installation progress dont finished yet.

whats the problem?

im on win 10.

and one more thing, on that manual method, what should i do with the mi a1 gcam folder?

because when i try manual method, while on the reboot to twrp.img step, the cmd show "doesn't found the bla3 file"

i should copy all the folder contain to my adb installation directory? or what?

thanks before guys...:good:

problem solved guys, thank you :D
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fibra Man:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75541654&postcount=98
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tawaryeehaw:
edited post
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] hellenicsun:
New 5.2 version is out. Can we update by installing the official .apk? We wait for a modified one or just do nothing?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
i tried out 5.2 but doesn't work
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] auceto63:
Help please

Hi guys,

I would like to install gcambut I've some dubts.

My MI A1 is on official Oreo 8.0.0 updated via OTA so, no root, no magisk nothing of nothing.

may I install camera using this tool as explained in OP?

Another question: if I understand well after installed camera with the tool I may update gcam simply install new apk, is it right?

thanks for reply
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SmallTarzan:
Yes, and yes.

Have fun installing.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] cahyo_diegol:
Why???

Help
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurelio:
Install .net framework. Dont ask why... Its a Basic requirement in many software to work.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Little Snevil:
May this program work with Xiaomi Mi 5X? it's the same in hardware, but in software it has MIUI.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kokokka:
No. Work only with Mi A1.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Little Snevil:
That's bad news. :(
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ddennn:
Hello, what must i do when stuck on twrp mode? Select read only, and then reboot. Google camera installed done but "stop working every i try open. How i can fix my google camera?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] cahyo_diegol:
updated to the latest???
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] abrol_mighty:
Twrp image

Is it necessary to have a TWRP image first and to be in the same folder from where we are starting ADB fastboot

If yes kindly give the link for TWRP image
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bgalka:
Is there any chance to Google Camera saves images in external sdcard?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Krishna_MDual:
Thanks ... :)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] auceto63:
It's all right

Hi guys,

I confirm i installed GCam with the tool following the OP instructions without any issue..

Only a questions:

what precisely do the "Disable HAL3, EIS" icon in the tool? Ok, disable that features but when have I to use this?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fredoslaw:
When you want to go back to stock settings.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] santr33:
Anyone tried using new gcam 5.2 version? Back camera portrait mode does not work for me, there's only the black screen.

---------- Post added at 04:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:58 PM ----------

what does not work exactly?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Axel Ochoa:
Hi, i can update my phone to the february update, say "problem installing".

Anyone who knows how fix this?

Thanks TVE GCam works very fine
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
Edit

---------- Post added at 07:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:44 PM ----------

Back camera portrait is black screen
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] santr33:
yeah, same here... idk how to fix it
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] boka18:
I have!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] luchardi:
This version works great!!!!

Pixel2Mod-Arnova8G2-MinimalSettings-Tolyan009-v3

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] loganultimate:
Can is use this tool on linux?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dhruv Ghughriwala:
Developer Dolby Atmos app mi a1 without root method.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
It would be great
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
is there any way to revert back,or undo this process

any revert back procedure
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kokokka:
EIS = Electronic Image Stabilization

HAL = Hardware Abstraction Layer

"Specifically Android requires the HAL to provide a RAW image from the sensor to the application for future processing."
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
Delete the files created in data:

rm /data/property/persist.camera. ...

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
Through twrp or which option because I am not rooted.the reason behind revert back is ota update cause it is giving me installation error. I did flash ROM with save user data option but no use,I neglected gcam tool because of stuck issues so that preferred fastboot manual method to enable this.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
Did you "swipe to allow modification in twrp"? Delete the twrp folder before flash with miflash or the settings will be saved.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
Are you in Windows 7? Do you removed pin/password/pattern?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Juris931:
i have windows 8.1 and yes , i removed password to unlock the phone before start
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pshnd:
Passed without any issues. Now I just need an app for long exposure photos... :D

The only thing I miss from my P9 lite and Honor 8 Lite is shutter speed up to 5s. :D
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Juris931:
this time i tried to reboot from bootloader and not from system ( yes , i am totally noob on android ) and tool finalized the installation and locked again my bootloader

but the new cam don't work anyway , keep crash ç.ç
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
Try the other drivers or, finally, other pc.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mangocbk:
Work great. Tks! Image quality is far better in lowlight conditions. :good:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] vladafkv:
It doesnt work for me. I tried both drivers, gave admin rights to the program, OEM unlocking and USB debugging was on. It goes through "Installing GoogleCamera" but it gets stuck at "Unlocking bootloader". I can see fastboot logo on my phone but nothing happens after that.

I restarted the phone (hold power button for ~10s) and it works just fine but no GCAM.

BTW im on Windows 7 SP1
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] marcof93:
Same here, stucks on unlocking bootloader, tried 1.4.3 and 1.3 both.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] PizzaGod:
Also stuck on unlocking bootloader. Any tips?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurelio:
I was stuck at unlock bootloader too. My experience to finally fullfill the install of gcam was to copy ( do no cut ) the files inside the adb folder to the where the mi a1.exe program is located. After that it installed gcam, rebooted to fastboot, booted twrp and then booted the system. Try it

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] PizzaGod:
Tried it, didn't work unfortunately.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] fdc77:
Works perfect

thank you
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurelio:
Prior to my process of install i instaled drivers 1.4.3. not from the app but from xda. Search for minimal adb fastboot on google and a link to xda will apear. The install file is a standart exe and not the one that comes with the app to install gcam... Hope it helps

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] natzy85:
Really? Great news!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurelio:
Yes. Quality of camera in low light is great

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ravenger09:
Thank you [MENTION=8676627]AridaneAM[/MENTION]

I couldn't complete the process on my Windows 7 desktop. It was seeing ADB Interface as not installed properly in the device manager for both of the versions. That resulted in stuck on fastboot screen. I gave it a second shot on my Windows 10 desktop and it is done without any error. Thank you AridaneAM and flex1911. By the way, can I disable now oem unlocking and usb debugging in developer options now?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurelio:
Yes

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] supergodie:
Is there any Mac app to do this? I'm not window user
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] PizzaGod:
Good idea. Gonna try to wipe all adb/fastboot files completely from the PC and reinstalling from that source.

ABD shows up ok in the device manager, but the driver installation is probably borked, at least that's what I think.

Going to try a few things and report back. Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
Parallels. In the Spanish forum one person said that he use the 15 days trial to do it.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
Thanks for reply,yes accidentally I gave the permission in excitement . So you mean to say I need to delete the folder of twrp before flashing the stock rom if yes could u please tell me the path. correct me if I am wrong
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
You have to delete de twrp folder that it's in internal storage (with downloads, pictures...), then flash with mi flash with save user data and, finally, you can update.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Huz416:
Hi there, I just got my MI A1 a few days go an I'm wondering if this still works? I don't want to lose ota updates or brick my device doing this.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pendelerende:
AridaneAM

Thanks for your development with GCam !! It would be great to get something similar with SpiritF and the FM radio in Xiaomi MIA1.Thank !!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] punitkumarpal7:
AridaneAM

Thanks to you for this amazing tool

I installed Gcam today on My Mi A1 successfully and very easily with this tool

It works with Feb patch flawlessly.

Can you tell me what are the things that are working and that aren't .

Like portrait and hdr+ is working it just loads for some time to apply the effect.

But I read somewhere is this forum that slow Mo doesn't work but I'm not sure

Can you list the things those work and those don't .

Your help is very much appreciated.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurelio:
For that to work you have to root your phone. Not the same process as GCam

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] policepooh:
works great on my phone but this month update i cannot make through the message appears as "could not update installation problem " what can i do for this
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rekin79:
Is it possible to save photos on an SD card?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] jaweinre:
So I've been trying the Google Camera included in the OP and these are my findings.

After manually modding the set.prop persist values, Whatsapp camera works pretty bad, lags and has problems rotating once opened. Tried uninstalling the Google Camera apk to no avail.

Any help on this would be very appreciated.

About the Google Camera, my conclusions so far (and please correct me if wrong):

Google Camera Portrait Mode does not work.

Google Camera Lens Blur Mode works badly.

Google Camera HDR+ works better than Xiaomi's.

Google Camera HDR++ works even better. (But takes a lot to make the picture).

Haven't been able to detect any difference with ZSL enabled or disabled.

Has anyone tried video stabilization at all?

Click on pictures for full resolution.

MiA1 Camera Portrait Mode

Google Camera Portrait Mode

Google Camera Lens Blur Mode

MiA1 Camera HDR+ Mode

Google Camera HDR+ Mode

Google Camera HDR++ Mode
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] luchardi:
Gcam portrail mode only works on human Photos. Due de algoritm. No things. Try it and comment.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tajima69:
Portrait mode works great (for human and not for cables ;) )
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] degokh:
is there any command to disable cameraHAL3 and EIS (without the tool)? because when using the tools always stuck at TWRP.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
Not worked ,last option which remains I think is clean flash
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] h_saroy:
can anyone guide me how to disable camera2 api & eis!!!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wookyx1:
How about hitting disable?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] h_saroy:
i try with disable but its stuck at locking boot loader
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] dhruvpandit:
Will internal data ( apps , photos in internal memory wipe in this process?)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] JigarSompura:
i HAVE choose option swipe to allow modification , now i cant install google camera app. its closing as i open it. And when i try to install again i go straight to twrp options. how to fix this?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] adnix:
Can i install on normal redmi5 (no redmi5plus) ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] antonioli84:
Guys, I noticed something about the GCam that occurs in blue parts of picture. It seems to have white dots in the picture.

Is there anyone with that issue?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kokokka:
This is a known bug. But i see this only if i look my photo in very big size.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] antonioli84:
I noticed that it depends on the blue. In left picture is like you said, we need to zoom to see the issue. But in right picture we can see very easy. Is that another version of GCam or any other stuff to do about it?

Thanks for the reply mate
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kokokka:
Not only on the blue picture. I think such on all gCam versions.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
in orange/yellow/red images too
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] fattox:
After all the process the phone gets formatted right?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] wawing_b:
AFAIK nope.. it just restart, or you could do a restart again after a few moments.. :cool:

it will NOT be wipe.. just a process of opening - enabling - (then) closing

IMO
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] DavidMoralesPrz:
Hola, funciona para el modelo de 32 gb?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mr_prakhar007:
have issue in native video calling after installing GCAM

any solution ?? please post
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fibra Man:
Sim, funciona.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] shirakochauhan:
My phone stuck on fastboot isse Aage respond nhi kr rha hai
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ezegalli:
I will try this, just have a doubt

Which option of the Miflash (apart from save user data) should I choose in the bottom right of the application

[IMG="https://i.imgur.com/Qi0RAvH.jpg"]https://i.imgur.com/Qi0RAvH.jpg[/IMG]
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] king123#3:
I did not face any kind a issues while installing Gcam with this tool but only problem is that now stock phone dialer doesn't support video call is there any solution for that and another thing accpet stock phone dialer other third party application support video calling like what's app, google duo etc.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fibra Man:
flash_all_except_storage , always!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ezegalli:
Thx!

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bojan1974:
Your favorite version gcam is the best?for me GCam5.1.018-Arnova8G2-V1.4Beta2 in the lownligts the best pic,sharpnes,colors etc... but only slow make pic. your version?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fibra Man:
GCam5.1.018-Arnova8G2-V1.6
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] luchardi:
Pixel2Mod-Arnova8G2-MinimalSettings-Tolyan009-v3.1.apk

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bojan1974:
you tried ?

GCam5.1.018-Arnova8G2-V1.4Beta2

what is different on 1.6 version?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurnilf:
Hi.

Is the twrp.img included in the zip file the patched boot image for Feb?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] IOmega666:
Esa es la mejor version? O cual otra recomiendan?

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It's that the best version? Or which other do you recommend?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] luchardi:
Para mí es la mejor. ITS the best for me

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bojan1974:
Bro,looking in the pic,left is a arnova 1.4 beta,right is pixel2mod tolyan009 3.1 looking in the floor and details ,tolyan is a crap,so bad
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bojan1974:
Left arnova 1.4 beta,right arnova 1.6. same quality pic,fantastic and 1.4 and 1.6 same gcam quality.1.6 litle fastes and more option :) sorry for double post
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] luchardi:
Bro I don't see any difference.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bojan1974:
Look in carpet-floor,sharpnes is much beter in 1.4 beta and 1.6 arnova
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Oizirbaffo:
hi guys, i used this tool in the end of january, and i couldn't apply february, march and april patches cause of installation issues. I tried to uninstall the changes and retry the updates, but still doesn't work. What can i do?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sanjdah:
Followed the manual guide to install gcam and successful installed latest March security update without any issue n gcam is running fine even after update...thanks for the wonderful guide...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Axel Ochoa:
hello, i cannot update the Phone with the OTA's. please help me
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pragishbasnet:
installed gcam after feb update. now successfully installed march update ota.. gcam still running fine..many many thanks to the developer. massive improvement over low light condition
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] bojan1974:
where is guide?thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fibra Man:
I told you. Use my configs as follow: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XDU3rfET3Q2uvszQH0cIWAMxgC0KO7Qo/view?usp=sharing

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sanjdah:
I followed manual steps to install gcam which you can find in the first page and did updated to March security without any problem...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vanir1337:
Thank you for this tool, very handy indeed. Takes so much better photos than the stock camera, the difference is almost ridiculous. OTA works just fine as well.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amry rossady:
can't update OTA

i can't update OTA..........can you show me how to disable it without tool?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurnilf:
May i ask what's twrp.img? Does it work with any security update?

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sanjdah:
I used latest official Oreo twrp recovery to boot in twrp recovery and successful updated March security patch...you can try it...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] taurnilf:
Thanks sanjdah. I already have the march security update. Where can i find the official twrp recovery image?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sanjdah:
https://xdaforums.com/mi-a1/development/recovery-twrp-3-1-1-0-touch-recovery-t3688472

Here you go