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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pummyrao:
thread: [TOOL] Google Camera without root/magisk (Enable Camera2Api, EIS

Finally its done on my side, i am trying for the last 2 days continuously but every time it stuck in twrp showing bootloader locking but nothing happen, below are the steps please follow:

1. once you run GC MIA1 side by side check device manager is it showing any unrecognized device, kindly check when twrp is it showing unrecognized ADB Driver, if it show install it .

2. Once its stuck, , nothing will happen , In system don't do anything in mobile then go to power off the device, and again fast boot by pressing powerkey and volume key down. once its fastboot, you will find where the process stuck earlier in gcam that process finished , when restart the phone camera app not working.

3. now uninstall camera app, and again go to whole process this time GC MIA1 not stuck in bootloader locking screen and it will finish smoothly. and your camera run.

Please try it , it works for me. let's hope it works for you also....

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Guys if you are also facing issue like this .....

Finally its done on my side, i am trying for the last 2 days continuously but every time it stuck in twrp showing bootloader locking but nothing happen, below are the steps please follow:

1. once you run GC MIA1 side by side check device manager is it showing any unrecognized device, kindly check when twrp is it showing unrecognized ADB Driver, if it show install it .

2. Once its stuck, , nothing will happen , In system don't do anything in mobile then go to power off the device, and again fast boot by pressing powerkey and volume key down. once its fastboot, you will find where the process stuck earlier in gcam that process finished , when restart the phone camera app not working.

3. now uninstall camera app, and again go to whole process this time GC MIA1 not stuck in bootloader locking screen and it will finish smoothly. and your camera run.

Please try it , it works for me. let's hope it works for you also....
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] appy00005:
its take too much time at fastboot

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m too having same problem
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Olystem:
Dont Worried About This.

I also Swipe Allow Modifications.

But Not Accidentally
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sanju21:
Hello Friends,

I read all 39 threads, couldn't find my solution!

I have windows 7 home basic, drivers are not getting installed.

There's an error which says something about font style not supporting !

What to do please help! Any alternative ???
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alexbvaz:
Same here
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kundan29:
Thanks a lot..

Thanks a lot, you are awesome your method worked for me. And tons of thanks to the developer for taking such pain to build this awesome app
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] dcrhaafmtp:
Thanks for the mod! Google cam worked perfectly (except slow-mo which keeps crashing like there's no tomorrow).

But there's one thing changed after mod installation, every time my A1 is powered on after turned off/restarted it now shows the "to start android, enter your PIN" page.

and now I have to reenter PIN every time the phone is powered on. It's not that annoying but if there's a fix to this problem it'd be good.

And one more thing I noticed after installing your mod, is that battery now drains A LOT FASTER, averaging 4-5% idle, which is every alarming.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
same problem but i am not getting any success,what exactly you did
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kundan29:
Solution

When it got stuck I pressed the power button for 10 secs, the phone restarted and went to normal homepage. Then I pressed the power button again switched off the phone. After that pressed the volume up and power button together the phone went to fast boot and the process completed. The phone restarted again and went to homepage. I opened the Google camera but it stopped. I uninstalled the Google camera app. Then I repeated the normal process by installing driver 1.3 and enable the eis and all. The app worked by itself and now the camera is working fine.

All throughout the phone should be connected to laptop or computer.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] pavankaligetla:
Will the same thing work for Moto g5 plus based on nougat??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
Yes I am thinking same but why Samsung drivers

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So you are saying while on twrp I need to press power button for 10 sec then it will boot up on home screen then again fastboot keys correct,, beacuse I ran this tool 3 times nothing it's just stuck on that twrp says locking bootloader and I forgot to mention I accidentally gave that swipe to modify permission while on twrp
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] GizmoFreak:
That's normal behaviour to ask for pin on reboot. Check processes running in the background, that should give you an idea on why your battery is draining. I don't think it has to do anything with gcam.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] dcrhaafmtp:
I know the phone asks for PIN on reboot to unlock the screen, but what I'm experiencing is that now THE PHONE ASKS FOR PIN TO START ANDROID.

The phone has never asked for PIN in this manner prior to gcam installation so I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the mod.

Turns out the battery drain has something to do with wifi because it constantly drains -250+ mA when on wifi but when I'm on cellular it drains just -20 mA
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kundan29:
No problem bro, even I did the same mistake but after following the method of the above guy I got it working
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SM-03:
if anyone tested a better & newer version of Google camera instead of the pre-loaded one in this tool, then suggest with suggested settings here. I wish this thread/OP would update with the latest GCam app, as there is so many Gcam with different mods & versions & suggested settings, it's good if someone keeps a track of the updated & best Gcam Version for Mi A1.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
Thanks for replies ,any ways sorted out by fastboot commands.thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Anantha47:
Thanks to you and flex for this great work!!

Can you guys do the same for AR Stickers too?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
I have the same issue
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ritwik.hota95:
Same here for me also
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alexbvaz:
I guess the problem is with drivers. Better find some working drivers.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ritwik.hota95:
Finally I installed it.. yay.. bt slow mo does not work
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] naved alam:
mobile isn't rebooting into fastboot mode.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] vegeta.de.ultimate:
Getting stuck on locking bootloader

Go through the steps manually in the post 98. It solved my problem.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alexbvaz:
Can you provide link to working drivers for windows 10
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ritwik.hota95:
Successfully done the whole process but portarit mode does not works on rear camera

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Suggest me some solution regarding this..
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
portrait mode works only when you photograph people
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
If someone has problems with drivers. Qualcomm drivers seems fix it.

https://www.xiaomigeek.com/download-xiaomi-usb-driver-windows.html

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] ritwik.hota95:
Thanks a lot man.. if possible give me some updated mod version of gcam.. where I can use ar sticker
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] cuwextriplesix:
Is it normal when i open the camera app is take more longer time 3-5s ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lowyrk:
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This is the reason that made my mind to bought the phone two days ago. I had problems with the drivers on Windows 7, then tried it manually and couldn't boot twrp. But in Windows 10 the tool works perfectly, many thanks to you!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] jglass071:
Fixes for people who are having problems

For me at first, the tool didn't install the app (and all the icons in the launcher were the old (LL) Android icons!). ADB was working fine, I had checked. Fixed by running the exe as administrator.

Then when I booted, ML Manager (app to list/extract APKs) didn't list apps. Fixed by reinstall.

Then Settings app had no icon in Launcher (Android default icon) and no caption text. Fixed by reboot.

[MENTION=8676627]AridaneAM[/MENTION] you may want to put in the first post that many issues can be fixed by reboot & that the tool needs administrator permissions.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gaurang 5800:
i used both drivers but in fastboot mobile stuck on the step of unlock bootloader this process is stopped here . wh should i do ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] jglass071:
Did you check OEM unlocking in Developer Options? It has worked fine for me. Try running the exe as administrator with a right-click.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gaurang 5800:
I did it but still my phone stuck in fastboot

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.my mobile also stuck in fastboot

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.my mobile also stuck in fastboot
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mohiddintaj121:
for tenor G ?

can i use it for tenor g ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Olystem:
Uninstall Adb Driver Then Download ADB Zip From Google and Install It Menualy
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] shunney:
The tool (adb) wasn't detecting my device even after installing platform tools from developer.android.com in Windows. But in my elementaryOS, adb worked. So I followed these commands and successfully installed GCam.

Exception being video stabilization, it's not working, or is probably giving very bad output.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
How to prevent Google camera from creating multiple copies of same photo ,after that it is creating individual folder for each clicked photo
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] agamon:
Finaly got it to work. Moved content in adb folder to first folder with the program File. :) Thanks for this. Nice work.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] caolan:
While in fastboot mode, open device manager in Windows. Android device Will be shown with warning symbol. Rigth click on it and select update driver. Select Samsung adb from list. Windows will recognize your phone while un fastboot mode. Reboot your phone and start the process again.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mio&drag:
How to do that install other cameras , just transfer .apk on the phone and instalit straight from there ? I install gcam with your metod , but I would like to try some other , slow motion video is not working .

PS what cammera version is in your tool ?

Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Axel1170:
Please could you confirm if you change the TWRP from the tool for other for example xiaomi mi 6 TWRP, could it works? [MENTION=8676627]AridaneAM[/MENTION]

Thank you in advance,
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] wawing_b:
front cam - 5 MP

rear cam

taken at 17.50 - no flash

taken at 19.20 - no flash
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] basf:
This method work for me. The app easy way is good but I do not know why freeze and does not do it's job for me.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kundan29:
Battery drainage

After using the Gcam app, there is lot of battery drainage and the phone hangs in battery saver mode. Can anyone help?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] silentadmirer:
Worked perfectly.. simple and clean.. thanks :)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] RyanDre:
Worked good for me. Only difference I had to do from the english video was connect my phone to usb and unhide folders in device manger to see it in there. On windows 10. Thanks
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gougous3:
The app is quite intensive itself with the HDR+ processing and such. When the phone is on the battery saver mode, only 4 of its 8 processor cores work and it (probably) starts struggling to process the images within the timeout resulting in crashes and corrupted photos.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mytowyn:
Go to USB Debugging and click on "Revoke USB Debugging Authorization" this will pop-out the notification again .
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Laddo1234@gmail.com:
Video calling is not working

After installing gcam in mi a1 though unroot method then i face problem video calling is not working through phone dialler

Please help me i request you ??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Samp45:
Is the same file applicable for Redmi note 4?? Pls do reply
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kniliyam:
Sir by mistake i swiped in the twrp page and rebooted the phone..in the 2nd attempt the twrp slide option not coming..plz help

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Bro plz tell that method you used after that mistake
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kkhamaru:
1.3 varsion driver when running The bootloader unlocked then go to twrp and stop this time twrp is not close and not locked bootloader also. Plz solve my problem.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] shreyaskashyap:
Same here.. I got Stuck in fastboot Screen

I have no clue what to do, It is in Fastboot screen from 10minutes..

Please help

regards

Shreyas
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] androwide:
Thanks for replying, but that is not helping us..already done this process.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] shreyaskashyap:
Got Stuck in Fastboot Screen from 10mins

Phone is in fastboot screen from 15mins.. its not going futher..

what do i do?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] androwide:
Can someone let me know, that how to undo this? Means if inwant to remove canera2 api and EIS then what i have to do? [MENTION=8676627]AridaneAM[/MENTION]
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Samp45:
Is thhis tool applicable for redmi note 4??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cr3sc3nt:
Push the button with the red circle and X on the tool. It says disable HAL2 and ESI.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jaza78:
Work fine,thank you!!!!!

Послато са Mi A1 уз помоћ Тапатока
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] androwide:
Oh thats great..thanks a ton.. ??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kundan29:
Thanks a lot..

Thank you, I now understand why it's happening? Any solutions to the problem buddy? Or it's going to be like this?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] blackxmafia:
Stuck at locking bootloader...

Had to reboot..

Camera not working
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Olystem:
Remove Adb Driver. And Install Latest VERSION
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Manjunath dhongadi:
My mi A1 is strucked on locking bootloader what should I do??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] 25vikasp:
Just use fastboot commands to enable these features.check your phone detecting or not in fastboot mode otherwise give the path manually to install drivers.these problems are only in windows 7 I think
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Samp45:
Is this tool applicable for redmi note 4?::rolleyes:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saurabh9decm:
Sir I'm unable to unlock my bootloader
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rsjay:
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adb reboot bootloader
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wookyx1:
Worked fine, just needed to install drivers manually
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gougous3:
I guess we're obligated to use it like this till we find a solution (I believe once we get a custom kernel, we'll be able to overcome this)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] tha_fck:
How do I disable it?

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It take forever to open Camera.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Danchibald:
I installed and everything works perfect.

But, how to enable Google Camera as default camera? When I press the camera icon in Whatsapp/Viber/Messenger it opens the default MIUI camera. And MIUI camera isn't set as default in app info.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] blackxmafia:
Stuck at locking bootloader..phone in trwp mode.

?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] kundan29:
Thanks buddy, thanks a lot for your prompt replies. May be charging daily is what it calls for, but I can sacrifice battery for those amazing pictures. Cheers.;);)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rb1071675:
Bro ye karne ke baad mera gcam perfect work kar raha hai but video calling me camera work nahi kar raha hai please help me
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Erabhinow:
Sir any problems after installing gcam
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mytowyn:
Ar sticker

Hey guys , once we enable the GCAM , are we able to use the AR Sticker as well ? If YES , how do we enable it ? If no , is there a way we can enable it following this steps without root/magisk ??

Thanks .
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saurabh9decm:
I have tried this it doesn't unlock in fastboot mode it doesn't recognise my device...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Eagle1337:
Some have managed to get the telephoto lens to work with gcam via the v30 gcam port and build.prop edits.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Faizaan006:
My phone isn't detected when it goes into twrp. What do I do?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] vegeta.de.ultimate:
because of the fastboot drivers

It happens because the fastboot drivers are not installed properly.

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i tried the manual steps and it worked perfectly.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Faizaan006:
Same problem with mine but it happens in TWRP. How do I fix it?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] shihfu:
Hi,

First of all, many thanks for the neat tool!!! I managed to use the tool until the end but then the camera app always closes. It does not start up at all.

I have tried with other GCAM versions but none works.

How can I fix this? Please help ...

many thanks in advance
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] amarbajpai:
Here's a video for manual mode. It's working for everyone i suppose.

[youtube]BTqCb061r1w[/youtube]
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sipollo:
Can you provide me a link please?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] manuel_fantoni:
There's a way to set external storage as default instead of internal storage for the photos and videos taken with gcam?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] NITRO_100:
Not possible in our case, because Camera2api reports only 2 camera, front and rear.

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No, but if you have 64 gb it should be more than enough. Also I delete photos from phone from time to time because they are all in Photos app.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Eagle1337:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/7y5dl1/camera_comparison_xiaomi_redmi_note_5_pro_vs_mi_a1/dufwx1t/
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] EnormoDerClown:
This change stays when i get an OTA, correct?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] NITRO_100:
Well, that's another story then, wasn't aware of that.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
during the first bad attempts I did the swipe to allow modifications in twrp to reboot my phone.

is it a problem now or has nothing serious happened?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] SanjayDhomane:
I am facing same problem plz help

I am facing same problem please help , Even not able to restart the phone
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] sujal786:
hello i try this tool but my not locked again nd not install google camera
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rsjay:
Here is the simplest solution for you xda friends (enabling HAL3 and EIS) with a one click bat.only to read and press enter key.....

http://bit.ly/2FgXgZd

G-Cam Ports from here> any g-cam apk works after enabled Camera2Api and EIS!!

https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

:):):)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
So, "the simplest" solution is the same program of the thread in a bat file without drivers installer?

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] StePaDrums:
Thank you, this worked like a charm!

Before enabling camera2, I was able to manually set ISO to 3200 for video recording (used this method with open camera to get smooth video under bad lighting).

However, after the installation, I can only get up to 1550 ISO but I can control shutter speed which is definitely in the right direction to fix the damn video recording.

My question is: Can we get back the 3200 ISO capability?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] KingNisarg 9999:
Working on other device ??

Working on other device while I m change TWRP recovery in folder ??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] thhaque:
I am stuck at locking boot loader. What should I do? or Have I done it in the wrong way?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
Added FAQ in the OP.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] mbhushanr:
For company updates

HeLlo,

I want to know about that

After installing google camera by your method then my phone will be get company update or not ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rsjay:
the program do not works for me it sucks on twrp screen without to enable and reboot to bootloader , to relock the device and reboot.

both adb and fastboot systemwide installers dont work. works also only with the created bat. but systemwide adb and fastboot works fine. not on your program......
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
There is not difference in use Visual C# program to execute "fastboot boot twrp.img" with a invisible CMD windows and execute "fastboot boot twrp.img" in a CMD widows. So it's the same process, if ADB drivers are not working in one pc, they don't work in any way to use it.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rajatkumar2910:
Can you please make the same for OnePlus 5. Thanks in advance.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
The manual steps should work in oneplus but when unlocking bootloader the data is wiped and you have to use the oneplus twrp image.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vel-San:
The website you provided has tons of APKs ( GCam ) and lots of devs.. can you recommend a single one ? I just like to keep the APK updated with latests versions but it seems so freaking messy there.. anyone knows which one should be the best for Mi A1 ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
can you help me?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] rajatkumar2910:
But i dont want to unlock my bootloader for ota updates. Any other way?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
For me the pixel2mod arnova is the best. I'm waiting for the "stable" V6 app to update the tool. Now it's in V6 beta 15.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] AridaneAM:
The unlocked bootloader doesn't affect OTA. To enable camera2Api you need root or use twrp. So bootloader has to be unlocked.

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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] gabricco:
eis is active only vith 1080p video, not 4k...