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[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Gravemind2015:
[MENTION=8980633]back.rider555[/MENTION] :

Hello :)

I was wondering about a specific setting that was removed in 6.2 series due to it's potential effect on the stability (as from the changelog). The option is to directly use /DCIM/Camera for portrait instead of using it's individual folder.

I personally use gcam mainly for portrait so Camera folder kinda becomes messed up with these portrait folders. I'm on the last 6.1 build.

So I just wanted to know if you're interested in including the option in any future releases, or is that option too much of a trade-off for stability in 6.2 versions (as of now at least).

On the sidenote, some users over at nokia 7 group in telegram were reporting crashes after installing the 6.2 builds. Test 1.3 crashed for me during a quick test. Anyway, without a good log it's useless so I'll jump to the latest test version, produce a log and send them over if I encounter crashes. Just wanted to give a heads up :P

Thanks for the hard work, each release has worked great for me.

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[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Aleksey777z:
а кто даст информацию об деформации лица? всегда она бывает или нет? переключаю, разницы не вижу. или подскажет кто, где про это почитать можно? спасибо.)
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] NahuelMS:
You can download from playstore and aplicaction called gcamtool that do this automaticly!
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Gravemind2015:
Thanks. I can certainly use that as a last resort, but that tool apparently needs to be running on the background. I've already a ton of apps that do that (study related, I hate them too :)) so it'd be really good to have this baked in.

Anyway, I can just stick to 6.1 and hopefully change package name so I can use 6.1 only for portrait photography. But I wanted to know what the dev's thinking hehe [emoji14]

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[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] NahuelMS:
If you pay 1 dollar for pro you don't need to have it in the background. You can take the picture and when you finish you run the app and put move everything, it moves all the photos and delete de folders. You can find also the apk cracked for free, i paid the .apk but then the dev ruined the app making it unusable so i had to donwload the old version cracked and use that one.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Gravemind2015:
While I understand your point here, my main concern isn't to have a workaround here. I can always change the package name and have a copy of 6.1 camera around.

All I want is to know what dev thinks about this feature, if it's even in the radar for him to consider. That's all.

And sorry, I wouldn't pirate, I'd rather go with the first option to pay.

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[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] baselthebeast:
I Paid for the Pro version , but the App simply doesn't work , scanning folders for hours sometimes and then an error
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] NahuelMS:
The same happened to me, ask for a reimbolsment and donwload the old cracked version of the .apk that was workin perfect. Gcamtool_2.21.apk. You can find it easy on google!
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Amannishesh:
Little pinkish color production

Hey first of all you have done a great job. Salute your work. Although while trying the new APK i found that the colour produced by Google camera( 6.2 test 3a) have a little pinkish production then the normal nokia camera
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
This has been a prevalent question/request even in the Global Facebook group (I hope anyone from that group can read this and spread the info). The "stability issue" is a generalized description, but the reason behind that and its removal has already been explained in the changelog of an earlier build. Let me reiterate: when direct saving is toggled on, sometimes a few portrait shots, although seemingly normal, were actually corrupted. This means the photo cannot be transferred or shared in any way; worse, all corrupted photos disappear after a reboot. Another sign is they won't upload/backup to Google Photos no matter what you do. Others were reporting this earlier but when I experienced it myself, that was a sign that I had to remove it. The difficult part is it's completely random that I can't even capture a log when that happens. And I don't wanna play chances here: if it's working fine in your device using an earlier version or other dev's port, that's great. But do take these words into consideration.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
Few from 1.3a. 1st has edit the others are unedited. 14 frames, p3AWB, 100% jpeg
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ippokra:
Here are early morning photos with 6.2-1.3a

1st photo settings:

cam 3XL / AWB std / custom lib / JPEG 100% / HDR 18 frames

All other settings are just enabled without any parameters configuration.

2nd photo: all same but by night shot.

At the 2nd photo are everything exactly as the reality colors.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Gravemind2015:
Thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks for the good work, I'll keep two copies of gcam :)

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[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] killer86th:
Top shots seems to not working in the latest 1.3a version, anyone know how to get it working again? Thank you!
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ippokra:
There is a surprise fresh announcement about the Nokia 7 plus camera and some other Nokia models here: https://nokiapoweruser.com/nokia-sm...ure-shot-other-features-reveal-apk-tear-down/
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
I think if our 7 plus gets this the Nokia app will still be turd
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tomar777:
Guys can i kindly ask you to stick to the topic?

We can continue the Nokia cam discussion>Here
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] vlachorumsapiens:
Could you please make your GCam compatible with MIUI China ROMs? It seems to work well on the Redmi Note 7 Pro (Indian variant), but on China variant it opens with a black screen. I would really like to test it.

Thank you for your work!
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
BR 1.3 (not 1.3a) 14 frames HDR, default AWB, 100% jpeg, pixel 3 rear and front, Google lib & no edit
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tomar777:
back.rider actually asked help for settings and samples about the noise reduction....

Did anyone manage to get some better results on the front cam in low light on 1.3 ?
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Aleksey777z:
I just like the front front camera, but I'm trying to make the back camera better, sharper, until it came out.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tomar777:
This is also very good. If you managed to get sharper pics and kept the noise down, please share your settings and show us some photos!
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Aleksey777z:
on the front camera did not touch anything, put pixel3 xl on it and it suits me completely.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tomar777:
And on the rear camera?
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Aleksey777z:
I can not make it sharper on the back of the camera. I compare the mod 1,3a with another and I see that there is not enough clarity and detail. I do not understand the reason. The second mod is 6.2.024_MK_038 and it is in many ways similar, but there are more details. I still do not understand the reason. Good for you.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
Few more from 1.3. same settings as above
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Liftedcorn:
Testing it right away !!!
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] SirGarmaples:
Timelapse videos recorded in 4K can be played/viewed in the device via other gallery apps, for example Camera Roll (which is the one I use).
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
Testing this now Ty
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tomar777:
Would be nice if we just posted when we have some actual info/question, i think i have to put the email notifs back to off...

First impressions 6.2.030

Rear Cam.

Non HDR photos have a very strong noise reduction killing detail. it flatted out the grass on my garden lol!

Pixel AWB set to off still gives a tricky white balance i suggest leaving this always on.

Outdoors HDR+ sharpness seems to be better than previous ports.

Indoors HDR+ a little noisy on medium lighting, noise goes up when light goes under medium

Nightsight indoors low lighting noise already detectable in blacks / darks (more testing tonight)

Front Cam

Pretty much same as before, nightsight has noise in low light (im just mentioning it, we cant have everything, flash on and all good.) so just use normal / HDR+ -which will also have noise on med-low light

i used 14 frames for HDR+ and 24 frames for nightsight that is a bit much, making it slower, i think 20 is a good middle point for speed/quality, although more is better for night sight.

Thanks for this port too back.rider!

Some of my test pics. 1-2-3 pixel AWB on, 4-5-6 Pixel AWB off

1/4 no HDR

2/5 HDR auto

3/6 HDR on
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Aleksey777z:
Ok))
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] contractubex:
Hello, I just installed this for the 1st time!

I noticed that the GoogleCamera as a little bit NARROWER Field of View (FOV) when filming in panorama mode, than the ORIGINAL camera in panorama mode. The Difference is not big but noticeable.

Why is that?

You can check and confirm that when you place the phone stationary and switch between the 2 apps while staying in Panomara mode.

Anything else I need to pay attention to when using the google camera?

Does the google camera combine the 4 pixels into 1, to get better picture, like the original camera?

Also, how can I select between the 2 cameras???

Tomar777, in your pics with HDR on the dark spots look ...too dark?
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tomar777:
Yes they do. I noticed on some situations that in less lighted spots they get too black, abnormally dark
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
2.6a with stock lib Vs 1.3 (not 1.3a) stock lib both ns. Will be testing more just a quick comparison. 2.6 1st & 1.3 second. Have taken more but similar results
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
I choose to test 2.6a with newer 1.* Because [MENTION=595870]Tomar[/MENTION] is right. Testing all these gcam ports is because unnecessary especially when there's a small handful already good. I used 2.6a quite abit when [MENTION=1511643]backri[/MENTION]der released it and for the most part it was a good option all I noticed was 100% jpeg wasn't working (is on newer ports from him). I'm out of town tomorrow so will try testing older backrider agaist newer backrider and see if we can see any quality differences.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
1st 2.6a 2nd 1.3 both ns both same setup, stock lib on both .
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Liftedcorn:
I rather recommend it to keep AWB on default.

Because, if you keep it on and shoot in an environment where Red colour dominates other colours, it will give pink tint all over photo.

And if green or blue colour dominates, such as too much grass, then it'll give blue tint all over photo.

I tested with several scenes.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] lubo777:
MOTO G7 Power

Bellow are some day shooting examples with HDR+ and no HDR+ made with the latest version 1 of the GCam, the previous one 1.3a and version 6.1.021_N7P_test2.6a made with MOTO G7 Power

My personal opinion is that the latest version is the best one according to AWB and details!

back.rider555 thank you for your work!!! :)

All 3 versions have the same setup, I'm attaching also my setup as a attachment below the images.

Latest version GCam_6.2.030_N7P_test1.apk NO HDR+

Latest version GCam_6.2.030_N7P_test1.apk with HDR+

Previous version GCam-6-2-024-N7-P-test1-3a NO HDR+

Previous version GCam-6-2-024-N7-P-test1-3a with HDR+

Older version GCam-6-1-021-N7-P-test2-6a NO HDR+

Older version GCam-6-1-021-N7-P-test2-6a with HDR+

The latest version GCam_6.2.030_N7P_test1 with my MOTO G7 Power have the best results as a AWB colors correctness. Also the image details are perfect!
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] contractubex:
Can someone please answer my questions? Also none of the 2 apps (Stock and GoogleCam) allows me to

switch between

the

2 cameras

! I want to be able to switch between the Wide-Angle camera and the Telephoto camera! Any suggestions please?
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ippokra:
My Nokia 7 plusView attachment 4764183
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Arboo:
gcam

Gus did u notice recent port TEST 1 now supports 240 fps 720p Slowmotion... i think because it shows now 1/8 in app... I am looking for this for a long time... Thx for such a wonderful port backrider.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Rubens95:
none third party camera can use the second lens
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] trveller72:
N7+ does not have a wide angle camera. The second camera is used only for 2x optical zoom.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
Just shows how the default color profile of our device is messed up LOL. My only gripe with AWB ON is the front camera sometimes produces worse colors than disabled ? Seems like the front camera uses a different color profile or something. I once tried adjusting values to balance the extreme blueness with the front camera, but it entirely messed up other situations like outdoor scenes. It (AWB) works very well with the rear camera, though.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
First off, I never touched or modified panorama so if it doesn't work as you'd expect it, there's always the stock app for that. And no, you can't switch between cameras because Nokia locked the ability for 3rd party apps to using the 2nd camera.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] medion997:
There is no zoom at all on video, i try with tap, +/- icons, nothing, how can i fix this?
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] lubo777:
video Zoom is working on moto g7 power

https://youtu.be/ZYTbs4nBbUo
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Liftedcorn:
Umm .. I'd like to have the pot you smoked ?
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Born2rein@gmail.com:
If your using Nokia 7 plus Android pie it should work because my is working perfectly
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Liftedcorn:
Mine zoom is working perfectly too
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] contractubex:
You dont understand!!!!

The Google Camera App is using FAKE DIGITAL zoom and you get low resolution/low quality/ pixelated image!!!

The Nokia 7 plus has 2 CAMERAS, 1st camera has WIDE ANGLE lenses and the 2nd camera has TELEPHOTO aka ZOOM lens!!!

So we don't need the FAKE digital zoom of the Google camera!

In the GoogleCamera App there is NO option to switch between REAL and DIGITAL zoom!!!

Also in different modes, you cannot select which of the 2 cameras you want to use! In the ORIGINAL camera app there is a "magnifier glass" icon in the middle, and when you press that the phone switches to the SECOND camera (telephoto aka ZOOM camera)!!

basically we need this:

https://xdaforums.com/apps/google-camera-mods/cstark27-google-camera-mod-wide-angle-t3747263

May be you can contact the author and ask him how he did it and we can port it to Nokia?
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] :
Lol. But most versions have exposure settings :rolleyes: Will you add it? :angel: In night scenes it can be very useful, I think more useful than hdr+ frames settings.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] isrltd:
Hi,

Thanks to [MENTION=8980633]back.rider555[/MENTION], I am using N7P and gcam latest version of back.rider555

I am facing pink issue here sample image attached, 1st - gcam ; 2nd - stock cam

Settings:

Without Flash

Pixel AWB - Default

Disable Face Warping - On

JPEG Quality - 100%

HDR + Frames :

Back Camera - 18

Front Camera - 28

Saturation - Default (1.0 ; 1.6)

Enable Focus tracking - Off

Is anyone facing this issue or can someone please suggest me if I want to change the settings.

Also thanks to [MENTION=5860496]carlosthwaites[/MENTION], [MENTION=7851657]Tomar777[/MENTION] Sharing test details.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Ippokra:
Here is an interesting video (6 days old) for the super zoom working on Gcam port developted for OnePlus 7 pro. But it's working.

We can see that maybe there's a way for the developer Black.rider to a solution for Nokia 7 plus.

https://youtu.be/9rTfcB2icAQ
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
Few more from 1.3. I think between versions 2.1-2.4 & 1.* Versions (6.1/6.2) there's some great ports with incredible stability and we have to thank [MENTION=1511643]backri[/MENTION]der for this but I generally think certain ports have certain characteristics mainly 2.6a & 1.3 are my favourites. We all live in different parts of the world and all have different needs out of ports and I'm really tired of installing 1 port, taking images then trying to retake same shots with different versions lol. My personal opinion is 2.6a was the sweet spot but 1.3 has good potential too. I'm not really the right user to mess with noise settings but maybe 1.3a could be great too. [MENTION=595870]Tomar[/MENTION] is the more qualified person to pick up on things I think and I enjoy looking at his pictures. [MENTION=595870]Tomar[/MENTION] have u found anything else apart from 2.6a worth having as a daily
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Tomar777:
To be honest after trying every new back.rider version, i re-install 2.6a as my daily driver.

Sharpness is not the best, but the Xlib in combination with pixel3awb gives me nice photos, i don't need to edit before sharing to FB,Insta etc. In most other cases, Google autofix makes the job alright. and front cam works just fine in most conditions.

For nightshots all i do is pump up the HDR to 28 frames. I also noticed that in difficult scenes with sunlight etc its better to just take the pic instead of tap to focus.

I salute back.riders try to make a raw port, i hope that we get there, point and shoot is the thing we want.

If i can shoot a pic with nice sharpness and saturation, good white balance and no noise under various light conditions i ll be happy.

But as said before, we have a midrange phone from an actually new company, just being lucky that we can use ported gcam and without root, so let us not be too greedy wanting pixel quality.

I use lightroom on pc to edit alot so its important that the cam takes the information, no matter if i dont see all of it on the original pic. Here are some samples of my work on flickr, im using back.riders ports most of the time https://www.flickr.com/photos/141257319@N06/
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
The +/- buttons only appear before taking a video. While in video capture mode, you just pinch the screen in/out to control zoom. If you're talking about the zoom not working beyond 50%, it's a Nokia camera issue thing-- long story short, reboot your device and it should work fine by then. I've documented the zoom (or related) issue in the OP F.A.Q section, so kindly check that out. :)
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
You might have missed my point here:

That's just it. Unlocking the 2nd camera can be possible with root, but I am not rooting my device just to test that, nor will I do it to add support for the 2nd lens. An no, I have no intention of contacting any dev regarding this because it's a fact that you cannot use or modify a device hardware or feature that is locked by the company, and I'm talking about unrooted devices. I'm just here to optimize GCam to the best of my ability.

P.S. kindly no excessive exclamations and boldface typography. This is one step closer to becoming an inappropriate post. Thank you.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
Let me narrow down to this setting. Did you capture that shot in HDR+ Enhanced or Night Sight? Because if yes, let me quote a description from the original post:

(Just in case you might miss ZSL, that's the default HDR+ capture mode). Basically, the reddish tone is brought about by the AWB mod.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
Super Res Zoom needs OIS to work. Since our device doesn't have that, this feature won't work.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
Wonderful shots, btw. Also [MENTION=5860496]carlosthwaites[/MENTION]', great shots too. I really appreciate your sharing of photos, insights and feedback. Thanks a lot :)

We have our personal preferences, and I must say 2.6a is a solid one. I'm assuming what made 2.6a a good version over others (as what you and others have commented) is the fact that it had the most revisions/development. You see, v6.1.021 was by far the longest living version since the app's UI revamp and official introduction of Night Sight, etc. When v6.2.024 was released, it didn't take that long before v6.2.030 was then released, meaning development time was a bit short even for other devs. In addition, it was just a few months back when I realized how much time I spent (or lost?) in modding GCam, thus recently I decided to spend less time on modding and more time on personal priorities. So yeah, that makes the v6.2.024 versions a bit on the complicated/unfinished side, and v6.2.030 version on the simpler side. I hope this gives y'all an idea of my perspective on this project.

But hey, at least we have options :)
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Aleksey777z:
It is really difficult to add details and not get noise. I try on the 1.3a values ​​of the noise reduction of the rear camera in points 7,8,9., I do not put 0.05 and 2 so I get details, but there is noise as in the first bsg modes. Possible values ​​put 1 instead of 0.05 ... But I'm still testing. all good
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] Kounjula Rahul:
https://xdaforums.com/pixel-3a/themes/pixel-3a-camera-t3932581

Gcam apk from pixel 3a..may be we can use this as base for our 7+
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
Yep, it's very tricky and involves a lot of testing. I compared low light shots from my Pixel 2 before and noticed the amount of noise there is pretty much the same as with these ports without denoise settings. Since then, I don't complain much about noise now except for the front cam Night Sight. I might do some experimenting on my next free time. Got some deadlines currently ?
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] back.rider555:
Actually there's just one GCam app for all Pixel devices. Internally, the app can detect what Pixel device is used, and enables/disables respective features. For example, if it is installed on a Pixel 2, features like Focus Tracking and other Pixel-3 specific features are automatically disabled. The latest 6.2.030 test1 version is forced to Pixel 3a interface so basically the app enables all internal support for Pixel 3a.
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
As [MENTION=595870]Tomar[/MENTION] mentioned above and mentioned before that we have a midrange device so we can't expect the £800 real deal with APK lol. I'd say over and over again that [MENTION=1511643]backri[/MENTION]der job is very well done. He's brought us a fully functional Google camera port and we are lucky to have him working for our 7 plus because many of us probably don't understand coding at all so without him we'd have to make do with another port that was created for a different device. I'll look forward to testing future releases of his Google ports regardless of me installing & uninstalling port after port ?. For now I'll probably stick to 2.6a & 1.3. here's a couple from this morning with 1.3 without p3 AWB (only noticed it was offer afterwards)
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] carlosthwaites:
No idea why the XML file slipped in ?

---------- Post added at 09:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:33 AM ----------

Wich Version do you use for personal use? And [MENTION=595870]Tomar[/MENTION] shots are great aren't they
[Nokia 7 Plus Themes, Apps, and Mods] NahuelMS:
I think that the latest version has improved quality a lot compared with 1.3a. Leaving NR as default and changing the base .apk seems to have been a good decisition.