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[Android General] totmakina:
GSI in S3 pro

I have tried to install Roms GSI (Omni, RR, Descendant) in the S3 Pro and I get the following errors:

First of all, I would like to thank Ko-he for his great help. Install Treble Check and said that our device was A and it is not, it is A / B, therefore we have to install SYSTEM.IMG corresponding to roms A / B.

For the installation I proceeded to flash system.img in system-image, then gaaps i after magisk 19 and reboot.

In this way the rom starts but you can not see the playstore or any other gaap. Only the solution to try to put apps for aptide remains.

Today I will try flashing and restarting each operation to see if there are better results.

I will comment.

If someone can install GSI and work with Playstore, I will be very grateful if you comment.

Thanks again
[Android General] totmakina:
I've been testing GSI rom for S3. I could only install the PixelDust that already has gaaps. Those that do not carry gaaps give the problem that playstore does not work.
[Android General] shookica:
Where do I install Magisk from if the data partition is wiped?
[Android General] totmakina:
Hello: after formatting data, and wipes a system, dalvik, cache and install rom in system-image you proceed to install magisk 19 and then dm verity and restart. The system starts

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Bliss P work fine in S3 Pro with magisk 19, adaway and magisk modules.

Rom fast and without any problem so far. The only thing I saw is that the dark mode is not activated. Although that is not the most important thing.

Gaaps work correctly.

Rooted with magisk 19

Installation:

- enter twrp Ghost

-format data in ext4

-wipe dalvik, system and cache

-install rom for A / B devices

-install magisk 19

-install dm-verity forze encrip

https://mega.nz/#!zIx2SaYS!mjxvVDgflaSTr9Igz-4knfnE7fnn1knqnfIetGYtzuc

- restart

Link Rom:

https://xdaforums.com/project-trebl.../rom-blissroms-9-0-official-4-4-2019-t3918303

:)
[Android General] pokipokipxorn:
How is the readability under direct sunlight (noon) at maximum brightness? Good or bad? 0-100%?
[Android General] totmakina:
In my case I can read quite well (90%)
[Android General] shookica:
I followed this tutorial to the end and got everything to work.

However after running the Magisk debloater module from adb shell and rebooting, the device got stuck in TWRP recovery. I probably deleted something I shouldn't have with the debloater module.

I managed to restore it to factory state using rom from umidigi forums and sp flash tool.

Also, my phone has a bug where it detects taps on a specific part near the bottom of the screen. It happens sporadically.
[Android General] rpmccormick:
No one has been able to fix the Camera... especially Video mode right?

I got my hands on a $700 OnePlus 7 Pro, and a $400 Google Pixel 3a (the $500 XL is a better comparison though). This $300 UmiDigi S3 Pro wins in exactly 2 categories: Price and Battery (battery is 3+ days for my usage with Umi, while the other ones are 1.5 max). All 3 are great phones, especially for the price, but the Camera and Video experience on this UmiDigi just can't compare to the other two. The pixel with it's single 12mp is amazing. The OnePlus with it's 3 cameras sporting the same 48mp as the UmiDigi does not go as high resolution (in OpenCamera, for some reason the UmiDigi goes to 8000x6000 when the OnePlus only goes to 4000x3000 in Open Camera), but the difference is night and day... the Umi does not take good pictures unless lighting, stability, and focus are perfect, and even then the other phones are slightly better with no effort at all, in the dark with a shaky hand. The video is the absolute worst 1080p 15fps bad focus with everything way too dark. Do you think they (or xda devs) will ever be able to fix it?

If camera/video, and oled screen, and better speakers are not important to you (or if battery is #1 importance), I still highly recommend the UmiDigi S3 Pro. I think I have decided I need to be able to take watchable videos, so I will pay the premium and sell the Umi. It is sad, because I really like it and think it would be worth far more than the $280 I paid if they just had the a top-of-the-line camera with "Superb Low Light Performance" they advertised (I feel it is all software, and could be fixed... but will it?).
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
The 48mp sensor is kinda misleading and it's actual real life shot would be 12 mp. It uses the AI engine to upscale because of the quad Bayer arrangement.

On the flip side shooting 12mp at dark is pretty good because that's what the sensor was built to do but the software isn't taking full advantage ( no image stacking or hdr+) important note is that pressing the 12mp number will open the telephoto lens.

Rather pick 48mp then go to settings and tone it down to 12mp and take a shot with lots of light and dark and see what happens!

For video it's pretty ok as 1080p video goes but I always wondered why it wouldn't be able to record at least 4k with the camera specs

Attached 2 images here first one is straight out of the camera with no editing and second one is with some kkind of simulated hdr
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
Here are some other low light shots no editing
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
to understand what im talking about take a look at this comparison of a normal bayer matrix and a quad bayer matrix

it uses 4 pixels to create one big virtual pixel, so real image is actually 12 megapixel, the AI processor can then seperate again to aproximate what a 48 megapixel would be like . But it seems like it requires some manual control on the user side to make optimal images. To understand how it works here is an article from Honor View 20 which has the same sensor compared to an iphone x

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/22/18192579/honor-view-20-48-megapixel-camera-review

*sorry for all the spam but i thought it would be useful information regarding the camera*
[Android General] rpmccormick:
I have found that if I shoot video in 2x-10x it works, but it is impossible to shoot video in low light at normal playback speed because it is way too dark.

The first is UmiDigi S3 Pro (with red arrow drawn to point to coaster edge)

The middle is HTC 10

The last is OnePlus 7 Pro

All were taking video using the stock camera app in a reasonably lit living room.

(I have tried OpenCamera and CameraMX as well, but Umi video is always too dark)
[Android General] rpmccormick:
More photo shots.

First is best I could do with Umi Digi when trying to hold my hand steady as possible, with the bottom on a flat surface.

Second is OnePlus with hand moving not-so-steady on purpose.

(I know it looks like the opposite, but the blurry one was taken totally still on a railing, and the focused one was taken with my arm fully extended in the wind)

Also notice how tall the OnePlus photo is... this is so that it is the same L/W ratio as the phone... so you can view your photos full screen and use them as backgrounds without custom cropping... why doesn't UmiDigi add some resolutions?

I LOVE the UmiDigi, really... and I know the OnePlus costs more than twice the price... but the camera on the UmiDigi is just unacceptable for me. It CAN take good shots, but not quickly and easily. Other options take _great_ shots instantly on the first try.

Besides that, the UmiDigi is fast and feels great in the hand (I always go no case) with a great LCD, brightness, and a full on 3-day battery... and an amazing price! Unfortunately, when I think of a year or two of blurry photos and black videos, I just can't do it.
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
Did you try both the 48 megapixel lens and the telephoto lens?

if you use the full 48 megapixel resolution you cannot take it in low light as it requires a crap ton of light, this will require manual camera control which the stock app does not have (you need to have exposure timer to like 5-10 seconds) dial down to 12 megapixel and it will take shots easier and faster (use 48 megapixel, then reduce to 12 megapixel at 4:3 aspect ratio) 16:9 actually crops the usable sensor area.

Not saying the lens is **** or anything because on paper it should be an absolute monster but we are lacking proper camera control and software algorithm, the AI engine is supposed to do something but i have no idea what it is doing.

On iphone, huawei and google they use image stacking to reduce noise and increase sharpness without losing information or detail. seems like umidigi does not and rather brute forces it with the AI thus losing something here and gaining something elsewhere, but it still will have to work on a single image vs image stacked + AI. Probably why everoyne wants to use the google camera.

Also noticed the slomo camera mode is super dark, cant see anything really
[Android General] rpmccormick:
Good tip for the camera, but honestly I could live with the still pictures it takes (of a still target, when I have not had coffee... any motion is blurred). It is not WAY too dark in camera, it is only 1080p video that is pure blackness. On mine it gets a lot brighter on slomo video, it is darkest at 1x normal video. I'm sure they could fix it, possibly XDA devs could fix it... but that is a big gamble to wait on. Right now I find video completely unusable indoors (unless in slomo mode).
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
thats interesting, slomo is totally unusable for me, it is like there is no light around and i need full daylight just to see something at all. while the normal video is fine
[Android General] rpmccormick:
That is very interesting, mine is the total opposite. That is some buggy software for video brightness. I am sure it can be fixed to be proper brightness for both on both of our phones :) ...but it has been over a month with no more updates. :(
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
umidigi has said there will be an update by the end of this month, the F1 play already got a new update today (or yesterday) and one of the update notes was with improved camera so hoping for a fix : /
[Android General] mcdonaldswrap:
Are you using opencamera?
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
those images are from the stock camera

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Does the google cam work on the rom, and do you still have the stock camera from umidigi or the one from the rom? any difference in image quality?
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
Which rom did you use specifically? The '11.7 A/B Build with Gapps built in' takes the user to the Fastboot mode screen. Haven't tried '11.8 A/B Build Stock (without Gapps)', and didn't find roms related to any umidigi devices under the Device Sources section.
[Android General] totmakina:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1395089523397933907

This is the link to download the rom bliss that works in Umidig S3 Pro.

It works well. You just have to follow the instructions I posted before.
[Android General] Zahr:
I got the bootloader unlocked, even though it said "failed command". A Recovery, fastboot & normal selection showed up next. Is that where I type the adb flash recovery command? It did nothing when I at least tried to move the selection from Fastboot mode selection.

I understand I have to start over. So I went back into Fastboot mode & when trying to flash the renamed recovery.img from within the adb folder via windows 7 cmd, it says it can't determine image filename or can't load it. My antivirus is switched off to allow all commands & proper adb drivers are installed.
[Android General] totmakina:
Hello: If by adb it costs to do it, you can install twrp by flhastools. As follows. It is not complicated.

https://unofficialtwrp.com/how-to-install-twrp-3-2-root-umidigi-s3-pro/

Good Flash!
[Android General] shookica:
I followed these steps to install phh AOSP 9.0 but it won't boot. Device is stuck on UMIDIGI logo.

Edit:

I downloaded the Bliss ROM, and it works after following your instructions exactly.
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
hi, how is the rom so far? does the camera work properly on this rom?
[Android General] shookica:
First impression - very smooth and clean ROM

Works: WiFi ,NFC, Camera with OpenCamera app (but very laggy and unresponsive), GPS, casting to Chromecast

Does not work: Bluetooth
[Android General] Jackal81:
Does anyone have problem to use nfc payment in shops if you have simcard installed in slot 1.

My phone wont communicate with shops card machines but when i put sim card in slot 2, then everything works ok.
[Android General] totmakina:
Thanks. Bliss its good rom. If you try Phh it must be with gaaps included. That rom do not probe
[Android General] shookica:
[MENTION=5545452]totmakina[/MENTION]

Does bluetooth work for you with Bliss ROM?

I tried the phh with gapps, it didn't work.

[MENTION=4945206]ghost45[/MENTION]

The recovery image does not work with Android Kitchen properly. I asked osmosis about it and here is what he said: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79576818&postcount=2142

Also, it seems like restore/wipe doesn't properly work I made a full backup of the original images (all partitions), and after full restore phone wont boot. Have you tried this?

Now I need to flash with SPFT again.
[Android General] ghost45:
. Hi shookica, yes i have read what osmosis have written but i don't understand well the changes that i could do in a new recovery.

I do not have official sources kernel to see inside what is good or what must be need to rewrite.

Other thing is that the chinese developers are too confusioning and probably have written some mistakes inside.

Write to me in a pm.
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
Took several tries, but finally got through.Thank you! Now off to the next challenge ?
[Android General] ChiefWilNel:
how come no one is doing a umdigi power thread?
[Android General] Capt.Obvious:
For anyone who simply rooted the stock rom. Could you post here the engineermode.apk possibly located in /system/app? I need to verify all the supported bands are on. Thanks in advance.
[Android General] shookica:
SIM card does not work for me in Bliss OS either. Neither slot is recognized.
[Android General] mbsans:
Hi all, I like my new S3 Pro and I have already done some configurations. I want to root it and I had a couple of questions:

1- In order to preserve the OTA updates, I wanted just to root it for now, without installing TWRP. Is it possible to root with no TWRP recovery or install TWRP and do the updates manually?

2- The OP mentions formatting partition thru TWRP 2 times, will this delete my already installed apps and their configurations? Not a big deal but I'm trying to keep my existing apps.

Thank you to the ghost45 for this guide and to other posters for sharing their experience. I've already read all the pages of this post.
[Android General] ghost45:
I have adjusted some little mistakes inside in this new version of twrp (test2)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/r486...wrp_323_Mat_Des__UmidigiS3_Pro_test2.rar/file
[MENTION=371528]Everybody[/MENTION],
[MENTION=9941662]shookica[/MENTION],

...try to test this new version (test2).
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
I just realised there is a pretty good camera app that gives you full control of the camera, but it does cost (tho its like 1-2 dollars on the store) but the image difference is like night and day. The denoise and smooth algorithm on the stock camera is way to powerful and makes every picture look blurry and smudged, losing lots of detail.

I made a mistake earlier but I realised that pressing 48 megapixel mode, then going into options and turning it down to 8 megapixel still uses the 48 megapixel camera

using 12 megapixel mode regardless of the buttons used will switch over to the telephoto lens and they both gives you quite different results, the best is the 48 megapixel module at 8 megapixel mode. this camera should be able to record at 4k fps, and I also realised the reason it does not is because it is using the 12 megapixel camera for video recording. Umidigi either didnt know or cant figure out how to enable the 48 megapixel module for 4k.

Now check out these images for comparison see any big difference?
[Android General] cy-rock:
wsts the app name pls?

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Beta rom from Umidigi here
[Android General] ghost45:
Yes but is a full firmware.. Between one or two days will arrive the new ota.... So wait for it!
[Android General] cy-rock:
yes, use SP flash tools to do so if you can !
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
its called snap camera and it gives you full control like a DSLR, turn on and off denise (also choose denoise quality) tweak sharpness processing, HDR, choose how many images to take for 1 shot (image stacking), night mode -> choose how many images to stack (up to 32 images), scene modes etc etc it really is a dslr even has that DSLR mode setting wheel.

and also it actually somehow enables 4k video, but im still testing it not sure if it works properly cheers!
[Android General] cy-rock:
thx i will try it out later :good:
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
:D

apparently there was a new post at umidigi with a link to the upcoming update for the camera, the link is for the beta with sparse changelog, only some users reporting a better camera

https://community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=18746

just tried it now, it will erase your phone and do a factory reset.

the camera app is way better than before and the AI can actually do something useful. downside for me at least is that the camera is extremely dark sort of what some other guys here had. cannot see anything except for a slight dim light source if its extremely bright :(

ended up reflashing back to the stock rom, it was affecting every camera app as well.
[Android General] ghost45:
[MENTION=371528]Everybody[/MENTION], have tested the new twrp test2?
[Android General] mannzac1:
Has anyone found or modded a functioning Google Camera port for the S3 yet?
[Android General] gameplaygoon:
POSSIBLE CAMERA QUALITY FIX! I came across this in another forum and it seems to make a big difference I take no credit give it a try.

"You want better camera quality? then install "Snap Camera". Go to "Settings" and then "Other" and set "Use Camera2 API" to on.

Using API2 will disable the annoying denoiser and give more detailed pictures.

Here a comparison https://bit.ly/2Yu08um with API2 off, on and on with night scene.

Full HiRes pictures for comparison can be downloaded here http://www.mediafire.com/file/ij ... _by_s7yler.zip/file

See also the difference in night shots here, try to compare them side by side, and you see a BIG difference in detail!

With stock camera app:

https://www.chinamobiles.org/attachments/img_20190518_221554_6-jpg.126722/

With Snap Cam, API2 on and Denoiser off:

https://www.chinamobiles.org/attachments/img_20190518_221523-jpg.126723/ "
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
just replying so that it didnt go silent :P but what changed in the twrp? I am still using the previous one
[Android General] ghost45:
Yes is too silent ..nobody talk about!!!

The differences in the previous one is in some sectory of the memory that the previous one do not see well...

It need to be tested...and i'm waiting for someone that will test this second version(test2).

:good:
[Android General] DaveinAsia:
https://www.gizchina.com/2019/05/29...ce-of-umidigi-s3-pro-vs-redmi-note-7-pro/amp/

While it does read a bit like a paid-for-article, it does provide further evidence of Umidigi's imminent plan to release a software upgrade to improve the camera performance. Hope it proves to be successful.
[Android General] croquettelehamster:
I hope that the update will be released soon. It was delayed at least two times : camera update should have been released between May 15 and May 22, then delayed to May 25, then promised for very soon.

I can understand this situation : they worked on and released updates for the F1 / F1 play series, will probably have to work on updates for the A5 pro (14.000 units pre-ordered in a few days) and already launched a giveaway for future models (a new Z3 model was mentioned in the giveaway description), so we should deduce that new models will be released this summer ! Developers at Umidigi probably did not have a lot of rest recently !

I had a little chat with a community manager about some common issues with the S3 pro. The pulsating screen problem (I wrote a post about this issue in this thread) has been aknowledged by their engineers, this is a driver issue and will be fixed in a future update. They are also aware of sensitivity issue of the lift to wake feature.

I also learned that the A5 pro will be available on Amazon in Europe at the end on June, maybe earlier.

About the camera, I gave a try to the Snap Camera that was mentioned above by gameplaygoon (thank you for sharing the info !) using the secondary camera API.

There is a HUGE improvement in the overall quality of the shots. Like night and day !
[Android General] gameplaygoon:
Thanks for sharing and glad the app worked for you, what about open camera some have said they used that but the pictures looking better on the snap camera app for me do I need to change some settings on the open camera app or something? Thanks
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
also try this with the stock cam: select 48 megapixel then go to settings and select 8 megapixel, this will still use the sony IMX586 flagship sensor and you get reduced noise and clearer image. the reason why its so blurry with the 48 megapixel mode is because such a huge sensor requires a lot of light to give proper images and the denoiser AI is trying to compensate.

if you select 48 megapixel then select 12 megapixel, it will switch to the telephoto lens which is not as good as the main camera!

But apparently the optimal mode is actually 12 megapixel for the main camera. this is something the devs either forgot or did on purpose.

I did a comparison a few pages ago. but just popping in another one for reference.
[Android General] Chrisdorum:
here is stock vs snap vs opencamera @ 8 megapixels 4:3 everything auto (denoise off and edge detection wherever option possible)

images taken with a stationary phone with no movements and in low light conditions images has been zoomed in to similar amounts (around 100%)

-stock is pretty dark, but less noise @8 megapixels you get the best of both worlds on the stock, good noise reduction and clearer image

-snap camera denoise off auto mode, noise is pretty visible if zoomed

-open camera edge detection max, denoise off, similar amount of noise <--- takes a long time to take shots and save shots this is why it seems a bit worse if holding it by hand

what we learned:

less noise from the source gives less blurry image from a denoise algorithm, and tehre are different ways to denoise. OpenCam uses Wavelet denoising, which is probably not the best but works kinda ok,. the one from snap camera is horrible and unusable whatever you do.

higher megapixel mode requires more light and is more sensitive to noise.

its actually not a real 48 megapixel shot, rather AI generated upscale from the optimum 12 megapixel count (the actual image size taken without quality loss)

You cant actually take a 12 megapixel shot from the main camera for whatever reason only the devs know, stuck at 8 megapixel still plenty of resolution here.

some more interesting noise reduction comparison

https://pixinsight.com/tutorials/nr-comparison/

Note wavelet here is coming out terrible, which opencamera uses

edit: added with denoise too and a comparison with the 48mp mode

:angel:
[Android General] Zahr:
Managed to get it all rooted & Viper put on it.

I actually turned off lift to wake through display settings. Got tired of the screen turning on when most times I didn't need the screen on.
[Android General] xphyle1971:
This doesn't work on the newest beta. They changed the camera app considerably. If you update to the new software (which is now dated between May 31 and June 5 on the indiegogo page) this trick will not work.
[Android General] croquettelehamster:
:good: Here is the update xphyle1971 is talking about :
[Android General] gameplaygoon:
Has the camera quality improved much?
[Android General] ghost45:
Yes i have annunced this ota upgrade many days ago here in 16 page.