[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Themes, Apps, and Mods] SpiderPack:
GLOBAL USERS, LATEST NEWS: WORKING GCAM3 with FRONT CAM and TIME LAPSE!

This thread was created to achieve, at first, two goals:

Organize useful information on the main topic about GCAM for GL/CN users and CONSTANTLY UPDATE IT;

Direct new users to a "solution" regarding GCAM on Global/China variants;

MY SPECS:

Phone: Redmi Note 5 Pro 64GB/4GB (CN and came with GLOBAL ROM installed)

ROM: Havoc Mod ROM (Android 9.0/Pie)​

Understand the "problem" between the Indian vs Global/CN variants:

Indian variant uses

Sony sensors on both front and rear cameras

. So modders didn't had too much trouble porting GCAM for them;

GLOBAL/CN variants have the

Samsung S5K2L7 sensor (same sensor used in RN6 Pro) on the rear

, and on the

front camera we have a Omnivision sensor

(here lies the problem).

Know that: THERE'S NO WAY OF MAKING GCAM WORK ON ANDROID PIE WITHOUT A PATCH!

MAGISK METHOD NOTE:

UPDATE: There might be a light for your, warrior!

As gracefully explained by our fellow Desmanto, there are some steps you can take in order to make the Magisk modules work.

If it helps you on your lonely journey, please hit the Thanks button on his response. I'll only link his explanation.
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I noticed that installing a PATCH through it isn't a guarantee of success.

Even when I installed AdAway on my phone, magisk took a while to finally grant root access to it... So it means it's a shot in the dark.

Once I was able to install the RN5 Camera Patch v1.035a(Pie 9.0).zip by nhappyman and make it properly work. But only once!

As pointed out by the user misiek735:

"If you install everything and you choose 4k with eis enabled in gcam 5.1 settings

and it does not work (camera error) then it means that patch is not working

at all and you make somewhere during the instalation proces a mistake."​

Since the process of installing the patch, rebooting, checking if the patch was installed successfully, removing it, rebooting, installing again...

isn't as pretty as I'd like, I advise you all to take the TWRP route.

TWRP ROUTE: THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE ROAD:

Right, this is where the fun begins!

First of all, my rig consists of two GCAM:

Pixel 3 (For anything related to rear camera: Normal, Portrait, Nightsight and SlowMo) - MGC_6.1.021_BSG_Arnova-based_v.1.3d_TInNeun_2

Pixel 2 (Front Camera; Front Portrait Mode) - GoogleCamera-5.1.018.177624777-Urnyx05Mod

Patch used: RN5 Camera Patch TWRP v1.035a (Pie_9.0).zip (Reading through threads, I've came to the conclusion this one is guaranteed to work. New versions are out there to be tested. Please share your results)

With these guys I can do pretty everything* (passing the "misiek735 test" pointed out earlier):

SlowMo: 1080p@120fps or 720p@240fps

Front/Rear Camera Portrait

Front/Rear Live Motion

Rear Camera video: 4k@30fps, 1080@60ps

>>>*REMEMBER THAT ANY PIXEL 3 CAMERA FCs ON FRONT CAMERA!<<<

>>>*Not anymore. Check the end of this post!<<<

DOWNLOAD:

- Fantastic mods/patch, but... Where to find them?

At the moment, I'm going to point out the direction (since I'm not aware if I hold any rights to upload myself those files)

TWRP v1.035a patch:

Look for a Telegram Group called RN5 Camera Patch™ | Channel (@rn5cp - https://t.me/rn5cp)

Go to

group details

(tap on the group's title) ->

Files

-> Search in

October 2018

for: RN5 Camera Patch TWRP v1.035a (Pie 9.0).zip

GCAMs:

Celso Azevedo's Page;

Telegram Group: Google Camera (Whyred) ( [MENTION=1156379]gcam[/MENTION]Whyred )

Telegram Group: Gcams Downloads (Whyred) ( [MENTION=1156379]gcam[/MENTION]downloadswhyred )

And this very XDA page.

It's worth reading this message posted by Desmanto
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Hope this thread can provide useful and reliable information for you guys.

Please share additional information, ask questions and correct any wrong information.

Cheers.

UPDATE: 2019/04/30

LATEST NEWS: WE HAVE A WORKING GCAM3!

Yesterday was release a brand new version for us GLOBAL users! It's a GCAM3 (Pixel 3 Camera App) with a working front camera!

Search for the APK on the Telegram Group gcamWhyred!

Look for:

Gcam 6.2.024 Advanced V2.1.beta._190429.1903.apk

In order to make the front camera work and use a lag-free app

, you must use these settings presented on the attachments!

Or click here and check my shared Google Photos gallery.
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Note:

I'm currently using the TWRP v1.035a patch

There's a new version called RN5 Camera Patch v2.034a that might fix the issues I'm going to talk about next, but I didn't test it yet (please, you can provide feedback here if you will), so bear with me.

Known Issues (So far):

If you zoom (use the digital zoom prior to the shot), it'll FC the app and a low resolution (probably the image in the buffer) will be saved in your gallery. (Zoomed shots on the front camera work!) Just set "Using Sabre" OFF and will be good to go! (From what I've understood this an algorithm to enhance zoomed pictures)

Occurred to me once, but you might get an black picture every now and never.

While recording something the "viewfinder" might show a worst image than the one which is actually being recorded.

Night Sight is laggy! It'll work as intended but you'll experience it's 1/3s shutter speed. Seems like it's already collecting data about the scenario prior to the shot.

UPDATE: 2019/05/14

Latest News: We have a working GCAM v6.2.030 (i.e. Time Lapse capable)

Today was shared on gcamWhyred telegram group a GCAM3 with the new time lapse.

Look for:

Gcam_6.2.030_Advanced_V2.1beta6.190512.1059.apk - Link for those who avoids Telegram (not posted by me)

In order to make the front camera work and use a lag-free app

, you must:

Enable advanced mode.

Use these settings for the front camera and disable Sabre (also use RAW10 on RAW format, if I'm not wrong this will remove the lag on the rear camera).

The "Disabled Google Photo" actually sets it as default gallery (probably a bug)

In advanced settings, if you try to use the dark theme, it won't work. (Again, there's a reason why it still called "beta")

Created: 2019/03/06

Last Updated: 2019/05/14