[Samsung Galaxy S9  Themes, Apps, and Mods] ToXiC:
So this is my first thread in Galaxy S9 section. I just bought this device and its great but I didn't know that there will be little to no support for S9 (specifically exynos variant). Anyway lets come to topic. For the past three days im trying to find a Google Cam version 7 or above (yes for Astrophotography/Night Sight specifically). I tried many versions which were made for different devices. Most of them closed when I opened them, few opened but didnt work at all and then I found this specific version which works but yes there are bugs.

The link to this specific version is at the end of this post. The major reason to post this thread is to get attention from any developer/modder/anyone who can help us make it work in our device.

So after changing a few settings I was able to make simple camera work. Night mode worked too but only RAW images. The main reason the pictures were not saving (according to my tests) is due to HDR mode. I read somewhere that GCam uses Snapdragon's piping tech (if im correct) to make it work which Exynos lacks. So disabling HDR and HDR+ makes camera work. Every time when I took night sight photographs either the pictures did not saved or if they saved then they were black color only.

This specific version also has something like DEVELOPER SETTINGS in its settings where you can change some specific settings. I dont know what most of them do but if anyone know them you can help us.

What's Working?

Simple Camera

Night Sight (RAW only)

Photo Sphere

Whats not working?

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Everything else (still checking)

For SNAPDRAGON Users

May be you dont need to apply these settings. Just check the camera if it doesn't work then try these settings.

For Exynos Users

So to make this Gcam work here's what I did.

Open the camera. Swipe down and click gear icon to open settings. Goto Advance>>Enable HDR+ Control switch.

Now to shoot simple camera picture you just swipe down in viewfinder of camera and disable HDR+. Take photo it will work.

Now if u want to make night sight photos work, do this

swipe down, click settings Goto Advance>>Enable RAW+JPEG Control switch.

Now go to Night sight mode and swipe down. Make sure first option (RAW +JPEG) is set to RAW swtich enable.

Take the night sight picture and you will see it will appear completely black in Gallery or get removed. Its ok we dont need JPEG. Now open your file manage go to Pictures>>RAW and there you will see a RAW capture of your pic.

So what I want to tell you is the JPEG is not working but RAW is working you can edit it using Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop (even in your S9) and get the desired image.

I tried other settings but they didn't seem to work. Maybe you guys can help make it work?

here's the link to Download

- MGC-7.0.009_BSG_based_x9smod_0.436.apk (xenius9, 2019-12-26, changelog)

Click Here for Difference between stock camera night mode and Google night sight!

SCREENSHOTS:

1) Enable these two options in settings

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2) In camera mode make sure to disable HDR mode completely

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3) In night sight make sure to enable Raw mode

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