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[Off-topic] JukEboXAuDiO:
For This 2008 9-11 Remembrance day I chose to post a poem written by a fellow fire fighter to those who lost their lives. Please use this thread to post your views, ideas, and memories about those of 9-11 and please keep the flaming to a minmum.

He's the guy next door - a man's man with the memory of a little boy.

He has never gotten over the excitement of engines and sirens and danger.

He's a guy like you and me with wants and worries and unfulfillied dreams.

Yet he stands taller than most of us.

He puts it all on the line when the bell rings.

A fireman is at once the most fortunate and the least fortunate of men.

He's a gentle man because he has seen the awesome power of violence out of control.

He's responsive to a child's laughter because his arms have held too many small bodies that will never laugh again.

He's a man who appreciates the simple pleasures of life - hot coffee held in numb, unbending fingers - a warm bed for bone

and muscle compelled beyond feeling - the camaraderie for brave man - the divine peace and selfless serice of a job well

done in the name of all men.

He doesn't wear buttons or wave flags or shout obscenities.

When he marches, it is to honor a fallen comrade.

He doesn't preach the brotherhood of man.

He lives it.​

-Anonymous

Never Forget. Ask Questions; Demand Answers.
[Off-topic] shanetheclassic:
9/11 Was and Inside Job

Google -

Loose Change

ZERO - An Investigation into 9/11

ZeitGeist

If you really cared about the firefighters and all others who died you would spread the word of truth and bring down the real people that caused 9/11
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] jeffrimerman:
For some reason it does this all the time when people text me pictures. It seems to do so much more than a regular texting app so it's strange it does this. If I make the phone's factory texting app the default app then it starts downloading then when I switch back I can see the picture in the fb messenger.
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
Disable updates permanently. I'm more concerned with the damage updates will do than malware at this point🤣
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] leveleyed:
yes, automatic system updates are turned off. it's the first thing i do when i set up a new phone. so like i said, either Google still forced an update on my phone - despite having the automatic update setting turned off - or i have unbelievably impeccable timing on top of horribly bad luck.

Still hoping someone might have a solution that would allow me to restore root without wiping my device/data. please oh please oh please let there be some way to do this.
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] l7777:
This is a simple solution and has been discussed before.

Get the boot.img for your current build

Copy it to the phone and patch it with Magisk Manager

Fastboot flash the resulting patched image

https://xdaforums.com/t/accidentally-ota-updated-my-pixel-all-fine-but-root-gone.4223023/

https://xdaforums.com/t/updating-pixel-5-factory-image-re-rooting.4215295/
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] leveleyed:
Thanks! Sorry for asking something that already had an answer. I guess I wasn't searching for the info properly.

I'm still having a problem though. I got the boot.img for the new version on my device. But when trying to launch Magisk manager, I see a window that says "upgrade to full Magisk Manager to finish the setup. Download and install?" I click "OK". But the next time I try to open it, it just keeps doing that same thing. :(
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] l7777:
Try downloading magisk directly and installing. Or are if it already downloaded it and install that one.
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] andybones:
I'm sorry this happened to you.

But I think you more than likely thought it was off, I don't see why Google would "force" updates for only you.

Try downloading Magisk v22.

There is no longer Magisk Manager.

Releases · topjohnwu/Magisk

The Magic Mask for Android. Contribute to topjohnwu/Magisk development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] leveleyed:
Okay. I went to download v22 from Github (assuming I don't want Canary). But on the download page, I see written more than once, "RESTORE THE EXISTING MAGISK MANAGER BACK TO NORMAL BEFORE UPGRADING IF HIDDEN!" Unfortunately, I had Magisk hidden as a different app name. so I can't unhide it. I'm not sure what to do about this. Should I uninstall the hidden/renamed Magisk, or leave it and install the new one?
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] l7777:
Yes you should be able to uninstall it manually. Won't hurt anything.
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] andybones:
No don't use canary, use v22.

But why can't you inside it? It's in Magisk settling. If you must uninstall it, you can try that also then install v22
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] leveleyed:
Yeah, I know it was off because I am paranoid about automatic updates. I have them off in both Play Store and for system updates. I checked the setting after I rooted previously, and after it updated. So I guess it was actually just extremely bad luck/timing to click the location of the 'reboot and update now' button within the same frame the prompt appeared on my phone's home screen so that I never even saw it before it started rebooting and applied the update.
[Google Pixel 5 Questions & Answers] leveleyed:
I couldn't unhide it because I was unable to launch Magisk at all. Every time I tried, I was just prompted to download it.

After uninstalling/reinstalling Magisk, downloading and extracting the boot.img for my current version of Android OS, patching in Magisk, and flashing the patched boot.img, I'm happy to report that I've successfully restored root without loss of my data partition!

Thank you so much to everyone here who helped me to get this resolved!

Now, hopefully I can find an app (or perhaps a Magisk module) that will prevent the system update notifications/prompts from even showing up on my phone, thereby eliminating the potential risk of needing to go through this again.
[General Questions and Answers] CheapoGuy:
I have bought a $30 dollar tablet on xgody website hoping I could root it without anything going wrong, unfortunately the device goes into a boot loop everytime its rebooted to bootloader (OEM UNLOCKED)

I've been scouring the internet to no avail... I will post a video of what happens.

Google Drive: Sign-in

Access Google Drive with a Google account (for personal use) or Google Workspace account (for business use).

drive.google.com
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
People not having a Google account - and such there are - can't watch the video inked to. :)
[General Questions and Answers] CheapoGuy:
Oh well all it does is display the XGODY logo for a long time... i've tried to see if it was just a REALLY long boot or a bootloop, Its been on the same screen for 27 hours so far!
[Android Head-Units] mechaweirdxe:
Hi,

I have an android head unit that is having the following problem:

* All apps besides some google app instantly crash (no radio, music, bluetooth, etc..)

* Cannot go into the car entertainment setting as it instantly crashes

* Side buttons does not light up and does not work

* The reverse camera sometimes do not work

I've tried resetting the system using the physical reset button but it only resets the time. All other settings remain. I believe the factory reset setting is in the car entertainment setting, but I cannot go in there as it instantly crashes when I try to open it.

I am only able to get the following info:

Model: 8227L

Android version 8.1.0

Build number alps-mp-o1.mp5

Any help?
[Android Head-Units] coucouillu:
Hi @mechaweirdxe.

Same here. Did you find a solution?
[Android Head-Units] tomjons_octavia:
Hi,,

I have the same problem too.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] qandres12:
Update: never-ending, I got it. Needed to give full storage permissions.

Can't seem to get the xml you posted to stick. It's in the configs8 folder but it tells me the xml file exist when it's selected. Did download the samsung or snapcam version?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jmac052002:
Where do I find the gcam/configs8 folder?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] qandres12:
You gotta create it. Also make sure you gave the app full storage permissions. That's the issue I was having.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] babyboy3265:
SNAP or EXY?

EDIT: Did not notice the title. Snapdragon.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ProfSnakes:
Got the same question, Samsung or Snap?

For me I get "did not install" for the Samsung version.

Snap installs, initially couldn't load an to XML files had to go to app permissions and give it full access. Now I'm getting the main cam and wide cam with some XML files but nothing with the one that was dropped in this thread earlier.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
You have to use the Samsung version. If you got the did not install message, it means you need to uninstall the Samsung measure app first (uses the same package name). https://apps.samsung.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.samsung.android.ruler&cId=000004674180
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Tedxz:
Which XML file should I use? The one I used for gcam 7 seems not working properly. The viewfinder freezes after a few seconds.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
The one attached to my first post.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Masikj:
Will it does on exynos? All cameras?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ProfSnakes:
Thanks.

I did that and after a few more trys and 2 restarts it seems to have worked.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Tedxz:
Thanks, it works now. I didn't see the attachment file before because XDA client hides the attachments and shows the photo only.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Powerful444:
First thanks for all the hard work to those involved. Anything I say below is not criticism of the work done and I appreciate it immensely when devs get these gcam apks out and working fairly well.

Is that photo attached fairly typical as it is a bit noisy and not very sharp for my taste (yes i probably pixel peep too much). I know you can adjust the settings and things will get fine tuned. I tried out the earlier version and found I couldn't tweak the noise to my liking and the freezing was really irritating. Sold the s21 ultra in the end but I caved when a new deal came up and bought it again now waiting for delivery. What would you say has improved over the last version other than the telephoto video and less freezing?

How are you guys finding this new version?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Tedxz:
The viewfinder is blurry but the photos taken are fine, no idea what the problem is.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
I'm part of Arnova's test group so I help send him logs to fix bugs for the S21U. The photo attached is 10x telephoto that stock would've not been able to match. You can certainly do your own comparison but stock processing has never been to my liking. Obviously the main camera will look much cleaner but I prefer telephoto range.

If you go to Arnova's thread, you'll see that there is now many different options to adjust picture quality (I dare say too many options). RAM Patcher is like the lib patchers of older GCam. Noise modelers are generated scripts that people have created for specific camera sensors. And the newest is lib files which can be downloaded. Old GCam required a modder to add libs, now you can load it kinda like an XML.

Go to settings > developer settings and disable camera.glpreview.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Powerful444:
Yes it is certainly a lot better than stock in my opinion too thanks. I'll have a good go with it when my s21 ultra arrives. Thanks for all your hard work.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] gnulio56:
What about exy?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] buggleston:
Anyone know if there's a way to disable the automatic night mode feature that's re-enabled every time GCam is opened? I searched through developer settings and didn't see any obvious candidates - disabling camera.promote_night_sight didn't do anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
The feature you're looking for in developer settings is called catshark (yeah I know, makes zero sense lol)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] buggleston:
Thanks! I figured it had to be one of the countless completely opaque feature codenames I saw when scrolling through the dev settings. Disabling camera.catshark_enabled.RESTART followed by a force-quit/restart did the trick!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] bigc004:
That's beyond my understanding haha. I just download the apk.. then grab whatever config the OP is adding to this thread haha
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] mistical:
You just need to rename the file itself. Rather you do it on your phone, with say Samsung's file manager or another one like Solid Explorer or do it on a computer first than transfer over.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] bigc004:
So you just grab one of these configs and rename them?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] mistical:
I'm sorry. I feel like an idiot. I didn't see or read the initial part of your original post mentioning Greatness.

I actually got the Greatness config from the Telegram group. I've attached 2 configs for it that I downloaded.

The "_motion.xml" file had this note attached to it: "Only thing I changed was setting the motion photos resolution for each lens."

I still think most of the time Arnova's produces the best image all most of the time (especially still/outside), and BSG's right next to it (faster capture speed/focus). If possible and time allows, I sometimes take photos from all 4 GCams, greatness has improved but either I'm not doing something right or it may just be behind the other mods still.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] ZayaanAhyaan:
The BSG version always freezes for me in about 3 seconds.....any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] bigc004:
Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] NexusS4gFreak:
I'm using the Wichiya build of Gcam I believe (there's so many now) and I love it, produces better pictures then the stock camera app with or without zoom most of the time. I actually think zoomed shots are more stable on GCam strangely. The issue I'm having is whenever I try to use flash it force closes the app and sometimes it also kills itself with videos. Any fix?

All 4 pictures I uploaded are at full zoom (seems to stop at 80x on GCam) and the sharper photos (better photos) are with GCam.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
Sounds like you're using Arnova's since that's the one that has the issue of flash crashing with Shasta enabled (it is enabled per my XML). You can turn it off by going to camera settings > developer options > uncheck camera.shasta.force. I prefer it on. As for video, are you setting things to 4K? The two telephoto cameras will only work on 1080p so perhaps that is why it's crashing for you. (the reason the telephoto can do 4k in stock camera is because stock cam actually upsamples the 10mp sensor to 12mp, because 10mp doesn't have enough resolution for 4k video).
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jauhari:
I was tried Wichaya and BSG Apk and why on my S21 Ultra didn't work. On Wichaya after Load XML App keep crash. And on BSG I can't Install it's look like conflict with something else.

And about your sample does it taken with Portrait Mode on Non Human Object on GCam S21 Ultra? that Awesome
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jauhari:
Which App? I tried and my App keep Crash :(
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jauhari:
why I never succeed make ARNOVA work on my S21 Ultra EXYNOS.. Any clues how to fix it?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] qandres12:
Cause this is for Snapdragon not Exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] jauhari:
so there are no solution for Exynos?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] qandres12:
You have to find an exynos version. They do exist.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] kunlegzy:
Is this front camera from s21 ultra ?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] qandres12:
No, front camera is most likely never going to work because Samsung disable RAW from the front camera. It's a Samsung issue. Use stock camera.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
Hello,

I cannot get Arnova to work no matter what. It always keeps freezing and I have to swap camera to unfreeze.

All others so far I can get to work but it seems most people prefer the quality of Arnova thus I want to try it.

Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Ipse_Tase:
Did you pick the right Samsung app? Mine has "Ruler" in the name as it has to be a package recognized by Samsung.

BTW...I do NOT HAVE a conflicting ruler app from Samsung, might wanna check if you do.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
I dont see any Arnova with RULER as part of the name. Can you point me to it please?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
Arnova's uses Iris in the package name. Did you read the steps of downloading the corresponding zip file and extracting it to the proper folder, then giving the app full storage permissions, then loading the XML profile?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
Yep, I installed Iris and download the zip and extracted to the GCam/Configs8 folder and gave full storage permission.

For some reason, Arnova is the only one I cant get working :/
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
How are you going about applying the XML? Did you try force quitting the app first, then re-opening it to apply the XML?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
No didnt try force quitting it but will give that a shot.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Ipse_Tase:
So...what did I load then 🤣

Hope I picked the right one...it definitely works - and using your xml file.

Arnova8G2: GCam_6.210329.0153build-8.1.101

Download GCam_6.210329.0153build-8.1.101 by Arnova8G2.

www.celsoazevedo.com
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
That's an old build, keep up! 🤣

Since Samsung accepts like 4-5 package names that will allow telephoto to work, each GCam dev that supports Samsung decided to use a unique one lol. Arnova now uses Iris, Wichaya has both Ruler and Scan3d, and BSG also has both Ruler and Scan3D. So you can actually have all 3 installed at the same time.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
I give up with Arnova..no matter what it just freezes. The other two I have no problem with
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Ipse_Tase:
I think I tried the last beta you posted and I kept getting errors whole selecting options in the app. This one is stable...unless you post a new "GA" 😇

I value Arnova for zoom cleanliness and color and for much better HDR where needed....but I already stated that before.

I noticed the different package names...thank God for that, else I'd be lost trying to identify them..especially since you can't assign individual icons in the Samsung launcher like one would with Nova.

Patiently waiting for you to greenlight a new Arnova stable, I'm led to understand that it's close. Hopefully it will accommodate all the successive Samsung changes since March 😉
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
So far I prefer Wichaya as it gives a more "camera-like" result but its a bit too grainy so I am trying to find a way to clean that up a bit. But I much prefer its "less digitally enhanced" 10x vs the Samsung app for example.

Still I cannot feel happy until I make sure Arnova is not better :D
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
Do a screen recording and share it. Uninstall Arnova's, delete the files in GCam>Configs8. Start a screen recording to show all the steps you're doing with installing the apk, giving it permissions, unzipping/copying, applying xml, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
I will try that tonight. Are there any examples of Arnova vs Wichaya by any chance before I continue breaking my head trying to make this work? :D

Full size samples would be awesome :)
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] athris:
anyone is having touch to focus issue on gcam(i tried all the working gcam and almost all of them have the issue). the only one that doesn't have is arnova(GCam_6.210329.0153build-8.1.101). Basically any touch to track focus version gcam doesn't focus well, it seem to focused but the image always come out blurry. The arnova's version doesn't have track focus and the focus take a bit of time to activate but once it activated, the image came out nice and sharp. Anyone one know is there's any setting i am missing?
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] S1MPTOM:
need to set "stream config" to EISV3 and then it should stop freezing (=
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
Yes that actually fixed the freezing issue as another member was helping me with that part.

Unfortunately I cannot get either the 3x or the 10x photos to actually save. I can see the thumbnail in the camera but if I click to view, only a previous photo taken with 1x or .6x camera will show.

The photos from the 3x and 10x are not saved anywhere as I looked as well.

I also tried older versions of the app but some give me .6, 1x and 2x (which turns out to be 10x) but only recent versions give me all 4 cameras with the already mentioned saving issue.

Bizarre
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
So I see the issue saving 3x and 10x is that HDR is not working even if I load that HDR fix file. If I go to that share option like to share on IG, I can see it stuck PROCESSING. I can only get 3x and 10x to save if I turn off Processing.

Also, Night mode seems NOT to work either for those.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
That is because you aren't successfully loading the XML file. Like I mentioned, the only way I can help is if you delete everything, re-download, and do a screen record. My suspicion is that you haven't effectively given it full storage permissions since the XML isn't loading.

Focus tracking doesn't work with GCam and our Samsung. You have to turn it off. It should be off on all of my XML profiles for the various GCam I have linked.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] qandres12:
That's odd, I just tried the taking pics with hdr and hdr+ and using the share to insta, snapchat, or messenger and it worked just fine. Only ge the processing to appear for barely half a second on the bottom left.. Are you sure you're on the correct build? I would try redownloading from the first post, along with the zip and restarting. Apply all the permissions and then allow full storage permission. Make sure storage is set to full cause you open the app it asks for the storage permissionbut it only gives you the access to media only when you select yes.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
Yes I am doing all that exactly as above. I will remove all and start all over.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
Quick Share

Expired

linksharing.samsungcloud.com

processed done there. Hope you can figure out what I am missing.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
I think the only thing I would do differently from your video is how to load the XML. I personally never load it from settings, perhaps there is something weird with that. Try loading the XML by double tapping in the area between the shutter button and the gallery.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
Dude THAT WAS IT!

Double tapping did the trick. Thanks so much
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] beserker15:
I now know why that settings thing doesn't work lol. The loading it from the settings option only works if the XML isn't already in the Configs8 folder haha. That's why it says it already exist is because it would copy the XML from wherever you had it and paste it into Configs8. So after it's already in there, you'd load it from the viewfinder page.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] shaolin95:
ah that makes sense.

Now I can finally test and pick my favorite :D
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] MasterThiefGarrett:
How can I adjust the number of frames when you use HDR+ Enhanced?

I don't see that option, or I'm just overlooking it maybe...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Mark_JR:
Sorry, do you know how I can fix the video freeze on arnova build? It freezes me after 3 seconds...
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] mrthink:
Ditto.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] qandres12:
Edit: I figured it out

Anyone happen to the setting to enable the gyro level that tell you if you have the phone at an angle or not. The arnova xml has it enabled but the bsg config doesn't. And I

can't seem to figure which exact setting enables that.