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[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
So if you want to use that Shamim, with that despo config, to enable ultrawide:

Go to Settings|Additional settings|Auxiliary Cameras|Show aux cam settings and enable both 'Show aux camera button' and 'Telephoto lens'

Go to Settings|Additional settings|Auxiliary Cameras|Name for Camera modules and enable 'Names for Aux lenses' and set a short name for 'Telephoto lens', like "UW" for ultrawide

So obviously it is not really the telephoto lens, but that is because Shamim has the camera modules mixed up. If you enable telephoto you get Ultrawide. Do not enable the 'Ultrawide lens' option, because if you select it I think the app will keep crashing and you will have reinstall the app, don't say I did not warn you....
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Hehe... So true... I have learn that the hard way.... it never open again...

Im going to check that options then...

In the mean time, do you recomend that version of GCam with that config file? Or there is a better option for our A52s 5g?

Best Regards,

LPC
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Hello,

Thanks again!

I can confirm that doing that way, allows to enable the UW camera on Gcam! :)

It also allows to record vídeo from that camera too.

So everything is working as expected (minus the macro camera, but that i don´t really care).

Thanks again!

Best Regards,

LPC
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
Good that you got it working!

I already gave you my advice 4 posts back, MGC 8.1+simple near default config.

These gcam apps have all kinds of image quality options, that people interested in making detailed configuration changes (not me) can tinker with, and then share.

MGC 8.1 has less configuration options than Shamim I think. But LMC (another gcam variant) probably has more, because it is based on Shamim.

So I mostly use MGC now, because I want nice bright colors and little noise, and that is what I get. Also everything just works, including night mode and astro mode.

What you don't get from MGC is the most detail. Actually you still get a lot of detail, but not as much as what you can get with something like LMC 8.4 R6+the right config (you need to have Telegram to access that second link, I don't want to upload it here because it is not my file, for completeness LMC 8.4 config files should go into an LMC8.4 folder in your home directory).
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Hello,

I see...

I don´t know if this combination i have is any good, but im interested more on indoor shooting and some night photos...

Last time i did, the photos did came out horrible... but now i need to retest to see if there is improments...

Best Regards,

LPC
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
I just checked since I still had it installed:

Night mode does not appear to work correctly in Shamim+despo config. By the way the same is true for the LMC version that I linked to in my previous message.

MGC 8.1 has a working night mode. If you turn on night mode and take a picture in a dark room, it should take at least a full second to make the picture.

(The value of night mode is somewhat debatable, it will make night scenes way too bright, but it does produce pictures without noise and with lots of detail, and you can darken the picture in post with an image editor)
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] BlueChris:
I give up. I tried everything and still if i am in photo mode the camera stuck after 3 seconds.

At least video is working :)
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
In the other thread you said that you "restored" the config. But if you actually did that, that is incorrect, you have to load (import) the config.

Gcam freezing after 3 seconds is a very common issue on A52s, so you have to do something about it.

Loading the despo config does fix it, I tried that this morning for LPC.

For Shamim, you have to place config files in a folder /GCam/Configs8.4, and then you can import it by double tapping next to the shutter button.

If you did it correctly, the 'anti-freeze' has been applied, if you go to Settings|Additional settings|Stream Config it should look like this:

Or, much better advice, you can install MGC 8.1 instead, because it has an easier config load mechanism, config files can be in any folder, and more stuff will work.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Hello,

Perfect explanation from sanderbos...

Its really like he explained... The freezing will stop.

But you can temporary unfreeze (until you go to settings), by moving the carrousel from camera, to video, to portrait, etc... it will freeze again, but you can unfreeze and go to the settings to do the import of the config file.

Don´t forget to create the folder "Gcam" and inside the "Configs8.4", then put the config file inside it...

Best Regards,

LPC
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Lord Paulus Cobris:
BTW Sanderbos,

How do i select 4k Video on the Gcam? I just have here the FPS...

A . 24, 30 or 60... But im still on 1080p...

I have just tested some photos with this Gcam, and what i saw, was some purple/blue fringe around some objects.

Also the pictures are coming out with just 8mp on the normal mode (main and wide), and 9MP on Night Mode...

Could it be because is 16:9 instead of 4:3?

Best Regards,

LPC
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
I am not really a Shahim user, nor do I really endorse it, but:

- Video resolution is hidden (unlike in MGC) under Settings|Additional Settings|Video Settings|Video resolution

- Aspect ratio you can set to 4:3 in the main drop down (picture below)

- Purple fringing can definitely definitely a thing, depends a bit on situation and configuration. People actually complain the most about it with MGC so a bit surprising that you run into it quickly with Shahim, but then I don't know anything about this config you guys are using.

- Same with resolution, so maybe the switch to 4:3 will fix it, could also be a config (file) thing, I know for my MGC config I indeed had to play with it to get the full resolution out of it.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Well, even at 4:3 im not getting the full sensor resolution... just 12mp.

Im going to try your Gcam and config to see if its better! :)

I will report later.

Best Regards,

LPC
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Dayuser:
It's all about fix your Gcam settings right.. For shamim Gcam there is setting "select sensor size" if photo is too small. You have to try different settings to get correct photo size.

I hope this will help (y)
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] xumixu:
Finally got gcam working thanks to you all guys =D

Now im only missing Macro lens, but since other photo programs dont see it either, I think it cant be accesed beside samsung native camera :(

Also the UW lens seems to have fixd focus :o
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
The ultra wide is indeed fixed focus, but that is a camera hardware thing, not a software thing.

(And I think also a quite common limitation in phone camera's, for instance the Galaxy S22 and Pixel 6 also have fixed focus on the ultra wide, although the absolute top end like S22 ultra and iPhone 13 Pro do have autofocus on the ultra wide)

For the macro camera module, I really believe it cannot work with any current gcam on A52s (I tried many times).

I would like to have that macro camera module working in gcam, because one thing it excels at is getting a lot in focus, so you will not likely get a photo failure because things are out of focus.

But I really feel that for the best 'macro' quality shots (detail and noise and colors) it is better to use gcam with 2x or 4x digital zoom (partially to get slightly more detail in the jpeg, partially to be able to see more in the viewfinder to get proper focus), and then crop further (the macro camera module output is only 5MP, so you crop quite a bit until you get less pixels than what the macro camera module produces).

I attached an example (intentionally of a ladybug so it is clear what the size of the subject is).

Edit same day: I remembered that last Monday I took a lot of macro camera comparison shots for myself to evaluate a macro camera clip on lens (conclusion: don't bother), I now attached a second picture with a comparion of e.g. the stock camera app macro mode and just zooming/ cropping with the main camera in gcam.

Edit 4 days later: Okay, I had to add this macro picture I took today of some flies getting it on on my balcony (with MGC 8.1, 4x digital zoom, further cropping and boosting the colors in Google Photos).
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
I see the V2b version. What do you think about it? Did you try this version?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
No, I'm skipping that one, I was super happy that GV2a was released because they finally allowed to hide the annoying notification that prevented me from upgrading for half a year, but I don't need the latest and greatest all the time and this one did not have such an interesting change list to me.

(That change list: 1. yet another photo saving notification (that thankfully can be turned off apparently) and 2. hdr+ frames with flash (I never use flash) )
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
Are you still continuing to research to optimize the features on gcam 8.1 version?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] ZizoZipzinger:
Hi, I don't know why but when I try to download your config file it saves it as .bin instead of .xml and my unrar app doesn't know what to do with it. Can you give another link please 🥺. Thanks a lot!
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Marsu42:
Is the macro camera broken for all 3rd party apps like OpenCamera, or is it just a GCam problem?

I'll most likely use a 3rd party firmware with the A52, and not being able to use the macro camera at all would be a pity - even if it has limited resolution.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
I don't know what the limitation is exactly. By the way you say A52, the macro module is only missing on A52s.

I just installed OpenCamera for you, and when I cycle through all the camera modes the macro mode does not appear, and I also could not find a setting for it (tried with regular mode and camera2api mode). But I now only tried that app for 10 minutes.

By the way, weirdly you can with some gcam versions get the depth camera module to work (a completely pointless black and white mode you get if whitelist camera module id 52), I could not do that in OpenCamera because I could not find a manual way to specify what camera ids to enable.

I will just repeat what I said in my comment you quoted, you are really not missing (apart from ease of focus) much if you can't use the macro camera module (the problem is not the resolution, 5MP would be fine by itself, it is more the noisyness, and just that the main camera cropped is better).
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Marsu42:
Thanks for trying, and if anyone manages to enable the macro lens in OpenCamera please do share :-)

And maybe it's just me, but looking at the macro comparison composite picture you posted above the macro does look better due to a little more magnification, though I wouldn't be able see the noise in this sample. And focussing is an essential problem to macro photography, at least on a dslr.

Of course with 5mp this is still rather a gimmick, looking at newer phones with 50mp macro sensor. Sigh.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] dexlemaffo:
Currently using BSG 8.1 and would like to try the 8.4.600 mod. (by BSG aswell) on my A52s.

Anyone tried it before ? And does it have a config file (xml/cga) ?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] dexlemaffo:
Thanks for your reply! Pretty aware of tve different apks to keep things in check !
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
I could not help myself again, and looked at MGC 8.4 in more detail, and then wrote a lot of words about them. But I did that by changing my earlier reaction to you above.

But one specific thing I found while playing with MGC 8.4 that is also relevant to you probably: You have to change "Settings|Photoresolution camera" to "Max resolution", otherwise you get only 12MP instead of 16MP images in 4:3 mode.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] dexlemaffo:
Yep I did change that value when I was setting things up.

Appreciate the help! Thank you once again and have a nice weekend!
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
Nikita's NGcam version 7.4.104-v2.0_snap works with most functions on A52s (after EISV2 stream configuration was selected) without having to install configuration file.

Are you interested in building a great config file for it?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
No, I'm sorry but I'm not really interested in (or have the knowledge about) making detailed configurations.

If you look at my other comments here they are mostly about making things work, not really about playing with image quality options.

(Plus even though I have been very active here recently, that is always in response to other people, I am actually doing much less with gcam than I was a few months ago)
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
Thank you for your reply!
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Giaurone:
Hi, I tried this Nikita G-cam camera for Samsung NGCam_8.2.300-v1.8_samsung.apk (com.samsung.android.scan3d) #

works perfectly without camera lock
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
Wow, what is your device? Is it A52s?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Giaurone:
Yes galaxy A52s 5G
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Giaurone:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
Ok. That's great!

Could you show me how to run it flawlessly?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Giaurone:
I installed it without touching anything and everything works
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Giaurone:
https://1-dontsharethislink.celsoazevedo.com/file/filesc/NGCam_8.2.300-v1.8_samsung.apk
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
Only install it? What about the stream configuration? I think it must be set on EISV2
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Giaurone:
I am not an expert in the configuration I will try to see if I understand how to do it
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
Ok. Now I see your result. Thanks for your message and your link. I would try it now.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Giaurone:
Slow motion does not work, the image is all green
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] danger2u:
front camera doesn t work and video too
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] A52S 🇻🇳:
This version works properly.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] khaledkakeesh:
Can you please help me how to install the config file
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] 1812CE:
Anything new?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] unfoundable:
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[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] B0RSA:
BigKaka: AGC8.4.300_V9.2_fix2

Download AGC8.4.300_V9.2_fix2 by BigKaka.

www.celsoazevedo.com

Works fine on A52s. No need conf. file!
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] met4ller:
The best camera at the moment is still the stock one?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] fluoroom:
the best camera is the one you like

the stock one is really practical and faster, but the difference in photo quality may cause you prefer dedicating 2 more seconds for taking a better photo on a Gcam
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] paiktaras:
For the last few days I have been testing the version: MGC_8.6.263_A11_V12_scan3d.apk (com.samsung.android.scan3d) without xml file and with only additional regulation: settings \ camera modules/ and in each of the 4 fields Back (0.5), Back (1.0), Front (1.0) , Front(1,2) to the "Session ID" I have changed the number to 6144. The final result looks satisfactory.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] tamas970:
Anybody checked this one:

"LMC8.4_R13_Fix2_Samsung.apk"?

Which values should be changed and where?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
If you want to get LMC I would get LMC8.4_R14 (on A52s you can just pick the very first apk on that page).

That is what I run for LMC on my A52s. LMC has really improved on A52s in the last few months, no more hangs (after proper configuration) and properly working night mode.

You should load a configuration (otherwise initially the viewfinder will hang). I recommend LMC8.4_A52s_Metal.xml that works out of the box (that is a Telegram link,, I now in July 2023 also attached that file in this comment, full credit to Metal on Telegram). You have to put the file in an

LMC8.4

top level directory on your phone and then double tap next to the shutter button to load it.

The interface has quite a lot of IMHO useless buttons, you can remove the user interface buttons under Settings|Processing functions|Viewfinder settings.

I have LMC installed, but I still take almost all of my photos with MGC 8.1.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] bunnahabhain:
what does LMC and MGC mean?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
So in this thread we are talking about the Google Camera app, GCam for short, that was created for the Pixel but that was ported to other phones.

And there are different variants of this, different developers are working on it, basing their work on each others work, with different features and different bugs.

And these developers give their versions different names, I think the letters themselves are pretty meaningless, it's just names.

And MGC and LMC are the most popular variants for A52s I think. There are many more.

I am a fan of MGC, specifically I am a fan of the MGC 8.1 line (you can now get up to 8.6, but the 8.1 line has more settings).

But as I said in my previous comment that you reacted to, LMC 8.4 has been getting better, specifically two issues that I found annoying was the viewfinder kept freezing even after applying the fix, and the night sight mode was not really working, but both of those things are fixed now. And it always had the best image quality.

If you're just starting out I would actually recommend just starting with MGC 8.4 because you do not really need to use a config file for that one. But if you want to immediately get what I think is the very best image quality, you should get LMC 8.4 with a correct config file, see my previous comment.

(and meanwhile, I personally will keep using MGC 8.1, because it is what I am used to)

(I attached a night mode shot comparison I took yesterday to show LMC night mode now works fine, if you don't zoom in all three look okay, but if you do zoom in LMC now has both the lowest noise and highest detail)
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] bunnahabhain:
Wow, thanks for the great answer. I was searching for a Gcam for ages now. At some point there wasn't even a thread about it yet. Came back few months ago and didn't get the jist of it with what version i need. But this clears things up. I will recommend the MGC Version to my brother and try the LMC version. I like to tinker :D

Edit: Nice comparison. I like the MGC version. And Jesus what does Samsung do with the noise reduction algorithm? It's going nuts!
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Dayuser:
That MGC GCam developer name is BSG ;)
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] heal3r:
Hello! How do I know if the XML and SO files are working or set correctly?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
XML:

(put XML file in LMC8.4 folder at the top level, then double tap next to the shutter button)

If the viewfinder does not freeze after a few seconds, you have loaded the config file correctly....

Oh, and a second way, if you have the config loaded and you take a picture, the file will have LMC8.4_A52s_Metal in the filename if you have the config loaded.

To make it more concrete, if you go to Settings|Stream Configuration|Main Camera, and you see several values set to 61448 (and you did not change them yourselves), then the config file was loaded because by default those values are not set that way I think.

Lib .so:

Put .so file in LMC8.4/libs folder in the top level directory, then go to Settings|Photo Processing|Library|Lib From Dir

You select the library there. If you can select it there you have probably set it correctly. Oh, and probably you have to select Library,Custom Lib from Dir on the same screen (see screenshot below, last two options).

The difference with or without XML config is massive, but of course you can only see that when you compare images. But I could not see a difference with or without the .so file.

So I would say that is an optional step, and that is why I did not include in my earlier comment (but I do have that library set myself, just for completeness).

Also, I think there are newer config/ lib files from 'Metal', but I always like to link to stuff I have actually used.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] heal3r:
I'm so confused. I was able to put the .so file properly but the app cant read the .xml. Is it something to do with Android 13?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] heal3r:
I even put the xml file in every folder possible.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
What part does not work?

I am on Android 13, I could still select the config again.

I just experimented a bit, when I removed the folder, it would flash a 'Configs not found' popup on the screen, is that what you are getting? What I noticed was that when I removed the folder, it created a new empty one automatically. So maybe you should check whether there are perhaps multiple LMC8.4 folders on your phone, with different capitalizations (so e.g. both an lmc8.4 and LMC8.4 folder).
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] heal3r:
Oh my god finally! It even set the lib itself. Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] heal3r:
Hi again! Is there a way to make the focus manual? I already changed the "focus toggle mode" to tap focus but it still auto focuses in center.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] sanderbos:
You say you changed but after loading the config it is already configured with tap to focus and then track focus, with the Metal config?

But anyway, manual focus in LMC I think is: Settings|Processing functions|Viewfinder settings|Focus slider.

Then you get an extra button in the view finder in the top right, and if you tap on that you can select a focus distance.

(Note: I do not really use LMC, or manual focus, so maybe there are other settings)
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] heal3r:
That's what I did. Even the manual focus slider doesn't work. I guess I'll have to use the other one you mentioned.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] alisadty:
20.04 MB file on MEGA

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[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] alisadty:
10.13 MB file on MEGA

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[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] alisadty:
Hello, install these two programs

And try it, it works well
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Dayuser:
What are these? What gcam?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] alisadty:
Yes, they are Gcam
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Dayuser:
Yes i know they are gcam but which version of gcam and who has build it.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] alisadty:
It is installed from Android 8 and above
[HTC Excalibur] mknewman:
Anyone know why Maximumsoft Newscopier Pro doesn't work under 6.1 ?I can choose channels, download them, but when I go in to look at the channel nothing comes up. Just a blank page. I suspect it's something to do with .NET 3.5 but I have no way to know. Maximumsoft hasn't been any help yet.

Marc
[HTC Excalibur] jdoggraz:
Umm I will take a look at it and see what is going on.
[HTC Excalibur] mknewman:
Were you able to reproduce it?
[Google Pixel 4a Questions & Answers] steve233:
Device:

Pixel 4a (no 5G)

Android 11

My issue is:

If I talk to someone (call) it transfer just the "voice" the noise between is cutted out, so its like muted between spoken words.

Its not an good thing!

The issue is that it is just awful to call someone actually its not possible to talk, the beginning of each sentence is "broken" and its like half word then mute, so i have to ask again... and so on.

I tested diffrent things:

Call over LTE

Call over WiFi

Call with Heatset (wired)

Call with Bluetooth Headset

Call without headset

Its always the same nonsense, so I assume its some Android problem, setting maybe.

Can someone help please?

Thanks