Best Google Cam version (or alternative?) - LG G5 Questions & Answers

Anyone know of a Google Cam version that doesn't have this annoying red/brown tint. Often the pictures come out really over 'warm'.
Here are some examples of what I mean:
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Picture straight out of Gcam
And then edited to what it should really look like
Anyone else noticed this problem?
I can't tell if it's purely Gcam or if it exists in all images from the camera and that it's just that Gcam exacerbates it.
Any settings anywhere or Camera apps that allow tweaking of tint settings and hdr etc?
Cheers

I think gcam oversaturates the image I've noticed it on my pixel 4 xl daily driver.

ROMSG said:
I think gcam oversaturates the image I've noticed it on my pixel 4 xl daily driver.
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It does a bit, but on the G5 it seems to result in this weird brown/red tint to everything.
When I used it on my Nexus 6P it gave incredible photos.
I've started playing with Snap Camera HDR a bit more recently. This app is brilliant and is usually my go-to camera app, but Is been struggling to get good results with it on the G5.
However, I've recently dedicated some more time to fiddling with the settings and think I've now found some that get great results.
I'll post my settings when I get a chance.

tooplanx said:
It does a bit, but on the G5 it seems to result in this weird brown/red tint to everything.
When I used it on my Nexus 6P it gave incredible photos.
I've started playing with Snap Camera HDR a bit more recently. This app is brilliant and is usually my go-to camera app, but Is been struggling to get good results with it on the G5.
However, I've recently dedicated some more time to fiddling with the settings and think I've now found some that get great results.
I'll post my settings when I get a chance.
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Please do, thanks.
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Lg v10 selfie camera in snapchat

On the lg v10 as we know there is a dual camera. Well im having an issue with it. When using the normal camera app its all good. But the thing is when i use apps like snapchat the selfie camera cant be switched from wide angle to normal so its always on wide angle and i cant get good selfies with it. I really need to find a way to be able to switch the selfie camera in use in external apps (mainly snapchat). If i anyone can help please do. Thanks! Btw im new here so sorry if im a noob.
You'll have to wait for the third party apps like Snapchat to build this into their software.
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Off topic question, but how are the quality of the Snapchat photos with the LG v10? Thanks in advance.
soninjazilla said:
Off topic question, but how are the quality of the Snapchat photos with the LG v10? Thanks in advance.
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I'm on the T-mob variant. Photos are good on both the front-facing and rear cameras. Videos from the front-facing camera is good, but the rear camera is just a bit choppy/low-framerate (but the actual image quality is still good unlike on my GS3 where the video was pixelated).
Both look garbage , front camera on Snapchat looks so fuzzy and has a lot of noise compared to original app..might trade my v10 for nexus 6p for this reason ..
I've noticed this too. It looks pretty bad. Luckily for me I really don't use snapchat.
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I don't have an issue with Snapchat if I have the proper lighting. That's with any forward facing camera. Only issue I have is that the Snapchat software makes the image mirror but that's Snaochat's problem.
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soninjazilla said:
Off topic question, but how are the quality of the Snapchat photos with the LG v10? Thanks in advance.
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In my case, I'm suscribed in beta versions and looks great. In dark areas (night, low light) doesn't look good. Btw I like the wide angle sensor in Snapchat. For me, is better.

LG G5 snapchat camera problems

So I got my LG G5 today and already I see issues. In snapchat the camera quality and the photo resolution is WAY worse than the camera app especially for rear camera. This also happens in other apps which use its own camera instead of system one like instagram and fb messenger.
Here are photos of same place taken at almost same time
Snapchat - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwYUx-GeAB7bS00wT0JCNDFiaHM/view?usp=drivesdk (file size - 833kb)
Camera app - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwYUx-GeAB7bZDU1cWxFUkdpVkE/view?usp=drivesdk (file size - 7.3 mb with HDR off)
Such big difference in file size shows that there is definitely a problem or is it snapchat doing it on purpose to reduce date usage?
Why is this and is there a fix? I use snapchat alot and the photo quality looks same as my old note 2 maybe even worse....
Thanks
Also same as my LG G4
I would now avoid taking from Snapchat camera, I would go to Camera Roll which is in Memories. The picture quality is awesome as I took from stock camera. I would upload from Camera Roll only instead of ****ty Snapchat camera.
Yeah I asked my friends who have Galaxy S7 edge and for them it's the same too, well it's good that memories is a thing now.
Thanks.
I have an G5 and the quality is pretty bad too, even in good light you only get a 'decent' photo/video/selfie, what I do now is the same, camera roll, but sometimes I only want to use the snapchat app like otrher people
I used to had an Xperia C5 ultra and the selfie cam was AWESOME, the best I had ever test, even better than in a iPhone, I have a friend that has a LG G4 and another one has a Samsung S6 and the quality is damn good too(S6 is awesome for selfie on SC)
Sorry I never used snapchat. But any xposed moduels help?
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Lanjos said:
I have an G5 and the quality is pretty bad too, even in good light you only get a 'decent' photo/video/selfie, what I do now is the same, camera roll, but sometimes I only want to use the snapchat app like otrher people
I used to had an Xperia C5 ultra and the selfie cam was AWESOME, the best I had ever test, even better than in a iPhone, I have a friend that has a LG G4 and another one has a Samsung S6 and the quality is damn good too(S6 is awesome for selfie on SC)
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My friends who also have an Android phone have big difference in resolution between Snapchat and Camera app buy not as bad as G5 and I'm gonna be with this phone for at least 2 years now
Nick216ohio said:
Sorry I never used snapchat. But any xposed moduels help?
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I haven't rooted my phone yet and idk if I will soon, but I'll see if there are any module which improve the photo/video quality because I want to use Snapchat like other people too
Yash129 said:
My friends who also have an Android phone have big difference in resolution between Snapchat and Camera app buy not as bad as G5 and I'm gonna be with this phone for at least 2 years now
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I think its the G5, bought a Nexus6p yesterday and the front camera its almost like stock camera, but far better from the G5 snapchat front camera, rear its also the same.

Gcam mod for Mate 20 Pro

Hi,
Has anyone found a working Google Camera mod for Mate 20 Pro? Need HDR+ and Portrait.
I have been searching the the Mate 10 thread, but haven't found anything for Mate 20 Pro, guess due to the different processor and Android verison.
cheers,
yarmun
That would be soooooo great if some1 could make a working mod for it. The camera modules on the Mate 20 Pro are really capable, but the ****ty software screws up most of the pictures. It's a huge drawback it's not available in the U.S., but hopefully some is ultra dedicated on this topic
Oh yes we need this!
Selfies with my OP3 on gCam still way better than with the mate 20 pro.
This is not a One Plus phone. There is no reason to use the Gcam mod on any phone that has a good camera app. It's necessary to use the Gcam mod on One Plus phones because the software coding on One Plus phones is inept and literally the only way you can take decent pictures on a One Plus phone is to use the Gcam mod.
On phones by Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomi and even Oppo (the parent company of One Plus) the native camera apps take much better pictures than the Gcam Mod because they are coded for the hardware on their respective phone models. The Gcam mod is not and never can be regardless of how many settings you tweak.
I have owned Nexus and Pixel phones and the Gcam mod doesn't take Pixel quality photos on any non-Pixel phone. It just makes One Plus owners feel better about owning a $600 phone with thoroughly inept software coding.
jhs39 said:
This is not a One Plus phone. There is no reason to use the Gcam mod on any phone that has a good camera app. It's necessary to use the Gcam mod on One Plus phones because the software coding on One Plus phones is inept and literally the only way you can take decent pictures on a One Plus phone is to use the Gcam mod.
On phones by Huawei, Samsung, Xiaomi and even Oppo (the parent company of One Plus) the native camera apps take much better pictures than the Gcam Mod because they are coded for the hardware on their respective phone models. The Gcam mod is not and never can be regardless of how many settings you tweak.
I have owned Nexus and Pixel phones and the Gcam mod doesn't take Pixel quality photos on any non-Pixel phone. It just makes One Plus owners feel better about owning a $600 phone with thoroughly inept software coding.
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Simply not true. I have an S8+. GCam mod takes way better photos.
Not even the best example here, but guess which one was shot using Samsung's camera app, and which GCam mod. Lighting aside, one shot captured way more details than the other. More or less same ISO (50-60).
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mLVT93ypdsNUfWdz5
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hQYHGot4ijxrdrVk7
Samsung's camera app is indeed smoother and faster at taking the shots tho. But I always switch to GCam when I'm capturing still life.
Itaintrite said:
Simply not true. I have an S8+. GCam mod takes way better photos.
Not even the best example here, but guess which one was shot using Samsung's camera app, and which GCam mod. Lighting aside, one shot captured way more details than the other. More or less same ISO (50-60).
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mLVT93ypdsNUfWdz5
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hQYHGot4ijxrdrVk7
Samsung's camera app is indeed smoother and faster at taking the shots tho. But I always switch to GCam when I'm capturing still life.
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If you say so. Samsung is known for having one of the best Android camera apps but I'm sure a ported GCam app that wasn't made for your phone takes much better pictures.
I owned a $200 Samsung J3 that took better pictures than the $600 OP5 & 5T which is why the GCam threads for One Plus phones have hundreds of posts.
GCam threads for phones like the Mate 20 Pro never attract more than a handful of posts because there is no reason to use a GCam mod.
The Mate 20 Pro launched a month and a half ago and yours is the first post I remember seeing about using the ported GCam app.
also waiting for this.
Gcam's HDR+, night sight, selfie, topshot on mate20pro would be insane!!
Me too would be great if someone could port it
Latest one by Arnova works but only for front camera and picture quality is bad like its not even using Google's software tweaks and just using the camera api.
Gcam required here too to eliminate the oil painting cartoon effect.
This is very necesary, for mode portrait. Thanks!!
just one question: doesn't gcam only use one lens?
Found a thread somewhere with people pointing out that some of the older Gcam versions actually work with the M20P. You can find them e.g. At Apkmirror (the linked one ist the one that actually works)
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/camera/camera-4-2-035-141213305-release/#downloads
Credit to those who found this first, I'm just reposting something others found out and can't recall where I found it.
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s3axel said:
Found a thread somewhere with people pointing out that some of the older Gcam versions actually work with the M20P. You can find them e.g. At Apkmirror (the linked one ist the one that actually works)
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/camera/camera-4-2-035-141213305-release/#downloads
Credit to those who found this first, I'm just reposting something others found out and can't recall where I found it.
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But they don't have portrait mode right? :/
It will be good to make gcam port for super wide angle like for LG G6 and G7.
Is there any HDR+ Gcam port for Huawei mate 20 pro? It honestly is the only feature I would need as apart from the image processing huawei's native camera app does everything pretty well (portrait mode for example)
HDR works really good on mp20.. try HDR mode..
Huawei should provide manual configuration options for HDR. I am not comfortable with AI. Another disappointment is that there is no option for dynamic control of ISO and brightness/saturation/contrast setting for video in pro mode. Huawei, please make everything configurable.
Itaintrite said:
Simply not true. I have an S8+. GCam mod takes way better photos.
Not even the best example here, but guess which one was shot using Samsung's camera app, and which GCam mod. Lighting aside, one shot captured way more details than the other. More or less same ISO (50-60).
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mLVT93ypdsNUfWdz5
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hQYHGot4ijxrdrVk7
Samsung's camera app is indeed smoother and faster at taking the shots tho. But I always switch to GCam when I'm capturing still life.
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It is true. The GCAM mods are awful and result in slow photo taking, scewed white balance. Google Pixel 3 is no where near as good as the Mate 20 Pro for photos or video and I have both. Still struggling to sell the Pixel as no one wants them.
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jizang said:
But they don't have portrait mode right? :/
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Why on earth would you want googles portrait mode? The edge detection is worse than a five year old's drawings.
Jonathan-H said:
on earth would you want googles portrait mode? The edge detection is worse than a five year old's drawings.
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For some reason I can't get a Pic with bokeh effect on front camera I don't know why

Best Gcam mod for Mi A3 so far?

The last post I found about this was from september, so can anyone tell me what's the best gcam mod so far?
in both terms of image quality and adaptation (being able to use frontal camera would be a pleasure)
I am using this:
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/cfiles/gcm1/PMGC_7.0.009_Astrophotography_Version_V7.apk
I´ve tested 4 or 5 gcam mods so far, but really, the differences are very small. Most of them denoise the pictures too much, I prefer the more grainy pictures from the stock cam, they are showing more details in most of the pictures I´ve taken, in daylight and in low light situations.
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I am using this:
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is this mod accepting all four cameras (including frontal)? I can't test it right now
spike371 said:
I´ve tested 4 or 5 gcam mods so far, but really, the differences are very small. Most of them denoise the pictures too much, I prefer the more grainy pictures from the stock cam, they are showing more details in most of the pictures I´ve taken, in daylight and in low light situations.
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It's kinda sad to hear that. Do you remember any mod with not much denoise effect?
I think it is a good thing. So I don´t have to switch between two Cam Apps. Its all personal preference. If one likes the smooth, degrained and denoised pictures because they´re "looking better" on a small display, go ahead.
If it comes to details, white balance and which one is closer to what I see with my eyes, stock cam wins 9 out of 10 times - in MY eyes.
+1, tried a bunch of gcam mods and in the end dumped them all. I was not happy with post-processing and heavy details reduction. Probably ok for Instagram.
My only complaint about the stock cam is inconvenient UI especially in Pro mode.
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is this mod accepting all four cameras (including frontal)? I can't test it right now
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It does not support ultrawide. Others are working fine.
The best for me !!!
Link::https://mega.nz/#!rcVS2QQQ!V8mR8UMxmjrzYekZKU1mMY4YI0bkUs6GTlOjwB3iPjk
i think this is the best one for me, stable, works really good.
qwertysmerty said:
+1, tried a bunch of gcam mods and in the end dumped them all. I was not happy with post-processing and heavy details reduction. Probably ok for Instagram.
My only complaint about the stock cam is inconvenient UI especially in Pro mode.
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Speaking of stock cam, is there a way to put up a 3x3 grid or any kind of grid at all?
barth2 said:
Speaking of stock cam, is there a way to put up a 3x3 grid or any kind of grid at all?
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In Settings there is "Show gridlines" checkbox. It enables 3x3 grid.
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In Settings there is "Show gridlines" checkbox. It enables 3x3 grid.
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Thanks. I swear I've looked and somehow missed it.
i think the best gcam 6 mod is this:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog818/
And this on gcam 7 mod, has an insane tweak lib patcher, you can adjust sharpness, tone curve... its just amazing. Photos from front cam are not so good:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog870/
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And this on gcam 7 mod, has an insane tweak lib patcher, you can adjust sharpness, tone curve... its just amazing. Photos from front cam are not so good:
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/changelog870/
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Does the wide angle lens work with this?
the best camera gcam
crvena1
https://mega.nz/#!kBsVAKCS!rQsNMW2qyjiPkzCwf1MeMW59WhhU6kjs_LqdT4D6r68
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the best camera gcam
crvena1
https://mega.nz/#!kBsVAKCS!rQsNMW2qyjiPkzCwf1MeMW59WhhU6kjs_LqdT4D6r68
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Nice. But I can't seem to find a way to enable the wide angle lens.
I have no idea how relevant this is (or up to date) but this may be a good place to discuss it. (Maybe there is some more info in the comments of the video?)
Hi everyone!
I just got my A3. Any progress on GCam vs Stock? There are SO many GCams..
Thanks!
I tried all that worked with the Mi A3 (upto v 7.3) but still preferred the stock cam. Yes, the UI for Pro sucks.
Gcam files are larger than stock and stock cam colours are realistic compared to gcam.

Question Low-quality or blurry front camera

Hi, I notice that whenever I use my front camera, especially on messager. the quality is so low or blurry. Is anyone experiencing this?
Me too its even worse than my old oneplus 6 , I'm very disappointed
Same, I don't know why the GT 2 Pro has a really bad front cam. My old Xiaomi Mi 9T can do better do. The front cam of the GT 2 Pro has a very smudgy look which I don't know if it's because of the software or something else.
I recently got the phone and notice this too when taking pictures of items with lettering. It is not as sharp. My old Huawei P10 was better.
Is there anything to do about this? Would installing GCam improve this?
tcc13 said:
Is there anything to do about this?
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Yes, get another phone. Selfie camera is below average - in every review you can read this.
tcc13 said:
Would installing GCam improve this?
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Yes, it will improve, but not significantly. It makes sense especially for the main camera.
all software related, the front sensor is actually amazing. I get amazing results using third party apps.
dick_vigarista said:
all software related, the front sensor is actually amazing. I get amazing results using third party apps.
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Care to share those 3rd party apps
tcc13 said:
Care to share those 3rd party apps
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Free you can use open camera, it supports 4k on front camera and has camera2api support, and some gamma curves that helps a lot. But if you want amazing quality you can get mcpro24fps that supports 4k, 10bit color depth, HDR HGL profile recording, lots of gamma curves and gamuts, you can get front camera footage out of it that will make anyone think you using a professional camera if you know how to use them properly. Other option is motioncam pro that records full RAW DNG frames witch is crazy hi quality but very hard to use and extremely heavy to deal with. So my recommendation is mcpro24fps, and for photos gcam off course. If you don't use gcam in any android device you just crazy.
This video is from the front camera with mcpro24fps:
I can take a shot on full blow clear sky and sun tomorrow if you want to see the great dinamic range you can get
Wow, that is from the selfie lens? Amazing!!
mcpro24fps is in the google play store correct?
Is 8.4 the latest GCam? If so where is the best place to download the apk?
tcc13 said:
Wow, that is from the selfie lens? Amazing!!
mcpro24fps is in the google play store correct?
Is 8.4 the latest GCam? If so where is the best place to download the apk?
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Yep, thats selfie camera, as I said.....amazing sensor but terrible Realme software.
Yes, mcpro24fps is on play store
For gcam go on the telegram realme gt2 pro gcam group you can find everything there.
Attaching here an example of the front camera dinamic range with proper software, not the stock camera blow out **** they provide.
TorstenH said:
I modified the AGC cam. The original source is: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/dev-BigKaka/f/dl9/
Modification:
- Changed package name so Realme GT2 Pro exposes all lenses
- Added settings option which pops up if you long click on app icon on your launcher
If the app is crashing enter the settings via long click on app icon and change the Device Interface for all lenses. E.g. to "Pixel 2 XL (Taimen)".
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Added base config. You need to unzip file before use.
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I have very nice results with this one mode.
tcc13 said:
mcpro24fps is in the google play store correct?
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yes
Wow, $23CAD for mcpro24fps
That dynamic range is crazy... So good.
tcc13 said:
Wow, $23CAD for mcpro24fps
That dynamic range is crazy... So good.
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Yeah, try doing the same in the stock camera , you gonna look like a nuclear bomb exploded, I really never even bother opening the stock camera app, it makes me mad to see a good sensor wasted with this Realme software. Just the fact that front camera is capped at 1080 for no reason drives me crazy already.
I think the app is worth every penny. The developers are also amazing, just a while ago there was no support for 10bit HDR on the app for the gt2 pro, I asked about it on the official app telegram group and in one week they added support
dick_vigarista said:
Yeah, try doing the same in the stock camera , you gonna look like a nuclear bomb exploded, I really never even bother opening the stock camera app, it makes me mad to see a good sensor wasted with this Realme software. Just the fact that front camera is capped at 1080 for no reason drives me crazy already.
I think the app is worth every penny. The developers are also amazing, just a while ago there was no support for 10bit HDR on the app for the gt2 pro, I asked about it on the official app telegram group and in one week they added support
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Did you find presist.img from device ?
Because i need the same image
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Did you find presist.img from device ?
Because i need the same image
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You need to buy the calibration tool and calibrate it yourself, there is no other way to fix it that I know

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