Hey guys. We all know that if you unlock your BL, you lose your DRM keys which are responsible for a lot of things, one of which is camera quality. And ofcourse there is a way to back it up and restore it.
Having said that, is it possible, if not now in the future, to be in a custom rom like CM or resurrection remix rom and still get great pictures with Z5 that is on par or maybe better than having a stock sony firmware?
Some xperias CM has been better than stock but with camera2 api it comes down to manual control meaning there shouldent be much noticable difference if you use manual
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Hey everybody!
I found myself with some spare time and would like to flash my D6633 a custom Rom for LB, however there are quite some to choose from.
I am not searching for “the best“, but rather your opinion
What are you using as daily driver and why? What is the most handy feature about the ROM?
Thanks for all suggestions!
I would suggest CyanogenMod since it's been around for a longer time and things always work as they should. I have been using CM12.1 for my Z3 as a daily driver and it's definitely a better experience compared to stock rom.
lokjianming said:
I would suggest CyanogenMod since it's been around for a longer time and things always work as they should. I have been using CM12.1 for my Z3 as a daily driver and it's definitely a better experience compared to stock rom.
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This cannot be flashed on a locked bootloader (LB)
gregbradley said:
This cannot be flashed on a locked bootloader (LB)
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Sorry I forgot that. I've been playing around with my unlocked Z3 for quite some time and eventually I forgot the bootloader was locked first.
@lokjianming I'll keep cm in mind when I make the jump, but atm I want to keep my DRM functions
If i'm going to be honest, Stock will always be the best, Although Android Marshmallow concept was extremely promising when i had it installed, And if i'm honest i really hope Sony keeps that stock look with those small hints of Sony features, that would be my ideal ROM,
Try the Marshmallow Concept, But let me tell you you will always find yourself coming back to Stock Rom.
Hussain_Salam said:
If i'm going to be honest, Stock will always be the best, Although Android Marshmallow concept was extremely promising when i had it installed, And if i'm honest i really hope Sony keeps that stock look with those small hints of Sony features, that would be my ideal ROM,
Try the Marshmallow Concept, But let me tell you you will always find yourself coming back to Stock Rom.
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I can't get concept due to having a D6633, but it looks promising! Did you try out custom stock ROMs by any chance?
Jkay7 said:
I can't get concept due to having a D6633, but it looks promising! Did you try out custom stock ROMs by any chance?
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Not really no, I'm also on a Locked BootLoader
However i did try MIUI it had amazing battery life and good performance, However i just missed stock android
Hussain_Salam said:
Not really no, I'm also on a Locked BootLoader
However i did try MIUI it had amazing battery life and good performance, However i just missed stock android
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I was thinking to flash this or this, but am not yet certain.. Thanks for your opinion on this matter, I also saw MIUI and it looked interesting, but I too would just miss stock android..
Hi guys, im just wondering about the image or camera quality brought by a custom rom. We all know stock camera of Z3 is good.
My question is, will it get a little worst or bad when you install a custom rom like cm or resurrection remix?
TIA.
Worst, Stock or Stock based is better by far.
But in my opinion it's totally worth it.
Camera goes to crap when you unlock bl and loose drm. If you are on stock or stock based you can do drm restore. If not you camera will be awful.
kansasboy001 said:
Camera goes to crap when you unlock bl and loose drm. If you are on stock or stock based you can do drm restore. If not you camera will be awful.
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Thats also what I have in mind. Having said that, is it possible to be in a custom rom then restore your DRM keys so that you can still have an awesome camera on custom rom?
prince10t said:
Thats also what I have in mind. Having said that, is it possible to be in a custom rom then restore your DRM keys so that you can still have an awesome camera on custom rom?
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If it's a stock based custom rom. But if if you're using a stock based custom rom there's no reason to unlock bl. Also make sure you do a ta backup before you unlock bl so you can relock if you need to
if you use stock based rom (LB) then you get good camera pictures
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if you use CM based Roms (UB) then you will get average quality like noise, blackish,
if you're on stock and want to use cm then dont forget to backup your DRM Keys.
good luck
hello there first post so dont shoot me
im using nexus 5 about 4 years now as my daily driver and i tried many roms.
right now i have android 8.1 via liquidremix.
My biggest problem is camera. nexus 5 has a pretty ****ty camera right from the beggining but since nougat it starts to get annoying. i think it has to do with camera drivers.
can anyone enlight me wich version of android i must use for the best quality photos? is there any nougat or oreo roms that using their own drivers or marshmallow is the only way?
and if i must go to marshmallow i must use a factory image based rom or no?
please any specific rom recomendations will be very helpfull
got noizzzz said:
hello there first post so dont shoot me
im using nexus 5 about 4 years now as my daily driver and i tried many roms.
right now i have android 8.1 via liquidremix.
My biggest problem is camera. nexus 5 has a pretty ****ty camera right from the beggining but since nougat it starts to get annoying. i think it has to do with camera drivers.
can anyone enlight me wich version of android i must use for the best quality photos? is there any nougat or oreo roms that using their own drivers or marshmallow is the only way?
and if i must go to marshmallow i must use a factory image based rom or no?
please any specific rom recomendations will be very helpfull
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I have a feeling that you use whatever camera comes with the ROM.
I have no problem with the camera, I use Google camera 3.2.xx, and even hdr works. ROM? AEX 8.1
I don't think there's any needs to go back to MM, but it's your choice.
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I have a feeling that you use whatever camera comes with the ROM.
I have no problem with the camera, I use Google camera 3.2.xx, and even hdr works. ROM? AEX 8.1
I don't think there's any needs to go back to MM, but it's your choice.
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im not using the ROM's camera. and i tied a lot of apps with the same results. the same when i was on nougat
got noizzzz said:
im not using the ROM's camera. and i tied a lot of apps with the same results. the same when i was on nougat
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Try Google camera, just make sure to install 3.2.45 version, is the one with hdr.
Is it possible to sideload Samsung stock camera app on Custom ROM?
Nope. Only roms that are based on the stock Samsung software (which presumably would already have the camera APK). Like pretty much any Samsung app, the camera app requires access to specific APIs which will probably never be in custom roms as Samsung doesn't make them open-source.
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Devhux said:
Nope. Only roms that are based on the stock Samsung software (which presumably would already have the camera APK). Like pretty much any Samsung app, the camera app requires access to specific APIs which will probably never be in custom roms as Samsung doesn't make them open-source.
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so is it possible dual cameras and dual apertures support on custom rom
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so is it possible dual cameras and dual apertures support on custom rom
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It'll be possible after Google releases the source code for Android P as it'll have APIs for multiple camera. Dont know about dual aperture as it seems that the s9 is the only one featuring it!
i mean anything is possible but it wont b a simple sideload lol.. it woukd need to b ported as theres drivers and other dependencies besides the apk
look at gcam ports as a reference.. u cant simply install an apk but its been ported to many devices already
Hey I am newbie here on XDA and wanna try out new roms on my phone (OP Nord), Is there any way of installing stock OOS camera on custom roms? the preinstalled camera on Lineage Os is just ok, tried Gcam also but i prefer the results from stock camera app. This the only thing which is stopping me from using custom rom and i reinstalled oxygen os back again using MSM tools and i miss the overall stock android feel and customizability of custom roms.
I'm interested too.... Anyway you know how to turn back to oxygen?
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the preinstalled camera on Lineage Os is just ok,
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In what way was it bad? Im seconds away from flashing lineageos on my oneplus nord
Was the quality bad, didn't all cameras work or was it purely GUI-wise?
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In what way was it bad? Im seconds away from flashing lineageos on my oneplus nord
Was the quality bad, didn't all cameras work or was it purely GUI-wise?
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In my opinion is bad the lineage one because I cannot use all the secondary cameras of the phone. I tried also with Google camera but I have the same problem
lux991 said:
In my opinion is bad the lineage one because I cannot use all the secondary cameras of the phone. I tried also with Google camera but I have the same problem
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Oh okey, that sucks. But the regular camera, and 16:9/10 (what ever it is) provides the same quality pictures?
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Oh okey, that sucks. But the regular camera, and 16:9/10 (what ever it is) provides the same quality pictures?
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In my opinion no
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In my opinion no
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Oh ok, thanks for clearing that up
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Hey I am newbie here on XDA and wanna try out new roms on my phone (OP Nord), Is there any way of installing stock OOS camera on custom roms? the preinstalled camera on Lineage Os is just ok, tried Gcam also but i prefer the results from stock camera app. This the only thing which is stopping me from using custom rom and i reinstalled oxygen os back again using MSM tools and i miss the overall stock android feel and customizability of custom roms.
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Sorry if I'm stupid now, but couldn't you just download the apk from like apkmirror and sideload it?
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Sorry if I'm stupid now, but couldn't you just download the apk from like apkmirror and sideload it?
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No that doesn't work OnePlus camera needs some Oxygen Os API to work , sideloading just the apk won't work.
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In what way was it bad? Im seconds away from flashing lineageos on my oneplus nord
Was the quality bad, didn't all cameras work or was it purely GUI-wise?
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The pics taken from lineage os stock camera are no way comparable to the stock cam pics, its like taking photos using whatsapp's camera remember how bad that look. Also there are a lot of features missing its not actually meant to be used for specifically in nord it was made as a generic app to be used in any lineage os build. It gets the work done but quality is very low. Gcam over saturates the image I don't know how people are using it in my experience gcam never gave a better results than Oxygen Os cam. Just for this reason I reverted back to Oxygen Os using MSM tools. As far as I remember OnePlus 7 series also had this problem where custom rom's camera weren't able to produce high quality images. So custom rom maker started putting original Oxygen Os cam in the rom itself I don't know how they did it, but I hope some does the same for the nord untill then custom rom for Nord can not be used as daily driver.
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I'm interested too.... Anyway you know how to turn back to oxygen?
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I used MSM tool guide can be found here
[OPNORD][OOS AC01AA/BA/DA] Unbrick tool to restore your device to OxygenOS
Disclaimer: By attempting any of the processes listed in this thread you accept full responsibility for your actions. I will not be held responsible if your device stops working, catches fire, or turns into a hipster and claims to have been...
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It wipes all the data and restore phone back to how it was originally.
You may also use this Guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-stock-fastboot-roms-for-oneplus-nord.4142153
It does the same but using fastboot method it'll also wipe your data.