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[Q] why there is no special features like as in lg g2 or any other high end phones

hello guys...
Just wanted to know why nexus 5 doesn't have special features such as camera effects, special effects for home screen or so on..

That's because Nexus line of devices come with pure vanilla android!
If you want those effects, there are tons of apps available on the playstore

You do realise what Vanilla means right?

Nikhil.1105 said:
hello guys...
Just wanted to know why nexus 5 doesn't have special features such as camera effects, special effects for home screen or so on..
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As stated its because we have pure "vanilla" android. It's a bit boring to some but its exciting for those that want speed and love to hack/modify.
Think of it this way. The Nexus 5 is like a Lamborghini (uncomfortable to drive, but very fast), phones like the G2 are like a Mercedes still pretty fast (not as fast as the Lambo) but its more luxurious and packed with features.
The main feature exclusive to the Nexus 5 is timely updates straight from Google.
sent from my neXus 5

ArtieQ said:
You do realise what Vanilla means right?
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Yeah http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_software
Anyway the reason is of course that the software is built from aosp with Google addons, while this is also the case for any other device, except those have their respective customisations on top of aosp and Google addons.
So nexus 5 has plenty of special features, they are just not exclusive, as Google is about software and makes money from all android devices, and allows all OEMS to use these features, while the OEMS want to keep their features exclusive in order to attract customers to their devices.
So every time Google adds new features, its also rolled out to all other android devices.

Nikhil.1105 said:
hello guys...
Just wanted to know why nexus 5 doesn't have special features such as camera effects, special effects for home screen or so on..
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Welcome to the forum!
The features you mentioned are really easy to add if you are rooted. BEFORE you root, however, I strongly suggest that you read everything you can about the phone to become familiar with its native functionality (e.g., the sticky threads at the top of this forum) as well as the N5 Apps and Themes forum to get an idea of how you can mod (Browsing the Play Store and trying out apps is also a lot of fun). ONLY after you have read thoroughly everything mentioned above, you can decide if you'd like to root (which I recommend, because many great apps and mods require root) and, perhaps, try flashing some custom roms and kernels.

I'm familiar with Google play and have installed many apps from there, but I've not owned another Android phone. So I don't know what capabilities other high end phones have that are missing on the N5.
What are some of the better customizations some high end phones have that I could add to the N5 using which apps? I am rooted but would prefer to remain with stock rom 4.4.2 rather than flash a new rom.
Thanks.

Actually, we're still slightly modified from vanilla aosp. We have Google dialer lookup and photosphere.
Nexus 5 is developers phone and built on a budget
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rootSU said:
Actually, we're still slightly modified from vanilla aosp. We have Google dialer lookup and photosphere.
Nexus 5 is developers phone and built on a budget
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Yeah that's right. AOSP also has Browser by default (not Chrome) and many other things...
We (Nexus + GPE Devices) have:
AOSP + Google Apps - Some AOSP Apps (that were replaced).
Sent from my Nexus 5

Anderson2 said:
I'm familiar with Google play and have installed many apps from there, but I've not owned another Android phone. So I don't know what capabilities other high end phones have that are missing on the N5.
What are some of the better customizations some high end phones have that I could add to the N5 using which apps? I am rooted but would prefer to remain with stock rom 4.4.2 rather than flash a new rom.
Thanks.
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Since you are rooted, I would suggest perhaps looking into xposed framework and the gravity box module, since it's essentially made for phones this close to stock android. You can enable a ton of useful features from there, all on the stock ROM. There are also kernels you can flash to attain certain features, such as the knock on screen to activate thingy that comes with the LG G2. There aren't really a tone of features that other phones have that the N5 doesn't, The base functions are essentially the same, they just present a ton of different ways to go about it. With gravity box, for example, you can make it so when you tap on the status bar the phone goes to sleep. You can really do anything you want as far as customization, but all smartphones essentially do the same thing ie:internet, phone calls, camera, bt, music etc. Since you went ahead and rooted, research custom recoveries and start going to town exploring options. There are a ton for a phone such as this, it's just a matter of sifting through all the option until you find exactly what you want. You can google the highlights that other OEMs provide and find a close-as-possible match for that feature, whether it be a module, rom or kernel. There are A TON of options, so don't get overwhelmed and have fun brother! Modding a Nexus is, in my opinion, more about the journey of exploring the possibilities rather than searching for the perfect set up. Welcome to the best phone out right now and if there is anything I can help you with, please feel free to PM me.

Thanks for replying. Because I've never used one of the other phones I just didn't know what I was "giving up" by going with Nexus.
I've been a user of Xposed Framework, Xgravity, Xprivacy, and Boot manager for some time and love them. Also greenify, titanium backup, Nova prime, and TWRP. I'm delighted with the phone but had no previous experience to compare it with which is why I asked the question.
For instance I've heard some users rave about their MotoX interface but I don't know what made it so special. Do you know?
(Still scared to go into kernels and different roms because everything is working so well and I don't want to mess things up).

Anderson2 said:
Thanks for replying. Because I've never used one of the other phones I just didn't know what I was "giving up" by going with Nexus.
I've been a user of Xposed Framework, Xgravity, Xprivacy, and Boot manager for some time and love them. Also greenify, titanium backup, Nova prime, and TWRP. I'm delighted with the phone but had no previous experience to compare it with which is why I asked the question.
For instance I've heard some users rave about their MotoX interface but I don't know what made it so special. Do you know?
(Still scared to go into kernels and different roms because everything is working so well and I don't want to mess things up).
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The 2 biggest aspects, as far as I understand, to what makes the Moto X so unique is the "always listening" feature, which we have with ok Google and the active display lockscreen, which shows messages and content from the lockscreen using a black background. Since it is AMOLED, that uses less battery than actually turning on the phone to look at the message. There are a couple app that can perform this function for any phone (AcDisplay and Dynamic Notifications.) While they are certainly cool, doesn't do us much good battery-savingwise because we don't have AMOLED screens. Moto X also uses its core in some way that is supposed to be more efficient...but I honesty haven't looked into it much : ) I completely understand about be wary with kernels and ROMs! I've been flashing assorted mods for a couple of years, but it took me some time to commit myself to doing it and I read and read and read because I didn't wanna jack anything up. Inevitably I did, but it was a learning experience. I completely understand about the stock ROM as well. I have tried a few ROMs and kernels on this phone and decided that I was perfectly happy with stock. I'm not even rooted anymore and I locked my bootloader back (shameful, I know. and though this kind of contradicts what I was saying about experimenting, stock is where I am the most satisfied...I've tried plenty of other ROMs, but I've found I crave true stability) This phone is a beast as is and the only reason I would ever root is just for gravity box, but I'm content for now. There are some bugs with stock, but Google is working on them and there should be an update in the near future.

Thank you.

Nikhil.1105 said:
hello guys...
Just wanted to know why nexus 5 doesn't have special features such as camera effects, special effects for home screen or so on..
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It does. It's the easiest phone to mod and comes with the largest mod community. That's a special feature that's why I buy it
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app

you guys forget that it does have a special feature, its googles baby, its a nexus. and like all nexus, its freedom in a device

Anderson2 said:
Thank you.
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NP bud

Nikhil.1105 said:
hello guys...
Just wanted to know why nexus 5 doesn't have special features such as camera effects, special effects for home screen or so on..
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It's special because I CHOSE what makes it special. I can have camera effects or unique home screens with ease....it was built that way.

Thanks to all... But I don't know how to root.. And rooting will void my warranty.. And if in case something goes wrong in route then I will regret for it..

Nikhil.1105 said:
Thanks to all... But I don't know how to root.. And rooting will void my warranty.. And if in case something goes wrong in route then I will regret for it..
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You will be happier with a different phone.
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Mi 4C is it worth it?

Hello all,
I hope your devices are treating you well.
I currently have a Nexus 4, which the support for is slowly dying. Therefore, I need to buy a new well supported phone.
First off, I really like the Mi 4C. However, I fear that it will become obsolete and follow the N4's fate really soon. Is that true?
Second, when I got the N4, I realized that there were some issues that people didn't speak much about such as noise while in phonecalls because of the proximity sensor and some headset buttons not working. Are there any similar - or untold - problems like that?
Finally, some rumors are popping out about the Mi5, do you think its worth the wait?
Any and all answers are appreciated. Thank you.

IMO if you really like vanilla android, fast updates and vast amount of custom ROMs, you will probably gonna miss that on Xiaomi's phone
My last phone was Moto G first gen and my first impression after moving to Xiaomi (MIUI) is that some features from vanilla android are missing on MIUI. I really missed that on the first couple of weeks but I learn to live without that for a few more weeks, had enough and switched to CM12 ROMs
Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with the hardware. It's just I didn't really like MIUI
I think you should try MIUI first to see if you like it or not and you can always use custom ROMs if you want.

gutzzz said:
my first impression after moving to Xiaomi (MIUI) is that some features from vanilla android are missing on MIUI.
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What did you miss from stock android?
Thanks.

nor-ric said:
What did you miss from stock android?
Thanks.
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Little things like expanding notifications on the lock screen without pulling notification drawer, task switcher design, inconsistent notification color and overall UI experience is less polished than vanilla android.
It looks like a minor thing but once it's gone I really missed that.

Well MIUI isn't so bad, just a bit different and needs time to get used to. The device seems the best 5' vfm right now. Upon release of kernel sources I'm sure it will get proper dev support too.

Thanks for all your answers.
The way I understand it now is that the device doesn't have proper dev support due to the lack of an open source kernel. Was the release of this kernel a rumor or was it confirmed?
Also, can you guys please answer me about the wait for Mi 5 and the device's hardware issues?
Thanks again

MisT. said:
First off, I really like the Mi 4C. However, I fear that it will become obsolete and follow the N4's fate really soon. Is that true?
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Even Xiaomi still supports 3 years old Mi2s, how are you saying Mi4c is going to obsolete soon?
MisT. said:
Second, when I got the N4, I realized that there were some issues that people didn't speak much about such as noise while in phonecalls because of the proximity sensor and some headset buttons not working. Are there any similar - or untold - problems like that?
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Check the other threads. I don't have it (or don't realize it), but those people who report do.
MisT. said:
Finally, some rumors are popping out about the Mi5, do you think its worth the wait?
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If you can afford it, go. It will be a beast.

leledumbo said:
Even Xiaomi still supports 3 years old Mi2s, how are you saying Mi4c is going to obsolete soon?
Check the other threads. I don't have it (or don't realize it), but those people who report do.
If you can afford it, go. It will be a beast.
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Thanks for your answers

4c is probably the best bang for buck phone you can get now, great specs incl ir blaster, great camera, loud speaker although mono. Only thing keeping it back is kernel sources but that hasn't stopped 2 different cm roms coming on it.
I also came from a Nexus 4 and this is a great upgrade and I expect it have support for 3 years at least.
Mi5 will be great phone with flagship specs so at least wait for the official reveal and prices. If I were in your position I'd probably lean towards the mi5

I just got this Mi-4c a few days ago from a friend. Honestly, I love MIUI. I used to have a ROM with it on my old Motorola Triumph from Virgin Mobile. I think it's amazing with the themes. Pair in different fonts and live wallpapers and I'm in love.
I currently use an iPhone 6s as my primary, have a Note 3 for media, a BlackBerry Z10 just because and a Lumia 640 for the same reason.
I can't wait until my official smart wallet case from Xiaomi comes! I love technology... ^.^
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk. ·MIUI 7·

Septembersrain said:
I just got this Mi-4c a few days ago from a friend. Honestly, I love MIUI. I used to have a ROM with it on my old Motorola Triumph from Virgin Mobile. I think it's amazing with the themes. Pair in different fonts and live wallpapers and I'm in love.
I currently use an iPhone 6s as my primary, have a Note 3 for media, a BlackBerry Z10 just because and a Lumia 640 for the same reason.
I can't wait until my official smart wallet case from Xiaomi comes! I love technology... ^.^
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk. ·MIUI 7·
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Are you using stock MIUI7 og 3rd party?

jonasb_dk said:
Are you using stock MIUI7 og 3rd party?
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I'm using stock MIUI 7. Luckily I'm pretty familiar with the layout, so I can navigate easily even though everything is in Chinese. I figure if I want to modify, I can always do it. For now though, I'm enjoying it the way it came.
Only thing I've done is get the Playstore and the Google installer. Besides that, I liked the phone as it came.
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk. ·MIUI 7·

Septembersrain said:
I'm using stock MIUI 7. Luckily I'm pretty familiar with the layout, so I can navigate easily even though everything is in Chinese. I figure if I want to modify, I can always do it. For now though, I'm enjoying it the way it came.
Only thing I've done is get the Playstore and the Google installer. Besides that, I liked the phone as it came.
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk. ·MIUI 7·
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Yes, it is a pretty neat phone. I actually like MIUI, more than I thought. But it bugs me, that I can't set the DPI. That's actually the only thin preventing me from using MIUI. Also, I can't seem to be able to download Theme or anything from the MI Store.
Did you check if you had any malware installed when you got it? Mine was infected when I got it. I just bought one for my significant other, got it today, and found out that it too was infected, had TWRP installed and Xiaomi.eu as ROM. :silly:

jonasb_dk said:
Yes, it is a pretty neat phone. I actually like MIUI, more than I thought. But it bugs me, that I can't set the DPI. That's actually the only thin preventing me from using MIUI. Also, I can't seem to be able to download Theme or anything from the MI Store.
Did you check if you had any malware installed when you got it? Mine was infected when I got it. I just bought one for my significant other, got it today, and found out that it too was infected, had TWRP installed and Xiaomi.eu as ROM. :silly:
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Why can't you download themes? I use a third party to buy the Mi credits.
I don't see any malware. I could be wrong though, anything I should be looking for?
Thanks!
Sent from my Mi-4c using Tapatalk. ·MIUI 7·

jonasb_dk said:
Yes, it is a pretty neat phone. I actually like MIUI, more than I thought. But it bugs me, that I can't set the DPI. That's actually the only thin preventing me from using MIUI. Also, I can't seem to be able to download Theme or anything from the MI Store.
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You can manually chnange the DPI:
1) Install a terminal emulator
2) Type in "su" and grant Superuser rights
3) Type in "wm density YOURDPI"
4) Reboot.
Just replace YOURDPI with the dpi you want, for example 380.

Horizontal multi-multitasking they way they do it sux. Just give me lollipop carousel and MIUI is everything iOS should be but never will be.

No AOSP yet?

Kinda disappointed there's no Pixel love, any devs out there looking to make an AOSP ROM?

Honestly, is there even much reason to when stock is so good?

k.s.deviate said:
Kinda disappointed there's no Pixel love, any devs out there looking to make an AOSP ROM?
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To my knowledge they haven't released the source code yet for AOSP to be built off of.

I see them here https://android.googlesource.com/
Under device/google/marlin

k.s.deviate said:
Kinda disappointed there's no Pixel love, any devs out there looking to make an AOSP ROM?
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Give them time, it is a fairly new device.
pjd2011 said:
Honestly, is there even much reason to when stock is so good?
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The reason is simple. No carrier Bloat!!!

I'm sure it will come with time.. I'm just putting it out there ? no disrespect meant in anyway.

FernBch said:
Give them time, it is a fairly new device.
The reason is simple. No carrier Bloat!!!
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I have the Verizon version what carrier Bloat are you talking about?

parmend said:
I have the Verizon version what carrier Bloat are you talking about?
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If you put an active Verizon sim in any pixel it will install like 3 apps. No big deal at all they can all be uninstalled but for some reason people think it's a huge deal lol

pjd2011 said:
Honestly, is there even much reason to when stock is so good?
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Yes for all of the functions and settings custom roms offer.
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aholeinthewor1d said:
If you put an active Verizon sim in any pixel it will install like 3 apps. No big deal at all they can all be uninstalled but for some reason people think it's a huge deal lol
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The Verizon apps are always there just deactivated. Verizon sim just lets the apps show up in your app drawer. Also the Verizon apps are always running in the background. Don't know why; I don't even have a Verizon sim in my phone but there they are.

drock212 said:
The Verizon apps are always there just deactivated. Verizon sim just lets the apps show up in your app drawer. Also the Verizon apps are always running in the background. Don't know why; I don't even have a Verizon sim in my phone but there they are.
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Where are these apps?
Edit: there are no hidden disabled apps at all. They do not come installed on the phone. They get installed during setup if you have a Verizon sim card in and sign into a good account in the setup. I've had two pixels and done at least 10 factory resets and flashed full factory images. I've never had one of those apps get installed

aholeinthewor1d said:
Where are these apps?
Edit: there are no hidden disabled apps at all. They do not come installed on the phone. They get installed during setup if you have a Verizon sim card in and sign into a good account in the setup. I've had two pixels and done at least 10 factory resets and flashed full factory images. I've never had one of those apps get installed
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Install greenify and look through the list of apps you can have it force close. I've attached some screen shots in case you don't want to install greenify, as well as a screen shot that shows in on AT&T

drock212 said:
Install greenify and look through the list of apps you can have it force close. I've attached some screen shots in case you don't want to install greenify, as well as a screen shot that shows in on AT&T
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I don't have them.

I manually delete everything Verizon/sprint, no need for them with T-Mobile on Google version
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hi,
technically, u can build a working aosp 7.1.1 Rom for the pixel now, but its still a bit rough around the edges... I've already done it a couple of times. it comes with a few caveats though, by default its setup to use google's prebuilt kernel in the build, opengapps wont install without patching aosp and the build.prop in /vendor needs to be adjusted to match the fingerprint in /system to avoid an error on boot... all of these things are trivially fixable, but pixel on aosp isn't ready for primetime yet, Imho...
the stock Rom is much much better... I think until cyanogenmod and other Roms get working builds out, idk there's any compelling reason to switch to aosp....
lastly, idk aosp builds would be as fast ot optimized, im not sure how google's internal toolchain differs; are they using sdclang? are there optimizations in art, bionics, etc that haven't hit aosp yet? etc, etc

I too am keeping an eye on the custom ROM scene. I've always preferred the "lack" of carrier bloat, etc. Being a tester for some time has taught me much. Since the demise of my last device I am forced to take a break.

Stock is really good. But I am looking forward to using substratum again.

fracman said:
Stock is really good. But I am looking forward to using substratum again.
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I've been using substratum but just for theming the navbar on stock/pixel rom.... Obviously, if you try to theme systemui you will get a bootloop though (as expected. lol)... On top of that, I did also play with theming individual apps, mainly phone and google play which both worked, with the particular theme that I was using...
Theming would be nice on stock, it's too bad that google ripped out the dark theme that was in the N previews, I would have been happy with that, myself.

I think I'm most looking forward to the extra features that get baked into custom AOSP Roms and the full substratum support. I'm not a big fan CyanogenMod, but I do try them out from time to time. Always seem to go back to AOSP tho.
I am using substratum to theme everything but system UI. All individual apps, settings etc.

k.s.deviate said:
I think I'm most looking forward to the extra features that get baked into custom AOSP Roms and the full substratum support. I'm not a big fan CyanogenMod, but I do try them out from time to time. Always seem to go back to AOSP tho.
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ya, I've contributed some patches to CM - but since getting the Pixel, I'm fairly happy with Stock. There are only a few features that I miss in CM that aren't available on the Pixel and even when I was using CM on my s5 - I always had to rip out a number of CM's features; all of the CMstats (analytics stuff), a number of their apps + adding my own keys since it is insecure (and arguably quite silly) to be using public known keys on ROMs (although, afaict - many third-party roms tend to do that.).
I'm thinking about rolling my own AOSP for Pixel -> pulling in only the features that I want, most of which I have patches for and only a few bits would need to be tracked down that I don't have. not hard to find though... Now that TWRP (RC1) can actually restore backups I can start actually looking at playing with AOSP without losing my stock rom that is already setup.

Which Custom ROM is the most "naked Google ROM"?

Hi, as several CROMs are available -is any version well known to be (nearly) a clean Google-Version, so that it appears like a Pixel?

HI! the closest rom to google is Lineage OS 16 based on android pie (9.0).

Groby said:
Hi, as several CROMs are available -is any version well known to be (nearly) a clean Google-Version, so that it appears like a Pixel?
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Slim ROMs. It's basically aosp
Couple it with stock or full gapps and it's pretty close to pixel

miffymiffy said:
Slim ROMs. It's basically aosp
Couple it with stock or full gapps and it's pretty close to pixel
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Can you tell how is camera performance?
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thomasck said:
Can you tell how is camera performance?
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Use this
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V2e.apk
And this in magisk
https://forum.xda-developers.com/u11/themes/magisk-module-adding-slow-motin-240-fps-t3839080
I find the results comparable
Tbh, with the recent updates to los, I'd probably go with that over slim. But slim is just that, a slimmed down version of Android

miffymiffy said:
Use this
https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/MGC_6.1.021_MI8_V2e.apk
And this in magisk
https://forum.xda-developers.com/u11/themes/magisk-module-adding-slow-motin-240-fps-t3839080
I find the results comparable
Tbh, with the recent updates to los, I'd probably go with that over slim. But slim is just that, a slimmed down version of Android
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Are you actually able to get that camera app to save the slowmo videos? I can't seem to get it to actually save. It seems to be taking the video then when pressing stop it crashes and there's no video there. It does work with a 5.3 version of Google camera.
I've tried playing with some setting in the new 6.1 camera to get it to save with no luck, what setting are you using to have the slowmo videos to save?
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Jbb3393 said:
Are you actually able to get that camera app to save the slowmo videos? I can't seem to get it to actually save. It seems to be taking the video then when pressing stop it crashes and there's no video there. It does work with a 5.3 version of Google camera.
I've tried playing with some setting in the new 6.1 camera to get it to save with no luck, what setting are you using to have the slowmo videos to save?
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Yeah, it works for me. I really didn't touch anything. Installed the two, rebooted and it works fine. If you are having issues, change it to 1/4 and see if it helps

miffymiffy said:
Yeah, it works for me. I really didn't touch anything. Installed the two, rebooted and it works fine. If you are having issues, change it to 1/4 and see if it helps
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Thanks for for responding, are you running Android 9? I am not so that could be the issue. I tried changing most things with no luck. [emoji53] Guess I'll stick with older Google camera and htc slowmo which I find mostly better
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Jbb3393 said:
Thanks for for responding, are you running Android 9? I am not so that could be the issue. I tried changing most things with no luck. [emoji53] Guess I'll stick with older Google camera and htc slowmo which I find mostly better
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Yeah mate, I'm running pie.

miffymiffy said:
Yeah mate, I'm running pie.
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Ok, not that it matters to you too much but apparently they were being saved but my htc gallery and Google photos app wasn't showing them for some reason but memorial gallery does immediately.

Jbb3393 said:
Ok, not that it matters to you too much but apparently they were being saved but my htc gallery and Google photos app wasn't showing them for some reason but memorial gallery does immediately.
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In bsg mod settings, there is "enable g.photos". I have that checked and don't have issues. Not sure if related...

As of February 25th, Lineage 16 Pie.
Basic, with just enough customisations.

What is the consensus between Slim and LineageOS?
Looking at moving to one of these, growing bored of stock Sense.

Zico 10 said:
What is the consensus between Slim and LineageOS?
Looking at moving to one of these, growing bored of stock Sense.
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Personally using RR. It's los but with more added in.
Slim is just that, a slimmed down version. If you don't need a whole lot and just add apps, go for that. If you like to change buttons and stuff, go los, if you want fonts and extras go RR. They each add a little onto the next.
There is obviously a lot more involved, but you get my point

LineageOS (my ROM so i'm biased):
- The only ROM driving forward development at the moment
- Has extra customisations, but definitely not as much as RR
- Is what other ROMs are usually based on
Resurrection Remix:
- device tree probably almost identical to LineageOS. Kernel is practically the same too.
- On the ROM level, it has extra layers of customisability over LineageOS
Slim:
- Very cut down as the name suggests, less "Google" and more AOSP-like right now

Just installed LineageOS and still in the middle of setting everything up, but my review do far is "wow".
I feel like I'm using a Pixel.

Anyone working on TWRP?

Hey guys, I wanted to ask if someone is already working on porting TWRP to the 3a?
If not I might give it a try myself. But I don't really have any experience in porting to a new device. So if someone knows a decent guide I am all ears.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943625

I hope that someone would try and compile twrp for the 3a. Maybe we can all pitch in for donations to entice someone.

I have a bit of experience in compiling ROMs, but I never tried to port something to a new device before.
That's the reason why I was hoping someone else with more experience is already working on it...
I will do some reading up on the topic later on, depending on the complexity I might try it either way.

I am kinda surprised that one isnt already out. As much as this phone sold thought there would be more development,,,but its only been what a month?

Archangel said:
I am kinda surprised that one isnt already out. As much as this phone sold thought there would be more development,,,but its only been what a month?
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More like 2 weeks.

Yup thanks for pointing that out but you get my point it hasnt been that long that the phone has been released LOL.
nickmv said:
More like 2 weeks.
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iirc the pixel 3 didnt have it for a month or so. so we prob wont see it for another few weeks

Do you think we could just flash a GSI with fastboot and it would work?
Or do we need to disable verified boot first somehow (haven't had a Treble device yet so I don't really know how it works...)?

pretty sure you can just flash them once bootloader unlocked

pbanj said:
pretty sure you can just flash them once bootloader unlocked
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How about Gapps? Any way I can install them without TWRP?

pbanj said:
iirc the pixel 3 didnt have it for a month or so. so we prob wont see it for another few weeks
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I kinda miss the old days of Nexus devices where on day 1, you'd log in to XDA to find a ROMs section with like 50 posts and fully-dev'd mods already.
We got spoiled...

nickmv said:
I kinda miss the old days of Nexus devices where on day 1, you'd log in to XDA to find a ROMs section with like 50 posts and fully-dev'd mods already.
We got spoiled...
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I think with Android becoming more polished with each version and cherry picking custom rom features there becomes less and less a need for custom ROMs. I love having choices but ultimately always returned to stock rooted with a custom kernel with my 2xl.
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I have to be honest. I am not a fan of pie, and the fact so many things are missing that are pretty much standard for every custom room is annoying too.

pbanj said:
I have to be honest. I am not a fan of pie, and the fact so many things are missing that are pretty much standard for every custom room is annoying too.
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What features are you missing?
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Well the biggest issue is the horrible volume controls, next we have the fact that volume to skip songs is not there, full control over the nav bar to change its hight and layout, moving the clock, showing the date next to the clock, circle battery, having recents work without needing to leave the pixel launcher enabled, also the burn in protection and power saving features that some rooms have for oled screens.

pbanj said:
Well the biggest issue is the horrible volume controls, next we have the fact that volume to skip songs is not there, full control over the nav bar to change its hight and layout, moving the clock, showing the date next to the clock, circle battery, having recents work without needing to leave the pixel launcher enabled, also the burn in protection and power saving features that some rooms have for oled screens.
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Du put out a rc. But it's for the xl. Not sure what is different or if it would work on our non xl variant.
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jmtjr278 said:
Du put out a rc. But it's for the xl. Not sure what is different or if it would work on our non xl variant.
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Can't be too much longer now hopefully.

crackedvenom2 said:
Can't be too much longer now hopefully.
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Not sure. Don't know if any of their devs bought the 3a non xl. The rc they put out needs to be flashed with fastboot. Still waiting on that TWRP. I really want to know if that will work on our non xl 3a's.
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flocke000 said:
How about Gapps? Any way I can install them without TWRP?
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With the DU RC for the Pixel 3A XL, Gapps are included in the ROM. It's all flashed in Fastboot. There was a comment on their Discord channel about Gapps being included in the ROM and the response was something like, this is just how it will be in Pie.
Of course this has nothing to do with our need for someone to compile TWRP for our device, but I am sure someone will get to it eventually. We all hope.