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S3 camera recommendations, hyperx, uninstalling native apps

First post here obviously. I got a phone from ebay and bricked it the same day. Sent it in for JTAG. So hopefully it will be okay. It came with CM10. I noticed the burst shot didn't work to well and a few camera features where missing. Of course I fear damaging it again when i get it back. I came to the conclusion it's pretty much pointless to be installing roms. It seems like everyone has some bugs.
I want my phone stocked now, now I want to be able to uninstall native apps, free up some space. My dilemma is I remember reading that CM10 had better picture quality than the stock camera. Not sure if that's true, is it? The CM10 cam didn't have best picture, the burst shot would stutter and skip. I was playing games on it before it got bricked through emulators. Is there any stock processes I should be aware of that would use up CPU and memory usage that can slow down games? Is the CM10 really better than the stock camera? Also, I would love to have the hyperx video recording. Is it possible to install that?
I have the T999 version.

Android One is a massive failure and why I am downgrading back to Oreo

Hello, I am officially downgrading back to Oreo now due to not seeing bugfixes from Xiaomi for several months on common problems reported by many people to Xiaomi ever since Android Pie update was pushed. They did not fix anything, and it does not look like they will either.
Let me debunk for you my thoughts on Android One and how Xiaomi has handled it:
- We are guaranteed two major updates and security patches, but we are not guaranteed any stability or bugfixes! This is just a cheap update to Android Pie with only security updates being pushed, and I find it absolutely unacceptable. Xiaomi probably does not want to give resources to such a unpopular not profitable or well-selling device (compared to their other devices and MIUI) and are just delivering the minimal they have to in order to stick to and fulfil the conditions set in the Android One project.
- I noticed not only lower battery lifetime, but also several bugs. This includes completely random MASSIVE lags in for example something as simple as using Google Maps (nothing else being used on my phone when lagging!)
- My Wi-Fi not working well at all taking a long time to scan and connect, not being able to connect to hidden networks AT ALL
- Random crashes even when I was on my way to an important exam and even "freezing" up in calls and weird buzzing screeching noises in calls.
- I have LTE, but I cannot call over VoLTE or VoWiFi, because this phone does not have the support for my carrier. My phone calls now go through 2G! While my Apple, Samsung and Huawei friends are laughing at me.
- My friend reported one of his speakers DIED on him not even half a year after the purchase.
Note, I have done factory resets, I have tried to give it a chance, but it just doesn't improve. This is a horrible device, and that is my 2 cents.
You should not buy phones just from the specifications you see it has, you should care about plenty a other things that might be wrong. I have decided to go back to Oreo, and at least have a decent device, and I think you should too, which is why I am sharing this with you. Will I buy another phone from Xiaomi? I am not so sure after this ...
How you do it is simple, you just download the latest Oreo OTA: V9.6.10.0.ODLMIFF, do OEM unlocking and flash it using flash_all_lock_crc.sh on Linux or the flash_all_lock_crc.bat on Windows (will erase all data NB)
Join me downgrading to Oreo, WARNING: Only at your own risk!
Need drivers, download the fasboot package binary for Linux or Windows from Google and install Xiaomi ADB/Fastboot drivers, for Linux it is not necessary when I tried it:
Windows: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
Linux: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
Mac: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-darwin.zip
1. Download the latest 8.1 OTA http://bigota.d.miui.com/V9.6.11.0....0.ODLMIFF_20181112.0000.00_8.1_8028e3bf1c.tgz
2. Enable developers options by tapping the build number in about phone multiple times, and in developer options enable OEM unlocking
3. Shut the phone down, hold the volume down when plugging it into the PC or hold the volume down + power to enter fastboot mode (you should see it say fastboot and the Mitu mascot).
4. OEM unlock using command "fastboot oem unlock" WARNING: Full data wipe, unless you hold volume down you might be able to stop this, look for other threads on xda-developers for this.
5. Flash using flash_all_lock_crc.sh on Linux or the flash_all_lock_crc.bat on Windows, maybe you can use the ones without data wipe, again you should take backup of your important data!
6. Enjoy a not so terrible device

Now I just have to figure out how to stop auto-downloading of May OTA and notifications about updating, probably needs root?
EDIT:
Can go into Developer Options and disable Automatic system updates

I complete agree with you bro, Android One is almost like we are beta testers for all the time. My Mi A2 lite give me some annoying issues:
1) Bluetooth don't work proprely with my sound car system (freeze the music when I take in my hands or the road shake the device);
2) Autofocus don't work for Gcam in low light and even in the stock app camera the focus isn't correct edge to edge, making some softness in the corners;
3) Hotspot wifi router works for some minutes and for nothing the mobile data stop.
4) Ram management is a rubbish, just opening the camera any other application reload;
After all I understand Samsung and others Brands for delay updates, at least is not full of bugs like Xiaomi (same with MIUI).

if you only downgrade, without patches or fixes, android 8.1 will be a pain in the ...
the anti-roll back politic of xiaomi only makes harder to downgrade...

NeoZX58 said:
if you only downgrade, without patches or fixes, android 8.1 will be a pain in the ...
the anti-roll back politic of xiaomi only makes harder to downgrade...
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And about customs ROMs? They are more stable and bugfixeds than stock or not reliable yet? Actually I prefer to install Pixel Experience (Pie) and not downgrade to Oreo.

I like pir granted I never use stock ROM custom is the way to go

Yep pie OS definitely consumes more battery than oreo and I'm almost tempted to role back to oreo just to have more battery life.
I'm currently using lineageos by 33bca it's very stable, I recommend you to give it a try. The only thing I hate is that the ram management is really awful (both with stock and custom rom), most of the time the phone has to reload the applications even if I only have 2 applications opened.
Are you having some problem with sim/network? Because I saw in some post a fix to use after downgrading from pie to oreo.

I never upgraded from Oreo to Pie. Looks like i made the right choice.

gatomestre08 said:
I complete agree with you bro, Android One is almost like we are beta testers for all the time. My Mi A2 lite give me some annoying issues:
1) Bluetooth don't work proprely with my sound car system (freeze the music when I take in my hands or the road shake the device);
2) Autofocus don't work for Gcam in low light and even in the stock app camera the focus isn't correct edge to edge, making some softness in the corners;
3) Hotspot wifi router works for some minutes and for nothing the mobile data stop.
4) Ram management is a rubbish, just opening the camera any other application reload;
After all I understand Samsung and others Brands for delay updates, at least is not full of bugs like Xiaomi (same with MIUI).
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Seems like more of the same issues I have experienced, it is simply not good enough for what would be expected of day-to-day use. I think we got exactly what we paid for with this device, sadly, and from what I know the Pie update already released to for example S8 and it is working perfectly well and stable for those. But, again, much more popular and well-financed device than our cheap A2 Lite.
NeoZX58 said:
if you only downgrade, without patches or fixes, android 8.1 will be a pain in the ...
the anti-roll back politic of xiaomi only makes harder to downgrade...
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For me this has been the easiest device to downgrade. Xiaomi hosts the OTA officially, OEM unlocking simply by an easy command no phone or e-mail verification just like the Pixel(Probably Android One related), and they made the script to downgrade it for you. I had much more trouble before on other devices. like Samsung using ODIN, Xiaomi with MIUI and similar, having to go through a verification by e-mail to unlock at HTC etc etc. I do not get what you are on about?
Also, why is it a pain without patches or fixes? It is much better than what you get with Pie so far, at least that is for me. There is way more lacks of patches and fixes for Pie than for Oreo ...
Remember, this was the last version released just before the May Pie update, it is very recent in itself only by some 7 months ...
anzhaki said:
Yep pie OS definitely consumes more battery than oreo and I'm almost tempted to role back to oreo just to have more battery life.
I'm currently using lineageos by 33bca it's very stable, I recommend you to give it a try. The only thing I hate is that the ram management is really awful (both with stock and custom rom), most of the time the phone has to reload the applications even if I only have 2 applications opened.
Are you having some problem with sim/network? Because I saw in some post a fix to use after downgrading from pie to oreo.
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I really wanted to try the custom ROMs, but I have banking apps that complain to me if my device is rooted or similar, and refuses to run. These are important apps for paying for goods and services that you need in order to go about your life normally. I can get around it using Magisk Hide, but I would rather not
SIM/network problems actually worked fine on Oreo and Pie (official ROM) for me all the time. I can use 4G LTE band20 perfectly and other bands to access internet, and it immediately connects to 2G/3G(3G being closed in my country soon for 4G and 5G improvement) for calls when it needs to. Coverage is also well in my country. My company use Ericsson base stations and not Huawei ones, but not like that matters.

gatomestre08 said:
And about customs ROMs? They are more stable and bugfixeds than stock or not reliable yet? Actually I prefer to install Pixel Experience (Pie) and not downgrade to Oreo.
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pixel experience, AOSiP and Lineage are the best custom Roms so far, but, my issue is from RAM management in android Pie (custom or stock).. after hours of use the phone becomes unusable... :/
courfazor said:
For me this has been the easiest device to downgrade. Xiaomi hosts the OTA officially, OEM unlocking simply by an easy command no phone or e-mail verification just like the Pixel(Probably Android One related), and they made the script to downgrade it for you. I had much more trouble before on other devices. like Samsung using ODIN, Xiaomi with MIUI and similar, having to go through a verification by e-mail to unlock at HTC etc etc. I do not get what you are on about?
Also, why is it a pain without patches or fixes? It is much better than what you get with Pie so far, at least that is for me. There is way more lacks of patches and fixes for Pie than for Oreo ...
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nope, if you only do this, you don't have RIL, can't record videos from camera and only one sim works...
i told you because i did it, you need a several fixes for sim, modify files in the official OTA to flash more files and need the modem pie img and flash it too...

i agree that the android one program wont ever give us a solid flawless build, after all it is ment for lower to mid range devices that will be quickly overlooked after release , i must admit this a2 lite is the best phone i have had so far even with the instabilities but thanks to the xda community i have been able to make the device truly mine and how i like it. i had to get this device after my nexus 5x broke during in a motorcycle accident, it was all i could afford and it performs well for my needs, i did install twrp and Butterfly for Daisy to fix the GCam mis focus issues, eventually i gave in and installed magisk to manage tge kernel with arduitor and increase battery life. i never had the luxury to run Oreo on this devixe because as soon as i got it i unlocked the bootloader and when it restarted it booted into the updated pie partition and i decided to run with it. i dont think xiaomi or Google will actually fix any bugs but we are on XDA and DIY is always an option.

NeoZX58 said:
pixel experience, AOSiP and Lineage are the best custom Roms so far, but, my issue is from RAM management in android Pie (custom or stock).. after hours of use the phone becomes unusable... :/
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Not good. I think this was the same massive lagging issue I experienced, I just did not know it was due to bad RAM management. Is this a fix that needs to be done to the ROM directly or only the kernel? I am not familiar with custom ROM/kernel development that much, but I have experienced some kernels on devices working much better than others like ElementalX.
NeoZX58 said:
nope, if you only do this, you don't have RIL, can't record videos from camera and only one sim works...
i told you because i did it, you need a several fixes for sim, modify files in the official OTA to flash more files and need the modem pie img and flash it too...
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I am able to record videos from my camera perfectly, it works very stable. I used this version of Oreo just some months ago and it worked great. I have the version with 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC. I think the reason I experience no issues is because I only use one primary SIM for 4G and calling in SIM slot 1, and do not have a use for the 2nd SIM slot so for me, it is perfect, but too bad for the people that actually needs this feature like you About updates to RIL I assume the firmware used for modem/calling, which for me works so any updates are not that needed for me to have it working perfectly.
Azatecas said:
i agree that the android one program wont ever give us a solid flawless build, after all it is ment for lower to mid range devices that will be quickly overlooked after release , i must admit this a2 lite is the best phone i have had so far even with the instabilities but thanks to the xda community i have been able to make the device truly mine and how i like it. i had to get this device after my nexus 5x broke during in a motorcycle accident, it was all i could afford and it performs well for my needs, i did install twrp and Butterfly for Daisy to fix the GCam mis focus issues, eventually i gave in and installed magisk to manage tge kernel with arduitor and increase battery life. i never had the luxury to run Oreo on this devixe because as soon as i got it i unlocked the bootloader and when it restarted it booted into the updated pie partition and i decided to run with it. i dont think xiaomi or Google will actually fix any bugs but we are on XDA and DIY is always an option.
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But it was actually working well enough for me too on some of the builds, but I do agree that it is probably not a phone that was meant to be supported for long. Another person I know has the A2 model, and he says it has been working perfectly well for him for all this time even on latest Android Pie. I do not know if there are much differences between them, but I do know the A2 is a much more popular device. Personally I prefer the A2 Lite just for the audio jack, and I still like the legacy MicroUSB. People would call me mad for this, but haha, that is just who I am.
I am afraid this device is not nearly as popular to get enough DIY effort into making a custom ROM/kernel, I am certainly not anyone who knows enough to get into development of it. I hope it will go well and that somebody will take the challenge, or maybe it has already happened?

courfazor said:
I am afraid this device is not nearly as popular to get enough DIY effort into making a custom ROM/kernel, I am certainly not anyone who knows enough to get into development of it. I hope it will go well and that somebody will take the challenge, or maybe it has already happened?
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i actually think the mi a2 lite is more popular than the regular A2, it has more features and a better battery for a cheaper price so it is more accessible to more people and therefore more reach developers. Butterfly for Daisy is a great Custom Kernel that fixes some issues including the GCam focus issue among other things on Pie, i highly suggest you read that thread to see if it offer solutions to some of your issues with the device. im still running stock Rom with the custom kernel and everything works great. others have reported Resurrection Remix/Puxel Experience/ and Lineage Os bring additional stability and fixes in coordination with the kernel. i havent found the need to try a custom rom yet but development is very active on the device. however it is a low end phone and QA is not as good so some devices might be lemons straght out of the factory and not perform as good.

I have almost no issues with my Mi A2 Lite. No slowness except what I expect from a $159 phone, GPS works, bluetooth works albeit I hate that they removed AAC, WiFi is perfectly fine and maxes out my connection with bluetooth on. Only thing I don't like is how crap calling is, but I figured that would be the case when I bought it at again, $159 and knew some American bands were missing. Battery life is 8-11 hours of SOT with regular usage. I use the IR blaster to control my stereo receiver, FM radio is nice. Glass has some light scratches, but again I expect that for $159.
I have a brand new never opened Oreo Mi A2 Lite in my desk drawer still in the box that I haven't felt the need to pull out yet. I think as someone else has pointed out, there may be two hardware revisions because mine is fairly flawless.

I downgrade my Mi A2 Lite to Oreo V9.6.6.0.ODLMIFF (August 2018) and was surprised how good and perfect is this version, looks like I have an new Smartphone. Now Bluetooth works perfect, Gcam Autofocus is accurate, fine RAM mannagement, battery life is great, only miss FM Radio.
Mi A2 Lite was arruined by Android Pie.
Shame on you Xiaomi, I'm very disappointed with the crap updates that we received from you, seems like your only purpose is for the users buy an new one device.

anzhaki said:
Yep pie OS definitely consumes more battery than oreo and I'm almost tempted to role back to oreo just to have more battery life.
I'm currently using lineageos by 33bca it's very stable, I recommend you to give it a try. The only thing I hate is that the ram management is really awful (both with stock and custom rom), most of the time the phone has to reload the applications even if I only have 2 applications opened.
Are you having some problem with sim/network? Because I saw in some post a fix to use after downgrading from pie to oreo.
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For the ram management... open your kernel 'tweaker' app and disable 'Adaptive Low Memory Killer', it seems to like killing apps on background, even with enough ram to spare... It'll make no magic, but definately helps :highfive:

Sorry, needing Help.
Could you please post a tutorial for this, or a good noob Xiaomi step by step? I have unlocked my phone a few months ago. I don't remember how I did it. I have since moved to another phone. I have installed twrp and had it rooted with majisk. a factory reset took care of majisk. I would love to go back completely to stock oreo.
I only need one slot on the sim so this should be ok.
Your directions for install sound good but seems like something might be missing. I'm new to the xiaomi devices. They seem way more comlicated than all the Samsungs I've had.
PLEASE, and thank you:good::good:

Rev10eight said:
Could you please post a tutorial for this, or a good noob Xiaomi step by step? I have unlocked my phone a few months ago. I don't remember how I did it. I have since moved to another phone. I have installed twrp and had it rooted with majisk. a factory reset took care of majisk. I would love to go back completely to stock oreo.
I only need one slot on the sim so this should be ok.
Your directions for install sound good but seems like something might be missing. I'm new to the xiaomi devices. They seem way more comlicated than all the Samsungs I've had.
PLEASE, and thank you:good::good:
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All your data on phone will be lost , take back-up on PC if necessairy.
For full stock rom , download Miuflashtool zip. extract and install on your PC, download stock rom for your phone on your PC and extract it , boot into fastboot and connect your device to PC ,in flashtool click on refresh, your device should appear ( numbercombination 225cc80.... or something like that) click browse in the left corner and select the extracted stock rom file, hit flash and wait till you see succes in green on the right . Your device will take about 10 min to boot . You're now on stock rom, locked bootloader, no root and stock recovery . I flashed my device MiA2 lite) yesterday with latest Pie stock rom after I had bootloop
bricked it. I don't now about oreo stock rom , there could be issues with network connection, video playback and swapped simcard because of anti rollback protection.

Thank you so much.
That was super simple and super quick. I am back to stock Pie, unrooted and and the boot loader is locked again. I used OREO and the phone works fine. Make sure you disable update or it will update to pie. I need to redo it to go back to oreo.

I want to downgrade. What about second sim slot OREO error ??? What version is the best? And what version havent bluetooth/wifi/gps issue? I dont remember what version I was at last on oreo.

New to OP7P, just a few question.

Hi guys, so currently im back to android after a few years, just grab my op7p few days ago, still new to this device so im a little confusing
- any disadvantage if im root this device ? I read somewhere that after rooting, Netflix cant stream at 1080p and up, only 480p, is this true ? Is there any bugs like that after rooting ?
- my last android phone was the Galaxy S5, and i have to root that phone because i cant stand tons and tons of bloatwares, does op7p have bloatwares like that ? OxygenOS look clean to me but im just want to be sure
- any stable custom ROM for op7p ? Something clean like lineageos
Thanks guys

camapdien said:
Hi guys, so currently im back to android after a few years, just grab my op7p few days ago, still new to this device so im a little confusing
- any disadvantage if im root this device ? I read somewhere that after rooting, Netflix cant stream at 1080p and up, only 480p, is this true ? Is there any bugs like that after rooting ?
- my last android phone was the Galaxy S5, and i have to root that phone because i cant stand tons and tons of bloatwares, does op7p have bloatwares like that ? OxygenOS look clean to me but im just want to be sure
- any stable custom ROM for op7p ? Something clean like lineageos
Thanks guys
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-Other than losing widevine Id say no. As far as bugs go, that depends on the mods you install after you root.
-The international/unlocked OP7P doesnt have any bloatware really. It just comes with the standard OP apps and Netflix.
-The majority of the ROMs are stable. Some lack 90hz, may have a trouble with the auto-brightness or some other minor flaw but other than that they are stable. I usually go between Havoc, Lineage, Pixel Experience and Resurrection Remix.

whatthekj said:
-Other than losing widevine Id say no. As far as bugs go, that depends on the mods you install after you root.
-The international/unlocked OP7P doesnt have any bloatware really. It just comes with the standard OP apps and Netflix.
-The majority of the ROMs are stable. Some lack 90hz, may have a trouble with the auto-brightness or some other minor flaw but other than that they are stable. I usually go between Havoc, Lineage, Pixel Experience and Resurrection Remix.
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Thank bud
Does widevine important ? What does it do ?
How do i know my phone is international version ? It unlocked but idk how to check it ?

camapdien said:
Thank bud
Does widevine important ? What does it do ?
How do i know my phone is international version ? It unlocked but idk how to check it ?
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I just know it impacts Netflix and maybe another streaming services resolution. As far as anything else major, I don't believe it is of major importance.
The GM1917 is the Global/US variant of OP7P. You can check by going to Settings > About. Should be under model.

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- any disadvantage if im root this device ? I read somewhere that after rooting, Netflix cant stream at 1080p and up, only 480p, is this true ?
First of all, Netflix only streams at maximum resolution of 720p to mobile devices. 1080p is only for smart TVs and PCs. Yes, it is true that if you unlock the bootloader, Widevine status will go to L3, and you will be limited to 480p on Netflix.
Is there any bugs like that after rooting ?
The Widevine status is intenational, not a "bug". Presumably to prevent piracy of DRM content.
Google Pay and most banking apps will work with root, if you use the Magisk Hide feature. Although I've seen reports of a few banking apps which apparently can sense the bootloader is unlocked. Nothing you can do about this, you need to keep the bootloader unlocked, if you want to be rooted. Locking the bootloader with a non-stock device will brick it.
- my last android phone was the Galaxy S5, and i have to root that phone because i cant stand tons and tons of bloatwares, does op7p have bloatwares like that ? OxygenOS look clean to me but im just want to be sure
OOS is pretty clean. Certainly nothing like the bloated mess that Samsung forces on its customers. There are a few OnePlus specific apps, such as OnePlus Weather, OP Community, OP Switch (for migrating data).
- any stable custom ROM for op7p ? Something clean like lineageos
There a plenty of ROMs. Whether they are stable or not is somewhat subjective (most would say "yes") as it depends on what you use your phone for, what you define as stable, etc. There are plenty of existing ROM discussion threads, so please don't turn this into another "best ROM" thread. Just read the existing discussions, read the specific ROM threads, and make your own decision.
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Does widevine important ? What does it do ?
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Widevine is a streaming content DRM protection scheme. Netflix is certainly affected. There are a few other paid streaming services that may also be impacted (Hulu, Amazon Prime video), but I'm not sure on those. That should really be it, as far as the impact of Widevine on bootloader unlock/root.
I think the intent of Widevine is to prevent folks from using their device to rip video content, and distribute it. It's too bad that folks that are merely rooted, and don't engage in such activities, have to be punished with the throttled resolution.

Warning on updating to android 9 pie!!!

You will lose the possibility of recording calls with ACR or any other recording program!!! Google Crazy nutcase house again as usual.
Think about it before updating, I had forgotten all about it and was looking forward for an update to see if it was to fix one issue I have with it - I had looked at the new features on Googletube yet now I don't want to update any longer. I had planned to wait for the update and then reset my phone, but I'm going to that now to see if I can fix a problem with my none rooted LG 20 in regards of charging. But most likely an hardware issue after I tried a foreign Quick charger Adapter from Huawei for it. *But I have 2 Battery Chargers that still works so flipping battery*
So don't do that!!! I thought that I might get 0.2 Amps more out of it - making the charging to a bit quicker as it is made for 9 volts and 2 amps and not 1.8 amps as the LG.
In any case, think before you update to Android Pie - if you want to lose the option of recording calls.
May Jehovah be with thee
- Anders

There's no rooted phone recorder solution?

baldybill said:
There's no rooted phone recorder solution?
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You will loose other features like the Quad DAC for music as far as I know if you Jailbreak it.
I think there might be ways to record if you Root it - but I don't know of the stability or how to do that in the first place. I don't want to lose my Quad DAC and whatever issues I might have by rooting it. I remember how many issues I had on my Note 2 special edition after I rooted it and I'm not going there with my LG V20.

Just wanted to let you guys know - as I had forgotten this insanity and actually looked forward to the update when I heard it was just around the corner. Now, I don't really care much for Pie and I will stay with the older version.

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You will loose other features like the Quad DAC for music as far as I know if you Jailbreak it.
I think there might be ways to record if you Root it - but I don't know of the stability or how to do that in the first place. I don't want to lose my Quad DAC and whatever issues I might have by rooting it. I remember how many issues I had on my Note 2 special edition after I rooted it and I'm not going there with my LG V20.
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that is only if you use a non stock based rom. rooting does not make you loose features roms that dont support those features make you loose those features... With root you can actually enable quad Dac for more things and modify many other things and get rid of bloatware 100% not half assedly.

mirrin said:
that is only if you use a non stock based rom. rooting does not make you loose features roms that dont support those features make you loose those features... With root you can actually enable quad Dac for more things and modify many other things and get rid of bloatware 100% not half assedly.
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You sure about that? Any video on this - so you say if I root my V20, I will have every feature working if I continue to keep the standard Rom? I want to be certain on this before even thinking of going that direction!

By the way, what V20 do you have? How did you get Pie already? Thanks!

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You sure about that? Any video on this - so you say if I root my V20, I will have every feature working if I continue to keep the standard Rom? I want to be certain on this before even thinking of going that direction!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-vs995-alpha-rom-v1-1-t3709727 this is the rom i am on
Alpha Omega is just a debloated/tuned stock ROM. You wont lose anything you will gain. Right now there are 2 options stock android(lineageos bases) or stock lg (oreo or nougat based roms from your own carrier)
with Lineage based roms you lose 2nd screen and some don't have volte or wifi calling (my current rom wifi calling works and it sucks...turned it off for clearer calls)
with stock everything your phone shipped with works.
Rooting gives you:
YouTube Vanced
Systemless system-wide hosts-based ad blocking
Remove image retention without needing a screen overlay app
Systemless DNS (I use CloudFlare)
Google Phone
Doze Play Services
Change system fonts (I use Product Sans)
Systemless Xposed
Block services
Debloated system apps on device without ADB
viper4android
And much more.

There's at least one Magisk Mod that lets you record both sides of the conversation even in Pie (so the writeup says).

This works great on my V20 on A-O Oreo. Native call recording:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/themes/enable-native-call-recording-lg-v30-t3869260

pistacios said:
This works great on my V20 on A-O Oreo. Native call recording:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v30/themes/enable-native-call-recording-lg-v30-t3869260
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Yes it does, I was the guinea pig that tried running it on a V20 first lol. It should work on any stock LG Oreo based ROMs.
But this is about recording on Pie. AFAIK even newer LG's that shipped with Pie no longer have this feature.
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Awesome, just reading back on my past... I tend to forget everything when going to another subject.
I just got another V20, so I'm looking into things at the moment for rooting, never got around it with the other as I never dared afraid of ruining it. My first V20 is broken on so many levels, and just got a new used one, looks decent overall although another variant then what I had sadly. But... At the moment trying to work things out and get on the right track but as usual it takes time to get there.

mirrin said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/rom-vs995-alpha-rom-v1-1-t3709727 this is the rom i am on
Alpha Omega is just a debloated/tuned stock ROM. You wont lose anything you will gain. Right now there are 2 options stock android(lineageos bases) or stock lg (oreo or nougat based roms from your own carrier)
with Lineage based roms you lose 2nd screen and some don't have volte or wifi calling (my current rom wifi calling works and it sucks...turned it off for clearer calls)
with stock everything your phone shipped with works.
Rooting gives you:
YouTube Vanced
Systemless system-wide hosts-based ad blocking
Remove image retention without needing a screen overlay app
Systemless DNS (I use CloudFlare)
Google Phone
Doze Play Services
Change system fonts (I use Product Sans)
Systemless Xposed
Block services
Debloated system apps on device without ADB
viper4android
And much more.
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Seems they stopped working on the Rom you where talking about, I was thinking that it might be the way to go now some years later with a used new V20... Although not sure if it is worth anything if works was discontinued.
Still trying to get everything fixed here as I want it.

sheik124 said:
Yes it does, I was the guinea pig that tried running it on a V20 first lol. It should work on any stock LG Oreo based ROMs.
But this is about recording on Pie. AFAIK even newer LG's that shipped with Pie no longer have this feature.
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Yup and one must have Recording! It is an awesome feature to have on so many levels.

Can anyone share the latest OOS CAM apk?

I have custom ROM, and I'd like to use the latest OOS cam apk, but in apkmirror there is only ports from OP7/P which are always crashing when I opening them.
Where can I download it?

lyor said:
I have custom ROM, and I'd like to use the latest OOS cam apk, but in apkmirror there is only ports from OP7/P which are always crashing when I opening them.
Where can I download it?
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Let me Google that for you... https://lmgtfy.com/?q=oneplus+6+oos+camera+for+custom+rom
Apparently it's somehow super hard for some people to do a quick Google Search... It's that easy.
Here's some links to some threads that might be helpful:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/themes/magisk-oos-camera-3rd-party-roms-t3873821
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/themes/magisk-oneplus6-oos-camera-t3888204
If those ports don't work you might be out of luck, not every Custom ROM has support for the OOS Camera.
Not that it really matters, the OOS Camera sucks anyway. You'll be able to get way better results with a Google Camera port.
Also in many Custom ROM threads there have been reports of certain features of the OOS Camera to be not working, like Slow Motion and Portrait Mode.
So I wouldn't be expecting a fully working OOS Camera on a Custom ROM.

Mr.FREE_Bird said:
Let me Google that for you... https://lmgtfy.com/?q=oneplus+6+oos+camera+for+custom+rom
Apparently it's somehow super hard for some people to do a quick Google Search... It's that easy.
Here's some links to some threads that might be helpful:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/themes/magisk-oos-camera-3rd-party-roms-t3873821
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/themes/magisk-oneplus6-oos-camera-t3888204
If those ports don't work you might be out of luck, not every Custom ROM has support for the OOS Camera.
Not that it really matters, the OOS Camera sucks anyway. You'll be able to get way better results with a Google Camera port.
Also in many Custom ROM threads there have been reports of certain features of the OOS Camera to be not working, like Slow Motion and Portrait Mode.
So I wouldn't be expecting a fully working OOS Camera on a Custom ROM.
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Don't assume I didn't google that before if you don't even bother to ask
If you'd pay close attention, you would see that I even commented on the thread in your 3rd link, but it's a dead old port, and I'd like to use a newer one (like the one in OmniROM for example, which is somehow managed to do so) because all of the options that you gave are extremely old, and most (if not all) the issue you mentioned are already fixed in the newer versions which you didn't even bother to look into account.
And I don't know why do you think the OOS cam so bad, especially if you're recommending a buggy cam like GCAM, which is behaving like an early alfa stage and crashing randomly.

lyor said:
Don't assume I didn't google that before if you don't even bother to ask
If you'd pay close attention, you would see that I even commented on the thread in your 3rd link, but it's a dead old port, and I'd like to use a newer one (like the one in OmniROM for example, which is somehow managed to do so) because all of the options that you gave are extremely old, and most (if not all) the issue you mentioned are already fixed in the newer versions which you didn't even bother to look into account.
And I don't know why do you think the OOS cam so bad, especially if you're recommending a buggy cam like GCAM, which is behaving like an early alfa stage and crashing randomly.
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Well if you did search well than you would've already known that there isn't any great working port available but the ones included with certain ROM's. Something I already knew but you just assumed I didn't, now you are doing the exact same thing you were pointing out to me. So the advise you gave me would be fitting for you too. "Don't assume I didn't knew that before if you don't even bother to ask".
And I'm not going to read through all those threads just to see if you have already commented in them, why would I?
Beside that, yes the OOS Camera absolutely sucks. The unreliable post processing kills all the details, which results in very ugly digital looking, sometimes oversharpenend or soft picture's. A small crop isn't even possible due to that.
The Nightscape mode sucks too, makes every picture look like an oil painting. And it's funny you call GCam buggy, shows you didn't do much research on it. Currently I'm using Miniflex which works just fine and at least makes it possible to take usable pictures. The older xtreme GCam mod works fine too.
Both capturing details and night shots with GCam is superior compared to the OOS Camera. The only two things that work better with the OOS Camera are taking videos and Slowmo's, for which it actually is pretty good. But I don't need those features, maybe you do.
Look, you started a thread with your question without providing any basic info like which ROM you are running etc. Getting a bit tired of seeing new threads requesting stuff with hardly providing any info that might be useful to know. I might have sounded very rude so sorry for that, maybe I should've took a 10sec count before I wrote my response.

Mr.FREE_Bird said:
Well if you did search well than you would've already known that there isn't any great working port available but the ones included with certain ROM's. Something I already knew but you just assumed I didn't, now you are doing the exact same thing you were pointing out to me. So the advise you gave me would be fitting for you too. "Don't assume I didn't knew that before if you don't even bother to ask".
And I'm not going to read through all those threads just to see if you have already commented in them, why would I?
Beside that, yes the OOS Camera absolutely sucks. The unreliable post processing kills all the details, which results in very ugly digital looking, sometimes oversharpenend or soft picture's. A small crop isn't even possible due to that.
The Nightscape mode sucks too, makes every picture look like an oil painting. And it's funny you call GCam buggy, shows you didn't do much research on it. Currently I'm using Miniflex which works just fine and at least makes it possible to take usable pictures. The older xtreme GCam mod works fine too.
Both capturing details and night shots with GCam is superior compared to the OOS Camera. The only two things that work better with the OOS Camera are taking videos and Slowmo's, for which it actually is pretty good. But I don't need those features, maybe you do.
Look, you started a thread with your question without providing any basic info like which ROM you are running etc. Getting a bit tired of seeing new threads requesting stuff with hardly providing any info that might be useful to know. I might have sounded very rude so sorry for that, maybe I should've took a 10sec count before I wrote my response.
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Maybe I was running out of options, maybe it was just wishful thinking, but I thought at first that someone here knows something that I do not about it.
And regarding the OOS functionality, I don't know, but I was fully satisfied with anything I used from 3.8.72 and above.

lyor said:
Maybe I was running out of options, maybe it was just wishful thinking, but I thought at first that someone here knows something that I do not about it.
And regarding the OOS functionality, I don't know, but I was fully satisfied with anything I used from 3.8.72 and above.
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Well since there are some ROM's which do provide a pretty well functional OOS Camera there should be a way. But the best you could do is probably to run a ROM that provides the OOS Camera by default...
Regarding to camera quality it's probably because I'm a photographer, I'm probably looking at pictures differently than you do.

Mr.FREE_Bird said:
Well since there are some ROM's which do provide a pretty well functional OOS Camera there should be a way. But the best you could do is probably to run a ROM that provides the OOS Camera by default...
Regarding to camera quality it's probably because I'm a photographer, I'm probably looking at pictures differently than you do.
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I prefer to stay with the rom that I have right now (havoc).
It combines the best from all the worlds into it.
The downside of it, of course, the lack of OOS (imo).