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[Q] Will you buy it?

This seems to have the best specifications of Samsung and HTC combined, additionally offering dual sim. For that price i can live just fine with a non-changable battery.

Seems like a very nice device. If it will be available in europe, and there's good support for custom roms here on xda, then it would be an alternative to Oneplus 3 for me.

I'm definitely getting this phone when it comes out. Can't wait to get rid of my G5. The thermal mitigation screen dim is killing me!
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If it had a Infrared blaster, I really would have.

missing infra but sure a HTC 10 killer in audio . in india iam waiting for it

Specs r great but I can't get over the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen
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Looks really nice
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Will wait for reviews about camera and battery
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allan1229 said:
Specs r great but I can't get over the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen
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thats stereo speakers

Definitely getting one, good specs, and good looks. did anyone see the gray version?

Interested in the non carrier unlocked phone. How is zte with updates on their previous axon phones? That's my main concern.
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I´ll hope that there will be some custom roms. On other ZTE threads here on XDA there´s barely community support. The specs are really nice and I have to decide between OP3 or Axon7

redukt said:
I´ll hope that there will be some custom roms. On other ZTE threads here on XDA there´s barely community support. The specs are really nice and I have to decide between OP3 or Axon7
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that's what i am hoping too. it will be powered by snapdragon cpu which should make custom rom cooking easier than mediatek right?

mclaren2 said:
that's what i am hoping too. it will be powered by snapdragon cpu which should make custom rom cooking easier than mediatek right?
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Of course! But I never had a ZTE device. I know nothing of unlocking bootloader or rooting process on those devices.
But the specs! I hope we´ll have some nice devs thinking twice of this beast

redukt said:
Of course! But I never had a ZTE device. I know nothing of unlocking bootloader or rooting process on those devices.
But the specs! I hope we´ll have some nice devs thinking twice of this beast
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i own a ZTE Blade A452 ATM got root and trying to make a custom rom, i have never done one before and i am more doing try and error. it ain't easy.
about the Axon 7 i hope Team Venom does get one

mclaren2 said:
i own a ZTE Blade A452 ATM got root and trying to make a custom rom, i have never done one before and i am more doing try and error. it ain't easy.
about the Axon 7 i hope Team Venom does get one
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Well let us surprise. I´m interested by the premium version with force touch and hope that the special drivers / blobs are open source

mamoo said:
allan1229 said:
Specs r great but I can't get over the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen
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thats stereo speakers
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I think allan1229 talks about the black bars between the speakers and the screen.
The black bars are a little annoying, that's true.
skeetz77 said:
Interested in the non carrier unlocked phone. How is zte with updates on their previous axon phones? That's my main concern.
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redukt said:
mclaren2 said:
it will be powered by snapdragon cpu which should make custom rom cooking easier than mediatek right?
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Of course! But I never had a ZTE device. I know nothing of unlocking bootloader or rooting process on those devices.
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Updates are important, espacially if there is barely Custom Rom support. I'm afraid of latter, on the other hand the Snapdragon SoC makes it easier. Maybe this will be my first try to port a Custom Rom.
I'm sure it will be possible to unlock the bootloader, even though that's just my feeling.
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Well let us surprise. I´m interested by the premium version with force touch and hope that the special drivers / blobs are open source
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In my opinion force touch is absolutely useless. At the moment we have 3 options, single tap, double tap and long click, and if you want even more, triple tap, etc. Why would you need force touch? That's just a desperate attempt for innovation.
At the moment the ZTE Axon 7 is higher ranked for me that the OnePlus 3, especially because of the front facing speakers! If you had front facing speakers before, you want nothing else.

Cypher_01 said:
Updates are important, espacially if there is barely Custom Rom support. I'm afraid of latter, on the other hand the Snapdragon SoC makes it easier. Maybe this will be my first try to port a Custom Rom.
I'm sure it will be possible to unlock the bootloader, even though that's just my feeling.
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That´s my thoughts too. I give a f*** for manufactured updates if there´s any way to flash custom roms or develop an own one.
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In my opinion force touch is absolutely useless. At the moment we have 3 options, single tap, double tap and long click, and if you want even more, triple tap, etc. Why would you need force touch? That's just a desperate attempt for innovation.
At the moment the ZTE Axon 7 is higher ranked for me that the OnePlus 3, especially because of the front facing speakers! If you had front facing speakers before, you want nothing else.
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Well in this point I disagree with you. Force touch could and should be a kind of new interaction. It´s a question of implementation. You´re totally right for the existing "gestures" but I think in combination of this we´ve got new possibilities. There´s a lot of potential. But pls note - I don´t see the the advantage only on my side - I´m working with handicapped youngsters - and by some clients the force touch engine might be a positive progress
Front facing speakers... Meh.... I never used it BUT! The audio-chips are totally great!!! I´m a little bit audiophil. And I think the upgrade from my OP1 should be working "nice" for my headphones - specifically for my B&W P5 wireless

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Well in this point I disagree with you. Force touch could and should be a kind of new interaction. It´s a question of implementation. You´re totally right for the existing "gestures" but I think in combination of this we´ve got new possibilities. There´s a lot of potential. But pls note - I don´t see the the advantage only on my side - I´m working with handicapped youngsters - and by some clients the force touch engine might be a positive progress
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It's OK, that's totally subjective. I don't want to discourage anyone from getting force touch.
I don't know anything about how this could help handicapped people. But I still think there's no potential.
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Front facing speakers... Meh.... I never used it BUT! The audio-chips are totally great!!! I´m a little bit audiophil. And I think the upgrade from my OP1 should be working "nice" for my headphones - specifically for my B&W P5 wireless
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I guess you never had front facing speakers before, but trust me, you don't want to live without them anymore. (Yeah, I know, that's also subjective)

Cypher_01 said:
It's OK, that's totally subjective. I don't want to discourage anyone from getting force touch
I don't know anything about how this could help handicapped people. But I still think there's no potential.
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Well that´s my job Thinking of paraplegic clients and the ability to use the screen on much ways before. But this is still an example and very OT. Sorry for it.
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I guess you never had front facing speakers before, but trust me, you don't want to live without them anymore. (Yeah, I know, that's also subjective)
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Nope, I never find a reason to use front spacing speakers For exactly what? I´m some decades away to "publish" my musical preferences official over a smartphone.
Music is my intimacy
But this is really OT - get back to topic
Axon7! Will you buy it? I think so

redukt said:
Well that´s my job Thinking of paraplegic clients and the ability to use the screen on much ways before. But this is still an example and very OT. Sorry for it.
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It's OT, but no reason to apologize.
redukt said:
Nope, I never find a reason to use front spacing speakers For exactly what? I´m some decades away to "publish" my musical preferences official over a smartphone.
Music is my intimacy
But this is really OT - get back to topic
Axon7! Will you buy it? I think so
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It's funny, you want force touch and I want front facing speakers. So with the Axon 7 it's a win-win!
You're right, back to topic. I'm pretty sure I'll buy it. The only tiny flaw for me is the protruding camera lens. Unfortunately that's standard nowadays. But apart from this it's almost perfect in my opinion.

MIUI on the V20

So some people may call me crazy, but will there ever be a MIUI ROM for the V20?

jameslapc2 said:
So some people may call me crazy, but will there ever be a MIUI ROM for the V20?
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Not at the moment.. May be if the device gets popular

Ive ported MIUI in the past. I MIGHT do it again. problem being is I don't think MIUI is on Android N yet. I was actually thinking of porting it but right now is a no. Im about to switch jobs so everything is a tossup.

There's a beta of MIUI on 7.0, but hasn't been released. And even that, it's on an older, slower Qualcomm or MediaTek device. So we'd need to get a build from the Mi 5S Plus for us to be able to port.
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When I did MIUI previously I do not believe I actually did it from another device(it was like 4-6 years ago so i don't really remember). It just needed the same OS version.

MIUI 9
me2151 said:
When I did MIUI previously I do not believe I actually did it from another device(it was like 4-6 years ago so i don't really remember). It just needed the same OS version.
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Is it Possible with MIUI9?

deathhall said:
Is it Possible with MIUI9?
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Please don't bump threads that have been inactive for over a year.

deathhall said:
Is it Possible with MIUI9?
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I sure hope so. I just wonder if the second screen, dual rear cameras, camera app and the quad DAC will work afterwards on MIUI.

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Ilxaot said:
Please don't bump threads that have been inactive for over a year.
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Why not?
Wouldn't it be better than starting a new thread to ask the same question?
And, I'm guessing you'd be the first to tell us to "Use the search function"...
-SMH-

I've got Android O on Mate 9 - Screenshots and Q&A

New version out now. See new thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/ive-official-android-o-beta-screenshot-t3687601

Good stuff mate!
Question: what happens if you hide the navigation bar? I mean, how did they replace Back - Home - Recent buttons?
Aaand: is there a dark theme built-in by chance?
Thanks!

Giocarro said:
Good stuff mate!
Question: what happens if you hide the navigation bar? I mean, how did they replace Back - Home - Recent buttons?
Aaand: is there a dark theme built-in by chance?
Thanks!
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When you hide the navigation bar, you slide up from the bottom to get it back when you need it.
As for themes, here's what is there by default
https://imgur.com/S4Luypg

How to get it?

Android O but the "Android version is "7.0" :laugh:

kermex said:
Android O but the "Android version is "7.0" :laugh:
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Yeah. It shows as 7.0 -- all of the specs show up wrong. This is true with prerelease builds on other Huawei phones as well.
Anyway, if you're not convinced, here's notification snoozing and picture-in-picture settings.
https://imgur.com/a/duHS4

can you make a screenshot from the available quick tiles, please?

duraaraa said:
Yeah. It shows as 7.0 -- all of the specs show up wrong. This is true with prerelease builds on other Huawei phones as well.
Anyway, if you're not convinced, here's notification snoozing and picture-in-picture settings.
https://imgur.com/a/duHS4
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How can I enroll to these test builds?!

kermex said:
How can I enroll to these test builds?!
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You can't. There is no open beta test. These builds are not intended for the public.

duraaraa said:
You can't. There is no open beta test. These builds are not intended for the public.
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And why/how did you get it?!

kermex said:
And why/how did you get it?!
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I got it via FunkyHuawei.

Evolutios said:
can you make a screenshot from the available quick tiles, please?
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Here you go.
https://imgur.com/a/2qknR

I use to be a "gotta have it now" and would flash pretty much any rom that came along, when I had the Dell Streak 5, and the Galaxy Note (1). Since I got the Mate 2, then the 8, then the 9, I haven't flashed anything but OEM official builds, haven't even bothered to root or screw with it.
For me, my experience with Huawei, their roms have been so stable, I haven't had the urge to jack around with it. I don't mind you guys doing it though, makes it easier for us old timers that don't want to bother with it anymore.

p51d007 said:
I use to be a "gotta have it now" and would flash pretty much any rom that came along, when I had the Dell Streak 5, and the Galaxy Note (1). Since I got the Mate 2, then the 8, then the 9, I haven't flashed anything but OEM official builds, haven't even bothered to root or screw with it.
For me, my experience with Huawei, their roms have been so stable, I haven't had the urge to jack around with it. I don't mind you guys doing it though, makes it easier for us old timers that don't want to bother with it anymore.
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Me too. There really isn't anything else for the Mate if you wanted to flash at least officially or on here. But yeah, I can't really think of anything I want that it doesn't already have. Nothing I could really improve. I thought I was all 100% for the Pixel 2 but now I'm thinking Mate 10!

benjmiester said:
Me too. There really isn't anything else for the Mate if you wanted to flash at least officially or on here. But yeah, I can't really think of anything I want that it doesn't already have. Nothing I could really improve. I thought I was all 100% for the Pixel 2 but now I'm thinking Mate 10!
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So you have everything you want and still want to upgrade? Doesn't make sense.

greyphil said:
So you have everything you want and still want to upgrade? Doesn't make sense.
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Of course, everything I want but even faster and longer lasting. Less body to screen ratio is always welcome too. Tmobile's new 600 mhz support would also be great.

I would want Wireless charging, then I would upgrade to the Mate 10, if not I will keep my Mate 9.
I would like to get a current Security patch though

@duraaraa
Hi mate,
What is the kernel number, is it still 4.1.18 or it got up to 4.4?
Do you actually feel any real life difference in general at all between Nougat and Oreo?
Do you think that stand up time/drain has improved as to the few wake ups restrictions in Oreo?
Anything significant that you like/hate or is changed?
Thank you for your reporting here!

CadillacMike said:
I would want Wireless charging, then I would upgrade to the Mate 10, if not I will keep my Mate 9.
I would like to get a current Security patch though
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Mate 10 won't have wireless charging
I also really, really wish it had it.

ytgbg said:
@duraaraa
Hi mate,
What is the kernel number, is it still 4.1.18 or it got up to 4.4?
Do you actually feel any real life difference in general at all between Nougat and Oreo?
Do you think that stand up time/drain has improved as to the few wake ups restrictions in Oreo?
Anything significant that you like/hate or is changed?
Thank you for your reporting here!
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The kernel version is showing as 3.10.20-20436-468, built on Sep 14. Security patch is September 5. Whether or not it's reported correctly, I don't know.
I'm not really using it as a daily driver, but it does feel a little bit different. Some of it may be because of Android O, some of it may be because of EMUI 6. It seems smoother, but that's so objective.
Drain seems better than before, but I haven't done an actual scientific comparison.
I've not yet found anything major to like or hate.
Some other people are installing this build now, so hopefully they will chime in with their opinions.

Could this be real? Official Oreo for the M9

https://yescrowd.optus.com.au/t5/Blog/Android-Software-Updates-22-01-2018/ba-p/377413
https://ausdroid.net/2018/01/23/htc-one-m9-optus-set-receive-oreo-update-soon/
News article and link to the source. I have my doubts and i'm trying to not get peoples hopes up here but if this is legit then I guess we have a reason to celebrate maybe

Don't be a tease[emoji14]
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

We live and see it

Hope so....won't root until confirmed

eskimosound said:
Hope so....won't root until confirmed
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I'm not rooting my M9 anymore. The phone works just fine and I'm known to stuff things up by rooting, after all I don't plan on ever changing rom, Nova launcher does what I need, and as for adds.....oh well.
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2ISAB said:
I'm not rooting my M9 anymore. The phone works just fine and I'm known to stuff things up by rooting, after all I don't plan on ever changing rom, Nova launcher does what I need, and as for adds.....oh well.
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I love rooting just to install sun dreams SRom...he's now not doing them anymore so that combined with the fact I want Oreo and the M9 is so wonderfully fast might stop me.
I will certainly wait until the Oreo update....to be fair though my favorite so far has been Jellybean!! Nougat is dull, I can't stand the Sense icons...thank goodness for the Theme app.

eskimosound said:
thank goodness for the Theme app.
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Too bad substratum doesn't really work on this phone. Or was it just me?

mrbtree98 said:
News article and link to the source. I have my doubts and i'm trying to not get peoples hopes up here but if this is legit then I guess we have a reason to celebrate maybe
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Found the source. Seems legit ? since i cant post urls yet just google optus
Android Software Updates-22-01-2018 and there is a 8.0 update listed under htc one m9

I wonder how much lag it's going to create..
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Janith said:
Found the source. Seems legit ? since i cant post urls yet just google optus
Android Software Updates-22-01-2018 and there is a 8.0 update listed under htc one m9
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I posted the link to both sources right above what you quoted

Guys, please don't put your hopes too high and take this rumor* with not only a grain but two hands full of salt.
HTC (like all big OEMs) officially supports its devices for 24 months after their market release. The M9 is getting three years old, soon. In other words, it's more than unlikely that HTC will provide any further updates for the M9. Especially since the EOL phase got reached almost a year ago and not just recently.
In addition, why should a carrier branded device get a major android update the unbranded European version or the dev edition doesn't get? Don't forget that these two versions normally got their updates around 3 months before the carrier branded ones. If the Optus variant really got android 8 at then end of February or the beginning of March then SKU 401 and 617 would already be running this newer version since somewhen between late December and mid-January.
Disclaimer: Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see the M9 getting another major update. However, chances are more than high that the whole thing is just a canard.
* Since this info is nothing more than that.

If a specific career device gets an update, would it be possible for all other variants to run it (ported version , may be?)?
Or, would it be possible to port it to other varriants?

thilak devraj said:
If a specific career device gets an update, would it be possible for all other variants to run it (ported version , may be?)?
Or, would it be possible to port it to other varriants?
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It depends. Theoretically, it should be possible, but some carrier specific feature might not work for other carrier. That is, if the ROM is still compatible with the old firmware.

shaqman89 said:
It depends. Theoretically, it should be possible, but some carrier specific feature might not work for other carrier. That is, if the ROM is still compatible with the old firmware.
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Apart from the carrier specific features, the rom still should work , right? That is software for literally the same hardware..

https://www.androidauthority.com/htc-one-m9-update-783984/
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I asked HTC on Twitter, here's their answer

lucyr03 said:
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hi ...why sygic apk not work on this rom ( HTC One (M9): S.Team S8.0 X5.5.8 ZX3.02) ?
help me. tnx

abbas_392003 said:
hi ...why sygic apk not work on this rom ( HTC One (M9): S.Team S8.0 X5.5.8 ZX3.02) ?
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I don't know, I don't use this app and I'm not the rom developer.

Test, sorry please ignore this.
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thilak devraj said:
Apart from the carrier specific features, the rom still should work , right? That is software for literally the same hardware..
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In general term yes.
Note that carrier specific would sometimes means ril+modem. So in such cases, the port could work but leaving phone and data capability out.

Porting the OOS camera to custom ROMs.

Hi all,
Have jumped ship a few times to custom ROMs and have came back each time due to limitations of the cameras.
Yes there is Gcam. However the video isn't right. Slow motion is non existent (at least to the level that you'd call usable)
Third party apps don't seem to cut it either.
The Nokia APK does a great job at stills and video but again no slow motion and you cannot use 48MP.
So my question...
Does anyone know what is required to in normal circumstances, get the OnePlus camera to run?
Libs and framwork, etc? And can we obtain them in some way? To give them a whirl against a custom ROM? Even if it's just partial functionality, it would give us a starting point.
Cheers

My previous OnePlus phones never has successful story about this too.
May be some Devs know why this is not possible.

ps000000 said:
My previous OnePlus phones never has successful story about this too.
May be some Devs know why this is not possible.
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I'd never say impossible, just think that the ever changing firmware and updates to ROMs may cause too much grief, plus because (I think) that the framework is required it may be a pain in the backside

There is an awesome dev called @AEonAX in Xiaomi devices. S/he managed to port stock Xiaomi camera to custom AOSP based ROMs. Maybe s/he can figure out the things if has a chance/free time to do that.

emirefek said:
There is an awesome dev called @AEonAX in Xiaomi devices. S/he managed to port stock Xiaomi camera to custom AOSP based ROMs. Maybe s/he can figure out the things if has a chance/free time to do that.
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That'd be amazing, the device sorely needs it.. Having moved back to OOS I can safely say that the difference is night and day.

Hi @dladz .
I saw you mentioned about the Nokia Cam. Is that works on live bokeh? If yes, could you please tell me what is the cam version?
Thanks

engcristiano said:
Hi @dladz .
I saw you mentioned about the Nokia Cam. Is that works on live bokeh? If yes, could you please tell me what is the cam version?
Thanks
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Sorry mate I've actually deleted it. But iirc the live bokeh did work.
It was a link on XDA, haven't got the APK no more as I didn't need it anymore.
Have a Google for it won't be hard to find.
Edit: here you go
[APP][8.0+][Universal] Nokia Camera 91.9.1130.40 with Pro Mode and Animojis ENABLED
Nokia Camera 91.9.1130.40-9558b747 with Pro Mode and Animojis ENABLED TTSIA, and WYSIWYG. The title says it all, and what you see is what you get. It has enabled Pro Mode, Animojis and more features, for any device that supports Level...
forum.xda-developers.com
Slow motion didn't work but if you choose slow motion, it will do a great 60fps video

dladz said:
That'd be amazing, the device sorely needs it.. Having moved back to OOS I can safely say that the difference is night and day.
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I don't have an OP device. So can't do anything about it

AEonAX said:
I don't have an OP device. So can't do anything about it
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No worries man, not you're responsibility..
It's definitely needed but without a device I'd imagine it'd be a colossal ballache.
If you were interested in giving it a whirl and needed testers..
I think I and many many others would be more than happy to assist.
PS: I say this with no idea of what's involved, so please don't judge me.
I think even with the volume of people now currently using the device, a bounty might even be a real possibility.
Dunno?
Anyway thanks for reading and reaching out all the same.

This is one of those things that stops me from leaving OOS on my OP8Pro.
OnePlus should release the Camera app on play store, like Google does. The gcam from play store just works on Pixel devices with LOS18.1 without any glitches.

devsk said:
This is one of those things that stops me from leaving OOS on my OP8Pro.
OnePlus should release the Camera app on play store, like Google does. The gcam from play store just works on Pixel devices with LOS18.1 without any glitches.
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Couldn't agree more..
Strange that a company can go from actually advertising usage of twrp to this in a few short years.

dladz said:
I think even with the volume of people now currently using the device, a bounty might even be a real possibility.
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Bounty program can be good i think. Are there any xda moderators to talk about that? If that thing okay, I think we can collect some money with paypal/cryptos to deliver the first dev who figure things out.

emirefek said:
Bounty program can be good i think. Are there any xda moderators to talk about that? If that thing okay, I think we can collect some money with paypal/cryptos to deliver the first dev who figure things out.
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Yea could be good.
Usually people pledge money to get it done.. then pay up then it's fulfilled
If 50 people pledge a few quid each then there's a few hundred £££s to get it done.
Only issue I can foresee would be the terms of maintaining it .
I'm not sure if it works for one it'll work for another.

Havoc OS has OOS cam baked in now. Join their telegram group.

Phalanx7621 said:
Havoc OS has OOS cam baked in now. Join their telegram group.
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That's amazing

will the pro builds go online again?

serial1005 said:
will the pro builds go online again?
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?? For Evo X. You would have to ask in that that thread dude