Today I installed cyanogenmod 13,and everything is great but camera quality is really bad.Is there a fix for that? If not,can I just flash nougat update,or do I have to unroot first?
Bad camera quality is related to CyanogenMod, the only thing you can try is to install other cameras.
To install Nougat, please follow carefully the guide step by step in order to avoid brick.
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Hi, I am new to Android upgrade. I know only OTA upgrade in phone. Can any one please explain me step by step instructions to upgrade my Storm. It keeps saying Google apps stopped working, and many other error with google. Now I am unable to use settings -> Apps . As soon as I open chrome or settings->apps it says stopped working. So, I made my mind to upgrade to any stable version if any updated. I have found that there is CM13 available. But, do not know what has to be done. As some where I read to install kernal / TWRP / image ,etc. But, I am really not Android Savy and do not know all these terms or exactly what I should do and what I have to do. Please Please give me step by step complete instruction what I have to download and how I can update my Storm with CM13. One more question is CM13 and Android 6.0 "Marshmallow" both same? This might be very dump question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf_hDweegbU guys see this video that helps u in and even i made a video how to install rtwrp recovery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH06xuyJjVs so guys i made even how to install cm13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fj_0EFjjok so guys i made easier to all in easy steps for installation
Hello everyone,
I'm new to XDA(joined just today to get help on this topic) so please ignore any mistakes.
Coming the the topic , I had been waiting patiently for official release of oreo for my phone , hoping that they would improve the camera, but now that i know that official oreo is 32 bit and we're not getting camera2 api i've lost hope from moto.
I'm sick of the oversharpening, artifacts, low DR ,from my current camera app.
And as the title suggest I want the best camera experience(both photos and video) and don't really care much about anything else.
ROM should be stable.
I'm ready to compromise on battery , performance , etc for the better images and video .
P.S. I've never installed a custom ROM on any of my phones or even rooted them. So any help in that regards will also be much appreciated.
Personally, I would stay stock. Oreo will be arriving very soon. This is best camera in my opinion:
https://potterroms.me/Mods/Camera/GCam_Nougat_3.2.045.apk
It's the 32bit mod of gcam, not all features are there but, hdr+ is, and that gives decent photos so long as you don't mind manual focus before taking photos by tapping screen. It does focus auto but can be a bit temperamental. If you manual focus it takes good images.
If you do decide to root etc, first and foremost...get a backup of efs before doing any Oreo flashing.
Cupcake 1.5 said:
Personally, I would stay stock. Oreo will be arriving very soon. This is best camera in my opinion:
It's the 32bit mod of gcam, not all features are there but, hdr+ is, and that gives decent photos so long as you don't mind manual focus before taking photos by tapping screen. It does focus auto but can be a bit temperamental. If you manual focus it takes good images.
If you do decide to root etc, first and foremost...get a backup of efs before doing any Oreo flashing.
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I installed the app but it is showing Camera error "Can't connect to the camera."
Also what is efs and how do i make a backup.
Thanks for your help
Dhonchak said:
I installed the app but it is showing Camera error "Can't connect to the camera."
Also what is efs and how do i make a backup.
Thanks for your help
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As u said u r new, Welcome to the XDA forum,
If you want the best camera experience go with Arnova8G2's Gcam port, this of course comes only by installing a custom 64-bit ROM & camera2api. Even I have recently rooted and installed AEX ROM and man what a camera quality! Just spectacular. Just like the above suggestion please take full back up of your rom (with EFS and PERSIST).
To take back up:
1) Unlock bootloader
2) Flash TWRP and Root
3) then back up, take EFS and Persist backups separately, in some cases u just need to flash efs or persist. Also take full backup along with all the boxes ticked.
If things go ur way, u can download and install any 64-bit ROM like LineageOS, AEX, Pixel Experience etc.
I have been using AEX, I am on the ninth cloud since then:laugh: customization+performance+battery life.
All the best.:good:
Hi all.
I have a Moto G5 Plus(XT1687) that I would like use a custom ROM on. In fact I bought a second one to specifically do this with. I have only done this once with a Samsung Galaxy S5 and the MicroG version of LineageOS 14.1
With the Moto G5 Plus there are some extra steps from what I gather(you have to get permission from Motorola in order to unlock the bootloader is one example). And there are some intimidating things that I am just unsure about - such as to install Arrow you have to have Oreo 8.1 installed - but when you unlock the bootloader it wipes the phone? So how is this possible? Do I have to install the stock Oreo ROM first? Where do I get the stock ROM?
I have done a couple of months of searching for guides but have found different instructions and some with broken links to software on google drives or other sites I am not sure are safe. I asked about on the subreddit for Moto G and they pointed me here(which I have read a lot here over the past several months.).
Here is what I know:
1) I will need to enable developer options and USB debugging on the phone
2) I will have to get a code from the phone through abd and fastboot. In order to unlock the bootloader, I have to contact Motorola. give them a code and they will send me a code in order to do so(correct?)
3) I need to install TWRP in order to flash any ROM and other software, such as Gapps.
What I am asking of the community:
1) Legitimate link to the software needed.
2) Recommendations for ROMs. What do I want? I want to get be able to get out of the clutches of Google as much as possible. I understand that Android is Google, but most of the custom ROMs have removed most of the Google code. There is not a ROM from the MicroG website for Potter, which is what I really wanted(is this just LineageOS with thew micro Gapps?) I also have found replacement apps for almost all of my normal apps in the F-Droid repository. Ones I have studied: LineageOS(no official for Moto G5 Plus), Arrow OS, HavocOS and RessurectionOS. I have heard there are many out there. Important to have the actual phone part working well.
3) What is the differences in the different Gapps packages(Open Gapps, Mind the Gapps)?
4) What is this magisk I keep on reading about? Is that just for root? And don't you need root to install TWRP?
5) A step by step guide to make sure I don't jack this up. Even though this is my 'play' phone, I would like it to become my daily driver and plan on getting a SIM card as soon as I can get a stable OS on it.
6) Any tips or recommendations for someone like me.
I appreciate any input.
Thank you.
OK, I found this, but it is over a year old.
Is the info there still relevant? Is there anything that has changed since it was posted?
one two and three of what you know is ok.
The custom rom must be for the device.
On my motog5 plus I use Crdroid-Rom without Google Gapps.
Magisk is used to get root, that is, make changes and view the root of the device.
The information is valid. Rom-are outdated.
Thank you. Doing more research. Hopefully I will have a functioning device by the end of the weekend.
If you want smoothest experience try citrus-CAF its pure CAF rom its very nice smooth and fast.
Hi, I recently bought an used OnePlus 8 Pro and it was already updated to Android 11. After repairing it, I discovered that it's not possible to run TWRP on this firmware version.
Couldn't I just go ahead and downgrade the OS in order to run TWRP on it or is it basically impossible like on the latest Samsung Galaxy S-series devices?
Would be glad if someone could answer me that question. I kinda tried to boot into twrp because I was too quick to read the thread but it just caused my device to run into Qualcomm Emegency Mode.
What do you need twrp for? If it's just to root and almost everything else... It can be done via other means.
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What do you need twrp for? If it's just to root and almost everything else... It can be done via other means.
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I also counter the same problem, i just want to use twrp to flash another rom. Do you have any solution? I have search the forum but i didnot find something useful.
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I also counter the same problem, i just want to use twrp to flash another rom. Do you have any solution? I have search the forum but i didnot find something useful.
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Hmmmm the way I've seen a lot of custom roms... They're installed/flashed partition by partition in bootloader via fastboot.....I guess if you have to use twrp to flash the entire rom you do need to downgrade to os 10.
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Hmmmm the way I've seen a lot of custom roms... They're installed/flashed partition by partition in bootloader via fastboot.....I guess if you have to use twrp to flash the entire rom you do need to downgrade to os 10.
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Thank you for your response. i think i just did not catch up the latest progress. Would you please help me find the instruction about how to flash rom in the new way you mentioned ? thank you so much.
And i still have the same question , is it necessary for us to downgrade to android 10 and then start flashing rom.
Look at the roms in the subforum here:
OnePlus 8 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other
Improve your OnePlus 8 Pro 's battery life, performance, and look by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, kernel, and more.
forum.xda-developers.com
I just looked at some popular ones like Pixel experience and Lineage and they're both flashed in this way. Look at the opening post where the instructions are... Seems like Pixel Experience there's a batch file that flashes the partitions but it's essentially done this way without twrp.
sensui123 said:
Look at the roms in the subforum here:
OnePlus 8 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other
Improve your OnePlus 8 Pro 's battery life, performance, and look by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, kernel, and more.
forum.xda-developers.com
I just looked at some popular ones like Pixel experience and Lineage and they're both flashed in this way. Look at the opening post where the instructions are... Seems like Pixel Experience there's a batch file that flashes the partitions but it's essentially done this way without twrp.
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thank you for your reply, I already tried to flash pixel experience, i followed the install guide but failed to flash its recovery file.
Install PixelExperience on instantnoodlep - PixelExperience Wiki
Install PixelExperience on instantnoodlep - PixelExperience Wiki
wiki.pixelexperience.org
Because it requires installing rom from recovery, so I get stuck here.
The problem is the device enters crash dump mode when switched to recovery mode. I guess the reason is that my p8pro is in andriod 11 before i flash recovery. now the device can enter android 11 normally but the recovery don't function. So I am here to ask is it necessary for me to downgrade to android 10 to solve the problem.
sensui123 said:
Look at the roms in the subforum here:
OnePlus 8 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other
Improve your OnePlus 8 Pro 's battery life, performance, and look by rooting it and installing a custom ROM, kernel, and more.
forum.xda-developers.com
I just looked at some popular ones like Pixel experience and Lineage and they're both flashed in this way. Look at the opening post where the instructions are... Seems like Pixel Experience there's a batch file that flashes the partitions but it's essentially done this way without twrp.
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Thank you for your reply, it help me a lot. i have already flash my device lineage os . Regarding the problem i mentioned in my last reply, it seems the install guide is for android 10. As for android 11 , i think it needs a payload dumper to extract all files and flash them one by one.
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Hi, I recently bought an used OnePlus 8 Pro and it was already updated to Android 11. After repairing it, I discovered that it's not possible to run TWRP on this firmware version.
Couldn't I just go ahead and downgrade the OS in order to run TWRP on it or is it basically impossible like on the latest Samsung Galaxy S-series devices?
Would be glad if someone could answer me that question. I kinda tried to boot into twrp because I was too quick to read the thread but it just caused my device to run into Qualcomm Emegency Mode.
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I think the answer depends why do you need twrp. If you just want to flash a rom like me, you can find a custom rom supporting android 11,for example lineage os and you can flash all files it requires without twrp.
If you want to flash a android 10 rom or you just want to flash twrp , i don't know how, maybe you should downgrade.