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[TheWolfOne]

how to enable camera2api? and where are config files?

No gcam config files so far for gcam

 

[popthosegaskets]

Root is required to modify build.prop file, OP should have highlighted this in his post.

 

[skorpicz]

what about some already functional gcam?

 

[Anubarak16]

Root is required to modify build.prop file, OP should have highlighted this in his post.

Even with root permissions I'm not able to edit the file.
What tool/app did you use?
I tried several different root explorers and granted them SU permission but the file still cannot be saved.
I can create other files there tho

 

[twistedumbrella]

Even with root permissions I'm not able to edit the file.
What tool/app did you use?
I tried several different root explorers and granted them SU permission but the file still cannot be saved.
I can create other files there tho

MagiskHide Props Config has an option to add a custom prop and supports the read only system

 

[TiklMiPickles]

Rooted, but whenever I try to install it just says 'app not installed'. I enabled installing unknown apps in security, do I have to delete asus's camera app or something to install?

 

[TheWolfOne]

Rooted, but whenever I try to install it just says 'app not installed'. I enabled installing unknown apps in security, do I have to delete asus's camera app or something to install?

That's mean gcam you want to install is not compatible with your phone

 

[TiklMiPickles]

That's mean gcam you want to install is not compatible with your phone

I have an ROG Phone 5 on the WW rom, so idk why it would work for others here but not me.

 

[TheWolfOne]

I have an ROG Phone 5 on the WW rom, so idk why it would work for others here but not me.

no gcam work for me

 

[bouyhy01]

Root is required to modify build.prop file, OP should have highlighted this in his post.

Hal 3 is enabled by default since 3 or 4 years ago , no need of that,you can check with camera 2 api probe app

 

[elracingETR]

Google Camera 7.4.104 for the Asus ROG Phone 5 is a Modded stock camera application from Pixel Smartphone which has some advance features that are Missing in the stock Asus ROG Phone 5 camera application Like HDR Plus & Night Sight/ Astrography.

This advance camera app allow You full control over the camera, You can use Advance Lib Patcher for back camera, telephoto lens and Wide angle lens, also it has a HDR+ control Panel to Apply HDR Plus from the selected device or sensor Like from pixel 3, Pixel 2 & Sony IMX586. in the Video Section You can Shoot 4K time-lapse Video, also You have a option to change the bitrate.

Asus ROG Phone 5 Run on Android 11 and it is Powered by QCOM SD888 Processor. it is dual SIM smartphone support Nano SIM card, connectivity features Include 3G hotspot, GPS, WIFI, Bluetooth & 4G. the device come with 8/12GB of RAM and 128/256GB of Storage that can be expandable via SD card.

What’s Working:

• Portrait Mod
• Video 1080P 60FPS
• Video 4K
• HDR Plus
• Nigh Sight
• time-lapse video
• all other Basic Features

Download links:​

• Gcam_build_7.4.104_beta.apk

How to Install Google Camera 7.4.104 Mod on Asus ROG Phone 5:​

1. Download Google camera apk from above
2. Now enable unknown apps Installation from security section
3. then Install downloaded File as a Normal apk
4. done

Note: enable camera2api by adding below code to build.prop

Persist.vender.camera.HAL3.enable=1

How to Import Custom Settings on Google Camera APP:​

• Download & Move config File to storage/gcam/configs folder
• Open Google camera double click Near shooter area
• from the Popup select config file
• Restart Gcam app. done, you can open it

have any question let me know via comment.

after installing it, it says installation complete but it doesn't show up in the app list, nor in the app manager. That's suspicious, I recommend not installing it.

 

[harsheshsachdev]

This link works.

Wichaya: GCam_8.1.101_Wichaya_V1.5

Download GCam_8.1.101_Wichaya_V1.5 by Wichaya.

www.celsoazevedo.com

In download section, first link for normal apk..
Download, install and use.. Everything works.

No root required, no camera2api to be enabled(cuz maybe it is actually enabled by default).
I am using Rog 5 on android 12 latest official build.

 

[TheWolfOne]

After updated to A12 now this phone can install any gcam

 

[mahdibassam]

Is there a way to set Gcam as the default camera app? im using ROG Phone 6.

 

[TheWolfOne]

Is there a way to set Gcam as the default camera app? im using ROG Phone 6.

Nope

 

[CaptianXLAB]

For rooted ROG Phone 5 owners --

I have an ROG Phone 5 (8GB RAM / 128GB storage, Android 11 from Sept 2021), rooted with Magisk.

1. To edit build.prop, you need to modify SUPER partition and flash it to allow mounting system as RW, by using SystemRW script. Then all you need to do is "mount -o remount,rw /" in a shell with su and all system read/write will work. The size is very less so you'd want to delete the yandex.ru apk and some other random preloaded stuff from system and vendor partitions before you can write more stuff to it. Basic text editing should still work however. I recommend this to any power users out there. Following instructions here are super easy as well. Here's the link:

[Closed] Universal SystemRW / SuperRW feat. MakeRW / ro2rw (read-only-2-read/write super partition converter)

Welcome to the one and only, the original, universal, System-RW / Super-RW feat. Make-RW / ro2rw (read-only-2-read/write super partition converter) by lebigmac Also known as: THE-REAL-RW, FULL-RW, EXT4-RW, EROFS-RW, EROFS-2-RW, F2FS-RW...

forum.xda-developers.com

If you don't want to modify /system then try using the Magisk Camera2API enabler module, since magisk modules work systemlessly and are safer and easier to work with. I haven't tried this myself so I don't have any experience with that.

2. Use this specific GCam port -- "GCam_8.1.101_Wichaya_V1.6", has 60fps working for Ultrawide 1080p, back camera 1080p and back camera 4K. Doesn't have front camera 60fps support however. Use the "60FPS" camera for recording video. It will always be 60fps on that camera (from my experience). This port lists ROG Phone 6 so maybe it works better with that one... I haven't tried other ports since this one has 60fps video working.

Wichaya: GCam_8.1.101_Wichaya_V1.6

Download GCam_8.1.101_Wichaya_V1.6 by Wichaya.

www.celsoazevedo.com

3. I have these entries in my build.prop file under /system but besides the camera.HAL3 and vendor.camera.HAL3 entries, I'm not sure if anything depends on this or not. It was one of the things I tried while trying to make 60fps work with some other GCam port that I had since 1 year.

persist.camera.HAL3.enabled=1
persist.camera.EIS.enabled=1
persist.camera.stats.test=5
persist.vendor.camera.HAL3.enabled=1
persist.vendor.camera.EIS.enabled=1
persist.vendor.camera.stats.test=5

Notes -
a. Stock ASUS camera app has always been faster and smoother for recording 60fps videos, slowmo, etc. Having the option in GCam is great since I use it as the main camera for taking photos, but it's not worth it. Everything can be laggy and I'd rather have it be reliable with a tiny inconvenience of switching apps.

b. The GCam mod I listed does work with 60fps BUT - Camera2API always reports only upto 30fps when getting valid framerates for all camera IDs for videos on ROG5, which is why I think only specific ports like the one I mentioned are the ones which will be able to actually do 60fps video, although I have no idea how that works. Any other camera apps like OpenCamera, they do list the option for 60fps and even 120fps WITHOUT using Camera2API but the videos, in both preview and files, are actually at 30fps (it's very easy to tell the difference)

c. With the port I listed, this is what's working for my ROG5:
• HDR+ and HDR+E,
• Night Mode,
• Macro and Wide angle cameras,
• 60fps Video for Wide Angle at 1080p
• 60fps Video for both 1080p and 4K on main camera (shows as "60FPS" instead of zoom levels)

d. WARNING: Taking HDR+E photos from the camera ID listed as "60FPS" -- it hard-froze my ROG5 for over 30 minutes, even force shutdown by power button wasn't responding. Considering a 6000 mAh battery and a hard freeze, it'd take DAYS for the battery to drain out. Luckily this time it came back after 30 minutes but I'm not testing that again, I've never seen a hard freeze on any device like this before. Watch out for that.