[Flashable Zip] Want To use Latest Google Camera from Pixel XL (7.1) on N6P 7.0 ?

[Winb33]

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Please please please !!! Make a backup before flashing anything and read complete OP instructions
Back via TWRP is the best way to save your phone in case of problem !
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Actually this mod is incompatible with : (Working on it to solve problem)
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If you scared about flashing camera you can bring a modified version of camera (4.2.010.131250824) here (Credits to XDA Team)
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There is no support here for this version as here you get 4.2.022.135443920
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Yesterday i was playing with system dump from Pixel XL and seeing how can i manage to use latest Google Camera , and i found a funny tips to make it work

Explain :

First i' ve extracted the Google camera from system dump , it' s was uninstalable as it because it need SDK 25 and so Nougat 7.1 .

So i made for my own a flashable zip with the camera (the version of pixel cam is 4.2.010.131250824) and flashed on my actual rom (WETA 9.2)
after reboot camera disappeard from my drawer (normal^^) .
Unable to decompil /recompil properly the apk as Apktool doesnt not support Android N for the moment ....

So i decided to make a small mod in my build.prop :

Changing SDK version (see line => ro.build.version.sdk)
On 7.0 we use 24 , 7.1 will be 25 !!! Lets simply edit this and see what happen ?

Boom !!!! It works as it , new camera appears in drawer and was usable without bugs ))

After this i had an update in afternoon from the playstore that give me version 4.2.022.135443920

Since yesterday i made this change i didnt find any bug on my phone so changing SDK info in build.prop looks ok.

For those how want to test i made flashable zip to make it easy.

Step 1 flash camera from 7.1

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Step 2 use my flashable zip to mod your buildprop to get SDK 25

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Reboot and profit (after reboot you will have an update to do on the playstore for camera

Please report bug if you find some

I'll make restore of stock camera if need see below

Restore :

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[Blackball]

Its working fine but whats the difference between the Stock 6p cam?

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[Winb33]

There are some cosmetics improvements (like new grid) , HDR seems to be faster , and camera looks globaly faster (my feeling)

Its working fine but whats the difference between the Stock 6p cam?

Gesendet von meinem Pixel mit Tapatalk

 

[xanaxdroid]

Is this the apk that was found to have malware in it earlier today?

https://apkscan.nviso.be/report/show/31699fad73ffc47bc311df769d6f524f

 

[chrisbrew]

Working fine on Weta 9.3. Only problem I had found after installing was google keyboard stopping. I was using the apk from the leaked pixel dump so I reverted back to the play store version.

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

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Is this the apk that was found to have malware in it earlier today?

https://apkscan.nviso.be/report/show/31699fad73ffc47bc311df769d6f524f

Scanned it with Webroot and nothing came up so I presume it's safe.

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

 

[OGWAUN]

Flashed but Google keyboard stopped working because it was from pixel port. But other than that it worked fine.

 

[xanaxdroid]

Working fine on Weta 9.3. Only problem I had found after installing was google keyboard stopping. I was using the apk from the leaked pixel dump so I reverted back to the play store version.

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

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Scanned it with Webroot and nothing came up so I presume it's safe.

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

Okay cool. Just wanted to make sure. I looked at it too and it looks fine to use.

 

[Winb33]

No This one was directly extracted from Pixel XL system dump

Is this the apk that was found to have malware in it earlier today?

https://apkscan.nviso.be/report/show/31699fad73ffc47bc311df769d6f524f

 

[Yahfar]

Flashed it but now Pixel Launcher doesn't work. It keeps force closing.

 

[kievlueen10]

Flashed it but now Pixel Launcher doesn't work. It keeps force closing.

Same here but nor google now launcher.

 

[Winb33]

About your Pixel Launcher installation , did you use flashable zip to install or manually via standard apk installation ? (To know where your pixel launcher is actually located (in system or data ?)
@Yahfar and @kievlueen10 Could you make a test for me please ?
Flash This SDK24

This will restore your sdk info to 24 .. after reboot tell me if you ever had FC on launcher and if camera is working also ?

Flashed it but now Pixel Launcher doesn't work. It keeps force closing.

Same here but nor google now launcher.

 

[Yahfar]

About your Pixel Launcher installation , did you use flashable zip to install or manually via standard apk installation ? (To know where your pixel launcher is actually located (in system or data ?)

I used the zip.

 

[twistanesh]

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[kievlueen10]

About the pixel launcher i was install by zip file and im not sure about the actual locate

after restore back to sdk 24 .. google camera and google chrome will gone missing .

 

[knitler]

Same with the Pixel launcher, I even tried to reflash and wipe the cache but it still crashes..

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About the pixel launcher i was install by zip file and im not sure about the actual locate

after restore back to sdk 24 .. google camera and google chrome will gone missing .

Youtube vanishes as well. You can DL them again from the app store.

 

[UrbanLagoon]

Will this work on marshmallow? I didn't upgrade to nougat yet. Waiting for a 100% stable pure nexus

 

[vignesh95]

will this work on oneplus 2 cm14?

iam on cm14 oneplus 2
will this work on my phone?

 

[bigdave79]

Thanks OP!

A much easier way to do this is to just edit the build.prop and reboot. The camera update appeared for me in Google play so I didn't have to flash anything.

 

[nicholasknicks]

Any noticable changes on the photo quality?

 

[adresordeix]

Apparently after flashing, Photos doesn't work. Keeps crashing. Any fix?