Google Pixel Rom Development

[PATRiOT96]

Hi guys , as lot of us I want a Pixel Rom with the Pixel Experience and most of all the Pixel Camera (So we can really use our camera sensor )
I have been in talks we some Developers of Pixel Roms and ask them if they would be interested in trying to make a Pixel Rom for our Mi5s and 4 of them answered me with a positive answer.
I'm creating this thread because for them to try to build the Rom we would need to join forces and Donate enought money so we could purchase them a Mi5s.
So if you are interested in a Pixel Rom and don't mind giving up a Buck for the cause just let me know in the Pool to see if this would be possible.

So I created a CrowdFunding campaing to see if we can reach the goal , I set the goal to 460$ to see if we could get two Mi5s to the two Dev's who are most interested.
If you want this to happen just donate 1$ it's a Beer and it would help alot!
http://fnd.us/51Fx7c?ref=sh_96jnqa

 

[werzum]

How about we also post this to reddit? Maybe a few people over there are also interested

 

[bozy09]

How about we also post this to reddit? Maybe a few people over there are also interested

Great idea we could also post to miui forums!

 

[Airborntx]

so the central post will be on reddit ? or here?
i think here will make more important the campaign

 

[bozy09]

Central post should be here and we should have links on Reddit and mi forums

 

[PATRiOT96]

Central post should be here and we should have links on Reddit and mi forums

so the central post will be on reddit ? or here?
i think here will make more important the campaign

I agree that the Central Post should be here and if we would create on the oher Forums we should link it to this one.
I don't have a Reddit account if you guys don't mind creating for me I would appreciate.

Best regards

 

[fereidooni]

Wow i can't wait for it ???

 

[bozy09]

Wow i can't wait for it

weve still got ways to go unless by some miracle the price of the device drops to $20 We need to get as many onboard as possible!

 

[fereidooni]

weve still got ways to go unless by some miracle the price of the device drops to $20 We need to get as many onboard as possible!

i do my best

 

[Airborntx]

Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that

 

[krelly]

So have you actually found a developer who ported camera software from pixel/nexus phones before ? (I suppose camera is the main goal for us, no doubt pixel is doing this job much better having same hardware). The camera app itself doesn't affect picture quality that much, it is rather result of usage of underlying algorithms. Porting rom (or doing it feel it like pixel has from the box using lineage or another existing rom) won't be a big problem for a specialist, but all underlying software may not be so easily accessible, because it uses google developments that they likely don't want to expose. I'm not a rom developer so just want to clarify things (maybe they already released all required drivers in open source and it is only problem of testing it on a real device )

 

[PATRiOT96]

Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that

Hi there , I think the point would be for him to stay with the device and we would only consider that of sending to another one if the choosen Dev won't be able to do anything per say.

So have you actually found a developer who ported camera software from pixel/nexus phones before ? (I suppose camera is the main goal for us, no doubt pixel is doing this job much better having same hardware). The camera app itself doesn't affect picture quality that much, it is rather result of usage of underlying algorithms. Porting rom (or doing it feel it like pixel has from the box using lineage or another existing rom) won't be a big problem for a specialist, but all underlying software may not be so easily accessible, because it uses google developments that they likely don't want to expose. I'm not a rom developer so just want to clarify things (maybe they already released all required drivers in open source and it is only problem of testing it on a real device )

What I did was asking some Developers from the Pixel section if they would be interested in making a Pixel Rom for the Xiaomi Mi5s and if they would be able to try to Port the Camera Firmware or Algorithms from the Pixel to the Xiaomi Mi5s.
Of course they can't know for sure if they are going to be able to do it but they said they would love to try , and that's the best answer we can get from anyone to be honest.

 

[j1505243]

We have broken closed source libs lolololo. The camera is the toughest part of all. Totally.

 

[tachymeter]

We have broken closed source libs lolololo. The camera is the toughest part of all. Totally.

If there is progress in this direction, then certainly is good news.

 

[mesziman]

I think the only possible problem for this is that Google locked their prop libs to work only on Pixel. But I doubt it!!
I have disassembled the Google camera application and it checks the phone if it is Pixel or not.
If the libs were locked down I think it would mean an unnecessary double check.
I am a software developer myself and I am considering porting this to our device, however, I have no experience with android so far so it will take a bit of time.

 

[Terolex]

I think the only possible problem for this is that Google locked their prop libs to work only on Pixel. But I doubt it!!
I have disassembled the Google camera application and it checks the phone if it is Pixel or not.
If the libs were locked down I think it would mean an unnecessary double check.
I am a software developer myself and I am considering porting this to our device, however, I have no experience with android so far so it will take a bit of time.

I would like to help, but like you I'm a software developer and I don't know if I can help with my knowledge. But it's cool to see peoples interested to the improvement of this camera.

 

[John.D..]

When and where do we donate money?
And I would like to see comments from the developer

 

[bozy09]

When and where do we donate money?
And I would like to see comments from the developer

I'd like to know this too

 

[gaylemite]

Take me?I am responsible for informing the Chinese people of the miui forum

Great idea we could also post to miui forums!

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Lads , after the dev reach His potential, what Is he going to do with the device? Kept or send it to another one? I have questions about that

 

[zipeee2]

Nexus Experience rom is very similar to pixel. http://www.nxrom.us/mi5splus.html I can't tell a difference from it vs the pixel rom on my 5x other than some LOS features included.

Google photo thinks it's a pixel (unlimited storage)

Flashing the google camera - https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-ported takes care of the camera part, although I use a separate app for video recording since its video recording is buggy and FCs