EDIT: I was writing this post when Curiousn00b posted 9 minutes before I ended up posting this; so that's why I don't respond/acknowledge some of the things he says in the post before this as well as repeating certain things...didn't mean to, just replied too late...
I just want to thank you
@Curiousn00b for informing about this! I actually only just found out about Pixelify a couple of days ago, but was put off at the fact that it only did unlimited storage under lowering quality in storage saver; but this worked out better!
I did what you did and made a huge GB+ video to test, and it worked! (God, it was rather annoying as Google Photos will stop backing up/uploading when device is hot and the P7P runs sooo hot so easily! and uploading GB+ video takes a long time...) Thanks! Great idea! Mine did not go against my allotted 15GB and does show it backed up in original quality; I love seeing it!
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I'm unsure....because of your post, I was doubtful it would work for me as well...
but it does work! I did as you -- was at first confused as to why it was considered a "module" when you download it as an .apk -- the only things I added/did different was I didn't just force close the app, but cleared the data completely itself; also, just for kicks and giggles just to see if it'd still work and so I could also get the cool tools like magic eraser and unblur, updated the app to the latest via play store.
I don't know if my set up might be different from yours or not, but just to describe what I have set up that I can think of that might be different is; Zygisk - LSPosed, Systemless hosts module, updated firmware (.031), updated Google Play System update, can't think of anything else that would be relevant to this mod working... If there's anything you would like me to clarify (on my process or set up), let me know...Hope it works out for you!
That's probably the most established way, but the key thing/difference is using that method only allows for unlimited by lowering the quality of the pictures and videos and would only get unlimited backups under "storage saver" option, not original quality. If you would like to check for yourself, I'd be very curious to see if you are able to get it unlimited in original quality, as I feel a bit more comfortable using that module than this one uploaded by SayantanRC/BaltiApps version.
I'm certain Google will find this out soon enough -- just like it did for Vanced and Spotify did for Dogfood. I know there's potential to lose "everything", but I doubt they'd actually remove pictures/videos, but most probably will just shut it down somehow. But you can never know for sure and we might be poking the bear and its vengeance could be mighty when it finds out and/or shuts it down. We should all heed your warning....
*I myself will probably go about as I originally planned when I found out about Google stopping the unlimited storage when buying my Pixel 7 and will still offload my photos/videos to an external hdd, just in case. I still want this feature/mod on principle because I hate how Google (and all other device manufacturer's) don't offer/allow external sd expandable memory options and restrict us to whatever storage memory they deem (plus charge us for the higher storage options) in order to push for paying for bigger storage on the device and/or their cloud storage service which also costs $. So, for me, a lot of it is on principle...
And in attempt to keep this on-topic...the mod that Curiousn00b posted about, Pixelify-Google-Photos from BaltiApps, is as the thread title asks and
is a root mod that is working in Android 13 and could be considered being added onto the OP list...