[Request] Motorola KitKat camera and gallery

j27h

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Hi, since I started using custom ROMs I've lost the ability to do HDR photos and the picture quality dropped. When I use the original 4.1.2 Motorola camera extracted from the OTA everything works fine exept it always crashes after the first photo. Could someone please extract the Mootorola KitKat 4.4.2 camera/gallery from the OTA so that we could try to install it in our custom ROMs?

Thanks in advance!
 

j27h

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To whom it may concern...

Here are the Kit Kat Moto Camera and Gallery apk extracted from the KK 183.46.10 build. My idea was to install them in the CM11 ROM to retrieve a working HDR and better photos, but now I'm testing the official Kit Kat OTA so I haven't tested them on a custom ROM to see if they works.

If you want to experiment, here they are!

UPDATE: I've added the Camera APK (Motorola Camera v4.4.2-15_19.apk) extracted from the latest official KitKat build (183.46.15). I don't think the changed anything, based on the changelog and file dimension, but if you want to try here they are!

ps: the gallery version remained unchanged between 183.46.10 and 183.46.15!
 
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fredsky2

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Where did you get those from? I'm on 4.1.2 and could install the camera with success; couldn't find any differences though

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Where did you get those from? I'm on 4.1.2 and could install the camera with success; couldn't find any differences though

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From the official KK builds from Moto. Just open up the leaked zips or decompile the system img from within the sbf

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Here are the Kit Kat Moto Camera and Gallery apk. My idea was to install them in the CM11 ROM to retrieve a working HDR and better photos, but now I'm testing the official Kit Kat OTA so I haven't tested them on a custom ROM to see if they works.

If you want to experiment, here they are!
i have try to install at carbon rom, can take pict but after that is lag :(
 

j27h

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i have try to install at carbon rom, can take pict but after that is lag :(
Is Carbon still based on JB kernel (3.0) or is jumped on the KK 3.4 kernel?

In the past I tried to use the original Moto JB camera in a Cyanogenmod 10.2 ROM: it worked at the time, but after every shot che app crashed. I changed the signature of the APK to install it as a system app,but that didn't solve the issue. Anyway, the HDR function was ok, panorama too and the normal shots were really good!

All the other camera apps that I have tried (Focal, Google Camera, Moto X camera, HTC camera) missed HDR or produced blurried images. Even the normal shots were far worse than with the Moto camera, so since then I started searching for a solution.

I hope the KK Moto camera will work on the KK based CM11...
 

UuN

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Hi,

I just installed this apks on CM11, the gallery crashed, but the camera running well.

Thanks, i like the stock camera ?
 

j27h

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Hi,

I just installed this apks on CM11, the gallery crashed, but the camera running well.

Thanks, i like the stock camera ?
Yes, the stock camera works real good but to fix the crashes I think we'll have to export the permissions and libraries too... Right now I'm using the Motorola Camera from the Moto E, thanks to ATTAK:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-m/themes-apps/moto-e-dump-apps-t2860110

By the way, I've uploaded the latest version of the original Razr M KitKat Camera (see post 2)!
 
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Yes, the stock camera works real good but to fix the crashes I think we'll have to export the permissions and libraries too... Right now I'm using the Motorola Camera from the Moto E, thanks to ATTAK:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-m/themes-apps/moto-e-dump-apps-t2860110

By the way, I've uploaded the latest version of the original Razr M KitKat Camera (see post 2)!
I've been enjoying this camera too.
There's also a way to update to even more current version (though not the latest).
Use the moto g 2014 stock camera.apk and it will update ATTAK's file no problem.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/how-to-unlock-advanced-camera-settings-t2884035
1. From that link, download the Moto G 2nd Gen. (2014) 4.4.4 Stock Camera app
2. Install/Update
3. Optional: Follow the directions on editing build.prop to show hidden menu settings from the camera app (a lady bug icon at bottom right will appear, pretty cool). BE SURE TO BACK UP build.prop.
 

j27h

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Thanks! Is there no difference between the JB and KK camera app?
The JB version has been extracted from the original Motorola JB ROM, the other one from the KK ROM. They are pretty identical, you just have to choose the correct one for you depending if you are on JB or KK Bootloader (this means that if you are using a KK ROM on a JB Bootloader like the CM11 JBBL, you'll have to choose the KK one).
 

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The JB version has been extracted from the original Motorola JB ROM, the other one from the KK ROM. They are pretty identical, you just have to choose the correct one for you depending if you are on JB or KK Bootloader (this means that if you are using a KK ROM on a JB Bootloader like the CM11 JBBL, you'll have to choose the KK one).
Do you say the bootloader part from one of the KK updates after the original release?

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