Samsung Galaxy A71 Working MODs

[ShaDisNX255]

Hello, XDA Community!​

Welcome to my thread, where I'm testing out quite a few things for the Galaxy A71. My end goal is to make a ROM or IMG that can be flashed that contains all these MODs I'm testing, but right now I'm finding it a bit difficult to actually build a working IMG to flash.
So, I guess I can use this thread as a log of things I'm testing out and for anyone who wants to try them out too, you are very welcome to use them. So, here are a few things that I've tested:

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* We are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, 
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about any of the modifications
* in this thread! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if 
* you point the finger at us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you. HARD!

Floating_Feature edits!​

These are features you can add in floating_features, which is located in system(root)/vendor/etc

Add full edge lighting features:
Search for the following line in floating_features:

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_EDGE>

And remove the '-basic_lighting' line. It should look something like this
Before:

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_EDGE>people,task,circle,panel,-edgefeeds,edgelighting_v2,debug,cornerR:6.2,search,phonecolor,dot_bottom[COLOR="Red"],-basic_lighting[/COLOR]</SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_EDGE>

After:

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_EDGE>people,task,circle,panel,-edgefeeds,edgelighting_v2,debug,cornerR:6.2,search,phonecolor,dot_bottom</SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_COMMON_CONFIG_EDGE>

Activate Dolby Atmos without earphones:
This is taken from the tutorial here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77100856&postcount=404 but simplified for the A71
Add the following line in floating_features:

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_AUDIO_SUPPORT_DUAL_SPEAKER>TRUE</SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_AUDIO_SUPPORT_DUAL_SPEAKER>

Search for the following line:

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_AUDIO_CONFIG_SOUNDALIVE_VERSION>

It should say something like the following:

eq_custom,uhq_level,karaoke,adapt,dvfs_700000

Replace it with (these were taken from S9+):

eq_knob,eq_custom,uhq_switch,uhq_level,adapt,spk_stereo,dvfs_860000,tube,concert

Save, reboot and you should now be able to activate Dolby Atmos without earphones




Show music information (now playing) in AOD:
Search for the following line in floating_features:

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_FRAMEWORK_CONFIG_AOD_ITEM>

Delete "musicoff" from that line

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_FRAMEWORK_CONFIG_AOD_ITEM>aodversion=7,clearcoveroff[COLOR="Red"],musicoff[/COLOR]</SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_FRAMEWORK_CONFIG_AOD_ITEM>

Save and reboot. You will now see the song information in AOD when it's playing



Add AOD to lockscreen clock animation:
Note: This only works on OneUI 2.5, does not work on OneUI 2.1 and below for A71.
Search for the following line in floating_features:

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_FRAMEWORK_CONFIG_AOD_ITEM>

Add clocktransition in this line, like this:

<SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_FRAMEWORK_CONFIG_AOD_ITEM>aodversion=7,clearcoveroff[COLOR="Lime"],clocktransition[/COLOR]</SEC_FLOATING_FEATURE_FRAMEWORK_CONFIG_AOD_ITEM>

Save and reboot. Done, there will be an added animation from AOD to lockscreen clock.

Camera-feature edits!​

These are features you can add in camera-features, which is located in system(root)/system/cameradata

Add Pro Video:
Tested in OneUI 2.1. Add the following line under the SHOOTING_MODE lines:

<local name="SHOOTING_MODE_PRO_VIDEO" back="PRO_VIDEO" enable="true" more="true" [COLOR="Yellow"]order="10"[/COLOR]/>

Make sure your order=## doesn't affect the other existing lines. If your last mode said order="9", change pro_video to "10". If the last one said "11", change pro_video to "12" and so on and so forth
Reboot and you should have pro video on your shooting options



Add 60fps video recorder (1080p):
Tested in OneUI 2.1. Search for the following line:

<local name="BACK_CAMCORDER_RESOLUTION_FEATURE_MAP_1920X1080"

Under it, add the following line:

<local name="BACK_CAMCORDER_RESOLUTION_FEATURE_MAP_1920X1080_60FPS" value="true" hdr="true" hdr10="false" preview-size="1920x1080" snapshot-support="true" snapshot-size="4624x2604" vdis="false" effect="false" object-tracking="false" seamless-zoom-support="false" external-storage-support="true"/>

Reboot, go to video settings and you should now see the option to set resolution to FHD (60fps)
Note: For 60fps to work, you have to disable video stabilization. If it is activated, your video will not record (it will just record a bunch of nonsense, like black and white screens).
Edit: Updated line, it now disables video stabilization by default to avoid issues.



Enable second editing in Singe Take:
Tested only in OneUI 2.5. Search the following line:

<local name="SINGLE_TAKE_USING_SINGLE_LENS_ONLY" value="true" />

Under it, add the following line:

<local name="SUPPORT_SINGLE_TAKE_EXTENDED_CAPTURE" value="true" />

Save, reboot and you should now be able to switch how many seconds you want single take to last. From 5 seconds all the way up to 15 seconds





If you guys have any edits I should add, let me know. Feel free to give suggestions or edits you've done yourself, even in build.prop

Thanks!

 

[ShaDisNX255]

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[ShaDisNX255]

If you guys have done any edits, let me know so I can add them and we can keep them all in the same thread

 

[S1rKekSias]

Nice to see someone doing these mods!
Is there any way to enable system blur in our A71? I mean blur in app drawer, folders, recents, blur options in goodlock etc.

 

[ShaDisNX255]

Nice to see someone doing these mods!
Is there any way to enable system blur in our A71? I mean blur in app drawer, folders, recents, blur options in goodlock etc.

Native blur. It may be possible, probably will need to swap out some libs and quite possibly have to port flagship firmware.
It'll take me quite a while before I can port something like an S20 ROM, because system works a little differently.
Who knows, will try sometime in the future.

 

[S1rKekSias]

Native blur. It may be possible, probably will need to swap out some libs and quite possibly have to port flagship firmware.
It'll take me quite a while before I can port something like an S20 ROM, because system works a little differently.
Who knows, will try sometime in the future.

Thanks for your effort and wish you good luck with your projects! I'll try your mods or rom in the near future.

Edit: I don't think you need to port a flagship fw, e.g. A90 isn't a flagship but it has native blur because of snap 855. Samsung just didn't add it for A71 because of "performance" but I doubt it'll be a problem for snap 730.

 

[ShaDisNX255]

Thanks for your effort and wish you good luck with your projects! I'll try your mods or rom in the near future.

Edit: I don't think you need to port a flagship fw, e.g. A90 isn't a flagship but it has native blur because of snap 855. Samsung just didn't add it for A71 because of "performance" but I doubt it'll be a problem for snap 730.

Well, what I meant to say actually is that I would need to port a ROM from a device that already has blur, like of course you mentioned the A90.
This is because sometimes, blur is not just dependent on libs, it also depends on certain framework methods
Samsung is known to completely rip them out of mid-range devices, so it's likely that A71's stock framework has it disabled by default and I would need to completely port the system from another device with blur.

 

[Andissace]

Hello! Does this require root? And if not, can it be done over ADB? Thanks!

 

[ShaDisNX255]

Hello! Does this require root? And if not, can it be done over ADB? Thanks!

It can't be done with adb as far as I know. You need root and a root explorer app that will let you do these modifications on the files specified.

 

[Andissace]

It can't be done with adb as far as I know. You need root and a root explorer app that will let you do these modifications on the files specified.

Got it! Thank you for the fast reply!

 

[Outrunna]

ShaDisNX255, these are exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

Last thing is is there anyway to get slow-motion in 1080p from back camera instead of 720p?
It's ridiculous because the selfie camera allows slow-motion in 1080p, and the back doesn't. If this is possible, that would fulfill all camera wishes!

 

[ShaDisNX255]

ShaDisNX255, these are exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

Last thing is is there anyway to get slow-motion in 1080p from back camera instead of 720p?
It's ridiculous because the selfie camera allows slow-motion in 1080p, and the back doesn't. If this is possible, that would fulfill all camera wishes!

Sorry to say, I just tried to change slow motion to 1080p and recording fails, it's not capable by doing simple edits. Would probably need more in-depth modding, which I am not capable of doing.

 

[DonAndress]

Sorry to say, I just tried to change slow motion to 1080p and recording fails, it's not capable by doing simple edits. Would probably need more in-depth modding, which I am not capable of doing.

Are you maybe in touch with other devs?
Technically A71 should be capable to record slow motion in 1080p as even older A70 was.

 

[ShaDisNX255]

Are you maybe in touch with other devs?
Technically A71 should be capable to record slow motion in 1080p as even older A70 was.

No, I don't speak with other devs. I don't invest a lot of time on this and am too lazy to look for help anywhere else. If I can get it to work, great. If not, then oh well I just move on.

I don't really feel like looking through A70 firmware and/or looking through custom ROMs to see what can make it work. I personally just leave it as as and move on, something like slow motion recording isn't that much worth my time, in my opinion.

Any other user is free to do the research themselves if it's something they truly want, they have all my support

Other than that, I can do no more for this.

 

[Outrunna]

That is ok, I am very grateful for what you have already done Stay safe!

Sorry to say, I just tried to change slow motion to 1080p and recording fails, it's not capable by doing simple edits. Would probably need more in-depth modding, which I am not capable of doing.

 

[jmsmarcelo]

Hello, thanks for the mods,
Could add the option timelapse

 

[ShaDisNX255]

Hello, thanks for the mods,
Could add the option timelapse

Do you mean hyperlapse?

 

[jmsmarcelo]

Do you mean hyperlapse?

Yes