Hello to everyone! 
First of all, I apologize as I know this isn't the right sub-forum for the products I'm talking about but I've had no choice because one for the 13 lite or the Civi 2 doesn't exist.
I own a Xiaomi 13 lite and Xiaomi.eu is going to make a new release for it any soon so no issues for me but I was talking with a main developer along with other owners here.
I was confident the 13 lite and the Civi 2 were EXACTLY the same thing, just for different markets but this turned out not to be the case. Indeed, they are almost the same but not completely being the cameras different.
Apart from being very helpful and giving me a much better insight on how things really are, the main developer has clearly stated that Xiaomi.eu isn't goiing to deal with the Civi 2 (and I completely understand the reasons for such a statement) but I've been intrigued at the idea of a Civi 2 owner (not my case then but, for example, the one of Barb0ne there and I believe not only him) being able to take the 13 Lite Xiaomi.eu and just 'swap' the camera subsystem.
I can think about at least a couple of big reasons leading to Xiaomi.eu not doing that even if it was so plain simple (like I think it actually isn't) but what if a Civi 2 owner tries it by himself?
I know the camera subystem should be embedded inside the kernel so it is quite hard to deal with it (I can only think about rebuilding it from scratch), even on rooted phones. Maybe using modules but I don't know... I haven't the knowledge needed to have a better insight.
For example, I think that taking a Civi 2 official Xiaomi CN rom and getting the kernel from there then swap it with the Xiaomi.eu 13 Lite one is a complete nonsense and could only lead to bootloops or worse. Has anything like that ever been done? I'm very curious about that and that's clear the question is mainly for developers. Thanks for your opinions (if any) and a nice day to everyone out there.
First of all, I apologize as I know this isn't the right sub-forum for the products I'm talking about but I've had no choice because one for the 13 lite or the Civi 2 doesn't exist.I own a Xiaomi 13 lite and Xiaomi.eu is going to make a new release for it any soon so no issues for me but I was talking with a main developer along with other owners here.
I was confident the 13 lite and the Civi 2 were EXACTLY the same thing, just for different markets but this turned out not to be the case. Indeed, they are almost the same but not completely being the cameras different.
Apart from being very helpful and giving me a much better insight on how things really are, the main developer has clearly stated that Xiaomi.eu isn't goiing to deal with the Civi 2 (and I completely understand the reasons for such a statement) but I've been intrigued at the idea of a Civi 2 owner (not my case then but, for example, the one of Barb0ne there and I believe not only him) being able to take the 13 Lite Xiaomi.eu and just 'swap' the camera subsystem.
I can think about at least a couple of big reasons leading to Xiaomi.eu not doing that even if it was so plain simple (like I think it actually isn't) but what if a Civi 2 owner tries it by himself?
I know the camera subystem should be embedded inside the kernel so it is quite hard to deal with it (I can only think about rebuilding it from scratch), even on rooted phones. Maybe using modules but I don't know... I haven't the knowledge needed to have a better insight.
For example, I think that taking a Civi 2 official Xiaomi CN rom and getting the kernel from there then swap it with the Xiaomi.eu 13 Lite one is a complete nonsense and could only lead to bootloops or worse. Has anything like that ever been done? I'm very curious about that and that's clear the question is mainly for developers. Thanks for your opinions (if any) and a nice day to everyone out there.
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