If you’re a mi A2 owner, upvote this post and comment asking xiaomi to open the camera2 API on our devices so we can get the best of the phone’s great cameras.. our phone has a great camera why restrict it, Unleash the beast.
Devices like Poco f1 come with there camera2 API enabled.. no need to unlock bootloader or root our devices and void warranty..
We appreciate that Xiaomi is taking an open approach with our device and made unlocking it seamless, also providing all the sources less than a month after the release. That’s pretty awesome.
So complete this open philosophy regarding the device and enable the API.
Guys we need to pressure xiaomi and make our voice heard.. let’s discuss what to do
Maybe flooding thier tweet feed could do the trick and if we get some good tech influencers to back us maybe it’ll happen
Mi A2 Lite too
We can’t even enable it on Note 4 anymore on MIUI 10. I am beyond disappointed.
Can’t you enable the Camera2Api by rooting?
Yeah, but Xiaomi could enable it easily with a simple software update, other devices come with it enabled out of the box no big deal
Rooting would require unblocking bootloader and voiding the warranty
Oh ok
You can via twrp and the java toolkit
You can’t twrp it anymore, AFAIK. I’ve tried but I can’t. Is yours a note 4 as well?
How?
Bootloader unlocking doesn’t void the warranty of Xiaomi devices.
Yes please
You can’t even flash twrp in the current MIUI 10 on note 4.
How much improvement we talking here?
This tought is pretty intersting. People are often interested into other camera applications and the good example is Google Camera. Provides great result and better options. Recently two days ago I shared an download link for Poco F1 device and people were fucking happy from the result. And for that Camera2API is the primary need. I am using Mi 4 right now and cannot use other camera apps because of not having Camera2API feature.
The Mi A2 is flooded with bugs (check the xda forum). You really think xiaomi is gonna enable camera2api when they haven’t even acknowledged or fixed any of them?
You can enable Camera2 API, but anything that tries to use it will get a black picture. I’d assume they’re working on the official Portrait mode and they broke it with it, somehow.
[Mi A1 comparisons](https://white-apple.club/google-hdr-kamera-na-xiaomi-mi-a1-est-li-smysl.html)
[Details in night shots of Google Camera](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/392039371454545930/490236405088387096/unknown.png)
[Details in night shots of Stock Camera](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/392039371454545930/490236446351818752/unknown.png)
Expect similar results in Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite.
Have you tried booting into TWRP and enabling it with ADB?
They have many guides to enable camera2API and EIS for MI A1. There is a guide which lets you to enable camera2api and keep the bootloader closed simultaneously.
you need to enable camera2api to use Gcam. sometimes stock camera does a better job especially in manual mode
But you have to be on an older version of Oreo right (without wiping data)? Or can it work with the August update?
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Better than that i would like to have arcore support for my phone. This shit has sd660, nd I can’t see a damn difference of it from the rn5’s sd636 .
Afaik You need to be on April or older to relock bootloader without losing cam2api but after that you can update without losing anything.
Camera2 API is premium feature now https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-port-xiaomi-poco-f1-xiaomi-mi-8-se-ee-xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/
According to the q&a forum of the a2 at xda developers, users have reported slow wifi speeds, slow read/write speeds, frequencies stuck at maximum when using the fingerprint unlock method, issues with sms (something about the dual Sims), GPS issues, Bluetooth issues, signal loss, touch latency and I don’t know what else. I’m not saying all of the devices are affected and I don’t have the device myself. I was thinking of buying it and that’s why I’m researching it.
So yeah, I cannot do it.
Xiaomi EU haa it enabled by default. There’s also magisk as another option
Well performance wise those socs are fairly even
Premium? How so?
Can anyone confirm this? If you flash the EU firmware it’s enabled?
Omg I just got that xiaomi a2 lite and the camera is worst than my first smartphone wtf!! I thought that gcam was easy to install… It isn’t… Please enable camera2api, why you do this… The phone is perfect but this camera is really the worst…. UPDATE PLEASE.
*C’mon* Xiaomi!!!!
Yeah do itttt!
Xiaomi
If you are watching this, Plz enable camera 2 api over OTA so that we can use the gcam mods to use the full potential of wonderful cameras in MiA2 without rooting, unlocking,etc
Do it
It doesn’t.
please do it