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So I tried the Google Camera HDR+ on my Mi A1. Left: stock camera app, Right: GCHDR+.

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So I tried the Google Camera HDR+ on my Mi A1. Left: stock camera app, Right: GCHDR+.

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  1. bconeg

    Yes

  2. bconeg

    I know right?

  3. MustBeOCD

    No, it needs a specific DSP used in certain snapdragon CPUs. Your phone has a mediatek CPU.

  4. bconeg

    I didn’t save the links actually. Just search it through the xda forum.

  5. bconeg

    It didn’t seem to work for me too.

  6. bconeg

    You won’t be able to update via OTA unless you use Magisk which preserves the original boot.

  7. waqasvic

    Man I might buy this phone in some days , currently using redimi note 4 it’s a beast phone as well , how is mi A1 front camera? And I know mia1 is a beast af phone .

  8. l453rl453r

    how?

  9. RCFProd

    Thought someone said it didn’t work with dual camera phones.

  10. bconeg

    I use BGS. 😊

  11. lariato

    You use HDR on Xiaomi Camera app?

  12. mesologgi

    It didn’t wipe data on Redmi devices I unlocked in the past but it did wipe data on my mi note 3.

  13. xCuri0

    On my Redmi Note 4 Auto HDR+ doesn’t fix overexposed areas but HDR+ enhanced.

    How did you get Auto HDR+ to work ?

  14. bconeg

    Just followed the guide I saw on xda forum.

  15. mysterious_el_barto

    could you please provide link for the apk and possibly settings if needed? a friend of mine has A1, he will be so glad to have this.

  16. bconeg

    I didn’t. I also use HDR+ enhanced.

  17. xCuri0

    Maybe the only way to test or see if it worked for anyone else

  18. FlameSpeedster

    I use this: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

    You can find the recommended settings somewhere via Google.

  19. bconeg
  20. zazealo

    I have tried to install that on mi6 but none of them is working. It always crash when I try to use it

  21. ReenenLaurie

    I read up a while back on Ryan Geiss’s website on how he wrote the code (or helped). He is a freaking genius, did stuff like milk drop and a lot of other optimization on early graphics cards and then did the kinect for Xbox. He’s now at Google doing stuff on the HDR+ camera software. Incredible how most of this is just software and no better lenses or sensors required.

  22. cricketcrazyboy

    LOL…every expert is rating Mi A1’s camera above moto phones and here you bragging how your phone would have done better than A1.

  23. xCuri0

    Auto HDR+ is supposed to fix the overexposed areas but it doesn’t seem to work in this port.Does Auto HDR+ work for you ?

  24. Izaike

    Then this picture isn’t in favor of A1, maybe the settings on GCam aren’t quite good and need more tweaking.

  25. waqasvic

    More ram and Ram with android one 😋 . But battery is kinda lower than redimi note 4 🙄😡

  26. MrHaxx1

    That’s actually insane

  27. WinterHasArrived93

    I’ve heard of some people unlocking the bootloader, activating camera 2api (which allows 3rd party camera apps) then relocking the bootloader and it sticking, and then everything being done thereafter, but probably best looking over on XDA forums for stuff like this tbh

  28. bconeg

    It works in phones with dual cameras. But it only utilizes the wide angle one. Telephoto lens is ignored.

  29. DarkWasher

    How did you made it work?

  30. speedstix

    Shouldn’t be a problem, just don’t think google updates would stick, rather not root my Gf’s phone if I can help it.

  31. bconeg

    Front cam is not bad.

  32. xCuri0

    Redmi devices require you to sign in with your Mi account but the Mi A1 doesn’t so it’s a security risk maybe we should report it to Xiaomi.

  33. speedstix

    How? Just got my gf the same phone. She’d love it.

  34. bconeg

    Yes

  35. bconeg

    Hi. I can’t seem to find the XDA post anymore but you can try [this](https://xiaomifirmware.com/guides-and-tips/install-google-camera-hdr-xiaomi-mi-a1/) guide.

  36. bconeg

    Just followed a guide on xda forum.

  37. Licheno

    Can it work with a meizu m2 note?

  38. KidF

    Sexy af

  39. hayuata

    Takes around 5-10 seconds if I take a HDR+ photo which locks me out from taking other photos in the process. I’m using the LG V10 which has the 808 and is 32bit.

  40. xCuri0

    If you use Auto HDR config as Nexus 6P it works what are you using ? The Pixel settings don’t seem to fix the overexposed areas with Arnova APK

  41. OmegaVesko

    > Unlock the bootloader (which I think wipes data unlike on other Xiaomi phones)

    It doesn’t (I did this two days ago).

  42. xCuri0

    Isn’t your data open to phone theives then since you don’t need to sign in like Mi Unlock

  43. WinterHasArrived93

    You need root access for starters

  44. Izaike

    What? Even though with GCam the photo looks way better, this is still an atrocious camera. I believe my Moto G3 takes better pictures in day light than the Mi A1 and we’re talking about a 2015 phone.

  45. Nobuga

    Can you please link the XDA post? Thanks in advance.

  46. newfor_2022

    hardware output is still the same, it’s imagine processing that’s being changed here.

  47. xCuri0

    Unlock the bootloader (which I think wipes data unlike on other Xiaomi phones) download Magisk to the Downloads folder on the phone.Flash the Magisk from TWRP then install the Magisk Camera2 enabler module.Then download a Google camera mod APK

  48. xCuri0

    Some people say it doesn’t require the DSP that without the DSP it’s just slower to process

  49. OmegaVesko

    I am curious about why they decided not to force a wipe, even though basically every other OEM does this. It was convenient for me at the time because I’d already done some setup I didn’t feel like doing again, but still…