Nostr

Oooh, hmmmm.... I am a little like oh shoot did I want to do this GrapheneOs thing when my biggest reason forever to upgrade my obone has been for the higher quality camera.

How is GrapheneOs camra different from the Google Pixel 8 Pro camera settings and capabilities? I mean obvi the lenses are still the same lenses but....

#asknostr

Companion 1y ago

*sigh*

yeah one of the unfortunate things about Google's camera software is that it is designed specifically for their devices, and they have a lot of resources to make their camera software top class.

It's one of the unfortunate side effects of having sovereign tech. A little bit of luxary in exchange for privacy/freedom.

Though the more people like yourself to use this freedom tech, the more devs come to improve the project.

Maybe a solution, for now, is to get a stand alone camera. Maybe the bug is a feature, and you're more in the moment and less distracted when you take photos with it.

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Diyana 1y ago

Ah no... I made the premature move dang it.

Can I reverse lol back to Google. I have been wanting a nice phone camera for a while.

I will just do grapheneos on my old phone instead.

Companion 1y ago

Try this:

https://calyxos.org/install/stock/

That's understandable. Good for you for trying!!

Let nostr know if you need any help

final [GrapheneOS] 📱👁️‍🗨️ 1y ago

You can install Google Camera on GrapheneOS and get the same picture quality.

The GrapheneOS camera app uses CameraX, it's almost the same in a lot of cases but Google Camera does more.

Diyana 1y ago

Ooooh, yay 😁 Ok... That would make me so happy to have best of both worlds. In deep gratitude for any guidance you can provide me on how to go about doing 🙏🏻🌹🫂

final [GrapheneOS] 📱👁️‍🗨️ 1y ago

You can get Google Camera on the Play Store or whatever app provider you trust that distributes it. Play Store will obviously be the most reliable way though, it appears that's what you want to use so check this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera&gl=us

Diyana 1y ago

Wow, I feel so well nourished by all the wonderful hand holding you've given me here. I am downloading it now and feeling satisfied. Thank you, from the depths of my heart 🙏🏻🫂❤️

final [GrapheneOS] 📱👁️‍🗨️ 1y ago

GrapheneOS doesn't bundle anything Google to reduce the amount of trusted parties on setup. You trust the device and GrapheneOS and then whatever you wish to add afterwards. Using Google apps are a choice of the user and we don't think they should be as tightly integrated as MD privileged as they are on stock, but we have a compatibility layer to allow them to work for normal users.

You're free to use whatever apps providing they aren't blocking themselves from running on anything that isn't a Google certified OS. If you want to be closer to the stock OS experience you can also check out the Markup app to get the stock Pixel screenshot editor:

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