These are hands-down the best phones with a near-stock Android experience you can get. Another great thing worth highlighting is that they will be among the first to get the latest version of Android when it launches, as Google sends it out to its Pixel phones on day one.

I have tested it Sony Xperia phone, which running the latest CyanogenMod 9.1 ROM and it works without any issue. But Photosphere camera mode requires a gyroscope sensor. Since Google phones don’t support sd cards, Google Camera doesn’t have a setting to save photos and videos to firmware external storage.

Most mobile phones have a firmware over the air firmware upgrade capability for much the same reasons; some may even be upgraded to enhance reception or sound quality. (Android Read Only Memory) A file containing the executable instructions (a system image) of an Android OS and affiliated apps. The “stock ROM” comes installed on the phone or tablet, while a “custom ROM” comes from a third party. The custom ROM is either a uniquely modified OS, such as Cyanogen, or a stock version made available for older devices or for new devices before the vendor release date. Because of that, the manufacturer might be able to tell that the phone has had a custom ROM installed and not honor the warranty, in case you need to use it.

Other apps have a “allow unknown devices” setting that enables/disables Hexagon. Sabre is a merge method created by Google that improves photo quality on some modes. Some call it “super resolution” because of the sharpness/detail improvements. It’s used by Google for Night Sight, but some GCam mods also use it for zoomed photos and HDR+ Enhanced.

• You can download and install his OnePlus Camera port from this link.
• For example, in the example above, you’d be able to install all 4 apks, even though they’re the same app.
• Here we have Stock firmware/ROM of Huawei P9 Lite all models.
• These features have made GCam a popular choice among Android users who want to take high-quality photos with their phones.
• The former will make your device recognizable by the PC in ADB mode.
• To put it into better words, think of LineageOS, but with added features and tweaks.

Download and transfer it to your phone’s internal storage. You can also install them right from your PC/Mac if you opt for the adb sideload method.