(I've also posted this here on reddit to increase reach)
BigKaka's AGC9.2.14 V14 GCam mod, available here, now supports photosphere, all onboard cameras, and all modern V9 camera features on Pixel 9 series of phones. No need for a config (tested on my Pixel 9 Pro).
Previous GCam mods (I tried quite a few) either:
- Weren't based on more recent GCam versions, so were missing features
- Had working Photosphere but none of the other features worked
- Only the main camera worked.
- It just plain crashed on start.
To remind everyone, Photosphere was taken off from the Pixel 8-series onwards. While there were workarounds for Pixel 8-series users, Pixel 9 users have been stuck without it since launch.
As a big fan of the feature, I'm glad I can now use it again without having to switch between camera apps to take normal pictures or worrying about crashes.
I remember when Photosphere worked on just about any device until Google decided to fuck that up for everyone. They sure do love to fuck up cool and/or functional things that people love!
I bought an 8 all excited to have Photosphere again only to discover that Google shit the bed even on the Pixel series. What the actual fuck Google? Why are you so shit?
It's like you're begging us to install Graphene or swtich to iOS.
Stop actively making everything shittier! It only hurts your bottom line as people get fed up with this bullshit and move away from Google because it's constantly destroying the apps and features people love.
Agreed. Google really does have a reputation for killing good things.
The main reason I still buy them is that it is one of the only brands that makes it easy to root your phone. Used to buy OnePlus but they've kind of abandoned their enthusiast community quite a few years ago.
Yeah, I've only bought Xperia and Pixel for years for this very reason. Switched away from Samsung after getting fed up with their bullshit software and bootloader shenanigans, especially after the dev community moved towards other, better phones. If Google ever completely shits the bed on bootloaders/custom firmware, I'm gone.
I didn't know Xperia phones made rooting easy. Are they any good nowadays? They're obviously really small market-share-wise.
Yes, their flagships are great. I used them exclusively since the Z1 up until I got a Pixel for super cheap and a year of unlimited service thrown in. Not sure what the dev scene is like these days but part of the reason I switched was because it was pretty much stock Android which is what was modding the old phones to get to anyways, so I didn't really follow it after switching.
I do know that their bootloaders are unlockable though.
Does graphene support photosphere?
No idea, but since Google fucked over Pixel 8 and 9 users anyways and took it away I'm not overly concerned about it.