Timeline for How to make it possible to save raw photos on Samsung Galaxy A3 2017?
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| Aug 14, 2018 at 11:41 | comment | added | David Ramiro | If the manufacturer decides to provide you with an updated image that enables support, of course you would have to flash it. I apologize for my poor wording. | |
| Aug 14, 2018 at 11:39 | comment | added | David Ramiro | I said custom firmware, there are plenty of communities modding and customizing all sorts of firmwares and operating systems. Still, you won't find a custom firmware (feel free to search XDA, the largest community of those) that enables RAW support, that was what I am saying. | |
| Aug 14, 2018 at 10:34 | comment | added | Ruslan | If the manufacturer decided to provide me with this functionality, how could they do this if you claim that flashing another firmware won't work? | |
| Aug 14, 2018 at 10:32 | comment | added | David Ramiro | You can't just re-enable RAW support yourself or by flashing a custom firmware or ROM. Try contacting the manufacturer for a solution as only they are able to provide you with that functionality. This comes down to hardware level drivers, Camera2 API is only an interface to use available functions like RAW. Even while your camera sensor (Sony IMX 258) might be perfectly capable, if the manufacturer decided not to include RAW support, sadly, you're out of luck here. | |
| Aug 14, 2018 at 10:17 | comment | added | Ruslan | The Camera2 probe app does confirm that raw capture is not available. This one looks much more reliable. The question of how to re-enable raw support remains... | |
| Aug 14, 2018 at 9:27 | comment | added | David Ramiro | Oh, nevermind me, I just saw your edit. So you're already aware that your device's HAL3 doesn't do RAW at all which is nothing you can do about sadly. This would be up to the phone manufacturer to do. | |
| Aug 14, 2018 at 9:21 | comment | added | David Ramiro | Fair enough, I didn't know the Manual Camera test lied, I had phones showing incompatibility on it earlier. What is the output of this app? That developer doesn't have any camera app to sell so maybe that app is more truthful. | |
| Aug 14, 2018 at 5:35 | comment | added | Ruslan | Lightroom also doesn't work, which is unsurprising, given that the capability is not exposed via the API. And Manual Camera simply lies, saying that the device supports raw shooting (see also its reviews). Of course, I'm not going to buy it simply to find out that it doesn't work. | |
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| Aug 13, 2018 at 22:24 | history | answered | David Ramiro | CC BY-SA 4.0 |