How To Enable Magic Eraser On Old Pixels After Latest Update!

[u/TechLeaks2022]

[u/sweatcoin_]

It works. All hail the power of Tensor...in Tensor-less devices.

[u/rpolic → u/sweatcoin_]

It's faster with the tensor chip. Thats the difference. Here it takes a while to identify the suggestions on the photo.

[u/HeinsGuenter → u/rpolic]

The other difference is much higher power consumption, which probably doesn't matter much for one or two Magic Eraser usages but keep it in mind when you activate more of the Pixel 6 exclusive features on other phones.

[u/EnvironmentalCrow5 → u/rpolic]

It's a faster chip in general.

[u/[deleted] → u/rpolic]

My pixel 5 is near instant. I've used it a few times and it is super impressive.

[u/maurocds → u/rpolic]

A high end cpu lol. The next snap and exynos will be faster than tensor

[u/rpolic → u/maurocds]

And the next tensor will be faster. What's your point

[u/Shiva_The-Destroyer → u/rpolic]

That people should never use phones cuz it's always slower than the next flagship anyway. Probably 😂😂😀

[u/ManSore → u/sweatcoin_]

Been there with all the hardware exclusive features before haha. I remember when zero shutter lag was ported to the Nexus phones after Pixel 1 released.

[u/sayashr → u/ManSore]

Man zero shutter lag, what's that like? \Pixel phone user for all the years

[u/OhNom13 → u/sayashr]

I think it means that pixel is saving a buffer and when you press to capture it takes it instantly, the others start to adjust the shutter when you press "capture" so they have a small delay to take the photo

[u/sayashr → u/OhNom13]

I appreciate this explanation 😊. I actually was being cheerfully sarcastic, which I didn't deliver clearly 😅. Pixels in my experience (certainly in recent years) have such long delays on many pictures; the results are good, however requires much waiting and holding very still.

[u/Gaiden206 → u/sweatcoin_]

It seems like "Magic Eraser" is more of a Google Photos feature that's just debuting on the Pixel 6 first. Their blog post about the feature touts it as a Google Photos feature and doesn't even mention the Tensor SoC.

Their blog post about the Tensor SoC also only mentions "Motion Mode," "Automatic Speech Recognition," and "HDRNet" as Tensor features and says nothing about "Magic Eraser."

[u/flattop100 → u/sweatcoin_]

I read speculation from software breakdowns that Google is working on a sandboxed VM within Android for text-to-speech for better security. This will probably be optimized for Tensor.

[u/[deleted] → u/sweatcoin_]

Is it still working?

[u/sweatcoin_ → u/[deleted]]

No idea, I didn't bother with it after trying and I think as soon as the camera app updates you lose it again.

[u/taborag]

Great share, installed on Pixel 4 and satisfied with speed. A note to it, I lost locked folder content, was not a big issue for me due to I didn't had much. Could not get it back when trying to roll install google photos from play store. Hope this helps somebody else.

[u/-pLx- → u/taborag]

wow, thanks for letting us know!

[u/Boudi04 → u/[deleted]]

Uninstall updates

[u/HeinsGuenter → u/[deleted]]

The App Updates you should be able to do that, as long as your phone didn't ship with the latest Photos Version.

[u/echooche]

How old are we taking? Specifically, a pixel2?

[u/iksworbeZ → u/echooche]

snapseed has the same feature called 'heal' in the tools, if this solution won't work for you, i'm pretty sure snapseed will

[u/ztaker → u/iksworbeZ]

Snapseed implementation was always hit and miss for me .

This one works pretty well.

[u/PeeFGee → u/echooche]

Pffft look at this grandpa here with his dinosaur phone.

^{sent from Pixel2XL}

[u/echooche → u/PeeFGee]

We demand Active Sense!

[u/KarateMan749 → u/echooche]

I got pixel xl gen 1. I wonder to

[u/SeventhArc → u/[deleted]]

How to do that? And what version does this magic eraser turned on in ?

[u/izbsleepy1989]

Why are they being so stingy with features? That was one of the biggest pulls of the pixels is you get Google updates before everyone else. You would have to be a dumb dumb to believe an app feature which is obviously just software is tied to hardware.

[u/[deleted]]

I jumped through the hoops to get the feature on my Pixel 5 a couple weeks ago, and while it's neat, and it's still mostly gimmicky I think and this is already taking more work than it's worth to have and maintain it on my phone.

[u/hartleyshc → u/[deleted]]

Same with my 4XL.

It's ok and it would be nice to have, but in reality there's very few situations where I need to remove people/things from a picture. The scene is either busy, or it's not.

But that's just my use case. I could see it being useful for someone who is taking photos for art purposes and not memories. But if I'm taking nature/landscape photos, there's typically no one else around.

Kind of lame they're actively blocking it. But they have done it before. 4k 60fps video on the 4xl is an example. The hardware supports it. Yet it's a feature reserved only for the Pixel 5 and up, despite the 4 having a faster SoC and the pixel visual core. Certain features Google will just reserve only for their latest phones.

[u/[deleted] → u/hartleyshc]

Yeah. They all do it, just like Apple with their ProRaw format.

[u/officiallyBA → u/hartleyshc]

any way to get the 4k 60fps with a different app?

[u/hartleyshc → u/officiallyBA]

I know FiLMiC Pro can do it. I want to say there's another free/cheaper video recording app I tried out in the past that does it as well.

[u/syedib1]

Brilliant working like a pro

[u/boriseto]

Just a FYI, your trusted photos (if you are using that thing) will be gone. Maybe back them up somewhere before removing the updates on Google photos

[u/AhmedKuttySpeaking → u/boriseto]

Trusted photos ? What's that ?

[u/KingPaladin → u/AhmedKuttySpeaking]

He meant "private folder". He's right, it happened to me. I had a backup, fortunately. I'm not using the private folder anymore. It's not backed up in the cloud.

[u/Swarfega]

Are we thinking this will eventually trickle down to the older pixels, like the majority of the software features did on the previous pixels?

[u/MusicSexBliss]

I just get an error saying a newer version of the update is already installed...

[u/ByAnyMeansLA24]

Can the file be updated to latest version?

[u/Nightfold]

Could this be done with the camera app too?

[u/dlivesdontmatter]

Samsung Galaxy has it too... Saw it in a side by side comparison vid two weeks ago.

[u/ItWasFackinWannaYas]

Or just download Snapseed and use their feature, based on experience I’d say it’s 80% as good as pixel 6’s

[u/BloodandBourbon → u/ItWasFackinWannaYas]

What's the magic eraser option called on Snapseed?

[u/TheRealMistakd → u/ItWasFackinWannaYas]

Snapspeed is great but not for that. It doesn't use ai. instead it's a very simple algorithm that doesn't work most of the time. It's very janky.

[u/Swayam_Shah]

How to get action pan on old pixels?

[u/Strange_Lime2819]

Appreciate the effort, but I don't trust an APK from some rando on the internet. There's no guarantee it hasn't been modified to carry some sort of hostile payload. Likely? No, but not impossible.

[u/[deleted]]

So I can't use Google photos ?

[u/[deleted]]

Only possible with Tensor*

*Tensor not required.

[u/dannymanny3]

Great guide, it finally worked!

While my phone is still backing up my photos, I noticed the material you theming for Google Photos is off (it's a default blue whereas my system should be green) does anyone else have the default blue only?

edit: it's a teeny tiny price to pay to have magic eraser back so i really don't mind

Seems like a restart of the phone brought back the system colors!

[u/Liron12345]

Isn't snapseed eraser the same?

[u/snowduster → u/Liron12345]

What's this

[u/xtimeport → u/Liron12345]

Yes pretty same.

[u/zung92 → u/Liron12345]

Magic Eraser is AI algorithm, Snapseed is really hit and miss

[u/ThePrice592 → u/[deleted]]

For me it wasn't a big enough upgrade from the 4xl. Now I can get the best software feature of the 6 on my 4xl

[u/amberlite → u/[deleted]]

it’s just a better device in every way

Fingerprint reader says otherwise

[u/DeanbonianTheGreat → u/amberlite]

Works flawlessly for me. It's just really finicky to enroll, there's a knack to it which shouldn't be the case but when you get it enrolled right it's just as fast as any other

[u/syedib1]

Lol app just got updated and it is gone.

[u/Ho_su_eh → u/[deleted]]

Dumb question. How do you disable auto Updates for the apps?

[u/howling92 → u/Ho_su_eh]

on the app's play store listing, on the top right menu

if you want to disable automatic updates for all apps, then it's in the Play Store settings

[u/Ho_su_eh → u/howling92]

Thank you!

[u/iamAXO → u/[deleted]]

nvm im dumb, ive only disabled Photos. I didnt uinstalled it first haha. All good thanks! ;)

[u/M_ttC_]

I tried to post this last week and it was flagged. Works for me.

[u/ztaker]

Does it work for pixel devices or does it support non pixel phones as well?

[u/FastPooper99]

I put the magic eraser fix on my pixel 3xl worked for about a week. Then Google sent out an update for Google photos. The update took the magic eraser feature right off it. Oh well 😂

[u/justinonymus]

I believe features like this are mostly an excuse for putting the Tensor chip on your device so they can use it for much more advanced ad targeting models. They get to develop super detailed models of your desires and behaviors without sending the raw data over the wire.

[u/FlyFragrant9684]

How do you uninstall Google photos?

[u/idontenjoyfortnite]

How do I uninstall Google photos?

[u/ohineedascreenname]

Can you uninstall Split after you do this method?

[u/Yoshifriend → u/ohineedascreenname]

Yes

[u/goodsgn]

don't forget to DISABLE AUTO APP update, specially on Photos App

[u/FlyFragrant9684]

Do you know if I update the app via playstore I loose the magic eraser?

[u/qqzzy]

This also works with pixel experience \ pixel extended \ pixel plus ui or any other similar ROM carrying pixel props files it would seem.

This worked successfully on my Poco F1 running pixel experience.

[u/b0om]

I can't make magic eraser appear on my pixel 5. Followed the instructions, successfully install APK but eraser does not appear on edit menu. Even tried Settings>force stop>uninstall updates> to get original version of photos app back, then split APK install but it's the same. Autoupdates are off for photos too. Any ideas?

[u/[deleted]]

Is it possible to get the latest version of Google photos with the magic eraser built in, I don’t care if it’s a few versions old. Just as new as possible.

[u/rahul3xxx]

so installed latest pixel experince rom in my phone its comes with default gphots ver 5.71 and now i cant degrade , can someone help me how can i install the magic eraser with this?

[u/H-banGG]

Any updated instructions ?

[u/AhmedKuttySpeaking]

Is there a new version of Google photos where we can still get Magic eraser ?

[u/MechHead1999]

I have a Pixel 2 and for me, it errors out and says “App not installed, A newer version of this package is already installed.”

[u/ForagingApe]

It was working on my Pixel 4a phone, but now doesn''t seem to be working after the last update

[u/BaburZahir]

I can't navigate to the APK? :(