Samsung S9/+/Note 9 – enable night mode on front camera and telephoto lens

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Requirements

A samsung S9/S9+/Note9 on One UI 2
Root

Add these lines to /system/system/cameradata/camera-feature.xml and reboot.

<local name="SHOOTING_MODE_NIGHT" back="NIGHT" front="NIGHT" enable="true" more="true" order="4"/>
<local name="SUPPORT_NIGHT_MODE_ZOOM" value="true"/>

Wipe the camera app’s data and you’ll have night mode working on front cam and telephoto lens.

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