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Help Rear Camera Issue and Android Pie Update`

Omikse

Newbie
Hello:
This is a two part question so please bare with me.

1st) My rear facing camera has gotten blurry since my glass cover broke last year. I have since replace the glass but the camera is still blurry. I have tried a few tricks I read on the net like tapping the camera or updating the software or trying to use a third party software but none seem to work. So my only recourse, outside of getting a new phone which I do not have the money for, is to replace the camera. I have tried to find the right one but I am having trouble in that. I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime (SM-J727T1) with the latest Android it supports (8.1). The camera is an 8mp device but all I can find are 13mp. I have been told by one person that my phone will not support a 13mp camera due to the OS but I do not understand why. So if some one can help me find the right one or show me a way to make the 13mp one work. Thanks!

2nd) Now that Android 9 is out can I update my phone to Pie and if so, Can you tell me very specific steps in order to do this. Thanks to all who help out in anyway.
 
i have no idea on fixing camera's on your phone. i would go here, if you are a DYI kind of person:
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Samsung_Galaxy_j7_Prime

as for a pie update on your phone. it will depend if it is officially been released for your phone. from i found, it does not look like your phone will get an official release. usually samsung will put out 2 major updates and then move on. i think your phone came with marshmellow and have since seen nougat and oreo. the only way to get pie on your phone is to root it.
 
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