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The camera will always produce just 12 MP photos, you cannot retrieve 48 MP photos from it. The camera sensor has 48 MP, but the photos calculated from that sensor will average 4 pixels into 1. And unfortunately the 48 MP cannot be used for zooming in either. 
And no, as far as I know no manual exists for it. Pretty much the unpleasant rule of apps.