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Camera app fails on update to 1.9

  • /e/ version: 1.9
  • Device model(s): Samsung A3 (2016)
  • Developer mode enabled: yes
  • Device rooted: no
  • Trackers blocker enabled: yes

Summary

Camera app (v 1.50.1) either fails to launch or notifies Camera keeps stopping.

The problem

Attempt to launch Camera from Home screen icon.

Camera app (v 1.50.1) either fails to launch or notifies "Camera keeps stopping".

What you should see instead -- Camera is available to take photos / video.

Note grapheneos.camera is also installed; launches and takes still images, but under performs or crashes with video.

This is probably a duplicate of #6761 (closed).

Technical informations

Relevant logs (adb logcat)

03-20 10:59:55.956  2360  2360 I ExynosCameraInterface: INFO(HAL_camera_device_close[234]):camera(1) TORCH_MODE_STATUS_AVAILABLE_OFF
03-20 10:59:55.956  2360  2360 I ExynosCameraInterface: INFO(HAL_camera_device_close[236]): out
03-20 10:59:55.956  2360  2360 D ExynosCameraInterface: DEBUG:duration time(    5 msec):(HAL_camera_device_close)
03-20 10:59:55.956  2360  5570 V Camera2WrapperCbThread: Process: Exit Thread
03-20 10:59:55.958  2254  2254 I hwservicemanager: getTransport: Cannot find entry vendor.lineage.camera.motor@1.0::ICameraMotor/default in either framework or device manifest.
03-20 10:59:55.961  2403  2651 I CameraService: disconnect: Disconnected client for camera 1 for PID 2403
03-20 10:59:56.012  2403  2651 E CameraProviderManager: isHiddenPhysicalCameraInternal: Failed to getCameraCharacteristics for id 0
03-20 10:59:56.012  2403  2651 E CameraService: supportsCameraApi: Unknown camera ID 2
03-20 10:59:56.013  2403  2651 E CameraProviderManager: isHiddenPhysicalCameraInternal: Failed to getCameraCharacteristics for id 0
03-20 10:59:56.013  2403  2651 E CameraService: supportsCameraApi: Unknown camera ID 3
03-20 10:59:56.013  2403  2651 E CameraProviderManager: isHiddenPhysicalCameraInternal: Failed to getCameraCharacteristics for id 0
03-20 10:59:56.014  2403  2651 E CameraService: supportsCameraApi: Unknown camera ID 4
03-20 10:59:56.014  2403  2651 E CameraProviderManager: isHiddenPhysicalCameraInternal: Failed to getCameraCharacteristics for id 0

Full logcats Samsung A3 (2016) a3xelte -- 1.9-q-20230312268823-dev-a3xelte.

== Part 1 of 2 -- beginning of system == https://haste.tchncs.de/veqerenaju.yaml

== Part 2 of 2 -- Connecting to camera service == https://haste.tchncs.de/yaraxuxeha.sql

Edited by Iain Brown Douglas