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This page provides some guidance on possible issues of Open Camera on various Android™ devices. Please note the following:

General notes

If you're just interested in taking photos with non-advanced features (without using "Camera2 API"), then most things should work on most devices, as far as I can tell. I do occasionally get bug reports of things which seem to be device specific, but not enough to draw conclusions about things not working on particular devices. The most commonly reported issues seems to be:

If you're interested in enabling Camera2 support for advanced features (manual focus, manual exposure, expo bracketing, HDR), be aware that some devices have poor support for Camera2 (even if they support the API, the implementations seem to have problems). Thankfully things seem to be improving on that front with newer devices. Please read the details below on what I know about different devices.

Also note that just because a manufacturer advertises a particular camera feature, it doesn't mean that Open Camera can use it. Unfortunately some manufacturers limit some features to the "stock" camera application, and don't make it available through to third party cameras. This tends to be more advanced features - 4K video, high photo resolutions, high frame rate video, RAW.

Device specific notes

Google Nexuses/Pixels

In general, Google Nexuses and Pixels have worked well for Open Camera.

Camera2 API on the Nexus 6 works well (there are some minor issues, e.g., manual exposure doesn't work well when recording video). It's hard to be sure about other Nexuses though.

Similarly Camera2 API works well on the Pixel 6 Pro, although some minor issues (manual white balance doesn't work, some of the Video picture profiles don't work). Open Camera also supports Google's HDR+ mode on the Pixels with Pixel Visual Core (including the Pixel 6 Pro). As of Open Camera 1.50, Night Sight on the Pixel 6 Pro is available via the photo mode X-Night. As of Open Camera 1.50, all of the Pixel 6 Pro's cameras are available to use by zooming in or out.

Color effects don't work on the Nexus 7.

Huawei

I've had reports of expo bracketing and HDR in Camera2 mode not working properly on some Huawei devices (Huawei P8 lite 2017, P9). See here for details.

I've also had reports of RAW/DNG images being saved with red/blue swapped. See here for details.

Nokia

I've tested Open Camera with the Nokia 8. Everything seems to work as far as I can tell, including Camera2 API with full manual controls, RAW and 120fps video.

OnePlus

OnePlus One

A reported problem for third party camera applications (including Open Camera) is photos coming out with a "split exposure" effect where one half is brighter than the other - e.g., see here.

OnePlus 3T

This is a device I own, so has the advantage that I've been able to test with it.

Mostly things work fine, but Camera2 API has some issues:

See this thread for more details.

OnePlus 5

This seems to have the same problems with Camera2 API as the OnePlus 3T (see above). Issues with RAW images have been reported for third party camera applications - see here, here and here. As of August 2017, this seems to have been fixed. But as of December 2017, there seem to be additional problems with RAW on Android 8.

Samsung

I have tested Open Camera on a Samsung Galaxy S10e (Exynos SM-G970F). Mostly things work, including with Camera2 API. Known issues are:

Both rear physical cameras (standard and ultra wide) are available to Open Camera (as separate cameras); also the two modes for the front camera ("cropped" and "wide") are available to Open Camera.

At least some Samsung Galaxy devices support the camera extension modes (X-Auto, X-Night, X-Bokeh, X-Bty) (including the Galaxy S10e; in general this is likely available for the flagship S devices running Android 12+).

More generally I have occasionally tested on various Samsung devices using their remote test labs - although useful, this is limited compared to owning a real device (especially when the test labs are dark!)

A few Samsung devices have shown problems with corrupted video recording with Open Camera, though this seems to be rare (and doesn't seem to be consistent enough to name any particular device - my S10e seems fine).

I've had reports of the audio being out of sync with video on the Galaxy S7 and S8 when in Camera2 API mode.

Older Samsung devices (e.g., Galaxy S5) didn't have 4K video recording available for third party camera applications. In some cases it could be enabled with the "Force 4K" option, but this only works on some devices (in some cases whether it works depends on which variant of a device). As of the Galaxy S10e at least, 4K video is available.

Some Samsung devices do not have any "scene modes" (in some cases this can depend on even which variant of a device is used).

At least some Samsung devices don't seem to have support for high speed frame rates for video for third party camera applications. Filmic have documented issues for the S9 and S9+, and Note 9 (these articles are for Filmic Pro, but the issues faced likely affect all third party camera applications, including Open Camera).

On a related note, the Galaxy Note 4 and 5 were used with Open Camera to film the world's first 4K feature film shot on a phone.

Sony Xperia

To enable the 23MP photo resolution, you need to set Settings/"Camera API" to "Camera2 API". Someone has reported to me this works on the Sony XA1 (G3123) (Android 8), I'm not sure about older devices.

Sony devices don't seem to support RAW/DNG at the time of writing.

I've had a report that manual white balance temperature doesn't work (Sony Xperia X Compact).


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