Gcam on FP5 : how to have make it work again?

[dieudo]

Since last /e/OS update (2.1-t-20240603… stable-FP5), Gcam doesn’t work any more on Fairphone 5.
Any idea why?
Any idea how to be able to use it again?

[nouts]

I also have that issue. Received a brand new FP5, flashed latest e/OS (2.1-t-20240603406607-stable-FP5) using adb and I’m unable to install GCam.

Here is the crashlog from BSG 8.9 without config, if that help :

Crash time: 2024-06-27 18:56:37
App Version: 8.8.224.514217832.10(66263539)
OS Version: 13_33
Android ID: d7b62e320b61f02e
Vendor: Fairphone
Model: FP5
CPU ABI: arm64-v8a

kar: RuntimeException while executing runnable nok{jua@2a35d2f} with executor MoreExecutors.directExecutor()
	at joq.run(Unknown Source:51)
	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:942)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7924)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:936)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No HDR+ compatible raw format supported.
	at MetadataConverterUtil.getGcamRawFormat(Unknown Source:82)
	at nsc.g(Unknown Source:0)
	at MetadataConverterUtil.convertToGcamStaticMetadata(Unknown Source:895)
	at nsc.t(Unknown Source:2)
	at ebs.get(Unknown Source:148)
	at ogj.get(Unknown Source:13)
	at emq.a(Unknown Source:3)
	at dzp.get(Unknown Source:192)
	at ogj.get(Unknown Source:13)
	at cig.a(Unknown Source:461)
	at jua.b(Unknown Source:83)
	at nok.run(Unknown Source:29)
	at nnv.execute(Unknown Source:0)
	at nnb.q(Unknown Source:0)
	at nnb.m(Unknown Source:95)
	at nnb.e(Unknown Source:14)
	at nph.e(Unknown Source:0)
	at cgs.run(Unknown Source:20)
	at bsc.run(Unknown Source:11)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:463)
	at npn.a(Unknown Source:2)
	at not.run(Unknown Source:20)
	at npo.run(Unknown Source:4)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:463)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:307)
	at juv.run(Unknown Source:2)
	at juu.run(Unknown Source:0)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1137)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:637)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)
	at jtw.run(Unknown Source:5)
---------------------------------end----------------------------------

[Shakatus]

The good news is that the camera that works with e/OS V. 2.1 is now quite good! I’m very happy with it - and even the high resolution is now supported.

Personally, I no longer need the Google ports

[nouts]

You mean the OpenCamera one ?

I can still see the difference with when I had Google’d Android still installed though.

The real deal breaker for me is the slowness of OpenCamera to actually take the picture once clicked. I could take 3 or 4 pictures in the same time frame with GCam

[dieudo]

The panorama function is also easier to use on Gcam.

[alxnbl]

Very intereated if someone found qa GCam version working with FP5 and /e/ >= 2.1…

[FFMbyBicycle]

I already opened an issue at the bugtracker for this: Gcam stopped working after updating to 2.1, too many and broken cameras in Open Camera (#8123) · Issues · e / Backlog · GitLab

Sadly there is no response yet, but I will link this thread there → I’m not the only one with this issue. The default camera got better, but is still far away from Gcam (HDR mode).

[nouts]

On FP5, after the e/OS v2.4-t-20240924 update, my GCcam is now working again.
I’m using Bigkaka AGC9.2 v13.0 (1e414fec), so not the latest but that’s what I had installed already. Though, people are still reporting error on RAW format type does not work in version 2.1 /e/OS on FP5 (#8075) · Issues · e / Backlog · GitLab for FP4, so I may just be lucky or there is a change on FP5 that’s not on FP4

[ff2u]

Have you tried the Fairphone camera? It should be available since 2.4 on the FP5. It’s IMO as good as the GCam ports.