Missing “Fairphone Camera” option on FP5

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I’m running /e/OS on a Fairphone 5. I’m currently using the default Open Camera fork that ships with /e/OS, but miss the image quality from my old phone. I’ve heard that the stock FP5 camera app produced significantly better photos.

I read in the 2.3 release notes the statement:

“You’ll now be able to enjoy Fairphone’s default camera app on your Fairphone 5 to take pictures and videos if you want to. You just need to enable one setting in Settings → Apps → Fairphone Camera and reboot your phone.”

However, I don’t see any “Fairphone Camera” entry under Settings → Apps. I have e/os 2.9 installed.

I have a few questions:

  1. Was the FP5 stock camera app ever actually included in the builds distributed by /e/OS?

  2. If it was included, was it removed in a later update and if so, which version was the last to ship it?

  3. If it’s no longer included, is there a recommended way to obtain or sideload that camera app in a working form (e.g. a compatible APK or configuration package)?

  4. Alternatively can anyone recommend any other camera apps or camera-processing pipelines that come closest to the “stock camera” quality on FP5?

I’d appreciate any clarity or guidance you can offer.
Thanks!

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The Fairphone camera is shipped with the official version, not with the community version.

Which one do you run?

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Yes, since /e/OS 2.4-t.

Not that I’m aware of, but I don’t have a Fairphone 5.

Edit: Found the reference I was looking for …

So … [HOWTO] Give complete /e/OS version info easily for support, answers, comparison etc

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Community. I recalled there being a reason I went with that but don’t remember. I’ll install offical and report back. Thank you!

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Possibly because the community version was Android 15, where the official was Android 15?

Been there, still need to re-install a FP5 from a family member for this reason.

One other advantage of the official version is that you can lock the bootloader again.