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

• Sometimes behaviour can be affected by things like operating system version or can differ between variants of the same model. Behaviour may also change over time depending on different versions of Open Camera, and different versions of device operating system. So something listed here isn't a guarantee of that behaviour on a particular model.
• This information is provided "as is" with no warranties - if you need to be certain of how Open Camera works on a particular device, ultimately you'll have to test it yourself.

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:

• Video is one of the most difficult things working across different Android devices - on some devices recording comes out corrupted. In some cases this is only on some resolutions, or it may be all.
• If you're wanting to save to external SD cards, you'll need to follow the advice at the FAQ . Note that in some cases, it seems that SD cards can't be selected even when using the Storage Access Framework option - this is a device issue, and something out of my control. If you're wanting to have lots of storage for taking photos or videos, it's probably better to make sure you get a device with plenty of internal storage (internal storage is faster anyway, so means faster taking of photos, and more reliable high resolution video recording).

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. 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. As of Open Camera 1.54, you can also select individual cameras directly (tested on the Pixel 6 Pro).

Color effects don't work on the Nexus 7.

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

I've tested Open Camera with the OnePlus Pad. Everything seems to work as far as I can tell, including Camera2 API with full manual controls, and RAW.

Samsung

I have tested Open Camera on a Samsung Galaxy S24+ (Exynos SM-S926B) and Galaxy S10e (Exynos SM-G970F). Mostly things work, including with Camera2 API. Known issues are:

• Night mode is available via X-Night.
• Slow motion and high speed frame rate video doesn't work on the Galaxy S10e (see below for more details), but fine on the Galaxy S24+.
• The "Image quality" setting has no effect for JPEGs on the Galaxy S10e (unless post-processing options such as auto-level or photo stamp are applied). This has also been reported for other Samsung devices; I also have the same issue with other third party camera applications on my S10e. Howevever the image quality setting does work on the Galaxy S24+.
• The photo shutter sound always plays at maximum volume on Camera2 API, this seems to be a Samsung issue - a workaround is to turn off the shutter sound via Settings/More camera controls/"Shutter sound".

All the Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S24+ rear cameras are available (including telephoto for the S24+), you can switch by zooming in or out. As of Open Camera 1.54, you can also select individual cameras directly. 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-Night, X-Bokeh, X-Bty) (including the Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S24+; in general this is more likely to be available for the flagship S devices running Android 12+).

The Samsung Galaxy S24+ at least supports Ultra HDR JPEG image format.

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!)

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).

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.

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