I've been using a degoogled customROM on a Pixel phone for years now. As a camera app I've been using firewalled Gcam, i.e. the official Google camera app, but forced to be offline.
Since the phone and the custom ROM have reached end of life, I need to switch to a new phone, and I'm considering a FairPhone.
Hence, I'd like to ask all users of degoogled FairPhones: which camera app do you use, and how well does it work as compared to stock?
11 Comments
abominable_panda@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 147d
Dont use a fairphone but i use opencamera
IratePirate@feddit.org · 2 pts · 147d
Tried it just now on the old phone. The UI is a tad janky, but functionality looks good, particularly for photo enthusiasts! Thanks!
LordDaveTheKind@piefed.social · 8 pts · 147d
Can't recommend any specifically, but OpenCamera works alright.
GargleBlaster@feddit.org · 7 pts · 147d
I use an /e/os fairphone 6 and the stock camera. Hadn't felt the need to switch to another camera app as it works fine (though I only used it to quickly snap pics and not tried to get any fancy sunrise shots etc)
IratePirate@feddit.org · 3 pts · 147d
Any idea what the default cam is on /e/OS? Is it opencamera?
GargleBlaster@feddit.org · 2 pts · 147d
AFAIK the default one on the /e/os fp6 is fairphones own camera app. You can toggle the /e/os camera app in the settings, which is a fork of openCamera
Steve12L@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 145d
Libre Camera for me
PeterLinuxer@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 146d
How can a phone and a custom ROM reach end of life?
IratePirate@feddit.org · 2 pts · 146d
The phone's manufacturer (Google in my case) may stop pushing firmware updates, allowing vulnerabilities to remain unfixed and exploitable.
The custom ROM's maintainers may lose interest in the project, or the project may stop supporting the phone in question, again allowing vulnerabilities (this time in Android's source code) to remain open.
parthipan@social.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 147d
@IratePirate gcam
IratePirate@feddit.org · 3 pts · 147d
Are you referring to a version of Gcam that was hacked / adapted to work with other camera models?