Show HN: OpenCamera hack for Pixel 6 Pro

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Strangely the official Google Camera app also started crashing on an original Pixel phone soon after the Pixel 6 & Android 12 related app updates were launched (despite being stuck on an older version of android as it's beyond its lifetime expectancy / planned obsolescence).

Various other apps that use the camera aren't effected

It was shit like this that blew my mind on the Android phones. You could get a top of the line official Google phone and you try to pull up the camera to catch a moment and instead you get a black screen for 5 s and the app crashes.

My iPhone 13 on the other hand: instant camera.

I’ve got a whole bunch of these useless Android phones lying in a corner.

Me and my dad had Pixel 2s, and we both experienced the "unable to open camera" bug[1] -- except his remained for months. He eventually had to have his entire camera module replaced because his phone was one of the unfortunate bunch bricked by a silent camera firmware update. (The original cause of that bug, "fixed" by later OS updates that re-patch the camera firmware)

Also, yes, I experienced those occasional camera hang+crashes on my Pixel 2 as well. (before and after the big camera bug) I put up with it but I agree it's insane.

1: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/09/25/pixel-2-camera-curs...

Which is amusing by itself, because iPhone didn't had fast camera initialization until HTC HD7 on Windows Phone showed how fast it could be.

Sell me them if you don't want to WebUSB install Graphene on them.

I would, but I’d rather churn them for the data safety. So they get smashed. Sorry mate.

2-3 seconds on GrapheneOS, stock camera.

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