[OFFICIAL] LineageOS 20 for the Moto G7 Plus

[fankool]

Hi guys, it's sad for to talk again about camera, but it's becoming more and more unusable time after time, release after release. Now I can't take picture almost always, a fix seems to be switching to video and then back to camera, but I'm taking few pictures so I can't confirm it

 

[oeddans]

Hi guys, it's sad for to talk again about camera, but it's becoming more and more unusable time after time, release after release. Now I can't take picture almost always, a fix seems to be switching to video and then back to camera, but I'm taking few pictures so I can't confirm it

stock camera not working, open camera is better (but has many problems, for example front camera for selfie not working)

 

[fankool]

stock camera not working, open camera is better (but has many problems, for example front camera for selfie not working)

Strange, I use only open camera and front camera has always worked well, for video or pictures. I've just tried now, to be sure, and it took a photo (and this time also has saved)

 

[Chris22880]

Yeah, has nothing to do with API's - MotoCamera has an issue.

ALL cameras here have an issue? The problem started with my phone/camera as well with LOS20, the other cams like opencam or others have the same problem here. It seems to be any change in the Api from 19 to 20 or its implementation in LOS20. Could you plz have a second look on it? Now the camera is really useless and I used it nearly daily Thank you!

 

[npjohnson]

ALL cameras here have an issue? The problem started with my phone/camera as well with LOS20, the other cams like opencam or others have the same problem here. It seems to be any change in the Api from 19 to 20 or its implementation in LOS20. Could you plz have a second look on it? Now the camera is really useless and I used it nearly daily Thank you!

huh?

OpenCamera works fine for me - you're saying it doesn't for you?

MotCamera has issues.

 

[retry0001-coffee]

I'm gonna be updating to LOS20 soon with a dirty flash of both LOS and NikGapps. I'll chime in on this camera issue afterwards. Probably over the weekend.

 

[Chris22880]

huh?

OpenCamera works fine for me - you're saying it doesn't for you?

MotCamera has issues.

I deinstalled it days ago because it was the same like moto camera. Just tried and installed opencam again after your question, astonished that it works in the moment after switing to cam2-api (no function) and back again to default. I will try the next days and report if it breaks again. Thanks so long

 

[oeddans]

Open Camera works fine if you switch from camera 0 to camera 2 clicking on the camera icon. I don't know why

 

[Chris22880]

I deinstalled it days ago because it was the same like moto camera. Just tried and installed opencam again after your question, astonished that it works in the moment after switing to cam2-api (no function) and back again to default. I will try the next days and report if it breaks again. Thanks so long

update: switching the cameras works sometimes, mostly not! I got it working once switching from ID0 to ID2 and back and it worked few times then it stucks again.

Might the firmware need an update? Which one to use then? I have quite old flashfiles from 2018 on my PC, I think thats the one I have on my smartphone. How do I check in LOS20 which firmware I actually have? Under "about phone" is just the lineage Info instead of firmware info. The latest download I found is from 2021 and is for Android 10, Build-ID QPWS30.61-21-18-7. Can I use that to flash or will I break my LOS20?

Thanks for tipps

 

[Chris22880]

huh?

OpenCamera works fine for me - you're saying it doesn't for you?

MotCamera has issues.

update: switching the cameras works sometimes, mostly not! I got it working once switching from ID0 to ID2 and back and it worked few times then it stucks again.

Might the firmware need an update? The latest download I found is from 2021 and is for Android 10, Build-ID QPWS30.61-21-18-7. Can I use that to flash or will I break my LOS20?

Thanks for tipps

 

[jeisonp]

Does anyone have problems with taking pictures from Telegram, Whatsapp? This and other kind of apps that try to use camera inside them are very unreliable to use. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

 

[jeisonp]

Open Camera works fine if you switch from camera 0 to camera 2 clicking on the camera icon. I don't know why

This doesn't lower the photos quality? In preview it's seems does.

 

[jeisonp]

It still worked. Downgrade to LOT 19.1. All functions of the cameras are fine. Maybe the error is fixed in LOT 20 times, then I try again !!

Do you a link to download the last 19.1 official build?

 

[Verstehnix]

Do you a link to download the last 19.1 official build?

Sorry, no official link available. Apparently deleted !

 

[npjohnson]

update: switching the cameras works sometimes, mostly not! I got it working once switching from ID0 to ID2 and back and it worked few times then it stucks again.

Might the firmware need an update? The latest download I found is from 2021 and is for Android 10, Build-ID QPWS30.61-21-18-7. Can I use that to flash or will I break my LOS20?

Thanks for tipps

Firmware has nothing to do with any of the issues that people are seeing here

 

[oeddans]

Firmware has nothing to do with any of the issues that people are seeing here

I think Is something related with camera API

 

[npjohnson]

I think Is something related with camera API

It's something camera HAL related.

 

[Chris22880]

Firmware has nothing to do with any of the issues that people are seeing here

you said its a problem with the moto cameras. I see that it works in LOS19, so where is the difference to LOS20? A new way in LOS20 to talk to the interface of the camera? Must be a command to the camera-interface which is not understood. The camera itself is fine cause it works if I downgrade (just tried with another lake). And its not possible as well that lots of cameras break after upgrade, so the software remains. And if the firmware is only updated on a few smartphones and not on all (what is probably the best explanation) the fault should be that the old firmware did not connect all interfaces to all new commands from LOS20. You probably have the latest firmware on your phone so the camera works with open camera.

Is there a fault in my theory? If its not the firmware it must be the implementation of the new camerasoftware of LOS20, which then is surely not as well a fault of the camera.

I can only proove if I upgrade the old lake again (now with the latest firmware) to LOS20 again, cause I am not a software engineer, just a normal IT-fellow since 25 years. I would proove earliest in May 23, cause I need the now working camera (with LOS19) in the time between, no matter how old the system is.

I hope you find a fault in between.

Thank you, Chris

 

[npjohnson]

you said its a problem with the moto cameras. I see that it works in LOS19, so where is the difference to LOS20? A new way in LOS20 to talk to the interface of the camera? Must be a command to the camera-interface which is not understood. The camera itself is fine cause it works if I downgrade (just tried with another lake). And its not possible as well that lots of cameras break after upgrade, so the software remains. And if the firmware is only updated on a few smartphones and not on all (what is probably the best explanation) the fault should be that the old firmware did not connect all interfaces to all new commands from LOS20. You probably have the latest firmware on your phone so the camera works with open camera.

Is there a fault in my theory? If its not the firmware it must be the implementation of the new camerasoftware of LOS20, which then is surely not as well a fault of the camera.

I can only proove if I upgrade the old lake again (now with the latest firmware) to LOS20 again, cause I am not a software engineer, just a normal IT-fellow since 25 years. I would proove earliest in May 23, cause I need the now working camera (with LOS19) in the time between, no matter how old the system is.

I hope you find a fault in between.

Thank you, Chris

Abstractly guessing like this really doesn't help, sorry.

There's nothing related to the camera in the firmware you're talking about, you're talking about the bootloaders, modem, and trusted execution environment stuff, none of that is going to have one single effect on camera, not at least at this layer.

This is likely at the camera HAL layer, probably some obscure piece to change, some time out, some symbol, etc but at the moment none of the typical things that we would look for to notify us that these are in fact issues are showing up, so we're pretty much stabbing blindly.

Getting old for proprietary binaries to work isn't a fun process, and I'll get it working when we're able to figure out what the issue is, if anyone wants to go debug individual components from 19.1 and try them on 20 to see if they can isolate where exactly the issue is, that would be helpful, other than that, I'll get to it at some point.

 

[Chris22880]

Abstractly guessing like this really doesn't help, sorry.

There's nothing related to the camera in the firmware you're talking about, you're talking about the bootloaders, modem, and trusted execution environment stuff, none of that is going to have one single effect on camera, not at least at this layer.

This is likely at the camera HAL layer, probably some obscure piece to change, some time out, some symbol, etc but at the moment none of the typical things that we would look for to notify us that these are in fact issues are showing up, so we're pretty much stabbing blindly.

Getting old for proprietary binaries to work isn't a fun process, and I'll get it working when we're able to figure out what the issue is, if anyone wants to go debug individual components from 19.1 and try them on 20 to see if they can isolate where exactly the issue is, that would be helpful, other than that, I'll get to it at some point.

thanks for reply. So I live with two phones for the time I need. Tell me if I can try out some things to help on my then spare phone in may