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<a href="index.html"><img align="left" src="ic_launcher.png" alt="Open Camera icon" title="Open Camera icon" width="72" height="72"></a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><h2>Open Camera Device Compatibility</h2></div>
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<p>< <small><a href="index.html">Main Page.</a></small></p>
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<p>This page provides some guidance on possible issues of Open Camera on various Android™ devices. Please note the following:</p>
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<li>Sometimes behaviour can be affected by things like operating system version or can differ between variants of the same
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model. Behaviour may also change over time depending on different versions of Open Camera, and different
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versions of device operating system. So something listed here isn't a guarantee of that behaviour on a
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particular model.</li>
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<li>This information is provided "as is" with no warranties - if you need to be certain of how Open Camera works on a
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particular device, ultimately you'll have to test it yourself.</li>
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<h2>General notes</h2>
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<p>If you're just interested in taking photos with non-advanced features (without using "Camera2 API"), then most things
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should work on most devices, as far as I can tell. I do occasionally get bug reports of things which seem to be device
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specific, but not enough to draw conclusions about things not working on particular devices. The most commonly reported
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issues seems to be:</p>
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<li>Video is one of the most difficult things working across different Android devices - on some devices recording comes out
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corrupted. In some cases this is only on some resolutions, or it may be
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all.</li>
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<li>If you're wanting to save to external SD cards, you'll need to follow the advice at
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<a href="help.html#faq">the FAQ</a> . Note that in some cases, it seems that SD cards
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can't be selected even when using the Storage Access Framework option - this is a device issue, and
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something out of my control. If you're wanting to have lots
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of storage for taking photos or videos, it's probably better to make sure you get a device with plenty of
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internal storage (internal storage is faster anyway, so means faster taking of photos, and more reliable high
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resolution video recording).</li>
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<p>If you're interested in enabling Camera2 support for advanced features (manual focus, manual exposure, expo bracketing, HDR),
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be aware that some devices have poor support for Camera2 (even if they support the API, the
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implementations seem to have problems). Thankfully things seem to be improving on that front with newer
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devices. Please read the details below on what I know about different devices.</p>
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<p>Also note that just because a manufacturer advertises a particular camera feature, it doesn't mean that Open Camera can use
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it. Unfortunately some manufacturers limit some features to the "stock" camera application, and don't make it available
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through to third party cameras. This tends to be more advanced features - 4K video, high photo resolutions, high frame
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rate video, RAW.</p>
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<h2>Device specific notes</h2>
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<h3>Google Nexuses/Pixels</h3>
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<p>In general, Google Nexuses and Pixels have worked well for Open Camera.</p>
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<p>Camera2 API on the Nexus 6 works well (there are some minor issues, e.g., manual exposure doesn't work well when recording
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video). It's hard to be sure about other Nexuses though.</p>
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<p>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
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(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.
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As of Open Camera 1.50, all of the Pixel 6 Pro's cameras are available to use by zooming in or out.
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As of Open Camera 1.54, you can also select individual cameras directly (tested on the Pixel 6 Pro).</p>
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<p>Color effects don't work on the Nexus 7.</p>
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<h3>Huawei</h3>
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<p>I've had reports of expo bracketing and HDR in Camera2 mode not working properly on some Huawei devices
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(Huawei P8 lite 2017, P9). See <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/tickets/368/">here</a> for details.</p>
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<p>I've also had reports of RAW/DNG images being saved with red/blue swapped. See
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<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/tickets/422/">here</a> for details.</p>
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<h3>Nokia</h3>
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<p>I've tested Open Camera with the Nokia 8. Everything seems to work as far as I can tell, including Camera2 API with full
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manual controls, RAW and 120fps video.</p>
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<h3>OnePlus</h3>
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<p>I've tested Open Camera with the OnePlus Pad. Everything seems to work as far as I can tell, including Camera2 API with full
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manual controls, and RAW.</p>
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<p>The OnePlus 3T had problems related to Camera2 API and manual exposure:</p>
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<li>Manual exposure sometimes fails (the preview corrupts or the device may freeze for a few moments), this also
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includes HDR.</li>
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<li>Low light scenes show the wrong ISO and shutter speed, both on-screen and in the saved Exif info (although the
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photos themselves still come out okay); also a knock on effect of this bug is that HDR and expo bracketing
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don't work in low light. Manual ISO also doesn't work above 799 (the images still come out with ISO at 799).</li>
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<p>See <a href="https://community.oneplus.com/thread/506100">this thread</a> for more
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details.</p>
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<p>The OnePlus 5 seems to have the same problems with Camera2 API as the OnePlus 3T (see above). Issues with RAW images have been
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reported for third party camera applications - see
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<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/discussion/general/thread/0a9b5bef/">here</a>,
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<a href="https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/pink-tint-on-dng.562049/">here</a> and
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<a href="https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/raw-camera-purple-halo.565588/">here</a>. As of August 2017,
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<a href="https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/pink-cast-on-dng-files-when-shooting-with-other-apps.580035/">this
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seems to have been fixed</a>.
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But as of December 2017, there seem to be
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<a href="https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/raw-pictures-with-third-party-camera-app-are-greenish.727594/">additional
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problems with RAW on Android 8.</a>
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<p>The OnePlus 3T and 5 are rather old devices - as I say, the more recent OnePlus Pad does not seem to have these problems.</p>
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<h3>Samsung</h3>
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<p>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
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API. Known issues are:</p>
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<li>Night mode is available via X-Night.</li>
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<li>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+.</li>
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<li>The "Image quality" setting has no effect for JPEGs on the Galaxy S10e (unless post-processing options such as auto-level or
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photo stamp are applied). This has also been reported for other Samsung devices; I also have the same
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issue with other third party camera applications on my S10e. Howevever the image quality setting does work on the Galaxy S24+. See
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<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/discussion/general/thread/1abb56eb/">this thread</a>
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for details.</li>
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<li>The photo shutter sound always plays at maximum volume on Camera2 API, this seems to be
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<a href="https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/182811267">a Samsung issue</a> - a workaround is to turn off the shutter sound
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via Settings/More camera controls/"Shutter sound".</li>
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<p>All the Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S24+ rear cameras are available (including telephoto for the S24+), you can switch by zooming in or out.
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As of Open Camera 1.54, you can also select individual cameras directly.
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Also the two modes for the front camera
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("cropped" and "wide") are available to Open Camera.</p>
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<p>At least some Samsung Galaxy devices support the camera extension modes (X-Night, X-Bokeh, X-Bty) (including the Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S24+;
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in general this is more likely to be available for the flagship S devices running Android 12+).</p>
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<p>The Samsung Galaxy S24+ at least supports Ultra HDR JPEG image format.</p>
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<p>More generally I have occasionally tested on various Samsung devices using their remote test labs - although useful, this is limited
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compared to owning a real device (especially when the test labs are dark!)</p>
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<p>I've had reports of the audio being out of sync with video on the Galaxy S7 and S8 when in Camera2 API mode.</p>
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<p>Older Samsung devices (e.g., Galaxy S5) didn't have 4K video recording available for third party camera applications. In some
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cases it could be enabled with the "Force 4K" option, but this only works on some devices (in some cases whether it works
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depends on which variant of a device). As of the Galaxy S10e at least, 4K video is available.</p>
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<p>Some Samsung devices do not have any "scene modes" (in some cases this can depend on even which variant of a device is
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used).</p>
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<!--<p>I've had reports of picture quality being poor on Camera2 API the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, though improvements were made in
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v1.42.1 onwards of Open Camera. See
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<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/discussion/general/thread/48bd836b/">here</a> for details.</p>
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<p>At least some Samsung devices don't seem to have support for high speed frame rates for video for third party camera applications.
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Filmic have documented issues for the
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<a href="https://filmicpro.helpscoutdocs.com/article/41-samsung-s9-and-s9-filmic-pro-v6-compatibility-guide">S9 and S9+</a>, and
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<a href="https://filmicpro.helpscoutdocs.com/article/42-samsung-note-9-filmic-pro-v6-compatibility-guide">Note 9</a> (these articles
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are for Filmic Pro, but the issues faced likely affect all third party camera applications, including Open Camera).</p>
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<p>On a related note, the Galaxy Note 4 and 5 were used with Open Camera to film
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<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/blog/2015/10/cai-lan-gong---worlds-first-feature-film-shot-with-a-smartphone-at-4k-resolution/">the
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world's first 4K feature film shot on a phone</a>.</p>
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<h3>Sony Xperia</h3>
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<p>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
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Sony XA1 (G3123) (Android 8), I'm not sure about older devices.</p>
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<!--<p>23MP photo resolution isn't available, the maximum seems to be 8MP. This seems to be due to
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<a href="http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z5-Z5-Compact-Z5-Premium/Full-camera-res-in-third-party-apps/td-p/1045437/highlight/true/page/4">Sony
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not making this available for third party camera applications</a>.</p>-->
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<p>Sony devices <a href="https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Software-Updates/Camera2-API/td-p/974742/page/122">don't seem to support
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RAW/DNG</a> at the time of writing.</p>
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<p>I've had a report that manual white balance temperature doesn't work (Sony Xperia X Compact).</p>
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