Issue Description
The built-in camera app’s QR code scanner automatically converts all scanned text to lowercase, which breaks case-sensitive links and URLs. This makes it impossible to scan certain QR codes that contain case-sensitive information.
Steps to Reproduce
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Create a QR code containing a case-sensitive URL (e.g., a Google Forms link with mixed case characters)
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Open the Fairphone camera app
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Point the camera at the QR code to scan it
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Observe the detected text/URL
Expected Behavior
The QR code scanner should preserve the original case of all characters in the scanned content, maintaining uppercase and lowercase letters exactly as encoded in the QR code.
Actual Behavior
The camera app converts all letters to lowercase, breaking case-sensitive URLs and making them non-functional.
Impact
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Google Forms links and other case-sensitive URLs become unusable when scanned
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Users cannot access intended content from QR codes
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Workaround requires manually typing URLs or using a third-party QR scanner app
Additional Information
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The same QR codes work correctly when scanned with other devices/apps
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This appears to be a software issue specific to the Fairphone camera app’s QR code processing
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Issue affects functionality rather than just display formatting
Device Information
Please let me know if you need specific device model, Android version, or camera app version details to investigate this further.
Requested Fix
The QR code scanner should preserve original character case when processing scanned content, particularly for URLs and other case-sensitive data.
Thank you for looking into this issue. The QR code scanner is otherwise very useful, but this case sensitivity bug significantly limits its functionality for many common use cases.