For a Better Camera on deGoogled Operating Systems

Hi there! Let’s clear up some misunderstandings quickly.
A link has been posted for the official Fairphone camera APK higher up in this thread. Alternatively, you can extract the APK yourself from the latest FPOS image Fairphone themselves provide on their website.
However there has been little success getting it to run in any other OS than Fairphone’s own. You’re free to test it and tinker with it. In fact, please DO share with the community if you manage to get it running on iodé in any way.

If I may, I recommend this specific version of GCam (version 9.2.113) to use, as I have to say, it is superior to the stock camera app in picture quality in every way. It does use the Fairphone’s extra sensor for quick and accurate auto focus. The only caveat is that 60fps video recording isn’t available, no matter the chosen resolution, so you might as well only use 4k30.

EDIT: Just to not leave you completely hanging, here’s my apk I just extracted from my FP5 via GoogleFiles.
Link will be live until 14th of October 2024.

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