# Fairphone 6 camera issues **URL:** \ **Category:** System and Apps\ **Tags:** Fairphone6\ **Created:** [16 March 2026 21:41 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881 "2026-03-16T21:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalamos](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@Kalamos](https://community.iode.tech/u/Kalamos)\ **Post date:** [16 March 2026 21:41 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/1 "2026-03-16T21:41:42Z")
_Split from this thread:_ [Multiple Stability and Functional Issues on Fairphone 6](https://community.iode.tech/t/multiple-stability-and-functional-issues-on-fairphone-6/7879) Hi iodéOS Team, Creating a separate thread for camera-related issues on the Fairphone 6. **Issue: Camera Resolution Support** - Observation: The camera does not seem to utilize the full 50MP capability of the Fairphone 6. - Google Camera works but doesn’t reach full resolution. - Question: Are there plans to integrate the native Fairphone camera driver or offer a workaround? Device: Fairphone 6 iodéOS Version: 7.3 Thanks for any guidance on this. ---
**Author:** ![vanMacG](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/58f4c7/32.png) [@vanMacG](https://community.iode.tech/u/vanMacG)\ **Post date:** [20 April 2026 16:47 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/2 "2026-04-20T16:47:12Z")
It’s a bit sad that currently only 12,6MP are supported. It looks like eOS has managed to increase support to 50MP: > **[FP6 - Camera Issues / Features lost (#8784) · Issues · e / Backlog · GitLab](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/work_items/8784)** > > After installing e/os 3.0.2-a15 on the Fairphone 6, the following features are missing in the Camera app: REQ1: Digital Zoom (2x) REQ2: Taking... They are also shipping the stock FPOS camera app, which I would not need. But maybe we could get support in aperture (stock LOS app). It seems one need to whitelist the camera app, but I’m no expert on this. > **[Fairphone 6 GCam port](https://forum.fairphone.com/t/fairphone-6-gcam-port/123563/25)** > > After some experimenting, my recommendation for video is clearly Blackmagic. No other app gives you that level of professional control. And Blackmagic cures the abysmal sound quality of the FP6, which is due to a ludicrously high levelled pre-amp,... > **[system\_ext.prop · a15 · e / devices / android\_device\_fairphone\_FP6 · GitLab](https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/devices/android_device_fairphone_FP6/-/blob/a15/system_ext.prop)** > > GitLab Enterprise Edition ---
**Author:** ![rik](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/rik/32/1437_2.png) [@rik](https://community.iode.tech/u/rik)\ **Post date:** [22 April 2026 15:37 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/3 "2026-04-22T15:37:02Z")
I believe /e/OS has special permission to include the FPOS camera app. I did send an inquiry to the developers. More broadly I know other platforms such as OnePlus and Sony would like to have better hardware support for their cameras, which typically seems tied only to the proprietary apps from the vendors. Maybe there are ways… ---
**Author:** ![rik](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/rik/32/1437_2.png) [@rik](https://community.iode.tech/u/rik)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2026 19:28 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/4 "2026-04-24T19:28:50Z")
Regarding Aperture, the default camera app, our lead developer made this comment: > Aperture is not designed to access hidden APIs (which would required that whitelisting) that could increase its capabilities. So I think this means we would instead need to pursue support for the vendor camera apps rather than being able to incorporate deeper hardware integration in Aperture (or Open Camera, etc, assuming it would be the same there?). To enabling support for specific vendor camera apps, each “would require working on each individual device tree” which would take a fair bit of time beyond our current capacity. Regarding Fairphone, specifically the FP6, it may be a bit more possible since, as you note /e/ is already doing this work. But, our developer did already try for the FP5 and “quickly abandoned the idea”. I didn’t get full clarification, but it may be that the way it was implemented wasn’t fully translatable to iodéOS (maybe due to our newer Android base). So I guess that isn’t too informative or optimistic, it does seem to be a frustratingly difficult issue. Possibly a discussion on the Fairphone forum would be more informative to inquire as to the ability to more easily open this up to LineageOS (and derivatives such as iodéOS)? [https://forum.fairphone.com/](https://forum.fairphone.com/) ---
**Author:** ![vanMacG](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/58f4c7/32.png) [@vanMacG](https://community.iode.tech/u/vanMacG)\ **Post date:** [26 April 2026 09:49 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/5 "2026-04-26T09:49:44Z")
I also asked [upstream](https://github.com/ArianK16a/android_device_fairphone_FP6/issues/23#issuecomment-4282787329) for aperture 50MP support, but the answer from arian is the same as you got from your developer. Actually there is a (german) discussion at the fairphone forum, but I’m not sure if this is going in the right direction… > **[🇩🇪 Camera API access third Party Apps](https://forum.fairphone.com/t/camera-api-access-third-party-apps/131310)** > > Der Entwickler von Pro Shot schreibt mir, dass es ihm unmöglich ist auf dem Fairphone 6 die volle Auflösung von 50 MPixel abzurufen, angeblich, weil Fairphone das blockiert. Ohne Worte. When looking at /e/, it seems they integrated the vendor camera app from fp and their own camera app `foundation.e.camera` which is a fork of OpenCamera. So technically it seems to be possible to elevate at least OpenCamera to use the full hardware. But you are right, I don’t know how much efford this would be for iodeOS. (What I found is that you actually switched from OpenCamera to aperture some time ago.) Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a hard stop for me using iode, I just wanted to ask/try if it’s possible to achieve 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![camperotactico](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ba9def/32.png) [@camperotactico](https://community.iode.tech/u/camperotactico)\ **Post date:** [11 July 2026 20:13 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/6 "2026-07-11T20:13:21Z")
I am experiencing a different issue with the camera. When I try to zoom the camera crashes and I am forced to kill whatever app was using it. Is there any camera alternative that works nicely at the moment? ---
**Author:** ![dyedbird](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dyedbird](https://community.iode.tech/u/dyedbird)\ **Post date:** [12 July 2026 21:41 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/7 "2026-07-12T21:41:38Z")
Others reported that Gcam port works. You can install and maintain it via Obtainium. First install the app via F-Droid: > **[Obtainium | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository](https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.imranr.obtainium.fdroid/)** > > Get Android app updates directly from the source Then you can install it via the following link: > **[Obtainium Apps](https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/apps?category=camera)** > > Crowdsourced App Configurations for Obtainium ---
**Author:** ![rik](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/rik/32/1437_2.png) [@rik](https://community.iode.tech/u/rik)\ **Post date:** [13 July 2026 17:40 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/8 "2026-07-13T17:40:12Z")
> [@camperotactico](#): > > When I try to zoom the camera crashes and I am forced to kill whatever app was using it. Just to clarify, this crashing is on a FP6 using Aperture? ---
**Author:** ![camperotactico](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ba9def/32.png) [@camperotactico](https://community.iode.tech/u/camperotactico)\ **Post date:** [13 July 2026 18:04 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/9 "2026-07-13T18:04:26Z")
I just give it a try and I wasn’t able to reproduce the issue this time. Neither in aperture nor any other app ---
**Author:** ![camperotactico](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ba9def/32.png) [@camperotactico](https://community.iode.tech/u/camperotactico)\ **Post date:** [30 September 2026 14:26 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/fairphone-6-camera-issues/7881/10 "2026-09-30T14:26:35Z")
I am having issues again with the camera of my FP6 on iodeOS 7.8. This time, the issue is a bit different: When using the camera app, if I switch to video recording from the bottom row menu there is a random chance it will crash. When this happens the camera app will fail to launch even if I stop it manually from the app info menu. Deleting the cache and storage seem to resolve the issue temporarely. Rebooting does nothing. On top of that, the recorded audio while recording video is not using the correct microphone