# Flash light and camera **URL:** \ **Category:** System and Apps\ **Tags:** Teracube2E\ **Created:** [15 April 2023 14:40 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421 "2023-04-15T14:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![miria](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@miria](https://community.iode.tech/u/miria)\ **Post date:** [15 April 2023 14:40 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/1 "2023-04-15T14:40:55Z")
Is there a possibility to activate the flash light **and** use the camera? The situation is like this: going in a dark room, no light, activate the flash light, will make a photo, activate the camera App - buh! flash light out. and similar situations. The flash light is needed autonomous to the camera. Solution? ---
**Author:** ![AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/alphaelwedritsch/32/496_2.png) [@AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/u/AlphaElwedritsch)\ **Post date:** [15 April 2023 16:22 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/2 "2023-04-15T16:22:13Z")
Never heard of such feature ---
**Author:** ![miria](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@miria](https://community.iode.tech/u/miria)\ **Post date:** [15 April 2023 18:01 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/3 "2023-04-15T18:01:51Z")
OK. The example was not so good. Its needed in the camera app a really flash light on/out. When i will make a foto in a dark place, the motif is focused with the flash light on. Thats works even on a old Sony-Ericsson K750i: camera on, flash light on, focused, snap. ---
**Author:** ![vince31fr](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/vince31fr/32/13_2.png) [@vince31fr](https://community.iode.tech/u/vince31fr)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2023 13:28 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/4 "2023-04-17T13:28:21Z")
This feature is actually not available in Open Camera, and we don’t acutally plan to implement it. You can however install another camera app, for example Aperture (the new LineageOS camera app), that we distribute through our f-droid repository. ---
**Author:** ![miria](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@miria](https://community.iode.tech/u/miria)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2023 13:59 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/5 "2023-04-17T13:59:14Z")
> [@vince31fr](#): > > that we distribute through our f-droid repository. I don’t find them. Can you post a direct link? ---
**Author:** ![AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/alphaelwedritsch/32/496_2.png) [@AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/u/AlphaElwedritsch)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2023 14:01 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/6 "2023-04-17T14:01:29Z")
Aperture (iodéOS version of LineageOS Aperture new camera app) If you have the iode repo activated in droid, you should find it ---
**Author:** ![miria](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@miria](https://community.iode.tech/u/miria)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2023 14:02 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/7 "2023-04-17T14:02:30Z")
> [@AlphaElwedritsch](#): > > [https://f-droid.org/packages/com.iode.aperture/](https://f-droid.org/packages/com.iode.aperture/) “404 Page not found”? ---
**Author:** ![AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/alphaelwedritsch/32/496_2.png) [@AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/u/AlphaElwedritsch)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2023 14:04 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/8 "2023-04-17T14:04:00Z")
Yes, recognized it. You should find it in fdroid store ---
**Author:** ![miria](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@miria](https://community.iode.tech/u/miria)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2023 14:08 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/9 "2023-04-17T14:08:31Z")
Do I understand this correctly? The app is only visible in the F-Droid store when this is opened with iodé? ---
**Author:** ![AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/alphaelwedritsch/32/496_2.png) [@AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/u/AlphaElwedritsch)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2023 14:13 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/10 "2023-04-17T14:13:16Z")
Yes 404 it’s because Fdroid is looking in it’s repos with this link, but it is in the iode repo and fdroid doesn’t know it But in fdroid store on a iode phone you should find it ![Screenshot_20230417-161251_F-Droid](https://community.iode.tech/uploads/default/original/1X/0fab1890d2f7528ce7eced73ac2bfd1ea4373ac9.png) ---
**Author:** ![miria](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@miria](https://community.iode.tech/u/miria)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2023 15:00 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/11 "2023-04-17T15:00:43Z")
F-Droid iodé repo … i don’t understand it really … OK i have found it and test it. Its a very simple camera app without special settings. And it has a flash light “on” button (flash light option). Many thanks! PS: what i don’t (technical) understand is why have the cameras a minimum distance? As far as I understand, this is purely software-related with these cameras. So it could also work without a minimum distance in terms of hardware. ---
**Author:** ![uninterpolated](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/bbce88/32.png) [@uninterpolated](https://community.iode.tech/u/uninterpolated)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2024 10:10 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/12 "2024-09-03T10:10:04Z")
I see that Aperture does offer the ability to turn the torch on in photo mode. I needed it, however, in scan mode, to scan a QR code in a low-light condition. ---
**Author:** ![AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/user_avatar/community.iode.tech/alphaelwedritsch/32/496_2.png) [@AlphaElwedritsch](https://community.iode.tech/u/AlphaElwedritsch)\ **Post date:** [3 September 2024 10:29 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/13 "2024-09-03T10:29:17Z")
Aperture Camera is a LOS product and is used 1:1 by iode ---
**Author:** ![miria](https://community.iode.tech/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@miria](https://community.iode.tech/u/miria)\ **Post date:** [5 March 2025 18:53 UTC](https://community.iode.tech/t/flash-light-and-camera/1421/14 "2025-03-05T18:53:16Z")
Info: To activate the torch light in the camera app, hold on on the flash light symbol. It will be changed to a torch light symbol.