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        vince.vs
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        Hello,

        No sound after recording with the Camera application on UT.
        I uninstalled the application and it wouldn't install again.
        As a result, I could no longer photograph or film.
        For the moment I'm using a photo and camera application with Waydroid.
        It's not easy ...
        OnePlus 5T focal ota-3

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        • MrT10001M Offline
          MrT10001 @vince.vs
          last edited by MrT10001

          @vince-vs No problem on mine, works fine, uninstall, reinstall, still works.

          Try a reboot and see if that solves it.

          If not , try an Ubuntu Touch reinstall, making sure the "wipe data" button is unticked.

          Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.... And more...
          I have too many devices...

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            vince.vs @MrT10001
            last edited by

            @MrT10001

            Thank you for your prompt reply.
            After rebooting, the camera application cannot be reinstalled.
            I had already reinstalled UT 20.04 after ota-1.
            I will, when possible for me, erase reset the phone with the reset option, and if that does not work I will reinstall.
            However, it shouldn't become the norm that when an application doesn't work, you have to go through a full installation of UT again; that would become too cumbersome.
            Best regards

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            • MrT10001M Offline
              MrT10001 @vince.vs
              last edited by

              @vince-vs I agree, however you are dealing with older hardware and an OS. that is still at some stage of beta, but very usable. I wonder if Waydroid may have caused the issue. If it fails to work again, raise it as a bug with the porter.

              Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.... And more...
              I have too many devices...

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              • LakotaubpL Offline
                Lakotaubp @vince.vs
                last edited by

                @vince-vs Not ideal situation. Have you tried swopping update channel to devel and see if that fixesIf it? If it does just swop back to Stable.

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                  vince.vs @MrT10001
                  last edited by

                  @MrT10001
                  Hello,
                  after uninstalling Waydroid and rebooting UT, application camera still not installable.
                  So it's not coming from Waydroid ...

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                    vince.vs @Lakotaubp
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                    @Lakotaubp

                    Hello,
                    I followed your suggestion and the camera app installation didn't work on the development channel. I switched back to the stable channel, and the camera app still can't be installed on my OP5T ota-3.

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                      Moem @vince.vs
                      last edited by

                      Try the following:
                      Go into the file manager, unlock it, and delete the following directory:

                      ~/.config/camera.ubports
                      

                      Then reboot. The camera should be back and working.

                      Is currently using an Op5t
                      Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                        vince.vs @Moem
                        last edited by

                        @Moem
                        after your suggestion to delete
                        ~/.config/camera.ubports file and restart, unfortunately the installation of the camera app is still not possible.
                        The config camera folder is now empty ...

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                          Moem @vince.vs
                          last edited by

                          @vince-vs Hmm! In that case you may need to remove more to force the camera (which is a pre-installed app) to come back after a reboot. Unfortunately that's most easily done by terminal and me and the terminal are not friends!

                          Is currently using an Op5t
                          Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                            Ian @vince.vs
                            last edited by

                            @vince-vs Similar issue to.....?
                            https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8851/can-t-re-install-the-music-app?_=1701061044568

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                            • MrT10001M Offline
                              MrT10001
                              last edited by

                              Worst comes to the worst, you could always reinstall using the UT installer. That generally sorts out any mess I have created...:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

                              Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.... And more...
                              I have too many devices...

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                                danfro @vince.vs
                                last edited by

                                @vince-vs

                                For installing the camera app please try to follow this guide I just wrote (https://t.me/ut_troubleshooting/19😞

                                Likely due to the migration there are parts of the old installation left on your device. In most cases this happens with core apps, because they faced a change in namespace, due to the renaming form unity8 to lomiri.

                                So you need to clear those "leftover" parts of the app.
                                In most cases you need to search the /opt folder for those code parts.
                                You can either do that manually with filemanager (make sure to have show hidden files enabled.) But this is quite tedious and you will likely miss something. This task is much easier to do with the terminal.
                                Also it is recommended to not use the terminal on the device, but a terminal via adb.

                                1 a) open terminal app on the device OR
                                1 b) open a terminal on your computer, plug in the device, run adb shell
                                2. find the files: run this command, replace APPNAME with the common name part of the app, but keep the *
                                sudo find /opt -iname *APPNAME*
                                (example weather app: sudo find /opt -iname *weather*)
                                3. remove all files of that app that are listed, (core apps have their code in the rootfs, not in /opt, so this is safe to do): you can use this terminal command to do so, replace PATH with the path of the files or folders to delete:
                                sudo rm -r PATH
                                (example weather app: sudo rm -r /opt/click.ubuntu.com/weather.ubports for the full folder)
                                4. reboot your device, this will make the device go back to the preinstalled version of the core app, so after reboot the app should be ready to use

                                In case the app does not start, clear the config files for that app under ~/.config/APPNAME. [~ is equal to /home/phablet]

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                                  danfro @vince.vs
                                  last edited by

                                  @vince-vs

                                  Does this happen after you had an incoming phone call? Is the sound back after a reboot?

                                  There is this issue with an instruction how to apply a workaround: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/2022#issuecomment-1548180414. I hope this helps.

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                                    danfro @MrT10001
                                    last edited by

                                    @MrT10001 In this case this will not help. The broken files are in the /opt folder (almost always at least). And the installer will not touch /opt unless you do a full reinstall with wiping all user data. And that we try to avoid. 😉

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                                      MrT10001 @danfro
                                      last edited by

                                      @danfro said in Faulty camera:

                                      And that we try to avoid

                                      And that we do, however sometimes it's the quickest and easiest solution (backing up data beforehand of course). 😃

                                      Xiaomi Redmi Note 7.... And more...
                                      I have too many devices...

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                                        vince.vs @MrT10001
                                        last edited by

                                        @MrT10001
                                        @danfro
                                        Hello,
                                        Unfortunately I don't have the time this week.
                                        I'll get back to you next week and let you know the results of the procedures you've told me about.
                                        Have a nice weekend !

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                                          vince.vs @danfro
                                          last edited by

                                          @danfro
                                          Hello,
                                          Here is what I did with the correct information from @danfro

                                          Open the terminal ( on your computer ), then adb shell

                                          After the command :
                                          sudo find /opt -iname camera
                                          you can see what is in the list in /opt ( you are in lomri )
                                          .... ( I do not recopy the detail )

                                          I did this :
                                          sudo rm -r /opt/click.ubuntu.com/camera
                                          sudo rm -r /opt/click.ubuntu.com/camera.ubports
                                          This is what appears :
                                          opt/click.ubuntu.com/.click/users/phablet/camera.ubports
                                          /opt/click.ubuntu.com/.click/users/@all/camera.ubports
                                          Here we are in (I think) the old data.
                                          ... ( I do not recopy the detail )
                                          so delete with :
                                          sudo rm -r /opt/click.ubuntu.com/.click/users/phablet/camera.ubports
                                          sudo rm -r /opt/click.ubuntu.com/.click/users/@all/camera.ubports

                                          Then reboot the phone and ...
                                          The Camera is back!

                                          Thank you, danfro for your efficiency !

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                                            danfro @vince.vs
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                                            @vince-vs Thanks a lot for your feedback. Glad I could help. 👍

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