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    Fairphone 2 (FP2), Camera-flashlight doesn´t work

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        fp2ut
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        Dear Community,
        I´m new in this forum and hope I start in the right way.

        I have bought a used
        Fairphone 2
        OS Umbuntu touch
        12MP, doublelight flash

        With this phone the flash does not work (camera itself works fine), neither when taking pictures (flash [on] or [automatically] ) nor with a flashlight app (uTorch).
        I have already removed the camera module, cleaned the contacts and reinstalled it. I´ve bought a spare camera modul that showed no (better) effect.
        The OS update to Ubuntu 16.04 (OTA-14) did´nt help.

        P.S.:
        I take over trucks at night and have to take pictures of damages before. Without a working flash my smartphone is no help then.

        I look forward to your suggestion with great interest.

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          domubpkm
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          I haven't a Fairphone 2.
          But i found this : https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/448

          And at the end :
          screenshot20201124_232004209.png

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            Emphrath @fp2ut
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            @fp2ut Long story short, yes, flashlight doesn't work on FP2. You can indeed use the workaround up there, but it means two things: you will need to build and compile a custom image of UT, AND all these changes will be reset as soon as you update to a new system image (OTA). As much as I miss a working flashlight, I'd rather wait that these changes are merged into the stable branch of the OS - if they are one day.

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              Fla @Emphrath
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              @Emphrath no need to build it yourself, there is an image provided in the thread for the halium 7.1 port for FP2.

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                Emphrath @Fla
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                @Fla awe nice !!!

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