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The video recording on the Fairphone 2 is atrocious.

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      Opolork
      last edited by 1 Jul 2022, 16:12

      Hi.

      It's always been hit or miss. Lately, it seems worse than ever. Today, I tried to record a simple video (<1 minute long) 3 times, all failed. On playback, it plays and then just stops. The worst part is that when recording, you have no idea if the video will be corrupt or not as there's no warning. It's so frustrating! I had hoped that after being out for a good few years, that issues on these older phones would be sorted out.

      😞

      How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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        arubislander @Opolork
        last edited by 1 Jul 2022, 18:02

        @opolork said in The video recording on the Fairphone 2 is atrocious.:

        I had hoped that after being out for a good few years, that issues on these older phones would be sorted out.

        It is not about how long a device has had a UT port, it is how active it is being maintained.

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          domubpkm @Opolork
          last edited by 2 Jul 2022, 08:29

          @opolork Sorry for you, and it's true that it's very frustrating not being able to perform an action that seems basic. But the fairphone 2 being almost outdated, you will need a miracle for this bug to be resolved. Miracles happen but it will be better to think about investing in a more recent maintained model. And there is everything to gain from being able to follow the wave (of innovations).

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            Opolork @arubislander
            last edited by Opolork 7 Apr 2022, 07:26 4 Jul 2022, 07:24

            @arubislander said in The video recording on the Fairphone 2 is atrocious.:

            It is not about how long a device has had a UT port, it is how active it is being maintained.

            Hi. That's a fair point! πŸ‘πŸ»

            How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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              Opolork @domubpkm
              last edited by 4 Jul 2022, 07:26

              @domubpkm Hi. I rarely record videos, so will stick with the FP2 for a while longer. The camera photos function works fine. I'm not a big user of smartphones - much prefer a Desktop PC with a keyboard & mouse. πŸ™‚

              How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                arubislander @Opolork
                last edited by 4 Jul 2022, 07:36

                @opolork said in The video recording on the Fairphone 2 is atrocious.:

                @domubpkm Hi. I rarely record videos, so will stick with the FP2 for a while longer. The camera photos function works fine. I'm not a big user of smartphones - much prefer a Desktop PC with a keyboard & mouse. πŸ™‚

                Why the strong words in the post title then?

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                  Opolork @arubislander
                  last edited by 4 Jul 2022, 08:40

                  @arubislander Strong words? The video recording is indeed atrocious. I'm just telling the truth.

                  How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                    Aloys @Opolork
                    last edited by 4 Jul 2022, 16:06

                    Hello @opolork
                    For info on my FP2 (with OTA-22), the video recording is working well, quality is good.

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                      Opolork @Aloys
                      last edited by 4 Jul 2022, 16:08

                      @aloys Hi. You may have the better camera module. There's 2 types. BTW, does the torch/flash work on your FP2?

                      How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                        Aloys @Opolork
                        last edited by 4 Jul 2022, 16:54

                        @opolork, yes I have the last camera module (the one with 12MPix). And the torch/flash does not work.

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                          Opolork @Aloys
                          last edited by 4 Jul 2022, 18:00

                          @aloys Hmm. That's the same module as mine. I recall that the video recording was not as bad years ago.

                          How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                            RedXXIII @Aloys
                            last edited by 12 Jul 2022, 10:16

                            @aloys same for me and don't remember problems with video recording.

                            Fairphone 3+ / BQ Aquaris M10 FHD / BQ Aquaris E5

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                              Opolork @RedXXIII
                              last edited by 12 Jul 2022, 11:32

                              @redxxiii said in The video recording on the Fairphone 2 is atrocious.:

                              don't remember problems with video recording

                              Hi. I wonder why my video recording is so hit and miss then. πŸ€”

                              How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                RedXXIII @Opolork
                                last edited by 12 Jul 2022, 21:34

                                @opolork not an expert but maybe an hardware problem? Or... did you tried to re-install UT doing "wipe-data"? (don't forget to backup before!

                                Fairphone 3+ / BQ Aquaris M10 FHD / BQ Aquaris E5

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                                  Opolork
                                  last edited by 13 Jul 2022, 13:25

                                  @redxxiii said in The video recording on the Fairphone 2 is atrocious.:

                                  @opolork not an expert but maybe an hardware problem? Or... did you tried to re-install UT doing "wipe-data"? (don't forget to backup before!

                                  Hi.

                                  I did a reinstall. See here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6897/issue-installing-ut-stable-over-old-ut-dev-installation-solved

                                  Yes, perhaps that's the cause. πŸ€”

                                  How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                    RedXXIII @Opolork
                                    last edited by 2 Aug 2022, 09:07

                                    @opolork OK great. That was not easy but you succeeded πŸ˜ƒ How is your video recording now?

                                    Fairphone 3+ / BQ Aquaris M10 FHD / BQ Aquaris E5

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                                      Opolork @RedXXIII
                                      last edited by 2 Aug 2022, 09:13

                                      @redxxiii said in The video recording on the Fairphone 2 is atrocious.:

                                      @opolork OK great. That was not easy but you succeeded πŸ˜ƒ How is your video recording now?

                                      Hi. No, I meant I did a reinstall a while back. I've not changed anything. I will just use the video recording feature rarely. I don't want to reinstall everything just to fix that. πŸ™‚

                                      How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                        RedXXIII @Opolork
                                        last edited by 2 Aug 2022, 09:27

                                        @opolork OK, I understand… But maybe there is nothing more that could help. Maybe the next time the reinstallation should be easier πŸ˜ƒ

                                        Fairphone 3+ / BQ Aquaris M10 FHD / BQ Aquaris E5

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                                          Opolork @RedXXIII
                                          last edited by 2 Aug 2022, 09:51

                                          @redxxiii said in The video recording on the Fairphone 2 is atrocious.:

                                          Maybe the next time the reinstallation should be easier

                                          Possibly. But I don't fancy having to reinstall loads of apps and tweak settings again.

                                          How can you trust that an app really won't send some company your location data, when you tell it not to? The only way you can trust a program not to do something it isn't supposed to do is if it is free software. ~ RMS

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                                            RedXXIII @Opolork
                                            last edited by RedXXIII 8 Feb 2022, 10:01 2 Aug 2022, 10:00

                                            @opolork Sure πŸ˜ƒ You should have a look at these scripts, they are very promising. I already use them when needed, and they are very useful. I hope that could be useful to you also.

                                            https://github.com/Intrinsically-Sublime/UT-Backup-Restore-Scripts

                                            Fairphone 3+ / BQ Aquaris M10 FHD / BQ Aquaris E5

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