Ubuntu Touch on Fairphone 4 question (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 months ago by ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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Can anybody confirm whether the camera works in Waydroid in Ubuntu Touch on the Fairphone 4?

The camera certainly doesn't work in Waydroid on my ARM laptop, and I've read that support hadn't been added for v4l2 yet. But I've seen a YouTube video that seems to suggest otherwise on Ubuntu Touch (that I can't find anymore of course...)

I really want to convert my FP4 to Linux, but not being able to activate my Android banking app in Waydroid with the QR code is a deal breaker for me.

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[-] nebulaone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I am not sure, but when I used it years ago it booted a LineageOS core first.

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

I think ypu are mixing things up. Ubuntu Touch is indeed halium based and thus uses Android kernel versions and device drivers, which makes it realatively easy to port but comes with the similar update issues as Android.

On top of that OS there is the Waydroid app that boots a LinageOS in a container and allows you to run Android apps.

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