The popular smartphone brand OnePlus recently started rolling out its version of Android 12, which is a unification of the OxygenOS and OPPO’s Color OS, called the OxygenOS 12, to its flagship devices. Unfortunately, despite being called stable, the software was plagued with bugs. Hence, the brand had to halt the rollout.
But the problems with the OS weren’t only limited to bugs. As we previously reported, modded apps like Google Camera ports were being blocked from using the phone’s auxiliary cameras, i.e. the ultrawide and the telephoto camera. This is a deal-breaker for many people since GCam (modded) is known to considerably improve picture quality compared to the stock camera app on a lot of phones.
This issue has been present in OPPO’s ColorOS for a while now, leading people to believe that OnePlus devices will no longer be able to use modded camera apps. However, a new report has surfaced that reassures OnePlus users otherwise.
According to an XDA Developer‘s report, on Friday (December 17th, 2021), OnePlus took to its community forums to announce that they have heard the feedback regarding the bugs and issues faced by its users in the recently rolled out OxygenOS 12 update and are working hard to fix them and release a patch soon. OnePlus additionally pointed out that the upcoming update will also fix the “temporary lack of access to the Ultra HD 48M / AUX camera on GCam.”
Since then, the OxygenOS 12 has been re-released, but the inaccessible auxiliary camera issue while using the GCam port still remains. However, since the company has specifically acknowledged the issue, we can expect a future update to arrive with the promised fixes.
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