Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
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Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#2What is up with that site repeatedly expanding the border to cover the edges of text on mobile? Such a toxic design.
Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#3This is probably due to some copyrighted binary blob used on the camera driver of the front facing camera, given how much magic it needs to do to compensate for the opaque pixels.
Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#4It could be for compliance with Japanese law which forbids taking photos without a shutter sound? This in principle doesn't apply when you're not in Japan, but after unlocking Samsung has no way to tell.
Edit: reading the article about SONY (https://www.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-android-pie-unloc...), DRM keys seems to be a more likely cause, which drcursor's comment also mentions.
Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#5Could it be that the camera is directly connected to the security chip responsible for things like biometrics, payment, etc. and that unlocking disable it?
Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#6It could be for compliance with Japanese law which forbids taking photos without a shutter sound? This in principle doesn't apply when you're not in Japan, but after unlocking Samsung has no way to tell. Edit: reading the article about SONY ( https://www.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-android-pie-unloc... ), DRM keys seems to be a more likely cause, which drcursor's comment also mentions.
If this were the case, then why doesn't every phone have the same restriction? And why would it make its first appearance from a Korean company on a phone for the American market?
Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#7It could be for compliance with Japanese law which forbids taking photos without a shutter sound? This in principle doesn't apply when you're not in Japan, but after unlocking Samsung has no way to tell. Edit: reading the article about SONY ( https://www.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-android-pie-unloc... ), DRM keys seems to be a more likely cause, which drcursor's comment also mentions.
If this were the case, then why doesn't every phone have the same restriction? And why would it make its first appearance from a Korean company on a phone for the American market?
Different legal opinions and Samsung being more risk-averse I guess?
However reading the article about SONY (https://www.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-android-pie-unloc...), DRM keys seems to be a more likely cause...
Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#8I have one of these on the way and never intended to root it, but this outrages me.
I get that Samsung reserves the right to say "its been rooted and is now longer certified "safe" by us, but BREAKING the functionality of the device that I paid for and own is vandalism.
Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#9Could it be that the camera is directly connected to the security chip responsible for things like biometrics, payment, etc. and that unlocking disable it?
Somehow it does not make me feel better. I have hardware that becomes more restricted the moment I want to actually use it as I see fit.
Re: Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader
#10I have one of these on the way and never intended to root it, but this outrages me. I get that Samsung reserves the right to say "its been rooted and is now longer certified "safe" by us, but BREAKING the functionality of the device that I paid for and own is vandalism.
> Re-locking the bootloader does make the camera work again, which indicates that it’s more of a software-level obstacle
My guess is that their camera supplier has a secret blob that they want to retain encrypted...