MetropleX

Thanks for the info.

Jut like you, I don't care about location EXIF so location permissions are revoked for both Google Camera and Play Services. I don't think its a location issue as otherwise you would have the same issues too as you also revoked location permissions. Moreover, it doesn't explain why the camera processes videos and normal pictures in 1-2 seconds and only having issues with processing Portrait images.

For the sake of experiment, I enabled Location permissions for both Play Services and Camera and changed routing from GOS to Google - no luck.

I even tried to factory reset GrapheneOS and only install GSF and Google Camera, nothing else, not changing any system configs, etc - its still doing the same, unfortunately.

I tried stock Google Camera from Aurora store, Google Camera apk pulled directly from stock OS via ADB command, and GCam mod, but all doing the same.

If it helps, GCam shows "processing HDR+" during this process and this is a hint that the camera struggles with processing HDR in Portrait mode. Turning off HDR in GCam doesn't make any difference.

Is it possible that GrapheneOS for Pixel 7 is not utilizing Tensor G2 chip properly hence the issues with processing speed?

      MetropleX I haven't given it much thought, since it hasn't really effected my user experience.

      The only permissions I've granted to Google Camera are camera, microphone and sensors. Storage scopes are enabled for the DCIM folder.

      I have the phone's location services always disabled as well, and GSF is installed with no permissions granted.

      It's been a non-issue for me, but I can definitely do some troubleshooting if it helps the project.

        Thanks both, I am happy to help too. Not an Android developer but have some modding, troubleshooting and technical skills.

        As it seems this is affecting Pixel 7 devices only, I think more users will report this as they upgrade their phones.

        MetropleX

        Hi MetropleX,

        Do you think its possible to troubleshoot this to narrow down the issue? I can help with this. Really keen on getting this one sorted. Thanks.

          I am experiencing the same issue myself on the Pixel 7 Pro

          Volen very comprehensive and detailed description of the issue. I'm commenting to indicate that my P7P is also affected

            7 days later

            Unfortunately, this is still the case with the latest GOS and Google Camera.

            Not only picture processing in Portrait Mode, but when recording videos too - the viewfinder is not smooth enough when moving phone around. The overall interface is sluggish too - imagine Windows running without proper graphics card driver.

            I believe it requires some library that is missing.

            Stock GOS camera doesn't have that issue with video recording smoothness but lack of dedicated zoom buttons, night sight and portrait mode makes it too weak and limited vs Google Camera. Whilst daylight pictures are somehow comparable, night time pictures look awful vs Google Camera.

            Its not only GOS camera - every single camera I tested just cannot match Google Camera's quality due to lack of API support.

            Overall, this is the only major drawback for me. I literally cannot use the camera properly and in camera department it feels that I am using a phone which is 5 years beyond current generation.

            My 2 years old Samsung blows it out of the water when it comes to camera capabilities.

            Obviously, its not GOS issue as Google Camera is a third party app, but I still wonder if its somehow possible to fix this. After all, Pixel 6 users do not have this issue.

              Volen While I agree it would be nice to see the portrait delay resolved, we haven't had any issues actually taking pictures with it as is. The portraits do capture correctly, it simply takes a bit longer to process them for preview. Some have said this makes the camera unusable for them, which I struggle to understand.

              I haven't had any issues with the video viewfinder at all, everything feels smooth to me (smoother than any of my previous phones), but I am coming from older phones so maybe that's the difference.

                  mythodical

                  Obviously, camera usage is different per user (some users don't use this or that feature, some others don't bother - for example, I absolutely don't bother about Astrophotography or Cinematic recording but it doesn't mean these are not important).

                  The fact is that many people do use these features and we can't just ignore the fact that these issues do not exist - camera is one of the major features of flagship phones and it should just work - especially, when it is mentioned in GOS FAQ that Google Camera does work. Many people use camera heavily on daily basis, taking multiple pictures pretty quickly, etc.

                  At the end of the day, we are using a flagship Google phone not just an average cheap Android phone. Google Camera does work flawlessly in stock firmware so its not a hardware limitation.

                  It simply shouldn't take over 40 seconds to process a portrait picture and all should be smooth like in any other modern phone. Try taking 3 Portrait pictures in a row - boom, Google Camera will stuck forever processing these pictures and won't take any more pictures until it will process all these but in stock OS it takes a blink of an eye to process so there are clearly issues that we cannot simply ignore.

                  Imagine a prospective Pixel 7 Pro buyer - they have no idea Google Camera won't work as expected as it says in all GOS FAQs that it works with GOS services. They are buying the phone and then Google Camera doesn't work as expected. They will surely ask why this info was not acknowledged or provided in FAQs as otherwise they would not probably buy it, correct?

                  I don't blame GOS at all as Google Camera is not their product (and GOS is a great OS!) BUT this issue is something that needs to be acknowledged and probably written in FAQ so that people will know what to expect before buying the phone (this is the reason of having a detailed FAQ).

                  We can't just pretend the issue doesn't exist or exists like a very very minor bug - it is a major thing, indeed.

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                    • Post #19

                    Is there a solution for this issue? I find it very annoying and awkward when I'm with friends.

                      9 days later

                      Yes Gcam on P7Pro is not a very good experience for me at all. I've been a GOS user for a while and this is the first time I've experienced such an awful experienced with Gcam and GOS. I hope it gets fixed. The GOS camera is just lacking in features for me. And yes don't even bother using Portrait mode. It freezes on me and just leads to frustration.

                        Same issue here on my Pixel 7 Pro.

                          bmisc

                          Matth

                          Folks, please go to the Github link above and report this to developers kindly.

                          The more people will report, the more attention this will get and then hopefully one kind soul will pick this issue up and fix it.

                              I am having the same issue with the portrait processing time on my P7Pro. My Video is working fine tho - at least from my point oft view. Ill try to confirm the issue in github. Cheers.

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                                pecan Where do you guys see the portrait setting? Are you in GOS camera or google camera?

                                    13 days later

                                    I don't know if I'm way out to left field on this, but there was an sepolicy change needed for the Pixel 6[ Pro] in order to allow the camera software to access the DSP for accelerated image processing. Before that, the Pixel 6 was slow like is being reported in this thread.

                                    Was that change incorporated in the Pixel 7? Has it been properly validated that it doesn't need some tweaking for the minor differences?

                                    https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/227166806#comment8

                                    Seems you were on the right track @abcZ
                                    in this issue the problem is also very well explained about SELinux and a special sepolicy which is missing.

                                    One GrapheneDev answered with "Won't Fix" because it can be an attack vector for them ;( ;(
                                    https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/1841

                                    They think Google will fix it but I would not bet on that (they don't have sepolicy problems on their firmware).
                                    For me this is unfortunately a dealbreaker against GrapheneOS on my new Pixel 7 Pro (that device was too expensive to not use the camera AND THE DSP to its fullest)

                                      therealmarv Hmm, well unfortunately, "thestinger" is David Micay, who is in charge of GrapheneOS, therefore his position is absolutely authoritative.

                                      I don't believe that it is likely to be fixed by google, their history suggests virtually no chance that they'll fix it.