# Echo Show camera: reconstructing LineageOS camera support

> The Echo Show camera project reconstructs camera support for LineageOS 18.1 on Echo Show 5 and 8 devices. Live-device findings trace missing camera providers, legacy MediaTek blobs, kernel struct differences and sensor tuning; kernel patches and userspace shims restore preview and capture. The project also documents Bluetooth and echo-cancellation fixes.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/jxlarrea/lineageos-echo-show-camera>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/jxlarrea/lineageos-echo-show-camera/blob/1381755099398de8b5c09ad2f85023c40ec0ec12/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/echo-show-lineageos-camera-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/echo-show-lineageos-camera-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/echo-show-lineageos-camera-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A supported Echo Show 5 or 8 running the specified unofficial LineageOS 18.1 port, unlocked with amonet 2.0.1 or newer and able to boot TWRP.
- **Prerequisites:** A Linux host with adb, Python 3 and USB, plus a LineageOS 18.1 build environment; installation includes building and flashing a boot image.
- **Prerequisites:** Proprietary camera blobs are fetched separately rather than included.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/jxlarrea/lineageos-echo-show-camera/blob/1381755099398de8b5c09ad2f85023c40ec0ec12/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/jxlarrea/lineageos-echo-show-camera/blob/1381755099398de8b5c09ad2f85023c40ec0ec12/docs/findings.md>

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