This bug was fixed in the package camera-app - 3.0.0+15.04.20150125-0ubuntu1
--------------- camera-app (3.0.0+15.04.20150125-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low [ Ubuntu daily release ] * New rebuild forced [ Florian Boucault ] * Image quality setting: set "Fine Quality" to the maximum quality. More appropriate user wise and fixes failing AP test. * Asynchronously scan the filesystem for media. Fixes freeze at startup with a huge amount of media. Significantly faster deletion when deleting a huge amount of media. Taking a photo is now always fast even with a huge amount of media. (LP: #1413950) * SD Card: use app specific subfolder of Videos and Pictures to read/write videos and pictures. * Fixed issue where recording video on SD card prevents recording on internal storage later. -- Ubuntu daily release <ps-jenk...@lists.canonical.com> Sun, 25 Jan 2015 03:06:33 +0000 ** Changed in: camera-app (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to camera-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1413950 Title: camera-app freezes when SD card is full of photos Status in Camera App: In Progress Status in camera-app package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: current build number: 209 device name: krillin channel: ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/14.09-proposed com.ubuntu.camera 3.0.0.469 The camera app frequently hangs when there are lot of pictures on the SD Card. Sometimes it completely freezes with a black screen, sometimes it recovers after a few seconds. Test Case: 1. Fill the SD card with pictures $ for n in $(seq -w 3000); do cp <reference_picture>.jpg <path_to_sdcard>/Pictures/picture_${n}.jpg; done 2. Wait until mediascanner finishes indexing the photos 3. Open the camera app Expected Result Camera app is working fine and responsive Actual Result The camera app frequently hangs. Sometimes it completely freezes with a black screen, sometimes it recovers after a few seconds. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/camera-app/+bug/1413950/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp