Rooted android 11 and MD Helper 1.7 : Camera OFF / ON fail

Hello, my rooted android 11 phone has MD Helper 1.7 but Action Camera OFF / ON fails.

The MD Helper log indicates the message below:
21-10-16 14:12:34 - Received request to connect to set camera enabled
21-10-16 14:12:30 - Received request to connect to set camera disabled

However, following action Camera OFF, the camera still launches and can take a picture.

The required permissions are set:
Accessibility, Battery Optimization : OFF, Special app access (Usage Access, Modify System settings, Device Admin),
App access to Location: Allow Always

Do see a message in logcat that might be helpful:
[10-16 14:12:23.400 3577:3577 D/AccessibilityService]
Package com.arlosoft.macrodroid.helper is not allowed

Not a big deal. Just decided to report if possible dev can fix and also let other folks know.

Thanks
 

Josué García

MacroDroid Support
Staff member
Hello, my rooted android 11 phone has MD Helper 1.7 but Action Camera OFF / ON fails.

The MD Helper log indicates the message below:
21-10-16 14:12:34 - Received request to connect to set camera enabled
21-10-16 14:12:30 - Received request to connect to set camera disabled

However, following action Camera OFF, the camera still launches and can take a picture.

The required permissions are set:
Accessibility, Battery Optimization : OFF, Special app access (Usage Access, Modify System settings, Device Admin),
App access to Location: Allow Always

Do see a message in logcat that might be helpful:
[10-16 14:12:23.400 3577:3577 D/AccessibilityService]
Package com.arlosoft.macrodroid.helper is not allowed

Not a big deal. Just decided to report if possible dev can fix and also let other folks know.

Thanks
I can recreate this error, thank you for reporting it.
@MacroDroidDev
 

MacroDroidDev

Administrator
Staff member
@happymacr0droidcustomer if you check the log in the MacroDroid helper file you should see that you need to enable device admin access for the helper file. I acknowledge that this is not very obvious/clear so I'll make a note to try and improve this with a notification or similar to more easily get your attention.
 

Jacob L

Moderator (Lawsonator)
@happymacr0droidcustomer if you check the log in the MacroDroid helper file you should see that you need to enable device admin access for the helper file. I acknowledge that this is not very obvious/clear so I'll make a note to try and improve this with a notification or similar to more easily get your attention.
If the device is rooted surely you can just automatically grant access? You can do this with accessibility services from the system setting action without root
 
If anyone runs into this...

Macrodroid 5.19.9 removed action Camera Enable/Disable/Toggle on Android 11

My macros defined before update to 5.19.9 now indicate in error:
Camera Enable/Disable
Sorry this feature can only function on Android 10 and below
 

Josué García

MacroDroid Support
Staff member
If anyone runs into this...

Macrodroid 5.19.9 removed action Camera Enable/Disable/Toggle

My macros defined before update to 5.19.9 now indicate in error:
Camera Enable/Disable
Sorry this feature can only function on Android 10 and below
It seems that the security patch has damaged this function and in android 12 it will no longer work in any way so it has been limited to android 10.
 
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