Property Vendor.camera.aux.packagelist - Access Denied Finding

Stock Android only allows the pre-installed system camera app to use all physical camera lenses. When you install a modded Google Camera (GCam) on a non-Google phone, the GCam app tries to read vendor.camera.aux.packagelist to see if its own package name ( com.google.android.GoogleCamera ) is included. If access is denied, the GCam app cannot "unlock" the auxiliary lenses. You will be stuck with only the main lens.

Advanced users often try to fix this by editing the build.prop or vendor.prop files directly to add their favorite camera app to the list. However, modern Android devices use system_root partitions and dynamic partitions ( vendor , product , system_ext ) that are mounted as read-only. Attempting to modify these files without proper mounting permissions will result in access denial at the file system level. Access Denied Finding Property Vendor.camera.aux.packagelist

An app or a shell command tried to check which camera apps are allowed to access the secondary, tertiary, or macro lenses on your phone. The system said, "You do not have permission to read that list." Stock Android only allows the pre-installed system camera

A: Indirectly. If the aux telephoto lens is locked, you cannot switch to it for 2x optical zoom video. Main lens video remains functional. You will be stuck with only the main lens