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Galaxy Camera Revived 2026-11-12 (EK-GC100 and EK-GC200)
The first public build of Galaxy Camera Revived: LineageOS 21 (Android 14) for the Samsung Galaxy Camera EK-GC100 and Galaxy Camera 2 EK-GC200.
Read docs/INSTALL.md before you flash anything. It starts with a one-page quick guide, then covers the safety rules, the backup of your camera's own partitions, the install and the way back to Samsung's firmware.
Download only the files for your model. Every file name starts with the model it is for. Never flash a GC100 file on a GC200 or the other way round, and never on a GC110 or GC120. Check your model in Settings → About device → Model number.
Galaxy Camera (EK-GC100)
| File | What it is | Odin slot |
|---|---|---|
EK-GC100-minirecovery.tar.md5 |
The mini recovery: backups and factory reset over adb. Flash it first and run the backup. | AP |
EK-GC100-system-20261112.tar.md5 |
The system. | AP |
EK-GC100-lens-profile.lcp |
Lens profile for Lightroom, Camera Raw and RawTherapee, for the DNGs. |
Samsung firmware to keep as your way back: GC100XXBMC4 (Android 4.1.2).
Galaxy Camera 2 (EK-GC200)
| File | What it is | Odin slot |
|---|---|---|
EK-GC200-minirecovery.tar.md5 |
The mini recovery: backups and factory reset over adb. Flash it first and run the backup. | AP |
EK-GC200-system-20261112.tar.md5 |
The system. | AP |
EK-GC200-lens-profile.lcp |
Lens profile for Lightroom, Camera Raw and RawTherapee, for the DNGs. |
Samsung firmware to keep as your way back: GC200XXUCNK4 (Android 4.3).
SHA256SUMS has the checksums of all the files above.
No package contains a bootloader, a PIT, or anything for the PARAM, EFS or RADIO partitions. The camera module's own firmware is never touched.
What works
- Camera (GC Camera): viewfinder, autofocus with half press, the zoom lever for the 21x optical zoom, P/A/S/M, OIS, the pop-up flash, the AF lamp and self-timer, exposure bracketing, 16 MP JPEG and RAW (DNG) next to the JPEG, full EXIF with GPS, Bluetooth photo remotes.
- GC Gallery: browsing by day, JPEG and DNG paired, exposure info, histogram, ratings.
- Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz), Bluetooth, GPS, audio, rotation sensor and compass, microSD (FAT32 and exFAT).
- EK-GC100 only: 3G mobile data and SMS (no voice calls, by design).
- No Google services and no app store: other apps install as APK files.
Known limits
- Wi-Fi 5 GHz does not connect, on Samsung's firmware either. On a dual-band network the camera uses 2.4 GHz by itself. The hotspot is 2.4 GHz only.
- No video recording: GC Camera takes photos only.
- Micro-HDMI shows a placeholder screen only.
- EK-GC200 only: NFC is not supported (a phone near the tag shows a notice). Standby drain is not measured yet.
- Security: SELinux is permissive, the Android security patch level is 2025-03-01, and this is a
userdebugbuild signed with test keys. adb asks for authorisation on the camera's screen. This is an enthusiast build, not a hardened one. - No over-the-air updates: update by flashing a newer system file for your model with Odin (INSTALL.md §8). Your data is kept.
- Debug logs, the kernel's included, are kept on the internal storage (about 500 MB, capped), so problems can be investigated later.
Please report problems as GitHub issues, with your model and the steps that lead to them.
Sources
- Device trees: android_device_samsung_gd1 (EK-GC100, with the camera and sensors HALs both models use) and android_device_samsung_sf2wifi (EK-GC200).
- Kernel (both models): android_kernel_samsung_smdk4412, branch
gd1. - Everything else: the manifests in
manifests/(LineageOS-UL 21 plus our forks, listed in docs/TECHNICAL.md §4). - The mini recovery's ramdisk is in
minirecovery/, with BusyBox. - The vendor partition contains Samsung's proprietary libraries and firmware, extracted from official firmware. They are not in the source repositories.
Flashing a custom system has some risk. You do it at your own risk. This project is not affiliated with Samsung.