I now understand why my Pixel 2 can't take photos...

The problem isn't the camera but the battery... Somehow the battery can't supply extra load (voltage/current?) that the camera needs...

What kind of battery capacity do you have there? One lemon/h?

@myss no idea... All I can use it for is work emails and some browsing ... Maybe 1hr

My husband's takes pictures pretty well. OG pixel does too, it's just eol'd.

@SortOfTested yes I was gonna trade in for a Pixel 4 5G on Black Friday... but still needed to fork over $200... for a phone is rarely use...

So it works while charging?

@theKarlisK unless you change the battery yourself

@theKarlisK $20 powerpak < $200, now would be $500 without the BF sale

@theKarlisK yes but the pixel 2 isn't my main phone. I use a rooted OnePlus 6.

I use the Pixel when I need pixel only feature or must-be-unrooted apps.

Issue has always been... I never needed a new phone but Google made me buy a Pixel bc it decided to make Live Captions only available on some phones... OP6 not one of them... Unless ur rooted but it can't do phone calls but Pixel running Android 11 can...

And that's why Google is now evil.