Hi,
Last weekend I started the process of transitioning from my smartphone to the Kompakt as my main phone and it’s been a surprising journey. For once it’s much easier than I anticipated. I don’t want to own two similar devices, so the Kompakt needs to do everything I need on daily basis in order for me to keep it. I love how it instantly made me more intentional about what apps I wanted to install (vs what I can access at home on a pc or just not use). Even though I thought I had already reduced the apps on my smartphone to a minimum, the Kompakt made me realise I can do with even less.
At this point I’m nearly at a point where I have everything set up as I like it and all “remaining” apps running, except for one. I have a hopefully small hiccup with my banking app; currently I can’t login without a front facing camera. Once I’m logged in I expect it to work just fine, as my previous smartphone was already degoogled.
Here’s the problem: while logging in, it needs to make a mandatory, one time face scan to make sure it’s me. Without a “front facing camera” I get stuck at this step. I already contacted their support to ask if there is an alternative login method an that doesn’t seem to be the case.
To be clear, I’m fine not having the front facing camera, I don’t need it. So now I’m getting to the point of this topic. Would it be possible for the Kompakt, whenever an app requests the front facing camera, to use the rear camera instead?
I would also be happy with a diy software solution, since I only need to do this once. Can I trick the banking app (or any app for that matter) into using the rear camera or a usb webcam? Is there an app or adb command to achieve this? So far I haven’t found a solution to this problem.
Regards,
Marijn