diff --git a/native/.flowconfig b/native/.flowconfig
--- a/native/.flowconfig
+++ b/native/.flowconfig
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 [untyped]
 .*/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/.*/.*
 
-[declarations]
-.*/node_modules/react-native-camera/*
-
 [include]
 ../node_modules
 ../lib
diff --git a/native/flow-typed/npm/expo-barcode-scanner_vx.x.x.js b/native/flow-typed/npm/expo-barcode-scanner_vx.x.x.js
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/native/flow-typed/npm/expo-barcode-scanner_vx.x.x.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-// flow-typed signature: 8a42efbaee521b12bea4117c5019bce6
-// flow-typed version: <<STUB>>/expo-barcode-scanner_v12.1.0/flow_v0.182.0
-
-declare module 'expo-barcode-scanner' {
-  declare type StyleObj = 
-    | null
-    | void
-    | number
-    | false
-    | ''
-    | $ReadOnlyArray<StyleObj>
-    | { [name: string]: any, ... };
-
-  declare type ViewStyleProp = StyleObj;
-  declare type ViewProps = {|
-    style?: ViewStyleProp,
-  |};
-
-  declare opaque type BCT$aztec: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$codebar: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$code39: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$code93: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$code128: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$code39mod43: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$datamatrix: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$ean13: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$ean8: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$interleaved2of5: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$itf14: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$maxicode: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$pdf417: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$rss14: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$rssexpanded: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$upc_a: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$upc_e: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$upc_ean: number;
-  declare opaque type BCT$qr: number;
-
-  declare export type BarCodeTypeValues =
-    | BCT$aztec
-    | BCT$codebar
-    | BCT$code39
-    | BCT$code93
-    | BCT$code128
-    | BCT$code39mod43
-    | BCT$datamatrix
-    | BCT$ean13
-    | BCT$ean8
-    | BCT$interleaved2of5
-    | BCT$itf14
-    | BCT$maxicode
-    | BCT$pdf417
-    | BCT$rss14
-    | BCT$rssexpanded
-    | BCT$upc_a
-    | BCT$upc_e
-    | BCT$upc_ean
-    | BCT$qr;
-
-  declare export type BarCodeType = $ReadOnly<{|
-    +aztec: BCT$aztec,
-    +codebar: BCT$codebar,
-    +code39: BCT$code39,
-    +code93: BCT$code93,
-    +code128: BCT$code128,
-    +code39mod43: BCT$code39mod43,
-    +datamatrix: BCT$datamatrix,
-    +ean13: BCT$ean13,
-    +ean8: BCT$ean8,
-    +interleaved2of5: BCT$interleaved2of5,
-    +itf14: BCT$itf14,
-    +maxicode: BCT$maxicode,
-    +pdf417: BCT$pdf417,
-    +rss14: BCT$rss14,
-    +rssexpanded: BCT$rssexpanded,
-    +upc_a: BCT$upc_a,
-    +upc_e: BCT$upc_e,
-    +upc_ean: BCT$upc_ean,
-    +qr: BCT$qr,
-  |}>;
-
-  declare export type Type = $ReadOnly<{|
-    +front: string,
-    +back: string,
-  |}>;
-
-  declare export type BarCodePoint = {|
-    +x: number,
-    +y: number,
-  |};
-
-  declare export type BarCodeSize = {|
-    +height: number,
-    +width: number,
-  |};
-
-  declare export type BarCodeBounds = {|
-    +origin: BarCodePoint,
-    +size: BarCodeSize,
-  |};
-
-  declare export type BarCodeScannerResult = {|
-    +type: string,
-    +data: string,
-    +bounds?: BarCodeBounds,
-    +cornerPoints?: $ReadOnlyArray<BarCodePoint>,
-  |};
-
-
-  declare export type BarCodeEvent = {|
-    ...BarCodeScannerResult,
-    +target?: number,
-  |};
-
-  declare export type BarCodeEventCallbackArguments = {|
-    +nativeEvent: BarCodeEvent,
-  |};
-
-  declare export type BarCodeScannedCallback = (params: BarCodeEvent) => void;
-
-  declare export type BarCodeScannerProps = {|
-    +type?: "front" | "back" | number,
-    +barCodeTypes?: $ReadOnlyArray<BarCodeTypeValues>,
-    +onBarCodeScanned?: BarCodeScannedCallback,
-    ...ViewProps,
-  |};
-
-  declare export type PermissionStatus =
-    | 'undetermined'
-    | 'granted'
-    | 'denied';
-  
-  declare export type PermissionExpiration = 'never' | number;
-  
-  declare export type PermissionResponse = {|
-    +status: PermissionStatus,
-    +expires: PermissionExpiration,
-    +granted: boolean,
-    +canAskAgain: boolean,
-  |};
-
-  declare export class BarCodeScanner extends React$Component<BarCodeScannerProps> {
-    static Constants: $ReadOnly<{|
-      BarCodeType: BarCodeType,
-      Type: Type,
-    |}>;
-
-    static requestPermissionsAsync(): Promise<PermissionResponse>;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
--- a/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/native/ios/Comm.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -1617,7 +1617,6 @@
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/libwebp\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/lottie-ios\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/lottie-react-native\"",
-					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-camera\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-in-app-message\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-netinfo\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-notifications\"",
@@ -1759,7 +1758,6 @@
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/libwebp\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/lottie-ios\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/lottie-react-native\"",
-					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-camera\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-in-app-message\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-netinfo\"",
 					"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/react-native-notifications\"",
diff --git a/native/ios/Podfile.lock b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
--- a/native/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
   - DoubleConversion (1.1.6)
   - EXApplication (6.1.4):
     - ExpoModulesCore
-  - EXBarCodeScanner (12.1.0):
-    - EXImageLoader
-    - ExpoModulesCore
-    - ZXingObjC/OneD
-    - ZXingObjC/PDF417
   - EXConstants (17.1.6):
     - ExpoModulesCore
   - EXImageLoader (5.1.0):
@@ -1720,14 +1715,6 @@
     - React-jsiexecutor
     - React-RCTFBReactNativeSpec
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core
-  - react-native-camera (3.31.0):
-    - React
-    - react-native-camera/RCT (= 3.31.0)
-    - react-native-camera/RN (= 3.31.0)
-  - react-native-camera/RCT (3.31.0):
-    - React
-  - react-native-camera/RN (3.31.0):
-    - React
   - react-native-in-app-message (1.0.2):
     - React
   - react-native-netinfo (11.4.1):
@@ -2352,18 +2339,12 @@
   - VisionCamera/React (4.6.4):
     - React-Core
   - Yoga (0.0.0)
-  - ZXingObjC/Core (3.6.9)
-  - ZXingObjC/OneD (3.6.9):
-    - ZXingObjC/Core
-  - ZXingObjC/PDF417 (3.6.9):
-    - ZXingObjC/Core
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
   - boost (from `../../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/boost.podspec`)
   - CommExpoPackage (from `../expo-modules/comm-expo-package/ios`)
   - DoubleConversion (from `../../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec`)
   - EXApplication (from `../../node_modules/expo-application/ios`)
-  - EXBarCodeScanner (from `../../node_modules/expo-barcode-scanner/ios`)
   - EXConstants (from `../../node_modules/expo-constants/ios`)
   - EXImageLoader (from `../../node_modules/expo-image-loader/ios`)
   - EXJSONUtils (from `../../node_modules/expo-json-utils/ios`)
@@ -2427,7 +2408,6 @@
   - React-logger (from `../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/logger`)
   - React-Mapbuffer (from `../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon`)
   - React-microtasksnativemodule (from `../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/microtasks`)
-  - react-native-camera (from `../node_modules/react-native-camera`)
   - react-native-in-app-message (from `../node_modules/react-native-in-app-message`)
   - "react-native-netinfo (from `../node_modules/@react-native-community/netinfo`)"
   - react-native-orientation-locker (from `../node_modules/react-native-orientation-locker`)
@@ -2497,7 +2477,6 @@
     - SDWebImageSVGCoder
     - SDWebImageWebPCoder
     - SocketRocket
-    - ZXingObjC
 
 EXTERNAL SOURCES:
   boost:
@@ -2508,8 +2487,6 @@
     :podspec: "../../node_modules/react-native/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec"
   EXApplication:
     :path: "../../node_modules/expo-application/ios"
-  EXBarCodeScanner:
-    :path: "../../node_modules/expo-barcode-scanner/ios"
   EXConstants:
     :path: "../../node_modules/expo-constants/ios"
   EXImageLoader:
@@ -2629,8 +2606,6 @@
     :path: "../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon"
   React-microtasksnativemodule:
     :path: "../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/microtasks"
-  react-native-camera:
-    :path: "../node_modules/react-native-camera"
   react-native-in-app-message:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-in-app-message"
   react-native-netinfo:
@@ -2743,7 +2718,6 @@
   CommExpoPackage: 3f9d8a25537fb9d80f79a63fd1e73c51f55b87e9
   DoubleConversion: cb417026b2400c8f53ae97020b2be961b59470cb
   EXApplication: b28de982d44768fc593de9d19ca5a7a0e49685b1
-  EXBarCodeScanner: cb4deb49e59b6c7ed6bbf38d187802359908d2a8
   EXConstants: be238322d57d084dc055dbd5d6fe6479510504ce
   EXImageLoader: ab4fcf9240cf3636a83c00e3fc5229d692899428
   EXJSONUtils: 1d3e4590438c3ee593684186007028a14b3686cd
@@ -2811,7 +2785,6 @@
   React-logger: 368570a253f00879a1e4fea24ed4047e72e7bbf3
   React-Mapbuffer: c04fcda1c6281fc0a6824c7dcc1633dd217ac1ec
   React-microtasksnativemodule: ca2804a25fdcefffa0aa942aa23ab53b99614a34
-  react-native-camera: b5c8c7a71feecfdd5b39f0dbbf6b64b957ed55f2
   react-native-in-app-message: f91de5009620af01456531118264c93e249b83ec
   react-native-netinfo: f0a9899081c185db1de5bb2fdc1c88c202a059ac
   react-native-orientation-locker: 851f6510d8046ea2f14aa169b1e01fcd309a94ba
@@ -2870,7 +2843,6 @@
   SQLCipher-Amalgamation: 121e91239c53a3aba13ca742d6dd824c627c66ee
   VisionCamera: b5c2b3c45e641102902a5194af11dc532805221e
   Yoga: c758bfb934100bb4bf9cbaccb52557cee35e8bdf
-  ZXingObjC: 8898711ab495761b2dbbdec76d90164a6d7e14c5
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 5e1474a246e82fdfddfca6475d6eb9acc06f5d5a
 
diff --git a/native/package.json b/native/package.json
--- a/native/package.json
+++ b/native/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
     "ethers": "^6.11.1",
     "expo": "^53.0.9",
     "expo-application": "~6.1.4",
-    "expo-barcode-scanner": "~12.1.0",
     "expo-dev-client": "~5.1.8",
     "expo-file-system": "~18.1.10",
     "expo-font": "~13.3.1",
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@
     "olm": "git+https://github.com/CommE2E/olm.git#v0.2.5",
     "react": "19.0.0",
     "react-native": "0.79.2",
-    "react-native-camera": "^3.31.0",
     "react-native-device-info": "^10.3.0",
     "react-native-figma-squircle": "^0.1.2",
     "react-native-floating-action": "^1.22.0",
diff --git a/patches/react-native-camera+3.31.0.patch b/patches/react-native-camera+3.31.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/patches/react-native-camera+3.31.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-camera/src/RNCamera.js b/node_modules/react-native-camera/src/RNCamera.js
-index b7a271a..2df81f6 100644
---- a/node_modules/react-native-camera/src/RNCamera.js
-+++ b/node_modules/react-native-camera/src/RNCamera.js
-@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
-   findNodeHandle,
-   Platform,
-   NativeModules,
--  ViewPropTypes,
-   requireNativeComponent,
-   View,
-   ActivityIndicator,
-@@ -394,7 +393,6 @@ export default class Camera extends React.Component<PropsType, StateType> {
-   };
- 
-   static propTypes = {
--    ...ViewPropTypes,
-     zoom: PropTypes.number,
-     useNativeZoom: PropTypes.bool,
-     maxZoom: PropTypes.number,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11964,13 +11964,6 @@
     "@expo/image-utils" "^0.7.4"
     expo-constants "~17.1.5"
 
-expo-barcode-scanner@~12.1.0:
-  version "12.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-barcode-scanner/-/expo-barcode-scanner-12.1.0.tgz#3758b20e82bf1e30ad420df4106c8e868ed7b139"
-  integrity sha512-R+SlrtS7zEomY48Vjc+XJVHp+qz/u4TKG3CQeFobtQlBXPJvK94055yUg9PxOAwIIrOp3093FSOZiu/OGuoxiA==
-  dependencies:
-    expo-image-loader "~4.0.0"
-
 expo-constants@~17.1.5, expo-constants@~17.1.6:
   version "17.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-constants/-/expo-constants-17.1.6.tgz#a31b019216f7f7bb4907aeffa2d6bf856751985e"
@@ -12029,11 +12022,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-haptics/-/expo-haptics-14.1.4.tgz#442f48b1bdf83484d4fcadc653445aaae6049b70"
   integrity sha512-QZdE3NMX74rTuIl82I+n12XGwpDWKb8zfs5EpwsnGi/D/n7O2Jd4tO5ivH+muEG/OCJOMq5aeaVDqqaQOhTkcA==
 
-expo-image-loader@~4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-image-loader/-/expo-image-loader-4.0.0.tgz#a17e5f95a4c1671791168dd5dfc221bf2f88480c"
-  integrity sha512-hVMhXagsO1cSng5s70IEjuJAuHy2hX/inu5MM3T0ecJMf7L/7detKf22molQBRymerbk6Tzu+20h11eU0n/3jQ==
-
 expo-image-loader@~5.1.0:
   version "5.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-image-loader/-/expo-image-loader-5.1.0.tgz#f7d65f9b9a9714eaaf5d50a406cb34cb25262153"
@@ -21184,13 +21172,6 @@
     prop-types "^15.8.1"
     react-base16-styling "^0.9.1"
 
-react-native-camera@^3.31.0:
-  version "3.31.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-camera/-/react-native-camera-3.31.0.tgz#7b9b4dd30b6d1363bdffed4ce0a0bef93c3ebf87"
-  integrity sha512-TTuse7JGVUbh/cj+a4OfyXoPqhwPyYx+63tzJWZT0sWwZX5bvlxjYaEur/U1hiZZjOC03muEIMkTD7nYp6ZVFA==
-  dependencies:
-    prop-types "^15.6.2"
-
 react-native-codegen@^0.70.6:
   version "0.70.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-codegen/-/react-native-codegen-0.70.6.tgz#2ce17d1faad02ad4562345f8ee7cbe6397eda5cb"