OK, I've tried to build from the trunk.
Apparently the problem is still there. The same samples crash on my HTC One X.
Here's the crash stack from example-color-blob-detection:
#00 pc 00013ccc /system/lib/libc.so (dlmalloc)
#01 pc 000165a4 /system/lib/libc.so (malloc)
#02 pc 00020daa /system/lib/libutils.so (_ZN7android12SharedBuffer5allocEj)
#03 pc 0002225e /system/lib/libutils.so (_ZN7android8String16C1EPKtj)
#04 pc 0001edda /system/lib/libbinder.so (_ZNK7android6Parcel12readString16Ev)
#05 pc 0001eeba /system/lib/libbinder.so (_ZNK7android6Parcel16enforceInterfaceERKNS_8String16EPNS_14IPCThreadStateE)
#06 pc 0001ef3e /system/lib/libbinder.so (_ZNK7android6Parcel14checkInterfaceEPNS_7IBinderE)
#07 pc 0001e238 /system/lib/libgui.so (_ZN7android16BnSurfaceTexture10onTransactEjRKNS_6ParcelEPS1_j)
#08 pc 00018024 /system/lib/libbinder.so (_ZN7android7BBinder8transactEjRKNS_6ParcelEPS1_j)
#09 pc 0001b512 /system/lib/libbinder.so (_ZN7android14IPCThreadState14executeCommandEi)
#10 pc 0001b0e2 /system/lib/libbinder.so (_ZN7android14IPCThreadState15waitForResponseEPNS_6ParcelEPi)
#11 pc 0001b7fc /system/lib/libbinder.so (_ZN7android14IPCThreadState8transactEijRKNS_6ParcelEPS1_j)
#12 pc 00018636 /system/lib/libbinder.so (_ZN7android8BpBinder8transactEjRKNS_6ParcelEPS1_j)
#13 pc 00014e14 /system/lib/libcamera_client.so
#14 pc 00012c68 /system/lib/libcamera_client.so (_ZN7android6Camera17setPreviewTextureERKNS_2spINS_15ISurfaceTextureEEE)
Is it a new issue, or just not yet fixed known one?
Alex