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Blueish tint?

I have a ever so slight blueish tint to my screen noticeably on the whites unless I turn the brightness up. Anyone else have that? I heard it goes away within a few months.
EDIT: I notice the tint the most when I have it on auto brightness with KB5.

Strange, I have never had that issue. In fact one of my favorite things about this phone is the kickass screen. Mine has been flawless with amazing clarity. Maybe you got a defective phone. Bring it back and exchange it if it's that noticeable.
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Well I got it refurbished for 50$ so I cant complain. I heard it goes away with time even. I dont even think I am on contract because I am on flexpay too.

It's your screen. It should go away after a bit of use, mine did the same thing when I bought it. I run on max brightness most of the time though, might have something to do with it going away, I don't know.
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Max brightness? And I need a way to turn this damn 4g off it kills my frickin battery. Can you test it out on the auto brightness to see if the blueish tint is still there?

This is normal super amoled screens have an ever so slight blue tint to them, the thing is that i cant even notice it at all while using it unless im using another phone like my iphone side by side with it so i was wondering just how noticible is it?
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Someone who doesn't own the phone probably wouldn't notice. I can't see it right now.
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I do own the phone...sorry if thats not what you meant
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maybe that's the reason amoled screens look better in bright sun light.

simeezee said:
maybe that's the reason amoled screens look better in bright sun light.
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You are correct!!!
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Pixel Density Issue?

I've had the skyrocket a day now and theres a odd stripe thing going on with the screen or should i say grahpics. Am I the only one with this problem?

Well do u have a screenshot?
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Its not something a screen cap can show due to photos I took on my OGSII looked great on it and like crap on the skyrocket. I'm hoping there's a fix for this?
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zaydaboss said:
Its not something a screen cap can show due to photos I took on my OGSII looked great on it and like crap on the skyrocket. I'm hoping there's a fix for this?
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so the pictures that you are taking are coming out like crap....i have used my camera and have to say that the pics come nice, nothing mind bowing but still Good quality<<

We really need to see what you're describing in order to make a better judgement.. can you take a picture with a camera?

r34p3rex said:
We really need to see what you're describing in order to make a better judgement.. can you take a picture with a camera?
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I cant but its like streeks of lines it almost look like a school of dead pixels but only can be seen on low lighting. im taking it back

I think he's talking about the vertical lines of lower brightness you can see when the screen is dim especially in the gray. I think that's a problem with all plus displays.
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Daedalus_ said:
I think he's talking about the vertical lines of lower brightness you can see when the screen is dim especially in the gray. I think that's a problem with all plus displays.
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I switched back to oggs2 no screen issue... I tried.
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It's a known issue with the T-Mobile GS2 that also affects the Skyrocket.
Mine has it also. Most or all have it to some degree.
To see it best, just set your display to about 1/3 brightness and then drop down the notification bar and look at the lower solid grey portion. You'll see the verticle lines/haziness.

I had the same issue with my Atrix but I haven't seen it yet with my G2S.

Maybe it's a quality issue. I've had my Skyrocket for a few days now and didn't notice a single problem with the screen. I was aware of this issue with the T-mobile version so when I switched my OGS2 to the Skyrocket I kept checking for this screen problem. On the other hand my office mate bought a Skyrocket and he noticed the problem that the OP was having. He returned it the next day, got a new one and no problem since.

I am guessing the reason this effects the T-Mobile version and this one is due to the stretching of the screen to 4.5" and staying at a resolution of 800X480.

[Q] Camera issues

Hello.
Dec 2011 - Here are a few camera issues that I've been experiencing with my new SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 Galaxy S II Skyrocket using the provided camera/video app:
Issue #1: Indoor photos.
Photos taken indoors (in "normal" lighting) typically look very dark. If the flash is engaged, the subject often appears with a blue tint.
Issue #2: MP4 playback audio/video issues.
After transferring video captures to my Windows 7 desktop pc (filetype is MP4), the video and audio are out of sync / not in sync / mis-aligned during playback. File size is a mere 30MB. This was true of Quicktime, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, etc.
Anyone else having a similar experience?

I've had the same issue with the camera my roomate experiences the same issue. I haven't had the issues with the video though. For my camera quick fix I downloaded Camera ZOOM FX yesterday and the picture quality seems much better. Hope that helps, but I'm hoping for a legitimate fix too...
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Yeah the camera sucks.... That's all there is to say
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If you are getting the blue photos you have a defective unit. I traded mine in and the new one takes much better pics...no blue tint
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00mred00 said:
If you are getting the blue photos you have a defective unit. I traded mine in and the new one takes much better pics...no blue tint
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Has it been verified that it's a defective unit issue? I ask because I get the blue tint as well. Pictures also seem to come out dark in well lit areas. Alhough, the little widget size image priview it shows in the corner after the picture is taken looks correct, the image itself when viewed anywhere else looks dark.
I'm sure this as been answered 1000 times, but how might one go about restoring apps/data when switching to a new unit? If I make a copy of my rom, can I just flash it to the new unit?

Same issue Here.
When I frame a photo it looks fine, but after the picture is taken it looks dark.
I'll try another camera program like Camera Zoom FX.

I had the blue tint got a replacement and life's good.
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Same here. Both of our skyrockets take great pics
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I had the blue tint got a replacement and life's good.
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HTC One S camera

Just curious if anyone else is having thos problem. When I take a picture close up to something an click the screen for focus it gets really clear then goes back to blurry. I was wondering why my pics that were distant were blurry that's why I took a close up of my hand and it did that.
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tongueman87 said:
Just curious if anyone else is having thos problem. When I take a picture close up to something an click the screen for focus it gets really clear then goes back to blurry. I was wondering why my pics that were distant were blurry that's why I took a close up of my hand and it did that.
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it happen to me when i try to focus really near objects.

Happens to me as well.

Use the "Close up" mode.

el_smurfo said:
Use the "Close up" mode.
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Still blurry for me

Did you happen to update to the latest OTA? I did and I started noticing that. Before the OTA, not so much.

Hgaara said:
Did you happen to update to the latest OTA? I did and I started noticing that. Before the OTA, not so much.
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I've not updated my phone via OTA. I'm running a custom rom and it's still blurry to me. Just like the OP described: ''It'll be clear for a second and than become blurry''

don't go too near. back-off bit by bit till you can get focus.
So far, One S has got best camera among Android phones. Even though they said it's same camera module as One X, I compared two of my friends' One X and find out that my One S works better in low-light condition.

Well when take a HTC Amaze lol and take pics as close as you want. I noticed the horrible camera bugs after ota I wish I would have never updated.
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villainhalf said:
I've not updated my phone via OTA. I'm running a custom rom and it's still blurry to me. Just like the OP described: ''It'll be clear for a second and than become blurry''
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Well that makes me not want to do a custom Rom then. Im still stock with no root. I miss how clear my camera use to be
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tongueman87 said:
Well that makes me not want to do a custom Rom then. Im still stock with no root. I miss how clear my camera use to be
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It is only up close. The picture quality is brilliant otherwise.
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villainhalf said:
It is only up close. The picture quality is brilliant otherwise.
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Just incase someone else is having a focus problem turn your video recording down from 1080 to qhd I did it randomly and it now focuses close up
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tongueman87 said:
Just incase someone else is having a focus problem turn your video recording down from 1080 to qhd I did it randomly and it now focuses close up
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Didn't work for me. I hear some noise after it unfocuses.

vintr said:
Didn't work for me. I hear some noise after it unfocuses.
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I have to hold the phone steady to get a focus out of it
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tongueman87 said:
I have to hold the phone steady to get a focus out of it
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Doesn't seem to make a difference for me =/ Hopefully a future ROM will fix this up.

I have this problem...but only in low light contitions.
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omg i was just taking some close ups and mine was doing the same, its frustrating because you see the picture crystal clear and then it overshoots and blurs

BackDaws said:
omg i was just taking some close ups and mine was doing the same, its frustrating because you see the picture crystal clear and then it overshoots and blurs
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I have this problem too.
But sometimes i managed to get it to work but i'm not sure how i did it.
You might want to try putting the aspect ratio to 4:3, focus on something near, it still will not focus.
Then change back to 16:9, then try to focus on something near again, then it'll work.
Im not too sure if it'll work for everyone, but it works for me somehow.

tadaha said:
I have this problem too.
But sometimes i managed to get it to work but i'm not sure how i did it.
You might want to try putting the aspect ratio to 4:3, focus on something near, it still will not focus.
Then change back to 16:9, then try to focus on something near again, then it'll work.
Im not too sure if it'll work for everyone, but it works for me somehow.
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It drives me nuts, I wish there was a option to turn off auto focus to see if when we touch the screen to focus does it focus better
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People said that in the latest ota 4.0.4 this problem is gone.
I can't confirm but if you want to try.
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Blurry pictures

So I'm just wondering... I've seen threads about this in multiple areas but i haven't seen a fix for it. Are there any solutions to the gs3 taking blurry pictures? Before you take the pictures they look fine but no matter what you do, when you take the picture they turn out blurry. I've gone through 4 s3's and they all have this problem. I've used multiple camera apps on different ROMs on all of them with the same result. Its very frustrating. On the front facing camera the pictures turn out absolutely horrendous. Pretty sure its a defect with the s3 in general.
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Take a q-tip, clean the lens.
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Maybe tap the screen and focus
I don't have that problem nor most of us so it's certainly not a defect.
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Its not an issue with the lense. Its the actual picture after processing that turns out blurry. This is a picture of myself taken with the front facing camera. It did not look anywhere near this blurry before taking the picture.
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I don't see anything wrong with the pic? Lol
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GoonAssJuan said:
I don't see anything wrong with the pic? Lol
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Well i notice it personally. This is a screenshot of the camera app before the picture was taken. Perhaps its just something that bothers me more than other people.
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Aosp camera isn't always the best and it looks like that, also because of lighting around.
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I think the problem is you are stressing the Gorilla Glass. This is one of the best most abusive tests that I have seen performed to prove that Gorilla Glass is tough to break.
Just kidding, I personally don't see anything wrong with the picture considering it is not a DSLR and the fact that the lighting is horrible. A lot of factors go into taking a good picture besides just focusing on the subject.

Picture seems about right in a low light, being a front facing camera, and on a smartphone. You are not able to compare a true dedicated camera (for now).

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So I'm just wondering... I've seen threads about this in multiple areas but i haven't seen a fix for it. Are there any solutions to the gs3 taking blurry pictures? Before you take the pictures they look fine but no matter what you do, when you take the picture they turn out blurry. I've gone through 4 s3's and they all have this problem. I've used multiple camera apps on different ROMs on all of them with the same result. Its very frustrating. On the front facing camera the pictures turn out absolutely horrendous. Pretty sure its a defect with the s3 in general.
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Did you find a solution to the problem? I'm facing the same issue with my S4.

All I see is some smoothing from post processing. There's nothing wrong with that picture.
I think perhaps you don't realize that the front facing camera is not a good camera. It will not take quality photos like the rear facing camera.
The picture is blurry because the quality of the sensor. The post processed picture is simply smoothed to remove the pixelation from the low light/resolution.
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