Just wanted to know if everyone is experiencing the same issues with their cameras.
1. When I open up camera, for a split second the initial photo image displayed is pinkish, then the white balance kicks in which normalises the image colours.
2. When taking photos in certain lighting conditions where theres a white background (such as a white sandy beach), I get a pinkish haze in the middle of the image.
**note** for (1) it must be the white balance, as it only does this when set to automatic. If I set it to a manual setting, its ok. Stupid phone lolz
I have never seen either of those issues...hmm...perhaps you have a bad camera sensor?
Never saw either issue on mine
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
Seems to only happen when I'm indoors under fluoro lights.
Yeah that happens to me, but I don't see it as much of an issue, because on the computer the images look fine.
hello.
haven't been on this site for quite some time, but i am familiar with using custom roms.
i'm using an htc desire s with android 4.0.4, stock rom from htc site.
there are certain things i like about ICS, and other things that simply boggle me.
i've been considering using a custom rom again, but i was hoping someone could shed some light on specific features/functions.
in other words, i would be changing to a custom rom if one is available that has these features, otherwise i'll just leave it alone.
firstly: the camera.
when trying to take up-close photos (macro), the camera will attempt to focus, will succeed, then quickly snap back to being blurry. this happens less with "auto focus" turned off, but it's still frustrating (i can see the hardware moving the camera focus to where i want it, but i can't keep it there). turning on the Scene called "close up" will allow the hardware to stay in the focused range, where i want it, but it overrides the white balance, such that i can't adjust the white balance any more, and the colour is always -always- different from the colour settings in the "auto" Scene setting. very frustrating indeed.
that's problem one.
but the bigger problem (with the camera) is:
when taking a photo where a flash is required/desired (in low lighting), i have to take many -many- photos before i happen to roll the dice and get one in focus. basically, holding up the camera to the darkened scene, the screen is mostly dark. i can take a photo with the flash, but the camera uses the same moment of flash to implement the focus, which is essentially entirely useless. in other words: dark scene, dark screen, flash ready, click to take a photo, flashtrytofocustakepicture = blurry picture. the picture only turns out well if the focus happens to catch in just the right way at the right time.
in contrast, while the stock camera app behaves this way, when i use google goggles, the camera behaves differently. there is a simple button which turns the led light on and off BEFORE taking a picture, which means the focus can function normally on a fully lit scene and then a picture can be taken, in focus. funny thing about that: the photo result that shows as a preview (immediately after snapping a photo in google goggles) is the desired photo, however it is not the photo that the app recognises nor which is saved on the sd card. anyhow, that's a different issue.
the point is: it seems clear to me that the hardware is capable, and the software is capable, but they have not been married correctly in 4.0.4.
would anyone be able to confirm whether another rom or camera app has the macro and light-before-focus capabilities described above?
i have some other questions about the way text copy and paste is implimented, but i'll just stick with the camera question for now.
thanks in advance for any information.
I purchased a new 16GB Nexus 5 phone a couple of weeks ago. I'm quite impressed with the phone overall but there's one particular problem I've noticed which concerns me. If I take photos of something light-colored (such as a light switch on my wall) in a room that uses compact fluorescent lighting, there is a faint but visible circular, ring-like artifact in the center of the photos. If I take similar photos in a room that uses incandescent lighting, however, there are no visible artifacts in the photos. I emailed Google about this to troubleshoot the problem and they took me through some routine steps (a power cycle and clearing the camera app's data and cache) but even after a factory data reset did not solve the problem, they ultimately suggested that I exchange the phone for another one at the retailer where I bought it from. Seeing as this problem does not happen in all lighting conditions, I'm not so sure that it's a hardware issue but I'd like to hear from other users as to whether or not they have experienced this. The software on my phone is Android 4.4. I'd like to try out 4.4.1 to see if it addresses this problem but that software update has not been made available to my phone through OTA as of yet. I've experimented with different camera settings and the problem seems to be most noticeable when HDR+ mode is on but it's still there (albeit to a slightly lesser degree) in the regular auto mode. Is it just my unit that's affected by this or is it a more common problem? I tried attaching a photo to this message to show you what I'm talking about but it doesn't seem to upload because of the forum's JPG file size limit.
I side-loaded the Android 4.4.1 update for my phone and took some new photos to see if this problem still exists. I'm disappointed to see that it's still happening and definitely noticeable with HDR+ mode enabled. There's also a link below to a photo I just took which demonstrates the problem. Do you see the circular / ring-like artifacts on and around the light switch? It's easier to notice if you zoom in.
imgur.com/VSV3ijf
I'm sure I'm not the only person who has taken indoor photos in a room that uses compact fluorescent lighting. Can anyone here quickly take a similar photo and see if the same thing happens or not? I've even gone so far as to buy LED bulbs for my room to replace my CFL bulbs but I'd still like to know whether or not my Nexus 5 phone has a defect.
The same problem with photos taken under CFL bulbs still exists in Android 4.4.2, unfortunately. There are no such problems under LED or incandescent lighting, however. I'll just have to hope the CFL lighting problems with the camera get addressed in a future update because I'm reluctant to exchange my phone over this if the exact same thing happens on another unit. Has anyone else here encountered this?
I'm having an issue with Google Translate and I was wondering if other have experienced the same issue. I have a N5 running 5.0.1 and I'm trying to take a picture to translate the text. I've done this in the past without issue but tonight when I tried to do it, the exposure on the camera was way too low. My somewhat dimly lit room was pretty much pitch black. It didn't seem to matter what I pointed the camera at and the exposure never changed. It was as if it was exposing for a very bright object, like my TV or laptop screen, rather than what I was actually pointing the camera at.
I don't remember it behaving like this in the past. I thought it might have been the camera itself, but it worked fine in the camera app. I also confirmed that the room should have been exposed fine and wasn't in fact just too dark because the exposure compensation value was set to 0 in the camera app. I also tried clearing the Translate app data, but that wasn't any help.
Could someone else give it a shot and let me know what yours is doing? Do you also find the exposure way to low when attempting to take a picture to translate?
Thanks in advance.
Hello everyone, this evening when I play with my s8 plus, i notice that when i swipe from one screen to another, there are "ghosts" goes from top and bottom of the device. The worst it is, when the bringhtness is set to center/low and bluelight sensor is on, ist that normal? I try to make a video and take the screen when I took the password. Phone is after latest update QDD, after I install it, i clear dalvik cache, after that I make factory reset. The phone after the update is little bit slower, and how i remember, befor update the antutu was showing acros 175000, now it is about 172-3000. Where can be problem?
The new video and photo what i take:
https://youtu.be/XBG1P0EqJRg
http://http://imgur.com/a/DCkpA
I see nothing on the pic and vid.
What ghosts?
Could you please draw in the picture and Mark the places with the ghosting?
Hello, yesterday I was in Samsung Service center, and they told me, that is normal display functionality. So I was going to the near shop and compare it to another galaxy S8+ and lets see the differences, my display is little bit purple, what i should do, they said I should wait to another update, but last update QDD im currently download and install it and the phone have still a little bit purple colors on some angles. PS: my phone is after QDD update more lagging than before, some ideas what I should do? I made Clear dalvik cache and after that factory reset.
If you are unhappy with a device costing 1k€ then take it back, I certainly would. I am not suggesting you have a lemon but let the retailer see the problem and if you are not satisfied insist on a new mobile. Mine, so far, is fine, zero problems (touch wood). If it misbehaves it will go back as it should.
Let us know how you get on.
Ryland
So, today I was again compare it to another phone and nothing change after update, in my oponion it is hardware issue, not sw. Here some images of my display, yesterday i want go there and say i want new phone or back money, i dont have nervs for it. What do you think?
http://imgur.com/GiOUdIS
http://imgur.com/ppfvqos
http://imgur.com/6t7x5Ng
http://imgur.com/PvE0UBs
http://imgur.com/s3fj9jK
http://imgur.com/a/6rEGt
http://imgur.com/OXiFbdg
Use the red green blue test under *#0*# and check if your problem exists there
civomt said:
So, today I was again compare it to another phone and nothing change after update, in my oponion it is hardware issue, not sw. Here some images of my display, yesterday i want go there and say i want new phone or back money, i dont have nervs for it. What do you think?
http://imgur.com/GiOUdIS
http://imgur.com/ppfvqos
http://imgur.com/6t7x5Ng
http://imgur.com/PvE0UBs
http://imgur.com/s3fj9jK
http://imgur.com/a/6rEGt
http://imgur.com/OXiFbdg
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I would suggest getting it replaced. However, if you have as much trouble showing them what the issue is as you are us, I doubt they'll swap it. You need to put up some solid color backgrounds and see what it does. The pics you're posting could just be banding in the original image. Not sure what to to tell you.
That's the problem when I try the service code and turn on the red, green, blue screen, everything looks OK. As soon as I go to the main screen or I go to the application menu, and the brightness is set to less than half, the problem is there. This is not a static picture, the "bubble" above moves. When I turn on the blue light sensor, so it's even worse, but if I give more brightness, the problem is not. Also, there is no problem in any application. It would be good to have someone who has s8 plus orchid gray, to check if have the same problem, or at least try setting the orchid gray theme. Anyway, when I compared it with the other s8, the display was more pink, and I did not notice the problem what I have.
civomt said:
That's the problem when I try the service code and turn on the red, green, blue screen, everything looks OK. As soon as I go to the main screen or I go to the application menu, and the brightness is set to less than half, the problem is there. This is not a static picture, the "bubble" above moves. When I turn on the blue light sensor, so it's even worse, but if I give more brightness, the problem is not. Also, there is no problem in any application. It would be good to have someone who has s8 plus orchid gray, to check if have the same problem, or at least try setting the orchid gray theme. Anyway, when I compared it with the other s8, the display was more pink, and I did not notice the problem what I have.
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I´ve same problem with the "ghost" when i try unlock
Believe me. I cant swe any hosting.
What I see is a dark screen where it should be dark.
I have orchid grey and I can check something for you.
PS. I checked every single picture posted here.
BTW. On yt video the animations are very slow. It looks like you turn on the specific option on the developers setting.
Hello, today I was change my galaxy. The problem is still there, but colors are more brigter now. So it is better now. Here is the new video where you can see the the display issue.
https://youtu.be/XBG1P0EqJRg
joao7458 said:
I´ve same problem with the "ghost" when i try unlock
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Maybe it is just software, we should wait. But at the night it is really annoying.