Camera not focusing ! - HTC Sensation

I've tried many different roms....custom,stock ... everything. When i`m touching the screen camera seems to focus but after the image becomes sharp, the blur is back.
It's possible to be a hardware problem ?

Yes, it could be.
Try cleaning the lent.
If you touch the screen when taking a picture, does the phone try to focus?
How do you see the screen when takin the picture? Is it focus
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razvanwin95 said:
I've tried many different roms....custom,stock ... everything. When i`m touching the screen camera seems to focus but after the image becomes sharp, the blur is back.
It's possible to be a hardware problem ?
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Once in a while that happens to me. What I do is exit out of the camera then reopen it again and everything works fine

ypsmav said:
Yes, it could be.
Try cleaning the lent.
If you touch the screen when taking a picture, does the phone try to focus?
How do you see the screen when takin the picture? Is it focus
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yes it`s trying to focus .....but for a very very little time ...and then it`s back to unfocused

I don't remember exact settings, but can you uncheck auto focus, face detect, etc in settings and then try? I've done that in my settings so I have better control of what the camera focuses on.
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Autofocus

The autofocus on the sensation is not working for close items you want to photograph.
An example:
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...44219867_100000538093153_870329_6808004_n.jpg
Anyone other experiencing this?
Did you use the close up mode?? Mine focuses just fine..
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I've had the opposite problem (tried to take a video of some paragliders), close ups are really sharp though. The automatic settings are a little bit unpredictable, might need to set the mode next time.
MiKA7 said:
Did you use the close up mode?? Mine focuses just fine..
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That makes it even worse. I called HTC and they suspected a firmware issue.
Im running 1.28.401.1
Yeah, I've had some issues with autofocus with close-ups, with the camera set to macro mode. When you tap on the object to focus it will go through its range of focal lengths and miss the subject. The only remedy to this is to move the phone further away. So it seems that the phone's lens/es are more capable of macro shots than the focussing system currently allows.
I called HTC and they said it might be software related and will probably fix this in next update. Let's hope so!
Having the same issue. It manages to focus fine but locks focus at the wrong moment. Glad to hear they'll fix this.
I definately not. Close up works better for me the autofocus does take a little patience but is worth it after its taken. It blows the g2x cam out of the water that's for sure!!
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dbirdflyshi said:
I definately not. Close up works better for me the autofocus does take a little patience but is worth it after its taken. It blows the g2x cam out of the water that's for sure!!
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dude get a can of compressed air & clean out your PC. it'll thank you for the cleaning
I've got a similar problem, it appeared like 2 weeks ago, I cannot focus up close objects I've tried everything, it's as if the focus is stuck on something and never changes no matter what I do. I have changed the mode (close up or macro) different light and so on .. but I can never get a focus It doesn't even attempt to focus. It used to work before when I played around with the setting if I would switch on/off some of the things the camera would magically "wake up" and start focusing, any Idea ?
It's one of the things that HTC broke in the 2.3.4 update. Macro mode worked great before that (i used to use it for bulk barcode scanning, but that is impossible now).
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Idk bout that im with 2.3.5, sence 3.5, sense-o-maniac 1.47
Edit:
So I flashed another rom, played around a bit and now it works Im uploading some pics for you to see the difference. pics taken from distance of about 2-3 cm.
http://imageshack.us/f/259/imag0014w.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/f/687/imag0016j.jpg/
If anyone wants to know the roms or anything I did, just msg me I don't wanna badmouth any roms or anyone.

Camera

Has anybody every tried to port the htc sensaton camera I'm asking because I like the fact that it takes a instant picture meaning as soon as you touch the capture button there is no delay as with the LG camera
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dachinaman said:
Has anybody every tried to port the htc sensaton camera I'm asking because I like the fact that it takes a instant picture meaning as soon as you touch the capture button there is no delay as with the LG camera
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Not sure about porting the sensation camera but try turning off the Auto Review in the LG camera settings. It GREATLY speeds up your photo taking.
Thanks for the tip, phburks, but where is that setting? I'm not finding it (guess I need more coffee).

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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Rattle around the camera area.

I've only had my Ace 2 for about a week now but I've noticed if you turn the phone over and tap around the camera area, their is a rattling noise heard.
Is this normal? What causes it?
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cined said:
I've only had my Ace 2 for about a week now but I've noticed if you turn the phone over and tap around the camera area, their is a rattling noise heard.
Is this normal? What causes it?
Cheers
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Restore camera factory settings
it should help
Fleander said:
Restore camera factory settings
it should help
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It's not a software issue mate. Literally hold the phone in your hand and tap with your finger around the camera lense and their is a sort of rattling noise.
I dont hear anything.
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Dr01nE said:
I dont hear anything.
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I can hear it if I tap quite hard just above the camera. Also the phone has to be in your hand and not on a hard surface.
i have it but under the flash
Bilgets said:
i have it but under the flash
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I have it under the flash to but not as much. Would be interested if anyone else has this to.
Odp: Rattle around the camera area.
I think it's the back cover of our device. It's all about friction between plastic and camera.
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mat159 said:
I think it's the back cover of our device. It's all about friction between plastic and camera.
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So you have it aswell?
Odp: Rattle around the camera area.
Yes, under the Led. But i'm sure it's the plastic, take a look under the case. There is quite big gap between led and camera, and this cause noise.
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mat159 said:
Yes, under the Led. But i'm sure it's the plastic, take a look under the case. There is quite big gap between led and camera, and this cause noise.
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Do you get any rattle at all if you tap above the camera lense, just under the 3.5mm slot?
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Odp: Rattle around the camera area.
cined said:
Do you get any rattle at all if you tap above the camera lense, just under the 3.5mm slot?
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I don't. But now I also think I don't have the same issue as you
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mat159 said:
I don't. But now I also think I don't have the same issue as you
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Hmm weird, not sure why mine does this then. It's literally just above the camera lense, tap it over and over with quiet a bit of pressure and it rattles.
cined said:
Hmm weird, not sure why mine does this then. It's literally just above the camera lense, tap it over and over with quiet a bit of pressure and it rattles.
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Ok so I've looked around on lots of other websites and lots of different types of phone report this issue and apparently it's normal.
Your guys phone is probably rattling when you tap it near the camera but maybe you're just not noticing it like I do...
Ok I've discovered something else and I think this is to do with the camera.
Open the camera, set the auto focus, tap the back of the phone near the camera when the auto focus is locked and you'll hear it rattle even louder.
This must be something to do with the camera/auto focus and from looking at Google it appears to be normal, but can anyone else confirm this please?
Thanks
I think that it is Accelerometer sensor
Rooobertinhooo said:
I think that it is Accelerometer sensor
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Do you hear it to?
anyone else?
If it happens when the camra is focusing, I would expect it to be the noise a digital camera makes when it focusses. It happens when you tap the phone because the camera would need to focus again...
... I don't think the Ace II is for you. May I suggest a Nokia 1100?...
Sixtysixhundred said:
If it happens when the camra is focusing, I would expect it to be the noise a digital camera makes when it focusses. It happens when you tap the phone because the camera would need to focus again...
... I don't think the Ace II is for you. May I suggest a Nokia 1100?...
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It also happens when the camera isn't on though.

Duo camera issues.

I keep getting a message about duo camera lenses being blocked. Does not happen in portrait mood but always in landscape mode it happens while I hold the phone by the very edges. I am inside my house could it be that there is not enough light?
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Could there be dust or a fingerprint on one/both of the lenses?
Also if you're using a case, make sure that it isn't covering either lens as well.
No case and I don't see anything on the lens. I guess it's just mine. Contacted HTC and they said it's an app interfering with the camera because when they had me boot the phone into safe mode, the problem does not occur. I don't have anything downloaded that's camera related.
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dmystic1 said:
I keep getting a message about duo camera lenses being blocked. Does not happen in portrait mood but always in landscape mode it happens while I hold the phone by the very edges. I am inside my house could it be that there is not enough light?
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By any chance does that happen when you block the sensor next to the front camera?
Idk why would that matter taking a picture with the rear camera?
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The issue has not been happening lately. I didn't change anything. Anyway I didn't really buy the phone for the camera.
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dmystic1 said:
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The issue has not been happening lately. I didn't change anything. Anyway I didn't really buy the phone for the camera.
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If anyone can figure out what app may be interfering, I'd be curious to know as I'm getting this error also. I also don't have any camera apps.
I can cause the message to pop up in auto mode by getting the lens close enough to something where the top lens doesn't see the same thing as the main lens but I'm guessing you weren't very close to anything since you were in landscape mode.
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tamarw said:
If anyone can figure out what app may be interfering, I'd be curious to know as I'm getting this error also. I also don't have any camera apps.
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This. I've noticed myself when taking a picture and something is closer to the left side in landscape mode.
The whole reason behind this camera structure is for depth. That is why 1 lens is slightly recessed to the other. Its provides better distinction making it similar to the human eye. Yes, one eye is slightly recessed to the other, allowing this to occur. We are smarter and faster at processing that information better than the phone can, so essentially, if something appears closer to the left lens, it will error out.
Fix, cover both lenses, move camera, uncover.
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Duo Camera Blocked
I am also having this issue. My original M8 camera worked fine but I swapped it due to an unrelated issue. Now, whenever I load the camera app, it says "Duo Camera Blocked". Obviously there is nothing in the way and I have no third party camera apps installed. In fact I have the exact same setup as the previous phone which didn't have an issue.
I'm starting to think that this is a hardware issue and will need replacing. Is anyone else seeing this problem?
duo camera is blocked
First sorry for my bad english,
I got the same problem..When i open my camera app it says '' Duo camera is blocked blabalblaa '' even i ddnt cover the duo camera with my fingers..I sent it to Technical service to change with new one and im still waiting the results from service..And i think this problem will be a chronical problem like what happen to m7 ( pink camera ) last year..
This duo camera's on HTC One M8 GPe, right?
Napoleones said:
This duo camera's on HTC One M8 GPe, right?
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Yes my friend
Anyone help it ?
I just got my M8 today, played with it for a couple of hours before unlocking the bootloader. Restored titanium backup after unlocking, everything was fine until I opened the camera. I also keep getting the "duo camera blocked" warning, I tried taking pictures for an hour straight but the warning persists and I can't use U-focus or any other duo feature on every picture I take.
I'm on stock ROM and recovery and unrooted. Tried to restoring factory settings, no success. Just updated to the newest firmware (1.54.401.10) via OTA but still no working duo camera.
Should I sent it back for repairs (with relocked bootloader) or has someone found a solution for this problem?
Hey I started the thread, but I can not explain how my issue as just gone away. But I think I stated I don't use the camera that much but have recently been using it without issue. Strange. When in doubt I would just exchange if that's an option for you.
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I know this is probably very obvious, but make sure your finger isn't covering the Duo camera at all. I've had that message a couple times and it was due to my finger blocking it. You won't see it on the screen.
I'm definitely not blocking the second camera. I tried taking pictures in portrait and landscape, inside and outside, with every possible grip, there is no dirt or dust on the lenses, it just doesn't work..
I just got on the phone with customer support, they advised me to sent it back for repairs.
After calling I just noticed something that might explain what's wrong with my phone. If I look very closely at the second camera lens, it seems like it's tilted sideways a couple degrees. I attached a photo taken through a mirror (I don't have another camera at the moment). Can someone confirm that it's not supposed to be this way?
Its hard to tell in the pic, but to me it looks like the Duo is aimed slightly up. Try taking the pic a bit farther back from the mirror and without the case. Also I've found it's very sensitive to fingerprints causing slightly blurry photos, and you have one on the main lens. See if you can get a slightly clearer one.
Here's a better picture, taken with another camera. I drew a red square to show how the lens appears to be tilted.
I'm sending the phone back for repairs tomorrow, I hope they don't make a big deal of the bootloader being re-locked.

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