Hello, i'm from Colombia and my english is not that good.
But i'll try.
27th Dec 2012 i bough and HTC One X at&t from Amazon, got delivered by Jan12 Saturday 2013 about 15:00 hours, retrieved, unboxing bla bla bla, i was testing the device, i came with ICS 4.0.4, Sense 4 and RUU 2.20, everything was working fine, data, wifi, screen, sound, but, when i was about to try the LED Flash of the Camera (to find out if it has AF Assist Lamp, witch it hasn't) i found a very weird artifact
This is it, i took 2 photos to a paper on a tablet.
The left one <-- was taken with LED Flash On (NOT AUTO, ON) and the right one --> was taken with it off (OFF, NOT AUTO)
This is so frustrating, practically there is no way to take photos with flash, is not a hardware issue (i think cuz when i record a video and take a photo while recording with LED LIGHT ON, the photo is fine, there is no such artifact), another way was changing the auto whitebalance to fluorescent and the photo becomes a little decent, and i thoght that i can handlet it, but no, when on Instagram, Facebook Cam, Cymera, etc. There is no sense Cam interface to take Photos while recording a video, neither the auto white balance option to get rigde of the "sephie like effect" so, i decided to change the ROM just to try:
Tried Vyper XL 3.0 and 2.4 and was the same ****, so i decided to reflash the device back to stock with and RUU 2.20, right now it has OEM ROM with Bootloader relocked and no root. and is in the same that was when i got it.
So, the Q are:
Is there another person who has experience the same issue?
Is there a way to fix it? Since i think it is a software problem, maybe yes maybe not.
Thanks.
I was thinking about sending back to LA for Warranty but... It will cost me $74 and a month of waiting.
i searched on Google and here but found nothing.
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I don't think there is anything to "fix" here, and the camera is basically working as intended. It looks like just a matter of taking a picture of a completely white frame combined with the flash, which is throwing off the white balance. I'm sure there a plenty of other color/light combinations that will similarly result in odd white balance results. Its just a computer algorithm that is trying to interpret the lighting conditions and guess the "best" white balance, and its not going to be correct all the time.
You've already found the workaround, which is to either turn off the flash, or change the white balance manually. Or you might be able to fix the color after the fact with the built-in editing feature or 3rd party apps. I certainly wouldn't suggest warranty service, and don't think it will fix the problem anyway.
Flash isn't recommended for macro/close range shots, anyway. You get unsightly reflections like the one in your example. Even aside from the "sepia" tone, your second (no flash) example just plain looks better in every way. So why even use the flash, unless you for some reason have a need to regularly take photos of documents in low light, requiring a flash?
redpoint73 said:
I don't think there is anything to "fix" here, and the camera is basically working as intended.
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Wtf? xd
I have also a Infuse 4G, 8 Mpx too, LED Flash, and the results with the Flash on, no matter if it's needed or not, are as it should be.
But this? here are two more examples, and i just took about 50 pictures, all with the LED On, and the sephie tone is everywhere, from a bathroom with zero light to outside, with sunlight, and even blocking the LED light with the finger.
This is so frustrating. I hope that is there a fix .
Another factor may be that the white balance by default is significantly "over-saturated", presumably by HTC to make colors more vivid and "pop" more. This could be why you are seeing this effect on this phone, when you don't on other phones or digital cameras.
But the latest photos you posted look pretty funky. Also, I've also tried to duplicate the effect by taking a picture of a printed page, and can't get the sepia tint. In fact, my photos actually look more white with the flash (more of a yellowish tint with flash off). These factors make me re-think my previous statement that it is working the way its supposed to.
Does the yellowish tint happen with subjects farther away too? Such as taking a picture of a person or landscape?
Defect with the camera? Maybe.
A "fix" aside from repair or exchange? Doubtful. The fact this issue persists across multiple ROMs suggests it may be a hardware problem.
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Does the yellowish tint happen with subjects farther away too? Such as taking a picture of a person or landscape?
Yes, no matter what, if the flash is On, the "sephia like effect" persist
Defect with the camera? Maybe.
A "fix" aside from repair or exchange? Doubtful. The fact this issue persists across multiple ROMs suggests it may be a hardware problem.
I have tried Viper XL 2.4 and 3.0 but not with CM 10 or AOSP ROMs.
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Negruka said:
I have tried Viper XL 2.4 and 3.0 but not with CM 10 or AOSP ROMs.
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Couldn't hurt to try a AOSP-based ROM. ViperXL uses a different camera from stock 2.20 firmware, although its a newer version of the Sense camera.
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Hi guys,
I've tried searching for this but came up empty.
Everytime I want to take a picture with my HD2 the LED is far to bright, people can't keep their eyes open for the picture.
Is there a way or an app out for this to adjust the power of the LED?
Thanks in advance..
DoiF said:
I've tried searching for this but came up empty.
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You haven't searched very well then.
HERE is one for a start.
Do the pictures come out way over exposed?
Because if so, it is a software problem that I had after installing a 'hotfix'. To solve, I had to hard reset my phone.
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You haven't searched very well then.
HERE is one for a start.
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theres no solution to the issue in that thread though and thats what the op was after.
donwhann said:
theres no solution to the issue in that thread though and thats what the op was after.
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Yes indeed, I read the other thread and it seems there's no fix for it yet.
I'll keep an eye out..
Thanks for the help
If you saw the other thread then there was no point in making this one. Only makes things difficult when a solution is found and there are multiple threads, keep everything in the one thread.
I have seen professional photographers who use tapes ie masking tape, cloth, etc to cover the flash light as they do not want their pictures to be overexposed. Try using matte-finish scotch tapes from 3M. Past it over and cut it out nicely.
solution is out now. If you flash a rom based on the t-mobile us roms ie 2.10 + then this issue is resolved. The camera correctly adjusts the exposure when using the flash, no tape required.
optiknerv said:
solution is out now. If you flash a rom based on the t-mobile us roms ie 2.10 + then this issue is resolved. The camera correctly adjusts the exposure when using the flash, no tape required.
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Can anyone extract this CAB for use with stock ROMs?
Just stand farther away from the subject, loool and everything is fine...you can always crop if you want your photo closer...
It should be adjustable for camera and video, just like the flashlight app.
There are two solutions well in place:
1.) Put your finger on LED while making photo (my personal prefered solution)
2.) When Photo-App is on, you have the ability to change LED-flash settings in the right area of display. you can select: LED always on, LED automatic mode, LED always off
Its so easy or did I missunderstood something!?
I want to see if anybody else is experiencing this issue.
Please post if you're rooted/unrooted and if you are rooted, what ROM you're using.
At this point in time, I have submitted a support ticket to HTC as well.
If you are in a low light/low-ish light setting (maybe even more, haven't tried all of them), and you hold your camera close to an object, the phone has trouble auto-focusing. It will attempt to focus, then revert to the blurred image. It seems that the only way to get focus is to find a way to get the camera to focus that image at a moderate distance and move it in close...but very slowly. That doesn't even work all the time. I think this is a SW bug...but I'd like to be sure.
I'm running CleanROM 3.1. (I've experienced this on CleanROM 3.0 as well )
Opened up camera and had the same problem you were describing, then just focused on a farther away object and tried to refocus up close and it worked fine (not using the focus on the object and slowly move closer method)
I tried that, it works sometimes and doesn't work other times (Automatically tries to re-focus and then reverts to a blurry, pre-focus image). It seems inconsistent, but it can work to get focus on close objects. I'm still hoping that HTC irons this one out
yellowfddriver said:
I want to see if anybody else is experiencing this issue.
Please post if you're rooted/unrooted and if you are rooted, what ROM you're using.
At this point in time, I have submitted a support ticket to HTC as well.
If you are in a low light/low-ish light setting (maybe even more, haven't tried all of them), and you hold your camera close to an object, the phone has trouble auto-focusing. It will attempt to focus, then revert to the blurred image. It seems that the only way to get focus is to find a way to get the camera to focus that image at a moderate distance and move it in close...but very slowly. That doesn't even work all the time. I think this is a SW bug...but I'd like to be sure.
I'm running CleanROM 3.1. (I've experienced this on CleanROM 3.0 as well )
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I have been looking at this since I picked up the HOX on release day. I'm now running fully stock ROM on the official 1.85 OTA release and I have seen a major increase in up-close focusing from the camera. I haven't made any changes to settings, but since the OTA I have absolutely noticed a marked improvement in ability to lock focus on macro-level objects, even when not in macro (Close Up) mode.
I've had this and even replaced my phone, AND tried several store units and they all do it.
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I tried that, it works sometimes and doesn't work other times (Automatically tries to re-focus and then reverts to a blurry, pre-focus image). It seems inconsistent, but it can work to get focus on close objects. I'm still hoping that HTC irons this one out
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Did some further testing, I can get it to work but it is inconsistent
News flash, cameras struggle to focus on subjects in low-light. My $5000 Nikon D4 doesn't always achieve focus correctly. So expecting a cell phone to be perfect in low light is ridiculous.
My One X can't focus on anything close up regardless of light level.
feanor512 said:
My One X can't focus on anything close up regardless of light level.
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Have you tried the close up setting?
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kleeman7 said:
Have you tried the close up setting?
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Yep. No effect.
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Yep. No effect.
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Hmm, mine works great, I did flash the 20mbps camera mod, but that wouldn't effect that.
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In 4.2.2 you just press and hold the screen while trying to take a picture and it does AF and AE but I tried the same thing in 4.1.1 but I can't get it to focues. Especially while taking pictures at night. Does anybody know how to lock AE and AF in 4.1.1?
Super sensitive touch:
Sometimes car keys work, other times they don't. I have thick gloves- doesn't really work consistently there either. It's weird- I can use the screen a few times with metal devices then they no longer work until I toggle the sensitivity setting.
Speakers:
The on device speakers pop when I change volume (while music is playing). This actually happens on my Windows 3.1 Compaq computer (except it happens there when no music is playing)! Interesting that such an ancient problem has come back to haunt me... It can be hard to hear in certain songs, but in a soft, slow song it is easily heard.
Colors/Rendering:
A couple times now, I noticed that my screen has misrendered colors. Like, I'll be typing something, and the entire screen becomes paler, as if the contrast were turned up high (as in, *actual* contrast, not "high contrast" mode which just changes the colors to black and white). It would change back within seconds. Is this the "daylight" mode or something?
Is something wrong with my device or is this normal...?
Thanks. I only have 13 days to return it for another.
I've experienced the first two problems.
I only experience the second problem with music on my sd card.
As for the third, are you typing with the phone held horizontal, and possibly have your finger over the light sensor at the top near the front camera, this will cause the brightens to go down.
You can change the screen sensitivity. They say when it is on high u can use it with gloves.
jambo89liam said:
I've experienced the first two problems.
I only experience the second problem with music on my sd card.
As for the third, are you typing with the phone held horizontal, and possibly have your finger over the light sensor at the top near the front camera, this will cause the brightens to go down.
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No, it was in portrait orientation at the time. Hasn't happened since...
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You always get these kind of quirks with new hardware software, mine has random reboot issues. I'm sure they will be ironed out. You always have your 2 year Nokia Warranty, i'd stick with it its a great device.
jambo89liam said:
You always get these kind of quirks with new hardware software, mine has random reboot issues. I'm sure they will be ironed out. You always have your 2 year Nokia Warranty, i'd stick with it its a great device.
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It's a question of 'does mine have hardware defects and should I get another' rather than getting a different phone altogether. It would be easier to walk into an AT&T store and walk out with a new phone than to go through a warranty process (you are allowed to do this within 14 days). I think I've determined these are all software bugs though, so that shouldn't be necessary.
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Hello folks,
i got this mobile 5 months and for now i got this big problem with my cam.
Everytime i shoot any image with light at backround and with HDR on i got many "pink" pixels. When i turn HDR off its better, but if i zoom the image at maximum level ( in photoshop ), i see "blurish" dots right there where are "pink" dots with HDR on.
I got the question: May i turn it back to RMA or its just a SW problem?
Bootloader : xxxxxBPLM
PDA: same
CSC: TMZ1BPI1
Baseband: BPHK
android: 6.0.1
kernel: [email protected]#1 64-bit
CAMERA: 12.2MP/SLSI_S5K2L1_FIMC_IS
I see that other people have some problems too, but they got it repaired by newer software update, but i dont see any updates for me just for now. Only the android nougat is coming maybe for a couple weeks in my country ( T-mobile CZ got every update with looooong delay )
Sorry about my bad english
In attachment is a zip with photo i shoot last month.
Common issue with HDR enabled, Samsung will RMA your phone for it but usually comes back with the same problem as it's a hardware fault
*Detection* said:
Common issue with HDR enabled, Samsung will RMA your phone for it but usually comes back with the same problem as it's a hardware fault
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Oh no...
Today i contact helpline and they told me to send them pictures with pink dots. I did it and tomorrow they will contact me with next steps.
Is there any fix for it? Maybe another cam firmware? Anything else than sending it to RMA and get another with same symptoms?
Truly dissapointing, i spend lot of money to get better photos from cell phone and i got fast camera with supreme range with a bonus....pink dots...
Anybody whos got S7 at nougat? Maybe nougat help with this?
oggiee said:
Oh no...
Today i contact helpline and they told me to send them pictures with pink dots. I did it and tomorrow they will contact me with next steps.
Is there any fix for it? Maybe another cam firmware? Anything else than sending it to RMA and get another with same symptoms?
Truly dissapointing, i spend lot of money to get better photos from cell phone and i got fast camera with supreme range with a bonus....pink dots...
Anybody whos got S7 at nougat? Maybe nougat help with this?
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Some are better than others, mine only has 1-2 pink dots with HDR, none in normal mode
No fixes, just replacements, Nougat doesn't affect hardware problems
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Some are better than others, mine only has 1-2 pink dots with HDR, none in normal mode
No fixes, just replacements, Nougat doesn't affect hardware problems
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I got this only when i use HDR...in normal mode got no pink dots, but blemish dots at maximum zoom.
Samsung help line wrote me back to do factory reset...if that wont work i must go to nearest reseller to RMA.
I think that all CMOS senzors got this problems, but in DSLR is function to do some cleaning ( remapping bad pixels ) but in mobile camera i never see this function, so you all got this problems with camera? I dont know what to do...RMA it? Or not?
But many thanks for help!!!
Factory reset will not work, it is a hardware problem
RMA if you want, you might get one with less hot pixels, but might get one with worse
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Factory reset will not work, it is a hardware problem
RMA if you want, you might get one with less hot pixels, but might get one with worse
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After "nougat" update are all hot pixels gone... No problem in HDR ON mode with zoom, no problem with HDR at brighter places. Everything work !
I have read that the Pixel 3a has these issue of shaking phone and blurry photos with a whirring sound (happens when taking video too). When the camera is on before taking pic the screen looks wavy like refractive air on the road on a hot day. Well, this is happening with my new Pixel 4a that it 2 days old. Customer service put me through the ringer with uninstalling and reinstalling camera app (didn't help), restarting phone (didn't help), clearing cache (didn't help). My 3a never had this issue even though it was a known issue. I can't find anywhere online that this is was ever resolved.
Any suggestions? Anyone else have this issue?
For me it only happens with certain lighting. The light from one of my displays causes it, but not the others. If I focus on the display, it goes away.
johnwaynegacy said:
For me it only happens with certain lighting. The light from one of my displays causes it, but not the others. If I focus on the display, it goes away.
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What do you mean "other displays"?
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What do you mean "other displays"?
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Other monitors in the room. Only a samsung tv causes it when I see it happening.
johnwaynegacy said:
Other monitors in the room. Only a samsung tv causes it when I see it happening.
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Hm, I was just trying to take a photo of friends outdoors in natural light.
tmkincali said:
Hm, I was just trying to take a photo of friends outdoors in natural light.
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That I haven't had. But come to think of it, I was trying to take a picture of something solid blue in natural light. There was purple spots flashing on it in the viewfinder.