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Hi guys.
I am going to list the common issues with my i9500.
Got it 2 weeks back and have been testing it thoroughly. Currently on latest ME1 firmware.
1.Overheating
2.Camera Crash
2b. New crash issue: open camera, go to settings, press the mic (sound) button and the camera crashes.
3.Phone turns off all by itself.
(Hapenned twice in two weeks)
4.When the phone is turned on again, the battery levels jumps down to 10-15 percent less of what it was before. It is also displayed in the settings battery status graph.
5.When the volume is set to max during a call through earpiece, the slight vibration made because of the sound emission is felt on the back of the device (in a cheap way) every s4 has this issue.
6.Launcher redraw (Even after updated ME1 firmware but its improved and only seen when doing heavy muktitasking)
7. Screen smearing issue.
8. Slight pinkinsh/purple tone on the lower right half of the screen when the brightness is set to lowest.
9. Flash light less bright than other phones eg nexus or s3
10. Camera Lag when opening
10a. Shutter lag when taking photos
11. Gallery lag when opening
12. Dialer lag
13. Contact app lag
14. When the keyboard is popped out on say a white web page, the screen does a slight brightness adjustment that it almost feels like a screen flicker on low brightness. Then it changes colour tone from reddish to greenish.
15. Notification bar ocassionally stutters when pulled down or pushed back up.
Whoever gets any of these issues please keep confirming or adding any more issues I missed. All these issues are currently present in alot of brand new s4 units worldwide.
Erm, I have come across any of these. Try this to reduce 'lag'
- Open S voice and go in to the S Voice settings and untick 'open via home button'
- Go to developer options and change all the animation/window/transition scales to 0.5x
See how that works. Also exchange it for a different S4 if you have those problems. Are you rooted? If so try stock rooted and see if that was a software issue
~ Taylor_Swift
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Shouldn't this thread be called "problems with my s4" I have none of these issues to date.
Oops sorry just realised you are talking about the i9500, if that makes any difference.
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The only problem i have so far is camera crash sometimes. Try to update your firmware to ME1.
Vadrieldur said:
The only problem i have so far is camera crash sometimes. Try to update your firmware to ME1.
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Cant wait too do that but dont wanna root ME1 has resolved these issues for good.
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jim1h said:
Shouldn't this thread be called "problems with my s4" I have none of these issues to date.
Oops sorry just realised you are talking about the i9500, if that makes any difference.
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Yes, problems numbered 1,2,3,6,7,8,10,11,12 and 13 are very common here on xda. I wanted to summarize everything in a single thread.
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On my i9505 is only 6 and 7.
I'm on the fw which the phone came with (MDM).
Waiting for the next BTU release to flash.
plasmastate said:
Hi guys.
I am going to list the common issues with my i9500.
Got it 2 weeks back and have been testing it thoroughly. Currently on latest ME1 firmware.
1.Overheating
2.Camera Crash
7. Screen smearing issue
10. Camera Lag when opening
11. Gallery lag when opening
Whoever gets any of these issues please keep confirming or adding any more issues I missed. All these issues are currently present in alot of brand new s4 units worldwide.
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In the quote section is the list of the issues I'm encountering on my S4 9500 vers. I have to mention that my phone reboots when the camera crashes. Another issue would be the battery life (10-12 hrs with 2 hrs screen time on).
I believe all of these issues are easily solvable via a firmware update. Hurry up Sammy.
G-XtremE said:
In the quote section is the list of the issues I'm encountering on my S4 9500 vers. I have to mention that my phone reboots when the camera crashes. Another issue would be the battery life (10-12 hrs with 2 hrs screen time on).
I believe all of these issues are easily solvable via a firmware update. Hurry up Sammy.
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Camera crash temporary solution - android booster works for me till now nt a single crash
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Biggest problem of them all http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258831
Custom Stock Rom 5.0
Brilliantly Stock
And there's this new problem I'm experiencing. ....it's like...whenever the keyboard is on and when I pull down the notification bar. .it feels a bit laggy.
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plasmastate said:
Hi guys.
I am going to list the common issues with my i9500.
Got it 2 weeks back and have been testing it thoroughly. Currently on latest ME1 firmware.
1.Overheating
2.Camera Crash
3.Phone turns off all by itself.
(Hapenned twice in two weeks)
4.When I turn the phone on again, the battery levels jumps down to 10-15 percent less of what it was before. It is also displayed in the settings battery status graph.
5.When the volume is set to max during a call through earpiece, the slight vibration made because of the sound emission is felt on the back of the device (in a cheap way) every s4 has this issue.
6.Launcher redraw (Even after updated ME1 firmware but its improved)
7. Screen smearing issue
8. Slight pinkinsh/purple tone on the lower right half of the screen when the brightness is set to lowest.
9. Flash light less bright than other phones eg nexus or s3
10. Camera Lag when opening
10a. Shutter lag when taking photos
11. Gallery lag when opening
12. Dialer lag
13. Contact app lag
14. When the keyboard is popped out on say a white web page, the screen does a slight brightness adjustment that it almost feels like a screen flicker on low brightness. Then it changes colour tone from reddish to greenish.
Whoever gets any of these issues please keep confirming or adding any more issues I missed. All these issues are currently present in alot of brand new s4 units worldwide.
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I have every issue you stated and alot of ppl do and then just dont pay attention to it. Then they deny the fact that it exists.... if I'm on a youtube vid aswell and I decide to search for a video while I'm already watching one, you can see the video change from a red to green tint
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10 million handsets already sold guyzz I feel we r the only unlucky ones wid these issues :banghead:
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Another issue
Hi,
I have a prooblem where my sd card keep unmounting itself... dont know if its the sd card... going to buy a new one to try with.
but meanwhile, anyone else see this?
BR
I can confirm all issues I'm thinking of returning galaxy s4 for a refund
jithendra194 said:
And there's this new problem I'm experiencing. ....it's like...whenever the keyboard is on and when I pull down the notification bar. .it feels a bit laggy.
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+1. I can confirm. This is exactly what happens. Running stock ME1 firmware.
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EuroPK said:
Hi,
I have a prooblem where my sd card keep unmounting itself... dont know if its the sd card... going to buy a new one to try with.
but meanwhile, anyone else see this?
BR
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I have no issues whatso ever with sd card unmounting. Running i9500.
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plasmastate said:
+1. I can confirm. This is exactly what happens. Running stock ME1 firmware.
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No matter what firmware I flash...this bug exists.
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probably update is just around the corner
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chris_marsh said:
probably update is just around the corner
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Especially since the last update was about two weeks ago.
Hello,
I received a nexus5 few days ago but I just noticed that the camera application is very dark whereas the photo app works great.
I am on CM11 but i restored to 4.4.2 stock and it's still the same.
Please help!
whats your phone brightness set at?
simms22 said:
whats your phone brightness set at?
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On auto, I tried with a fixed value, it's still the same. It's seems to have like a grey veil.. Very weird.. :/
Screenshot examples on this thread : http://www.nexus5forum.com/nexus-5-...t-a-nexus-5-for-christmas/?prev_next=prev#new
do you have root or a custom recovery running?
That's known issue, and there is one quite lengthy thread on official Google groups (if you are talking about when shooting in low light, right?).
Google is aware of it. They even contacted few of use to recreate this issue and send a bug report to them, and that was like 2 months ago.
This happened after 4.4.1/4.4.2 update affecting all users (as far as I know).
Edit: Here's the link for that thread: https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/nexus/fxsT5LxuXJU/wsUpKaxQ05EJ
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Yeah I was confused. I thought he walking about pictures that are too dark then I read your link and it's about the video that's dark whereas the camera has the same lighting which is normal
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Yeah I was confused. I thought he walking about pictures that are too dark then I read your link and it's about the video that's dark whereas the camera has the same lighting which is normal
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Yeah, I was also a bit confused, but he is talking about camera and photo mode (app), so I guess he meant video mode .
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I'm not sure if this is really a bug though. All phones I've used have darker videos than photos. Most likely because the camera isn't capable of longer exposures while taking video. I might be wrong though.
well, if you are running a custom recovery, heres a flashable 4.4.1 full camera/libs. video camera works perfectly for me, its not dark http://goo.gl/orWkC0
But the strange thing is that it was not like that before the update. Maybe they just decreased exposure gain to remove noise.
There is one more weird thing happening withing camera app that I came across trying to "fix" this underexposure issue.
I pointed camera to some dark area and then I was toggling between modes there (eg. From camera mode to PhotoSphere, and then to video mode). Exposure issue fixed itself (in video mode), but picture was unbelievably wide and stretched. And as soon as you start recording, it reverts back to original underexposed video mode. So I guess that is just some weird glitch.
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I have CWM touch with CM11-M3 on my phone.
I will try the 4.4.1 app this evening, I keep you in touch.
Thank you for your help guys :]
Yea its a known bug with android 4.4.2 and also the static noise while recording video.
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My nexus 7 2013 has also been effected with these bugs.....hope google fixes it soon.
I just flashed the the camera but nothing changed :/
Fata7 said:
I just flashed the the camera but nothing changed :/
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odd. its fine here. i guess the issue isnt with the cam or its libs
Are you sure that you are talking about the same issue? As far as I know, every phone has this issue after 4.4.1/4.4.2 update...
Here are my screenshots of camera app while pointing it to spot with poor lighting condition s...
Note that difference is even more noticeable in darker scenes...
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Tenhi said:
Are you sure that you are talking about the same issue? As far as I know, every phone has this issue after 4.4.1/4.4.2 update...
Here are my screenshots of camera app while pointing it to spot with poor lighting condition s...
Note that difference is even more noticeable in darker scenes...
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So you are saying that it's normal for the nexus 5 to have an app camera less brighter than the photo app since 4.4.2? I received my phone a week ago so I didn't noticed it, it was already installed in 4.4.2
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So you are saying that it's normal for the nexus 5 to have an app camera less brighter than the photo app since 4.4.2? I received my phone a week ago so I didn't noticed it, it was already installed in 4.4.2
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No, I am not saying that. Read my previous posts in this thread. It is known "bug". Google is aware of it (bug reports have been sent), and it is up to then to fix it or not.
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Bad news for me - the camera in the new firmware has become much worse. Greatly increased color noise, noise reduction has become very aggressive. The result is blurred and "dirty". And the camera has become a kind of "click" while focusing.
Good news: Snap Camera appeared ISO setting from 100 to 2400 and HJR. Focus has become a little faster.
Motorola Razr Maxx HD XT926
ROMs:
- Nexesque 3.6 (based on stock 4.1.2, build 9.30.1)
- Stock Moto 4.4.2
APKs:
- Snap Camera HDR 4.2.1
- Moto Camera
Examples (100% crops):
Check it out on your phone plz.
sensor is too bad software is not important on this phones
My camera takes worse pictures now also. Hoped KK would fix that.
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spaydix said:
sensor is too bad software is not important on this phones
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Just click on my photo and look at the details.
I'll be glad if anyone try to make test photo with Snap Camera or similar software (with better quality than stock Moto camera) before and after update to Kitkat. May be it was just a my mistake - may be i didn't do factory reset after update. But now I'm on 4.1.2 Nexesque again and happy with old camera quality)
I see this on my Wife's M, 442 also.
Get the latest Lenovo Cam in my Moto x page. See My signature.
I use the Google Camera app from the play store. It seems to have pretty decent quality. I also disabled the stock camera app so on the lock screen or when opening up the camera through a shortcut it opens up Google Camera versus the stock one. I'd try that if you haven't yet.
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cmajpwc said:
I use the Google Camera app from the play store. It seems to have pretty decent quality. I also disabled the stock camera app so on the lock screen or when opening up the camera through a shortcut it opens up Google Camera versus the stock one. I'd try that if you haven't yet.
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The only thing I don't like about the Google Camera is it won't let me state where to save my pictures. I do not like storing them on the internal memory. At least with the Moto camera, I can store them on the external SD card.
Lenovo is good but no way to save to extSD or OTG as it does on my X. Internal only.
On KitKat my rear facing camera in SnapChat stretches the pictures vertically. What's odd is that it worked fine for the first few pictures. Anyone else have that problem?
Tried to put all *camera* files from /system/lib of old 4.1.2 ROM to new Kitkat. First was /system/lib/hw/camera-msm8960.so and after rewrite and reboot with clearing dalvic i got a fail on start Camera app. Ok, i rewrote all remaining files like /system/lib/*camera* , clear dalvic and made reboot. Now i've got a bootloop)
So, is anybody know how to install all old 4,1,2 camera driver to kitkat?
Is anybody got same problem?
i think it's because your phone cant focus !
try other app with fix focus options
What do you mean - cant focus? I hold the phone, tap "shot" and after green square appears, phone makes the focused photo. On my examples you can see very noisy photos on KitKat, at first.
Any news in, guys?)
jldr said:
On KitKat my rear facing camera in SnapChat stretches the pictures vertically. What's odd is that it worked fine for the first few pictures. Anyone else have that problem?
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I've been having this issue ever since the update and no one seems to have an answer! It's annoying as crap...
Frageran said:
I've been having this issue ever since the update and no one seems to have an answer! It's annoying as crap...
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Give this a shot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55340855&postcount=4149
It's the Moto G2 camera and it is running great on my Maxx. I'm running rooted stock VZW 4.4.2.
Edit: switched back to stock camera, the Moto G2 camera broke tethering.
Hello Guys!
I have the following problem, do not know if it was after I put the Rom Cyanogenmod or before, but the rear camera is not focusing on more. The camera is just blurred all the time and never give in to focus.
I changed Rom and looked the camera settings and remains so.
Please help me !!
Device: LG Nexus 5
huelsonceron said:
Hello Guys!
I have the following problem, do not know if it was after I put the Rom Cyanogenmod or before, but the rear camera is not focusing on more. The camera is just blurred all the time and never give in to focus.
I changed Rom and looked the camera settings and remains so.
Please help me !!
Device: LG Nexus 5
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https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/IswQnfvtrxY[101-125-false]
Solutions given here:
Use your warranty.
Change the camera.
Take a component out that doesn't let the camera focus.
Is the lens dirty? It seems worse if it is dirty.
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I also have the focus issue. No rom, modem, or software update fixes it. It seems to be a physical issue. I can gently tap the side of the phone while in the camera app and the camera starts auto-focusing correctly again (for a little while). I'm ordering a new camera to replace it soon.
junk0 said:
I also have the focus issue. No rom, modem, or software update fixes it. It seems to be a physical issue. I can gently tap the side of the phone while in the camera app and the camera starts auto-focusing correctly again (for a little while). I'm ordering a new camera to replace it soon.
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Contact google hardware support and return it.
Hi
Anyone having an issue with the stock flashlight app on the new Lollipop 5.0 not turning on
As a person working in IT and with crappy eye sight, this app really is a must for me.
A reboot of the phone will fix it, but by then the need for the light will normally have passed as I'll just ask someone around me for help
Found this was happening on the preview l as well, thought it they have sorted it in the finished release.
Cheers
Paul
What's wrong with the flashlight?
You don't really say the issue you have. but the flashlight works fine for me
jsgraphicart said:
You don't really say the issue you have. but the flashlight works fine for me
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Its not turning on
Liffeyman said:
Its not turning on
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Does it work with the camera?
jsgraphicart said:
Does it work with the camera?
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Never checked, are there reports of the camera not working?
Liffeyman said:
Never checked, are there reports of the camera not working?
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Im asking to see if the light does in fact work. If the light doesn't work with the camera either, then your light may be broken
The issue is intermittent and a quick reboot always fixes the issue. I must check the next time it goes, if the camera is broke as well
Liffeyman said:
The issue is intermittent and a quick reboot always fixes the issue. I must check the next time it goes, if the camera is broke as well
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I have no idea what could cause that. My flashlight comes on every time I toggle it. Tesla LED (I think that's the name of it) is a good flashlight app in the Play Store if you want to try a third party app and see if it works better for you
Yup. I posted about this. When it refuses to work try open the camera app. It'll say cannot connect to camera
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Ben36 said:
Yup. I posted about this. When it refuses to work try open the camera app. It'll say cannot connect to camera
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Most likely its a camera issue then. The flash LED and the camera software are connected.
Only rebooting fixes it that I've found so far. Seems to happen after using the flashlight for a long time
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jsgraphicart said:
Most likely its a camera issue then. The flash LED and the camera software are connected.
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Anyone working on a fix for the camera? any workarounds for the issue?
Liffeyman said:
Anyone working on a fix for the camera? any workarounds for the issue?
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From what Ben36 is saying, it seems to be caused my leaving the flashlight on for a long period of time. So I would say it's a bug in the system that Google needs to fix. Try other apps like the one I mentioned and see if you get the same issue.
jsgraphicart said:
From what Ben36 is saying, it seems to be caused my leaving the flashlight on for a long period of time. So I would say it's a bug in the system that Google needs to fix. Try other apps like the one I mentioned and see if you get the same issue.
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Cool, thanks will do
Had a similar issue today, flashlight turned off for no reason, then refused to turn back on until i restarted the phone.
never happened to me before until today and the only difference was that the phone was charging now.
I can say I am also having this issue and hopefully a fix is on the way unless cm does it first...