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Camera issue

Hello, I have recently noticed that my phone (HTC TP, ROM 1.90.404.1) takes odd pictures, I think it has something to do with the frequency and/or intensity of the light that comes from the object you're taking a picture of.
I have added a photo that I took, in the picture you see a lamp aimed at the ceiling. Note the weird colors.
I only have this problem with the 3.2 MP camera on the back, the camera on the front of the device is fine. Now I didn't buy the phone for it's camera quality, so it doesn't bother me that much. But I'm still curious.
Does anyone know whats going on?

regardles if you bought it for the camera function or not.
the camera function is on youre phone and it should work.
looks like youre camera doesnt work goed, so if it was my phone, i brought it back for repair.

Bump.
E-mailed HTC via the support site, waiting for a reply.
I don't want to have to hard reset
Anyone got any ideas?

This is probably a faulty device. I'd return it.

The photo looks normal to me

Did you store any kind of mind-driving / psychidelic substances near your Touch Pro?

Well a hard reset did not fix it.
I suppose I'll start looking into the return policy/warranty while I wait for a reply from HTC.

OK well another update.
The good news is I figured out what is causing it.
The problem is the IR filter or rather lack thereof. I asked around and someone told me I should aim a remote control at the lens, press buttons and see what happens. Well I see a nice bright flash on my screen whenever I press a button
Now how to fix it. I think placing a simple IR-filter in front of the lens might do the trick.
Looks like the hardware is fine.

Pezjik said:
OK well another update.
The good news is I figured out what is causing it.
The problem is the IR filter or rather lack thereof. I asked around and someone told me I should aim a remote control at the lens, press buttons and see what happens. Well I see a nice bright flash on my screen whenever I press a button
Now how to fix it. I think placing a simple IR-filter in front of the lens might do the trick.
Looks like the hardware is fine.
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This is not your problem. ALL digital cameras do the same 'trick', even my 12 MegaPixel super Olympus i've just got. I've even used this behavior to help fix a broken remote a few years back.

johnk1973 said:
This is not your problem. ALL digital cameras do the same 'trick', even my 12 MegaPixel super Olympus i've just got. I've even used this behavior to help fix a broken remote a few years back.
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Awww but the effect seemed the same. So maybe it's still something to do with the frequency?

Pezjik said:
Awww but the effect seemed the same. So maybe it's still something to do with the frequency?
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Looks Poloraized, bad senor if u ask me.

[Q] camera focus problem

hi i got my edge from t-mobile unlocked and I am using foreign country.
everything is working perfect except camera focus issue,
i can not go t-mobile to return it because airplane ticket will be more expensive
it's working after shaking phone, sometimes i have to shake more then few seconds...
so i suspect it's not hardware problem, if i install other rom from other countries (instead of t-mobile one) should it will be fixed?
or is there anyway to fix this problem?
Thanks

I'd call T-Mobile have them pay to replace it. I cracked my note edge paid insurance for a brand new one and had camera focusing problems. The camera lens could be seen moving around in circles and making noises. But T-Mobile ended up sending me a new one.

rayystar said:
I'd call T-Mobile have them pay to replace it. I cracked my note edge paid insurance for a brand new one and had camera focusing problems. The camera lens could be seen moving around in circles and making noises. But T-Mobile ended up sending me a new one.
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problem is i got this in december and i've already rooted

You better try to reduce the resolution for pictures , I had that problem when I tried to make a shoot in high resolution pictures , mostly phones are set up at highest resolution from factory

tekardi said:
You better try to reduce the resolution for pictures , I had that problem when I tried to make a shoot in high resolution pictures , mostly phones are set up at highest resolution from factory
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i did that too but doesnt work neither

I second that as the only way working for me is by shaking the phone to get the auto focus stable & normal
imdogdream said:
i did that too but doesnt work neither
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tekardi said:
You better try to reduce the resolution for pictures , I had that problem when I tried to make a shoot in high resolution pictures , mostly phones are set up at highest resolution from factory
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yeap mine works with 1 to few seconds shaking.
it takes great photo after shaking but looks really stupid (shaking action)
Denim Guy said:
I second that as the only way working for me is by shaking the phone to get the auto focus stable & normal
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imdogdream said:
yeap mine works with 1 to few seconds shaking.
it takes great photo after shaking but looks really stupid (shaking action)
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Now it's a goood time to ask for a replacement or repair. Your optical system has moved. Your camera module needs to be replaced asap. I am 100 percent that is the faul as I experimented that with a note 3 camera.

calinormy said:
Now it's a goood time to ask for a replacement or repair. Your optical system has moved. Your camera module needs to be replaced asap. I am 100 percent that is the faul as I experimented that with a note 3 camera.
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i will send it to repair, thanks

Couple of my friends have a same problem with Note EDGE. And one of them tell me it is happened with his phone after last update.

[Q] Camera lens of centered

Hi I just got my new Note 5 from T-mobile and I noticed main camera is not dead center unlike my note 3 or other phones I have I went back to the T-mobile store and guys there noticed the same thing and we checked the one on the display none of them were centered actually any body know about this issue store guys did not want to exchange it because they are all like that they said. any body know anything about this issue?

Mine is the same way, went to the store and we looked at the displays... All the same. =/ The guy suggested it might be because it's their first unibody design, which sounds plausible.

Camera lens of centered
Just confirmed with tmo tech that it should dead centered and mine sounds very loose clicking when moving phone around.
I think Samsung made some defective phones again lust like note 4 camera issues.

I believe it is due to the lens stabilization. If you turn the camera lens to face you, then open the camera app, the lens snaps to center, and visibly moves as the phone shakes.

MrCrash said:
I believe it is due to the lens stabilization. If you turn the camera lens to face you, then open the camera app, the lens snaps to center, and visibly moves as the phone shakes.
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You sir are absolutely correct! I found this out later last night as well.

Fwiw both mine and my wife's S6 have a lens that moves off center. It doesn't affect pictures or videos in the least.

Mine was recording clicking sound made by camera moving around as phone shake when recording video at tmobile store guys recorded video in storage room where it's very quiet I returned it I don't think I'll buy another note5 or any samsung phone untill they start to make good devices, my wife has the s6+ and does not any issues that I had with the note5.

senozlu1 said:
Mine was recording clicking sound made by camera moving around as phone shake when recording video at tmobile store guys recorded video in storage room where it's very quiet I returned it I don't think I'll buy another note5 or any samsung phone untill they start to make good devices, my wife has the s6+ and does not any issues that I had with the note5.
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this is ISO the kebs moves when taking pics and stays at its last position.. Go buy an iPhone. With out ios than
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What do you mean by this ISO?. I think you meant to say this is OIS which is moving camera lens assembly yes it should move and wiggle when not in use, when in use it should move to compansate motion and it shouldn't make clicking sound that records in to the video.
Foy your information if I was intrested to iphone I would buy one instead of an android device with or without OIS built-in $800.00 device premium price premium device I expected from samsun.
Don't forget this is a forum that people exchange information bounce ideas between each other.
Don't get nasty and mean.
If I did not share my thoughts than I wouldn't be doing my part in this forum.

senozlu1 said:
What do you mean by this ISO?. I think you meant to say this is OIS which is moving camera lens assembly yes it should move and wiggle when not in use, when in use it should move to compansate motion and it shouldn't make clicking sound that records in to the video.
Foy your information if I was intrested to iphone I would buy one instead of an android device with or without OIS built-in $800.00 device premium price premium device I expected from samsun.
Don't forget this is a forum that people exchange information bounce ideas between each other.
Don't get nasty and mean.
If I did not share my thoughts than I wouldn't be doing my part in this forum.
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I don't understand how your camera lens is making such a clicking noise laud enough to be caught by your mic... If that's the case than that's really something wrong. And peopel are over reacting returning their phone for lensbnot being centered when that's normal if you want recordba video and while spinnign stop recording and you will see how the lens is not straight
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Blu Pure XL rattle?

has anyone experienced this before
i know i have my phone number showing so i would appreciate it f you would ignore and not call or txt the number shown in the video it is a work number of mine ... i do not poses the knowledge to edit the number out sorry
and it is a private video on my youtube account so only you guys can view it
Earlier today (4/4/16) i was confronted by my dad about not picking up my phone so i checked noticed 1 missed call and a txt message. time went by i decided to call a family member and the call would not connect, tried customer service (metropcs) from the phone again phone call would not connect. so i decided to call metropcs to see if m account was in good standing or if they were having some service failures in my part of town. It comes down to checking the device i picked it up rapidly and heard a rattle from the rear of the phone so i removed my sd card and sim and shook it again and heard that same rattle. That is when i decided i would record ths rattle and post it to see if anyone knows why this is happening ( i cannot open the phone because i just received the phone from amazon less then 2 weeks ago. i still have warranty)
should i be concerned my replacement phone will do the same ?????
id imagine you guys would not troll the phone number i have in the video. that is because it is my work number.
thanks in advance
https://youtu.be/L7h_vC2Jqeg

ghostv7142 said:
has anyone experienced this before
i know i have my phone number showing so i would appreciate it f you would ignore and not call or txt the number shown in the video it is a work number of mine ... i do not poses the knowledge to edit the number out sorry
and it is a private video on my youtube account so only you guys can view it
Earlier today (4/4/16) i was confronted by my dad about not picking up my phone so i checked noticed 1 missed call and a txt message. time went by i decided to call a family member and the call would not connect, tried customer service (metropcs) from the phone again phone call would not connect. so i decided to call metropcs to see if m account was in good standing or if they were having some service failures in my part of town. It comes down to checking the device i picked it up rapidly and heard a rattle from the rear of the phone so i removed my sd card and sim and shook it again and heard that same rattle. That is when i decided i would record ths rattle and post it to see if anyone knows why this is happening ( i cannot open the phone because i just received the phone from amazon less then 2 weeks ago. i still have warranty)
should i be concerned my replacement phone will do the same ?????
id imagine you guys would not troll the phone number i have in the video. that is because it is my work number.
thanks in advance
https://youtu.be/L7h_vC2Jqeg
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Mine does the same thing something rattles around inside around the camera/ SIM/ fingerprint scanner area. It's done it since I got it first I thought it was a button, then I thought maybe it was the spring mechanism inside SIM slot 2 so I put a dead SIM card in that I had laying around but it still does it even with that in. I aIso have a microSD card installed so it's not that either.

droidboy29 said:
Mine does the same thing something rattles around inside around the camera/ SIM/ fingerprint scanner area. It's done it since I got it first I thought it was a button, then I thought maybe it was the spring mechanism inside SIM slot 2 so I put a dead SIM card in that I had laying around but it still does it even with that in. I aIso have a microSD card installed so it's not that either.
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Yea I have the same thing I don't want to open it as I already requested for a new phone from Amazon so I'll just replace it but if your brave enough to open it... Lol no I couldn't ask that but I want to know what it is and if it is cause any issues

ghostv7142 said:
Yea I have the same thing I don't want to open it as I already requested for a new phone from Amazon so I'll just replace it but if your brave enough to open it... Lol no I couldn't ask that but I want to know what it is and if it is cause any issues
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Na it's still under the manufacturers 1 year warranty or else I would. Plus I'm pretty sure I'm going to be selling it soon. Sadly I love the phone, best phone I ever had but it's been out 6 months now and doesn't have any attention from developers. I need ROMs ,kernels and mods to flash. That's why I buy Android phones. I bought this one thinking with the price and this thing having the hardware specs it does that developers would be flocking to this phone. So it looks like I'm going to be heading to Nexus land because one thing I learned from this phone is that I can't own a phone without a fingerprint scanner again lol I love that thing.

My assumption is that the rattling is from the camera sensor being shaken around. The Pure XL (and its many other named "variants") have OIS capabilities for the camera, where the image sensor can move/tilt a tiny bit to compensate for small movements when taking a picture/video, which will not result in a blurry product.
I'm not sure if it is supported in other camera apps, but it's automatic in the stock camera app when you focus on something when taking a picture, but for video you have to turn it on in the settings (Gear>Anti-shaking).
If you turn the phone over so that the rear camera faces towards you, focus the rear camera on your face with the dedicated shutter button, and move the phone around slightly, you can see the sensor tilting to track your face.
On a side note, not sure if you guys have this problem, but when I don't use my Pure XL's camera for a bit of time (and don't have the stock camera app in my recent apps), it takes a really long time for it to automatically focus when I open the app, but if I shake it around, it will start focusing right away.

Short Circuit said:
My assumption is that the rattling is from the camera sensor being shaken around. The Pure XL (and its many other named "variants") have OIS capabilities for the camera, where the image sensor can move/tilt a tiny bit to compensate for small movements when taking a picture/video, which will not result in a blurry product.
I'm not sure if it is supported in other camera apps, but it's automatic in the stock camera app when you focus on something when taking a picture, but for video you have to turn it on in the settings (Gear>Anti-shaking).
If you turn the phone over so that the rear camera faces towards you, focus the rear camera on your face with the dedicated shutter button, and move the phone around slightly, you can see the sensor tilting to track your face.
On a side note, not sure if you guys have this problem, but when I don't use my Pure XL's camera for a bit of time (and don't have the stock camera app in my recent apps), it takes a really long time for it to automatically focus when I open the app, but if I shake it around, it will start focusing right away.
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That's funny I just literally found out it was the camera eye or whatever you call it under the lense I was just messing around with the camera and saw it move.

Samsung galaxy note 20 Ultra Camera issues

Does anybody else notices that the foto's taken lately are not sharp anymore on their note? I think it came with the latest software updates definitely foto's have gotten worse just not sharp anymore when zooming and focus issues
I also have one brand new unboxed snapdragon version with similar results so it must be software !

Cvjetko said:
Does anybody else notices that the foto's taken lately are not sharp anymore on their note? I think it came with the latest software updates definitely foto's have gotten worse just not sharp anymore when zooming and focus issues
I also have one brand new unboxed snapdragon version with similar results so it must be software !
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I have the same problem. Autofocus are not stable, photos are not sharp.

Jesi li rijesio problem sa kamerom na note 20 ultra? I ja imam taj problem
Translated by GT: Did you solve the problem with the camera on the note 20 ultra? I have that problem too?

Cvjetko said:
Does anybody else notices that the foto's taken lately are not sharp anymore on their note? I think it came with the latest software updates definitely foto's have gotten worse just not sharp anymore when zooming and focus issues
I also have one brand new unboxed snapdragon version with similar results so it must be software !
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I've noticed it too. I thought I just had smudges on the back of the glass or something, but it has happened way to often now. It happens even after I thoroughly clean the glass or if too much sunlight hits the lense.
However, I've noticed that if I switch to a different camera mode, like going from portrait to photo and then back to portrait, the lense seems to finally focus and usually I'll lock onto the subject and the photo is sharp again.
I usually notice the lack of focus when I'm in portrait mode starting off, right after opening the camera app. It does happen from time to time opening the app, starting in photo mode too, but not nearly as often as starting in portrait mode. This is on a Verizon Note 20 Ultra Snapdragon variant.

I read a few forums and came across one comment where a man says he had the same problem and was told at the service station that his camera module had broken down. He made a camera module in service and now there is no more problem with that ... my licbo opinion is that everything is related to a software error...

Only way I can solve it is shut off the auto stability. On everything. Antishake. I've been messing with it complaining for months

Look these

Ajdin55 said:
I read a few forums and came across one comment where a man says he had the same problem and was told at the service station that his camera module had broken down. He made a camera module in service and now there is no more problem with that ... my licbo opinion is that everything is related to a software error...
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How does one make a camera module?

Has there been any movement on this?
I have a Note 20 Ultra, and I've noticed that my main camera does not focus anymore. I cannot get a sharp picture of text or my kids, or anything that's less than about 20 feet away. If I move back far enough and then zoom in, the telephoto lens can focus better.
Another test - the barcode scanner in Walmart/Target apps cannot focus on a barcode either.
I suspect this is hardware failure of the main camera. It can't focus anymore.
Does anyone have any experience fixing this?
I bought the phone "eBay Refurbished" and it came with a 1yr Allstate (SquareTrade) warranty... but that has been a mess so far, too.

There's a new option, can't remember where, that supposedly processes your images. Think AI moon debacle. Turn it off and take it raw.
I think it's activated by default after the update.

Bomn said:
There's a new option, can't remember where, that supposedly processes your images. Think AI moon debacle. Turn it off and take it raw.
I think it's activated by default after the update.
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FWIW... I can't get it to focus even BEFORE I take a photo. So, it's not post-processing or anything that's messing up.
Additionally... the Walmart, Target, Amazon (etc) apps that have barcode scanners can't focus on a barcode to scan them most of the time, either.
Before I make a claim on my phone insurance and end up with a non-OEM camera replacement... I want to eliminate any possibilities that it's something software-related.
Thanks

That is odd, if it can't focus and it's not post processing it's a hardware issue. I have no problems with them right now. If you shake the phone near your ear do you hear the OIS rattle ?
Seems a warranty claim right there, it sure as hell is not software if it can't focus beforehand.

Ajdin55 said:
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Bro from 5X it switches to that periscope lens of the camera, OFC the quality will improve