Gear 2 Camera is blurry - Samsung Gear 2

So I took a shower with my Gear 2 watch and even took some pictures. Now my camera is blurry. I've tried the rice for 24 hours thing and nothing. This was about 2 weeks ago. What can be the problem and is there a fix for it?
Someone please help.

This same thing happened to me. I don't believe it has anything to do with water. My gear 2 seemed to get stuck in macro mode. It would focus up close. Like an inch away but wouldn't focus at a distance. I ended up returning mine and the replacement is working fine. Search for my posts and you will see the thread. Another guy also had this issue and he was able to fix it by opening up the watch and messing with the camera module.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2748274
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[Q] my One S camera is blacked out!! help!!

This phone is brand new and the camera app is blacked out. When I select the camera app the screen is black out but you still see all the buttons on screen. The just don't do anything. Has anybody experienced this or know of a way to fix it?
Clear data of the camera through settings, apps, camera.
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Take your finger out from infront of the lense
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maek_it_happen said:
Take your finger out from infront of the lense
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lol. that's the first thing i checked. none of the cameras respond (front or back) and when i try to open up a camera app even instagram, the camera app just freezes.
Tried clearing data?
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My camera went black as well on my stock tmo one s I called T-Mobile to find that they are having hardware problems with the camera they sent me a new replacement
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My nieces camera did this the other night! Man I am so fed up from getting the crap phones from CBW!
I had the same issue,also with to stock app. I installed instagram and it told me the camera couldn't be detected. I contacted my seller in Germany and they gave me a free hardware replacement(motherboard+battery)
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i tried to flash a few different roms to see if it was hardware related but no dce. i called tmobile and they are sending me a new one. im selling it as soon as i get the new one back. i keep hearing about all these problems with the one s. going back to the galaxies. plus my hands are too big for this lil thing.
I would really like to know if this is a common issue and if it is if it is fixed with a replacement. Can anyone who has had this issue verify this please?
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JigsterNL said:
I had the same issue,also with to stock app. I installed instagram and it told me the camera couldn't be detected. I contacted my seller in Germany and they gave me a free hardware replacement(motherboard+battery)
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Did this fix your issue?
Its a "common" HTC problem. 2 of my friends also experienced this with a 2011 and 2010 smartphone. After some time it worked by itself. I also had this for 1-2 weeks and it worked after i cleared camera cache or rebooted (it still occured but after some weeks it was gone completly). If you want clear your system cache in CWM or install a new ROM.

Crazy Battery, can't figure out why.

So usually on a work day, my phone will sit in my car for 13 hours without being touched. By the end of the day when I go to bed, I'll be around 80% to 83% battery.
Today I noticed a couple hours after I got hoe that I was at 31%. For the record, this is a Maxx. I have two different wakelock detectors installed on my phone but I can't find anything that indicates what went haywire today. The Battery section in Settings just says it was "Android OS".
Here are some screenshots of the screens. Do any of you see anything I'm not? I have no idea what the culprit was.
Could point to poor cell service reception but it sounds like the phone was in the same place as other days.
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Maybe you could try airplane mode if you notice it happening again ?
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Khanusma said:
Could point to poor cell service reception but it sounds like the phone was in the same place as other days.
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Maybe you could try airplane mode if you notice it happening again ?
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Yeah, same place it always sits at when I'm at work.
My battery life has been no where near as good as it was my first few days as well.
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Reboot it. Something is stuck on.
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Disable location reporting as well that's a large killer
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New 4.3 issues?

I know there are other threads but you have to read 40 Verizon bashing posts to actually find a post that's relevant to actual issues. I'm completely stock and not a fan of the update. Here are my issues :
Lag, lag, lag.... Huge Ram hog. It uses almost all the ram with only my texts open.
Random flashes from the camera's flash. No rhyme or reason.
Phone doesn't make call when picking up in a text.
Widgets on lock screen (texts) locks up when you click on them.
Anyone else having issues? Anything I need to look out for? Any fixes?
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You can have posted this question in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661
And someone would answer you.
As for the camera flash, look in your settings. I remember seeing it in the phone settings somewhere that that you can turn camera flash on for notifications.
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Camera flash in accessibility settings
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I found it, wasn't checked. I appreciate the response.
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No problem. I don't know about the lag fix. Mine lags worst when unlocking the screen.
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I have no shortcuts on my lock screen and have no lag?
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You don't have widgets? Texts to pop up on your lock screen?
One more thing that sucks... Battery. Less than an hour screen time and no videos, music, or games.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575661
and with above recommendations, this thread is closed

Multi Touch issues

Ok so I was trying to play a game that requires me touch the screen in two different areas at the same time but when I hit the second touch the first touch kind of de-registers. It's happening on the left side of my display.
I used an app from the play store also. Multi Touch Test.
Any body else noticed any issues?
https://youtu.be/hCAUl8pLbas
mklass said:
Ok so I was trying to play a game that requires me touch the screen in two different areas at the same time but when I hit the second touch the first touch kind of de-registers. It's happening on the left side of my display.
I used an app from the play store also. Multi Touch Test.
Any body else noticed any issues?
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I used antutu and was able to get it to show all 10 fingers at the same time for me. Try giving your screen a good wipe down and clean.
Yeah I've wiped down already. It does register all touches but as soon as I move my fingers around the touches go all crazy.
I've tried multi touch tester app on play store and mine registers all my fingers from 1 to 10 and no issues including moving around. Sounds like you might have a bad phone.
Try this app,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.the511plus.MultiTouchTester
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Hopefully its just the app
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Outbreak444 said:
I used antutu and was able to get it to show all 10 fingers at the same time for me. Try giving your screen a good wipe down and clean.
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vw65bus said:
I've tried multi touch tester app on play store and mine registers all my fingers from 1 to 10 and no issues including moving around. Sounds like you might have a bad phone.
Try this app,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.the511plus.MultiTouchTester
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Hopefully its just the app
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Yeah tried a few different apps now. I think it's a faulty phone going to send it back for a replacement.
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Yeah tried a few different apps now. I think it's a faulty phone going to send it back for a replacement.
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That sucks, hopefully it gets replaced quick
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I had this issue and found solution.
Check out my 2nd post https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/multi-touch-issue-s8-t3598758
I have the same issue how to fix it please ?

[APP]Google Pixel 2 Portrait mode now works!

This thread is not to be in anyways to flame or downgrade the Essential's dual camera/portrait mode! I am simply just posting so others can have something to tinker with in low lighting! Essential's portrait mode is amazing in great outdoor lighting, but indoor lighting it suffers bad due to compression issue and color algorithm. If you pay attention, indoor pictures including portraits taken when lighting is at soft white, ~2700K to 3200K or so, the pictures turn out very washed out. There are no saturation to the picture at all, or sharpness of details and it just looks bad.
Arnova8G2 has been porting the BSG version of the google cam and it is AMAZING for non-google devices, including ours, however his version somehow does gives a greenish tint to our devices since he original was working on the port only for the OP3/3T. Now, he has combined Charle Chow's Camera NX portrait mode to his app here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75047190&postcount=2270 .
Please report all bugs or any errors, and color issues related to our devices here and tag him so he will know. Thanks again @Arnova8G2
Edit: NEEDS TO BE ON OREO BETA 1 OR 2!!
New version uploaded by Arnova8G2: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hvonKrb7hUqhqll4Qbglc9epdvanzFKW . Front camera works flawlessly, however we lose all sounds when taking pictures regardless front or back camera. Can anyone upload a logcat here? I can't get matlab to send my logs, kept crashing no matter what I do.
FIX FOR SOUND LOSS! Thank you to radaloel: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75062638&postcount=31
What hdr settings are you using?
On 7.1.1, most of the settings are crashing the app.
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Could you upload some shots to compare?
Messing with the settings and it seems that "Config camera HDR+" has to be set to "No HDR+" or the video recorder does not work.
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dandan2980 said:
Messing with the settings and it seems that "Config camera HDR+" has to be set to "No HDR+" or the video recorder does not work.
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Please submit logcat here
xterminater07 said:
Please submit logcat here
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Rebooted my phone it is working now using the Nexus 6p setting
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dandan2980 said:
Rebooted my phone it is working now using the Nexus 6p setting
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Can you see if you can replicate this bug? Take a picture in hdr+ on, using the 6P setting, normal or portrait mode. You should lose sound immediately. If you still have sounds, use fb messenger, trigger the voice message function and send your friend a voice message. Now you should lose all sounds and requires a restart. I don't know if this is a bug caused by the ported app or in oreo beta.
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Can you see if you can replicate this bug? Take a picture in hdr+ on, using the 6P setting, normal or portrait mode. You should lose sound immediately. If you still have sounds, use fb messenger, trigger the voice message function and send your friend a voice message. Now you should lose all sounds and requires a restart. I don't know if this is a bug caused by the ported app or in oreo beta.
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Yes the mic I believe has stopped working and I have no sounds
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dandan2980 said:
Rebooted my phone it is working now using the Nexus 6p setting
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Yes the mic I believe has stopped working and I have no sounds
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Ok, can you repeat this and start a logcat please? Upload it here and tag @Arnova8G2
And I just rebooted and got sound back then tried using voice command in regular messaging app so it looks like it might be something to do with voice recording or the messenger app itself. Not a deal breaker for me cause I don't ever use messenger voice messaging.
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Also after using hrd+ and trying to switch to video now doesn't work and I have now lost sounds again
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Leaving it set at no HDR+ in the settings menu I don't get any problems. Pics still look really good too so I'm leaving it there
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It caused my entire phone to freeze I rebooted and phone wouldn't turn on. Had to hold all keys down and it went into shutdown and then rebooted I am not rooted and I don't have time this moment to run a log cat. I have deleted the camera app off my phone for right now. But will mess with it later
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dandan2980 said:
And I just rebooted and got sound back then tried using voice command in regular messaging app so it looks like it might be something to do with voice recording or the messenger app itself. Not a deal breaker for me cause I don't ever use messenger voice messaging.
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Also after using hrd+ and trying to switch to video now doesn't work and I have now lost sounds again
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Leaving it set at no HDR+ in the settings menu I don't get any problems. Pics still look really good too so I'm leaving it there
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It caused my entire phone to freeze I rebooted and phone wouldn't turn on. Had to hold all keys down and it went into shutdown and then rebooted I am not rooted and I don't have time this moment to run a log cat. I have deleted the camera app off my phone for right now. But will mess with it later
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Fb messenger has no issue if you do not activate gcam. It works fine by itself. At first I thought it would be my pixel 2 launcher I installed that is crashing all sounds but it's not because it works fine in Nougat.
I have the freezing issue too when I restart. It just goes to a black screen. Did you take a logcat of all that scenario?
@Arnova8G2, please help us
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@Arnova8G2, please help us
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I would like to help, but I am not your device and your rom.
So even if you tell me the sound does not go or I have a black screen, it's impossible for me to correct if I do not know where the error is
Arnova8G2 said:
I would like to help, but I am not your device and your rom.
So even if you tell me the sound does not go or I have a black screen, it's impossible for me to correct if I do not know where the error is
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOWNjzHKQLbXNmwtc0Of4aRhHRNihTbR/view?usp=drivesdk
I took a log using adb I'm not rooted but I was playing with the app while taking the log I couldn't even answer a phone call after the glitches starting happening.
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dandan2980 said:
And I just rebooted and got sound back then tried using voice command in regular messaging app so it looks like it might be something to do with voice recording or the messenger app itself. Not a deal breaker for me cause I don't ever use messenger voice messaging.
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Also after using hrd+ and trying to switch to video now doesn't work and I have now lost sounds again
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Leaving it set at no HDR+ in the settings menu I don't get any problems. Pics still look really good too so I'm leaving it there
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It caused my entire phone to freeze I rebooted and phone wouldn't turn on. Had to hold all keys down and it went into shutdown and then rebooted I am not rooted and I don't have time this moment to run a log cat. I have deleted the camera app off my phone for right now. But will mess with it later
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dandan2980 said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOWNjzHKQLbXNmwtc0Of4aRhHRNihTbR/view?usp=drivesdk
I took a log using adb I'm not rooted but I was playing with the app while taking the log I couldn't even answer a phone call after the glitches starting happening.
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Thank you dandan! @Arnova8G2, please take a look since there is a logcat now.
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Yes the mic I believe has stopped working and I have no sounds
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This has been a known issue on PH-1 for any GCam port I've tried. I had been using a BSG port from back in November, dealing with loss of sound intermittently after using the app. Fear not!
As far as I can tell, the mic does not stop working. You need to turn off all notifications for the Gcam app. Just turn 'em all off. The whole app. Reboot to be safe once you have. Fixed my issues right up. No guarantee using camcorder will not cause sounds to stop though, I haven't tested it. I don't take many videos.
Also, I'm using @Arnova8G2 Front HDR+ version posted here. I'm using these settings with great results (actually the same as I what I posted in the other thread forever ago! Glad it still works.)
zakkary09 said:
This has been a known issue on PH-1 for any GCam port I've tried. I had been using a BSG port from back in November, dealing with loss of sound intermittently after using the app. Fear not!
As far as I can tell, the mic does not stop working. You need to turn off all notifications for the Gcam app. Just turn 'em all off. The whole app. Reboot to be safe once you have. Fixed my issues right up. No guarantee using camcorder will not cause sounds to stop though, I haven't tested it. I don't take many videos.
Also, I'm using @Arnova8G2 Front HDR+ version posted here. I'm using these settings with great results (actually the same as I what I posted in the other thread forever ago! Glad it still works.)
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Will try that
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zakkary09 said:
This has been a known issue on PH-1 for any GCam port I've tried. I had been using a BSG port from back in November, dealing with loss of sound intermittently after using the app. Fear not!
As far as I can tell, the mic does not stop working. You need to turn off all notifications for the Gcam app. Just turn 'em all off. The whole app. Reboot to be safe once you have. Fixed my issues right up. No guarantee using camcorder will not cause sounds to stop though, I haven't tested it. I don't take many videos.
Also, I'm using @Arnova8G2 Front HDR+ version posted here. I'm using these settings with great results (actually the same as I what I posted in the other thread forever ago! Glad it still works.)
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Will try that
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I can confirm this DOES NOT work in oreo beta 2. When I was on Nougat in Essential, all the BSG version I used worked when trigger the microphone, ie.. facebook messenger or recording video. It did not work at all in oreo since beta 1. Arnova8g2 version never worked at all either! I used the same configs I used in Nougat as well. Turning off notifications allows sounds but stopped as soon as you trigger microphone. Then when you hit restart, the phone freeze and you have to do a hard restart by holding the power button down.
Even on that version when I use HDR+ and switch to video it causes the problem. I turned off HDR+ and tried again and the video still causes the sound issues so this is not a stable app just yet for our device imho hopefully the dev can iron the problems out for us to enjoy this great mod. I really like the selfie portrait was pretty sweet
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zakkary09 said:
This has been a known issue on PH-1 for any GCam port I've tried. I had been using a BSG port from back in November, dealing with loss of sound intermittently after using the app. Fear not!
As far as I can tell, the mic does not stop working. You need to turn off all notifications for the Gcam app. Just turn 'em all off. The whole app. Reboot to be safe once you have. Fixed my issues right up. No guarantee using camcorder will not cause sounds to stop though, I haven't tested it. I don't take many videos.
Also, I'm using @Arnova8G2 Front HDR+ version posted here. I'm using these settings with great results (actually the same as I what I posted in the other thread forever ago! Glad it still works.)
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xterminater07 said:
I can confirm this DOES NOT work in oreo beta 2. When I was on Nougat in Essential, all the BSG version I used worked when trigger the microphone, ie.. facebook messenger or recording video. It did not work at all in oreo since beta 1. Arnova8g2 version never worked at all either! I used the same configs I used in Nougat as well. Turning off notifications allows sounds but stopped as soon as you trigger microphone. Then when you hit restart, the phone freeze and you have to do a hard restart by holding the power button down.
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Same here
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dandan2980 said:
Even on that version when I use HDR+ and switch to video it causes the problem. I turned off HDR+ and tried again and the video still causes the sound issues so this is not a stable app just yet for our device imho hopefully the dev can iron the problems out for us to enjoy this great mod. I really like the selfie portrait was pretty sweet
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Same here
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I honestly think this is due to nougat being beta because even bsg version I used that works in Nougat does not work in the beta oreo at all.

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