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My screen blurred twice in one week, pictures attached

I don't know what's going on with my phone. Its blurred within one week.
I was playing air control lite, its got blurred in the game, then exited game, home screen and lock screen also blurred.
Its back to normal after restart.
there is no problem at all when play big game for one hour like modern combat 2.

everyday48 said:
I don't know what's going on with my phone. Its blurred within one week.
I was playing air control lite, its got blurred in the game, then exited game, home screen and lock screen also blurred.
Its back to normal after restart.
there is no problem at all when play big game for one hour like modern combat 2.
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Return, get new one. People tend to look for fix when they can't return their device back.

tinky1 said:
Return, get new one. People tend to look for fix when they can't return their device back.
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Thanks. I got this phone since the 1st day of release, 19th June, nearly 3 months now.
And just did s off and rooted few days ago. I dont know whether able to rerun it back?

That happened to me, and got no responses.
I reflashed my ROM back to stop and it fixed it.
I think it's because of an OC'd GPU.

It's a gpu bug after latest update.. Your phone is fine it's a know problem with certain games...

Thank you.

everyday48 said:
Thanks. I got this phone since the 1st day of release, 19th June, nearly 3 months now.
And just did s off and rooted few days ago. I dont know whether able to rerun it back?
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Cool. Thought you got it within one week ok

I've had a similar issue with an HTC S710 years ago (no custom roms or anything). I could see even less on the screen; it would be covered in vertical lines in all kinds of colors! The cause was most probably the phone overheating from using intensive apps* while in direct sunlight. I received a free replacement unit from HTC.
*: Tomtom at the time was way too heavy for such a weak phone.

mbtmn said:
I've had a similar issue with an HTC S710 years ago (no custom roms or anything). I could see even less on the screen; it would be covered in vertical lines in all kinds of colors! The cause was most probably the phone overheating from using intensive apps* while in direct sunlight. I received a free replacement unit from HTC.
*: Tomtom at the time was way too heavy for such a weak phone.
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Thx for the info, how did you tell HTC in order to replacement?

everyday48 said:
I don't know what's going on with my phone. Its blurred within one week.
I was playing air control lite, its got blurred in the game, then exited game, home screen and lock screen also blurred.
Its back to normal after restart.
there is no problem at all when play big game for one hour like modern combat 2.
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This is a bug with HTC's 1.45.xxx.x ROMs.
Try to play Cordy & you will get the same bluriness or the phone will even hang. HTC has to fix this issue with an update!

I am having same problem. I am a real noob and have done nothing to my phone. When playing ANY game my screen is blurred and I lose graphics. My phone is one week old and I am going for warranty replacement.
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This happened to me while I was Playing Samurai II. Really weird stuff.

Weird artifacts in HDR photos?

First one is non-HDR, second is HDR. Notice the second seems to have a weird shadow/dark spot in the sky. I've seen similar strange things in other HDR photos. Anybody else?
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looks like the dreaded purple artifact... honestly, people are still debating if it's a hardware problem or software problem... solution? 4.3 update to Sense should fix it, that's the rumor at least anyway.

holyevilcow said:
looks like the dreaded purple artifact... honestly, people are still debating if it's a hardware problem or software problem... solution? 4.3 update to Sense should fix it, that's the rumor at least anyway.
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Is it an issue on the HTC One or have others with the One mini reported it?
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holyevilcow said:
looks like the dreaded purple artifact... honestly, people are still debating if it's a hardware problem or software problem... solution? 4.3 update to Sense should fix it, that's the rumor at least anyway.
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This looks nothing at all like the tinting issue many others are having with the HTC One. In fact, it looks exactly like the HDR processing effect that occurs when you've got a strong light source (the sun) behind a solid object (the tree.) This looks like a completely normal byproduct to me.

ericiidx said:
This looks nothing at all like the tinting issue many others are having with the HTC One. In fact, it looks exactly like the HDR processing effect that occurs when you've got a strong light source (the sun) behind a solid object (the tree.) This looks like a completely normal byproduct to me.
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For what it's worth, the sun wasn't behind that tree. It was directly overhead.
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phositadc said:
For what it's worth, the sun wasn't behind that tree. It was more or less directly overhead.
Sent from my Nexus 7
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What you are seeing is not a bug, but a normal result of "tone mapping", a technique commonly associated with HDR.
Tone mapping is where it automatically darkens light areas of the picture and lightens dark areas of the picture to reduce the overall dynamic range, hence fitting more dynamic range into the image. The downside to it is that it results in this crappy-looking effect around the edges of areas of uniform brightness.
In some cases you can adjust the level of tone-mapping or its blur-radius to minimise such effects. Unfortunately in this case it looks like you can't. It has far too high a blur-radius and is far too strong.
HDR is only gonna work satisfactorily on some images. It is definitely not something you should use all the time. It's a cheesy effect, and over-use of it or using it where not appropriate simply produces ugly results.
Do a search on Google for "tone mapping" and you'll see other spectacularly bad examples of this cheesy effect.

MercuryStar said:
What you are seeing is not a bug, but a normal result of "tone mapping", a technique commonly associated with HDR.
Tone mapping is where it automatically darkens light areas of the picture and lightens dark areas of the picture to reduce the overall dynamic range, hence fitting more dynamic range into the image. The downside to it is that it results in this crappy-looking effect around the edges of areas of uniform brightness.
In some cases you can adjust the level of tone-mapping or its blur-radius to minimise such effects. Unfortunately in this case it looks like you can't. It has far too high a blur-radius and is far too strong.
HDR is only gonna work satisfactorily on some images. It is definitely not something you should use all the time. It's a cheesy effect, and over-use of it or using it where not appropriate simply produces ugly results.
Do a search on Google for "tone mapping" and you'll see other spectacularly bad examples of this cheesy effect.
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Thanks for the info. I wish the one mini had the option to save both the HDR and the non-hdr so you had a backup image when HDR causes problems like this.
Sent from my Nexus 7

Images from camera - red looks pink.

Have been really please with the Z3 since I got it. Performance is great and in general I really like the camera and the range of options however...when I photograph anything that is red or has red in the scene the camera/processing doesn't truly represent the colour and adds a pinkish tinge to the image.
Not sure exactly what is happening here, if the Z3 is producing cooler images than expected but would love to have some feedback from everyone else.
Some images, especially in low light directly on to a white background produce a pinkish spot. I've seen this reported on the Sony forum with some Z3C owners so i'm not sure if this is contrabuting the the problem.
I shot these in manual mode>8mp>auto WB
Anyone else had this issue?

About the Pink Spot - http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...peria-z3-camera/td-p/839421?sl=y&sso_no_log=y

linuxares said:
About the Pink Spot - http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...peria-z3-camera/td-p/839421?sl=y&sso_no_log=y
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Yeah I'm aware of that issue and have it very slightly in low light situations against a white background. I went back and looked at some camera samples from a couple of reviews for the Z3 and it does appear that when images have content that is red the camera struggles to represent the true colour (i'm not sure how to explain this better). Red appear to be more like magenta or have a pink tint to them.
Am going to go to a couple of stores and see if I can recreate the effect. The issue with the pink spot may of course be adding to the problem i'm having.

Darles2012 said:
Yeah I'm aware of that issue and have it very slightly in low light situations against a white background. I went back and looked at some camera samples from a couple of reviews for the Z3 and it does appear that when images have content that is red the camera struggles to represent the true colour (i'm not sure how to explain this better). Red appear to be more like magenta or have a pink tint to them.
Am going to go to a couple of stores and see if I can recreate the effect. The issue with the pink spot may of course be adding to the problem i'm having.
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Should be possible to disentangle the two problems fairly easily; take a picture of the red book where the book is only on one side of the photo. Additionally, just take a picture of a grey wall.
Also, try playing with the white balance; using auto isn't really going to help. If there's not a manual option (i've not really played with the camera on my phone much yet) then try a few different settings and see if there's a pattern.
Lollipop brings support for RAW mode so these problems go away then, or are at least partially mitigated (at the cost of a little post-processing, anyway). Even the odd pink blob problem, if it turns out to be hardware related, could be almost entirely handled there.

Been busy but just managed to get back to the issue and photograph the book again.
It seems to be a white balance issue with Superior Auto mode not selecting the correct white balance setting for the image. The first image I took was with Superior Auto mode selected and the second image with Manual mode and white balance set to cloudy. It was an interior shot and not a particularly sunny day outside but the second image with Manual Mode is a better representation of the colour of the book. I even notice this outside and will take try and get some more shots to show the issue.
I'm disappointed that the Superior Auto mode isn't picking the correct balance. The reds appear to have a cool blue feel to them, and I bought the Z3 so I could have a phone with a above average camera on it that I can pull out and capture moment without worrying too much about the settings. Maybe i'm being over critical but it seems to struggle in areas that even my girlfriends iPhone 4s has no problem with.

Darles2012 said:
Been busy but just managed to get back to the issue and photograph the book again.
It seems to be a white balance issue with Superior Auto mode not selecting the correct white balance setting for the image. The first image I took was with Superior Auto mode selected and the second image with Manual mode and white balance set to cloudy. It was an interior shot and not a particularly sunny day outside but the second image with Manual Mode is a better representation of the colour of the book. I even notice this outside and will take try and get some more shots to show the issue.
I'm disappointed that the Superior Auto mode isn't picking the correct balance. The reds appear to have a cool blue feel to them, and I bought the Z3 so I could have a phone with a above average camera on it that I can pull out and capture moment without worrying too much about the settings. Maybe i'm being over critical but it seems to struggle in areas that even my girlfriends iPhone 4s has no problem with.
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I've not experimented with the camera too much. I've taken a few pictures in good light and without too critical an inspection they look fantastic. Your first image below looks as if it might suffer from the `pink dot` problem. You can't really tell because of the colour of the left part of the picture but it does look like it. If you tried that again on a white background perhaps it would be clearer. You could take a picture of a white piece of paper in different modes/white balances and see if there's a problem, and if so a pattern to the problem. If the problem is only in some white balances then it suggests it's not a hardware problem and therefore a software fix could sort it. From what I know, white balance is a software thing where RGB values are biased differently; perhaps there's a bug there. Auto white balance, even on professional cameras, isn't always perfect. I've an EOS400D camera and I tend to shoot in RAW mode (which will be supported in Lollipop) where the white balance selected is not "burnt in" to the image and can be changed losslessly in post production.

I went on a trip to the beach at the weekend and had to bin all my Superior Auto shots as they came out absolutely awful. All of the 20mp manual shots came out great if not a little over exposed on the sun
Try also turning off X-reality as it makes reds look a bit more purple.
I've found manual mode takes great pics and reproduces the colours brilliantly.

Try changing the white balance, manual mode is better, though even I like to just point and shoot. Hopefully auto mode will be fixed in an update.

Jonathan-H said:
I went on a trip to the beach at the weekend and had to bin all my Superior Auto shots as they came out absolutely awful. All of the 20mp manual shots came out great if not a little over exposed on the sun
Try also turning off X-reality as it makes reds look a bit more purple.
I've found manual mode takes great pics and reproduces the colours brilliantly.
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Agreed. It's pretty awful, it's obviously not selecting the correct white balance mode. As you can see from the first pic below...it's ridiculously bad. The second is shot with Manual Mode and it a lot more acurate.
abhinav.tella said:
Try changing the white balance, manual mode is better, though even I like to just point and shoot. Hopefully auto mode will be fixed in an update.
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Yes it is better. I guess i'll have to leave the camera setting on Manual as much as possible and just make a quick WB change before closing the shutter. I'll get in touch with Sony again and raise the issue although last time they just suggested a software repair which didn't really change anything. Like you said, hopefully the can release a software fix although, judging by their response to the pink spot issue I won't be holding my breath.

Darles2012 said:
Agreed. It's pretty awful, it's obviously not selecting the correct white balance mode. As you can see from the first pic below...it's ridiculously bad. The second is shot with Manual Mode and it a lot more acurate.
Yes it is better. I guess i'll have to leave the camera setting on Manual as much as possible and just make a quick WB change before closing the shutter. I'll get in touch with Sony again and raise the issue although last time they just suggested a software repair which didn't really change anything. Like you said, hopefully the can release a software fix although, judging by their response to the pink spot issue I won't be holding my breath.
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They still won't admit there's an issue until they found a solution so, I hope the Find one, this is my first phone that does that...

There is same issue on my device(46 week). is software or hardware? Does anyone know?

Try turning off image enhancements like x-reality or super vivid, then view image again.
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Both in Superior Auto Mode
Xperia P
Xperia Z3

infinitylook said:
Try turning off image enhancements like x-reality or super vivid, then view image again.
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I tried. but issue keep going.
Also, I took photo in same settings with other Xperia z3.. The red colours always looks more real than my xperia . and i transfer these image my xperia and looks same real.
Camera hardware is faulty i think but tech service says software and Sony will update it. But Sony no say.

Red to Pink issue
I am pretty amazed this one has not been reported by more users. The sonysupport in Sweden is not aware of the issue, and although I send in pictures as well as the actual Xperia Z3 phone - they will still not admit the problem.
here goes. This is most likely an de-bayer problem creating pictures from the RAW sensor. I note that i bright daylight the RED colours gets over exposed in the process - and produces a pink result. I shadows the result is better.
Also note that the preview of the actually camera , probably generated in a different way internally , show more accurate colours than the the photo itself.
This is a good hint to the developers where the problem is.
With Lollipop 5.0 the api:s for RAW is no available. Sony has decided so far to not make them available in the Xperia version of the 5.02 version. But if they did, then 3;rd party developers could control this de.process from the sensor and produce much better pictures.
So hear hear, Sony developers and product managers . you can fix this - If you do, then the Xperia is truly the king of droids
come on!!
Mysterious92 said:
I tried. but issue keep going.
Also, I took photo in same settings with other Xperia z3.. The red colours always looks more real than my xperia . and i transfer these image my xperia and looks same real.
Camera hardware is faulty i think but tech service says software and Sony will update it. But Sony no say.
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Skaneby said:
I am pretty amazed this one has not been reported by more users.
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I have same issue as well. Picture finder shows nice red colors, but taken pictures are all pink. All image enhancements are off and camera in manual mode - it does not make noticeable improvement at all.
Its a disappointment, especially since phone's camera is reviewed as quite OK.

Darles2012 said:
Agreed. It's pretty awful, it's obviously not selecting the correct white balance mode. As you can see from the first pic below...it's ridiculously bad. The second is shot with Manual Mode and it a lot more acurate.
Yes it is better. I guess i'll have to leave the camera setting on Manual as much as possible and just make a quick WB change before closing the shutter. I'll get in touch with Sony again and raise the issue although last time they just suggested a software repair which didn't really change anything. Like you said, hopefully the can release a software fix although, judging by their response to the pink spot issue I won't be holding my breath.
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Hey. I'm also facing same issue. My Z3c isnt able to recognize Red color properly.
What exact setting you tried in manual mode to get your 2nd image right??

Same here. I have to set manual mode if I want to take precise pictures

nri_tech1183 said:
Hey. I'm also facing same issue. My Z3c isnt able to recognize Red color properly.
What exact setting you tried in manual mode to get your 2nd image right??
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Nowadays I usually go to manual mode and leave the white ballance set to auto. If the colour still looks off then I can adjust the white balance according to the conditions to get the right shot.
I pretty much never use Superior Auto mode for pictures now which is incredibly frustrating when you want to take a quick shot and you have to change the setting to manual. It's one of the few things that has annoyed me about the device. On some levels it's really good but on others it falls short. I want a device that can tsake great images in auto but that I can adjust and play with if I want.
A lot of new device coming out towards autumn. Am pretty resigned to the fact that i'm going to be trading in the Z3 for something else.

Touch Screen Dead-Zone

Lately (since oreo i believe), a lot of phones affected by this weird bug. When you touch the screen, and move your finger really slowly, the OS ignores that slight accurate movement. After a couple of milimeters movement, it then recognize the movement, creating a sudden jump in detection .
It is not a sensitivity issue, because right after you touch the screen, it detects your finger. But the OS maybe choose to disregard that slight accurate movement as accidental.
In my experience, the same thing occurs in Sony XZ2, P20 Pro (now fixed since 120 firmware), in smaller extent in Mix 2s, and yes in OP6 as well (alo not as pronounced but definitely there).
Most users wont be aware of this issue, but avid fps gamers who needs accurate aiming might be troubled in getting their frags.
Check out these videos, one is of oneplus 6, and the other one as a comparison pixel 2 xl with almost zero deadzone.
Oneplus 6
Pixel 2 XL
Anyone else experiencing this "problem"? Still experiencing it on 5.1.6 ..
Huawei recognized this problem and fixed it. So this bug is definitely fixable.
Here is the thread from p20 pro forum
Here is the thread from XZ2 forum

Just test it with the multi-touch app and i can see it too.
But honestly, I was not aware of the issue. I didn't notice a thing in normal use.
Have you reported this to OP?

tWoBrO said:
Just test it with the multi-touch app and i can see it too.
But honestly, I was not aware of the issue. I didn't notice a thing in normal use.
Have you reported this to OP?
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Yes under normal daily use it is definitely not noticeable..
Btw, how to report to OP? Oneplus forums?

I have it as well,
Mine is very annoying because every content that I wanna see is very frustrating because every tiny bit of a swipe makes the page go down or up a lot and fast
Is there any fix to that?

Allesa said:
Yes under normal daily use it is definitely not noticeable..
Btw, how to report to OP? Oneplus forums?
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Here: https://forums.oneplus.com/feedback
They usually contact you in private for more info. Logs and stuff.

https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/touch-screen-latency-deadzone.851559/
Done.. Hopefully they recognize the problem and escalate this.. Loving the phone, but too bad it's unusable to play my kind of games

No one else have an issue with is? Or not a lot of pubg gamers around here?

no issues with pubg here, maybe the custom kernel fixes the issue? not sure but its really responsive with me on blu_spark

virtyx said:
no issues with pubg here, maybe the custom kernel fixes the issue? not sure but its really responsive with me on blu_spark
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if you touch, hold, slowly slide your thumb to aim, will it follow instantly? Or does it have slight delay until it recognize your precise movement?

just a shot in the dark , But try disabling pocket mode under advance see if that makes a difference.

Focus artifacts

When i try to focus on an object with wide lens the following artifacts appear. Even when i save the picture the halo is still there. Has anyone got similar results or do i have a defective device?

tasked28m said:
When i try to focus on an object with wide lens the following artifacts appear. Even when i save the picture the halo is still there. Has anyone got similar results or do i have a defective device?
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I just tried to replicate this with mine, but no "luck" - I don't see this effect...
But then I'm not in as bright surrounding as you seem to be is this effect always visible or only in bright lighting?
Just a thought may be that a lens protector (glass or plastic) could have such an effect....

I could only reproduce it on the beach scenery. Ill post a video to show you exactly how its reproduced

By the way no lens protector is installed.

Gif attached shows what my problem is.

tasked28m said:
Gif attached shows what my problem is.
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Let's hope the woman in the GIF doesn't read and interprete that the way only women are able to interprete statements.
I have no idea about the cause - but I believe you still deserve an answer.
Questions: Where does the effect occur? Only in the viewfinder and/or in the finished picture? (I read your first post, still wish to make sure I got everything right.)
Does it happen with still photos or videos?
Does it also happen if you hold the phone horizontally (landscape)?
Which firmware version?
I tried to reproduce that fault although I had no ocean at hand - but never succeeded to achieve that effect.
Must be a software problem, maybe a firmware update solves it. Or a hard reset - but I don't like suggesting the typical manufacturer's helpdesk suggestion if they haven't got any clue but wish to get rid of the customer quickly.

Klosterbruder said:
Let's hope the woman in the GIF doesn't read and interprete that the way only women are able to interprete statements.
I have no idea about the cause - but I believe you still deserve an answer.
Questions: Where does the effect occur? Only in the viewfinder and/or in the finished picture? (I read your first post, still wish to make sure I got everything right.)
Does it happen with still photos or videos?
Does it also happen if you hold the phone horizontally (landscape)?
Which firmware version?
I tried to reproduce that fault although I had no ocean at hand - but never succeeded to achieve that effect.
Must be a software problem, maybe a firmware update solves it. Or a hard reset - but I don't like suggesting the typical manufacturer's helpdesk suggestion if they haven't got any clue but wish to get rid of the customer quickly.
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Both viewfinder and finished picture. I could only reproduce it when the background was a beach only with wide lens. Ill try testing when the background is flat maybe in a field or something. I think thats the trigger with the halos. Didnt try it on video though. Firmware wise am on . 121.
And my woman should stay away from xda. For my sake

Hello once more!
tasked28m said:
Both viewfinder and finished picture. I could only reproduce it when the background was a beach only with wide lens. Ill try testing when the background is flat maybe in a field or something. I think thats the trigger with the halos.
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Due to the lower color depth, your GIF shows "banding", larger areas of the same color/brightness. Interestingly, it's one of these "bands" with gets replaced by white.
And if this phenomenon only occurs with a beach scene, it might be small areas of extreme brightness (like sun reflections in the water) triggering a software fault.
At least that's my guess. And that's why I mentioned I had no ocean at hand for trying.
Nokia's N8 had a similar, but not identical problem: If there were tiny spots of extreme brightness in a scene, the software rendered white circles or halos around that spots. Much smaller and perfectly circular, also the circles were solid white, not "just" rings like in your photos.
Maybe it's a similar thing with the P40 Pro.
The good news: It's a software problem which can be solved.
Didnt try it on video though. Firmware wise am on . 121.
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Same with me. There's a lot of nuisances with the camera software, especially with the real bad, non-practical UI, but overall the P40 Pro really tops all of it's competition.
Let's just hope Huawei gets aware of the problems, soon.
And my woman should stay away from xda. For my sake
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There's no other living beings on earth being perfectly able to interprete nice words as bad words like women.

That's my understanding too. Ultra bright areas confuse the software. I reported it to their support team. Maybe there will be a fix. Am sure if more people will encounter it as soon as they go to a beach it will be reported and hopefully we get a fix. Wide lens on such scenery is a must anyways.

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