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Nexus 5 not focusing

I'm aware the stock camera app leaves a lot to be desired, but my Nexus 5 seems to be stuck at a specific focal length. I cannot focus on items if they aren't 15 feet away or so. The tap to focus gives me the focus animation and even turns green, but the object still isn't in focus. Checked all the settings already. Anyone else having this issue?
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Cyberdan3 said:
I'm aware the stock camera app leaves a lot to be desired, but my Nexus 5 seems to be stuck at a specific focal length. I cannot focus on items if they aren't 15 feet away or so. The tap to focus gives me the focus animation and even turns green, but the object still isn't in focus. Checked all the settings already. Anyone else having this issue?
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The lens could be misaligned.

u probably have a fault phone..happened to me when i had my htc one..sometimes it wants to focus or would not at all

Tried using a different camera app and doing a factory reset. No luck.
Didn't think I would have to RMA my Nexus as I didn't have any of the problems people are reporting (I must be the only one on the forum with the stuck lens).
Hope the next one is as good as it gets.

Cyberdan3 said:
Tried using a different camera app and doing a factory reset. No luck.
Didn't think I would have to RMA my Nexus as I didn't have any of the problems people are reporting (I must be the only one on the forum with the stuck lens).
Hope the next one is as good as it gets.
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I know it's silly but have you tried cleaning the lens? maybe it got dirty, it's easy to place your fingers where the lens is...

Yup, lens is perfectly clear. I got my replacement ordered, but it says 2-3 weeks till it leaves the warehouse. i thought people were saying that they are shipping out warranty replacements right away...

Cyberdan3 said:
Yup, lens is perfectly clear. I got my replacement ordered, but it says 2-3 weeks till it leaves the warehouse. i thought people were saying that they are shipping out warranty replacements right away...
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I'll have to RMA mine as well, for the same reason. I haven't found any other problems so I'm a bit worried I'll get another with a defect.
Too bad it is that. I might have lived with some other build problem.
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rborg said:
I'll have to RMA mine as well, for the same reason. I haven't found any other problems so I'm a bit worried I'll get another with a defect.
Too bad it is that. I might have lived with some other build problem.
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My replacement works perfectly

Rear camera auto focus

I can't get the rear camera to focus. All I see is blurred
Yes I removed the plastic from the camera. Any one experience this? Thanks
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Terrible
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I was taking some photos last night, and had quite a bit of difficulty trying to focus the image especially with the flash. Other people were taking photos to and the edge took very poor images when both flashes were active. I have upgraded from a galaxy S4 and noticed that it takes some time to process and focus the image is there can be many moving focal points.

Yeah its a hit or miss on the focus. At least in my phone. I could only get it to focus twice out of many tries. Those two focuses took pretty pictures thou. But that's unacceptable. The reason I'm asking is because it could be this phone. I hope we get more responses of people experience with the camera.
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I have no problem with mines. It works great and i even focus on my jeans and could see all the stitching.
Try to clear the camera data.
drag the camera icon to app info. Then clear data and clear cache.
I had to do this on another phone long time ago.

Thank you xile6, I've already clear data and cache several times. Yes if I but my finger close to lens I can make up my finger print, looks nice but when I try to focus on a object about 5 feet away, it doesn't focus.
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Here's another example
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LaloHigh said:
Thank you xile6, I've already clear data and cache several times. Yes if I but my finger close to lens I can make up my finger print, looks nice but when I try to focus on a object about 5 feet away, it doesn't focus.
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hmm
That is very weird. Mines is fine i can focus just fine on everything.
You do have it on auto mode? see if changing it to a different mode helps out.
I wish you the best and hope its not a hardware problem

xile6 said:
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That is very weird. Mines is fine i can focus just fine on everything.
You do have it on auto mode? see if changing it to a different mode helps out.
I wish you the best and hope its not a hardware problem
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My camera is fine too... Don't seemt o have any issues. Check your setting, maybe you have selective focus on?

Thank you all, I think it's a hardware problem. I've checked all the modes and it's the same thing. I've performed a factory reset and it's the same. Going to have to pay a visit to the store tomorrow.
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Confirmed, defective phone. They replaced the phone with another new one and this one know focus and takes very nice pictures. The lady didn't even hesitate to swap it. Maybe they had another return with the same issue. Thank you all for the feedback.
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LaloHigh said:
Confirmed, defective phone. They replaced the phone with another new one and this one know focus and takes very nice pictures. The lady didn't even hesitate to swap it. Maybe they had another return with the same issue. Thank you all for the feedback.
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Thats good you got it return. Glad they had more in stock for the return.
I sure hope its not alot of them that have this problem. I remember the HTC One M7 had purple tint in low light. It would happen months after having the phone.

I hink this is a samsung issue. My gear 2 got stuck in micro mode and had to be replaced too.

I can defently tell you that I bought a defective phone. They replaced it and the camera came from bad to super nice .
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Glad I'm not alone with focusing problems...
Here is my topic : Note 4 camera won't lock focus + blurry edges on pictures with far focus
Best regards,
Chris.

Sounds like a Samsung problem. My wife is on her second Note Edge with a focus problem. It focuses when you shake the camera. AT&T had told me twice that it's a software problem. Apparently they think we are idiots.
They won't warranty the second phone even though it's only 7 days old because the we bought her first phone 31 days ago.... 1 day past the 30 day warranty. I hate the crooks at AT&T.

Mine has this problem intermittently. When i close out and go back in it seams to focus
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I think the selected SD card may cause the focus delaying. i selected device option and the focus instantly enabled. anyone can experiment the location selection whoever has microsd inserted?

I don't have an SD card in mine so it goes straight to the internal storage

T-Mobile update

I thought this was the one but it was a false alarm and I haven't noticed anything different yet lol.
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What's this android for work function? I also hope the battery life gets better.

Just got the OTA too. COJ5.

johnny tsunami said:
What's this android for work function? I also hope the battery life gets better.
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That's what I'm trying to figure out myself lol.
Looks like app optimization has been added.
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Hopefully it fixes cell standby drain.
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shook187 said:
Hopefully it fixes cell standby drain.
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Hopefully custom ROMs and kernels are still compatible.

If you want to download the ODIN file.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347852281

The first thing I noticed after the update was improved fingerprint recognition. I've never had issues with my thumbs not reading, but it seemed my index fingers had to be perfectly aligned in order to unlock my phone. Now they work at off angles and much quicker.
I also promptly froze the Gear VR apps since I don't want to risk battery hits from something I won't use.
Anyone use stock messaging? I'm curious if the awful delay when trying to send a message is gone.

Just a question. With the app optimization do we still need greenery? Just wondering.
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Weird thing I noticed was when when I factory reset after I took the update factory recovery was saying something about dfverify tree or something like that.

Interesting; I just had my Note5 unlocked and with my AT&T SIM in, I was able to download and install the update OTA.
Happy to see all known Stagefright vulnerabilities are now addressed.

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Interesting; I just had my Note5 unlocked and with my AT&T SIM in, I was able to download and install the update OTA.
Happy to see all known Stagefright vulnerabilities are now addressed.
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Why wouldn't you get the update? I don't think SIM card mean anything.
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shook187 said:
Why wouldn't you get the update? I don't think SIM card mean anything.
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SIM cards are used to determine OTAs for Nexus devices. But you are correct that they typically don't matter for other OEMs because each carrier gets a different model number assigned to their hardware variant.

peterfabri18 said:
Just a question. With the app optimization do we still need greenery? Just wondering.
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Greenify? I'm wondering the same.

Wireless charging is being a lot more picky about where I place my phone on the pad after the update. I have to set it down a bit higher on the phone rather than centered like usual.

DJ ELITE said:
Greenify? I'm wondering the same.
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Why, doze isn't until Marshmallow. Is that why you're wondering?
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Daiskei said:
Wireless charging is being a lot more picky about where I place my phone on the pad after the update. I have to set it down a bit higher on the phone rather than centered like usual.
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thats upsetting
i was having this problem prior to the update, was hoping for a fix
Samsung wireless charger is supper picky, third party ones, not so much

I'm already noticing improved battery life.
Unplugged for 3.5 hours, and in the marginal LTE/H area that I am for work, I would be down 20% or more with light usage. As of now, I'm at 89%.

Is anyone else experiencing issues with Text Messages? I'm using the stock messaging app (after I started having issues with EvolveSMS). I'll get the same text messages from someone 5 to 7 times, kind of getting annoying when my S2 vibrates and get's blown up with notifications.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Low Light Test

Hi guys,
Got my hands on a European S7 for a day or two, I won't go into details but here are some low light camera shots.
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Much appreciated. Do they look over exposed to you? Is it the best camera you've ever used?
I've ordered but am not excited, my nexus 6p is doing just fine
And finally, are we Europeans getting the EXYNOS?

lawtq said:
Much appreciated. Do they look over exposed to you? Is it the best camera you've ever used?
I've ordered but am not excited, my nexus 6p is doing just fine
And finally, are we Europeans getting the EXYNOS?
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I think this is Exynos but I cannot be certain. Any application I use to check the specs comes back as "Processor Unknown"
In regards to the pictures, all I can say is the first few were taken in extremely dark environments and whilst I was pleased with the results when viewing on screen, when enlarged they are not fantastic.
HOWEVER I don't think I have ever used a camera on a smartphone as good as this in low light. In normal lighting conditions, the 6S Plus (my daily driver) seems better but this is without extensive testing, the S7 really shines in low light situations.
It's as great camera and I doubt anybody will have any issues with its performance.
In regards to the S7 itself, there is the occasional lag on the operating system however all in all it builds on last year and it's much smoother.
I've owned every Galaxy S device, and by far this is the best generation but anybody coming from an S6 will struggle to be excited. It's certainly not as fluid as a 6P, which I have owned too.
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Was this with flash enabled?

contentryder said:
Was this with flash enabled?
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Yes, on all of them.
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jaaystott said:
Yes, on all of them.
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Then what was the entire point of this thread if you had the flash on. Smh
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I would think because that is how most people actually take pictures when it is dark... So it is a real world test, not some theoretical/lab nonsense.
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Really for a low light test you really shouldn't be using the flash lol.

Maybe so, but pretty much everyone I know leaves the settings all on auto, which usually uses the flash when it's dark.
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JasonJoel said:
Maybe so, but pretty much everyone I know leaves the settings all on auto, which usually uses the flash when it's dark.
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It's all good bro. I'm just messing with you.
I just said that as the title suggests low light test, meaning not even the flash.

Hello
Some of my low light pictures taken with SM-G935F

I think the photo are very good. Of course you use flash light in this condition.

jeffonion said:
I think the photo are very good. Of course you use flash light in this condition.
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If you use the flash which we all know is a light source then how can you test how the camera performs in low light?

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T-Mobile Updates

Samsung seems to be throwing their weight around like they should have been. I have seen more updates in less than a month than a lot of their device has seen in 2 years.
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Tidbits said:
Samsung seems to be throwing their weight around like they should have been. I have seen more updates in less than a month than a lot of their device has seen in 2 years. View attachment 4135257
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I just got that and it's downloading
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I will be impressed if Samsung keeps this up.
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It's red tint fix if anyone is wondering

bubblebuddyi said:
It's red tint fix if anyone is wondering
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I assumed that, and there is other bug fixes or at least it seems to me. Bixby button responds better to press just as an example. I wish carriers and OEMs would give out better change logs.
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Never had that red tint on my s8+
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Tidbits said:
I assumed that, and there is other bug fixes or at least it seems to me. Bixby button responds better to press just as an example. I wish carriers and OEMs would give out better change logs.
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1st did you have any performance issues after this update? (I know devices vary with different problems) 2nd what theme you got going on there? Lol

mlock420 said:
1st did you have any performance issues after this update? (I know devices vary with different problems) 2nd what theme you got going on there? Lol
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I haven't seen any hiccups or anything like that so far. Been going through the settings and such to find any changes or see if certain bugs are fixed. For example the hide edge panel still doesn't work from the lock screen.
The theme is metallic dark
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Tidbits said:
I haven't seen any hiccups or anything like that so far. Been going through the settings and such to find any changes or see if certain bugs are fixed. For example the hide edge panel still doesn't work from the lock screen.
The theme is metallic dark
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Thanks....

mlock420 said:
1st did you have any performance issues after this update? (I know devices vary with different problems) 2nd what theme you got going on there? Lol
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I haven't had any issues after my update either. Loving the phone so far.
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Tidbits said:
Samsung seems to be throwing their weight around like they should have been. I have seen more updates in less than a month than a lot of their device has seen in 2 years.
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Not here. In Canada we are yet to receive even a single update. Le sigh...

dhorgas said:
Not here. In Canada we are yet to receive even a single update. Le sigh...
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Last I remember y'all got more rules than the bible does lol.
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Tidbits said:
Last I remember y'all got more rules than the bible does lol.
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Can't speak your mind in Canada allegedly....

Tidbits said:
Last I remember y'all got more rules than the bible does lol.
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It's the freaking wireless carriers who are in collusion with our regulatory bodies. They are untouchable and provide only the bare minimum required service while charging maximum dollar for it.