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slow camera opening

Hey, does anyone else find that the camera on the P9 takes a good 5 or so seconds from clicking the app to it actually displaying the image(this happens randomly but not always)? I find it stays black for a few seconds before it finally displays what the camera sees. Every other app is quick to open though ?

hamud.q said:
Hey, does anyone else find that the camera on the P9 takes a good 5 or so seconds from clicking the app to it actually displaying the image(this happens randomly but not always)? I find it stays black for a few seconds before it finally displays what the camera sees. Every other app is quick to open though ?
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I get this. I wondered if it started when I set the default storage location to SD card.
But, as you say, sometimes it is very quick.

Roboffabike said:
I get this. I wondered if it started when I set the default storage location to SD card.
But, as you say, sometimes it is very quick.
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I disabled the "priority to sd" and will check if the problem fixed and report back .
btw do u have problem when recording video using snapchat the camera automatically zoomed in ? can you check this for me ?

hamud.q said:
I disabled the "priority to sd" and will check if the problem fixed and report back .
btw do u have problem when recording video using snapchat the camera automatically zoomed in ? can you check this for me ?
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Don't use Snapchat I'm afraid.
I have tested swapping the "priority to SD" flag but it is still inconsistent.

it seems that the problem fixed after disabled (priority to SD) and then take any picture. (so when open camera will load latest photo from internal storage not SD) .

I have this issue too. If the camera is still in the recent app cache it will open instantly. If I close it out and leave it about 5 minutes it can take at least 5 seconds before I can see the on screen image and take a photo...
I don't have the priority SD card switched on. I'm on the UK Vodafone SKU
Any ideas?

the problem is still exist after disabled the priority to sd . (it was ok for one day after disabled priority to sd but the problem back again yesterday) so it's not related to sd card . and it's really annoying when you want to take a picture you will miss it because of slow opening that happens randomly .

I tried the camera in safe mode and it seemed to work fine. Could be a third party app that is trying to launch at the same time.
I'll try investigate further.

Jack_R89 said:
I tried the camera in safe mode and it seemed to work fine. Could be a third party app that is trying to launch at the same time.
I'll try investigate further.
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ok . please keep us updated

So. Definitely looks to be a software issue. Either at the system level or third party apps. Most likely the latter.
I downloaded Open Camera and had the same inconsistent opening times. After I removed it from recents and opened a few other apps, Open Camera took around 3-5 seconds to be ready to take a shot.
Not sure which app is influencing it so much. So time to start disabling things and testing further. Joy.....

Hey hamud. What software version and SKU are you using?

Jack_R89 said:
Hey hamud. What software version and SKU are you using?
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model: EVAL19
soft:eva-L19C185B170

it seems that not everyone has this problem ? what do you think?

How fast does camera open from locked phone if you use the power button and volume down button with to take a photo as soon as it opens?
It tells you speed on screen, maybe we can compare this too? I am getting 1.1 to 1.5 seconds.

shaunydub said:
How fast does camera open from locked phone if you use the power button and volume down button with to take a photo as soon as it opens?
It tells you speed on screen, maybe we can compare this too? I am getting 1.1 to 1.5 seconds.
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you mean double tap the volume down while phone is locked ?

Sorry yes double tap, I always forget how to it and takes me longer than the actual camera to open and shoot.
I just came from Windows phones and am used to having dedicated camera button so am still adjusting.

The ultra snapshot took 1.7 seconds. But immediately after that the camera app was frozen for about 5 seconds before the screen showed live what the lens was seeing and let me take another shot. Really frustrating.

for me it took 1.0 , 1.7 and 2.4. I think the problem with huawei firmware. can you share your software version ?

EVAL09
C02B133
I tired removing well known resource heavy apps. Facebook, Twitter etc but no change. I removed AL3 as my launcher and went back to stock. Seemed to improve slightly but still get the 5-7 second freeze every now and again.

so it's not related to my model eval19 . so Huawei must know about this problem to solve it in new update . but I don't know how ?

Those of you on pie with camera issues, let's make some noise

Those of you who think you solved the problem by "doing a clean flash" feel free to show yourself out, you're not helping us we've already done that. Some of us several times.
OnePlus forums are broken for me, I can't register, it keeps just sending me back to the OP home page. Several people have the same problem there. So this is the last hope for those of us with pie camera issues, I don't know that OP has acknowledged camera issues so if we want any help, the best thing we can do is work together, make some noise, so OP can actually see the problem. Personally, no amount of reflashing, downloading, etc will fix the issue on pie for me. I'm rooted with Magisk and unlocked bootloader obviously, that's it. No kernels or custom "ROM" or anything.
Again, if you've solved it, good for you, get out. You have nothing to contribute to this thread and I know this forum is absolutely loaded with trolls who just blame everyone else for every ROM problem.

TheNetwork said:
Those of you who think you solved the problem by "doing a clean flash" feel free to show yourself out, you're not helping us we've already done that. Some of us several times.
OnePlus forums are broken for me, I can't register, it keeps just sending me back to the OP home page. Several people have the same problem there. So this is the last hope for those of us with pie camera issues, I don't know that OP has acknowledged camera issues so if we want any help, the best thing we can do is work together, make some noise, so OP can actually see the problem. Personally, no amount of reflashing, downloading, etc will fix the issue on pie for me. I'm rooted with Magisk and unlocked bootloader obviously, that's it. No kernels or custom "ROM" or anything.
Again, if you've solved it, good for you, get out. You have nothing to contribute to this thread and I know this forum is absolutely loaded with trolls who just blame everyone else for every ROM problem.
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I agree this is a very anoying bugg..
I am a Developer myself so i did the usual things to try solve this problem.
I run stock software

Nark0tiX said:
I agree this is a very anoying bugg..
I am a Developer myself so i did the usual things to try solve this problem.
I run stock software
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Yep, my friend also works in testing firmware and hardware compatibility on android phones and as soon as I told him more than just a few people (I've seen at least 15 different people report this issue, and let's be honest a lot of people won't bother to report it and even more people don't have accounts here to post it if they do have the issue) had it he said sounds like firmware issue, possibly related to hardware revisions.
Boring explanation warning: For example there may be very slight differences in say CPU or camera hardware, enough that it passed bench testing or was supposed to not even require bench testing because it was guaranteed 100% compatible, but as time goes on, maybe just one line of code somewhere does something that causes the very slight difference to manifest itself in a way that becomes apparent to everyday users.
That's just one possibility out of dozens though.

I agree in 100%, it's something broken with camera on Oxygen based on Pie.
I use the stock ROM, i did full wipe etc without positive effects.
We wan't fix or update to use the phone normally...

What is the Camera issue ?
Maybe if you are specific and tell us what is wrong with the Camera ?
How can anybody help if you can not be bothered to say what the problem is ?
.... Do not have kittens, I done a Google search and all I found was several months ago some talk about focusing.
I took some pictures ... not many but so far so good.
I would be more than happy to complain .... what do I look for ?

AstroDigital said:
What is the Camera issue ?
Maybe if you are specific and tell us what is wrong with the Camera ?
How can anybody help if you can not be bothered to say what the problem is ?
.... Do not have kittens, I done a Google search and all I found was several months ago some talk about focusing.
I took some pictures ... not many but so far so good.
I would be more than happy to complain .... what do I look for ?
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For example: Snapchat app. After 5s app frozen, black screen. On other phones everything ok...
Oneplus 6 & Tapatalk

For me, when I open snapchat, the camera will usually work for 5 to 20 seconds, no more, then the image freezes for a second before it goes black, and then every app that uses the camera for a little while will freeze/crash. Including the stock camera app if you try to access camera features in those apps.
Say I just turned on my phone, I go to open snapchat and the screen works as a viewfinder like normal for maybe 5-20 seconds, then the image freezes for a second before it goes black. The snapchat app no longer responds. If I try to open the camera in another app (say discord, stock camera app, instagram, etc) that app then freezes too. Half the time the only way to fix it is to force close all involved apps.
It goes back to working again within 5-10 minutes but you only have generally 5-10 seconds to take a picture before it freezes and does the same thing.
Occasionally when I open the stock camera app after snapchat freezes, it closes itself and a little toast notification on the bottom of the screen says "Unknown error". Usually camera app opens fine after that.

I think this tread explains very well and in detail, the REAL problems with OP6...
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-6-camera-takes-blurry-and-noisy-pictures.864226/
Painted faces, lack of detail, wrong temperature colour....etc,etc....

I am also experiencing these issues since i upadated to official Pie, didn't have any problem with DP1 & DP3 thought. Also i only have this on Snapchat, didn't experience any problems with the official camera.
Let's hope it's a known issue and that it will be solved in the next update.

Where exactly do we complain?
I have the same issue as well. My fiance does too. I'm on xXx module with EX kernel and my fiance is 100% stock with a locked bootloader.
I've done a clean flash before as well.
Sounds like it's either a snapchat issue or OP issue. I think there was some notes from other users having issues taking pictures with WhatsApp since pie. Could be related

spartan268 said:
Where exactly do we complain?
I have the same issue as well. My fiance does too. I'm on xXx module with EX kernel and my fiance is 100% stock with a locked bootloader.
I've done a clean flash before as well.
Sounds like it's either a snapchat issue or OP issue. I think there was some notes from other users having issues taking pictures with WhatsApp since pie. Could be related
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Try emailing both snapchat support and posting on the OnePlus 6 official forum (on the oneplus website). I feel like it's not snapchat because it's happened on other apps for me.

I am on OB4 and have some other camera issues. When U open the camera app and select Timelapse all I get is the video capture screen and no option to set the time lapse setting. I alse get the standard 1x , 2x zoom option and it all it does is zoomes.

focus sucks
I'm on stock Pie, no root - some examples here how the focus socks: auto mode, (1) normal photo (2)about 3.5 zoom (3)~x5 (4) x8 I have gopro modified handlebar attachment on my bike, so consider it as if those pics were taken still and steady from a tripod.

focus sucks cont.
My phone/camera field stand - 2 pics, the 3rd pick shows zoomed detail of one of the islands there taken with my cheap, pocket Casio EX-ZR800 which has unbelievable zoom: x18 optical + x36 so called 'SR Zoom, does 1000fps as well, 224x64only let's hope they bring some of that technology to phones soon.

RzuwBuotny said:
For example: Snapchat app. After 5s app frozen, black screen. On other phones everything ok...
Oneplus 6 & Tapatalk
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TheNetwork said:
For me, when I open snapchat, the camera will usually work for 5 to 20 seconds, no more, then the image freezes for a second before it goes black, and then every app that uses the camera for a little while will freeze/crash. Including the stock camera app if you try to access camera features in those apps.
Say I just turned on my phone, I go to open snapchat and the screen works as a viewfinder like normal for maybe 5-20 seconds, then the image freezes for a second before it goes black. The snapchat app no longer responds. If I try to open the camera in another app (say discord, stock camera app, instagram, etc) that app then freezes too. Half the time the only way to fix it is to force close all involved apps.
It goes back to working again within 5-10 minutes but you only have generally 5-10 seconds to take a picture before it freezes and does the same thing.
Occasionally when I open the stock camera app after snapchat freezes, it closes itself and a little toast notification on the bottom of the screen says "Unknown error". Usually camera app opens fine after that.
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Excactly the same problem here
Also with the regular camera app + when watching Instagram stories

Nark0tiX said:
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Excactly the same problem here
Also with the regular camera app + when watching Instagram stories
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After today update i dont have issues with Snapchat.
Wysłane z mojego ONEPLUS A6003 przy użyciu Tapatalka

I also experience trouble with the camera. Zoomed in using snap. When I take pictures with stock camera app the shutter seems rly slow. Bad focus etc. Everything worked fine before Android pie. Good thread!

I was waiting to see if it would immediately **** up after I posted this, but it's been a few days since the last snapchat update and I no longer have the problem at all, at least that I ever noticed.

TheNetwork said:
I was waiting to see if it would immediately **** up after I posted this, but it's been a few days since the last snapchat update and I no longer have the problem at all, at least that I ever noticed.
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Same here. At first I thought it's cause I don't let it focus anymore since that causes the issue but it seems to be resolved for now. Now time for the rest of the pie issues to be fixed.

Agree. Happening with all the apps which use the system's camera. However, If we use the Camera app then it will work. but any 3rd party app that uses system camera it got stuck and crash.

Global Update 1.8.10

new update pushing to global Nex

Haven't noticed any major differences from the last version. Waiting for Android Pie...

little improve in video quality
and notice something happed to the screen when play hdr video on youtube
also the quality of taking picture from front camera in WhatsApp and snapchat improved

Snapchat's front camera photos are still beautified or not sharp.
I sorry for my English, I use Google Translate.

App clone is broken.
My second whatsapp doesn't show up anywhere after the update.

is there a direct link to download this or any Nex S firmware so that I can flash it?

Vivo customer service is awesome. The fingerpint not working/appearing issue with the last update, when AOD is off and proximity sensor(infrared sensor) is triggered is FIXED after discussion/video of issue with customer support

Number 8 said:
Haven't noticed any major differences from the last version. Waiting for Android Pie...
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I am using Nova Launcher with the Nova Companion for the Google Feed. It was stuttering before and now it runs mch smoother.

guys this group Telegram international for vivo nex s:
https://t.me/vivonexSinternational

1. Finger print reader now wixked fast
2. YouTube color - worse then last update
3. Screen white balance = TOTALLY RUINED!!
That's my initial observations....more to follow.

roxboxxx said:
1. Finger print reader now wixked fast
2. YouTube color - worse then last update
3. Screen white balance = TOTALLY RUINED!!
That's my initial observations....more to follow.
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Updated to 1.8.10 yesterday and tried using Lens and Assistant this morning but both seem broken. Lens says "thanks for updating, we will be available soon" or something like that. Assistant freezes the phone and won't open at all.
Anyone else have this problem?
Agreed that fps is faster but haven't noticed the other two.

Hmm....the stock "launcher" k8nd of restarts several times a day, like I go to home screen and it displays only loading... For a couple of seconds, then the homescreen apears...like after a fresh boot up?!

CapraSebi said:
Hmm....the stock "launcher" k8nd of restarts several times a day, like I go to home screen and it displays only loading... For a couple of seconds, then the homescreen apears...like after a fresh boot up?!
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Happens to me too. Mostly when I go home after browsing the net.

Battery life after update now halved. Not a good update. I reported to support but doubt there will be a solution. Anyone else having poor battery life ?

roxboxxx said:
Battery life after update now halved. Not a good update. I reported to support but doubt there will be a solution. Anyone else having poor battery life ?
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I am not experiencing any problems everyone else is describing.

For me updated working very nicely. No issues in launcher and camera quality has been improved specially for selfie camera.

0 issues

Double tap to close the screen still doesn't work.
AOD still doesn't work with third party apps (except for WhatsApp).
Very few skins for AOD

Pussybär said:
Double tap to close the screen still doesn't work.
AOD still doesn't work with third party apps (except for WhatsApp).
Very few skins for AOD
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A double tap to turn off the screen works but on the lock screen. You will wake up with a double throttle to wake up the screen and extinguish it with a double thump.
I sorry for my English, I use Google Translate.

For custom launchers, try to clean cache files. I had faced some issues before cleaned caching
No issues after that, even in the duration of battery life

Xperia 5 Android 11 Updates

Hello the long awaited update has finally arrived haven't downloaded it yet and installed it, so cant say what new yet.

nolihowell said:
Hello the long awaited update has finally arrived haven't downloaded it yet and installed it, so cant say what new yet.
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I don't received it yet in Italy. :-(

Federico Bonomo said:
I don't received it yet in Italy. :-(
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Only Southeast Asia and Russia is available for now.

I have just installed the new update. I will be uploading the update video on youtube so stay tune.

nolihowell said:
Only Southeast Asia and Russia is available for now.
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Can I download it with vpn like my old oneplus3?

Federico Bonomo said:
Can I download it with vpn like my old oneplus3?
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You can download it manually using xperifirm and flash it using flashtool.

You can do it all with flashtool 0.9.33.0, download and install because flashtool has xperifirm inside.

Hello everyone here are the rest of the settings screenshots.

I installed RU version and my
Fingerprint sensor sometimes doesn't work properly
... now...option to register finger disappeared from menu and from firmware test menu too...
... damn... do u have that trouble too?

Saiphable said:
I installed RU version and my
Fingerprint sensor sometimes doesn't work properly
... now...option to register finger disappeared from menu and from firmware test menu too...
... damn... do u have that trouble too?
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With the current build of android 11 it seems like the fingerprint is missing as an option under security setting.

I assume no photography pro app still? And does gestures work with 3rs party launchers?

GTRX3 said:
I assume no photography pro app still? And does gestures work with 3rs party launchers?
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I don't think that Sony respects last year's models enough to give them Photo Pro

I just got the update today and now my phone is extremely slow to unlock/light up the screen after i press the unlock button, does anyone experience this too ?

Today I had the update as well. At first glance, no big changes. The only thing I noticed is that the options and icons on the top bar have changed. And the powermenu. I keep investigating.

Ceslawii said:
I just got the update today and now my phone is extremely slow to unlock/light up the screen after i press the unlock button, does anyone experience this too ?
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I certainly don't face such an issue! The animations though, are a bit slower than they were on Android 10.

I am experiencing persistent bugs in Android 11 Update when you charge your phone completely turned off the power button have a delay response to power it on again and when you watch a movie on the sony album app the navigation buttons fades away then if you use the mx player as an alternative video app it closes from time to time it never happens in Android 10.

Ceslawii said:
I just got the update today and now my phone is extremely slow to unlock/light up the screen after i press the unlock button, does anyone experience this too ?
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I had this problem but I solved it by doing a repair from the Xperia companion.
nolihowell said:
I am experiencing persistent bugs in Android 11 Update when you charge your phone completely turned off the power button have a delay response to power it on again and when you watch a movie on the sony album app the navigation buttons fades away then if you use the mx player as an alternative video app it closes from time to time it never happens in Android 10.
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It happened to me on the official youtube app. The controls disappear and the screen is no longer responding.
I think they have more bugs than I expected. We will have to wait for more updates.

akitomartin said:
I had this problem but I solved it by doing a repair from the Xperia companion.
It happened to me on the official youtube app. The controls disappear and the screen is no longer responding.
I think they have more bugs than I expected. We will have to wait for more updates.
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I don't have bugs but, the Overall experience feels kind of slower. Not slow, but slower than it used to be. The boot up also is about 5-7 seconds slower. It feels like they put some weight on the phone.
Edit : I will wait for a next update, to see if it fixes the phone's speed. Even though I don't think it will. If not, I'll do a clean install, and if even after it things don't change, previous Android 10 will be my daily driver.

akitomartin said:
I had this problem but I solved it by doing a repair from the Xperia companion.
It happened to me on the official youtube app. The controls disappear and the screen is no longer responding.
I think they have more bugs than I expected. We will have to wait for more updates.
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Yes there's some versions of the YouTube app that closes on me too.

kwstas 13 said:
I don't have bugs but, the Overall experience feels kind of slower. Not slow, but slower than it used to be. The boot up also is about 5-7 seconds slower. It feels like they put some weight on the phone.
Edit : I will wait for a next update, to see if it fixes the phone's speed. Even though I don't think it will. If not, I'll do a clean install, and if even after it things don't change, previous Android 10 will be my daily driver.
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Weird that you're boot up is slow mine seems faster and the boot animation now works than in Android 10 doesnt work it seems like it freezes.

Question Stuttering on scroll when 90hz mode activated

Using 60hz the scroll is normal (web browser, apps, etc) but when stitching to 90hz more of the time the scroll is horrible, stuttering a lot. Sometimes it fixes rebooting and clearing the cache, but after a while it broke again.

Legoles said:
Using 60hz the scroll is normal (web browser, apps, etc) but when stitching to 90hz more of the time the scroll is horrible, stuttering a lot. Sometimes it fixes rebooting and clearing the cache, but after a while it broke again.
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Hi, just got this phone from work. Same behaviour... 90hz basically unusable.

I'm so surprised there is nothing about this on XDA nor reddit except this topic. I literally tried everything

put the phone on 3g, the problem gone

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put the phone on 3g, the problem gone
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Despite that it looked very unrelated, I tried. Needless to say it did not fix the problem at all.