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problem with camera

hi!
i have black things on the camera:
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long time ago i had same thing but huge!!! then the phone fall again and it disappeared but this came, and now im afraid to throw him again from high place, so im tring from low but it dosent disappeare....
any one know how to fix this?

It is signs of broken camera.. sooner or later your camera will become worst and...... HAHAHA... just kidding.. not sure what exactly that "black things"

thanks...
some1 know what this is???

DubelBoom said:
hi!
i have black things on the camera:
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long time ago i had same thing but huge!!! then the phone fall again and it disappeared but this came, and now im afraid to throw him again from high place, so im tring from low but it dosent disappeare....
any one know how to fix this?
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Sorry, can you clarify if you are throwing your phone on the ground in an effort to fix this? If so, stop. Seriously, don't do it.
Looks like dirt on the lens. Is it on every picture you take?

Mr_JMM said:
Sorry, can you clarify if you are throwing your phone on the ground in an effort to fix this? If so, stop. Seriously, don't do it.
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Sound advice.

Mr_JMM said:
Sorry, can you clarify if you are throwing your phone on the ground in an effort to fix this? If so, stop. Seriously, don't do it.
Looks like dirt on the lens. Is it on every picture you take?
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I have a sillicone case, so the device is ok. Don't worry for that
And yes, i have it on every picture i take.

DubelBoom said:
I have a sillicone case, so the device is ok. Don't worry for that
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That's not going to stop it suffering shock damage and the silicone case will NOT protect the phone to that much of an extent. *!&*%
mmmmm.....
DubelBoom said:
And yes, i have it on every picture i take.
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Did you clean the lense?
I'm guessing that dirt has probably got on to the inside made worse by your throwing the phone onto the ground (I hope that's a joke I really do....)

hey guys
my desire hd fall yesterday and my camera open in black screen nothing work
wat do you think ?

Mr_JMM said:
I'm guessing that dirt has probably got on to the inside
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I agree with this but to me it looks like maybe small pieces of broken plastic or glass between the lens.. the only way to remove this would be to open the phone and clean it out, I wouldn't recommend doing this yourself though.. maybe try to contact your local HTC repair centre and see if they would be able to do this for you.
@ronalgps: sounds like you have maybe dislodged the camera or broken the connection in some way from the fall.. as I said above try to contact your local HTC repair centre and see if they can fix this for you.

dceightfive said:
I agree with this but to me it looks like maybe small pieces of broken plastic or glass between the lens.. the only way to remove this would be to open the phone and clean it out, I wouldn't recommend doing this yourself though.. maybe try to contact your local HTC repair centre and see if they would be able to do this for you.
@ronalgps: sounds like you have maybe dislodged the camera or broken the connection in some way from the fall.. as I said above try to contact your local HTC repair centre and see if they can fix this for you.
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i live in Israel, we don't have HTC here XD
i will take it to a private store.
and i don't throw my phone, i leave it about 2-3 cm top the floor to a blanket..
thanks for all!
p.s
on one of the fallings, they disappear, but then, they came back

DubelBoom said:
on one of the fallings, they disappear, but then, they came back
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like I said.. sounds like something is in between the lens so depending on how much you move the phone maybe they move out of place for a while.

Back Camera not centered ?

Is this normal ?
Is there anyone there with same issue ?
Should I replaced it back ?

sectorlord said:
Is this normal ?
Is there anyone there with same issue ?
Should I replaced it back ?
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Explain

The iris (inner most center) is not in the with the outer circle.

Mine is the same way, I'm not real worried about it. Seems to take pictures well.

Geez... it bothering me..

Holy crap, I didn't notice it until you said something! Now I want to throw my phone away. J/K about the throwing away part, but I really didn't notice that until you started this thread.
They probably couldn't fit the camera module perfectly centered on the main board but figured they could fudge it by centering the housing without too many noticing. Little did they know you'd be buying one! (Ha ha, J/K again...)

haha... coz my S2 is perfectly centered...
Need to buy another one... or spend the money to cure my OCD...hahah

If the pictures you take look good and not off-center, I guess you shouldn't worry about it.

No, it is towards the right side of the circle. It is not centered with the outer circle. I believe this is part of their design (perhaps some technical reason too)

Mine is also more on the right side...?
Any thoughts WHY they do it technically ?
Thanks

Guys, not to worry, this is just a minor parallax viewing problem.
Center your eyes, you should see the camera lens centered now..

I was looking at a demonstration Note on display yesterday, and I thought the lens didn't look quite right. Now I know.
It took fabulous photos though!

is this a joke thread. mine is exact center.
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you're not looking hard... I checked 3 units today but all of them have varying off ctr..from .1mm at the best...
so I cant replace mine since all of them are same

mine is centered (lens).
the outer part is not, in fact, it's not even secured as it moves around but never actually blocking the lens, so the camera works fine.

Looking at other camera...Galaxy Tabs etc.. most of them are not exactly centered..
I dont know why I making so much puss on this...hehehe
Really need to fix my OCD..

Mine is centred to the right. Damn, it's going in the bin now!!
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Just returned my Note with another one... after looking at least 3 notes
I now have a perfectly centered camera...hehehe

Can't remove rear cover. It's really secure!

I am having a very hard time removing the rear cover. I've removed the two screws but I still can't seem to get any of my plastic case opening tool in. What gives? I'm almost questioning the importance of those two screws...

Hi,
Maybe this can help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4 ? Unless you have already seen it...

viking37 said:
Hi,
Maybe this can help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4 ? Unless you have already seen it...
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I've been watching it. I would love to see anybody take the rear off of my phone... It seriously is stuck.

vbman213 said:
I've been watching it. I would love to see anybody take the rear off of my phone... It seriously is stuck.
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Mine was stuck too... Gave up and did rma
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[Q] What is covering my front camera lens?

Hi everyone. Today, I noticed that something is covering my front camera lens.
Do you know what is that piece covering the camera? Anyone encounter this situation?
I didn't drop my phone not even once and I tried to smack the top of the phone to see if it moves, but no luck.
P.S. The camera is able to take pictures normally.
I have a SM-N9005.
Thanks

Go exchange it... Looks like a faulty device. It could be a piece of electrical tape in the wrong position.
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bogdan2603 said:
Hi everyone. Today, I noticed that something is covering my front camera lens.
Do you know what is that piece covering the camera? Anyone encounter this situation?
I didn't drop my phone not even once and I tried to smack the top of the phone to see if it moves, but no luck.
P.S. The camera is able to take pictures normally.
I have a SM-N9005.
Thanks
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I have the exact same problem. Although mine is worse and i cant take pictures normally. Did you managed to solve this

bogdan2603 said:
Hi everyone. Today, I noticed that something is covering my front camera lens.
Do you know what is that piece covering the camera? Anyone encounter this situation?
I didn't drop my phone not even once and I tried to smack the top of the phone to see if it moves, but no luck.
P.S. The camera is able to take pictures normally.
I have a SM-N9005.
Thanks
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*boy*racer* said:
I have the exact same problem. Although mine is worse and i cant take pictures normally. Did you managed to solve this
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Looks like some sort of cover for the camera.
Maybe this site can help understand: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Note+3+Teardown/19209
But i think @nicholaschum 's solution will work best.

HanZie82 said:
Looks like some sort of cover for the camera.
Maybe this site can help understand: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Note+3+Teardown/19209
But i think @nicholaschum 's solution will work best.
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Hey you were right. Soon as i posted my issue, i thought i would watch a dismantle video and presto! It was a round rubber like washer that has slipped from around the camera.
All sorted now

Hi....Can you let me know how did you get this fixed as I am also having the same issue....

nelven said:
Hi....Can you let me know how did you get this fixed as I am also having the same issue....
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Hi,
I didn't
Now, that rubber is covering a lot more and I'm unable to take pictures.

nicholaschum said:
Go exchange it... Looks like a faulty device. It could be a piece of electrical tape in the wrong position.
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using Tapatalk
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i think its a faulty device or a piece of electrical tape too

3azmeo said:
i think its a faulty device or a piece of electrical tape too
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I don't think they will consider to be a faulty device and change it, although I would like a new Note 3 :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
To me, it seems to be a soft plastic that keeps the front-camera in position and not to touch directly the front-panel (display assembly).
So, probably they will change/remove the soft plastic

GO to your provider an request a NEW device
Do this : Contact 1st Samsung Service in your country and tell to them the problem becouse this a factory fault phone .
After you make some papers and a proove that you contacted already the samsung Service from your country , contact your seller and show him the problem
YOU MUST proove that : you did NOT DROPED your PHONE , DID NOT SHOCKED YOUR PHONE with some other things , like drop with speed in bed trow in the pillow etc etc , proove that you did not used any screwdriver , to have ORANGE WATER SENSOR in the back under the battery STILL ORANGE and NO ROOTED PHONE .
THEY WILL CHANGE YOUR DEVICE , BECOUSE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX THAT IS A PART OF A PLASTIC THAT WAS SLIPPERED FROM HIS PLACE .

[Q] Camera focus problem

Please help me, I just noticed that when I take a picture up close, my camera seems to only focus on the part that I touch, even though it's a flat thing like my monitor. It's like I'm applying tilt shift to my picture.
My Note 4 model is N910H and I'm on Sweet Rom V3, and installed camera mod from the apps forum. Tried using stock camera and 3rd party apps, still get the same result.
I uploaded some picture I'm taking from my monitor with my note 4 so that you can understand what I meant.
Is this hardware fault? or is it software?

Looks a bit too extreme. Just tried that myself - SLIGHTLY blur at the picture's end, but just slightly.
Your pictures look like taken with "Background Defocus".

Chefproll said:
Looks a bit too extreme. Just tried that myself - SLIGHTLY blur at the picture's end, but just slightly.
Your pictures look like taken with "Background Defocus".
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Yeah, this is really bothering me, when I want to take a picture of documents I can't read the whole page because of the blur.
I am reluctant to bring my note 4 to samsung as it already root so I guess my warranty is gone

shinobu91 said:
Yeah, this is really bothering me, when I want to take a picture of documents I can't read the whole page because of the blur. I am reluctant to bring my note 4 to samsung as it already root so I guess my warranty is gone
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Just an idea... You removed that protective film on the camera lens ?

Chefproll said:
Just an idea... You removed that protective film on the camera lens ?
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I have removed them from the first time I unboxed it, even if I didn't remove it, it has hole in the middle so it should'nt affect the camera.
I have also tried cleaning the lens to no avail.

shinobu91 said:
I have removed them from the first time I unboxed it, even if I didn't remove it, it has hole in the middle so it should'nt affect the camera.
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I know. - But there are many users not even noticing it - and it's possible that the film shifted a bit, so it might cover a little part of the lens.
I have also tried cleaning the lens to no avail.
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Please try any other camera software. As said: It looks like that typical "defocus" effect - maybe that feature is still on although you can't see it being active.
There's a simlilar issue with the Sony Z3 front camera (the main camera IS an issue itself): There's a "Soft Skin" effect, causing massive blur. You can switch it off - but it still remains active.
So it wouldn't be the first time.

So I am not alone.
I am having similar issues with my camera.
Took it to Samsung for replacement. They were offering repair on a 10 day old phone.
Anxious to see what happens next
Sent from my SM-N910G using XDA Free mobile app

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.

Nope, definitely not alone. I am having similar issues with my camera, and I have been having them since I got my phone on October 21'st. Taking it in for repairs or hopefully a replacement. For me, the camera will focus fine on stuff within a meter or two, but anything farther just will not focus unless I hit the phone. That sounds kinda dangerous, but that is the only thing I can do to fix it. I have pretty much everything possible with no fixes. It doesn't do it all the time, but it seems to get stuck 50/50. When it works, it works for a while. When it doesn't work, it doesn't work for a while.

Same here....I got a repair ticket in with Samsung, I unfortunately have to send my phone off for 2 weeks.................WHATEVER WILL I DO!???!!!???!!

note 4 verizon camera not focusing on documents
I had the same problem and the main purpose of the "Note" family of samsung is to edit documents on the fly so this sucks.
I could not find a solution. There is no option in the camera menu that corrects this. I tried using "cam scan" and "FX" camera app and they both had the same problem with partial blurred image.
I purchased my phone from craigslist and met the seller in the store to make sure it was legit and not stolen. I purchased the phone two or three weeks ago and I feel very fortunate that Verizon helped me to do a manufacturers defect claim after searching my IMEI number for date of original purchase. since the phone only came out a few months ago they should all still have the manufacture warranty.
I usually dont post to things because im not tech savvy but I thought I should give verizon credit for helping me even though I did not purchase the phone from their store. I just got back from the store and I should have my new phone in one business day and just mail the defective one back in the package they provide. Amazing since I work with documents and notes on the fly everyday.
sorry I dont have a fix for the problem and if you root your phone your SOL unless you have accidental handling and damage type insurance, if you catch my drift.

The pictures you posted worries me a little as this can happen in other Galaxy devices released in the near future. Samsung is really falling apart, and need to get their act together and hurt innocent customers. No wonder Samsung's quarterly report is much lower than expected.
shinobu91 said:
Please help me, I just noticed that when I take a picture up close, my camera seems to only focus on the part that I touch, even though it's a flat thing like my monitor. It's like I'm applying tilt shift to my picture.
My Note 4 model is N910H and I'm on Sweet Rom V3, and installed camera mod from the apps forum. Tried using stock camera and 3rd party apps, still get the same result.
I uploaded some picture I'm taking from my monitor with my note 4 so that you can understand what I meant.
Is this hardware fault? or is it software?
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Sorry I didn't update the thread. I brought my phone to Samsung service center, and had to leave it for 2 days for them to change my camera module. And it's now all good again. The problem obviously lies on the hardware, so nothing you can do to fix it unless you change that camera module.

Note 4 camera
THIS WHAT I DID WORKING FINE FOR ME HOPE ILL HELP YOU
Sashka: Let us perform a few troubleshooting steps on the device to isolate the cause of the issue. Shall we?
karim: OK
Sashka: Please go to Settings >> Application Manager >> swipe to All tab >> scroll to "Camera" app.
Sashka: Perform clear cache and clear data on it.
Sashka: It would reset the settings of the camera app.
Sashka: Perform this and check the issue with the camera's focus.
karim: LITTLE BETTER THANKS FOR THE HELP
Sashka: However, as the camera is fine now, Let us perform soft reset. It will refresh internal circuit of the phone: Remove the battery and re-insert it after 30 sec.
Sashka: Once you perform this, check the camera issue, this would refresh the circuitry as we have changed a few settings,