Hello,
it might be asked a lot of times, but I, personally, cant find any info on how to improve Samsung Galaxy S4's camera.
I updated my S4 from 4.2.2 to 4.3 (and regret it deeply) and found that fantastic picture quality from 4.2.2 version is poor at best with 4.3.
I tried to change ISO, picture quality to 13 and then to 9.6 MP, update camera firmware but the picture quality is still poor.
I would like to go back to 4.2.2 version but because of KNOX Warranty I'm a bit scared (still have 1.5 years of varranty).
So I would like you to ask you all for help - is it possible to get picture quality to 4.2.2 version's or maybe somehow get 4.2.2 version's camera app. I don't know, my knowledge is very limited when it comes to Android stuff.
Hope you can help me.
Sincerely,
a new member
U cant come back to 4.2.2 without void the warranty
What do you mean by poor quality? I'm on 4.3 and i've realised a lot of my pics are blurry, i just assumed i've not been holding the camera still when taking pictures but it's happening quite often. When i think about it, i don't remember it happening when i first got the phone.
edit: Here's a good example of a recent pic that has come out partially blurry, this doesn't happen on every photo and it's rarely blurry across the whole thing, notice how the image is much sharper near the bottom, and how bad it looks towards the top. I'm sure this is a software problem.
http://i.imgur.com/AvPXAEf.jpg
Would different camera software solve this problem (or at least help me troubleshoot?) or is this something that needs to be fixed with an updated kernel?
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Hi. I have been very impressed by my former Note2 LTE. I can focus and snap any picture I want, especially of human faces and moving animals. However, my S4 LTE seems to take a second to focus and shutter to snap, resulting in missing the person's expression i want to take and results also in some blurry images. I tried other apps like Fx camera, but no improvement. Only Fast camera app can solve it except the maximum resolution is 2.1 mp. Even my lousy iphone 5 camera is faster and takes nicer pictures. On the whole, taking still shots of sceneries result in nice pictures but it is just too slow. Is it software issue? Flashed newer firmwares but still the same. I find it distressing as i take pictures of my kids alot. Thank you
sadly that's pretty common case for all S4 variants, including my i9500 and samsung really needs to do something about it. Custom roms or rooting your phone and removing some bloatware might help, but i haven't rooted my phone yet so i am not too sure.
Mine's rooted. On stock debloated slim rom xxuame2. No camera improvements at all
Hi guys,
bought a i9500 china version here in shanghai 2 days ago and the back camera has issues. Auto focusing is pretty much non existent in indoor situations, and even when I do tap to focus multiple times to get it right, the picture turns out like it has a radial blur filter on it where the tapped area would be somewhat in focus while the rest of the image would get a gradient blur as it spreads from the focus point. Macro shots seem to be ok and doesn't have this gradient blur.
Stock chinese firmware brand new phone. Rooted and unrooted has the same issue. Anyone else experiencing this? is this firmware problem or hardware defect? Does the S4 just have a ****ty camera? Pretty disapointing for a $600+ phone...
J__ said:
Hi guys,
bought a i9500 china version here in shanghai 2 days ago and the back camera has issues. Auto focusing is pretty much non existent in indoor situations, and even when I do tap to focus multiple times to get it right, the picture turns out like it has a radial blur filter on it where the tapped area would be somewhat in focus while the rest of the image would get a gradient blur as it spreads from the focus point. Macro shots seem to be ok and doesn't have this gradient blur.
Stock chinese firmware brand new phone. Rooted and unrooted has the same issue. Anyone else experiencing this? is this firmware problem or hardware defect? Does the S4 just have a ****ty camera? Pretty disapointing for a $600+ phone...
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You might try making sure your firmware/camera firmware is up to date.
donalgodon said:
You might try making sure your firmware/camera firmware is up to date.
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how do i update the camera firmware? i have the latest phone firmware
Hi guys
I was just about to post it in cyanogen mod thread (I tried both stable and nightlies release) but I tried paranoid android and I even flashed different cameras versions but always end up with same issue so for me its not really rom related. When i set resolution to 13mpix or 9mpix preview in viewfinder seems all fine and cover whole screen, but after taking a picture I end up with 4:3 ratio picture, when I go down to 6mpix pictures are taken in 16:9 but viewfinder cover only around 75% of picture. In 6mpix preview is really inaccurate, is stretched and look bad. I did my best with explaining now pictures and screenshots:
tinyurl.com/ncxjx3b
All pictures were taken from same place.
Is there any way to either have 13/9mpix pictures autocropped to 16:9 (as far as i know stock samsung firmware do exactly this) or just fix preview on 6mpix mode so it cover actual area?
#I have unlocked i9505 version
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Elek93 said:
Hi guys
I was just about to post it in cyanogen mod thread (I tried both stable and nightlies release) but I tried paranoid android and I even flashed different cameras versions but always end up with same issue so for me its not really rom related. When i set resolution to 13mpix or 9mpix preview in viewfinder seems all fine and cover whole screen, but after taking a picture I end up with 4:3 ratio picture, when I go down to 6mpix pictures are taken in 16:9 but viewfinder cover only around 75% of picture. In 6mpix preview is really inaccurate, is stretched and look bad. I did my best with explaining now pictures and screenshots:
tinyurl.com/ncxjx3b
All pictures were taken from same place.
Is there any way to either have 13/9mpix pictures autocropped to 16:9 (as far as i know stock samsung firmware do exactly this) or just fix preview on 6mpix mode so it cover actual area?
#I have unlocked i9505 version
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I am not sure if you are using a 100% stock rom, same rom which came with your phone.
If you are not, and you are using any of the custom roms, especially those roms which
are not based on the i9505 Samsung Touchwiz Jellybean 4.2.2 firmware I would first
do a nandroid backup in recovery.
Then I would download the proper model of the Odin flash rom which is the same model #
as came with your phone then I would flash Odin flash the stock rom.
I have a hunch that you are NOT currently using the STOCK rom which came with your phone.
But Odin flashing the stock rom is really the only way to tell if you have a software/rom issue
or it's a hardware issue in which case you can exchange it if your phone is still under warranty.
Good luck with it!
I'm not using stock Rom but at the same time I don't want to. I rooted and flashed my s4 because I wanted to get rid off Samsung interface as I prefer nexus like experience.
I'm not quite sure what's your advice. Are you trying to tell me that I supposed to go back to stock room? Is there a workaround for this as I DON'T want Samsung Rom back.
Thanks for reply anyway
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
Hey Guys,
I dont know if many of you have noticed this but.. I feel that nexus 4 camera now takes better sharper images with stock app then jellybean... Any of you guys still on older version so we can do the comparison?
I am stock unrooted.. by the look of it images look sharper and more detailed then earlier
I'm running Stock 4.4.2 no-root, no nothing. Ever since I updated OTA my camera sucks. Is someone else experiencing the same? It's just whole lot of awful pictures now
Same problem here - I actually found this thread trying to figure out why my pictures suck. They're grainy as hell and i get alot of blurry pics if the flash is off.
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I'm running Stock 4.4.2 no-root, no nothing. Ever since I updated OTA my camera sucks. Is someone else experiencing the same? It's just whole lot of awful pictures now
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wow i have the opposite
i get more sharper and detailed images..
weird I find the camera quality much better with Kitkat.
I didn't notice much difference.. But I would say 4.4.2 is a bit better than 4.3! I'M under the impression that the camera'a auto-focus is a bit faster too
looks for Jishnu´s LG Camera, here in xda, you will be amazed.
was there any fix to the overly blue-purple tint to the photos? i remember when i first got my nexus 4 the pictures always had a very blue or purple tint, so bad in fact that i completely stopped using it for picture taking. but now that 4.4 has come out i wonder if there has been any change? or did anyone ever come out with a mod or patch for the bad camera tint?
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anyone?
Don't know about the blue tint, but I always find the photos kind of washed out. Just use Picasa to fix the white balance.
Well i just received this S4 i9505 from my father.
and flashed Carbon Rom right away.
The front camera is fuzzy or blurry in my case. i dont know about others since i dont see any other complaints about the front camera being blurry.
The viewfinder is very clear but after taking it its very blurry. even my old xperia s takes better selfies. is the camera of the s4 always this fuzzy or it just software related?
Im currently downloading WanamLite because i want a rom that is very debloated like AOSP does. (Maybe you guys can suggest me better debloated,fast,best battery consumption roms since im new to this device)
Same result as CrDroid and GPe 4.4.4, it gives me fuzzy selfies. back seems to be okay i think.
It would be really great if you guys could help me out because i use the camera very often. and my internet isnt that fast to download roms that is 1GB and above (Unless its on Megaupload).
Cheers. :good:
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