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Camera issue

I have a black line in all my pictures that I just noticed a few days ago. Only shows up on photos taken from my phone. There is no crack I can see on the glass over the camera. Any ideas what it could be or a fix for it?
Last thing I installed was the clean v0.9 rom and the nexus s theme
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Check to see if there is a scratch or anything on the camera lens. If there isn't, go back to stock (probably good to do this anyway) and check the camera again to see if it still does it. If it does, I'd take it back and get it replaced as that doesn't sound like a software problem.

Sounds like a broken element on the ccd to me.
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Thanks for the response guys. I think you're right it's a hardware issue. Back to stock and off to verizon.... Hey maybe my new fascinate will like oc kernels lol.
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Bummer dude.. Mine says "not enough memory" when trying to snap a photo.. Thank god I don't use it.

Camera not working?

So I have had this phone for 5 days now. Everything has been fine but today the camera has randomly stopped working.
When I load the camera app it just shows a black screen with all the usual camera logos.
I have tried accessing the camera from facebook app and its the same. I have also tried from snapchat and in snapchat the front camera works but when I switch to back the app almost locks up.
I have tried restarting the phone several times. I have force closed the camera apk and wiped the cache.
Does this sound like a hardware fault?
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Neo1607 said:
So I have had this phone for 5 days now. Everything has been fine but today the camera has randomly stopped working.
When I load the camera app it just shows a black screen with all the usual camera logos.
I have tried accessing the camera from facebook app and its the same. I have also tried from snapchat and in snapchat the front camera works but when I switch to back the app almost locks up.
I have tried restarting the phone several times. I have force closed the camera apk and wiped the cache.
Does this sound like a hardware fault?
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Sounds like it, yes. If you are getting no picture from the camera with multiple apps, it must be a hardware fault. Instead of trying to fix the problem yourself, just return the phone under warranty and let Samsung fix it. I'll assume you're still stock? You didn't specify this.
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Yes it is still stock.
I phoned up phones4u coz thats where I got the phone from. I have insurance with them so if the phone is ever faulty I get a brand new sealed unit instead of it being repaired.
They advised me first to try a factory reset incase there is a corrupt driver. If not I take it back this afternoon and they will give me a brand new one
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Display of black weird

Anybody an idea whether this is a display damage? Black appears not normal.
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Black crush
Well,this is called 'black crush' or 'black clipping'. It is still there a little bit,but nothing serious. The first Note was horrible... Don't worry,nothing is wrong with the phone,it is a software issue,and (I think) it will be fixed soon.

Im very confused as it really distorts the display of the black.
In the settings the search field has a deep Black. Rest is more or less grey.
In the toggle menu the bottom bar has weird stripes.
It's not just a small issue. ...
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hightoohigh said:
Im very confused as it really distorts the display of the black.
In the settings the search field has a deep Black. Rest is more or less grey.
In the toggle menu the bottom bar has weird stripes.
It's not just a small issue. ...
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You posted screen shots. No one can tell anything from those you need to take a picture of the problem using a camera. The phone's been out for over a month now. If what's happening to you were wide spread I assure you it would have been brought up (numerous times) by now. If whatever you're seeing was like that out of the box (before you loaded any apps) it's probably a h/w problem with your specific device.

I have the same issue too on my Note 3!
I'm from Singapore here.

I didn't notice that the pictures appear perfectly normal on other displays.
I did some shots with a camera.
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Forgot the photos.
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hightoohigh said:
Forgot the photos.
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That isn't normal - I'd you are running a custom ROM I'd take back to stock to see if the issue persists, and send it back if it does.
Regards,
Dave
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YusRyAtom said:
I have the same issue too on my Note 3!
I'm from Singapore here.
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Mine too. Isn't that supposed to be the way the display looks? Just kidding.
A display that looks like this isn't normal and if there were a lot of them people would be going nuts.
It's either something s/w related that's fried the graphics drivers or a h/w problem unique to specific phones. If it remains after a hard reset than it's h/w and the phone needs to be exchanged.

Tried the hardware reset but didn't change anything. Bad luck this time.....
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hightoohigh said:
Forgot the photos.
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That is really something wrong.
It suppose no strip at telco area.
Beside search bar, the rest bottom part is suppose black also not grey.
I believe your screen is defective.

I've factory-rested and it's the same.
Re-installing exactly the same J1 firmware (in Singapore it's the latest) via Odin also yeilds same result.
Another friend of mine is facing the same issue.
However, the ambience at the Samsung stores are so bright, and it's hard for the customer service officers to see

Well I'll see what Samsung After service Germany will say... the point is that the screen looks ok if you test the blue, green, red and black screen test under *#0*#. But during normal use I'm faced with the problems as shown above
I'll keep you updated.
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Blurry pictures

Anyone else noticing that when not in PERFECT lighting conditions pictures are blurry..

Yes - it's been driving me crazy... most of the time the pictures come out blurry. I've been messing around with different modes/settings and I cannot get a consistent clear picture. Pretty frustrating!

Take the sticker off the lense?
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Yes, absolutely notice this. Brought it up in the other thread but no one thought it was worth checking. Have done tons of side by sides with Note 2 and honestly this camera is very touchy. Has a tiny field and it's often hard to see where that is in the pics. I really hope the camera gets a software update and it's not hardware because the camera has been the only thing I'm on the fence about. When you zoom in, even in good light, things in the taken pic get blurry and almost look like they have an effect.
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sleshepic said:
Yes, absolutely notice this. Brought it up in the other thread but no one thought it was worth checking. Have done tons of side by sides with Note 2 and honestly this camera is very touchy. Has a tiny field and it's often hard to see where that is in the pics. I really hope the camera gets a software update and it's not hardware because the camera has been the only thing I'm on the fence about. When you zoom in, even in good light, things in the taken pic get blurry and almost look like they have an effect.
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Also, noticed right away. I thought maybe that I was just sleepy! lol, but what are the odds of a software update helping the issue?

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Also, noticed right away. I thought maybe that I was just sleepy! lol, but what are the odds of a software update helping the issue?
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Hopefully this new update that no one else seems to have gotten will help!!

Additionally, I feel that many times the camera has trouble focusing. Anyone else agree?
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once i turned picture stabilazation off mine takes perfect pics

I tried turning mine off but seems the same.
Pictures in bright env. seem fine but indoors just flat out sucks.
I can hold my hand a little away from the camera a bit and it won't focus on it. If I tap to make it focus it sometimes turns green like it did but my hand is still blurry.
I hope they push a SW fix soon.
I don't understand it. How can you not catch some of this before release? Camera is a basic function of a smart phone...

Teeeejay said:
Additionally, I feel that many times the camera has trouble focusing. Anyone else agree?
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Turn off image stabilization n see if that helps... dont think it has an effect on blurryness tho
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May be an obvious question but has anyone tried some good 3rd party camera apps to see if it helps? Just a thought.
Also, here is another post discussing this issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717535&page=2

No blur here
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One thing I noticed with a Note 3: The auto-shake correct seems to do this. Try turning that off and it seemed to improve the quality.

Yeah I have this problem too, and just made a thread about it in the Q&A forum.
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I really hope a update comes out to fix all this and it's not just poor HW :/
It's just sad that these basic obvious issues make it out the door.
They should have caught these things and I understand shipments went already but we should have had updates just waiting for us to fix em.
Oh well, time shall tell I guess. Sprint won't help I'm sure given how slow they are to push updates too...
Anyone mess with any video? How's that, clear, blurry mixture mess? lol
That prob has ability to be better or worse I guess. You've got 1080P mode and 4K HD, which when enabled seems to kill off a number of features.
I've not messed with it yet but just wondering.

bryanu said:
I really hope a update comes out to fix all this and it's not just poor HW :/
It's just sad that these basic obvious issues make it out the door.
They should have caught these things and I understand shipments went already but we should have had updates just waiting for us to fix em.
Oh well, time shall tell I guess. Sprint won't help I'm sure given how slow they are to push updates too...
Anyone mess with any video? How's that, clear, blurry mixture mess? lol
That prob has ability to be better or worse I guess. You've got 1080P mode and 4K HD, which when enabled seems to kill off a number of features.
I've not messed with it yet but just wondering.
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You do realize Sprint is the best carrier in terms of updates.Just an FYI...

I simply dont get very good pictures in anything that isn't natural full daylight. Not necessarily blurry, just extremely grainy. But thats rather expected with most smartphones.
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I get great pictures until I upload them here and they get compressed and they get a littlw blurry but, looking at them on the phone or if I transfer them to my pc they look great
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Im coming over from an iPhone 5 and noticed this immediately. The camera just flat out sucks!

My camera had a habit of switching to 6 mega pixels on its own for some reason. I have to constantly check to make sure it's still on 16 when I use it.
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[Q] Pictures from my galery with grey line / drug effects

Hi,
I have a problem viewing pictures on my S4. I tried from my cell's galery and I also tried to xfer them on my computer and I still have the same problem.
On some pictures, I have a big grey line. On some pictures, two sections of the pictures are not at the good position. I was thinking that it was an old LSD flashback :cyclops: but it's not.
You can see 2 pictures with problems. (I know, I have a weird cat ! )
Do you think that my SD card is dying ? Do you have some ideas ?
Thanks !

Change where it saves the pictures internal SD to external card or vice versa. See if that improves things.
Otherwise I would suspect your camera sensor could be having issues.
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Red_81 said:
Change where it saves the pictures internal SD to external card or vice versa. See if that improves things.
Otherwise I would suspect your camera sensor could be having issues.
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Hi, I tried to change where it saves the pictures but I can't know if the probleme is solve or not. I have more than 1000 pictures on my SD card and when I take pictures, I never see these grey lines. But when I look back to my pictures some days later, then some pictures have grey line. It's never when taking a picture.
Thx

Does the same Grey line show up when they are viewed on a pc? It kind of looks like when I have recovered jpeg files from a dieing hard drive. If you don't get all the pieces back then it can show a grey line like that.
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Red_81 said:
Does the same Grey line show up when they are viewed on a pc? It kind of looks like when I have recovered jpeg files from a dieing hard drive. If you don't get all the pieces back then it can show a grey line like that.
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I uploaded one of these pic on my dropbox yesterday. I saw the same grey lines on the computer. That's why I think that my SD have some problem. I just want to be sure before buying an other sd ( 50$ ) !

Yep. I would say that SD card is starting to get corrupted. Time for a replacement.
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Red_81 said:
Yep. I would say that SD card is starting to get corrupted. Time for a replacement.
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Ok, I'll give a try with an old 8g SD card and see if I still have the same problems..
Thx