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Disapointed with DROID X camera (photos inside)

The photos that come from this phone litterally sucks.. all my photos come out grainy and pixely. That is with flash on and off. Taking self pics come out even worse. Gets dark and stuff. Would not reccomend this phone for its camera.

sasha101 said:
The photos that come from this phone litterally sucks.. all my photos come out grainy and pixely. That is with flash on and off. Taking self pics come out even worse. Gets dark and stuff. Would not reccomend this phone for its camera.
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You have to be a bit more objective than that.
I have come from an Incredible, EVO, TP2 and have seen the iphone4 pictures.
I think so far the X has better low light performance than everything aside form the iphone. You also want to make sure you have the phone set to 8MP as default it is at 6MP.
Try messing around with the ISO sensitivity, maybe on auto it is selecting too high of an ISO generating a lot of noise.
The device also does a much better job in macro shots as well than any of the other phones. We are not at point and shoot replacement category yet with any of the phones, namely because all the sensors are nothing more than small 10$ units. But they are light years better than a year ago.

I had the nexus one and the pictures that came from those were CRYSTAL clear! I loved them. Now these are all blurry and grainy. Im going to upload examples soon. As you can see none of them come out clear and all have a little grain in them
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My photos look good. Try using it for a day before freaking out. Might be user error.
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What error could it be? Everything is in auto..?

Try getting out of the house once in a while. All your pics are indoor, low low light. This is a phone, if you want an all purpose genera, buy a camera
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dB Zac said:
Try getting out of the house once in a while. All your pics are indoor, low low light. This is a phone, if you want an all purpose genera, buy a camera
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lmao. I dont stay inside all day.. and I had the nexus one before this and the indoor pictures were great

You should post Nexus One photos for comparison

sasha101 said:
lmao. I dont stay inside all day.. and I had the nexus one before this and the indoor pictures were great
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then take the droid x back and get a nexus1 ,, i dont know anyone who buys a phone for the camera lol ITS A PHONE most people buy a phone to talk on it

be happy it works at all. my camera seems busted. all it does is display a black screen when opening any app controlling it. gotta take it back to get it looked at, which means a long line.

tazzpatriot said:
then take the droid x back and get a nexus1 ,, i dont know anyone who buys a phone for the camera lol ITS A PHONE most people buy a phone to talk on it
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i think it's safe to say anyone who comments on this forum hasn't bought a phone specifically for the purpose of "talking on it" in quite some time.
the real question is when can they create an app that has my phone making me breakfast?

I kind of understand what the OP is saying, but he should post pics side by side of the Nexus and X.

nmhforlife said:
be happy it works at all. my camera seems busted. all it does is display a black screen when opening any app controlling it. gotta take it back to get it looked at, which means a long line.
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My DroidX has the exact same problem - black screen on all camera / video apps. I tried factory reset and all, but no use. I took it back to BestBuy and they said they'd replace it once they got their next shipment in (whenever that will be).

Here is a night shot I took with my X

I agree, the camera on this phone isn't all that great, I too get better shots with my N1.
I was aware of this before I bought the phone, seeing all the pictures & videos that've been posted over the past few days, but I decided to go for the phone anyway.
If a camera is a major requirement on your phone I'd get one of the Galaxy S phones, camera is amazing on that.

showson1 said:
If a camera is a major requirement on your phone I'd get one of the Galaxy S phones, camera is amazing on that.
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Glad to hear that

Nodren said:
i think it's safe to say anyone who comments on this forum hasn't bought a phone specifically for the purpose of "talking on it" in quite some time.
the real question is when can they create an app that has my phone making me breakfast?
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welll i sure didnt buy it for the camera lolo

raing said:
My DroidX has the exact same problem - black screen on all camera / video apps. I tried factory reset and all, but no use. I took it back to BestBuy and they said they'd replace it once they got their next shipment in (whenever that will be).
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somehow i woke up this morning and gave it another shot(so to speak) and it worked. i did nothing to change it, just went to sleep. hope yours starts working too...

i bought it partially for the camera. i didn't buy it because it was the best camera on a phone but it is up there. for in door pictures of yourself, you aren't going to be able to tell if its auto focusing correctly. that is one of the issues with the phone is in door auto focusing. you might want to use a mirror to make sure it does it correctly. the camera button is used to focus then capture. you should see the in door quality on the evo, it is the worst lol. and of course the droid x rapes the nexus one on just about everything so finding one thing the nexus one is better at is no surprise.
the galaxy s phones are a good option but they don't have a flash, so who knows how well it will do depending on how dark it is.

6mp vs 8mp
Nevermind.

Nexus One vs. Samsung Captivate side by side *videos-pics*

I just picked up a captivate, haven't even unboxed it yet.
I'm going to hang onto my N1, so if anyone wants to see any side by side comparisons, please ask away.
My Nexus is unlocked/rooted running CM6-RC1.
Let me know guys. This is the kind of thing I wanted to see before buying one, but no one had done it, so I just want to help others out in the name of science.
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Here is a video of some side by side speed tests...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6T5I9hmVIU
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OK, here is a batch of pics I just shot. One of my homescreen (both phones setup the same with ADW launcher) Both phones are set to 50% screen brightness.
Several shots of each phone playing one of the 720p vids that came with the Galaxy S
One shot of a hi res photo taken with my camera
http://www.boostedvr4.com/pics/n1/ All of the photos were resized with Photoshop.
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OK, here is a vid I shot outside with the Captivate. Youtube kinda killed it.
1280x720
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw1dyf97jHs
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Here are some photos taken with each phone. Everything is set to auto, and largest size/best quality on each phone. The flash on the N1 is OFF. Again, resized with photoshop.
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I would like to see a side by side comparison of the screens close up on the same picture. Engadget did this for the N1 and iPhone4 to show the difference in being able to see pixels on the screen. Just curious how good a super AMOLED screen looks up close compared to an AMOLED screen. Also, it would be nice to see the difference in the camera quality in pictures taken by the N1 vs. the Captivate.

A comparison would be great.
I'm too fed up with my Samsung Jack and couldnt wait for WP7 so I can compare it myself against Android (I really like having Outlook on my phone which is the main reason I didnt get an Android device till now).
I just ordered the Captivate. Been messing around with a friend's N1 running Froyo and its pretty damn good, so I guess i'd like to see how the two stack up, especially given that Captivate still runs 2.1 and ATT sucks at upgrading in a timely manner.

I would like too see a screen comparison, camera and build quaility. Thanks..

I would love to see some side by side shots etc. Especially the performance of the camera against the Nexus one's.
More importantly I would like to see the OP updated instead of having to scroll through the thread .
Thanks in advance!

What's with the misleading thread title...either you have the photos and did a side by side, or this is all just a big waste of a thread...phail.

:Every time I come to this thread, before there is an actual comparison with pictures/video, I'm going to pissed

techlogik said:
What's with the misleading thread title...either you have the photos and did a side by side, or this is all just a big waste of a thread...phail.
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I'm not just gonna do some huge review based on my opinion that no one would give a crap about, that's stupid. The purpose of this thread was to see if there was anything specific that someone would want to see.
I'm not gonna get into any opinion based stuff, like build quality. Pictures and video make it easy for people to make their own decisions.
Tomorrow I'll take some shots with each phone and put them up, then put a couple hi res photos on each and take a pic side by side.

Ummm.... where?

i would love if u did this

BoostedSR20 said:
I'm not just gonna do some huge review based on my opinion that no one would give a crap about, that's stupid. The purpose of this thread was to see if there was anything specific that someone would want to see.
I'm not gonna get into any opinion based stuff, like build quality. Pictures and video make it easy for people to make their own decisions.
Tomorrow I'll take some shots with each phone and put them up, then put a couple hi res photos on each and take a pic side by side.
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actually its nearly impossible to comment about built quality from pictures.......

first post updated..

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first post updated..
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Hmm, seems like the nexus has a deeper and richer color, correct me if im wrong. Also could you test the GPS issue out on the captivate? I've read that it has problems locking onto gps or sometimes taking a few minutes to do so.

I was just about to comment about the pics, yah I agree. Pic quality on both are great though.
Zephyron said:
Hmm, seems like the nexus has a deeper and richer color, correct me if im wrong. Also could you test the GPS issue out on the captivate? I've read that it has problems locking onto gps or sometimes taking a few minutes to do so.
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Also could you test the GPS issue out on the captivate? I've read that it has problems locking onto gps or sometimes taking a few minutes to do so.
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No problems here. GPS locked on about the same speed as my N1.

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No problems here. GPS locked on about the same speed as my N1.
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What are your impressions of it after using it for the day? How is the usability of the interface? Any quirks or issues (small or big) that bothers you?

Zephyron said:
What are your impressions of it after using it for the day? How is the usability of the interface? Any quirks or issues (small or big) that bothers you?
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I haven't done much with the Captivate today other than what I'm doing for this thread, so its hard to say.
A couple of things, the screen is awesome. I hate to say this, but it feels faster than my N1. Just has a snappier feel. Its killing the N1 on web page loading times.
Not having a trackball to wake the phone up is killing me. Not being able to sideload apk's without using adb is really getting old too. Of course I couldn't use Titanium backup to redo all my apps+data, so thats a *huge* set back.

Added photos....

Did you get the Tmobile version or the AT&T version? I like the Tmobile version better. AT&T likes to **** around with physical specs and styles.
Unfortunately I just bought my Nexus on contract with Tmobile, so no new phones for a while (which doesn't bother me).
Regardless I would like some side by side pics of thickness and screen size. Supposedly Froyo was going to be available in August to all of the Galaxy 2's. I don't know how the carriers are going to handle it but thats what I read.
Also I think while the Samsung looks brighter (semi-negative) I think it has better contrast with the colors. The Nexus 1 looks a tad washed out. Nothing major though. It could also be the auto light sensor as well.
Both phones are look great. I would probably be really on the fence about the N1 or Samsung if I was in the market and had neither. Lots of my friends are looking at Android and I am referring them to the Samsung just because of the new processor and high specs on the major carriers (AT&T mostly).
I think if the Galaxy is popular enough, we may see a large community fan base that is able to root and support custom roms and tweaks. Because I like to tinker it would be a hard decision right now to buy the Samsung until a few months when we learn more about the bootloader and ease of roms.
If the Samsung was able to be opened up like the Nexus, it would be a no brainer purchase. With limited knowledge about the Sammy right now I think I would wait to see how it shapes up or get the Nexus if you couldn't wait. Or buy both like the OP!

Update, just added a video to the top post, showing some speed tests. Sorry for the crappy quality, I have a decently old cam.
Also, just copied an Xvid avi file right to the phone, it plays great. I also got speeds around 6-8MB/second while copying, which trumps the N1's 2MB speed.

Consistent blurry pictures with flash *big picture warning*

I can actually say I haven't been able to take 1 clear picture with flash. Is there something wrong with my phone? I have a fairly steady hand, I used to be a DSLR photographer and never had any problems. What gives to this? here are some examples, not even a moving object. These pictures are taken stabilized on my knee
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R.I.P., Left Shift key.
As a rule, indoor pictures with the Evo are just poor quality. Outside, they're crystal clear, but even with the flash, when you're inside the camera is adjusting the exposure to the ambient light, which means grainy, blurry pics. There are some tweaks you can do to minimize this (white balance, exposure defaults, etc.) but in general it's just not that great.
Same with video: If you're inside, the camcorder drops down to, like, 8-10fps capture. Outside it does much better. It's all about the ambient lighting.

the lighting looks bad, and plus you gotta click in the pic to focus it and then hold down the shutter button untill you see your pic, thats the only way i can take pics

Look closely and see if your lens cover is cracked.
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awakener777 said:
Look closely and see if your lens cover is cracked.
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Why would that matter?
Check out this article, it is a good demonstration of how the lens (or in this case, lens cover) really has a very minimal effect - if any - on image quality.

The only fix is to buy the superior phone...
inb4cantmakecalls

Classick206 said:
The only fix is to buy the superior phone...
inb4cantmakecalls
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You're being sarcastic, right? Surely a troll would get 41 posts without being found out.

Are you using the netarchy kernel? I have had similar issues with photos using flash with fresh and the netarchy kernel. Switching back to stock fixed it for me.

SilverZero said:
You're being sarcastic, right? Surely a troll would get 41 posts without being found out.
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So I'm a troll because I can identify a better phone when I see one?

If you were a good troll, you would be doing this on the iPhone site about an EVO. You might just make a few iP4 users' heads explode.

wow ip4 a better phone really go back to your hole in the wall oh wait no ur still stuck behind the walled garden

Classick206 said:
So I'm a troll because I can identify a better phone when I see one?
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A better phone? No. Takes better pics and video, yes. Taking better pics / video doesn't make you a better phone. Making calls with reception makes a better pho... oh wait

SilverZero said:
Why would that matter?
Check out this article, it is a good demonstration of how the lens (or in this case, lens cover) really has a very minimal effect - if any - on image quality.
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Because mine is cracked and it true focusing on the crack, rather than the subject.
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i cant beleive, or i missed, no one pointing this out.
you are friggin shaking in the picture dude.
no picture will look good when there is movement.
but i side with you, my camera compared to my wifes camera is garbage.
my wifes takes consistantly better video and stills than mine does.
mine will show the camera focusing and all it does is focus near then far, then stops, it never stops on the right focus point, you can see where it focuses right on past it.
if there was a hack to allow a slider for focus that would be kick ass.
after some time and practice it would be easy to use the slider for focus.
but my shots such ass, big time.
if i Zoom in it will focus much better than if it isnt.
so i am not sure where the focus point is compared to where you place your finger but it isnt where you place your finger thats for sure.

It sounds like a problem my phone seemed to have in the beginning; it would focus and then stop auto focus a little blurry. I don't know what fixed it, but after I had the phone a few weeks, the issue seemed to go away. Now I can take pretty clear and amazingly focused photos.
As for the iPhone troll, I ignored him as I was on a website viewing some flash content on my phone just after I got done with a video conference on 3G . I then made a phone call and held the phone with both hands without dropping the call.

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So I'm a troll because I can identify a better phone when I see one?
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Just wondering why you would post on the Evo forum only to say that the iPhone is better, especially when it's really subjective to say that. You must admit, that is rather troll-ish.

Classick206 said:
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You do know that the camera tech is almost identical? Only thing that is changing the "quality" of the pictures/video is software + compression.
Another typical oblivious iPhone user...

Check your camera, there might be a problem !

I just found out that there might be something really wrong with the camera optical part of the Desire HD. I don't think all phones are concerned, but I'm pretty sure that HTC put a good batch of bad phones on the market.
The main problem is that a side of your picture may be completly blurry. It can be the left side or the right side.
This can be better seen if you watch your picture in full screen on your computer. It's not obvious on small pics.
Already two guys (3 with me) complained about the same issue on the forum.
The website GSMarena reported the problem on their review of the phone :
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_hd-review-534p6.php
I quote : "Our Desire HD unit (an off-the-shelf phone) did have an obvious lens issue, which smudges the left side of the photos."
Also by observing a lot of pictures on google taken with the DHD, you can see the same issue.
It would be great if as many as possible would check their phone, come and report in this thread. So we could know how many phones are concerned.
At last, here are 4 samples, two taken with my DHD (blurry on the left), the other ones with the DHD of a friend of mine (blurry on the right). No need to say the lens was clean and not scratched ! :
Look on the left :
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Look on the right ( that's the mobile of my friend)

Nope, nothing noticeable on my pictures. I got mine in late October.
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nope... not a single blur...
even i got mine in late october from cpw..
i think the issue cud hve been in the 1st batch of DHDs...

i may be blind but your pictures look in to me

On some I have blur:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_W6UwGBqGQpE6KpffF0tiQ?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5qlnWwsW6-jiGYZeBRBTVQ?feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rwfykcSIxc3Rxq6ZwQHY7Q?feat=directlink
On others no blur:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2OklBwuyoScPV3CfkNA0hA?feat=directlink
(click on the magnifying glass to zoom)
I think this is connected with the pixel cropping. In order to be wide screen, the photo is cropped.
Also the non blured photos were taken on the stock 1.32 rom.
Clearly it's a software issue...
I got mine December.

terzer said:
On some I have blur:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_W6UwGBqGQpE6KpffF0tiQ?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5qlnWwsW6-jiGYZeBRBTVQ?feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rwfykcSIxc3Rxq6ZwQHY7Q?feat=directlink
On others no blur:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2OklBwuyoScPV3CfkNA0hA?feat=directlink
(click on the magnifying glass to zoom)
I think this is connected with the pixel cropping. In order to be wide screen, the photo is cropped.
Also the non blured photos were taken on the stock 1.32 rom.
Clearly it's a software issue...
I got mine December.
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Your blurred pictures look the same like mine, blurred on the left.
You talk about non blurred photos, but you just show one, and this one is a close shot, so maybe it's not so much significant. But as you said it was from your old stock firmware, I would be curious to know if you have others coming with this firmware, and showing no blur ...

AndroHero said:
i may be blind but your pictures look in to me
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On the two first pictures, just look at the stones. There is many details on the right, and it is completly blurred on the left. All my pics from this day at the beach look the same LoL

My camera do not have the blur problem that you mentioned, but it has the pink tint problem, like the HD2. The pink tint is best visible when the background is white. Not sure if any member alrdy mentioned about it, sorry if this problem has already been discussed and fixed!

My camera works great and no blur problems. The pinkish tone is there in some cases but it´s just to tone down saturation a tiny bit in a photo editor afterwards and it´s gone.
I had blurry and out of focus pics with an earlier HTC Legend though. It is a lens failure i guess from the manufacturer. I have also heard some people has problems with the autofocus "motor" it looks fine in the focus but when you press the shutter key it looses the "lock" and the pic gets blurry and ugly.
I guess it´s bit of lottery today with all electonics

my hd has blur on right side

in my camera guide you can see non of my pics has the issue even at full scale, taken using both 1.32 and 1.72, never noticed a pink thing either
its interesting to test if this is related to wide screen cropping option
either way this HTC batch thing is getting on my nerves, like the two screen types, let alone HTC skipped slcd on such an expensive phone, mine has annoying scanelines
its always something with HTC

Mine has a blur on the left of pictures
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Nothing on mine, crystal clear pictures everytime,, well when im holding the phone properly anyway!

hamdir said:
in my camera guide you can see non of my pics has the issue even at full scale, taken using both 1.32 and 1.72, never noticed a pink thing either
its interesting to test if this is related to wide screen cropping option
either way this HTC batch thing is getting on my nerves, like the two screen types, let alone HTC skipped slcd on such an expensive phone, mine has annoying scanelines
its always something with HTC
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I just tried changing for 4:3 and saddly the issue is still here
Well I think you were talking about that, isn't it ?
Btw, I'm sorry for your screen problem, I wasn't aware of that. Hopefully the DHD is still a nice mobile for Android, despite its many problems.

Hey this might sound silly but have you looked at the lens cover and maybe given it a wipe?
Once I took a picture that looked like that classic (oiled up baking paper filter)... i thought wtf!! my phones dying in the a**...
but then yeah... I gave it a wipe and all is ok. A single finger print on the lens cover could distort the look of a picture.

AndroHero said:
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Same here lol
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Blur on the right side here too
Using 1.72 firmware

Same here
Same problem here. Blurred on the left side of my photos/

Not really a problem for be. Ill still be using my dslr.
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terzer said:
On some I have blur:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_W6UwGBqGQpE6KpffF0tiQ?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5qlnWwsW6-jiGYZeBRBTVQ?feat=directlink
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rwfykcSIxc3Rxq6ZwQHY7Q?feat=directlink
On others no blur:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2OklBwuyoScPV3CfkNA0hA?feat=directlink
(click on the magnifying glass to zoom)
I think this is connected with the pixel cropping. In order to be wide screen, the photo is cropped.
Also the non blured photos were taken on the stock 1.32 rom.
Clearly it's a software issue...
I got mine December.
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luthor_70 said:
You talk about non blurred photos, but you just show one, and this one is a close shot, so maybe it's not so much significant.
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Here are more non blurred photos, using stock 1.32
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2Mn4ZoBbzv_lbRymVh_sHw?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/r34VOvo1Tvrruvu9aZZGGA?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/swrX330JyjQ73c_ldqMiHQ?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ihs3j2huyObiriX-YzHVoA?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dA_UGTPQCr32jD-ccKuMtA?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5mXt1DIOy2IxOv6XPHZWdw?feat=directlink
I know some don't have good zoom, but I checked them on my pc, they are fine. Some have little blur, but I think this is the focus, or hand tremble.
edit: I noticed that the camera lens is a little bit off-centred. I saw that every DHD has this problem. Maybe the issues are connected.

[petition] kill the lg g3 oversharpening!

Hey guys!
If you've been using the LG G3 for a while now you're probably heard of the oversharpening problem. While I'm not sure how many of you care about this, I have seen quite a few discussions about this problem on the forum.
I made a thunderclap petition to hopefully get LG's attention and get them to release an update that either removes the sharpening or allows us to toggle it on or off.
http://pocketnow.com/2014/07/22/lg-g3-sharpening
Thanks in advance to everyone who decides to participate.

This is another one of those 'problems' I fail to see, much like the 'lag'.....

MalekoUK said:
This is another one of those 'problems' I fail to see, much like the 'lag'.....
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Ya i agree, I think its mostly psychological, one of those once you see it you cant unsee it, like a dead pixel.
I am running my phone on paranoidAndroid and it doesnt have sharpening and I don't see the difference , both look great

Its obviously there, even in TWRP, if you cant see it don't complain when other people can. It IS there.

Not too convinced about this thunderclap site as I dont like to share this stuff on my social accounts, but you have my support.
This sharppening is so stupid I cant even find words to describe it.
I guess it is here to trick clueless people into seing a difference with other screens ? :s
sooti said:
Ya i agree, I think its mostly psychological, one of those once you see it you cant unsee it, like a dead pixel.
I am running my phone on paranoidAndroid and it doesnt have sharpening
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Id love to see this in a photo, could you please show us a photo of the screen with a sharpen test or black text on grey background?

What sharpening?

Vivasanti said:
What sharpening?
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That glow/outline you see around, for example, black letters on gray background.
I can't believe there's somebody who can't see it. Check your eyes or maybe there's another display model/manufacturer?

No sharpening no lag here D851. I really dont think a petition would solve this so called issue any way. Good luck though.

denis111 said:
That glow/outline you see around, for example, black letters on gray background.
I can't believe there's somebody who can't see it. Check your eyes or maybe there's another display model/manufacturer?
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Not everyone have this... Like me and the other guys...
Been looking for that over sharpening effect with no luck... D855 32GB

I am fairly confident that there are different quality display panels out there, the sharpening issue seems to be linked to this (which also appears to be linked to brightness levels).
Those without the issue have displays that can go to brighter levels, those with the issues tend to have dimmer displays (even on max brightness).
Those without the issue only see the issue if they go to 'sub-zero' brightness levels with an app like Lux.
My belief is LG realised that some panels were poor(er) so adjusted the sofware to assist.

If anyone can't see it, use lux to reduce brightness a bit below zero and have a look at a text heavy webpage; its awful.

Try not using lux, maybe thats the issue... Who needs below 0 brightness?

Using LUX is not a problem, it is a very good app.
If you go below 0 then moan that is your own fault, going below 0 is not a function the phone is designed to do and when you "mod" you do so at your own risk.
I do go below 0 for night mode, but you don't see me on here moaning about sharpening issues.
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That being said, some people (not me) do have issues with sharpening when their phone is above 0, but I believe this is because their phones are naturally darker, so their say 10 brightness might be the same as my -10, which is why they are seeing sharpening in 'normal' conditions when I am not.

What's brightness got to do with it? Its just as obvious at 100% as it is below 0.
All G3s have it, some people just cant see it, if you cant think yourself lucky.

ChrisM75 said:
What's brightness got to do with it? Its just as obvious at 100% as it is below 0.
All G3s have it, some people just cant see it, if you cant think yourself lucky.
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I'm OCD with anything like this, and It ain't present on my G3

ChrisM75 said:
What's brightness got to do with it? Its just as obvious at 100% as it is below 0.
All G3s have it, some people just cant see it, if you cant think yourself lucky.
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"all g3's have it"..... no they don't at least not at normal operating levels.
If my display is anywhere between -2 and +100 brightness there is no sharpening effect at all, no glow, no weird text no nothing it is a perfect display - this is a fact, not my eyes.
if I go to around -4 you can see it until I go down to about -10 then it stops again.
I am not questioning the issue, I have seen and compared my display with others who do have the problem and it can be a real issue, but not everyone has it.
As for what does brightness have to do with it, I am trying to find out what the differences are between those that have the issue and those that don't and the only common denominator is the fact that all the displays that have the issue cannot go as bright as those that do not have the issue.
e.g. 100% brightness on my phone will be significantly brighter than 100% on someone who suffers from oversharpening.
This is also why when the G3 was first released there were lots of threads on here about the display being too dim.

Then take a picture and prove it. Its on every variant, every firmware. Its there.

ChrisM75 said:
Then take a picture and prove it. Its on every variant, every firmware. Its there.
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because variants and firmware doesn't alter the quality of the LCD panel!
are you not reading? There are plenty of people here on XDA who say they have no issue, including quite a few with very high credibility levels, who have nothing to gain from lying.
And sorry I cannot currently take a picture as I am not in the habit of carrying a second camera device around with me.....

Lennyuk said:
because variants and firmware doesn't alter the quality of the LCD panel!
are you not reading? There are plenty of people here on XDA who say they have no issue, including quite a few with very high credibility levels, who have nothing to gain from lying.
And sorry I cannot currently take a picture as I am not in the habit of carrying a second camera device around with me.....
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Does it appear if you take a screenshot (Power + Vol Dwn)?
I have a rogers D852 and tried to replicate the Black text on gray background and I don't see it. Brightness on 100% but I normally keep it at Auto.
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Its got nothing to do with the LCD panel quality, its an artificial post processed effect, its nothing to do with the hardware. Ive seen the phones of some people who say they dont have it, they have it! I bet if I saw your phone id see it at all brightness levels. Its less obvious at low brightness, but thats just a natural result of the dim display, its still there.
I don't care about 'credibility'. Just because someone is good at making ROMs or whatever it doesn't mean they have good eyes. They have the effect, they just don't notice it. There is no other explanation for why LG released the phone with this effect, its hideous to those that see it.