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Lag/slowdown problem with my SGS2 camera

Hello all
Yesterday I started having problems with video recording on my SGS2. The camera has begun to "slutter" during video recording. EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkQE_62Ee6Y
I notice it doesn't happen outdoors in broad daylight, but even so you can see the room I am in is well lit, and the problem still occurs.
I don't know what to make of it. I tried doing a factory reset, removing and re-inserting the battery, but no dice. The problem persists. Could this be a hardware defect with the camera?
When I was using it last night to record there was suddenly a huge white "flash" on the screen, and it was definitely an image anomaly, not a stray light source.
Has anybody else experienced this problem? :\
EDIT: I remembered something important when going through yesterday's videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZlv_XVK2Pw
I was doing some night testing. Notice how the video keeps getting really bright at random moments? It almost looks like I am turning the flash on and off, but I am not. The camera was doing this by itself! Like it was reducing speed to take in more light or something.. The problem is that since it did that last night, it has been doing it ever since in better lighting conditions. I have taken a close look at the other sluttering videos and noticed that the videos also get a tiny bit brighter when the sluttering occurs. It is just far more obvious in the video I just posted.
Does anybody have any idea at all on what this could be? I'm starting to suspect something went wrong with the camera.. Hardware-wise :\
EDIT: Added video links now that I'm allowed to post them

Nobody besides me has this problem? Nor any idea of what it could be?

I am having the same problem with my second SGS2. With my first this wasn't happening... The first SGS2 was having the OC firmware, the second is SC... Maybe is related? How can i change to OC firmware?

UPDATE: I have tried rooting my phone and flashing it with a new rom(lite'ning 1.5).. So both kernel AND rom have been replaced. Sluttering is STILL present.
If you ask me, this pretty much excludes software issue as a possibility. It seems what I have is a hardware fault. Guess it's time to reflash to stock and take it in for repair/replacement.. Sigh :\

exposition -2 and you"ll see no more slutting !

djase said:
exposition -2 and you"ll see no more slutting !
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Thank you, that actually worked! But.. Do you know why it this happens or did you just happen upon this fix by chance?
Does anybody have at least a probable explanation for this? I think there is still a potential problem with the hardware since it only started doing this yesterday(I didn't do any updates). I never had a problem before :\

i think it's autofocus issue !
maybe next firmware solved it .............

djase said:
i think it's autofocus issue !
maybe next firmware solved it .............
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You think so? But if that's true, why would my camera start doing this all of a sudden without any updates? And if you check night video samples on youtube, there is absolutely no lag or slutter in those, and I highly doubt they all set their exposure to -2..
It's good to know I'm not the only one with the issue at least, but there still don't seem to be many people with this problem given the low amount of replies.
I'd really love to hear from more people. Anyone else have this problem, please let us know!

Also check if your video quality is set to normal. If it is, try changing it to superfine.

Sleepycat3 said:
Also check if your video quality is set to normal. If it is, try changing it to superfine.
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Thanks for the suggestion! Though it has been set to superfine this entire time. I tried playing with all of the settings since I was tipped off about the exposure having an effect.. And unfortunately lowering the exposure to -2.0 is still the only way to get rid of the sluttering for me
It does seem to be a problem with autofocus indeed. It's like the camera keeps slowing down in an effort to pick up more light each time it tries to focus.. I'm still baffled as to why it started doing this all of a sudden.
The behaviour looks very much like that of cameras with a dedicated night mode. Lower FPS(reduced shutter speed) in an effort to capture more light. It's odd seeing as the "normal" GS2s don't do that. Every low light/night sample on youtube is buttery smooth. :\

try to speak with the sav !

Hi, this appens to me too, during autofocusing AND auto exposure adjustment together.

djase said:
try to speak with the sav !
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Who is sav?

DrSlump76 said:
Hi, this appens to me too, during autofocusing AND auto exposure adjustment together.
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It happens to you even when you set exposure to -2.0? as was suggested?

"S.A.V" i'm sorry is a french word for contact support lol !
another thing, what is your Camera Firmware ?
do *#34971539# and check your Phone/Cam Fw version.
mine:
Cam FW : SCEE07
Phone FW: TBEC28

I've got all my sluts in check, thank you.
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Locster126 said:
I've got all my sluts in check, thank you.
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So just to clarify: Does that mean you don't suffer from this problem?

Locster126 said:
I've got all my sluts in check, thank you.
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Lollollol,
Did the op mean to say stutter, never heard of slutter except for the old bicycle that we all used to ride, lol
Sent from my Sammy Galactic S2 Beastly Device

djase said:
"S.A.V" i'm sorry is a french word for contact support lol !
another thing, what is your Camera Firmware ?
do *#34971539# and check your Phone/Cam Fw version.
mine:
Cam FW : SCEE07
Phone FW: TBEC28
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Cam FW: SCEF02
Phone FW: TBEC28

garanixx said:
It happens to you even when you set exposure to -2.0? as was suggested?
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No it doesn't happen anymore if i set the exposure to -2.0

Camera problem

I received my ZUK yesterday, and it's really good but it has some problem with camera
look at the photos, they are very blurred
i.imgur.com/pKV6s8H.jpg
i.imgur.com/NaVHl63.jpg
Do you know if it's more like a software issue, or hardware?

zukkyone said:
I received my ZUK yesterday, and it's really good but it has some problem with camera
look at the photos, they are very blurred
i.imgur.com/pKV6s8H.jpg
i.imgur.com/NaVHl63.jpg
Do you know if it's more like a software issue, or hardware?
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Were you under influence of alcohol by any chance?
Jokes aside. Im getting mine today. Not sure what the problem could be apart from shaky hands

MUG3NHC said:
Were you under influence of alcohol by any chance?
Jokes aside. Im getting mine today. Not sure what the problem could be apart from shaky hands
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Haha no it's not my shaky hands, I'm not drunk and don't have parkinson's disease, it always makes the pictures blurred

My Zuk's camera does take awful photos, I hope it's just a software issue

I have to admit that the Camera has greatly improved, the pictures are not fvcked up anymore!
They are adding 1-2 system updates every day, I think they updated the camera software.
Pictures aren't perfect, I hope they will continue with updates
The device is EXCELLENT overall

Will there be support for Camera API 2? Or is it a hardware thing and the Z1 will never support it?

Hey guys. Just wanted to ask is the blurry camera still there. I changed to custom ROMs in thinking it might get fixed, but I'm still getting blurryimages from the back camera. Please advice.

hi guys, im having the same problem here, i change the original rom to the oficial CM13 and the camera start with this problem, it is like the image stabilizer will not work at all.
anyone can fix this issue???
thanks

Hi had the same issue, If I put the phone horizontally the camera just started to shaking a lot and going crazy.
I think It's an hardware problem of the OIS stabilizzator. I changed my phone with a new one (thanks to the seller on Amazon) and now no problem at all.

My ZUK Z1's front cam developed spots& marks like small lines.
I thougt it was a software problem and did all i could, Soft/Full Reboot, clearing cache in settings, Recovery aand....Fully powering down the device and turning it on....No matter what i couldn't solve it....
So when i googled it, I came to a clarity that its a hardware issue....
Here r the screenshots/pics shot by my Front cam on my ZUK Z1....nd the search results I found on gogle
Please advice...XDA!

Japheth said:
My ZUK Z1's front cam developed spots& marks like small lines.
I thougt it was a software problem and did all i could, Soft/Full Reboot, clearing cache in settings, Recovery aand....Fully powering down the device and turning it on....No matter what i couldn't solve it....
So when i googled it, I came to a clarity that its a hardware issue....
Here r the screenshots/pics shot by my Front cam on my ZUK Z1....nd the search results I found on gogle
Please advice...XDA!
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Pics?

Unable to attach pics!!?
strongst said:
Pics?
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Yeah Right, Sorry bout that....I didn't attach .jpgs coz i was unable to attach one.i couldn't find the option...
Could u please give me your mail so that i may send u those...
Trust me, I really want you to see them...

Are the pictures blurry even when you make sure the lens have focused properly? The camera on mine isn't the best in terms of the picture quality it churns out, but the photos aren't blurry when I take time to focus them properly.

is this a hardware problem or software?
i have the same problem.
pls help me

I m using zuk z1 ..my front camera has been crashed... Plz tell me how to get done wide d camera

HNishant said:
I m using zuk z1 ..my front camera has been crashed... Plz tell me how to get done wide d camera
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I was having similar issues with my front camera in default os (cm 12], then same issue persisted with custom roms ( nuclea os 14.1 ). Today I installed "open camera" app and suddenly the crashing problem ended and now I am able to use front camera in all apps like default camera app and watsapp etc. Hope this helps...

Camera of ZUK Z1 isn't that great as it should be.
But it's fine tho, that's what you will get in this price.

Lardo00 said:
is this a hardware problem or software?
i have the same problem.
pls help me
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Ts a hardware one bro!

bhattyash32 said:
Camera of ZUK Z1 isn't that great as it should be.
But it's fine tho, that's what you will get in this price.
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See my front camera's dead for an year now. I visited the service center but didn't get it repaired...they say it's my lens fluid that broke on a single drop of my phone on the floor. That's how defective cameras on ZUK Z1 are...
Here take a look at my selfie pic(s)

Japheth said:
See my front camera's dead for an year now. I visited the service center but didn't get it repaired...they say it's my lens fluid that broke on a single drop of my phone on the floor. That's how defective cameras on ZUK Z1 are...
Here take a look at my selfie pic(s)
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Looks like dust

Snapchat Front Cam Lag

the Problem is that when i use Snapchat on front Cam or Back cam with Face filter and want to record its records really hard laggy.
Does there an solution for that?

It will never work because P8 Lite is too bad for recording on snapchat. As far as I know snapchat makes screenshots from your screen instead of real recording. If you want to enjoy snapchat then don't buy huawei crap, instead get something with different cpu than hisilicon.

P8 Lite doesn't have great hardware,that's why has low price so you'll never record without lag

Okay, I found out that it doesn't lag if you update to 6.0. I updated and now I can finally record videos on snapchat with both rear and front camera.

Lotherad said:
Okay, I found out that it doesn't lag if you update to 6.0. I updated and now I can finally record videos on snapchat with both rear and front camera.
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With the last update, they finally fixed that.

No it still lags after updating to Android 6.0 any solution?

Aliahme said:
No it still lags after updating to Android 6.0 any solution?
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Have you tried clearing ram or restarting phone? What version are you on? AFAIK This is only fixed in the newest version B574 or something like that but I might be wrong.

PCSE said:
Have you tried clearing ram or restarting phone? What version are you on? AFAIK This is only fixed in the newest version B574 or something like that but I might be wrong.
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Can u please give me the link of B574 local update mine firmware version is b525

Aliahme said:
Can u please give me the link of B574 local update mine firmware version is b525
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http://www.stechguide.com/download-huawei-p8-lite-stock-marshmallow-firmware-b574-europe/
Try that

camera issue

So my camera just started acting up, it produces "wavy" pictures during day light, and is out of focus (even when using a phone stand). The secondary camera however, does not produce the said issue. Can anyone help me?

Can you drop your phone on hard surface if yes that is an hardware issue I think or if you rooted your phone and try to edit camera files may be that is the reason so flash Oxygen OS latest and check again
Sorry for bad english
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kkbs4u said:
Can you drop your phone on hard surface if yes that is an hardware issue I think or if you rooted your phone and try to edit camera files may be that is the reason so flash Oxygen OS latest and check again
Sorry for bad english
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nope i did not drop the phone, i was rooted when this happened but i already flashed my phone with a clean oos. I don't notice any breaks/damages within camera glass.

tried with any other third-party cameras? like GCAM or MX camera?

zinou111 said:
tried with any other third-party cameras? like GCAM or MX camera?
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Haven't tried any other third-party apps besides GCam. I still get the same results on GCam though. At first, i thought the it was a software issue because i just started using GCam when the camera became glitchy so i did a clean flash.

I suffer from the same issue. All I can tell it started happening after Android Pie upgrade (January 2019), and happens randomly mostly when ambient temperature is high (above 25°C). Leaving the phone alone for 15/20minutes usually solves the problem, but SO frustrating to miss some good shots.

S20 ULTRA Camera update

New camera update from galaxy store and its worse than before...
What hare you fu***cking us SAMSUNG...

Nmc_alves® said:
New camera update from galaxy store and its worse than before...
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worse? why?

zjhao said:
worse? why?
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I have'nt see the update, i maked sommes photos and i see a very bad quality on focus and the zoom 4x and 5x is digital... you have optical zoom after 10x onli and you see a big diference betuen 9.9x to 10x zoom...
Look there

Nmc_alves® said:
I have'nt see the update, i maked sommes photos and i see a very bad quality on focus and the zoom 4x and 5x is digital... you have optical zoom after 10x onli and you see a big diference betuen 9.9x to 10x zoom...
Look there
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I've got the update too, but i don't have the issue
Optical zoom work from 4x as it should be

olivfun said:
I've got the update too, but i don't have the issue
Optical zoom work from 4x as it should be
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Try to cover tehe tele cam with your finger and tel me ... focus on objects at 50_60cm
If you dont cover the tele cam you dont see it

Nmc_alves® said:
Try to cover tehe tele cam with your finger and tel me ...
If you dont cover the tele cam you dont see it
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look at here Got S20U exy btw
h t t p s: // streamable . com / 1rc925
remove spaces

It is sad you are crying but you just don't know how your phone works...
When you go up to 10x it changes sensor and uses 108mpx for telephoto
Of course this is not made to focus on stuff 1 meter from the camera
Try using it in real conditions...

Nmc_alves® said:
New camera update from galaxy store and its worse than before...
What hare you fu***cking us SAMSUNG...
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Hello
reset of config (camera) solved it for me

Raphy511 said:
It is sad you are crying but you just don't know how your phone works...
When you go up to 10x it changes sensor and uses 108mpx for telephoto
Of course this is not made to focus on stuff 1 meter from the camera
Try using it in real conditions...
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I know how my cam works before the update...bether than after update

jarod27 said:
Hello
reset of config (camera) solved it for me
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Nothing change for me after clean cam data

Nmc_alves® said:
I know how my cam works before the update...bether than after update
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He is wrong.108mp camera is just for up to x4 zoom.All above that is telephoto.Don't spread wrong informations.Yea sure sansung will put PERISCOPE camera of 48mp and than use main camera for over x10 focus what a genius ? The deal is that up to(from x1 to x5 is pure otpical zoom)10x is hybrid zoom it uses both periscope and main camera for above x10 times its only periscope without main camera.Al above 10 zoom is only periscope camera and its just croping not zoom.But keep in mind if you zoom x3 it will be only main camera croping you cant zoom less than 5x times wtih periscope.

Seems OK here on unlocked USA version.
Will be testing some more to see.
I didn't even reset settings/clear cache.
I'm glad I didn't get Exynos. Usually do for unlockable BL and custom roms but I'm over that now.
I still have older Exynos phones I can do that with.
And my personal numbers are on Verizon so there's that.

The new update made this camera worse! If they don't have this camera figured out soon, I'm getting rid of my Ultra.

For 4x - 9.9x, if you're focusing a relatively close object, it will use the main camera, but if you focus something far away, it will use the telephoto camera. At least, that's the behaviour I'm having (ATCT firmware / camera version 10.0.03.2).

thecarp1975 said:
The new update made this camera worse! If they don't have this camera figured out soon, I'm getting rid of my Ultra.
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No it didn't. It clearly made it better.

pafc66 said:
No it didn't. It clearly made it better.
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Really? Try taking a picture of something that has text from 6 - 8 inches away. Unacceptable for $1400.

thecarp1975 said:
Really? Try taking a picture of something that has text from 6 - 8 inches away. Unacceptable for $1400.
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Stop complaining, it's easy to solve

zjhao said:
Stop complaining, it's easy to solve
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Doesn't help,

thecarp1975 said:
Doesn't help,
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Return it. Or import the snapdragon model. I haven't had those issues. Camera is almost perfect apart from some poor HDR processing at times.

Text has always been an issue with this phone.
It has a very narrow range of focus.