Hello. Today I bought a brand new Galaxy S8. Everything was working fine until I decided to test out my camera. It is either wrongly set up or I have a faulty sensor. Take a look at these 2 samples:
http://imgur.com/a/6qGCO
It does gain focus and take a decent pic in very close distance to photographed object. However, when moving it a little bit far, the image gets completely blurry. I have no idea what should I do now, I am kinda disappointed and it's a terrible first impression as for a newly bought phone. Should I return it or shall I tinker with camera app a litle more? The same thing happens in Snapchat so I'd rather opt for camera sensor being faulty
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Hello. Today I bought a brand new Galaxy S8. Everything was working fine until I decided to test out my camera. It is either wrongly set up or I have a faulty sensor. Take a look at these 2 samples:
http://imgur.com/a/6qGCO
It does gain focus and take a decent pic in very close distance to photographed object. However, when moving it a little bit far, the image gets completely blurry. I have no idea what should I do now, I am kinda disappointed and it's a terrible first impression as for a newly bought phone. Should I return it or shall I tinker with camera app a litle more? The same thing happens in Snapchat so I'd rather opt for camera sensor being faulty
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Try downloading another camera app and test to see if you still get the same problems. I'd try the stock Google camera app. I'd be curious to know if you get the same results.
JDM9499 said:
Try downloading another camera app and test to see if you still get the same problems. I'd try the stock Google camera app. I'd be curious to know if you get the same results.
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I have performed a factory reset through recovery and somehow it fixed the issue, hopefully
Unfortunately i am having the same issue with my s8 plus, i tried resetting through recovery but still having the problem
Monnq said:
I have performed a factory reset through recovery and somehow it fixed the issue, hopefully
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moehawk said:
Unfortunately i am having the same issue with my s8 plus, i tried resetting through recovery but still having the problem
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The steps I have done:
On system level:
- clear camera cache
- clear data
- force close
*did not help*
then I booted into recovery, done factory reset, it solved the issue. if it still doesn't work you may need to return it and get replacement :/
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I already returned the first sm-g950f because of the same problem. It started sporadically, restarting the camera app or the phone helped in the first few days. On day 8 I tried factory reset but the camera was still out of focus. Only object closer than 6-7 cm were OK, everything else was blurry. I tested the camera in the *#0*# service menu: blurry.
The second device started showing the same symptoms a few minutes ago. Now focusing to a close object then focusing away helped. I keep monitoring for the next days.
Update:
Day #11: blurry camera, stuck focus in macro for a minute. Refocusing did not help. Closing and starting camera app again, focus now working normally.
Don't have this issue, but in general if there is dirt on the lens, it could affect focus.
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i have the same problem
any help how to slove it?
I have a similar issue, when launching the camera after some time the rear camera is completely out of focus no matter the distance of the object. After "shaking" the phone, it works fine.
Looks like the stabilizer or the autofocus is stuck and the shake fix it. What do you think?
I think I'll contact the support tomorrow
I have the S8+ European version, G955F
Is this okay? I got a blurry back cam for my newly bought s8, but after reading the suggestion to "shake" it, it became clearer. Is this normal? Is this how that is suppose to be?
hi everyone. just want yo share my experience. i bought a brend new s8 at launch . everything ok. but 3 weeks ago it started to give blurry rear cam at times. let say one for five camera app launch..... i called samsung. they told me to bring the phone to them for testing. and eventually replace the camera sensor. oh noooo. never i will accepe an opened s8............the story solved with an ota update the last week. everything ok since
Envoyé de mon SM-G950F en utilisant Tapatalk
Samsung s8 is Rubbish
Bought the phone for my wife as a replacement for her 32GB s6 Edge. After 3 weeks of use this blurry rear camera started occurring. Started with once in awhile and then continued to happen more often. Shaking the phone would get it to work until the next time it faulted. It eventually was occurring every time you would launch the camera app. Searched online and found that there are MANY instances of people all over the world experiencing the same issue and shaking their phones to get the camera to work. Clearly a hardware fault.
Contacted Samsung NZ who proceeded to take me through all the typical troubleshooting steps which I had already followed from online. Eventually did a factory reset to appease them and what do you know, the issue remained and started as soon as I opened the camera app after the factory reset.
Took it to the Vodafone provider who sent it to Samsung. Received the phone back 4 days later (sent Monday, received Friday), the Samsung report states that the camera was replaced and Samsung replicated the issue on the phone. Now the camera will work and won't be blurry as soon as you open the camera app but the pictures are horrible quality. Doing a picture compare between my s6 Edge / Note 5 and the repaired s8. The s8 pictures are of terrible quality.
Very disappointed, $1000 phone, broken after a month of use. I will be taking this up with Samsung again soon.
My theory on why this issue has occurred. Samsung were trying to stick the fingerprint reader in the screen like what the iPhone 8 is doing. Samsung ran out of time and made the bad design decision to stick the fingerprint reader next to the camera. This caused the hardware fault of the blurry camera and proceeds to cause the bad quality of images.
This is not a software fault, it is a hardware fault.
I'm sure Samsung would want to save as much face as they can after the Note 7 incident. As the s8 is the first flagship after the Note 7.
This issue is not limited to the s8, s8 plus users are experiencing the same issue. The Note 8 has been designed the same way and will most likely have the same issue.
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Bought the phone for my wife as a replacement for her 32GB s6 Edge. After 3 weeks of use this blurry rear camera started occurring. Started with once in awhile and then continued to happen more often. Shaking the phone would get it to work until the next time it faulted. It eventually was occurring every time you would launch the camera app. Searched online and found that there are MANY instances of people all over the world experiencing the same issue and shaking their phones to get the camera to work. Clearly a hardware fault.
Contacted Samsung NZ who proceeded to take me through all the typical troubleshooting steps which I had already followed from online. Eventually did a factory reset to appease them and what do you know, the issue remained and started as soon as I opened the camera app after the factory reset.
Took it to the Vodafone provider who sent it to Samsung. Received the phone back 4 days later (sent Monday, received Friday), the Samsung report states that the camera was replaced and Samsung replicated the issue on the phone. Now the camera will work and won't be blurry as soon as you open the camera app but the pictures are horrible quality. Doing a picture compare between my s6 Edge / Note 5 and the repaired s8. The s8 pictures are of terrible quality.
Very disappointed, $1000 phone, broken after a month of use. I will be taking this up with Samsung again soon.
My theory on why this issue has occurred. Samsung were trying to stick the fingerprint reader in the screen like what the iPhone 8 is doing. Samsung ran out of time and made the bad design decision to stick the fingerprint reader next to the camera. This caused the hardware fault of the blurry camera and proceeds to cause the bad quality of images.
This is not a software fault, it is a hardware fault.
I'm sure Samsung would want to save as much face as they can after the Note 7 incident. As the s8 is the first flagship after the Note 7.
This issue is not limited to the s8, s8 plus users are experiencing the same issue. The Note 8 has been designed the same way and will most likely have the same issue.
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that doesnt sound good and i was thinking of getting one too the camera is sumthink i would use alot erm would u say it would be better to get the s7 edge insted of the s8?
vibealite said:
that doesnt sound good and i was thinking of getting one too the camera is sumthink i would use alot erm would u say it would be better to get the s7 edge insted of the s8?
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Yup! Avoid the s8 at all costs. Get the s7! Or wait for the iPhone 8. Depending on preference of course.
Alyonas_boy said:
Yup! Avoid the s8 at all costs. Get the s7! Or wait for the iPhone 8. Depending on preference of course.
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thanks for the info ill keep looking not really into iphones tho
Alyonas_boy said:
My theory on why this issue has occurred. Samsung were trying to stick the fingerprint reader in the screen like what the iPhone 8 is doing. Samsung ran out of time and made the bad design decision to stick the fingerprint reader next to the camera. This caused the hardware fault of the blurry camera and proceeds to cause the bad quality of images.
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What a horrible theory, you just got a bad phone, ask for a replacement.
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What a horrible theory, you just got a bad phone, ask for a replacement.
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If this wasn't a widespread issue I would think the same. Google "s8 blurry rear camera" and see how many search results it turns up. This isn't a once off. Plenty of people around the world are experiencing the same issue.
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If this wasn't a widespread issue I would think the same. Google "s8 blurry rear camera" and see how many search results it turns up. This isn't a once off. Plenty of people around the world are experiencing the same issue.
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Perhaps, but your theory on why its happening is asinine.
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Perhaps, but your theory on why its happening is asinine.
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Thank you for your most gracious wonderful opinion. It's greatly appreciated.
Same issue here, found that shaking the phone fixed the camera problem but it happens entirely too often. That being said I do have a few energy saving apps and wondering if it is putting the camera components in hibernation until I shake the phone. Anyway, did the OP findnout what was causing his blurriness?
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The DVP was always the one phone I wanted to own but with all its issues I went ahead and bought an Omnia 7 (now updated to Mango).
I've heard Dell has released a new firmware that addresses all the initial issues so I'm wondering if:
a) all the issues are indeed fixed
b) the camera has been improved as it was pretty much terrible
I would appreciate very honest, objective answers so that I know what to expect.
Cheers
a) The stability issues have now been fixed. My phone is now very reliable. (Unfortunately, does not support the new wifi hotspot feature, however).
b) The camera seems to be improved. There's a thread with some pictures below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206192
One of the problems seems to be that the camera doesn't have image stabilisation hardware (which the Samsung phones do have). The suggestion I have found most useful to take better pictures is to tap the screen lightly to take a picture instead of pressing the camera button. (Pressing the camera button shakes the phone and the pictures sometimes turn out blurry).
Also, tweaking the settings helps get better results.
In my opinion, the camera is okay, not great but not terrible either. I think your Samsung will probably take better pictures though.
Thanks, some of these pictures actually look great. My issue is there isn't a new phone announced yet with 32GB storage so I might end up going for a DVP rather than a new and shiny device. We'll see.
camera is worthless.
Deep down I believe you, that phone should really have been a gem.
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Indeed, it needs more effort to keep still when taking a picture e.g. holding your elbows in to your chest and holding the phone with both hands. Also, easier in bright light than dim light as the phone needs to be held still for less time, so less chance of blurry pictures.
If you already have an Omnia, I'd suggest waiting.
The screen, thickness (i.e. bulk) and camera are probably worse on the DVP. The keyboard and storage capacity are better. So it's probably a side-step rather than an upgrade.
I've read about one Mango device so far that appears to be 32GB (unfortunately, Japan / Taiwan only atm):
http://www.phoneshop.co.uk/2011/09/fujitsu-toshiba-is12t-smartphone-review/
It's possible others might be unofficially upgradeable to 32GB - will know once people start using them. The new phones probably have the more powerful GPU too.
Download the Picture Lab app. You can take pictures within the app. It also has an overlay grid and most importantly an image stabilization feature using the phone's gyroscope.
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It also has an overlay grid and most importantly an image stabilization feature using the phone's gyroscope.
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Thanks - looks like a useful app. Unfortunately, I don't think the DVP has a gyroscope.
http://www.wpcentral.com/no-gyroscope-access-current-windows-phones-only-new-mango-devices2
Looks like the new Mango devices can optionally contain a gyroscope, so will probably be easier to get a good picture.
So really they need to release a DVP2.
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So really they need to release a DVP2.
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I am really skeptical of another dvp
While wpcentral reported a rumor of a dell wrigley for india, looking at the specs of the device are really placeholders for a device that is EXTREMELY OLD and it doesn't match the specs from the leak. Furthermore, very reliable contact indicated the wrigley does not EXIST
Unless there was a change in 3 months (which there may be) that ramped up manufacturing of a new device, is is unlikely the device exists...
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I am really skeptical of another dvp
While wpcentral reported a rumor of a dell wrigley for india, looking at the specs of the device are really placeholders for a device that is EXTREMELY OLD and it doesn't match the specs from the leak. Furthermore, very reliable contact indicated the wrigley does not EXIST
Unless there was a change in 3 months (which there may be) that ramped up manufacturing of a new device, is is unlikely the device exists...
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go back to wpcentral and look who sent in that tip!
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go back to wpcentral and look who sent in that tip!
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okay you submitted the tip
and your source is? because (thanks to beta testing) I got some pretty high tips there. I'm not invalidating your sleuthing, but if you take a look at every single page, it is a down grade in specs
Now it is likely that dell is focusing on developing countries in Asia, which is possible (as shown in Japan) but as far as the windows and tablet side, a lot has sort of been scrapped.
And again, it was reiterated in July that the Dell Wrigley does not exist. Further, Dell was making changes to its mobility and tablet strategy to best meet a more diverse demographic.
I'll make sure by dropping a few emails though
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Email dropped. It DOES NOT exist. It's fake! Sorry bro
After the issues I had getting this phone replaced (took over a month) and the fact Dell has completely closed off all of it's North American call centers and all we can get now is india.
Even if there was a DVP2 and it was the best phone on the market bar none, with no problems at all. I wouldn't buy it.
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Funny How my experience w/ Dell is so different. I first bought my Brand new DVP back in Jan.'11 Had problems in Mar.'11 and Dell replaced it with-in the week.. Then Recently(days ago) My DVP had problem that it kept restarting whenever I slide the KB, Dell Replaced it with-in 3days.
No Extra cost.
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Funny How my experience w/ Dell is so different. I first bought my Brand new DVP back in Jan.'11 Had problems in Mar.'11 and Dell replaced it with-in the week.. Then Recently(days ago) My DVP had problem that it kept restarting whenever I slide the KB, Dell Replaced it with-in 3days.
No Extra cost.
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All i'm gonna say is you are lucky.
I haven't had any problems with mine at all and it was manufactured 30th March 2011. I even forced it to upgrade to mango and haven't had any issues.
Even put a generic class10 32gb microSD card in it with no issues so far.
The camera is actually quite good now. Possibly even the best wp7 camera, with the exception of flash photos.
Here are some comparison photos of the DVP and my HD7.
The quality is good if you're a statue. I do not think it has an image stabilization. A slight movement causes the photo to be blurry.
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The camera is actually quite good now. Possibly even the best wp7 camera, with the exception of flash photos.
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The DVP's camera does not compete at all favorably with that of the Mango HTC phones either on quality or features. The new phones feature superior optics (f2.2 lenses), and burst and panorama modes. On top of that, the Titan's is also 8 megapixel.
And once the lights go down, it gets even worse. The DVP's flash is utterly anemic, and introduces a yellow banding effect onto pictures.
The DVP's might be better than the HD7's, but there can't be any serious claim to the best WP7 camera.
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The DVP's camera does not compete at all favorably with that of the Mango HTC phones either on quality or features. The new phones feature superior optics (f2.2 lenses), and burst and panorama modes. On top of that, the Titan's is also 8 megapixel.
And once the lights go down, it gets even worse. The DVP's flash is utterly anemic, and introduces a yellow banding effect onto pictures.
The DVP's might be better than the HD7's, but there can't be any serious claim to the best WP7 camera.
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the titan camera is not all that...even with the major changes htc has done the camera to me is still a smidge above mediocre
At first I thought I was dreaming but sure enough since the update the shutter lag is almost gone. It was a 230MB update, it seems like they updated a lot of stuff. Also my battery life is much better since the update from what I've seen.
Great stuff.
Mine seems better as well. My battery doesn't drop from 100 to 99 in the 1st 10 seconds anymore either lol
Seems about the same
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Mine seems better as well. My battery doesn't drop from 100 to 99 in the 1st 10 seconds anymore either lol
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Camera seems the same to me, I didn't have complaints before though. I think the reason it drops to 99 right away is because the phone charges to 100% then charging turns off and starts charging again at 99%, so you may have just unplugged at a more opportune moment.
Camera still lags massively for the front facing camera
Not seeing much of an improvement on camera lag here... Still pretty terrible.
Still lags and sucks. lol
I definitely got better battery and rear camera is a little better.. Front facing still sucks
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Still lags and sucks. lol
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Took great pics for me today...
Maybe its the user that sucks
PS--Let it focus first!
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I definitely got better battery and rear camera is a little better.. Front facing still sucks
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Most FFCs suck.
adrynalyne said:
Took great pics for me today...
Maybe its the user that sucks
PS--Let it focus first!
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You do realize what everyone is saying sucks is the very thing you say in your "p.s", right?
The fact you do have to wait so long before it focuses and takes a picture is what sucks about it. Any decent smartphone doesn't come close with how long this camera takes.
I tap it, it focuses, it takes the shot.
I must be missing the problem here.
I'm aware it has a slow shutter but that doesn't make it suck. It means I need to use it differently until they fix it.
It could be worse. It could take pics uber fast and never truly focus, ala gnex. There was no fixing that garbage camera.
This all reminds me of my wife. She has always taken my hand me downs. She wanted my Note 2, because it took great pics.
Then she got it and they sucked. Then she wanted my Note 3 because it took great pics. Then she said something was wrong because her camera shots came out bad.
Then she got a Note 4 because of the camera. She complains about the pics again. We went on a trip yesterday and both snapped pics. She doesn't understand why my Turbo pics look so much better.
I have a secret weapon: I let it focus. Too many people take pics on their phones and are too impatient to even let them properly focus.
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I tap it, it focuses, it takes the shot.
I must be missing the problem here.
I'm aware it has a slow shutter but that doesn't make it suck. It means I need to use it differently until they fix it.
It could be worse. It could take pics uber fast and never truly focus, ala gnex. There was no fixing that garbage camera.
This all reminds me of my wife. She has always taken my hand me downs. She wanted my Note 2, because it took great pics.
Then she got it and they sucked. Then she wanted my Note 3 because it took great pics. Then she said something was wrong because her camera shots came out bad.
Then she got a Note 4 because of the camera. She complains about the pics again. We went on a trip yesterday and both snapped pics. She doesn't understand why my Turbo pics look so much better.
I have a secret weapon: I let it focus. Too many people take pics on their phones and are too impatient to even let them properly focus.
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That's the very problem for some of us - we don't have time to let it focus before we miss the shot we want. I have an 18 month old, if I can't capture something the split second it happens, the moment is gone. My S4 focused much quicker, and I've played around some with the G2 and G3, both of which are also faster. Don't get me wrong, the Turbo bests all of those phones in the categories that matter more to me, focusing and shutter speed (or lack thereof) is this phone's one flaw in my opinion. Both of which I really hope can be fixed with software tweaks. No reason this phone's HP shouldn't allow improvements there.
I definitely noticed an improvement in the front camera, even before I read any comments on here.
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That's the very problem for some of us - we don't have time to let it focus before we miss the shot we want. I have an 18 month old, if I can't capture something the split second it happens, the moment is gone. My S4 focused much quicker, and I've played around some with the G2 and G3, both of which are also faster. Don't get me wrong, the Turbo bests all of those phones in the categories that matter more to me, focusing and shutter speed (or lack thereof) is this phone's one flaw in my opinion. Both of which I really hope can be fixed with software tweaks. No reason this phone's HP shouldn't allow improvements there.
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A phone camera has never been good for instant action though if you don't anticupate. They don't have the hardware for it imo. Ive seen people with ois make blurry shots snd blame the device.
Ive always learned to antcipate for good shots on a phone and is worked out pretty well. I'm sure the software will get improved. Last years motos had camera woes too that were largely addressed by software updates.
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A phone camera has never been good for instant action though if you don't anticupate. They don't have the hardware for it imo. Ive seen people with ois make blurry shots snd blame the device.
Ive always learned to antcipate for good shots on a phone and is worked out pretty well. I'm sure the software will get improved. Last years motos had camera woes too that were largely addressed by software updates.
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You keep missing the point here... the point those of us complaining is there are several phone's that exist today, many of which are generations behind the turbo that take pictures much faster than the turbo does (my GS3 and GS4 sdsurferbob mentioned being perfect examples).
Listen, I love my Turbo and have no regrets for choosing it, it's just super disappointing and almost inexcusable for any feature of a "flagship" to be worse than phones 3+ years old.
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You keep missing the point here... the point those of us complaining is there are several phone's that exist today, many of which are generations behind the turbo that take pictures much faster than the turbo does (my GS3 and GS4 sdsurferbob mentioned being perfect examples).
Listen, I love my Turbo and have no regrets for choosing it, it's just super disappointing and almost inexcusable for any feature of a "flagship" to be worse than phones 3+ years old.
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I think you missed my point. Im aware of the shortcomings but no amount of stating this will fix the problem. We as users can adjust until then, however.
Im aware of phones that snap better pics, because ive owned them. However somehow i take better pics with my turbo than my wife with her note 4. The only variable is the user right? Ive learned to overcome. We CAN take good pics. Or we can tell everyone the camera sucks and just suffer because we don't want to take the time to do better. I chose the prior and I get great pics.
I'll be happy when moto fixes the camera, but until then I will adapt.
Got my Moto Maxx today and I was expecting the camera to be very slow, and its way faster than what I've seen on some reviews. Still not as fast as it should be but I'm confindent Lollipop will solve all camera problems.
Lower the resolution and it takes them even faster.
It's a phone with a camera to me. If I'm going to an event and pics are important I have a camera to bring. If I need one spur of the moment this camera works fine for me. Just my opinion.
Hi everyone! I am having problems with my note 3. I recently purchased a refurbished samsung note 3 from the o2 website which arrived acouple of weeks ago and noticed my camera looks grainy colours look watered down compared to my mums samsung note 3. Here are afew pics taken on default settings on both stock cameras in the same conditions. The only difference is shes running kitkat 4.4.2 and i am runninf lollypop 5.0, but this was the case before i upgraded, infact i upgraded to see if it would change but its still the same.
This is the second refurbished phone I have got from o2 as the previous one had bad vertical lines in low light conditions TRUST ME it was bad. One thing I would like to say is when moving around with my mums note 3 camera, the picture looks so smooth while mine looks very grainy. Does this phone need to go back? Because I cant imagine the same phone on the same settings could produce the opposite photos.
It's hard to say without knowing exactly what rom version you're both running... and double check both camera settings. Default isn't enough to insure they are setup the same.
Also check to see if there is any screen protector on your camera lens (some shops put that there)... is it clean or any grease/smudge, etc (thought that wouldn't account for the graininess). Graininess occurs when ISO gets pumped up higher. Usually with low lighting, but check to see where ISO is set to.
If all those things still don't check out... then maybe getting a refurbished phone isn't the best way to go (or at least from this o2 place). Good luck!
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It's hard to say without knowing exactly what rom version you're both running... and double check both camera settings. Default isn't enough to insure they are setup the same.
Also check to see if there is any screen protector on your camera lens (some shops put that there)... is it clean or any grease/smudge, etc (thought that wouldn't account for the graininess). Graininess occurs when ISO gets pumped up higher. Usually with low lighting, but check to see where ISO is set to.
If all those things still don't check out... then maybe getting a refurbished phone isn't the best way to go (or at least from this o2 place). Good luck!
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Both iso on each phones were set to auto and i have checked the lens and it looks flawless, so i am guessing this phone will have to go back?
You know what... I think it's android 5.0 issue. I updated my phone to it too... and camera now also takes more grainy, not as sharp pics. That sucks. So something is up with that.
Maybe go back to 4.4.2 -- that probably resolves the issue.
I tried with another camera app (better camera) and same results.
I did notice a change actually when upgrading to lollipop, the camera looks over-sharpened sometimes and lack detail, lots of noise... Is this a thing?
Also, battery life isn't that amazing before and after buying a new battery for the phone, barely lasts me a 9 hour school day with medium to high usage, no gaming.
Is this just lollipop being weird? I flashed mine via Odin from an Italian version of the Note 3 but the bands are basically the same, no problems getting 4G, H+, 3G or 2G.
I read somewhere there was a camera mod on some rom... that gave the full camera pic, not compressed. So maybe Lollipop is now compressing the images more, which will give more lossy images. Will try look more into that, but 5.1 should be coming out for more devices (soon I hope)... suppose to fix some mem leak issues and others.
This is where I read about the compression: It's a camera mod. Maybe can try it ^^ http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...camera-mod-note-3-n9005-lollipop-5-0-t3067827
Well i gave my phone to o2 repair and they said that they could not find a fault with the camera lol So I am out of ideas here. All i know is the difference between the two cameras are nite and day and i am not happy.
As I said, can give the mod camera a try and see if it's better. I haven't tested it yet - will get around to it on weekend.
But from a lot of bug reports and boards across the web... Lollipop upgrade has made the camera worse - so some coding is at fault. Hopefully it's fixed with next update (5.1 rolling out soon).
Guys is there any code or any way to check whether we got original camera or replacement parts from eBay? Because I am also not happy with my note 3 camera.
hi guys,
I bought my Galaxy Note 3 almost a year ago from a guy who had bought it 2 months earlier. Before buying it from him I checked if everything was OK. camera working, S pen, MultiWindow, etc. I went home, charged it for a few hours and started using it. I was so thrilled. I wanted to buy a note 3 fro almost a year before I actually bought it. Anyway, I found out that the pictures I took with it outdoors were great, amazing resolution, brightness, etc. But the pictures I took indoors were not good at all. The resolution was that of a 2010 phone and the scariest part was that if I tried to zoom in after I took the picture, the resolution was horrible and it came out blurry too. I want to know if there's anyway I can solve this issue if there's anyone who's witnessed this same problem of mine. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Lacks detail.
What model what firmware.
Have you tried a factory reset??
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Lacks detail.
What model what firmware.
Have you tried a factory reset??
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The model is SM-N900 and I haven't tried factory reset because I'm afraid I'm gonna lose all the data. Isn't there another solution?
Impossible no one is satisfied yet, or will it be a global recall like the note 7.
Mine is inconsistent. Closer distances and lower light get a really low hit rate.
I’m not happy, and unsure if it can be fixed via software or not. My gut says they’ll get it to a point where it is acceptable but it will never be great.
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MASTERGRAD said:
Impossible no one is satisfied yet, or will it be a global recall like the note 7.
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Hardware problem but definitely no recall. 1, 2 more cam updates that will do nothing and will b a forgotten phone soon.
Idkwtf said:
Hardware problem but definitely no recall. 1, 2 more cam updates that will do nothing and will b a forgotten phone soon.
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Camera have problem only with focusing on close object so if you don't take a lot macro shots that isn't big deal.Look on my photos.
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Idkwtf said:
Hardware problem but definitely no recall. 1, 2 more cam updates that will do nothing and will b a forgotten phone soon.
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forgotten by who. ?? https://youtu.be/gDDxbFDwvsA
I am an owner and seen proof of improvements.
Anyone? Yeah 99% of people don't have the issue.
Horrible close ups. My bank won't allow me to make mobile deposits due to check picture being unreadable. Using my oneplus 7t pro McLaren as my daily now. I really waited before buying.
Mike02z said:
Horrible close ups. My bank won't allow me to make mobile deposits due to check picture being unreadable. Using my oneplus 7t pro McLaren as my daily now. I really waited before buying.
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I admittedly haven't taken enough picturesyet to really have a firm opinion on the camera, but I've had no problems taking pictures of checks for mobile deposit.
Mike02z said:
Horrible close ups. My bank won't allow me to make mobile deposits due to check picture being unreadable. Using my oneplus 7t pro McLaren as my daily now. I really waited before buying.
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If you back away and use 2X or 4X that problem goes away.
Of course mobile deposit apps access the camera hardware directly and have no control over the camera so this becomes a problem.
Software updates to these apps to accommodate this feature or shortcoming depending on how you look at it would fix the issue.