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Camera Issues

Hello,
I've tried to find this issue in the forums, but can't.
I have a problem with my camera on the AT&T Tilt (8925), it really slows down in low light settings. Unless it's really bright or sunny it takes horrible pictures. The preview mode jumps and skips.(I'm using the ROM it came with)
The 8525 that I had before would take pictures and video no problem in semi low light situations, but the Tilt is not even close.
Please let me know if other people are having the same problem or if you think I have a defective unit or something is wrong with the ROM.

I don't think anyone has ever had a problem with their camera in low light. It must be just your phone. I would take it back to ATT and demand a refund and a free phone for your troubles.

i agree, i think not a single person in this forum has any issue with using the camera in low light conditions. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you look in the kaiser wiki, you will see nothing about low fps in the camera at all.

Have you pressed Control Alt Delete?

Kaze0110 said:
Have you pressed Control Alt Delete?
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Oh, is this a webcam he is talking about?

ok thanks, I get it

kspirit said:
ok thanks, I get it
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Haha, that was sweet. No one was suggesting that you check out the wiki and you totally did not get the hint that they were not hinting.

grizzley said:
Oh, is this a webcam he is talking about?
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Oh, which reminds me, I was going to bring this up after I tested it as working or not.
I had a webcam that had the same problem as this phone's does.
Point being, I was going to install the latest camera software because that one (the 5.xx version) had different registry settings than the 4.xx one did. And I THINK, that there was a registry setting that defined the different increments available for the lighting scenarios.
EG: you should be able to deactivate the camera's ability to auto adjust to light, or at least increase the time before it does to some unholy number.

kspirit said:
Hello,
I've tried to find this issue in the forums, but can't.
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How can you say you couldn't find the answer? There are tons of threads and a classaction law suite (or something like that) with this problem stamped all over it.

Camera Scrambled

So the past few weeks I have been having issues with my camera on my rooted G1 (SuperD 193), and the problem existed before I flashed to super d (using cyanogen latest before). The camera kept going from looking normal to casting everything in a purple hue.
Now everything is scrambled, like old cable for a channel you didnt have.
Anyone else experience a problem similar to this? If I can get a picture up I will.

Did you wipe? If not, you should do it. Or do it even if you did before.

Tylerspilker said:
So the past few weeks I have been having issues with my camera on my rooted G1 (SuperD 193), and the problem existed before I flashed to super d (using cyanogen latest before). The camera kept going from looking normal to casting everything in a purple hue.
Now everything is scrambled, like old cable for a channel you didnt have.
Anyone else experience a problem similar to this? If I can get a picture up I will.
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Came from "complete eclair" to fasttest and got the same weird purple scrambled look.
I will put Bart from Complete eclair back and see what happens. I suspect the drivers are not getting wiped.

I put Complete eclair back and now it looks like crap to. I think the camera is borked.

Have the same problem. Its not the ROM its the actual phone. The Camera Lens and wiring is malfunctioning.

I find that if I take a few pictures the camera will go back to normal. I tried getting a scrambled pic last night, but it seems to only be doing the off-color hue thing. Now if I take a few photos, it will return to normal coloring.
Very strange.

Tylerspilker said:
I find that if I take a few pictures the camera will go back to normal. I tried getting a scrambled pic last night, but it seems to only be doing the off-color hue thing. Now if I take a few photos, it will return to normal coloring.
Very strange.
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Just took 20 pictures of my keyboard. No change. Found a thread on this from a few days a ago and it looks like the same problem. Why is all this hardware failing at the same time?

billquinn1 said:
Just took 20 pictures of my keyboard. No change. Found a thread on this from a few days a ago and it looks like the same problem. Why is all this hardware failing at the same time?
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I also took pictures out the window, then back inside. I wonder if the exposure adjustment might have helped?

Tylerspilker said:
I also took pictures out the window, then back inside. I wonder if the exposure adjustment might have helped?
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My camera is loading normal now... hmmmm good news! For the record, I never use my camera much, I am wondering if the sensor just needed some work

Tylerspilker said:
My camera is loading normal now... hmmmm good news! For the record, I never use my camera much, I am wondering if the sensor just needed some work
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Mine is still messed up. I called Tmob and set up to swap it out. I will have to figure out the un-root thing before I send it in. I have a month of warranty left and don't want to find out after that the camera just dies.

[Q] Camer preview flickers

Good day all,
I got my Z1 and updated to 4.4.2. Its a non rooted one. I have issues in camera. The camera preview itself flickers all time, even though pictures taken were clear. I tried clearing cache and data files, factory reseted too; didn't help !!! I Is there any way to overcome this bug?
Thanks!!
Reg,
Raj.

Not sure if this is what you mean, but I also have a lot of noise in the viewfinder/camera etc. (hard to describe exactly but sort of like watching analogue television not quite on the station correctly).. have never seen this on any other smartphone..
My phone is brand new.. seems to really only be a problem indoors/low light etc..
Does everyone have this? coming from an S3 its a bit off putting.

Flickers in camera preview
Yea exactly the same as you told. Is there any app or something to fix this ?? Does rooted phones also has this issue?

RajiveZ1 said:
Yea exactly the same as you told. Is there any app or something to fix this ?? Does rooted phones also has this issue?
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There is no difference in Rooted or Not, this is related to the Update, one of many issues. I think there is no fix, just try different Rom, even stock.

Camera Preview not working
since lollipop my camera preview does not work. I can see the small thumbnail but it will not open

Speaker crackle/distortion is it hardware och software related?

Hi!
Seen many others facing the issue with speakers crackling/get distorted att hight volumes on notifications/ringtones. For example alarm sound named Oxygen sounds distorted on higher volume and also the ringtone Ganymede. But youtube and such sounds like they should even att highest volume. Is this on all phones? Is it software or hardware related? Absolutley loving the phone but if my speakers are broke I need to try and get a replacement.
Can anyone confirm that they have no distortion/crackle at all?
Br J

Jaxione said:
Hi!
Seen many others facing the issue with speakers crackling/get distorted att hight volumes on notifications/ringtones. For example alarm sound named Oxygen sounds distorted on higher volume and also the ringtone Ganymede. But youtube and such sounds like they should even att highest volume. Is this on all phones? Is it software or hardware related? Absolutley loving the phone but if my speakers are broke I need to try and get a replacement.
Can anyone confirm that they have no distortion/crackle at all?
Br J
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No problem for me here, not even on the highest volume level. If some users have this issue its probably a hardware faillure rather then software.

Jaxione said:
Hi!
Seen many others facing the issue with speakers crackling/get distorted att hight volumes on notifications/ringtones. For example alarm sound named Oxygen sounds distorted on higher volume and also the ringtone Ganymede. But youtube and such sounds like they should even att highest volume. Is this on all phones? Is it software or hardware related? Absolutley loving the phone but if my speakers are broke I need to try and get a replacement.
Can anyone confirm that they have no distortion/crackle at all?
Br J
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Some devices are facing this issue. If it's only happening on highest volume then it's a software issue or else it's a hardware issue

SAW_JOK3R said:
Some devices are facing this issue. If it's only happening on highest volume then it's a software issue or else it's a hardware issue
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If it is a software issue, how come only some devices have it and not all?
Br J

Jaxione said:
If it is a software issue, how come only some devices have it and not all?
Br J
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I've no proper explanation to give But same happening with force shutdown / random force reboot issue. It's affecting Many users but not All

SAW_JOK3R said:
I've no proper explanation to give But same happening with force shutdown / random force reboot issue. It's affecting Many users but not All
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This sucks How could they solve software issues that is only affecting some phones? If I send mine back It will take 2-3 weeks for it to come back. And I think the company that I bought it from will just scratch their heads and find no problem with the phone. I from sweden and Motorola isnt represented here so I have to go through the company I bought it from sucks. Will never buy from them again.
Br J

Jaxione said:
This sucks How could they solve software issues that is only affecting some phones? If I send mine back It will take 2-3 weeks for it to come back. And I think the company that I bought it from will just scratch their heads and find no problem with the phone. I from sweden and Motorola isnt represented here so I have to go through the company I bought it from sucks. Will never buy from them again.
Br J
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It's not their fault. It's Google's fault. Go to this Google Forum Topic and go to first page. You can see it's marked as complete by a google employee. Fix will come with the new update

SAW_JOK3R said:
It's not their fault. It's Google's fault. Go to this Google Forum Topic and go to first page. You can see it's marked as complete by a google employee. Fix will come with the new update
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Read throught the thread. The only thing google are saying is that the cant reproduce the problem. Can read anywhere that they will fix it.
Mvh J

Jaxione said:
Read throught the thread. The only thing google are saying is that the cant reproduce the problem. Can read anywhere that they will fix it.
Mvh J
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They can only fix it by update

SAW_JOK3R said:
They can only fix it by update
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If you read through that thread you will se that it was set to completed because of that the google employee couldnt reproduce the problem and therefor asks people to ask for a replacement phone. So I dont think they marked this thread Completed because it will be solved in an update.
Br J

Jaxione said:
If you read through that thread you will se that it was set to completed because of that the google employee couldnt reproduce the problem and therefor asks people to ask for a replacement phone. So I dont think they marked this thread Completed because it will be solved in an update.
Br J
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Yeah, I know. That's why said. As it's marked as completed, that means the support team of the forum was not able to solve the issue so they've forwarded the issue to Google devs to solve it

SAW_JOK3R said:
Yeah, I know. That's why said. As it's marked as completed, that means the support team of the forum was not able to solve the issue so they've forwarded the issue to Google devs to solve it
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Lets hope they do. It must be software related in my case. Noticed a thing when testing a bit today. When I hold my phone normally the "crackle" / "bad sound" comes from the top speaker and the bottom one sounds fine but if I turn the phone to landscape mode the crackle jumps down to the bottom speaker and the top speaker sounds fine. Reaaally strange
Br J

Jaxione said:
Lets hope they do. It must be software related in my case. Noticed a thing when testing a bit today. When I hold my phone normally the "crackle" / "bad sound" comes from the top speaker and the bottom one sounds fine but if I turn the phone to landscape mode the crackle jumps down to the bottom speaker and the top speaker sounds fine. Reaaally strange
Br J
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The crackle problem does the same on me ,except the landscape experiment which I haven't done .But if it really occurs just as you explain ,than it is most probably (or it looks like) software related issue. Anyway it indeed seems strange :|

I just enabled encryption and regarding cracks and rispy sound it seems better.
Maybe someone else who have this issue can test?

I definitely have this issue. On latest M firmware on Sprint variant. I manually flashed firmware.. Saw somewhere else on here where someone solved problem by installing viper audio and setting to super hi quality sound.. May try that. Seems like I recall on og Nexus 7 some kernels would cause the device to get too hot (like the charger that came with phone does for me..) And speakers would get messed up as a result and distort. Hope that's not the case here. :banghead:

Its most likely software. It almost sounds the same as the speaker distortion that the one m8 had when running cm due to the lack of proper audio drivers. Its most likely a driver issue which is why some have had success with viper. For now I would not max out volume when using the phone just to protect the speakers and we will just have to wait and see if google releases a fix.

toknitup420 said:
Its most likely software. It almost sounds the same as the speaker distortion that the one m8 had when running cm due to the lack of proper audio drivers. Its most likely a driver issue which is why some have had success with viper. For now I would not max out volume when using the phone just to protect the speakers and we will just have to wait and see if google releases a fix.
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I sure hope that you and others who've said same are correct. If that is the case Google needs to get with it and push an image that fixes it asap.

Update: (Sprint N6-latest firmware-M..) I installed Dirty Unicorn test build 5.1 dated 3/29 from their G+ community and not one crackle comes out even on the highest volume my device is fine. Was not like that on stock Google rom.. I was getting a feedback sound coming from exterior speakers as well and its not present anymore. Just wanted to share that.

Problem with the Front Facing camera.

I was wondering if anyone else had this issue with the front facing camera. There's a couple people that had this issue as well, check the
mentions for SamsungSupport on Twitter a couple days back(at the time of this post)
There's even a video of it in action: https://twitter.com/Hired_Assassin5/status/918633351510200320
As you can see at the top, there's some major discoloration going on. It's almost like a negative image.
https://i.imgur.com/2ipVzgS.jpg
I got the phone on Sep 15th, release day. The camera was working fine up until around Oct 5th that I know of. Taking selfies with the dog, etc.
Well, I opened it up on the 12th, haven't used it for a while, and I noticed that issue you see in the first image. I contacted Samsung and they had me
go through the whole troubleshooting process, all the way to me factory resetting my device. Factory Reset, then skipped all the setup wizards
and went straight to testing the camera. Issue is still present!
So the next day, I went to my carrier store, they said they never seen that before. So they're ordering me a shipment to replace it, possible defect.
Well, that night, I decided to try and look deeper into the issue. Flashlight on camera lenses, didn't see anything. Then I remembered from previous
android phones, there's hardware codes you can enter into the Dialer, so I input *#0*#, which is the hardware testing screen.
It looks like this:
https://i.imgur.com/RhJD4WJ.jpg
So obviously, one of the options is "FRONT CAM". I thought I would "test" it. I clicked on it, and it was working fine! I said oh sh!t, WTH.
This is the screenshot of it:
https://i.imgur.com/2BiaA7U.jpg
Then I took the picture as well, and it turned out just fine, like a normal camera. Well when you tap the screen again, it backs out, and switches
into a different mode, or something. And well sure enough, that issue I was having in my main camera app showed up!
This is a screenshot of it:
https://i.imgur.com/kGgJDD1.jpg
Now this is where I'm wondering if the Geniuses and good people here at XDA can figure out.
If you notice in the first screenshot of the "test" https://i.imgur.com/2BiaA7U.jpg
It says SUB AP at the top left....
Then in the next one, the defective one or whatever https://i.imgur.com/kGgJDD1.jpg
It says SUB CC.
Does anyone know what those are, or what they stand for? And if possible, how can I get my camera app to go back to using the correct mode or whatever that is.
This issue happens in all camera apps, the Samsung default camera app, play store camera apps, etc.
Thanks.

FunYunZ said:
I was wondering if anyone else had this issue with the front facing camera. There's a couple people that had this issue as well, check the
mentions for SamsungSupport on Twitter a couple days back(at the time of this post)
There's even a video of it in action: https://twitter.com/Hired_Assassin5/status/918633351510200320
As you can see at the top, there's some major discoloration going on. It's almost like a negative image.
https://i.imgur.com/2ipVzgS.jpg
I got the phone on Sep 15th, release day. The camera was working fine up until around Oct 5th that I know of. Taking selfies with the dog, etc.
Well, I opened it up on the 12th, haven't used it for a while, and I noticed that issue you see in the first image. I contacted Samsung and they had me
go through the whole troubleshooting process, all the way to me factory resetting my device. Factory Reset, then skipped all the setup wizards
and went straight to testing the camera. Issue is still present!
So the next day, I went to my carrier store, they said they never seen that before. So they're ordering me a shipment to replace it, possible defect.
Well, that night, I decided to try and look deeper into the issue. Flashlight on camera lenses, didn't see anything. Then I remembered from previous
android phones, there's hardware codes you can enter into the Dialer, so I input *#0*#, which is the hardware testing screen.
It looks like this:
https://i.imgur.com/RhJD4WJ.jpg
So obviously, one of the options is "FRONT CAM". I thought I would "test" it. I clicked on it, and it was working fine! I said oh sh!t, WTH.
This is the screenshot of it:
https://i.imgur.com/2BiaA7U.jpg
Then I took the picture as well, and it turned out just fine, like a normal camera. Well when you tap the screen again, it backs out, and switches
into a different mode, or something. And well sure enough, that issue I was having in my main camera app showed up!
This is a screenshot of it:
https://i.imgur.com/kGgJDD1.jpg
Now this is where I'm wondering if the Geniuses and good people here at XDA can figure out.
If you notice in the first screenshot of the "test" https://i.imgur.com/2BiaA7U.jpg
It says SUB AP at the top left....
Then in the next one, the defective one or whatever https://i.imgur.com/kGgJDD1.jpg
It says SUB CC.
Does anyone know what those are, or what they stand for? And if possible, how can I get my camera app to go back to using the correct mode or whatever that is.
This issue happens in all camera apps, the Samsung default camera app, play store camera apps, etc.
Thanks.
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I'm not having that issue *knocks on wood*
But it doesn't sound like a hardware issue though.
Sub AP, Sub CC are probably different Samsung settings not available to end users. Any advice I'd give is to back up, hard reset, test if problem still present, if problem fixed restore data.
When does the problem usually happen, in bright or low light?
What if you use the front camera "flash" does it still happen?

lennie said:
I'm not having that issue *knocks on wood*
But it doesn't sound like a hardware issue though.
Sub AP, Sub CC are probably different Samsung settings not available to end users. Any advice I'd give is to back up, hard reset, test if problem still present, if problem fixed restore data.
When does the problem usually happen, in bright or low light?
What if you use the front camera "flash" does it still happen?
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I originally thought it was a hardware issue, but seeing it function normally when I did the diagnostic testing, I knew it had to be
something that triggered the software to not work correctly.
the issue is still present no matter what settings I change. Changing resolution, flash on/off, picture size, HDR on/off/auto, all the settings
I can find, the issue is still exists.
EDIT: Is a hard rest the same as a Factory Reset?

FunYunZ said:
I originally thought it was a hardware issue, but seeing it function normally when I did the diagnostic testing, I knew it had to be
something that triggered the software to not work correctly.
the issue is still present no matter what settings I change. Changing resolution, flash on/off, picture size, HDR on/off/auto, all the settings
I can find, the issue is still exists.
EDIT: Is a hard rest the same as a Factory Reset?
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hard reset = factory reset

have you tried using Odin and doing a fresh FW install?

htc-8925 said:
have you tried using Odin and doing a fresh FW install?
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I have not. I did a factory reset.

My friend had the same issue.

whiteangelcl said:
My friend had the same issue.
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Dam, that's unfortunate. That's 4 people now that have had this issue. I wonder how much worse it will get. Hopefully the new replacement doesn't have this issue.
It's weird because it was working fine for a few weeks, and then something happened. Not sure if it auto updated without me knowing and caused this issue.

FunYunZ said:
Dam, that's unfortunate. That's 4 people now that have had this issue. I wonder how much worse it will get. Hopefully the new replacement doesn't have this issue.
It's weird because it was working fine for a few weeks, and then something happened. Not sure if it auto updated without me knowing and caused this issue.
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sounds like they're sending you a replacement. make sure you are satisfied with the replacement because they might send you a refurb.

i have the same issue as well ... so what happened at the end ? did they end up finding the issue ? how they fixed it ?

emazens said:
i have the same issue as well ... so what happened at the end ? did they end up finding the issue ? how they fixed it ?
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Nope, Samsung never got back to me. I just went to the Tmobile store and they were like, yep, never seen that before. So they overnight me a new one.

I just begun to have the same issue on my phone and I'm not happy after spending 1k on it. I'm going to my career tomorrow but unfortunately don't know I this will be resolved. Please Let me know what Samsung did for you.

Same problem on my Note8. Following for solution.

solution anyone?
did anyone of u find a solution?
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i'm suffering with this problem presently and is trying to find a solve.
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Same problem on my Note8. Following for solution.
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i am seeing when i open camera ,camera failed
can anyone advise on how to fix?

If you did not mistreat the device, dropped it or fiddle with system settings or something of the sort, warranty is the all time solution for these problems

Hey my note 8 front camera just experienced the same issue. I've talked to Samsung support, and frankly it seems like it is a hardware issue. It is recommended that you use Samsung Support to make a service request. Free shipping both ways, so if you can live without your phone for a week or two (or have a backup phone to use), that's the route I recommend people going.
Original Problem:
MENU / COMMON APPLICATION ( NATIVE) - CAMERA / VIDEO - CAMERA EFFECTS NOT WORKING
Problem found:
FRONT CAMERA FAIL
Solution:
REPLACED COMPONENT
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Did you manage to find the cause of the problem?
My front selfie camera has the same problem!

sorry to raise up this issue again.. my s8+ is from Indonesia region, and facing the same issue when try to use front camera is failed with notification Warning Unknown Error Occured.
already try Wipe cache partition and hard reset but still facing the same issue..
but if i use front camera for video call thru whatsapp it's working fine, but yet again if check thru *#0*# for Front Camera it's Camera Failed..
is it hardware issue or FW issue ?

Front Facing camera has double image
Has anyone found a fix for this issue yet? Mine started this issue last year and I haven't found a remedy for it yet. Ugh.