So, my phone slips out of my pocket while I was sitting down today. I pick it up, thinking that that kind of fall can't do damage, but I find that the clicking when I tapped the back no longer happens.
My first thought was to cheer, my second to check the camera app. Sure enough, the autofocus is perpetually stuck at minimum. Anyone experience this before? Is there a possible remedy?
I hardly use the camera, so it isn't critical that it ever works again, but as the saying goes, "The best camera you have is the one with you," and I was kinda getting used to the idea of a reasonable camera quality in such a small size.
Oh, haha, it's all fixed. I realized everything but the lens was solid state, so I tapped it against my table a few times at an angle with cloth on the edge a bit harshly, and a tiny click happened on the third one, dislodging it.
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Hello
I have my optimus 2x for about 0ne week now.
When I tap the phone with my finger on the backside above the camera or when it slides on the table al little faster (not so fast that it dangerous for the phone) I hear a strange clicking noise from the inside of the phone. Is that normal? probably the gyro-sensor?
Have you the same noise when you do that?
Maybe something inside my phone is broken...
p.s: its definitely no part of the shell, i have made serveral tries while holding varying parts on the outside (Camera, Card-Slot, HDMI,...)
please, can somebody tell me if that noise is normal?
The Answer ist just one tap with your finger away
Very slight click when I tap mine. Wouldn't even notice it if you had not mention it. Can't get it to click any other way. Probably the camera assembly.
Someone posted on here suffering from the same problem. Apparently it's something slightly loose in the camera assembly which is surprisingly common on phones (the Nexus One had a big probably with it apparently).
yes its normal even after you taking a photo with macro or some AF and then go to gallery you can ear the noise because the camera do it. its loose by default.
aahh, ok thank you for your replies, no real problem then...must have missed it the first few days.
good built quality ;-)
My Nexus 6 seems to have an issue from day one and is still present with the 5.0.1 update and the most recent camera update. I'm unlocked and unencrypted.
When using the camera, any camera app, the viewfinder and ultimately the photo/video comes out blurry when shooting in landscape. If i shoot in portrait, the viewfinder and the photos are sharp.
In landscape is starts clear and sharp and then quickly changes to being blurry. Even resting the phone on a still surface it is always blurry. Lighting conditions or shooting mode don't make any difference.
I attached two photos showing the difference, both handheld.
It's almost like something is wrong with the OIS in landscape. Hardware issue?
did you touch to focus or did you just point and shoot?
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did you touch to focus or did you just point and shoot?
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touch to focus... it actually begins to focus and then it looks like the sensor is shaking on the screen and shows up in the photos. I have no issues at all when in portrait mode.
This even happens when the camera is sitting on a still surface so its not my hand shaking.
This is with the camera sitting stationary on my desk and a 10/sec timer
mine did the exact same thing. the OIS never fully settles due to a hardware defect. i got a new one from T-Mo and returned my defective one and the problem has gone away.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57450996&postcount=78
Lucke said:
mine did the exact same thing. the OIS never fully settles due to a hardware defect. i got a new one from T-Mo and returned my defective one and the problem has gone away.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57450996&postcount=78
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Thanks for the info and helping verify its a hardware issue. guess I will be calling T-MO then. Where they hard to convince in replacing it?
drwolcot said:
Thanks for the info and helping verify its a hardware issue. guess I will be calling T-MO then. Where they hard to convince in replacing it?
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i was lucky to call and complain about it within the 14 day buyers remorse period so they could send me a brand new one instead of a possible refurbished one, but it was like pulling teeth with them. i had to explain that it was a hardware issue several times before they agreed to send me another one. after several phone calls later in the next few days, i finally got someone who was willing to do it then and there while on the phone.
good luck :good:
I have about the same problem with my more then 1 year old Nexus 6. After my nexus 6 fell of my bed (with a tpu case and no visible damage) it seems that i can only get the camera to properly focus while holding it at 90 degrees (so with the camera sensor towards my right hand) and while holding it at 180 degrees (so upside down) 0 and 270 degrees (camera towards left hand) the camera focusses, during the focussing it's focused for like a fraction of second and then the blurriness/vibration starts, in both camera and video mode.
So thanks for this topic, i guess i'm ordering a replacement camera module.
Replacing the camera module has fixed my focusing problem. The module itself was around 13 dollars on aliexpress. For anyone that's facing focussing/ois problems with the camera, you can easily replace the module yourself.
Yesterday I bought a used (yet excellent condition) M7_UL. I was hyped for a bit, unlocked the bootloader, flashed recovery, rooted, and installed some roms. Eventually I settled on GPE+ 3.0.2 but my joy was short lived.
I soon noticed very weird behavior of the focus. (I've owned 3 other M7s and neither behaved like this).
The camera finds it really hard to focus on anything further than... let's say a foot. When I does, it's enough to ever-so-slightly move the device by 1mm and it will lose focus, even with AF and AE locked before capture. At times, it will lose focus even on a tripod - I tap to focus, make sure it really is in focus and wait. A few moments later focus is lost. Tried this outdoors, where light variations are expected, and also indoors. Same thing.
It does have an easier time focusing on objects closer than a foot or so, but the behavior is similar. Just wait or move the device in the slightest and focus is lost.
More than this, while it tries to focus, there are some strange going-ons with the camera and it's viewfinder - screen tearing, shaking, jittering... I'm really not sure how to explain it so I've uploaded a video.
https://youtu.be/B7Jla932rJY
I've done a couple of hours of research and I think I eliminated most obvious culprits. I've thoroughly cleaned the lens cover, gave the phone a tap on the back, threw it on my bed, snapped it against my thigh, thinking maybe it's jammed , cleaned data of the app, tried stock, and several 3rd party apps.
Nothing did anything.
Can anyone offer some insight, please?
zgomot said:
Yesterday I bought a used (yet excellent condition) M7_UL. I was hyped for a bit, unlocked the bootloader, flashed recovery, rooted, and installed some roms. Eventually I settled on GPE+ 3.0.2 but my joy was short lived.
I soon noticed very weird behavior of the focus. (I've owned 3 other M7s and neither behaved like this).
The camera finds it really hard to focus on anything further than... let's say a foot. When I does, it's enough to ever-so-slightly move the device by 1mm and it will lose focus, even with AF and AE locked before capture. At times, it will lose focus even on a tripod - I tap to focus, make sure it really is in focus and wait. A few moments later focus is lost. Tried this outdoors, where light variations are expected, and also indoors. Same thing.
It does have an easier time focusing on objects closer than a foot or so, but the behavior is similar. Just wait or move the device in the slightest and focus is lost.
More than this, while it tries to focus, there are some strange going-ons with the camera and it's viewfinder - screen tearing, shaking, jittering... I'm really not sure how to explain it so I've uploaded a video.
https://youtu.be/B7Jla932rJY
I've done a couple of hours of research and I think I eliminated most obvious culprits. I've thoroughly cleaned the lens cover, gave the phone a tap on the back, threw it on my bed, snapped it against my thigh, thinking maybe it's jammed , cleaned data of the app, tried stock, and several 3rd party apps.
Nothing did anything.
Can anyone offer some insight, please?
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dont know about GPE but CM has some issues with camera
try going back to HTC STOCK ROM and see if the problem persists
Hello
I have a really weird problem with my Gear VR. The screen and lenses are completely clean. I cleaned them with proper tools and they are both looking very good. Nothing can be seen on the lenses or the phone screen.
However, when I wear them (and others wear them), the picture starts to get blurry unless you look dead center. The text is barely readable unless I move my head, so the text is in the middle of the screen.
I have adjusted the lenses with the wheel, but it does not work.
I can see something on my lenses (both of them actually). It's like smudged grease/something. It looks like it's in between the lenses (like someone was eating french fries before assembling it), and I don't know how to clean it out.
What on earth do I do?
I have the exact same issue and I'm using the s7 edge. I've had the headset for about 1 week and I still can't enjoy it.
Try adjusting the focus. Due to the difference in distance between lens and centre screen vs edge of screen there is actually "accomodation" ie focusing power of yoir eyes required to see the whole screen. If u r older say over 45 you lose some of this accommodation power and so the range of distance is that your eyes can see reduces if you were classes you should try looking with your glasses online
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Try adjusting the focus. Due to the difference in distance between lens and centre screen vs edge of screen there is actually "accomodation" ie focusing power of yoir eyes required to see the whole screen. If u r older say over 45 you lose some of this accommodation power and so the range of distance is that your eyes can see reduces if you were classes you should try looking with your glasses online
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I said I already did that.
I have the same issue on my gear VR with S7edge. But is it really an issue ? Isn't it normal ?
It's like the lenses are doing their job on their center.
But I won't say it's a problem : you'll get used to it ^^
i have it too. However, I believe this is due to my eye sight. I have astigmatism. I should get contact lenses to use gear vr properly. Still, i hate that shift of the color channels...
I have the same problem so I think it is supposed to be like that!!! you have to look right in the center!!!
I have the very same "issue". It is annoying when I try to watch any 2D movies.
Hiya,
I picked up the Reno a few days ago and I am wondering how long the popup camera will last given how much dirt and dust it seems to accumulate!
I work in an office and my phone is on my desk or next to me on a chair 90% of the time. It's only in my pocket maybe an hour a day yet somehow whenever I open the popup camera, it's full of dust and dirt which I have to keep cleaning off.
Does anyone else have the same issue? I'm just thinking that if all this dirt is getting in when the phone isn't even in a dirty environment, then eventually some of it will surely get into the mechanism and stop it from working...?
Cheers
I just got a reno, *2nd hand* there was quite a bit of dust in the camera, and i think its causing it to make strange noises, like the motor still goes even after the camera is down