Camera problem (pink preview screen) - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a problem with my camera. Everytime I open the camera app the preview screen is filled with pink/purple horizontal lines. I can't take photos with it, if I try I hear the click sound but the picture is never saved on my SD card. If I put my finger on the camera lens, the preview screen goes dark so it's 'seeing something' and then distorting it.
I'm trying to get a picture of the phone while it's doing this.
I'm running CM7 nightly 85
Anyone know if it's hardware related.
P.S. It's not the pink photo problem that is fixed by pushing on the camera
Edit : Now I can't even reproduce the bug. Phone says cannot connect to camera

Kapoue2 said:
I have a problem with my camera. Everytime I open the camera app the preview screen is filled with pink/purple horizontal lines. I can't take photos with it, if I try I hear the click sound but the picture is never saved on my SD card. If I put my finger on the camera lens, the preview screen goes dark so it's 'seeing something' and then distorting it.
I'm trying to get a picture of the phone while it's doing this.
I'm running CM7 nightly 85
Anyone know if it's hardware related.
P.S. It's not the pink photo problem that is fixed by pushing on the camera
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My Sony T1 did this and for that...it was hardware failure. (did you drop or spill anything on your phone?) I guess you can try multiple ROMs. Try the MIUI ROM to see if it does the same thing...and keep your fingers crossed.

I didn't spill anything on it. But I use the camera every month or two so maybe I did but don't remember. Gonna try another ROM.

ok after a Temasek extreme wipe and a sd card wipe rodriguez MIUI is rebooting 10 secs after loading up.... (pretty sure it makes my phone overheat as it's really hot)
Installed CM7 7.0.3, I get the pink screen again.
Installed CM6 6.1.1, I get a black screen / forced close.
Modaco gives a FC / Camera not responding
Gonna try Formels MIUI...

What radio/baseband are you using (the 2 sets of numbers after the underscore "_"... something like 4.06 or 5.08)? I have seen issues with people using the cameras on Gingerbread when using the 4.06 radio.
If you are running 4.06, I would highly recommend updating it to 5.08 (which is the radio version Google included in the Gingerbread OTA update).

I have the 5.08. I was able to take a video with it. Of course it was only pink scanlines but it means something is still working inside the lens.
But I'm tired of trying to make it work. I will probably try to ship it back to HTC.

Kapoue2 said:
But I'm tired of trying to make it work. I will probably try to ship it back to HTC.
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It is beginning to sound like a hardware issue anyway. Hopefully you get it back fast.

i have a nexus one. i had the same camera problem.
it started after i dropped my phone, it was the first time.
i was able to take pictures after that but objects were in pink and purple color tones.
i was hopeless searching, hoping to find people who has problems...
suddenly i decided to hit back of the phone couple times and it fix the problem.
i know it sounds crazy but it worked...
i think it is the best think to do before you send your phone to htc...

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Stripes taking photos on htc kaiser

I have a htc Kaiser and there is a problem with the external 3Mp camera. When you start the application to take photos, then appears two parallel stripes, one half yellow hald red, and other below half green half blue. This happens only in the external ( 3 Mp ) camera, not in the 3g one. How I can fix it ????
schwaitz said:
I have a htc Kaiser and there is a problem with the external 3Mp camera. When you start the application to take photos, then appears two parallel stripes, one half yellow hald red, and other below half green half blue. This happens only in the external ( 3 Mp ) camera, not in the 3g one. How I can fix it ????
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Clean the lense
I have the same problem.
Tried cleaning the lens, didn't work.
Hard reset didn't work either.
Seems like a hardware fault with the camera.
Wait, are you saying they appear in the "viewfinder" of the app, or the actual photos?
Post an example shot please?
Mostly, It's cameras bug.
Atmos said:
Mostly, It's cameras bug.
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Was that supposed to be an answer to my question or a response to someone else?
Really, it's not possible to say whether this is an unusual "feature" or a bug without more info. The way the original poster describes it, it sounds like it might be some unusual framing assist feature in the live preview. No one seems to be willing to say whether it is in the previews or if it is in the actual pictures taken. (I know I have seen the Kaiser pictures thread, and they look pretty good other than some obvious deficiencies in the debayering algorithm that cause "maze" patterns to appear in certain situations, which is a common problem with some of the older/simpler debayering algorithms.)
Entropy512 said:
Wait, are you saying they appear in the "viewfinder" of the app, or the actual photos?
Post an example shot please?
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yes, good question. does it look like this when you view it on your computer, or is it only when it's sized down on your device?
I can see the stripes while taking the picture and they are also part of the saved image. Viewed on the TyTN II and on a PC.
The camera was working fine then all of a sudden just started showing stripes.
Attached are some photos.
Looks like i might have to send the TyTN II for repair.
I also noticed that when you take the battery cover off, it seems like the camare can be taken out, so it may have moved and not making a good contact.
Dils said:
I can see the stripes while taking the picture and they are also part of the saved image. Viewed on the TyTN II and on a PC.
The camera was working fine then all of a sudden just started showing stripes.
Attached are some photos.
Looks like i might have to send the TyTN II for repair.
I also noticed that when you take the battery cover off, it seems like the camare can be taken out, so it may have moved and not making a good contact.
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lol my first glance and it looked like you were targeting things with a crosshair. yea thats different than the lines i hought you were talking about, you need to send that back for repair.
Yeah, definately something wrong there, likely broken hardware.
Also I have the same problemna!
This happened to mine too, after working fine for about a month. Seems like a common problem, interesting it shows up after time too. I sent mine in for repair/replacement but it may happen again....
Even my own, for a month everything was ok, then is the line appeared
Same Problem
My camera also did this. I changed the flicker adjustment in the camera settings to 60 hz from auto and it went away, only to reappear again. Again, I changed the flicker adjustment, this time to aut, and it went away again. Very strange. It appears I can paly with the flicker adjustment in the camera settings and make it go away, at least for a while. It appears to be a common problem, likely software related.
i too
hi i too experiance the same problem.......
is there any one to help us... please post a geniune reply to our problem

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.

Camera noises

Hi i just noticed my camera makes noises when i have it in standby. it's like the camera is trying to auto focus even though i havent started the camera app. does anyone know why this is happening?
i heard a funny clunk noise when turning on the camera app. something like that?
I'm having the exact same problem. My camera also doesn't focus when I take pics.
Have you found any solutions/causes yet?
My battery is also draining very quickly ... guessing the constant camera lens motor running could be the cause.
Do you remember if you did something specific that brought it on?
This problem just started happening to my Nexus One. Only thing I did was switch battery this morning. Gonna try to take battery out and in again.
Once this problem started, I couldn't focus with my camera anymore. I have Camera 360 Pro and the focus button does nothing.
Are you guys all running a custom ROM, like cyan for example? Or is this stock ROM?
RogerPodacter said:
Are you guys all running a custom ROM, like cyan for example? Or is this stock ROM?
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Stock.
My problem went away temporarily after I charged the phone with USB and also tapping on the lens with my finger.

[Q] Camera Issues

Hi guys. Recently I've noticed a bad camera problem with my IncS. You see when I open the camera app ( on MIUI's ROM ) it lags pretty badly. When I point the camera at one direction, and move to another, it lags. But if I repeatedly click my menu softkey button while moving my camera around, it doesnt lag at all. Does anyone know a fix to this? Thanks in advance!
oh and I restored back to the original ROM I had running which was the official htc's latest rom for the IncS and the camera works fine. no lag issues. Seems like when I flash AOSP roms, the camera lags. help?
I find any AOSP rom has laggy camera in low light
When I take it to better lighting conditions the lag goes away
You're not alone mate
I think it has something to do with trying to take in as much light as possible when there is not enough
@markj338 yeah I actually thought that that might be a possible reason to its horrible lag, so I took it outside this afternoon at around 12pm. It was bright but still the lag was there. And just to be clear, its no ordinary lag. It's like if i point at one place, it shows that place, but when I move my camera away, it waits for around 10 seconds before it shows that place. If you get what I'm trying to say here.. Sorry for the horrible english. But yeah.. that's the problem :/ thanks anyway appreciate it.
Oh mine only lags a bit
When I move, the image will be slow and distorted and will take its time to focus
But not 10 secs, mine is like less than 1, its just choppy and distorted
I'm on CM 7.2
Mine could probably be classified as 'ordinary lag'
Like if you were using a crappy low range phone
What rom are you using, and does this happen in all lighting conditions?
@markj338 well right now im back on my sense rom. the official one. I restored. But I tried miui's rom, cm7.2 and the camera's the same. When I click the menu button repeatedly, then it's ok. but if i dont click anything, it lags a lot....... so yea
Strange.
But I do find the sense camera to be the best

Camera issue on Stock

Stock, unrooted, newly purchased Moto G5S Plus. I'm having an issue with the camera. It seems to not want to focus (or un-blur) 90% of the time. The other 10% (during which I have no idea what sort of magic I've done) it takes wonderful photos. I've tried third-party apps, clearing the cache in recovery, and Safe Mode. I'm upset and Motorola doesn't seem to want to help me. I'm just outside the return period (thanks for that, Motorola!) and am wondering what the community here thinks? I can always try to root and install a custom ROM but I don't know if that will help.
Hey so I've discovered if I tap my knuckles against the back of my phone either on or near the rear camera the picture immediately clears. The issue keeps happening and the tapping trick keeps working -- the tapping trick does not result in the picture going blurry again so I'm guessing it's an issue with software and not hardware. Just wanted to throw this out there in case someone else was having the same problem.
Motorola did tell me to send the phone back, but this was before I tried tapping it. I really don't want a used phone (this is my first new phone in like forever) so I'm tempted to just keep it as-is and hope the tapping keeps working.
Picture processing is terrible on this phone...
And it doesn't seem this phone is having good camera sensors..
Pictures come out blurry most of the times...
Anyways you can always try gcam after flashing a 64bit rom...
strangelady said:
Hey so I've discovered if I tap my knuckles against the back of my phone either on or near the rear camera the picture immediately clears. The issue keeps happening and the tapping trick keeps working -- the tapping trick does not result in the picture going blurry again so I'm guessing it's an issue with software and not hardware. Just wanted to throw this out there in case someone else was having the same problem.
Motorola did tell me to send the phone back, but this was before I tried tapping it. I really don't want a used phone (this is my first new phone in like forever) so I'm tempted to just keep it as-is and hope the tapping keeps working.
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Tapping on the phone causing proper focus would indicate a hardware problem. You should return under warranty.

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