Camera blur + focus problem? - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I tried to take a picture of landscape and won't focus. Most of the time it focuses on areas on the left side and leaving like half of the picture blurry in random spots on the right.
I've seen some issues on XDA forum but I don't really understand...I also didn't install any modifications. The whole package is straight outta Ee-tmobile UK and still is!
I wonder what could be the problem? There is an example
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valecc said:
I tried to take a picture of landscape and won't focus. Most of the time it focuses on areas on the left side and leaving like half of the picture blurry in random spots on the right.
I've seen some issues on XDA forum but I don't really understand...I also didn't install any modifications. The whole package is straight outta Ee-tmobile UK and still is!
I wonder what could be the problem? There is an example
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Hey there, As I said in the other topic, your phone seems to be defect, I suggest switching it with a new one.

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Camera App stops taking photos

If this has been posted already, my apologies! i've been reading in the forums for months now and haven't seen it posted yet unless it came and went down the list faster then i could see it.
so the main issue seems to be, after taking a few pictures over time the camera app just freezes with the LED on like a flashlight and won't take another picture. until i found this google code submission
http://code.google.com/p/android/is...s Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=40996
i've always had to reboot my phone just to take pics again. it's been embarassing when in public with friends i've bragged to about this phone... its a good laugh thats for sure, but not what i expect out of this phone. has any of you experienced this? do you guys on custom roms have this issue? is this a google code issue only or are all roms experiencing this issue? i haven't rooted yet as i always wanted to take updates automatically and stay up to date, but with this camera issue i'm in the process of rooting right this minute but want to make sure its worth my hassle.
discuss.
I've had this issue as well. It only seems to affect the stock app though as other camera apps continue to function. A reboot is the only way is been able to fix this bug.
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It happened to me for the first time on New Year's Eve but happened three times. The app reset when I either closed it from the recent apps list or switched to video camera and then back to regular camera. Not sure what caused it and hasn't happened since.
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So what you're trying to say is whenever you try to repetitively take photo, camera freezes with led light on? Never happened to me. Then again, I barely use my camera
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I've had this happen as well, although I don't think I needed to reboot, just closed the app and it stopped. But I've had this happen several times, not recently though. I'm very disappointed with the camera on this thing, it seems to take lack luster photos and the app is very fritzy and the rotation animation awful, as well as this occasional glitch.
It's a bug and has been reported. You can star it here:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40996
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kyokeun1234 said:
So what you're trying to say is whenever you try to repetitively take photo, camera freezes with led light on? Never happened to me. Then again, I barely use my camera
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that's exactly what I'm saying. I take a lot of pics especially when we go out. it does it all the time... it just freezes with the led stuck in. I can hit home but when I reopen it and take a pic it gets stuck in again. I just read I can switch to video and back and it should work, but that's annoying. my girlfriends gnex just works and she always laughs at me when it happens.
question, does this happen on anyone's rooted nexus with custom rom?
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Happens to me all the time. The camera app on here is pretty disappointing. I don't get it.
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I just got it to produce that problem and I see what you mean by annoying. One easy solution that I heard people using is using a third party camera app. Try a free camera app and tell us how it goes. Tried to reproduce the problem with camera zoom fx and couldn't do it. Also I believe this is a problem with terrible auto focus of nexus 4. Because when this happens the focus ring looks like as if it's still trying to focus into a object. Hopefully this gets fixed with software update. Cheers
BTW, using a rooted stock nexus 4 with Franco kernel and camera mod that'll increase the quality of the image and video.
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Happened to me to..... Bragged to my iPhone friends and that happened trying to get a picture of an Audi r8 . sad
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It's a bug and has been reported. You can star it here:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40996
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Me too and I've now "Starred" the bug.
Hopefully everyone here has too so it gets noticed by Google.
Same issue. Experienced it for the first time on New Year's Eve. Both my Nexus 4 and my wife's had the same thing happen. Only happened to mine once. Happened to hers about 3 or 4 times.
Used the camera the most on New Year's compared to any other time so that's possibly why I never experienced it until then.
Happened twice when asking strangers to take pics of us too, which was extremely annoying and embarrassing.
The LED flash stays on and you can't take any pics. Closing the app and swiping it from recents and reopening does nothing. The same thing will happen on the next try. Need to reboot the phone. It's the only fix.
My phone did this on new years eve too.
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Happened the same to me more then once. I don't use the camera that much but when I really need it doesn't work.
This is embarrassing when everyone around you is taking pics with their iPhone.
Had numerous android phones before and never had one 100% reliable.
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Had this issue also!
BTW while messing around just now, I got it to freeze , but noticed it was out if focus , so I moved it around and it eventually took!
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Camera App
KtMack23 said:
I've had this happen as well, although I don't think I needed to reboot, just closed the app and it stopped. But I've had this happen several times, not recently though. I'm very disappointed with the camera on this thing, it seems to take lack luster photos and the app is very fritzy and the rotation animation awful, as well as this occasional glitch.
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Try the Camera Zoom FX app. When I say amazing control, I mean AMAZING control of the camera. ISO, tap to focus and shoot, programmable hardware buttons for shutter/gallery etc...
The ability to control ISO means you can get rid of noise for stills/landscapes in almost any light. It works great. Furthermore, the pictures appear to be better from this app. When I started the app, I played around with it and thought "hey this is great, I have control over each shot, but the quality of the picture in auto mode appears the same as stock." Then I found in somewhat hidden "All Settings" menu a SAVE menu which was defaulted to 85% for jpeg output. I put it on 100% output and the pics look very good if not better than stock. The hardware is decent in this thing so the pics should be good. Take a look at the app and try it out for a few minutes to test it.
Disclosure: I have NO financial or personal interest in the company or developer of this app. But I do have a personal interest in photography.

Flash enabled; strange pictures

Recently I got my Htc one Silver. Really happy with it. just some minor cosmetic problems and I just discovered that my camera is acting funny in low light situations with flash enabled. I get some kind of orange layer over the picture. Sometimes above the picture sometimes all over.
Camera also takes a long time before the actual picture is taken.
Anyone seen this before?
Do you have the latest update?
Have you tried to clean cache of camera or make an Hard Reset after the update?
Is any part of your body extending towards the front of the phone? I can make my camera do this if I leave my finger near the lens..
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Guich said:
Do you have the latest update?
Have you tried to clean cache of camera or make an Hard Reset after the update?
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No i did not, but it is not a common defect I guess?
NxNW said:
Is any part of your body extending towards the front of the phone? I can make my camera do this if I leave my finger near the lens..
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I have to admit I drank some beers. Will try to reproduce tonight
Looks a lot like there is a finger close to the lense.
Waht is in the tree in that second picture? It looks quite erie!
The latest update improved the camera's performance, be sure to download it before reproduce some shots again for comparison.
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Camera focus

Hi . Can someone tell me how close their camera can get to anything before going out of focus . As mine will not get any closer than about 15 cm before getting blurry . I cannot take pictures of any text close up .
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fridaycider said:
Hi . Can someone tell me how close their camera can get to anything before going out of focus . As mine will not get any closer than about 15 cm before getting blurry . I cannot take pictures of any text close up .
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Have you tried using the Macro setting from the menu?
EDIT: Yep, looks like you're right... hmmm... If it's just readability you're going for, you can always use the digital zoom slider to zoom in. The text looks fine, but the background's a little (a lot) grainy.
Have tried a few things to make it better. The macro shots I get are useless. Any object is totally out of focus until i move about 20 cm away .
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Can anyone else verify this as macro mode is useless to be honest and need to know if it's just mine that is faulty or it is the way the camera is .
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With macro on i can get as close as 45-50mm
John.
It depends on what you're trying to get a picture of. Certain things with certain lighting will be easier/harder for the camera to focus on.
I just tried it for myself. From one angle I couldn't focus very close. Maybe around the distance the OP was saying. From a different angle, with the light bringing out details better, I was able to get much closer. If my first attempt was about 10-15cm, maybe my second attempt got around 5cm
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I'll get some examples of how mine is over the weekend and post them . I'm not trying to push the limits of the camera. Just can't even focus on normal size fonts on say a bank statement for example .
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This is how things come out about 20 cm away . I wouldn't say it's much better 30 cm away . Is this normal . ?
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It just doesn't seem to want to focus close up but rest looks ok . Doesn't matter how I take the picture it happens .
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Can someone please post some pictures to compare . Would be grateful for some to compare some close ups . Thanks
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I well is this even good,i tried capturing a xda webpage with max zoom on the camera
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Thanks . Looks like the camera is just not that good at focusing at low distance .
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fridaycider said:
Thanks . Looks like the camera is just not that good at focusing at low distance .
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On mine it is no perfect but looks better:
This has been shooted at 5-6 cm of distance, mine can focus properly.. Someone decompiled camera.apk and the focal length is set to 5cm,over that will not focus ..
Done in artificial light, macro mode
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erto90 said:
This has been shooted at 5-6 cm of distance, mine can focus properly.. Someone decompiled camera.apk and the focal length is set to 5cm,over that will not focus ..
Done in artificial light, macro mode
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here is a small test I did with my HONE and I'm kinda pissed, 5cm no focus, 6cm no focus, 7cm no focus, 8cm almost focus and then 9cm clear focus all on macro mode.
Perhaps my handset is defective?
Cynikal.Mindset said:
here is a small test I did with my HONE and I'm kinda pissed, 5cm no focus, 6cm no focus, 7cm no focus, 8cm almost focus and then 9cm clear focus all on macro mode.
Perhaps my handset is defective?
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I think I need to learn how to guess my measurements . Mine is very close to yours but maybe slightly worse. Sorry people for the rubbish guessing but it's still not very good . .
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fridaycider said:
I think I need to learn how to guess my measurements . Mine is very close to yours but maybe slightly worse. Sorry people for the rubbish guessing but it's still not very good . .
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Yeah me too, did some tests with real mesurment and when I'm really close I get quite the same results as you Cynikal
I was right about 10-15 cm away . Just over did it a bit saying as far as 30 cm . But have had bad experiences at 20 cm at times .
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Depends a lot also on rom
I noticed a important improvment on 4.2.2
The focal distance is 5cm,so is software related,and i can focus from that distance on 4.2.2
I have tried most roms on my phone with not that much difference to be honest . There is no way I can get to 5cm with any useable results . I know this may seem a minor problem but I need to use this for work to take pictures of part numbers . My one x and incredible s used to be able to handle these distances even in low light conditions .
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Software or hardware camera problem..

Hello guys Im here because as much as I love the HTC one, it's camera just doesn't fill my eyes...
In normal conditions it really takes good pictures, but at night (without flash) it turns really really bad (and it's slogan is that it takes the greatest pictures in low light conditions)...
2 friends, my brother and I have a HTC one, all of us rooted our phones and installed the v2.0 viperone Rom
All of we get a strange blue tint at low light conditions (as if there were something wrong with the ISO) or I don't know but look at the pic attached
Has this happened to someone else?
Is there any fix for this?
Is it a hardware or software problem?
Thanks in advance
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Got two htc ones, mine is even worse than your pictures but wife's is perfectly fine even though they have same iso and exposure settings. So, I don't think it's a software issue.
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Are you using flash?
I'm using night mode so no flash was turned on
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Camera not working in landscape orientation

I asked this q in the at&t forum but I didn't get any responses and I doubt it has anything do with at&t so I'll ask again here:
The issue is that sometimes turning the phone to landscape orientation causes the viewscreen to black out. Switch back to portrait and it comes back. I can take a picture, I just can't see what I'm taking a picture of.
I have the CM11 camera, CameraZoom, and ProCapture. I think this issue is happening in all of them but I'll have to experiment more if someone thinks it is an app issue. This is frustrating because it is not consistently reproducible - it happens when I'm out somewhere trying to catch a picture! I haven't been able to reproduce it in my kitchen.
Anyone have any ideas what is going on?
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Does it only happen on the current rom that you're on, or does it happen on others aswell?
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The only two I've used are CM11 and Mokee and I'm pretty sure it's been on both. As I said, I haven't been able to reproduce it. It's only happened when I've been trying to capture a photo and I think only outside. However, it's not just bright outdoor light (my original thought but not reproducible). I'm clueless and was just hoping someone had an idea.
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Honestly, I'd probably blame it on AOSP roms (assuming mokee is AOSP too). My roommate has had tons of issues with AOSP roms on his one, while I haven't really suffered very many on mine, but I've stuck to all sense based roms since owning this phone.
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I'll try a sense based ROM for a while and see what happens.
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Boy, not liking sense based ROM. Had to go back to CM11. Wondering now about various camera apps. Anyone have really good experience to recommend and app? What about Google photosphere?
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