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Dust in Camera

Just noticed a piece of dust or something in the exact center of the camera lens. I was at first annoyed, but it honestly did not seem to effect any pictures i took.
Just curious if anyone has seen this happening. Again, no real picture issue so not worth sending back or doing the heat press in my opinion.

seanowns said:
Just noticed a piece of dust or something in the exact center of the camera lens. I was at first annoyed, but it honestly did not seem to effect any pictures i took.
Just curious if anyone has seen this happening. Again, no real picture issue so not worth sending back or doing the heat press in my opinion.
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I have this too, but it is impacting my pictures. Is there a way to remove the outer lens in order to clean out the debris?

i would call HTC and see if it qualifies for a warranty repair, you may have other dust getting in as well.

[Q] Strange object on the camera surface.

This is my first post here so hello everyone. I've got Htc one from 4 month now and few days ago I noticed a strange object on every photo maked by main camera. I will add an photo to post so all of you can check it. I don't know what it is and where it came from but it is probably some micro dust on camera surface. I've checked the pictures maked week+ ago and everything is normal so this thing appear in very early past. My question is does anyone of you have something like that in past? I really take care of my phone, always in original suitcase. Second question how I can take this thing out? Service? Do you know any in Germany? Thank you for answers and sorry for my English

mu4ddi3 said:
This is my first post here so hello everyone. I've got Htc one from 4 month now and few days ago I noticed a strange object on every photo maked by main camera. I will add an photo to post so all of you can check it. I don't know what it is and where it came from but it is probably some micro dust on camera surface. I've checked the pictures maked week+ ago and everything is normal so this thing appear in very early past. My question is does anyone of you have something like that in past? I really take care of my phone, always in original suitcase. Second question how I can take this thing out? Service? Do you know any in Germany? Thank you for answers and sorry for my English
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I have been in this community for quite some time and i haven't seen this issue before.
But is seems to be a small issue only. Try cleaning the lens with a soft cloth and if it doesn't go away take it to the service center. I don't think it should take them more than half an hour to clean and return.
While you are at at, you may aswell ask them to clean it completely for dust particles, and detect any air gaps, because if one can go in, so can others.
Its better you get these things fixed as early as possible before any larger particles go in.
All the best

Prash8429 said:
I have been in this community for quite some time and i haven't seen this issue before.
But is seems to be a small issue only. Try cleaning the lens with a soft cloth and if it doesn't go away take it to the service center. I don't think it should take them more than half an hour to clean and return.
While you are at at, you may aswell ask them to clean it completely for dust particles, and detect any air gaps, because if one can go in, so can others.
Its better you get these things fixed as early as possible before any larger particles go in.
All the best
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Thank you for answer, well I also think that this is a small issue but phone is on guarantee and I'll must probably send it to the service :/ so half hour repair is impossible -
Bad for me. The dust particle is inside the camera and cleaning didn't helped. I'm asking about service because all of us known that htc one is very hard to repair etc. In a few days is send by phone to service provider and I'll see what they do.

Fairly Intense Camera problems

Hey Guys,
I'm running the most recent firmware and have started to notice some fairly serious problems with white balance on my camera.. I honestly don't use it that much, but i hadn't noticed anything this bad. The problem is consistent whether I'm using Auto mode or semi auto and i've noticed that adjusting some of the settings makes it less intense but it's still present either way.
This first photo here was taken during a sunset the colour on the left is almost okay, the colour on the right is washed out and grey
Note the gradient , the left hand side of the the photo was under slightly lighter conditions (sun was over that way before it set): https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3ju8rxr5hok5hj/DSC_0279.JPG?dl=0
This photo here was outside during day: Note the sunlight actually flaring into the picture, this happens anywhere there is a lot of light next to solids:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rp517a7dcjc0r69/DSC_0281~01.jpg?dl=0
Any suggestions? Should i try to return this under.... warranty, actually are these things still even under warranty??
Cheers guys.

codral said:
Hey Guys,
I'm running the most recent firmware and have started to notice some fairly serious problems with white balance on my phone... I honestly don't use it that much, but i hadn't noticed anything this bad. The problem is consistent whether I'm using Auto mode or semi auto and i've noticed that adjusting some of the settings makes it less intense but it's still present either way.
This first photo here was taken during a sunset the colour on the left is almost okay, the colour on the right is washed out and grey
Note the gradient , the left hand side of the the photo was under slightly lighter conditions (sun was over that way before it set): https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3ju8rxr5hok5hj/DSC_0279.JPG?dl=0
The same edge of the photo turned grey as above:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vlmq9c8mpk5iz60/DSC_0267~01.jpg?dl=0
This photo here was outside during day: Note the sunlight actually flaring into the picture, this happens anywhere there is a lot of light next to solids:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rp517a7dcjc0r69/DSC_0281~01.jpg?dl=0
Any suggestions? Should i try to return this under.... warranty, actually are these things still even under warranty??
Cheers guys.
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Warranty depends on the country - if you can, it's better to get a replacement rather than attempt to fix yourself.

tomascus said:
Warranty depends on the country - if you can, it's better to get a replacement rather than attempt to fix yourself.
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Hey.... Thanks mate, i am not sure if it is something I can fix myself, or whether it's even hardware related, hopefully someone else see's this thread who can give me some insight into whether this is just bad BIONZ related or it's a hardware problem.

Anyone got any idea?

I'm not really an expert, but it looks like a flash bleed to me

Thanks for the reply mate... Unfortunately it happens anywhere there is a significant amount of daylight, with flash disabled same results unfortunately... I've noticed I get lines through the photos on macro shots if there is insufficient lighting too...
Would love to know whether this is a standard Z1 issue or a latest firmware issue or my camera is screwed? Also whether any of the custom roms address this?
cheers

The first image makes me think you might have some problem with your lens. Did you look at it under a strong light and check for visible damage like scratches?

That doesn't look software related, something's up with the lens or the glass that protects the lens. Is it smudged or scratched or anything?

nah it's definitely clean, routinely clean it... so looks like it's physically hardware related then. I had some water into this thing once, which they fixed by replacing the casing and cleaning... Is there anything which the water could have wrecked that they should have replaced perhaps?

codral said:
nah it's definitely clean, routinely clean it... so looks like it's physically hardware related then. I had some water into this thing once, which they fixed by replacing the casing and cleaning... Is there anything which the water could have wrecked that they should have replaced perhaps?
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Ahh water damage, they just cleaned it and replaced the case? I'm guessing the camera got affected as well. Usually with lenses if it comes in contact with any moisture it might get screwed up. Maybe they should've replaced the camera :/
How much water damage was there? Like, did a lot of water get in your device?

I don't think it was a heap, was enough to stop the thing booting, intermittently so I guess a bit... Might see if i can get it fixed under warranty then, given that my last warranty fix didn't address this current problem. Don't like my chances though, might be time to get a z3...

[Q] S5 camera will not focus. is there a plastic coating on sensor?

Hi,
I mostly love my att S5, rooted and some xposed framework modules running.
But the camera fails to focus most of the time. I'm coming from the S3 which had a macro focus mode that worked well. The S5 doesn't seem to have a macro mode and when I first tried to focus on something close is when I noticed things aren't right. But the problem happens most of the time at other distances to the subject too.
The failure to focus happens with the Google camera as well.
I googled around and I'm not the only one with the problem. The only suggestion I saw was that there is a protective film on the camera that a lot of people don't see. This seems irrelevant to the sensor failing to judge the proper distance to the subject. I did have the film but it has a hole cut out so the camera's view is unobstructed, I took it off anyway.
I looked at the sensor and it does have an un-glasslike wavey-ness to it.
I started picking away at the edge but it seemed like I might be scratching it and nothing started peeling up. I need to look closer but cant find my magnifying glass. I'm leaning towards no film on there. Does anyone know for sure or have any fix for the focus issue?
Thanks.

I am having the same issue now. Anyone know how to fix?

Try zooming in one step before trying to focus for a macro shot. Works like a charm for me.
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I'll try zooming in first, possibly a great tip but, that picture you posted is a great example of a crap macro. No offense.

You are certainly not the only one. The autofocus is god awful on my S5. Even at normal distances it will often fail to focus. It's something I've just had to accept and live with.

daveyian said:
I'll try zooming in first, possibly a great tip but, that picture you posted is a great example of a crap macro. No offense.
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Which is why i removed it. I selected the wrong one when uploading and then lost all will to upload the correct one. It does work though. Unzoomed I could not get the camera to focus on the coil at all. One zoom step in and it focused immediately.
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same problem with my phone
daveyian said:
Hi,
I mostly love my att S5, rooted and some xposed framework modules running.
But the camera fails to focus most of the time. I'm coming from the S3 which had a macro focus mode that worked well. The S5 doesn't seem to have a macro mode and when I first tried to focus on something close is when I noticed things aren't right. But the problem happens most of the time at other distances to the subject too.
The failure to focus happens with the Google camera as well.
I googled around and I'm not the only one with the problem. The only suggestion I saw was that there is a protective film on the camera that a lot of people don't see. This seems irrelevant to the sensor failing to judge the proper distance to the subject. I did have the film but it has a hole cut out so the camera's view is unobstructed, I took it off anyway.
I looked at the sensor and it does have an un-glasslike wavey-ness to it.
I started picking away at the edge but it seemed like I might be scratching it and nothing started peeling up. I need to look closer but cant find my magnifying glass. I'm leaning towards no film on there. Does anyone know for sure or have any fix for the focus issue?
Thanks.
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I've been having the same issue with my S5 and the back ward facing camera (as the forward facing one works fine). However, I've tried resetting the phone,
I love the phone, but the camera will focus sometimes and sometimes it won't. Resetting the cameras cache and all of it's settings sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
It's still under warranty as I purchased it in Dec of 2014. Called samsung and they will take in for repair, but I'm out the phone for about two weeks!!
Is there something else I can try. I know it's not an app as the hard reset wiped out everything on the phone.

[SOLVED] Main camera lost quality

Hi,
One month ago, during a hiking, rain entered the phone. Then my phone screen became dark and inresponsive. My phone went to repair shop and I got it back in the night. The probem was only the battery. Weird I thought it was the screen. Since then, the 13 mpx camera lost quality and take blurry pictures. What can I do? Send it back to repair shop?

Hsuan24 said:
Hi,
One month ago, during a hiking, rain entered the phone. Then my phone screen became dark and inresponsive. My phone went to repair shop and I got it back in the night. The probem was only the battery. Weird I thought it was the screen. Since then, the 13 mpx camera lost quality and take blurry pictures. What can I do? Send it back to repair shop?
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i had the same problem when i removed the back cover. closeup pic became blurry.
just remove back cover and with a cotton pad clean the camera.

Thank you for your fast reply. I just don't have the tools to open it.

Hsuan24 said:
Thank you for your fast reply. I just don't have the tools to open it.
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no tools.
sharp knife and a screw driver. thats it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I_uONzmaiQ

First, I was not able to pull out the screen/hardware from the rear housing cover and I was too scared to break something in the hardware. Few hours later, I took a deep breath and managed to open my phone. Then I cleaned the lens and the camera. I reassembly the phone and first I was happy because the camera focus was able to take clear pictures. But I figured out when the phone was heating, fog was spreading on the lens, making cloudly camera screen. I reopened it but the camera went back as bad quality as before. I reopened it again and now it works, but not perfectly. :victory:

Hsuan24 said:
First, I was not able to pull out the screen/hardware from the rear housing cover and I was too scared to break something in the hardware. Few hours later, I took a deep breath and managed to open my phone. Then I cleaned the lens and the camera. I reassembly the phone and first I was happy because the camera focus was able to take clear pictures. But I figured out when the phone was heating, fog was spreading on the lens, making cloudly camera screen. I reopened it but the camera went back as bad quality as before. I reopened it again and now it works, but not perfectly. :victory:
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im glad i could help. it also took me a few tries until i got it working as normal.
maybe the positioning of the camera or something else.