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Very Pixelated Pictures?

So maybe I have a setting wrong or this is just how the phone is, but every photo I've taken so far has looks very pixelated. It looks great on the phone screen but as soon as I upload it to facebook it looks like junk.
Any ideas?

Facebook and many other places online to share pics reduce the size of pics quite a bit. I'd blame fb rather than the phone.
You could also check settings in camera to see if it's set to a lower megapixel than the 4mp maximum just to be sure.
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Well it should be pixelated because 1) dark areas on many camera shot have noise and 2) ultra pixels are larger than normal so on this cam we get decent day shots and awesome night shot.
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gk1984 said:
Facebook and many other places online to share pics reduce the size of pics quite a bit. I'd blame fb rather than the phone.
You could also check settings in camera to see if it's set to a lower megapixel than the 4mp maximum just to be sure.
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Where is that under the camera settings. I see Video Quality, but I dont see anything that lists photo quality/pixel size.

Well you're right. I swear I saw the option to change resolution but I can't find it again
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howie411 said:
So maybe I have a setting wrong or this is just how the phone is, but every photo I've taken so far has looks very pixelated. It looks great on the phone screen but as soon as I upload it to facebook it looks like junk.
Any ideas?
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I don't know if this is the problem or not, but here's my input (I'm a photographer):
There isn't any zoom on the camera lens, so when you "zoom," all you're effectively doing is cropping. The One doesn't resize the image, so it could create a pretty small image if you're zoomed in.
The other possibility (unless you're absolutely positive that the problem is pixelation) is that with the auto ISO setting, it might look grainy, especially in the dark. You can manually choose lower ISO, and yield a clearer (but darker) image.
Or, as the others have said, different apps may be the culprit. Have you tried loading the image directly from your phone to your computer?

UltraPixel= Larger pixels, great for night, not as good for during the day
http://www.androidcentral.com/megap...sung-galaxy-s4-versus-htc-one-camera-shootout

aman1127 said:
UltraPixel= Larger pixels, great for night, not as good for during the day
http://www.androidcentral.com/megap...sung-galaxy-s4-versus-htc-one-camera-shootout
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This has been discussed before in other threads. The camera sucks... This whole "Ultrapixle" crap is just a bunch of bull****.

I get great results from the camera. Day and night.
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Wow... Some of the suggestions on here are funny. It has nothing to do with the camera. It's an amazing camera and I post to facebook from it all the time. What you are experiencing is entirely on mobile data. I work at a repair center and we see this nearly every day. Because of all the changes sprints going through this year it's causing issues with photos uploaded and viewed online and primarily through apps. If you are using WiFi to upload to facebook and then viewing facebook on the same WiFi immediately after and are still experiencing this issue them check your router or reset it. If this continues then have your phone replaced. It's not handling u/d data properly.
Again.. this is not your camera. I have discussed this with several people here and through my job and it has been proven time and time again it's the network not the phone. In most cases and in some(rare) it's the phone itself and a simple replacement fixes the issue
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tkoreaper said:
This has been discussed before in other threads. The camera sucks... This whole "Ultrapixle" crap is just a bunch of bull****.
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This camera is amazing. It's the user that usually sucks
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The camera would be better if it had manual focus. The tap to focus is crap and AF is non existent.

tsdeaton said:
Wow... Some of the suggestions on here are funny. It has nothing to do with the camera. It's an amazing camera and I post to facebook from it all the time. What you are experiencing is entirely on mobile data. I work at a repair center and we see this nearly every day. Because of all the changes sprints going through this year it's causing issues with photos uploaded and viewed online and primarily through apps. If you are using WiFi to upload to facebook and then viewing facebook on the same WiFi immediately after and are still experiencing this issue them check your router or reset it. If this continues then have your phone replaced. It's not handling u/d data properly.
Again.. this is not your camera. I have discussed this with several people here and through my job and it has been proven time and time again it's the network not the phone. In most cases and in some(rare) it's the phone itself and a simple replacement fixes the issue
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This camera is amazing. It's the user that usually sucks
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Amazing compared to what, a flip phone? I've already sent in my ONE to get it "fixed", but the camera still took poor quality pictures. My old S3 takes better pictures than this thing.

tkoreaper said:
Amazing compared to what, a flip phone? I've already sent in my ONE to get it "fixed", but the camera still took poor quality pictures. My old S3 takes better pictures than this thing.
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I agree it's the user but I have read instances where focus was an issue related to faulty hardware.
Proof the htc one camera is amazing - http://www.reddit.com/r/oneography
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gk1984 said:
I agree it's the user but I have read instances where focus was an issue related to faulty hardware.
Proof the htc one camera is amazing - http://www.reddit.com/r/oneography
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Those pictures are good, but not because of the camera... it's the scenery. However these pictures further prove my point. Look at those pictures and notice the blurry/hazy effect of everything not in the center on the picture. Look at the picture of the Red rocks... the whole right side looks like crap. Had these pictures been taken with my S3 the entire picture would be crisp.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/...5879103770744579522&oid=114157047189530288078 is another good example. I can understand the background being way out of focus, but there's no excuse for the right side of the picture.

tsdeaton said:
Wow... Some of the suggestions on here are funny. It has nothing to do with the camera. It's an amazing camera and I post to facebook from it all the time. What you are experiencing is entirely on mobile data. I work at a repair center and we see this nearly every day. Because of all the changes sprints going through this year it's causing issues with photos uploaded and viewed online and primarily through apps. If you are using WiFi to upload to facebook and then viewing facebook on the same WiFi immediately after and are still experiencing this issue them check your router or reset it. If this continues then have your phone replaced. It's not handling u/d data properly.
Again.. this is not your camera. I have discussed this with several people here and through my job and it has been proven time and time again it's the network not the phone. In most cases and in some(rare) it's the phone itself and a simple replacement fixes the issue
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This camera is amazing. It's the user that usually sucks
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Way to add something "useful" to the conversation. Go troll elsewhere. I just asked a question.

tkoreaper said:
Those pictures are good, but not because of the camera... it's the scenery. However these pictures further prove my point. Look at those pictures and notice the blurry/hazy effect of everything not in the center on the picture. Look at the picture of the Red rocks... the whole right side looks like crap. Had these pictures been taken with my S3 the entire picture would be crisp.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/...5879103770744579522&oid=114157047189530288078 is another good example. I can understand the background being way out of focus, but there's no excuse for the right side of the picture.
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There have been some cameras on the one with hardware problems that affect focus. One side or the other would be blurry. It's not how the camera is intended. But also keep in mind that the low f-stop this camera uses causes a shallow depth of field, which gives a blurred background or foreground effect. This is often an artsy look. It's a low f-stop to also let more light in.
By the way, the pic you linked to was one of mine and that blurred effect was what I was going for with the shallow depth of field. I switched on macro mode to get more of the effect. I get the same kind of pictures from my DSLR.
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howie411 said:
Way to add something "useful" to the conversation. Go troll elsewhere. I just asked a question.
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It's actually very useful information considering we see your problem every day. I'm telling you what the problem is and what it is not
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I would rather use my camera (that is designed to take pictures) to take pictures that I want to show off/print.. My camera phone is just for those quick "can't miss it" times.

Quick can't miss it moments, yes! Or when I forget to bring my camera. I printed an 8x10 of a great scenery recently and it turned out great
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tsdeaton said:
Wow... Some of the suggestions on here are funny. It has nothing to do with the camera. It's an amazing camera and I post to facebook from it all the time. What you are experiencing is entirely on mobile data. I work at a repair center and we see this nearly every day. Because of all the changes sprints going through this year it's causing issues with photos uploaded and viewed online and primarily through apps. If you are using WiFi to upload to facebook and then viewing facebook on the same WiFi immediately after and are still experiencing this issue them check your router or reset it. If this continues then have your phone replaced. It's not handling u/d data properly.
Again.. this is not your camera. I have discussed this with several people here and through my job and it has been proven time and time again it's the network not the phone. In most cases and in some(rare) it's the phone itself and a simple replacement fixes the issue
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This camera is amazing. It's the user that usually sucks
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Biggest load of crap I've ever read. Nothing you ever say makes sense to me since the LGOG threads.. If it's a mobile data issue why is it only a HTC One issue? You're the typical Sprint rep who says any bs to silence a customer. I've been uploading from a Evo LTE and a Note 2 in a very congested crappy data city with none of those issues. It's just how the camera is on the One, it is 4mp after all.. I myself was never amazed by the camera which is why I skipped on the One. Nice features but you can definitely see a loss of quality due to it being only a 4mp cam.
Ps I like how you say it's a mobile data thing but then say to reset your router :what: :screwy:
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Camera Issue

hi guys.i just purchased the xperia z1.when checking out the camera at night i saw these red tint along the sides when there is no light.Is this a defect??

Dunno , but it surely does looks like it. Take it back for a replacement.
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mhoss48 said:
Dunno , but it surely does looks like it. Take it back for a replacement.
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strangely the picture taken dosnt have the red tint..

subextreme007 said:
hi guys.i just purchased the xperia z1.when checking out the camera at night i saw these red tint along the sides when there is no light.Is this a defect??
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Come on! No! Do not cover the camera lens, take the phone in you hands and all will disappear. They are pixels processed by the camera with no light.

eclyptos said:
Come on! No! Do not cover the camera lens, take the phone in you hands and all will disappear. They are pixels processed by the camera with no light.
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So i tested again with only my laptop backlight as the light source..this is the liveview..the tint is not in the picture though

subextreme007 said:
So i tested again with only my laptop backlight as the light source..this is the liveview..the tint is not in the picture though
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Ok. I got tiny ble and red pixels too when the camera is in low light. But not like on your phone. Try to set up the setting on you phone to the best quality you can. Take a picture in Low and High light. If on the pictures there are not visible pixels that means is the preview the problem of you camera. If is the preview you can live with that, it's your choice. If not go for a replacement and explain the problem, but I don't know if the warranty cover that.

eclyptos said:
Ok. I got tiny ble and red pixels too when the camera is in low light. But not like on your phone. Try to set up the setting on you phone to the best quality you can. Take a picture in Low and High light. If on the pictures there are not visible pixels that means is the preview the problem of you camera. If is the preview you can live with that, it's your choice. If not go for a replacement and explain the problem, but I don't know if the warranty cover that.
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Tested in manual mode..interestingly no tint ..tint is only in the superior auto mode.

subextreme007 said:
Tested in manual mode..interestingly no tint ..tint is only in the superior auto mode.
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So was the settings, I am happy for you. I will not like to leave the preview like that either.

eclyptos said:
So was the settings, I am happy for you. I will not like to leave the preview like that either.
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but took some shots in manual mode in low light there are some tiny white dots in some region of the picture.

subextreme007 said:
but took some shots in manual mode in low light there are some tiny white dots in some region of the picture.
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Post some pic.

if u zoom in the pic on the upper part u can see some white spots...

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If u zoom in on upper part of the pic or the right part u could see the white dots..

subextreme007 said:
if u zoom in the pic on the upper part u can see some white spots...
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The picture is too dark, can be even a reflection like the small red point in the middle but if you are refer about the tiny white pixel, in this case is a faulty pixel. But I think is just a coincidance.
Any picture which you take have in the same position the white pixel? Maybe you go just crazy!

eclyptos said:
The picture is too dark, can be even a reflection like the small red point in the middle but if you are refer about the tiny white pixel, in this case is a faulty pixel. But I think is just a coincidance.
Any picture which you take have in the same position the white pixel? Maybe you go just crazy!
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took this one with superior auto mode..pls look at the top left ...image seems to be distorted..is this a defect lens?

subextreme007 said:
took this one with superior auto mode..pls look at the top left ...image seems to be distorted..is this a defect lens?
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Yes it is a bit. The lens are clean? The leans are dirty in some way?
Also you have to take in consideration the poor quality of the picture because the low light make the picture more distorted. Is very hard for the camera to processing that king of pictures. You will never take this picture as a good picture so I will delete it. You try the perfection and is ok, I did this too. Try to take a nice clean normal light pictures, if they are good and no preview problem (solved) and no strange distortion you are fine. If there is any problem with the lcd pixels or with the lens you should have the problem all the time in the same place. So I think is not your case. Everything is ok..

eclyptos said:
Yes it is a bit. The lens are clean? The leans are dirty in some way?
Also you have to take in consideration the poor quality of the picture because the low light make the picture more distorted. Is very hard for the camera to processing that king of pictures. You will never take this picture as a good picture so I will delete it. You try the perfection and is ok, I did this too. Try to take a nice clean normal light pictures, if they are good and no preview problem (solved) and no strange distortion you are fine. If there is any problem with the lcd pixels or with the lens you should have the problem all the time in the same place. So I think is not your case. Everything is ok..
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hey thanx for ur valuable time..need to test it again in good light hope it produce good pictures...

subextreme007 said:
hi guys.i just purchased the xperia z1.when checking out the camera at night i saw these red tint along the sides when there is no light.Is this a defect??
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No that is the phone trying to display something in the dark, the red bleed is any little bit of light coming into the lens. The scene is just too dark for the phone to render on the screen.
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subextreme007 said:
strangely the picture taken dosnt have the red tint..
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No it's not strange, it's normal
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subextreme007 said:
So i tested again with only my laptop backlight as the light source..this is the liveview..the tint is not in the picture though
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Seriously dude, with almost no light for the camera to render something on the display you are lucky you can even see anything. Liveview will only show you what it can based on real time processing, so in low light will most likely look much darker, in that light the shutter is probably going to to about 1 second, therefore the phone can't liveliew that because it will piss you off every time you move the camera waiting 1 second for the picture to refresh
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subextreme007 said:
but took some shots in manual mode in low light there are some tiny white dots in some region of the picture.
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It's called ISO noise and noise reduction

danw_oz said:
It's called ISO noise and noise reduction
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Right, I forgot is called ISO, speaking technically. .

danw_oz said:
No that is the phone trying to display something in the dark, the red bleed is any little bit of light coming into the lens. The scene is just too dark for the phone to render on the screen.
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No it's not strange, it's normal
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Seriously dude, with almost no light for the camera to render something on the display you are lucky you can even see anything. Liveview will only show you what it can based on real time processing, so in low light will most likely look much darker, in that light the shutter is probably going to to about 1 second, therefore the phone can't liveliew that because it will piss you off every time you move the camera waiting 1 second for the picture to refresh
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It's called ISO noise and noise reduction
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so is it common that u will get red tint when der is no light??and there is considerable amount of noise in the pics in daylight too.. ....my galaxy s,lumia 800 doesnt have these issues...

subextreme007 said:
so is it common that u will get red tint when der is no light??and there is considerable amount of noise in the pics in daylight too.. ....my galaxy s,lumia 800 doesnt have these issues...
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Yep because it is too dark to show the colours correctly, it is hard for the camera to display, the red pixels is light sneaking past into the lens. Other cameras display the image as a higher iso preview so allow more light in, but change when taking the shot, not sure why Sony don't increase the this. BTW all my point and shoots and even my DSLRs in liveview have this problem in low light, unless I change the ISO high.
Maybe root your phone and download monxdified ROM, it has some camera tweaks. Try not to use superior auto, and use manual mode for best results, that way you can control many different settings.

Note 4 Takes Blurry Photos

I've bought a new note 4 recently and i was very disappointed with the auto focus of the camera (the front selfie camera) it seems like the auto focus is not working that good and always takes bad blurry photos when it's rush photo. I hate it. DAMN SAMSUNG :crying:

get it repaired or exchanged. Ish happens man

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get it repaired or exchanged. Ish happens man
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i dont maybe its just really like that. cause the previous note 2 that i have is the same.

bluelife25 said:
i dont maybe its just really like that. cause the previous note 2 that i have is the same.
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Have you check this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/pictures-galaxy-note-4-t2904564
Me myself and many others that post in that thread have great camera.
I think you should try to replace or repair it.
Oh, and can you post some of your shots to see what blurry you're talking about. If it's in dark place, well, no comment on that, it still need to be improved, but overall camera quality especially in outdoor with good light is great.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/pictures-galaxy-note-4-t2904564
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Note 9 Camera Quality Issue?

I found this issue when I was taking low light pictures. It's like some pink flare at the edges of the photo, I don't know how to call it. It is visible only in a few low light situations.
Here is some of my captures + some pictures with the same issue I found on google (almost every night photos I found on google had this issue):
It's clearly visible when you turn up your screen brightness because it appears only in dark area like the sky.
Is it some defect?

KastrO_on said:
I found this issue when I was taking low light pictures. It's like some pink flare at the edges of the photo, I don't know how to call it. It is visible only in a few low light situations.
Here is some of my captures + some pictures with the same issue I found on google (almost every night photos I found on google had this issue):
It's clearly visible when you turn up your screen brightness because it appears only in dark area like the sky.
Is it some defect?
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was the flash on? and do you have a case?

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was the flash on? and do you have a case?
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It doesn't matter if there is a case or not. There is always the same "pink flare". I think it's like low quality camera sensor or something like that.
I hope you can see that flare in those pictures. Because it's clearly visible on my note 9. If not I can brighten those photos and reupload them.
Flash was off.
BTW I have exynos version.

KastrO_on said:
It doesn't matter if there is a case or not. There is always the same "pink flare". I think it's like low quality camera sensor or something like that.
I hope you can see that flare in those pictures. Because it's clearly visible on my note 9. If not I can brighten those photos and reupload them.
Flash was off.
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do you have a case?

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do you have a case?
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Yes I have.

i had the same problem

abood.mhd said:
i had the same problem
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Did you do something about it?
If you have some pictures with this issue I would be grateful if you could post it in here.
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Did you do something about it?
If you have some pictures with this issue I would be grateful if you could post it in here.
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I am sorry I deleted those pictures and now we are in the daytime. At night I will post some picture ,, for me note 9 camera is very bad

My experience with my Note 9 has been night and day since I've been using Arnova's Gcam port (Vs. the terrible stock camera app)

Plz link

https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/Gcam_6.2.024_Advanced_V2.0.190420.0415.apk

KastrO_on said:
Yes I have.
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take it off and try again.

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https://f.celsoazevedo.com/file/gcamera/Gcam_6.2.024_Advanced_V2.0.190420.0415.apk
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man that version is almost 100% working!
flash dosent work at all and playground stickers aren't. well so so but let's say the guardians of the galaxy dont.
still the best 6.x apk I've tried yet.
thanks!

I have no issues using flash the only thing not working for me is slow motion video as for playground I do not use those.

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man that version is almost 100% working!
flash dosent work at all and playground stickers aren't. well so so but let's say the guardians of the galaxy dont.
still the best 6.x apk I've tried yet.
thanks!
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what you set in the options, default? you have print screen?

here are some night terrible pics

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it's very lagy and not good on my Exynos phone

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it's very lagy and not good on my Exynos phone
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its the best of the 6.x up to date i my opinion. much less laggy in fact.

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its the best of the 6.x up to date i my opinion. much less laggy in fact.
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it's over Exposure ، The front camera does not work ، and if i turn of hdr it's freez

abood.mhd said:
it's over Exposure ، The front camera does not work ، and if i turn of hdr it's freez
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works fine here...check if you dont have multiple cam apps and are opening the wrong one. also maybe you need to add xml config settings. follow guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79587293&postcount=268
please that thread to continue discussion as we are hijacking .

Question Defective camera or caused by the huge sensor?

Are that distortions/blurs on the bottom of the photos caused by a defective camera or normal?

Sigray said:
Are that distortions/blurs on the bottom of the photos caused by a defective camera or normal?
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It's because of the big sensor.. same "problem" here

Bart3n said:
It's because of the big sensor.. same "problem" here
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Sometimes the photos are good but its rare. Look https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/4136/kywQRU.jpg

Maybe that's because of light condition / scenario ?

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Maybe that's because of light condition / scenario ?
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Did you get that distortion on your another photo?

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It's because of the big sensor.. same "problem" here
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Specially when taking photo of close object, it blur out all the edge. Im really hate this camera because of that problem

Guys can you upload some similar photos like mine? Thanks a lot