Green hue on center area on gear camera - Samsung Galaxy Gear

Anyone figure out where this green hue in the center of the frame of the camera is coming from? I have one of the galaxy gears with the hole covered up so its not moisture i don't think.

I don't have a green hue. Post a picture please!

440bro said:
I don't have a green hue. Post a picture please!
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Here you go.

That sure is a green hue! That sucks man, I'm sorry. Have you taken any pictures of the Sun, or bright like a welding arc? It's defiantly not moisture.
If you recently purchased it, try to get it warrantied where you got it. Otherwise you'll have to send it to Samsung for warranty repair.

440bro said:
That sure is a green hue! That sucks man, I'm sorry. Have you taken any pictures of the Sun, or bright like a welding arc? It's defiantly not moisture.
If you recently purchased it, try to get it warrantied where you got it. Otherwise you'll have to send it to Samsung for warranty repair.
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Nope never taken a pic of the sun or while someone was welding. This is actually the second one I have had do this.

Wow this is the second time it happened? That really sucks! I've had mine since Xmas and no problem here. I've only seen this happen on old ccd cameras. Usually happened when exposed to bright light. Or a burn in from viewing the same thing for a long time. Like a security camera with a window on view. I'm sorry you found 2 bad apples in the group.

i have similar issue, but it comes and go.. there are days when pictures are taken normally.
i won't return mine for warranty, i think they would replace it with the new product!

hurdlejade said:
i have similar issue, but it comes and go.. there are days when pictures are taken normally.
i won't return mine for warranty, i think they would replace it with the new product!
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I took a picture outside and this is what i got. Now, I am confused. That chunk missing was an edit i made but the hue is gone.

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Purple/Red/Blue photos in low light?

There is a massive thread about this in the general HTC ONE forums, but not the Sprint forum. This needs to be brought to the forefront so HTC will figure out what to do faster with more pressure applied. This is a pretty major issue as any device affected takes pretty much worthless low-light pictures, and that is a pretty major selling point for this phone.
They claim it can be fixed with software, but if it's software, why isn't everyone's phone affected by it?
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/10/4716246/htc-one-camera-defect-confirmed-by-htc-working-on-a-fix
Yup it pissed me off so many tainted colored photos here as well. I just have to tweak the settings but in zoe I'm stuck with what it captures.
Sent from my HTCONE
Never noticed it till I read the article, but it seems like my One has the same problem. :crying:
Chep0 said:
Never noticed it till I read the article, but it seems like my One has the same problem. :crying:
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This is what I'm afraid of. People aren't even aware the issue exists. In some cases it's getting worse over time. My ONE would start to turn purple or red after about 30 seconds in low lit areas, but now it happens almost instantly. Any picture I take at night now is straight up purple with a faint picture in there somewhere. I would recommend calling HTC directly and raising even more awareness about it.
I've never seen this problem, but then again, I haven't tried taking pictures in pitch black darkness.
eXplicit815 said:
I've never seen this problem, but then again, I haven't tried taking pictures in pitch black darkness.
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While that is a funny joke, I can assure you it's not just when taking pictures in pitch black darkness. And from my experience, it gets worse as time goes. When it first started happening to me, it was just purple or red around the edges. Now it's turning the entire picture purple.
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While that is a funny joke, I can assure you it's not just when taking pictures in pitch black darkness. And from my experience, it gets worse as time goes. When it first started happening to me, it was just purple or red around the edges. Now it's turning the entire picture purple.
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But is this a software issue, or hardware issue? I could stand outside in the dark of night and take a picture of a lit area in the distance and not see this problem.
eXplicit815 said:
But is this a software issue, or hardware issue? I could stand outside in the dark of night and take a picture of a lit area in the distance and not see this problem.
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That's the thing, HTC hasn't said for sure whether it's hardware or software. I spoke with HTC yesterday and was told it was a software issue. Then 10 minutes later he called me back and said "it may be software, but it also may be hardware" and that if I wanted I could send my phone in for repair. I doubt they want the whole world knowing there's a lot of phones with a bad camera, I'm eager to see how this all plays out.

New phone, yellow tint

Hi,
Just received a new One, after 9 month, because the front camera died. It is refurbished but in very good condition, no scratch whatsoever.
Unfortunately it has a strong yellow tint.
Serial begins with FA35.
Do you guys know something about this problem? Is it common? Could there be some stuff on the screen from the refurbish process causing this?
Bipo said:
Hi,
Just received a new One, after 9 month, because the front camera died. It is refurbished but in very good condition, no scratch whatsoever.
Unfortunately it has a strong yellow tint.
Serial begins with FA35.
Do you guys know something about this problem? Is it common? Could there be some stuff on the screen from the refurbish process causing this?
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Does the screen have a tint or the camera??
Its quite bizzare TBH. I dont think anyone on xda has raised a yellow tint issue.......
raghav kapur said:
Does the screen have a tint or the camera??
Its quite bizzare TBH. I dont think anyone on xda has raised a yellow tint issue.......
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From what I've read it happened to quite a few.
It's really really on the warm side lets say, but it looks yellowish to me. Definitely less easy to read.
Checked the screen manufacturer, I've got the one made by sony-toshiba (not the samsung or the sharp).
Well I'm disappointed but if there is no "fix" or efficient tinkering, I'll let it go, I'm tired of battling between broken devices and warranties these last times. Yellowish screen it'll be.
thanks for answering
Bipo said:
From what I've read it happened to quite a few.
It's really really on the warm side lets say, but it looks yellowish to me. Definitely less easy to read.
Checked the screen manufacturer, I've got the one made by sony-toshiba (not the samsung or the sharp).
Well I'm disappointed but if there is no "fix" or efficient tinkering, I'll let it go, I'm tired of battling between broken devices and warranties these last times. Yellowish screen it'll be.
thanks for answering
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Well, this is a 100% hardware issue. So, your only option would be to send for repair. But if you dont want to deal with warranties, etc, then i think you will have to live with the defective screen

[Q] Light Leakage Around Bezel?

So last night I noticed that there appears to be a thin line of light coming up from above both the right and left bezel. Can anyone else reproduce this? It's most noticeable in a dark environment with the screen brightness relatively high.
Red line indicates where the light leakage comes from.
here are some actual pics. I just want to know if this is normal or not. Thanks
Nope, your phone should not do that. It appears your screen inst adhering as it should. If I were you I would take it back and get a new one if you're in your 2 week grace period.
Cronus577 said:
Nope, your phone should not do that. It appears your screen inst adhering as it should. If I were you I would take it back and get a new one if you're in your 2 week grace period.
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Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I'm not. But I've reached out to Samsung and they acknowledged the defect. Hopefully they'll send me a like-new replacement.
shadow82x said:
here are some actual pics. I just want to know if this is normal or not. Thanks
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mine has the same problem here!! should i replace it??thanks
So in the end I did end up getting a replacement because of this. Turns out I'd totally regret it because this is actually normal behavior.
The replacements I got had far worse issues such as yellowing screen, overheating, and rotation issues. And on top of that all of them still had the light bezel bleed. Ugh.

Pink camera spot issue/ color shading

Here's a thread I made on the Nokia forums: https://community.phones.nokia.com/support/discussions/topics/7000022066
"Here's something I noticed today - taking a picture in certain low light conditions produces a pink/reddish spot in the middle of the picture.
So far I've only been able to reproduce it in my own room, with natural light coming through blue curtains on beige/brown objects.
After doing some research, it appears this issue is rather well documented on many phones from different manufacturers, the Galaxy S2, S5, Xperia phones. Some sources say it might just be an issue with all smartphone sensors, referred to as "color shading", some just hide it better. My old Galaxy S3 appears to have it too, although nowhere near to the same extent. If I may, here's a couple links from androidcentral and xda of people talking about it.
What I'm wondering now is how widespread this is on the Nokia 8 in particular and whether there's any hope of having it better after a replacement. Interestingly enough, the front camera doesn't have that issue, even if it might be the same sensor (is it?), but maybe it's due to the optics too, which are probably quite different.
It also appears possible to compensate for it in the software, so I wonder what are the chances of that in case it's common on the Nokia 8.
I'll try adding a few examples I took in the comments. "
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They haven't approved my pictures there yet, so here's an imgur album - https://imgur.com/a/VccdP
Apparently it happens on certain black fabric and not only in natural light.
I replased my phone to new one for that reason...this was 6 months ago.
Its the sony image sensor issue same as xperia z3
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simon-sf said:
I replased my phone to new one for that reason...this was 6 months ago.
Its the sony image sensor issue same as xperia z3
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Btw its still there but not so bad...try to use iso speed under 600.
simon-sf said:
I replased my phone to new one for that reason...this was 6 months ago.
Its the sony image sensor issue same as xperia z3
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Btw its still there but not so bad...try to use iso speed under 600.
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So there are variances between devices then. How bad was your first phone and how much did the new one improve? Any chance you could try taking a photo of a worst example? Say black fabric in a dimly lit room.
The pink spot was clearly visible in mousebad...bow its better image from this one coming soon.
Nro:1 nokia camera app
Nro:2 open camera , iso speed 500
So its stil there.
Opencamera raw
I guess that does look a little better. Maybe.. Difficult to tell how much the scenarios match. Either way, I've turned the phone in for warranty, will see what happens.
Can you update us what happens? I just got this phone too and have the same issue sadly though the local Nokia agent isn't a very strong one I don't think they'll replace my handset. Anyway anyway out of curiosity... What color are your phones that are making this issue? Mine is the copper and I think that's the issue some how
Today morning we look go worker nokia 8 128gb version it has pinky too.
angvil said:
Can you update us what happens? I just got this phone too and have the same issue sadly though the local Nokia agent isn't a very strong one I don't think they'll replace my handset. Anyway anyway out of curiosity... What color are your phones that are making this issue? Mine is the copper and I think that's the issue some how
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Mine was tempered blue. I very highly doubt the color has anything to do with it.
Nothing to say so far, will probably hear back next week. I'm only wondering if they got the idea that it's happening on all the pictures, as I only showed the bad examples and didn't note 'low light' in the problem description. I hope they're able to reproduce the issue themselves.
VonZigmas said:
Mine was tempered blue. I very highly doubt the color has anything to do with it.
Nothing to say so far, will probably hear back next week. I'm only wondering if they got the idea that it's happening on all the pictures, as I only showed the bad examples and didn't note 'low light' in the problem description. I hope they're able to reproduce the issue themselves.
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I managed to solve it by contacting Nokia support, they told me to hold the volume up button and power button to clear cache.
After that the pink shade went completely, I couldn't replicate it at all.
Another thing I was wondering is are the lenses exactly centered on the hole opening of the lenses? Mine isn't exactly centered
Look closely to the picture attached. Could this be the culprit?
My upper sensor not fully center.
angvil said:
I managed to solve it by contacting Nokia support, they told me to hold the volume up button and power button to clear cache.
After that the pink shade went completely, I couldn't replicate it at all.
Another thing I was wondering is are the lenses exactly centered on the hole opening of the lenses? Mine isn't exactly centered
Look closely to the picture attached. Could this be the culprit?
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Are you sure? I restored factory settings before bringing it in and it didn't change a thing.
And I can't really tell with the picture at an angle. I never noticed anything like it on my phone. Not completely centered across the length of the phone or the width?
VonZigmas said:
Are you sure? I restored factory settings before bringing it in and it didn't change a thing.
And I can't really tell with the picture at an angle. I never noticed anything like it on my phone. Not completely centered across the length of the phone or the width?
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I did factory reset too that didn't help though! The volume up and power button helped though.
Not centered as in the lense itself inside the round circle isn't centered! Check the bottom lense in the picture I attached. The lense is slightly shifted downwards
angvil said:
I did factory reset too that didn't help though! The volume up and power button helped though.
Not centered as in the lense itself inside the round circle isn't centered! Check the bottom lense in the picture I attached. The lense is slightly shifted downwards
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Sounds almost too good to be true, but I've got no way to test it out right now. Any chance you could take some pictures where it would've been visible before? Say a black mouse pad or whatever.
Yeah, I can see that. May have to do with where the sensor rests since that's the stabilized color one? Try seeing how it is when taking a video.
I got my phone back. Of course, the service center couldn't replicate the issue. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt as it's not easy to notice, even if I did try explaining the situations where it's the most visible. Oh well. I never noticed it on my SIII in four years, though it's not as clear, so I guess I'll just live with it.
Also clearing the cache made no difference no matter how many times I tried.
So its still there?
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So its still there?
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Yes, nothing changed. I got my old phone back, not a new one, just to clarify.
I am going to make sure that repair nan can see the spot in my phone...modules are going to chance so many times that there is no pinky.
simon-sf said:
I am going to make sure that repair nan can see the spot in my phone...modules are going to chance so many times that there is no pinky.
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Good luck. I'm honestly doubtful you can find one with no pink spot. Maybe minimally visible at best.

light bleeding through

Has anyone else had the problem of the light bleeding through on certain colors? On the left side of mine, there's a white-ish hue coming through. I chatted with LG to see if it's a known issue. They told me to reset the device. Or send it in for repair.
See pic..may be hard to tell.
Does it affect viewing content? If not it's technically not worth it, unless ur super picky
Sometimes it does. When anything dark except black is on the screen..it's shows. Kind of annoying too.
Hmm ii see, have you try Factory resetting it first
Same!
Did you ever find a resolution? I'm on my second v40 with the same issue. After a while, the screen kept flashing when I would put it to sleep. I had to swap the phone out.
Lbergin84 said:
Did you ever find a resolution? I'm on my second v40 with the same issue. After a while, the screen kept flashing when I would put it to sleep. I had to swap the phone out.
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No. I just let it go. Figure I'll let it go to it burns out. It seems to be getting worse tho. Thought about sending it in
Lbergin84 said:
Did you ever find a resolution? I'm on my second v40 with the same issue. After a while, the screen kept flashing when I would put it to sleep. I had to swap the phone out.
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Never had this problem. You probably have a Wrong batch. I have the tmo version.
guytano86 said:
Never had this problem. You probably have a Wrong batch. I have the tmo version.
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The first one I got the week the phone came out. This one I got in December. Both from T-Mobile.
The left side of my screen by the volume buttons is green and it's driving me nuts.
I haven’t used a v40 yet, but I did see multiple v30 devices with this issue. For the v30 at least you could look closely at it and the light is bleeding through the gap between the “screen” and the side frame of the phone. I say “screen” because the issue is the bezel doesn’t properly cover the gap between the screen and the body which causes the light bleeding.
You obviously can’t fix this without getting a new phone. However, I would take a guess and say eventually more and more phones will get this issue over time. Because as the phones age glue or whatever else holds the screen to the body will wear and possibly develop this gap. Another problem is bending. Even the slightest little bend will cause a problem, even without other physical damage.
Having same issue on my att v40, once you see it it's hard to not notice it, thinking about sending it to LG for replacement.
twoxa said:
Having same issue on my att v40, once you see it it's hard to not notice it, thinking about sending it to LG for replacement.
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Now that it's been mentioned I looked but luckily nothing showing up on mine
Here is my screen. What do you guys think? Hard to see those in everyday use, but def can see them here and there. To test it I suggest you put uniform grey/dark grey color image on your screen and then you'll see it. In my case basically whole right side is and issue plus top part around the notch. Thinking about sending it to LG for replacement.
Can you guys sound off on this with some pics if possible, to see how bad my case actually is?
Appreciate y'all!
twoxa said:
Can you guys sound off on this with some pics if possible, to see how bad my case actually is?
Appreciate y'all!
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Yeah, take another picture in a dark environment. I'll take some photos of mine later. I have few issues on mine also. But only visible on very low brightness and brown/grey colors. Also one very tiny almost invisible to see stuck/dead pixel.
jblparisi said:
Yeah, take another picture in a dark environment. I'll take some photos of mine later. I have few issues on mine also. But only visible on very low brightness and brown/grey colors.
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That's what I did, those are my pics.
twoxa said:
That's what I did, those are my pics.
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That's not dark at all, im talking in a dark pitch black room.
Take a picture with full brightness On and low brightness On, with the light in the room off preferable at night time.
jblparisi said:
That's not dark at all, im talking in a dark pitch black room.
Take a picture with full brightness On and low brightness On.
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In pitch dark it's only more visible. Pics I took show the issue pretty clear anyway.
twoxa said:
In pitch dark it's only more visible. Pics I took show the issue pretty clear anyway.
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You basically lost the lottery panel. I would exchange if i were you and it bothers you. Mine is pretty even all around except for when on low or mid brightness and on grey/brown colors.
I'll show you what mine looks like later tonight.
I don't get your argument man. If yours is pretty even you don't have an issue. I clearly do.
twoxa said:
I don't get your argument man. If yours is pretty even you don't have an issue. I clearly do.
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Re read what I said. To some degree it is not completely even. There is no such thing as perfect OLED panel, no panel is the same. Mine has it's issues, alot of it can be subjective. Your's is on the pretty bad scale in my humble opinion and it would be worth the hassle of going thru warranty repair involving sending it in, praying, and waiting a couple weeks without a device. I feel like I am repeating myself at this point, if you still want me to upload the photos it's fine. Sorry if i have a harsh tone, I have the flu.

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