Stock Moto X 2014, only unlocked the bootloader.
I realised yesterday that since I got the phone after cyber monday, I've had to manually flip photos taken with the stock camera app, and Chrome doesn't auto-rotate either. I downloaded a Bubble Level app and compared to the same app on my galaxy nexus, the level moves very little when I tilt the phone.
Is there anything I can do other than RMA the phone?
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so, i was on 890 and my camera started to blip black screen and back to the cam. in video mode, it would stop the recording and go back as well. thinking that it was cuz i rooted, i unrooted, upgraded to 906, and tested again. same issue. thinking it was camera360, i removed it (why i thought it was that app, dunno), and still did it. after a long time, finally decided to disable gps recording and it stopped blacking out and video recording actually lived for 15 or so minutes. rooted and tether works too now... O_O... anyone experienced same issues? if not, thinking of RMAing it back to amazonwireless... 9 months so far..
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I have had the Droid 3 since it was originally released. I have used both builds you mentioned extensively and I have always had bad luck with the camera/video apps as well. I have mentioned elsewhere how Motorola's cameras for the Droid series have always been a little lacking in my opinion (I have had the Droid and Droid 3.). I generally have the GPS off and I don't like location tagging so most of my problems with the camera happened with GPS turned off. I ran the 890 build stock for a few weeks and the rooted, updated to 906 and quickly rooted. Under all 3 cases, and still to this day, sometimes when I take a photo it will act like its trying to save then the app will crash and take me back to the launcher. Sometimes it will save the picture, but most of the time it won't.
That being said it may just be a bigger overall problem that this fone just has. Its an awesome fone but the camera has always been a sore spot with me. I have heard the droid 4 camera is a little better but don't have any long term experience with it to report.
well, downgraded to 890 again, and left it unrooted, and camera worked perfectly.. really odd.. no black blips, and hard clanking inside the system. GPS/geolocation works as well.. camera360 app as wel. just recorded 1 hour of nonsense and couldn't do that when rooted ;/
after a while, I decided to up it to 906. still working good. could it be some sort of glitch within the rooting method that causes the camera to go unstable?
this is where, when in camera mode, or in video mode, it seems like when it's focusing, the camera display blips black, there's a hard thunk, and after a few milliseconds, it goes back to the camera/video again - if recording, the recording ends - the video survives usually.
can anyone test? it happens more when the camera is used a lot and/or video mode has been running a bit.
apparently, it's now failing in non-rooted state now. gonna RMA it i guess :] hopefully they'll let me choose a different phone since Droid 3 is not available anymore heh
UPDATE: apparently, verizon doesn't want me easily replacing my phone, they have me in "SAFE MODE" and so far, it hasn't crashed.. wtf...
OK so we all know the camera is not so great (right now) I know we have the same sony camera as the other flagships but ours doesn't work as well. My symptoms are focusing problems, always trying to focus and being out of focus half the time....and after taking picture when I open gallery the picture is darker. My wife just got an iPhone 6 today and her freaking pictures look great and i hate that[emoji35]
So my question is......Can this be fixed by Motorola through the app? Is this a software issue that can be fixed with an update? Is Motorola aware of this and have they addressed it? I know the 2013 moto x had similar problems and they fixed it with an update so maybe the same for us? Thanks s in advance!
PS....is anyone else having a problem with weather apps radar animating? With WeatherBug I get all frames on top of each other..with others when I hit play I just get spinning wheel...an ideas?
I have the same problem with WeatherBug. Could be a 4.4.4 issue.
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For the camera, wait until Android L is all I can say. I want L soon
Image quality improvements have been promised for the next update, that would be Android L.*
Android L is itself a big deal for imaging because it exposes the entire picture/video taking pipeline to camera apps... that means someone can write a camera app with their own picture processing algorithms which in our case can definitely help us with the quality issue
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Front camera
I'm not impressed with the rear camera at all. Here's to hoping it can be corrected with a software update, saw that happen on my Nexus 5 and it made a wold of difference. Anyone else have HUUUGE lag issues with the front facing camera?! I was trying to take a picture with my son and it was horrible
Haven't been impressed with the camera yet either. Still gets tons of noise in indoor lighting situations (not even that low of light) with or without flash (obviously worse without flash). It's also slow to focus, attempts to refocus a few times with the flash, and by then the subject has moved (unless stationary). I knew the camera wouldn't be great, but was hoping for something at least closer to the G3 or S5. I'm not confident they'll fix this with a software update. They can probably improve some of the focus and lighting algorithms, but I'm worried some of it is just the optics they used being inferior. I don't feel that it is much worse than the original Moto X (except that it actually seems slower to take pictures at the moment), but I was really wanting to upgrade my phone camera for use with my kid (13 months old, so getting faster and faster...)
Ok I feel stupid.......So after being on the phone with Moto for an hour and a factory reset I have found out my problem with having dark photos in the gallery. I had auto brightness on and when I would preview a pic from the camera the pictures were standard brightness for a second and then black screen then the picture appeared, but darker. If you turn off auto brightness the dark image problem goes away. I did notice the black screen for a second goes away with Auto off as well, so I told level 3 tech support that they may have a bug with the auto brightness on and she said she was going to reproduce this on a few moto devices including the 2014 Moto X and report my comments to the right people. I hope this helps others with Auto Brightness on wondering why pictures are so dark....Or maybe I am the only idiot..lol
Hobart! said:
Ok I feel stupid.......So after being on the phone with Moto for an hour and a factory reset I have found out my problem with having dark photos in the gallery. I had auto brightness on and when I would preview a pic from the camera the pictures were standard brightness for a second and then black screen then the picture appeared, but darker. If you turn off auto brightness the dark image problem goes away. I did notice the black screen for a second goes away with Auto off as well, so I told level 3 tech support that they may have a bug with the auto brightness on and she said she was going to reproduce this on a few moto devices including the 2014 Moto X and report my comments to the right people. I hope this helps others with Auto Brightness on wondering why pictures are so dark....Or maybe I am the only idiot..lol
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The 2013 X works this way too. When you open the camera with auto brightness on, it turns the brightness up higher (not sure if this is based on the current auto level or just a set brightness). When you view a photo it starts out at the higher brightness, but then it switches back to auto brightness (which is darker). It is unfortunate that the switch back to auto brightness is delayed and preceded by the screen going full black, since those two things make it very noticeable
Yaaaaaay....I am not the crazy or the only one....lol
So I've had an odd issue with my 2nd gen Moto X (AT&T version). While the rear facing camera is fine, the front facing camera is very choppy. I received a sensor update shortly after getting the phone and it initially fixed the issue but last night I saw it was back again. Any ideas what I can do to fix it? I have the issue with both the Moto Camera app AND the Google Camera app.
Thanks in advance....
You can't fix it, every Moto X is having the issue, not just you. Wait for more updates I guess. It will only be smooth in very good lighting condition.
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So I've had an odd issue with my 2nd gen Moto X (AT&T version). While the rear facing camera is fine, the front facing camera is very choppy. I received a sensor update shortly after getting the phone and it initially fixed the issue but last night I saw it was back again. Any ideas what I can do to fix it? I have the issue with both the Moto Camera app AND the Google Camera app.
Thanks in advance....
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There is already a thread for this, I believe a rep has responded and said it is in the works for being fixed.
Hello, I recently bought the "Google Cardboard" and I noticed that all apps I tried were shaking a lot (Even if I just leave the phone on the table). It seems to be an Gyroscope issue.
Noticed the same in Google Camera (360ยบ Picture Mode). It doesn't happen in Google Street View as it seems to apply some kind of filtering. Is there any fix for this?
I've been told that the Samsung Phones doesn't suffer from that kind of shaking
Is there any way to calibrate the Gyroscope? Or at least to apply some kind of shaking filter globally to all apps?
Can somebody please confirm if they have the same issue (And if this issue has been fixed on Android L)? [I'm on Android KitKat]
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I have the same problem.
Interface of Google cardboard is very shaky.
Google camera's lens blur doesn't work for me; it says device moved too quickly whereas i didn't even move it a cm. (Kitkat)
Everyone should have this problem I think so.
I think the gyroscope is not calibrated correctly
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ErixGamer said:
Nvm its all fixed. remove please.
Thank you,
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Fixed? Where? In Android Lolipop?
I have Moto G 2014 European version so I still haven't received the Update.
Or is there some other fix? I'm very interested in this.
Okay that message was because a thought this was solved. Anyways it works on lollipop very well. Its very steady but if i try to hold steady it shakes a little. On KitKat my gyroscope reacted very sensitive (slightest movement even registers) So my suggestion is maybe use lollipop? or try this app: A thread about how to recalibrate the gyroscope sensor
Anways hope it works wish you much lucky
Greetz ErixGamer
I am using lollipop on my moto g 2014, and videos are still shaky!
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Interface of Google cardboard is very shaky.
Google camera's lens blur doesn't work for me; it says device moved too quickly whereas i didn't even move it a cm. (Kitkat)
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I'm having the same problem. Mine was working, but I flashed a new ROM and it stopped. I deleted that ROM and went back to stock, but the problem is still there.
When I start moving left, the phone thinks I'm moving right and vice-versa. It hardly detects any movement, even if I do a full 360 rotation.
I am also unable to view VR photos in Google Cardboard correctly. This is really frustrating and I have no idea how to fix it.
Have you had any luck?
I found the same, infuriating problem in all the ROMs I tried.
I read in another thread (possibly another forum, I can't remember now) a post from a Moto dev who acknowledged the issue and stated they would fix it in the next update. I installed the latest 6.0 soak test and the first thing I checked was the gyro, which appears to have been fixed.
Google cardboard runs as smooth as butter, with no shaking or anything.
In CM13 devs have fixed the sensors also added some new ones.
gyroscope is working correctly on CM13 too
Hi,
After the first 2020 ota update the camera started to get blurred and now is completely useless.
So i looked at the changelog and the update "fixed" something related to QRcode reading. So they must have messed something up.
Anyone knows anything about it?
Model: ZE620KL 128gb rom, updated to latest firmware, rooted with magisk and with twrp.
Thanks.
Additionally, wide camera works fine so far. But still it is strange that sometimes the main camera works and right after few minutes it gets all blurr again.
Hello, I have the same problem. It looks like the update killed a part of the camera. Your OIS is broken now. You can either replace your camera (around $10) or, as I did it, you can try to tap on the camera module. It may fix it temporary. A little bump could also work.
I am having a similar issue. Autofocus works fine for images close to the camera. Seems to be related to the QR code update mentioned by @Gyplay.
My phone has been serviced 3 times during warranty (free). It just died 20 days after receiving it. Then, around its 4th month of life it stopped holding charge. Around it's 10th month it just died again. No falls, not a single scratch and no liquid spills...
Now I have been living with this issue with the camera for almost a year...
Never had issues with any of my previous phones...
Perhaps I was unlucky, but will never buy an asus phone again.