Front camera out of focus when using a phone case - Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers

I know the title sounds really weird, but that's because this is a really weird issue (I think).
I noticed that when I use the front (selfie) camera, it was totally out of focus and blurry. Now when I take the phone out of its cover, the image is razor sharp again! I narrowed it down to just the corner where the camera sits. When I take the cover just a bit of on that corner, the image is perfect. When I put it back, the image if out-of-focus again.
To make this even stranger: as a test I decided to put my phone upside down in its cover. And behold! The image was perfect!
So it doesn't have anything to do with the cover pressing against that corner or something.
Anybody else also noticed this? And anybody found a way to fix this?

My wife's S10 has exactly the same behaviour. In the cover: blurry front cam. Out the cover, upside down in the cover, camera corner popped out of the cover: focus all fine.
Who knows the answer?

Time to whip out the Exacto knife!

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Hello : Every time that i take a shot the image is out of focus,
Anyone experience this ?
Solutions ?
Thnks a lot
galinha said:
Hello : Every time that i take a shot the image is out of focus,
Anyone experience this ?
Solutions ?
Thnks a lot
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Umm...with details like that, one could guess anything. Maybe your settings are wrong...maybe dust....maybe anything. Tell us your settings, lighting situation, etc.
Thanks.
Night , day , light...
Settings no mater what i put..
No dust !
Best regards
galinha said:
Thanks.
Night , day , light...
Settings no mater what i put..
No dust !
Best regards
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did u try to take pics with the half press?
The above advice about setting to half press is good. Also remember that the camera has auto focus so the picture is not taken for a second or two AFTER the button is pressed. So keep it steady for a while after taking the picture.
Also the lens cover on the back of the case needs to be spotless. and also clean the lens cover inside the casing near the top of the battery. Cleaning these makes a big difference. Some folk have actually removed the casing filter, but I'm not suggesting you go that far.
Mike
mikechannon said:
The above advice about setting to half press is good. Also remember that the camera has auto focus so the picture is not taken for a second or two AFTER the button is pressed. So keep it steady for a while after taking the picture.
Also the lens cover on the back of the case needs to be spotless. and also clean the lens cover inside the casing near the top of the battery. Cleaning these makes a big difference. Some folk have actually removed the casing filter, but I'm not suggesting you go that far.
Mike
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I already removed the casing filter....
What do you mean by half press....?
galinha said:
I already removed the casing filter....
What do you mean by half press....?
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The camera button is a two position switch. Some folk find that if you have it set to full press for taking photos the finger press has to be so hard (or deep) that the camera moves just as you are taking the pic.
To change this so you only need a gentle press half way down:
Enter the camera menue. Tap on the spanner/wrench symbol and choose half press in the Shoot Option menu.
It might be an idea if you posted a pic here so we can see just what quality you are getting.
Mike
Atached,,,90 % of my pics are like this,
I know that this might sound like a stupid question but did you take off the sticker on the inside of the back battery cover. I know I was taking blurry pictures for a couple of hours and finally noticied there was a tiny sticker on the inside of the battery cover. Just a suggestion.
Adrian
I already removed the casing filter.....
Well, that is badly out of focus! So assuming the lenses are clean and no stickers are in place etc then I would take a picture with the camera sitting on a firm surface. Just to rule out the possibility that it's caused by camera movement. If the pictures are still blurred then I would load up the nadavi camera version. If things remain the same then it is most likely a hardware problem. (As it stands there could be a theoretical software issue with the camera using an excessively long exposure time - something it does a bit anyway, but not as bad as to give the effect you have.)
Mike
It looks like its movement plus it appears that the picture was taken inside and is using the auto lighting.... that can easily slow up the camera.

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dougo007 said:
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