Images appear cracked in void-forever - Optimus One, P500, V General

I installed this super awesome rom from my stock 2.2.1 ROM and I am living it. But I really miss the camera app and I noticed that all images appear rough and cracked ie the sharpness is a bit harsh.is is because of hardware acceleration? As I haven't tasted any other ROM so I don't have a clue.someone please enlighten.is there any solution?
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Kindly post a screenshot. Describing broken images is a waste of effort.

If I take screenshots then it wont appear, I think there was some kind of method in the stock firmware which made images appear smooth as it should be but in devoid the images appear oversharp. This type of edge cracked image also appears in some other low end smartphones but u can notice the image rendering in iphone is very smooth at all zoom levels.I am taking about the camera images mainly
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Clear as mud, huh... If you are talking about camera, then camera on this phone is a piece of junk. Just move on. Other than that, still absolutely no idea what is "edge cracked image".
(A cannot notice anything in iPhone since I would not touch Apple products with 10ft pole )

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[Q]Fix Blurry Camera Photos

So most of us have had our photon for a while now. This is just a general question to see if anyone has any thoughts on this.
When I got my photon I was able to take descent photos of still objects and people etc. However the more I use my Photon's camera the worse the photos seem to turn out. Now the phone cant auto focus anything. everything is blurry.
See two photos attached.
My camera settings:
Scenes: auto
Effects: normal
Flash: auto
Picture Mode: single shot
Resolution: WideScreen
Video Resolution: HD(720p)
Exposure: 0 & -1 & -2(all same results)
Storage: internal
Phone
System Version: 45.2.5
Rooted
Unlocked (Pudding)
Edit: Also tried replacing the blurCamera apk with a back up that I had from a while ago. No Luck
I was just wondering if anyone had any possible thoughts on how to fix it?
have you used it as a rock and throw it on one of the Sprint employ's before?
and now seriously...
try to change to Macro,get a lock on some close item and return to Normal?
GUARDIANBD said:
have you used it as a rock and throw it on one of the Sprint employ's before?
and now seriously...
try to change to Macro,get a lock on some close item and return to Normal?
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Tried macro mode and back to normal without any luck. Guess ill have to try the rock method next.
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newalker91 said:
Throw it at one of us and we'll throw it back much harder. Better direct that aggression towards Moto there bud.
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lol. no aggression. I actually rarely use the camera only when something interesting comes up and I dont have my real camera with me. I love the phone overall. Probably one of the best I have ever had. Just seems a bit funny that the camera worked so good and then just degraded like that. every now and then I get a nice macro shot but anything with some distance just isnt going to happen. I am more curious if it happened after the ota upgrade. Might try and get the original image and see.
original MR1 SBF?
if you do please alarm me!
newalker91 said:
My suggestion would be to try a third party camera app with touch to focus and see if your camera isnt auto-focusing properly anymore. If it isn't, return it.
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any good app suggestions?
fx camera or camera 360 can be nice
you also have advanced camera and lightbox.
So I tried Camera 360 and the first several photos didnt work. I was like &%#$ and just took photo after photo after photo. then one came out clear. I opened the regular camera app and kept taking photos and they started focusing. My guess would be that the camera may have gotten stuck or something or maybe camera 360 just hit the spot and got things working again. I am gonna keep a close eye on this one.
Going out later for some night life fun and I am going to fill that sd card up.
newalker91 said:
If it stops working, don't wait til it's too late to swap it.
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good point. do you know how long customers have to apply for standard insurance or just to swap it out. I normally get the insurance but just havent gotten around to it yet.
Thexfactor2011 said:
good point. do you know how long customers have to apply for standard insurance or just to swap it out. I normally get the insurance but just havent gotten around to it yet.
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open enrollment on TEP lasts through the end of this month.
[email protected] said:
open enrollment on TEP lasts through the end of this month.
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TEP acquired!
I've never felt like the camera on this phone was very good. even in good lighting the pictures always look grainy. Also the color on the screen seems to be off some. All reds are more noticeable on the phone. Photos of people always look like they are blushing.
Stock camera app is pretty fail for me as well. Very blurry and the colors are off.
About every 3rd picture I take is just 'ok' the rest are unusable for any thing.
I did notice however that Panoramic Pictures are very clear and colored correctly.
I realize that we are working with a cell phone camera, but I do expect much better than this, especially considering how good my epics camera was - considering it was a cell phone.
This is the only thing on this phone I really can't stand, there are a few annoyances, but this one is bad.
Kcarpenter said:
Stock camera app is pretty fail for me as well. Very blurry and the colors are off.
About every 3rd picture I take is just 'ok' the rest are unusable for any thing.
I did notice however that Panoramic Pictures are very clear and colored correctly.
I realize that we are working with a cell phone camera, but I do expect much better than this, especially considering how good my epics camera was - considering it was a cell phone.
This is the only thing on this phone I really can't stand, there are a few annoyances, but this one is bad.
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Even my evo 3d has a better camera. Makes me upset at times but I'll live through it
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Are you using the onscreen button? If not try that instead.
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Using the onscreen button, make sure you hold the button, let it focus, then release for it to take the picture.
Speaking of the button options. I wonder if we will have a rom that allows the physical button to react like the on screen button.
On cm7 my evo shift allowed me to use the volume down button exactly like the onscreen button.
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Meh, it's a little better with the on screen. Wonder why it acts differently? Seems more natural to use than on screen button.
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Camera quality.

Around a weekend ago after flashing a new rom, can't remember which one, camera quality has gone real bad. I have since installed stock rom, an miui and several gb and ics roms. But camera quality is bad on them all.
Any ideas on what's gone wrong?
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Try taking some pics in broad daylight, just to make sure. Low-light and indoor pics are usually not really great with smartphones after all.
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s2 camera work great only in good ligthning condition....in low light is very bad....mine got pink spot....already tries every firmware and still not solve it.
try this: settings then application then manage application then select camera and clear data.
it worked for me when i was having focus problem.
I hope that helps
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The one on the right looks quite good.
Try some other camera you find at the market.
Thanks for your replies. It turned out that the problem is not the camera. I believe something is wrong with my screen. When I view Pictures or movies on my Phone I have the following issue.
- Black and dark colors are dotted with red. Mostly at the edges.
Now, this is only apparent when, as I stated, I watch a movie or view Pictures. The Black notificaton bar is not afflicted, neither are the wallpaper or anything else.
Any suggestions?
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Possible camera defect/glitch

I'm getting a green Aurora over the camera in the viewfinder over light/white backgrounds and it's translating to some of my pictures. tested on a white piece of paper with flash enabled and still had green. Sample images attached.
Insight?
Should I return the phone?
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You should absolutely take it back. That's terrible.
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Thanks for the reply. I was almost hoping for someone to come tell me it's normal. I'm only on day two of my thirty and I've already downloaded so many apps
Anyone want to try a test of a white sheet of paper?
Just tested on paper towel in a different room with different lighting both with flash and without.
It would be really helpful for a sticky with known defects so we can completely check out the phones for defects in one place.
I'm glad I didn't buy the phone off of Amazon. Would have made the exchange process a lot more difficult than driving down to the store...
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Its your flash... Mine does it too, think about it though, there isn't nothing wrong with it its just that the light bounces off the white surface giving you that effect. Will only happen on a white surface, I say don't worry about it as its normal. It's normal we don't have high tech flashes... We have to live with it Haha
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Only two of all these test pictures have flash. The one with my hand where you can see it's shiny (flash).
And the top paper towel pic without the phone shadow.
All other pictures other those two were taken without flash. Green effect visible without flash. Seems to be slightly less notable with flash actually.
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As to what you said about light bouncing off. Check out the first test image I uploaded. that's the corner of the room no flash green as hell unfortunately
If that was normal, that would be one terrible camera.
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I remember the iPhone 4 had this problem. They concluded it was the lighting?
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I tried different rooms. My galaxy vibrant could take pictures of paper without the green.
att will take this back right? I've had the phone for three days. Would the replacements they have in stock have the same issues if they're from the same batch?
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Without flash
With flash
Hope this helps.
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cmjkxa said:
I remember the iPhone 4 had this problem. They concluded it was the lighting?
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I'm sure they were just holding it wrong.
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Mine has that too (although it doesn't look quite as obvious). When I switched the camera to Auto-Contrast and Matrix Metering, the effect became less pronounced.
Try that and see if it makes any difference for you.
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With flash
Hope this helps.
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Looks normal to me. So this is a rare issue I'm guessing. Will try changing the options as suggested and report back.
Now that I have taken those few test pictures I'm starting to be convinced that my camera is defective. I'm using stock everything never messed with any camera settings. Pictures were taken with opening the camera app and immediately pressing capture along with trying to focus by tapping screen before taking picture. Green results both ways.
I'm just glad I haven't put my 35 dollar glas t screen protector on yet...
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Okay just did another test with matrix metering and auto contrast enabled.
Still green. Attached image.
So I should definitely warranty it today?
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I went through three Notes (display issues), and they all did this. Every Note in my AT&T store does this as well. Every iPhone I've ever used does the same thing (except it's red instead of green).
I've always assumed it was normal for these types of cameras, because I haven't used a single device in many years that DIDN'T have this type of problem. I never notice it taking pictures because...how often am I taking a picture of a white piece of paper?
johnus said:
I went through three Notes (display issues), and they all did this. Every Note in my AT&T store does this as well. Every iPhone I've ever used does the same thing (except it's red instead of green).
I've always assumed it was normal for these types of cameras, because I haven't used a single device in many years that DIDN'T have this type of problem. I never notice it taking pictures because...how often am I taking a picture of a white piece of paper?
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Maybe you guys emit electro magnetic pulses that disrupt the camera sensor ever so slightly =P
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tonomon said:
Only two of all these test pictures have flash. The one with my hand where you can see it's shiny (flash).
And the top paper towel pic without the phone shadow.
All other pictures other those two were taken without flash. Green effect visible without flash. Seems to be slightly less notable with flash actually.
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As to what you said about light bouncing off. Check out the first test image I uploaded. that's the corner of the room no flash green as hell unfortunately
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I looked a little more into this problem, seems to only happen with white background, I can live with it. Sorry for your issues just try avoiding white back drops and what not lol
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I'm about to go exchange it. I'm thinking this is a defect on my specific phone.
Check this pic out taken inside the AT&T store
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will update with new notes pictures
Wiped my phone and exchanged it. Right out of the box I tested the camera in front of the store rep. Same green issue. The green issue is also noticeable in the viewfinder for the camera. I didn't specify that before.
so the rep wouldn't let me take back my phone and made me keep this defective one. She rudely told me to go exchange it in a different store. I'm sorry I paid three hundred dollars and signed a two year contract expecting a functional non defective device. I'm guessing that stores batch all have the defect. But I tested both note display models in store and no green in either.
These are all the pictures I've taken with this new note with flash and without with default options as well as auto contrast and matrix metering.
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Almost Perfect

Just curious to hear what everyone else thinks is missing from making the g2 the perfect smartphone....
My ONLY two complaints are I wish the NAV buttons would have an option to Auto hide so we would have the full screen to use... Also wish it could have been slightly thinner....
Other than those its the best phone I've ever used!!
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The Glossy plastic is a turn off. Would be perfect if had an aluminum unibody like the HTC One since the battery is embedded. Also a micro SD card wouldn't hurt as well.
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Htc quality speakers and aluminum body
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Removable SD and a better external speaker would be great improvements.
(better marketing, but I'm not worried about that)
Dri94 said:
Htc quality speakers and aluminum body
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This and touch less control. With the iphone 5s camera and camera software.
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zathus said:
This and touch less control. With the iphone 5s camera and camera software.
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What...? Is the camera that bad?
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anonymousss said:
What...? Is the camera that bad?
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No not at all. But the iphones is better. 120 fps, much better lowlight shots and I'm a fan of a minimalist interface on a camera. Most of the time when i take a photo its a spur of the moment thing. Point and click.
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I miss the wireless charging, my version doesn't support that like my previous G Pro and the 2 wireless chargers are now useless.
If they had developed Qslide to be compatible with any app, it would have been an amazing device.
My mother and sister have the iphone 5 and iphone 5s, and both were amazed at the quality of the G2 pictures. Make sure you set it to maximum quality. HDR is also amazing on the G2. But overall, the auto intelligent mode is my favorite, as it seems to be able to focus at varying distances, something the iphone has trouble doing.
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If they had developed Qslide to be compatible with any app, it would have been an amazing device.
My mother and sister have the iphone 5 and iphone 5s, and both were amazed at the quality of the G2 pictures. Make sure you set it to maximum quality. HDR is also amazing on the G2. But overall, the auto intelligent mode is my favorite, as it seems to be able to focus at varying distances, something the iphone has trouble doing.
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Well that's a relief what about after flashing one of the camera mods here does it help a bit?
And plz tell me what about the frontt cameraaaa is it good or not :d considering u have 5 and 5s already
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The only thing was camera but know im using moto x camera and have no issues at all.
I read that people think iphone is better i know alot people would disagree with that ,.
I would give this phone a rating at 9.2.
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How about not having that strange looking dot matrix on the screen when you look at it in direct sunlight. Definitely cheapings the look of the phone
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I love the phone in general (VS980), but the smallest and most annoying feature is the inability to change the 'menu' soft key to a standard 'recent apps' button. I didn't realize how much I would miss the easy access to it. Long pressing the home key just doesn't do it for me.
It's a good device, but not even close to being perfect. The hardware part of the phone is the best in the business.. besides the resolution on the rear camera. The software however.. is another thing. Don't get me wrong, it functions, but it has no style.. or lack of a permanent style. If someone used an Xperia device in the past you would have known what I am talking about. And there are some core apps that are missing functionality - primarily the music player - just look at the options and the connections Walkman app has.
So yes in my opinion LG needs an European design team, I mean just look at the Asian music atmosphere and you will see how unsophisticated or different it is from the European or the American style. Maybe they need a calm, all-lines-design Japanese guy to help them out.. wink wink Sony and LG working together against Samsung and Apple is something I would love to see.
Pre rooted.
Open back for battery and SD Card or just SD card slot.
Autohide Navbar or (hardware button)
Camera (software update) so better at photos for low light.
Split screen and no Qslide (Side bar to open up like S4)
Qmemo to autoamate contact list add.
My only thing against this phone is the camera.You really have to hold the phone still in order for it to focus, or you will get the "heartbeat" effect. The low light shots could also use a little work .. Also...I found that certain apps somehow trigger the lg iq agent which drains the battery very fast..I have disabled it many times but it always gets triggered after certain apps are installed..besides the things I mentioned the phone Is close or near perfect.
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My only gripes about this phone is the lack of an SD card slot, the rear of the phone being glossy as Hell, and the camera. Geez, this camera issue... While it does take AMAZING pics, the frame rate in low light (which is what they touted the phone as being GREAT for low light shots) Is absolutely ABYSMAL. I can take a good picture in perfect well lit conditions, but in a room lit with florescent lightning, unless I'm absolutely still, it takes a few second to focus, then the shutter takes too long to close. By then, the shot is lost.
Other than that, I love the software. I've kept this phone on a stock Rom pretty much since I've had the phone. It's the longest I've kept a phone on the stock Rom. Lol.
If they would've given us the soft touch matte back like the N5, it would've been PERFECT. This thing is a fingerprint MAGNET. Also another thing worth noting... not all cases fit the verizon version. The back buttons are smaller and the camera housing ring thing is different from the other versions. But for a plastic phone, it's def better than any Samsung I've had. Real compact and solid feeling.
Overall, a solid device, the best I've had.
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In getting great low light shots. Never done video but it beat the iphone 5s, an s3 mini, and an iphone 5c when taken in the same spot
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There is not much i can say about this device so far coming from a nexus 4. This is however my first day so i dont want to draw a conclsuin just yet. Overall i am very, very happy to see that despite this phone havibg a larger screen it is about as big as a nexus 4. This is sinply amazibg because i find note2 and 3 too big for a phone. The battery life so far has been okay i read on here that it takes about 4 to 5 days for things to settle in.
Otherwise just like others i would say the only thing that bothers me is the phone's glossy back.
I thought i will be rooting this device soon but honestly it does a great job and i see no reason to do so at the moment, maybe when i get bored.
I dont refret the upgradr and i will cross my fingers and hope for the best. One last thing to mention on my part is that this phone has got the best camera i have ever had on a phone to date and as a person that doesnt base his decision off aphone's camera.. This thing is gorgeous.
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For me :
HTC one speakers (these have to be the best on a smart phone?)
N5 back (soft touch)
SD card slot would be really nice
Super fast focus like HTC one
Quick settings panel like CM or PA rather than a horizontal scrolling settings
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Funky Front Facing Camera

Just got my s5 from T-mobile last night and shes beautiful
Just wondering does anyone feel the front facing camera gives you a funky look? Its making my head look super longitudinal as if someone has squeezed the camera! Especially when I position my head so show at the bottom of the screen. Please let me know have a great day !:laugh:
It isn't very good, that would be my best guess
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So everyone's like that? You may be right...
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Would like some more s5 user feed back if possible, I want to know if all s5's are like this or i got a defective front facing camera. Thank you.
sg3love said:
Just got my s5 from T-mobile last night and shes beautiful
Just wondering does anyone feel the front facing camera gives you a funky look? Its making my head look super longitudinal as if someone has squeezed the camera! Especially when I position my head so show at the bottom of the screen. Please let me know have a great day !:laugh:
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Your head may be defective, I'd take it back to a T-Mobile store and see if they can help you with that.
Perhaps if you posted a sample image (not necessarily of your face) to see if something it obviously wrong. The front facing camera does have a wide angle lens which might be what it causing you to perceive it as "squished." If you rotate the camera do you observe the same effect?
I knew one person would say that lol thanks for clearing the air Haha.. Anyways I'd be more than happy to share..
Also would like to add that I went to T-Mobile and all their phones including my friends front camera are doing the same problem it may be a glitch in the software. It's just how you angle it it had to be at the top of the screen or bottom.
Here is a picture of my face in the center and on the edge, I'll let you be the judge and try it on your phone as well. I am holding my phone horizontal for this one and it made my face wider if I hold it longitude my face will be longer.
Notice how the center picture looks perfect versus when you position yourself at the bottom or the top of the screen.
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sg3love said:
I knew one person would say that lol thanks for clearing the air Haha.. Anyways I'd be more than happy to share..
Also would like to add that I went to T-Mobile and all their phones including my friends front camera are doing the same problem it may be a glitch in the software. It's just how you angle it it had to be at the top of the screen or bottom.
Here is a picture of my face in the center and on the edge, I'll let you be the judge and try it on your phone as well. I am holding my phone horizontal for this one and it made my face wider if I hold it longitude my face will be longer.
Notice how the center picture looks perfect versus when you position yourself at the bottom or the top of the screen.
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Weird mine doesn't seem to do that
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imilleson said:
Weird mine doesn't seem to do that
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Hmm strange the s5 at T-Mobile they had for display did that but I will wait maybe it's a software thing that might be fixed within the next update.
Mine does this. Its funny cause I was going to post about this but wanted to wait till someone else posted so I didn't feel crazy. Lol.
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Thank god!
cmjkxa said:
Mine does this. Its funny cause I was going to post about this but wanted to wait till someone else posted so I didn't feel crazy. Lol.
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haha thank god! i swear to you i went to at&t and t-mobile and used my friends s5 and all their camera's are like this.. it also does it in snapchat if you use that... pretty much anything with front facing camera..phone is fairly new and im sure people will start noticing it sooner or later! Shall we email samsung or something ? lol
I think I have an idea about what you're experiencing, I always thought I looked funnier than I normally do when talking a photo with the front facing camera lol. I found that I look normal before taking the picture but then after taking the photo and when reviewing it something always looked off. I then found out about the "Save as flipped' option when you press the settings button while in the front facing camera mode. I turned that on and it was better, granted all its doing is flipping the image but it just looked so funny when that setting is off for some reason.
Try it out and see if its the same for you.
It's not that. When you have the phone in front of your face taking a "selfie", try moving the phone up and down as far as you can while still seeing the screen and have the camera on your face. You'll notice your face and head starts to distort.
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My guesses:
a) The lens itself is distorted intentionally to fill the extra "widescreen" areas of your display with an otherwise 4:3 ratio sensor.
b) The digital picture is distorted intentionally to fill that same extra void when viewing a 4:3 ratio picture on a 16:9 display.
Think of the days when HD (720p) was brand-new. Some of the first broadcasts that were in "HD" were simply 4:3 ratio videos stretched on the sides to fill up that extra space on your TV (versus having the "black bars" fill it instead).
It could be that the front facing camera just isn't very good, poorly made. I mean it's 2.1 mp. People still use their back camera for selfie lol
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I think I have an idea about what you're experiencing, I always thought I looked funnier than I normally do when talking a photo with the front facing camera lol. I found that I look normal before taking the picture but then after taking the photo and when reviewing it something always looked off. I then found out about the "Save as flipped' option when you press the settings button while in the front facing camera mode. I turned that on and it was better, granted all its doing is flipping the image but it just looked so funny when that setting is off for some reason.
Try it out and see if its the same for you.
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Hello, thank you for the attempt but I tried both options.. And still.. I think the front camera just isn't that good.. My s3 was better than this. I feel like I'm using a circus mirror as a camera..
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sg3love said:
Hello, thank you for the attempt but I tried both options.. And still.. I think the front camera just isn't that good.. My s3 was better than this. I feel like I'm using a circus mirror as a camera..
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I don't have the phone yet but reading for education. This may be silly to ask, but does the distance you put the camera from you change the distortion? I know our arms are only so long, but just a thought.... Since it was pointed out that it does have the extra wide angle lens
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cdjaney said:
I don't have the phone yet but reading for education. This may be silly to ask, but does the distance you put the camera from you change the distortion? I know our arms are only so long, but just a thought.... Since it was pointed out that it does have the extra wide angle lens
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Hey more knowledge to you my friend! I did a test with distance and I got the same distortion no matter how far i stood from the front facing camera, if I got near the top of the bottom of the screen, I would become bulging, and a little longitudinal.
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My guesses:
a) The lens itself is distorted intentionally to fill the extra "widescreen" areas of your display with an otherwise 4:3 ratio sensor.
b) The digital picture is distorted intentionally to fill that same extra void when viewing a 4:3 ratio picture on a 16:9 display.
Think of the days when HD (720p) was brand-new. Some of the first broadcasts that were in "HD" were simply 4:3 ratio videos stretched on the sides to fill up that extra space on your TV (versus having the "black bars" fill it instead).
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You bring up a great point with the "widescreen" but it is 2014 don't you think they would have thought of a way to get a wider ratio with out distorting an image? This makes the front facing camera unusable to some. The HTC one also has a front widescreen screen camera but does not distort.
sg3love said:
You bring up a great point with the "widescreen" but it is 2014 don't you think they would have thought of a way to get a wider ratio with out distorting an image? This makes the front facing camera unusable to some. The HTC one also has a front widescreen screen camera but does not distort.
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Again probably a pointless suggestion, but have you experimented with the different resolution on the front cam? Makes a mild difference on my S3
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cdjaney said:
Again probably a pointless suggestion, but have you experimented with the different resolution on the front cam? Makes a mild difference on my S3
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Hey good idea and it made a difference, I lowered resolution to 1.6 mp1440x 1080 and the effect was still there. 4:3
I put the resolution on 1mp 1072x1072 and the effect is completely gone. Ratio is 1:1
Then I put the resolution on what seems to be the lowest 640x480 .3 mp ratio 4:3 and the effect seems to SLIGHTLY be there by hardly noticeable.
For now I will be leaving it on. 3 mp it seems to be usable and not noticeable. But when I opened any third party applications that utilizes my camera like Snapchat it is distorted

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