Hey guys, i have a stock galaxy s2 with att 3g bands.
When i take a pic it is really blurry and take really bad pics.
Is there a update to the camera firmware, or anyway to fix it
The lens isn't dirty or scratched, dont want to get rid of it because the camera.
thanks
Check this thread, which should help you with your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098834&highlight=Camera+firmware
Thanks for the thred, tried the apk and it said i was up to date, so i guess im stuck with a crappy camera. anyways thanks for the info..
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Hello guys.
I need your help.
I bought my SGS2 in 01.08.2012 but today I was taking some shots with it, and after I take a photo to a polish i poited the camera to the ceiling and the camera just went crazy.
There are a bunch of pink, green, blue all over the place, it's very strage.
I upgraded the firmware to ICS a few days ago, so I tought it could be a bug problem so I downgraded to Gingerbread, that didn't solve the problem so I went to this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098834 and tried the camera upgrade... but still nothing.
I'm very sad with this, can anyone help me? Or at least let me know if its a hardware or software problem?
Let me just say the white balance is selected as AUTO.
Here are two pictures of it.
Hi guys, I'm a newbie and been roaming for a while. Anyway, I have a samsung galaxy s2 (international). Other week I dropped it in a bowl of acetone but surprisingly phone came back to life and works as good as new. However, when I finally tried the camera I noticed it was blurry unless focused, and even then, the focus was very temperamental so couldn't always guarantee a decent pic (and having kids you can't always wait for the Autofocus to work to take the pic as they don't stay In one place, lol). I bought a camera module but because I didn't read it properly I thought it was an official s2 module which I found out wasn't when I fitted it. Picture was a lot worse than the original one I had so put that one back in, at least I could get a decent pic WHEN it was working.
To be fair I could just buy a new phone but I love my s2 and don't want to fork out money for the same phone, I'd want a whole new phone to play with, and nothing takes my fancy.
So, anyway, partner has kept an eye out for spares and repairs s2's as at least when I get one I know it's going to be a proper camera module. Found one that's on Vodafone and won't turn on for £50 and there's a good chance the camera will work (if not will just bung on ebay again).
I know how to physically install it, but need advice on what to do regarding firmware? I know there's different modules (fuji, Sony etc...) so if the one I install is different from the one im currently using will I need to do something regarding software? You can't get the camera firmware updater anymore from the Samsung store so need help, please
Oh and phones Rooted but has stock room, if that makes any difference.
Hello.
I have an unique problem and I really tried to find for someone with the same problem. My camera has a very strange behavior and it is just the rear camera. Its complicated to explain but please see the attached screenshot that I took. There are some pink/red stripes when the camera is on and when I take the pictures gets a little bettler.
Any ideas of what is going on?
regards
S3
4.2.2 - i am running now Omega latest version but doen not matter, all roms that i tried has the same issue.
Thanks for any help
Renato
mussacredi said:
Hello.
I have an unique problem and I really tried to find for someone with the same problem. My camera has a very strange behavior and it is just the rear camera. Its complicated to explain but please see the attached screenshot that I took. There are some pink/red stripes when the camera is on and when I take the pictures gets a little bettler.
Any ideas of what is going on?
regards
S3
4.2.2 - i am running now Omega latest version but doen not matter, all roms that i tried has the same issue.
Thanks for any help
Renato
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Well, with all I know about cameras by being a freelancer photographer and with my little knowledge about android what I can say to try to help you is:
Did you wipe your phone between flashes? I'll guess you did since you tried multiple roms. If you didn't, You'd better try to...
If stock ROMs also show the problem I'm afraid to tell you that the only circumstances I saw this kind of problem in my life was in faulty camera sensors.
Were your sensor hit by any kind of laser or a very strong light while trying to snap a picture? Similar problems happened lately with photogs attending a concert. See link:
http://www.diyphotography.net/20000k-red-epic-sensor-burnt-lasers
If this didn't help and the problem started out of nowhere then maybe you got a faulty unit, are you still on warranty? If so, it's time to revert to stock and go to a service center!
Kindly hope I'm very wrong though... Good luck!
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lucalunardi said:
Well, with all I know about cameras by being a freelancer photographer and with my little knowledge about android what I can say to try to help you is:
Did you wipe your phone between flashes? I'll guess you did since you tried multiple roms. If you didn't, You'd better try to...
If stock ROMs also show the problem I'm afraid to tell you that the only circumstances I saw this kind of problem in my life was in faulty camera sensors.
Were your sensor hit by any kind of laser or a very strong light while trying to snap a picture? Similar problems happened lately with photogs attending a concert. See link:
http://www.diyphotography.net/20000k-red-epic-sensor-burnt-lasers
If this didn't help and the problem started out of nowhere then maybe you got a faulty unit, are you still on warranty? If so, it's time to revert to stock and go to a service center!
Kindly hope I'm very wrong though... Good luck!
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Thanks, The funny thing is sometimes works fine and sometimes works like the pic attached. No idea at all. The phone has never felt or had anything like you said such as strong light or laser.
thanks
Search the forum... Maybe a camera fw upgrade may help. Worth a try. Good luck.
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mussacredi said:
Thanks, The funny thing is sometimes works fine and sometimes works like the pic attached. No idea at all. The phone has never felt or had anything like you said such as strong light or laser.
thanks
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My feeling is that this could well be a hardware problem, not a software problem - ie nothing to do with your ROM, as you said you've flashed a few. If it is a hardware fault then see if you can get it fixed under warranty - but as has already been said, you'd need to return to your stock rom first otherwise they wont honour the warranty.
Having said that... were all the ROMS you tried AOSP / AOKP based? While I haven't had the problem you have and it does seem very unique, I have had more issues and bugs with the camera when using ROMS built from these sources on my i9300 than anything else. At the end of the day, Samsung know best how to drive their camera hardware, and so it doesn't surprise me that the vanilla Google roms can be a bit buggy when it comes to device-specific hardware such as the camera.
You could try flashing a stock-based custom rom - one built from Samsung firmware. Omega ROM that you are currently using also do a stock-based rom built on the 4.2.2 Samsung leak, I have used it and can confirm that it was pretty darn stable and the camera worked really well. It has a few mods in it, nothing spectacular, but it is stable.
Hope this helps.
This looks like a hardware problem. But can't be 100% sure.
I had a camera and someone dropped it, after dropping it, the camera started taking photos like that with stripes of different colours.
Did you drop it or water got on it?
very weird
I tried to fix permission, wipe dalvik and wipe bats and the camera starts to work again. Have no idea how long it will take. so far it is working as has never had a problem.
thanks for all answers...
and sorry to post this on the wrong section.
Bad news not working...dont know what the hell is that...sometimes works sometimes does not
mussacredi said:
Bad news not working...dont know what the hell is that...sometimes works sometimes does not
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Return phone to stock for warranty and find a service centre .
jje
Hello,
it's about 2 months since I've had this problem with my camera. To be honest my phone falls alot but rly didn't ahve any problems with it so far. Until this problem occured. I had omega 44 when this suddenly appeard on my back camera. These vertical lines just appeared and when it's darer it's easier to notice them. My front camera works normally and I don't have any problems with it. I've thought about ordering new camera from the ebay but I just want to be sure that it's rly hardware problem. Now I'm on this new omega 8.1 version and this problem still persists.
Does anyone knows what is the most probable problem here? It would help me a lot in making my decision here.
Thanks
joskolokas said:
Does anyone knows what is the most probable problem here? It would help me a lot in making my decision here.
Thanks
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obviously the problem is with your camera hardware. get it replaced from service center.
Ok thanks. I think they'll charge me to much for that simple replacement. I want to change it by myself but I saw there are a lot of cameras on the ebay and I'm not sure which one to order. Don't know if there are different editions of cameras for s3, or some kind of regional key so if someone knows what should I look for I'd be grateful. Thank you
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try using camera apps like camera jb+ if the proble stills maybe it s the hardware
I've tried using many other softwares and the problem is still there. I'll be ordering new camera, it's jut that i'm not sure if there is some kind of regional lock or version of camera. Just don't want to give money for a wrong camera
Hey! guys I was wondering if anyone knows a place on amazon that sells front facing camera for a Samsung vibrant so I can do the front facing camera mod! do i have to use the vibrant one? or will one from a different phone work aswell?
L80mans said:
Hey! guys I was wondering if anyone knows a place on amazon that sells front facing camera for a Samsung vibrant so I can do the front facing camera mod! do i have to use the vibrant one? or will one from a different phone work aswell?
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You're saying that you want to have a front facing camera on the Vibrant? If someone has a way of doing so my best bet is to take the Galaxy S 4G front camera since the Vibrant and the Galaxy S 4G are identical
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xSharpi said:
You're saying that you want to have a front facing camera on the Vibrant? If someone has a way of doing so my best bet is to take the Galaxy S 4G front camera since the Vibrant and the Galaxy S 4G are identical
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The Galaxy's FFC is known to do banding on the Vibrant, you would need to get the REV2.0 version of the camera.
I picked up one on eBay some time ago, just do a search for "Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Front and Rear Camera Lens Flex Cable Replacement" The one I got is Rev2.0 so no banding. The seller I bought from is wwon_one and they still seem to have them while using that search.
You can follow this tutorial for the install
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGNJ0lIug8
Then go here for the flashable zip file for the FFC mod for the Vibrant. I've had no issues with it when I upgrade to new ROMs.
Hope that helps.
GoughGhan said:
The Galaxy's FFC is known to do banding on the Vibrant, you would need to get the REV2.0 version of the camera.
I picked up one on eBay some time ago, just do a search for "Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Front and Rear Camera Lens Flex Cable Replacement" The one I got is Rev2.0 so no banding. The seller I bought from is wwon_one and they still seem to have them while using that search.
You can follow this tutorial for the install
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGNJ0lIug8
Then go here for the flashable zip file for the FFC mod for the Vibrant. I've had no issues with it when I upgrade to new ROMs.
Hope that helps.
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I did what you said only problem is that i got it but it gots a ton of banding and is bad in low light and the back camera has a lot of green/red lines.... thanks and do you know how to fix this problem?
L80mans said:
I did what you said only problem is that i got it but it gots a ton of banding and is bad in low light and the back camera has a lot of green/red lines.... thanks and do you know how to fix this problem?
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Unfortunately there really is no way to fix the banding issues if you didn't get the REV2.0 cameras, the link for the video I posted the video creator was selling then for awhile, but I don't see it anymore on there site.
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GoughGhan said:
Unfortunately there really is no way to fix the banding issues if you didn't get the REV2.0 cameras, the link for the video I posted the video creator was selling then for awhile, but I don't see it anymore on there site.
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Yeah I looked on ebay too and can't find no rev 2 so ill just wait for now I like the vibrant its a really good phone it just needs to have a little better cpu!