Hello XDA. I'm having an odd issue with the camera on my DROID 2. I bought this phone off of Ebay, used, a couple of weeks ago. The very first day I took a picture and it came out very clear. A few days later though, I tried to use the camera again and noticed that the preview screen was out of focus (camera was not in macro mode) before I'd even taken the picture. I pressed lightly on the camera to focus and it was unable to do so. Subsequently, the resulting photos were blurry.
A few days later, the camera was back IN focus and took crystal clear photos! The camera has been doing this out of focus/in focus thing off and on. One day it works, the next day it doesn't. It happens on other camera applications as well, in addition to the stock camera.
Is there an explanation for this? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
My phone is rooted and is running on Gingerbread 2.3.3.
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DROID 2 Odd Camera Issue
I wonder if anyone can help.
I'm in the UK where we don't really have the X2, but I have been given one to "play" with.
It's currently got Froyo on it, but I'd like to see if I can put Gingerbread on.
I can't work out if i should use the Droid 2, Droid X Update as detailed in this thread, or if I should not use either
Can anyone please advise me on this.
Any guidance in much appreciated
Thanks
Ian
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My friend and I both have sensuous black x10i, both bought from the same carrier and when we got updated to 2.1 (hers first, because i bought mine this year and she had hers since last year) the phones didnt get continuous AF on video mode. I used to have an x10 mini that i bought factory unlocked, and when i got the 2.1 update it did get it, and you could easily see the video refocusing while recording a video. however, none of our x10s can do that. we got the first 2.1 update but to get the multitouch update i flashed both of them to a generic kit and STILL we didnt get continuous AF in the video.. we have both searched in the camera settings menu for a setting to turn it on/off but without luck.
is it possible that some x10s didnt get this? because if it was just mine i would have thought that it was a mistake with mine but its weird that it happened to both.
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My friend and I both have sensuous black x10i, both bought from the same carrier and when we got updated to 2.1 (hers first, because i bought mine this year and she had hers since last year) the phones didnt get continuous AF on video mode. I used to have an x10 mini that i bought factory unlocked, and when i got the 2.1 update it did get it, and you could easily see the video refocusing while recording a video. however, none of our x10s can do that. we got the first 2.1 update but to get the multitouch update i flashed both of them to a generic kit and STILL we didnt get continuous AF in the video.. we have both searched in the camera settings menu for a setting to turn it on/off but without luck.
is it possible that some x10s didnt get this? because if it was just mine i would have thought that it was a mistake with mine but its weird that it happened to both.
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Hmmm....very weird indeed. Ive had auto focus working since 2.1 was released. I would say maybe it's a hardware problem on your phone, but since its both of your phones, that would seem really strange.
I just checked my phone right now, and auto focus was snappy good.
I guess all I can say is try reflashing the firmware on both phones...unless someone else has a better idea???
Are you 100% sure AF isn't working??? Is the lense clean on both phones???
there are few factors that auto-focus could fail(software/hardware):
1. the subject is too close or too far.
2. the subject or environment is not properly lit.
3. the subject does not have enough contrast(since the autofocus is based on contrast detection).
4. your moving the camera too fast(even before the initial focus lock comes in), try waiting for it to lock.(if possible).
5. check the metering(though this is for whitebalance and scene detection, it might help to play around it)
6. or worse the camera of your x10 is damaged, dirty(inside, but i think it more likely not).
I went to the house of the girl i sold my old x10 mini to to check something out.. we tried shooting the same thing from the same angle, gettign closer and further from it to see if it would refocus, and the mini did it right away and you could easily notice it in the screen and you could also see the lense moving back and forth inside the phone (and feel it in your hand as it moved), but again my x10 didnt do it. and also today I saw someone i know that has an x10 (not my friend from the first post, another girl) and also had the same problem and she also bought it from my carrier (hers is still branded but mine is unbranded)
so its safe to asume that this happens to all the x10s of my carrier (orange, dominican republic)
have you noticed that the subject in your video is in focus or is there no focus at all? it may be working better then you thought. remember, just because you can't see it the focus changing, doesn't it's not continuous auto focus, maybe it just rocks...?
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it doesnt focus on things that are closer to the camera at all. and the x10 mini i mentioned before DOES focus on the same thing at the same distance.
I know that there are topics made about this issue. I'm wondering though how many of you actually have it. The main culprit from my research seems to be that the OTA has some bugs that is making the Camera go on the fritz.
If this indeed is true, then would another OTA fix it? My return date is tomorrow so I have some time to think before I exchange it for a fresh new one. If it indeed is a OTA issue, then I don't want to exchange it since I have applied a nice screen protector.
i doubt its the ota. i took all of the ota so far. i have no issue with camera.
Really? That's disheartening..
I googled "evo 3d camera freeze" and many, many people held discussions in other forums about their camera freezes. A lot of them also pointed out that they didn't have the problem until after installing the OTAs.
I really don't know what to do.
There are other threads on this but the bottom line is that the camera software is buggy and yes, it freezes a lot. I can't say anything about prior OTA's but I am confident that future OTA's will fix the camera bugs because they all appear to be software to me.
Mike
Thanks. I think I'll just keep the phone.
Worst comes to worst, I'll still be covered under HTC's warranty and can schedule a free repair with them. Sure I'll be phoneless but it's better than exchanging a otherwise perfectly functional phone and risking getting a phone that's worse.
Same here I have that problem to and I have latest ota. Hopefully this gets fixed.
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There are other threads on this but the bottom line is that the camera software is buggy and yes, it freezes a lot. I can't say anything about prior OTA's but I am confident that future OTA's will fix the camera bugs because they all appear to be software to me.
Mike
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The other thing that I like to point out is..
Why isn't this a bigger issue than it is? Is it mainly because, those who don't have this issue did NOT take the OTAs? I know that everyone is waiting for root so most people on here probably did not take the OTA to ensure full root functionality. I mean that's assuming the main factor for freezing is from the OTAs (which some lucky ones who did install the OTA didn't get this issue like the above.).
I don't know. I just feel like this issue isn't widespread for HTC to notice. :/
My camera is extremely buggy. I did the OTA so that I could see the Green Hornet (Which never worked for me :'( Only option is to buy it) and now my camera is all but totally worthless it locks up so bad
It doesn't seem to concern htc as they contacted me back through email that they currently aren't experiencing any camera issues... Lies.... So the only remedy they offered me was to factory reset... Done that twice.. Or to take it to a repair center. But I believe this is a software issue.
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This is a huge issue for me and it's getting worse. Its got to the point now I have to turn the phone off and sometimes even pull the battery. At first it was simply kill the camera and try to open it. After opening it about 7 times it would work. I'm going to start looking in to this further as it has gotten out of control. I'll post back here if I find anything worth sharing.
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It doesn't seem to concern htc as they contacted me back through email that they currently aren't experiencing any camera issues... Lies.... So the only remedy they offered me was to factory reset... Done that twice.. Or to take it to a repair center. But I believe this is a software issue.
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This is what they told me as well. The support rep assured me that the phone might need repairs. I mean, they are a big company, so they probably don't want a big issue like this being on the front page to Engadget. So they're most likely downplaying all the issues and we can hope that a fix in the near future is out there...
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This is a huge issue for me and it's getting worse. Its got to the point now I have to turn the phone off and sometimes even pull the battery. At first it was simply kill the camera and try to open it. After opening it about 7 times it would work. I'm going to start looking in to this further as it has gotten out of control. I'll post back here if I find anything worth sharing.
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Whoa. This is exactly my problem. Except, mine isn't getting worse but if you have anymore info on this issue, feel free to speak your mind. I do feel your pain brother, I love photography and thought this would be my point and shoot while shopping for a DSLR.
I too am experiencing the freeze up once in a while but my main gripe is well yes it is a down step from the 8meg pixel camera on the original EVO, and I understand that but I came from the Hero with a 5meg camera also and it seems to take sharper and better quality photos than my 3vo...of course in 2D. A little disappointed to say the least.
So far tempt rooting doesn't seem to make the freezing stop. Oh well...I haven't found much use for the camera as of lately. The phone itself is flawless though..
This is my second Evo 3D and both did it. Same issues as discussed here. This is how I can seem to "force" it. If I take a picture and the preview is up and I touch the screen before the preview goes away then it stays of the preview. Have to close and restart camera bunch. Also if I am in the camera and I hit the little thumbnail in the lower left to go to the gallery, also stuck on the first preview it brings up. SOMETIMES if I close the camera and then go to the actual Gallery and then come back to the camera it will work.
I also experience these type of issues when switching from 2D to 3D. Again, this is my second (I had to return the first one fore defective screen) and they both had the exact same behavior. Both BEFORE and AFTER OTA.
It is actually very embarrasing to try to show off your new technology and it freezes everytime you try to show it off. I have had several people just laugh at it. "Yeah nice phone."
If you absolutely do not have to. Don't exchange it. My phone works flawlessly minus the camera freezing and I ended up not taking the risk of getting a phone with a myriad of issues in this forum.
As soon as HTC sends out another OTA fixing this, as I'm sure this is a software issue, I will be extremely pleased.
yeah i dont know what to do, because htc is assuring me that it could be hardware related. Although i dont think thats the case since it hasnt fully failed yet. Camera app works to a point where i start messing with the 2d/3d switch or hold the phone from portrait mode to landscape mode.
Same with mine. It works on and off (mostly off) so I am at least 90% sure it's a bug in the software for the camera.
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Same with mine. It works on and off (mostly off) so I am at least 90% sure it's a bug in the software for the camera.
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thanks for your response, i guess we'll just play the waiting game since everything else works flawlessly on this phone
I took all ota's. No camera bugs here.
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The issue is the SD card.
The factory one is SLOW. It takes time to write to a slow card....hence camera lag while it's writing the image file.
That was tough....next.
Hello everyone,
My first thread here. I wanted to get you guys feedback on a problem I'm having with autofocus on the camera of my Evo 4G LTE. It seems like more than half the time I'm trying to take a picture the autofocus is going crazy and won't focus at all and leaves me with a blurry unfocused screen and he only way to get it to focus is for me to close the camera app and reopen it. I haven't found a way to turn off continuous autofocus. I was wondering if any of you had this problem with the camera or was it just me? If so what workarounds have you tried?
I've tried clearing the camera app data but that really did nothing for me. Any suggests would be nice, thanks!
I do not have this issue. Ive had to fight with it on rare occasion but thats just when it was focusing on something far away when i was trying to get a close up shot. im sure theres a way.
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Hello everyone,
My first thread here. I wanted to get you guys feedback on a problem I'm having with autofocus on the camera of my Evo 4G LTE. It seems like more than half the time I'm trying to take a picture the autofocus is going crazy and won't focus at all and leaves me with a blurry unfocused screen and he only way to get it to focus is for me to close the camera app and reopen it. I haven't found a way to turn off continuous autofocus. I was wondering if any of you had this problem with the camera or was it just me? If so what workarounds have you tried?
I've tried clearing the camera app data but that really did nothing for me. Any suggests would be nice, thanks!
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That's funny.. all this time i thought i was the only one having this same problem. Closing and re-launching the app works for me as well. its a bit inconvenient, but it doesnt happen all the time.
This happened to me. Took it to sprint and they gave me a NIB.
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Yea happens to me also. Even in video lots of times it will get blurry and never recover ..
tionesdi wallinger,
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That's funny.. all this time i thought i was the only one having this same problem. Closing and re-launching the app works for me as well. its a bit inconvenient, but it doesnt happen all the time.
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Yeah it fixes by closing and reopening but there have been times when I've missed a picture because I had to close the app and reopen it.
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This happened to me. Took it to sprint and they gave me a NIB.
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NIB means new in box or something else?
I had the same problem with my pre order phone. Returned it to best buy and got a new one with a flickering screen. Lol when I went to best buy I told the guy I was having problems with it he said with what the non focusing camera the flickering screen or the red pictures. That's pretty bad when they already know what the problems are a couple weeks after pre orders went out. I posted a YouTube video with the focus screwing up but I can't post a link to it yet.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lWmbJOLdQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I had this problem.
Go in development section and look for HQ camera or something. It's a defective camera apk mine was fixed and worked perfectly afterwards. enjoy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lWmbJOLdQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If will focus lock if you're holding the camera button in the focus detent. I tested this myself, stuck it close to my keyboard and let it focus, then moved to focus on my TV, and then back to my keyboard and held the button in focus for a second or two while moving back to my TV and it didn't focus when I released the button till I went and pointed it at my keyboard again, then it started focusing again, and it focused on my TV after that.
BTW, what hardware revision is your phone? Mine is 003.
My wife's release date phone had this issue. If you focus on something close it wont refocus at any other focus length. I ended up returning it for a NIB one and never saw the issue again.
No it didn't matter what you did once it locked in it wouldn't auto focus at all unless you backed out and then back in. I don't know what rev it was since it was taken back to best buy about a week after I got it. I even tried other camera apps and it did the same thing. Even the autofocus clicking sound was a substantial popping sound. It was louder than the phone I have now.
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Also i Just tested the holding down the detent to hold the focus. It didn't work for me as soon as I moved it refocused.
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Also i Just tested the holding down the detent to hold the focus. It didn't work for me as soon as I moved it refocused.
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I just tap on the screen to refocus if I have a problem (area I want in focus).
Seems like the focus works half the time, the other half it just sits there blurry and won't focus no matter if I try click on the screen somewhere or take a picture. The only way I've been getting it to focus is by reopening the camera app and sometimes even that doesn't work. I think I'm going to exchange it tomorrow.
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Seems like the focus works half the time, the other half it just sits there blurry and won't focus no matter if I try click on the screen somewhere or take a picture. The only way I've been getting it to focus is by reopening the camera app and sometimes even that doesn't work. I think I'm going to exchange it tomorrow.
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do you have TEP? or should this be covered by the 1 year warranty?
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do you have TEP? or should this be covered by the 1 year warranty?
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I bought the phone on July 1st from Best Buy and it's still under the 30day warranty.
Would you guys characterize the issue like this to some extent?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710876
I went and traded in my old one today. Thankfully it went smoothly and I got one without the update! So far the autofocus on this one works perfectly. Will keep you all updated.
good luck ^
I'm considering taking mine into a Sprint store to have them look at it. I dont have TEP, I'm outside of my 30 day window, rooted, and S-Off.
I wonder if they're going to give me a hard time.
So I don't know when this issue started, but my camera tends to be blurry. A LOT. I've noticed the issue usually occurs when trying to take a picture/video in low-light conditions. Trying to focus it doesn't help at all. The only thing that seems to (temporarily) fix it is to get out of the camera app, kill the camera via task manager, and start the app again. I think the problem lies within the actual phone, since it occurs on all ROMs, but I'm not sure. What do you guys think.? Have any of you guys experienced this problem as well.?
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So I don't know when this issue started, but my camera tends to be blurry. A LOT. I've noticed the issue usually occurs when trying to take a picture/video in low-light conditions. Trying to focus it doesn't help at all. The only thing that seems to (temporarily) fix it is to get out of the camera app, kill the camera via task manager, and start the app again. I think the problem lies within the actual phone, since it occurs on all ROMs, but I'm not sure. What do you guys think.? Have any of you guys experienced this problem as well.?
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Seen this same issue on mine and wifes phone. Me meanbean 1.4, her rooted stock ics. Both ours will correct itself just by backing out of the camera and clicking it again. but yes, low light is when it happens.
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Seen this same issue on mine and wifes phone. Me meanbean 1.4, her rooted stock ics. Both ours will correct itself just by backing out of the camera and clicking it again. but yes, low light is when it happens.
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My phone has a hard time staying focused. I will tap the screen to get it to focus, but I find myself holding my breath trying to be still as possible and I'll still get a slightly blurry pic. And also issues with the sharpness.
But I don't know how to root a phone or do all the stuff that people talk about on this forum site. Is there anything else I can do, or would the ppl at the actual Sprint store know how to get the camera to take better pics without me having to go in and change a bunch of settings every time?
Any help/suggestions would be reallllly appreciated
emily
Estubbs33 said:
My phone has a hard time staying focused. I will tap the screen to get it to focus, but I find myself holding my breath trying to be still as possible and I'll still get a slightly blurry pic. And also issues with the sharpness.
But I don't know how to root a phone or do all the stuff that people talk about on this forum site. Is there anything else I can do, or would the ppl at the actual Sprint store know how to get the camera to take better pics without me having to go in and change a bunch of settings every time?
Any help/suggestions would be reallllly appreciated
emily
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When mine does it. It will not focus at all. Only way I can fix it is close camera app and restart. Sorry
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My lg g5 main camera is not focusing. It was fine before vut now it is not focusing even in manual mode, it is not focusing i can get a subject in focus but only for 1 sec. Is so.ething wrong with the hardware?
I am glad that I decided to come around here today and found your post. I do not take a LOT of pictures but do use my camera most days. I started noticing a couple days ago the same thing you are mentioning here. The camera starts to auto-focus, focuses on the subject for a split second, and then starts auto-focusing again but never on the correct subject. I am glad to hear that it is not a isolated incident on my phone only. My phone has not had any physical damage so I guess the next step is to check into software issues. Hopefully we can find a quick/easy fix to this as it is terribly annoying to say the least.
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I am glad that I decided to come around here today and found your post. I do not take a LOT of pictures but do use my camera most days. I started noticing a couple days ago the same thing you are mentioning here. The camera starts to auto-focus, focuses on the subject for a split second, and then starts auto-focusing again but never on the correct subject. I am glad to hear that it is not a isolated incident on my phone only. My phone has not had any physical damage so I guess the next step is to check into software issues. Hopefully we can find a quick/easy fix to this as it is terribly annoying to say the least.
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By mistake i posted this question twice and on the 2nd post one guy told me that my hardware failed, replace your camera. What do u think about it software or hardware?