The issue is that sometimes turning the phone to landscape orientation causes the viewscreen to black out. Switch back to portrait and it comes back. I can take a picture, I just can't see what I'm taking a picture of.
I have the CM11 camera, CameraZoom, and ProCapture. I think this issue is happening in all of them but I'll have to experiment more if someone thinks it is an app issue. This is frustrating because it is not consistently reproducible - it happens when I'm out somewhere trying to catch a picture! I haven't been able to reproduce it in my kitchen.
Anyone have any ideas what is going on?
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Ok, I think I might have figured out under what conditions the camera is freezing.
When the camera is started in portrait mode, the first shot will freeze, at least on my camera. That means when you use the camera icon on the unlock screen, it will freeze.
I tried these different scenarios, followed by a reboot each time (not temp-rooted on any of these):
Device portrait, used camera icon to on lockscreen unlock - camera freezes first picture
Device landscape, used camera icon on lockscreen to unlock - 5 quick pictures in a row no problem
Device portrait, used camera button to start camera - camera freezes first picture
Device landscape, used camera button to start camera - 5 quick pictures in a row no problem
Note that even though the lockscreen doesn't have a landscape orientation, the sensor knows the difference and it seems to affect the camera.
I have no idea why the starting orientation would affect the camera, but being careful to put your phone sideways before starting it up seems to prevent the freezing.
Anyone else with freezing camera issues want to give this a shot and report back?
I too had the camera freeze problem, formatted the card and issue went away. Not sure if this will help you or not.
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I also have a random freeze in the camera, maybe once every few days.
I tried the steps as described above and the camera opened and shot good pictures every time....
Sorry i couldnt help
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Wow. I'm having this issue too. It's freezing pretty often over here.
Is this a software issue or a hardware issue? I'm willing to exchange it (again) if it's the latter.
are there any updates to the camera issue? mine does it if i dont hold it the right way or mess with the 2d/3d switch....sucks....cmon htc release an update fix for this
Hi iv recently noticed when i start the camera app up and lighty tap the back of the phone the camera starts to make a buzzing noise then when i tap again it stops has anyone else had a simlar prooblem... im on 2.3.5 XXKI4 not rooted... cam ver.. ONEF01
I'm having these symptoms sometimes too. The buzzing seems to come from the LED-lamp and by tapping the LED it disappears but not always. If I change the focus point in the picture the buzzing stops.
The problem comes and goes and I haven't done any more research on the issue.
Exactly the same for me, iv found that the problem is worse if the led camera light had been on for a while and usualy i have to flick between video and pic camera then it starts buzzing like crazy. Is now stopped very strange i hope its more software then hardware..
My phone does this "buzzing" too. I'm on SLIM ICS 4.0 now, but it happened when i was on GB too. I think is related to the focus mechanism, as it stops if i refocus while i'm in camera app. It also starts sometimes when i toggle on the torch from the statusbar, but it stops if i gently "hit" the phone in the camera area...
So...it seems and i hope is a software problem...
It's the camera lens vibrating very quickly, if you look at the screen you will see a "motion blur" on the live image until the lens focuses on something and it will stop.
I sent my GS2 back for this and various other issues, Samsung fixed only one problem and sent the phone back without looking at the camera it seems.
Happens on GB and ICS.. Didn't happen until around 9 months of use, from new..
I think this is a fault that Samsung should take seriously..
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It´s normal.
I think too its the focus of the lense. Cause it make this when i tap to focus anywhere
It isn't normal for sure. Something like this can't be normal. But we can't do anything so we have to live with it
Hey all,
Ever since the ICS themed ROMs, I have noticed that whenever I open the stock camera on my phone, it will be in landscape mode even if I have auto-rotation turned off and have been using my phone in portrait orientation. I had this happen both on UnNamed and now on ICScreweD.
Kind of annoying to have to do the following steps every time I open the camera and realize it's sideways:
Close camera app
Pull down quick settings toolbar
Turn auto-rotation on
Open camera app
Take picture
Close camera app
Turn auto-rotation back off
Write way too many steps in the XDA thread on how to take a picture
I realize I can take the picture sideways and the phone will correct it in the gallery, but this just irks me. Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks,
Leker
What you describe is normal behavior. Sounds like you want an app like Tasker to control when auto-rotate is applied. Or Smart Auto-Rotate. Both can turn it on when camera is launched and turn it back off afterwards. Tasker can do a ton more too.
I have to ask though--only the little icons get rotated in portrait mode. Is it really that annoying?
Lekerstein said:
Hey all,
Ever since the ICS themed ROMs, I have noticed that whenever I open the stock camera on my phone, it will be in landscape mode even if I have auto-rotation turned off and have been using my phone in portrait orientation.
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I have the same issue, did you find a solution ?
Hi guys,
Searched aroud for a solution to this but nothing found. Using the Snapchat application, my S5830i's camera orientation is rotated 90 degrees, not matter which way round my phone is. It'll take a picture and appear to rotate it before sending, but I'm unsure if it's the right way round for the recipient.
Anybody else been dealing with this bug, or have any suggestions?
I'm running Excalibur 6.1.
Thanks
galaimo said:
Hi guys,
Searched aroud for a solution to this but nothing found. Using the Snapchat application, my S5830i's camera orientation is rotated 90 degrees, not matter which way round my phone is. It'll take a picture and appear to rotate it before sending, but I'm unsure if it's the right way round for the recipient.
Anybody else been dealing with this bug, or have any suggestions?
I'm running Excalibur 6.1.
Thanks
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This is bug of our phone which can't fixed (until now )
Just tested this. The recipient recieves the picture in the right orientation.
But i don't know solution for the tilted camera position. Hate it to
japstar said:
Just tested this. The recipient recieves the picture in the right orientation.
But i don't know solution for the tilted camera position. Hate it to
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Yes, answer a question which is one year old :thumbup:
did anyone find solution for this?
I've noticed that I am unable to rotate the panorama feature to landscape mode... I have never had a phone unable to change the orientation of the panorama snapshot feature.
Try to replicate it like this: Rotate your phones orientation 180*, the camera buttons should rotate correctly. Now if you have the same issue as I, the panorama bar should stay in a vertical position.
They come out like crap if I take the panorama shot vertically, its center pivot point screws up the image versus it being in landscape mode to get a wider shot.
Anyone else experience this?
Auto-Brightness, FFC low light issues, and this issue are all making me decide against this phone.
Mine works fine.
Here's what it looks like. Portrait mode vs landscape mode. Pay attention to the camera buttons to distinguish between them.
Really weird bug.
When you first use the camera in Panorama mode, the phone flashes up a message saying you have to use the phone in portrait.
So it's not a bug, it's an intentional thing by LG. Why they do it is probably Reasons.
I've reflashed, reinstalled, and re-setup my phones so many times over the years. Must have glossed over the pop up at one point.
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Mine works fine.
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In landscape mode?
I'm using the h860 version and I also noticed this and I didn't read the pop up message that I can only use the panorama in portrait mode. That's fine with me, it can still produce the best panorama I've ever seen....
LG G6 Panorama
Yes. Why on earth did L.G. spoil a magnificent phone with this lack of thought. Not being able to take panoramas in landscape mode defeats the whole object of using the feature.
This and the discontinuance of the home screen instant call icons were a very bad change in the new phone that would otherwise have been close to perfect.
Also why did they discontinue the use of the colour changing L.E.D. on the new version.