Hi Guys, got my Z2 sm couple of weeks ago, works fine but i have an issue with the camera when i capture images with the flashlight. Camera works well without the flash but i get
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[/IMG]some heavy distortion when i use the Camera with the flashlight.
I dont know weather its a hardware or software issue. Flashed a new ftf days back but the issue still remains. I have also tried using 3rd party camera apps, same issue.
Any help/ideas? Thanks in advance
Attached Image with flashlight (distorted):
http://postimg.org/image/dybgyo26v/
Attached image without flashlight (Same image as the first)
http://postimg.org/image/q26iwrc2l/
Do you wear your z2 in some (thick armor-like) case by a chance? Looks to me like something is reflecting flash led light and directing it into camera sensor. If not, try to check if camera lens is properly aligned (if its centered within back panel camera hole). Anyway looks more like a hardware problem.
kozio1 said:
Do you wear your z2 in some (thick armor-like) case by a chance? Looks to me like something is reflecting flash led light and directing it into camera sensor. If not, try to check if camera lens is properly aligned (if its centered within back panel camera hole). Anyway looks more like a hardware problem.
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No i dont have a case, the back glass is broken. The camera is properly aligned, but i can say the about the flash. It is shifted a little to the left( Almost unnoticeable) in its hole. Can it be the cause?
Am thinking of trying the camera without the phone's back cover and see whether its the alignment causing the problem.
Thanks for the response, really appreciate it.
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I've had a problem over the past month or two of where the camera on my G1 simply doesn't focus when close up to an object, most notably bar codes.
I used to be able to use ShopSavvy and Barcode Scanner effortlessly, as well as take pictures of things relatively close up, and have it be in focus.
However, that's not the case anymore. The camera takes pictures of things just fine when they're more than a few feet away, but as soon as you try to get as close as you'd need to scan a barcode, it just gets blurry, and won't focus. I've tried taking off the back cover, and wiping the lens and lens cover, to no avail.
Anyone else have this problem, or know of any suggestions to fix it? FWIW, I had been on a rooted JF 1.51 build, but just over the weekend I switched to CyanogenMOD, and I still have the same issue. Also, I've seen both this thread and this other thread on a similar issue, but, the half-pressing of the shutter button does not work, and I have the same issue with ShopSavvy, SnapTell, Barcode Scanner, Snap Photo, and the native camera.
Here are some photos for evidence.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrhaydel/3855605759/
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Suggestions? Someone else mentioned that I should unroot it and take it in to TMobile for them to swap it out. Has anyone done this?
agreed!...i cant seem to use any barcode scanners cause of the fact that the camera will not focus in properly...I hope there is a solution to this.
I'm actually having the opposite problem, mine won't focus on anything that is more than one to two feet away which is pretty inconvenient since that's the range where the majority of things in the universe can be found
The only thing I can think of as a solution is (because I've got some experience in optics from university) find the precise range of focus of the camera and find a small lens that can adjust the focus to what it should be and put it over the aperture.
*****On the plus side, my camera can focus on very close objects, ~1inch, which is better than my CAMERA camera.
I have found that in order to focus properly, you must hold your finger on the "capture" button on the touch screen. When I let go, it takes the picture. I can focus on items up to about two inches from the lens. If I do not hold my finger on it, I would get the same type results as the OP has described/posted.
Just downloaded Instagram and think its really neat but im having issues with the Front Facing Camera.
when i take a front facing camera shot it takes the image fine then when it goes to editing the picture is upside down and cropped wrong
i dont care to much about to upside down thing because it gives you the option to rotate the image but not for the cropping
Any suggestions?
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(The screen shot disables the camera i guess but the image is centered on my head)
this is the effect i get
Thaxx said:
Just downloaded Instagram and think its really neat but im having issues with the Front Facing Camera.
when i take a front facing camera shot it takes the image fine then when it goes to editing the picture is upside down and cropped wrong
i dont care to much about to upside down thing because it gives you the option to rotate the image but not for the cropping
Any suggestions?
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ROM?
Kernel?
Stock?
I am on MeanROM 3.4 and my preview works but the photo comes out upside down. You can just rotate it.
Can somebody with Stock ROM/KERNEL chime in?
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Stock?
I am on MeanROM 3.4 and my preview works but the photo comes out upside down. You can just rotate it.
Can somebody with Stock ROM/KERNEL chime in?
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Me too with the anthrax kernel.
im getting word from a friend with stock from facebook in a minute...
and yes the preview looks fine but not only if the image rotated (not big deal) but the image is lowered considerably. if you see in my screen shot my face should be centered but is Lowered (or raised) and i cant recenter it
My pal with stock said that the problem is on his too... Hope this helps
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I have the same exact issue. I have to hold the preview image before I take the pic well above center in order to correct this. It also comes out upside down every time.
I don't know how much this matters to others, but I've noticed on my phone that when I do the hand-swipe motion to capture a screen, it works fine but the quality is mediocre. Everything from the color density to the clarity just isn't as crisp/accurate as I would assume and hope it to be. Has anyone else noticed this? If so, has anyone found a way (even if it's an app) that this can be remedied?
I also just tried the ddms approach, it doesn't work for me; screen comes up a peach-ish color across the entire thing.
disturbd1 said:
I also just tried the ddms approach, it doesn't work for me; screen comes up a peach-ish color across the entire thing.
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You're the first I've heard of this problem. All the screenshots should just be unmolested PNGs (without any h/w overlay effects baked in (like mDNIe)) no matter how you take 'em: homebutton+powerdown, handswipe, ddms, airdroid, ...
Post an image of your screenshot here so people can see what you're talking about?
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You're the first I've heard of this problem. All the screenshots should just be unmolested PNGs (without any h/w overlay effects baked in (like mDNIe)) no matter how you take 'em: homebutton+powerdown, handswipe, ddms, airdroid, ...
Post an image of your screenshot here so people can see what you're talking about?
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It's just not as...crisp/clear/vivid as it is on my phone. Even the color itself is off. The 2nd one below it is of my old wallpaper, which is a better example of how it's more a faded version of what I see on the phone.
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I really wish I could get the ddms method to work, but in the meantime the (minor as it may be) difference between the screen captures and originals bugs a little. It just seems like most of the screen shots I see others post (such as in the thread dedicated to it) look much more vivid.
I noticed this the first day I had my phone, but thought it was just a fluke or some new touchwiz feature akin to the "linens" that iOS 5,6 had. But my note 3, white now on full stock MJ4, never rooted or tampered with yet seems to have some banding and aberrations with displaying medium grays. I have attached a screenshot that you can download and try for yourself. I am positive this is a bug, and with my limited knowledge I feel it is a software issue more than a hardware one that will hopefully get fixed.
Steps to really see the problem:
Download my screen shot on to your Note 3 (or open chrome browser, remove all windows so it is the gray background with the product logo as attached, then screen shot it yourself)
Do the following in a dark environment to see it best. (please)
Open the screenshot in gallery.
Zoom into it and pan around.
Play with different brightness settings and see if the banding with grays is more evident.
Turn on screen rotation, rotate screen.
Zoom and pan on the same screenshot in landscape view to see that the banding is apparent still only on the Y-axis, proving it was not part of the image.
I attempted to capture this on video and even scan it in my scanner, but it wasn't obvious like it is to my eyes. I want to know, does this affect other people's note 3s? If so I won't care as it really isn't a problem. But if it's just my handset, then I want to get it swapped out instead of risking a bad screen or any other on board hardware. I am most worried because the problem is different day to day and the banding seems to be greater towards the bottom of the screen
If you did all this, thank you!
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Same issue here as well as my girlfriends N3. If you mess around with the different display settings (dynamic, professional photo, etc) it increases it or decreases it. I've only noticed this with Chrome however. I will boot up my Evo 3D to see if it does it on there as well as my 2k12 N7.
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I mostly use black wallpapers, and i noticed a kind of while gradient shade on the notification area, is there any way to disable it ? I attached a image, not quite visible in the image.
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this is not a good thing... seems that you have burned your display...make a google search about this. i hope you can solve with a simply reset.
wetito said:
this is not a good thing... seems that you have burned your display...make a google search about this. i hope you can solve with a simply reset.
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But it only appears on the home screen and no where else, and its only visible at high brightness levels
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But it only appears on the home screen and no where else, and its only visible at high brightness levels
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Yes... This is a tipical burn-it sintom... I suggest you an hard reset asap or better a clean flash...
It's not screen burn in.
If you pull down the quick settings panel just enough to cover part that has the it goes away. I don't know if there is some sort of offscreen padding that would fix it.
I've also read (don't recall where) that it could be light leak because of the way the display is designed for a device (ours in this case).
p.s: I'm no developer. Just a regular user like others here.
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It's not screen burn in.
If you pull down the quick settings panel just enough to cover part that has the it goes away. I don't know if there is some sort of offscreen padding that would fix it.
I've also read (don't recall where) that it could be light leak because of the way the display is designed for a device (ours in this case).
p.s: I'm no developer. Just a regular user like others here.
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Yeah it's not screen burn, cause it would have been every where if it was a burn, but it only appears on the homescreen
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Yeah it's not screen burn, cause it would have been every where if it was a burn, but it only appears on the homescreen
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Ok...so my suggestion is flash latest stock firmware, do a clean installation. If you're phone have a software problem, this is the Better solution