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[Q] Is this normal on camera?

I noticed this especily when theres no much light. This is only part of taken picture. With room light, flash...
Also on display, when I wanna take pics those stripes show, dancing going up and down if you know what i mean.
Is this normal for HTC desire camera? I know that quality is not like on real camera offcourse.
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I very rarely use the flash, even at night as it's only of any real use on fairly close-up facial images in poor light, and even then it's far from great. I find that a bit of messing around with the settings I can get great pictures in low light conditions.
The best thing that you can do is set the cameras 10 second countdown and sit the phone somewhere in a suitable position to capture the photo. If I'm unable to do this then I'll hold the camera but rest it on a balcony or wall. It's near impossible to get a good shot in low light without doing the above.

Thanks for reply.
I just wanna know if those pinkish lines that showing on display when taking pics are normal? When wanna take pic (doesnt have nothing with flash) on display i see moving lines, espacialy on dark places?
Know that quality of camera isn't great..

Mine doesn't seem to suffer that from what I've seen.

Try cleaning the lenscover. It's not normal really. Could be the CRT's updatefrequency but I doubt it.

I cleaned lenscover, even take pictures without cover. And problem stays.
On bright day , you can't see those lines, maybe it's to much light for them appear.
But when its dark, they shows.
I noticed that those pinkish lines dance more on bottom of the screen , where is mic for talking, and buttons.

Its probably something to do with the kernel. I had something like this when I used Insertcoin Sense 2.1 & 3.0 hybrid.
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What you mean about kernel?
Mine is 2.6.32.15-gf5a401c
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I didn't do anything to the phone, i bought it this way, so i don't know if anything was installed.
Is it fixable? And how?
If need any more information, im here

Okay, looks like you are using the stock rom and kernel that came with the phone so I don't really know why you would get this kind of problem. To tell you honestly the first thing I did when I got my phone was root it and flash a custom rom so I never really knew how the stock camera performs under low light conditions.
I do however experience this when I used custom Sense roms before.

I bought this phone of seller who sad that he didn't do anything to the phone. And then i found out this
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-off
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:10
It's not rooted (don't see superuser icon?, i think thats how you know it's rooted )
Maybe this have something with camera??

It does say S-OFF so maybe you should reflash the stock RUU just to be sure. You never know what the last user did with it.

But you have to flash downgrader before you flash RUU, because you use one of alpharev's r2 hboots (probably CM7r2) and these ones have an overwrite protection against RUU and OTA.

I had this problem when I flashed a ROM with Sense
As soon as I flashed the CM7, I had no more problems with the camera.

I had this problem when my Desire was stock. I broke the screen and had it replaced. The tech damaged the flex cable when he was replacing the screen which resulted in the funny lines and other camera issues and screen hangs. Luckily another tech seen it when I returned and it was replaced again.
I'd say your trouble is hardware related.
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Thanks for answers.
So you think is fixable that way?
But unfortunatly I can't do downgrade, and flash RUU, because my computer restarts sometime (something to do with motherboard), so I'll have to wait to get other computer for about month and then try do downgrade.
I'm afraid that will restart in middle of process, and brick phone or something. If phone can be broke that way???? If not I'll do downgrade right away..
ymmit said:
I had this problem when my Desire was stock. I broke the screen and had it replaced. The tech damaged the flex cable when he was replacing the screen which resulted in the funny lines and other camera issues and screen hangs. Luckily another tech seen it when I returned and it was replaced again.
I'd say your trouble is hardware related.
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I don't have any other problem with display. As i read, you have?
Only when I start camera it show those moving lines, on taken picture when there is light you almost can't notice them.

ratluci said:
I don't have any other problem with display. As i read, you have?
Only when I start camera it show those moving lines, on taken picture when there is light you almost can't notice them.
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Yes but only when using the camera. Lines, image off centre weird colours and sometimes just freezing when running any camera app.
It could be software related bit I thought I'd share what my problem was in case it was useful.
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Hey, have you checked the ISO on the camera settings? Very high ISO can cause that problem...try Auto or 100.

Yes i tried to change ISO settings. Problem stays.
I also found out when sometime i take close up photo with flash, i don't see those lines, photo is clean...

Pink spot at the center of every captured picture and video !

I have just noticed that there is pink spot on the camera
the attached file shows a picture of a white wall .is there anybody else who has the same problem?do you think it's a software or hardware problem ?
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This might be an obvious suggestion, but try cleaning the camera lens.
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I seem to remember there being an issue with pink spots in the center of photos in some phones. I'd take it back to the store & exchange it if you're within your 2 weeks, otherwise call T-Mo & see about getting a warranty replacement.

too late to exchange? If not.. I dont know why you're still online and not in the store lol

Mrcojocaru said:
too late to exchange? If not.. I dont know why you're still online and not in the store lol
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it's too late i have had this phone for a month now,and just noticed this problem ,
been distracted with the faulty screen (vertical lines and blobs) for that issue i had to send the phone to samsung repair,
and now i have to deal with this issue,I don't even like to use this phone anymore !
so disappointed with samsung

so Does everybody think that it's a hardware problem ?
I just found out that the 1st device i got which i had to exchange because of the screen blobs had the same camera issue(pink patch at the center of the picture)while i was reviewing the pictures taken by that phone !

denverguy said:
so Does everybody think that it's a hardware problem ?
I just found out that the 1st device i got which i had to exchange because of the screen blobs had the same camera issue(pink patch at the center of the picture)while i was reviewing the pictures taken by that phone !
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hehe. Me too I have the same problem.

I only notice this issue with a reflection of natural light and no flash. Are you taking the picture with flash?

tri4life said:
I only notice this issue with a reflection of natural light and no flash. Are you taking the picture with flash?
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That's the white wall with Auto everything, no flash under fluorescent lights.

the reddish picture is no flash with fluorescent setting for white balance.
The one with bright spot is auto everything with flash on a white wall under fluorescent lights. I think the problem is with the software tries to adjust the white balance.

Deng you I just took a picture against a white wall and I have that issue also good thing I just got the phone a week ago,
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funziebear said:
Deng you I just took a picture against a white wall and I have that issue also good thing I just got the phone a week ago,
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hehe I think it's the software problem, so it would not help if you exchange it.

hyl4me said:
hehe I think it's the software problem, so it would not help if you exchange it.
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Try the miui cam.apk on your phone and see if it makes a different.

i just performed a test and think others should try this. I noticed you guys took a pic of a white background or wall so i did same thing regular lighting no flash, and aimed at the wall i also seen the pinkish spot but as i panned my phone around it would fade away then come back as i panned. so then i took a still shot with flash off and had the same result as op. then i did the same thing with flash on and no pink spot at all. so i definitely think its a lighting condition that makes our phones show this weird shade or color. more light = no pink spot. but its weird cuz it seems to only happen on lighter backgrounds like a white wall and such. because that is the only time i ever noticed this anomoly. and ive took a **** load of pics of my 1yr old boy, and girls
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i honestly dont see it as a big deal as this phone takes great pics

I used the miui cam still there , idk the issues on this phone are small and idk how I really feel about it haha I've only had this phone a week so far, came from a non issue g2x wich I was lucky
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I see the pink spots at the center of the pictures under the day light ,and those spots turn greenish with the florescent light at night !
I think that affect the pictures quality ,
not sure what to do

Look here: http://pocketnow.com/thought/clarification-the-pink-spot-syndrome
Also note that sometimes it's green instead of pink.
I'm much more concerned about the blobs and lines.

01010001 said:
Look here: http://pocketnow.com/thought/clarification-the-pink-spot-syndrome
Also note that sometimes it's green instead of pink.
I'm much more concerned about the blobs and lines.
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well i have both issues,lol
the vertical lines and the camera issue !

denverguy said:
well i have both issues,lol
the vertical lines and the camera issue !
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The key difference is this camera issue can most likely be fixed in software, but the blobs/lines is probably a hardware issue.

01010001 said:
The key difference is this camera issue can most likely be fixed in software, but the blobs/lines is probably a hardware issue.
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I'm going to ask for a warranty replacement,and see if it's gonna be issue free or not ,i know it will be a refurbished device but im done sending the phone to samsung and waiting for 2 weeks using an older device !

[Q] Should i take it for warranty? or is it normal?

hey there guys. am having multiple issues in a 1 week old Note 2 which i noticed very recently.
first issue being , strange fade outs near home button, (tried cleaning screen with everything from water to specs lens cleaner,it's a permanent thing..... and looks like it is under the glass )
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Second issue is non-aligned fade outs on front cam and sensor
third issue is , there are few pixels on left side of screen that do not blend in with other black pixels around them(except for videos where color is similar to pull down menu on home screen).it doesn't move either.it's in a permanent location. it can't be seen under proper light and only appear on more or less lowest screen light setting with ambient light off.this issue however doesn't occur with any other color of video,they blend in perfectly.it's similar to note 1's black crush issue,but on a specific spot
sorry but this is the best pic my cam could get. you have to look very carefully
Last issue is, S pen doesn't work on lower right side of the screen. like on the very end in the corner. it works fine in other 3 corners.
I know i sound extremely paranoid.... but i love this device so much ! would love perfection. should i take it to service center? will be pretty darn hard to explain the issues though. and can i expect a replacement ? on the side note, i got it from India and no carrier.
Thank you for reading

D4rkShadow said:
hey there guys. am having multiple issues in a 1 week old Note 2 which i noticed very recently.
first issue being , strange fade outs near home button, (tried cleaning screen with everything from water to specs lens cleaner,it's a permanent thing..... and looks like it is under the glass )
Second issue is non-aligned fade outs on front cam and sensor
third issue is , there are few pixels on left side of screen that do not blend in with other black pixels around them(except for videos where color is similar to pull down menu on home screen).it doesn't move either.it's in a permanent location. it can't be seen under proper light and only appear on more or less lowest screen light setting with ambient light off.this issue however doesn't occur with any other color of video,they blend in perfectly.it's similar to note 1's black crush issue,but on a specific spot
sorry but this is the best pic my cam could get. you have to look very carefully
Last issue is, S pen doesn't work on lower right side of the screen. like on the very end in the corner. it works fine in other 3 corners.
I know i sound extremely paranoid.... but i love this device so much ! would love perfection. should i take it to service center? will be pretty darn hard to explain the issues though. and can i expect a replacement ? on the side note, i got it from India and no carrier.
Thank you for reading
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Hey,
I dont have ANY sort of fade outs anywhere. You should definitely have it checked. As for the S pen....even mine doesnt work all the way down to the end on the lower right but does go to the end of corners of remaining 3.

elevation_2 said:
Hey,
I dont have ANY sort of fade outs anywhere. You should definitely have it checked. As for the S pen....even mine doesnt work all the way down to the end on the lower right but does go to the end of corners of remaining 3.
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+1..definately u got defective one..better change it while still in warranty..
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First question, do you have a screen protector on? If you do that will explain everything.
Looks like a misaligned screen protector to me.
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guess it's warranty time then
and no ... no screen guard is on.it's whitish cuz of moisture and oily hands,can't help it in India's climate and tired of wiping the screen every hour. but those fade outs are permanent thing.
i do plan on getting screen guards soon after taking it for warranty though.

Is there a hardware issue with the z1c camera and LED flash?

Good morning,
in a german forum android-hilfe.de there is a thread with pictures taken by a lime z1c with led light - all of the pictures have a yellow shine.
For me this looks like an hardware issues on ALL the z1c devices of the first charges but maybe in the black one the problem is not easy to see.
What do you guys think about that?
Here is the link to the thread with the pictures in first post:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/sony-xp...ei-der-verarbeitung-kamera-bilder-inside.html
Could the be a major issue of this brand new device?

GSMArena complained about some issues with their review model. My white one doesn't have any of these issues, seems fine to me

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I sometimes get a slight blueish shot but that's because of the.auto mode and not a hardware issue. Transfer the image to snapped and increase the warmth. Problem solved
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It is a hardware issue. The problem is the back of the device. It reflects the flash light which then hits the camera lens.
I can create pictures under the same conditions with my Xperia T - but I don't get that fog-effect.

took a shot yesterday from that...."thing" that used to be a snowman. Can't see any fog there? (taken w/ z1c black)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nysbt2o5c55koan/2014-02-03 20.50.16.jpg

toxic_garden said:
took a shot yesterday from that...."thing" that used to be a snowman. Can't see any fog there? (taken w/ z1c black)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nysbt2o5c55koan/2014-02-03 20.50.16.jpg
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Do you have a black Z1c?
A wonderful black server rack:
Here you can see how the Flash brightens up the whole backside:

[email protected] said:
It is a hardware issue. The problem is the back of the device. It reflects the flash light which then hits the camera lens.
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Flat glass can't reflect light into the.camera lense. But just out of curiosity I tested your theory. Covered the back in a matt vinyl. Same effect
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[email protected] said:
Do you have a black Z1c?
A wonderful black server rack:
...
Here you can see how the Flash brightens up the whole backside:
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I just took some quick test shots. Can't see any blue gaussian cloud there.
manual mode (no scene) without flash: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qpxbmqyxejvejkk/2014-02-04 14.38.05.jpg
manual mode (no scene) with flash: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j2ppr5ut8o43poc/2014-02-04 14.38.17.jpg
"intelligent" automatic (a.k.a. "worst descision possible") mode without flash: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aqpkipaae67pmcb/2014-02-04 14.38.34.jpg
automatic with flash: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ue304jdblpwmga9/2014-02-04 14.38.44.jpg

@GR36 as far as I remember my physics classes refelctions can occur between every material Change, eg led-glass->glasscover->air
So a reflection would be possible, see my example:
@toxic_garden
try to take a Picture of the sky at night. Picture should be black. But it is not.
Close Pictures are fine for me, too. But move away 1 or 2m. Please try again.

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@toxic_garden
try to take a Picture of the sky at night. Picture should be black. But it is not.
Close Pictures are fine for me, too. But move away 1 or 2m. Please try again.
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now i see what it's about!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qn20o1hhjbvywg3/2014-02-04 18.01.55.jpg
Tried various settings, all the same. I still think this might be resolved by new firmwares in the near future. If it would be some kind of hardware issue, wouldn't this also affect pictures taken from less than 3 meters distance like those?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ps4vn2jbpk74q6n/2014-02-04 18.23.33.jpg

Huh.. Seems that I was wrong. Took some automatic "sky at night" pictures - the pictures were blueish. Then I changed into Manual mode and got nice black pics. Seems the reflection is not really strong, but superior mode creates a superior reflection ._.

Hoagi said:
Weak LED flash is not good for capture photo in night time.
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I don't expect full quality pictures at night, but you can definitely see that this is a hardware related problem (reflective back) - this is not what I expected from a 500€ phone. (I still like it, but I hate the fact that the camera fails so badly)

Hoagi said:
Weak LED flash is not good for capture photo in night time.
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This is not the point. Even a weak LED flash must not (!!) mess up the pictures taken.

at least, Sony seems to be aware of the problem now. I'm curious how this will work out. Still thinking of a software related problem. (e.g. better controlling of the LED might help, like changing the time between shutter and light etc.)
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...ison-shots/td-p/541415/highlight/false/page/3

Can confirm this issue on mine, though I think its impact is exaggerated. The only normal situation (i.e. not covering the flash with your finger) where you see the issue is on long range dark shots, on which you shouldn't really be using the flash anyway
Edit: took a few example shots.. (ignore the overall quality, didnt bother focusing properly)
Without flash: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6953585/DSC_0050.JPG
With flash: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6953585/DSC_0049.JPG
Flash covered with a few layers of paper: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6953585/DSC_0048.JPG
And for completeness sake, flash covered with finger: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6953585/DSC_0051.JPG (should stress that my finger is not visible over the lens in the viewfinder, the colour here is purely reflection)

Guess what seems to fix the problem....

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Guess what seems to fix the problem....
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seems fair. if its broken, use tape.
any sample pictures with patched camera?

Yes just did them, I think the result supports my idea of the hardware Problem:

I guess we can order this skin
posted here already, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2633881

Yellowish tint on screen?

Might be being paranoid due to 2 XL screen issues but has anyone notice a yellowish tint to the screen? It almost seems like off axis is more pure white and looking directly on is a warmer white if that makes sense. Might try to take pics but not sure I can capture it.

I haven't noticed any hardware problems with the display yet, although I do have black clipping in movies.

Instead of starting a new thread I decided to post my issue here because it's screen related. I don't have any yellow hue with my screen. I unfortunately have a pinkish hue on the right side of my phone. I saw it immediately after powering up for the first time. Kinda reminds me of the S8+ fiasco. It's just in the right side and starts about the middle of the screen and heads up to the top. I called Google and they took my issue very seriously. They wanted pictures and it's a very hard thing to capture with a video or pic but they said they could see it in one of the pics I sent. They have me play some white screen YouTube video and wanted a picture while that was playing. Anyways, they took my info about the issue to some higher ups and called me back about an hour and a half later. The person I dealt with was nice but a bit pushy with getting pic results. He was concerned about some widespread issue because the phone was just released. So he said that these panels have some color shifting (ok? Already went over that) but offered to send out a new replacement. That is me basically buying another and not getting charged unless my original phone isn't returned on time. I'm very disappointed with the screen having this issue. I went through the whole blue screen last year. I had to get two replacements until I received a "good one." Anyone else having screen issues with color?
Sorry to hear about your yellowish screen issue. If you aren't happy with it I'd return it. There are a few friends of mine that have great screens

Here is what I'm noticing. Maybe that's just the way it is and it's something I've never noticed before. The funny thing is I have a Xs Max and the Pixel looks better. Interestingly enough the second picture (pure white) looks similar to the Xs max if true tone is turned off.
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My display is great. Beautiful. I'm grateful too because I went through 7 2 XL's before I found one with a display I could deal with.

Adaptive brightness, if on, will turn the screen yellowish in low light conditions.
Otherwise, I didn't notice anything since I received the phone today. I've been using it all day.

Nope, mine has been fantastic. Looks great.

Going to have to go check other devices in store. Can't tell if what I'm seeing is normal without another unit to compare.

No matter what phone you get an OLED screen is a lottery to how even the whites are or the degree of hues

Reuben_skelz92 said:
No matter what phone you get an OLED screen is a lottery to how even the whites are or the degree of hues
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+1 I've seen some "comparisons" saying the 3 was warmer than the 3XL they saw. I'm opposite here. Received a 3 before launch day. Nice, cool screen (which is my preference). Phone felt way too small for me so I picked up a 3XL at Best Buy yesterday. Quite a bit warmer than the 3. Returning that one today haha.

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+1 I've seen some "comparisons" saying the 3 was warmer than the 3XL they saw. I'm opposite here. Received a 3 before launch day. Nice, cool screen (which is my preference). Phone felt way too small for me so I picked up a 3XL at Best Buy yesterday. Quite a bit warmer than the 3. Returning that one today haha.
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Haha If it's noticeable straight away and takes away the enjoyment of the screen then a swap is the best way. I've had devices from Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus, Google etc and I've had bad tints or uneven whites on them all..so part of the oled game

theycallmerayj said:
Might be being paranoid due to 2 XL screen issues but has anyone notice a yellowish tint to the screen? It almost seems like off axis is more pure white and looking directly on is a warmer white if that makes sense. Might try to take pics but not sure I can capture it.
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Do you have any updates on this? Did you try to contact Google?