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I've noticed this week that I've got a line showing on all my new pictures. I've attached an example.
I remember my phone had fallen on thick carpet a few weeks ago and it may be linked to that fall.
So I'm wondering if the lens is broken.
What is weird is that when I do the focus for my picture the image is perfect, no line at all. And when the picture is taken this line appears. Are the image showed while you prepare the picture and the picture taken by 2 different lenses?
I've wiped the glass that's in front of the lens and checked whether I saw some kind of breakage but I don't see any (which doesn't mean it's not broken).
I've also tried taking a picture with another application and it also shows that line.
Do you think my lens is broken? And why does the line appear only once the picture has been taken?
Thanks
It could be that a line of the CCD is not functioning correctly, you might not be able to see it when focusing your phone because the image is higher resolution than the screen itself. I'm by no means an expert though, so I could easily be wrong.
Does the line always appear in the same place? It could be a CCD issue like mentioned above. Also, look through your gallery and see what date the line started, and try to correlate it to a specific event (you mentioned the fall). Something else you can try, though I don't know if it will help much, but backup your SD card to your computer and reformat it. It could be an issue with saving. Does the line appear when you look at it through Gallery or only when you blow it up on the PC? Or do you see the line in Gallery when you zoom in on the pic?
Do you have a video recorder on your phone? If you do, record a clip and see if the line appears. Try to view it on the phone and the computer
Other than that, I don't know of anything else other than a warranty replacement. Looking at the line I'm leaning more towards hardware damage, but I can be incorrect.
Thanks guys!
IVI4V3R1CK said:
Does the line always appear in the same place? It could be a CCD issue like mentioned above. Also, look through your gallery and see what date the line started, and try to correlate it to a specific event (you mentioned the fall). Something else you can try, though I don't know if it will help much, but backup your SD card to your computer and reformat it. It could be an issue with saving. Does the line appear when you look at it through Gallery or only when you blow it up on the PC? Or do you see the line in Gallery when you zoom in on the pic?
Do you have a video recorder on your phone? If you do, record a clip and see if the line appears. Try to view it on the phone and the computer
Other than that, I don't know of anything else other than a warranty replacement. Looking at the line I'm leaning more towards hardware damage, but I can be incorrect.
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Yes the line always appear at the same place. I had already checked the date the line first appeared. The problem is I don't take pictures very often so I just know it appeared between mid-January and last week and that in between my phone fell on the carpet
I can see the line both in the Gallery (with or without zooming) and on the PC.
Interesting: I have recorded a video as you suggested and I can see no line. What's the difference between the way the camera and the video recorder work?
I will try formatting the SD card in a few days if I don't find any solution but like you I have the feeling this is a problem with hardware.
Definitely a dead row of pixels in the CCD. This ought to be a warranty issue, if your phone is still new enough.
It may not show up in videos, or in downscaled photos (i.e. if you set your camera to smaller resolutions) because of the way the image is processed, combining information from multiple rows of pixels essentially 'blurring out' the bad information. I presume you will only notice this when recording the highest camera resolution.
Sorry for the bad news. I think there is no cure except replacement.
5thave174 said:
Definitely a dead row of pixels in the CCD. This ought to be a warranty issue, if your phone is still new enough.
It may not show up in videos, or in downscaled photos (i.e. if you set your camera to smaller resolutions) because of the way the image is processed, combining information from multiple rows of pixels essentially 'blurring out' the bad information. I presume you will only notice this when recording the highest camera resolution.
Sorry for the bad news. I think there is no cure except replacement.
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BUt if there was a dead row of Pixed, then wouldnt it appear while focusing or constantly when the phone is running a game or something?
Diamond_dawg said:
BUt if there was a dead row of Pixed, then wouldnt it appear while focusing or constantly when the phone is running a game or something?
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Negative. The CCD would only be used for the digital imaging, not for the display of the actual phone. Which is why it only affects captured images. A way to test it, download "ShootMe" from the market and take a screen shot. No lines.
missparker76 said:
Interesting: I have recorded a video as you suggested and I can see no line. What's the difference between the way the camera and the video recorder work?
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The line is probably still there, but because of the recording quality it may not be rendering in the captured video. I'm sure if you recorded 720p you may be able to see a faint detection of the line, since it doesn't look too major in the still shots.
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Sorry for the bad news. I think there is no cure except replacement.
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I'm leaning with this guy. Just forget to mention the whole "oops I dropped it" mess. And make sure that you keep it stock (I know your signature says that you're running stock, but how often do we update signatures anymore). Other than that it should be covered under warranty replacement, seeing how it hasn't been out for over a year yet (wasn't the DZ released like 1 Nov 2010?).
Thanks everyone!
I've justed tested video recording in 720p and I don't see the line.
I'm not rooted yet as I'm with 1.72 version and I would have to downgrade etc. so it won't be any problem to bring my phone back But this means I can't install Shootme and make the test either.
I am going to contact HTC to see how I can have my phone repaired or replaced. Hope there's a way to fix the problem easily and rapidly as I can't imagine having to go back to my HD2 for several weeks
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Thanks everyone!
I've justed tested video recording in 720p and I don't see the line.
I'm not rooted yet as I'm with 1.72 version and I would have to downgrade etc. so it won't be any problem to bring my phone back But this means I can't install Shootme and make the test either.
I am going to contact HTC to see how I can have my phone repaired or replaced. Hope there's a way to fix the problem easily and rapidly as I can't imagine having to go back to my HD2 for several weeks
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Did you try a hard reset?
No, I haven't tried. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't fix the issue and as I wouldn't have the time for restoring everything (I can't use Titanium Backup) I prefer not doing a factory reset.
I've asked HTC how I can have my phone repaired: I would have to send my phone to a repair center which isn't a solution that fits me.
They also suggested to try starting in safe mode. I've followed their instructions (Check that the phone is turned off. Then turn it on. When you see the HTC logo press Volume Down button until phone vibrates.). But all I have is the bootloader and it doesn't propose safe mode
I've googled and searched on the forum to find a way to launch that safe mode but haven't found the solution for the moment ...
I got in to work tonight, and a coworker told me about his evo. The bottom of his pattern lock was not responding, and left him locked out of his phone. Now, knowing his email and password, he attempted to log in. Here is the catch: the bottom row of letters in profile mode dont work(zxcvbnm). I had this issue on my personal evo, and recalibrating the screen fixed it.
So, now I am sitting here with his phone, I reset his gmail password to use the responsive rows, however, I failed to realize that you need to reenter your info for synch, otherwise the new combo will not work in the permalock situation. The funny thing is, when you swap to the numbers, more keys start to work ( _()-+; ), and if you swap to page 2, all of the lower smilies work. Upon switching BACK to letters, the same issue is still there. Hitting any of the zxcvbnm keys acts as if you are hitting the letters ABOVE them.
Question is, is there a way to get past this without a hard reset? Trying to get this done by the end of the night. I realize how this post comes off, so if there is a way to prove this is NOT thievery, let me know. My rooted evo's front cam lens is scratched up, but I could probably do a video using front cam. I would hardly bother snatching an OG evo, what with my upgrade being available and the possibility of LTE phones being released this summer. (And it is updated and unrooted).
Well, I figured it was going to be an issue to ask, but had to try anyway.
Did a hard reset and a calibration. Profile texting is back, somewhat, but pattern locking broken. Little to no input on the bottom row. At least he has his phone back so he can do stuff with it. In landscape, the whole right side (the dead zone) works flawlessly. In profile, the bottom (same side) is sketchy at best. Gonna tell him to put in a claim at Sprint and hope for the best. (It is a 004. My 003 has been flawless in every aspect. No bleed, no issues...other than scratching the crap out of the camera cover).
Gonna put one in for just a bum screen.
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me out. It seems that whenever I take pictures with my e4gt they look fine on the phone, and then when i download them to my computer they look fine when i'm looking at them on the computer, but then when i try to print them the pictures come out really dark (even if i take the pictures with flash). I thought it was my printer but this doesn't happen when i take pictures with my cybershot so i don't think it's my printer. Does anyone have any suggestions to fix this?
Thanks,
Mason
Turn on out door visibility and see what happens
From the 2nd galaxy
Just tried that, the picture came out the same as before, maybe a little darker...
I have a few ideas.
Turning on "auto contrast" seemed to make mine a little brighter, even though that's not what that tool is supposed to do.
Also, if you go to white balance you can see settings for the environment where you are shooting. Daylight, cloudy, incandescent, and others. Also, you might be able to change exposure value, too.
Well, just try and screw around in the settings until it brightens, or just use something like Paint.NET or Photoshop to brighten them.
I've tried that and I still have no luck, Also sometimes when I go to take pictures i notice a weird buzzing noise coming from the phone, maybe the camera is broken? I need to take in my phone for service anyway because the aux jack is messed up (in the headphones arn't in a certain way you start to hear loud crackles) so maybe they can fix this too...If anyone has any other ideas that i can try out until i get a chance to take the phone in let me know I would definitely love to get at least the camera working, or maybe i just have to wait till sprint finally rolls out an ics update to get it fixed..i love this phone but the camera, aux and gps issues are killing me
Our camera software sucks!
It doesn't sound like anyone else is having this issue. You never told us what rom you're using for this. Some developers may make changes to the camera app in their roms. You may also want to try a stock rom to address this because photos print fine from my custom stock based rom. Have you had the opportunity to try a different printer btw? Take the photos to work and print a couple off there.
I'm currently running a el29 stock rooted, is there another rom i should try?
Hello everyone! I just want to start off saying I love reading this site not only because it's so informative,but yall really help each other out. After stalking these forums extensively, I've come to the conclusion (well hopefully) that I'm the only one experiencing these issues with my tablet. First off, I love this tablet. I just feel like samsung half baked everything about it. The software Is buggy and so is the hardware (I work at an electronics store, and let me tell you, the samsung rep knows all of my problems.) It's rather unfortunate cause this is a very expensive tablet and I was expecting it to run like it's something premium. Lol, I thought.
first off is the display. I know it's gorgeous, but has anyone noticed when you're In an application like Google drive, s note, or even Facebook that the screen dims and brightens automatically? It also happens when I use swype on drive and applications like fb.
Second, the pen input/snote. In snote, has anyone had the issue where, for example, you would write a large area of text (or even smaller area), you cut it then paste it somewhere later in the note. Then, once you start writing again, anything similar to what you just cut out (for example i'll use the the word world). I'll write wor, but when I write the rest, ld, it erases that and shows me the paste symbol there. This is extremely frustrating as I'll be in class on my 3rd or 4th page of notes and this will happen (almost wants me to use my geek squad protection, almost). Yes, even after I clear the clipboard it still happens. I also have a screen shot attached to the other very common error I get in snote, or even in Sketchbook for galaxy. Action memo constantly crashes, I could just open a memo, stare at it for a few seconds and it will "unfortunately stop". ( Or, I mean, it could just be my face, but I would feel better if it was samsungs fault )
third, they keyboard. You would think the tablet with an 8 core (or at least soon to be) processor can handle it. Nopee. Swype just lags after a day or so of use. Not fun. Then, when I use the spen throughout the day, when I change the keyboard method to handwriting recognition it just dissappears. Doesn't even want to let me put one thing in. I've tried turning off the spen detection for the keyboard keyboard and I still get the same issue. When things like like this start popping up, it's time for a reboot. Which I have to do about once or twice twice a week.
Has anyone experienced these things before? Or did I just get my hopes up too high and samsung has failed me?
Thanks
oh and everything is up to date, nothing is custom besides the font, which has no Impact on these problems.
the kb was too laggy for me. i've switched to thumb kb and use tha kb switch app to auto select the samsung kb when I whoop out the spen.
I really think samsung rushed this thing out to beat the ipad release and planned on patches for anything they find.
Hi everyone...first time caller, long time (ago) listener, but novice.
I have an S9 that I used for home and work. Work made me encrypt the phone.
I have about 2 years of photos (the whole pandemic!) on there, and I'm usually really good at backing up regularly, and no I don't use any cloud backup because I didn't want a wayward sync to obliterate anything.
And of course, I obliterated myself by accidentally putting my case on upside down, somehow invoking a factory rest.
So now I have a reset phone, which I've tried to use various utilities to recover the photos from (I only care about the photos), but all of them say that to go deep, you need to root it. And from what I hear, S9s are really hard to root.
But XDA gives me hope,...but before I go down the forum rabbit hole, I hope to get confirmation that the fact that it was originally encrypted isn't basically setting me up for failure. I know the code, but I don't know if the reset-of-an-encrypted phone is basically a non-starter.
Would I be wasting my time? Or if I root it with some XDA posted solution, would something like Disk Drill or D-Back be able to get my pictures back?
thanks...