Video problem (focus hunts) - ZTE Axon 7 Mini Questions & Answers

Does anyone else have a problem with video recording? No matter which app I use the camera hunts for focus occasionally resulting in the frame zooming in and out, or out and in, slightly. I can't manage to get more than 3/5 seconds of rock solid framing?

I have the same issue (LineageOS 14.1) and came here to ask which app I should use to avoid this problem!
This video shows the refocusing really well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCcEp3oD4aY
GotoDengo said:
Does anyone else have a problem with video recording?
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Do you use the stock ROM or a custom ROM like I do?
Maybe ZTE will repair your phone?

SGH-i200 said:
I have the same issue (LineageOS 14.1) and came here to ask which app I should use to avoid this problem!
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It looks like your camera is refocussing a lot more frequently than mine!
I'm running the Stock ROM and camera app at the moment. I don't think it's a hardware problem as the camera does not refocuss when taking a still photo.
I can't have ZTE look at it as there's no service center in the UK (and I bought it from Gearbest).

GotoDengo said:
I don't think it's a hardware problem as the camera does not refocuss when taking a still photo.
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You are right! :good: I changed the 'touch focus duration' in the LOS camera app from '0s' to 'infinite' and now the focus does only change if I click elsewhere!
There should a similar setting in the stock camera app!

SGH-i200 said:
You are right! :good: I changed the 'touch focus duration' in the LOS camera app from '0s' to 'infinite' and now the focus does only change if I click elsewhere!
There should a similar setting in the stock camera app!
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I can't find such a setting in the stock camera app!
But I did find it in the Open Camera app!

GotoDengo said:
I can't find such a setting in the stock camera app!
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Can you upload a screenshot of the video settings?
You mean 'Open Camera' (Camera App) - https://f-droid.org/app/net.sourceforge.opencamera? Which setting you changed? I had no refocussing without changing any setting.

SGH-i200 said:
Can you upload a screenshot of the video settings?
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Using Open Camera has fixed the problem for me!
The stock camera app only seems to have fixed focus settings for the stills camera!

SGH-i200 said:
'Open Camera' (Camera App) - https://f-droid.org/app/net.sourceforge.opencamera
Which setting you changed? I had no refocussing without changing any setting.
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To answer myself: The small icons in the menu represent the different focus modes! :good:

SGH-i200 said:
To answer myself: The small icons in the menu represent the different focus modes! :good:
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Yes it took a while to find the settings! The continuous autofocus setting ("c") causes my Mini to hunt for focus every 2/3 seconds. All the other settings work as expected with no hunting.

Doh! I've just found that you can lock focus and exposure using the Stock camera app! You just need to long press on the target circle after you have selected the object you want to focus on.
https://youtu.be/Un0FJCYKTcM?t=216
Once locked you can choose another object to focus another and it will lock focus on that without having to long press again.

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Nexus 4 Autofocus Problem

Hi guys,
I am hacing a problem with the autofocus on the default camera app on the nexus 4.
Before when I clicked a picture at the last moment it would make sure the camera is in focus before snapping a picture.
But now it just focus hunts with the focus shifting back and forth and the final result is unacceptable.
I want it to go back to the way it was before.
If I use another camera app like say the ever note camera it works perfectly fine. I'm only having a problem with the default camera.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks a lot guys
Its the way it is.
w1ndhawk said:
Hi guys,
I am hacing a problem with the autofocus on the default camera app on the nexus 4.
Before when I clicked a picture at the last moment it would make sure the camera is in focus before snapping a picture.
But now it just focus hunts with the focus shifting back and forth and the final result is unacceptable.
I want it to go back to the way it was before.
If I use another camera app like say the ever note camera it works perfectly fine. I'm only having a problem with the default camera.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks a lot guys
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I understand your problem, but IMO it is not really a problem. Just tap on the object you want to focus and then tap on the circle to take the picture.
Just tapping on the Circle sometimes keeps the focus and sometimes not. its better if you tap and hold for a while before you release your finger.
em.faris said:
I understand your problem, but IMO it is not really a problem. Just tap on the object you want to focus and then tap on the circle to take the picture.
Just tapping on the Circle sometimes keeps the focus and sometimes not. its better if you tap and hold for a while before you release your finger.
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Hey, thanks for the reply.
I just installed a custom camera app instead and its working like a charm. Its called QuickSnap.
The funny thing is that the default camera used to work perfectly fine before the 4.2 update.
Great!
w1ndhawk said:
Hey, thanks for the reply.
I just installed a custom camera app instead and its working like a charm. Its called QuickSnap.
The funny thing is that the default camera used to work perfectly fine before the 4.2 update.
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Thats good, I myself noticed this thing on the stock camera app. but then again just few more taps fixed this but yes I tried Snap Camera
there no such issues with that, even on Instagram camera.
But I don't know why i feel that stock camera app is the best.
Cheers!
I'm having this big problem too.
Any of you guys notice that sometimes when using the flash it'll show the picture as overly bright right after you take it? but once you view it in the gallery it looks normal
biscuitownz said:
Any of you guys notice that sometimes when using the flash it'll show the picture as overly bright right after you take it? but once you view it in the gallery it looks normal
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Everytime.
davibs said:
Everytime.
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Damn. Any idea why it does this?
biscuitownz said:
Damn. Any idea why it does this?
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Nope, i've searched everywhere but nothing.

Oos 2.2.1 raw?

So you can now shoot raw images with the camera, but how? I can't find any option for this
rosswaa said:
So you can now shoot raw images with the camera, but how? I can't find any option for this
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It's in the camera settings.
vonotny said:
It's in the camera settings.
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Can you take a screenshot of it, I can't see it anywhere
rosswaa said:
Can you take a screenshot of it, I can't see it anywhere
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Swipe right on camera window and click on setting icon
You probably won't have much fun with it anyways - there's a new bug now in OOS 2.2.1 which has the camera freeze and force-close when the RAW setting is enabled I use Camera FV-5 which works without problems.
vonotny said:
You probably won't have much fun with it anyways - there's a new bug now in OOS 2.2.1 which has the camera freeze and force-close when the RAW setting is enabled I use Camera FV-5 which works without problems.
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RAW mode works fine for me.
I dont understand why all software related bugs are not present in all op2 phones.
sushant6786 said:
RAW mode works fine for me.
I dont understand why all software related bugs are not present in all op2 phones.
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Yeah, that's really weird.

Google Camera problems.

Hi everyone,
I hope this is the right section for this kind of questions.
Anyway, I'd like to know if someone can help me.
I'm absolutely not able of getting Google Camera to work.
I tried different version, I think the problem is caused by the fact that our phone has a SD801...
But I have no idea how to solve it.
Camera just crash as soon as I open it.
Thanks to everyone!
Lorenzo Benevento.
Not just coz soc is sd801
It is arm based
Google camera is nowadays built for arm64 architecture
And which version would work?
If there is one obviously!
Lorenzo Benevento said:
And which version would work?
If there is one obviously!
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The versions which came with nexus 6 would work
That will be around v3
I tried but I can't downgrade. How come? It shows "corrupted package".
i use Google camera 2.7 in my zuk z1
I downgraded to 2.7.010, It works and connect to camera but I'm unable of taking videos!
It start recording but when I tap on the stop icon it freezes and the only thing that I can do is to reboot the phone. Or close the app (but camera would be busy, so no tourch for example or no other photos until the next reboot).
magnet1215 are you able to take videos?
Lorenzo Benevento said:
I downgraded to 2.7.010, It works and connect to camera but I'm unable of taking videos!
It start recording but when I tap on the stop icon it freezes and the only thing that I can do is to reboot the phone. Or close the app (but camera would be busy, so no tourch for example or no other photos until the next reboot).
magnet1215 are you able to take videos?
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Yes. Everything works fine except the resolution of lens blur is low.
magnet1215 said:
Yes. Everything works fine except the resolution of lens blur is low.
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Which version are you using exactly?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7vk4UhGJqI0dEJWYlhlSDNwdWc/view?usp=drivesdk
Try this snapdragon camera. It will crash on first pic taken, first video taken, first slow or fast motion video. But honestly I tried lot of camera apps and this is best one of all.
Lorenzo Benevento said:
Which version are you using exactly?
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2r6ZqH7OYewTnFKYzZyR0RaLUE/view?usp=sharing
Here you are. I extracted from /data/app.

Motion Pictures on OnePlus 5

Hey,
Does anyone know if it is possible to do with the default camera app or any other camera APK?
It's those pictures that also record a few seconds of each picture. I need do some of that stuff at work and can't find anything.
Like the "Cinemagraph" thing. Or that Motion Picture on Pixel 2
Thanks for help anyway!
timartinhof said:
Hey,
Does anyone know if it is possible to do with the default camera app or any other camera APK?
It's those pictures that also record a few seconds of each picture. I need do some of that stuff at work and can't find anything.
Like the "Cinemagraph" thing. Or that Motion Picture on Pixel 2
Thanks for help anyway!
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Use the mod-ed Google Camera app. It has the motion foto option and it come activated in the app by default after you install it: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/themes/google-camera-hdr-t3655215
Opt1mu5On3 said:
Use the mod-ed Google Camera app. It has the motion foto option and it come activated in the app by default after you install it: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/themes/google-camera-hdr-t3655215
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I have stock recovery, impossible to install, right?
timartinhof said:
I have stock recovery, impossible to install, right?
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Read the post man! It's a simple .apk No need for custom recovery, root. Download the .apk and install it like any other .apk
timartinhof said:
Hey,
Does anyone know if it is possible to do with the default camera app or any other camera APK?
It's those pictures that also record a few seconds of each picture. I need do some of that stuff at work and can't find anything.
Like the "Cinemagraph" thing. Or that Motion Picture on Pixel 2
Thanks for help anyway!
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Use Camera MX app
timartinhof said:
Hey,
Does anyone know if it is possible to do with the default camera app or any other camera APK?
It's those pictures that also record a few seconds of each picture. I need do some of that stuff at work and can't find anything.
Like the "Cinemagraph" thing. Or that Motion Picture on Pixel 2
Thanks for help anyway!
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75432576&postcount=108
Ajaykmr said:
Use Camera MX app
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It really isn't a good replacement.

Open 6 + Camera Service...

After open 6 update, I notice that photos looks worse than in open 5 and some functions like hdr are not working. Is the camera service not working?
Tiago A said:
After open 6 update, I notice that photos looks worse than in open 5 and some functions like hdr are not working. Is the camera service not working?
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Same here. ._.
Mr.ShivanshVerma said:
Same here. ._.
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Instaled oneplus camera mod and problem solved
Tiago A said:
Instaled oneplus camera mod and problem solved
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And what about the ones who have not rooted there devices? ?
Mr.ShivanshVerma said:
And what about the ones who have not rooted there devices? ?
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Wait for the open 7. Sad but true. I tried everything that you can imagine. The only way that I fixed this, was installing the oneplus camera mod. The problem seems to be with the new camera app or camera service. The stranger thing is that I only saw you and another guy complayning about this.
Did you both clean installed Open Beta 6? Cleaned cache?
Sorry if this seems trivial but to have the same common ground it would be helpful to know this.
wasjapupkin said:
Did you both clean installed Open Beta 6? Cleaned cache?
Sorry if this seems trivial but to have the same common ground it would be helpful to know this.
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Sure. The problem is with latest camera app (2.5.25). I uninstalled it and installed the 2.5.23 from open 5, and everything is working now. The problem with 2.5.25, is when you take a picture and see it from the gallery shortcut on camera app, the post processing will not working, but if you go into gallery app, the post processing will be realized.
Tiago A said:
Sure. The problem is with latest camera app (2.5.25). I uninstalled it and installed the 2.5.23 from open 5, and everything is working now. The problem with 2.5.25, is when you take a picture and see it from the gallery shortcut on camera app, the post processing will not working, but if you go into gallery app, the post processing will be realized.
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I am asking because i am using OB6 and i cant reproduce this misbehavior. It is working as it should and if this would be a reproducible problem, the OP forums would be filled with this i guess.
wasjapupkin said:
I am asking because i am using OB6 and i cant reproduce this misbehavior. It is working as it should and if this would be a reproducible problem, the OP forums would be filled with this i guess.
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But, here is not working as should be. If I take a picture and try to see it directly from gallery shortcut on camera app, the pictures will be with much noise and hdr and hq will not be applied. But, if I go into gallery, the pictures will looks great and hdr and hq will be applied.

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