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Recently I found the camera fails to focus in various occasions. The image in the viewfinder stays blurry no matter how I configure the camera app (stock/3rd party). But it can capture clear close-up shots so I assume the camera is somehow fixed at macro shots. To fix this issue, I have to open something like Barcode Scanner (which will continue adjust the focus) and leave it for a couple of minutes. Then the camera will be working again for a few hours or so or until I reboot the phone.
Does anyone encounter the same issue? I would like to know whether it is hardware or software problem.
PS: I am pretty sure this is nothing related to any sort of settings/configurations.
It happen here, too...
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Check your macro configuration.
AragornPE said:
Check your macro configuration.
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As I said I am sure it's nothing related to configuration. It's more likely to be related to software (if not hardware, which is still possible).
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I have this problem with third part apps too.
I have no problem about this.
No matter I use stock camera, vignette or camera360, it focuses normally.
What camera app are you using?
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i have no problem at all. whether i use the stock camera app, or cameraFX, my camera has no issues focusing at all.
since nobody else is actually experiencing the problem, it might be something related to a fine setting, or an application thats interfering with your camera app. why not u try a hard reset and see if solves the problem?
WongJames said:
I have no problem about this.
No matter I use stock camera, vignette or camera360, it focuses normally.
What camera app are you using?
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Thanks for your reply. Goggle often freeze and cannot focus normally.
The picture will be blur when I put the camera about 30cm away from the targets using goggle app.
Do you have the same problem? I don't know whether it's a software problem or firmware problem.
agent008my said:
i have no problem at all. whether i use the stock camera app, or cameraFX, my camera has no issues focusing at all.
since nobody else is actually experiencing the problem, it might be something related to a fine setting, or an application thats interfering with your camera app. why not u try a hard reset and see if solves the problem?
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I saw many ppl meet this problem on Chinese forum even using the internal-camera app.
I think it's firmware's problem.
waigx said:
I saw many ppl meet this problem on Chinese forum even using the internal-camera app.
I think it's firmware's problem.
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its quite odd that different firmwares seem to pose different problems: ie from what i noticed those running GB and EuroRetail versions seem to have a problem with the responsiveness of their hardware keyboard. AsiaRetail has a bug issue with the contacts search, and now the ME722 with a camera focus issue. what i have seen with my camera is after a reboot, when i capture a picture, the picture ends up being captured, but the capture animation freezes until i hit one of the soft keys. not really a bother but its still an issue
really, it all boils down to the same argument, that Motorola and MotoDevs really need to address these issues in fixes and updates, cuz really though some bugs arent that annoying, certain ones like a malfunctioning keyboard and a non-focusing camera can be a real pain in the a**.
@ the person tho started this thread: why not you try to flash Argen2Stone ROM? perhaps that might solve your problem?
agent008my said:
its quite odd that different firmwares seem to pose different problems: ie from what i noticed those running GB and EuroRetail versions seem to have a problem with the responsiveness of their hardware keyboard. AsiaRetail has a bug issue with the contacts search, and now the ME722 with a camera focus issue. what i have seen with my camera is after a reboot, when i capture a picture, the picture ends up being captured, but the capture animation freezes until i hit one of the soft keys. not really a bother but its still an issue
really, it all boils down to the same argument, that Motorola and MotoDevs really need to address these issues in fixes and updates, cuz really though some bugs arent that annoying, certain ones like a malfunctioning keyboard and a non-focusing camera can be a real pain in the a**.
@ the person tho started this thread: why not you try to flash Argen2Stone ROM? perhaps that might solve your problem?
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Sadly, I am currently using Argen2Stone 1.8, but still experiencing the problem.
I tried to flash back to UK2.2, which the phone came with, but still no luck.
The "barcode scanner" trick temporarily solves my problem. Yet who wants to run it for a few minutes before taking photos?
I swear I won't purchase any Moto smartphone in the future. They simply ignore customers outside the US.
Hi guys,
So I have Google camera installed and works smooth while taking pictures compare to the stock camera.
But I have a question here in the comparison of both.
Attached is the comparison collage for same shot on stock camera and Google camera. In the Google camera, for the sky, it creates the color using dots which are clearly visible when I zoom in. And it is something which is bothering me.
Can anyone here tell me, if I am using some wrong settings or it is there in every setting?
I have the dots also, didn't find what's causing them, but version 5.0.009 gives me much less dots, so try to find that version and see if it helps.
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sunshinebhushan said:
Hi guys,
So I have Google camera installed and works smooth while taking pictures compare to the stock camera.
But I have a question here in the comparison of both.
Attached is the comparison collage for same shot on stock camera and Google camera. In the Google camera, for the sky, it creates the color using dots which are clearly visible when I zoom in. And it is something which is bothering me.
Can anyone here tell me, if I am using some wrong settings or it is there in every setting?
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same problem here, did you find a solution?
I have tried several different Gcam versions, types and configurations and all of them had this behavior with HDR engine activated. Gcam might need additional fix for our phone :-\
here is my comparison video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIZBvtrKi8k
i use version Arnova's 5.1.018_v1.2
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
without problem
harFa said:
i use version Arnova's 5.1.018_v1.2
https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
without problem
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Nope, still the same problem. It's extremely easy to replicate, just take HDR photo of Kinder surprise yellow egg (or anything similar). It will show dotted pattern no matter what. The same pattern is visible on light uniform color (sky, wall,..).
_mysiak_: i try it now and i have same problem :/ ...but i must zoom in this photo, otherwise I can not see dots
Photo - yellow wall
https://imgur.com/2IWdI90
I see it too. I switched back to MGC_5.1.018_7.0+c2API_Min_2a_AllInOne (December 12) and it does'nt appear to have this problem. I was on 3a and it had this problem. I'm using the Pixel setting (Marlin + Taimen) as device, with Pixel auto HDR+ and ZSL enabled.
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I see it too. I switched back to MGC_5.1.018_7.0+c2API_Min_2a_AllInOne (December 12) and it does'nt appear to have this problem. I was on 3a and it had this problem. I'm using the Pixel setting (Marlin + Taimen) as device, with Pixel auto HDR+ and ZSL enabled.
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Just tried it and even this version failed my yellow test, pattern still visible.
Edit: 5.1.018 versions crash on my phone here and there, so I'm back to "stable" MGC_5.1.014_7.0H_C2API_v.1.5g_AllinOne
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Just tried it and even this version failed my yellow test, pattern still visible.
Edit: 5.1.018 versions crash on my phone here and there, so I'm back to "stable" MGC_5.1.014_7.0H_C2API_v.1.5g_AllinOne
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Try these settings and app version from a photographer using our phone.
Just tried the photographer config and I can still see the dotted pattern.
My hope is that Xiaomi can upgrade the camera with android O update next week (and add image stabilization)
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Try these settings and app version from a photographer using our phone.
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You are right, pattern is not visible, but also output of HDR+ isn't so good :\ I would even say that's it's pretty much on the same level as stock camera app.
I have tried almost all versions and settings combinations and it seems that we either have amazing HDR mode with strange pattern or HDR with low details and no mysterious pattern.
Try 3.5 BSG version. I've tried the AllinOne_Full_Manual 3.5 version and it doesn't appear to have the blocks. Using the same test subject, and I noticed that all versions from current all the way back to 1.2 have this flaw. I am working my way up on the versions, got to 3.7 and 4.0 but I can't get HDR to actually process.
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
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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?
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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).
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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'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:
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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.
I picked up the OP6 Google Camera port from here: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-port-hub/
Works occasionally, but a lot of the time the app crashes right after taking a pic. Anyone experiencing this?
adobrakic said:
I picked up the OP6 Google Camera port from here: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-port-hub/
Works occasionally, but a lot of the time the app crashes right after taking a pic. Anyone experiencing this?
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I don't see crashes that much. But a lot of time on button click the shutter flicker but no photo is taken. There are many other stability issues like taking photo in moving vehicle doesn't seems to work. In my case HDR+ enhance works but normal HDR+ doesn't seems to capture any photo.
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I don't see crashes that much. But a lot of time on button click the shutter flicker but no photo is taken. There are many other stability issues like taking photo in moving vehicle doesn't seems to work. In my case HDR+ enhance works but normal HDR+ doesn't seems to capture any photo.
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Hmm, weird. I can pretty consistently get a crash (especially when using front facing camera). Do you have location permission enabled? And any specific settings changed?
Not sure if the link you provided is the best/most up to date. Try this one.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/themes/oneplus-6-google-camera-port-t3797544
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Not sure if the link you provided is the best/most up to date. Try this one.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/themes/oneplus-6-google-camera-port-t3797544
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Looks like this version is older than the one on the page I posted. This one is version 6.1.009.x, whereas the other is 6.1.013.x. I tried the older version anyway, and still get the same crashes, unfortunately. I do have the T-Mobile variant of this phone. Worried that that's somehow causing the issue.
Same here except I have the unlocked variant
I experience the same crashes after trying to take a picture with all the versions of the port. I haven't really seen others who experience the same crashes. Still trying to figure out a diagnosis.
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Now although I have the unlocked version, I am a T-Mobile customer. This seems to be causing the crashes. When I turn off my mobile data the app doesn't seem to crash anymore.
Has anyone else experienced a bug in Google photos where the image adjusts when you click to view them? In the preview section the images appear normal but when you click on one and view it the colours wash out slightly and looks quite different from the original. You can see it adjust moments after you click on it. It's happening on every custom rom I've tried but is fine when on stock miui. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this when using custom ROMs.
yurtal said:
Has anyone else experienced a bug in Google photos where the image adjusts when you click to view them? In the preview section the images appear normal but when you click on one and view it the colours wash out slightly and looks quite different from the original. You can see it adjust moments after you click on it. It's happening on every custom rom I've tried but is fine when on stock miui. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this when using custom ROMs.
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Do you enable DC Dimming option?
Official PE11 not have this option and i don't have any problem with photos app.
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Do you enable DC Dimming option?
Official PE11 not have this option and i don't have any problem with photos app.
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I'm not sure what DC Dimming is I'm sorry. I have tried PE11 and found the problem was still happening.
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I'm not sure what DC Dimming is I'm sorry. I have tried PE11 and found the problem was still happening.
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Settings > Didplay > DC Dimming
PE11 or PE+11 ? I am on PE11 and Photos app work normal. Not different between PE and miui or my others old devices like xperia xz, galaxy s6, nexus4. Are you backup your photos? If yes, Which upload method you selected?
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Settings > Didplay > DC Dimming
PE11 or PE+11 ? I am on PE11 and Photos app work normal. Not different between PE and miui or my others old devices like xperia xz, galaxy s6, nexus4. Are you backup your photos? If yes, Which upload method you selected?
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I have just re-installed the latest regular PE11 and the issue is there. The photos are backed up normally through Google photos to my Google drive. I have access to a Pixel 5 and the images appear fine there it's just on my Mi 9T the photos app alters the way the image looks. It's not all images though which is strange. Some I can view and nothing changes but then others I'll click on them and the picture brightens and washes out as if a filter has been applied.
I think I figured out the issue. Under the display settings I had selected 'adaptive' but when switched to 'saturated' the issue is resolved. Fingers crossed that's all there is to it but so far so good.