[Q] Front facing camera - dead blue pixels? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

Hi, on my S6 edge, when I use the front facing camera, I have blue or dead pixles whenever I take a picture. Rear camera and screen does not have dead or blue pixels otherwise.
Anyone else have this issue? Is it hardware, or software? It happens in both snapchat and/or the stock camera.

Kaczman said:
Hi, on my S6 edge, when I use the front facing camera, I have blue or dead pixles whenever I take a picture. Rear camera and screen does not have dead or blue pixels otherwise.
Anyone else have this issue? Is it hardware, or software? It happens in both snapchat and/or the stock camera.
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Yes, it's a known defect and I had my device warranty replaced for it. Do a Google search for Galaxy S6 blue purple pixels

bajasur said:
Yes, it's a known defect and I had my device warranty replaced for it. Do a Google search for Galaxy S6 blue purple pixels
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Well ****. I have a second hand S6 edge on tmobile (not original owner)
I wonder if its covered, and how I go about doing it.

I only get the blue dots in low light situations.
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Kaczman said:
Well ****. I have a second hand S6 edge on tmobile (not original owner)
I wonder if its covered, and how I go about doing it.
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Should be under warranty for a year from Sammy

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FFC not centered

Just found my GN front facing camera is not centered, does anybody have this issue? i compared to SGS2 and notice that even with the phone right in front of me, the displays shows me to the side... damn it...
Well the camera is off to the right of the phone. Is that what you are referring to? I highly doubt anything else would cause it to be putting you out of frame.
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ill upload the pictures just a sec
http://imageshack.us/f/839/20120112021307.jpg
SGSII front facing camera
http://imageshack.us/f/444/img20120112021106.jpg
SGN front facing camera
See how im not in the center of the picture, i took them at same position....
i think i was the "lucky" one with this problem..
edgarzin said:
http://imageshack.us/f/839/20120112021307.jpg
SGSII front facing camera
http://imageshack.us/f/444/img20120112021106.jpg
SGN front facing camera
See how im not in the center of the picture, i took them at same position....
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Well there's your problem, the camera on the GNexus is almost at the right edge of the phone.

[Q] note 2 camera is dark

hi i got a note 2 and the camera is dark and grainy can you help plz?
shane713 said:
hi i got a note 2 and the camera is dark and grainy can you help plz?
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Are you in a dim environment? Or are you in a bright room?
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If you are taking a picture with low light, candle light or very little ambient light then the picture may come out underexposed (dark) and grainy (noise due to low light). Both problems are associated with low light. Even expensive DSLRs are susceptible to noise in low light however the small camera sensor found in the Note 2 makes it even more apparent.
Daniel
shane713 said:
hi i got a note 2 and the camera is dark and grainy can you help plz?
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Same for me Too Mate.
dachness said:
If you are taking a picture with low light, candle light or very little ambient light then the picture may come out underexposed (dark) and grainy (noise due to low light). Both problems are associated with low light. Even expensive DSLRs are susceptible to noise in low light however the small camera sensor found in the Note 2 makes it even more apparent.
Daniel
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i tried every aspect with good brightness, As i used HOX and samsung 2 . same picture
samsung picture was dark whereas HOX was brilliant :silly:
david_hume said:
Are you in a dim environment? Or are you in a bright room?
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i even tried in bright room but same as my above statement.
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The_Rock
I have the same issue but when I use any third party camera apps I,m getting less "grain" compared to the stock camera app. Any idea whats wrong? Is it a software issue or do I have to get it replaced?
It seems people started to noticed camera issue. I hope other people could shed some light .
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The_Rock
I'm getting excessive graininess too, definitely more noticeable than the original note, could this be fixed by a software update? Or is it game over due to the hardware?
I don't know if the camera is dark but the led Flash sure is. It's not as strong as my previous S2. This indeed is bothering me.
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Noticed this earlier. The live shot on the screen was perfect but the captured image was darker.
Any way to just capture as is? I.e. what you see is what you get?
kempas said:
Noticed this earlier. The live shot on the screen was perfect but the captured image was darker.
Any way to just capture as is? I.e. what you see is what you get?
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Are you sure it's not because the screen goes to full brightness in camera? It does when you have auto-brightness on, anyway.
D3_ said:
Are you sure it's not because the screen goes to full brightness in camera? It does when you have auto-brightness on, anyway.
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Ah, could well be that. Cheers!
well my brightness is always full and still this issue exists, can anyone else shed any light on this?
Its a known issue with international note 2 version. From what i know. its a hardware issue!
Low light pictures are definitely grainy without flash. But aside from this, I can't really say the pictures from my Note II are dark.
Try switching your Metering mode to Matrix?
dannydv said:
Its a known issue with international note 2 version. From what i know. its a hardware issue!
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This means int. Got defective products ???
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The Rock
IMO its a software issue i've been trying out a lot of third party camera apps and the noise(grainy-ness) is a lot different from the stock camera app. It would be really helpful if some developer looks into this.
dannydv said:
Its a known issue with international note 2 version. From what i know. its a hardware issue!
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Could you link us to where you found this out?
Agree, i like the camera on note 1 much more than note 2, to me note 2 beats note 1 in all areas except in camera.
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so this problem is confirmed??
I was going through the review on gsmarena, they have mentioned the camera to be better than the note 1 and really close to the S3 can someone confirm that the graininess is common on all note 2s or only the ones who have already discussed it here ??

Sigh... is this what everyone was talking about?

Just got my phone back from being S-OFF'd and decided to check my camera for a purple tint: http://imgur.com/a/NrAvJ#0. Is this what everyone's been talking about? If so, looks like I have a crappy unit.
What does the purple tint actually affect? I've noticed that my pictures with flash off turn out a bit blurrier, but I don't know if this is one of the side effects. I'd really like to trade in my unit for one that does NOT have this problem, but then I'd have to pay for S-OFF again.
Is that what happens when you cover the lense with your finger ?
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dottat said:
Is that what happens when you cover the lense with your finger ?
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This was with my phone lying flat down on a black leather chair. When I cover the lens with my finger, it just looks like the color of my finger because light is still getting in. If I cup the phone with my hand to block off the light, it's black and then I slowly see blue noise creep in after some time.
I personally believe this to be a software issue and will be fixed in an OTA..
andybones said:
I personally believe this to be a software issue and will be fixed in an OTA..
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I'm really hoping this is the case, but I've read that it doesn't exactly make sense that it's a software issue since some units are on the exact same software without this purple tint? I'd hate for it to be a hardware issue that's simply swept under the rug by tweaking the software.
raphytaffy said:
I'm really hoping this is the case, but I've read that it doesn't exactly make sense that it's a software issue since some units are on the exact same software without this purple tint? I'd hate for it to be a hardware issue that's simply swept under the rug by tweaking the software.
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Not every phone is the same, there are multiple instances where one phone acts one way and another phone differently.
IF it is hardware I wont settle for anything but a brand new phone not taking a refurb on this phone.
I thought other people were seeing the purple tint in normal pictures. the images you posted just looks like low light noise. I normally see this type of low light noise when the sensor is pushed to hard by the software or the software is artificiality trying to add contrast in low light. I bet it is probably a combination of the sensor in your camera and the software. With any luck HTC can find a software fix for OTA. I know Motorola fixed the blue tint on my Droid 3 with a software update....
andybones said:
Not every phone is the same, there are multiple instances where one phone acts one way and another phone differently.
IF it is hardware I wont settle for anything but a brand new phone not taking a refurb on this phone.
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I really hope someone smarter than I am can get to the root of the purple tint problem and hold HTC accountable for it if it is indeed hardware related. I bought this phone off contract and I expect a return on every penny.
Anthrax79 said:
I thought other people were seeing the purple tint in normal pictures. the images you posted just looks like low light noise. I normally see this type of low light noise when the sensor is pushed to hard by the software or the software is artificiality trying to add contrast in low light. I bet it is probably a combination of the sensor in your camera and the software. With any luck HTC can find a software fix for OTA. I know Motorola fixed the blue tint on my Droid 3 with a software update....
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This gives hope, thank you!
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raphytaffy said:
I really hope someone smarter than I am can get to the root of the purple tint problem and hold HTC accountable for it if it is indeed hardware related. I bought this phone off contract and I expect a return on every penny.
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I agree, I sincerely hope that the VZW HTC One didn't use any cost cutting measures and this is a result of that and why it took so f*****g long to get to us.
and now I'm out $150 for being a loyal customer and buying my phone 1st day, had it been second day, I could have returned it but noooooooo.
I should have known they'd drop the price, but SO SOON!
HTC One Maxx must be REAL close..
Your phone isn't defective. That is the software trying to artificially induce contrast - if you take your phone and try some lowlight pictures you'll see it jump to a blue/purple/red tint as it tries to do its ultrapixel lowlight "magic". I can see this happen on mine too. The problematic phones are MARKEDLY worse.
I think a software fix will rectify the situation, and since HTC has acknowledged the issue, it will come in the next update. Unlike Samsung, whose sh*t Galaxy Nexus screens were so poorly made, yet they refused to acknowledge the problem.
raphytaffy said:
I really hope someone smarter than I am can get to the root of the purple tint problem and hold HTC accountable for it if it is indeed hardware related. I bought this phone off contract and I expect a return on every penny.
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The sensor is too good at what it does. Even with no light it is still trying to "sense up". Same effect seen on other ultra low lux cameras. Easily rectified with better software. It might just be that the sensors that exhibit this effect are actually better than the ones that don't.
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Install the stock 4.3 camera APK. Fixes the problem.
Sonic2756 said:
Install the stock 4.3 camera APK. Fixes the problem.
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Is it possible to install the stock 4.3 camera AND keep the stock HTC camera?
Frankie1588 said:
Is it possible to install the stock 4.3 camera AND keep the stock HTC camera?
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Yup!
Those pics look about normal. The noise I've seen on defective cameras were bright purple or red. Very very bright.
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Lykarsis said:
Those pics look about normal. The noise I've seen on defective cameras were bright purple or red. Very very bright.
Sent from my HTC One
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Yep...this whole thread reminds me of my DSLR days and the Dpreview forums. Go take some real pictures and see what you get. If you still see purple casting on the picts then it is probably software. Now, you may see some purple fringing when there is bright light (ie sun) just off the edge. This happens with most phone cameras (and many regular). It would just be the bright light that would be purple though.
I am no expert but I cannot see how anything S-off would cause a purple tint/fringe.
Sonic2756 said:
Install the stock 4.3 camera APK. Fixes the problem.
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I just took this pic with the gpe camera and still got the blue hue. Really hoping it's software and not hardware on this one. Are you referring to a 4.3 leak sense camera? If so could you point me in the right direction to find it please?
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Joanni said:
I just took this pic with the gpe camera and still got the blue hue. Really hoping it's software and not hardware on this one. Are you referring to a 4.3 leak sense camera? If so could you point me in the right direction to find it please?
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He may mean the camera.apk from the CM 10.2 ROM but I am not sure either.
Sorry
Turn the iso down... What happens is the lens tries to open too much and is catching the ends of the light spectrum. Ex. Reds and blues. Other phones might not get these colors because the RF Stopper won't allow the lens to open up enough to start getting those colors
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I saw at least one person mention that their camera wouldn't capture focus on anything further than 3 feet away. I was experience that problem too. This evening I was at a football game and was getting CRAP focus on the field. I was getting the people three feet in front of me in focus. I wondered if the lens was dirty. I wiped the lens with the camera app open and it forced a refocus and it finally grabbed focus out on the field. I tried shifting focus to other areas and focus was crap until I covered the lens and then let it refocus on the new item. Then it would grab a crisp image. If anyone else is encountering this issue, with the focal length not adjusting, I was curious what would happen if you tried the same thing.
Obviously this isn't ideal but it at least provides hope that software could remedy the issue.

Camera Purple tint fix?

Aside from waiting on an update, would flashing a rom or kernal help at all with the HTC one camera issues?? I really want to avoid getting my phone replaced for a warranty replacement. I am passed the 14 days, i just rooted my phone and got S-Off. Someone please help!!
I am running cm10.2 and I get the purple haze. 10/11 seemed better that 10/9 build... Might just be wishful thinking tho.
It isn't a software issue.
blkoutt8 said:
Aside from waiting on an update, would flashing a rom or kernal help at all with the HTC one camera issues?? I really want to avoid getting my phone replaced for a warranty replacement. I am passed the 14 days, i just rooted my phone and got S-Off. Someone please help!!
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If you are having issues with the camera then you really need to have it replaced under warranty. The issues we are having is from a bad image sensor, not software. The bad sensor will have more issues with purple tinting in the edges, generally turn out darker and more grainy even at the same exposure and ISO. I have a few sample pics on Google Plus. Also below is my HTC One with a bad image sensor issue (left) next to a CLNR from Verizon (right) that does not have this issue. They are running the same software and have the same default settings applied before I recorded this. You can see the camera software on the bad one cycling through various levels trying to optimize the image.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUrHQ92x65c
So bottom line - Don't wait on an OTA to fix this. If you have an HTC One with a bad sensor then get it back to stock and replace it under warranty.
Mine seems to be ok. Mine actually when put camera down will stay black for a bit, then the purple will creep in. But it definitely doesn't change around a lot like the video shows. Sounds like I got a good one. Mines also the blue one from best buy so, idk if that makes a difference.
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The good sensors still have a bit of issue with tinting in very dim photos, right at the cut off where the automatic flash would otherwise kick in. That can be fixed with software. What I had on the first one was no consistent across the entire image. For lack of a better term it just wasn't as sensitive as the replacement or my T-Mobile HTC One's sensor.
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kpetrie77 said:
If you are having issues with the camera then you really need to have it replaced under warranty. The issues we are having is from a bad image sensor, not software. The bad sensor will have more issues with purple tinting in the edges, generally turn out darker and more grainy even at the same exposure and ISO. I have a few sample pics on Google Plus. Also below is my HTC One with a bad image sensor issue (left) next to a CLNR from Verizon (right) that does not have this issue. They are running the same software and have the same default settings applied before I recorded this. You can see the camera software on the bad one cycling through various levels trying to optimize the image.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUrHQ92x65c
So bottom line - Don't wait on an OTA to fix this. If you have an HTC One with a bad sensor then get it back to stock and replace it under warranty.
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Uh, sorry to break it to you but both are equally defective. If it shows anything other than pitch black (maybe with a tiny bit of noise) when you set it down, your sensor's bad. Both of yours are going bright pink in total darkness and have severe tinting in low light shots.
wireroid said:
Uh, sorry to break it to you but both are equally defective. If it shows anything other than pitch black (maybe with a tiny bit of noise) when you set it down, your sensor's bad. Both of yours are going bright pink in total darkness and have severe tinting in low light shots.
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If I lock the bad one to ISO 200 still pure pink. The replacement is black center with pick edges. Did you check the pics on my G+ album? There is definitely a difference. Could be this new one is bad too, I don't have my T-Mobile HTC One any longer to compare side by side. I'll mess around with them both and grab some screen shots so you can see what I am talking about with the ISO setting.
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kpetrie77 said:
If I lock the bad one to ISO 200 still pure pink. The replacement is black center with pick edges. Did you check the pics on my G+ album? There is definitely a difference. Could be this new one is bad too, I don't have my T-Mobile HTC One any longer to compare side by side. I'll mess around with them both and grab some screen shots so you can see what I am talking about with the ISO setting.
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It's definitely better but it's not good. A working sensor should not be showing discolored edges on any ISO setting, especially the lower ones like 200.
You can see a pretty severe tint in these three pictures:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...AtQg/BDaqkjMJO9Y/w1555-h879-no/IMAG0002_1.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-...AAAtW0/3RAD_1eg-P4/w1555-h879-no/IMAG0009.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-.../27G7mpWcIlk/w494-h878-no/20131017_155755.jpg
wireroid said:
It's definitely better but it's not good. A working sensor should not be showing discolored edges on any ISO setting, especially the lower ones like 200.
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Agreed, better but not good. Poor choice of words on my part. In any event, there is a wide variety of image quality even with the same software which was my point to begin with.
Received replacement #2 yesterday. Still notice a maroon (this time) noise at ISO800 and can definitely see it at ISO1600. ISO 400 is dark starting out and just barely gets a tint in the corners when the camera is left sitting on. No issues at ISO 200 and lower. Left to right in the attachment is original, replacement #1 and replacement #2. Screenshots are from #2. Guessing this is as good as it's going to get.
Purple Haze HTC one M7
ackmke said:
I am running cm10.2 and I get the purple haze. 10/11 seemed better that 10/9 build... Might just be wishful thinking tho.
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Dose any one know how much it will cost to fix this issue at phone repairer in Australia. Not under warranty and what part of the phone needs fixing. I would like to give them as much info as possible so they don't start trouble shootng with all the stuff I have tried already.
Thank you

anyone else find the front camera to be extra washed / pale?

using the front camera vs the rear camera, I notice the front camera makes everyone look ghostly pale. the color tone is way off.
has anyone else noticed this?
also is there a way to calibrate or adjust the color tones of the front camera? (adjust it so it'll stay when using both front camera and Skype calls?)
thanks!
soraxd said:
using the front camera vs the rear camera, I notice the front camera makes everyone look ghostly pale. the color tone is way off.
has anyone else noticed this?
also is there a way to calibrate or adjust the color tones of the front camera? (adjust it so it'll stay when using both front camera and Skype calls?)
thanks!
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A lot of custom ROMS have issues with Camera. With stock nobody has issues, unless there is a hardware issue. I don't bother with front camera any way. I use a Logitech C930 1080p usb web camera, for front cam. It has a cool clip that mounts on edges of flat surfaces really well.
I had the chance to compare my camera vs someone else's s8 and my front camera is definitely pale. like lacking saturation or something..
might anyone know of a way i can adjust/ calibrate the front camera?
any leads are super welcomed, thanks.
soraxd said:
I had the chance to compare my camera vs someone else's s8 and my front camera is definitely pale. like lacking saturation or something..
might anyone know of a way i can adjust/ calibrate the front camera?
any leads are super welcomed, thanks.
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S8??? WTF! This is for Note 8.0 tabets. For help go to the right thread on S8 forums. Diff hardware, and diff FW will have diff results.
gooberdude said:
S8??? WTF! This is for Note 8.0 tabets. For help go to the right thread on S8 forums. Diff hardware, and diff FW will have diff results.
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lol I'm using a note 8, I just had a chance to compare it to someone's s8 today and side by side the colors on mine are super pale.
soraxd said:
lol I'm using a note 8, I just had a chance to compare it to someone's s8 today and side by side the colors on mine are super pale.
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Nobody has ever complained about note 8.0 camera being pale in colors, for 3 years now. What ROM are you running. You can always flash back to stock, which I have done because it is stable and doesn't break things.

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