This topic is about multiple camera issues including issues with photo quality, as well as issues with the front facing camera within snapchat.
SNAPCHAT
The issue with snapchat, is that the front facing camera distorts whatever it's looking at. For instance, when taking selfies with snapchat my face is distorted in the form of a stretch. I'm not sure if this is a snapchat issue regarding the galaxy s3, or a cyanogenmod issue regarding my phone.
PHOTO QUALITY
As for photo quality, well this is a much bigger issue. Let's start with the problem: The camera (using any rom, stock or not) is creating vertical colored lines in photos containing, but not limited to, low light environments.
I had my phone replaced and when I got it back and flashed cyanogenmod I started noticing the issue. I reverted my phone back to stock uprooted to see if the problem persisted, and it did. I took my phone to the sprint store, and they replaced the camera in my phone while keeping the rest of the phones body. I took a few photos using stock 4.3 touchwhiz, call it what you want, and I didn't see any issues. Note, it was only a few photos that I took. Eagerly to opt. out of Touchwhiz, I rooted and went back to the same version of CyanogenMod I was on. Photos are still ending up the same, with vertical lines of all colors disrupting the picture.
In addition, the flash makes a noise with the stock cyanogenmod camera app, almost like the flash could be malfunctioning. Snapchat pictures with the flash work fine. When taking a photo with the flash on and my thumb covering the flash, the photo worsens with the issue. (more defined, and more quantity lines)
Any ideas, comments, questions and concerns are all appreciated.
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3
CM 11 Nightly 02.13.2014
scwied17 said:
This topic is about multiple camera issues including issues with photo quality, as well as issues with the front facing camera within snapchat.
SNAPCHAT
The issue with snapchat, is that the front facing camera distorts whatever it's looking at. For instance, when taking selfies with snapchat my face is distorted in the form of a stretch. I'm not sure if this is a snapchat issue regarding the galaxy s3, or a cyanogenmod issue regarding my phone.
PHOTO QUALITY
As for photo quality, well this is a much bigger issue. Let's start with the problem: The camera (using any rom, stock or not) is creating vertical colored lines in photos containing, but not limited to, low light environments.
I had my phone replaced and when I got it back and flashed cyanogenmod I started noticing the issue. I reverted my phone back to stock uprooted to see if the problem persisted, and it did. I took my phone to the sprint store, and they replaced the camera in my phone while keeping the rest of the phones body. I took a few photos using stock 4.3 touchwhiz, call it what you want, and I didn't see any issues. Note, it was only a few photos that I took. Eagerly to opt. out of Touchwhiz, I rooted and went back to the same version of CyanogenMod I was on. Photos are still ending up the same, with vertical lines of all colors disrupting the picture.
In addition, the flash makes a noise with the stock cyanogenmod camera app, almost like the flash could be malfunctioning. Snapchat pictures with the flash work fine. When taking a photo with the flash on and my thumb covering the flash, the photo worsens with the issue. (more defined, and more quantity lines)
Any ideas, comments, questions and concerns are all appreciated.
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3
CM 11 Nightly 02.13.2014
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i don't use snapchat at all but does it use the stock cm11 camera for its picture taking? cause I got a few fixes for the cm11 camera cause their cameras ALWAYS gave me problems and crashes...i'll link you over, then you can tinker away and see what's what:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611870
Having an issue where in Snapchat, the front camera is stretched out vertically. I had installed a previous version where the front camera was fine, however Snapchat is now forcing me to update to the latest version where the issue exists. I have seen a lot of threads on this issue, however none of them seem to have a solution. Has anyone had this issue before, and know a way to fix it?
hi,
i just upgraded to marshmallow and surprise the quality of the front facing camera on snapchat is so much worst than with lolipop... no problem with the stock software camera. i dont understand why suddenly after that update this morning, the quality is all pixelated and that make up effect jesus what happened ...
Does anyone have a clue?
I am having the exact same issue after upgrading recently as well, annoying! Only on Snapchat front facing, LG G4 front facing is fine. Probably Snapchat needs to update their app?
I'm currently having problems with some camera apps like VivaVideo & MSQRD. It's very dark especially indoors, but not on daylight. I'm assuming it's a problem with ISO on these apps. But the Stock camera app, as well as other apps I've tested are working like camera360 and candycamera.
Im on F400L. Issue started when i flashed to fulmics MM Rom, so I thought it was the ROM. Recently flashed XOSP MM but same issue. Anyone else having same problem? Thanks
I'm experiencing the same issue, did you solve it?
To start, I'm using stock ROM patched with Magisk. Root is fully working and all that jazz. This is quite a peculiar issue, I don't even know where to start. My A50 (W/Canada) is not able to use the front facing camera to take photos in any app other than the stock camera app. This is important to me as I use Snapchat and Instagram frequently. However, I am only unable to take photos with the front facing camera, videos still work perfectly fine, and the preview of the front facing camera also works perfectly fine. No issues with back camera, everything is fine there. I've tried launching Magisk as core only, and undone all my debloater settings. Every thread I see about camera issues said it's either a hardware issue (which I doubt is the case for me as the camera worked fine before root and still takes videos) or a software/kernel issue in which I should revert to stock. I would really prefer to find a solid solution to this rather than revert to stock, so I've come here hoping maybe somebody can possibly shed some light on something I may have missed out of frustration. The only thing I could think would possibly have an effect was the Magisk Samsung 4k60 Camera module which I uninstalled immediately after as it was crashing the camera app when I opened it. Could it have changed a file permanently?
To recap:
Front facing camera works perfectly as intended in stock camera app.
In any other app that uses Camera (including 3rd party camera HedgeCam) I am able to take videos but not photos.
Front facing camera preview always works fine.
Tried Magisk core only mode and reinstalled all debloated apps.
Snapchat gives error (when taking front facing photo) "Snap capture failed. Please try again." all other apps just freeze on (what would be) the photo/photo preview until I exit or switch out of the app then back in.
Any help is much appreciated, and I can share more information or logs if they'd help.