Need help fixing/calibrating camera focus - Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion

So... I've tried many ROMs on this phone and the one that I like is This one. However there is one problem with it and that is the fact that focus is broken and the OpenCamera app 90% of the time takes a photo that's out of focus and it takes 10 tries to finally get at least one photo that is on focus. (yes I tried many focus options in the app)
Is there any way to calibrate this or fix this somehow?
There is Another rom where this is not an issue, (but I don't like that rom due to other stuff). Maybe I can copy some files over from there to fix this? I have no idea how these works. (when using OpenCamera app on that rom, it takes photos and focuses just fine on the first try)

I just experienced this focus problem.
In logcat it's reported as
Code:
mm-camera: [CAMIF]: semc_camif_sensor_get_focus _driver_ready:semc_camif_sensor_get_focus_driver_ready failed -22
I believe this to be hardware related, since changing rom or wiping didn't seem to make any difference (even though until just a week ago there were no problems).
But every now and then, I don't know why or how, it suddenly start to work again.
One of these days I might try to change camera module with a spare one I have.

Maybe you think it's a hardware issue because pretty much every custom ROM out there for this phone has that issue. (the one I linked also has that issue, just not as badly as others)
Right now I'm running the stock rom (that comes with the phone) and I have no issues with focus.

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Disabling autofocus

Hello all,
I have an issue with the autofocus on my brand new phone. The camera work fine in video but when I take au picture, the app freeze and I have to reboot the phone. I've noticed that when i switch the setting of the camera app to infinite (i.e. no autofocus) it work well.
so the issue definitively comes from the autofocus.
I cannot bring back the camera to the shop now (I'm away for several weeks), so i was wondering if there is a possibility to disable globally the autofocus, allowing me to use the apps which do not have this setup in their parameters.
By the way, if you have any link to give which may help me to solve my problem myself, i would be grateful.
I have little hope though.... Just in case,, it may be worthwhile to know that, at the beginning, this problem happened only after charging, and was resolved after letting the phone switch off for several hours.

Front camera stopped working

Hello,
I have a strange problem with my phone. When I try to use the front camera (using any application that makes use of the camera) I get the following error: "Unknown error by ErrorCallbBack".
Even though I am not using the camera often, I know I have used it before to take photos. I haven't upgraded the ROM or made any changes recentrly, so this is very strange.
Sometimes, after a few restarts, the camera works again for a couple of times and then fails again.
I googled the problem and pretty much everyone says it's a hardware problem. I was just hoping if someone can tell me something different cause I don't have a spare phone and can't afford to be without my smartphone for days.
Thanks,
Aris

Rear camera/Flashlight not recognized

My rear camera suddenly stopped working. My phone didn't get any hurt in nowhere, just suddenly it stopped working. I was takin photos since 10 minutes before, I locked the phone and I noticed that Torch tile disappeared. I thought it was a bug and I didn't care anymore. The day before I noticed that even rear camera stopped working, I was trying to take a photo but the "change camera" (from front to rear) disappeared in every camera app I was using, camera apps opened by default with front camera opened. I tried to reflash ROM thinking that it was a ROM problem (even if I was using the same rom since months ago and I've never had any kind of problem), no results. Reflashing everything starting from stock firmware, no results. As a last hope, I tried to replace the rear camera by buying a new one, but the problem it's still here. Could someone that experienced the same problem, tell me where the problem could be? Or maybe some possible fixes, every kind of help is appreciated. Thanks.
Same
I have the exact same problem. After wiping the cache the rear camera is recognised and I am able to take a picture with it (which is not saved into gallery) but about 5 minutes later the option to switch to rear camera has gone and all camera apps (including social media such as snapchat) is stuck on front camera. This leads me to think it's not a hardware problem but rather that of software with which I am running cm13 nightlies that I have updated every day for the past week in the hope it will be patched.
I have this exact same problem on my d855 too..!
Sooooo frustrating, I've been looking everywhere for a fix, tried full factory reset the other day (I'm running full regular stock with no root or anything), and sadly that didn't work either... I'm glad to read someone has tried changing the camera hardware, cos that was I step I've considered taking, but I now know would be a waste of time and money...
But still, the problem persists..!
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ehk13 said:
I have the exact same problem. After wiping the cache the rear camera is recognised and I am able to take a picture with it (which is not saved into gallery) but about 5 minutes later the option to switch to rear camera has gone and all camera apps (including social media such as snapchat) is stuck on front camera. This leads me to think it's not a hardware problem but rather that of software with which I am running cm13 nightlies that I have updated every day for the past week in the hope it will be patched.
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I don't think that's a software problem simply for one reason: I'm on the same rom and kernel since months and camera worked fine. It stopped working suddenly with no reason.
SkankinStudios said:
I have this exact same problem on my d855 too..!
Sooooo frustrating, I've been looking everywhere for a fix, tried full factory reset the other day (I'm running full regular stock with no root or anything), and sadly that didn't work either... I'm glad to read someone has tried changing the camera hardware, cos that was I step I've considered taking, but I now know would be a waste of time and money...
But still, the problem persists..!
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Yeah now you made me understand why the camera worked for some minutes. I'll try clearing cache after installing new camera module. I'll report the result. Thanks anyway.
Edit: It's not working. At first boot, systemUI doesn't load well, when I reboot everything works fine but rear camera isn't working. Maybe late I'll try with phone's camera. Now I'm using the new one bought some days ago.
same here!!!!! I'm using LOS13.1 on my d855 and i can't fix it... any idea?
What OS are you guys running? Is everyone experiencing the issue on Cm13?
Also try cleaning the camera connections really well.
I have same problem. Although i expirienced it first time on Lineage OS 14.1. Now 30B, but it still not working. I was listening to music through external speakers, and suddenly it stopped working. Music app was "playing" but i couldnt hear anything and when i exit the app my phone just stops working and starts being laggy as hell. Later that day i found out my camera is not working. I tried reattaching cam connector but it did not work...idk if i should order a new camera or it might be a software fix or something
same problem
happened to me after upgrading to 6.0 , downgraded back to 5 with no luck , even opened my phone and released and reconnected the 3 cables inside with no luck at all . don't know what to do
It's "good" to see other people with the same problem as me.
I replaced the camera and it still won't work.
I'm afraid that it might the problem with our motherboard...How can software block our camera even tho all of us fully reinstalled ROMs/Modems etc? It would be awesome if dev would see this and tell us what is the actual cause of this
If you reinstalled the entire OS using a TOT method, no files are left behind. This is more likely a hardware issue.
The Camera module is extremely close to the problematic hot chip on the G3 so it's not impossible something got messed up.
I have a d852 in Canada that doesn't get hot and I'm having this problem too. Going to order a new camera since I know this is a hardware issue. Hopefully fixed the issue. Not cool having no rear camera or flashlight
It's impossible Every G3 gets hot...you either are not heavy user or idk...but every G3 that i've held had the issue of overheating at some point...and indeed it can ruin everything...imagine 120C on your processor...that kills everything around it...idk if my processor got that hot as i've seen in some cases it did on internet, but it did go up to 90ish...and that is too damn hot
FIX ISSUE be Done
Hi all .
Problem method for repair
Issue is easy buy new rear camera D855 or this same conector D820/D821/Nexus5 is this same and all works fine I'm tested on my D855 International
camera From D821 perfect fit and don't had any foult. Great work and my G3 alive rear again :good:
( !!! URGENT !!! Don't put any paper or any dirt this is short fix and maybe You can crack connector camera on motherboard !!!)
If U still like Your's G3 don't put any **** tourial with fix BUY NEW CAMERA couple $$ AND FIX very cheap and clean LG STILL ALIVE :laugh:
(Camera had two IC chip and that is problem (burned or heat out)
Flash light it's well had same problem if U have problem camera,
In camea foult You cant turn on flashlight (software thinking camera all time working if camera is broke).
If u tru turn on flashlight he said (on broke camera) " Immpossible turn on flash light when camera work" !!!!!

cm13 camera is causing op3 to freeze!

Hello!
I have an annoying issue with my op3.
I am on official cm13 nightly builds, which I flash around once a week.
since some time I have the problem that the camera causes my phone to freeze for some time, which usually needs a hard reset to get it fixed. happens around 4-6x per week.
this happens mostly in Telegram (because I use it A LOT) when I try to attach anything. in that attach menu is a tiny camera preview, which I think is the problem here.
but that is not limited to Telegram. it can happen in basically every app which uses the cam.
I thought it's maybe from my dirty flashings over the last months, so I did a clean flash with cm-13.0-20161022-NIGHTLY-oneplus3 yesterday.
additionally I flashed:
open_gapps-arm64-6.0-stock-20161026
SuperSU-v2.78-201609011115
xposed-v86-sdk23-arm64
after reboot I reinstalled most apps using Titanium Backup.
and guess what? the problem is still there!
does anyone have an idea what could cause this?
The stock camera has always been terrible. Use Footej or some other third-party app (Footej gives far better image quality than the stock app).
I also have that with the latest snapshot. Not only with the stock camera. Any app that uses the camera makes the phone to freeze. Sometimes it works again after a while but the lockscreen/Taskbar resets.

Camera stuter/lag

Hi!...really need some help!
Had phone for 1 year. Generally no performance issues. Over the last month or so, the camera app has started to play up.
1. It takes ages to load
2. The picture stuters/freezes when moving phone in pictures or videos causing delays in snapping and/or jumps in recordings
3. It can no longer focus on things at near distance.
I did a factory restore and think it was okay right after (didn't test it properly). Have since reinstalled most of the same apps and went to use camera today and same issue.
I installed adobe camera app and it works phone so don't think it's a hardware issue. Seems more like something is interfering or maybe a bad update.
Don't want to have to use a seperate app for videos too. Saw some others mention similar issues in the forum though not exactly the same and no resolution (no pun intended). Anyone experienced this and fixed it?

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