Hi there everyone,
I have a Z fold 3 which I am enjoying very much so far. Going through the motions I have stumbled onto a complaint by one of my fellow snap chat friends. When I send snap chats with the screen closed it will send them as though it's mirroring the narrow screen on their device rather than fill it (tall narrow image with the left and right sides missing. The same goes for when it is unfolded displaying a wider picture though with the top and bottom squeezed to size. I checked through the forum however couldn't seem to find a fix. Is this something I will just have to live with or is there a fix for it? Seems bazaar as I've used many devices some tall and narrow and others wide but never had this issue. Only on this z fold 3. Any suggestions will be great.
Thanks in advance
Same on facebook messenger lol. Those ratios on photos makes no sense. ITs same camera
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I faced a very strange problem. Let go of the dead pixels, I am talking about the camera previewing the image very clear and OK. After the shot has taken place the photo is decorated with bright spots (red, blue..etc) sometimes 2, sometimes 5 it depends -I dont know on what. They are not present in the real view ofcourse. This is not dead pixels as they move and grow as I zoom in to the photo..Any similar encounters???? Or Advice. By the way, this is my second exchange from amazon. I asked them to send me a third unit.
bonbooni said:
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I faced a very strange problem. Let go of the dead pixels, I am talking about the camera previewing the image very clear and OK. After the shot has taken place the photo is decorated with bright spots (red, blue..etc) sometimes 2, sometimes 5 it depends -I dont know on what. They are not present in the real view ofcourse. This is not dead pixels as they move and grow as I zoom in to the photo..Any similar encounters???? Or Advice. By the way, this is my second exchange from amazon. I asked them to send me a third unit.
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Thank you for your reply. Please find attached the photo with the problem previoiusly mentioned. You can see the bright 2 spots in the middle and to the right of the picture if you enlarge it they will appear clearly. Those 2 dots are not present in the real scene nor pre the shot in the view finder. After the camera takes the shot they appear in all pictures.
Here's a snap I took with the camera right on top of a black surface. You can see there's a couple of spots near the bottom but certainly not as bad as yours. It probably happens since the camera is not made for taking black photos and as it struggles to focus, it is "tricked" into thinking there's some light there where there's not. But anyway, if it bothers you to the point where it effects your normal photos, then you should return it.
http://www.geek.com/android/oppo-n1...aking-cm-from-free-time-to-full-time-1577783/
Pretty good read, brings up a few new points:
1) CM version is using 4.3. (4.3.1, maybe)
2) Quote: CM on the Oppo N1 includes support for all of the unique hardware that is included with the smartphone, as well as many of the software features that Oppo themselves made available for the Color OS version of the N1.
3) The camera also flips as you rotate it around to make sure you’re capturing from the right perspective.
#3 is interesting, makes sense (so it's not upsidedown!) but when does it do that?
One of the big pros of the rotating camera is that you can set the phone down on a flat surface, and rotate the camera to point 'forwards'. So Perhaps this is only for vertical orientation?
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3) The camera also flips as you rotate it around to make sure you’re capturing from the right perspective.
#3 is interesting, makes sense (so it's not upsidedown!) but when does it do that?
One of the big pros of the rotating camera is that you can set the phone down on a flat surface, and rotate the camera to point 'forwards'. So Perhaps this is only for vertical orientation?
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I tend to point mine all over the place. It's really nice for adjusting to the light in an area. You can hold it higher or lower while changing the camera angle to get the exact picture that you want. I've taken a few hundred pictures in the two weeks that I've had the N1, and the ability to move the camera never seemed important until I was able to do it. Now I often find myself trying to get that right angle on my HTC One, but the N1 has spoiled me for taking the right picture at the right time and angle.
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I tend to point mine all over the place. It's really nice for adjusting to the light in an area. You can hold it higher or lower while changing the camera angle to get the exact picture that you want. I've taken a few hundred pictures in the two weeks that I've had the N1, and the ability to move the camera never seemed important until I was able to do it. Now I often find myself trying to get that right angle on my HTC One, but the N1 has spoiled me for taking the right picture at the right time and angle.
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Just out of curiosity, have you taken any long-exposure shots with the phone yet? I've seen a few examples online but I would like to see a few more real-world experience shots. Thanks!
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Just out of curiosity, have you taken any long-exposure shots with the phone yet? I've seen a few examples online but I would like to see a few more real-world experience shots. Thanks!
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I have only taken a few while messing around. They seem to work really well though. I'll try to get a few together to let you see how they turn out.
That would be fantastic if you could, I look forward to seeing them!
Is it worth it?
Hi guys I need some advice.
I look for 10” tablet which main use (beside watching Netflix in bed, web browsing, occasional gaming in 3d intensive games, web email etc…) will be to import photos from my camera (USB OTG or Wi-Fi direct) then browse, delete, edit (Photoshop touch) and move to SD card.
Now I was thinking about Note 10.1 (2014) but I been put away by number of problems with this device and its uneven performance.
Owning Tegra Note 7 I found that I love the performance but 7 inch is too small and stylus is nice addition but it’s not must have for me.
Therefore I look at Tab S 10.5.
From outside it looks like slim nice device but I still remember my horrors with first Galaxy Note.
Personally I found that Samsung customer service is run by semi-skilled chimpanzee paid in rotten bananas. Since I have this opportunity to contact several departments/case escalations etc. I gain one great example of how customer service should NOT look like – priceless material and first-hand experience for my business presentations.
Therefore I am very nervous thinking about another Samsung device.
Please help:
1.*******If you own Tab S 10.5 already – are you 100% satisfied with it? Performance, sound, built quality, display, functions (I read that 8,5 has some performance issues but I got the impression that 10.5 is not affected?)
2.*******DEAD pixels – I have really bad luck to these – did you find any of them on OLED display so far?
3.*******Ghosting / colour issues – especially in dark gamma of colours. I remember that this was main reason I sold my galaxy note. Photos from camera looked horrible on the display; any dark colours seemed to be missing quite a chunk of shades between dark grey and black (darkest colour that pixel could display was too far from total blackness of pixel off state). Is this still an issue here?* I wish to use my tablet to browse and edit the photos therefore this will be a deal breaker for me.
4.*******USB OTG using simple usb adapter – read mixed opinions on the forum – does it work out of the box or not?
5.*******Taking into account what I said about how I am going to use a tablet – would you recommend Tab S or maybe Sony Z2 tab? Still prefer Samsung look and feel but Sony with SD800 looks like robust device.
Thank you guys for any advice…*
I'm very happy with the screen, performance and the build quality. I don't mind it being plastic at all.
Since its Samsung there might be a few micro lags once in a while but I'm OK with that. Playing heavy 3d games is very smooth and Netflix and other videos look absolutely suberb.
Only thing that I don't like so far is the new hardware buttons.
How about dead pixels and screen performance on dark photos in third party apps?
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How about dead pixels and screen performance on dark photos in third party apps?
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No dead pixels. I'm not expert on photography so I'm not sure about that. I'm happy with this screen performance on photos. Not used third party apps, only what comes preinstalled.
And all my photos are taken with s4 and that affects photo quality very much, especially in dark photos.
Would you be able to make small experiment? Take a dark-ish photo with the camera. Then try to edit it in Snapseed (free photo editing app - great in my opinion) and check how does the photo looks like. My worry is that most if not all third party apps that have not been preinstalled (and therefore not optimised by Samsung) may have problems with OLED.
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Would you be able to make small experiment? Take a dark-ish photo with the camera. Then try to edit it in Snapseed (free photo editing app - great in my opinion) and check how does the photo looks like. My worry is that most if not all third party apps that have not been preinstalled (and therefore not optimised by Samsung) may have problems with OLED.
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Did that but since I don't have real camera I had to took the photo with s4 that produces grainy photos in low light environment.
I downloaded a pic taken with real camera and opened it in Snapseed. Didn't notice any problems, looked the same as the original photo. Cropped though. But yet again, I'm no expert on this matter.
Great! Thank you for doing this. Hmmm I seems that I will do another trip to PC world to check if they have 32gb version yet if not I will hunt down brown LTE then
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Great! Thank you for doing this. Hmmm I seems that I will do another trip to PC world to check if they have 32gb version yet if not I will hunt down brown LTE then
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The problem you may come across with the OLED screen is going to be the opposite of what you had experienced in the past with regard to photos. The OLED screen is capable of such a high contrast and so many levels of black that if you have a photo (or especially a video) that lacks good shadow info it may appear poor but only because the source is low quality. For example, take this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWpZQhnNTu8 the blacks look good on a LCD because it isn't capable of producing many dark levels in the first place. But try that same video on the Tab S OLED screen and the shadow areas in parts of the video look terrible because the better display shows the holes in the quality.
That video you posted looks absolutely fantastic on the OLED display ?
I visit a store yesterday and I can confirm that Samsung branded USB OTG cable works with no problems - I could read and write using stock file manager so far so good. Since I got nice discount for LTE version I am more and more convinced to getting one.
Also I took pictures from different cameras with me and browse them on the tablet - no problems whatsoever. Really nice display. Crisp and full of details.
Thank you all for comments - is there anything else I should know from all yours first hand experiences? Or should I jump on it and be happy teddy?
Only shame is that I got the offer for white tab only when I love the look of brown one. (Ech... Either way I will keep in in the case so... ).
Is anyone else experiencing front facing camera distortion?
I'm too embarrassed to take selfies or even use snapchat because of the craziness it does to my head and face.
Try it and tell me if yours does it, put your forehead in the top of the frame, or your chin at the bottom. It totally warps your face. The camera makes my head small when it's in the middle yet makes my nose huge when it's up close. Stock camera app or third party app, it's still there. The distortions are actually ridiculous.
This is too unacceptable for a phone which was supposed to have an awesome front-facing camera. I'm probably going to take it back and wait for 64-bit phones if there is no solution for this. I'll take a low field of view versus such heavy distortion any day.
I have not experienced anything like that ever - for me it's actually been the best front facing camera I've had.
Beauty face was on by default by quite a bit which can make pictures look really weird sometimes, so maybe check that? I'm not sure what else could cause that.
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Is anyone else experiencing front facing camera distortion?
I'm too embarrassed to take selfies or even use snapchat because of the craziness it does to my head and face.
Try it and tell me if yours does it, put your forehead in the top of the frame, or your chin at the bottom. It totally warps your face. The camera makes my head small when it's in the middle yet makes my nose huge when it's up close. Stock camera app or third party app, it's still there. The distortions are actually ridiculous.
This is too unacceptable for a phone which was supposed to have an awesome front-facing camera. I'm probably going to take it back and wait for 64-bit phones if there is no solution for this. I'll take a low field of view versus such heavy distortion any day.
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Yup I am having the exact same issue on my Note 4. I am NOTEably disappointed
ateld said:
Is anyone else experiencing front facing camera distortion?
I'm too embarrassed to take selfies or even use snapchat because of the craziness it does to my head and face.
Try it and tell me if yours does it, put your forehead in the top of the frame, or your chin at the bottom. It totally warps your face. The camera makes my head small when it's in the middle yet makes my nose huge when it's up close. Stock camera app or third party app, it's still there. The distortions are actually ridiculous.
This is too unacceptable for a phone which was supposed to have an awesome front-facing camera. I'm probably going to take it back and wait for 64-bit phones if there is no solution for this. I'll take a low field of view versus such heavy distortion any day.
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This was a known issue in GS5, but it turned out that it wasn't an actual problem! it's a wide angle lens on the front camera that the edges distort the image a little bit. So if you use different resolution, the faces won't look distorted!! hope this helps~
Maybe ya ain't such a BEAUTY FACE after all... ?
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This was a known issue in GS5, but it turned out that it wasn't an actual problem! it's a wide angle lens on the front camera that the edges distort the image a little bit. So if you use different resolution, the faces won't look distorted!! hope this helps~
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I can't use a different resolution in apps such as Snapchat (the only time I actually take selfies). Hopefully a custom rom/app will fix this later. For certain angles the distortion is just terrible, though.
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Maybe ya ain't such a BEAUTY FACE after all... ?
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I have a beautiful face, the Note 4 is worse than an unflattering camera, it literally distorts the hell out of it.
I ran your picture thru my note 4
http://i.imgur.com/xlY8m3z
The face is squished on one side, and stretched on the other.
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i can't use a different resolution in apps such as snapchat (the only time i actually take selfies). Hopefully a custom rom/app will fix this later. For certain angles the distortion is just terrible, though.
I have a beautiful face, the note 4 is worse than an unflattering camera, it literally distorts the hell out of it.
I ran your picture thru my note 4
http://i.imgur.com/xly8m3z.png
the face is squished on one side, and stretched on the other.
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ateld said:
Is anyone else experiencing front facing camera distortion?
I'm too embarrassed to take selfies or even use snapchat because of the craziness it does to my head and face.
Try it and tell me if yours does it, put your forehead in the top of the frame, or your chin at the bottom. It totally warps your face. The camera makes my head small when it's in the middle yet makes my nose huge when it's up close. Stock camera app or third party app, it's still there. The distortions are actually ridiculous.
This is too unacceptable for a phone which was supposed to have an awesome front-facing camera. I'm probably going to take it back and wait for 64-bit phones if there is no solution for this. I'll take a low field of view versus such heavy distortion any day.
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I have the same problem, had a lg g3 and I am disappointed
Yeah I have this problem too. It's distorted and also very laggy. It's a very wide camera angle too. I'm hoping there's going to be a module to fix it.
The one solution that I have is to turn a filter on the front facing camera and see if that fixes it. I know you can't use those filters on Snapchat but try it and see if it's any better.
That's odd there's multiple people reporting this. When I read the OP I assumed you had a faulty front camera. My front camera is MUCH better than any other phone I've had! I didn't think even had a wide angle lense but simply offered the option for "Wide-Selfie", which is similar to Panorama on the rear camera.
Wide angle lenses all suffer from this issue. The note has a wide angle lens, the only way to avoid this is to stay away from the edges of the screen.
Note 4 camera distortion
My note 4 is experiencing the same problems, I absolutely love this phone but I am so disappointed with the front camera distortion, especially in snap chat. If anyone can help. please let me know.
Note 4 camera distortion SOLVED!
I know this thread is quite old but I wanted to share the solution I found which is simply to change the picture size or more specifically the aspect ratio. I believe the default photo size on Note 4 is 3.7 M with 16:9 aspect ratio, if you change to 4:3 aspect ratio the distortion goes away. No more cone head
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I know this thread is quite old but I wanted to share the solution I found which is simply to change the picture size or more specifically the aspect ratio. I believe the default photo size on Note 4 is 3.7 M with 16:9 aspect ratio, if you change to 4:3 aspect ratio the distortion goes away. No more cone head
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THANK YOU SO MUCH! Your solution worked for me on my LG V20!!! I've been wondering about this issue for the last couple of years actually, especially when I had the S3 and S5. I didn't realize it was actual problem with Android phones until I Googled a couple days ago and found this thread! Thanks again for saving my sanity! LOL! ???
Pardon me if this has been discussed, I couldn't find anything on it other than a couple blurbs in the Megatech discussion. I received my unlocked 10 this week and let me say I love this phone. Its damn near exactly what I wanted to see from HTC. However, I was disturbed when I walked outside with my sunglasses on and the screen completely blacked out in portrait mode. I like couldn't see the home screen or the icons on it. The phone was completely unusable. In landscape it looks fine. This is a huge issue for me as I am an avid fisherman and am on the water quite a bit and wear polarized glasses exclusively for visibility reasons and health reasons (eye surgery). I looked around and found this video that describes the issue in detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5snWrD6txI
I have a Tianma panel and have been seeing that there are Sharp panels out there too. I guess what I am wondering is if there is a difference in the panels or a workaround for this issue because as it stands now I am going to have to return this phone which is a huge bummer because it is really a great phone. I'm really surprised that HTC polarized it this way. My M9 had this issue too, but it was in landscape mode which is much more manageable. So as of right now I'm super bummed with the display.....
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I did bring this up in the Q&A thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/help/polarization-screen-t3375293
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