- Oct 30, 2010
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One night while laying in bed, I went to take a pic of something on the TV and I noticed all these weird dark lines on the camera be it pictures or video. They would only appear though until I tapped the screen to focus on something and then would go away. I thought it was super weird, so I tested it a few times did some troubleshooting and each time it was replicated (as shown in the images below).
I honestly didn't really think to test it outside the room I was in because it just never came to me. I even reached out to Google to see if it was known issue or if they might have a fix for me. They basically didn't have any information, but did say it would be covered under warranty and offered for me to mail it in or take it to a authorized repair center (Fantastic customer service btw in my experience). I opted for the repair center because it was faster and near by. So I went in and they literally couldn't replicate the issue and I was kinda cranky about it so just said thanks, I'll reach out to Google again and take it from there.
Later that night I was in the room again and something dawned on me and I began testing it in all the other rooms in the house. Nothing. Unable to replicate it anywhere else except that room. I did however notice that when I was standing under the lights in the room, it became worse. So I opened the camera app once again and held my phone closer to the bulb and OMG the lines got sooooo bad.
That was it, there's something about the smart lights I have in my room that are affecting the camera. I can't even say it's the light in general because regular bulbs don't do it, it just seems to be Globe Smart lights I have. They seem to cause some super weird interference. Anyway, if you see some weird lines on your Pixel 8 Pro and you have Smart lights installed, it just might be what's going on and nothing wrong with your actual device.
I honestly didn't really think to test it outside the room I was in because it just never came to me. I even reached out to Google to see if it was known issue or if they might have a fix for me. They basically didn't have any information, but did say it would be covered under warranty and offered for me to mail it in or take it to a authorized repair center (Fantastic customer service btw in my experience). I opted for the repair center because it was faster and near by. So I went in and they literally couldn't replicate the issue and I was kinda cranky about it so just said thanks, I'll reach out to Google again and take it from there.
Later that night I was in the room again and something dawned on me and I began testing it in all the other rooms in the house. Nothing. Unable to replicate it anywhere else except that room. I did however notice that when I was standing under the lights in the room, it became worse. So I opened the camera app once again and held my phone closer to the bulb and OMG the lines got sooooo bad.
That was it, there's something about the smart lights I have in my room that are affecting the camera. I can't even say it's the light in general because regular bulbs don't do it, it just seems to be Globe Smart lights I have. They seem to cause some super weird interference. Anyway, if you see some weird lines on your Pixel 8 Pro and you have Smart lights installed, it just might be what's going on and nothing wrong with your actual device.
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