Camera shutter speed slow

[jaileer]

Hi All ~

I have an EVO and LOVE it, so i bought my girlfriend one. The camera shutter speed on hers is awful. on mine, when i push the button it takes the picture instantly. On hers after i press the button it takes about 2-3 seconds to actually snap the picture.

I have reset the phone to factory settings, same issue.

The only differences I can see in our phones are as follows:

my phone has Kernal #11 and hers has Kernal #17
my phone software is 3.29.651.5, hers is 3.29.651.3


any thoughts?

 

[cbalter]

Is your camera set to fixed focus? That would speed up the time it takes to capture the pic.

 

[jaileer]

yes, it is.

 

[Jerzyiroc]

Hmm... You sure she has kernel #17? That I know of there's only been 11 kernels. You have a more recent version than she does too. Try going to system updates and check both the firmware update and HTC Software update on hers.

 

[jaileer]

Well, if it has some wacky kernel, that may be my answer! I'm certain it *says* #17 but i guess i can't be certain something isn't awry.

I checked to make sure all updates were applied and i got the same response time. I did a system wipe, same issues, still shows kernel#17. I broke down and took it to Sprint, and they're going to order a new one for me. The tech seemed to think that it was simply because the device is newer than mine, and thought the difference was because i have kernel #11 and hers showed #17. If there have only been 11 kernels, he might be right.

 

[Grue42]

I was having that problem too and I have one of the newer Evo 4Gs. It was driving me absolutely nuts that I couldn't take pictures of anything except scenery and annoyingly-long posed pictures.

Try going into Camera -> Settings and change white balance to not-auto. I know it sounds stupid, but it really seemed to help shave 2-3 seconds off the response time as long as I'm not using the flash even with everything else set to auto.

Changing some of those other settings to not-auto (esp turning auto-focus off) might help too...

Hope this helps!

 

[Pared3s]

Would this have anything to do with the speed of the memory card?