Why is my rear camera extremely blurry?

[Terry Gillespie]

It's a hardware problem. I returned mine and got a new phone. Samsung is aware of the problem.

 

[SHIVA77]

I can confirm that 5.1 doesn't fix the blurry focus issue.

 

[Penny Miller1]

Thank you for the quick fix. My camera on my Note 3 all of the sudden was taking blurry pictures. I followed the instructions to remove back and clean camera eye and clear cache. It is working perfectly now.

 

[Eddie Wingfield]

HI Brandi, my camera is the same way, It's blurry for a few seconds then it clears up and I haven't installed the update yet. I just got a message saying that "software update ready to install," did yours start getting blurry after the update?

 

[Blacklac]

HI Brandi, my camera is the same way, It's blurry for a few seconds then it clears up and I haven't installed the update yet. I just got a message saying that "software update ready to install," did yours start getting blurry after the update?

That's more than likely the same hardware issue many are complaining about. I have that, myself.

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[Eddie Wingfield]

Oh wow! I downloaded the first part of the update. I haven't downloaded the second part of the update yet. I'm not sure if I want to because of all the complaints. I'll wait for a few days to see if there will be any positive comments about it.

 

[Blacklac]

Oh wow! I downloaded the first part of the update. I haven't downloaded the second part of the update yet. I'm not sure if I want to because of all the complaints. I'll wait for a few days to see if there will be any positive comments about it.

The update isn't the issue. It's hardware related. That's why smacking the side of the phone works.

Unless you have a different issue...

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[Blacklac]

Re: Extremely Blurry Rear Camera

So I hard reset my device, didn't restore any backups, fwiw. Now my camera focus' nearly immediately again. And prior, hitting the side of the device DID work. So it may be more than just a hardware issue, I dunno.

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[dgreene915]

I read somewhere on the forums also that if you give it a decent shake, it wakes it up a bit, i used to have theis problem all the time, now i give it a decent shakes up and down a couple times and it becomes clear instantly

 

[Phil Gallagher]

Remove the silver lens cover gently with a knife and see if the camera is still the same. If the picture is clear then the lens cover is your problem. A new one can be purchased very cheaply on ebay.

 

[SHIVA77]

I got to say, the rear camera is definitely defective on these units and I am surprised that we aren't making more of a stink about it.

I have looked at some of my recent pics in full res and it clearly shows that the camera is not focusing right. Most of the times, it's hard to tell, if you are just looking at the image on your phone screen, but blowing it up at full res will show.

Also, we all know that the camera does not focus at first, you have to shake it, or point it elsewhere to focus and then bring it back to your object, but even after doing that, some of my pics are out of focus.

Yes, I have removed the little sticker on the lens.

 

[Koda Mcculloch]

Somebody told me on the forums to shake the phone when you open the camera app, did that and it fixed the problem

THAT WORKED, sometimes when I'm on the camera through the camera app or snapchat the screen will like vibrate and then it's blurry. I am thankful for this tip

 

[n1nj4Lo]

It's a bug that presents itself in the lollipop update, if you on kitkat and don't update chances are you'll never see the bug or nowhere near as ba, this was discussed all over tmobile forums.

 

[SHIVA77]

It's a bug that presents itself in the lollipop update, if you on kitkat and don't update chances are you'll never see the bug or nowhere near as ba, this was discussed all over tmobile forums.

No, that's wrong. if you look at this thread the issue goes to the first day of release. The problem is with the camera itself and it's not related to the OS version. My camera has had the same problem since I picked it up on the first day of release.

 

[kinjal patel3]

Someone told me the rear camera is really good in note 3 n I buyed a new phone as I captured photos of mine all photos were taking blur y so is the note 3 rear camera blur or itz only mine taking blury photos

 

[Armaan Gupta]

Re: Extremely Blurry Rear Camera

The camera takes ages to focus hence had to trade it off for a G4

 

[bosslady111111]

I have a Lg Metro pcs phone. I turn on the day dream. Go to settings> look for dispaly> day dream off.

 

[OculusFPS]

Somebody told me on the forums to shake the phone when you open the camera app, did that and it fixed the problem

I registered just to say thanks. My camera has had this issue for months and shaking it fixed the issue.

 

[Ain Riz]

hey thanks alot, I opened camera and shook the phone the problem is fixed lolllll

 

[Mike Cornett1]

This worked for me too. I am guessing the optical focus gets stuck sometimes.

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Me also I shook my Samsung Galaxy s6 and the camera was very clear