Camera wont focus... Brand new Evo... Not rooted

jimmiekain · 5th July 2010, 05:54 PM

Camera wont focus... Brand new Evo... Not rooted

I bought an evo on release date and it had a few problems so I took it back and got a new one. About 2 hours after I got my new one home I heard it making a really fast clicking/tapping sound. (click click click tap tap tap) I thought the sound was coming from my speaker so I put it up to my ear after a few seconds I looked at the speaker and noticed that it wasnt the speaker but that it was the camera. I could see the lens physically moving back and forth really fast. Naturally I started the camera app to see what would happen. I snapped a picture and noticed that it was very blurry. I then went to camera settings and changed them and its still very blurry. Its almost as if the camera just refused to focus (looked like I needed glasses)... Naturally, the next step I took was to try to record a video... Same thing very blurry but sound is perfect. Next I tried the front facing camera. It was fine.

I have tried re-starting it a bunch of times... tried cleaning the lens...

About 4 or 5 hours later I took another picture and it was fine. Now the problem is intermittent and if I take 10 pictures 3 or 4 will be in focus and the others wont.

1. My phone is not rooted
2. I have not dropped it
3. It has not gotten wet.
4. Babied it the whole time I've had it.
5. Tried turning off auto focus and using manual

Any suggestions?

a_swellguy · 5th July 2010, 06:18 PM

Take it back.

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jjfromthe813 · 5th July 2010, 06:47 PM

Happened with my first EVO take it back

WatermelonSlim · 7th July 2010, 10:11 PM

Same thing just happened to me on my Evo that is over a month old. Only happens intermittently though. After a reboot, it seems to be fine for a while.

craig198 · 10:21 PM

mine is blurry too. is there any hack for it? im not covered by sprint for this. Maybe deal with htc directly? any ideas hackers?

v_lestat · 29th August 2010, 10:58 PM

wht the hell are you not covered by sprint? of course you are covered so take it back.

both of you guys take the damn things back... seriously why are you even here asking for help... the only help you will get is sprint repairing or replacing it

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craig198 · 30th August 2010, 09:32 PM

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wht the hell are you not covered by sprint? of course you are covered so take it back.

both of you guys take the damn things back... seriously why are you even here asking for help... the only help you will get is sprint repairing or replacing it

dont ask me why just answer the damn questions lol

oh and resets can sometimes cure it for a while I think.

mine has been taking crisp pics all day now

xHausx · 31st August 2010, 04:31 AM

If it's a defective phone and you havent voided the warrenty take it back anyways, it is HTC's warranty not Sprint's

weinerwad3000 · 8th July 2012, 06:53 AM

Ive had my evo for almost two years and I installed the cm9 rom for it and the camera was having this problem so I went back to my backup and same problem. It wont focus. It acts like its focusing but just wont. Also I've opened the phone several times so a replacement is out of the question.