i9505 Front Camera Low Quality

[yetep]

Good afternoon all. Got an issue that I can see several posts about but never quite got any answers (please correct me or guide me in the right direction if I missed something!)

Long story short, any photo I take in the front camera with my S4 (seemingly regardless of what ROM) results in blurry shots. Snapchat takes fine shots, which confuses me.

The results with any camera app using almost any of the available settings, although varying, give the same basic result. Blurry/low quality images. I haven't yet checked the actual resolution output yet but they have all been taken using full res (2.1mp) and the next setting, if I remember correctly, is 1.6mp.

ROM-wise it seems irrelevant as to what one I use. I had official Samsung 4.4 (I believe) when I got the phone a few months ago, but then went back to using my iPhone briefly. When there was a decent Lollipop released I switched back to the S4, but the front camera issue persists.

Any ideas guys? Thanks in advance and if I've missed anything I should have said let me know.

 

[Rhoban]

So you say you had the issue on the official stock too?
If it happens across multiple roms then it's mostly a hardware issue. Or you just have too high standards for the camera

 

[yetep]

Hey thanks for the reply!

I BELIEVE it worked fine on the stock firmware. It's not an expectation issue, as, for example, Snapchat takes photos that are exactly like what it shows on screen. The photos look incredible on the live preview on the camera app, its the output that's bad quality. I'll try show what I mean in uploaded photos in my next post.

 

[yetep]

Excuse the face...

With camera app :

http://s28.postimg.org/7wjmn3c25/IMG_20150123_071654.jpg

With Snapchat :

http://s18.postimg.org/qom7oc249/Snapchat_7189980829052747856.jpg

I can try take like for like shots showing screenshot vs output too if that would help.

Thanks

 

[yetep]

Excuse the face...

With camera app :

http://s28.postimg.org/7wjmn3c25/IMG_20150123_071654.jpg

With Snapchat :

http://s18.postimg.org/qom7oc249/Snapchat_7189980829052747856.jpg

I can try take like for like shots showing screenshot vs output too if that would help.

Thanks

Very ironically I've just had a message on my phone saying 'updating camera software please wait' which SEEMS to have made a slight difference.. Shall see if that continues, but it's still outputting at much lower quality than is displayed.

 

[Rhoban]

When you're installing roms, do you wipe everything?

 

[xDroidZz]

Excuse the face...

With camera app :

http://s28.postimg.org/7wjmn3c25/IMG_20150123_071654.jpg

With Snapchat :

http://s18.postimg.org/qom7oc249/Snapchat_7189980829052747856.jpg

I can try take like for like shots showing screenshot vs output too if that would help.

Thanks

Lolipop based on Google play editon ones or any AOSP, CyanogenMod roms have really bad quality in terms of front camera. that's why i'm stuck on touchwiz because it has a better camera with so much modes. Front and back. :good:
So if you want good camera. go back to touchwiz. But iPhones has a great camera for selfies. so keep the iphone if you take a lot of selfie.

 

[gibrilm]

Silent Selfie Camera

Silent Selfie Camera

I have the solution with this app . . . i don 't know why no - one can fix the algorithm . . ! !

 

[wolfquatz]

dont work

silent selfie camera

i have the solution with this app . . . I don 't know why no - one can fix the algorithm . . ! !

plz help anyone. No focus on gt-i9500 lollipop

Images link:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3ng27rCjm1rfmY1M1VxU01xN3NheTVXTHNsRUZUNUZJb3p2YnUtUEJtNE1rVEp0bmZfSTQ&usp=sharing

 

[gibrilm]

yes it works sssssssss