It's only a miner question I love the s3 but when you take a picture and look at it in the gallery you have black borders either side of the screen..why does it not take advantage of the whole screen (I know you can double tap to zoom in)
The strange thing is you play back a video and it takes advantage of the full screen...
no biggy just thought I would ask if there is a solution
Make sure you view the picture with the phone oriented in the same way that you took the picture. If you took the pic with the phone sideways, view it that way. If you took it with the phone in vertical position, view it that way.
Hmmm you still have black borders????
The phone resolution of the picture and the resolution of the screen is not the same aspect ratio, and therefore you will have black lines. That, or cropped or stretched pictures... I think I prefer black lines.
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So I've been looking closely at my screen lately wondering if it might be defective. Gradients seem to look bad on all SGS phones, but the gradients on my phone seem to look extra bad. They don't just look banded, they look similar to JPEG artifacting as well.
Not only that, but in certain games there's almost a visible "film" over the screen, but under the glass. The best way I can describe it is an unchanging group of lines or artifacts on top of the actual screen itself. This is quite noticeable in person, but is probably going to be hard to see in the video I post due to the fact that I'm recording a screen. My suggestion is to take a look at the bottom left-hand corner. It's most noticeable there.
The image I posted I just noticed today. On the Netflix login screen, the red beside the email and password boxes is a lot brighter than the rest of the red. This is significantly more noticeable at low brightness, but still noticeable at regular brightness where I took the picture.
Is this normal or do I have something wrong with my screen?
Thanks!
EDIT: I took another video and another picture where everything is far more apparent.
Video: http://www.multiupload.com/YF6AMEBLMD
Video 2: http://www.multiupload.com/1RZJM7A598
Posted a new picture and video where the problem is much more apparent.
I installed the BoA mobile banking app. It came with a check deposit feature. That said, you need to take two pictures, one of the front another of the back. I had no issue to take the image of the front of the check, but had trouble to take the back side.
The back side of the check is relatively white/blank, so it's hard for the camera to focus, and I cannot just tap the check to change the focus point.
Any one experienced this and had a solution?
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I installed the BoA mobile banking app. It came with a check deposit feature. That said, you need to take two pictures, one of the front another of the back. I had no issue to take the image of the front of the check, but had trouble to take the back side.
The back side of the check is relatively white/blank, so it's hard for the camera to focus, and I cannot just tap the check to change the focus point.
Any one experienced this and had a solution?
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Have you tried taking a photo while it still appears blurry (maybe in camera app so as not to send a blurry pic to the bank) ?
I often take photos of things up close and while they may appear blurry, even after I tap to focus, they come out quite sharp... Anyway, probably worth a try!
Have you tried any camera apps from Google Play?
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Kisses99 said:
I installed the BoA mobile banking app. It came with a check deposit feature. That said, you need to take two pictures, one of the front another of the back. I had no issue to take the image of the front of the check, but had trouble to take the back side.
The back side of the check is relatively white/blank, so it's hard for the camera to focus, and I cannot just tap the check to change the focus point.
Any one experienced this and had a solution?
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A long shot from my photography book ...
But the auto focus in the camera needs a contrast color as a reference point ...
As you know ...the camera ignores the white color as empty space ...and looks for solid base colors to focus against ...
If your bank will allow it ...you can set the check on top of a dark piece of paper ...as this may assist the lens with focus distance.
Or ..if you are allowed to sign your name on the back in black ink ...that would help also ..
And of course ....distance from the image is important too ...
Stay out at least 12 inches or more and zoom manually if needed to capture .
That's my .02 on the camera ....g
gregsarg said:
A long shot from my photography book ...
But the auto focus in the camera needs a contrast color as a reference point ...
As you know ...the camera ignores the white color as empty space ...and looks for solid base colors to focus against ...
If your bank will allow it ...you can set the check on top of a dark piece of paper ...as this may assist the lens with focus distance.
Or ..if you are allowed to sign your name on the back in black ink ...that would help also ..
And of course ....distance from the image is important too ...
Stay out at least 12 inches or more and zoom manually if needed to capture .
That's my .02 on the camera ....g
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Thanks for your tips!
I actually have signed the check with black ink, but it's on top of the check, which means, when I tried to focus on the check, the camera by default always used the central point to focus. I cannot write anything below the line, which may void the check.
Currently the only effective way that I can take a sharp image was under bright light. That said, a normal 40w ceiling light won't work.
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Thanks for your tips!
I actually have signed the check with black ink, but it's on top of the check, which means, when I tried to focus on the check, the camera by default always used the central point to focus. I cannot write anything below the line, which may void the check.
Currently the only effective way that I can take a sharp image was under bright light. That said, a normal 40w ceiling light won't work.
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Also put the check on a black background and then take the front and back pictures. I had the same trouble until I put the check on my black keyboard and took the pictures and it works the first time.
Now that feature is crashing the app on version 4.2.55 of the BofA app.
I use B of A app to deposit my checks. My app has little corner guides. When u get them lined up around the corners of the check push the button. I dont even look at the focus or anything else. Photo comes out fine and bank accepts it..
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I can say that the Chase App check deposit works just fine
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Sorry if I'm reviving an old thread, but I had the same problem and got it to work at least for me. At first I was trying to line up the check's corners with the guide corners in the app when taking the picture. It kept having a problem until I finally zoomed out a little bit. I guess having the camera that close to the check wasn't allowing it to focus correctly. Hopefully that helps someone else.
sharpe65 said:
Sorry if I'm reviving an old thread, but I had the same problem and got it to work at least for me. At first I was trying to line up the check's corners with the guide corners in the app when taking the picture. It kept having a problem until I finally zoomed out a little bit. I guess having the camera that close to the check wasn't allowing it to focus correctly. Hopefully that helps someone else.
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Actually the root cause is that the camera always wants to focus on the central point. That's why it can focus the front side of the check - there are a lot of contents, but not the back side - it's all white and blank.
BoA seems to accept a pen on top of the check image and I successfully did it multiple times.
Zoom out seems to be an other solution, too.
Thanks!
Hi,
I just bought a new HTC Amaze 4G and on some screens, there's like a 10px rounded margin that is slightly darker.
(Looks like a rectangle with rounded edges)
It's not on every screens/apps but it's annoying. Is this normal ? I can take some pictures if needed.
Thanks !
post a screen shot
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post a screen shot
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Well, I took two screen shots using Power + Home.
I could see the rectangle on the phone s/s.
Uploaded to dropbox and the rectangle is gone. Hmmm. I'll try to post pictures tomorrow with a camera.
Thanks.
Using Android 4.0.3
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It doesn't look hardware related. If I open Firefox and view images of different colors etc., I don't see any rectangle margin shadow.
hello all,
i have an LG G2 and I noticed there are weird horizontal lines showing on my screen as shown in the picture (lines showing across the picture with pants)
does anyone know what this problem is?
Can't recognize any lines, but if you think that there is a problem you should make use of your warranty and get that thing fixed. Can you see the lines in all circumstances, like e.g. playing games, white background, black background etc. ?
Cant see anything... Maybe its a problem of liquid spill lr something... Better to get it fixed with service centers
Does it show up all the time in all the apps?
Its because of the amoled display, 99% of amoled displays have either these kinds of lines, or little black stains, and can be seen with black backround, the lowest brightness, and under a certain angle dont worry
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vivalaflam said:
Its because of the amoled display, 99% of amoled displays have either these kinds of lines, or little black stains, and can be seen with black backround, the lowest brightness, and under a certain angle dont worry
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G2 has a LCD. (http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g2-5543.php)
@op Get it checked at the service center. I would also have a look at another G2 just to make sure.
sandm4n said:
G2 has a LCD. (http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g2-5543.php)
oh really?
how did i miss that. im so sorry, i thought it had the same display as S4
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Nothing
don't see anything wrong
Display question...
From the tiny picture, it appears to be an issue with the poster of that pic, and not your device, unless those lines are moving with sceeen scrolling and can be seen in other images.
Aside from this, it might just be 'that' image, and not a true problem.
Take a pic with your phone's camera and view that image, if you see lines on your image, then you probably have a defective screen, as the capacitive touch screen overlay does not cause these issues on their own, they have no direct connection to the screens, they are overlaid onto the screen, and not a physical part of it.
I see the lines. There's one in the first thumbnail and several in the fourth one.
I have the exact same issue on my phone after having a broken screen replaced. Did you ever solve the issue?
Hey guys, I've never posted here, I mostly just lurk and try to learn things.
My question is a bit difficult to explain but I'll try my best. Do me a favor and take a photo while completely covering the camera lens, then view the photo in the gallery. Make sure youre in a dark room and viewing the photo in full screen, wait a second for the back and task manager buttons to turn off as well.
Is your picture completely black or are the outside edges and corners fuzzy and white almost?
My previous phones are Galaxy S1, 2, 3 and 4 along with the Note 3 (which I miss :/ ) never had a problem like this, I do believe some GS2s had a similar problem with the screen being spotty in black images.
thanks.
redline06 said:
Hey guys, I've never posted here, I mostly just lurk and try to learn things.
My question is a bit difficult to explain but I'll try my best. Do me a favor and take a photo while completely covering the camera lens, then view the photo in the gallery. Make sure youre in a dark room and viewing the photo in full screen, wait a second for the back and task manager buttons to turn off as well.
Is your picture completely black or are the outside edges and corners fuzzy and white almost?
My previous phones are Galaxy S1, 2, 3 and 4 along with the Note 3 (which I miss :/ ) never had a problem like this, I do believe some GS2s had a similar problem with the screen being spotty in black images.
thanks.
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Hello there, I did a test for you on mine, when i was in my room with my lights on but completely covered the lens and mine came out fuzzy. It seems that the s5 camera is very powerful picking up the slightest bit of light !
Then I turned off the lights in my room and did the same test, this time it was pitch black.
Did you try turning all your lights off in your room?
Thanks for your input, my initial test was in a room with the lights off. Looks so bad :/
redline06 said:
Thanks for your input, my initial test was in a room with the lights off. Looks so bad :/
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I noticed that with my camera too. The exact same thing happens to me too when I cover the camera, in both lighted and unlighted rooms. But I'm pretty sure it's normal. When your ISO is on auto, you'll notice that the camera turns up the ISO past what you can manually set it at (800). So since they're bumping up the ISO so high (probably ~1600 in dark areas), there's going to be considerable amounts of noise, even with very low light.
You can see for yourself that if you compare auto ISO and ISO 800 in a dark room, the latter will be much more pitch black like you expect it to be.