topic Re: Z2 camera issue in XPERIA archive

Z2 camera issue

manush — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 08:56:28 GMT

Hello,

I am using xperia z2 since a month and from few days camera app is not working properly...When i try to open the app it s not opening as fast as before.it lags for a while and opens. Not only that , in manual shoot mode when i switch from camera to video screen gets zoom and lacks clarity..Whats the problem exactly???..I tried to reset but no use,still phone behaves like that..:(

Re: Z2 camera issue

_alexdon_ — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 09:34:43 GMT

Perform a software repair using PC companion:

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/

Re: Z2 camera issue

manush — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:19:41 GMT

Sry for late:)
I have done the same thing twice but no use..
And I am not able to hide pictures with any third party applications....once I hide they are hiding and again appearing once I open the albums app:(

Re: Z2 camera issue

_alexdon_ — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:58:21 GMT

Third party apps cannot write to other directories than their own and cannot write on SD,so you won't be able to hide like that.

Re: Z2 camera issue

hedrox87 — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:14:20 GMT

That's what I thought to be an application error, used keepsafe on ewery device with JB, now app errors and black useless copies make sense. Kinda forgot that now i'm running kitkat. That setting is a real pain in t** ***. What was a point to lock down all SD functionality when you have just 5GB available on system disk, and making it work with 128GB SD cards that can only store photos and music?

Re: Z2 camera issue

SanRavRC — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:54:11 GMT

Try booting into Safe mode and see!!!
Get the power menu, tap and hold power off button, and tap OK to boot into the safe mode! If this works normally there's nothing wrong with your phone or the camera! (it should be some other 3rd party app)

Just switch off and switch on again normally to boot to the normal mode!

Usually if you zoom in video mode it's not clear as in still photo mode! That's normal!!

And this is mat be due to a low class SD card used in the phone!! Try shooting photos and videos to internal storage before you boot into the safe mode! And try that in safe mode too!

Re: Z2 camera issue

SanRavRC — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:55:08 GMT

*** mat => may

Re: Z2 camera issue

manush — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 06:02:40 GMT

Safe mode didn't work!.... Even here camera behaves like that.... Opening with a small lag.... And when I transfer from capture mode to video shoot mode screen punches in( I mean get zoom) automatically and lacks clarity 😞

Re: Z2 camera issue

SanRavRC — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:38:43 GMT

Then clear Camera app data and cache!! Then the problem should be solved unless there's any hardware issue (This shouldn't be a hardware issue)

And that getting zoomed thingy is due to Digital Image Stabilizing (SteadyShot), its not something wrong with your phone or camera!!
That happens because the real image get cropped to make the stability!! Try switching off SteadyShot in options! You'll see that it'll come back on to the real, uncropped image!!
It doesn't make the video to be with a siginificant loss in clarity! You should notice this when playing the recorded video!!