Mi 5s Camera Blurry Problem

[lkthomas]

I am using Mi 5s and camera focus seems having some issue, have a look attached photo, left top corner you could see it's blurry while center is completely normal, I need to tap focus couple times to make blurry go away, any idea why?

 

[Crazyxijan]

Have you tried using 3rd party camera app ?

 

[kojoti]

Focus don't have any issues bokeh effect when you focus and make photos of close objects....

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[HALİL MERT SOLAK]

We call that "macro" that means camera app always try to focus closest objects. You must try to hold your phone paralel with your object (i.e keyboard like your photo). Have a nice day!

 

[lkthomas]

Have you tried using 3rd party camera app ?

I did, same problem, I was using open camera to test.

 

[Delux9364]

Hello, another camera problem here: autofocus for distant objects does not work immediately.
It takes about 1 minute starting from when I open camera app, then it works normally. Then I force close camera app, open it again, and notice the same problem: it takes the same time to work again.
Same thing with external camera app, with official, dev, China and global roms.

I also tried manual focus with both external and official camera app.

 

[lkthomas]

whoever having this autofocus issue, after checking out the Chinese MIUI forum, it might cause by misfit of the focus coil and stuck, you could try to tap it a bit harder on camera side, that fix for me.

 

[jcastelj]

Same here. I wait for one minute more or less and everything is OK again :S

 

[lkthomas]

I am wondering if it's really hardware issue or software issue....

 

[jcastelj]

Here the bug report from a user (Remove blank spaces):
en . miui . com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=430283&extra=page%3D6&mobile=2

 

[lkthomas]

Here the bug report from a user (Remove blank spaces):
en . miui . com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=430283&extra=page%3D6&mobile=2

I clicked confirm on the link as well, I kind of doubt that's a hardware issue, camera module is pretty mature and it shouldn't be a quality issue at all.

 

[Aked]

Mi 5s Camera have EIS and work or not on stock camera?

 

[widze]

I have the same problem, very frustating. If someone have a solution I'm interested.

 

[lkthomas]

found something new, instead of tapping it, I wipe my thumb on camera when blurry happen, seems resolved it immediately, anyone mind to try it?

 

[jcastelj]

Some people say that it's fixed in MIUI EU 6.12.22, I have the stable one. They wipe dalvik cache and cache twice, berfore and after flashing the rom.

 

[Schaeferreiner]

With 6.12.22 the results in many low light situations are better and the problem oft the 1st post here seems to be history.

 

[Voyager]

MIUI EU 6.12.22
If i start the camera and the picture is blurry, i turn the phone upside down (display looking to the floor) for a second. If you watch the camera while upside down you will see the lens moving a few micrometers. After turning back i have a sharp picture.

 

[lkthomas]

MIUI EU 6.12.22
If i start the camera and the picture is blurry, i turn the phone upside down (display looking to the floor) for a second. If you watch the camera while upside down you will see the lens moving a few micrometers. After turning back i have a sharp picture.

it's same result as tapping the camera module, the aim is to move camera lens manually, haha

 

[Voyager]

it's same result as tapping the camera module, the aim is to move camera lens manually, haha

Yes, but my lens stays clean...

 

[fmolinatorre]

Hello, same problem here with Xiaomi MI5S.
The camera takes a loooong time to get focused. This is not a macro effect or other effects, this is a faulty component of the hardware, optical failure or similar. Other people are also complaining in MIUI forums (delete spaces): en . miui.com /forum.php? mod = viewthread & tid = 430283 & extra = page%3D6&mobile=2

Tapping the mobile and hitting it to make it focus is really a ****** solution for a mobile phone that cost 330€. Xiaomi should repair this hardware bug instead of being silent about this problem.
After a factory reset, the problem was still there. Tested with MIUI Global 8.0.10.0 Stable.

An example of how my camera works (delete spaces): www. youtube .com / watch? v = FIa6zFb9B4o

 

[fmolinatorre]

We call that "macro" that means camera app always try to focus closest objects. You must try to hold your phone paralel with your object (i.e keyboard like your photo). Have a nice day!

It's not a macro function at all, whatever you want to call, I call it an optical/hardware fault.

 

[JonSnow]

My friend's got the same problem. Any news about that? Is it a hardware issue or could be solved? He's got the last xiaomi.eu ROM on it.

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[tanya7708]

I think its hardware issue, my mi5s doesn't have this problem. when i open the camera, it focuses quickly and very clearly, i dont see any blur on the screen. I have used eu, global, and chinese rom, none of them show camera problem, so i dont think its software issue.

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[LeafMeElectric]

Same issue here, but with not so huge blurry like the photo from Ikthomas. The effect is distance independent - on a landscape photo with a meadow I had blur on the bottom left corner (~20-33% of the image are not sharp). I guess its a lens tilt shift problem. It's a bit misaligned in a ~45° degree to the horizon (when hold in landscape with buttons up). Compared with my Oneplus One there is only a tiny blur at top right (on landscape too)... A larger sensor requires a more accurate optic too.

I can life with that issue, but I'm a bit disappointed. Now I had better, low-noise pictures but in some cases (landscape photos, paper 'copies') my 3 year old Opo beats it.

 

[MarioC88]

Same problem here. I've read on other forums that it's an hardware problem with Liteon camera mounted on Mi5s.