Green spot in camera pictures. Genius appointment already set up. Appt cancld

[ndpitch]

Just came across this and thought "hmm, never noticed it on my phone..."

I browsed through some pictures I had taken at the beach and other locations...no green spots. Weird.

So I thought I'd give it a shot here at my desk at work on a white piece of paper. Huge green circle, dead center of the image. Awesome.

 

[JayDH]

Don't take pictures that way.

Steve


All kidding aside, I have the same problem with indoor photos. Huge. Green. Blob. I'll test it outside later.

 

[WeylandYutani]

What do ya think ??

Do I have a similar problem?

 

[gloss]

What do ya think ??

Do I have a similar problem?

Yeah. Right around the edges of the frame.

 

[iphoneguy123]

Ugh. I have it too . Apple has failed miserably with iphone4.

 

[WeylandYutani]

Yeah. Right around the edges of the frame.

Same scene but taken with a Canon 450D DSLR.

 

[raj9103]

it only happens for me in areas with fluorescent lighting. completely disappears in other light. hope that helps!

 

[T4R06]

WTF! same results!

EDIT: ok here is the green spot and my daughter's book

 

[psywzrd]

I have this problem as well and it's very bad. Will have to try some outdoor pics but indoors at work the green spot is huge and extremely noticeable

 

[nohite]

I have the same issue. both front and back cameras. I believe it only happens under CFL, and don't worry this can be fixed with a software update. it's a digital image you can apply a filter to fix it.

 

[WeylandYutani]

I have the same issue. both front and back cameras. I believe it only happens under CFL, and don't worry this can be fixed with a software update. it's a digital image you can apply a filter to fix it.

Yes, but the type of green spots or edges are all different.

Some times it is red spot, green spot or green edges.

 

[nohite]

just went outside and took a picture of a white paper. no problem. so it is definitely the CFL. The camera is accurately capturing the photons for the picture but it needs better auto-white balance algorithms to correct it for the bad lighting conditions. doe anybody know if iphone 3gs or 3g does the same ting? I sold mine last week.

I believe it's not a hardware issue.

 

[Toppa G's]

I have the same thing - all outdoor pictures I took were OK, as well as indoor locations with incandescent or natural lighting. It looks like any fluorescent lighting (including non-CFL bulbs) will create the green spot.

 

[Dash2439]

My phone does the same thing. HOWEVER my friend's phone does not........might be a hardware thing.....

 

[breezie]

Can someone who had their phone's replaced because of this take a duplicate picture on the same paper in the same lighting to see what the difference is?

 

[Nykwil]

this is a common thing among fluorescent lighting and cellphone cameras. The nexus one and similar android devices suffer from the same problems

 

[jav6454]

Already tried to power cycle it

Greeeeeeeeeeeat




edit: I'm going to cancel the appointment and wait to see what happens with hardware and software. Why change it for another green spot .....

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It was thanks to this post that I fixed my signal issues. Thanks man. No, I did not fix my green blob. Apparently, many iPhone 4 suffer from this also, including the Genius' own iPhone 4.

 

[danpass]

It was thanks to this post that I fixed my signal issues. Thanks man. No, I did not fix my green blob. Apparently, many iPhone 4 suffer from this also, including the Genius' own iPhone 4.

I saw the epic thread

 

[themadrussian]

Hey, look. Other phones have this problem too.

http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000...n-spot-in-camera-and-photo-shot/#entry1184965

It's a combination of the lighting and deficiencies in the camera software.

 

[felixthekat]

I believe the green color is inherent in all phones due to the lighting issues. But from what I've seen, there are varying degrees of the green color.

My phone had the green much worse than the ones in the apple store. Even the genius bar guy said that was way more green than normal, and with that, he gave me a replacement iphone, which still has a slight green hue in CFL, but no where as bad as my other one.

 

[pbateman]

Mine is doing this as well, and not just in fluorescent light(second pic), pictures under incandescent light get the green blob too and just look off compared to my 3g pics(first pic)
I think this might be the last straw for me since I have been dealing with the signal issue as well. If i decide to return it i dont need an appointment right? There dont seem to be any available till next week

 

[Andru1313]

Have a genius appt today. See how it pans out. I am having other issues as well. Here is the pic my dot is bad

 

[gloss]

I'm not sure this is something that a replacement phone can fix, but have fun with that.

 

[BadMoon]

Just noticed how bad mine is too. This whole thing from ordering, to signal, to camera, to AT&T initially charging me for 2 phones. I'm calling them now (AGAIN!). Called them on Saturday and they said they would call me in a couple days. No return call. I REALLY hope they can fix this stuff. I paid Verizon to leave my contract early. I love my iMac and have no doubt that this phone will be amazing when I can get a fully functioning one.

 

[randy98mtu]

Genius took one look and ordered me a new phone for the green blob. Now I'm wondering if I should just keep this one. The problems I'm having seem purely software and I don't want to end up wig something worse.