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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muayyadf1:
no for all three questions. In fact the new sensor has better focus that is faster and takes sharper pictures.

Also frame rate is much better in all conditions.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themachinist:
By new sensor what's the date? What is the latest sensor anyone has anyway?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrFEr:
Not only the sensor but the shielding as well with a couple of things. My H1 is better after the repair than it was out of the box.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
I wonder if there are December units!

Ultrapixel Christmas edition with red tint instead of purple :p
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali812:
Just got my phone back from repairs, tested everything out, works fine so far. Phone came back in the exact same condition that it shipped out in, but they destroyed my screen protector during repairs (has A LOT more air bubbles than it did before), well I guess things could be worse. The sensor seems to be replaced, no tint anymore!

However, when I went to check the cinesensor date, the file shows me "ov ov4688 4M" instead of a date for the censor, anyone know what that means?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoshuXXL:
ov is from Omnvision I think.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vizzy:
Correct , apparently it's more robust and less prone to purple
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali812:
As nice as that is to hear, it also makes everything a bit more green when near a light source such as a lamp or chandelier, really hope with more use the sensor adjusts that. Fix one problem, find another....sigh.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vizzy:
I still have the may 13 sensor as I have not sent it back yet. Just posting what I read. If that's the case though, I'd send it back again!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
Well, in Latvia major mobile operator received new Batch from HTC. All HTC ONEs are produced in November 2013. As I had been waiting for exchange unit HTC ONE, master checked almost all new units before replacing, and guest what? All of them had problems in Full HD HDR mode: purple tint, but pictures always stayed pitch black. All tested new units had Sharp sensors. Conclusion: improper shielding.

In addition, all new models have mediacore mics, seems HTC is running out of old HDR mics. So I'm going to get HTC ONE from April - May 2013 batch to make sure HDR mic is inside and gonna send for repair as soon as purple tint appear.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali812:
I would but the problem isn't worth the hassle, it was just an issue with white balance not calibrating properly, with more use the "green-ness" is getting less and less prominent, also a bit of it was probably in my head as well since my other phone (Nexus 5) has photos of a direct light source come out a bit more yellow than they actually are.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] McGiver93:
Does anyone tried to buy and replace with one of this? http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-htc-one-rear-facing-camera.html
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dassub:
They replaced my sensor quite nicely, no issues with FutureTel at all.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorddavid:
I think, thats the old camera
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] McGiver93:
well but maybe it could work
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vizzy:
You can be the tester then :P
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
There should be a bounty to figure out how to safely disassemble this thing using non-proprietary tools.

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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muayyadf1:
There is real hope here :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49134589
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karish1989:
Guys look at this pic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nk78xmconcd90q8/IMAG1020.jpg

Purple shadow ?? something is wrong with my camera sensor right ??
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
Looks ok to me. Maybe a little bit, try taking a picture under a desk where there is low light. Touch to Focus on the darkest part.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karish1989:
Here another picture:

Do you see green tint on this photo?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1web68g2mz0fwz4/IMAG1030.jpg
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
Yea, that looks pretty bad. Is that the replacement camera?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Karish1989:
uhu this is my 5th HTC One :cyclops:

This one is a december unit with a oktober camera sensor :eek:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
Wow, 6th times a charm? :silly:

I have a July phone, had a March sensor. Sent it in for repair and got a September sensor. Has been working pretty well for about 2 months now.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
Well, exchanged mine HTC ONE 15 times. Still keep exchanging. This time gonna stay with April production batch and gonna repair it, 'cause exchange is worthless waste of time.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
Or just wait for the M8 and hope for the best :)

That's what I'm doing in case this camera goes south.. gonna hand it down to the wife anyways. lol

http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2014/01/more-details-about-htc-m8.html
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
In llabfooter twitters he said that M8 will most probably have the same 4 mp ultrapixel :crying:

Now will it have purple addon is still a rumor.

Btw 3 days without nobody posting here! I wonder how HTC One users can live with this issue.

I know many users who are not even aware of it as they don't take too much photos at night or think it's normal
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
Well, tomorrow gonna get 16th unit ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vizzy:
Wtf? You're crazy.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piimp:
Man, this is so frustrating, exchanged my phone with t-mobile couple times, still same problem. Second replacement phone had really bad purple noise. Decided im done exchanging and send that in for repair and got it back today, now it has a little purple noise but got the big ol pink spot in the middle. Im so annoyed, this has a sensor date 2013-10-20. When i chatted with the htc rep today and told him my problem again he said to send it back and they'll fix it again. Then he tells me that before they send the phone back they do test it to make sure its working, so i ask him what kind of testing are they doing because the problem is there, and there's no way you can miss this purple/pink noise, or maybe they're color blind. Now i wonder if they have any newer sensor date than that, so ill send it again tomorrow and hope for the best.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
For now I've got no other choice. Don't see any other smartphone which could satisfy my demand. In addition, exchange process is very fast: within 1-3 days.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorddavid:
send it for repair,1 week and you get yourphone without any problem
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vizzy:
Oh I agree this phone is the best on the market atm. But that's approx 48 days you have sent your phone in. I'm not sure if I can 've bothered to wait once! Hence why I'm waiting till the last month of my warranty haha
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
I know the feeling,I said adios to my One after 6 months including the 3 last where the purple tint was increasing week after week.

I have an S4 for a couple of weeks and while everything works flawlessly I simply miss the superior premium feeling of the One as well as Sense 5 which is years ahead of TW,xperia or LG's UI.

I have found a guy selling a used One without purple tint and I am very tempted to sell my S4 to get it even if the M8 will be out in 2 months
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
I gave 2 chances to get repaired HTC ONE in HTC service center in Poland. Yeah, they replaced twice Sharp sensor, but still purple tint was visible in Full HD HDR mode. Even they were asked to replace all shielding staff, but never did it, however. As well top speaker was defective, and they still didn't replace it. So repair was not successful. May be I'll give one more trial, but for now it remains to be seen.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiningarmor:
so guys what do u suggest? sharp sensor with new shielding? or ov sensor with new shielding?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
You're gonna get mixed reviews here. My OV sensor is still great after months of use.

I think it's more of a 'who works on you're phone' issue. Meaning, repair competence by repair facility. Not sure if they actually give you a choice on camera. They probably just grab one out of the 'camera bin' and toss it in there. :eek:

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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slashas69:
Mine replacement sharp gives pink on hdr video on low light conditions, overall everything else good.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
Same as mine.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhendrik:
Sent mine to SC and after a month PT is showing again.. Hope this time they fix it for good..

regards,

mRH
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ac3kill:
My omni sensor is going strong after 4 months since repair but it took three tries to get it right . Apparently the tech 3 tier knew what he was doing . All depends on who works on your phone

If it isn't fixed call back and ask to escalate to the next tier . I even called once when I was talking to tier 3 and I got a tier 2 and I asked to be transferred to my repair agent and he said I can help you Lol . I told him no thanks tier 2 caused more problems then I started with and he got affeneded because he wasn't smart enough to help me and I already went over his head haha .

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHO FIXES YOUR PHONE AND IF THE DO IT CORRECTLY SHIELDING AND ALL
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorddavid:
Your sensor wasnt a Sharp? Mine is sharp and I fear that gets damage :(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
Nope, I don't know if it's shielding they added or I just got a good one. Definitely not Sharp.

As long as it lasts until the M8 comes out. :thumbup:

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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SFXaero:
Red/blue/purple noise in low light photos

I'm willing to buy an HTC ONE and I heard that there is a camera problem.As I gone through this thread,now i know that is problem with camera sensor manufacture date.how do we know the manufacture date of the camera sensor??please let me know the thing:(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
Get a file explorer like ES file explorer.

Navigate to Device> sys>android_camera> sensor.

Open sensor file as text.

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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorddavid:
Mine is sharp from october, and the firs repair get damage, the sencod one i am taking care a lot because i fear. but now i have another big problem :( (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2602726 if someone want to help me, I edit the first post to say more clear the problem)

My camera in low ligh is great :) but I fear to stress it a lot becaue the ohter day i see a seconds a blue noise :/ But, my friends like a lot how i take pictures in low light without flash :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slashas69:
I have the same problem as yours with charging, not often but it sometimes goes crazy in circles charging not charging until I unplug charger... Mostly faced it with not htc cables... Native one charger and cable seems work fine...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorddavid:
Yeah, thats happen with bad cables, but my problem, is that happen without any cable connected, right after I disconnect the charger and is more than 90%, stops after drain a little, about 3% :/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beeklaan:
Just got a brand new htc One back after twelve days! Only my camera was the problem.

Edit: Jezus. This camera doesn't even focus and got purple drops on the screen....It's going back again. Was a refurbished one though scratch free :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanogrid:
Got mine today. On the service sheet it says the new sensor is Liteon, but in the sensor file it's ov (no date). Anyway, no more purple tint. Also, no damage to the phone in the repairing process :laugh: Just one thing I noticed - looks like HTC Zoe doesn't utilize the "Ultrapixel" thing anymore. When I switch to Zoe in low light, the camera gets dark as sh*t :D In all the other modes everything is ok, even brighter than it actually is. In normal light Zoe is fine too. Anyone else with this issue?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orginator:
My sensor was also affected by the heat issues. The warmer my smartphone got, the more purple the low pictures were. So basically would I cover the camera while the phone was warm, I'd see a purple screen and also a kind of a grid. So I finally decided to have it replaced, and thankfully such a replacement process goes smooth and easy here in Germany. As long as you've got a contract, you get instantly a new device, a hand to hand exchange.

The new device has a "st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-04-10", so far it seems to work flawlessly, no purple whatsoever. Is this sensor and build date known to be good or bad? Also I believe the issues aren't directly related to the type of the sensor, but to its heat shielding ? So if properly shielded, all the sensors would work just fine?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HashimGondal:
i got st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2000-05-08

any idea why it says 2000 instead of 2013? :confused:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vizzy:
You have a sensor from a Nokia 8210.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiningarmor:
from the looks of it, majority of people from malaysia/singapore gets the ov sensor after they sent in for repair here

i asked the sc whether the new camera is confirmed to fix the tint issue and she told me yes it's confirmed. fingers crossed!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bamidrol:
Hey guys,

I've bee following this thread for a while and decided to send my phone for repair. Got it back today and everything is fixed.

No more pink/purple tint. It's perfect now. They put it back to S-ON. Even though mine was S-OFF. HTC is very aware of this issue so every phone that has been sent to a legitimate repair service will be fixed correctly. My advice: send it. It's worth the wait.

Only thing left for me is rooting it again and checking what sensor they gave me. I'll let you guys know so you can tell the repair service to replace it with my type.

Cheers
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slashas69:
You don't need to root to get sensor info ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bamidrol:
ahh you are right. Thanks.

My sensorinfo:

st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-10-23

This one is tested and confirmed to work.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaRcIuPT:
sent mine today for repair, Had s-off and unlocked boot via htc dev. but I put it back to stock. hope they don't notice it and do a good job assembling it. sensor was vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-05-29
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FC1032:
Just got my phone back from repairs (fonebiz, Sydney). I was pleasantly surprised that the service rep essentially DID NOT question me when I said that the camera was purple, also they didn't make a fuss about some small nicks on the phone.

However, I had a cinesensor 2013-04-19 before, now a 2013-05-06... and the problem is still here. I feel kind of reluctant in trying again, since I most likely will get an old sensor again... What should I do?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lorddavid:
Ask them to use a sensor from october or later, or omnivision. also ask them to replace the shielding (this is mos important). I only ask the sensor the first time and get damage again, th esecond is still here, but i fear, so, to be sure, ask to replace the shielding.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FC1032:
The problem I have is that I've asked them about what sensors they'd use. But this center doesn't do repairs, they swap our phone saying that the one is too difficult to fix
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MajestyZ:
Well, perhaps you'll get a new one right away, that's a way better solution in my opinion.

I got mine sent to repair as well, got it back few weeks ago.

It's fully repaired (motherboard has been switched for a new one + camera module). My previous sensor was an April sensor. The one I have right now is 0000-00-00. I've seen it a few times in this thread, but I still don't know whether this is a good or a bad thing haha. Anyways, it's making stunning pictures again (without any purple or blue tints).
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SFXaero:
Camera Manufactuer date and Camera sensor manufacture date.

Thanks a lot for the answer.As i want to buy a brand new phone,they wont let me to install a file explorer application as it is a brand new phone.

So please let me know,how can i find the manufacture date of the camera sensor just by knowing the serial number of the phone and IMEI number??

If I buy a 2013 December made phone or 2014 January made phone,will these newly made phone have faulty camera sensors and shielding s? :(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ardmanz:
My phone was replaced and my camera has no tint or anything.

st vd6869(1.0) 0000-00-00
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vizzy:
It won't straight away. Report back agterva month or two
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceonetwothree:
Hey did you actually go to the Fonebiz store or through a retailer who sent it to them?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FC1032:
I took the phone to the Fonebiz store (Villawood, Sydney). They then sent it back to me via courier.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceonetwothree:
Hmm, that doesn't sound very promising considering I will be getting my phone back next week. That's quite unacceptable actually
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FC1032:
I gave up on fixing the phone :( if their "newer batch" was only a month or two newer than mine, I don't think trying again would yield anything newer. The new phone actually seems to be worse than my previous one, the old one would start off black then gradually get tinted. This one starts off tinted.

In a rather drastic turn of events, I sold my one today and ordered a nexus 5.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceonetwothree:
You should have tried contacting HTC to see what they can do.. or rather check the ACCC site and see if you are entitled to a full refund considering the product is not doing what it is advertised to do
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FC1032:
I was told to go fonebiz by HTC :( I do think an ACCC claim of some sort could go somewhere, especially how this was advertised be good for lowlight.

But since the phone was completely replaced, I sold it for a decent price. Considering the resale value of these aren't too bad, I managed to break even for a nexus 5.

Had fonebiz actually worked like other places where they take the phone apart and actually have a list of replaced items, I might have held onto it.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceonetwothree:
Thanks for letting me know. I will be sure to test my phone camera once I get it back next week, which is quite simple.. just placing the phone on the table face down and if the red tint appears well I will be wanting a refund of some sort.

I really do hope they take the phone a part and replace the camera.. as I do not want a refurbished one
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FC1032:
No worries, good luck :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LibertyMarine:
Did they only replace your camera or did they replace your whole phone?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
First whole phone, then motherboard, then camera, then motherboard, then vibrator, then vibrator again, then motherboard, then whole phone, then LCD, then back panel. Safe to say, this is the most problenatic phone I've ever used..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muayyadf1:
Untrained technicians or pure bad luck!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
A lot of both... I still have uneven stereo audio, but I'm not giving my phone in to them again..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LibertyMarine:
Was it rooted every time?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n1234d:
Every single time. I heck, I rooted the standby phone they gave me once too :D . Other times, they never gave me a standby :/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SFXaero:
Camera Problem

Please let me know,how can i find the manufacture date of the camera sensor just by knowing the serial number of the phone and IMEI number??

If I buy a 2013 December made phone or 2014 January made phone,will these newly made phone have faulty camera sensors and shielding s? :(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiningarmor:
just use the file explorer method
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danakers:
The HTC One appealed so much that I fell into the early-adopter trap and got one as soon as it came out.

I treated myself to my dream holiday to New York last September, but had to buy a separate compact camera when I arrived, as I found the HTC One camera didn't live up to the hype... in fact, I was massively disappointed.

Daytime shots were generally ok albeit more pixellated than I'd hoped, but night-time shots: everything bathed in purple. Even a picture of my dark blue jeans, with the lens pressed right up against them, gave me a light purple / dark pink image; there was also a very visible grid on all dimly-lit pictures.

With so many reports of the 'purple picture feature', I called Vodafone customer service, who acknowledged this is a known hardware fault, and that I should go in-store for a replacement. (Apparently they shouldn't have offered an in-store replacement, but as they'd said so in writing via a web chat, they had to stick to their promise... moral of the story: always use web-chat!)

Very happy I got a replacement handset, but in the interests of openness, perhaps the various carriers and/or HTC should have owned up to the fault by issuing a product recall as I'm sure there are still many thousands of faulty handsets out there in the wild, that people are simply putting up with, believing the camera to be simply sub-standard. After this experience, these people (99% of which who won't visit forums such as this) will probably

not

choose HTC for their next handset; perhaps they would, had HTC owned up and offered a fix or replacement.

Now I have a later version of the HTC One (and in black this time, which looks even sexier), it's like having a completely different phone. The screen is better, the speakers louder, the notification LED brighter and the vibration motor less intense (no longer makes me embarrassingly jump out of my skin when it goes off in the office!).

As for the camera: wow. Dark shots are almost totally noise-free; even daytime shots look crisper, more detailed. The revised camera sensor is massively improved; I'd go so far as to say it's like having a totally different camera.

The styling of the handset is also more refined, it seems: the volume buttons are straight, gap-free and totally flat (unlike my original); when you run your finger over it, the power button seems more flush with the housing.

Finally, the thickness: probably me being crazy, but has anyone else who's swapped from an early to a later model found it a little slimmer? I've certainly noticed the curved back is smoother: on the early device, there was a definite 'step' you could feel before the back flattened out, where as the new one is a perfect curve.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SFXaero:
As i want to buy a brand new phone,they wont let me to install a file explorer application as it is a brand new phone.So how can i know the camera sensor manufacture date just by knowing the serial number of the phone and IMEI number???:(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoshuXXL:
You can't find when the camera module is build from the serial number or IMEI.