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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvdmartian:
You don't think theres something they fixed under the hood that prevents camera sensors from going bad? Because im thinking that if the sensor is already bad, then i guess the update wont do anything. You think theyll have another update that fixes the camera?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkidz555:
I just think HTC is doing his best mate

Please be patient and wait for the update if can't wait just send in your phone to repair. Info I been changing the sensor for 2 time but in the meanwhile it still persist in couple month
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Media_Blitz:
I think people are upset over the fact that HTC is downplaying this situation, basically ***** slapping us across the face and telling us to wait, even though we each paid hundreds of dollars for this phone.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
I don't think so, there was a computer monitor on the other side of that fire place though. I am getting some edge discoloration in some shots but overall I can deal with that. If it gets like my last phone? No way.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridaycider:
Well I'm going to get a replacement phone from them , as my first one had a perfect camera . But it went in for a repair and came back with marks all over it and a purple camera . Looks like it was repaired with a hammer . Will update on replacement phone and date of camera module .
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ciebiada:
Does it stay that way after shooting a couple of pics? lets say over next couple of minutes?

The thing is that I am able to shoot some nice low light photos with no tint whatsoever but after a minute or two the tint starts to show up, and dominates quickly.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvdmartian:
Same here. Looks like the tint appears as it heats up. Honestly, I can bear with this since if the room is cold, it doesn't appear that quicky, and no problems with bright shots. But if it gets worse over time, thats another story.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkidz555:
some people say heat some people say HDR some people say hardware the most important my friend send for repair or either wait no matter until the thread go till 5000 page it also wont solve anything
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvdmartian:
any word from the sprint users? Those that have bad or good cameras that upgraded, did your cameras get better, worse, the same?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sshih:
Unfortunately, it's the hardware issue confirmed by htc staff so far.

Just updated to 4.3 and I regretted, this issue is getting worse, the purple tint still there.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridaycider:
Returning phone with st vd6898(1.0) 2013-04-19 . Purple and out of focus in low light .

Will see what my replacement comes with .
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niksssss:
Is the ''out of focus in low light (with Flash)'' problem related to the purple tint issue or its unrelated ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BreakingVZW:
Well I can't return my phone. I have the VZW variant and sent it off to Sonic to have him give me S-Off with a Java card. Idk how HTC can manufacture a device, tout the "ultra pixel" ability and then have the camera be completely a$$tastic. It's ridiculous. The fact that they acknowledge it's an issue and DIDN'T remedy it before my variant was shipped is BS. I know HTC is hurting for money and all right now, but this is their flagship device for love of all that is good (so, basically NOT our camera).:mad:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fridaycider:
Well they charged me £160 to change the motherboard as I sent it s-off for repair . Could not revert it back as usb wasn't working . Came back with marks all over it and camera fault . Sent it back for faults and it came back untouched . Demanded replacement and it's going to be replaced .
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BreakingVZW:
HTC needs to admit fault here. Obviously they have bad sensors. I'm basically stuck with it and I'm just going to hope someone here on XDA can make some kernel tweaks to negate the sensor light issue.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koax88:
Is this only affect htc one?what about one mini and butterfly s?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shmi117:
Just got my HTC One back in the mail! Good news is that they fixed my microphone problem. Bad news is that the camera still seems plagued by the purple noise is low light photos. Too bad, it's still a great phone though!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sscoop:
Well ever since someone on this forum suggested I've been stuffing my HTC One in the freezer for brief periods of time. I can definitely conclude it’s temperature related.

The camera works flawlessly until the phone heats up. My guess is that there is some poor insulation between the camera sensor and other parts of the phone which heat up. I’m hoping this might be compensated with some update.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ciebiada:
Also I have realised that the purple glow appears exactly from the bottom side of the sensor, from the direction where all the other components lie, the opposite edge (from the top of the phone) is much better.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imaspaceguy90:
Got a new camera module (unknown date as of yet) and some copper tape. Some more parts on the way and some experimental misc. items for module insulation from heat. Stay tuned.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UgXvibe:
Great! A step-by-step of your disassembly would be awesome too in case some of us need to go this route. :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imaspaceguy90:
You got it! I've had a few of these units apart. A new housing is basically a must anytime you open one of these suckers (runs around $40). The plastic that is inbetween all of the aluminum is VERY delicate. That is why your USB port and sim slot hole normally look wallowed out after a while. Keep you posted
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naset:
I wonder how is htc butterfly s camera perform in low light right now..
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Media_Blitz:
I thought someone said that it also experienced purple tinting
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ac3kill:
I just sent mine in s off with Dev ruu on it and its att phone

They didn't even call me before doing repairs so didn't cost me a penny I'm sorry to hear they did that to you bro

I live in us

Must be a Europe thing

As they didn't care mine was s off
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
Its normal to have little purple or red at extreme low light. Thats normal for sensitive cameras as it absorbs too much light. If its black u will see nothing.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrKudinGTO:
So you're implying that this is normal?

Sent via HTC One™ using Tapatalk 4
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
No thats not little purple :) but

When you open the camera is it black or after awhile it starts getting purple ??
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manups4e:
to me it's black then after 1 sec or 2 it starts to get the purple tint
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
If u took the shot while its black u get it black right?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrKudinGTO:
Nope. More like half of a second (or less) then it's "super" purple like in that photo of mine. Atleast on my One. (everything is auto including ISO)

Sent via HTC One™ using Tapatalk 4
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
First am not a tech. Guy or anything i just know alittle about photography and cameras.

Getting little purple after awhile 2 seconds (at the corners) thats normal. BUT getting immediate purple thats not.

The possible fix for me and lots of people playing with photoediting softwares is ADDING CONTRAST cause Purple areas are areas with no image (no light hits the pixels at that area) so adding contrast fix this in mist mild cases.

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By the way what is the photo posted above? ? I dont think in all cases u get that huge purple.

Try to take a shot for the Moon and sky and let us see
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koenkokes:
Guys, my phone just got back for the 2nd time from repair.

To begin with the bad news:

They damaged my phone on the back, and left some marks on the side bezels or whatever you call it, it doesn't look brand new anymore, which it was.

The good news: They listened to my letter and replaced the camera module with:

ST VD6869 (1.0) cinesensor 2013-08-15. So it's a august one.

I'm afraid to stress test the camera to be honest, so once i get the balls doing that, i will report back with the results.

Just did a 3 minute flat desk test, and it remained pitch black. i know it has to be atleast 10 minutes, but i'm not gonna do that now.

Not happy with the damage on my phone.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ardmanz:
If I put mine face down on a table it starts black then goes completely purple. This has actually helped quite a lot. It's not perfect but is much better. Thanks! :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
And thats what htc did in some ota :) added contrast by default hhhhhh
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuborg68:
Mine has been off in repair on the purple-cam for a week now. Just hoping it wont be sent back with note that an update will fix it. Putting up with an iPhone 4 loaner for two weeks is defenitely not worth that response :).
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrrick:
I live this phone so much. I've even learned to 'deal' with the camera. Instead of risking sending it in and having them damage my beautiful piece of technology.... I think my fix is going to be getting this bad boy as an companion to my one.

http://gizmodo.com/sony-qx100-a-fancy-freaky-lens-camera-that-feeds-off-1245985295

Sure, it's not practical for just everyone. But for what I do and need, it's a dream come true.

*s¡gned
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvdmartian:
After further testing, I noticed mine doesnt actually go purple. There are like reddish grains that appear when its on a table, but when i point at something low-light, the red grains turn into noise. I tested the same low-light while the phone is cool, there is a bit less noise, but not that big of a difference. Bright shots are good though.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bl4ckdr4gon:
The best I could have. ISO 100/200. I think this will do.

ARHD 22.0 and matching FW.

Camera was posted way back lazy to check again. :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvdmartian:
how old is your phone? how about in bright environments how are your pictures?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htcm7:
Hi guys, at last I am free from purple tint problem! I just sold H1 and switched to LG G2.

I just couldn't stand how terrible is HTC service on my country. Ordered camera's part around July 23, and now they said, part still didn't arrive yet, tried again and may be it will arrive on the end of Oct.

After using G2 for a few days, I admit that H1 body and boom sound are no match for G2. H1 feels good in the hand, feels elegant and premium, may be because its material and curve shape. On the other hand, G2, well, you know, it is plastic, although it is better thn S4, still pretty ugly with its shiny and fingerprints magnet.

Boom sound also great but when using headset, that may be a different story. You could check on G2 tech. spec on sound, it is better.

Now, about the camera, may be remembered when HTC said Ultra Pixel, 'catch more light in low condition', I can tell you now that this is only marketing gimmick. The fact is 13M pixel on G2 vs 4M pixel on H1.

I shoot same object and almost same light condition with G2, on low light, good light, or whatever light it is, H1 is smoked by G2. Although it is not a direct comparison since on G2, there is no 4M option when took picture, there are only 1M,8M,10M and 13M options, but the picture on G2 is just better than H1.

The other thing I like on G2 is battery life, it is really great. Using stock rom H1, no root, I got about 4.5 hours screen on and battery level about 10%.

On G2 (stock rom, no root), use it for heavily download activity via WIFI, browsing, WA, check mail, camera test, gps, etc, I got about 6 hours, while battery level around 30%.

G2 has more bloatware than H1 running in background (H1 also a lot, but mostly can be disable without root). I think, there is something odd on Sense 5.

Using CPU ID, power saver on, on H1, cpu 0 always active at 1134 MHZ and every few second, cpu 3 spike from 0 to 1134 MHZ for a few second. On G2, power saver on, most of the time only cpu 0 runs at max 960 MHZ and could be less.

Any way, thanks and good luck for you all since I won't playing around in H1 forum anymore.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Corduroy-21:
In my case after 4.3 it starts as black, gets slowly purple and then it is forced to go to black again.

It feels like the software kicks in and forces the camera to go black.

However I didn't have big problem with purple tint (at least until now), so I don't know what happens in other cases.

Maybe if the purple tint is too much this software fix doesnt do anything? Maybe the guys here have such a sensor problem that the fix cant do anything?

I don't know.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
Good luck with your new phone... Hope u enjoy it.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
Thats the point i was talking about. Sensitive cameras tends to kick off with high iso and aperature to catch as most light as possible. Thou noise appear as purple or mostly red. Put in mind that any other phone will show u pitch black image.

So my opinion is dont wait much time till u catch the purple noise unless u need every little piece of detail.

I will show u an example in the first photo i left the phone gathering light as much as possible to catch the scene. I was barely seeing the sea and the ground under my feet. Also due to the extremely dark enviroment it took awhile for the sensor to focus.

In the second photo just lock and shoot.

Same phone same place same time. Purple and no purple.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InfinitiGuy:
I'm very tempted to do the same. I'm eligible for an upgrade in December and if this purple problem isn't resolved I will make the switch.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slashas69:
I would make a switch only to sony or nexus 5 ;)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
I switched from the S4 to the htc1 and never gonna go back to plastic. I would rather carry iphone5 but no plastic no more.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altimax98:
This..

Do you also notice that the color will flash on the screen weird. Like as if it goes from normal saturation to -3 and then back again?

Its rather annoying
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
So today, I've moved from Nexus 4 to HTC ONE. Very delighted. Seems no purple or red. Main reason I've moved: bad microphone and camera performance in low light. So do hope I won't regret.

Camera sensor: st vd6869(1.0) cinesensor 2013-06-24
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vcdwelt:
Got my replacement today. Same purple Problem and in Addition new device Hand a buggy lock button. Monday i will geht a change device again. If this has same Problem i will think about to get a LG or nexus
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koenkokes:
My replacement module is still working as i hoped it would. Tomorrow morning or evening i'm gonna make some pictures for you guys to judge.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patpatforxda:
Issue is indeed progressive. Like a cancer as what they say. My room is well-lit and yet...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bl4ckdr4gon:
Got my phone last June.

In bright environments they're good as they're supposed to be.

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Good luck. I'm either going for Note 3 or G2 but I'm keeping my One.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koax88:
Confirmed it is heat related..i leave it for 30 sec with camera app opened and the lens abit warm though the body is cold.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrrick:
The only reason heat has anything to do with it is because of improper sensor placement and shielding within the phone. That is why the update has made things worse for those that had absolutely no problem with their camera before the update. I'm almost positive that all htc did with the 'software fix' is try and adjust the default contrast and iso settings to compensate. Which was pretty dumb on their fault for thinking that would work. Pretty disappointing move on htc's fault. No wonder they've lost so much money this year. You just can't run a business like that. Smart phones should be subject to recalls just as vehicles are.. amirite?

*s¡gned
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Media_Blitz:
Hear, hear
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvdmartian:
Is it possible that htc could also be playing around with voltages or something deep? and yep smartphones should be recalled too, especially the flagship ones.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squabbi:
Wow! That's excellent! I had recently updated to 4.3 and I still have the red/purple haze problem.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunkumar:
Great idea:D I was also thinking of buying sony qx10 which is cheaper and also good.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
LG G2 has purple thingy if low light + HDR :p

Taken from a G2 forum
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
I'd rather wait for a Nexus 5. Anyway this technology is not fully developed or optimized. It remains to be seen how long it's gonna take to achieve perfection
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koenkokes:
As promised, some pictures of my fixed module from august.

Outside, I noticed a green dot, was also seen on the viewfinder, but not in real life:

Note: The only light source is seen on the picture, its not a big light.

Low light condition shot while focused on the dark area's: The picture shows more light than i saw with my eyes.

Another one:

And one with flash enabled:

For reference, these pictures were made with my faulty camera:

Kinda big difference if you ask me!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khandelwalsiddharth:
Got my camera module replaced!

Well no problems now !

no tint

Ps;- NOT EVEN A SINGLE SCRATCH!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuborg68:
Congrats! Hope the same happens to my H1 too. Has been away on service for over a week. Good to see that Htc replaces cams and not just point to the software fix.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrrick:
Yeah, the qx10 is the one I meant to post. 500 is a bit much on an accessory for my budget. :)

on another note, my grandfather hasn't upgraded in over 2 years and offered me his upgrade. I'll just give him my current phone as he has no need for the camera, and otherwise it's in perfect working order. Thanks gramps!

Better believe I'll be testing the camera thoroughly before leaving that att store though.

*s¡gned
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raghav2511:
Congrats! Can you throw some light on the process? Thanks!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khandelwalsiddharth:
Yup. Will surely upload the samples.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
Recently posted that my HTC ONE has non-defective camera.

Today, I've tested phone after it got warm, and to my expectation issue appeared.

Those who got replaced camera module, do you have purple/red tint after phone got warm or hot?

Or camera module, not matter what should work under any conditions?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
So I did another test. Took pictures in darkness in hdr mode holding camera up to 30 sec (1 photo)

And took picture after holding up to 1 minutes.

What do you think guys, is camera faulty?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
Added
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koenkokes:
I think those blue corners are the first signs of a faulty camera, it will get worse over time. Just send it in for repair like i did, check previous page for comparison, it is worth it, even after 2 repairs for me.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasujahagirdar:
hello all,

apart from getting purple/pink hue i have another issue with camera ,that the auto flash is not working !!anyone have this??any solutions?im using viperone ?insertcoin latest version roms with latest firmware.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesa84:
I have been monitoring this tread for some time. I had problem when I cover camera sensor after some time I get red and blue pixels...I got problem when covering lens but when taking picture there was no problem. Picture was fine.

I flashed CM 10.2 from this tread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2382691 (latest night build) and camera app from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2453607 (I flashed "Camera_422_on_43_v1-lite" but maybe V2 is even better). The point is that now when I cover lens it stays black forever. So try this camera app and see if the pictures are still redish.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayan15:
Got the BS crappy purple tint.. The worst of it was I'm on vacation/spelunking and took some photos in a cave and notice the purple tint.. Unfortunately trusting my HTC one for the low light job I left my dslr at the hotel.

Anyway, can I demand a free repair? I bought it in Saudi Arabia and I'm here in the philippines.

Any requirements they're asking?

Is it ok my device was s-offed and supercid?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qazsxdcfv:
Anyone knows this can fixed by replacing the system ?( Changing rom , etc. )

Sent from my hTC One S powered Maximus HD by LlabTooFeR™
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
I dont have any purple tinge when shooting photo`s in low light condition's, but i do in quite bright indoor light, i seems to get a purple edge around white/light objects.

John.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
Nope this corners are due longer aprrature opening time with higher iso. I guess this photo got iso2000
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
Well, these are pictures with identical props and have been taken under similar conditions, but results are different. ISO 2000
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashouhdy:
I cant see anything abnormal in your photos. .. this little purple is normal try any other phone u will get lots of noise
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
Well just sometimes camera behaves differently, if I hold focus above 30 seconds. Like this examples.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
No light at all
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
But if less 30 seconds, then ok
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alangrig:
And this is video I've shoot in HDR mode https://db.tt/2scuhSaM
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisyng:
You have repeatibly mentioned that the purple in people's photos are normal, however they are not.

If the phone started off life being able to take photos at it's highest iso without displaying pink or blue, then progressively starts showing oink and blue as the phone ages, this is NOT normal. If the phone can be cooled off in a fridge and take clear low light photos which get worse as the phone heats up, this is NOT normal. The photo the poster you replied to has pink noise in the corners which show a distinctive grid pattern .. this is NOT normal.

You also state that all phoned exhibit this behavior in low light.. keep in mind, HTC marketed the UltraPixel camera to be unlike other phones in low light. To be better, not the same or worse..

I ask with some sarcasim, but is HTC paying you to say these things as damage control?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bkcheah75:
And question here, if we get the camera module replaced with new and good one, will the problem come back again? I have seen some people scare to do stress test on new module of camera not even turn on for three minutes. No point to replace if that is the case.