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[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Rauttis:
That's expected, you will see this happen more with the setting off than with on. The name of the setting is misleading.

With the setting off, the phone will ALWAYS switch lens on certain zoom thresholds (1x,3x,5x).

With the setting on, the phone decides whether to switch the lens or not based on many more factors, zoom is only one of them. For example, the main 200mpx lens performs better in low light than the telephoto lenses, so with certain lighting the phone might decide to just crop from the 200mpx lens instead of using the telephoto lenses, even when you select 3x or 5x zoom.

They should really rename the setting to be "optimize lens switching" or something along those lines. Translations in these good lock settings tend to be all over the place, since they probably don't go through the same level of QA as the built in UI. Maybe they make more sense in Korean.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] ionutdicu:
I cannot replicate this in my unit. But I cannot help thinking watching those videos that there might be different settings in those 2 units; the "faulty" one looks like it tries to extra focus on special area....
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Rapier:
You tried with the "auto lens switching" OFF in Camera Assistant?
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] tvBilly:
Happens on mine with auto lens switching OFF (or on).

Wonder what USA customers can do.

Any suggestions? Calling Samsung support is almost always useless (My experience with Samsung support over the years has ALWAYS been a disaster. "Samsung Support" is like "Jumbo Shrimp".
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] losonn:
My S24 Ultra also has this hardware "camera shift" issue - video linked to below. Can't imagine this could be fixed by software. Will need to request a replacement unit. At least a half dozen tech outlets picked up this story today so hopefully Samsung will have an official response soon.

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[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Circlel05:
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2024/02/galaxy-s24-ultra

I noticed mine is doing this also
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] bryanhayn:
Mine does this when zooming on close objects or if it's not well lit. Well lit or far away then it's nice and smooth with no shift. Doesn't bother me.

You can simulate this with your eyes. Focus on something close with one eye closed, then swap eyes. There's a noticeable shift. Focus on something far then swap eyes. Less noticeable shift.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
If one unit does and the other unit doesn't at the same place pointing towards the same subject with default cam settings then it can be considered as a real issue..
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] p.dixon0:
Come on guys, this isn't an issue - one of the lenses is physically located under the flash so horizontally shifted from the others when in portrait so you'll obviously see a horizontal shift when the phone switches between lenses - S22U and S23U did this as well - total non-issue and panic-mongering yet again.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] exocetdj:
I'm in two minds about this. It's very strange but yet I wouldn't have considered this an issue till I saw some panicked dude ranting on x about it.

I'll call skymobile and see what the returns process is but if I'm having to go without a device for a few days, sod it, I'll stick with my current unit. The camera still works perfectly for me otherwise and I'll let my experience dictate my choice and not some mass panic coupled with demands everyone send back their devices 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Spere:
I can't think a way this wouldn't happen. How would it be possible to make this not happen when lenses are physically in different locations on the back of the phone?

If centre of image is in the centre of lens and switching lens changes the middle of the image, the whole thing must move, mustn't it?

Without manipulating the image (cropping it correctly) this will happen no matter what. Or then I'm just dumb.

Edit: Added gif
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Rauttis:
Yes, the only way to "fix" this issue would be to crop the picture of the telephoto lenses in a way that the framing is identical to the main sensor. This would mean you'll never get to use the full sensor of the telephoto lenses, which sounds much worse than what we have now.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Spere:
Exactly
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] losonn:
The iPhone 15 Pros don't have this zoom smoothness/ camera shift issue. Older Samsung S phones may have. That said the S24 Ultra was specifically marketed and highlighted by reviewers as having improved zoom smoothness to make it more competitive with the iPhone 15 Pro (and other android flagships).

The problem is that some S24 Ultra units have this improved zoom smoothness and other units do not. Whether the defect is tolerable is open to debate, but there is a real hardware issue preventing some *but not all* S24 Ultra units from offering the expected improvement in zoom smoothness.

The simplest way to think about this situation is that improved zoom smoothness is an S24 series feature that is broken on a significant number of S24 series phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Spere:
And you are 100% certain these are compared at exactly same situation. And in both cases the lens IS switched while zooming and the zooming wasn't achieved digitally using same lense, in which case the "problem" is avoided?
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Rauttis:
Why this happens has been explained multiple times in this thread now, there's no difference between the units, it's just software deciding when to switch lenses and when to just crop from the main sensor. You can even test this by yourself by putting your finger over the telephotos while zooming.

Also I wouldn't know what marketing material you are referencing, but for the most part I've seen reviewers noting that the color grading between the lenses has improved, that has nothing to do with zoom. The biggest issue with these multi lens camera systems often was that the white balance was significantly different between the lenses, on the S24U it's the closest I've seen in a phone so far.

People that feel like this lens switching is unacceptable on a phone should just return it and get a phone with a camera cluster that places the lenses closer together, like an iPhone for example. Getting an another S24U wont change a thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] losonn:
Yes. Lens auto switching disabled in camera assistant. Tests done in good lighting.

In the affected unit switching between the .5x, 1x & 5x is all smooth. Switching to the 3x lens from any other lens or zooming through the 2.9-3x or 4.9-5x range creates issues though.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Rapier:
I would rather ask (myself) another question. Why is this relevant at all in the first place? It is an "image shifting" while I am in the viewfinder and just switch between the different zoom levels. OK, so what? Why do I care as I don't actually do anything else except switching between zoom level/lenses. That is not the point of the camera, I didn't bought the phone to just go to camera app and play with the zoom/lenses to see how smooth it is while doing nothing.

What I do tho, is to change zoom and then take a photo and THIS is what matters for me. Don't care about the animation while I reach that zoom level, but I care about the result of the photo taken afterwards. And from what I have tested so far, pictures are taken well, in both normal and portrait modes.

Just sayin...
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] exocetdj:
l

My experience so far and exact opinion!
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] tvBilly:
I imagine the relevance would be zooming when shooting video. I can't see it having an impact when shooting stills.

That said, I can never remember zooming while I was shooting video...
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] NavySpark:
I have the issue. Only to/from 3x does it shift. Doesn't really bug me at all but its there.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] prit444:
Yes, bcoz from 3x to 5x it's changing lenses. Its not any hardware issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] NavySpark:
That makes sense. I guess to solve this "issue" they just adjust software to ensure the object stays in the same spot.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Spere:
Solving this "issue" with software would mean you lose some of the photo because of cropping, no reason to do that. It's explained in this thread why this happens. I don't get how this is a problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] NavySpark:
This is not necessarily true. Let's say you start at 1x with the item you want photographed in the middle. Zooming into 3x offsets you from that object and forced you to move the camera over, to recenter the object.

If it was realigned vis software there ould be no reason to recenter. By no means do I know if this is easy too do but just looking good at a solution to the concerns some have for the shift.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] pjaysnowden:
It is 100% a software issue.

I bought an S24 Ultra, my wife bought an S24plus.

Both have this parallax effect when shifting between lenses.

Both our phones are on the same firmware and both phones have the same camera version.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] kamson:
Looks like iPhones have same "issue" :)
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] exocetdj:
Whether or not, "patient zero" had a truely faulty device remains to be seen, Samsung India seemed to agree it was in his case.

One article put it well, I can't find the link though, if you can take clear pictures at 5x zoom etc then there's nothing terminally wrong and any jarring should get sorted with updates.

The way the android press plays on the anxiety of new device owners with sensationalist articles is pretty awful 😖
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] kamson:
I saw explanation about the famous DOA - since this was super fresh device and customer was doing a lot of noise, Samsung did DOA to have clear and peaceful situation.

Moreover, those 2 videos show different camera assistant settings:

a) automatic lense switching disabled - camera app will always switch between lenses while zooming

b) automatic lense switching enabled - depending on distance to subject and lighting conditions camera either will switch lenses or do digital zoom.

I did multiple tests on my device and indeed when there is less light and subject is close, 3x zoom will be done digitally on 1x lense and 5x zoom digitaly on 3x lense. I figured it out when I covered 3x lense with my finger :)

I don't like conspiracy theories but there are so many news about iPhone 15pro selling much below expectations and I wondr how expensive it would be to start spreading some bs about shiny new s24 :)

More info from Samsung forum moderator:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1755932202460758472
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] exocetdj:
Tbh it struck me right away when I saw this on my device that it was everything to do with lense positioning (I did basic zoom tests on a p6p and vanilla s23 - all had the shift ). And it's very much not a conspiracy theory. The apple world is a murky puddle of filth when sales are down 😂😂😂😂😂😂
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] KosInUK:
Software related issue

When I use Expert Raw to make photos

There is no shifting
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Spere:
Fake news. Nothing to do with software. Check again and be sure lens is switched when zooming
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] KosInUK:
so is there an issue with the phone then ???
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] KosInUK:
will it be fixed with next update ?
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] Spere:
No. The shifting is not issue, it's a feature.

Are you trolling? Read the thread, there is nothing to fix.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] losonn:
So I tested the camera image shift issue on the S23 Ultra and there is some shift, but the transition is much smoother. I also tested an iPhone 15 Pro Max and there is no image shift issue when zooming or switching between lenses. With the S24 Ultra being reviewed as having significantly improved zoom / lens switching smoothness over the S23 Ultra I expected it to split the difference between the two. Essentially I wasn't expecting the S24 Ultra zoom / lens switching experience to be competitive with the iPhone, but I was expecting it be superior to the S23 Ultra so my S24 Ultra unit having worse zoom smoothness than the S23 Ultra I have access to led to believe the reports that there was indeed a camera hardware issue affecting a significant number of units.

When comparing the S23 Ultra / iPhone 15 Pro Max / S24 Ultra cameras all tests were done in good light with enough distance to test subject to ensure that the camera systems wouldn't be avoiding switching to the lenses with longer minimum focus distances. I've seen a number of S24 Ultra "smooth" zoom tests shared to prove that the camera image shift issues don't exist where the subject is so close that only digital zoom of the main camera sensor is being used and the 3x or 5x lenses are never actually being swapped to.

I still believe there's a hardware issue here affecting the zoom / lens switching on some S24 Ultra units.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] exocetdj:
hopefully this will reassure our more neurotic peers :)

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[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] $or$:
The iPhone camera app, especially on video mode, only uses crop picture from the main sensor when you change the zoom so, you would never notice this change and feel it's very smooth. Pro mode of samsung camera app does the same, but in other modes, you switch to another camera most of the time, and you would notice this shift. They may be able to smooth the transition animation a bit but could not solve it completely it's impossible because of different position of lenses. If you cover your eyes and look at near objects, you would see the same difference in position of the object.
[Google Pixel 7] chandra777:
Hello all,

I own Pixel7 phone. Its screen is dead, and screen replacement is impossible (as 3-4 pins at the center of display-flex cable pins on the motherboard are bent in the process of screen replacement). The software and hardware are still functioning, I hear the vibrations when press power button and talkback feature. I would like to recover photos and videos and factory reset the phone. How do I do that? Few things I tried. (1) Pixel7 doesn't have HDMI pin out of Type-C, so I couldn't use the display adapter to see the screen on monitor and unlock using mouse. (2) Android debugging is not enabled, so that option is also not available. I just have it with pattern lock and not a security pin, and I heard somewhere people use talkback feature to unlock the phone, but I have no success due to pattern lock instead of pin lock. Please help me if there is any solution.

Thanks

Chandra
[Google Pixel 7] simplepinoi177:
I've never used this, so i don't know if you have to unlock the phone 1st to use it or what it takes to set it up if you can't get into the OS, but you might want to look into scrcpy -- I've seen some references to it and told myself if i ever can't see the screen, this is what i might consider...

GitHub - Genymobile/scrcpy: Display and control your Android device

Display and control your Android device. Contribute to Genymobile/scrcpy development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

edit: nevermind. i just re read the op and now see that "Android Debugging" (which i can only assume is meant as USB Debugging) isn't enabled; which is a requirement
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
Can any Mod Change the topic of this one to "[Tut]First step to Canadian ROM, Rogers/Fido Display on your Fuze"
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Da_G:
Click edit on the first post, then click advanced edit, you can change the topic from there :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
Thank you... Now, I'll leave the Rom Cooking to the real Chef... I'm going to bed :p

so happy now
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] talonrob:
Hi pandaboyy,

Thanks for doing all the hard work. I am in Toronto and use Rogers and ever since I got my Tilt2 earlier this year I have been missing the name display. I just got my Fuze from the states today and installed NATF v3.2 rom. I look forward to having name display working again.

Just one question: any way to put this in a cab or build it into NAFT roms?

Thanks again.

Rob.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
Hey Rob,

I was about going to TO today to celebrate New Year Eve, but since I didn't sleep I got lazy out and drop the plan (true story). I don't think a cab would do the job. Da_G did explain it, but trust me, I still don't understand why

And since I'm far from a chef, I really don't know how to cook a cab :p sorry.

However, try the cooking process that I mentioned in the first post. It's as easy as 1-2-3 and it's fun to start understand a little bit how your device work. Once you open the "de3f3189-9f71-4162-9f26-39393dcc8c94.rgu" file, you'll see that's the whole reg setting of your device. This may helps in the future, because you can actually customize your ROM so that whenever you re-flash it, your reg is already added.

Just try the Kitchen_Raphael (it's small and very easy). It'll take you about 15min to do the whole thing... with NAFT's permission, I'll try to release v3.2 with Rogers display. However, here is a good news for you; NATF is trying to release the first Canadian ROM :p very soon
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
Help me to Help you

I was trying change the entry in de3f3189-9f71-4162-9f26-39393dcc8c94.rgu file instead of replacing it to keep all the Tweaks that NATF has done. However, I come up with this error when I tried to build the ROM

"Error building default.hv and user.hv! (see "BuildOS-log.TXT")

I take a look at the file again, and I don't see any important different except for the file properties (ignore the size). Look at the image. The working file is hidden and the hidden option is disable. The non-working file is hidden, but not disable

how do I change make the file hidden and disable the option? I know that DOS can do it, but I just don't know the command.

EDIT---------------------- Solved the problem, but still want to know how to disable Hidden option-----------------------

Ok, I've read several post around the forum, and quite honestly, it didn't help much.

so I did a trial and error... If you want to edit your the de3f3189-9f71-4162-9f26-39393dcc8c94.rgu instead of replacing it, Don't overwrite the file.

1- After you finish to edit save it with another name eg: de3f3189-9f71-4162-9f26-39393dcc8c94_test.rgu.

2- Delete the original file (or move it somewhere else to be sure)

3- Rename your test file to the original name: de3f3189-9f71-4162-9f26-39393dcc8c94.rgu

4- Right click on the file, Properties then make it Hidden

(You may find this funny, but this is my amateur way) :p
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
You mean

attrib +s +h +a filename.ext

then leave 1 empty line on the last line... do I have to add 1 space as well?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Da_G:
Just has to end with a blank line, rather than ending with a registry entry :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
Cool, thanks
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
Ok, I have successfully change the rgu file. It's one of these Lines, but I don't know which yet and I have no energy today to test 1 by 1 again... so if you can test it for me it would be great

Here are the lines that I've changed to make Call display work

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL] ; for HTCmaskW1
"HTCmaskW1"=dword:1871
"HTCmaskW1BitMask"=dword:FFFFFF

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL] ;for A5/2, A5/3
"En52"=dword:1 ; A5/2
"En53"=dword:1 ; A5/3

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL] ;for remove RX Diversity
"RMRXDiv"=dword:0 ; Enable

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\RIL]
"DisH"=dword:2

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]
"DisableAutoPickupAtSilentMode"=dword:1 ;disable by default

add ---> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RIL\APIInfo\69]
"Timeout"=dword:7918 ; 31 sec.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RIL\APIInfo\82]
"Timeout"=dword:1D4C0 ; 120 sec.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RIL\APIInfo\81]
"Timeout"=dword:1D4C0 ; 120 sec.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Cellular\RIL\RemoteCalltype]
"CalltypeDLL"=" PTTCalltypeCallback.dll" ; DLL containing the callback routine

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Policies\Policies]
"0000100c"=dword:800 ;Service Loading (SL) Message Policy

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\RIL\OperatorContexts\20801] ;Orange FR
"GPRSContextNumber"=dword:2
"UMTSContextNumber"=dword:2

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\RIL\OperatorContexts\20810] ;SFR (Voda FR)
"GPRSContextNumber"=dword:2
"UMTSContextNumber"=dword:2

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]
"BattSuspendTimeoutBackup"=dword:3C
"BatteryTimeoutBackup"=dword:1E
"BattSuspendTimeoutInCall"=dword:30
"BatteryTimeoutInCall"=dword:30
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]
"EnableIMSIAttachedIcon"=dword:1

Perhaps someone can pick this up for me since I'm not much of a registry guy.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
Here is a weird thing that I found about this Tweak

When someone call, the ID will display and all... However, in Call history, it will only display the caller Name if it's a missed call. If you answer it, then it won't show the name ID in call history, but only the number... I'm testing it with FuzeBerry v6 theme. Can anyone confirm this?

and if you know how to fix this, it would be great
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pandaboyy:
Ok, for this tutorial, I deserved a kiss

History:

you all know how I didn't sleep for 2 days just to find what needed to be done to make it work. Now after my 10hr sleep and a bunch of parties for new years, I finally found a way to do this without cooking anything. I need someone to test it for me thou. I've tested on NATF's and Elite's ROM and it works. If this work, a thank you would do.

The Basic:

The Main idea to make this work is to replace the rilphone.dll file and add some registry into it, like I was explained in the first post. Some people claimed that those files need to be cooked in, well, you don't however, you can't just replace rilphone.dll it just doesn't work that way. But I found a way

So How to do it?

1- Download rilphone+reg.zip file from this post

2- Extract the file and you'll find

+rilphone.dll

+rilphone2.dll

+rilphone.reg

3- Copy rilphone2.dll into your Device in \Windows\ folder

4- Copy rilphone.reg anywhere

5- Importe rilphone.reg to your registry (I used resco registry to do this)

6- Change this registry from your device

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]

"Dll"="rilphone2.dll"

7- reboot

8- copy rilphone.dll into your device \Windows\ folder

9- Change the registry back to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL]

"Dll"="rilphone.dll"

10- Soft Reset

11- Delete rilphone2.dll

12- Soft Reset

13- Give me a hug

***Please report which ROM have you tried this method with and if it works or not***

--------Edit---------

Ok, so it doesn't work for every ROM. It worked with Elite RC2, thou... I'll give it more tries tonight. Stay Tune :p

If you want to try this process, please make backup of rilphone.dll first

And please try to put step 5 at the end.

Instead of trying all this, try the cab on post #26... if it doesn't work, just uninstall it. Backup rilphone.dll first. Worst case, just do a hard reset.

---------------------

--------ROM tested with cab-------

- Elite RC2 -> Work

- Proven 1.08 -> did not work

- Romeo -> did not work

-------- I'm sick of flashing and hard reset, so I'll stop here. If you're already on other ROM. let me know.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] NotATreoFan:
Good to see you we're able to get this working.

I didn't modify any part of the RGU file in OEMDrivers, so I'm just gonna drop the new DLL and the RGU/DSM you provided here into my v4.0 kitchen.