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How to fix your smartphone’s camera from taking blurry pictures

Written by Faisal Saeed ·  1 min read >

If your phone has started taking blurry pictures, the problem could be in its rear camera, the selfie cam or maybe both. But you don’t have to worry, there is always a simple fix that works all the time.

If you have already done any research on this issue, you might have stumbled upon many tips telling you to restart your phone, force-close the camera app, clear the cache, among others. However, the issue is probably not related to the hardware inside your device, let’s not focus on that for now. But if you want to feel absolutely sure, you can go through all the basic troubleshooting steps if you want. However, if you want an easy fix for your problem, I recommend you to read the tips below.

How to fix your phone’s blurry camera:

Cameras have the ability to focus by changing the distance between the lens and the sensor. Your phone has a set of tiny lenses which adjust according to the conditions of the situation. The lenses move back and forth, adjusting itself to determine what will come inside the focus what will not. Those lenses sometimes get stuck.

Now aside from all the troubleshooting steps, here is something useful you can try. Turn your phone around and open the camera app, and tap the screen with your finger exactly where you want the camera to focus, it will probably will the issue. If you are still facing the issue shake your mobile phone a little and then try tapping the screen again. This will most definitely fix the issue you are facing in your camera.

What is the cause of the problem?

The causes for this issue to occur can vary. But as I mentioned above your camera has several lenses in it that move back and forth and sometimes they get stuck. However, the issue could arise due to the physical or liquid damage from the inside of your device. If that’s the case with your phone it might need internal fixing and we advise you to take your phone to an expert.