My brand new iPhone 14 Pro Max’s camera is blurry whenever attempting to take close up pictures in 3rd party apps like Amazon, Target, Walmart (ie barcode scans). Phone is brand new out the box, updated to latest iOS (16.0.2), and have reinstalled the apps.
Anyone else with this issue?
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iPhone 14 Pro Max
You are correct, there is usually no hardware issue as it works as designed, third parties need to update their apps as stated.
There are several third-party apps that work perfectly scanning bar codes on the 14 Pro Max, as does the QR scanning ability that is now part of the Camera app.
Scan a QR code with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
The Code Scanner that Apple provides in Control Center also works perfectly, the key is not to try to force the block to fill the square but rather back the phone up until the QR code is in sharp focus and the scanner will read it instantly.
This obviously won’t work but backing the phone up a few inches/several cm until the code is in sharp focus will, every time.
If it doesn’t work for you, then there may be something wrong with your device; I recently visited an Apple Store and it worked with every iPhone 14 they had on display, too.
The interesting thing is the Camera app will switch to the macro lens to be able to focus more closely where the Code Reader app instead requires you to hold the phone further away so it can focus.
I have the same issue in a web app opened with Safari. The "webcam" inside Safari can't focus on the QR code. Maybe this also relates to 3rd party "apps", in this case it's some JavaScript lib, but not sure about that.
Shouldn't it work in Safari?
That’s kind of a strange QR code that none of my devices will read easily, though my 14 Pro Max will read it eventually (but as “_R1-AT0_630/097_001-2022-12-03T11:25:34MSR9217_2022-12-03T11:25:34_79,65_102,88_0,00_0,00_0,00_2W8XW6ymrV4=_U:ATU24963706-1_zRRUQdC4lug=_5/Ndx259Ves5QxM2ubrATw9T3IvQqMm3/eqbu1Mf0kM/NnqsPMGQcVYlfZawPPfwRZSO9xkgxTwN3JGOKAP5rg==“)
For a normal QR code, Camera can be read a code like this instantly, far away and at this size:
They read perfectly, I do this several times per day.
If you are using Camera to read them, it may switch lenses; the third-party apps I’ve tried also work perfectly.
I’ve never found a properly formatted QR code that didn’t scan.
If it won’t scan, it may be the code is corrupt somehow.
Nope.
The very relevant point is: “If you are using [the] camera to read them […]”
If you have to use a third-party app or Safari it does not work reliably.
I repeat: If you have to use a third-party app or Safari it does not work reliably.
I repeat again: If you have to use a third-party app or Safari it does not work reliably.
AND: I was able to scan the same QR code with my old iPhone X in the same app every time. So the code is definitely not corrupted (?), and no issues on iPhone X.
I can't say which QR codes you are having difficulties which, but I have yet to see my iPhone fail to read a properly formatted QR code.
That doesn't mean there aren't certain apps that don't, but Camera and Scandit both have, the Best Buy app reads QR codes without issue, and the Walmart app reads the QR code on registers for Walmart Pay instantly.
When it comes to bar codes, the Amazon app has read every product bar code I've aimed it at as has the Walmart app.
Theres nothing to “admit” to.
This isn’t a video posting site or I could post a video of my 14 Pro Max scanning every QR code and bar code every time from multiple applications. I’ve tried again and again and can never get the functionality to fail to work.
As third party app makers update their apps the issue will go away.
Mostly because I've never been able to make it fail, no matter what app or code I use, and I use this functionality several times per day with no issue, nor have any of the hundreds of others of people I personally interact with with 14/14 Pro/14 Pro Max devices.
If Apple is indeed working an issue, it will be fixed in a future version of iOS and there is also no further action to be taken.
Apple Needs To Listen To It’s Customers! We’re Buying The Newest Phone And We Have To Deal With Nonsense Every Time. The Way The Selfie Camera Darkens Your Photo After It’s Taken On The 14 Pro Max Is Unacceptable. Snapchat Camera Is Blurry It Looks All Pixelated And Crap. I Might As Well Own An Android!
Despite the number of "Me too" clicks that does not actually mean people are experiencing the same issues as there seem to be several conflated ones, or that their third party apps have not been corrected to resolve the issue.
I will continue to offer advice as to how to resolve the issue if you are experiencing it simply because I have not yet been able to get a proper bar or QR code not to read, and any issues with third party camera apps are obviously the responsibility of said third party or resolve.
I have an iPhone 14 pro and have had it since mid Dec 2022. The camera has been working great until tonight. I use the camera often. All of the sudden, the photos are all blurry. This is with the IPhone photo app. It is not exclusive to any third party apps. Tried rebooting but same issue. I need the camera to work as it's an important part of our day to day work. Please advise.
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Thanks Apple Lovers!
Exactly!! So I can't Zoom in otherwise it is BLURRY!! and the lens is clean...and I am not shaking, photo is laying flat on surface....so I know that there is a problem with the camera. I have a few other issues with my phone and I am not happy about that, the ad kept stating what a great camera on this phone. I disagree. My old iPhone 6 was better.
Yes, can’t scan QR codes because it’s so blurry. Wtf
My new 14 doesn’t take anything clear up close. Qr scanning is not possible
iPhone 14 Camera is Blurry
