Huawei P30 Pro's camera changes drastically through firmware update

07 June 2019
Less contrast, more natural color rendition.

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Seann, 29 Jun 2022After Emui 12 update. Huawei p30 pro camera went blurry... ... moreThis is the case for my P40 pro as well. since the updates the picture quality has dramatically dropped. I've tried tweaking the settings but this hasn't helped.

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    • 07 Apr 2023

    US, 21 Mar 2023Both from our personal practical experience with owning the... moreManual Camera DSLR is the one camera app that lets you use Huawei P30 Pro wide and tele lens, AND gives you the possibility of a 16:9 aspect ratio photo, which the original Huawei camera app doesn't offer. I've found it after having tested at least 10 alternatives!

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      • wgg
      • 21 Mar 2023

      Both from our personal practical experience with owning the Huawei P30pro including continual frustration & discontent and supported by the numerous other P30pro owners discontent ongoing experience with 'blurry photos', regardless of what we all do to try to rectify it, many many hours of research, setting adjustments etc & all to no avail, we think that Huawei ought to take notice on the side of 'what is righteous and just' and do a 'RECALL' and attend to & rectify this worldwide problem we are all continually experiencing with Blurred photos.

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        • Soheil
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        • 14 Feb 2023

        Alif Zahidul, 28 Jan 2023After updating into EMUI 12 am facing... Selfie camera ... moreThis is a big problem and I'm sorry for Huawei, I recently realized that the photos taken at night with huawei P30pro are not the same as before.

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          • 04 Feb 2023

          VectorR, 10 Jun 2019That's Democrats fairy=scary tale. I don't believe it. Russ... moreBoy, this comment aged like milk, didn't it?

            After updating into EMUI 12 am facing...
            Selfie camera picture not clear & portrait photo not getting blur at all.
            Rear Portrait mode not getting proper blur.

            I have opened back part and cleaned camera lense but not solved my problem.

            #P30 Pro
            #Share if you have suggestions except camera module change & factory reset.

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              • 26 Jul 2022

              Seann, 29 Jun 2022After Emui 12 update. Huawei p30 pro camera went blurry... ... moresame with audio, now is horrible

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                • Seann
                • ix5
                • 29 Jun 2022

                After Emui 12 update. Huawei p30 pro camera went blurry... Rendered camera useless. What a dirty game by huawei

                  Instead of arguing with words, why not somebody posts pictures taken by the p30 pro before and after the update? That way it will be much clearer.

                    Nui, 26 Jun 2020There is. But in the "more" section, where they put it as "... moreYes, it's there, but when I activate it (p30 pro), there is no zoom function.
                    Worse, I made today, on a sunny day, a photo of a flower, ie a non moving object, and suddenly the quality is dismal. Before, I used to brag about the quality of p30 pro photos.

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                      • 26 Jun 2020

                      Sfiso, 26 Jun 2020right after i updated my P30, the camera Resolution (48MP) ... moreThere is. But in the "more" section, where they put it as "high res" category

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                        • fwq
                        • 26 Jun 2020

                        right after i updated my P30, the camera Resolution (48MP) was no more!

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                          • 15 Feb 2020

                          I have a problem with the selfie camera for my phone Huawei P 30

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                            • Mohamed khaled
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                            • 16 Jun 2019

                            Wun, 14 Jun 2019I did not get Firmware 9.1.0.161. i immediately got firmwar... moreSame as me

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                              • PGg
                              • 14 Jun 2019

                              I did not get Firmware 9.1.0.161. i immediately got firmware 9.1.0.168. i did not see any different mode on my huawei p30 pro camera.

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                                • 10 Jun 2019

                                Glad to see everyone is alert for security/privacy changes, but the whole Android ecosystem is completely f*** up

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                                  • 10 Jun 2019

                                  just no., 09 Jun 2019stop your fake shit news the uk banned huawei too and have... moreAnd what is the problem?
                                  All 46 pages are full with repeated $hits, that didn't give a single fact for any violation or security risk, that is made knowingly by Huawei.
                                  Did you ever read this report???

                                    shaza, 08 Jun 2019well damn arent you an optimistic person..thinking Trump wo... moreThat's Democrats fairy=scary tale. I don't believe it. Russia is not powerful enough to do such things and the last thing that would Russians do is to help an American president candidate to become a president. Pinocchio story sounds more realistic than that :). Trump will be re-elected for sure. He probably the only US president in recent american history who really deserves it. So I sincerely feel sorry for Huawei. It is game-over for plans to be #1 smartphone maker in the world.
                                    P.S.: My Mate 20 Pro experience was hit & miss anyway. Just regret that I believed the hype and spent too much on it.

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                                      • 3jk
                                      • 09 Jun 2019

                                      AnonD-731363, 09 Jun 2019Funny how an update can drasticaly improve the camera. No... moreThat's why I said in a previous topic that lens and sensor are not the most important part now. There is so much post process that the final photo will be far different from the raw. Example: The strong vignet effect on huawei-Leica phone. In raw, you have this strong bad effect, when it's invisible on the jpeg.


                                      What's problematic here, is that the photos will follow the trend. Chinese prefer flashy colors? All phones will do flashy colored photo to please the biggest market of the world. Luckily, the trend tends to change now and seems to go toward more natural photos.


                                      Would have been nice to see the before/after photos on the article.

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                                        • 09 Jun 2019

                                        Bewildered , 09 Jun 2019Trump essentially took Huawei hostage in a Trade dispute. ... morestop your fake shit news
                                        the uk banned huawei too and have pages about the problem

                                        turn off cnn. turn off trump's tweets. read the fucking source material and get informed.
                                        Don't be a mindless zealot.

                                        https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/huawei-cyber-security-evaluation-centre-oversight-board-annual-report-2019