# Android update affecting Camera Zoom

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-update-affecting-camera-zoom/8793>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** seek\
**Created:** [December 20, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-update-affecting-camera-zoom/8793 "2019-12-20T20:59:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![carnifex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carnifex/32/62_2.png) [@carnifex](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carnifex)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-update-affecting-camera-zoom/8793/1 "2019-12-20T20:59:56Z")

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Installing version 2.4.1 resulted in a very hard to handle zoom function. While not working that well in older versions, at least the magnification went relatively smooth - but now when pinching the screen it first doesn’t react and then jumps to a zoom level beyond a resolution to be used well.  
An older bug, that I didn’t report but may now add, is that when lifting the fingers after zooming, a new focus point is set where the last contact with a finger was. So when zooming in, the focus point is usually moved away from the center to the side of the screen.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-update-affecting-camera-zoom/8793/2 "2019-12-20T21:10:37Z")

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Which phone are you using, and which version of Android is it running?

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**Author:** ![carnifex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carnifex/32/62_2.png) [@carnifex](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carnifex)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-update-affecting-camera-zoom/8793/3 "2019-12-20T21:12:24Z")

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Redmi Note 7 with Android 9

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-update-affecting-camera-zoom/8793/4 "2019-12-21T00:03:05Z")

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Thanks, we’ll look into it, but because there are so many different Android devices with different cameras and software, it’s hard to make a custom camera that works well across all Android devices. For what it’s worth, zoom works pretty well on my ancient Nexus 5 running Android 8.1, which seems odd to me.

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**Author:** ![carnifex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carnifex/32/62_2.png) [@carnifex](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carnifex)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/android-update-affecting-camera-zoom/8793/5 "2019-12-27T13:26:44Z")

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I had an older version of Seek on another phone (Moto G3, Android 6).  
Zoom function was fine, but when updating Seek I get now this:

 ![Screenshot_20191224-113025](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/a/ac742dbea6b541f361c3317f2e273d9e92a5a905.png)