Motorola Droid Autofocus Problem Finally Solved

There were some rumors going around the internet the last few days about how the autofocus on the Droid’s camera. First, users were saying, and many websites were posting that the camera just needed a good clean. The rumors stated that the phone shipped with a thin oily film on the lens and once you cleaned it….voila! Works like a charm! Well turns out that was not true.

Then some users were stating that their camera was working and they didn’t clean the lens. So then there were rumors that Verizon had pushed out a “silent” software update that fixed the bug. Well TechCruch is reporting that according to Google, there are no silent updates on Android phones, all installations must be approved by the user.

So what fixed the autofocus?

According to MobileCrunch it will vary from day to day due to an issue with the timestamp:

“According to Google Engineer Dan Morrill, there is an unfortunate bug in the Droid’s autofocus routine. It improperly rounds a timestamp used in the calculations, which somehow throws the entire focusing process off. Today it works, and tomorrow it will work…but 24.5 days from now, the bug will be back.”

However, its assumed by the time the problems come back around, Verizon will have a fix for it.