Good news about our cameras!

[ajm144k]

As of today (Nov. 17) our Droid's cameras autofocus correctly.

There was an issue in some code dealing with the timestamp and the autofocus, that self-corrects itself every 24 days. So in 24 days from Nov. 17, our cameras will go back to the bad autofocusing, but there's a catch. In 24 days from now, it will be Dec. 11, and... Motorola Droid OTA Update Coming December 11th? | Android Phone Fans


Dan Morrill from Google:

Note to Droid owners: the surprise focus fix is a date-related camera bug self-correcting as of the 17th, not a silent update.

 

[galt]

WTF is a self-correcting bug? Is that like a stupid programmer that got lucky?

 

[bthoward]

WTF is a self-correcting bug? Is that like a stupid programmer that got lucky?

In a word yes. However some of these things can be very esoteric so you should be careful who you call stupid. I'm sure you've made mistakes as well!

 

[rawness]

WTF is a self-correcting bug? Is that like a stupid programmer that got lucky?

Or maybe a smart programmer got unlucky.