Camera has Horizontal and Vertical Lines in Low Light pictures

[vikirules]

S25U has color banding issue when Night shot is turned on. All night sky pictures have either vertical or horizontal lines. 

S24 doesnt emit these 

Oneplus also doesnt emit these. 

Attached are picture samples

[Screaming_Dead]

Glad the new phone has arrived. I'm not sure where to go from here apart from waiting on Samsung to comment on the issue. The white bands show on my S25 Ultra and my partners S25 Plus so I'm hopeful it's a firmware issue rather than hardware. If it is a hardware issue then the S25 is FUBAR. What variant is your Ultra? Mine is a Jetblack 1TB manufactured in Vietnam on 17th January 2025.

[vikirules]

blue 500 gb. not checked box closely to see where it is made and date.
i will wait for next 10 days if samsung doesnt do anything might have to return and ask for refund. return window is only 14 days.
bug report is sent. no update on that yet. daylight images are good. i heard 24gb software update is coming. lets hope that solves it. fingers crossed.

[Screaming_Dead]

I'm not sure about the 24gb update as its version is AYA1 which is the version my phone was shipped with. I'd just like a statement from Samsung as I need to send my S24 Ultra back for the trade.

[johdpercheeks]

Thanks - I'm seeing the same issue with my S25, so it's not just the Ultra model.

[Mezzq]

Definitely firmware. So we will wait with future update to see.

[davehorne]

I just saw an article online addressing this.  This is a known issue and Samsung will issue a fix shortly.  

[Beta22]

Although I haven't received a formal response to my support case, it looks like Samsung have acknowledged the issue to the Tom's Guide author who tested and found the same issues, and looks like an update will be arriving very soon.

See this article here... https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/samsung-phones/samsung-admits-to-galaxy-s25-ultra-camera-glitch-sof...

[NickBark]

Does anybody know if the update being slowly rolled out (starting in Korea) fixes this issue?

I have the same issue but won't bother post photos as they look the same as all the others shot with night mode on 😁✌️

[Screaming_Dead]

I've just installed the February update so will test tonight.

[claire82673 · Accepted solution]

Iv just had the update today UK been waiting for night fall to take photos and it seems to be fixed so I'm happy