G2 Camera focus issues low lighting

Hello. I go to a lot of music festivals and I like to take pictures of the stage and lighting. I have noticed that my camera goes in and out of focus when I try recording/taking pictures of the stage. It doesnt pick up individual lights on stage, it looks like just a big blob of light. My friend has a galaxy S4 and the camera picks up the seperate lighting just fine. I have tried the different camera modes, different quality and it all is the same. Is a way to fix this, is this a known issue, will there be a resolution for this when I get Kit-Kat?

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