Hello fellow Diamond 2 lovers!
Just after assembling the new toy (T-Mobile MDA Compact V) I realized that there is a nice square hole in the back cover, approx. 6 mm wide. The opening for the 5MP camera lens. Funny thing is, behind the square hole there is.... nothing! I can touch the camera lens directly through the opening of the back cover. Between the lens and the cover remains a gap of approx 3 mm, where the air and loads of dust bunnies can travel in and out at will. Is that intended to be like that?? In contrast to that my Diamond 1 has a nice transparent lens protection inside the back cover to "seal" the opening for the camera. I am a bit puzzled.... is it the same way with your HTC Diamond 2?
Greetings, Studebaker
Ahh, so the MDA Compact V is on sale now too ;-)
On the unbranded Diamond 2 there is also no protection for the Camera lens, although the hole in the cover is smaller and circular rather than the square one on the T-Mobile device, so I guess everything's fine with your device.
The older HTC phones, like the Diamond1, had the lens cover that caused low quality pictures, probably HTC removed the cover to make the camera photoes better. eventhough, the lens still has its own cover. So fdpn't worry.
The lens is just problem #1, problem #2 is the open housing and the dirt that will undoubtly find it's way into the case and accumulate consequently....
HTC makes Different Back-Cover for Touch Daimond2.
Studebaker72 said:
Hello fellow Diamond 2 lovers!
Just after assembling the new toy (T-Mobile MDA Compact V) I realized that there is a nice square hole in the back cover, approx. 6 mm wide. The opening for the 5MP camera lens. Funny thing is, behind the square hole there is.... nothing! I can touch the camera lens directly through the opening of the back cover. Between the lens and the cover remains a gap of approx 3 mm, where the air and loads of dust bunnies can travel in and out at will. Is that intended to be like that?? In contrast to that my Diamond 1 has a nice transparent lens protection inside the back cover to "seal" the opening for the camera. I am a bit puzzled.... is it the same way with your HTC Diamond 2?
Greetings, Studebaker
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It's funny that you have a totally Different back cover from me....
My HTC Touch Diamond2 is extrally the one shown on every web-sites, the back cover is a triangle not square box, but also no protection.... just a round hole. HTC must be sleeping! A plastic cover the hole is a must to prevent dust...
Umm..... I not sure about the camera len cover....
My D2 seem the have len cover attached in front of camera under the back cover (as you can see the len's cover shape from the dust ). for the back cover, it just only hole no cover same as everyone said. but I don't see it will need it on my D2
I also attach the photo of my D2. so you can see it.... maybe D2 have many version?
I actually think the circular hole without a cover and the 3mm or so gap to the lens is very sensible, I'm really pleased with it. You can always take the back off and clean the actual lens cover every week or so.
It's better than a flush cover which a) gets fingerprints all over it and you don't realise till after you've taken a picture and b) gets scratched when you put the phone down on its back.
I think HTC got it right on the D2.
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I have a HTC Touch Diamond and have been using it for 4 months now, I have always keep it in the included case in my pocket. Recently, I noticed that dust is starting to accumulate over the front facing camera!
I don't know how it got there but I have a hunch that it's going in through the speaker hole. Also, I don't know if it's just my phone but there is a gap between the screen part and the bezel of the phone. Dust is starting to fill the gap.
To clean out the dust from the gap, I take a small moist cloth and run it through the gap. I'm pretty sure that it's just my Diamond.
In case your wondering, it was a BNIB Rogers HTC Diamond, not a used or refurb phone.
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the same, with my diamond.
some dust in front of the front(VGA) camera
i have the exact sam problem... also the back under the cover is covered in dust. but especially the vga cam and the speaker is quite dirty
I wasn't sure whether it was just my Diamond, but I also have dust on the back of the front facing camera. Given I don't want to use (or pay for!) video calls, I'm not yet that fussed about it, so long as it doesn't get anywhere more important!
I remove dust from the speaker with a small folded piece of sellotape (sticky side out, obviously!), but there's nothing I can do for the front camera. I also noticed that inside the back cover can get quite dusty.
Oh well...
I've had the same problem with the edges around the front of my Sprint HTC Touch Diamond. Also, in the front speaker hole with the light sensor.
My solution? The straight edge of a piece of paper. Works great for pulling the dust out and so far has been the only thing small enough to fit in the cracks
-Mike
the dust over the front facing camera doesn't bother me as much as the gap between the bezel and the screen portion because the gap is kinda slanted so it makes me believe that the screen is tilted
I had the same problem: dust made the front camera unusable. So I sent it for repair. Came back, fixed.
I've recently noticed that my photo's are starting to look like crap compared to what they used to look like 10 months ago.
The only thing I can think of if the camera lens, which seems to have scratched and worn pretty badly.
Unfortunately the lens is built in, not the in back cover, so it's not really possible to replace.
Any ideas?
What does everyone else's lens look like?
Maybe get some kind of cleaner like alcohol wipe or something to clean it? I'm not sure, just throwing an idea. Mine doesn't look too bad.
I had the same problem. Not the lens but cover that protect lens was scratched. Pictures became a large blur. I changed it via warranty. If you don't have warranty you could try this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement...131?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43b1e7b893
Im new on this forum. My camera's lens is good, two weeks after i buyed the phone, it started to scrach all the brushed metal borders. I have attached a small piece of transparent scotch tape with a hole in the center that covers all kinds of scratches. My lens works very well taking advantage of 8 megapixels with no blurring or difficulty when trying to focus on something. If your lens is damaged, do not try to put alcohol or any abrasive liquid. It can give you problems on your device. The best solution is to get a new replacement lens (I recommend genuine parts) and keep the plastic wrap or, in case of their absence, a piece of scotch tape.
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i have been using my galaxy note n7000 for 2 yrs now, the camera quality is very bad now. earlier it was amazing. now its bad. My 5 yr old Nokia x6 takes better pictures than my note. whats going on here? should i change the housing ? or try CM11?
pls help me guys..
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I changed the Back Cover Mid Frame - this holds the plastic cover over the lens which was scratched resulting in "foggy" pictures. After this I had the old quality again.
Sadly you have to replace the complete frame.
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I changed the Back Cover Mid Frame - this holds the plastic cover over the lens which was scratched resulting in "foggy" pictures. After this I had the old quality again.
Sadly you have to replace the complete frame.
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True.. Same issue.. When the lens cover gets contaminated by dust or fingerprints, the pictures come blurry..
Thanks guys.!
Thanks guys.. i will try and change the back housing
trevorcpadrian said:
Thanks guys.. i will try and change the back housing
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Ha!. change only if you see scratches and weirdness on the cover.. else it wont magically improve quality.
trevorcpadrian said:
Thanks guys.. i will try and change the back housing
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You don't need to change the entire back housing, I bought just the camera lens cover (available on ebay for 2 or 3 pounds) and replaced just that.
You need to remove the back/middle housing and then you can fairly easily remove and replace the lens cover by bending three little pins and pushing out the old one. The replacement just pushes in and you bend the pins again to hold it in - just primitive bits of thick wire like you get on picture frames to hold the back of the frame on.
A very useful youtube video on dismantling the Note shows how to do the dissassembly, (the lens cover bit you need to work out yourself). Search for "Galaxy Note 1 Disassemble Repair & Assemble - Screen & Case Replacement"
Worth doing, now I don't have to worry too much about the lens cover getting scratched as I can replace it for a few pounds.
My Z1 camera lens cover seems to have a lot of scratches, his is very bad effect on the quality of the captured images, is anyone have this problem before, can this cover repaced.
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My Z1 camera lens cover seems to have a lot of scratches, his is very bad effect on the quality of the captured images, is anyone have this problem before, can this cover repaced.
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I am not aware of anyone running into this issue before. If you set it on a rough surface or a surface with granules of sand, then that could definitely be the culprit. As far as replacing the lens goes, there is currently no way to get a hold of a replacement lens as far as I know.
If you mean the inside phone part then you'll have to replace the entire camera part. If you mean just the part that you can touch with your finger then you'll need to replace the back glass.
I'm having the same issue, there are some spots on top of the lenses on my phone that won't go away and *all* my photos are have the white color over exposed plus focusing is never sharp enough like other phones, I bought the phone the way it is now and I'm going to replace the back glass to see if it helps.
Alright, I was an idiot and managed to crack my glass camera lens cover. I purchased this : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RKFAZ5I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and did the replacement, but my pictures appear sort of "hazy" or "foggy" for lack of a better term. I can still get it to focus really well, but the pictures don't pop like they used to.
The only thing I did while replacing that could have caused problems was using compressed air while the old cover was off to ensure none of the shattered glass was left in the actual camera lens mechanism. I made sure to hold the can at an angle so that none of the liquid came out, but i did notice the lens mechanism moving around (almost like a hockey puck) as the air interacted with it. I assumed this sort of free floating lens design had something to do with the optical image stabilization, so it didn't seem like a big deal. I put the new cover on with clean hands and thought everything was fine until I started taking pictures again.
Has anyone replaced the camera lens cover and experienced a similar issue? I've ordered another one to take another shot at it, and I'm actually going to take some test pictures while the cover is removed just to see if I did actually damage the lens itself...
I have the jump protection, but would rather fix it myself than pay 175 for a refurb that I'm going to replace in 4 months anyways.
Why not replace the whole back camera?
I dont know how easy is to remove the lens cover but check if pictures taken without cover are foggy or not. If foggy then camera lens is dirty, if sharp - camera lens cover is a problem.
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My guess is it got moisture behind the lense, or the lense was dirty.
When they create that hardware it is sealed in 0% humidity. If it was even a rainy day when you installed the lense, it could have caused it to fog up.
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What I did was pull mine back and clean it with some alcohol and a q-tip
Is there a part number for that?
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Thanks, might give that a shot if it doesn't clear up with the next lens cover.
Did you peel the plastics on both sides of the lens cover? Also check if it's actually focusing. Maybe slap the phone and see if it refocuses. Afterall there are moving parts in there.
Is there a genuine saphire lens cover to buy anywhere? I to used the cheap replacement cover and my pictures are blurry and bad in bright light. My camera itself should be fine though.