i had a rear camera that showed marks/blemishes from the lens, was not the exterior camera glass as i had replaced that but still showed marks, cleaning the lens didnt resolve it.
replacing rear camera does not mean u have to remove/unglue lcd from mobo.
vid shows how to do it by just removing back case/midframe, fyi read comments for connecting the spen lcd cable, the one near power button, putting a piece of paper underneath connector aids in it connecting back to mobo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpUjggQ1zRQ
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Just a note:
If you have lost front camera and touch screen. The flex cable that sits inside the front panel is to be replaced. The flex cable is the one that has the sim card slot and the front camera module. I found that in the old flex cable was damaged at the portion where it is sliding in and out the metal housing. The thin circuits at the most outer edges of the flex strip appeared to be worn out on the left and right. I am guessing it is the circuit for the touch screen as well as the front camera.
Now both touch screen and front camera is working again
Tip. When removing the flex cable for servicing, be extremely careful moving the cable out of the front and middle housing.
I guess this could be why my microSD card slot is not working either? since my front camera does not work anymore and the card slot suddenly stopped working!
very likely..
The washer fix resolved the screen lift issue for many, however I've noticed that something doesn't quite add up. Using the washer fix mysteriously resolves(or partially) the issue of a springy/spongy left screen and the creaks and popping noise. The theory was that the screws was too long and tightened too far with the ends of the screws pushing the glass screen out and pulling the plastic silver bezel back.
There isn't a reason to why the springy screen or strange noises was fixed and neither a reason to what the cause was. Besides resolving those issues some people found it hard to push the back cover back on and still have bulging back covers and also bulging silver bezel. You might get away with this issue by putting washers on the two centre screws and taking out the washer on the top part of the screen. I believe this worked because the height of the screws gets elevated with the washers and pushes against the back cover and denting and marking it in some cases. If you managed pop the cover back on the increased pressure from the screws makes the plastic tabs pull on the silver bezel and warping it (maybe).
I thought maybe the culpit of the screen lift might not simply be long screws. But I didn't understand how the washers fixed it. After looking at iFixit teardown pictures I saw something else that could push down on the LCD unit and onto the screen. On the second picture of step 12 I can see large cut outs in the metal frame and on the back side of the motherboard I can see taped components. I thought it might be possible that the taping left creases and air bubbles on the pcb and the bulging of the taped components looks like it can press on to the LCD unit directly underneath. The cause of the popping noise and sponginess came clear to me now. The popping noise comes from the tape being pressed against it (it could be glue from the screen/bezel too) and the sponginess is probably the PCB bending .
I think what the washers did was lifting both the metal frame and the pcb up and the taped components underneath didn't press against the LCD unit anymore. This created screw elevation for some people and back covers can't fit back easily as I mentioned.
I didn't want any screen lift, bulging back cover/bezel. I thought maybe I can lift the pcb up without putting washers in and I thought of just wedging the pcb against the metal frame right next to the screws. I don't recommend anyone to just try jamming stuff underneath the pcb without checking out the pictures and have a plan first. There are components underneath and please don't push anything too far in. I've tried putting plastic blister underneath the pcb in between 4 screws and next to the 4 pin connector. They are just longer rectangles by the way and I trimmed the ends in the same way as the washer method. However the screen still bulges a little around the centre where I can't put wedges because of the ribbon cable. The bulging back cover problem is completely gone however. I think I will try to put one washer for the screw above the ribbon cable, because I can see that the pcb has a screw hole right under the ribbon cable near that screw. This should lift the pcb a little around the centre. However I'm going to put a thinner washer as I don't want the screw to get elevated too much.
Anyone thinks this theory is rubbish, or have something to add?
EDIT: I report success! Instead of typing out the same thing I will show you with pictures. No idea if this fix will last, no guarantees. I still have a little sideways bulge but my N7 is so close to being perfect now. I don't think I will change anything else for now.
it's from that black foamy piece in your photo....this was mentioned in one of the other threads....
Hello everyone,
a friend dropped his P20 Pro a few days ago and his back cover got damaged. He now tried to change the back cover but since then the cameras (rear + front) as well as the flash (e.g. when trying to use it has flashlight) wont work anymore. What happens is that e.g. when he touches the camera icon, the app will start but closed immediately. It basically is just a short black flash of the app.
Factory Reset didn't help
Cleaning cache/etc of course didn't help either.
He already removed the whole camera unit from the motherboard, but everything seems fine and was connected fine.
Also it is weird because the front camera, rear camera and the flash all seem to have individual connectors/cables? But none of those work suddenly.
And the only cable that he disconnected when changing the back cover was the cable that connects the lenses of the rear camera.
Any ideas? :/
I know the title sounds really weird, but that's because this is a really weird issue (I think).
I noticed that when I use the front (selfie) camera, it was totally out of focus and blurry. Now when I take the phone out of its cover, the image is razor sharp again! I narrowed it down to just the corner where the camera sits. When I take the cover just a bit of on that corner, the image is perfect. When I put it back, the image if out-of-focus again.
To make this even stranger: as a test I decided to put my phone upside down in its cover. And behold! The image was perfect!
So it doesn't have anything to do with the cover pressing against that corner or something.
Anybody else also noticed this? And anybody found a way to fix this?
My wife's S10 has exactly the same behaviour. In the cover: blurry front cam. Out the cover, upside down in the cover, camera corner popped out of the cover: focus all fine.
Who knows the answer?
Time to whip out the Exacto knife!
Hi all,
I recently purchased a secondhand Pixel 5. Everything works well, I just noticed something the other day though on the rear camera cover. When the light reflects of the rear camera you can see some spots/stains (see attached picture) . It's on the inside of the cover, cleaning the outside has no effect. The photos seem fine, I can't notice any effect of the spots.
Could this be due to condensation, of am I looking at something else here?