Rear camera module replacement - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone.
I have a problem with the rear camera. Dust or something like that has stuck into it, so on my pictures appear big black dots. I tried to take of the back glass, but nothing changed. Dirt is inside the small camera module, not on the glass. So i want to buy a new camera module. I found many of them on alliexpress, starting from 3 to 30 dollars. Has anybody had experience with this? Are cheaper camera modules good like the original one in terms of picture quality? Or should I buy expensive original only?
Thanks.

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Looks like something is directly in front of the camera.
If it is on the outer glass you could easily remove it, but I guess it's on the inside of the camera glass.
Unless you open it yourself/let someone open it you're SOL I guess.
I have a similar problem, but it is not as pronounced.
Probably dirt or a hair that got into the camera.
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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.
nyongrand said:
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.

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