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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.
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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10-K said:
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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.
I recently bought a Nexus 6 on Swappa, and for the first couple of days didn't notice anything at all wrong. Now today I went to take a picture and there was a very out of focus black smudge on my pictures. Ok, no big deal. Wipe off the rear lens, still there. Uh oh. It wasn't there at first, or at least I didn't notice it. I figured I bought it second-hand so the Moto warranty is null and void anyways. So I peeled my back cover up and lifted the lens off the camera sensor. Then I gently cleaned the lens on the sensor. Powered the phone back on, the spot is still there.
So evidently some little speck of crap has managed to make its way inside of the camera sensor, or a pixel on the sensor died. Not sure what it would look like. This just looks like an out of focus black speck. So I guess I'm going to be replacing it myself. Anyone know of any parts sources other than eTradeSupply? They're currently out of stock of the rear camera sensor. I can live with $25. There is another site that wants $90, but that seems a little steep.
hi guys
I have huawei p30 pro when i use camera to shoot something in daylight the camera shows an overexposure soo lightly but when i use another camera app it works normal i did everything possible to solve this problem can u guys help me
huawei p30 pro overexposes erratically outdoors
cenailyass said:
hi guys
I have huawei p30 pro when i use camera to shoot something in daylight the camera shows an overexposure soo lightly but when i use another camera app it works normal i did everything possible to solve this problem can u guys help me
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I've got the same problem. The p30 pro overexposes erratically when shooting outdoors. Even when forcing the app to focus and measure on a specific part of the image (by tapping on the screen on specific spots of the image), the exposure is too bright. Even when a temporary improvement can be noticed the image will return to an overall overexposure after a few seconds.
Switching to the PRO settings in the camera app, and making adjustments by hand, gives no solution since the overexposure persists.
This behavior started approx a month ago. I'm currently on build 10.1.0.161.
I would appreciate your feedback.
An example: i.postimg.cc/fbfhZXD9/IMG-20201104-103830.jpg
And even worse: i.postimg.cc/G2PPXLPr/IMG-20201104-102341.jpg
The last picture on the same moment with an Huawei Mate 20: i.postimg.cc/8zFhqBdZ/IMG-20201104-102415.jpg
The same here
Have the same problem with 2 devices, 1 device was tried several times to repair but does not work at Huawei service, I got a new device at the end. Other device here with me is and I've tried everything, but does not work normally. Tried downgrade from 10.1 to 10.0 no success, then downgrade to 9.1 no success, if TOF sensor shut then no overexposure, I suspect the TOF sensor is broken.
Here a Video link
https://youtu.be/8vv-QcQkCCk
Anyone managed to solve this issue? Have sent my phone into Huawei Service centre and they replaced the mainboard and camera setup but the issue still persists.
looks like a hardware problem
JFCES said:
Anyone managed to solve this issue? Have sent my phone into Huawei Service centre and they replaced the mainboard and camera setup but the issue still persists.
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I did a full reset of the phone but the problem persists. The overexposure makes me think of a charge building up on a sensor. Hence the erratic behaviour and the preference for overexposure when outdoors.
My device started overexposing after the backplane was replaced. Seems to me these things are hard to disassemble and even harder to put together again without wrecking something.
Anyway I sent it in for repair. We'll see what becomes of it.
I've noted this problem on my p30 pro... I did rest camera app and delete cash files but the problem still... Do you find a solution
I also encounter this ob my p30 pro. Isnt there any official statement on this? If the problem is the TOF sensor xan we turn it off
any uddates, same problme here after screen replacement...
Focus on the wall or another area if you want focus on sky?
I don't have this issue on my P30 Pro - VOG-L29 - 11.0.0.138
hoopdoetleven said:
looks like a hardware problem
I did a full reset of the phone but the problem persists. The overexposure makes me think of a charge building up on a sensor. Hence the erratic behaviour and the preference for overexposure when outdoors.
My device started overexposing after the backplane was replaced. Seems to me these things are hard to disassemble and even harder to put together again without wrecking something.
Anyway I sent it in for repair. We'll see what becomes of it.
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wha happened?
Having same issue here
ift is the tof sensor, put some tape over and the problem is gonnne. something is missing in the back cover, some kind of rubber or plastic cover , missing piece making tof sensor sense bad
ing.edgar.v said:
ift is the tof sensor, put some tape over and the problem is gonnne. something is missing in the back cover, some kind of rubber or plastic cover , missing piece making tof sensor sense bad
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This works. i covered the tof sensor with duct tape and the overexposure doesnt happen anymore. My question now is...what am I missing out now that I covered the TOF sensor. Would i ve getting worse portrait shots?
zbk101 said:
This works. i covered the tof sensor with duct tape and the overexposure doesnt happen anymore. My question now is...what am I missing out now that I covered the TOF sensor. Would i ve getting worse portrait shots?
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this happens because inside, there must be a rubber grommet around the sensor. I opnened my phone and is missing, because huawei replaced the screen and didnt put it back again. Im going to have to go again to the store and make them realize, luckyly i have 2 p30 pro and i can show them the missing piece. But to solver ur phone must be oppened
I have the same problem, pls can you show me with pictures how can i cover the tof sensor. I covered the tof sensor (this eye under the flash) with duct tape but no fix. The problem appeared after screen and back cover replacement. When i don't put the back cover i dont have the problem, its working good so im little bit confused.
Johnyal said:
I have the same problem, pls can you show me with pictures how can i cover the tof sensor. I covered the tof sensor (this eye under the flash) with duct tape but no fix. The problem appeared after screen and back cover replacement. When i don't put the back cover i dont have the problem, its working good so im little bit confused.
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The problem is the rubber grommet that is written above. I accidentally lost this part but thank god i have similar spare parts from other phone and i managed to install it to this phone. And voila the problem gone.
also encountered this issue, i thought the reason its just after i upgrade the emui 11. But its not. I remember after i brick my lcd and replaced it, in the back camera in TOF sensor there is a rubber surrounding the tof and the "Flood illuminator aperture", they forgot to return back the rubber surrounding it.
The purpose of this rubber cover surrounding it is to protect the too much light ambient that reflects it to the flash and asl aperture reflection glass. But since the technician lost its rubber that surround the tof sensor, we put a small black tape between the als aperture reflexion glass and the flood illuminator aperture.
After we done it, my camera exposure back to normal. Hope this helps. Thank you.
ing.edgar.v said:
this happens because inside, there must be a rubber grommet around the sensor. I opnened my phone and is missing, because huawei replaced the screen and didnt put it back again. Im going to have to go again to the store and make them realize, luckyly i have 2 p30 pro and i can show them the missing piece. But to solver ur phone must be oppened
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Hi, but in this case all looks that phone has been opened by someone - I have just bought now one - Believe is new - but form the description and solution you are giving, looks that has been only sold as a new, not refurbished.
I have new emui 11.0.0.159.
Phone is still with warranty - I think will have to go to the Huawei Service to manage it, because opening phone by myself will crash the warranty.
Jeyr755 said:
also encountered this issue, i thought the reason its just after i upgrade the emui 11. But its not. I remember after i brick my lcd and replaced it, in the back camera in TOF sensor there is a rubber surrounding the tof and the "Flood illuminator aperture", they forgot to return back the rubber surrounding it.
The purpose of this rubber cover surrounding it is to protect the too much light ambient that reflects it to the flash and asl aperture reflection glass. But since the technician lost its rubber that surround the tof sensor, we put a small black tape between the als aperture reflexion glass and the flood illuminator aperture.
After we done it, my camera exposure back to normal. Hope this helps. Thank you.
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I am currently traveling through Asia and I thought it would be a good idea to visit the official Huawei Service on my last day in Kuala Lumpur for a battery replacement. Well, the battery is great again but all my pictures are overexposed now so I bet they lost that rubber part. Problem is that I already traveled to Indonesia so I can't bring the phone back to the store.
Taping the TOF lens with black electrical tape didn't do the trick for me although it seemed to work when I was covering the sensor with my finger. Now I'm wondering if it is really a problem with light leaking and not heat?
PS: after going to Huawei in Malaysia, my German Huawei warranty is void. This sucks!
Jeyr755 said:
also encountered this issue, i thought the reason its just after i upgrade the emui 11. But its not. I remember after i brick my lcd and replaced it, in the back camera in TOF sensor there is a rubber surrounding the tof and the "Flood illuminator aperture", they forgot to return back the rubber surrounding it.
The purpose of this rubber cover surrounding it is to protect the too much light ambient that reflects it to the flash and asl aperture reflection glass. But since the technician lost its rubber that surround the tof sensor, we put a small black tape between the als aperture reflexion glass and the flood illuminator aperture.
After we done it, my camera exposure back to normal. Hope this helps. Thank you.View attachment 5311919View attachment 5311921View attachment 5311923
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Woo.. amazing.. old thread.. but it works... now my photos look normal even in bright white sky... i canceled sell my phone.
Thx mate
Hi techies,
My pixel 4XL has recently had a water accident, everything works perfectly now except the rear camera is cloudy and cant focus properly. I opened the phone and wiped the lens with a good amount of robbing alcohol, its even worse now. So what should i do? Do i have to open the entire camera module and wash the tiny lenses and the sensor or what? I really wanna repair it myself instead of buying a new sensor because it takes so long for me to arrive.
Thank you,
Pixel 4 XL is IP68 water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins).
Has it been opened before?
If you used isopropyl alcohol, then there should be no problem, but it should be dried for a long time after such an operation.
Well, I am not an expert on cameras but the cause of your blurry photos may be caused by:
-The motor of the camera don't work, so the lens can't move and as a consequence don't focus
-there is water inside the lens or in the sensor (which can't be seen unless the camera is disassembled.
If you have water inside, as it manage to get in it may be a way for get it out. I would suggest you to take the camera module and heat it up with a hairdryer so water can evaporate and get out. But don't heat it up too much do, it could damage the sensor.
However as you said you used alcohol, it leaves some residues which if is the case, with this method it won't be fixed.
If this doesn't help you would then I think you would need to disassemble the camera. Iwill leave a link to a video off a guy who disassemble an Iphone camera. It isn't the same, but it's similar Here
Also are you sure there isn't any software related causes?
Good luck
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Well, I am not an expert on cameras but the cause of your blurry photos may be caused by:
-The motor of the camera don't work, so the lens can't move and as a consequence don't focus
-there is water inside the lens or in the sensor (which can't be seen unless the camera is disassembled.
If you have water inside, as it manage to get in it may be a way for get it out. I would suggest you to take the camera module and heat it up with a hairdryer so water can evaporate and get out. But don't heat it up too much do, it could damage the sensor.
However as you said you used alcohol, it leaves some residues which if is the case, with this method it won't be fixed.
If this doesn't help you would then I think you would need to disassemble the camera. Iwill leave a link to a video off a guy who disassemble an Iphone camera. It isn't the same, but it's similar Here
Also are you sure there isn't any software related causes?
Good luck
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Thank you for the reply,
I'm sure the problem is the water+dirt or residue inside. Ik the water has been gone since then and alcohol is evaporated but there must be some dirt sitting in there. This phone has never had a force to get some component cracked inside.
As for the software thing, i'd say i dont think so, what software related issue it might be? Since the front facing cam works just fine, the cache has been deleted, i even downloaded open camera to take more control over the sensor manually. Its just foggy. Like some filter has been applied to it.
ze7zez said:
Pixel 4 XL is IP68 water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins).
Has it been opened before?
If you used isopropyl alcohol, then there should be no problem, but it should be dried for a long time after such an operation.
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Idk if it was, since i bought it in mint condition second handed. The alcohol i used was 96% Ethanol, not the same as the isopropyl, but i dont think of a major difference, but probably some dust has gone there underneath the lens.
Pixel4life said:
Idk if it was, since i bought it in mint condition second handed. The alcohol i used was 96% Ethanol, not the same as the isopropyl, but i dont think of a major difference, but probably some dust has gone there underneath the lens.
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Do not use ethanol for electronics, because you can dissolve many components. Besides, ethanol contains water, which harms electronics. That's why isopropyl alcohol is used, because it has much lower dissolving properties, and if it is pure (99.99%) it absorbs water and causes it to evaporate faster from the cleaned items.
Show the picture you take with your camera.
ze7zez said:
Do not use ethanol for electronics, because you can dissolve many components. Besides, ethanol contains water, which harms electronics. That's why isopropyl alcohol is used, because it has much lower dissolving properties, and if it is pure (99.99%) it absorbs water and causes it to evaporate faster from the cleaned items.
Show the picture you take with your camera.
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I have marked the centric area that diffuses the light. It could be a dried-up blob of whatever you washed the lens with. The liquid could easily penetrate the camera and get under the lens or even onto the matrix if the seals were not tight.
ze7zez said:
I have marked the centric area that diffuses the light. It could be a dried-up blob of whatever you washed the lens with. The liquid could easily penetrate the camera and get under the lens or even onto the matrix if the seals were not tight.
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Yes most probably that's the case. So wha's your suggestion for me? Tear the lens down, wash the components inside it with soap and water, dry it out and reassemble? Or what to do? Im kinda disappointed now. Been shaking and tapping the lens since yesterday with no success lol.
If you still want to use this model, I advise you to replace the camera with a new one, or recovered, so that they are original.
I do not ignore your self-denial and other talents, but I think that you will not fix the camera yourself.
ze7zez said:
If you still want to use this model, I advise you to replace the camera with a new one, or recovered, so that they are original.
I do not ignore your self-denial and other talents, but I think that you will not fix the camera yourself.
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Ok then i have to order a camera lens then, are those sub 10 buck lenses from Aliexpress oem parts? The reviews are excellent but the prices are syspicious. Plus, i almost forgot to mention something. There werw two sponge/rubber curcles (whatever the material) arround the camera lenses, which locate between the cameras and the outer glass. (i marked them) when cleaning, they chopped off. Any chances this be a reason the light doesnt diffuse the right way?
It is for this purpose that the cover glasses are blackened or coated with other coatings so that there is no side light. Gaskets also serve this purpose. The tube of cameras and scopes has been made of blackened material since the oldest times.
ze7zez said:
It is for this purpose that the cover glasses are blackened or coated with other coatings so that there is no side light. Gaskets also serve this purpose. The tube of cameras and scopes has been made of blackened material since the oldest times.
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So does it affect picture quality?
Plus, I managed to diassemble the camera module, soaked it in alcohol and dried it up, its even more blury now lol