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Desire camera module replacement due to hw issue

Hello guys,
I thought i might share with u my pain. The camera on my desire is not working, it shows only black screen whenever i launch it. Downgrading to 2.1 stock didnt help. Didnt work either in the ota 2.2 rooted rom. By matter of exlusion the only thing left is hw issue. Therefore, as i have no warranty, in a desperate attempt to fix it i bought a camera module on ebay. I am not sure that the problem is in the module exactly, but anyway there is no way to isolate it perfectly. So i saw an official htc video for disassembling (looks quite scary ). My question is - does anyone have experience with replacing parts? Any suggestions are highly appreciated.
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just done it today with mine had same problem black screen on camera , only advice is to take your time and be gentle as its pretty straight forward.
gluck

I have to regretfully annoumce that after replacing the camera i still have the same black screen in both android froyo and gb custom roms. However when i was replacing it, i saw quite a lot of oxidized metal on the pins inside the camera slot. Tried to clean them but definitely did not do a good job. I am the second owner of the phone so i have no idea if it was water damaged.... But its definitely very strange to find it there.. so probably there is lack of good contact. Any idea about a safe way to clean the pins?
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ok, just a short update and conclusion:
after some googling I decided I will try to clean the pins up with rubber and a needle. First scratch with the rubber, after that with the needle (to remove the oxidized surface). However as the pins are very very very fragile :-D (and the fact that they were heavily oxidized definitely helped), 6 of them just fall even by the softest touch by rubber/needle (believe me, after the first one fell I became even more careful). So, after that I spent approximately 5 hours replacing the broken pins with wire from an old audiocable that I had around.
To my "surprise", when I turned the phone on the camera still showed the same old black screen. At this point I gave up and declared that I will not have camera on my desire
So, anyone interested in buying a brand new camera module for desire? :-D

HTC Desire camera module
Hi there sorry to bring back a old post but searched high and low and this seemed the best place to ask how does the Camera module fit to the board is it cable or are the pins u mentioned soldered onto the board any help with this would be much appreciated before i go in and rip this handset apart to try replace the camera module Thanks in advance for any help offered
Scott

Simaka
I had this problem after I had the screen replaced, which I cracked. The technician damaged the flex cable while he was working on it. Luckily he admitted his error when he checked it and replaced it. So maybe it is the flex cable.
Scott
Can't help with they one. Sorry mate.
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[Q] I dropped my phone in a toilet, peed on it, and flushed it. She works, but...

I know, I know... there are plenty of threads regarding dropping your phone in the loo/water/rain, but none of them address the issue I'm having.
I put 'er in rice for over 24 hours and she does work, but with a few quirks:
The vibrate function barely works (it's weak and inconsistent)
The speaker randomly pops and makes a "shhhhh" noise when the phone is being used
The camera does not work
Now what I really only care about here is the camera. The first time I tried to use the camera it DID work, but then I tried the front-facing camera and... nada. Nothing. She's dead, Jim.
I'm wondering if there's a way to change it so either a) all camera apps default to the back camera, b) all camera apps do not recognize that there is a front-facing camera, or c) attempting to utilize the front-facing camera does not cause the app to crash and make reaching the back camera impossible. I figured doing a factory reset would accomplish this, and I am open to that if no other option is available, but I'd like to see what else I can do.
Thank you in advance!

QuestionSleep said:
I know, I know... there are plenty of threads regarding dropping your phone in the loo/water/rain, but none of them address the issue I'm having.
I put 'er in rice for over 24 hours and she does work, but with a few quirks:
The vibrate function barely works (it's weak and inconsistent)
The speaker randomly pops and makes a "shhhhh" noise when the phone is being used
The camera does not work
Now what I really only care about here is the camera. The first time I tried to use the camera it DID work, but then I tried the front-facing camera and... nada. Nothing. She's dead, Jim.
I'm wondering if there's a way to change it so either a) all camera apps default to the back camera, b) all camera apps do not recognize that there is a front-facing camera, or c) attempting to utilize the front-facing camera does not cause the app to crash and make reaching the back camera impossible. I figured doing a factory reset would accomplish this, and I am open to that if no other option is available, but I'd like to see what else I can do.
Thank you in advance!
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Well I have a cousin that ran into the same problem. Since insurance didn't cover water damage, he bought a replacement off Craigslist that had a cracked screen. It was cheap but he was able to use it for replacement parts.
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TheSocalGuy79 said:
Well I have a cousin that ran into the same problem. Since insurance didn't cover water damage, he bought a replacement off Craigslist that had a cracked screen. It was cheap but he was able to use it for replacement parts.
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I got an S3 in January that got ran over by like 400 cars a couple weeks ago (I'm so good at keeping my devices safe, aren't I?) so I just bought this replacement. I can't find any broken ones on CL, and my destroyed S3 sold for $122.50 on eBay. I'm not willing to shell out that much just to have a working camera. Perhaps I could sell this one as-is and just buy a replacement on CL? I'm not sure I care that much about it to go through the hassle, hah.
I do have an S2 that isn't working, so maybe I could swap the camera out of that one? I don't know much regarding the hardware differences between the two devices.

You can buy a new *speaker* from amazon. The are like $20-$30 and easy to install (no soldering and only 2 screws). Also I'd pull the bat out and rub the phone up and down with rubbing alcohol.
The speaker comes with a new modem and headphone socket.
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You da man. You admitted that you peed on your phone...
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LG G4 camera broke, had to replace. Anyone else?

Verizon VS-986 here.
A couple of days ago, I went into the Camera app to take a picture and it was "stuck" on the selfie camera, and the icon to switch to the main camera was gone. I went back to the home screen and back into Camera, and fiddled with the Modes, and it finally came back. I clicked on it, and the app showed an image for a couple seconds, then froze up. I did a lot of back and forth with it, and sometimes it would show an image for a second and freeze; sometimes it went totally black and froze the app; eventually, after power cycling a few times, it was stuck on the front-facing camera for good, with no icon to swap to the back camera. Basically, at this point, the app had recognized that there WAS NO back camera and didn't even bother presenting the option anymore.
This had all the hallmarks of a hardware problem. Glitchy, intermittent outages, then the hardware simply not recognized anymore. Still, I cleared out caches and searched online and found this article: How to Fix Camera Failed Problem on LG G4 (recomhub.com/blog/how-to-fix-camera-failed-problem-on-lg-g4/), none of which did anything to help. (I'm not rooted/unlocked so I couldn't clear the cache partition like they recommended, though it clearly wouldn't have helped anyway.)
Couple other things that may or may not be relevant: it was VERY hot out (80+ degrees) when then problem started and the phone was hot as a result of it. But it kept happening after cool down.
A crazy other thing that happened was, that evening, after rebooting one last time just to be sure, half the screen turned into rainbow noise during the Verizon logo and stayed that way for several seconds, even into the lock screen. That pushed me over the edge.
I went to a Verizon store and they kindly swapped it out for me. But that was weird and I wanted to put it on the record. Also curious whether anyone else had this problem.

Not that problem, but check out this other thread I started regarding the camera causing the phone to overheat: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3142806
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I've had the rainbow noise on the right half of the screen show up on boot at the Verizon screen as well. It stayed that way until the lock screen and that's when I powered the phone off, pulled the battery and let the sit for a few minutes. Haven't had the problem in the weeks since I've had the phone though.

The exact thing happened to me. My rear camera will not work at all. And the flashlight also will not work. Tried rebooting, factory resetting it, clearing cache, and took out my battery and still nothing.

I had a Verizon G4 that the rear camera stopped working on. I believe it was caused by a drop. I posted on here about it. For mine it just wouldn't focus anymore. Replacement was very easy, you only need a small Philips head screwdriver, and your fingernail, or plastic tool to remove the connector and pry the camera out which is held in by adhesive.
Replacement OEM part out of a Sprint G4 was under $14 USD on eBay.

lopezj said:
The exact thing happened to me. My rear camera will not work at all. And the flashlight also will not work. Tried rebooting, factory resetting it, clearing cache, and took out my battery and still nothing.
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Hello,
I have the exact same issue. Do you have a solution ? I dont want to rma anymore, screen coating than bootloop than this, this phone is a true disaster.

Only other thing any one could try is a tot lgup restore if that dont work either more than likely its a hardware failure. I had issues on my g2 with a could not connect to camera from the factory. Found out my stock rom was corrupted from lg toted and worked like new. Did it again a few moths later. Toted avain worked like new. I asume something in the camera files corrupted. Just throwin in my 2 cents.

Hello, thanks for the answer.
I fixed the issue by myself few minutes ago, i simply disconnected than reconnected the rear camera plug to the motherboard.

Zenouzenou said:
Hello, thanks for the answer.
I fixed the issue by myself few minutes ago, i simply disconnected than reconnected the rear camera plug to the motherboard.
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Did u by chance notice any corrosion or oxidation on the contact surfaces?

Nope, nothing special on these.

Well i spoke to fast, my camera is dead again.

rick09 said:
I had a Verizon G4 that the rear camera stopped working on. I believe it was caused by a drop. I posted on here about it. For mine it just wouldn't focus anymore. Replacement was very easy, you only need a small Philips head screwdriver, and your fingernail, or plastic tool to remove the connector and pry the camera out which is held in by adhesive.
Replacement OEM part out of a Sprint G4 was under $14 USD on eBay.
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Hi, how did that 14 dollar camera work out for you? I'm getting wildly varied prices for replacement rear camera on eaby. Do you have a link to the one you bought and did it work as well as the original? Thanks.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/351575783287
Im gonna try this one

Zenouzenou said:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/351575783287
Im gonna try this one
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I'd go for that one too but unfort it's 33 dollars to post west europe lol
I'm gonna go for this one but god knows what it's like at this cheap price but I'll take the chance.
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/151946458176?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Jesus i didnt see that. Sorry

So my brand new original camera module arrived today, i replaced it myself and...the camera still doesn't work. Looks like it's an MB problem. I have to send this god damn phone to LG again..

Hello, here is an update about my camera. LG repair the phone by changing the motherboard and the camera module.

bad wifi reception due to faulty hardware

Hello community,
due to a water incident I had to replace some hardware parts as microphone and finger print sensor.
The navigation proximity buttons do also not work, but I did not replace them.
After this replacement, the phone worked 3 months fine....then I replaced the main camera because it didnt focus anymore.
Since the camera replacement I have very bad wifi reception. When I am right next to the rooter, it is working but unstable. Thats why I suspect an antenna/hardware problem or another hardware issue. I did replace the black coax cable (also a used cable) next to the battery already, but this did not resolve the problem.
On the software side I did a complete reset. Actually twice because I had to unlock the bootloader and then did a reset. Also not resolving the problem.
- I am now wondering, weather there are more or different wifi antennas in the onplus 3 except the black coax cable.
- Does anyone have experience about the sensitivity of those coax cables? The replacement cable I have is also from a used phone and has some usage marks.
- Anyone another Idea, where the problem can be?
Thanks for any suggestions!

gino.rockt said:
Hello community,
due to a water incident I had to replace some hardware parts as microphone and finger print sensor.
The navigation proximity buttons do also not work, but I did not replace them.
After this replacement, the phone worked 3 months fine....then I replaced the main camera because it didnt focus anymore.
Since the camera replacement I have very bad wifi reception. When I am right next to the rooter, it is working but unstable. Thats why I suspect an antenna/hardware problem or another hardware issue. I did replace the black coax cable (also a used cable) next to the battery already, but this did not resolve the problem.
On the software side I did a complete reset. Actually twice because I had to unlock the bootloader and then did a reset. Also not resolving the problem.
- I am now wondering, weather there are more or different wifi antennas in the onplus 3 except the black coax cable.
- Does anyone have experience about the sensitivity of those coax cables? The replacement cable I have is also from a used phone and has some usage marks.
- Anyone another Idea, where the problem can be?
Thanks for any suggestions!
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The problem can be the constant opening up of the phone and meddling with it.

gino.rockt said:
Hello community,
due to a water incident I had to replace some hardware parts as microphone and finger print sensor.
The navigation proximity buttons do also not work, but I did not replace them.
After this replacement, the phone worked 3 months fine....then I replaced the main camera because it didnt focus anymore.
Since the camera replacement I have very bad wifi reception. When I am right next to the rooter, it is working but unstable. Thats why I suspect an antenna/hardware problem or another hardware issue. I did replace the black coax cable (also a used cable) next to the battery already, but this did not resolve the problem.
On the software side I did a complete reset. Actually twice because I had to unlock the bootloader and then did a reset. Also not resolving the problem.
- I am now wondering, weather there are more or different wifi antennas in the onplus 3 except the black coax cable.
- Does anyone have experience about the sensitivity of those coax cables? The replacement cable I have is also from a used phone and has some usage marks.
- Anyone another Idea, where the problem can be?
Thanks for any suggestions!
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I have the same problem with my oneplus 3, i too had to change my back camera because it didn't focus, which after many attempt didn't work and i ended up using a magnet right next to the camera.
I purchased a coax black cable but it didn't solve anything.
I also have switched between a numerous amount of rom and i can tell it's hardware.
So it's either the main board that suffered from the chirurgical operation we had to do or the back's antenna that are faulty, i don't think removing the camera would make any difference.
My wifi reception is really bad and i can't get a decent bandwidth even right next to the wifi...
I'll have to re-open it to change the amoled that just broked so i'll keep you updated.

Changing the back of the phone can make any difference?
Thanks!

Camera sensor replacement... Anyone?

Hi guyz & girlz,
I got a Pixel 2 XL for my wife two months ago. Worked well for let's say a week :laugh:
Both rear and front cameras died! As soon as i opened the camera, i got a black screen and it'd force close after a few seconds.
At first, it failed to launch for 30 minutes, then started to work again. The day after, it died completely...
reverted to P and even O to see if it would fix it, but unfortunately, no...
So i did a bit of research and found out it seems to be hardware related. The phone is out of warranty by the way ( wouldn't be fun otherwise?! ).
Anyone here who replaced his sensors?
If yes, is it a sustainable fix?
Maybe you had a different sensor revision?
I have found a person whom replacing the sensor fixed it, but who knows for how long, maybe the issue wasn't even the same as i have. So i wish some of you guyz can give me some feedback.
Thanks in advance!
Sébastien.

First double check if it's software related. Try some different camera apps, flash a fresh factory image to see if it resolves the problem. If it's a hardware problem it might be cheaper to buy a used one.
I was quoted at ubreakifix $300 for replacing a cracked screen, ended up buying a used 2xl for $150.

Edmontonchef said:
First double check if it's software related. Try some different camera apps, flash a fresh factory image to see if it resolves the problem. If it's a hardware problem it might be cheaper to buy a used one.
I was quoted at ubreakifix $300 for replacing a cracked screen, ended up buying a used 2xl for $150.
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Hi,
Thank you for the input...
I "flashed" the device numerous times = erased everything, without any change.
I opened the phone, removed the front sensor, rebooted = camera FC.
Plugged front sensor back, removed the back one, rebooted = camera FC.
So, after all this, i guess it's safe to say it is hardware related.
The issue is kinda widespread by the way:
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/9470114?hl=en
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/3317373?hl=en
Cheers...
Sébastien.

I just replaced both cams and battery works 100% afterwards... Good luck ...

Hello,
@kudabee61 Thank you for your feedback..! ?
I finally ordered both front and rear camera sensors replacement and have had the time to open the device earlier today...
Despite both cameras not working, once the back sensor's been replaced, the front one started to work again... ?
Well, i replaced it anyway..!
Phone is working great now, but since this happened, my wife switched back to Apple. Thanks Google for your crappy devices..!
Cheers...
Sébastien.