Is there any way to clean the dust in the camera lens?I think it affects my camera quality so it does not take quality picrures.Please help thanks!
BlackPie said:
Is there any way to clean the dust in the camera lens?I think it affects my camera quality so it does not take quality picrures.Please help thanks!
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I had not dust, but some kind of a residue that was making the lens cover "foggy" from the inside. I discovered it when I removed the back cover from my phone (for different reason). Cleaned it with a q-tip, which made pictures much better. So, if you are sure you have some crap inside, the only way to get rid of it is to remove the back cover, and clean it up. It's not a difficult task... You need to remove two screws at the bottom, and carefully pry your cover open, starting at the bottom, and working your way along the sides to the top. Don't forget to take out your SIM tray BEFORE removing the cover! When you're done, put the cover back, starting at the top, and snapping it in place along the sides, and down to the bottom. It's a bit tricky to hold side buttons in place while snapping the cover back on, but not too much...
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little irritated that i just realized that taking the back cover off my tilt2 made for better quality pictures. and i randomly clean the plastic lens cover on the back cover but pics still come out hazey.
anyone have this issue or tips to clean it?
asiancuta said:
little irritated that i just realized that taking the back cover off my tilt2 made for better quality pictures. and i randomly clean the plastic lens cover on the back cover but pics still come out hazey.
anyone have this issue or tips to clean it?
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Is the plastic cover scratched -- like from rubbing against something?
Ironically, I am having the same issue. I was just searching for a solution on here last night. It seems to have just happened within the past week. The cover on mine doesn't seem to be scratched.
I tried cleaning it vigorously with my shirt, but the haze wouldn't go away. A little more "cleaning" today and most of it seems to be gone.
My buddy fixes copiers, so I figured he might have something that will clean it up good. I will work on this tomorrow and see if I can get it cleared up.
nope no scratches or anything. i'm pretty careful with the phone since i paid full no-contract price for it i've done windex and rubbing alcohol via q-tip...but no success.
the drastic difference without the back cover is like going from watching standard tv without contacts to watching HD tv with contacts.
yeah, I noticed the same on my tilt 2. The plastic cover makes the pictures blurry. I ended up just removing the plastic camera piece from the back cover. The camera is recessed, so I don't see the need for a plastic cover. Works much better.
asiancuta said:
the drastic difference without the back cover is like going from watching standard tv without contacts to watching HD tv with contacts.
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Kinda like this:
I've got the European version of the TP2 - it doesn't have any screen in the back cover - just a hole!
big difference..
thanks for posting this....hadn't thought about this issue....
but checked it out...and yep...HUGE difference....
the plastic 'lens cover' looks like a pretty cheap plastic material....
even with the best care and cleaning it will ultimately change....
mine's filthy and scratched a little....
considering popping it out
I popped mine out and it looks a lot better now. The contrast/sharpness is much better without it. The camera is actually pretty decent now, weird that htc ruins the cam by putting these plastic pieces of crap over the lens!
jcterry said:
Kinda like this:
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that's exactly how my pictures came out. thanks for posting examples.
those of you that have popped that plastic cover off haven't had any dust or foreign debri issues getting in the phone, without it? that's my only concern.
Nice find asiancuta the camera is so much better thanks for sharing.
It's not because the lense is dirty, I tried it the same day the TILT2 came out, fresh out of the box. So it's not a dirty lense, i had the same issue with the TILT 1 , its the protective lense cover, it's just cheap and not clear. so you could remove it , some people even drilled a hole in it. It will allow for dust to get under the cover more, but it gets under there anyways, you can blow it out every once in awhile, instead over removing your cover and having people look at you like your retarded.
magnaman750 said:
Nice find asiancuta the camera is so much better thanks for sharing.
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no prob. figured picture quality was a lens cover issue..went on a hunch. loving the pictures and the phone so much more now
bwnotredame06 said:
It's not because the lense is dirty, I tried it the same day the TILT2 came out, fresh out of the box. So it's not a dirty lense, i had the same issue with the TILT 1 , its the protective lense cover, it's just cheap and not clear. so you could remove it , some people even drilled a hole in it. It will allow for dust to get under the cover more, but it gets under there anyways, you can blow it out every once in awhile, instead over removing your cover and having people look at you like your retarded.
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true..i airblow mine once a week at least. dust build up is incredible...pretty much a dust magnet. looks like i'll attempt to drill a hole or take the plastic off completely. picture quality is too d*** good without it
If you are concerned about dust, when removing the clear plastic piece, place a small piece of gaffers or masking tape (with one end curled over) on the hole. This will create a small flap that will prevent dust from entering. When it's time to take a photo just peel back the tape a little.
Also No need to Drill a hole, from the outside push on lense protector inward, and it pops right off, if you decide later, you can put it back on real easy.
bwnotredame06 said:
Also No need to Drill a hole, from the outside push on lense protector inward, and it pops right off, if you decide later, you can put it back on real easy.
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i'm gonna keep the plastic off for a couple of days and see how it goes.
side note and another small observation: looks like a slight bad design flaw on HTC's part, for the HTC Tilt 2 if you look at other phones...blackberry, nokia's, and even the HTC Pure..basic keyboardless version of the Tilt2...you can see the lens higher up on the back of the phone. now hold you're phone as you usually would while browsing the web or checking the weather. don't know bout anyone else, but i place my pointing finger along the back of the phone as stable support..unknowingly covering the lens part. that and possible oxidation (the yellow discoloring that occurs on your car's headlights) may lead to the bad quality pictures.
Night and day difference in popping out that cheap plastic lens. WOW, better then my 3.1 digital camera now.
Yeah, I did that on my Kaiser and it was much better. Bought a replacement back cover just for that purpose, but I can't find another cover specifically for the Tilt 2 yet, so I just can't bring myself to do it to this phone yet.
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I got my TP2 just one and a half week ago new here in Germany. And there was no plastic lense in the battery cover, just a hole.
But the quality of the camera is more than poor. I had an SE X1 with the same 3.2 MP before it -that was goot quality. The TP2's quality is more than poor compared with the X1. Like 1 MP (TP2) to 3 MP (X1). Even at a good sunny day a picture in a garden is without sharpness at the edges and in the bottom of the front. The camera of the X1 I used more and more often instead of my standard digital camera for same easy pictures and it was ok. But the camera of the TP2 ist unusable compared with the X1
Trying to figure out if the camera lens makes contact with whatever you lay the phone on (when on it's back). Anyone know? It's really hard for me to tell.
brian85 said:
Trying to figure out if the camera lens makes contact with whatever you lay the phone on (when on it's back). Anyone know? It's really hard for me to tell.
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No it doesnt
Cool thanks.
You do realise that all phones with cameras never had the actual lens touching anything, its always the bit of clear plastic on the phone case... Your phone will take a picture without the back cover on.
Saying that, on this phone that bit of plastic is slightly pushed in, so it doesn't touch anything when placed on a flat surface.
On GN, I dont the clear plastic cover is in the back cover.
I think you must protect that plastic cover as well ... To not get scratched or dirty ...
YevS said:
You do realise that all phones with cameras never had the actual lens touching anything, its always the bit of clear plastic on the phone case... Your phone will take a picture without the back cover on.
Saying that, on this phone that bit of plastic is slightly pushed in, so it doesn't touch anything when placed on a flat surface.
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Hello Everyone new here to the forum, I have been browsing around the forums, in search for a fix for the camera issue that seems to be happening frequently. I have a rooted HTC Evo4g everytime I flash a rom whether it be a SENSES/AOSP etc my camera will either work for a few minutes to a few hours then stop working completely leaving me with a blank black screen/or it will show the camera logo on startup and then a black screen. I've rebooted my phone,cleared cache,took out battery and still no permanent fix. I was looking around for a possible update, and am slightly confused as to if my phone requires one. Here is my information from my HBOOT hopefully this is all the information needed. Need anymore information please let me know. Thank you!!!
Revolutionary
Supersonic EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.16.1002
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224-16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.0000
Mar 8 2011,17:02:15
undergroundx said:
Hello Everyone new here to the forum, I have been browsing around the forums, in search for a fix for the camera issue that seems to be happening frequently. I have a rooted HTC Evo4g everytime I flash a rom whether it be a SENSES/AOSP etc my camera will either work for a few minutes to a few hours then stop working completely leaving me with a blank black screen/or it will show the camera logo on startup and then a black screen. I've rebooted my phone,cleared cache,took out battery and still no permanent fix. I was looking around for a possible update, and am slightly confused as to if my phone requires one. Here is my information from my HBOOT hopefully this is all the information needed. Need anymore information please let me know. Thank you!!!
Revolutionary
Supersonic EVT3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.16.1002
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224-16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.0000
Mar 8 2011,17:02:15
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Lol look at yur camera is it scratch up?
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Question about your camera not working. By any chance did you drop your phone? My phone did the same thing as yours, the camera worked for a few minutes or the lcd goes blank, when it does, the camera app went into forced closed. I had a ic rom. I tryed to install the oem htc camera app, same results, forced closed. I searched on this forum and found out that the rear camera and the retaining clip to the camera popped off the logic board. I resecured the rear camera and retaining clip and retested. The camera worked after I reseated the camera and the clip. Hope that helps.
chickipaul said:
Question about your camera not working. By any chance did you drop your phone? My phone did the same thing as yours, the camera worked for a few minutes or the lcd goes blank, when it does, the camera app went into forced closed. I had a ic rom. I tryed to install the oem htc camera app, same results, forced closed. I searched on this forum and found out that the rear camera and the retaining clip to the camera popped off the logic board. I resecured the rear camera and retaining clip and retested. The camera worked after I reseated the camera and the clip. Hope that helps.
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I have dropped my phone a few times in the past, maybe that's why its doing that?.. Cause I did flash a few kernels and it kept doing the whole working/not working thing whenever it wanted too. Is there a certain way you fixed getting the clip retained? Maybe try apply pressure to the back of the lens or something? And to the poster above me, its only alittle scratched, nothing that ever bothered it before, from what I've noticed.
Thanks for the helps much appreciated!
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I have dropped my phone a few times in the past, maybe that's why its doing that?.. Cause I did flash a few kernels and it kept doing the whole working/not working thing whenever it wanted too. Is there a certain way you fixed getting the clip retained? Maybe try apply pressure to the back of the lens or something? And to the poster above me, its only alittle scratched, nothing that ever bothered it before, from what I've noticed.
Thanks for the helps much appreciated!
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The best way to address this concern is to remove the back casing of the phone. First remove the battery cover. Then remove the battery from the phone. Remove the sim card. Use a torq bix screw driver with a T-5 sized bit. Remove the 6 torq screws on the rear cover of the phone. Use a plastic tool like a credit card, guitar pick or if you have phone tools like a plastic spludger or case separator tool. After you remove the 6 screws on the rear case, turn the phone to the side and you will use the plastic tools mentioned above to seperate the two case halves, the rear battery case and the front lcd, digitizer frame. Carefully pry the two cases apart. Lay the lcd case face down on a non scratch surface like a micro fiber towel to prevent scratching of the digitizer when servicing the rear camera. Now you will see the rear camera and the mounting bezel on the logic board. To see if the camera is unseated on the logic board, gently press the rear camera mounting bezel and camera at the same time, you should hear a click. Before reassembling the phone, make sure that the volume rocker and power buttons are still in place on the lcd frame. Then install the rear cover back on the lcd frame, make sure that the two cases halves snap together, use light pressure to seat the two cases together. Then install the 6 T-5 torq screws to the rear case. Tighten the case screws in a criss cross pattern, start with the four corners then tighten the screws gently without stripping the threads out. Install the sim card, install the battery, then the rear battery cover. Then power up the phone and recheck the camera for operation. This should address your concern. If you need more help, post back or pm me. Good Luck.
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The best way to address this concern is to remove the back casing of the phone. First remove the battery cover. Then remove the battery from the phone. Remove the sim card. Use a torq bix screw driver with a T-5 sized bit. Remove the 6 torq screws on the rear cover of the phone. Use a plastic tool like a credit card, guitar pick or if you have phone tools like a plastic spludger or case separator tool. After you remove the 6 screws on the rear case, turn the phone to the side and you will use the plastic tools mentioned above to seperate the two case halves, the rear battery case and the front lcd, digitizer frame. Carefully pry the two cases apart. Lay the lcd case face down on a non scratch surface like a micro fiber towel to prevent scratching of the digitizer when servicing the rear camera. Now you will see the rear camera and the mounting bezel on the logic board. To see if the camera is unseated on the logic board, gently press the rear camera mounting bezel and camera at the same time, you should hear a click. Before reassembling the phone, make sure that the volume rocker and power buttons are still in place on the lcd frame. Then install the rear cover back on the lcd frame, make sure that the two cases halves snap together, use light pressure to seat the two cases together. Then install the 6 T-5 torq screws to the rear case. Tighten the case screws in a criss cross pattern, start with the four corners then tighten the screws gently without stripping the threads out. Install the sim card, install the battery, then the rear battery cover. Then power up the phone and recheck the camera for operation. This should address your concern. If you need more help, post back or pm me. Good Luck.
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Thanks man!!! I will defiantly try that, hopefully without any issue or anything. Thanks again. Will report back when/hopefully issue is resolved!
The images from my front facing camera have gotten more and more washed out over the past few months. Apparently there is a small bulge in the aluminum right below the camera (where is connects to the black glass). The bulge is so slight that i can't even slip a piece of paper into it, but apparently it is enough to allow the occasional piece of dust in, so now the lens is coated with some debris (washing out the pictures).
I've tried canned air to no avail. I'm wondering if it makes sense to try and pry the bulge bigger to provide a better opportunity to clean the lens. I definitely don't want to take the whole screen off just for the front camera lens, but if there were a less involved disassembly to get the upper grill off or something, I'd be willing to try that.
Anyone have any suggestions?
chuck-fu said:
The images from my front facing camera have gotten more and more washed out over the past few months. Apparently there is a small bulge in the aluminum right below the camera (where is connects to the black glass). The bulge is so slight that i can't even slip a piece of paper into it, but apparently it is enough to allow the occasional piece of dust in, so now the lens is coated with some debris (washing out the pictures).
I've tried canned air to no avail. I'm wondering if it makes sense to try and pry the bulge bigger to provide a better opportunity to clean the lens. I definitely don't want to take the whole screen off just for the front camera lens, but if there were a less involved disassembly to get the upper grill off or something, I'd be willing to try that.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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Try to contact either HTC for a free repair (telling them your front camera is not working) or try to do the same thing with Verizon for them to get you a Like-New replacement (it is very easy to get them to do that, they ship one out for almost any problem). You are for sure within the 1 year standard warranty that comes with every phone since this phone only came out on August 28, 2013.
Why is there a black dot in the same exact place when I take a picture. It doesn't matter what camera app I use. I'm thinking that its someting under the camera lens. What should I do?
Looks like a piece of plastic or foam under the lens.
fury683 said:
Looks like a piece of plastic or foam under the lens.
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How can I remove it?
You'll have to open the back of the case and see if you can clear the debris that way. If it's not easily accessible or blown out that way, I'm not sure you'll even want to mess with it further. Not sure what kind of real uses this terrible camera has anyways.
Here's a teardown guide, be careful not to crack the back cover....
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+7+2nd+Generation+Teardown/16072