Camera no longer focusing - G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been loving this phone and camera, took some awesome pictures two weeks ago in Colorado. Just flew in to Seattle, haven't used the camera since i was in Colorado and I've now realized it will not focus. The front facing camera focuses fine but fear facing die doesn't focus at all in auto or manual mode. I tried resetting my phone and even did a factory reset to no avail. Why would it just suddenly stop working? I've had it since release day, it's the Sprint version.

Does it ever make a buzzing sound for a split second like it is trying to focus?
If you shake the phone, do you hear something like a piece broke off?
My phone is with LG to repair this same issue. Those were a few things I experienced.

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[Q] Camera buzz focus issue --- Motorcycle, Bicycle, Active Users

My apologies if this is covered elsewhere, but I think there might be a problem with the One M8 camera if you're an active user.
I’ve had my phone for one week and tried to take a picture today. When I opened the camera application, there's a light buzzing sound, and the camera can't focus. It appears the focus motor is continually running.
A quick perusal of the web yields several results:
https://plus.google.com/114631337412435356176/posts/Vh7oTyjSSrA
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/821908
It seems the common denominator is vibration from people mounting the device on their handlebars.
I've logged over 100,000 miles of heavy duty motorcycle abuse, on and off road, with a variety of HTC & Samsung equipment. I've never had an issue with vibration, and I've never had a device failure. I'm hoping there isn't an inherent design flaw with the M8 camera that can't withstand normal everyday use from active people.
I'm going to send this one back and try another one, if that one also fails, it will be the end of the line for me and the M8. Fingers crossed this all works out because I love this device.
cyko said:
My apologies if this is covered elsewhere, but I think there might be a problem with the One M8 camera if you're an active user.
I’ve had my phone for one week and tried to take a picture today. When I opened the camera application, there's a light buzzing sound, and the camera can't focus. It appears the focus motor is continually running.
A quick perusal of the web yields several results:
https://plus.google.com/114631337412435356176/posts/Vh7oTyjSSrA
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/821908
It seems the common denominator is vibration from people mounting the device on their handlebars.
I've logged over 100,000 miles of heavy duty motorcycle abuse, on and off road, with a variety of HTC & Samsung equipment. I've never had an issue with vibration, and I've never had a device failure. I'm hoping there isn't an inherent design flaw with the M8 camera that can't withstand normal everyday use from active people.
I'm going to send this one back and try another one, if that one also fails, it will be the end of the line for me and the M8. Fingers crossed this all works out because I love this device.
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Mine started doing the same thing today! Only when using the regular camera. Front facing camera is fine. But yea, turn on the camera and it starts buzzing and trying to focus.
cyko said:
My apologies if this is covered elsewhere, but I think there might be a problem with the One M8 camera if you're an active user.
I’ve had my phone for one week and tried to take a picture today. When I opened the camera application, there's a light buzzing sound, and the camera can't focus. It appears the focus motor is continually running.
A quick perusal of the web yields several results:
https://plus.google.com/114631337412435356176/posts/Vh7oTyjSSrA
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/821908
It seems the common denominator is vibration from people mounting the device on their handlebars.
I've logged over 100,000 miles of heavy duty motorcycle abuse, on and off road, with a variety of HTC & Samsung equipment. I've never had an issue with vibration, and I've never had a device failure. I'm hoping there isn't an inherent design flaw with the M8 camera that can't withstand normal everyday use from active people.
I'm going to send this one back and try another one, if that one also fails, it will be the end of the line for me and the M8. Fingers crossed this all works out because I love this device.
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ajk511 said:
Mine started doing the same thing today! Only when using the regular camera. Front facing camera is fine. But yea, turn on the camera and it starts buzzing and trying to focus.
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Thanks for posting, did you use it on a bicycle, motorcycle, or sports activity?
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I'm not sure what "T" means, does that mean it happened to you as well?
Treatment from HTC CS so far is abysmal, I'm really disappointed with the way they're handling this and I'm having serious doubts about keeping the replacement M8 they give me.
cyko said:
Thanks for posting, did you use it on a bicycle, motorcycle, or sports activity?
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Yeah, put in on my motorcycle mount last night for the first time. Just went down the street to get gas and didn't even ride for 15 minutes. The camera started going nuts this morning. Seems to have stopped for now, but for a few hours I couldn't open the camera without it buzzing and constantly trying to refocus. This is pretty sad. I rod with my Samsung Galaxy S3 using the same mount for a year and a half with no issue at all.
ajk511 said:
Yeah, put in on my motorcycle mount last night for the first time. Just went down the street to get gas and didn't even ride for 15 minutes. The camera started going nuts this morning. Seems to have stopped for now, but for a few hours I couldn't open the camera without it buzzing and constantly trying to refocus. This is pretty sad. I rod with my Samsung Galaxy S3 using the same mount for a year and a half with no issue at all.
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Look at the bright side, at least yours stopped buzzing. I'm surprised it did, as I haven't heard of anyone else that was able to get the camera to work again.
I spent 8 days & 6 customer service reps trying to get HTC to replace my M8. It was purchased in Hong Kong as a gift and they have decided to stick it to me because I'm in the U.S. now. All of the C/S reps lied to me multiple times and no effort was ever made to rectify the situation. Quite bummed that this is the last HTC device I will ever own.
BUYER BEWARE... the number of broken camera complaints continues to grow, it's looking more and more like a serious hardware flaw.
Bought an m8 yesterday.
Went for a motorcycle ride today with my m8 mounted in my arm mount.
Now my camera is unusable. Same buzzing hardware issue. This looks like a hardware design issue. Has anyone found a solution. Not mounting the phone to the motorcycle isn't going to work for me. I often ride all day long and need to charge the phone while I ride and use it as a GPS
Mine started doing this yesterday. Made a 200 mile trip a couple weeks ago, phone on the handlebars of my motorcycle the whole time, camera still worked. Went for an hour ride yesterday, came back, and the camera was doing this. Now I'm trying to talk with the customer service reps, and they just want me to reset everything.
Is having a phone rooted still a deal breaker for warranties like it was a few years ago? I'm hesitant to tell them my phone is rooted and half of their questions don't apply.
Went for a bicycle ride yesterday, with my phone mounted on my handlebars, and sure enough, camera won't focus, and making a buzzing sound. This is BS. I rode over 2000 miles, with my S4 mounted, and never had a problem. Now I can't even ride down the street and my HTC breaks?
Brought my phone into Verizon, today. They are overnighting me a new phone, and you can bet the first thing I'm going to do, is go for a bike ride.
Anyone get their phone "repaired" by HTC?
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Same problem here
I put my One M8 on the stem of my handlebars on my road bike
just started happening after a few hundred miles of riding
Yesterday the camera briefly fixed itself for one picture, then immediately started buzzing again
Road bike vibration
MerkoPCS said:
Same problem here
I put my One M8 on the stem of my handlebars on my road bike
just started happening after a few hundred miles of riding
Yesterday the camera briefly fixed itself for one picture, then immediately started buzzing again
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Same issue. Mounted on road bike. Seems to be a common problem.
Ugh, I have the same damn problem - lots of riding on my motorcycle. Will bring it in today for a replacement, but now I'm considering moving away from this phone as I don't have time to keep S-OFF'ing, etc. every time the hardware craps out :|
Just got my M8 2 days ago, Is this affecting a certain variant or all M8's
I don't ride or anything however, it's good to know that the camera module is fragile.
Does anyone know who makes the M8's camera modules?
Maybe informing HTC about this enough will get them to do RMA's to swap the module just like the M7 pink/purple thing delima
Same issue. Mounted on my motocycle and after first ride ... camera buzzing ...
I just started having the same issue and I dont even ride.....
Attempted Fix/Thread Revive
I have the same problem as all of you, hopefully we can revive this thread and fix our phones! I messed around with the camera when buzzing and as noted in this thread, it seems that part of the rear camera is messed up, in fact, one can hear rattling when shaking the phone. I found that applying pressure to the rear camera, though of course not recommended, stops the vibrating and allows the camera to work (sometimes). Applying Pressure to the duo camera does not fix the problem and custom roms, cm based that don't use the extra sensor, still have the problem. Thus the common variable is the rear camera (I hope ). So, I eliminated the duo camera extra sensor as a reason for the failure. Its bound to be either:
1. the glue holding down the rear camera has lost its grip to to drops and or vibration from motorcycle rides or,
2. constant vibration, dropping, etc, has caused part of the camera module to malfunction.
With these two theories, I have decided to buy an oem rear camera module off ebay, and I will install it into my phone. The problem is either the camera or ruined glue, so, considering that the camera module comes with a sticky surface for installation, this fix should theoretically solve the problem, assuming its as simple as I imagine.
I will post some screenshots and results after the camera replacement, which will take place March 14-15, March 21-22, or March 28-29. I can't make any promises because I have no idea when my ebay order will come in. The camera module itself is scheduled to arrive within a few days, but the replacement camera lens (I broke mine while tinkering around) is scheduled to arrive from Hong Kong in who knows how long.
I hope most of you were able to get replacements from Verizon or HTC. Alas I have some physical wear and tear along with custom software on my phone that makes me skeptical about going to either, so that is not an option. For those with broken cameras, I hope I can help you, and if anybody else has attempted this, I would be glad to hear your results.
how to fix camera buzz sound
in the name of allah
first of all i 'm sorry 4 my english.
the problem is sometimes when the htc M8 falls or be on motocycle or any things which moving up & down or vibrate ......... the rear camera (4 ultra pixel)became blurry & a buzz sound appears when the camera is on .so i fix my M8 which have the same problem but unfotunetly you will have to open the M8 for fix it but it's very easy.
1-open the M8 cover (search in google)
2-remove the camera cover (very easy)
attch 1
3-put some piece of tape like in the image (red color =tape piece)
attach 2
4-finally its very important test the camera focus take some photoes
when the buzz sound disappears, the camera clear & focus work fine cover the camera & close the M8
until now my M8 camera work fine is like new
thanks

[Q] Camera slow focus, and other questions

Ok I have noticed my Note 4 can take the LONGEST time to focus. I mean over a minute sometimes. The only settings I have on is HDR and have video set to record in full HD. Is this normal for the Note 4? Just curious as I am coming up on 30 days and if its got a camera issue I can exchange it at ATT.
Normal !
Lots of people having that issue, me included. I just choose to live with it.
One thing to make it focus properly is pointing it up and tap the screen, then it would focus normal (macro or not).
Hopefully it would be fixed in Lolipop.
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Hello, I recently got the Note 4 myself about a month ago too. Since I purchased it from Best Buy, I thought I had 30 days to exchange it once I noticed and endured the camera issue. I waited too long. However if you go to the Samsung Repair Center and tell them your issue with your camera they will fix it. However, when they attempted to fix it, they ended up frying my motherboard and I had to wait 3-4 days while they received a new motherboard. Afterward though, everything works perfectly and its instantly focusing. The frying motherboard is probably independent of the camera so its a gamble if you want to risk it, make sure you back up all your data and go as soon as early as possible since all the Samsung Repair Centers get busy fast.
Google: "Samsung Repair Center Locations" and pick, I cannot post links as I just made an account to post this.
This is NOT normal. It should focus right away. The Note 4 is one of the first phones to have moving parts in the lens, and Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS). Apparently there is a problem with it sticking due to many factors, I'm guessing most of it is from shipping since there is no padding in the boxes. Once you load your camera app and it doesnt focus, try slapping the side of the phone, if it focuses then, return it. I had 2 replaced due to this issue. If you can return within your return period, do it. Everyone else can just do a warranty replacement.
I am having the same issue, but am able to correct it relatively quickly by rotating to potrait or landscape depending. Not quick enough for those "moments" necessitating instant response time though.
bluetoothless said:
I am having the same issue, but am able to correct it relatively quickly by rotating to potrait or landscape depending. Not quick enough for those "moments" necessitating instant response time though.
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Thanks for the info. For the moment, this works.
bluetoothless said:
I am having the same issue, but am able to correct it relatively quickly by rotating to potrait or landscape depending. Not quick enough for those "moments" necessitating instant response time though.
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That does seem to help me also, at least its faster. Thanks for the tip!!
jpinks said:
Ok I have noticed my Note 4 can take the LONGEST time to focus. I mean over a minute sometimes. The only settings I have on is HDR and have video set to record in full HD. Is this normal for the Note 4? Just curious as I am coming up on 30 days and if its got a camera issue I can exchange it at ATT.
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I am using two phones - one personal (Note 4) and the new BlackBerry Passport for work. I do notice that Note 4 is pretty slow with focusing. The darker it gets the longer it takes to focus. I think it is pretty normal. Just the software is like that.
Happens when you're in auto night mode. To disable just set your ISO
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greekunit690 said:
Happens when you're in auto night mode. To disable just set your ISO
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Nice thanks for the info. I couldn't understand why my note 2 took night pics so much faster. Now that I set the iso to 100 it works fast. What iso are you setting your to?
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borijess said:
Nice thanks for the info. I couldn't understand why my note 2 took night pics so much faster. Now that I set the iso to 100 it works fast. What iso are you setting your to?
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Depends on the lighting. If it's dark I set it a bit higher (600 to 800)... Bright out I set it to 100 or 200. I also really like camera fv-5. Try it out if you want an amazing picture experience
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Thanks for all the tips!! I will be trying them!!
When I first got my Tmobile note 4, camera focused really fast, in a split of a second. Then one day, it suddenly slowed down to several seconds being unable to focus at all every time it started, sometimes up to 10 seconds. I had to tap it, shake it, or rotate it, then it starts to focus.
Today, I tried to reboot into safe mode to see if there's any downloaded app that might be the culprit, and no improvement at all. I started to disable pre-loaded apps, turning off GPS didn't help. But when I disabled/turned off S Health, the camera focused almost immediately just like new. Camera on and off, tested repeatedly, it worked very quick and smoothly. Afterwards, I turned on S Health again, seems the camera keeps working normally. Under low light, I do have to tap the focus ring one or two times to make it focus properly.
My testing results are when S Health is completely disabled, the camera focuses super fast. When S Health is turned on again, it slows slightly by maybe half to one second. I vaguely remember the focusing issue happened sometime after I turned on S Health. I suspect it'll slow down again after S Health has been running for a couple weeks. I'll keep an eye on it.
Maybe S Health keeps holding on some sensors until camera app asks for them, which may take a few seconds. S Health does slow down steadily when more and more data are accumulated. But at this point, I can't say for sure that S Health is the real problem. YMMV.
hz-zh said:
My testing results are when S Health is completely disabled, the camera focuses super fast. When S Health is turned on again, it slows slightly by maybe half to one second. I vaguely remember the focusing issue happened sometime after I turned on S Health. I suspect it'll slow down again after S Health has been running for a couple weeks. I'll keep an eye on it.
Maybe S Health keeps holding on some sensors until camera app asks for them, which may take a few seconds. S Health does slow down steadily when more and more data are accumulated. But at this point, I can't say for sure that S Health is the real problem. YMMV.
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It helps.
Thanks
I think I should write a follow-up on this issue.
My previous method of turning off/on S Health worked only temporarily, unfortunately. After a few days, auto focus problem came back again. Basically the symptom is like this: leave the phone sitting on desk for a while, say 10+ minutes to half an hour, the camera app has focus issue that needs 10-20 seconds to start auto-focus, like something suddenly wakes up. When camera app is opened/closed several times in a row non-stop, there's no auto-focus problem.
Also tried the method of modifying /system/build.prop file, didn't work.
Eventually what worked for me is this: my phone has wallet cover, so I tried the method someone suggested, slapping the top back part of the phone against my palm. It took me three tries, once a day slapping 10-20 times. I thought it'll never work in the first two days, but still tried the method. The 3rd day, it suddenly worked. Now the phone auto-focuses properly.
However, there's one issue, initially the phone takes picture just like +1ev is set when the setting is actually at zero, and range of view showing on screen is like shrinking by about 5% on both sides. To take normal pictures, had to manually set to -1ev. What I did next is doing the opposite, slapping the top glass/screen part of the phone against my palm. It took several rounds of back & forth slapping, loosing fast auto-focus then getting it back, etc. Now it looks like it's only at +0.5ev, which is acceptable, photos are slightly brighter than normal. Most probably picture size is also back to original.
So my feeling is maybe there is a hardware defect with Note 4's camera module. Right now, I'm ok with it. But the final solution is probably buying a new camera module and replace it. If you're handy enough, that's not a bad idea. There're youtube videos showing how to replace, but I'd prefer not peeling off the screen from main board. Comments on videos showed how-to not taking off screen when replacing camera.
I have same issue with camera. Since getting the phone it's been so slow.
I finally just found that tapping the screen pretty hard right about where the camera is located jolts it enough to focus quickly.
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I've had the same issue with the camera, it was pretty fast when I first got the phone and it slowed down over time.
Recently I accidentally dropped the phone as it slipped from my hand and the issue seemed to have gone away for good (knock on wood).
My brand new Note 4 (back in November, I think?) couldn't focus close up (& keep it), was slow to gain focus at all, and made me despise the camera. Had to use the warranty service to replace it (didn't get it at a corporate store --got it at an authorized retailer-- and the one I got worked a thousand times better. You have a hardware defect. I found people in the T-Mobile forums I think back then having similar problems. Nobody ever found a "fix" outside replacing the camera or the phone.
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My brand new Note 4 (back in November, I think?) couldn't focus close up (& keep it), was slow to gain focus at all, and made me despise the camera. Had to use the warranty service to replace it (didn't get it at a corporate store --got it at an authorized retailer-- and the one I got worked a thousand times better. You have a hardware defect. I found people in the T-Mobile forums I think back then having similar problems. Nobody ever found a "fix" outside replacing the camera or the phone.
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I had same problem with my note edge, I replace camera module and for last 3 days so fare so good. I think this is hardware problem since I had to shake or tap phone to get my focus to work.
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Nobody ever found a "fix" outside replacing the camera or the phone.
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You're right, the HW is defective. Eventually I bought a new rear camera, and replaced by myself. Easy fix. Worked like a charm, focused in a split second again.

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.
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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
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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.

Camera Issues.

Hi all.
I bought a HTC One M8 after killing my Xperia Z. My dad also has an M8, and its been perfect for him since day one. I've been thoroughly impressed with the device, despite its age, and will find it hard to part with when I eventually purchase an ARA when released! This will be a lengthy post, so bare with me please.
The issues started at the beginning of the week. I hadn't done anything different, but I noticed that my camera wasn't working full stop. I'd click on the app and it would force close. So i did some research and found a couple of solutions, most of which involved Last Pass, which isn't installed on my device, however I tried those that didn't involve it, to no avail. Somewhere along the way, I must've done something wrong as I started to get the "gaaps.com has stopped" error, and the error message would reappear every few seconds, rendering the phone unusable. After a factory reset, the "gapps.com" error had stopped, but my camera issue still persisted.
It's worth noting that the night before, I did drop a dumbbell on the screen by accident, but the camera WAS working perfectly fine afterwards. The problems I described above occurred the day after.
So after getting nowhere, I decided to take the plunge and replace the camera unit. I purchased an OEM part, and then when it was delivered I continued to strip the phone down and replace the old module with the new one. That was last night. I started the phone up, and clicked on the camera. Hey Presto! The front facing camera worked. No option for the rear camera though. So i installed a 3rd party app, and in that app, the rear facing camera is upside down. I placed my finger over the bottom camera of the two rear ones (the camera i replaced) and the image wasn't blocked by my finger. I placed my finger over the top rear camera, and the image was blocked.
So my question now is, having replaced the entire lower module with a new part, what could be causing the image to be upside down on the third party app, and not showing a rear camera function at all in the stock app?
I'm 99% sure that I rebuilt the phone correctly, but I am going to strip it down again tonight and then rebuild it to make sure I hadn't missed anything out.
Any and All suggestions and questions are welcome.
Thanks,
Mylo.
Update
So, just to update.
I purchased a faulty HTC M8 off eBay for a rather good price. It's arrived, and ive just spent the last 45 minutes stripping the camera sisterboard out of the purchased one and fit it into my handset. All works perfectly. So one can only assume that my sister board was broken in some way or another.
Regards,
Myles.

Camera issues after new lense and signal issues ("LTE!")

Been having the signal issues since updating to MM but haven't really been able to figure it out.. Usually just hit the airplane mode for 5 seconds and it comes back. That's what happens on several ROMs so I'm guessing it's just my phone.
My other issue is with the camera. My images were blurry as hell so I figured I'd replace the lense. Well it worked.. Somewhat. My pictures are clearer but not what I'd expect. Especially when I zoom in, everything gets boxy. Is that something all G3s do? Can't really remember zooming when I first bought the phone.
Thanks in advance for your time..... And thoughts plz help me fix these damn things

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