I was ready to take a picture early in the morning when I noticed the it was blurry. Took a look on the camera and the was condensation inside the glass. Has this happen before to anyone? Thinking about warranty in the future, they may say that there is water damage other some lame excuse.
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I was ready to take a picture early in the morning when I noticed the it was blurry. Took a look on the camera and the was condensation inside the glass. Has this happen before to anyone? Thinking about warranty in the future, they may say that there is water damage other some lame excuse.
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I suppose it could collect moisture on its own, but this is usually a sign that water has gotten in the phone somehow.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80onI3tI9bw
This guy did a water test on his pixel and his camera lens is doing the exact same thing as yours. The video also goes on to show how to disassemble and fix the issue.
I would contact google nonetheless as they may be able to take care of your issue without voiding your warranty.
Well, I run everyday about 8 miles and always have the phone in my pocket, I think it could be sweat.
Did you have any luck replacing the device? I'm having the same problem right now.
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I was just looking at my TP2 last night and noticed in the center of the screen it appears under the screen there is a tiny small bit of moisture.
It's not very noticeable, but enough to bother me.
can I take it apart and clean it? Does anyone know where there are instructions to take it apart?
The device wasn't released that long ago. I assume yours is still under warranty, so just bring it in for HTC to deal with. There's no reason for you to take the risk...
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I was just looking at my TP2 last night and noticed in the center of the screen it appears under the screen there is a tiny small bit of moisture.
It's not very noticeable, but enough to bother me.
can I take it apart and clean it? Does anyone know where there are instructions to take it apart?
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Moist screen would imply also having red moisture detection stickers.. Good luck!
Drop it in a pitcher of beer recently?
are you sure it is not Newton ring, mine had this and HTC tried to tell me that it was down to excessive pressure on the screen. This in my case was not true as never used it in my pocket only in its belt clip. After days of arguing with HTC they eventually agreed to repair it which meant a new phone as got sent one with a different imei no.
good luck anyway
I had mine in bits the other evening. i was in a rush otherwise I'd have taken some pics for the folks here..
It was far from the easiest phone to take apart, but its 'do-able' if you're really carefull!
Good luck however you deal with it.
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I had mine in bits the other evening. i was in a rush otherwise I'd have taken some pics for the folks here..
It was far from the easiest phone to take apart, but its 'do-able' if you're really carefull!
Good luck however you deal with it.
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So, can you please post the pics and a how to ?
Thanks.
User22 said:
So, can you please post the pics and a how to ?
Thanks.
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It's not coming apart again unless I have to, sorry.
It wasn't the worst job in the world - get your torx drivers out!
If in fact it is water you can put it in a bowl of white rice and cover it for a day or so...should do the trick...Tj
anyone else have it? My phones only 4 months old. Im really pissed.
Youre looking at a crackflashing troll with ORD
Pop it off and blow it out. The plastic in mine fell out of the red ring though. I had to glue it back on. It's secured with double sided tape. You might get away with just taking the back off and blowing some air just under the lense and get some out. But mines 14 months old. I just want to know the easiest way to get dust out from under the screen.
I remember reading somewhere on here that somebody was able to get their phone replaced because they had dust under the screen because its considered a manufacturing defect; I would assume the same for under the camera lens.
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I remember reading somewhere on here that somebody was able to get their phone replaced because they had dust under the screen because its considered a manufacturing defect; I would assume the same for under the camera lens.
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Wish I could have done that. My lens falls off, and the USB port is screwy (doesn't connect to PC sometimes, but charges). I took it back for the USB problem when it wasn't working at all and it couldn't be replaced because it was 1 day over a year old . That was when it wasn't working at all, no data or anything. Then my friend threw it on the ground for no reason, and it fixed it somehow. Obviously, its about 2 months out now so, no replacements. But I'm happy with it anyhow. Just need it to last another year without breaking it. I already dropped it underwater in the sink, but it didn't even set off the water markers because I took it out like a ninja
Lol very nice.
1 day over a year and they wouldn't accept it? I woulda make a stink about that... Heck, I've gotten Intel to replace my processor in my desktop that was about 3-4 months out of warranty xD. I was nice and patient with the guy and explained that it was working fine up until then (which was the truth), and voila... he accepted my RMA .
Dropped my Evo in the lake over the weekend. It filled up with water and died immediately. I was able to take it all apart and blow it out with compressed air til it was all dried up. The phone now boots fully and everything appears to work (sending this from my Evo!) except for the camera. Neither front or back works and I don't have insurance so Sprint totally turned me away. Does this sound like an easy fix? The camera turns on but the picture is all fuzzy and I can't actually take a photo or video. I found replacements on eBay for around 20 bucks but don't know if that will fix it. Any thoughts?
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it's possible that the compressed air messed up some of the solder on the MotherBoard... i don't know much about phones (mainly work on PC's) but if it's anything like a pc there is a motherboard and the solder could have been weak and the compressed air blew it right off...
or maybe there is still some moisture... if that is the case... i have heard of a couple of solutions... open the phone back up and submerge it in a bowl of rice. let it sit over night... put back together see if that works.
if not... i have heard that dipping it in a bowl of WD-40 and letting it dry over night works...
i have never tried the latter but have used the former once...
as far as replacing the camera itself... i wouldn't know sorry
Replacing the camera modules should be pretty easy. The rear camera module in particular sometimes has a tendency to come loose on its own, so it shouldn't be too much work to remove it. The front camera module should also be pretty easy, though you'd need to do more disassembly to take that out. I would look up the various teardowns of the evo that are available online for details on doing that.
As for whether it will fix your issue; you won't really know until you try. That's one of the things that kinda sucks about water damage, it's not going to do the same thing with every device, that's why in general people usually don't even bother trying to fix water damage and either live with the damage or get a replacement.
Best bet for a fix is to take out the battery and submerge the phone in distilled water and let it soak, slight aggitate the water.
That should remove any deposits on the board. The problem with normal water is it has all kinds of crap in it that get left behind if you just let it air dry.
Than take it out and stick it in a bag of uncooked rice to 3 days to dry it out.
Power on and test.
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Best bet for a fix is to take out the battery and submerge the phone in distilled water and let it soak, slight aggitate the water.
That should remove any deposits on the board. The problem with normal water is it has all kinds of crap in it that get left behind if you just let it air dry.
Than take it out and stick it in a bag of uncooked rice to 3 days to dry it out.
Power on and test.
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Not a bad idea, although it's kinda scary to try that! If you do, I would also get some of that computer duster air and dry it again gently. I used my wife's hairdryer on mine as well, and then the rice trick.
I wonder if electrical parts cleaner would work as well?
Replacing the camera modules are easy I did mine when I replaced my digitizer......bought this EVO for 20 bucks on Craigslist paid like 60 in parts not a bad deal
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Thanks for all the input guys, I really appreciate it! It now seems as though the camera is working properly, for now. If I start to have further issues, I will use your suggestions to try to fix. Thanks again! Looks like I may have really dodged a bullet here!
The device is 1+ month old. There are two particles of dust under the camera lens. This doesn't seem to affect the taken photographs despite the fact that they are in the centre of the lens. Should i send it to service, try to clean it or just ignore it ?
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The device is 1+ month old. There are two particles of dust under the camera lens. This doesn't seem to affect the taken photographs despite the fact that they are in the centre of the lens. Should i send it to service, try to clean it or just ignore it ?
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Under the actual lens or under the back cover?
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Under the actual lens or under the back cover?
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Under the lens! It's unreachable.
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Under the lens! It's unreachable.
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It's not unreachable, you just need to take out a few screws use a few plectrums and take the phone out of the case, as the GN only has one side, then blow the dust out. Put it back together and you're done.
I have one spec under mine, it won't affect picture quality in the slightest, I wouldn't worry about it.
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It's not unreachable, you just need to take out a few screws use a few plectrums and take the phone out of the case, as the GN only has one side, then blow the dust out. Put it back together and you're done.
I have one spec under mine, it won't affect picture quality in the slightest, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Thank you for your post. My main concern is if this is something generally observed in galaxy nexus phones and if this dust impacts somehow the taken pictures. I would not bother trying to practice surgery to my device in any way!
sachilleas said:
Thank you for your post. My main concern is if this is something generally observed in galaxy nexus phones and if this dust impacts somehow the taken pictures. I would not bother trying to practice surgery to my device in any way!
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Honestly, I've seen pictures taken with Canon L lenses after they have been dropped front element into the ground and fractured and even then they take images like it's a foggy day and that's with a huge piece of glass smashed. It's far, far too close to the sensor for it to pick it up, and the 'lense' is a fixed aperture of f/2.8 I believe which is even less likely to pick up dirt particles.
It's annoying I know, but it won't harm your images.
I bought my watch with insurance, and this shop i think tries to scam me now
my watch wasn't working and i brought it back to them to fix it but then they told me its water damage
I never had it inside water, the only water that got close to it was my sweet
So i told then i need more prof and they gave me this pictures (sorry needed to take it from the screen they didn't wanted to send it to me)
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Is this damage water damage or something else ? it seems its burned
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I bought my watch with insurance, and this shop i think tries to scam me now
my watch wasn't working and i brought it back to them to fix it but then they told me its water damage
I never had it inside water, the only water that got close to it was my sweet
So i told then i need more prof and they gave me this pictures (sorry needed to take it from the screen they didn't wanted to send it to me)
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Is this damage water damage or something else ? it seems its burned
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Yeah dude, that looks like classic water damage to me. Water damage can also cause things to burn, source: i watch enough louis rossmann on youtube repairing water damaged macbook motherboards
Hi how old is the watch , maybe check with Huawei direct, as it does look strange to me as I would expect damage through out the unit from water ingress instead of it being so localised as here.
There also does not appear to be any signs of damage to watch where the seal should sit either, so strongly suggest you pursue this with the Manufacture even if outside of standard 12 months warranty as this may have been a manufacturing defect which has contributed to this failure.