I dropped the phone and broke the back camera glass cover. I ordered the part online.. but after a few days, a black spot appeared on my lens (if you open the camera app). Initially, I thought it was a dust or something but after the replacement glass came in, I tried to clean it but it won't come off.. so, now I'm thinking it's a scratch. So... it looks like I need to replace the camera. Has anyone else done it? I want to... but, I don't to bother if a replacement won't be the original quality.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trk...laxy+s3+camera+replacement&_sacat=0&_from=R40
It's not that I don't know how... I've watched tutorials. Quality is the issue.
I dropped the phone and broke the back camera glass cover. I ordered the part online.. but after a few days, a black spot appeared on my lens (if you open the camera app). Initially, I thought it was a dust or something but after the replacement glass came in, I tried to clean it but it won't come off.. so, now I'm thinking it's a scratch. So... it looks like I need to replace the camera. Has anyone else done it? I want to... but, I don't to bother if a replacement won't be the original quality.
http://dx.com/p/diy-repair-part-camera-lens-module-for-samsung-galaxy-s3-i9300-146464
^one I found using google
It's not that I don't know how... I've watched tutorials. Quality is the issue.
If you need a new camera it looks like you don't have a choice in this so you should do it
I dropped the phone and broke the back camera glass cover. I ordered the part online.. but after a few days, a black spot appeared on my lens (if you open the camera app). Initially, I thought it was a dust or something but after the replacement glass came in, I tried to clean it but it won't come off.. so, now I'm thinking it's a scratch. So... it looks like I need to replace the camera. Has anyone else done it? I want to... but, I don't to bother if a replacement won't be the original quality.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trk...laxy+s3+camera+replacement&_sacat=0&_from=R40
It's not that I don't know how... I've watched tutorials. Quality is the issue.
Anybody know where I can get this repaired or where I can buy the part?
I'm actually quite dissapointed with the strength of the lens it cracked in my pocket like seriously shame on you HTC.
Mine did the same thing. They replaced it under the uh oh protection but I'm pissed I had to use it 2 days into owning the device.
I refuse to use my uh oh protection on it, like it doesn't effect how my pictures come out just not appealing
PhyscoAssassinx said:
I refuse to use my uh oh protection on it, like it doesn't effect how my pictures come out just not appealing
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I had the same problem here in the UK. The retailer did exchange it for me with no fuss we don't have the uh oh protection here
PhyscoAssassinx said:
Anybody know where I can get this repaired or where I can buy the part?
I'm actually quite dissapointed with the strength of the lens it cracked in my pocket like seriously shame on you HTC.
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How did you make out? Just happened to me... http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...mera-cover-t3073421/post60241785#post60241785
Any luck?
My M9 camera just cracked down around the middle as well :/ 2 days, no mishandling at all. Did anyone have any luck getting it fixed/replaced without using Uh-oh protection?
Sadly I haven't read anyone who's had any luck, people are just keeping it as is or getting it replaced with uh oh
Mine was replaced in store in the UK with no issues
This is disturbing. I work in construction and bang my phone on stuff while in my pocket. Thought the sapphire was an upgrade lol
Sapphire is extremely hard and resistant to scratching... But that also means it's brittle. While it's going to be extremely hard to scratch, it's going to be easier to crack.
Which is also another reason(aside from being expensive) they probably chose not to use it on the screen. (Apple as well)
so i got annoyed and just took the rest of the glass off i faced two issues, one due to the crack under certain lights i would get a glare, kinda like when you wet glass and see the rainbow colors, secondly dust got under the lens and i couldn't clean it out the pictures would look fuzzy, and lastly the cracked really F*&#!ed with the beauty of the phone....sigh so here it is, hopefully replacement parts start to pop up soon so i can put a new glass :fingers-crossed: (wheres the brickwall headbash smiley?)
I posted this in another thread but got no response. Has anyone without a case got cracked camera glass? Most seemed to have been in cases in the other thread. Maybe an issue with heat dissipation?
I don't get why they have to have such a large piece of glass with such a small lens?
We don't have Uh Oh in the UK and I don't insure so I'm really worried about this happening to mine.
ive got the same problem after 6 days no insurance and no uh oh protection, but after a bit of searching i found a replacement lens on ebay it seems too cheap to be sapphire glass but in my eyes id prefer something that wont just crack again http://www.ebay.ie/itm/New-Replacem...012?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ffc4ec3c
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ive got the same problem after 6 days no insurance and no uh oh protection, but after a bit of searching i found a replacement lens on ebay it seems too cheap to be sapphire glass but in my eyes id prefer something that wont just crack again http://www.ebay.ie/itm/New-Replacem...012?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ffc4ec3c
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This advert seems to be for an adhesive (for the lens cover ) not the lens cover .
This company often is a useful source of smartphone spares.
They don't appear to stock many items for M9 currently, maybe range will broaden in time.
http://www.etradesupply.com/htc/android-models/htc-one-m9.html
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ive got the same problem after 6 days no insurance and no uh oh protection, but after a bit of searching i found a replacement lens on ebay it seems too cheap to be sapphire glass but in my eyes id prefer something that wont just crack again http://www.ebay.ie/itm/New-Replacem...012?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ffc4ec3c
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This advert seems to be for an adhesive (for the lens cover ) not the lens cover .
This company often is a useful source of smartphone spares.
They don't appear to stock many items for M9 currently, maybe range will broaden in time.
http://www.etradesupply.com/htc/android-models/htc-one-m9.html
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Free mobile app
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If you read the comment from the seller it says " The Lens have the film on it, Please Remove"
so it is indeed the lens and adhesive. it's typical of items from China that the translation is not very accurate.
I have ordered a few lens/adhesive kits for the M8 and they all have worked just fine, I'm sure this one is no different
Cracked glass here, too
Thanks for the eBay link. My husband and I both purchased HTC ONE M9 phones two Fridays ago. His camera lens cover glass/crystal/whatever was cracked straight across horizontally BY ITSELF after we had owned our phones for FOUR DAYS.
HTC and T-Mobile kept passing us back and forth because it was less than 14 days. HTC wanted T-Mobile to fix it, T-Mobile wanted us to use our HTC Uh Oh protection.
In the end, we are being forced to use the Uh-Oh. I'll try that eBay item first, though!
Just notice today that mine is broken also. Don't really want to use my oh uh protection just for that
Did not find a link on the whole WWW
Hello people,
My M9 lens cover cracked also, and I do not think it is because of a hit, as I tend to take care of my stuff. But it did so now I have to replace it.
Bought tools and glass from ebay, all together about £10. You can find it even cheaper. I will replace it on my own as HTC are very stupid with their policy, £30 just for diagnostic (like I do not see the glass being cracked) + repair + parts. It is overly priced.
Does anybody have a link with how to replace this glass from the M9?
If not, do you have to take the back cover off to do this?
Thank you.
Regards.
I got cracked lens cover, I have removed it awaiting New cover from eBay however without lens cover on camera does not focus on distance objects only close up. Could this be ddie to no lens cover or is the camera broken
I replaced my lens from ebay. To remove it I used a hair straitener as a hotplate to loosen the adhesive around 180 deg F
I wore rubber gloves/ and pried the sapphire off of the camera with an exacto knife and or razor blade.
Double checked to make sure I had all of potential glass shards.
I proceeded to take off the back of the new lens and lined it up and from there I now have a perfectly non-cracked lens.
Problems I ran into this. I have had a piece of dust or sand on my camera lens since I cracked it(maybe beach sand?) and always have this unfocused 1mm 'gray' spot. If I had an air compressor I would have made sure to blast my lens with it hoping to remove that spot.
I live my life with a grey spot on ALL of my photos .
But aesthetically it is barely noticeable and my lens is not cracked. I plan to use my Ut Oh protection when I get close to my date.
Hey Guys,
unfortunately the glass lens of the rear camera of my phone broke. There are local shops near me, who offer a replacement for about 70€, which is quite a lot in my personal opinion. So i ordered a replacement part from eBay, used a heat gun and changed the glass myself.
I immediately took some photos to check the quality, and to be honest, it seems to be really really bad. The images are blurry and the holes in the lense seem not be in the correct position, so parts of the photos are darker and it's pretty hard to even get a correct focus of the photo.
Do you have any recommendations for me where to get original or atleast high quality spare parts for our devices? I already checked aliexpress, but the reviews of the parts i found were not quite promising, so i decided to ask here first.