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Help! Need to Open front housing cover for HD

there's a smudge inside the front camera lens and i need to clean wipe it but it requires me open the front cover to clean. Can someone tell me the exact tools to have this done?

here is the service manual
it will tell you exactly how to do that
but that's a lot of risk for a smudge
you are a brave person

thanks man! ..the smudge is bothering my gf cuz she uses my phone has a mirror in the morning lol..crap you think i can find all those little tools on ebay?

bobdude5 said:
t..the smudge is bothering my gf cuz she uses my phone has a mirror in the morning lol..
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Better not tell my wife about this, otherwise I'd never get it back

Outer camera lens

Ok figured since my searched revealed no information on this I'd post it here. 4 people I know including myself have arias and all of us are missing the outer lens that keeps stuff out of the camera hole even that aria at the att store didn't have it but the aria demo (non functional) at walmart had the outer lens (cover). Anyone know of this?
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I would tend to believe that it is the nonfunctional model that is in the wrong.
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I kinda felt that way to but it looks like there should be something to keep stuff out if the camera area does ur aria have the outer lens?
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msd24200 said:
I kinda felt that way to but it looks like there should be something to keep stuff out if the camera area does ur aria have the outer lens?
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actually those lens covers tend to cause more problems than solve them. eventually they become finely scratched up (scratches too small to see unless you REALLY look for it) and cause hazey pictures to be taken. had this issue with my HTC Tilt 2. removing the lil plastic lens cover made a world of a difference in picture quality. the phone is better off without it. nothing a moist/damp paper towel or air blower can can't fix.

yeah, taking a qtip or a thing of canned air to the lens cleans it up pretty well.

Agreed that it tends to cause more problems than it solves. I've had moisture get trapped inside and I'd have to wait for it to dry up completely before I could take pictures without them looking incredibly hazy. Canned air/air compressor are your best bet for keeping our camera clean.

Galaxy Vibrant camera black dots

Hi,
Yesterday I noticed that that camera as a problem with black dots in all photos and videos. Now there are no spots on the back camera glass or anything.
I am attaching photos for your viewing pleasure
Can somebody please identify the problem with it. Is the camera lens it self damaged or some particles got underneath the glass cover that I can't see or is it a software problem. Also is there a way to take off the glass cover without opening the phone so I can clean the camera lens?
Please help me out guys, this is really very disappointing.

anyone ?. .

Send it to service center.. I had this issue once and it is not dirt cause i tried too clean it out too by opening it..

I got this from abroad its warranty isn't valid where I am now. Any other solutions ?

somebody please help, This is really annoying.

I have the same problem too, mine has 2 big blurry dots It is annoying when I take pictures in high lighted places, in the low light environment it doesn't show up.
Is there any way to open the lens to clean it?

same problem here, seems like some kind of dust got in the lens part, im going to watch some videos of ffc mods to see if it is possible to clean the camera lens.
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Found the solution, seems like the lens is scratched or something, doing a ffc mod will fix it as the ffc is attached to the 5mp camera, just buy a i9k camera from ebay and mod it.

@AkiraRyu good luck and let us know what happens, Also do see if its possible to lift the glass without opening the phone. Some pictures would greatly help.
I made small dots on the the camera glass to see if they gave the same result but any thing on the glass comes up very blurry on the picture. This definitely is something on the lens it self but its also highly unlikely that its a scratch maybe dust or maybe somethings wrong with the camera.If only there was a way to lift the glass without opening the mobile phone.

I have dust in my I9000 front camera...is there a way to open the phone and clean it?
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lucbl1 said:
I have dust in my I9000 front camera...is there a way to open the phone and clean it?
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yes, its quiet easy , i opened to try to clean it yesterday( i think vibrants and galaxy s interational are the same in the back).
First watch some front facing camera mods videos in youtube (ffc vibrant mod) to see how to open it up, you only need to get the 7 screws out and take out the plastic plate , REMEMBER to pull off the microsd card and the gsm/3g chip!.
if cleaning the lens doesn't work (like my case) you will have to buy a camera replacement, i recommend the i9000 camera so you also get a ffc. it costs in ebay 24USD (dont know the shiping to US as i live in another country) it comes with a plastic thing to remove the plastic plate easy and 2 screw drivers.

snazi said:
@AkiraRyu good luck and let us know what happens, Also do see if its possible to lift the glass without opening the phone. Some pictures would greatly help.
I made small dots on the the camera glass to see if they gave the same result but any thing on the glass comes up very blurry on the picture. This definitely is something on the lens it self but its also highly unlikely that its a scratch maybe dust or maybe somethings wrong with the camera.If only there was a way to lift the glass without opening the mobile phone.
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Good and bad news:
Opening is really easy, used my fingernails to open the plastic plate, after you get the plastic plate(not the back cober) the plastic protecting the lens also comes off, i cleaned it (A LOT) and the violet dot thing was still there.
there are 2 solutions... 3, first do nothing and keep the camera as it is(no way!) , second buy a vibrant camera replacement , or third (and best) buy a i9000 camera replacement.
In the third case you also get a front facing camera because the 5mpx camera and the ffc are connected, the look petty much like this:
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in the vibrant the ffc camera is cut off the 5mp camera and the place where the ffc goes is painted in black. the cameras are the same, lot of users on xda have moded their vibrants, search on youtube for guides on how to do it
i recommend : FIRST make sure to pull off the gsm chip and the microsd card (if you use one), use a ordered and clean place to do it, get something where to put the screws( lost one because i chose a bad place to put them).

Still waiting for a solution :s. I don't wanna open my new phone takes away all its glory.

HTC HD2 Camera repair?

So I bought this camera lens cover for my HTC HD2 as the glass was broken. It was $5 from Ebay. Now I am wondering, how in gods name do I replace it?

I'm in your Situation now!
You've changed it?

JazzyStahh said:
So I bought this camera lens cover for my HTC HD2 as the glass was broken. It was $5 from Ebay. Now I am wondering, how in gods name do I replace it?
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Replacing HD2s camera is not that hard. You need to open up the phone to the point where you can see the motherboard and rigid-flex. Then use something to lift the metal casing outside of the camera off and pull the camera out.
Put new camera in and put the metal casing back and you are good to go.

Is there a video?

davibs said:
Is there a video?
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Search Leo ds. from youtube and follow it to about 1.28. Then you are at the point where you can remove the camera.
Can't post links.
Didn't watch the whole video but it may even show how to remove the camera.

[Q] Camera badly scratched!

Hi,
My camera lens is badly scratched.I tried to fix using toothpaste,water,lotion etc but nothing works on him.
Pics are in attachment.
Is there's any thing that should be able to remove its scratches??

EvilKing009 said:
Hi,
My camera lens is badly scratched.I tried to fix using toothpaste,water,lotion etc but nothing works on him.
Pics are in attachment.
Is there's any thing that should be able to remove its scratches??
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Toothpaste method is for removing oleophobic coating, it doesn't really remove the scratches but the whole thing on top of your lense. If it doesn't work for you, then it might be that the camera lense on g2 is different from the phone the guide you were following was written for. If your pics quality is really affected by the scratches, you should change the rear housing backplate that contains camera lens & volume buttons. It's around $20 I think.

MilanStojkovic said:
Toothpaste method is for removing oleophobic coating, it doesn't really remove the scratches but the whole thing on top of your lense. If it doesn't work for you, then it might be that the camera lense on g2 is different from the phone the guide you were following was written for. If your pics quality is really affected by the scratches, you should change the rear housing backplate that contains camera lens & volume buttons. It's around $20 I think.
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yes.Camera is creating foggy and grainy pictures so thats why i am looking for it,how about if i use metal polish on it ??

EvilKing009 said:
yes.Camera is creating foggy and grainy pictures so thats why i am looking for it,how about if i use metal polish on it ??
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Metal polish doesn't sound like a good idea, it might damage the glass (if it's glass underneath anyways). Just noticed mine is scratched too, but pics seem decent. It's a really bad quality I guess since I use double layer hard case for my phone and I doubt lens is in contact with anything most of the time. I dunno man, google a bit about it. Replacing the part if nothing works, or if you mess things up. Be careful. There are some guides online but I think finding out which material is it made of is essential. For example, if it's polycarbonate you can use something with hydrofluoric acid. It will remove everything from it leaving the lense clear. But if it's glass, hydrofluoric acid will dissolve it and make it look like frosted glass.

MilanStojkovic said:
Metal polish doesn't sound like a good idea, it might damage the glass (if it's glass underneath anyways). Just noticed mine is scratched too, but pics seem decent. It's a really bad quality I guess since I use double layer hard case for my phone and I doubt lens is in contact with anything most of the time. I dunno man, google a bit about it. Replacing the part if nothing works, or if you mess things up. Be careful.
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Thanks.I guess it is the only way to fix is to replace its rear cam housing.

Pretty cheap fix, I'm having the same problem with the rear can pics coming out foggy with streaks.

EvilKing009 said:
Hi,
My camera lens is badly scratched.I tried to fix using toothpaste,water,lotion etc but nothing works on him.
Pics are in attachment.
Is there's any thing that should be able to remove its scratches??
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pretty sure you are over it by now, but ill leave this gem over here.
buy off a low quality phone housing and replaced only the camera lens glass cover by popping it out. ebay had an offer for $5+ as i remember.

well, its not that so hard for you to find its housing.For me, in my country , its really really hard to find as no one sells LG parts so much.

If you are having trouble finding it and you don't mind waiting, order it online. AliExpress for example