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Dust underneath Front Camera?

I was just cleaning off my screen and I noticed theres some dust under the screen in the front camera hole. There's dust, and some stuff that looks like ice crystals or salt. It's been in my pocket all day and I think it's really weird. I'm not going to RMA or anything, because I will probably never use the front facing camera anyway. I always use the back

I too have dust in my front facing camera. Not a big deal but really LG? The build quality may look good on this phone but it's actually pretty bad. This is my fourth phone. I'm not rma-ing again.

You can easily take out the back cover and remove it.
You just need a #5(?) torque screw and a prying tool to open the back cover.
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I don't understand why OEM's cant manufacture a phone with a proper dust seal gasket. It drives me absolutely nuts when there is dust under my screen. My old HTC Desire HD had dust under the screen within a week of purchase, and i took it back to telus. Unacceptable.

ScumDroid said:
I don't understand why OEM's cant manufacture a phone with a proper dust seal gasket. It drives me absolutely nuts when there is dust under my screen. My old HTC Desire HD had dust under the screen within a week of purchase, and i took it back to telus. Unacceptable.
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Accidents happen.
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scream4cheese said:
You can easily take out the back cover and remove it.
You just need a #5(?) torque screw and a prying tool to open the back cover.
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I shouldn't have to do this. I would rather rma it than possibly damage the phone and void the warranty.

Krunk83 said:
I shouldn't have to do this. I would rather rma it than possibly damage the phone and void the warranty.
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Okay.
It's relatively easy. Here's the video that I used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=AZDAIgwbXk4
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scream4cheese said:
Okay.
It's relatively easy. Here's the video that I used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=AZDAIgwbXk4
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Nothing about removing the front camera to clean it.

Get it RMAd.
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Girn said:
Get it RMAd.
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Ugh, that is such a pain in the rear.

Krunk83 said:
Ugh, that is such a pain in the rear.
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Many of you won't agree with this but this is the reason I bought my phone through tmobile I did get it for 49.99 though.
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jonapunk said:
Many of you won't agree with this but this is the reason I bought my phone through tmobile I did get it for 49.99 though.
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It's not the rma that is a pain, it's setting my phone up again that is.

The People who Ordered Near end of Janurary

Many of my friends have ordered on the first day it came back instock and have recieved Rev11 Phones.
They told me that their phones back easily crack for no reason at all...
I am going to have my phone delivered tomorrow.
Why do they crack so easily?
I think that everyone that ordered after the restock will get rev11.

I just got mines tonight. How do I know which rev it is?
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Crisisx1 said:
I just got mines tonight. How do I know which rev it is?
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Load into your boot loader. when your phone is off, hold the power and volume down button.

The phone does not crack by itself. Most of those people forgot what happened therefore they blame the phone.
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imtiax said:
Why do they crack so easily?
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Because it is glass. Duh. If you are a person who drops their phone a lot, get a good case. Another revision isn't going to change this. For some reason, people on this forum are too caught up in the revision number. Rarely do new hardware revisions have any noticeable change to function. Generally they are done to improve the speed or cost of production.

The.Penguin said:
Load into your boot loader. when your phone is off, hold the power and volume down button.
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Mine says rev11. I hope I don't have any problems.
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[Q] Water damage

So I got pushed in the pool and needless to say phone got wet, turned it off immediately and shoved it in a bowl of rice, after a week when I plug it in to a power source it says battery is full and boot loops now if I hold the V down it goes into the bootloader screen but the power button doesn't let me select anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE: I can get to TWRP but won't fully boot up, also I noticed there isn't a battery percentage in TWRP. Battery dead?
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Have who ever pushed you in buy you a new phone.
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hegemytouch said:
Have who ever pushed you in buy you a new phone.
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I wish it was that easy, it was girlfriends dad, and apparently my phone is too expensive for him.

nmespinosa said:
I wish it was that easy, it was girlfriends dad, and apparently my phone is too expensive for him.
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You should break up with her lol
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spaceman860 said:
You should break up with her lol
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lol again not as easy, thanks for the support tho

Open it up and look inside by power button connection, it might be corroded. Just use a toothbrush and some rubbing alcohol (dont use alot just a small amount and scrub til corrosion is gone) then let it dry and put everything back together.
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nmespinosa said:
lol again not as easy, thanks for the support tho
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Since you can get into recovery try flashing a ROM and see if it boots up
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spaceman860 said:
Since you can get into recovery try flashing a ROM and see if it boots up
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That's the problem tho, as soon as I unplug it it dies, I'm pretty sure the battery is fried. I ordered another one already it was only $30 so I'll try that.

Cracked digitizer

So today I flipped open my case and my digitizer was cracked on my less than 2 week old N7. Won't let me unlock or anything. I have not dropped or otherwise damaged it. Has this happend to anyone else? Manufacturing defect? I also noticed last night that on black screens there were some red splotches. I'm just afraid if I try to get it replaced they will say physical damage have a nice day.
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Quick pic with it out of the case.
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tricky1 said:
Quick pic with it out of the case.
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I believe it and no have not heard of this happening. If it was a drop, there would be a clear dent or shatter marking on that line before it splits into two. Just talk to google or where-ever you bought it from and try to keep calm. When glass breaks, it shatters and not produce hairline breaks like that.

get it replaced for free.

tricky1 said:
Quick pic with it out of the case.
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Looks like a heat crack.
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Andrew149 said:
Looks like a heat crack.
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yup either that or a crack form pressure like sitting on it or having it in the back pocket and forgetting about it.
that's not a defect. it just doesn't crack on its own.

I couldn't find my tablet. Looked high an low. Sat down on the sofa and found it. My screen is worse than your picture but is the same result. No way to unlock the screen or anything. She is busted.
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AnarchoXen said:
I couldn't find my tablet. Looked high an low. Sat down on the sofa and found it. My screen is worse than your picture but is the same result. No way to unlock the screen or anything. She is busted.
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Did you sit down on it hard? Is it a very stiff sofa?

DonMigs85 said:
Did you sit down on it hard? Is it a very stiff sofa?
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The tablet had slipped down the back of the sofa between the seat cushion and the back of the sofa. I sat down and it must have squished it. The cushions are super soft and I'm still not 100% sure it happened.
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AnarchoXen said:
I couldn't find my tablet. Looked high an low. Sat down on the sofa and found it. My screen is worse than your picture but is the same result. No way to unlock the screen or anything. She is busted.
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lol did u went and got a new one? cause it said "sent from my nexus 7". just wondering lol.

pham818 said:
lol did u went and got a new one? cause it said "sent from my nexus 7". just wondering lol.
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I bought a 32gb the same day and had it sent overnight. I learned an expensive lesson to be more careful. Flo isn't as tough as my SGSIII. These screens seem soft.
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AnarchoXen said:
I bought a 32gb the same day and had it sent overnight. I learned an expensive lesson to be more careful. Flo isn't as tough as my SGSIII. These screens seem soft.
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ahaha, nice!!

is Asus charging you to repair that device?

The nexus 7 has a very weak glass.
Mine got hairline crack from twisting.
Most drop test videos show it breaks on the first drop.
I have replaced first unit, waiting until local repair guy can get parts from his usual source to get first one fixed. May try contacting google/Asus about a repair but have not done that yet.
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If you bought it with a credit card you may have coverage. Many of the premium cards come with 90 day replacement insurance.
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Phone fell 3 and half floors onto solid concrete

Its almost completely fine, there is a tiny scuff on one corner (amazingly) anyway I was just asking in case there's anything I should worry about. The phone appears to be OK and has been used since then and is typing this, but I'm worried about any damage happening inside the phone or any damage to the battery. Will my phone be OK? Thanks
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1Chef said:
Its almost completely fine, there is a tiny scuff on one corner (amazingly) anyway I was just asking in case there's anything I should worry about. The phone appears to be OK and has been used since then and is typing this, but I'm worried about any damage happening inside the phone or any damage to the battery. Will my phone be OK? Thanks
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It's pure luck that your phone survived such fall. I think you should bring it to store and check.

fuzzyAI said:
It's pure luck that your phone survived such fall. I think you should bring it to store and check.
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Pure luck and a case. What store do you mean? I have bought the phone from Google play and am not in any form of contract.
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1Chef said:
Pure luck and a case. What store do you mean? I have bought the phone from Google play and am not in any form of contract.
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Any local store that has the expertise.
I live in a country with lots of local store that can fix, replace broken phones so that might not apply to your case sadly

fuzzyAI said:
Any local store that has the expertise.
I live in a country with lots of local store that can fix, replace broken phones so that might not apply to your case sadly
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I'm currently a uni student in aber wales. Its a very small town with not much here plus I have very little spare money. I think I'll have to wait till I go home where there are as you say lots of phone fixing stores.
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1Chef said:
Pure luck and a case.
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What case are you using?

hp420 said:
What case are you using?
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The ringke fusion case. I have no idea how it managed to save the phone as it isn't particularly big or bulky, but it did .
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To save it from scuffs just get a case for it.
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1Chef said:
The ringke fusion case. I have no idea how it managed to save the phone as it isn't particularly big or bulky, but it did .
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Same here. I mistakenly dropped my phone couple times but surprising it survived. Best case I ever purchase.
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badboy47 said:
To save it from scuffs just get a case for it.
Same here. I mistakenly dropped my phone a couple times but surprisingly it survived. Best case I ever purchased.
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Well there's saving it from scuffs...and what i did to it.
Anyway I think the phone is completely fine, I fully charged it last night and have had the great battery life I normally get today. Everything working fine .
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1Chef said:
Well there's saving it from scuffs...and what i did to it.
Anyway I think the phone is completely fine, I fully charged it last night and have had the great battery life I normally get today. Everything working fine .
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Reminds me of the time I was out on my mountain biking and got cold hands so pulled my gloves out , at the same time my phone also came out.
Hit the concrete did at least 30 flips and slid across the floor 10 to 20 feet.
I walked over to it expecting the worst. There wasn't a single scratch on it . The case had stood up proudly.( cheap one )
Then I read on this forum that folks have smashed the back glass just by putting it in there jeans pocket.
Seems like some devices maybe have a better build quality then others.
We must be the lucky ones.
Also from the U.K maybe they ship better phones here . Ha ha
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