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Black speck in Camera lens

Ok, I'm getting frustrated
I've somehow gotten a black speck of something inside my camera lens (not the lens cover...I've already removed that and cleaned it to no avail)
I can see it in the viewfinder, but it never moves. I've tried shooting a small amount of air into the crack above the camera and that hasn't worked either
has anyone successfully removed the camera or gotten into it?
how?
does anyone have any advice for my situation?
camera was a deciding factor for me on this phone and one little speck is messing up all my photos

also, feel free to comment on how stinkin cute my kids are

Did you point the thing at the sun? Part of the sensor could be burned out, which is kind of what that looks like to me.

sryan2k1 said:
Did you point the thing at the sun? Part of the sensor could be burned out, which is kind of what that looks like to me.
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I was afraid somebody would say that.
no I didn't...at least not consciously

Cute kids...

bilbobrian said:
Cute kids...
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yeah, they get that from their momma
anybody know how to fix my little sensor problem?

Mine too....

The camera lens cover is held on with double sided tape. You can pry it off with ease and clean the inside of the lens cover or the camera itself.
You could also access it without removing the lens cover, but that involves removing the battery tray panel thing. That requires removing the 4 torx screws at the corners, removing the void sticker on that screw, and then popping the panel off.
I've had mine off a few times to mess around with swapping the power and volume buttons from the red developer case that I nabbed off EBay. Didn't actually swap the buttons, but took a look at what was involved in the process.
Good luck!

Cute kids man.
Does it affect the quality of the pictures?

ACD168 said:
Cute kids man.
Does it affect the quality of the pictures?
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no, it just adds that stupid black blotch in the middle of all my pictures. I use the camera alot...well, I did before this issue arose.

obededom said:
no, it just adds that stupid black blotch in the middle of all my pictures. I use the camera alot...well, I did before this issue arose.
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dude sorry to hear about this, that is BS!! you should take it into Verizon or call for a refurb! they actually are nice, its like getting a brand new phone, and if it craps out, I guess its rinse and repeat.

A Helpful Tip. (Camera related.)

If you notice that your pictures aren't turning out very well and that the camera is having a hard time trying to focus -- remove the plastic cover from the lens. It's EXACTLY the same shape and size as the square lens.
Trust me, it makes a world of difference.

I noticed that one there, but it didn't want to come off easily and I didn't want to force it. How did you get it off?
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bigworm50 said:
I noticed that one there, but it didn't want to come off easily and I didn't want to force it. How did you get it off?
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Just used my finger on the corner of it. Finally came off. Much more clear now. :good:

Baldilocks said:
If you notice that your pictures aren't turning out very well and that the camera is having a hard time trying to focus -- remove the plastic cover from the lens. It's EXACTLY the same shape and size as the square lens.
Trust me, it makes a world of difference.
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Does it applies to other phones like HTC ?

Dannyada1988 said:
Does it applies to other phones like HTC ?
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I doubt it. This is just a plastic protective shipping film that they put over the lens. It's kind of hard to spot and why the did it like this is beyond me.

Are you sure thats supposed to come off? Mine is on real good, but I did notice whoever put it there didnt line it up very well and the hole is off center compared to the lens.

highaltitude said:
Are you sure thats supposed to come off? Mine is on real good, but I did notice whoever put it there didnt line it up very well and the hole is off center compared to the lens.
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Yes, it's just a thin piece of film. It actually has a hole in the middle of it.
I wish I hadn't thrown it way or I'd take a picture of it.

Lil plastic cover over lens
here's an image

Thanks for the tip, I was kind of nervous in terms of removing it. Didn't seem to come off as easy as the other plastic.

It is difficult to get off, so beware.
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+1 it was definitely a little hard to get off.
darkodin14 said:
Thanks for the tip, I was kind of nervous in terms of removing it. Didn't seem to come off as easy as the other plastic.
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phositadc said:
It is difficult to get off, so beware.
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bigworm50 said:
+1 it was definitely a little hard to get off.
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I took the back of the phone off and the plastic cover came off much easier.
- Aaron

so hard to get off lol

Cheap lens cover
Has anyone else noticed that the lense cover (not the film you remove) but the actual lens cover above the sensor is made out of plastic. My last phone, the i717 galaxy note had this and one little dink caused the camera to not be able to focus. So just be very careful and protect it at all costs or you will have a useless camera.

Thanks for this thread! I saw that the camera had a ton of junk on the lens after 2 days. It felt like I could take it off but I was scared. lol

Baldilocks said:
If you notice that your pictures aren't turning out very well and that the camera is having a hard time trying to focus -- remove the plastic cover from the lens. It's EXACTLY the same shape and size as the square lens.
Trust me, it makes a world of difference.
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how did you manage to pull it off?
There is no edge

There is an edge on mine...use the light and look very close!
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I just pressed my thumb down hard and slid at the same time... eventually enough came off the lens that I was able to grab the edge with my fingertips.

I'm going to laugh my head off if this turns out to be the reason why the images from people's GS4 cameras weren't looking as good as expected.

Damn what a pain it ass. lol

Camera lens scratched???

So I took a look at my lens today and almost fell off my chair, I was like is that what I think it is, sure enough I grabbed a magnifying loop and holly crap it was scratched like crazy. I've had a case on since day one from Version. Just wondering if this is a factory defect or cheap glass on our lens.
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Not sure about the material. What you seen as the lens is not really the lens, its a protective cover. This camera has a faily wide angle lens and the minimum focus distance is waaaay looonger than the distance between the cover and the sensor. A scartch on the lens cover will have ZERO impact on your images. Dont buy into apples sapphire glass lens hype. I have old lenses with demolished front element that produce perfect images

But u had to get a magnifying glass?????

trevoc1 said:
So I took a look at my lens today and almost fell off my chair, I was like is that what I think it is, sure enough I grabbed a magnifying loop and holly crap it was scratched like crazy. I've had a case on since day one from Version. Just wondering if this is a factory defect or cheap glass on our lens.
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They aren't scratches, get the light to shine off the surface of the glass, it will be clean, they are cracks inside the glass, about to return my third one because of this. I use a jewelers loupe to look at them, this is bad and your going to hear a lot about this issue soon. All the same problem, the crack lines run from top of phone to bottom of the phone on the lens.

Ready2Mosh said:
They aren't scratches, get the light to shine off the surface of the glass, it will be clean, they are cracks inside the glass, about to return my third one because of this. I use a jewelers loupe to look at them, this is bad and your going to hear a lot about this issue soon. All the same problem, the crack lines run from top of phone to bottom of the phone on the lens.
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mine has cracks too. can i just take it back to verizon? ive only had it 5 days. or do i need to call and get one sent?

afmracer6 said:
mine has cracks too. can i just take it back to verizon? ive only had it 5 days. or do i need to call and get one sent?
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First off "F'N SLAYER!!!"
I'm not with Verizon, I'm with T-Mobile and have a business account. Do they look like these? the top picture?

I'm going to try and get a pic on my 230x usb microscope and post it here stay tuned!

Ready2Mosh said:
First off "F'N SLAYER!!!"
I'm not with Verizon, I'm with T-Mobile and have a business account. Do they look like these? the top picture?[/QUOTE
YES. looks like imperfections in a diamond. cant get a good pic of them. small but visible with the naked eye.
ill try to get a macro pic with my g/s 's note 2 tonight.
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Seems to me that unbreakable sapphire isn't really a benefit if it comes with imperfections...

Ready2Mosh said:
They aren't scratches, get the light to shine off the surface of the glass, it will be clean, they are cracks inside the glass, about to return my third one because of this. I use a jewelers loupe to look at them, this is bad and your going to hear a lot about this issue soon. All the same problem, the crack lines run from top of phone to bottom of the phone on the lens.
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How does this happen? How do you cause cracks inside the glass?

Hopefully, it's just the slightly lower Q.C. from the first batch of G2's before LG ramps up production. Almost all newly-released phones have this issue. The Note 3 is having this wiggly home button issue. Either way, it's inexcusable for LG and it's good that you guys are letting us know about this. I plan to get a G2 soon and i'll be taking a very close look at those lens before i move out of the shop.

ericdabbs said:
How does this happen? How do you cause cracks inside the glass?
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Same way it happens in gemstones, stress. I think I have figured out what is happening, if you put your phone in a place where it can flex ever so slightly, the lens glass touches the outside casing, causing stress and thats when the cracks appear. So if you put your phone in your back pocket and sit down, that would cause the phone to have flex, thus causing the glass to stress and cracking.
I think I found something that actually tells how this is happening. Read here
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Hopefully, it's just the slightly lower Q.C. from the first batch of G2's before LG ramps up production. Almost all newly-released phones have this issue. The Note 3 is having this wiggly home button issue. Either way, it's inexcusable for LG and it's good that you guys are letting us know about this. I plan to get a G2 soon and i'll be taking a very close look at those lens before i move out of the shop.
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It happens after you've had it and used it, it will look clean when your in the store.

Ready2Mosh said:
Same way it happens in gemstones, stress. I think I have figured out what is happening, if you put your phone in a place where it can flex ever so slightly, the lens glass touches the outside casing, causing stress and thats when the cracks appear. So if you put your phone in your back pocket and sit down, that would cause the phone to have flex, thus causing the glass to stress and cracking.
I think I found something that actually tells how this is happening. Read here
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I see. Yeah I never put my smartphones in my back pocket like I see girls do. I always put my phone on my side pocket. I am definitely going to be putting on a case for this little guy just for added protection when I get the phone.

thewihlygeek said:
Seems to me that unbreakable sapphire isn't really a benefit if it comes with imperfections...
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Not unbreakable, otherwise we wouldn't be able to cut it, same as diamond. Sapphire is 9 on the Mohs' scale of hardness, diamond is obviously 10, the hardest substance, but even it can break and scratch. The thing is the difference in hardness between 9 and 10, it's like 140 times harder, wow!
Your exactly right about the imperfections, if the edges are damaged, they are already doomed to crack, and you can't see it because it's smaller than the eye can see and it's in a frame. But if you look closely you can see the edge looks rough, unfinished, theres the problem.
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ericdabbs said:
I see. Yeah I never put my smartphones in my back pocket like I see girls do. I always put my phone on my side pocket. I am definitely going to be putting on a case for this little guy just for added protection when I get the phone.
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Get one that doesn't flex!

Goodbye all, moved onto the note 3 as I know it will continue to happen. Good Luck all, hope you don't have the experience I did.

Just got my LG2 today, Is there any plastic film covering the camera lens? Seems to me there is but I cant take it out :laugh:

daraj said:
Just got my LG2 today, Is there any plastic film covering the camera lens? Seems to me there is but I cant take it out :laugh:
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Lol so crazy you said that! I kept picking at it (not too hard) because it looks like there is plastic there. Glad I wasn't the only one thinking that
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Ready2Mosh said:
Goodbye all, moved onto the note 3 as I know it will continue to happen. Good Luck all, hope you don't have the experience I did.
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Bye. Good luck with that lag fest and crappy pentile screen. And good luck with the loose home buttons and crappy reception that people are already reporting. All in a $750 device lol.
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i think you've been putting pressure on the lens when you mistakenly push it while touching the buttons at the back.

canecbr600 said:
But u had to get a magnifying glass?????
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My initial thought as well! lol
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But u had to get a magnifying glass?????
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daraj said:
Just got my LG2 today, Is there any plastic film covering the camera lens? Seems to me there is but I cant take it out :laugh:
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I tired too (briefly) but theres only film on the surrounding bezel of the lens, not on the lens itself. Surprisingly enough, i thought at the bezel of the lens was blue..for 5 days!

Dont buy Ringke Fusion Case

I bought Ringke Fusion clear case from Amazon and whenever i try to use flash it turns all white. So i have to cut it to make flash work. I have added sample pics.

Thanks for the feedback man!
Have you contacted the seller?

I thought I was the only one I have the same problem
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I have this case on the way, very disappointing. Did someone contact Rearth about it?

I've had that issue with every clear case I've owned across multiple devices. It's never as bad as your shots though, I usually get a glow in the left corner of my pics.

Just get the i-Blason clear case instead. I'm really liking this case. Has a big cutout for camera and flash and other openings. Flash pics come out fine. I'm going to post some pictures of mine sometime today in the accessories thread area.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00VY...ason+lg+g4&dpPl=1&dpID=41-ftBbYkzL&ref=plSrch
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trinikartel said:
I've had that issue with every clear case I've owned across multiple devices. It's never as bad as your shots though, I usually get a glow in the left corner of my pics.
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I had one on my G3 like this and i never had any problem. I guess its about cut on back.

There is an Orzly one that has the open cutout style on Amazon. I got that one.

Why didn't you just return it as defective instead of cutting it like that on your beautiful G4?

MicroMod777 said:
Why didn't you just return it as defective instead of cutting it like that on your beautiful G4?
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Its compatible for leather back and its nice over all. Returning it will give few more hussle. I just cut little bit and it worked fine.

Hmm I have this case and I do notice that it glares just a tad bit around the case, but it's not too horrible.

Sfkn2 said:
Hmm I have this case and I do notice that it glares just a tad bit around the case, but it's not too horrible.
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Look at my samples. do you have leather back or plastic back ?

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Look at my samples. do you have leather back or plastic back ?
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Leather. I see your samples, and do not see the same with mine..

Sfkn2 said:
Leather. I see your samples, and do not see the same with mine..
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Thats surprising !

A roamer, but made an account before more people decided to cut their case.
Theres a really simple fix to this... the issue here is that because the case is clear, the light bleed through the case and affect the camera when taking pictures. To fix this all you need is a sharpie or any black marker... just Ink up the insides. The black ink will prevent the light from bleeding through the case, and withe the phone behind it, you'd barely notice the ink.
i mean, having a dark ring around your LED is better than cutting it right?, you can always in the other side to balance it out.

Grab a Spigen case. It fits and feels fantastic. No problems with the camera.
Ringke does have a 1 year warranty. It might only be the clear one that is reflecting back. I am sure they will swap out for another color, correct the mold and send you a Revision for free, or give you your money back.

Raynold101 said:
A roamer, but made an account before more people decided to cut their case.
Theres a really simple fix to this... the issue here is that because the case is clear, the light bleed through the case and affect the camera when taking pictures. To fix this all you need is a sharpie or any black marker... just Ink up the insides. The black ink will prevent the light from bleeding through the case, and withe the phone behind it, you'd barely notice the ink.
i mean, having a dark ring around your LED is better than cutting it right?, you can always in the other side to balance it out.
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This. There was a buyer comment on amazon that explained this process also. I can't see the marker after its installed on my black leather.
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Yep, I had the same case on my G3, and it had the same issue. Sucks to see they didn't learn from their last mistake.

I've just checked this and yes I've got the same problem with flash. I've got the leather back. All in all I'm not impressed with the case since day 1 anyway, always looked cheap to me.

I have the clear case with a plastic back and do not have this issue. Not even in pitch black with the flash on.

[Read First] Camera Lens Scratches: What color is your G6?

Some of us are thinking our Ice Platinum models are less susceptible to scratches but it is highly anecdotal, so I started this thread to see if we could put this theory to the test...
Please answer the poll above... (Just added) OR...
If you have time, please answer the following:
1) Put a flashlight to your camera lens (the brighter the better). Check how scratched up your lens is.. tell us how many scratches approx... show pictures if you can
2) Tell us if yours is cased and if it was cased from Day 1
3) Tell us the color of your G6...
4) (Edit) When you looked for scratches, how did you check for them? For example, with a high powered flash light, a cell phone torch, etc...
Some scratches may be only seen only with a brighter lamp, so try to use the brightest option(s) you have.

1) Many fine scratches on the camera. Btw the rest of the back of the phone isn't scratched. The picture may look like that, but those are just fingerprints I believe.
2) Mine has been cased from Day 1 (from Minute 1 actually )
3) Phone is black
(Going to try one of the fixes tonight, may post a follow up pic)
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easye55 said:
1) Many fine scratches on the camera. Btw the rest of the back of the phone isn't scratched. The picture may look like that, but those are just fingerprints I believe.
2) Mine has been cased from Day 1 (from Minute 1 actually )
3) Phone is black
(Going to try one of the fixes tonight, may post a follow up pic)
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Wow.. That looks absolutely awful! Thanks for the picture. I would be interested in seeing pictures after you try the "fix".
I'm seriously concidering this phone, but I think this would be a deal breaker for me.
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easye55 said:
1) Many fine scratches on the camera. Btw the rest of the back of the phone isn't scratched. The picture may look like that, but those are just fingerprints I believe.
2) Mine has been cased from Day 1 (from Minute 1 actually )
3) Phone is black
(Going to try one of the fixes tonight, may post a follow up pic)
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This is totally bizarre. How can yours look like that, but mine looks pristine? I haven't babied mine or anything and even tried to scratch part of it with a key just to see what the deal was--no scratch. I honestly don't know what to make of this thread, as it is so different from my own experience with the phone. I can't deny that several people here have scratched cameras, but as I've written on another thread, people had similar complaints about their Note 7s scratching like crazy, but mine was perfectly fine. Hopefully​ you can polish that out!
BTW, I'm not trying to be a jerk or defend the phone. I just saw your pic and was truly amazed at the condition of your camera! Oh, and I have the silver one.

Yes, really hoping I can polish it out. Don't want to have to return phone, I like it a lot otherwise. Only saving grace is that I knew this might happen when I got the phone because I had seen other threads mentioning this issue.
Won't be receiving the polish for another day or 2 so it will be a few days before I follow up with another picture.
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mhill1986 said:
This is totally bizarre. How can yours look like that, but mine looks pristine? I haven't babied mine or anything and even tried to scratch part of it with a key just to see what the deal was--no scratch. I honestly don't know what to make of this thread, as it is so different from my own experience with the phone. I can't deny that several people here have scratched cameras, but as I've written on another thread, people had similar complaints about their Note 7s scratching like crazy, but mine was perfectly fine. Hopefully​ you can polish that out!
BTW, I'm not trying to be a jerk or defend the phone. I just saw your pic and was truly amazed at the condition of your camera! Oh, and I have the silver one.
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Hey, can you answer the thread's Q's? Also, have you tried a high powered flashlight, etc to look at your phone glass for scratches? The purpose of this thread is to compare each other's damage, but it helps to know the color of your G6 and also what methods you used to protect your phone (if any), etc...

easye55 said:
1) Many fine scratches on the camera. Btw the rest of the back of the phone isn't scratched. The picture may look like that, but those are just fingerprints I believe.
2) Mine has been cased from Day 1 (from Minute 1 actually )
3) Phone is black
(Going to try one of the fixes tonight, may post a follow up pic)
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When did you receive your phone? Also what case are you using? This looks like it was scraped across a surface multiple times. A lot of the scratches are going the same direction... do you know how you may have gotten the scratches?

maruichan said:
When did you receive your phone? Also what case are you using? This looks like it was scraped across a surface multiple times. A lot of the scratches are going the same direction... do you know how you may have gotten the scratches?
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I got the phone on April 17 from the Verizon store. I am using a Poetic TPU case, so the camera lens area is not covered separately. Originally I was using an Otterbox Symmetry case and some of the scratches were already happening with that case on it.
I keep my phone in my back pocket most of the time. So the scratches probably came from sliding the phone in and out of my pocket.
But I had a Samsung S4 before this in a similar case before this and used it heavily for 3+ years. Always carried it in my back pocket and didn't have these scratches.
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Mine was a preorder. It's black and also scratched.

I have the black and go with and without a case.. No scratches.
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bowhunt2005 said:
Mine was a preorder. It's black and also scratched.
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Are you using a case?
Jeremiah Bonds said:
I have the black and go with and without a case.. No scratches. View attachment 4123745View attachment 4123748
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How did you check for scratches? Have you tried with a bright flash?

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Are you using a case?
How did you check for scratches? Have you tried with a bright flash?
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One of the pictures is with flash.. But when I look in direct sunlight it's perf
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easye55 said:
I got the phone on April 17 from the Verizon store. I am using a Poetic TPU case, so the camera lens area is not covered separately. Originally I was using an Otterbox Symmetry case and some of the scratches were already happening with that case on it.
I keep my phone in my back pocket most of the time. So the scratches probably came from sliding the phone in and out of my pocket.
But I had a Samsung S4 before this in a similar case before this and used it heavily for 3+ years. Always carried it in my back pocket and didn't have these scratches.
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Good God, are you wearing chainmail? :laugh:
It's strange that some are receiving a high number of scratches and others aren't. I mean the amount of scratches on yours is utterly ridiculous for not even having the phone a few weeks...
I need to post mine up, but I have Ice Plat and I've only found one scratch... and it's so ridiculously tiny I have to chase it with a light. It doesn't "light up" with a flashlight, it's barely visible so even hard to see with a light/lamp.
Actually looking at my S3 which has 2 1/2-3 years of uncased usage and comparing to yours they look close in person. Mine is scoured on the bottom pretty bad because of the phone resting on the camera bum. Yours looks like a poltergeist was trying to scratch it's way through your lens. They're fairly comparable.
The light makes it look like the damage is all over, but it's mainly scuffed to hell on the bottom from the phone resting.
Do you carry yours in your right back pocket? It looks like the scratching favored one side over the other and mostly bottom... I know you say those are fingerprints below the lens, but those are definitely scratches... maybe from the case... maybe they use some special polish on the black to give it a "sheen". The black does seem to be a fingerprint magnet compared to the Ice Plat.

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Hey, can you answer the thread's Q's? Also, have you tried a high powered flashlight, etc to look at your phone glass for scratches? The purpose of this thread is to compare each other's damage, but it helps to know the color of your G6 and also what methods you used to protect your phone (if any), etc...
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Sorry, I buried the phone color at the end of my post. Ice platinum, Bear motion case unless I'm on my couch at home (very minimal/thin case), and I haven't used a high-powered flashlight to check; if there are minute scratches that can't be seen in normal conditions, I'd rather just not know about them so they don't drive me crazy. I've examined the camera glass at all angles, though, and I don't see any scratches.

mhill1986 said:
Sorry, I buried the phone color at the end of my post. Ice platinum, Bear motion case unless I'm on my couch at home (very minimal/thin case), and I haven't used a high-powered flashlight to check; if there are minute scratches that can't be seen in normal conditions, I'd rather just not know about them so they don't drive me crazy. I've examined the camera glass at all angles, though, and I don't see any scratches.
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I appreciate that.
And it's understandable why you wouldn't want to obsess over it. I have a single extremely thin small scratch on my Ice Plat over one of the lens which I only looked for out of curiosity, but you wouldn't believe the difficulty I have tracking down where it is. It doesn't show very well in any light. If it's something you need to blast with light to even see I don't personally feel it would affect the camera, and it's very different than the scratches we are seeing on the black models. I would expect small inconsequential scratches to show up on any glass at some point though... unless you go case-less then well...
I guess the point of this thread is to figure out, are these scratches just more visible with the Black version or is there actually something specific to the design of the black that makes it more prone to scratches (like extra coating)...
So if you can take a brief look at your Ice Plat with some kind of flash light or lamp, it would be helpful. Black seems to be the predominant color chosen by most here.

easye55 said:
1) Many fine scratches on the camera. Btw the rest of the back of the phone isn't scratched. The picture may look like that, but those are just fingerprints I believe.
2) Mine has been cased from Day 1 (from Minute 1 actually )
3) Phone is black
(Going to try one of the fixes tonight, may post a follow up pic)
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BTW I forgot to mention... the little "scuffs" you call fingerprints underneath the camera lens, a lot of other pictures I've seen on reddit, etc seem to share similar placement of the scuffs...
I wonder if ultimately it is caused by a case. Especially if the case has a ridge around the camera, it makes sense when you sit the phone down there would be additional friction around that zone. Also with those scratches going that direction, it reminds me of when I once tried to improperly clean the bottom of a CD with something too rough. It created a million tiny scratches like that are on this photo... I wonder if some batches of the black may have had too much coating on them and so when cleaned, they get scuffed to hell when cleaned with something rougher than a glass cleaning cloth... like maybe a t-shirt? Who knows.

maruichan said:
Good God, are you wearing chainmail? :laugh:
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Do you carry yours in your right back pocket? It looks like the scratching favored one side over the other and mostly bottom...
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That made me literally lol!
And yes u are right, I carry it in my right back pocket - good deduction.
Also, yes I think those fine marks on the phone back may actually be scratches. Think I was in denial about that .
Can't wait to try to fix this and see what it looks like afterward
Sent from my LGE VS988 using XDA Labs

maruichan said:
Are you using a case?
How did you check for scratches? Have you tried with a bright flash?
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I am using a case but did not have it for the first 2 days. That's when the scratches occured. After having a case I don't think they got any worse.

maruichan said:
I appreciate that.
And it's understandable why you wouldn't want to obsess over it. I have a single extremely thin small scratch on my Ice Plat over one of the lens which I only looked for out of curiosity, but you wouldn't believe the difficulty I have tracking down where it is. It doesn't show very well in any light. If it's something you need to blast with light to even see I don't personally feel it would affect the camera, and it's very different than the scratches we are seeing on the black models. I would expect small inconsequential scratches to show up on any glass at some point though... unless you go case-less then well...
I guess the point of this thread is to figure out, are these scratches just more visible with the Black version or is there actually something specific to the design of the black that makes it more prone to scratches (like extra coating)...
So if you can take a brief look at your Ice Plat with some kind of flash light or lamp, it would be helpful. Black seems to be the predominant color chosen by most here.
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Understood. I checked it out under a flashlight and saw a very fine scratch, but it is so fine, I can't imagine it would show up on the black version either.

no scratches
my platinum phone doesn't have any scratches till now but I'm using a spigen rugged armor case from day one..