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[GUIDE] How to replace a scratched camera

So not that long after getting a SGS2 at launch I managed to get the camera lens scratched. Pictures became fuzzy and useless. I guess some dirt got caught between my desk and the lens and upon nudging my phone the scratch appeared. I have since received follow up scratches further compounding the issue.
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So ladies and gentlemen, as I could not find much help on the subject, I present a quick guide to fixing said problem.
Polish - didn't work. I then discovered that the camera is covered by a protective screen which is integrated with the case. So... flea-bay, a Hong Kong distributor of replacement Samsung Galaxy S2 Housings and ten quid later I am presented with a new case.
1. Clear some space and give it a wipe down, don't want any more scratches eh?
2. Prepare your new back plate by cutting up a screen-protector and putting it over the camera lens. I'm going to redo mine at some point, but it will do for now:
3. Turn off and remove the usual gubbins from your phone (battery, sim, sd)
4. Using a precision cross-head screwdriver, unscrew the five screws on the rear of the phone. Use a small magnet to lift them from their resting position and put them somewhere safe (preferably in a layout you remember for their return trip).
5. The tricky bit is always separating the case. Do not be tempted to ram a screw driver down the side and twist, this will just mess up the case. I just used my finger nails and worked it free.
The top is the least resistive and easiest to get your nail in. Work the top loose and then work down each side a bit at a time. You can use your new case as a guide for where the clips are. Be careful not to snap the clips at the bottom of the phone. I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't break anything, and if I can do it, anybody can.
6. You'll notice a couple of things different - strangely, I had an extra electrical connector at the top of my phone, no adverse effects yet.
The speaker system (and probably some other stuff) is embedded in the lower part of the phone.
A precision flat-head screwdriver gently levered on the left will unclip the left side. For the right side pop your screwdriver in from the other side where the battery cover clips into. The speaker part should just pop out.
Mine came out sans-grille. This isn't glued onto the case, so should just lift off, place back onto the speaker component before inserting into your new device.
7. Remove the protective sticker from the inside of the lens screen.
8. Pop the new back onto your phone, starting at the bottom and working your way up the sides evenly.
11. Replace screws, don't over tighten as you may break the plastic threads. Screw lightly anti-clockwise first and you'll feel the thread line up, this reduces the chances of you getting your thread crossed and wrecking it.
10. Remove the button support stickers and other protective coverings
11. Reinstall your gubbins and power up!
12. Snap away
Hope this helps.
Dash

A great guide, maybe I'll use it one day. The only thing i find strange is that i even have a slightly bigger scratch along the lens protection, yet my pictures still look good...

If you look closely at the first image you'll see faint scratches over the centre of the lens. The big one on the edge I don't think has an impact. It took me ages of peering in bright sunlight to spot them.

Dashers said:
If you look closely at the first image you'll see faint scratches over the centre of the lens. The big one on the edge I don't think has an impact. It took me ages of peering in bright sunlight to spot them.
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Sorry to bump this. This thread is interesting as, upon the first day I got this phone I realized that the place the camera is in seems to be an easy target for scratches. I mean, the camera and flash glasses are ridiculously exposed and when you put the phone on any surface it is actually laying directly over them. So, I was wondering, is there any way to protect the camera? I guess a screen protector would ruin picture quality, right?

i wld agree that yes, even with just resting the phone on table with time YOU WILL get some minor scratches.
Dident compromize my camera quality (yet) but i was affraid in time it will.
So i did what OP did-with screen protector i had spare.
I was not in a need to replace anything so i just cut small cube-shape of protector (thin,dare i say cheap one will work best, not some fancy,thick or reflective protector)
and then i just sticked it well outside the camera lens and put case back on. You cannot see it tbh and no picture quality decrease

So I cut square protective folie and put it on the camera glass... but what about glue which comes with protector folie? There are un-glue protectors but I am not sure the will snap to such small area at all....
Really pictures quality didn't decrease?

not at all.
although,my protector was sticky by itself i quess i wld suggest you do the same
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Im saving this thread for when I scratch mine!

I am going forward to order new housing.
I will follow this guide then !
Thanks
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great tutorial it should be sticky !!

I just got mine today and will do this swap later today! Checked the case out looks good, looked at the camera lens area and found scratches! Bugged me out that! Turns out there is a plastic covering over it
I got a black s2 which I've polished the chrome bezel off, to make it black and scrubbed the whole back casing to give it that matte finish, I ordered for a white one now to give it that contrasting 'Oreo cookie' look :silly:
Will post pics when done, wish me luck and pray I don't break anything!
UPDATE:
Well I managed to sucessfully do the swap and I must say this device looks killer this way! I am in love with it! The grip seems to have suffered a bit and t (Glossy vs textured) there were some difference between the original and the one I got (a cheap one but fits perfect with good finish) but nothing seems any different function wise.
Sorry for the horrible quality pics as I only had my Nexus 7 with me (Clicking pics with the ffc is a pain) I'll try to get high res images if anyone wants to see...

Good.
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mzone1510 said:
I just got mine today and will do this swap later today! Checked the case out looks good, looked at the camera lens area and found scratches! Bugged me out that! Turns out there is a plastic covering over it
I got a black s2 which I've polished the chrome bezel off, to make it black and scrubbed the whole back casing to give it that matte finish, I ordered for a white one now to give it that contrasting 'Oreo cookie' look :silly:
Will post pics when done, wish me luck and pray I don't break anything!
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Well I managed to sucessfully do the swap and I must say this device looks killer this way! I am in love with it! The grip seems to have suffered a bit and t (Glossy vs textured) there were some difference between the original and the one I got (a cheap one but fits perfect with good finish) but nothing seems any different function wise.
Sorry for the horrible quality pics as I only had my Nexus 7 with me (Clicking pics with the ffc is a pain) I'll try to get high res images if anyone wants to see...
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looks very cool! nice ideea man.

Thanks it's really useful

Very interesting.
Got a lot of dust inside the lens ..

Nice post
Great Work helped me very much::: (-:

Hi all! I got scratches all over that protective glass so pictures are unusable...
I want to purchase the part to replace it but i'm not too sure what to get from ebay..I found http://m.ebay.com/itm/141303100240?nav=SEARCH this,but is this what I really need or do I need something else?
Please,if this is not the correct part,can someone link me the correct one?
Thanks in advance!
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Dashers said:
A precision flat-head screwdriver gently levered on the left will unclip the left side. For the right side pop your screwdriver in from the other side where the battery cover clips into. The speaker part should just pop out.
Mine came out sans-grille. This isn't glued onto the case, so should just lift off, place back onto the speaker component before inserting into your new device.
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Well, I dunno about 2011.. But by 2017 the little rubber band around the speaker was basically fused with that placed on the plastic frame.
In the end anyway, it was just about leveraging a bit more with the screwdriver on the bottom left corner of the thing.
Funnily, I discovered just afterwards that if camera is everything you care about there are alternatives.

[HOW TO] Nexus 4 replacing just back door glass lens. (DIY Ghetto Style)

Disclaimer: Read this thread completely before doing anything. I'm NOT responsible for any damage done to your device while doing this. DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK. I'M ALSO NOT SURE IF THIS VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY OR NOT.
Hello everyone,
Like many of you, I ended up breaking my back glass of new Nexus 4. But being from India finding a replacement wasn't easy and if it was possible it wasn't cheap at all. So I did loads research and found just back glass lens only for cheap ($25 to India from China with free shipping) delivery time was fast got it within 10 days. I thought its cheap so its worth taking a risk. I was unable to find any guide online to replace just glass so I thought I'll make one here to help others out.
Requirement:
Back glass lens only replacement.
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T5 screw driver and few other tools to remove glass from back (As shown in picture below)
Adhesives remover, I used nail polish remover as I had nothing else and at least for me it worked well.
Adhesives to stick new glass on back, I used SYNTHETIC RUBBER BASED ADHESIVE as I had nothing else. But I suggest find something better than this.
Cover yourself properly(full pants, full sleeves shirt or tshirt, glooves, piece of cloth to cover your mouth and if possible eye gear too (You'll need this to protect yourself from small glass particles and glass dust) Basically cover yourself as much as you can, if you don't like to be in mess like me.
This is what removed glass looks like.
LEAST 2-3 HOURS of your time.
PS: You should do this in safe environment, glass is so thin while removing it can cause you serious harm(cuts, can fly into your eyes or mouth) It becomes powder form so if you're not careful you'll be left with glass dust all over you. Also Make sure NO children are around when you do this.
Lets get started.
1. You'll need to remove back door from nexus 4. You can either google how to do that or goto following link for xda guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257896
2. Wireless charging coil and speaker grill is directly attached to glass. So you'll have to remove speaker grill first before removing glass from back and if possible charging coil too, if not you can remove it later like it did.
3. Now you can start removing glass out from where its broken or like me you can look under back door and you'll find 2 holes in upper part. Using something sharp punch through them. You can start from there then. Also make sure you don't use excessive force as plastic used in door is really weak, it can crack or break easily. So always support the part of door with finger from below while you're removing glass on top of it. This took me almost 1 and half hour to get this done. It will take time initially and will be hard but will get faster and easier as you'll get used to it. I removed glass from border of case and corners as it has somewhat plastic support below and left the glass on coil for last as its very delicate.
4. If you did as I did in pictures, you'll be left with charging coil and glass on it. I removed charging coil at this point from back door and removed glass really carefully. Removing glass from coil alone took me an hour. You can see some part of plastic protection of coil is removed while scrapping glass out, though I'm sure its still working fine, but still be really be careful while doing it. After done this is what you'll be left with.
5. Use Adhesives remover (in my case nail polish remover) to clean back door and charging coil. This is really important, as you need no residue left on it before putting new glass on. This is what it looked like after cleaning it.
6. After its all clean, Use Adhesive you chose and apply if on back door evenly and fit glass on it. if its rubber based like one i used let it dry for a bit before fitting glass on it. As rubber based ones takes time to dry. I did not apply adhesive on charging coil as some of its plastic protection was removed so I didn't wanted to take any chances. So I stick glass on back without charging coil and this is end result.
7. Now my back is ready, I stick speaker grill back on it and I just put charging coil on glass back without adhesive I didn't wanted it to be stuck with glass again as incase glass breaks again its pain in a** to remove it from glass. So i just place it in its place and put my phone back together again.
8. My phone is working perfectly fine now, fitting is not as original but that's cause of Adhesives I used. If you use better it will be just as brand new.
Below are few things you should keep in mind before doing this.
It took me least 3-4 hours to do this, was it all worth the pain? I was getting just a back without nfc and wireless charging for $75 shipped to India and original back door replacement with all equipment for $100+ neither were worth according to me and I didn't wanted to spend so much money on it either. I had back screen guard on when it fell, So all broken glass was behind guard and I further sealed it with clear tape so glass wasn't going anywhere and further it was in case. So no one could even see its broken. I fixed it cause I might be selling this phone to replace with Nexus 5 incase its worth an upgrade. Also I bought phone from USA as I was never gonna claim Warranty either so thinking if this will void warranty or not wasn't something I had to worry about. So making phone as good as new for $25 it was money well spent. Infact you can get this glass lens cheaper than what I spent depending on country you live it. Also there is risk to break the back door itself as its fragile. So please consider everything before you even try this. If you're careful enough I don't think you'll have problem doing this fix.
My phone is working perfectly fine now, tested everything besides wireless charging as I don't have wireless charger but nfc and all are working just fine.
I got my replacement from china and it came well packed thought should share with you guys incase you are wondering if its safe to get something so delicate from china.
If you have any questions feel free to ask. I'll try to help as much as I can. Hope this helpful to people. Good Luck with your repair
Arvin

Really useful. I do hope never to use it though btw how did u order it? I'm your neighbor from Pakistan, i might drop this thing like u unfortunately did. So was wanting to know that
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WasifSal said:
Really useful. I do hope never to use it though btw how did u order it? I'm your neighbor from Pakistan, i might drop this thing like u unfortunately did. So was wanting to know that
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ebay.com

wow LOL what a freaking mess!

Damn, good job man.

exb0 said:
Damn, good job man.
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Thanks

arvinchugh said:
ebay.com
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Links or it didn't happen
I can't seem to find a good reliable ad actually :/

WasifSal said:
Links or it didn't happen
I can't seem to find a good reliable ad actually :/
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There you go.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140993242760?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Z2 camera scratches easily

I have my Z2 so 2months and I'm beggining to see some scratches on the rear camera in direct light. There are no problems in making pictures tho. I'm really careful with my device too.
FIX:
asif4self said:
Put a tiny drop of water on the lens and gently rub the corner of a credit card onto the lens. I had the same issue with my HTC One M8 lens and performed the same method and its crystal clear now.
PS: Don't rub hard or you break the lens glass.
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I've got them too, mine is 2 months old.

6 months old and did not have a single scratch. That is anti ultraviolet coating. Wipe it out and everything is fine.

El.Guaje said:
6 months old and did not have a single scratch. That is anti ultraviolet coating. Wipe it out and everything is fine.
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Its been there for an purpose.No hard feelings,but when its gone i doubt everything will be like it was there when its wiped out. I have the same issue and rly don't know how did that happened when i bought a back screen protector + case the same day.. I hope your words are true tho and this wont affect the lense. Havent noticed difference in the pictures in daylight tho.

El.Guaje said:
6 months old and did not have a single scratch. That is anti ultraviolet coating. Wipe it out and everything is fine.
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With what did you wipe it?

same thing here

I have the same i think its even worse than yours..

Lens Scratches
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With what did you wipe it?
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Put a tiny drop of water on the lens and gently rub the corner of a credit card onto the lens. I had the same issue with my HTC One M8 lens and performed the same method and its crystal clear now.
PS: Don't rub hard or you break the lens glass.

Some people use toothpaste and it works good but..
Like someone said earlier it's there for a purpose. It's the anti-reflective coating and when you will rub it off the quality of photos will deteriorate in direct light, no question about that. It won't be that much visible but you should know about that before you do it, not after.

Any way sony could fix that for us? Or someone tried to give his Z2 to sony centre and get an replacement camera glass? (btw the picture u gave is zoomed only not taken with/without ar coating. And about cleaning it..im too afraid that i could scratch the glass itself.
Just read abit for that problem.It occurs to every phone with AR coating camera glass and the problem is that the lens is exposed to excessive amount of sun light of heat,the AR coating will start cracking itself cos of the hight temperature.Lots of users reproted that the AR coating started to flake off and their pictures began to get blurry.Cleaning the lense glass with alcohol will do the job and bring the sharpness to your pictures,but will affect the light influence in the pics. I will personaly try giving my phone for repair/replacement.

effective said:
btw the picture u gave is zoomed only not taken with/without ar coating
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Nope, look carefully at the position of cars, guardrails etc.
effective said:
Any way sony could fix that for us? Or someone tried to give his Z2 to sony centre and get an replacement camera glass?
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Sony doesn't want to repair this (they say it's a user fault - bad usage of phone) just like HTC (One M8 have a much bigger issue with this coating on One M8).
To repair this you need to replace back panel, lens cover is integrated.
effective said:
Just read abit for that problem.It occurs to every phone with AR coating camera glass and the problem is that the lens is exposed to excessive amount of sun light of heat,the AR coating will start cracking itself cos of the hight temperature.Lots of users reproted that the AR coating started to flake off and their pictures began to get blurry.
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That's not entirely true. Every good camera lenses have this coating. After long usage it may start to flake if it's poor quality. Another reason may be bad treating with chemicals.
In smartphone department quality of this coating is not as good (in most cases whole smartphone is cheaper than proper camera lenses). When there is some problem at manufacturing stage (like in One M8) or just very poor quality control (Z, Z1, Z2, compacts all have this problem) we see that this coating starts to flake very early. Sony and HTC should repair this, but they can say that you used chemicals cleaning your phone and destroyed it yourself and you can't do much about it.
Heat from excessive amount of sun light can be a reason too, but mostly in sunglasses left in direct sunlight for too long. In camera lenses (standalone or smartphone) destroyed coating is a result of bad manufacturing and bad usage, MOSTLY - not always of course.

monry said:
Nope, look carefully at the position of cars, guardrails etc.
Sony doesn't want to repair this (they say it's a user fault - bad usage of phone) just like HTC (One M8 have a much bigger issue with this coating on One M8).
To repair this you need to replace back panel, lens cover is integrated.
That's not entirely true. Every good camera lenses have this coating. After long usage it may start to flake if it's poor quality. Another reason may be bad treating with chemicals.
In smartphone department quality of this coating is not as good (in most cases whole smartphone is cheaper than proper camera lenses). When there is some problem at manufacturing stage (like in One M8) or just very poor quality control (Z, Z1, Z2, compacts all have this problem) we see that this coating starts to flake very early. Sony and HTC should repair this, but they can say that you used chemicals cleaning your phone and destroyed it yourself and you can't do much about it.
Heat from excessive amount of sun light can be a reason too, but mostly in sunglasses left in direct sunlight for too long. In camera lenses (standalone or smartphone) destroyed coating is a result of bad manufacturing and bad usage, MOSTLY - not always of course.
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I guess the only thing i can do is to wipe it off and deal with it than.No guarantee that if i get an replacement (which wont happen) the ar coaing wont flake off again. :silly: Strange is that i have an ZR as well - dived in salt water and stuff with it and the coating its perfectly fine..

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Just use axeton

effective said:
I guess the only thing i can do is to wipe it off and deal with it than.No guarantee that if i get an replacement (which wont happen) the ar coaing wont flake off again. :silly: Strange is that i have an ZR as well - dived in salt water and stuff with it and the coating its perfectly fine..
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I had the exact issue on my Z tho.

Ok.Just to share with you guys.Ive removed the AR coating (or what was left of it) and the glass is crystal clear now , as the pictures i made from now on.They are sharp without distorsion and noise or blury.It helped me alot.The only disatvantage is that if direct sunlight fell on an object that you want to snap.It will get abit blurry,shiny.But there is a fix for that too.If you want to focus that object,just zoom abit,step closer to it,or fix the exposure of the picture before taking it.These things will do the job perfectly.Cheers.

I used a dab of toothpaste and a cotton swab. Took the scratched and blurry coating off without damaging the camera lens. Rinse afterward. I would advise against using any harsh chemicals.

monry said:
Nope, look carefully at the position of cars, guardrails etc.
Sony doesn't want to repair this (they say it's a user fault - bad usage of phone) just like HTC (One M8 have a much bigger issue with this coating on One M8).
To repair this you need to replace back panel, lens cover is integrated.
Sony does repair it! Got my back panel replaced with a new one, got my phone today only, it's as good as new!
I had the same problem, took it to the service centre, they submitted it and gave back an almost new (with back panel replaced) phone in just 6 days. So please don't reach any conclusion before you try the proper way.
Thanks.
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effective said:
Sony does repair it! Got my back panel replaced with a new one, got my phone today only, it's as good as new!
I had the same problem, took it to the service centre, they submitted it and gave back an almost new (with back panel replaced) phone in just 6 days. So please don't reach any conclusion before you try the proper way.
Thanks.
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In Poland Sony doesn't repair it and it didn't repair in Z or Z1 as well. In most cases at forums people have problems with warranty repair this too so maybe you are the chosen one?

Had the same thing & had some kind of stains that i think were caused by water, even ruined the quality in daylight :\ fixed it by rubbing shampoo on the lens "sounds silly but it actually worked "

The same for me and maybe worse.. BUT THEY DISAPPEARED AFTER FEW MONTHS LATER!!

Gold Frame, Black Phone

Hey guys,
I just wanted to share my phone modification with everyone, in case any one was interested. I bought a N910F gold frame and put it on my T-Mobile Note 4. Here are the pictures of the results. Let me know if anyone is interested in doing this with their phone, and I'll be glad to explain the process (it's super easy). You can do any frame you want (white, black, and gold), although I haven't see a pink one for sale.
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That looks pretty sharp. How much was the frame?

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That looks pretty sharp. How much was the frame?
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Unfortunately, there's only ONE seller of the N910F frames that I could find, and that's a company called fonejoy. Their price was £45 (or $70) which was pretty steep considering the Chinese ones [which fit the Verizon model] are about $50. Also, my original frame is in mint condition (no scratches or anything), so it's resale value is around $40, if I were to sell it. I can also just put the old frame back on when I'm done with the phone and want to sell the phone itself, and the phone would be in mint condition, which increase resale value (over a scratched up frame). That's how I justified the purchase- but honestly, I just really wanted it.

Looks pretty sharp !

How hard was it to replace the frame? The chamfered edges on mine are starting to accumulate a ton of micro scratches so I'd like to replace it eventually

holycow1 said:
Hey guys,
I just wanted to share my phone modification with everyone, in case any one was interested. I bought a N910F gold frame and put it on my T-Mobile Note 4. Here are the pictures of the results. Let me know if anyone is interested in doing this with their phone, and I'll be glad to explain the process (it's super easy). You can do any frame you want (white, black, and gold), although I haven't see a pink one for sale.
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I've actually removed my frame to remove dust under the camera that affected pictures, now the screen and frame aren't that flush. How did you re-glue it back together? What adhesive did you use?
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That can happen. What I did was I used a hair dryer to heat the top corners before removing the rest of the phone from the frame. If the screen is no longer flush, what I'd recommend is taking your phone apart again and using that hair dryer to warm the adhesive between the screen and middle frame. When the adhesive is warm, put the screen down on a soft surface and apply the pressure on the top portion of the boards (don't press too hard, just in case). Then when you're putting the frame back on, use the hair dryer to heat those top corners again and press together. Then put the screws back in.
You could also need more adhesive- I took my other phone apart to try to fix the GPS and the glass wasn't perfectly flush when putting it back together. I took it to the Samsung repair depot in TX and they put it in their oven and took it apart properly but when they reassembled it, it still wasn't flush (they didn't add more adhesive).
If you do need more adhesive, they sell it on eBay (search N910 adhesive) but they sell it in packs of 5 or more... and it's $9... kind of a rip off.

Face_Plant said:
How hard was it to replace the frame? The chamfered edges on mine are starting to accumulate a ton of micro scratches so I'd like to replace it eventually
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Frame is not that hard to remove... My recommendation is to use a little heat (hair dryer) for those top corners. You do need a plastic pry tool (or a guitar pick would work).
The easiest way that I've found is to start at the back and lift up the plastic part then move to the side of the phone and use that pry tool to just work your way up and around the phone. Don't start at the bottom, for some reason its harder to start at. Once you have the top, it will open like a clam shell. Use a little heat when putting it back together- again on the top corners.

holycow1 said:
That can happen. What I did was I used a hair dryer to heat the top corners before removing the rest of the phone from the frame. If the screen is no longer flush, what I'd recommend is taking your phone apart again and using that hair dryer to warm the adhesive between the screen and middle frame. When the adhesive is warm, put the screen down on a soft surface and apply the pressure on the top portion of the boards (don't press too hard, just in case). Then when you're putting the frame back on, use the hair dryer to heat those top corners again and press together. Then put the screws back in.
You could also need more adhesive- I took my other phone apart to try to fix the GPS and the glass wasn't perfectly flush when putting it back together. I took it to the Samsung repair depot in TX and they put it in their oven and took it apart properly but when they reassembled it, it still wasn't flush (they didn't add more adhesive).
If you do need more adhesive, they sell it on eBay (search N910 adhesive) but they sell it in packs of 5 or more... and it's $9... kind of a rip off.
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Awesome! I guess if it gets out of control I will try that. It's OK for now. I might try the taking apart again to warm the glue up. Thanks!
Sent from the first Samsung Galaxy ever

LTE Connectivity Bands
Does the change in chassis from the 910t to a chassis of a 910f affect the lte bands accepted? I'm not sure if that is built into the logic board or the configuration of the metal chassis antenna which would be changed.

Kokorone said:
Does the change in chassis from the 910t to a chassis of a 910f affect the lte bands accepted? I'm not sure if that is built into the logic board or the configuration of the metal chassis antenna which would be changed.
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No change in bands- all antenna terminals are the same.

Does anyone know if this frame would work for the AT&T version of the Note 4?

kodath said:
Does anyone know if this frame would work for the AT&T version of the Note 4?
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I can't tell you 100% sure, but I believe so. The only frame that is radically different is the Verizon one which fits the Chinese frames found on eBay.
If you take off the frame and take a picture of it, you can compare it to the T-Mobile frame side by side. I can send you a picture of mine.

Thanks for the reply!
I will go open mine when I get home, can you post a picture of your original frame on here? It might help others out as well!

kodath said:
Thanks for the reply!
I will go open mine when I get home, can you post a picture of your original frame on here? It might help others out as well!
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Careful when you're opening it. Read my previous posts in the thread regarding heating corners and where to start.
Original T-Mobile frame:
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For reference, here's the Chinese frame (which I believe fits the Verizon model):
Notice the microphone holes at the bottom and the antenna locations are the major differences, and in fact causes the two not to be interchangeable.

Thanks for the reply, I will give it a try, it looks the same as the T-mobile one.

Black and white looks sick... saw someone did it. Cant remember where though.. i think it might have been a video. By zedomax.

holycow1 said:
Unfortunately, there's only ONE seller of the N910F frames that I could find, and that's a company called fonejoy. Their price was £45 (or $70) which was pretty steep considering the Chinese ones [which fit the Verizon model] are about $50. Also, my original frame is in mint condition (no scratches or anything), so it's resale value is around $40, if I were to sell it. I can also just put the old frame back on when I'm done with the phone and want to sell the phone itself, and the phone would be in mint condition, which increase resale value (over a scratched up frame). That's how I justified the purchase- but honestly, I just really wanted it.
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Any chance you would be willing to sell your original frame? My white note 4 is pretty banged up (Tmobile)

Kokorone said:
Any chance you would be willing to sell your original frame? My white note 4 is pretty banged up (Tmobile)
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Yeah 800$ give you the whole thing lmaoo jk

Kokorone said:
Any chance you would be willing to sell your original frame? My white note 4 is pretty banged up (Tmobile)
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I really want to keep my frame for resale purposes, but here's an eBay listing for a white frame: http://www.ebay.com/itm/191521919910 ($35 incl. shipping)
It comes from a Sprint Note 4, and there's a misconception out there that the Sprint frame is not compatible with the T-Mobile phone when it really is. The Sprint frame is actually incompatible with the Verizon model.
Good luck!

[TUT] Get rid of the Dust in Front Camera

Hi, everyone. This time I'm gonna show you how to dismantling your Redmi Note 2 and how to avoid letting dust in the front camera.
You can simply check if you'll get this trouble by this way:
Cut a slice of paper by scissors or your hair and try to stick into left of the receiver. If you can stick into it, then your front camera will be dusty someday.
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First, these are the tools you need:
1. Your RN2
2. Scissors
3. Double-sided tape
4. Foam rubber tape (Optional)
5. Alcohol
6. Tiny Screwdriver
7. Glasses cloth
8. Fingernail
9. Patient
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Let get started!
First, screw up "12" tiny screws, two of it has stickers on it. I don't even want to send back China to repair it, so don't worry about the stickers.
now, you have to use your nail stick into the left corner of the phone, then follow the slit between main-board base and main-board cover.
You should slit the left side till the "volume + " button and stop here.
Now, stick into the first place and start to slit right, you'll meet right down corner, then keep on.
Keeps slit to the right up corner near the screw hole than stop here.
Here's the most difficult part, you should carefully hold both side of the cover and slowly pull up them by your prefer hand.
The other hand, again use your nail to slit into it, this would be hard, so be patient and carefully, or you'll brake your main-board cover into two piece
After you finish previous step, it is getting easy now.
What I point out is the front camera module, carefully pick it up with your nail , you can clean the dust now
Be very carefully that don't bend the cable or you'll screw all up :silly:
Use whatever you like to clean up the space between camera and glass.
Now, times to seal it up!
Use the double-side tape to stick on the back of the front camera module
First, cut it to fit the size of camera and stick on it one by one. Don't forget to remove both of the sticker.
I use 4 piece of the tape. Remember, don't remove the last sticker of the tape!
After that, you can put back your camera module.
Now, you can put back your main-board cover and try to boot your device, if it boot up and nothing hurt, then you are free to go :good:
All the pics took by my old Lenovo A820

Hello!
First of all thank you for the tutorial. I am going to use it for sure - I don't want to send it back either!
I don't have to do the test, I already have dust
So, there are two things that i need you to clarify for me, if possible.
1. I find this part "You should slit the left side till the "volume - " button and stop here.
Now, stick into the first place and start to slit right, you'll meet right down corner, then keep on.
Keeps slit to the right up corner near the screw hole than stop here." really difficult. I found this myfixguide.com/manual/xiaomi-redmi-note-2-teardown/ that doesn't say that it's hard, but I tottaly trust you.
So, when I meet with my nail the volume - , then I stick my nail "more inside" (sorry for this)? And when you say left and right, you mean as I look the phone from the back, right? From which corner do I start?
2. In the last photo, i can't see how you plase the tape, which is the most important I guess.
Can you upload a video or pictures on the route your nail followed to open the device please? Of course not open it again, from the outside, just to be sure.
Thank you in advance and for your time. Hope we will find a solution for this problem

AntwnisGr said:
Hello!
First of all thank you for the tutorial. I am going to use it for sure - I don't want to send it back either!
I don't have to do the test, I already have dust
So, there are two things that i need you to clarify for me, if possible.
1. I find this part "You should slit the left side till the "volume - " button and stop here.
Now, stick into the first place and start to slit right, you'll meet right down corner, then keep on.
Keeps slit to the right up corner near the screw hole than stop here." really difficult. I found this myfixguide.com/manual/xiaomi-redmi-note-2-teardown/ that doesn't say that it's hard, but I tottaly trust you.
So, when I meet with my nail the volume - , then I stick my nail "more inside" (sorry for this)? And when you say left and right, you mean as I look the phone from the back, right? From which corner do I start?
2. In the last photo, i can't see how you plase the tape, which is the most important I guess.
Can you upload a video or pictures on the route your nail followed to open the device please? Of course not open it again, from the outside, just to be sure.
Thank you in advance and for your time. Hope we will find a solution for this problem
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Sorry about not clearly explained the detail of how to tear down.
1.
Here's the route how I tear down my device, and sorry I just modify the image to show you this because I don't have my second device now.
It is easy to stick your fingernail into left bottom corner, and do like the image shows. On left side, you'll reach "volume + " (sorry it is "+" not "-" , my bad.)and near infrared blaster, and on the other side, you'll reach near 3.5 mm audio hole.
It is not recommend to keeps using your nail to slit the upper side because you can see the gap is not a straight line , you should hold both side near the position like the image below and using one hand on it like to open your back cover while using the other hand's nail to stick into the gap to helping the opening.
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Paste the tape on the back of the camera like I circle out. Just on the square.
It is not means there's no anti-dust washer, but it is not tie enough to make it seal, paste tapes on the back of camera just to push the camera module more close to the glass to make sure that washer works.
On the other hand why I don't recommend using foam rubber tape, some may ask this should works better than double-side tape.
1. Temperature near here is very high, you can see the CPU's temp. mostly high at 70 Celsius, this may melt our tape.
2. We can easily control the thickness.
Sorry for my bad English. I hope you understand, if you have any question, I'm glad to help. :highfive:

Ok thank you! I will give it a try soon
So, now, do you get any new dust after this procedure? And if you do the test with the paper from the left (to see if it is well fitted), is it ok now??

Thanks for this!
I'm going to give it a go soon. I've been having some earpiece issues so I'll have a look at the connections while I'm at it. Is the earpiece speaker relatively easily accessible?

Dust started accumulating in my front camera. It has affected the camera quality. I can't understand the tutorial well. Can anybody make a video tutorial of this?

dh33r4j said:
Dust started accumulating in my front camera. It has affected the camera quality. I can't understand the tutorial well. Can anybody make a video tutorial of this?
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yeah, video would be great

Thank you for the tutorial, having the same problem.
Just in case I didn't undestand well: we are using tape just to make pressure on the camera so the dust can't get there, right?
Thank you!!

Thanks a lot ,just did everything and worked perfectly of course,now I can take selfies again thanks for the tutorial!!!So easy,guys dont be afraid ,at least nothing happened to me .

Thanks for this. I didn't "pull" both sides apart after reaching the headphone socket, but i gently pushed one side away from the other with one hand, and continued on the other side of the headphone socket with a fingernail, and like that it popped open completely. Cleaned it with a cotton swab (making a rotating motion between my fingers as i "polished" the glass.
It was actually a lot less scary than i imagined. I even managed to put the tiny stickers back on the screws

I broke the mid frame do you guys know where to get sparepart?

cpeterjohansson said:
I broke the mid frame do you guys know where to get sparepart?
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Is it useless now? Did some of the electronics get damaged, or just the plastic? If just the plastic, can't you use special glue?
I just checked Aliexpress, but i don't see the part you need. On the other hand, the phone is very cheap now (€120) and maybe you can find a second hand phone or a bricked phone for cheap?

ozfunghi said:
Is it useless now? Did some of the electronics get damaged, or just the plastic? If just the plastic, can't you use special glue?
I just checked Aliexpress, but i don't see the part you need. On the other hand, the phone is very cheap now (€120) and maybe you can find a second hand phone or a bricked phone for cheap?
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I fixed with glue but there was black sticker with some metal thats not there anymore. Dont know what it is thou, maby some heat stuff?

Great work friend..IT was fairly easy than what I thought. Cleaned the front camera as you mentioned in the steps. I used 2 pieces of Double sided tape to fit the camera module. Many thanks for bringing this brilliant tutorial. I am very happy to get my clean camera back on my 8 months old RMN2.......Cheers!!

Can I suggest this tutorial video to disassemble RN2? I found it very useful to rid off dust on front camera, and then, as mentioned here, I put a piece of isolating tape to protect the camera module.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3C4hs-XPdQ

Very great
Thanks for helping clearing dust at front camera