[Q] Rear Camera lens cover got scratches ! - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My g2's rear camera lens cover got scratches now and thus producing very bad photos specially in low lights . Is it possible to change only cover not entire lens system ? if yes then how ?

Yes, on ebay you can find camera glass for about 3€ and in 5 minutes you can change it by youself. Remove backcover, lose the screw of the inside platic cover, remove the cover, push out the glass from the cover, push in the new one, refix everything.
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Broke the inner Camera lens. Can I fix this myself?

So, dropped my Note 3. Visual inspection it looked fine, but the lens is definitely broken on the camera itself (Not on the body of the phone) and the photos look like there is a spider on the phone.
I looked up the camera for the phone, doesnt seem overly expensive. How hard to replace is this? How likely am I to destroy the phone while trying to fix this?
It is a relatively easy fix. I had the same issue with my camera an a $12 replacement and disassembling/replace/reassembling of the phone did the trick.
Good luck!
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The_Joe said:
So, dropped my Note 3. Visual inspection it looked fine, but the lens is definitely broken on the camera itself (Not on the body of the phone) and the photos look like there is a spider on the phone.
I looked up the camera for the phone, doesnt seem overly expensive. How hard to replace is this? How likely am I to destroy the phone while trying to fix this?
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Do you mean the rear facing camera or front? The front facing camera would require a new screen glass which is NOT an easy fix. The rear facing camera would be much easier. You need to remove all the back cover screws then pry up lightly with the S-Pen to pop the cover up. There is one place by the power button that needs to be pried up with something like a guitar pick. once the cover is off you will need to bend the retaining tabs of the lens and it comes right off. When you say "inner lens" I'm not sure what you mean. I doubt you actually cracked the lens of the camera either front or rear but once the back cover is off, both of these are easily removed. A replacement of either on can be found on eBay for cheap.
rear outer lens
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLK-Rear-Ca...377573?hash=item43c99de725:g:MbIAAOxy2CZTcOjI
rear camera
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rear-Back-C...207467?hash=item33b3e11fab:g:ThwAAOSwDNdV1qYX
front camera
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Front-Facin...026767?hash=item35ee76c10f:g:sCAAAOSwHnFVtWF3
The picture below shows the tabs which need to be bent up to replace the rear facing camera lens. the tabs are under the green tape
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2MEAAOSwDNdVssKn/s-l1600.jpg

Camera glass/lens replacement

Hi,
My camera glass is broken. One linear crack on cam. The camera is working well, but in some cases light is on photos. I found these lenses:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32813980145.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.561b514b56kXVI
My question:
1. These lenses are all what I need to repair? Or additional camera glass I need?
2. How to replace it? Should I heat the camera module, remove the old one and insert the new one? Or I have to remove the screen/backplate/MB/battery etc to do it?
If someone else is looking for the answer; I bought the lens from AliExpress (not sure about store). I received 4 elements:
-2 glass + back cover elements - it's outer glass and inner hidding color layer inside. If it's glossy, the camera will be tech-looking element.
-2 3m double side tape for inner circle - i think, the tape is too thin, like linear tape with LCD screen. My suggestion is to use glue like B-7000 if the tape is not enough.
As some youtubers suggest, I cracked down my cam lens and throw out with the smallest 1mm screwdriver. I had full covered lens, but corner-to-corner scratch did linear breaks of light. Hitting and forcing the glass makes some more holes that makes the glass disasembly possible. Cleaned up the glass and glue - watch out , don't touch inner element or you can damage the camera module. Reassembly the glue and reassembly the glass element (make sure that the glass inside is clean). Works great for me.
If you can disasembly LCD-side phone, then you can disasembly upper motherboard and try to threw out glass from inside.
Btw - I have black LCD and black camera lens with gold phone

Have I broken my camera or just the lens cover?

The camera housing on the rear of my V20 has smashed - see photo here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/6PSsj5hQYxbeC6Nj8
My question is, do I need to replace the camera or is it simply a lens cover that needs to be replaced?
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The camera housing on the rear of my V20 has smashed - see photo here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/6PSsj5hQYxbeC6Nj8
My question is, do I need to replace the camera or is it simply a lens cover that needs to be replaced?
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That's the outer glass. Cams are still fine from what I can see. Some V20's have different camera covering. One for to cover each, and one to cover both.

Recommended adhesive for rear lens cover?

I've bought a replacement lens cover for the rear camera on my V20. It came with self-adhesive, but the adhesive isn't good enough and it keeps falling off. I really don't want to use superglue to secure it. Can anyone recommend a good alternative which will keep it in place, but which won't be a pain in the neck if the lens cover gets smashed again and needs to be replaced?

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