So my camera glass broke today. I have no idea how it happened. I have been looking all over the internet for a replacement but can't find one and don't even know where to look. Any suggestions?
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Hi all, just throwing this out there as I have had no luck anywhere. My streak is now looking mighty shabby since I dropped it once couple weeks after I got it, and again had a nasty fall yesterday from waist height onto paving with force and this scraped up the side quite bad and split the top earpiece part. Ive seen a dissasembly of the streak on a tech site and they claim its super easy to dismantle, 5 screws and some prying, and I assume Dell would rip me off a treat if I send it off. So if anyone can or knows where to get a replacement housing, mainly the plastic surround and the bits above and below the screen please give me a shout or post here and I will be forever greatfull.
Not seen a Housing any where on the net,its so new things like that have not filtered through yet i would say your best bet is to see if a broken one comes on ebay or have you tried dell to see how much they would charge
As long as it's only the back and side housing you need, something might come up in the future. As already said, it's new and replacement cases take a while to come through...if at all.
The Gorilla Glass and the screen are glued together though, so replacing that would need to be done by Dell. As you'd need a replacement screen and the Gorilla Glass glued to it.
Do those form fitting covers come in solid colours or just clear? might be a relatively cheap temporary solution.
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Thanks I might give that a shot in the meantime, would cover up the damage nicely. I will email Dell see how much they would want anyway...
Guess I will have to wait till people start leaking OEM parts or stripping broken phones, never get the knock offs theyre always a really poor fit.
Cypher84 said:
Thanks I might give that a shot in the meantime, would cover up the damage nicely. I will email Dell see how much they would want anyway...
Guess I will have to wait till people start leaking OEM parts or stripping broken phones, never get the knock offs theyre always a really poor fit.
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I'd steer clear of that skin - per a couple posts in the 'Accessories' section, doesn't seem like a reliable Amazon seller...
[Can't post links yet... but take a look in the Accessories section.]
I'd stay clear of that skin as well. As far as I can see it covers up the proximity sensors and the front video camera.
Hi,
Yesterday I noticed that that camera as a problem with black dots in all photos and videos. Now there are no spots on the back camera glass or anything.
I am attaching photos for your viewing pleasure
Can somebody please identify the problem with it. Is the camera lens it self damaged or some particles got underneath the glass cover that I can't see or is it a software problem. Also is there a way to take off the glass cover without opening the phone so I can clean the camera lens?
Please help me out guys, this is really very disappointing.
anyone ?. .
Send it to service center.. I had this issue once and it is not dirt cause i tried too clean it out too by opening it..
I got this from abroad its warranty isn't valid where I am now. Any other solutions ?
somebody please help, This is really annoying.
I have the same problem too, mine has 2 big blurry dots It is annoying when I take pictures in high lighted places, in the low light environment it doesn't show up.
Is there any way to open the lens to clean it?
same problem here, seems like some kind of dust got in the lens part, im going to watch some videos of ffc mods to see if it is possible to clean the camera lens.
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Found the solution, seems like the lens is scratched or something, doing a ffc mod will fix it as the ffc is attached to the 5mp camera, just buy a i9k camera from ebay and mod it.
@AkiraRyu good luck and let us know what happens, Also do see if its possible to lift the glass without opening the phone. Some pictures would greatly help.
I made small dots on the the camera glass to see if they gave the same result but any thing on the glass comes up very blurry on the picture. This definitely is something on the lens it self but its also highly unlikely that its a scratch maybe dust or maybe somethings wrong with the camera.If only there was a way to lift the glass without opening the mobile phone.
I have dust in my I9000 front camera...is there a way to open the phone and clean it?
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lucbl1 said:
I have dust in my I9000 front camera...is there a way to open the phone and clean it?
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yes, its quiet easy , i opened to try to clean it yesterday( i think vibrants and galaxy s interational are the same in the back).
First watch some front facing camera mods videos in youtube (ffc vibrant mod) to see how to open it up, you only need to get the 7 screws out and take out the plastic plate , REMEMBER to pull off the microsd card and the gsm/3g chip!.
if cleaning the lens doesn't work (like my case) you will have to buy a camera replacement, i recommend the i9000 camera so you also get a ffc. it costs in ebay 24USD (dont know the shiping to US as i live in another country) it comes with a plastic thing to remove the plastic plate easy and 2 screw drivers.
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@AkiraRyu good luck and let us know what happens, Also do see if its possible to lift the glass without opening the phone. Some pictures would greatly help.
I made small dots on the the camera glass to see if they gave the same result but any thing on the glass comes up very blurry on the picture. This definitely is something on the lens it self but its also highly unlikely that its a scratch maybe dust or maybe somethings wrong with the camera.If only there was a way to lift the glass without opening the mobile phone.
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Good and bad news:
Opening is really easy, used my fingernails to open the plastic plate, after you get the plastic plate(not the back cober) the plastic protecting the lens also comes off, i cleaned it (A LOT) and the violet dot thing was still there.
there are 2 solutions... 3, first do nothing and keep the camera as it is(no way!) , second buy a vibrant camera replacement , or third (and best) buy a i9000 camera replacement.
In the third case you also get a front facing camera because the 5mpx camera and the ffc are connected, the look petty much like this:
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in the vibrant the ffc camera is cut off the 5mp camera and the place where the ffc goes is painted in black. the cameras are the same, lot of users on xda have moded their vibrants, search on youtube for guides on how to do it
i recommend : FIRST make sure to pull off the gsm chip and the microsd card (if you use one), use a ordered and clean place to do it, get something where to put the screws( lost one because i chose a bad place to put them).
Still waiting for a solution :s. I don't wanna open my new phone takes away all its glory.
hello guys
i bought my nexus 4 two weeks before. so actually what happening is my nexus 4 getting some black spot on the camera looking like some dust on my rear camera lens is there any thing we can do for that ?
Edit : i just remove my back scratch guard and found that the dust are under the camera lens how to remove the dust that are under black glass ?
saif kazi said:
hello guys
i bought my nexus 4 two weeks before. so actually what happening is my nexus 4 getting some black spot on the camera looking like some dust on my rear camera lens is there any thing we can do for that ?
Edit : i just remove my back scratch guard and found that the dust are under the camera lens how to remove the dust that are under black glass ?
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1st: how da hell dust came into the back of glass your device was badly made(a.k.a faulty) or u already opened one time :/.
to fix is just opening the device, witch dosent hurt your warranty as long you dont touch anything except the back of glass to clear.(i dont know if its true, but i saw in lots of places this, even here on xda).
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1st: how da hell dust came into the back of glass your device was badly made(a.k.a faulty) or u already opened one time :/.
to fix is just opening the device, witch dosent hurt your warranty as long you dont touch anything except the back of glass to clear.(i dont know if its true, but i saw in lots of places this, even here on xda).
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i dunno bro how it comes under camera lens it was good in the morning but in evening i saw that blackspot in photos
any video u could recomended me for opening back
saif kazi said:
i dunno bro how it comes under camera lens it was good in the morning but in evening i saw that blackspot in photos
any video u could recomended me for opening back
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlGhaOst1c8,also take a look at the red light fix, they can help u(they need to open the phone to get to the battery).
Dropped my phone today and the camera glass shattered. The photos are ****ty now obviously, and I want to replace it. Anybody have suggestions on what to do?
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Dropped my phone today and the camera glass shattered. The photos are ****ty now obviously, and I want to replace it. Anybody have suggestions on what to do?
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Well, you should go to some service, unless you can fix it on your own.
I bought some for my Nova plus on AliExpress. Searching for maimang5
It's an easy process I use a video of a OnePlus 3 replacing. You have to take care of the metal part around the glass
Since there were no videos out there showing this, I thought I would make one for those who may be a little afraid or want to know how easy it is to do.
Video not playing #? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB36ue-vVGI
Hi @codQuore
The Youtube link isn't working for me. I want to take of my back glass for cleaning the cam-module. My cam module is full of dust after one and a half week..
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Hi @codQuore
The Youtube link isn't working for me. I want to take of my back glass for cleaning the cam-module. My cam module is full of dust after one and a half week..
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Strange, something is wrong with the forum here, not displaying the video. Here's the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB36ue-vVGI
Back glass replacement
Hi Guyz can anyone pls tell me where to buy the back glass replacement for maze alpha. I broke my glass and that Maze company has **** down the business the parts are not available on AliExpress.. is there any other place I can get this.
I am also looking for the back glass.
Aliexpress are selling it for $99 - what a joke.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ori...ha-High-Quality-Protect-Back/32825317616.html
They even have the case which is $6 on amazon for like $76?
That site has gone mad.
Anyone know where else it can be sourced?