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Foggy Lens on back
The camera on my phone was working great, until one day I noticed that the pictures had become extremely foggy. I thought that I may have gotten something sticky on the back of it, but nothing will wipe it off. I suspect that some moisture may have gotten back there though it was not exposed to any more moisture than normal, IE I might have had it in my pocket in the rain briefly, but it never was underwater for any amount of time.
Has anyone had a problem like this, is there anything i can do to resolve it?
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Alex Jansen
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Cleaning the port hole on the rear cover for this phone is very easy. If you are lucky and have two philips screws on the bottom of your phone, Just remove those screws than slide the rear cover up ~1/2 inch then it comes right off.
If you aren't so fortunate, and have funky 5-sided screws on bottom, you will need to purchase our iPhone 4 Liberation Kit to get it open.
Once inside, your phone will still work so try the Camera app again to see if there was just a smudge. If it is still blurry after cleaning, your camera may be out of focus. The cameras have a twist lens on front for initial calibration. Try adjusting yours until it gets focused.
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Thanks Alex, I was able to open it no problem, but I was incorrect about mosture on the back of the lense. It looks like the outside of the glass over the lense is just very scratched up, which is odd because the glass around it on the back of the phone is in pretty good shape. I wonder if is possible to replace just the glass of the lense instead of the entire back panel? Thanks!
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I have this same problem, but *after* the Apple Store Genius had replaced the back panel (I had a different problem). I suspect that there was either a plastic film on the replacement part which they hadn't taken off (though I'm not sure if there is one).
Or the genius had accidentally touched the back of the lens cover in the process of fitting it, either way, my new back panel has resulted in a foggy/glare-y camera!
Forgot to follow up on this. The Genius had indeed left a protective film on the inside of the rear glass, which meant another appointment to take it off - camera was instantly better. I was buying a case that day, which I got for half price when they learnt that I had to come all the way in due to their mistake.
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I had the same problem, and the problem was the iPhone custom case added to the back of my phone. Pictures taken during daylight were ok, but at night they were all foggy. I had to take off custom casing from the back because it was reflecting flash light (case not thin enough) and made pictures that way. So the case was the problem, try removing it first before opening your phone.
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I bought a used iphone and was disappointed to see the quality of the photos. When I wrote the seller (ebay) about it. He more or less called me an idiot and said to remove the protective plastic film. I assumed that since the phone is over a year old, that any protective film would have been removed long ago... Anyway, I cannot find this allusive plastic film there. Even gently took a needle to the side of the camera lens in attempt to lift up the edge of the film. Nothing! I assume it is on the outside, not a film inside the phone. Meaning: I'd have to take the back of the phone off to get to it. What would be the point a protective film there? Can't be that. Truly an idiot, I guess, but how do I remove this plastic film???
