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iPhone 4S Rattles due to camera module?

There are many complaints on Apple boards that the 4S rattles if you knock it at the top of the camera (more rattles than the 4). The rattles usually stop if the camera is in autofocus. Can you test to see if the camera module lenses cause this rattle (ie, free floating until autofocus), by shaking or "flicking" the camera module alone.

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I was hoping the teardown guys would flick the separated camera module to prove that it was the source and that the lenses were the cause of the problem.

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Martin, don't bother going to a shop to check other units. Many people already have gone to Apple stores and tested all the demo units. They all had the rattle.

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yes, when mine is on AF then the rattle stops. Otherwise, I have it.

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Mine still rattles even with AF :(

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Mine has a really loud rattle but only when I tap it on the back by the camera or on the front at the opposite corner to the camera (Rattles by the camera though). I know that the easy answer is "Don't tap it", but now I know it is there, it is annoying the *#@# out of me since I have just paid £300 up front for it and signed up to a 2 year contract! Buying a product that I thought would be well built and solid I am quite dissapointed that it rattles sounding like something is loose. Not sure whether to send it back or go to a shop and "test" some of their Iphone 4s' to see if they do the same thing :\

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p.s. How do change from auto to manual focus (and the other way around?)

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Mine is rattle too but only when phone is on 3 G

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My iphone4S also rattle and in the same spots as Martin's above (on the back around camera and on front bottom left corner). Annoying ^%&%! out of me... I went to the Apple "genius" - they said it's normal. WTF? Seriously thinking about returning this POS and either reverting to my old iPhone4 (which also rattles but at least I can't notice it) or getting an android.

Oh, and btw, all other iphone4S in apple store rattled too, so I'm pretty sure exchanging it won't resolve this.

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Everyone - The iphone 4s rattles. I checked all the phones (white and black) in two Apple Stores. The rattle is on all of them. Mt wife just had hers come in yesterday...and sure enough....the rattle is there. This is either an incredibly widespread manufacturers defect (doubtful since there is a moving mechanism in the camera) or just totally normal. Annoying, yes. Problem, no.

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I have also read forums on Droids having the same rattle issue

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mine also rattles but its because of the amount of lenses in the camera ,nothing else?? its like a hand held telescope ,u imagine when u hold it and extend it out to look through it ,well thats what happens inside the camera back and fourth when zooming in and out ,,just gotta deal with it or sell it or try and put something inside nxt to it to try and stop the rattle ,its up to u ,but im keeping my iphone 4s 32gb ,hope this helps???

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