My Ray is 4-5 months old, and 1-2 months ago I noticed that glass on the camera is more and more peeling off...I have silicon case since day one, so it is not from scratches...maybe from removing smudges and dust here and there before thaking photo...I use my T-shirt on me (cotton, soft) and dont press hard...
It seems that this peel off and scratches doesnt affect photo quality as I dont see artefacts on photos - but, when whatching lens (glass) it can bee clearly seen as there is damaged somekind of protective film...
Does someone have same problems? Does this influence photo quality? It could bend light in different way...
Do you mean the protective piece of plastic on the center case covering the lens ?
Yeah, same prob here. The lens coating...but i think that's just protector against uv radiation from sunlight. Not sure though....
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Yeah picture quality has started to suck because of that need finda way to overcome it
I think it is some kind of filter because it is visible when tilting phone.
I dont know could i send it on repair? Is it covered with warranty?
Way to overcome this could be screen protector! Liquid fills that 'scratches' so light is bend same way..atleast that works with scratched screen!
Would lens screen protector ruin photos? Is someone using it?
Second way to overcome is peel that coating completly..only how? With what?
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mlesic said:
I think it is some kind of filter because it is visible when tilting phone.
I dont know could i send it on repair? Is it covered with warranty?
Way to overcome this could be screen protector! Liquid fills that 'scratches' so light is bend same way..atleast that works with scratched screen!
Would lens screen protector ruin photos? Is someone using it?
Second way to overcome is peel that coating completly..only how? With what?
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we are talking abt this part r8?
Yes. What else? That glass over a lens.
I must find another camera to take photo of that 'scratches'!
Well i was having the same blue looking coating on my MINI's camera glass but after 2-3 months it started peeling off so i totally removed it and i dont find decrease in picture quality also i dont think its a scratch protector as that thing itself get peeled off than how come it will protect you camera glass?
How did you remove it?
I saw that people say about Displex - that is scratch removal paste (not for touch screens). I will try it - must go find it to buy. I used it years ago for my phone screen...it was great...It polish edges of big scratches and litle scratches so scratches are not visible any more - even big ones. It polis rough edges so light dont get bend differently and everything is ok. So I belive displex could remove that coating and polish that glass over lens!
Alternative would be to change that glass with plastic or something like that (maybe another phones glass)... But for now, I think that displex would be best thing to try. It is 5-10$ and can last long...
Is it safe to remove it and use ?
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Try tooth paste! Polish, and leave 5min. Try few times!
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Hey guys, my camera has been taking not so great pics lately, and Iv always suspected it was because of my camera lens glass cover that is on the midplate
the glass itself has some wear on it from light scratches, and it has a group of tiny bubbles on the glass itself (im thinking there is some protective film on the glass on the other side)
anyways , I took off the midplate and took a picture without the glass.
results = my pictures were AMAZING... the clearest, sharpest ever seen on this phone.
how can I make this permanent?... is the glass replaceable? ... can I remove the glass and let it run naked?... is it safe?.. (with a battery cover and silicon case over it)
any suggestions?... thanks guys.
I think the same thing that happened to the glass can happen to the lens.
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bigjoe87865 said:
Hey guys, my camera has been taking not so great pics lately, and Iv always suspected it was because of my camera lens glass cover that is on the midplate
the glass itself has some wear on it from light scratches, and it has a group of tiny bubbles on the glass itself (im thinking there is some protective film on the glass on the other side)
anyways , I took off the midplate and took a picture without the glass.
results = my pictures were AMAZING... the clearest, sharpest ever seen on this phone.
how can I make this permanent?... is the glass replaceable? ... can I remove the glass and let it run naked?... is it safe?.. (with a battery cover and silicon case over it)
any suggestions?... thanks guys.
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Hi,
Do you have the pics to show how you removed the midplate? I am thinking of modding my samsung vibrant to a non-camera one. I know it sounds silly but my workplace doesn't allow camera phones
nhc said:
Hi,
Do you have the pics to show how you removed the midplate? I am thinking of modding my samsung vibrant to a non-camera one. I know it sounds silly but my workplace doesn't allow camera phones
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Phones without camera lol, who do you work for Hitler? Oh maybe apple nvm. There is a tread in general for replacing the camer you can use that.
Last week i noticed i had one scratch on the lower part of my screen,checked today,and now there are four similair cuts.
I am extremely careful with my phone and have no idea how they got there. Is anybody else having this problem?
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no scratches yet on mine, i got "just" some dust under the screen i would never thought this could ever happen on these phones, but Samsung proved me wrong once again
a friend has some small surface scratches on his since day one, but he's kinda strange like that and he doesn't care...
Really happy with my screen, no scratches (even without a case and it my pocket/bag with keys and coins and other nasties) and the screen doesn't seem to smudge as badly as previous phones and is easy to clean when it does smudge.
The scratches are really small,try putting your phone screen directly at a light source and look at it from different angles. I'm scared that I got a defective screen on my phone,because the only thing remotely sharp that could of made the scratches were my nails,but that shouldn't be happening with gorilla glass.
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The one thing that realllly scratches gorilla glass is sand, or anything sand like. Keys and all that are fine. But seriously beware of sand. If you're keeping it in a case or something make sure that there isn't a piece of sand or something similar in the lower end (where the keyboard would be), same goes for pockets and stuff.
I heard that sand and jewellery could cut the glass and nothing like that ever came near the screen.
Except maybe,could sugar crystals (from a packet of sugar) cut it?
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Eat_My_Brains said:
Really happy with my screen, no scratches (even without a case and it my pocket/bag with keys and coins and other nasties) and the screen doesn't seem to smudge as badly as previous phones and is easy to clean when it does smudge.
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That's called tempting fate..
No scratches for me yet no case or screen protector...i work with steel and leave it on the bench and no marks yet...touch wood
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if u put ur screen under bright light at odd angles u will see fine scratches there
those scratches are in the coating not the glass
the coating is highly scratchable anything can scratch it unlike the glass beneath it which is scratch resistant
The small scratches probably merely affect the oleophobic coating and not the gorilla class.
The oleophobic coating has been applied to improve the legibility of the screen under direct sunlight but some consumers complain that the oleophobic coating is very scratch-able and prone to wearing off prematurely...
Some people even go as far as advising against applying screen protectors arguing that the adhesive layers found in cheap screen protectors damage the oleophobic coating of the screen thus causing small scratches or cuts.
I got one of the scratches you describe, very small and hard to see but its there. Ive been treating the thing extra careful too.
As the poster above said it is as if its on a very very thin coat on top of the gorilla glass.
If I may suggest getting a screen protector. They're really cheap on ebay. I spent 3 euros for 6 from ecell, and then I spent (before) for 6 (of a different kind which I'm not too happy with) for around 2 euros, another company which usually comes from Germany. Here are the links:
e_cell screen protectors (which I like)
http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130501908504&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
The other one (which I don't like, but serve their purpose for being so cheap!)
http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170638019246&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
That must be it,I found a guy online who posted how he removed the scratches:
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Hope this helps,if somebody tries it out please post results
As for screen protectors...
I think the SAMOLED+ screen is too beautiful to have a screen protector on it. They destroy the colours and make images look much worse,for me it ruins the point of having a great screen. Just my two cents.
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I also have a small scratch in that part and some very very faint ones at the top of the screen.
Mister Jozo said:
As for screen protectors...
I think the SAMOLED+ screen is too beautiful to have a screen protector on it. They destroy the colours and make images look much worse,for me it ruins the point of having a great screen. Just my two cents.
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Good screen protectors don't effect the image quality and vibrance of the display. Try SGP's ultra crystal protectors.
So the problem is, that the body design of the hox+ (like older HTCs phones), has one major issue: When you put it on a flat surface i. e. table face up, it lays on two points: The first is somewhere down besides the loudspeaker, which is ok, but the second is the camera ring and/ or the camera glas (?) cover. I know there is already a thread regarding the material(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128442&highlight=camera+cover) , of which the cover is made of, but nobody was really sure about that. Because of this issue, i had to send in my device some weeks ago, because the scratches on the cover influenced the picture quality heavily ( bloom-effect ; there are some threads too) . In the end the phone is still getting repaired (status: "waiting for parts".:crying and im thinking about how to solve the problem for the future. I´m no smartphone- rapist, just the opposite thing and it was bought on 10th January, so i was really wondering: why the hell are so many and so fast scratches on the camera glas cover? Would it be meaningful to cut a display glas foil to the size of the camera objective?? In the matrial-thread, somebody was talking about a special "anti glare coating" so maybe you could polish the lense lets say every 4th month with a appropriate polish spray ??? I have always used a bumper to protect the phone, but nevertheless the scratches came! So what to do? And of course this is not a single problem, i suppose, so this increases the importance of this thread/question....
For the camera have you try to take off your bumper and shoot...cause some bumper is bad and it affects the camera when you shoot while using the lights..
The glass if you scared to scratch it...just use the scren protector and cut round until it fits...
The scratch camera glass I think is not affect picture quality accept if you colour the glass with ink..hahha joking
Hope it helps
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No I think you didn´t understand the problem of the camera bloom effect: The special anti glare coating is damaged and this causes photos with a lot of bloom, unclearness and bad colours, because the chip is not able to choose the right parameters for "white balances" and other different adjustments, that usually are set automatically. The bumper should only show, how I care about my phone....
I was looking at a faint scratch on the glass cover and I noticed that it moved. As in the whole thing, within the outer ring, as if it was mounted on some sort of suspension, Is it possible the glass lens protrudes slightly from the outer ring, making it a point of contact as opposed to the outer plastic ring? Just a thought.
Have you take out the bumper or back cover what ever you call it...and try to shoot...is your phone custom rom or
Stock...
My first bumper having issue...the right one is the whole have to be big
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Hi, it´s repaired now, and im going to cut a suitable cover. Of course I have taken of the bumper off?? are you really talking about a kind of this http://www.amazon.de/Exklusiv-Cad-S...8O/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1362481786&sr=8-26 ???
Hi guys.
I have this phone since 2 weeks and today I realize that I have a tiny scratch long about a nail over in the bottom-right of the screen.
Is that possible? I can feel with my nail that is a scratch, really really thin and with screen on its invisible but under a light it's visible.
I really disappointed because I'm taking care of it like a baby. Gorilla glass 4 isn't so strong at least, and now do I need a screen protector? Really?
Anyone have problem like this?
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Hi,
Gorilla Glass 4 does not mean the display can't get any scratches. And yes, if you're unlucky you get a scratch the first day of use. All it needs is a little sand and/or stone in your pocked (just an example) and it can happen. I don't care what the manufacturer of the phone promises or uses as display glass. I have always a good display protection foil or tampered glass on my phones.
Nothing new. I have some micro scratches too. The best thing which you can do is buying a glass protector.
Metaldroidiano said:
Hi guys.
I have this phone since 2 weeks and today I realize that I have a tiny scratch long about a nail over in the bottom-right of the screen.
Is that possible? I can feel with my nail that is a scratch, really really thin and with screen on its invisible but under a light it's visible.
I really disappointed because I'm taking care of it like a baby. Gorilla glass 4 isn't so strong at least, and now do I need a screen protector? Really?
Anyone have problem like this?
Gggrrrrrrr
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i had exactly the same issues.
at right up corner i get multiple scratch. rest of the phone is ok. i guess GG4 on LGv10 had some issue. what i did was trying to remove coating cover and re-apply a new one called crystalusion. it didnt repair 100% but situation get improved. to remove the Oleophobic coating you need something like car scratch remover.
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Hello,
im not using my X with any case and recently saw that my back lens is really, reallly scratched. I cant understand why Sony did not use glass to protect it. Any idea how to remove this scratches?
http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/58db60c5c607c/IMG_20170329_092200739.jpg?
It's not glass? It feels like it.. weird, I thought all of the X series were with glass lens. I have no scrathes nor in the lens nor on the screen (actually in the screen there are 2 super small invisible scratches you can view only with a specific angle under bright sun, other than that, it's like new. Been using a flip case and now ordered screen protectors and a good TPU. You got your lens TERRIBLY f*cked up, how did you manage to do that? and the metal is scratched too, right? I suggest you get a TPU now to prevent more damage. I don't think you can fix it, and I don't recommend the toothpaste DIY "trick" since chances are it won't do anything and paste will get stuck in the gap between the lens. I do suggest you to find lens in ebay and replace them yourself, or if you haven't rooted and still have warranty ask what they can do about it in a local store. Can't be very expensive...
What did you do in the end? I had this phone for little over a week, and the camera is full of scratches.
Did you contact Sony? Did they repaired the phone? Or have you removed the scratched layer with alcohol/toothpaste?
I've owned many, many phones over the years, some with a plastic lens. This is the first time I've seen my camera so scratched.
Just by looking at the pic, I'm pretty sure the protective plastic camera has not been removed yet..
This is old people, and I highly doubt OP will reply. Whoever says their lens are getting scratches either didn't remove the plastic cover or you are doing something VERY wrong. Phones aren't meant to be placed on rocks or something. Other than that, I have not idea how you scratch it and it looks like glass to me. The X series phones after the z5 were all upgraded with glass lens.
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This is old people, and I highly doubt OP will reply. Whoever says their lens are getting scratches either didn't remove the plastic cover or you are doing something VERY wrong. Phones aren't meant to be placed on rocks or something. Other than that, I have not idea how you scratch it and it looks like glass to me. The X series phones after the z5 were all upgraded with glass lens.
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There's no protective plastic on my lens, and it scratches with jeans denim, I've tested it. I own phones with actual plastic lenses, and they do not scratched by fabric. My guess is there are some units where the antiglare layer on the camera lens have some kind of defect.
Before the "you're using it wrong" argument: no. My phone is in pristine condition, it does not have any marks of use anywhere but the camera. It was never near any rough surface. My 2.5 years old Moto E2 plastic camera lens is in a much better condition.
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There's no protective plastic on my lens, and it scratches with jeans denim, I've tested it. I own phones with actual plastic lenses, and they do not scratched by fabric. My guess is there are some units where the antiglare layer on the camera lens have some kind of defect.
Before the "you're using it wrong" argument: no. My phone is in pristine condition, it does not have any marks of use anywhere but the camera. It was never near any rough surface. My 2.5 years old Moto E2 plastic camera lens is in a much better condition.
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Interesting. Mine is great though.
m4tt94 said:
What did you do in the end? I had this phone for little over a week, and the camera is full of scratches.
Did you contact Sony? Did they repaired the phone? Or have you removed the scratched layer with alcohol/toothpaste?
I've owned many, many phones over the years, some with a plastic lens. This is the first time I've seen my camera so scratched.
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Hi, I just bought original replacement back panel on aliexpress and replaced it - 3min of work. Tryed with toothpaste before but it didnt help at all.
Item is not available anymore but it was from this seller for 9usd and it was real orginal part:
http://s.aliexpress.com/JRF77VZ7
Does it have a protective plastic on the cam? I didnt notice any.
gemtin92 said:
Hi, I just bought original replacement back panel on aliexpress and replaced it - 3min of work. Tryed with toothpaste before but it didnt help at all.
Item is not available anymore but it was from this seller for 9usd and it was real orginal part:
http://s.aliexpress.com/JRF77VZ7
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Did you heat the back panel with a heat gun?
izyer said:
Does it have a protective plastic on the cam? I didnt notice any.
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Yes, it was blue so very visable.
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Did you heat the back panel with a heat gun?
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No, u used my gf hair dryer [emoji14]
So far I dont have any scratches on lens for months, so sth was ****ed up with previous back panel.
gemtin92 said:
Yes, it was blue so very visable.
No, u used my gf hair dryer [emoji14]
So far I dont have any scratches on lens for months, so sth was ****ed up with previous back panel.
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Very weird stuff going on with this phone, good job on fixing it