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I notice the rear camera is slightly scratched and probably is effecting my image quality, not a big issue, but I'm just wondering if there's anyway to remove scratches from that piece of plastic protecting the camera.
I've searched on i9100 forum and found that the user had to replace the whole back housing or something.
Maybe glass cleaner? The cameras glass right?
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I think its plastic. Or at least it feels like plastic
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Smacdallas said:
Maybe glass cleaner? The cameras glass right?
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Plastic. If it was glass, it shouldn't scratch that easy. :/
Here was the i9100 guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409609
Tape off the glass, polishing compound on a felt dremel wheel. Go slow.. Dont melt the lens...
Not rocket science...
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^Is the lens glass or plastic.. I keep thinking it is plastic since it feels like plastic and got scratched easily.. Even the LED flash is slightly scratched.
The outer protective material is plastic. But stevenrogers is right, yet it can be overkill if you're not confident with a dremel. But its definately not glass we're talking about.
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I have a pretty scratched up back camera. Probably from sliding it around on its back too much. I noticed that it doesn't affect its camera quality though.
If you don't notice any effect in your pictures, dont try to fix it.
The scratches on the lens are a long way from the focal plane of the lens, so they might affect the contrast a little bit, but it's unlikely that you'll notice anything.
Try this experiment. Take a hair, and hold or tape it onto the phone so that it crosses the center of the camera lens. Start the camera app, and try to find the hair....
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Now having this problem myself with the scratches definitely affecting quality and having looked at the lens cover holder closely t seems it may be removable. There seems to be two clips one on each short side and one clip on the top. Is this right? Has anyone got an old back chassis they could see if they could get the cover off by releasing these clips? If it is possible then the plastic should be removable and could be replaced with a cut down screen protector.
Using a dremel and polishing compound can clear it up. Although you do have to be careful.
One thing you can do if don't have the tools or the patience is to take it to a jeweler. They can polish it out. You may have to try one or two to find someone to do it.... but there are some out there that will be glad to do it.
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Be careful cleaning the back camera lens. It scratches very easily. I had some sticky spots on my lens and used my finger nail to remove it and I scratched my lens. Really? They couldn't choose a softer/cheaper material? Please no lectures that I used a finger nail. If it would have been glass it shouldn't have been a problem.
Going for a raised case now, mines scratched up as well. It's pretty minimal, doesn't seem to affect quality at all so that's good
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I saw an article where a person scratched a DSLR lens and it took shots just as clear as the new lens, They are close enough to the sensor and stuff that the scratch had no impact on the image. You have to REALLY scratch it or scratch REALLY deep for it to show up.
I feel your pain, I paid £62 for a n new unibody because the repair centre scratched my lense and couldn't prove it was done by them, so I get my phone back and the lense is kind of misty but no scratches, I think is an anti glare coating that actually gets scratched, if you look at the lense cover in daylight you will see it doesn't look very glossy, im sure its glass(could be wrong) its just that damn coating, it should be on the inside unless it on both because they were dipped to apply it.The onex is glass but theres no coating on it, its just plain glass.
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I thought the lens cover is made by glass
coolmingli said:
I thought the lens cover is made by glass
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Never heard of glass that you can scratch with your finger nail....
mgymnop said:
Never heard of glass that you can scratch with your finger nail....
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Me either cuz I just did it to mine and it feels like glass not plastic.
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me too I think it's glass
superchilpil said:
Me either cuz I just did it to mine and it feels like glass not plastic.
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[email protected] said:
me too I think it's glass
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It probably doesn't matter. It scratches very easily and the protruding camera doesn't make it better So far I don't see a difference in photo quality.
It's definitely glass. I've been scratching it with my nail all day, no marks.
I smell something though.
Odp: Camera cover is plastic ;-(
omnianick said:
It's definitely glass. I've been scratching it with my nail all day, no marks.
I smell something though.
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You really have to be bored All day only scratching?
Apart of this... Who cares whats the material tht lens cover is made of ... It scratches anyway.
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mgymnop said:
Never heard of glass that you can scratch with your finger nail....
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Quartz will scratch glass no matter how many gorillas it's made of. Sand is basically quartz. So if you have a speck of sand/dirt under your fingernail or in the ridges of your finger, you can potentially scratch pretty much anything up.
possible fix?
hey guys,
do you think applying Polywatch on the camera lens will fix those annoying scratches?
liory said:
hey guys,
do you think applying Polywatch on the camera lens will fix those annoying scratches?
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it doesn't work on glass does it?
henson0115 said:
it doesn't work on glass does it?
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no, Polywatch works on plastic lenses..
I assume that the camera lens of our phone is not glass because it does scratch very easily..
To me, it looks like the camera lens is made out of some sort of plastic..
can anyone confirm this?
liory said:
no, Polywatch works on plastic lenses..
I assume that the camera lens of our phone is not glass because it does scratch very easily..
To me, it looks like the camera lens is made out of some sort of plastic..
can anyone confirm this?
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i believe it is glass, many people here also seem to think so
the cover is very obviously not glass. I don't know how anyone could think that it is
Kupfel said:
the cover is very obviously not glass. I don't know how anyone could think that it is
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Whats being scratched is an anti glare coating, there isn't one on the onex, its just clear glass, if you put both phones together the onex+ as a purply coating, this is very easy to rub of and scratch.
I think it is replaceable. I have a back cover you can have if you want to try pulling it off and replacing it.
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boe323 said:
Whats being scratched is an anti glare coating, there isn't one on the onex, its just clear glass, if you put both phones together the onex+ as a purply coating, this is very easy to rub of and scratch.
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Why would HTC give the onex glass and the newer updated version(onex+) plastic, doesn't make sense, I myself am not going to attempt to prove whether its glass or plastic, I still think its glass though.
Is there anything yet on fixing how horrendous this camera is? Recently I've been trying to take more pictures inside and realize that it's actually almost unusable. I really love the outdoor shots with this camera, but inside I feel like I got far better pictures with my first camera phone in 2002. At first I thought it was just overly contrasting lighting.. but I'm realizing I can't take a single picture indoors without everything being horribly washed out and blurry. I have all camera settings on default. I can't seem to find any settings or changes that can fix this.
Look at the camera glass (usually the bigger one) and see if any scratches are evident. Its very common on this phone, that the coating on the camera glass (not the glass itself) is scratching and peeling away. This causes the photos to become blurry, and depending on the lighting condition (outside seems worse) lots of glare or lens flare from contrasting light. The scratches on the coating are usually quite evident with visual inspection of the camera glass.
The fix is to buff/remove the coating and expose the smooth glass underneath. Users have given various substances to do this: toothpaste, car wax, alcohol. But in any case, use just a little and go slowly. Just buff hard enough to remove the coating. And if this is in fact your issue, you will find the pics look much better afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/how-to-fix-htc-one-m8-camera-issue-t2803825
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Look at the camera glass (usually the bigger one) and see if any scratches are evident. Its very common on this phone, that the coating on the camera glass (not the glass itself) is scratching and peeling away. This causes the photos to become blurry, and depending on the lighting condition (outside seems worse) lots of glare or lens flare from contrasting light. The scratches on the coating are usually quite evident with visual inspection of the camera glass.
The fix is to buff/remove the coating and expose the smooth glass underneath. Users have given various substances to do this: toothpaste, car wax, alcohol. But in any case, use just a little and go slowly. Just buff hard enough to remove the coating. And if this is in fact your issue, you will find the pics look much better afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/how-to-fix-htc-one-m8-camera-issue-t2803825
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Very cool man. My lens is indeed scratched to **** with micro scratches (even though it's always been cased). I was in fact really disappointed about this, I didn't know it had some sort of coating. I'll give this a shot.
cgibsong002 said:
Very cool man. My lens is indeed scratched to **** with micro scratches (even though it's always been cased). I was in fact really disappointed about this, I didn't know it had some sort of coating. I'll give this a shot.
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Yeah, it seems like they used some very cheap, or at least easily damaged, coating. Some have presumed it to be some kind of anti-glare coating.
Mine has always been in a case, and got scratched over time as well. It got gradually worse over the course of about 3 months. I buffed the coating off with toothpaste, and its been fine every since (4-5 months). The phone has been in a TPU case, which doesn't actually cover the camera, but has a cutout for it, which would prevent it from contact most flat surfaces its laid against.
I tried the toothpaste method... and I was actually quite blown away. You can see a pure, shiny surface in the middle, and I left a ring of thousands of scratches around the edges. It's amazing how crappy that coating is.. whatever it is. And yes, that was my camera's issue. Finally things are in focus and have natural colors again.
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I tried the toothpaste method... and I was actually quite blown away. You can see a pure, shiny surface in the middle, and I left a ring of thousands of scratches around the edges. It's amazing how crappy that coating is.. whatever it is. And yes, that was my camera's issue. Finally things are in focus and have natural colors again.
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Nice, glad it worked for you.
Yeah, I too wasn't quite able to remove the coating along the edge where it meets the metal. But as you likely realized, this is far away from the actual camera lens (which is actually quite small) and therefore the remaining coating doesn't affect the pics at all.
Actually I decided to leave it there on purpose. Thinking it might help to still reduce glare from the edges.
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Can anyone enlighten me (and perhaps the community) what the Honor/Mediapad X1/X2 is made of? I've read about aliminium and on the back side two pieces
of plastic for the antenna, etc. There is no Gorilla glass I believe? Also, what about the chrome trim around the display, is it plastic or metal?
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Can anyone enlighten me (and perhaps the community) what the Honor/Mediapad X1/X2 is made of? I've read about aliminium and on the back side two pieces
of plastic for the antenna, etc. There is no Gorilla glass I believe? Also, what about the chrome trim around the display, is it plastic or metal?
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The backside of X1 is aluminium except the upper and bottom portions that are plastic. The chrome trim around the display is plastic. I don't know about X2 as I have not seen it.
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The backside of X1 is aluminium except the upper and bottom portions that are plastic. The chrome trim around the display is plastic. I don't know about X2 as I have not seen it.
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Thanks for your input. How do you know for a 100% that the trim is plastic? I reckon since the X2 is pretty much the same as the X1 it should be the same material. I worry that the chrome looking paint will fade/chip very easily...which was the case with Sammy phones for example.
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Thanks for your input. How do you know for a 100% that the trim is plastic? I reckon since the X2 is pretty much the same as the X1 it should be the same material. I worry that the chrome looking paint will fade/chip very easily...which was the case with Sammy phones for example.
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Yes I am pretty sure. Accidently, a TV remote landed on my brand new X1, it chipped the chrome plating on the trim exposing black plastic.
aflatoon2874 said:
Yes I am pretty sure. Accidently, a TV remote landed on my brand new X1, it chipped the chrome plating on the trim exposing black plastic.
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Haha, your remote did it for science, I'm sure. I'm certain the X2 is the same then. Strange, since some others seemed adamant in claiming it was made of metal. This could be a deal
breaker to me, since you can't fix it once it's chipped or faded. Damnit.
I saw there are camera lens protectors available.
Are they useful.? And do they not affect the image quality?
I do not have experience with them.
Guess no one does...
Haven't seen those yet. I'm wondering if they're using a sapphire lens like they have been? Anyone know what its made of on the u11. If it is, you're fine without.
IMO camera lens protector are not necessary if you are using any kind of case to protect the phone, usually the cases are thick enough to prevent the camera lenses from getting scratched