HTC Touch Diamond - Dust Problem!!

[felixmo]

I have a HTC Touch Diamond and have been using it for 4 months now, I have always keep it in the included case in my pocket. Recently, I noticed that dust is starting to accumulate over the front facing camera!

I don't know how it got there but I have a hunch that it's going in through the speaker hole. Also, I don't know if it's just my phone but there is a gap between the screen part and the bezel of the phone. Dust is starting to fill the gap.

To clean out the dust from the gap, I take a small moist cloth and run it through the gap. I'm pretty sure that it's just my Diamond.

In case your wondering, it was a BNIB Rogers HTC Diamond, not a used or refurb phone.

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7329/dsc04036.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc04036.jpg)
By felixmo (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/felixmo)

[WiZARD7]

the same, with my diamond.
some dust in front of the front(VGA) camera :(

[Hojlind]

i have the exact sam problem... also the back under the cover is covered in dust. but especially the vga cam and the speaker is quite dirty

[Mole22]

I wasn't sure whether it was just my Diamond, but I also have dust on the back of the front facing camera. Given I don't want to use (or pay for!) video calls, I'm not yet that fussed about it, so long as it doesn't get anywhere more important!

I remove dust from the speaker with a small folded piece of sellotape (sticky side out, obviously!), but there's nothing I can do for the front camera. I also noticed that inside the back cover can get quite dusty.

Oh well...

[MikeKnoop]

I've had the same problem with the edges around the front of my Sprint HTC Touch Diamond. Also, in the front speaker hole with the light sensor.

My solution? The straight edge of a piece of paper. Works great for pulling the dust out and so far has been the only thing small enough to fit in the cracks :)

-Mike

[felixmo]

the dust over the front facing camera doesn't bother me as much as the gap between the bezel and the screen portion because the gap is kinda slanted so it makes me believe that the screen is tilted

[kosherpig]

I had the same problem: dust made the front camera unusable. So I sent it for repair. Came back, fixed.