Nexus one camera issues

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Hi,

a problem that many might have:
I need a camera free device to go to work with.

how hard is it to dismantle the camera? do I need a full open heart surgery?
or is it almost plug and play?

Eysham

You're better off taking off the battery cover and putting electrical tape over the camera, then putting the battery cover back on. That way you should be able to slide by. I read that the camera doesn't come off... you'd have to break it off, I guess.

i dont need the N1 bad enough to risk getting shamefully fired...

if security demands no camera i need to be with no camera. no playing around sliding with duck tape...

where did you read about the camera not beeing detachable? do you remember?
eysham

Originally Posted by eysham

i dont need the N1 bad enough to risk getting shamefully fired...

if security demands no camera i need to be with no camera. no playing around sliding with duck tape...

where did you read about the camera not beeing detachable? do you remember?
eysham

I believe it was in the Engadget hands on review... someone asked in the comments.

thanks, but couldn't find it...

Why not just get a cheapo phone with no camera for work, and when your off work just switch the sim card to the N1.

same reason I dont want to drive a cheapo beatup 1977 VW beetle to work and save my new R8 Audi (I wish...) to weekends...
and all just because there is a speed limit in the work place's internal parking lot...

eysham

It must be almost impossible to have a camera free phone these days. 5 years ago I worked for a company where cameras were banned (car industry, spy photos of future models are common but rather unhelpful to the companies) but it was when cameras were only just being added to phones.

If I was still there now I have no idea what phone I would have!

No phones that have cameras have "removable cameras". Some may have cameras you can remove, but you will have to at least partially dismantle your phone and actually cut out (or de-solder) a working component to do so. If you do that good luck getting any kind of replacement if it goes wrong.

The no cameras thing is tough with phones. I had a job a while back like that. It was tough to find a phone that didn't have a camera back then. We had to go with Blackberrys as they were about the only option. As for sneaking around with it. That wasn't an option the guys that were checking had guns and the ability to lock you away for a very long time for breaking the rules. I would have been lucky to only get fired.