Camera Lens Scratches

[HueyT]

today the glass of the camera has been broken

You can buy replacement

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-G6-Back...900380?hash=item1a39faff5c:g:zrUAAOSwM91aY9Nn

for $10 or less on Ebay or Amazon. Remove old glass with hair dryer to soften the glue and new one has adhesive built in.

 

[atmu5fear]

We can clearly see that both phones had undergone the same use and treatment. They were not treated well. Ignoring the camera lens, both phones have apparent hairline scratches. The coating on the power button at the back of the G4 was even chipped off).
The camera lens border and the volume/power buttons on the G4 may have protected the camera lens from touching the surface, where the G6 lacks.

The only thing that can protect the phone is to put it on a case. Nothing more can change that fact.

The power button isn't "chipped" off, it's worn off from being pushed multiple times a day for 2 years lol. 2 years of use and that's the only mark on it. As opposed to the G6. I don't care what you think or say, she babies her phones. No phone under normal use should have the camera lenses that scratched after only a few weeks of normal use, ESPECIALLY when a previous model from the same family, underwent the exact same use, and has a RAISED lens, and 2 years later doesn't have a single mark on it. That's a tell tale sign of using inferior materials. I'm not saying people shouldn't use cases, I'm saying if you're gentle with your phone, the camera lens shouldn't look like it was rubbed vigorously with sand paper for 3 hours after only a few weeks of normal use. "Ignoring the camera lenses..." ya, let's ignore the key point of the post comparing a lens 2 years old that's flawless to a lens 6 weeks old that's mutilated under the same use in a fraction of the time and focus on how the paint was worn off the power button after being used. Makes a ton of sense.

 

[thetaylor]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xg6vo6kcfmpk95/20180922_125537.jpg?dl=0

Within 4 months mine had the fog above. I returned to LG and they said it was my fault as it was caused by scratches on the lens. They accepted no responsibility. It's made me so angry that it's the last LG I'll ever own. When it gets back to me I'm going to polish as suggested and sell on eBay.

 

[SVR]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xg6vo6kcfmpk95/20180922_125537.jpg?dl=0

Within 4 months mine had the fog above. I returned to LG and they said it was my fault as it was caused by scratches on the lens. They accepted no responsibility. It's made me so angry that it's the last LG I'll ever own. When it gets back to me I'm going to polish as suggested and sell on eBay.

Many have the same feeling towards LG. They are not accepting their manufacturing defect.

 

[adorable]

Any camera lens can get scratched.
LG G2 until today's G6 - I've always cut a tiny bit of plastic screen protector to size and stuck it over the back camera.
Now, Only the screen protector gets scratched and is easily changed.

 

[adorable]

My babied LG G6 lens is the same as the G2 - over time, it collects scratches easier than the sapphire lens phones. Only way is to add a glass camera protector from eBay or cut a piece of clear lcd film protector and apply.
The Annoying thing is that the flash if covered by the film bleeds bluish light into any flash photo. If you trim the plastic and the edge of the film isn't opaque, it can still pickup light as a lightguide.

Definitely one of the unfixed LG problems anoying us still from the 2013 G2 era.

 

[Darius_bd]

My babied LG G6 lens is the same as the G2 - over time, it collects scratches easier than the sapphire lens phones. Only way is to add a glass camera protector from eBay or cut a piece of clear lcd film protector and apply.

The Annoying thing is that the flash if covered by the film bleeds bluish light into any flash photo. If you trim the plastic and the edge of the film isn't opaque, it can still pickup light as a lightguide.



Definitely one of the unfixed LG problems anoying us still from the 2013 G2 era.

Well, of course glass will collect scratches easier than sapphire, can't cheat physics.

But I remember a friend's G4 that got foggy after a couple months of use. In the end, there was a protective plastic cover over the lens that got easily scratched. He just has to apply a xacto knife to it to get it removed (it's hard to scratch glass with it) and the phone went back to normal.

I wonder if foggy G6s also have this as mine is like 2 years old and it has no scratch on it, and I don't use any cover, nor I care too much for the phone (I've dropped it around 10 times id say?)

Sent from my LG-G6 using Tapatalk

 

[adorable]

Yes, glass can scratch, but the type used for the camera cover is more readily scratched than the surrounding Gorilla Glass, or other covers (glass or sapphire) on other phones.

No idea why LG went cheap with this important part because it's been driving us users nuts since the G2 days.

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I threw on a plastic screen protector cut to size and an ultra thin plastic phone cover on this week to provide protection and extra distance from tables while reducing the slipperiness. Hopefully, this will allow both the camera cover and glass back to remain in good condition until I upgrade.