If late to FFC Vibrant Party - new place to buy

swehes · Jan 25, 2012

So I don't know how many people is late for the FFC party. I didn't jump on the bandwagon at the time because I didn't see a need for it. However now when Skype is supporting video calling and other fun things you can do with the camera in ICS, I wanted to get one. However when going to www.globaldirectparts.com now it will tell you that they only sell to repair companies and such and not for individual use. So I went and looked somewhere else and run into these guys on Amazon. I haven't got it yet but I ordered it today. But it is a rev2 so hoping that it will turn out good.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005KEQWS0/ref=ox_ya_os_product
So if anyone else is in the same boat where you just now want to get a FFC this seems to be a good deal. Just below $15.

Update: New link and it says it is a rev2 Whole Sale Gadget Camera (Revision 2) for Samsung i9000 Galaxy S

So I emailed Whole Sale Gadget and they said they only carry rev2 so that is what I will be expecting.

Update: So I got two cameras. One to replace the other. They both said Rev2 on them however the first one did not have a working front facing camera, and the second one the back end camera had a big green hue with a small area in the middle that looked normal. New area I am looking at is http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000-camera-with-flex-cable/
Does anyone have experience with this company?

tinyaznboi · Jan 25, 2012

I believe that one is ver 1 though, some said amazon ships out v2 as well but not all. V2 is supposedly significantly better than v1. Just a heads up.

jrafael · Jan 25, 2012

tinyaznboi said:
I believe that one is ver 1 though, some said amazon ships out v2 as well but not all. V2 is supposedly significantly better than v1. Just a heads up.

That's a rev 1 camera, I have one that I purchase from ebay with same ribbon prints.

I you want the real deal go with mobiletechvideos or rip the camera from a galaxy s 4g (ebay,craiglist)

tinyaznboi · Jan 25, 2012

here's a v2 i believe

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110794337211

it's labeled v0.2

granduke · Jan 26, 2012

Looks like your chances of getting a v2 from that Amazon vender is 50/50.

Remembering another thread, two guys received a v1 but then were sent v2s when they complained. One fellow and myself were sent v2s at first.

jrafael · Jan 26, 2012

tinyaznboi said:
here's a v2 i believe

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110794337211

it's labeled v0.2

I bet its a v1, Like I said, I bough a ffc from ebay and says rev 2 in the ribbon cable yet I get horrible banding under low light.

granduke · Jan 26, 2012

jrafael said:
I bet its a v1, Like I said, I bough a ffc from ebay and says rev 2 in the ribbon cable yet I get horrible banding under low light.

Does yours say "rev 2" or "v.02"?

tinyaznboi · Jan 26, 2012

you want to get rev2 not v.02 right?

r2dnoh · Jan 26, 2012

granduke said:
Does yours say "rev 2" or "v.02"?

Now this is confusing me. I had bought one from that exact ebay seller received a "V0.2"
which is rev 2 I'm guessing and still experience the banding issue in low light.

jrafael · Jan 26, 2012

r2dnoh said:
Now this is confusing me. I had bought one from that exact ebay seller received a "V0.2"
which is rev 2 I'm guessing and still experience the banding issue in low light.

that's what I'm saying, all those cheap cameras are fakes.

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swehes · Jan 27, 2012

Found another website. This was the company I bought it from although it was on amazon. I don't know if they are truly the same. But at least this page is up front.

https://www.wholesalegadgetparts.com/product.php?productid=17812&cat=750&page=1

Rahhstah · Jan 27, 2012

I bought mine through MobtelTech videos / connexion2005's website. He was active in the FFC threads, and the camera works great that I got through him.

andROIDS · Jan 29, 2012

swehes said:
So I emailed Whole Sale Gadget and they said they only carry rev2 so that is what I will be expecting.

Let us know if it's a legit rev2 or not. I'm interested in buying one.

swehes · Jan 29, 2012

and-on-ROIDS said:
Let us know if it's a legit rev2 or not. I'm interested in buying one.

It is a legit rev2. I got it yesterday and I installed it. Now I'm running into the problem that ICS passion is not working with ffc.

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yalkowni · Feb 5, 2012

If anyone needs any ffc pm me

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WhiteBoyAwesome · Feb 5, 2012

u guys make me wanna try this lol

dpaul007 · Feb 7, 2012

Has anyone bought one from Parts4Repair yet?

swehes · Feb 7, 2012

dpaul007 said:
Has anyone bought one from Parts4Repair yet?

I haven't yet. I did email them and they said it is the stock rev2 camera. They also said that they have many customers ordering from the USA. Maybe if we pool together so we don't have to spend the huge amount of shipping individually. I don't know. The Amazon guys burned me twice with their useless cameras. Although they had very good customer service and not sure how I ended up with the two malfunctioning ones.

MurdocZero · Feb 9, 2012

swehes said:
I haven't yet. I did email them and they said it is the stock rev2 camera. They also said that they have many customers ordering from the USA. Maybe if we pool together so we don't have to spend the huge amount of shipping individually. I don't know. The Amazon guys burned me twice with their useless cameras. Although they had very good customer service and not sure how I ended up with the two malfunctioning ones.

I'd be down to get in on this

checktheemails · Feb 9, 2012

I've been wanting to get a FFC for a while now, but I'm running ICS passion, and if ffc doesn't work with it, then it is pointless...

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