[I9000][I9000B][MOD] Camera Glass (replace scratched one)

horuscurcino

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[IM NOT RESPONSABLE BOUT PROBLEMS OR DAMAGES IN YOUR DEVICE USING THIS PROCEDURES!]

Im a photo enthusiast and i take a lot of care about my Nikon camera and its lenses to ensure its exelent quality and functionality. With my SGS I9000B isn't different!

I saw some dust inside my lenses and decided to clean it up because it interfere directly on the image quality.



In the cleaning process i scratched my SGS lenses from inside! (yes, using twizzers+loose cotton). Was a bad idea.

Thinking bout a replacement of entire housing, didnt find it at eBay because I9000B has a Digital TV antenna and a hole for it. Its a special housing.

Decided then to buy another international housing to take only the lenses, but no money at my paypal account :-(.

Without money, finally decided to take apart my dead Nokia N95-1 and use its CarlZeiss Vario Tessar lenses!!!!!



After opening the SGS again, take that steel frame that protects and decorates the camera lens was a boring process. Three bent fins through the housing, which are hidden by a plastic cover:



After removing this frame, I saw the lens is very well glued to the plastic. Which requires some work with tweezers to avoid damaging the substrate that has outline (it was used as a guide to the size of the new lens).

After that, I put a lens on the other (the N95 but is wider, same thickness) and made the cuts using a sharp scissors.



So now just put everything in place, clean the lens again, polishing and close the device.

Not intend to leave this lens for a long time. Only until i can buy the official Samsung (taken from a new housing).

This Nokia does not have enough glue to adhere to the plastic housing. This little space between the lens and the plastic inferfere directly in autofocus and the inhibition of reflexes = photo as ****!

The results:



Photo taken with SGS I9000B with my new lenses:



Hope this helps people that as me didnt found anything bout Samsung Galaxy I9000/I9000B camera glasses/lenses replace.

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bhu1

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Awesome but I dont think its simple to play with hardware, I think ill do it when my sgs is very old. Its just 6 months old right now.

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horuscurcino

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Awesome but I dont think its simple to play with hardware, I think ill do it when my sgs is very old. Its just 6 months old right now.

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Yes. Like all hardware mods in PCs, Game consoles, notebook systems or IT generally, some electronic/engineer knowledge and creativity are very appreciated.

Or, assume all the risks trying "blindly" the procedures(for me, the best way to learn something by yourself).
 

tarzan55

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Does anybody have any idea weather there is a way of polishing that lens? My phone is already a year and a half old and the picture quality is really really bad, since I was not taking care and had my phone in pocket with keys and everything all the time :rolleyes:

I was thinking of some method like used for polishing front lights on cars. Do you think it would work?
 

andifds

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Never never try the polishing! I've tried today but i fu**ed the lens and the photos was blurred. But i had an "old" nokia 5610, changed the lens and now the photos are too much better, almost like new!
 

hasanalikhattak

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where to buy a camera glass.

i have been using this phone for a long time and now a few days back during a trip i got some scratched on the camera glass at the back :eek: and now i am unable to have any good picture. :confused:

so can someone tell me how can i replace this one with a newer or where i can buy this size camera glass.
:)
 

horuscurcino

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i have been using this phone for a long time and now a few days back during a trip i got some scratched on the camera glass at the back :eek: and now i am unable to have any good picture. :confused:

so can someone tell me how can i replace this one with a newer or where i can buy this size camera glass.
:)
You can buy @ ebay a full housing kit (which comes with brand new OEM samsung lenses) or just a back plate.

The tutorial to change is found at the first post.
 
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