Front camera not working after screen swap
Hi there, I am hoping someone can help me out with an issue i have encountered about 3 times in the last 10 screen changes.
All goes well and i reassemble the new digitizer/lcd etc and all is flush. When i test the camera it functions normally , that is the rear camera takes pictures and video no problems, But.. the minute i touch the switch camera icon, top right, so that the front facing camera is in use it freezes the camera and the only way out of this is to go to settings/general/reset all settings.
I do not believe i have damged the front camera during installation, as i say, i have done quite a few by now, so what else could be causing this? What does the little spring do next to the rear camera? is the camera shield plate that sticks to the back of the digitizer really neccessary? does it creat a circuit somehow?
Hope someone can help or at least test this after an install to see if they come across the same issue.
I should add, I make sure that i reinstall everything exactly the same as it was. The only thing i normally leave off is the copper binding around the digitizer connector (but i tested that as well without success)
Thanks
David
Update
Well, Since i posted this first message I have not had any more with this issue.
The solution seems to be changing the cameras where need be.
My idea of the cuase is that during the installation process, the on/off button is getting pressed and switching the unit on. Obviously you won't see this as the screen is off so you wouldn't know it. If this is the case then connecting the new lcd in this state may be frying the camera or it could even be a result of shorting the back plate of the camera against something live.
Anyway, thats the only thing i can think of as like everyone else, i ame xtremely careful when prying up the board to remove the digitizer clip.
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looks like no one has the expertise to answer this. Oh well, I shall figure it out and reply. I'm just waiting for the next one that does this as next time I shall have new camears handy to swap out and test.
Jason, just out of interest did you try to restore the ipod after reassembly? I am thinking this may fix it but i couldn't try as i didn't want to wipe the customers data.
Dave tarafından
Has anyone ever seen it on an iPhone which has never been opened?
Ryan tarafından
I have the same problem and cannot find a solution on how to fix this...
Jason tarafından
I have had it with phones with no water damage. I think it may still be software but not curable by restore. I cant see how a hard ware issue would happen from just chaging the screen so many times. All the software is stored on the motherboard. Well this is a mystery.
I can tell you that if you lock your camera up reset the settings. That will at least allow for the back camera to work if it gets locked up, but don't hit the front camera switch or it will lock up again.
If you find the answer please let us all know. :)
Jeff Gange tarafından
Just replaced our 50th iPod touch 4G front panel (hurray ;-).
Up till now 4 out of those iPods have non-functional camera's after the front replacement. It's not the camera however.
New cam on iPod with working cam: no problem
New cam on iPod with not working cam: new cam doesn't work either.
Tried "reset all settings"; reboot iPod; restore iPod from scratch. Other OS. Other front panel. Old front panel. Nothing solves the issue.
This must definitely be some hardware recognition thing. We'd love to know the fix...
Adam from iPodrepair.nl
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