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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
So I stupidly had my case off my phone and dropped my phone taking it out of my pocket. It didn't drop that far but dropped just far enough to crack the glass covering the camera lens. So I needed to find a way to fix the cracked camera cover, preferably without much cost. I had no insurance and didn't buy through Verizon or a store.

Possible Options:

1. Having Samsung fix it. Would have to send it to them, would cost at least $70 plus, but possibly more. Would most likely be without the phone for 3 weeks (my guess). And they would wipe my phone and set it back to factory state. This would mean I would lose my unlocked bootloader, most likely. I really didn't like that option.

2. Buy a broken damaged phone that had the chassis with camera cover still in good condition. Unfortunately, finding a broken phone that wasn't expensive was impossible. SG3s on ebay with broken front LCDs were still going for $200-$300, which I thought was crazy. I even found a completely non-functioning phone that wouldn't turn on that sold for $150! :eek:vPrices as of this writing.

3. Order i9300 replacement chassis and camera cover. The i9300 version looked identical and several people thought it would work on the VZW SCH-535 version.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-camera-...ccessories&hash=item41688e2be1#ht_2658wt_1271

First Fix (unsuccessful):

I went with the i9300 replacement part option. While initially, I thought I was good to go. After further examination, two problems arose.

1. The bottom of the device has an exposed hole that the VZW SG3 doesn't have.

2. The bottom grooves, raised parts, and and two copper looking objects by the SIM card weren't allowing it to sit flush like the OEM part. I debated on trying to force the screws in...but decided that wouldn't work mainly because of the covered parts by the SIM card.

Looking at the picture you can see the exposed round hole towards the bottom of the i9300 part (bottom piece) and the additional opening on the OEM part by the SIM card (top piece) that isn' there on the i9300 replacement piece.

So at this point, I really wasn't sure what I was going to do. Then thankfully, Smoke314 provided some advice in this thread that worked! :good:

FIX THAT WORKED:

I took Smoke314's advice and removed the camera cover from the i9300 replacement part that didn't fit in the VZW SG3. It removed fairly easy with a flathead screwdriver. I did lose the use of the bond, but was able to put the new camera cover into my existing chassis. It doesn't fall out because of the three little prongs black prongs on the camera cover. The cover stayed in the OEM chassis part even without the bonding! I screwed the chassis back into the phone and put the battery door cover back on. The cover really does help hold it in place because of the additional silver on the camera cover. Now I have no more white haze with my pictures and a phone that looks normal again!!! :D

Posted a pic of the removal and the phone after all completed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
Yes it should work, both the US and UK versions of the phone, have the same physical parts except for the different processor and ram, but that should work perfectly for you :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Cool, I'm hoping so...going to take my chance and order one. Looks pretty easy to replace. Unscrew some screws, replace, and put screws back in. Hope it's that simple! *fingers crossed*

If anyone else can confirm or add input, would still appreciate it. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ImgBurn:
Here's a video replacing screen on Samsung Galaxy S III (it can get

a little messy but doable)

http://androidrooted.com/file/GalaxyS3/howto/replacescreen/HowToReplaceScreenGalaxyS3.mp4

Good Luck:fingers-crossed: Let us know how it work's out.

Hope this Helps:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
I want to replace the camera cover on the back, not the front LCD. I updated first post. Thanks for trying to provide a solution though. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TommyGun$:
I looked into complete body swaps for a Verizon GS3 and found that the Verizon model uses a different body. Your replacement part has to be for a Verizon phone and I was unable to find someone who sold those parts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Yeah, looks like I'm pretty much limited buying broken and swapping out the part I need or sending to Samsung for repair. :crying:

I'm curious, what did you do? Get a new phone?

On side not, watched that video and man that was crazy...don't think I could attempt that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
http://www.gultek.eu/mobile-phone-spare-parts/

Try looking through there for what you need.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Thanks, looked into it. Didn't see anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smoke314:
I had this issue with my S3, I bought the same thing you did. The lens is attached to the silver thing, it will pop out and you can replace that. It is held in with just some bond. A small flathead will pop it out. Not sure if you will have a problem with the cam focusing but it's worth a shot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnilsson:
Ya its pretty redic he did not know this. I mean come on did you even look. I am laughing so hard you shouldnt be taking apart your phone if you don't have common sense.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
So did you do this? I was able to pop out the piece from my i9300 replacement. Didn't try my phone this morning though. Wanted to wait till this evening to mess with it more. What did you use to reapply the camera cover to your existing casing since the existing bonding can't be used again?

Who is that comment aimed at? And how is this helpful??? I know exactly what I'm doing, it's that I can't find a part that matches up correctly with the VZW SG3. I search google and different forums for solutions. I'm not damn noob. I took a chance on the i9300 replacement because it was the only available option to me. I posted for help and then posted my experience to help others from wasting their time and money on the replacement part. I try to give back to the community, to help others. Not put them down by providing their experiences. It's comments like this that drives away all the good and helpful people from forums.

If you can't provide constructive help, don't comment at all!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smoke314:
I did it to my first S3, the cam wouldn't focus and I though it was because the lens was missing. So I ordered the international part like you did only to find out it doesn't work for our verizon phones (like you have noticed). I then thought about popping out just what I needed, found that was easy to switch them out. Along with the bonding there are those 3...pins we'll call them. They sit in the housing pretty snug and then your battery door will cover most of the silver keeping it in place anyway. Maybe just be careful when taking the door off if you change batteries or something. If you are nervous you could try to superglue or some commercial type of bond from a store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Cool...thanks for the info. I saw the prongs and thought about superglue. Just curious...you said your first. So I'm assuming you got another SG3 for another reason?

Did the one that you made the fix on, did you actually use it for a while? Just wondering if you had any problems with it after making the change. Good point about the silver trim. The battery door does cover a good amount of that silver trim. I may try this fix. Worse case scenario...I buy a broken SG3 to get the part I need or send it to Samsung to fix.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
FIXED!!!

So I took Smoke134's advice and was able to fix my camera cover for my SG3!!! :good: I rewrote the first post with my experience, hopefully others might benefit and be able to fix theirs if they encounter the same problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bbeelzebub:
Glad you got it fixed!

I'm sure your misfortune and your end result will be of use to others that find themselves in the same position. I'm sure you won't be the only one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fusiongalaxy:
Thanks for posting this! Good to know it can be resolved!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] milkfat:
Thank you for posting your solution OP. I took a chance on the i9300 part hoping it would fit, but of course it did not. Then I found your post and went ahead with the transplant procedure. The only step I added was to heat up the lens with a hair dryer before prying it loose. This allowed me to remove the lens without removing the bonding material. The heat also made the plastic more pliable; I was able to pry the lens out easily with just my thumbnail. The new lens seems very secure.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Good idea, glad it worked for you! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Vancelot:
I ordered one of these today. Will let you know if it resolved my issue.

It is just the camera lens cover part without the frame.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120989016566?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duarian:
Please do. That looks like an easier solution. Let me know how that works!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I'm on my second phone. Dropped my phone and spider webbed the screen. I took my phone apart so all i had was the front plate(glass and LCD digitizer). I stuck it on a towel in my oven that was prewarmed. I was able to loosen the sticky membrane between the LCD and glass so all I had was a 30 dollar fix versus buying a whole new front plate.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fused2explod:
Hey I'm about to do the same thing. Can you point me to the part (glass lens) you bought as the replacement? I keep hearing parts for the i9300 aren't compatible with the VZW version and I haven't been able to find the VZW version part...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chocu1a:
I just got my replacement housing for the camera lens. (your link to ebay seller) It came in about 5 days & was an extremely easy fix.

I bought my GS3 off Craigslist & the lens was all scratched up & the silver bezel around it was flaked off. Took me all of 5 minutes to replace it. The only difficult part was getting the top of the sticky tape off the piece that holds the lens in the housing. Hopefully the lens wont fall out :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skim7x:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
And that worked with nothing sticking up on the VZW version of the SG3? I found that the i9300 international pieces don't match precisely. :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skim7x:
Oh oops... this is on an AT&T handset... I assumed that it would be the same on all handsets. Are you sure you had the replacement part seated properly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
Trust me, I compared the i9300 version with the VZW version. They don't match, they are physically different. If you look at the second screenshot in the OP, you will notice differences.

Glad it worked for you easily on the AT&T version. Wish it was that easy on the VZW version, lol. :silly:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skim7x:
=( Sorry it's not a viable option for you Verizon guys... Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] digitalpirate:
Man this thread was a lifesaver bought the sprint galaxy s iii version of the part thinking it would be the same, but it's also different from the Verizon part. Popped out the old cracked lens and popped in a new one just fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JeffreyJDavis:
I also just completed this procedure successfully on a Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII. I bought 2 replacement parts off of ebay for $7 apiece.

A couple of tips / clarifications

I used a blow dryer on both sides for about 90 seconds to soften the bond

you want to pop the lens subassembly out from the back (side which would face the inside of the phone)

make sure you maintain orientation of the lens subassembly so that the 3 pins will mate properly

My phone appears to focus fine now and I lost the haze I was getting from the single hairline crack I had.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] muscal:
What do you mean in your #2 tip by "side which would face the inside of the phone". Can you explain this a little more clearly?

I was going to order a replacment part and just use the glass (on the inside of the silver bezel) by prying it out with a needle? Do you recommend that way or replacing the whole thing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] butzke:
Hi there. I just saw a post from you on xda-developers forum, about replacing the rear lens camera of galaxy s3.

I broke my lens cover too. And I remove the broke glass. My camera still works, but my photos doesn't have

focus anymore. If I replace de lens cover it going to have focus as is was before as new?

Or do I have to replace the camera too?﻿

Thanks. Sorry for to many questions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] th3taman:
It's kind of hard to say, I never tried taking pics with the cover off cause I wanted to minimize dust getting into the camera. If you replace the cover and it still doesn't focus, you might have to send it to Samsung to fix. I have no idea on how to help you fix the camera. I think it was around $100 US dollars to send to Samsung and fix the camera.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] george0079:
The camera won't focus without the lens. If you put a new lens on, the camera should work fine,
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] butzke:
Hello, Thank you so much for your answer. You just made me more relieved. I already bought a new rear chassis with a new camera cover lens on it. And probably I'm going to receive on Sunday. After I change it, I tell for you if it works nice. Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cboss718:
Replaced my lens and now my camera is blurry, it refuses to focus. IDK what to do...
[myTouch 4G General] StatusUnknown?:
New to xda but not to the game. Just got my Mytouch up and going. Looking for some people that like to get their hands dirty and also looking for some that have always wanted to get in and learn the ropes. I'm no expert but think it will be a learning experience for all. Only looking for a select few. 5 tops. Send me a pm and tell me what you have to bring to the table. Thanks.
[myTouch 4G General] estallings15:
Hmm, this looks interesting. I might be interested. PM sent.
[myTouch 4G General] StatusUnknown?:
I got your pm. Thank you.
[myTouch 4G General] Synthetic.Nightmare:
I've kinda got my hands full with my team and recently being added as an aospx maintainer on the aospx launchpad by existz (yay) but if you guys ever need a bit of help, I'm right here :)

Sent from my aospX Glacier
[myTouch 4G General] estallings15:
Congrats on being added by existz.
[myTouch 4G General] THEindian:
Congrats, op, I sent you a pm
[myTouch 4G General] StatusUnknown?:
Sounds good. I'm sure you'll hear from me a couple times. I'm learning more about this phone by the minute. I'm studying hard as far as which phones are similar to ours. I'm a little late in the mytouch game but I'll catch up.
[myTouch 4G General] jrlatta:
what device did you come from?
[myTouch 4G General] StatusUnknown?:
We really need to go there? Lol! It's a company that Google now owns and just fired 20% of their employess We shall keep it as that.
[myTouch 4G General] THEindian:
Now i feel like an idiot.
[myTouch 4G General] StatusUnknown?:
Thanks for that. I've been doing major catch-up these past few days. I've seen that sweet 3.0 kernel. Looks like we need to figure out the WiFi problem for the older sense 3.6 and 4 roms. I saw over in the dhd thread they have figured it out on their end but I'm sure it won't work with ours.
[myTouch 4G General] extrem0:
Excellent upgrade then. I hate locked bootloaders.

Welcome to MT4G!
[myTouch 4G General] tanner195:
Pm sent
[myTouch 4G General] saranhai:
Team Inferno's always willing to lend a hand if you need it ;)
[myTouch 4G General] ...Awesome...:
Yep yep!!
[myTouch 4G General] NeuroticallyYou:
honestly i have no experience whatsover aside from modifying graphics on APK or translating but if you want another member count me in, i can do everything in my hands to learn and not bother or halt development, im also good with ideas and testing but i really really want to learn the whole rom development/porting, custimizing kernels and eventually launchers...i dunno if i still sound noobish for your team i can understand, nobody wants a novice but hey at least im been honest and tell you what i can give back to the team.
[myTouch 4G General] StatusUnknown?:
Check your pm
[myTouch 4G General] NeuroticallyYou:
Any news on this??
[myTouch 4G General] deadman96385:
Team impulse will help, pm me

Don't listen to my sig its old
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ktimque:
I'm running Eclipse ICS which is nice, but I miss the complete customization from ROMs like Liquid Smooth or ROMs that had a ton of options from JRummy's toolbox from my Droid X.

Wondering, which ICS Razr/Maxx ROM offers the most customization?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] pseudoheld:
what customization are we talking about here?

skins/looks = cm9/aokp/miui all support themeing so lots of customization to be had there

system/ui/toggles/lockscreen/etc = aokp has a few more options than cm9 so i would suggest that
[Motorola Droid RAZR] prbassplayer:
Please you have a Development forum full of rom, go search and read the features and test them. Do not ask for the "best" or better rom/kernel/mod. Secondly Questions belong in Q&A. Thread locked
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Kotyaer:
Google drops motorola employees...Wonder if that'll affect the release date for ICS... or push it back indefinitely?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Underwater Mike:
No.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Vnvjeep:
ICS for the Bionic is practically done. With the Droid4 getting ICS this week, I would have to gander that we are mere weeks away and probably next in line.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] twinkyz1979:
we should get it soon since 238 is very very good :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dpw2atox:
IMO this is commonly refereed to as "Trimming the Fat"....and this is a good thing IMO. Motorola will also drop from this past years 28 phones to only a handful, as it should be....i mean really the Bionic and RAZR were almost the exact same phone, either the Bionic should have just been canceled or the RAZR delayed and given better hardware.

In addition, if you read the full article you'll see that Google also laid off 40% of the VP's of Motorola. A lot of these guys made the dumb choices that got the company into the mess its in today.

Going forward, Motorola's new strategy will be only a few devices every year which will reduce the labor needed to develop, maintain and test new features/releases.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smokedkill:
Sounds like Google learned something from HTC and Samsung and is going to stick to a few phones instead of a lot of phones. Samsung has the galaxy series and HTC has the One series. This should speed up the update process somewhat as they will have less devices to update. They will still have their low priced options but this should cut down on how many high end devices they release and have to update.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ax562:
I hope this is good news for consumers. :eek:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sgschwend:
Have we all forgotten the terrible firmware that was released with the phones? I can imagine the service provider data feedback must have helped those heads role.

Nothing is wrong with having multiple models, what is wrong is not being able to make it obvious to the customer why they should purchase a particular model.

Lastly we would need to know the production volumes and production line capacities to get a handle on the value of having multiple models; with the downswing in orders folks tend to loose their jobs especially the folks that were beating the drum to turn on any new product.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dylanear:
I think some "restructuring" is certainly in order.

I hope the fewer devices thing, while a good idea doesn't lead to all phones being Razr variants with no removable battery. Or worse, Nexus like phones with no SD card. I got the Bionic over the Razr and Nexus because I loath built in batteries and need all the storage I can get, love the flexibility of an SD card. So sad to see these features becoming less common and on poorly supported devices like the Bionic.

Next phone? Likely a Galaxy S3, removable battery? Check. SD card? 64GB compatible even. Running ICS? Yep. Jelly bean immanent? Yep.

Google better shake things up over at Motorola, I've loved my bionic, but damn Motorola has sucked at marketing and supporting it and the Razrs do nothing for me.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DesertAndroid:
I agree with your choice. The Galaxy S3 is the right direction for android phones. Even the new Note 10.1 tablet is leading edge for android. Unfortunately, the gross mismanagement of the Droid Bionic/Razr/Razr MAXX indicates how poorly Moto treats their products. FUBAR!!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dylanear:
Well, as messed up as Motorola/Verizon's handling of the Bionic is, it's nothing compared to the disaster the LG G2x on T-Mobile was. I'm not a violent person, but I have rarely had such rage against a device/pair of companies. The G2x makes a nice media player, just don't try using it as a phone, at least not on a T-Mobile network. Completely dysfunctional.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Marethno:
Hello Evrybody

i have a huge Problem with my ST15i

I had Rooted GB on it and evrything works fine till i decided to try a custom ROM

so i instal Recovery Tool and installed a Custom Rom for ST15 i

after installling and rebooting to the new rom, i noticed when i tried to open the screen lock bar that the touchscreen didnt react exactly - i had to slide at the other side of the display to unlock it!

So i decided to make the phone fresh with SEUS and ICS4.0! After SEUS update i restarted my phone and the whole touch display didnt work anymore!

only the hardbuttons - i cannot back to any Recovery tool , with out touch display i cant switch to uUSB Debug Mode!!

Is there hope to help my Phone!!

Thx in Advatage!!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
Hi,

This means you installed custom rom and it didn't work? And then you connected your phone to pc and used seus while you were on custom rom? You did not flash original sony from back first and updated (or tried to update) while you were on custom rom?

Have you tried to use flashtool? I don't know if your touchscreen has bricked up completely, but you could flash gb firmware back, so you have a clean gb rom.

For this download sony flashtool from here and install it. You go to the drivers section of the flashtool folder on your computer and install them. Then you download the 4.0.2.A.0.42 rom (for SK17i) rom from here and move it to the firmware folder of flashtool on your pc. Then you start flashtool and click on the flash. You select flashmode and then you select the 4.0.2.A.0.42 rom and click ok.

Then you turn off your phone (make sure it is over 50% charged) and hold volume down key. Then you plugin the usb cable to pc and smartphone while holding volume down. It should flash the original gingerbread rom.

If the flash finished you can hope that the touchscreen workd, if not I don't know a solution.

BUT: I DONT TAKE ANY RESPOSIBILITY FOR THIS METHOD!!!

If it has worked you can be lucky, if not you are on non-rooted gingerbread rom and could bring your device to the service, but I'm not sure!

OR: First read this thread cause he has similar problem!

Best regards

Michael
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Marethno:
i managed it already to install androis SDK on pc and ADB Drivers - via Fastboot i can reach the Device and Bootloader seems to be open, the blue led is wworking, windows accepts my phone as installed android ADB Device - and when i try with Flashtool, and some other different tools to flash new kernel - i always become the mesagge ithe device must be rooted even from fastboot when i use the (fastboot flash boot boot.img) command

I will try some other things , when this does not helps so i try with service

THX