Question Dust Under back Camera Glass and beside lens S21 Plus - Samsung Galaxy S21+

I had purchased my device around 9 months ago, there were some issue with the screen as the phone was under warranty I got the screen replaced free of cost by Samsung authorized service center here in Varanasi, India.
Yesterday I noticed under very bright sunlight that there are some specs of dust under the back camera glass and beside lens can't tell if they are also on the lens. I tried to click some pics but they were great, these specs are not visible under normal indoor lighting.
Although my phone has been dissembled under not so dust free environment for display replacement but after some google search I found that there are cases much worst than this on 4-5 months old Samsung devices which were assembled from the factory probably in a dust free environment.
My Question is should I get it cleaned or can it be cleaned, if no then will it cause any damage to camera or can it interfere with the pics ? The service center here in my city are not like what they are in any other developed country, they will probably mess it more.

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[Q] Are these dead pixels?

Hello guys, i just noticed today this hairline tiny black strip on my display, thought it was dust but it didn't wipe off. My phone is a week old and i never really had a device with defective pixels before so i can't really tell what this is. I ran the defective pixels fix videos for 30 minutes but that didn't help. Sorry for the image quality, i don't have a decent camera to capture those tiny pixels.
I also noticed that i have light bleeding from all edges when i view the device from an angle, is that normal for the nexus 5?
Could it be that there are gaps between the glass and the display that allow dust to go beneath the glass, and this is just a dust particle under the glass?
thephenom99 said:
I also noticed that i have light bleeding from all edges when i view the device from an angle, is that normal for the nexus 5?
Could it be that there are gaps between the glass and the display that allow dust to go beneath the glass, and this is just a dust particle under the glass?
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The light bleeding is normal I've seen on all Nexus 5 i have owned, the "Dead Pixel" is a little hard to judge , but in my opinion as its not solid square(s) i think it may be dust or debris.
I had purple spots start showing up on my first one. That doesn't look too bad but it would bug me too.
Do you think that more dust could get in if that's the case? I have a local warranty and i'm leaving this country after a month, if the issue won't grow bigger than this, then i may just live with it as i don't think LG would give me a replacement unit here.
Not sure if it would be an issue for them as the phone isn't dust proof,I'm no way saying its cool as it would annoy some people. I guess best thing is contract them and see what they say mate
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It looks like dust to me, but to know it for sure I recomend you to take it to a LG Center.
They may not give you a replacement unit, but at least you will know what the problem is.

Dust in rear camera under the glass

I see no posts about this with the S6, so I am guessing it's rare. I went to take a pic this morning and noticed a dark spot showing up on the "view finder" (2 dark spots, as I later learned). I wiped the glass over the rear lens to make sure it was clean, but that didn't help. Sure enough, I have dust under the glass. I tried blowing it out with compressed air to no avail. I contemplated getting a replacement piece of glass for $6 on eBay and just removing and cleaning it myself, but nahhhh. I am on day 82 of my "purchase", which was through Costco so it has 90 day no-hassle replacement/return, and was actually a free early upgrade promotion to a Droid Turbo that turned into an S6 after 2 bad Turbos (long story). Anyway, I just decided to replace it with a new S6 which luckily is still on OC3 so I can root and rom it (isn't the newest Verizon S6 firmware still not rooted?). As a bonus, the screen's color conformity on this S6 is definitely better than my last one. I could see green and pink hues on a white image pretty easily, but I can't really see green and pink hues at all with the new S6. Added bonus: 75 fewer days of usage on the battery.
Anyway, just wondering if anyone else has had this problem. For what it's worth, my old S6 camera glass was never quite right - one edge was higher than the rest, like it was tilted. With a couple cases that were supposed to protect the camera glass, mine still rubbed because it protruded out farther than the case. So I'm guessing dust got in due to an improperly installed piece of glass, but I was too lazy to try and fix it. Thank you, Costco, for your 3rd party cellular kiosk and 90 day replacement warranty!

Dark blobs in camera?

Sometimes in low indoor lighting I noticed some dark blobs that appear on the camera. They look like rather large particles scattered throughout the frame. I was suspecting maybe dust in the lens but I've seen a similar thing with my friend's Nexus 4 when is directly cast in sunlight - similar to when you look under a microscope and your hair eyelashes are in the way. Another thing I suspect it could be is some interference from the shiny black plastic ring within the camera lens (not the silver ring outside), as it appears to be made of a rough plastic-like material.
Sample (there are many more depending what angle the light is shining): https://www.dropbox.com/s/zm8h9jp3jhdy726/DSC_0476.JPG?dl=0
Has anyone experienced this as well?
Note that the lens/camera module that was replaced by Sony in Taiwan due to the left blur problem. They assured me that the phone was still waterproof. Unfortunately I am no longer in Taiwan so I can't get it repaired. In most situations the blobs are not visible but I do notice them when I'm filming in my room and the camera appears to be trying to pick up more light.
hmm, now that i look at my lens, i it appears there is a spot on the actual camera lens behind the main lens cover. Either dust got in during the lens replacement process, or it somehow got in later. So much for IP68 =/
Can you send it back and get a new device?
Lambo16 said:
Can you send it back and get a new device?
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Nope, I bought it in Taiwan, and am studying overseas now. Perhaps next time I go to Taiwan I will turn it in. It's not a huge problem as none of my outdoor photos seem to have this problem - I only noticed it in videos I filmed in my room indoors with a certain lighting or flare (if you cover the light a bit it's gone, like you have a lens hood). It's not as obvious as previous reports of dust in the Xperia Z lens etc.
I looked into it with a magnifying glass and it does seem like there is at least one speck behind the lens cover.
Maybe there was some dust or paper in my pocket that somehow got in, but I had the phone in a case, and there's a rear protector film I applied that goes around the lens

My Cracked S7 Edge Water Test.

In the past month or so my S7 Edge-F has accumulated about 12 hairline cracks and 6 spider web cracks, but the display and digitizer work fine, the only thing not functioning is the fingerprint sensor, but I usually face-recognition so the broken fingerprint sensor doesn't really bother me. Anyways, I wanted to know if my S7 Edge was still water resistant, because if not, I would need to reseal it and replace the glass (aka, a pain in the ...).
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I put my S7 Edge in my bathtub, filled in up to where it was about 1/2 a meter (2 feet), I also warmed the water up a little above room-temp. I put my phone in and tilted it to get air stuck in the ports out. I also had CPU-Z running for monitoring. I left the phone in the water for 30 minutes (I recorded it with my 4k camera so I could go back to check for bubbles. my results:
-No bubbles
-No Sensor problems
-No damage
(I also went swimming with the phone for about an hour, recording underwater videos and didn't find anything wrong with the phone afterwards.)
I think it's safe to say, it's still water resistant.
I just felt I should share this since most people worry about this when the crack their water-resistant device.
I Recommend you put a screen protector over the cracked glass, and if the back is cracked use a skin.
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Spotted a small crack on the bottom left edge last night and did wonder. Thank you
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I wouldn't feel comfortable intentionally putting my device anywhere near a water source lol
sadly my back panel cracked and i got a replacement from china but when i push air into any of the ports i feel it coming out of the other so im not sure if its safe for me to dunk it in water

Dropped my Ultra and smashed rear 5x zoom glass!

Dopped my Ultra yesterday which has a case fitted but it fell on a stone which penetrated the 5x zoom glass (pic attached). A bit gutted as I've only had the phone a few weeks.
Just wondering if you think it can be repaired by a local phone repairer?
As this is a China only phone, do you think that they will be able to get the parts needed for a repair?
Thanks in advance
Surprisingly it can still take images using the 5x lens even though it looks like below. I assume there is some loss of clarity as I took this images right after the accident
Smashed my camera too!
As it's the transparent glass back, there is only one facility that can repair it. Luckily I'm in China so I can send it back to Xiaomi. If you are outside China you might be SOL.
That glass broke way to easily!
You can find the camera module here. But not sure about the back glass. You can mail them and ask. Maybe they can help.
https://www.vopmart.com/xiaomi-mi-10-ultra-replacement-parts.html
I found a site called, "cellspare". They have the whole rear glass. However, they're $100. As far as repair goes, the Mi 10 Ultra is no different than a Samsung to replace the rear glass.
Heat it up, make a small gap, and separate the adhesive. Any competent tech should be able to do it. It might even be something you could do on your own.

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