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Dust / bits around camera lens

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ijon01

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I keep getting bits and tiny debris around the camera cover / glass thing on my 5s between the black glass trim and the camera hole glass cover, I wipe across it with my t shirt some come out and some stay in there it's beginning to annoy me now, yes I'm anal

Anyone else notice this or am I too picky ?
 
Mercifull

Mercifull

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I've got dust in my iPhone5 as well. I opened it up to clear the dust out the lens cap which helped but there's dust seemingly INSIDE the actual camera unit itself so I've sent away for a replacement.
 
Intelligent

Intelligent

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ijon01 said:
I keep getting bits and tiny debris around the camera cover / glass thing on my 5s between the black glass trim and the camera hole glass cover, I wipe across it with my t shirt some come out and some stay in there it's beginning to annoy me now, yes I'm anal

Anyone else notice this or am I too picky ?
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Yes, but i don't really care since my photos are good.
 
Mercifull

Mercifull

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In my case the dust in the camera is affecting photographs with several "spots" now appearing on every image.
 
iamMacPerson

iamMacPerson

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Mercifull said:
In my case the dust in the camera is affecting photographs with several "spots" now appearing on every image.
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Dust in the camera? If you clean the lens, does it go away? If not, then call/go to Apple for a replacement if under warranty, there is a manufacturing defect either with dust flying around inside the iPhone or a seal is bad and is allowing dust in.

OP, its nothing to worry about. Unless someone is looking for it, I highly doubt they will notice it.
 
Mercifull

Mercifull

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iamMacPerson said:
Dust in the camera? If you clean the lens, does it go away? If not, then call/go to Apple for a replacement if under warranty, there is a manufacturing defect either with dust flying around inside the iPhone or a seal is bad and is allowing dust in.

OP, its nothing to worry about. Unless someone is looking for it, I highly doubt they will notice it.
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It's not under warranty.
 
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ijon01

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Yeah I have no dust/ debris inside, just on the outside around the camera cover, tried microfiber, used little corners of paper to pick some bits out, will this hurt by the way? I mean using bits of paper to pick stuff out?
 
dictoresno

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There are a million threads about this from when the 5 came out. I had this issue and I took it to apple. They cleaned it out for free. Some others had theirs replaced. It was an ongoing issue apparently.
 
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