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Front camera on iPhone 6 has MOVED!!!
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Just got back from the Apple shop. Both mine and the gf's phone got new screens. Apparently they don't just replace handsets any more.
Which is fine, as the rest of the phone is immaculate anyway so all good
Which is fine, as the rest of the phone is immaculate anyway so all good
Here is a photo of this webpage taken with the front camera. I still have no idea how the view isn't blocked!? Genius appointment is booked for next week, so hopefully it will be sorted soon
wow thanks.. that's magic...Here is a photo of this webpage taken with the front camera. I still have no idea how the view isn't blocked!? Genius appointment is booked for next week, so hopefully it will be sorted soon
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A side question, I feel what caused this on my phone is using an air vent mount in my car. With my phone constantly "vibrating/moving" with bumps in my car it ended up shifting the gasket.
Do you do something similar?
I think the better question would be:
Has anyone who has had the camera repaired have it last for more than 6 months?
Nope. But the vibration theory is plausible in my mind. I do think however, if it's a vibration issue, it's more likely caused by internal vibrations from the alarm clock/phone calls.
My screen is cracked in the upper right corner (due to a couple drops). Do you think apple will decline replacing the screen for the camera shift for this reason? Has anyone with a cracked screen been able to get a new screen to fix the camera issue? I'll be taking mine to the apple store this weekend to see what they say.
Thanks! I've followed this thread since last year (when I noticed the issue on mine) but didn't re-read it before posting.
Well, did the 2 hour drive to the Apple store today to have it fixed. Only replaced the screen (which I was ok with) and did a flawless job at it. I asked if it was going to return and he assured me it would not and that it was only a problem with the first batch of Iphones shipped. I found it odd that they "replaced" my whole screen when there was nothing wrong with my other screen.
we will see
we will see
So I've tried out iOS 9 on my 6 and the performance sucks compared to 8.4.1. I have the crescent again (4th time) and my warranty runs out in January. I'm wondering if iOS 9 will ever be up to 8.4.1 standards or if I should bite the bullet and set up a repair before they stop signing 8.4.1? But I'd also risk getting a worse display with uniformity problems again too or something else worse! I want to get it fixed so I can sell it for more next year but then again it might just happen again! I'm not happy with the quality of the iPhone 6. What would you guys do?
Yes it has sucked. Never have had to send an iPhone back till the 6.
I guess my question would be:
Would someone want to buy an iPhone 6 (next September) that performs great on iOS 8.4.1 with the FaceTime crescent problem more than an iPhone 6 on whatever current version of iOS 9 that probably will perform worse with maybe the crescent problem if it returns again or something else potentially worse?! I've never had to ask myself these questions before with the iPhone.
Mine is the same way. I don't know when it happened or if it was like that when I got it on launch day. Its been a long time since I noticed it. Doesn't rattle around or anything like that and picture quality isn't affected, so I never gave it much thought. Certainly not worth going in and getting a replacement that might have something worse wrong with it. I went through four iPhone 5's during the year I had it. Every time I replaced it, I got one that had something worse.
As a follow-up, I got my screen replaced no charge today. The lady helping me did take a second look at my cracked screen, but didn't end up saying anything about it. Perfect job, screen looks great. Launch day space gray, btw.
Thanks for checking in. Mine is also cracked but had the crescent first. I'm going in soon. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I might just keep this one longer. Hopefully iOS 9 is tuned up around the end of December. That's about the time I'd have to send it in to use the warranty again. The iPhone 6 quality has just been a nightmare in my experience. This is my 5th one so I know exactly what you are taking about with getting one with something worse!!! The 4 out of 5 have had the crescent and all of them have had dark spots/corners on the screen and a couple that had a half yellow tinged side to the screen. At least my current one has an acceptable screen and everything else works fine. I'll just be super annoyed if I send it back and it comes back worse again and be stuck on a slower iOS version which is what iOS 9 is shaping up to be on the 6!
I have a few times. The build quality of my 6 is the exact reason I'm selling it to upgrade to the 6s.
I first noticed it move a few months after I bought it so I set up an appointment to get it taken care of early in the warranty just in case it happens again.
After confirming that it moved, they replaced the display. A few more months after that, I noticed it moving more & more as time passed so I made another appointment. The Genius not only confirmed it again, but told me they ran a few tests & noticed the current display wasn't communicating properly w/ the logic board for some reason. Prob a mistake from the 1st display swap so they gave me a whole new device.
Then w/ this one there was an unfortunate accident at work & the device bent pretty bad right at the SIM tray causing the phone to have No Service. Til this day I still can't believe that phone bent from what I accidentally did to it. Shouldn't have been that bad at all. This time around I had to pay for a replacement b/c they said the bend did not happen at one of the phones "weak points". Yea I know, total BS.
So now w/ THIS new phone, the FF camera is starting to move AGAIN !!! This is when I decided I'm done w/ this model. I'm upgrading to the 6s & staying on the more refined "s" cycle phones.