Black spot on my iPhone 3Gs Camera

I upgraded from an original 2G to the 3GS recently.
I just noticed yesterday the same spot you are referring to.
It shows up in the camera and in the photos, is about the size of a pencil eraser and appears as gray or shaded.

I plan to go to the Apple store and show them, however, I am also recently jailbroken (and hate to have to restore it before taking it to Apple), so would also like to hear if anyone else has had this issue.

Its possibly a blown pixel or pixels on the CCD (charge-coupled device) basically the chip that picks the image up!

Id say get a replacement or repair asap!

Message was edited by: Aibo82

I´ve noticed the same think as you. On my camscreen I´ve got a crocked line.
Didn´t have that black line before, so I´ve thought it was a minor bump that caused this to happend.

So... hmm... If a bump on the cam side of the phone could cause this, a new
bump on the same side would fix it again?

Down to business: smack! right on my knee twice, and look: the black spot in
the cam app is now gone! 😀

Think I should go to the store and let them have a look at it.
But wait for weeks for a replaced/fixed one? Don´t think so.

So if you dare: Try slapp your baby once or twice on the lense side corner.

Worked for me!