Problem with iPod touch 4g front camera.

Im pretty sure its a hardware problem. I had opened the ipod and replaced the front facing camera.

when inspecting the camera that came out. It had quite a few burn spots on the peice that connects

the camera to the motherboard. Even after replacing the camera it still doesnt work. but im pretty

sure thats because there were also burn spots on the mb where it connects.

Guess apple is overworking their child labor. You think with apples record profits they would man up and recall these defective products.

So, I went to my nearest Apple Store and a very king Genius did everything he could to determine if the issue was due to a software bug. He ended up finding that the issue was hardware related. I had 5 days left on the basic one year warranty so the Genius replaced the iPod free of charge. Toyworks11 seems to be correct. No matter what trick I employed the issue kept coming back. In the end it was a hardware problem.

Lets all form a group and complain until Apple corrects the problem. Chances are if they replace the iPod, you will again have the same proble.....been there done that. I hope yours keeps working...mine didn't when I got a new one after I broke the screen. We got a Lemon deal for sure. They should have named it the iLemon

Thanks, this worked for me

My IPod 4g has the same problem, only with the front cam. last week i had notice that it works when it's in de cold. i my case: air-conditioned rooms. I have sure thats is a hardware problem!

to the all people who has problems with shutter of camera i suggest you to buy a new camera and install it in by yourself its easy to attach camera to motherboard but yeah its also tricky if you are opening screen first time just youtube it. you will need special tools to open it you will be done in 30$ not even 30$. I changed camera and it worked so i am suggesting you. I restored my itouch 18 times and didnt worked so finally i decided to change whole camera and it worked. i changed both of my camera front and back both. if you send it to apple they will charge 150$ plus hardware and camera is only 4$. good luck if you change camera but be careful with motherboard its so sensitive. I am apple expert so i know how to do this. AGAIN IF YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG ITS NOT PROBLEM I TELL YOU TO BE CAEFUL.

Do you realize how many would ruin their iPods if they tried this? Let's be realistic here. I bet 1 in 10 people could do it succesfully. If you want to replace the camera, take it to an authorized repair shop who knows what they're doing. Or just close all apps and re-open the camera. Works every time I've tried it.

at Toyworks11 I am agree but its easy if you know that all have to be careful when you open display after you open display its only 5 minute work. But taking to apple expetrs takes a lot money but changing camera will solve your problem cause i changed my back camera and its working but front camera is stll not working. so i am sure that its hardware problem.

I have the same problem than all of you, I thought I had done something to it, but now I realize that it wasn't me, everyone is having the same problem with the camera, you can even look for videos on youtube, I'm starting to believe it's an IOS problem, I have more than a year with my ipod and this just started to happen to me like a week ago

yeah same here both of my cameras arent working and i just got this new replacment ipod from apple -.- this is so stupid.... APPLE FIX UR SHIET AND THEN RELEASE UR STUFF NOT hmmm... theres some stuff that will break but we'll relace it anyways then fix it when we make the new one -.- NO I MEAN FIX IT NOW!!! I CANT TAKE PICTURES OR EVEN USE THE CAMERA AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Worked for me!!!

moved the icon to another screen like you suggested and now it works again. I even moved the icon back to the home page and it's still working. Thank you so much!!!

yeah!! thats the possible solution i've think.. whats going on with their products.. i know there products should last until the device is capable of working. I'm verry disappointed with this.. i just waste money for there stupid products..

same here had it for couple of months and was fine until updated to ios 6. now, camera useless! nothing covered about it in warrenty 😕 , (maybe they knew about it and are to cheap to replace with brand new ipod 5)😁

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