iPhone 5 Camera Horrible Purple Lines Down Pictures!

Hi, Occasionally when I am taking pictures or videos with the main camera I get loads of streaks of purple/blueish lines and if I take the photo while these lines appear they actually show up on the photo. So I think it must be a hardware problem. I'm in the UK on o2.

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 27, 2012 3:52 PM

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Aug 16, 2013 5:21 AM in response to P@rth

Any thing i am giving i am 50% sure it is problem with sim cards as my only common thing in every iphone was my sim card and the problem comes how it is possible to get same problem in three replaced iphones apple is big company how they will made this kind of faulty iphones everytime so jay are u getting idea sim or another company

Aug 17, 2013 7:14 AM in response to Kipto

I returned my iPhone 5 to my local Apple Store today and demonstrated the purple lines problem in front of one of the staff. They immediately replaced the iPhone 5 under warranty and explained it was probably a loose connection between the board and rear camera. As usual, excellent customer support and a **** good reason to buy Apple. Good work guys, bring on the iPhone 5s/6!

Aug 17, 2013 7:33 AM in response to Kipto

I took my phone to the apple store in shanghai, they refused to repair it as I got it from the States!! Even the AppleCare DOESN'T care at all, no warranty on phone hardware in shanghai if the phone is purchased in the US!!! I live in shanghai now so I have to travel back and forth to just my phone fixed? Will apple pay my flights ?? Suddenly so upset with apple and all my other apple products... Way too expensive for a product with no warranty.

Aug 17, 2013 10:49 AM in response to Jai baba

Guys, i had a tlk wid apple care today and their senior executive told me dat its a problem with the sim card that is handcut. They had few complaints regarding this and their technical team has come up with this. If the sim is not properly cut it leads to some network error and as sim slot is just below camera it is ver much prone to the attack. They said that it comes up with certain carrier providers depending on the country like me and jai are having problem with the carrier i.e. Idea which both of us use..

Aug 17, 2013 11:24 AM in response to P@rth

DUDE, CAN YOU STOP MAKING UP STORIES AND PROVIDING MISINFORMATION, THIS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH SIM CARD, I HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH MY NEW ORIGINAL NANO SIM FROM MY CARRIRER WHETHER I'M ON 2G, 3G, HSPA, WIFI OR WHATEVER CONNECTION. AFTER I REPLACE WITH A NEW IPHONE 5, PROBLEM IS GONE EVEN THOUGH USING SAME SIM FOR MORE THAN 8 MONTHS NOW, ITS A CAMERA HARDWARE FAULT, PLEASE DON'T SPREAD CONFUSING NONSENSE PLEASE...SIGH

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