iphone 5 camera spots

Has anybody else had spots on their camera shots? (See images below) It appears as if there are specs of dust on the lens yet it is completely clean. Looks like a trip to the Apple store is in my future.


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iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 8, 2012 9:46 AM

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Posted on Nov 29, 2012 7:18 PM

Yup same here. I went to the genius bar today, and the guy was surprised and said he hadn't seen it before. He said he could see a speck of something inside the camera glass, but that there's no way to just change the camera so he asked if it's ok to give me a new phone. I backed up with iCloud the night before, so the switch was painless. Success!

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May 27, 2014 1:48 AM in response to Niknokx

Hey what's up,


So I don't know if you saw my previous reply to your questions but not long after I replied, I received an email from Apple Support Communities Staff saying that they removed my response to you due to it "containing questionable advice." lol Wow, really!? How ridiculous! Not only was my advice sound and direct, but it was proven to work by a very clear tutorial that is easy to follow and one that I followed myself and successfully fixed on my first try.



So, Apple Support Communities Staff decided to remove my response to you and said that I should "Check that your answer works on your own computer before you post your Submission." Well, that's funny, coz I CLEARLY said that I fixed my own phone while watching the tutorial, therefore, the basis for my post removal was very much unfounded.



I'm sure the real reason that my response was removed is because I am showing you and others how to fix this purple spot issue for a very cheap price which obviously is not something that Apple is going to like people being able to do because if everyone starts fixing their own iPhones, then that means that people aren't going to pay the multi $100 price for a new replacement which means that my response is potentially taking away money from the company. But of course they are not going to say that in their "Post Removal Notification" to me lol



At any rate, I'm not surprise that my post was removed for the reasons outlined above. It's a business and that's just in Apple's best interest for me to not show people how to fix the problem so I'm not really too mad about it because I understand where they are coming from with not wanting me to post details on how to fix the problem.



I guess you could contact me privately if you want me to explain it again. Take care everyone and no hard feelings, Apple Support Communities Staff, I completely understand where you're coming from. It's all good.

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