Dropped my s7 and it's making noise when I shake it.

[Kinky-panda]

Hi guys
It's been a week since I got my new Samsung Galaxy s7. It was in my pocket while I was watching TV and when I stood up it fell on concrete floor. It makes this noise when I shake it like some part is loose? This sound is coming from near the camera. Is the problem bad ? I checked the phone and nothing seems to be wrong. But I can't stop thinking about the noise to a point where I can't sleep. Someone please explain why it's making noise.

 

[mitul_mehta]

It's normal. All camera optics make that sound. Nothing wrong out here.

 

[Kinky-panda]

Really? I guess I never really noticed things like these until something happens. Thanx

 

[Roflmahwaffle]

It can be the vibration motor too.
So its not a problem.

 

[Blacklac]

OIS maybe.

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[Kinky-panda]

what is OIS?

 

[Kinky-panda]

Now that I look at the camera , there is like flickering black lines. Any thoughts on what happened ?

 

[Laura Knotek]

Now that I look at the camera , there is like flickering black lines. Any thoughts on what happened ?

Unfortunately, it sounds like the device was damaged by the drop.

 

[Kinky-panda]

Although , it only happens sometimes. For example if it happens I exit camera and put it on the table and re enter camera and it will be gone.

 

[mccann1987]

Do you mean flickering black line as in when you look at the phone their are black lines that ficker in the light. If so then it sounds like some glass's has cracked. If it's inside the phone on the lense then it's a very very tricky replacement of the camera sensor which is cheap to buy a replacement but extremely tricky to replace and would be stupidly expensive to get a shop to replace. If it on the back panel then it not so hard or expensive to do with some slow and delicate work. Either case I doubt the phone would be "water resistant".

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[Blacklac]

what is OIS?

Optical imaging stabilization mechanism.

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[Kinky-panda]

yes , there are black lines flickering in light by the back camera? Why won't it be water resistant anymore ?

 

[Blacklac]

I'm a little confused by the description, but if you hold your phone close to a light bulb you will see black lines moving on your screen and will show up in pictures. I'm not sure if that's what you're describing. If so, normal.

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[mccann1987]

Best way to find out is to have some professional look at the phone.. software issues are mostly easy to rectify by the user and a full factory reset irons these out most of the time... hardware issues can be alot more tricky to rectify especially when the phone has to be dismantled. You need to know exactly what your doing or it could prove to be a very expensive project to fix your phone. With a phone so expensive and tricky to open and replace internal parts I'd get someone who knows what they are doing to look at it. It might cost alot but that's what happens you own expensive items they cost alot to repair/replace.

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[xacheron]

These black lines when you point with camera into lightbulb is just interference, lightbulb isn't constant light, i'ts just very fast flickering (depends on refresh rate of your electrical network, in Europe it's 50Hz which means lightbulb flickers 50 times per second, same thing you can see on old CRT types of tv). Don't know exact refresh ratio of super amoled screen but when these both interfere there are flickering black lines (theres no need to close and open camera, just set focus point on another object except direct light source). Almost every other camera on smartphone have the same issue (for exaplme I tried to point my iPad's camera on light source and the same result)...by the way I'm also SGS7 owner and I can asure you this flickering isn't caused by dropping your phone, also as mentioned strange noise is caused by optical image stabilization (hardware solution) where camera optics isn't fixed into motherboard but in sophisticated system where can move for stabilize image.

If you try shake the phone with opened camera OIS won't "rattle" ;-)

At some points I might be wrong so if you have better answer just correct me ;-)
and sorry for my english