Nexus 5: Camera spot

[Incitatus]

Just noticed that there is a spot on all my images, in the same location. I had this on my DSLR a year ago and had to get it cleaned. It was an oil spot on the sensor.

Anyone else have spots?

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[JeffDenver]

Might sound obvious...but i would make sure you lens is wiped off first.

 

[Incitatus]

Yup

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[greydarrah]

If you have already removed the protective plastic screen protector-like cut out that came over the lens, then you probably have a a spec of dust inside the camera on the sensor. Nothing you can do but RMA the phone. I guess you could try tapping the phones edge against your palm to see of the dust piece might fall off the sensor.

 

[gullygossner]

I am having the same issue. I also had the same problem with my nexus 4. Will try returning this week sometime.

 

[N4Newbie]

If you have already removed the protective plastic screen protector-like cut out that came over the lens....

That's a good point. The bit of plastic film which covers the lens during manufacture & shipping is so unobtrusive that I can easily imagine many Nexus 5 owners don't even realize it is there.

 

[xstinkyx]

The other day I was taking a night photo as a test. The scene was mostly black but had a small bright light source in the distance. I noticed that there seem to be two small dots that were the result of a reflection of some sort in the lens (or a problem with the sensor?). The dots don't show up in "normal" photos. I'll try to re-create it and take a photo (the shot I ended up taking that night only included one dot because of the angle).

 

[Hrucha]

I am having a similar problem in my Nexus 5. I had recently got it replaced because of zero network reception. Now i am 1 week with the replacement and suddenly i notice that my back camera pictures have a distinct black spot. Initially, i figured i hadn't noticed but i checked my previous pictures (within the week) and none of them have this dark spot. And its always at the same place.

 

[gullygossner]

I ended up having to return my phone to solve the problem. Been good ever since.

 

[plastic101]

Black spot here too. Looking back at old pictures, it seems to have appeared after performing a factory reset. Not sure if another factory reset would have fixed it or made it worse. Called Google, sending out replacement (refurbished) phone. I was just within my warranty by 8 days.

 

[trondajo]

i had it twice. just tap the lens.

 

[Ruben_915]

I noticed that I get a blue light-like spot on a lot of my pictures. I noticed this was due to the reflection of surrounding light off of the camera lens. I held my Nexus 5 at a slightly different angle and bam no blue orb.

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[Nextnexus]

I have a dot on all of my pics, You can see it very clearly when you use the camera on a white background. I tried cleaning the glass on the outside and I also tried the "tapping" to remove inner dust. No such luck.

Anyone have any success fixing this?

 

[mgops77]

Turning the camera app on and taping the side of the lock button worked for me. I held the phone at a 45 degree angle.

Thanks.

If you have already removed the protective plastic screen protector-like cut out that came over the lens, then you probably have a a spec of dust inside the camera on the sensor. Nothing you can do but RMA the phone. I guess you could try tapping the phones edge against your palm to see of the dust piece might fall off the sensor.