Rear Camera glass broke. Should I replace the camera as well?

[Android Central Question]

I own a Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro. The Indian version. I kept my keys with my Mobile phone and the rear Camera glass broke. It came out as pieces and now the lens looks blurred without the Glass. I took it to a Samsung Service centre and the Service person told me to Replace the entire back panel along with the camera as the pictures come out blurred. I would like to know if I should replace both the camera and the back panel because it costs half the price of the mobile phone together. Or does the camera picture looks blurred because there's no glass for the view of the camera to have a proper focus on? Thank you so much in Advance.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! It sounds like you need to replace the whole camera module. I believe the overlying glass is only protective -- it has no role in focusing. It sounds like the auto-focus mechanism in the camera module may have been damaged. When you have the camera app open and you tap the screen to try to focus on something, does anything happen at all? If the auto-focus mechanism were still intact, I would expect the camera to keep trying to focus on something.

 

[Kevin Keshav]

The camera tries to focus. But still, the display or the image is blurry. Every time i tap somewhere, it tries to focus, but it is not successful.

 

[B. Diddy]

The mechanism could also be jammed. Can you see what happens if you only replace the camera module first?

 

[Kevin Keshav]

The problem is, I purchased the Mobile phone for approximately $350. The Back glass panel alone costs $95 and the Camera module another $76. So an amount of $170, half the price of the mobile phone has to be spent just for the replacement. So I have no idea if I should replace them or let them be or replace just the Back panel.