Why is my camera not focusing on near objects?

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why is my camera not focusing on near objects??

i got an htc one m7 last year and suddenly my camera's focus stopped working properly. i tried putting my finger in-front of it but it only focuses on everything around it instead of my finger itself. i also tried clearing the cache and data but still nothing.

 

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Re: why is my camera not focusing on near objects??

Welcome to Android Central! So if you tap on something in the viewfinder, does it seem like it's trying to autofocus? If nothing happens, it's possible the autofocus mechanism in the camera module failed, which would be a hardware problem. You could look into having the module replaced.