iPhone 12 - cracked camera?

android-fan · 12 Apr 2024 at 15:45

Got a iPhone 12 and when talking photos can see lines which indicate a cracked camera. The lens itself looks fine

However, when I zoom in the cracks disappear. Is that just because it switches from one camera to another?

kona786 · 15 Apr 2024 at 08:39

Then other cam is an ultrawide so no.

Post your lines on the camera

android-fan · 15 Apr 2024 at 09:13

android-fan · 15 Apr 2024 at 09:14

Zooming in our out (from about 1.8+) the lines disappear

kona786 · 15 Apr 2024 at 10:34

Makes sense as you are zoom in and out of the cracked area via crop and ultrawide.

You say you can't physically see the crack at all?

android-fan · 15 Apr 2024 at 10:36

Nope, can't see the crack at all. Took it to a local repair shop and he couldn't see a crack on the camera either (the lens looks fine)

snevim · Friday at 11:36

I have the same problem with an iphone 12 Pro. The phone was dropped & now it appears the camera lens or glass cover is cracked but there are no visible signs of damage. It's only the top of the 3 cameras that's affected as if I switch to 0.5x the problem disappears (this is a different camera). Took it to an Apple store & they wanted to replace the whole camera unit for £200 so presumably something optical has got cracked internally that can't be seen through the glass. Just checking if anyone else has experience of this issue & how they resolved it.

kona786 · Friday at 13:03

Must be the inner lens array that's cracked

snevim · Friday at 14:21

kona786 said:
Must be the inner lens array that's cracked

Thanks. I was afraid of that. I've now found several similar cries for help online, some with 200+ 'it's also happened to me' hits. Seems to be a common problem with iphone 12. Must have rather delicate innards as it wasn't even dropped on a hard surface. Think I'll just have to live with it.

Feek · Friday at 15:40

snevim said:
Seems to be a common problem with iphone 12

How many millions of devices were sold? A few hundred or a few thousand issues is hardly a 'common problem'.

snevim · Friday at 16:24

Feek said:
How many millions of devices were sold? A few hundred or a few thousand issues is hardly a 'common problem'.

I should have been more careful with my wording. Seems to be a problem specific to iphone model 12. Or, from the online reports I found, it appears that iphone 12 is more susceptible to this type of damage than other iphone models.