Introduction
If your frontal lens is broken or malfunctioning follow this guide to replace lens. The tools required for this guide are a PH000 screwdriver, plastic opening tool, metal spudgers and a magnetic mat or plastic bag.
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Before disassembling any part of the camera, turn off the power by pressing down on the ON/OFF button. The ON/OFF button is located on top of the camera.
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Open the compartment located at the bottom of the camera. Slide the LOCK/OPEN switch to the OPEN side. Locate the small blue tab on the side. Pull it in direction away from battery. Remove the battery and set it aside.
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Place the camera upside down and remove the screws located at the bottom of the camera using the PH000 head screwdriver.
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At the end of this step, there will be a total of five 0.4mm Phillips screws. Place screws on a magnetic mat or plastic bag.
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Leave the two screws holding the LCD screen in place.
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Keep working alongside each side of the camera until all screws are addressed.
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In addition to the five screws from the bottom, a total of three more 0.4 mm black Phillips screws are located as indicated in the photo. Place them on the magnetic mat or plastic bag.
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Flip the LCD screen upwards. Use the PH000 Phillips head screwdriver to remove screws located under the LCD screen.
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For this step there will be an additional three 0.3 mm black Phillips screws. Place them on magnetic mat or plastic bag.
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Use the plastic opening tools included in the iFixit tool kit first. If the shell/parts do not detach from each other, use metal spudgers as a last resort to loosen/separate the plastic shell of the camera. Keep in mind that there may be more screws holding parts together. Work delicately and separate sides evenly.
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Locate the two 0.3 mm silver screws that hold the face of the screen in place. Use the PH000 Phillips head screwdriver to remove screws.
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Place the two 0.3 mm screws on magnetic mat or plastic bag.
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Locate the thin silver plate with a golden plastic ribbon attached. This ribbon holds the lens and the rest of the camera together.
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Find the two 0.3 mm silver Phillips screws on the silver place. Remove them with a PH000 Phillips head screwdriver. Place the two screws on a magnetic mat or plastic bag.
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After removing screws and the golden ribbon, the frontal lens will be completely detached from the camera.
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Replace frontal lens with new one.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
5 comments
Excellent guide, but I could not get plastic part off without likely damage, so had to abandon access to sensor dirt.
Follow-up to my earlier comment under Step 10:
A closer look (zoomed in) at the photo illustration for Step 10 provides a helpful view of the back side of the detached lens assembly, which would normally be positioned directly in front of the camera's sensor.
The interface point between these two component parts (lens assembly / sensor) suggests the possibility that a gap could form between them if/when the camera gets bumped, struck, dropped, etc, and thus provide a potential entry point for random dust / lint to migrate inside, which I suspect is what happened to my own HX80 camera. I bought it 4 years ago (2018) and it's served me well until just a few days ago, when the blur-spot issue arose.
The insight into the camera's internal construction shown in Step 10's illustrative photo gives me hope that the dust spec likely causing the blurred spot on my camera's photos and videos is located between the lens assembly & sensor and can be blown away using compressed air, once I manage to open up the camera.
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I’m stuck on step 7. The plastic covers on the left side (viewing the camera as you would hold it to take a picture) and on the bottom are separating from the rest of the camera; the left side cover is attached by a thin wire. But I cannot separate the back with the LCD panel from the front with the lens.