Table of Contents
Camera construction..............................................................................................................................................5–5
Main camera construction.....................................................................................................................................5–5
Secondary camera construction ...........................................................................................................................5–6
Camera viewfinder troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................5–7
Bad camera image quality troubleshooting........................................................................................................5–8
Main camera troubleshooting...............................................................................................................................5–9
Main camera baseband HW troubleshooting................................................................................................... 5–10
Secondary camera troubleshooting .................................................................................................................. 5–11
Secondary camera baseband HW troubleshooting.......................................................................................... 5–12
Flash LED troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................. 5–13
Introduction to flash LED troubleshooting.................................................................................................. 5–13
Flash LED and image taking conditions ....................................................................................................... 5–13
Flash LED construction................................................................................................................................... 5–18
Analysing image quality................................................................................................................................ 5–18
Possible faults in image quality............................................................................................................... 5–18
Testing flash module functionality ......................................................................................................... 5–18
Testing image colours with flash ............................................................................................................ 5–19
Testing flash power .................................................................................................................................. 5–19
Camera flash LED troubleshooting ............................................................................................................... 5–20
Indicator LED troubleshooting........................................................................................................................... 5–21
List of Figures
Figure 43 Camera module cross section and assembly principle......................................................................5–5
Figure 44 Main camera module bottom view including serial numbering......................................................5–5
Figure 45 Front camera module cross section and assembly principle............................................................5–6
Figure 46 Example of a good quality image taken with the flash LED .......................................................... 5–13
Figure 47 overexposed image............................................................................................................................ 5–14
Figure 48 Dark and noisy image ........................................................................................................................ 5–15
Figure 49 Shaken image ..................................................................................................................................... 5–16
Figure 50 Camera white balance failure and overexposure ........................................................................... 5–17
Figure 51 Color difference between flash colour limit samples..................................................................... 5–17
Figure 52 Mechanical construction of the flash LED module .......................................................................... 5–18
RM-179; RM-223
Camera Module Troubleshooting
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