Sony Ericsson C902 camera won’t open - doh!
I recently lost my old mobile and it was kindly replaced by Orange very promptly.
Once I had received it, I charged it up and was keen to try out the camera. Apparently you just pull the lens cover open to reveal the camera. But, when I tried it, it just would not open. Aaargh.
I passed it over to my friends and they could not open it either. I thought I must have had a dud.
I had arranged to get Orange to send me new phone and it was on its way - when…i realised…..
THE SOLUTION
You have to peel off the protective plastic screen cover for the camera to work!
Otherwise it just glues the camera shut.
Less haste more speed next time eh!
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BTW
Losing a phone is a nightmare. But, luckily, I had backed up all my text messages onto my PC
July 17th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
sonofagun ! ive just charged mine, and have been cursing sony ericcson to bits for not making it simple enough.
i then went online and saw video of sliding, which did not work. after pulling many hairs out i saw this page.
thx dude !!
July 19th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
thew was thinking this thing is bloody stiff lol thx :)
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Thanks for this advice Mate.
Even i was dumbstruck and tried opening Lens cover for 2 hrs and thought of sending my mobile back to 3 but googled your Valued advice and Hooreka……….. Its opened
August 15th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
cheers mate!!! :D i was getting so frustrated about this. thanks!! :D:D
August 19th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Same as above, i tried for ages to get the camera to open, i thought i was going to break the phone. And the battery cover wasn’t exactly child’s play either.
Its going to be horrible for those of us that like to keep the plastic screen cover on though.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
:-) I thought I had a bad set as well! Felt a bit silly after I read your blog and realised the simple solution!
Thanks very much!
August 30th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
OMG thankyou so much !!!!
September 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
youre a stress saver! was going mental earlier trying to figure out what was wrong..
September 9th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Thanks alot you saved me a big headache! I was getting really annoyed with this! Nice to know its only my stupidity holding me back….
September 10th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Thanks for all the thanks. Nice to know I’m not the only one who rebels against the designer’s intentions.
I treat my phone so badly - chucking it in my pocket to rub against my keys etc. So, I like to keep the plastic on for as long as possible.
Its crazy to think of them spending thousands of pounds in their labs, testing the phone, and they forget such a simple thing - the pesky plastic cover.
September 20th, 2008 at 9:48 am
omg i did the same thing. how crazy is that ahhhhhhhh.lol
October 10th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I did the same thing!!!
October 30th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I also fell for it, nearly snapped the phone at one stage nice one for the help.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:53 am
Likewise I was ready to send mine back. I even took plastic cover off, finally got it opening then put it back on to protect it, then had same problem. So frustrating once realised the cause of it not opening!
December 5th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Thank you for this tip. This phone is worse than a Rubik’s cube. I spent 30mins trying to get the battery cover off. (Paperclip is very useful). The prospect of trying to figure out the camera was just too much - I was so grateful for this tip. Huge vote of thanks. The moment i took the plastic cover off the screen was covered in fingerprints, shame.
January 31st, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Arlo wins the contest. ;o)
February 24th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Thanks!!! Its was really frustrating me I couldnt get it open no matter how hard I pulled!! You would think they would just add a line into the instructions!
February 27th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Yeah.. I feel pretty stupid.. I knew the answer was out there, but I didn’t think i’d have to hold the phone at both ends and pull like a cracker, but only once the protective film is removed, to get this to open!
March 5th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
thanks ive been pulling the camera all eveing thinking what a crap phone after reading this i took the film off the phone and yipee it opened
how dumb !!!! thanks
March 5th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
OMG ive been trying to open the lense cover for the past few hours
my sister had a go too it looks so easy in the book sure theres no hidden buttons to press was going down the t mobile shop tommorro
till i read your article still thought yeh yeh that wont make a difference its jammed or faulty took the screen cover off and IT WORKED !!!
how stupid of me thanx u saved my time
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
thank you!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
And again, someone else who thought they had a dud phone lol!
Thanks for the heads up, luckily I didn’t spend too long trying to find out how to open the damn thing!
May 14th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
OMG, can’t believe I too have overlooked something so simple. I have scoured the troubleshooting pages of the manual and pulled prodded my phone for ages. I googled too, but didn’t much more than reviews of the phone. Finally I found your page - what a sanity-saver!
June 11th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Thanks! who’d have thought a sticky piece of plastic could cause so much frustration! lol thank god for you and google!
August 17th, 2009 at 4:15 am
F**KIN PIECE OF PLASTIC
March 14th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
hey i cudnt understand bro i have no plastic cover nether on front camer nor back 1…still it stucks..dusnt works…plz help me out of this crap….even my flash light isnt working shud i try updating device??
March 14th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
well mushi - if there is no plastic cover and you are still having trouble - it looks like you’ve got a wrongun’. i’d send it back.