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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

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14 Responses to “Sony Ericsson C902 camera won’t open - doh!”

  1. Guli Says:
    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 !!

  2. Gemraid Says:
    July 19th, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    thew was thinking this thing is bloody stiff lol thx :)

  3. kalvin Says:
    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

  4. Bob Says:
    August 15th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    cheers mate!!! :D i was getting so frustrated about this. thanks!! :D:D

  5. Ryan Says:
    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.

  6. Deanna Says:
    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!

  7. April Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    OMG thankyou so much !!!!

  8. joe Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    youre a stress saver! was going mental earlier trying to figure out what was wrong..

  9. Pierce Says:
    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….

  10. admin Says:
    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.

  11. Debz Says:
    September 20th, 2008 at 9:48 am

    omg i did the same thing. how crazy is that ahhhhhhhh.lol

  12. Ros Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    I did the same thing!!!

  13. John Says:
    October 30th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    I also fell for it, nearly snapped the phone at one stage nice one for the help.

  14. Arlo Says:
    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!

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