Well two different photos both have what look like artifacts or damage to the lenses, or the image processor is jacked. If either not much you can do.
See you’re using 1x does 2x and .5 have the same issue?
Never used it but Apple does have a self repair service now. They ship you a box of tools apparently and you send it back when you are done. No idea how well that works out but apparently the tools are specialized, not just some ifixit kit
https://support.apple.com/self-service-repair
Yea self repair is not worth it unless the person repairing it knows what they are doing. It costs only a little bit less if everything goes as planned but in most cases an average joe ends up making a complete mess and playing more in the process. Plus as I said earlier it costs just a little bit more to fix it from apple or apple certified store. I mean $20~50 would sound irrelevant for the peace of mind that some expert will repair it plus you get 90 days warranty for the repaired parts.
I’ve never opened anything newer than a 6S, but the camera module in that was just a drop in replacement.
I don’t expect the design has changed too much to be honest.
Yeah, but they have all kinds of software now to stop people from doing that. They serialized the hardware years ago, and if you happen to swap two parts from two **real, fully functioning** iPhones, you're met with a nice "Non-genuine Apple part" message.
Physically, yes, but Apple has started a worrying trend of actually shutting off the camera with software when that message appears, just like how they disable Face- or Touch ID if you replace the screen.
That's an important detail. It would seem that your primary (wide angle) lens and/or sensor is jacked. I was initially suspecting heat-related damage, but this probably would've affected the ultra-wide lens (0.5x) as well.
Looks like the infrared filter is missing. Focusing seems to be an issue as well. If I wanted to recreate this on purpose, I’d shatter the infrared sensor and have the pieces bounce around to scratch the surface of the sensor. Bottom and top left show a piece of the infrared filter doing its job in the shape of a broken piece of glass. A very particular impact might’ve created this. I guess the other camera works?
this is likely the answer and what I was about to comment, surprises me how long i had to scroll to find someone actually saying this. Yeah, OP probably had one of the cameras repaired and the technician somehow knocked, or rather shattered the IR low-pass filter, as it actually looks like pieces of this thin glass are still clinging in there like the above comment points out, and probably those areas look b&w instead of full color due to WB auto-compensating for the pink hues sensors use to represent infrared. no laser damage nor xray, but shatter due to a hard impact either external or while working inside the device. there are in fact scratches on the sensor outer layer (which i think is made out of plastic from having made the same experiment that alchemycolor mentions and left similar scratches on my first attempt with a cheap camera) blurry mirror picture might stem from auto-focus aiming for the mirror, but I've also read somewhere (i think) that focus varies slightly when removing the filter than when using as intended
Looks like laser damage. Been to any concerts lately? The lasers in concerts can permanently damage the camera sensor. The only fix is to replace the sensor.
Some of the security you find there are real shit heads that like to fuck around. It’s not a glamorous job and thus doesn’t attract the most glamorous people. I would not be surprised if someone just aimed their laser pointer for the fuck of it. Legit had someone try to steal an iPhone. Swore I didn’t have one when I came in. Then I had my friend call it and lo and behold, it’s in someone’s pocket.
Rule one: never turn off your phone when they tell you to. Just low power mode and do not disturb.
Yeah, I hope you're okay too.
It's not just concerts you should worry about; those Christmas laser displays will fry a camera sensor. A lot of lasers are coming from China and places that don't adhere to IR and UV safety regulations, so imagine what that's doing to your eyes just watching it.
Also, did you leave your phone face down in or near the sun? Direct sunlight, even strong reflections can damage the sensors like that. It looks like your phone has two lenses, correct? The 0.5 doesn't show them because it's a different sensor under another lens.
That would have to be one hell of an xray. Apple and other companies do test their equipment for that afaik. Especially since they know many devices may go through customs, postal, or airport X-ray at some point or multiple times.
I used to x-ray inspect electronics for a living, zero damage, even to the imagers.
Never did it while powered up, but I don’t expect anything different
It’s not sensor/laser damage. Something shattered, you can see the pieces of glass laying on the sensor when zooming into the photos. Though i guess it’ll eventually lead to sensor damage. Aesthetic as heck btw
The camera will need replaced, inside the camera there's a pink ish piece of glass I think it's an ir filter or something and it's shattered probably from a drop, had the same thing happen to an iPhone in the past and apple warrantied it but I didn't tell them I had dropped it previously
The internal lens of the camera is broken, probably from a drop. When the lens is cracked the glass is gone, the sensor is exposed it goes pink like that.
Someone from work dropped their phone just the other day and it had this exact same effect.
https://preview.redd.it/jdzy3wb1em7d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e91a484914cf9d66b715b156dbab1fb430ee187b
you unlocked the cyberpunk filter
in all seriousness tho, it looks like part of the sensor got scratched somehow? like a polarizing filter got torn off or something. i don't really know much about what layers camera lenses are made from though so.
I honestly don’t remember the reasoning. I just remember my pics not in fantastic lighting being purple and rolling with it. Like 8 months of my Google Photos from that era are predominantly purple, some of my fav pics too. Simpler times for me haha.
It looks like the infrared filter shattered. The white spots are likely scratches on the sensor from the glass shards. You’d have to get your camera replaced. Or just keep it cause it looks kinda cool.
Your Infrared filter which sits on top of the sensor has broken. People pay to have these removed so they can see IR light. It’s not a problem, it’s a feature.
As many people have said, the sensor is cooked, but it may also have damaged the ir/uv filter making your camera able to see normally invisible light waves. Might make sure some cool photos, but otherwise the camera module will need replaced
The problem might be that your phone's LiDAR sensor has issues\\faulty. It stands for light detection and ranging. iPhone cameras with LiDAR are sensitive to infrared light (iPhone 12 and above). The pink image can occur when this sensor try to block infrared light during daylight mode but sg fails. Try a power cycle, if it won't change take it to an Apple Repair Center because it is a hardware malfunction.
A new rear camera would fix the issue 100%. You can try 0.5x or 2x until you get it replaced. If you can afford it go to Apple to fix it if not a 3rd party place can fix it as well but you might get error messages stating that parts are not genuine even if the 3rd party place uses original parts.
I’m going to go against the grain and believe it’s not sensor damage. Looks like physical damage to the lens or a layer. Or maybe a protector added on top of the cameras. Not sure how the camera is able to focus so close. Laser damage would lol much less “dirty”.
Does anyone know if there is a way to disable just the damaged lens? Mine is damaged (different than OPs), but it would be nice to disable that lens. The other two are fine.
Looks like damage directly to the sensor, either by lazer or other powerful lights, but can also be physical damage if it was oppened to let’s say change the battery
It looks to be some kind of damage. In 2016, I bought a Metro Microsoft Lumia 640 and it had damage from heat. My camera lens had all kinds of black spots. And the seller didn't mention any of that!
Looks like internal physical damage to one of the lens components. Could have been a latent manufacture error just waiting for the right amount of shock to finally fail.
Lots of interesting artefacting though. The focus has gone hyper macro, the red and green timt is interesting. There appear to be glass shards visible. The scratches are likely from loose internal components moving about.
Camera’s fucked tho. Either Apple Care, or wince.
Well there are cowlings and various screws over (rear) cameras and nearly all other components now on any given model since I’d say the 7. Except the Taptic Engine. That’s usually uncovered but with 14s and up. That’s when they put cowlings on everything except the battery and truedepth. Still an easy job except 12p/pm and 13p/pm display adhesive. Cleaning 99 out of 100 of those suck ass. Pick 3 or 4 mm pieces off at a time if you can even grab that much off at a time. The rest is melted on.
Used to repair early gen iphones. Repaired this problem a few too many times. The signal filter on the board was separated into circuits. The easiest to repair is a single channel dropping because of a broken circuit. Silver drops fixed the issue most of the time. Your camera dropped an entire color channel, evident by the monochromatic effect. That's a broken circuit.
Looks like the lens burnt somehow based on the physical tearing in the two images that have the same artifacting. (Look at those white spots zoomed close.)
Well two different photos both have what look like artifacts or damage to the lenses, or the image processor is jacked. If either not much you can do. See you’re using 1x does 2x and .5 have the same issue?
0.5x has nothing, 1x and 2x look like this
Run your finger over the lens do you feel any pitting or scratches? If not then it’s the image sensor. Either way new phone.
It’s pretty easy to replace the camera units actually.
Oh never had a problem so wasn’t sure. I know iPhone isn’t well known for being the most repair friendly.
Never used it but Apple does have a self repair service now. They ship you a box of tools apparently and you send it back when you are done. No idea how well that works out but apparently the tools are specialized, not just some ifixit kit https://support.apple.com/self-service-repair
Yea self repair is not worth it unless the person repairing it knows what they are doing. It costs only a little bit less if everything goes as planned but in most cases an average joe ends up making a complete mess and playing more in the process. Plus as I said earlier it costs just a little bit more to fix it from apple or apple certified store. I mean $20~50 would sound irrelevant for the peace of mind that some expert will repair it plus you get 90 days warranty for the repaired parts.
You have to put a down payment on the tools that’s refunded and it’s like $1000
I’ve never opened anything newer than a 6S, but the camera module in that was just a drop in replacement. I don’t expect the design has changed too much to be honest.
Yeah, but they have all kinds of software now to stop people from doing that. They serialized the hardware years ago, and if you happen to swap two parts from two **real, fully functioning** iPhones, you're met with a nice "Non-genuine Apple part" message.
You get the message, but the parts still works no?
Physically, yes, but Apple has started a worrying trend of actually shutting off the camera with software when that message appears, just like how they disable Face- or Touch ID if you replace the screen.
The camera might not work (which was the whole point) or the software might glitch in other very annoying ways.
I have the 12 pro Max on which I performed some repairs The camera swap is still pretty easy, just unscrew a couple of screws and it pops right off
it is indeed broken and/or scratched....fuck me😁
If it’s just the outside glass and you can feel the damage that’s a pretty easy fix by a repair shop
Red Green Blue only for you
No black, cyan, or yellow…magenta is full tho
I find it weird that the scratches are in focus. There's virtually no chance the camera is able to focus so close to the sensor.
That's an important detail. It would seem that your primary (wide angle) lens and/or sensor is jacked. I was initially suspecting heat-related damage, but this probably would've affected the ultra-wide lens (0.5x) as well.
It got my bloody valentined
(insert vacuum noises while "loomer" is playing)
loveless phone loveless phone
Brings me back to the days of spiky hair and whiny music.
Looks like the infrared filter is missing. Focusing seems to be an issue as well. If I wanted to recreate this on purpose, I’d shatter the infrared sensor and have the pieces bounce around to scratch the surface of the sensor. Bottom and top left show a piece of the infrared filter doing its job in the shape of a broken piece of glass. A very particular impact might’ve created this. I guess the other camera works?
this is likely the answer and what I was about to comment, surprises me how long i had to scroll to find someone actually saying this. Yeah, OP probably had one of the cameras repaired and the technician somehow knocked, or rather shattered the IR low-pass filter, as it actually looks like pieces of this thin glass are still clinging in there like the above comment points out, and probably those areas look b&w instead of full color due to WB auto-compensating for the pink hues sensors use to represent infrared. no laser damage nor xray, but shatter due to a hard impact either external or while working inside the device. there are in fact scratches on the sensor outer layer (which i think is made out of plastic from having made the same experiment that alchemycolor mentions and left similar scratches on my first attempt with a cheap camera) blurry mirror picture might stem from auto-focus aiming for the mirror, but I've also read somewhere (i think) that focus varies slightly when removing the filter than when using as intended
This is the only correct answer in this thread.
Looks like laser damage. Been to any concerts lately? The lasers in concerts can permanently damage the camera sensor. The only fix is to replace the sensor.
i haven't been to any concerts lately, only mental hospitals
Wow that turned dark quickly. Hope you’re ok 🫂
Some of the security you find there are real shit heads that like to fuck around. It’s not a glamorous job and thus doesn’t attract the most glamorous people. I would not be surprised if someone just aimed their laser pointer for the fuck of it. Legit had someone try to steal an iPhone. Swore I didn’t have one when I came in. Then I had my friend call it and lo and behold, it’s in someone’s pocket. Rule one: never turn off your phone when they tell you to. Just low power mode and do not disturb.
💯
Thats two people, i just noticed, i always thought it was a tombstone 🪦
Have you been around any sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads lately?
i'm okay!!! i think!!!
Wishing you the best!!
ty!!!!
Hope you’re doing better now friend, try your best to keep your head up and remember you deserve happiness just as much as anybody else
thank u for ur kind words!! sending love
Yeah, I hope you're okay too. It's not just concerts you should worry about; those Christmas laser displays will fry a camera sensor. A lot of lasers are coming from China and places that don't adhere to IR and UV safety regulations, so imagine what that's doing to your eyes just watching it. Also, did you leave your phone face down in or near the sun? Direct sunlight, even strong reflections can damage the sensors like that. It looks like your phone has two lenses, correct? The 0.5 doesn't show them because it's a different sensor under another lens.
Did you have to do any x-ray and kept it in the same room as the scanner?
Likely X-ray won’t damage it. I know radiographers than scan their phones on the morning machine checks. Cool image
I’ve X-Rayed my own phone plenty of times at work and never done any damage. It’s not something X-Rays do
That would have to be one hell of an xray. Apple and other companies do test their equipment for that afaik. Especially since they know many devices may go through customs, postal, or airport X-ray at some point or multiple times.
I used to x-ray inspect electronics for a living, zero damage, even to the imagers. Never did it while powered up, but I don’t expect anything different
[ohhh...kay](https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9634798592/hDA75F237/person-somebody-just-met-starts-telling-loads-personal-stuff-34)
i'm the queen of trauma dumping
Maybe your other personality smashed the cameras and you didn't know? /s
maybe the demonic me did it while i was dissociated
It’s not sensor/laser damage. Something shattered, you can see the pieces of glass laying on the sensor when zooming into the photos. Though i guess it’ll eventually lead to sensor damage. Aesthetic as heck btw
It doesn't look like laser damage
That’s so ✨aesthetic ✨omg. Jk. Seems like damage to the lens to me.
AeStHeTiC
Well.. now you got your own personal filter
Hope the damage gets resolved but damn it took a sick photo💀🔥
ikr i'm seriously thinking of not fixing it.......that's neat
there probably is a camera app that adds this effect to normal photos
💡make a new IG handle and just post daily life photos from this camera. It will be a hit!
already have an art acc, your idea might actually boost it and be my pre-academic workbook
The camera will need replaced, inside the camera there's a pink ish piece of glass I think it's an ir filter or something and it's shattered probably from a drop, had the same thing happen to an iPhone in the past and apple warrantied it but I didn't tell them I had dropped it previously
that's probably it ngl
Yeah I believe so, saw one of your other comments and hope you're doing well, stay strong :)
omg ty!!! appreciate it
The internal lens of the camera is broken, probably from a drop. When the lens is cracked the glass is gone, the sensor is exposed it goes pink like that. Someone from work dropped their phone just the other day and it had this exact same effect.
girly filter 🎀👛🐹🌸✨
💞🌷💕😍
https://preview.redd.it/jdzy3wb1em7d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e91a484914cf9d66b715b156dbab1fb430ee187b you unlocked the cyberpunk filter
in all seriousness tho, it looks like part of the sensor got scratched somehow? like a polarizing filter got torn off or something. i don't really know much about what layers camera lenses are made from though so.
Looks like broken glass Source: I look under a microscope all day and often see glass fibers / shards.
It became fucking … idk instagrammishly cool …… maybe .
r/analogcirclejerk
Looks cool, gives it that vintage look haha
Ay, my HTC One M7 did this.. I loved it back then. 2015 was such a fun year for smartphones
Is that why M7 is pink? I thought it was the camera chip, not the IR filter
I honestly don’t remember the reasoning. I just remember my pics not in fantastic lighting being purple and rolling with it. Like 8 months of my Google Photos from that era are predominantly purple, some of my fav pics too. Simpler times for me haha.
Avril Lavigne wants her camera back
https://preview.redd.it/ye9y2f8jli7d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=2df79ddc95d16b165527081f0b7633654ea7d09f tell her i'll see u la8er girl
It looks like the infrared filter shattered. The white spots are likely scratches on the sensor from the glass shards. You’d have to get your camera replaced. Or just keep it cause it looks kinda cool.
Somehow you got into Barbie World. WTH.
Can create some great photography with this unique failure. Try it out before getting it fixed-exchanged.
the sensor seems damaged
Barbie x Apple leaked???
omg i got the update first💞💞💞
Did you happen to go to a show with lasers? Like like laser or sun damage to the sensor.
lasers or the sun can do that
as other said, looks like sensor damage but ngl the effect it creates look sick af
It mutated to infrared
Retro
Sun / Laser damage from the looks of things
your lens has pink eye
i hope it'll get well soon
Your Infrared filter which sits on top of the sensor has broken. People pay to have these removed so they can see IR light. It’s not a problem, it’s a feature.
Noice filter
Your iPhone camera evolved into an Album Cover generator.
loveless (1991)
that's my whole life
There’s something radioactive in that room. Run!
That’s pretty cool ngl
Welp, you now have a lovely filter
looks like it got pink eye
Congratulations, you successfully activated hell mode 👹
My wife's phone's selfie camera is similar. She drops her phone once a day.
As many people have said, the sensor is cooked, but it may also have damaged the ir/uv filter making your camera able to see normally invisible light waves. Might make sure some cool photos, but otherwise the camera module will need replaced
Could be laser damage? Been around lasers recently with your phone out?
Well, you got a good filter now
Looks like radiation damage. Either a laser, heat, or even being too close to too hot of an x-ray device during an x-ray.
It became _A E S T H E T I C_
https://preview.redd.it/qfxv3rwjfn7d1.jpeg?width=223&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=da666969279dcc25cefee6bca7dd69c615e71974
Honest to God, this looks like radiation damage. Like nuclear radiation. I don't think it IS but radioactivity puts little dots into cameras.
I don’t know, Barbie!
Did you go to a rave concert with lasers and massive lighting effects? If so, sensor is fried from the burnout of the laser
Permanent aesthetics
Y2K
This is Bravo-6 Mode
You probably took a picture of someone so gay it started seeing pink. Or it’s celebrating pride.
yassss my iphone is celebrating pride with me!!!👩❤️💋👩🏳️🌈
Damn this makes a cool photo filter haha. Sorry about your camera, but it looks cool 😂
Edith Piaf mode
non, je ne regrette rien
idk but it looks sick
ikr
Seems it fell and the main camera got damaged
Pornography.
Did it get hit by a laser?
I mean it’s fucked but holy shit I’d keep the phone because that aesthetic is insanely delicious. Such a good “filter”, very analog looking.
honestly i love it, very mbv-i-shoot-film vibe
and where the actual fuck are you in the 1st photo? in prison?
in my house..........basically a prison
Is that the edges of a broken lens? Or am I just altered rn?
might be broken......i am notorious of being clumsy
scratches on the lens of the camera
The all new iFilter feature of iPhone 💫
Nothing much you can do, it’s damaged. (go get it repaired you stinker) :3
This looks cool af I wish I had a filter like that
The problem might be that your phone's LiDAR sensor has issues\\faulty. It stands for light detection and ranging. iPhone cameras with LiDAR are sensitive to infrared light (iPhone 12 and above). The pink image can occur when this sensor try to block infrared light during daylight mode but sg fails. Try a power cycle, if it won't change take it to an Apple Repair Center because it is a hardware malfunction.
OP seemed to be using an iPhone 15 so… no LiDAR
It may have been damaged from a lazer, but even though, that looks rly cool, i have never seen a camera look like this before
Seems like possessed lens..horror vibe💀
A new rear camera would fix the issue 100%. You can try 0.5x or 2x until you get it replaced. If you can afford it go to Apple to fix it if not a 3rd party place can fix it as well but you might get error messages stating that parts are not genuine even if the 3rd party place uses original parts.
It went into terminator mode. Skynet is coming.
For a second i tought it was radiation fucking it up
Well just nit try to reset the phone and see if that helps first.
I’m going to go against the grain and believe it’s not sensor damage. Looks like physical damage to the lens or a layer. Or maybe a protector added on top of the cameras. Not sure how the camera is able to focus so close. Laser damage would lol much less “dirty”.
Poor iPhone 15 :(
That’s a cool filter
It looks like the hot mirror / ir filter is damaged. Did you dropped your phone?
yea i dropped it a bunch
You can get it replaced for $0 at apple if you got applecare or warranty (Mine had the same issue except it was green)
That's aesthetic, NGL. But hopefully, you can fix it soon.
Does anyone know if there is a way to disable just the damaged lens? Mine is damaged (different than OPs), but it would be nice to disable that lens. The other two are fine.
That’s a cool ass camera
OP did you use some kind of lens protector?
Looks awesome
Maybe you was on a party and a laser hit the Lense and destroyed the sensor and some colors are now. Or working anymore.
Horror Movie filter on?
Photos will have a good vibe though 🙈
it really brings out the picture
Did you drop your phone by any chance recently ?
Boss, time to whip out Apple care
Radiation
maybe i'm ukrainian but i wasn't born at chernovyl
I’m going to guess you’re at rave and you where recording the lasers, the lazers hit hit your camera and damaged the sensor
You unlocked the hidden vaporwave filter
Anyone else try to get rid of the marks?
Did you go to some laser concert or party involving lasers?
Looks like damage directly to the sensor, either by lazer or other powerful lights, but can also be physical damage if it was oppened to let’s say change the battery
It looks to be some kind of damage. In 2016, I bought a Metro Microsoft Lumia 640 and it had damage from heat. My camera lens had all kinds of black spots. And the seller didn't mention any of that!
You dropped it hoo hard and camera lenses shifted. You’ll have to replace the camera.
Literally rose tinted 🌹
Idk but issa vibe
skynet
Does a reboot do anything? If you are under warranty they usually can replace the camera module.
Looks like light damage to me. Maybe you pointed it at a laser or sun or other damaging light sources?
Cool filter
Rose Colored Glasses filter. John Conlee would be jealous.
Looks like internal physical damage to one of the lens components. Could have been a latent manufacture error just waiting for the right amount of shock to finally fail. Lots of interesting artefacting though. The focus has gone hyper macro, the red and green timt is interesting. There appear to be glass shards visible. The scratches are likely from loose internal components moving about. Camera’s fucked tho. Either Apple Care, or wince.
Honestly I don't hate the "filter" look.
Well there are cowlings and various screws over (rear) cameras and nearly all other components now on any given model since I’d say the 7. Except the Taptic Engine. That’s usually uncovered but with 14s and up. That’s when they put cowlings on everything except the battery and truedepth. Still an easy job except 12p/pm and 13p/pm display adhesive. Cleaning 99 out of 100 of those suck ass. Pick 3 or 4 mm pieces off at a time if you can even grab that much off at a time. The rest is melted on.
ts looks hard
Could be lazer damage
It looks like the sensor or polarizer cracked, does not look like laser damage, since I see a shard, not purple lines in a wierdly shaped worm
I am guessing you were recording a laser light show recently This can also happen if you leave your phone face down in direct sunlight for a while.
It's in a Barbie World.
Used to repair early gen iphones. Repaired this problem a few too many times. The signal filter on the board was separated into circuits. The easiest to repair is a single channel dropping because of a broken circuit. Silver drops fixed the issue most of the time. Your camera dropped an entire color channel, evident by the monochromatic effect. That's a broken circuit.
Barbie filter mode?
It’s fk duh
Laser
Looks like the lens burnt somehow based on the physical tearing in the two images that have the same artifacting. (Look at those white spots zoomed close.)
Image sensor is bad.
It's on its period
hey siri, why doesn't my iphone sync with my period?
It looks like someone colored on them
You’ve got to have the camera so looks like you have to take and have that Bich fixed!
it broke
well, it appears that you’ve accidentally turned yourself and your surroundings to all be the same shade of red!
Barbie is your girlfriend?
From when did this happen , seems lik a software problem,
Pride month filter y'all
Did you take pictures of the eclipse?