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I have a Samsung Galaxy S10 model “SM-G973F.” I had moisture get into the front camera and it fogged up, but it still works. I took the phone apart, and replaced the front camera with a front camera I bought from iFixit. Whenever I launch the front camera in the camera app I get the notification, “Camera Failed.” At first I thought maybe I got a bad camera, and replaced it through the warranty and even the second one I got has the same error. I’ve tried resetting the camera apps cache, as well as the camera apps data. I’ve also tried booting into safe mode. I’ve cleared the system cache. As well as finally resorting to resetting the phone to factory settings.All of this didn’t work and I continue to get the same error.Whenever I put the old foggy camera back in it works, but any replacement camera doesn’t. I’ve never had this sort of issue with a repair so I was wondering if there is something I’m missing.Thank you in advance for any help! :)
The only time I have every experienced the “camera failed” error message was when I replaced a US model camera with an International model camera. The US and International versions of the phones have different cameras and they are not compatible with each other. It appears that iFixit only sells the US Model camera. This is notated on the back of the camera flex cable where it has the model SM-G973U, whereas the International camera should have the model number SM-G973F. Therefore I believe that the issue is most likely that the camera iFixit sells is not compatible with the International model of the Galaxy S10.
