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you're probably watching this video for one of two reasons either you've reached the end of the Internet and have nothing left to watch or you've broken the camera lens on your Samsung Note 8 and you want to fix it for cheap instead of paying a huge insurance deductible well you're in the right spot because I have a broken camera lens oh wait hold on okay now it's broken let's get started the biggest tip I can give during this operation is to go slow be careful and don't let the glass fall into the camera unit glass dust inside the camera will keep it from focusing later on I'll give you some tips on how to correct the situation if it should happen to befall you there are two types of lenses one that comes with the full metal frame this would need to be installed under the back panel which is a little more difficult but if the back glass of your phone is already cracked and needs to be replaced any way it's easier to replace the frame of the camera lens and the back panel at the same time it took me a long time to source these bonafide hardware camera lenses there are a lot of imitation cheap flexible plastic lenses out there but as you can see these are a much higher quality glass version if you don't want to remove the back glass panel of your phone by the glass only version of the camera lens it has the adhesive pre-installed it is a little more dangerous to replace but the whole operation is easier because you only have to remove one thing instead of the whole back panel I'll explain heat is gonna be our best friend during this operation along with a thin pair of tweezers which I'll link in the video description heat softens the adhesive under the glass layer making the little shards of glass easier to pull up without breaking them you want to minimize the breakage as much as possible remember since glass is the same hardness as glass any bits of glass dust laying around in your workspace has potential to rub up against the screen and scratch it give it some micro abrasions so try to keep the glass dust clear from the workspace each time the lens cools down the adhesive will get hard I'll just warm it up again it's a rather tedious process because I'm taking special care not to let the glass fall into the camera unit the camera has optical image stabilization and a focus mechanism that requires movement so getting glass jammed up inside the note 8 camera unit will keep things from moving and working like normal the exterior glass we are installing has nothing to do with focus just protection all of the focus and stabilization happens underneath the glass all of the glass dust shards and adhesive needs to be cleaned off from inside the metal camera lens frame any dust left will become a pressure point for the new glass and might cause the new glass to break when it gets pressed into place I'll flip the phone over and give it a couple sharp taps with my finger to help dislodge any dust caught inside the camera unit it looks like this note 8 is focusing on both my hand and my metal pry tool easy enough with both the normal lens and the telephoto lens so now it's time to put the new glass into place I'll have these bonafide hardware lenses link in the description the important thing is to make sure there are no fingerprints on the inside of the lens before putting it down it needs to be clean on the underside I'll blow it off to get rid of any dust and gently remove the adhesive protection without touching the underside of the glass and then I can set it into place remember glass is glass and it doesn't need any force I'll make sure it's snug and the adhesive will do the rest and there we go the glass is installed flush with the back surface of the phone I'll test it out really quick and it's having no problems with either of the two lenses focusing on my hand and the practical if it was to stop focusing I would give it a few sharp taps on the screen while the camera was facing down to help dislodge any debris everything I used in this video will be linked in the video description whether your camera lens is broken already or you are the prepared type just buying a backup I hope I was able to help out hit that subscribe button if you haven't already and thank you so much for watching I'll see you around