Today, I discovered that the reason the phone I've had for a year takes such terrible and cloudy pictures is because I never took the plastic coating off the lens. FML
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fishyrael 29
Yeah haha I did feel pretty silly. My phone is one of those old ones that you flip open and it has a keyboard, so to my memory the inner screen didn't have a protector. The one over the camera was very flush to the lens so it didn't bubble or anything and looked perfectly normal, I thought it was just a shit camera since it was an old model of phone. I wouldn't have found it if my nail hadn't caught the corner when I was putting it in my pocket and pulled it up some. The worst part was as #3 said, since it was actually my birthday party and my boyfriend and all my family were there to witness the look of stunned realization on my face, followed by my announcement that I was, in fact, an idiot. Oh well, at least I have a decent camera now!
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barnyboy 13
I find that there's nothing more satisfying than pulling the plastic off the glass for the first time! YDI For not doing that immediately OP haha.
crissalove 22
You didn't once think to clean the lense and realize there was plastic on it?
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barnyboy 13
I find that there's nothing more satisfying than pulling the plastic off the glass for the first time! YDI For not doing that immediately OP haha.
coming back in the future 30
Stop making such a plasticine OP.
Enslaved 38
I pulled the plastic off the cover of my new phone when I first got it but it took me a few days to realize that I also had a small plastic square covering just the camera lens that was located on the opposite side of my phone screen.
False_Stupidity 42
It's clear that you need to laugh it off now, focus on the positive that you now have at least a decent camera and have a years worth of happy snaps to catch up on and share with the world.
crissalove 22
You didn't once think to clean the lense and realize there was plastic on it?
yuggi1 11
I'm not OP, but after reading this FML i checked my phone camera.... sure enough, it was there. i have cleaned my phone inside and out and i just saw it because i was looking hard for it. I'm nearsighted, don't judge! lol but yeah, i had to bring my phone up to my nose to be able to see it. I feel for OP and i hope my phone takes better pictures now. :P
lex1459 38
I bet the worst part is now having to explain it to all your friends that you had told your camera was shitty. YDI
ThePols 11
"I frigged with the settings and fixed it. I'm a genius!" is what I would say
taylorzgoines 16
Same thing happened to me! but it was only a month...
TiiBags 15
There is no cure for stupid sometimes. it happens to the best of us...
keiNan_fml 35
better late than never
Lexipants 21
Aw. You dumbass.
ckerane 16
haha we've all done it
Lexipants 21
No, we definitely haven't.
xxreikoxx 31
If by "all" you mean yourself, #9, then sure...no. Some of us are definitely more observant than OP.
MandyO 15
Glad you got that cleared up.
worldclassrager 41
At times I wish they had made those a different color so you know that they are there...but that's one of the best things about buying something new
kirkaygri 18
My washer and dryer had blue film over the control panels. I didn't know it was there until one of them was scratched during a move. Five years after I bought them. I thought they were suppose to be blue!
raenoleah 12
#55 same with a part of my mom's computer, she didn't know it was just a plastic film until i peeled it off for her