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The glass covering the camera on the back of my Nexus 5X recently cracked. To prevent shards of glass falling off in my pocket, I removed the entire piece of glass. Now my camera will not focus (even after carefully cleaning the exposed camera lens).

  1. If I replaced the glass the covered the camera, would that also correct the focus issue? Or because it cannot focus without the glass, should I assume the camera lens has been damaged as well?
  2. Where can I purchase a replacement glass cover? Google and LG did not offer any replacement part purchasing options for this phone.

I found out that the camera glass is a part of the back cover. I also found a part on eBay to fix. Very disappointing and annoying problem, indeed. [EBay Link]

Hi there, I would say it will fix the focus issue. As for sourcing the part. Your best bet would be eBay or aliexpress. Good Luck

Finally found one on eBay! [EBay Link]

After cracking my lens cover and finding this thread, I purchased a new one from eBay for about $14 with shipping. I was able to replace the glass by using a small screwdriver to remove the broken glass and scrape the adhesive off the back of the cover. Then I just pressed the new lens cover on and I was done. I took the back off my Nexus while doing this and found that while this wasn’t strictly necessary, I would still recommend doing it to avoid accidentally damaging the camera.

Thanks Aaron and Jim. I actually took the back cover off, reseated the connection to the camera, and polished its lens. Now, it focuses perfectly (not sure what actually fixed it). So the camera actually works fine without the glass cover. Temporarily, I’ve covered it with clear shipping tape until a third party manufacturer produces a replacement glass (hopefully sooner than later). Thanks again!

Do we know if that Nexus 5 ebay part is a suitable replacement for the Nexus 5x?

My glass is broken too I hope Google provide a replacement quickly!

Hi All, I tried with the glass cover of the nexus 5 unfortunately it is not compatible