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What the!!!

(Topic created on: 05-29-2021 04:20 PM)
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BJ61
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Why does my mobile have a dodgy camera at the right hand side top of my screen... WTF!!! Please remove it...

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Anonymous
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What do you mean? Is it a physical camera, a dodgy looking camera app or something else?
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BJ61
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It's a black round dot - top right hand corner, arrived with an update about 6 weeks ago, I have no other explanation for it, there wass nothing mentioned about it via Samsung... if it's a camera, as I suspect, why?
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kjla19
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An update can't physically add another camera to your phone, do you have a photo of this black round dot you're talking about?
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SamsungLaura
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Hi @BJ61, are you able to share a photo or screenshot so I can better understand the issue? 

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BJ61
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Unfortunately, a screenshot does not pick up the black circle that may or may not be a camera🙄however, there is no explanation for it's existence that I can find - although, that's not hard to believe, I'm not all that tech savvy🤷‍♀️thankyou for your response, but, no screenshot makes it difficult to get across what it might be...
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SamsungLaura
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No worries. Which device model are you using? 

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BJ61
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I think Samsung 10...
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SamsungLaura
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Thanks for clarifying. The S10 camera has always been in the top right corner. A recent update removed the ability to hide the camera by adding a black bar to the top which I am currently following up with. 

 

A temporary solution to this would be to use 3rd party apps. 


Hope this clarifies things. :) 

 

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BJ61
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Thankyou, this confirms it is a camera, however, whatever do you mean - third party apps???
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