Lens errors are fairly common. Usually it's sand or grit interfering with the lens extension mechanism. Or the camera's been dropped with the lens extended. Or the camera has been powered on, but the lens had been blocked preventing its extension. Or the battery ran down with the lens extended ...
Here's some things that you can do to try to correct it. They only seem to work for less than 50% of the lens errors, but if the camera is out of warranty, they're worth a try. You're also more likely to be successful trying these than going inside the camera:
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html
Finally, if you absolutely must open the camera, here's a couple guides to replacing the camera's LCD that may help:
http://cannonlcdrepair.blogspot.com/
http://digitalcamerarepair.googlepages.com/sd600
I dropped my friends canon powershot sd630, the back lights still work, it is just the screen that is messed(might be smashed from the inside as there is no cracks on the outside) there are loads of funny colours on the LCD screen. The screen is 3inch, I would like to know where I can purchase a replacement screen from and some instructions on how to replace this. I would really appreciate your help.
Same problem here, broken LCD on IXUS 65/SD630. There are repair guides for a lot of other models but not this one. If anyone has replaced an LCD screen successfully on this model, could you please guide us through your process.
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