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Assembling the Canon IXUS 132 battery door.

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I discovered that I have a video that I can share on how to re-assemble the battery door just in case yours might have popped out of its place by accident. Here’s the video: There’s another video on Canon IXUS 132 disassembly/Teardown. Here’s the link to the post. IXUS 132 battery door parts. IXUS 132 battery door.

Canon IXUS 132 Lens Error repair attempt FAIL.

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I got this camera from someone who had intended to have it thrown away as it is not working anymore. It was on my desk for quite a while. This camera is a Canon IXUS 132 point and shoot, pretty low end by today's standard. The camera is failing for Lens Error upon power on and the lens will not retract. I thought i should give it a try to repair this camera and see if it is fixable. It does not seemed that difficult, but the problem is, I couldn't find video online on how to take the camera apart. I thought to myself, why don't i take this opportunity to record down the repair process while I figure out how to disassemble the camera. Maybe this info might be useful to someone out there. And with a few simple tools, setup my video camera, pressed the record button and here goes: if you are interested to get the tools that I have used, you can take a look here: 1.  A small Philips screwdriver (about 1.5mm)(those small jewelers Philips head screwdriv...