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[Kill3rT0fu]

I was reading that regular phone mounts can damage the cameras in modern smartphones that use optical stabilization due to the vibration (motor? Road bumps?). So I was curious what you guys are using to mount phones. Have any of you had any issues with dead cameras?

[MVetter]

Someone else made a brilliant suggestion. Buy a cheap, used smartphone of some kind. Doesn't really matter what it is. Mount that on the motorcycle. When you go anywhere, keep your REAL phone in your pocket and set it up as a wireless hotspot. Tether the cheap stupid phone to your real phone and let it get abused by road vibrations.

[Crissa]

I was reading that regular phone mounts can damage the cameras in modern smartphones that use optical stabilization due to the vibration (motor? Road bumps?). So I was curious what you guys are using to mount phones. Have any of you had any issues with dead cameras?

What phone uses optical stabilization?

The claim seems a bit overblown, if you ask me.  If it would break in a mount, it would break sitting in the glovebox, too.

I got a mount, but then I added a camera and I haven't figured out a decent way to put my phone on yet.  Most of the handlebar ones cover the dash.

-Crissa

[JaimeC]

I have the RAM Mount that Zero sells.  My Galaxy S10 is also encased in an Otterbox Defender case.  I've used Otterbox Defender cases on my last three phones and I've NEVER had a problem with them mounted on standard RAM mounts on any of my bikes.  The Otterbox is also useful when the phone is NOT in the mounting because I'm also one clumsy mo********er...

[ESokoloff]

I was reading that regular phone mounts can damage the cameras in modern smartphones that use optical stabilization due to the vibration (motor? Road bumps?). So I was curious what you guys are using to mount phones. Have any of you had any issues with dead cameras?

What phone uses optical stabilization?

The claim seems a bit overblown, if you ask me.  If it would break in a mount, it would break sitting in the glovebox, too.

I got a mount, but then I added a camera and I haven't figured out a decent way to put my phone on yet.  Most of the handlebar ones cover the dash.

-Crissa

I can’t speak for the most recent iPhones but a few years ago my iPhone camera suffered from inop image stabilization. 
My fix was to put a small neodymium magnet strategically in the phone case to get the camera stabilized. 

A pocket, glovebox or practically any other location is way easier on a sensitive device rather then a motorcycle handlebar (especially on an ICE bike).

I’ve got 4 years & 55+k miles on a Techmout https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/techmount-techgripper-handlebar-mount-kit

[Richard230]

You won't see me putting any electronic device on my Royal Enfield's handlebars.    Now a can of paint that needs to be mixed on the way back from the paint store would be a much better idea. 

[BigPoppa]

I've used RAM phone mounts for iPhones and Android phones for over 10 years. This includes primarily commuting but also includes numerous road trips between NorCal & SoCal as well as a cross country trip from California to South Carolina and back. I've never had issues with any of my phones mounted this way.

Granted, I'm not a power user and am satisfied with the pictures all of my phones take. I don't buy my phones for picture quality so if there is damage, I'm sure I wouldn't notice it. In all cases, I use my phones as a GPS and music repo. Again, no issues with those uses.

[josequinones]

Someone else made a brilliant suggestion. Buy a cheap, used smartphone of some kind. Doesn't really matter what it is. Mount that on the motorcycle. When you go anywhere, keep your REAL phone in your pocket and set it up as a wireless hotspot. Tether the cheap stupid phone to your real phone and let it get abused by road vibrations.

I do this. Samsung A32 "stunt" phone on a Ram mount. Free from T-Mobile w trade in. I traded in a Nokia 925 windows phone. Samsung S20 FE provides Hotspot.

[Plug-n-Play]

I was reading that regular phone mounts can damage the cameras in modern smartphones that use optical stabilization due to the vibration (motor? Road bumps?). So I was curious what you guys are using to mount phones. Have any of you had any issues with dead cameras?

What phone uses optical stabilization?

The claim seems a bit overblown, if you ask me.  If it would break in a mount, it would break sitting in the glovebox, too.

I got a mount, but then I added a camera and I haven't figured out a decent way to put my phone on yet.  Most of the handlebar ones cover the dash.

-Crissa

A lot of the recent models from Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Huawei, and Google now use OIS.

For those interested in protecting these devices, Quad Lock offers a dampening mount: https://www.quadlockcase.com/blogs/news/introducing-the-vibration-dampener

[Demoni]

Have any of you had any issues with dead cameras?

Can confirm. Both my iPhone 6 and 8 developed this issue, I use the RAM X-grip. Whenever I tried to use my camera the stabilizer motors went haywire. Thankfully both phones were replaced under warranty. This was on a ICE bike, not sure if the small vibrations from the road would cause the same issues when used on an EV.

I know there are vibration damping phone mounts out there that should help mitigate this issue.

[Kill3rT0fu]

I was reading that regular phone mounts can damage the cameras in modern smartphones that use optical stabilization due to the vibration (motor? Road bumps?). So I was curious what you guys are using to mount phones. Have any of you had any issues with dead cameras?

What phone uses optical stabilization?

The claim seems a bit overblown, if you ask me.  If it would break in a mount, it would break sitting in the glovebox, too.

I got a mount, but then I added a camera and I haven't figured out a decent way to put my phone on yet.  Most of the handlebar ones cover the dash.

-Crissa

A lot of the recent models from Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Huawei, and Google now use OIS.

For those interested in protecting these devices, Quad Lock offers a dampening mount: https://www.quadlockcase.com/blogs/news/introducing-the-vibration-dampener

This is why I made this thread. I saw ads for this and decided to do some research, but I still see reports of people saying these do squat and their phones still get messed up.

[Crissa]

Then their phones got messed up from something else, like, moving parts suck.

-Crissa

[MrMogensen]

Does anyone know of a mount with vibration dampening + I want to use whatever cover I want?

Have been using UAG Plyo for more than 2 years on my iPhone X and don't want nothing else

[TheRan]

Quadlock sell an adhesive mount that you could stick to whatever case you want, that's what I did as they don't make a case for my phone.