C7 front camera error

Hi, please help me after I updated my c7 software to symbian anna my front camera is not working, I am getting error "unknown error occurred, please restart the camera, if problem persist then restart the phone" and after restarting still I am getting the same error.

If you have front-facing camera problems, consider the possibility that the camera module itself may have become detached. My C7 recently fell a distance of about 30 cm onto a wooden floor. I now get the same "unknown error, please restart" whenever I try to access the front cam.
I took my phone to a Nokia care point and they opened the phone and the tiny camera module just fell out. There are about 16 pins which connect this module and it doesn't look like it's soldered into place using conventional soldering methods. There is no sign of soldering actually, just tiny contact points. I dont know if this module normally just gets held in place or whether they are soldered by some special manufacturing process. But it looks extremely fragile and probably is, as I've found out.
You will never know that the camera has broken off without the phone being dismantled, since the module is held in place by a rubber gasket pressing against the touchscreen.

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