Camera is not focusing

My camera has stopped focusing, when you first click onto the camera app it is fine for around 2 seconds and then loses focus. This happened randomly a few weeks ago, before I updated to iOS7. It also makes this weird sounds when losing focus like the lens is stuck or something.
I have tried slapping it as another forum suggested on another forum and also rebooting but still no luck

well what troubleshooting steps have you taken thus far?

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