Vibe z2 pro k920 camera problems: lens flare

hi all
i have some serious problems when shooting photos at an bright day
in nearly half of the situatuion an annoying lens flare is present
i have to cover my phone either on the side or the top to get around it
do you experience something simillar or is my phone defective?
thanks a lot for any input!

I asked your question in a russian mobile forum (at the topic, devoted to K920) & got the next answer:
This isn't a sort of rainbow effect or lens flare, it's internal reflections on the lens optics produced when bright light source comes to it's (lens, not sensor) field of vision. This light source could be invisible in photos because it exposes, for example, only some lenses (first, second one, not all of them). Such situation takes place with the expensive lenses of the reflex cameras. In lenstip.com reviews for each tested lens the steadyness of that lens to such "sun spots" always stated. Primary compensation method - blend:
For the phones and compact cameras where blends attachment isn't provided, one has to cover lens with the palm.

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Hi monocats,
Yes, I have expirienced quite the same camera issues as you, but only 5 or 6 times of more than 200 photos, so made little for this issue.
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I'm a newbie in photography, but noticed, that slightest chage in camera position result in disappearing such artefacts as on the photos above. So it can be result of a light sources mutual position and some camera hardware aspects.
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