Canon IXUS V2 Digital Camera "clean sand zoom grind" Questions

...sand- I brushed/blew off what I thought was the majority of it. It still worked for the rest of the day- opened and closed, though it made a grinding sound, took photos, etc. Now, I get the 'lens ...

sand blowing around. Some of those grains are lodged in the automatic lens cover and in the autofocus/zoom mechanism in the lens. I can actually hear the grinding as the camera tries to open. Now, how

...had sand in the lense and could here grinding when i turned it on :-s i just got a lense brush and cleaned it out so i zoomed

...sand out but i was hoping to figure out if i could do it myself. Had the same problem... zoom switch stuck at full zoom. Same fix worked. All I had to do was take out the initial exterior screws and ...

...zoom, focus, viewfinder) didn't pass its self-test on startup. Next, I'll pop the case open to see if I can track down the problem in detail. If I do, I'll post a followup. MGF After this problem I ...