Hi, i have a HP Photosmart M425 camera, need the front outer casing, one little leg that holds the battery compartment shut is broken off. where can i get that part?

SOURCE: Lens Error M425-12 (7F80) on HP M425

Try taking the SD card out and restart the camera. Also, make sure the batteries are fully charged. There is also a firmware upgrade indicating a problem with the lens getting stuck.

SOURCE: misplaced my instruction manual for HP Photsmart M425 camera

download from here: http://safemanuals.com/user-guide-instructions-owner-manual/HP/PHOTOSMART%20M425-_E

SOURCE: can't unlock my camera card on hp photosmart M425

if we are talking about an sd card, on the opposite side to the 'cut' corner is a small piece that slides away from the contacts to lock, slide this away from where it says lock if this is the case, but make sure it wasn't protected to save something important before use, This may have caught on something as you slid the card in, and it's only tiny!

SOURCE: Please download HP Photosmart M425 Manual

Download http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00637832.pdf

SOURCE: hp photosmart m425 lens error 22

This is probably THE most common failure among digital cameras. There's a halfway chance of fixing it yourself, described here: http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html