i scratched off the matte finish on the metal cover and it revealed a very stunning undercoat. I think it looks much better. I used an expired credit card to scratch it off. do not use anything metal to scratch it off, it will leave a scratch on the undercoat.
Done on a white mt4g. i think the different colored mt4g have a darker back cover.
Also it takes a very long time to do.
Pictures were taken with flash off because it shines that much.
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infinity mirror lol
That looks pretty damn sweet. May do this later.
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Have you done the piece around the camera and speaker yet? Can you post a pic of it all together?
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the speaker and camera part cant be done. its a different material. and i updated the pictures
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the speaker and camera part cant be done. its a different material. and i updated the pictures
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That sucks. Looks great with just battery door though. Maybe I'll try this soon. Thanks
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That looks sweet!
Time to piss off the wife and make a mess on the kitchen table.
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Looks nice. How is the texture of the undercoat? Is it slippery like the stock overcoat or is it more grippy?
it has a lot more grip but it does collect more oils from your hand
Hmmmm....I think I may do this in the next couple of days. I'm also wondering how it may turn out if I use my dremel to create a brushed look...decisions decisions.
I'm not sure if you want to do this, if u look next to you sd card theres a gold contact that touches the inside of the battery cover. So the coating my be a barrier between the metal and our hands to prevent signal issues i.e. Iphone 4 like signal issues. Anyone who's tried this confirm either way? I love the look just don't want to regret it later.
Did you just rub the edge of the card on it for hours? Because I've been doing it for a couple minutes and I don't think it's getting me anywhere.
There was a slight chip where you open the phone and i just used a credit card to dig under it. if you do it right, the paint will chip off into a fine powder
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Did you just rub the edge of the card on it for hours? Because I've been doing it for a couple minutes and I don't think it's getting me anywhere.
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That looks sweeet...I'd get a second battery cover off of ebay and do it though.
Post #10 has a good point. Maybe I should contact HTC or maybe some phone tech guy will stumble upon this thread. But it does look cool, I wanna do it to mines and then get it re-armored with ghost armour
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I'm not sure if you want to do this, if u look next to you sd card theres a gold contact that touches the inside of the battery cover. So the coating my be a barrier between the metal and our hands to prevent signal issues i.e. Iphone 4 like signal issues. Anyone who's tried this confirm either way? I love the look just don't want to regret it later.
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lol you have a good point. might have not done what i did if i knew about that, but having no trouble with phone reception, wifi, satellite or network
Yeah but now it doesn't match metal on camera...
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There was a slight chip where you open the phone and i just used a credit card to dig under it. if you do it right, the paint will chip off into a fine powder
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Do we know if the battery cover is powdercoated or anodized? Either way I like the black but the silver does look sexy with the white phone.
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I'm not sure if you want to do this, if u look next to you sd card theres a gold contact that touches the inside of the battery cover. So the coating my be a barrier between the metal and our hands to prevent signal issues i.e. Iphone 4 like signal issues. Anyone who's tried this confirm either way? I love the look just don't want to regret it later.
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If you look on the underside of the cover, the spot on the cover which touches that contact is etched away. This is to ensure contact is made without obstruction. So there is no "barrier" between the cover and this contact. Just the opposite. My guess is that it is a ground circuit to divert static electricity. Since the cover is made of metal, this would make sense. Scratching off the outer dullcoat should not have any negative effect.
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Do we know if the battery cover is powdercoated or anodized? Either way I like the black but the silver does look sexy with the white phone.
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i wouldnt know the difference. sorry lol
Thats pretty cool. I own the black so im gonna pass but if i owned the white i would do it for sure. I have nothing but time on my hands. haha.
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Anyone else have this happening? The chrome is starting to come off my kickstand on the side where you lift it up on the edge. Its really minor now, but if it continues to do this it might bother me in the future as of now its not to noticeable.
Mine has it both on the side and a portion of the top of it. It looks really bad and is very annoying.
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Yup, I've got a little spot on mine that's beginning to peel. Actually, mine's not the chrome, so much, but more like the "brushed" part. It's actually shinier under the spot that's peeled off.
I don't really care at this point. I might if it gets much worse.
Do you guys use your kickstand alot? Just wanted to know if this just peels off anyways or so? Cause I would like to avoid it but if its an avoidable then nevermind.
Sucks If it peels off no matter what you do then kinda screws you out of exchanging to get a new one from big red since their warranty has gotten tighter even doh this isn't your fault. Its the build quality.
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Mines peeling too. If you use the kickstand then its gonna peel...
I'm not saying you guys are doing anything wrong, but I try to be real careful with my kickstand, like when I pull it out I make sure I really get under it so my fingernail doesn't scrape the edge and peel. I can see on the very tip where it could eventually start to peel if I'm not careful.
If it ever get's real bad I'm sure something can be done to make it look better cosmetically.
Give it some time and I'm sure it'll look just like this.
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trick to it, cut a piece or tape, not huge at all, just to go on the bottom edge of it... and put it there. That or stop laying your phone on hard surfaces when you put the kickstand down. Bingo.
I've only used the kickstand once, and the spot its coming off is along the long edge that doesn't touch any surface.
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i use my stand a lot and dont notice any peeling or scratching. i dont really care what color it is as long as it stays sturdy and useful. this coming from a guy with a lime green case tho
Mines coming off slightly, but not from using the kickstand for viewing. I've been using my kickstand only in portrait stance, but the part that's peeling doesnt touch any surface. I believe its just from opening the kickstand.
That said, I recently bought a skinomi full body shield, put a piece over the kickstand and the peeling hasn't continued for now.
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I have some minor scuffs on the kickstand piece as well, but I'm not worried about it. When the time comes to sell it if it's really bad then I'll just buy a replacement piece for it. h t t p : //w w w. repairsuniverse.com/htc-thunderbolt-front-housing-replacement.html
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Mine started coming off about a week after I got my phone. I tried ignoring it, but it kept on getting a little worse every day. So I started scratching it off, it's almost completely gone now, and it will look really good again once it's all gone.
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I have some minor scuffs on the kickstand piece as well, but I'm not worried about it. When the time comes to sell it if it's really bad then I'll just buy a replacement piece for it. http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-thunderbolt-front-housing-replacement.html
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That should do it.
Is there like any paint or clearcoat the protects it from all these? Hobby paint.or clear coat etc?
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Mine is peeling too which really sucks
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Mine too. Who cares. Stuff scratches. It's metal and I set it down on rough surfaces sometimes.
Get a case so the stand doesn't rub when you lay the phone down.
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No problems here but I figure I can just sand it down, paint, and clear it over.....
Yeah same thing is starting to happen to me
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Anyone else have this happening? The chrome is starting to come off my kickstand on the side where you lift it up on the edge. Its really minor now, but if it continues to do this it might bother me in the future as of now its not to noticeable.
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Yup. Same here.
I don't like it but I can live with it.
So, here it is... And it looks pretty tight. My question is, has anyone else gone this route yet?
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I was watching the installation video to see the coverage, and it appears that the back, top side and bottom are all separate, and w/it being black on black, it's kind of hard to see what it leaves uncovered. I don't want my phone to look ghetto fabulous, like I just patchworked this on one night after watching a fast & furious marathon drunk w/gaps on every edge.
Anyway, if anyone has, let me know. If not, I'll jump in and try it out and post photos and give my 2 cents.
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So, here it is... And it looks pretty tight. My question is, has anyone else gone this route yet?
I was watching the installation video to see the coverage, and it appears that the back, top side and bottom are all separate, and w/it being black on black, it's kind of hard to see what it leaves uncovered. I don't want my phone to look ghetto fabulous, like I just patchworked this on one night after watching a fast & furious marathon drunk w/gaps on every edge.
Anyway, if anyone has, let me know. If not, I'll jump in and try it out and post photos and give my 2 cents.
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I've had something similar to this, but it was called PhantomSkinz. I had it on my G2, and myTouch 4G. Both felt great at hand.
Glad to hear from someone that has had something similar. Not like I'm going to need much to twist my arm to get it, but it certainly helps to get feedback.
those who have a carbon fiber skin, please post a pic if you dont mind
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those who have a carbon fiber skin, please post a pic if you dont mind
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From the pictures I see it does not cover the phone.
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Why in the world would they make a piece to cover the metal Google plate. That's one of my favorite parts of the look of this phone.
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Why in the world would they make a piece to cover the metal Google plate. That's one of my favorite parts of the look of this phone.
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That's actually one of the benefits of having all the pieces separate, the piece that would cover the metal strip is separate. I agree with you, but I plan to keep the metal strip shown, even if I have to use an exacto knife to make it happen.
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3m dinoc can be bought in small amounts, cut it to size and profit. Way cooler than the pre cut options I've seen for phones.
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3m dinoc can be bought in small amounts, cut it to size and profit. Way cooler than the pre cut options I've seen for phones.
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I agree... And upon taking your advise, I just bought a 12"x48" sheet of it from ebay. I worked w/vinyl for several years, from custom applications made in-house to pre made applications, so I'm comfortable w/the whole process. The saddest part is, w/o your input, I probably never would've thought of it on my own!
I'm excited, now I can make it fit how I want! PLUS, it was less and I have enough, that I can customize friends phones if they like the look of it... For a modest price of course. <hehhehhehhehheh>
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I agree... And upon taking your advise, I just bought a 12"x48" sheet of it from ebay. I worked w/vinyl for several years, from custom applications made in-house to pre made applications, so I'm comfortable w/the whole process. The saddest part is, w/o your input, I probably never would've thought of it on my own!
I'm excited, now I can make it fit how I want! PLUS, it was less and I have enough, that I can customize friends phones if they like the look of it... For a modest price of course. <hehhehhehhehheh>
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pics after you finish please, I may want to be put down as a friend.....for a modest price of course
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pics after you finish please, I may want to be put down as a friend.....for a modest price of course
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absolutely. i'm interested too! enuff of this "carbon look" and "carbon feel" and "carbon printed" and "leather stitched to look like carbon"; i want the REAL deal (to match my car and bike, my money clip, my well, you get the point lol)... and would prefer it to be a hard rubber case with that around it (guess i could buy a black case that i want and wrap that instead too); but keep us updated and lemme know if you'd wanna make another to sell if it works out or have "extra materials" looking forward to the pics! good luck!
I don't like this one !
BUT
CHECK MY:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085373
Well, I got the Carbon Fiber vinyl sheet in [12"x48"]. Looks good, now it's time to waste about a foot of it while I perfect the stencil.
This wasn't a very hard mod to do, but I think the phone looks a million times better. It started when I noticed a scratch on my back cover. I started picking at it, thinking a industrial bare metal back might be kind of cool. A little more scratched off, and to my surprise it was a beautiful polished metal underneath the exact same shade as the bevel on the front. So little by little I would scrape more. It was taking a great deal of time, so I decided to try using the edge of a thin piece of metal I had laying around. I started slow because I was unsure if the polished metal would scratch, it didn't. As I made better time now I was prepared for the t-mobile and HTC branding to come off, they did not. They, like the dots appear to be etched into the metal underneath. So now I have a beautiful, polished metal back on my phone at no cost. Seeing as how it matches the bezel and the branding is etched in, it seems that this was the intended look at one point. Why would HTC and T-Mobile cover this beautiful metal with a frosted coating? I always thought that the back looked out of place. Was it for fingerprints? Was it an antenna issue? I haven't noticed any ill effects yet, be advised it is a fingerprint magnet though. If you like please follow me on twitter @Dustin_aka_D, I'd appreciate it. Also, it's not hard, but is time consuming and tedious. Hope you like...
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So, it's just a thin plastic/vinyl layer over the metal?
How prone is it to finger prints now?
It's actually not as bad for fingerprints as I thought it would be. The gloss underneath seems to be scratch resistant and kinda repels fingerprints. Wipes clean on a shirt.
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I did the same thing to my thunderbolt. Works very well.
Someone else posted doing the same a few weeks ago, for the same reasons: noticed small scratches and stripped it all off. My wife actually did this to hers this week for again the same reason lol. It looks nice for sure, definitely shows finger prints a bit worse but they do wipe clean easily. Took her about two days on and off with a credit card, in between a cramped hand, haha.
Yeah, I used one of those smashed souvenir pennies, worked great. Definite cramped hand. Love it though
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I did this is about 20 minutes with a dime. Looks great and only cost me 10 cents.
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I did this is about 20 minutes with a dime. Looks great and only cost me 10 cents.
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20min? haha im on the second day using a quarter, and ive gotten thru about 14 rows of those markings on the back of the phone
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I just went nuts up and down then went across. It seemed like no matter how much pressure i put it didnt scratch the cover. A quarter has a more rounded edge than a dime that's why I used the dime. Now I just need to know if the area around the camera lens can be done. It looks like the same stuff but can't be fixed if I chunk it
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this takes forever with a quarter.....wish i had a sander
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this takes forever with a quarter.....wish i had a sander
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buffer with polishing compound
I went crazy with the sand paper and ended up scratching the shiny surface, but it still looks nice. Ill get over it soon enough c[:
I went crazy with the sand paper and ended up scratching the shiny surface, but it still looks nice. Ill get over it soon enough c[:
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Well I could have told you that sandpaper would scratch. At least it still looks good
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I was wondering if we can do this to the part around the camera?
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I was wondering if we can do this to the part around the camera?
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I started to try that and it seems like around the camera is plastic so it did not work in the small area that I tried
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I'm trying this on my white mt4g. It's already chipping away as I hate phone covers, they just don't have the sleek look like the phone.
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Varnish or paint stripper works perfect, only took 5mins.
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I went crazy with the sand paper and ended up scratching the shiny surface, but it still looks nice. Ill get over it soon enough c[:
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This just in, sandpaper is abrasive.
LMAO sand paper, Ummm.... I did this a few days after I got the phone with a nickel. I realized that no matter what I did it was gonna come off anyways so off I went to the pocket and grabbed a shiny nickel and went to work (took about 10 minutes) used a puffing pad I had from a dremel kit I use some times at work and it came out nice.
This is a great fix for a bad design, the flat matte clear coat was a bad idea but was intended to protect the original image based below obviously, personally I would have used a clear textured vinyl coat over it and it would have lasted so much longer (I use to use it for custom boxes in cars for a 3d effect with layers of paint on each, works great) but either way this comes down to the point that the internal design was well thought out but not so much thought went into protecting the design.
Works for me.
Buffer and polishing compound would probably make it more shiny - I'll have to try that this weekend.
So I decided that I liked the MAO frame more and threw the guts of my phone inside of one. After quite a bit of modifying both the internals and the frame I managed to make it all work out.
More details here:
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Picture here:
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very nice
mind sharing how you modified the frame?
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very nice
mind sharing how you modified the frame?
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Sure, as best I can. As far as modifying the frame it took surprisingly less adjustments than I expected.
http://i.imgur.com/HRNlI.jpg is the original frame
http://i.imgur.com/HNRpx.png is the MAO frame with watermarks all over it (sorry, don't have a better picture)
The first thing you'd likely notice is the bottom. The original frame has a gap. This is because that gap is filled by plastic at the bottom of the phone. I figured I had two choices. Cut the new frame, or remove the plastic. I opted to remove that plastic.
The only modifying I had to do to the actual frame since I went that route is where the top two screw holes are. This part is a bit hard to describe to work with me here. Look at the black frame. The screw holes have that grey outline/background. That entire section on both sides is actually recessed in with the original frame, and flush with the black frame. I had to mill that down quite a bit and then re-tap the threads.
Then there is the modification of the phone. Aside from removing the plastic from the bottom I had to trim the top corners quite a bit. If you've ever seen a One S apart you'll see there are metal taps that stock out of the corners where the two screws go through to attach the back of the phone to the frame. I had to remove both of those as well as trim some plastic out of the way. Oddly enough the blue trim that also has the lens cover for the camera also had to have a corner tucked in just a little bit as well.
What was under the plastic chin? Anything you might regret covering with aluminum, like an antenna?
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What was under the plastic chin? Anything you might regret covering with aluminum, like an antenna?
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Actually on both devices the bottom part only covers and holds a speaker. The top part covers the antenna. As far as I know only the frame metal. The top and bottom gradient pieces are plastic and I assume the black ones are plastic as well.
pretty sure the cell antenna is always at the bottom to pass regulatory emissions
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I want to do the same for my One S but the modifications required are beyond my abilitys. If one were to ship a frame to you could you / would you modify it for them?
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niiice, where did u get the black housing from?ebay?
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pretty sure the cell antenna is always at the bottom to pass regulatory emissions
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something tells me these are the antennas for radio, bluetooth and wifi
The bottom cover contains a speaker in it and covers one of the microphones and the vibrator. That's all.
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niiice, where did u get the black housing from?ebay?
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/18090545471...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648#ht_5233wt_1163
is the one I ordered
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I want to do the same for my One S but the modifications required are beyond my abilitys. If one were to ship a frame to you could you / would you modify it for them?
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Likely more than it's worth to do it. Doing this to my phone is one thing, if I mess up I'll accept that I have to buy myself a new phone.
If I mess up doing yours, I have to accept that I'll be buying YOU a new phone.
The arstechnica review and nearly every other smartphone made might bolster my case. Hold your hand over the bottom and watch your signal disappear.
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The arstechnica review and nearly every other smartphone made might bolster my case. Hold your hand over the bottom and watch your signal disappear.
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Sure doesn't, sorry. Still sticking to it being at the top.
Either way, the black cover is plastic as well (just like the gradient blue) so there will be no difference in cell signal.
thanks man
how long did it take you to take apart the phone and put the new housing? and what tools did u use?
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thanks man
how long did it take you to take apart the phone and put the new housing? and what tools did u use?
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I spent quite some time slowly working at it to make sure I didn't mess up anywhere crucial. I spent probably a good hour or so on it.
I used a file and a dremel (aside from tools to take it apart) mostly.
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Sure doesn't, sorry. Still sticking to it being at the top.
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:] My signal doesn't disappear either.
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:] My signal doesn't disappear either.
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+1. Covering the top when in landscape I definitely notice a signal drop though, cell data AND Wi-Fi.
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Sure doesn't, sorry. Still sticking to it being at the top.
Either way, the black cover is plastic as well (just like the gradient blue) so there will be no difference in cell signal.
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I know the two back covers are plastic, I was curious what was under the front plastic piece of the US T-Mobile One S that they put it there in the first place. The one that needed to be removed completely for the MAO frame to fit.
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So the first thing I found when I bought this phone is that the camera is sticking out of the back of the phone a bit too much. It looks nice, but it gets scratched if you're addicted to wearing jeans. So I saw a spare screen protector laying around so I thought of this and just wanted to share.
Use a hole punch. Here is what I did.
1. Cut a screen protector in a strip ( not necessary its just my hole punch sucks at hole punching)
2. Punch a hole. ( if your hole punch is like mine take off the other layer of the screen protector so it actually punches a clean hole).
3. Clean up the camera and apply the protector. ( it won't fill the camera hole completely but it covers the part that the camera uses to "see" out of.
4. Enjoy a scratch free camera!
Pictures: ( the last ones are just to show that pictures still turn out fine...even with terrible resizing.)
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I like the way you think.
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ECEXCURSION said:
I like the way you think.
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Lol..thanks. Let's see if it stays on after a week. I assume it will. Another option would be the clear wrap stuff you use for wrapping up food...not sure how well that would work though.
Great idea :thumbup:
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Case
You could always buy a case for the phone
Cool idea. Simple to the point of "why didn't I think of that?"
Phonefanboys said:
You could always buy a case for the phone
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Meh. This is my 5th HTC device, and I've never put any in a case. Just a personal preference, of course. But I think its a bit silly that so many people like to keep their phone in a case in order to keep the phone exterior in nice condition, when they never see the exterior or the phone (its always covered by the case).
If you switch devices frequently, and the objective is to keep the phone in good condition for resale, that I can see. But that is also something I've never done. I still own every smartphone I've ever bought!
redpoint73 said:
Cool idea. Simple to the point of "why didn't I think of that?"
Meh. This is my 5th HTC device, and I've never put any in a case. Just a personal preference, of course. But I think its a bit silly that so many people like to keep their phone in a case in order to keep the phone exterior in nice condition, when they never see the exterior or the phone (its always covered by the case).
If you switch devices frequently, and the objective is to keep the phone in good condition for resale, that I can see. But that is also something I've never done. I still own every smartphone I've ever bought!
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yeah for me cases ruin the beauty of any phone (except for the iphone...cases actually make it look better). The reason people probably wouldn't have thought of this is because most people dont have screen protectors sitting around. The only reason i have them is because i bought the phone at Costco and they gave me 2 "universal" (aka piece of *#%) ones that i wasn't going to use anyway.
Hahah really useful hint. Thanks mate.
davidcole said:
Hahah really useful hint. Thanks mate.
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no problemo
Isn't the camera glass Corning Gorilla glass ?
What would really cool is put some filters on it. Neutral density anyone?
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Corbu said:
Isn't the camera glass Corning Gorilla glass ?
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WTh? Hell no...it's plastic.
ChongoDroid said:
What would really cool is put some filters on it. Neutral density anyone?
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What material could you use though? nice idea!
aooga said:
What material could you use though? nice idea!
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Some actual glass would be a great start.
This is awesome!
Okay I wanted to give everyone even a better update.
At Radio Shack you can buy the old invisible shield kits for old phones they have them marked down to .97 cents! now don't be rude and buy them all lol this will give you a few tries to cut the circle haha. Enjoy! :good:
I'd use an old stick of lip gloss to act as a stencle and try cutting out a perfect circle with an exacto knife. Alternatively, a pen cap might work.
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ECEXCURSION said:
I'd use an old stick of lip gloss to act as a stencle and try cutting out a perfect circle with an exacto knife. Alternatively, a pen cap might work.
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yeah having a hard time cutting lol the hole puncher sucks.. time to pull out my tools
thcue said:
yeah having a hard time cutting lol the hole puncher sucks.. time to pull out my tools
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it does suck...i had to step on it for it to cut